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Movies everyone should watch at least once during their lifetime

I asked reddit what’s one movie everyone should watch at least once in their lifetime to compile a list of movies that everyone should watch.
Link to reddit threads www.reddit.com/r/Letterboxd/comments/1745vgp/whats_one_movie_you_think_everyone_should_watch/

www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/178uqki/whats_a_movie_you_think_everyone_has_to_watch_at/

Feel free to comment on any movies you think should be added or maybe even removed. Thanks.

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There are 475 dramatic films in this list.

  • Schindler's List
  • GoodFellas
  • The Virgin Suicides
  • Come and See
  • The Prince of Egypt
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • 12 Angry Men
  • High and Low
  • Ikiru
  • The Apartment
  • Fight Club
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Heat
  • Children of Men
  • Citizen Kane
  • Harakiri
  • Titanic
  • A Silent Voice
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Good Will Hunting
  • City of God
  • The Elephant Man
  • Casablanca
  • Requiem for a Dream
  • The Godfather: Part II
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Amadeus
  • The Truman Show
  • American History X
  • City Lights
  • The Godfather
  • Before Sunrise
  • The Lion King
  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Stand by Me
  • Seven Samurai
  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • Millennium Actress
  • Groundhog Day
  • Interstellar
  • La Haine
  • Life Is Beautiful
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Roman Holiday
  • Run Lola Run
  • The Dark Knight
  • Cast Away
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Graduate
  • Mean Girls
  • Y Tu Mamá También
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Blade Runner
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • The Notebook
  • La La Land
  • Spotlight
  • Scarface
  • Prisoners
  • The Exorcist
  • Forrest Gump
  • The Pursuit of Happyness
  • Paris, Texas
  • Whiplash
  • Django Unchained
  • Taxi Driver
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Aftersun
  • Scent of a Woman
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • The Tree of Life
  • Mr. Nobody
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Network
  • Dead Poets Society
  • The Best of Youth
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Thin Red Line
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Rocky
  • Tokyo Story
  • Parasite
  • Incendies
  • Ed Wood
  • The Social Network
  • Moonlight
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • The Usual Suspects
  • White Men Can't Jump
  • Remember the Titans
  • The Sting
  • Inside Out
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • The Room