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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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