Films to see at least once in your life
The top 3 according to 4 votes from people: The 400 Blows (1959) · Life Is Beautiful (1997) · Metropolis (1927). (Updated Oct 9, 2025.)
The classics everyone should see, from Casablanca to Life Is Beautiful: the most recommended by NewsCinema, IntoTheRoss and JustWatch.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 15
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1
The 400 Blows (1959)
Antoine Doinel and Truffaut's New Wave.
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2
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Roberto Benigni; three Oscars.
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3
Metropolis (1927)
Fritz Lang's city of the future.
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4
The Godfather (1972)
Francis Ford Coppola's Corleone family.
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5
Casablanca (1942)
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman at Rick's Café.
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6
8½ (1963)
Fellini and Guido Anselmi's creative block.
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7
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Vittorio De Sica's neorealist masterpiece.
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8
Vertigo (1958)
James Stewart and obsession, from Hitchcock.
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9
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Marcello Mastroianni in the Rome of Via Veneto.
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10
Psycho (1960)
Hitchcock's Bates Motel.
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11
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Quentin Tarantino's interlocking stories.
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12
Il Sorpasso (1962)
Vittorio Gassman and Jean-Louis Trintignant on the Aurelia, from Dino Risi.
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13
Jaws (1975)
The blockbuster that invented the summer movie, from Spielberg.
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14
Back to the Future (1985)
Marty McFly and the DeLorean.
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15
Citizen Kane (1941)
Orson Welles and Rosebud.
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