# Films to see at least once in your life

The classics everyone should see, from Casablanca to Life Is Beautiful: the most recommended by NewsCinema, IntoTheRoss and JustWatch.

- 4 votes · 15 items
- Oct 9, 2025 · F. Martini
- https://even.best/en/l/4001/films-to-see-at-least-once-in-your-life

## Top 15

1. **The 400 Blows (1959)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Antoine Doinel and Truffaut's New Wave.
2. **Life Is Beautiful (1997)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Roberto Benigni; three Oscars.
3. **Metropolis (1927)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fritz Lang's city of the future.
4. **The Godfather (1972)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Francis Ford Coppola's Corleone family.
5. **Casablanca (1942)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman at Rick's Café.
6. **8½ (1963)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fellini and Guido Anselmi's creative block.
7. **Bicycle Thieves (1948)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vittorio De Sica's neorealist masterpiece.
8. **Vertigo (1958)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — James Stewart and obsession, from Hitchcock.
9. **La Dolce Vita (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marcello Mastroianni in the Rome of Via Veneto.
10. **Psycho (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hitchcock's Bates Motel.
11. **Pulp Fiction (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Quentin Tarantino's interlocking stories.
12. **Il Sorpasso (1962)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant on the Aurelia, from Dino Risi.
13. **Jaws (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The blockbuster that invented the summer movie, from Spielberg.
14. **Back to the Future (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marty McFly and the DeLorean.
15. **Citizen Kane (1941)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Orson Welles and Rosebud.

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