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Rotten Tomatoes staff presents 300 essential movies to watch now, whether you're a film buff or just starting your journey into cinema!
These 100 films represent the full breadth of experience films have to offer here and internationally, and now we’ve also joined up with our friends at Fandango at Home to have each film...
- 8 1/2
- The 400 Blows
- A Space Odyssey
- Airplane!
- Alien
- All About My Mother
- All That Jazz
- Amadeus
- The Apartment
- Apocalypse Now
Director: Federico Fellini Writer: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, & Brunello Rondi Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, and Sandra Milo Why It's Essential: A giant of Italian cinema, it’s difficult to know where to begin, especially with Federico Fellini, who also directed Amarcord, La Dolce Vita, and La Str...
Director: François Truffaut Writers: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier Why It’s Essential: The directorial debut critic turned auteur François Truffaut also just happens to be one of the most achingly human films ever made and a distinct starting block for the French New Wave movement of the 1950s...
Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Sean Sullivan, Douglas Rain Two words: Stanley Kubrick. You could pick just about any title in the acclaimed filmmaker’s catalog and you’d have yourself a veritab...
Writers/Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack Why It’s Essential: Surely, the screwball to end all screwballs, Airplane!, is an influential comedy and you’d be well within your rights to be salty about it. A lot of bad movies have resulted from the Airplane! formula, mostl...
Director: Ridley Scott Writer:Dan O'Bannon Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, Ian Holm, and John Hurt Why It's Essential: Ridley Scott sophomore feature, Alien is one of the best horror movies of all time, one of the best sci-fi movies of all time, and one of the best movies of all time, no ...
Writer/Director:Pedro Almodóvar Cast: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz, Antonia San Juan Why It’s Essential: You could arguably label Pedro Almodóvar as the finest filmmaker to come out of Spain, but the thesis behind his most decorated film, All About My Mother, might dispute the idea of labels in the first place. Winner of [deep breath...
Director:Bob Fosse Writers:Bob Fosse and Robert Alan Aurthur Cast:Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, and Ann Reinking Why It’s Essential: Not just one of the best musicals ever made, All That Jazz is also one of the most groundbreaking autobiographical films in history. Legendary choreographer, director, and dancer Bob Fosseturns the camer...
Director: Milos Forman Writer: Peter Shaffer Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and Elizabeth Berridge Why It's Essential: Peter Shaffer’s original stage play is an ingenious way to tell the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) while actually telling the story of Antonio Saleri’s (F. Murray Abraham) jealousy and envy. But Milos Formanmade ...
Director/Writer:Billy Wilder Cast:Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, and Jack Kruschen Why It’s Essential: Just one year after he made one of the greatest farces ever with Some Like It Hot, filmmaker Billy Wilder created one of the best romantic comedies ever made: The Apartment. The 1960 masterpiece stars Jack Lemmon as an insurance cl...
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Writer: John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, and Robert Duvall Why It's Essential: There are plenty of movies that deal with the psychological toll of the Vietnam War, but none are as surreal and unhinged as Apocalypse Now, a movie that almost killed its director as re...
- The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols’ indelible comedy of alienation is that rare thing, a movie that really does define a generation. That’s because there has never been another movie like it (and no, “Rushmore” doesn’t count).
- 12 Angry Men (1957) How elemental — and riveting — is this: an entire courtroom drama set inside the jury room, where Henry Fonda, as the only member of the jury who suspects that a teenage defendant might not be guilty of murder, questions, cajoles and gradually convinces his fellow jurors to look more closely at the evidence.
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) You never forget your first. That may be how many American art-house habituésthink of Pedro Almodóvar’s riotous comedy.
- Alien (1979) A smothering tentacled thingy attaches itself to an astronaut’s face. Several scenes later, an alien fetus erupts right out of his belly, and the cinema would never be the same.
In our annual refresh, we’re sticking with the list’s original vision as a definitive source of movie guidance and education for all ages and stages, whether you’re a seasoned film buff or just starting out, while reflecting new trends and significant movies uncovered over the past year.
Welcome to our updated guide to the 300 Essential Movies To Watch Now, which features incredible must-watch movies from the 1920s to today!
Jan 15, 2003 · While you will find many popular classics and critical favorites on our list of 100 Essential Films, our goal was to mix things up a bit. This list should not be construed as a definitive “greatest films” package, but as an alternative compiled by a group of kinky film-lovers wanting to give serious critical thought to neglected, forgotten ...
