New User? Register Sign In Help Trending: Jerry Lewis Yahoo! Mail Search Web Search MOVIES DVD MY MOVIES In Theaters Showtimes & Tickets Coming Soon Photo Galleries Trailers & Clips News Box Office Kids Videos Search All Movies Trending Now: Cars 2 Bad Teacher Green Lantern Transformers 3 Harry Potter 100 Movies to See Before You Die: The All-Time Greats by The Yahoo! Movies Editorial Staff Many movies are good, some are great, but only a select few can be called truly "essential." After heated discussions, long negotiations, and a shouting match or two, the staff at Yahoo! Movies has put together this list of the 100 films you must see before you die. To choose the titles for the list, we considered factors like historical importance and cultural impact. But we also selected films that we believe are the most thrilling, most dramatic, scariest, and funniest movies of all time. Some of these films Printable "100 Movies" List you've seen, and some you may not have heard of, but we believe that each one is a timeless classic that you absolutely have to see. Print out the list of "The 100 Movies to See Before You Die" For a look at the movies from the more recent past we also think are worthy of acclaim, make sure you also see " 100 Movies to See Before You Die: The Modern Classics ." It highlights the greatest films from across the globe made during the last two decades. Share This Post WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Jump to a Letter (rollover where y ou see the icon for more information ) '100 Movies' Photo Galleries 0-9 The All-Time Greats 12 Angry Men (1957) (102 Photos) DIRECTED BY: Sidney Lumet STARRING: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E. G. Marshall 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Modern Classics (102 Photos) DIRECTED BY: Stanley Kubrick STARRING: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester The 400 Blows (1959) DIRECTED BY: Francois Truffaut Sound Off STARRING: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Patrick Auffay Agree or disagree with our picks? Leave your comment on our Facebook page » WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT 8 ½ (1963) DIRECTED BY: Federico Fellini STARRING: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee List Statistics A Directors w ith the Most Films Steven Spielberg - 5 The African Queen (1952) Billy Wilder - 4 DIRECTED BY: John Huston Francis Ford Coppola - 3 STARRING: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley Alfred Hitchcock - 3 Stanley Kubrick - 3 Alien (1979) Decades with the Most Films DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott 1950s - 19 1970s - 18 STARRING: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright 1960s - 17 1990s - 14 All About Eve (1950) 1980s - 12 DIRECTED BY: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Most Films in a Foreign Language STARRING: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders Italian - 4 Japanese - 3 Annie Hall (1977) French - 3 DIRECTED BY: Woody Allen German - 3 Cantonese/Mandarin - 3 STARRING: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton Apocalypse Now (1979) DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola Also Listed in The Modern Classics STARRING: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Goodfellas (1990) Groundhog Day (1993) In the Mood For Love (2001) The Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003) B The Matrix (1999) Princess Mononoke (1999) The Battle of Algiers (1967) Pulp Fiction (1994) DIRECTED BY: Gillo Pontecorvo Raise the Red Lantern (1992) STARRING: Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag Saving Private Ryan (1998) Schindler's List (1993) WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT The Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The Bicycle Thief (1948) Titanic (1997) Toy Story (1995) DIRECTED BY: Vittorio De Sica The Usual Suspects (1995) STARRING: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Yahoo! Movies is now on (1982) Blade Runner Follow @yahoomovies for the latest happenings. DIRECTED BY: Ridley Scott STARRING: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young Blazing Saddles (1974) DIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks STARRING: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens Blow Up (1966) DIRECTED BY: Michelangelo Antononi STARRING: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles Blue Velvet (1986) DIRECTED BY: David Lynch STARRING: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Bonnie and Clyde (1967) DIRECTED BY: Arthur Penn STARRING: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard Breathless (1960) DIRECTED BY: Jean-Luc Godard STARRING: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) DIRECTED BY: David Lean STARRING: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Bringing Up Baby (1938) DIRECTED BY: Howard Hawks STARRING: Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) DIRECTED BY: George Roy Hill STARRING: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross C Casablanca (1942) DIRECTED BY: Michael Curtiz STARRING: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid Chinatown (1974) DIRECTED BY: Roman Polanski STARRING: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston Citizen Kane (1941) DIRECTED BY: Orson Welles STARRING: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) DIRECTED BY: Ang Lee STARRING: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang D Die Hard (1988) DIRECTED BY: John McTiernan STARRING: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Do the Right Thing (1989) DIRECTED BY: Spike Lee STARRING: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Double Indemnity (1944) DIRECTED BY: Billy Wilder STARRING: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) DIRECTED BY: Stanley Kubrick STARRING: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden Duck Soup (1933) DIRECTED BY: Leo McCarey STARRING: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT E E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg STARRING: Dee Wallace Stone, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore Enter the Dragon (1973) DIRECTED BY: Robert Clouse STARRING: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly The Exorcist (1973) DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin STARRING: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, F Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) DIRECTED BY: Amy Heckerling STARRING: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, The French Connection (1971) DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin STARRING: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider G The Godfather (1972) DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola STARRING: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, The Godfather, Part II (1974) DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola STARRING: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton Goldfinger (1964) DIRECTED BY: Guy Hamilton STARRING: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968) DIRECTED BY: Sergio Leone STARRING: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef Goodfellas (1990) DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese STARRING: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci The Graduate (1967) DIRECTED BY: Mike Nichols STARRING: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, Grand Illusion (1938) DIRECTED BY: Jean Renoir STARRING: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim Groundhog Day (1993) DIRECTED BY: Harold Ramis STARRING: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott H A Hard Day's Night (1964) DIRECTED BY: Richard Lester STARRING: The Beatles WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT I In the Mood For Love (2001) DIRECTED BY: Wong Kar-Wai STARRING: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung It Happened One Night (1934) DIRECTED BY: Frank Capra STARRING: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert It's a Wonderful Life (1946) DIRECTED BY: Frank Capra STARRING: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore J Jaws (1975) DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg STARRING: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT K King Kong (1933) DIRECTED BY: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Shoedsack STARRING: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong L The Lady Eve (1941) DIRECTED BY: Preston Sturges STARRING: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn Lawrence of Arabia (1962) DIRECTED BY: David Lean STARRING: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn The Lord of the Rings (2001,2002,2003) DIRECTED BY: Peter Jackson STARRING: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT M M (1931) DIRECTED BY: Fritz Lang STARRING: Peter Lorre, Theodor Loos, Otto Wernicke WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT M*A*S*H (1970) DIRECTED BY: Robert Altman STARRING: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt The Maltese Falcon (1941) DIRECTED BY: John Huston STARRING: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet The Matrix (1999) DIRECTED BY: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski STARRING: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss Modern Times (1936) DIRECTED BY: Charlie Chaplin STARRING: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) DIRECTED BY: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones STARRING: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin N National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) DIRECTED BY: John Landis STARRING: John Belushi, Tim Matheson WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Network (1976) DIRECTED BY: Sidney Lumet STARRING: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch Nosferatu (1922) DIRECTED BY: F.W. Murnau STARRING: Max Schreck, Gustave Von Wagenheim, Greta Schroeder, O On the Waterfront (1954) DIRECTED BY: Elia Kazan STARRING: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) DIRECTED BY: Milos Forman STARRING: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield P Paths of Glory (1958) DIRECTED BY: Stanley Kubrick STARRING: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT Princess Mononoke (1999) DIRECTED BY: Hayao Miyazaki STARRING: Billy