If a Capital 'M' Movies are movies that make you say to someone, "You haven't seen that movie?! I gotta show you that movie!"
Then these are the movies that make you say, "You haven't seen that movie? You gotta see that movie."
No less 'good' but once you've seen them once, you've seen them.
- City Lights 1931
- Duck Soup 1933
- Modern Times 1936
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
- Holiday 1938
- The Wizard of Oz 1939
- Pinocchio 1940
- Citizen Kane 1941
- Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
- Harvey 1950
- Rashomon 1950
- Ikiru 1952
- The Seventh Seal 1957
- Paths of Glory 1957
- Forbidden Planet 1957
- Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 (L)
- Lawrence of Arabia 1962 (L)
- High and Low 1963
- Persona 1966
- Belle de Jour 1967
- Rosemary's Baby 1968
- 2001 A Space Odyssey 1968
- Harold and Maude 1971
- Aguirre The Wrath of God 1972
- The Godfather 1972
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973
- The Exorcist 1973
- The Godfather Part II 1974
- Chinatown 1974
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
- Barry Lyndon 1975
- Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975
- Rocky 1976
- Taxi Driver 1976
- The Jerk 1979
- The Castle of Cagliostro 1979
- Being There 1979
- Altered States 1980
- The King of Comedy 1982
- Star Trek The Wrath of Kahn 1982
- Videodrome 1983 (H)
- Scarface 1983
- WarGames 1983
- Amadeus 1984
- This is Spinal Tap 1984
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984
- Tampopo 1985
- Brazil 1985
- Clue 1985
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985
- Castle in the Sky 1986
- Withnail and I 1987
- Lethal Weapon 1987
- Akira 1988 (H)
- Grave of the Fireflies 1988
- Heathers 1988
- The 'Burbs 1989
- Kiki's Delivery Service 1989
- Total Recall 1990
- Joe vs the Volcano 1990
- Edward Scissorhands 1990
- Barton Fink 1991
- Defending Your Life 1991
- Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me 1992
- Reservoir Dogs 1992
- Porco Rosso 1992
- Swing Kids 1993
- Schindler's List 1993
- Quiz Show 1994
- Clerks 1994
- Leon The Professional 1994
- Ghost in the Shell 1995
- On Your Mark 1995
- Toy Story 1995
- 12 Monkeys 1995
- Trainspotting 1996
- Sling Blade 1996
- Princess Mononoke 1997
- Lost Highway 1997 (H)
- Gattaca 1997
- Rushmore 1998
- SLC Punk! 1998
- Dark City 1998
- The Zero Effect 1998
- Eyes Wide Shut 1999
- eXistenZ 1999
- Three Kings 1999
- Toy Story 2 1999
- South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut 1999
- High Fidelity 2000
- Best in Show 2000
- Snatch 2000
- Requiem for a Dream 2000
- Unbreakable 2000
- Vanilla Sky 2001
- Mulholland Dr. 2001
- The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
- Wet Hot American Summer 2001
- Amelie 2001
- Training Day 2001
- Memento 2001
- Insomnia 2002
- Adaptation 2002
- City of God 2002
- 24 Hour Party People 2002
- Lost in Translation 2003
- The Station Agent 2003
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring 2003
- Oldboy 2003 (H)
- Big Fish 2003
- The Aviator 2004
- Kinsey 2004
- Downfall 2004
- Howl's Moving Castle 2004
- Brick 2005
- Brokeback Mountain 2005
- Breakfast on Pluto 2005
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005
- A History of Violence 2005
- Borat 2006
- The Lives of Others 2006
- The Fountain 2006
- The Prestige 2006
- Zodiac 2007
- Into the Wild 2007
- Stardust 2007
- In Bruges 2008
- Burn After Reading 2008
- Moon 2009
- Coraline 2009
- The Secret of Kells 2009
- Observe and Report 2009
- The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009
- District 9 2009
- Valhalla Rising 2009
- Brüno 2009
- The Social Network 2010
- Toy Story 3 2010
- Super 2010
- Four Lions 2010
- Black Swan 2010
- Successful Alcoholics 2010
- A Dangerous Method 2011
- Frances Ha 2011
- Midnight in Paris 2011
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi 2011
- Moonrise Kingdom 2012
- Robot & Frank 2012
- Seven Psychopaths 2012
- Blue Ruin 2013 (H)
- Her 2013
- Spring Breakers 2013
- The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
- The World's End 2013
- The Wind Rises 2013
- Nebraska 2013
- Only Lovers Left Alive 2013
- Inherent Vice 2014
- Nightcrawler 2014
- Frank 2014
- It Follows 2014 (H)
- Ex Machina 2015 (H)
- Experimenter 2015
- What We Do in the Shadows 2015
- Green Room 2016 (H)
- San Junipero 2016
- The Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2016
- The Founder 2016
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