Slant 100 Essential Films

Slant 100 Essential Films is an unranked selection published in 2012 — one of the 31 sources behind the film canon, weighted as critics' canon. 9 of its 99 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

1. ·7 Women (1966)
2. ·A New Leaf (1971)
3. ·Ace in the Hole (1951)
4. ·aka C'era una volta il West (1968)
5. ·aka Charulata (1964)
6. ·aka Cléo de 5 à 7 (1961)
7. ·aka Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974)
8. ·aka Earth (1930)
9. ·aka Francesco, giullare di Dio (1950)
10. ·aka Guling jie shaonian sha ren shijian (1991)
11. ·aka Hsimeng jensheng (1993)
12. ·aka In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden (1978)
13. ·aka KrÃ3tki film o zabijaniu (1988)
14. ·aka Laat sau sen taan (1992)
15. ·aka Lancelot du Lac (1974)
16. ·aka Masculin, féminin: 15 faits précis (1966)
17. ·aka Mat i syn (1997)
18. ·aka Memorias del subdesarrollo (1968)
19. ·aka Nattvardsgästerna (1963)
20. ·aka Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)
21. ·aka Professione: reporter (1975)
22. ·aka Saikaku ichidai onna (1952)
23. ·aka Spione (1928)
24. ·aka Vérités et mensonges (1974)
25. ·Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
26. ·Autumn Leaves (1956)
27. ·Beau travail (1999)Canon #86
28. ·Beloved (1998)
29. ·Bonjour tristesse (1958)
30. ·Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
31. ·Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
32. ·Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
33. ·Crash (1996)
34. ·Day of the Dead (1985)
35. ·Dead Man (1995)
36. ·Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
37. ·Dong (1998)
38. ·Empire of the Sun (1987)
39. ·Ensayo de un crimen (1955)
40. ·Faust (1926)
41. ·Fitzcarraldo (1982)Canon #184
42. ·Foolish Wives (1922)
43. ·Freaks (1932)
44. ·Gertrud (1964)
45. ·Gueule d'amour (1937)
46. ·Hana-bi (1997)
47. ·Hi, Mom! (1970)
48. ·Hindle Wakes (1927)
49. ·Husbands and Wives (1992)
50. ·I Confess (1953)
51. ·Imitation of Life (1959)
52. ·In a Lonely Place (1950)
53. ·Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976)Canon #60
54. ·Kairo (2001)
55. ·Killer of Sheep (1977)Canon #193
56. ·La Chute de la maison Usher (1928)
57. ·Le aka Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)
58. ·Le aka Locataire (1976)
59. ·Le aka Plaisir (1952)
60. ·Les Vampires (1915)
61. ·Love Me Tonight (1932)
62. ·Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
63. ·McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
64. ·Midareru (1964)
65. ·Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
66. ·Narayama bushiko (1983)
67. ·Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
68. ·Operazione paura (1966)
69. ·Point Blank (1967)
70. ·Portrait of Jennie (1948)
71. ·Possession (1981)
72. ·Showgirls (1995)
73. ·Stage Door (1937)
74. ·Stalker (1979)Canon #127
75. ·Sátántangó (1994)Canon #214
76. ·Tenebre (1982)
77. ·The Big Red One (1980)Canon #242
78. ·The Black Cat (1934)
79. ·The Cameraman (1928)
80. ·The Crowd (1928)Canon #198
81. ·The Ladies Man (1961)
82. ·The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
83. ·The Leopard Man (1943)
84. ·The Lickerish Quartet (1970)
85. ·The Mortal Storm (1940)
86. ·The Shooting (1967)
87. ·The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
88. ·To Be or Not to Be (1942)Canon #88
89. ·Trash (1970)
90. ·Twentynine Palms (2003)
91. ·Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
92. ·Underground (1995)
93. ·Velvet Goldmine (1998)
94. ·Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
95. ·Xala (1975)
96. ·Yeelen (1987)
97. ·Zhantai (2000)
98. ·Â¡Que viva Mexico! (1932)
99. ·Ã€ ma soeur! (2001)

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.