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Fifty Classic Films
The following are totally unmissable movies in English. Do everything possible to see these films in their original language! This list is a compilation of our favourite films and suggestions made by visitors to the anglik net site.
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The 39 Steps (1939) Director: Alfred Hitchcock
The Wizard of Oz (1939) Director: Victor Fleming
Citizen Kane (1941) Director: Orson Welles
Casablanca (1942) Director: Michael Curtiz
Brief Encounter (1945) Director: David Lean
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Director: John Huston
The Third Man (1949) Director: Carol Reed
The African Queen (1951) Director: John Huston
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) Director: Robert Wise
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) Director: Charles Crichton
Rear Window (1954) Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo (1958) Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Touch of Evil (1958) Director: Orson Welles
Psycho (1960) Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1960) Director: Karel Reisz
Dr. No (1962) Director: Terence Young
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Director: David Lean
Tom Jones (1963) Director: Tony Richardson
The Birds (1963) Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Zulu (1964) Director: Cy Endfield
Rosemary's Baby (1968) Director: Roman Polanski
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Director: Stanley Kubrick
Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) Director: Siegio Leone
The Italian Job (1969) Director: Peter Collinson
Kes (1969) Director: Ken Loach
Midnight Cowboy (1969) Director: John Schlesinger
Apocalypse Now (1970) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Get Carter (1971) Director: Mike Hodges
Don't Look Now (1973) Director: Nicolas Roeg
The Wicker Man (1973) Director: Robin Hardy
The Godfather - Part II (1974) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Director: Milos Forman
Taxi Driver (1976) Director: Martin Scorsese
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Director: Steven Spielberg
The Deer Hunter (1978) Director: Michael Cimino
The Shining (1978) Director: Stanley Kubrick
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) Director: Terry Jones
Raging Bull (1980) Director: Martin Scorsese
Gandhi (1982) Director: Richard Attenborough
Blade Runner (1982) Director: Ridley Scott
Platoon (1986) Director: Oliver Stone
Hidden Agenda (1990) Director: Ken Loach
Raining Stones (1993) Director: Ken Loach
The Piano (1993) Director: Jane Campion
Pulp Fiction (1994) Director: Quentin Tarantino
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Director: Frank Darabont
Secrets and Lies (1995) Director: Mike Leigh
Seven (1995) Director: David Fincher
Trainspotting (1996) Director: Danny Boyle
The Full Monty (1997) Director: Peter Cattaneo
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Director: Guy Ritchie
Shakespeare In Love (1998) Director: John Madden
American Beauty (1999) Director: Sam Mendes
Billy Elliot (2000) Director: Stephen Daldrey
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