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The Vatican's "Important Films"

In 1995, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications released Alcuni film importanti (Some Important Films), a list of 45 films divided into the categories of religion, values, and art. These films were recommended for viewing by Pope John Paul II and John Patrick Foley. Name these 20 which are among them.
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1922
Silent German vampire classic
Nosferatu
1927
Fritz Lang sci-fi epic set in a futuristic class-divided city
Metropolis
1928
Silent French masterpiece about patron saint of France
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1933
Early screen version of the March sisters’ coming-of-age story
Little Women
1936
Charlie Chaplin battles industrial machinery as the Tramp
Modern Times
1937
French POW drama about class and humanity during World War I
La Grande Illusion
1939
Technicolor musical journey featuring ruby slippers
The Wizard of Oz
1940
Animated orchestral film with Mickey as sorcerer’s apprentice
Fantasia
1941
Film about a newspaper tycoon who says "rosebud"
Citizen Kane
1946
Small-town banker sees the world as if he’d never been born
It's a Wonderful Life
1948
Italian neorealist story of a father searching Rome for a stolen bike
Bicycle Thieves
1954
Dockworker says “I coulda been a contender”
On the Waterfront
1957
Medieval knight plays chess with Death on a beach
The Seventh Seal
1957
Elderly professor reexamines his life during a reflective road trip
Wild Strawberries
1959
Roman epic known for its legendary chariot race
Ben-Hur
1963
Fellini's surreal film about a director with creative block
8 1/2
1968
Visionary sci-fi with HAL 9000 and a mysterious monolith
2001: A Space Odyssey
1981
British runners compete in the 1924 Olympics to the sound of Vangelis
Chariots of Fire
1982
Biographical epic about nonviolent independence leader
Gandhi
1989
Ten-part Polish drama inspired by the Ten Commandments
Dekalog
1993
Holocaust drama about a businessman who saves Jewish workers
Schindler's List
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