History Literature / OneThousandAndOneMoviesYouMustSeeBeforeYouDie

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''1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die'' is a book about movies supervised by Steven Jay Schneider. It contains a list of movies that are considered "must-see" movies, with each entry accompanied by a short essay explaining why. It was first published in 2003, with new editions having been released annually since then. Because of these updates, there have been more than 1001 movies in total in it (but always 1001 in any given edition, as there are the same number of entries added as removed each edition). As of the 2020 edition, a total of 1235 movies have been included in the English-language version. The book has also been translated to several other languages, and those editions replace some of the entries with local films (Swedish films in the Swedish edition, and so on).

* AnimationAgeGhetto: [[invoked]] Argued as the reason why, in later editions, the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' franchise only received one entry to cover all movies whereas every movie of the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy each got its own entry. Out of the 1235 films that have been included (as of the 2020 edition), only 21 (1.7%) have been animated--and four of them are ''Toy Story'' films.

* NeverTrustATitle: The book does not contain exactly 1001 movies, but 1001 ''entries''--''Film/{{Olympia}}'' parts 1 and 2 are combined in a single entry, as are the two parts of ''Film/IvanTheTerrible'', the three films in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, and the four ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films. Moreover, two of the entries are Creator/KrzysztofKieslowski's ''Film/TheDecalogue'' (a 10-episode miniseries) and Creator/LarsVonTrier's ''Series/{{Riget}}'' (an 8-episode, 2-season TV series), which are not movies to begin with. In addition, the book is updated annually (and has been since 2003), with the total number of works included numbering 1235 as of the 2020 edition.

* ''Film/TheUntouchables'' (1987)

* ''Film/StellaDallas'' (1937)

* ''Film/{{If}}'' (1968)

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheMovie'' (2014)

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' (2014)

The book eschews TrueArtIsAngsty and TrueArtIsIncomprehensible, featuring films like ''Film/{{Babe}}'' and ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' alongside the likes of ''Film/UnChienAndalou'', ''Film/{{Persona|1966}}'', and ''Film/DancerInTheDark''. As the introduction notes, a comprehensive overview of film history does not only contain one type of movie, but all kinds – epics, documentaries, cult films, blockbusters, experimental films, and slapstick comedies. The book also does not aim to contain the 1001 ''best'' movies, but 1001 "must-see" movies. To that end, the selection has been made with care taken to ensure that it includes the entire panorama of film history, with films from all eras, regions, and genres.

Treating the book as a cinematic bucket list as the title suggests has become fairly common for cinephiles. There is a [[https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die-all/ List Challenge with over 50 000 users]], a [[https://1001films.fandom.com/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die_Wiki wiki]], a [[https://old.reddit.com/r/1001Movies/ subreddit]], innumerable Website/IMDb lists, and a bunch of other places online, all dedicated to the list and watching all the movies on it.

* ''Film/{{Drive}}'' (2011)

* ''Literature/BenHur'' (1959)

* ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'' (2011)

* ''Film/TheClass'' (a.k.a. ''Entre les murs'') (2008)

* ''Bollywood/DilwaleDulhaniaLeJayenge'' (a.k.a. ''The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride'') (1995)

* ''Bollywood/MotherIndia'' (a.k.a. ''Bharat Mata'') (1957)

* ''[[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Nosferatu the Vampyre]]'' (a.k.a. ''Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht'') (1979)

* ''[[Film/DawsonCityFrozenTime Dawson City: Frozen Time]]'' (2016)

* ''Film/{{Gomorra}}'' (a.k.a. ''Gomorrah'') (2008)

* ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'' (1982)