Many movies are good, some are great, but only a select few can be called truly "essential." After long discussions, a fair amount of bargaining, and a shouting match or two, the staff at Yahoo! Movies has put together this list of the 100 films you must see before you die. To choose the titles for the list, we considered factors like historical importance and cultural impact. But we also selected films that we believe are the most thrilling, most dramatic, scariest, and funniest movies of all time. Some of these films you've seen, and some you may not have heard of, but we believe that each one is a timeless classic that you absolutely have to see.

Everett Collection12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and E.G. Marshall

Photo by MGM/The Kobal Collection, WireImage2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood and William Sylvester

Everett CollectionTHE 400 BLOWS (1959)
Directed by: Francois Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Patrick Auffay and Claire Maurier

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImage8 1/2 (1963)
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni and Anouk Aimee

Everett CollectionTHE AFRICAN QUEEN (1952)
Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and Robert Morley

Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionALIEN (1979)
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver and Veronica Cartwright

Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and George Sanders

Everett CollectionANNIE HALL (1977)
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen and Diane Keaton

Photo by United Artists, Everett CollectionAPOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall

Photo by Igor/The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1967)
Directed by: Gillo Pontecorvo
Starring: Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi and Brahim Haggiag

Everett CollectionTHE BICYCLE THIEF (1948)
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola and Elena Altieri

Everett CollectionBLADE RUNNER (1982)
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young

Everett CollectionBLAZING SADDLES (1974)
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder and Slim Pickens

Everett CollectionBLOW-UP (1966)
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave and Sarah Miles

Photo by De Laurentiis Group, Everett CollectionBLUE VELVET (1986)
Directed by: David Lynch
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and Dennis Hopper

Photo by Jerry Tavin, Everett CollectionBONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway and Michael J. Pollard

Everett CollectionBREATHLESS (1960)
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg

Everett CollectionTHE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
Directed by: David Lean
Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins

Everett CollectionBRINGING UP BABY (1938)
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Charles Ruggles

Photo by 20th Century Fox/The Kobal Collection, WireImageBUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katharine Ross

Everett CollectionCASABLANCA (1942)
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid

Photo by Paramount Pictures/The Kobal Collection, WireImageCHINATOWN (1974)
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston

Photo by RKO/The Kobal Collection, WireImageCITIZEN KANE (1941)
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore

Photo by Sony/The Kobal Collection, WireImageCROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000)
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Ziyi Zhang

Photo by Peter Sorel/20th Century Fox/The Koball Collection, WireImageDIE HARD (1988)
Directed by: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia and Alan Rickman

Photo by Universal Pictures, Everett CollectionDO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
Directed by: Spike Lee
Starring: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

Everett CollectionDOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson

Everett CollectionDR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden

Everett CollectionDUCK SOUP (1933)
Directed by: Leo McCarey
Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx and Chico Marx

Photo by Universal Pictures, Everett CollectionE.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Dee Wallace Stone, Henry Thomas and Peter Coyote

Everett CollectionENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
Directed by: Robert Clouse
Starring: Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly

Photo by Warner Bros., Everett CollectionTHE EXORCIST (1973)
Directed by: William Friedkin
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and Linda Blair

Everett CollectionFAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Judge Reinhold

Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionTHE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
Directed by: William Friedkin
Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey and Roy Scheider

Everett CollectionTHE GODFATHER (1972)
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and James Caan

Photo by Paramount/The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton

Everett CollectionGOLDFINGER (1964)
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Sean Connery and Honor Blackman

Everett CollectionTHE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (1968)
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef

Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures, Everett CollectionGOODFELLAS (1990)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci

Photo by Embassy/The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE GRADUATE (1967)
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross

Everett CollectionGRAND ILLUSION (1938)
Directed by:Jean Renoir
Starring: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

Photo by Columbia Pictures, Everett CollectionGROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliott

Everett CollectionA HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964)
Directed by: Richard Lester
Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr

WireImageIN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2001)
Directed by: Wong Kar-Wai
Starring: Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung

Photo by Columbia/The Kobal Collection, WireImageIT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
Directed by: Frank Capra
Starring: Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert

Everett CollectionIT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
Directed by: Frank Capra
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore

Everett CollectionJAWS (1975)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageKING KONG (1933)
Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper
Starring: Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong

Everett CollectionTHE LADY EVE (1941)
Directed by: Preston Sturges
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda and Charles Coburn

Photo by Columbia, Everett CollectionLAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
Directed by: David Lean
Starring: Peter O Toole, Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn

