Dictionary of Films from Jacques Lourcelles
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1515 films (alphabetically, in French)
“1508 movies up to year 1992. Movies from every part of the world selected and analyzed by Jacques Lourcelles, a french cinema critic.”
Dizionario dei capolavori del cinema (Dictionary of Cinema Masterpieces)
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1244 films (chronologically)
“Dizionario dei capolavori del cinema” is an Italian book written by Fernando Di Giammatteo and Cristina Bragaglia published in 2004. It lists 1244 of the “most significative movies” released between 1895 and 2004."
‘I Capolavori’ - The 4 and 5 star Italian classics, according to the Morandini dictionary
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161 films
“Written and updated on a year-by-year basis by Laura, Luisa and Morando Morandini. (…) The four-star rating is generally given to film regarded as masterpieces, while the five-star rating is assigned to those films that are considered to be fundamental in the history of cinema or that represent the highest achievement of a great director.” (stefanaki) (Last updated on Apr 2, 2018; ranked chronologically)