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The movie Casablanca heads a list of 25 classics compiled by Radio Times as a "crash course" for aspiring film buffs. The list also includes films as diverse as the Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and the 1919 German silent movie The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. It also includes the 1998 blockbuster Armageddon, which starred Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck. Radio Times film editor Andrew Collins, who compiled the list, said: "Snobbery does not belong to the film buff." He added: "To understand the 1980s/1990s blockbuster, you must accept producer Jerry Bruckheimer into your life. Armageddon is the pinnacle of Bruckheimer excess." The film, which sees Willis and Affleck battling to save the world from a giant asteroid, made £500m worldwide, but was derided by critics. Other films in the list include Rear Window, High Noon and Bonnie and Clyde. Cary Grant's comedy Bringing Up Baby, Salvador Dali's 16-minute surrealistic film Un Chien Andalou and nine-hour Holocaust documentary Shoah are also included. And there is also a place for Heaven's Gate, by director Michael Cimino, which cost £40m to make, yet made just £3.4m at the US box office. The list was compiled to mark this Sunday's relaunch of Film Four as a free-to-air channel. The full list: Casablanca (1942) The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919) Blade Runner (1982) A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Build My Gallows High (1947) La Dolce Vita (1960) High Noon (1952) Rear Window (1954) The Hidden Fortress (1958) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Bringing Up Baby (1938) The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Un Chien Andalou (1928) Armageddon (1998) Heaven's Gate (1980) Annie Hall (1977) Singin' In The Rain (1952) Paths of Glory (1957) Performance (1970) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Blackboards (2000) The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) Pulp Fiction (1994) Shoah (1985) Winter Light (1962) Story from BBC NEWS: |
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| Film buffs reveal 'must see' list Cinema experts have named the 50 films they believe everyone should see before they die. Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War classic Apocalypse Now heads up the list chosen by an expert panel, which included director Lord David Puttnam. Other titles in the top 10 include Brazilian film City of God and Roman Polanski's Chinatown. The list was compiled to mark this Sunday's relaunch of Film Four as a free-to-air channel. Alien, Lost in Translation and The Shawshank Redemption just missed out on a top 10 place. The top 50 also includes Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Erin Brockovich, The Breakfast Club and Scarface. Channel 4 said each film has been chosen for its unique and creative approach to filmmaking. Film critics Jason Solomons and Karen Krizanovich, Channel 4 head of film and drama Tessa Ross and the film director Menhaj Huda were also on the panel. The full list: Apocalypse Now The Apartment City of God Chinatown Sexy Beast 2001: A Space Odyssey North by Northwest A Bout de Souffle Donnie Darko Manhattan Alien Lost in Translation The Shawshank Redemption Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India Pulp Fiction Touch of Evil Walkabout Black Narcissus Boyz n the Hood The Player Come and See Heavenly Creatures A Night at the Opera Erin Brockovich Trainspotting The Breakfast Club Hero Fanny and Alexander Pink Flamingos All About Eve Scarface Terminator 2 Three Colours: Blue The Royal Tenenbaums The Ladykillers Fight Club The Searchers Mulholland Drive The Ipcress File The King of Comedy Manhunter Dawn of the Dead Princess Mononoke Raising Arizona Cabaret This Sporting Life Brazil Aguirre: The Wrath of God Secrets and Lies Badlands |