The Radio Times is published by the BBC and is the longest running and most respected TV/Radio guide in the UK. Obviously this list is not meant to be taken too seriously but according to the article, these are the 25 movies (plus alternatives) you need to see to be a film buff.

Original list by Radio Times film editor Andrew Collins.

1. Casablanca (1942)
or Citizen Kane (1941)

2. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919)
or Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horrors (1922)

3. Blade Runner (1982)
or 2001: A Space Odyssey (196 

4. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
or The Red Shoes (194 

5. Build My Gallows High (1947)
or The Big Sleep (1946)

6. La Dolce Vita (1960)
or Bicycle Thieves (194 

7. High Noon (1952)
or The Searchers (1956)

8. Rear Window (1954)
or Psycho (1960)

9. The Hidden Fortress (195 
or Rashomon (1950)

10. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
or Easy Rider (1969)

11. Bringing up Baby (193 
or His Girl Friday (1939)

12 The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
or The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

13. Un Chien Andalou (192 
or LAge dOr (1930)

14. Armageddon (199 
or Con Air (1997)

15. Heavens Gate (1980)
or Dances With Wolves (1990)

16. Annie Hall (1977)
or Manhattan (1979)

17. Singin in the Rain (1952)
or An American in Paris (1951)

18. Paths of Glory (1957)
or A Few Good Men (1992)

19. Performance (1970)
or Blowup (1966)

20. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
or Dracula (1931)

21. Blackboards (2000)
or The Apple (199 

22. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
or Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

23. Pulp Fiction (1994)
or Reservoir Dogs (1991)

24. Shoah (1985)
or Nuit et Brouillard (1955)

25. Winter Light (1962)
or The Silence (1963)

Quite interesting though Im sure most of us would create quite different listings. 

Cheers Trev.