Certainly! Here’s a curated list of 99 iconic classic Hollywood movies that every film enthusiast should have seen. Challenge yourself to check off as many as possible — if you haven’t seen at least 25, you might need to catch up on some cinematic history!
### Mega List of 99 Iconic Classic Hollywood Movies
1. Casablanca (1942)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Gone with the Wind (1939)
4. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
6. Vertigo (1958)
7. Psycho (1960)
8. Chinatown (1974)
9. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
10. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
11. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
12. City Lights (1931)
13. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
14. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
15. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
16. Some Like It Hot (1959)
17. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
18. The Great Dictator (1940)
19. Double Indemnity (1944)
20. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
21. Modern Times (1936)
22. All About Eve (1950)
23. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
24. Ben-Hur (1959)
25. The Sound of Music (1965)
26. The Apartment (1960)
27. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
28. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
29. On the Waterfront (1954)
30. The African Queen (1951)
31. King Kong (1933)
32. Frankenstein (1931)
33. His Girl Friday (1940)
34. The Big Sleep (1946)
35. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
36. Rebecca (1940)
37. North by Northwest (1959)
38. The Killing (1956)
39. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
40. Rear Window (1954)
41. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
42. The Apartment (1960)
43. The Gold Rush (1925)
44. The Thin Man (1934)
45. La Dolce Vita (1960)
46. King David (1947)
47. His Girl Friday (1940)
48. The 39 Steps (1935)
49. The Odd Couple (1968)
50. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
51. The Great Escape (1963)
52. Tokyo Story (1953)
53. The Killing Fields (1984)
54. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
55. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
56. The Sound of Music (1965)
57. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
58. My Fair Lady (1964)
59. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
60. Spartacus (1960)
61. Rebecca (1940)
62. The Killing (1956)
63. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
64. It Happened One Night (1934)
65. Duck Soup (1933)
66. The General (1926)
67. Modern Times (1936)
68. The Circus (1928)
69. The Thin Man (1934)
70. Fury (1936)
71. Young Frankenstein (1974)
72. Casablanca (1942)
73. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
74. The African Queen (1951)
75. The Trial (1962)
76. The Nun’s Story (1959)
77. Badlands (1973)
78. Stagecoach (1939)
79. The Red Shoes (1948)
80. High Society (1956)
81. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
82. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
83. The French Connection (1971)
84. The Last Picture Show (1971)
85. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
86. The Hustler (1961)
87. The Deer Hunter (1978)
88. M (1931)
89. The 400 Blows (1959)
90. The Night of the Living Dead (1968)
91. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
92. Blazing Saddles (1974)
93. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
94. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
95. Spaghetti Westerns like “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (1966)
96. The Wild Bunch (1969)
97. Easy Rider (1969)
98. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
99. The Graduate (1967)
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**How many have you seen?** If your count is less than 25, you might want to dive into the classics — they’re the foundation of cinematic genius!
