500 Must-See Movies, 3rd Edition, 2023

We know what you’re thinking: blimey, that is a big
number. And yet the funny thing about putting this
bumper-sized magazine together was how difficult it
was to narrow it down to just 500...
This list was put together by the brains behind Total
Film (and its sister titles SFX and Horrorville). We love
movies obsessively, and we hope that this list
demonstrates that passion. You’ll find all the classics
here: Star Wars, Jaws, Halloween and so on. But you’ll
also find plenty of titles old and new that you may not
have encountered before.
To make things easier we’ve split the book into five
handy genre-based chapters: comedy, action, thriller,
horror and sci-fi/fantasy. When making a list like this
there’s bound to be a degree of crossover. Alien, for
instance, could arguably sit in four of those sections
- it’d be a bit of a stretch to place it in comedy,
admittedly - but we’ve tried to position them in the
chapter that seemed most appropriate.
How many of the 500 have you seen? Each section
comes with a handy checklist so you can tick them
off as you go. So clear your diaries, grab some snacks
and get watching!