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The one movie I feel should have definitely made the list (of top 3 movies, let alone 100), is Seven Samurai. Maybe this was an oversight because you didn't want more than two Kurosawa films on the list? If this was the case, I feel Seven Samurai is a better movie than Yojimbo.
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Star Wars (1977)

Directed By: George Lucas
Screenplay: George Lucas
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness

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orget the phenomenon—it changed forever the way movies are marketed. Forget the endlessly hyped sequels. Try to recall the rushing joy in your heart when Harrison Ford first threw the Millennium Falcon into hyperspace. Remember the innocence (and technological inventiveness) of the film, the fun of the dialogue, the astonishment of the creatures we encountered, the propulsive dash of the editing. One suspects that the peppy force of the thing will always be with us, preventing our surrender to the Force's Dark Side.—R.S.

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Star Wars is a grand and glorious film that may well be the smash hit of 1977, and certainly is the best movie of the year so far
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