The British Film Institute is searching for classic films of the future to mark its 75th anniversary.
The organisation has kicked off its hunt by asking 75 prominent people to choose a film they would like to show to future generations.
Adulthood nominated by Ashley Walters
- Apocalypse Now nominated by Martha Fiennes
- L'Atalante nominated by Julien Temple, Lynda Myles and David Mackenzie
- Back to the Future nominated by Alison Owen
- The Band Wagon nominated by Nicholas Hytner
- The Battle of Algiers nominated by Paul Greengrass and Rebecca O'Brien
- Billy Elliot nominated by Matt Lucas
- Blade Runner nominated by James Christopher
- Bonnie and Clyde nominated by Mike Figgis
- Cabaret nominated by Greg Dyke
- The Card nominated by Frank Skinner
- Closely Observed Trains nominated by Ken Loach
- A Diary for Timothy nominated by Amanda Nevill and Leslie Hardcastle OBE
- Do the Right Thing nominated by Marc Boothe
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb nominated by Chiwetel Ejiofor
- The Elephant Man nominated by Russell Brand
- Empire of the Sun nominated by Leslie Philips
- Fog of War nominated by Jess Search
- Friday Night Lights nominated by Max Minghella
- The Godfather nominated by Baz Bamigboye
- Great Expectations nominated by Stephen Woolley
- Grizzly Man nominated by Mark Herbert
- A Hard Day's Night nominated by Barnaby Thompson
- If.... nominated by Stewart Till
- The Innocents nominated by Miranda Richardson
- Ivan the Terrible nominated by Phyllida Law
- Kes nominated by David Morrissey
- Kind Hearts and Coronets nominated by Terence Davies
- Lawrence of Arabia nominated by Thomas Hoegh and Sir Roger Moore
- The Leopard nominated by Caroline Michel
- Local Hero nominated by Lord David Puttnam of Queensgate CBE
- A Matter of Life and Death nominated by Shami Chakrabarti, Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Liz Rosenthal and Tanya Seghatchian
- Metropolis nominated by Ken Russell
- Mississippi Burning nominated by Bill Nighy
- Never Take No for an Answer nominated by Sir Ben Kingsley
- Night of the Hunter nominated by Trudie Styler
- Night of the Masterpiece nominated by Pierre Bismuth
- Once upon a Time in America nominated by John Woodward
- Otto e mezzo nominated by Lisa Ray
- Pather Panchali nominated by Nitin Sawhney
- Pulp Fiction nominated by Noel Clarke
- Quadrophenia nominated by Jaime Winstone
- Raging Bull nominated by Asif Kapadia
- Raising Arizona nominated by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
- Ratcatcher nominated by Harry Treadaway
- The Red Shoes nominated by Patrick Marber
- Ryan's Daughter nominated by Jane Wright
- The Sacrifice nominated by Juliette Binoche
- The Seventh Seal nominated by Lord Melvyn Bragg
- She's Gotta Have It nominated by Diane Abbott
- Silent Light nominated by Michael Nyman
- Singin' in the Rain nominated by Philip French
- Spartacus nominated by Tony Robinson
- Stalker nominated by Cate Blanchett
- A Star is Born nominated by Sarah Waters
- The Third Man nominated by Adrian Wootton and Stephen Frears
- This is England nominated by Jason Solomons
- The Times of Harvey Milk nominated by Paul Burston
- Tokyo Story nominated by Gurinder Chadha and Joanna Hogg
- Valerie and her Week of Wonders nominated by Sigur Ros
- Vertigo nominated by Lizzie Francke
- West Side Story nominated by David Arnold
- The Wizard of Oz nominated by Nathalie Press
- The Women nominated by Kathy Lette
Nominations - along with the reasons for choosing a film - can be made online until 30 September.
The top five films for the future will be screened at the BFI on London's South Bank in January 2009, with plans to show them at regional cinemas at a later date.
Do you agree with list, what would you choose as the one film to pass on to future generations?
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