{"id":701,"date":"2007-05-27T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2007-05-27T13:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/05\/27\/50-films-to-see-before-you-die\/"},"modified":"2007-05-27T13:07:59","modified_gmt":"2007-05-27T13:07:59","slug":"50-films-to-see-before-you-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/05\/27\/50-films-to-see-before-you-die\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Films to See Before You Die"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished doing my regular Sunday morning film review on TalkSPORT<\/a> and one of the presenters (Rhodri Williams<\/a>) asked me about the Channel 4<\/a> program last night called 50 Films to See Before You Die<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"Film4\"<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

It was actually shown on Film 4<\/a> last year, to celebrate the channel’s launch on Freeview<\/a>\u00a0and featured a list of “essential films” that would subsequently be shown on the channel.<\/p>\n

The range is impressive and it features some interesting choices so, in case you missed it, here is the list in full:<\/p>\n

1. Apocalypse Now<\/a>
\n2. The Apartment<\/a>
\n3. City of God<\/a>
\n4. Chinatown<\/a>
\n5. Sexy Beast<\/a>
\n6. 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a>
\n7. North by Northwest<\/a>
\n8. A Bout de Souffle<\/a>
\n9. Donnie Darko<\/a>
\n10. Manhattan<\/a>
\n11. Alien<\/a>
\n12. Lost in Translation<\/a>
\n13. The Shawshank Redemption<\/a>
\n14. Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India<\/a>
\n15. Pulp Fiction<\/a>
\n16. Touch of Evil<\/a>
\n17. Walkabout<\/a>
\n18. Black Narcissus<\/a>
\n19. Boyz n the Hood <\/a>
\n20. The Player<\/a>
\n21. Come and See<\/a>
\n22. Heavenly Creatures<\/a>
\n23. A Night at the Opera<\/a>
\n24. Erin Brockovich<\/a>
\n25. Trainspotting<\/a>
\n26. The Breakfast Club<\/a>
\n27. Hero<\/a>
\n28. Fanny and Alexander<\/a>
\n29. Pink Flamingos<\/a>
\n30. All About Eve<\/a>
\n31. Scarface<\/a>
\n32. Terminator 2<\/a>
\n33. Three Colours: Blue<\/a>
\n34. The Royal Tenenbaums<\/a>
\n35. The Ladykillers <\/a>
\n36. Fight Club<\/a>
\n37. The Searchers<\/a>
\n38. Mulholland Drive<\/a>
\n39. The Ipcress File<\/a>
\n40. The King of Comedy<\/a>
\n41. Manhunter<\/a>
\n42. Dawn of the Dead<\/a>
\n43. Princess Mononoke<\/a>
\n44. Raising Arizona<\/a>
\n45. Cabaret<\/a>
\n46. This Sporting Life<\/a>
\n47. Brazil<\/a>
\n48. Aguirre: The Wrath of God <\/a>
\n49. Secrets and Lies<\/a>
\n50. Badlands<\/a><\/p>\n

> Check out what’s on Film4<\/a>
\n> Find out more about Film4 at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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