Photo by New Line Cinema, Everett CollectionTHE LORD OF THE RINGS (2001)
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler and Viggo Mortensen

Everett CollectionM (1931)
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Starring: Peter Lorre, Theodor Loos and Otto Wernicke

Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionM.A.S.H. (1970)
Directed by: Robert Altman
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould and Tom Skerritt

Everett CollectionTHE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet

Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures, Everett CollectionTHE MATRIX (1999)
Directed by: Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss

Everett CollectionMODERN TIMES (1936)
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard

Everett CollectionMONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975)
Directed by: Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle

Everett CollectionNATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
Directed by: John Landis
Starring: John Belushi, Tim Matheson and John Vernon

Everett CollectionNETWORK (1976)
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden and Peter Finch

Photo by Prana-Film/The Kobal Collection, WireImageNOSFERATU (1922)
Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck, Gustave Von Wagenheim and Greta Schroeder

Everett CollectionON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden and Lee J. Cobb

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
Directed by: Milos Forman
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and William Redfield

Everett CollectionPATHS OF GLORY (1958)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker and Adolphe Menjou

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImagePRINCESS MONONOKE (1999)
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Billy Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton and Minnie Driver

Photo by Paramount/Kobal Collection, WireImagePSYCHO (1960)
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh

Photo by Miramax/The Kobal Collection, WireImagePULP FICTION (1994)
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman

Photo by United Artists/The Kobal Collection, WireImageRAGING BULL (1980)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Cathy Moriarty-Gentile and Joe Pesci

Photo by Paramount Pictures, Everett CollectionRAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Paul Freeman

Photo by Orion Pictures, Everett CollectionRAISE THE RED LANTERN (1992)
Directed by: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, He Caifei and Cao Cuifeng

Everett CollectionRASHOMON (1951)
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyo

Photo by Paramount Pictures/The Kobal Collection, WireImageREAR WINDOW (1954)
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr

Everett CollectionREBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Starring: James Dean,Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo

Photo by United Artists, Everett CollectionROCKY (1976)
Directed by: John Avildsen
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire and Burt Young

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
Directed by: William Wyler
Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Eddie Albert

Photo by Dreamworks/The Kobal Collection, WireImageSAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore and Edward Burns

Photo by Universal Pictures, Everett CollectionSCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes

Everett CollectionTHE SEARCHERS (1956)
Directed by: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter and Vera Miles

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageSEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune

Photo by Castlerock/The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman

Photo by Orion/The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Scott Glenn

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageSINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
Directed by: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Starring:Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds

Photo by Walt Disney PicturesSNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
Directed by: David Hand
Starring: Adriana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell

Everett CollectionSOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon

Photo by 20th Century Fox/The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
Directed by: Robert Wise
Starring: Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer

Photo by Lucasfilm/20th Century Fox/Kobal, WireImageSTAR WARS (1977)
Directed by: George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher

Everett CollectionSUNSET BLVD. (1950)
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim

Photo by TriStar Pictures, Everett CollectionTERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Robert Patrick

Everett CollectionTHE THIRD MAN (1949)
Directed by: Carol Reed
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Orson Welles

THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean

Photo by 20th Century Fox, Everett CollectionTITANIC (1997)
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet

Everett CollectionTO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
Directed by: Robert Mulligan
Starring: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham and Phillip Alford

Photo by Disney/PixarTOY STORY (1995)
Directed by: John Lasseter
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Don Rickles

Photo by Polygram/Kobal, WireImageTHE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995)
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Kevin Spacey and Gabriel Byrne

Everett CollectionVERTIGO (1958)
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart and Kim Novak

Photo by Castlerock/The Kobal Collection, WireImageWHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (1989)
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and Carrie Fisher

Everett CollectionWILD STRAWBERRIES (1957)
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Victor Sjostrom, Gunnar Bjornstrand and Ingrid Thulin

Everett CollectionWINGS OF DESIRE (1988)
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin and Otto Sander

Photo by MGM/The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
Directed by: Victor Fleming
Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and Ray Bolger

Photo by Orion Pictures, Everett CollectionWOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (1988)
Directed by: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas and Fernando Guillen

Everett CollectionTHE WORLD OF APU (1959)
Directed by: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore and Swampan Mukerjee

Many more films were considered for the list, but fell off for one reason or another. We'll be creating some follow-up lists in the future to cover some more specific categories. If you have a suggestion for a title you'd like to see included in the future, let us know in the comments below.