Here are the Official Changes for the 2014 Edition of the 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, Plus the Renumbered List

I received the 2014 edition of the 1,001 Movies book from Amazon U.K.  Note to anyone else who is thinking of buying it from them: unlike Amazon U.S. they don’t ship books in a box that protects them; they simply wrap a thin piece of cardboard around the book apparently to keep dirt off it.  The book arrived battered at both ends from knocking against other packages.  I paid full price (plus shipping “across the pond”) for a new book and received one in used book condition.

As it turns out Andy Stout was correct when he first posted on the 1,001 Movies wiki on the changes he derived from the 1,001 Movies website list back in August.  For those who did not see the original post on this here they are:

The 13 films added to the list:

12 Years a Slave (2013)

The Act of Killing (2012)

American Hustle (2013)

Blancanieves (2012)

Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)

Gravity (2013)

The Great Beauty (2013)

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Nebraska (2013)

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)

A Touch of Sin (2013)

Wadjda (2012)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

All are readily available on DVD.  The Act of Killing, Blancanieves, Blue is the Warmest Color, and A Touch of Sin are also streaming on Netflix Instant.

The 13 films removed from the list (old numbers):

1080. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

1083. The Departed (2006)

1096. No Country for Old Men (2007)

1116. Inglorious Basterds (2009)

1125. Of Gods and Men (2010)

1127. The King's Speech (2010)

1134. Le Havre (2011)

1135. Shame (2011)

1139. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

1140. Bridesmaids (2011)

1148. Les Miserables (2012)

1150. Argo (2012)

1152. Skyfall (2012)

Discussions of what I and others thought about these changes can be found in the earlier post and its comments.

Now, how does this affect the numbering of the list, especially in light of the fact that entries were removed as far back as 2006 and added as far back as 2010?

The numbering of the list remains the same from the beginning up to #1079 – The Constant Gardener (2005).  In the book this equates to no changes through page 906.  The subsequent 88 films, which include the 13 additions, do end up with new numbers.

You may remember that last year it was decided that a new numbering method be employed which tied the list to the physical presentation in the book.  And for those films that had been removed and did not appear in the publication, they would be placed at the end of their years, in the order they had originally appeared. 

Now that this method has been established, if we go back to the prior method (putting the new additions at the ends of the years and leaving removed entries where they are) we would end up with added/removed films both at the ends of their years and left intermixed with each other – a confusing situation to say the least.

Like last year I have redone the 1,001 Movies Tracking Sheet I have so that it has columns for the old numbers and the new numbers.  You can view/download that here.  Remember that the first 1,079 entries’ numbers remained the same, so you do not have to worry about them.

If you just want the new numbers and not the whole tracking sheet then here are the last 88 of 1,167 entries (new number, old number, title, and year).

1080	1081	Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)	2006
1081	1082	Lives of Others, The (Das Leben der Anderen)	2006
1082	1084	Apocalypto	2006
1083	1085	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	2006
1084	1086	Once	2006
1085	1087	Queen, The	2006
1086	1088	Host, The (Gwoemul)	2006
1087	1089	Prestige, The	2006
1088	1090	Children of Men	2006
1089	1091	United 93	2006
1090	1092	Last King of Scotland, The	2006
1091	1093	Babel	2006
1092	1094	Volver	2006
1093	1080	Little Miss Sunshine	2006
1094	1083	Departed, The	2006
1095	1095	Paranormal Activity	2007
1096	1097	Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (Le scaphandre et le papillon)	2007
1097	1098	There Will Be Blood	2007
1098	1099	La Vie en Rose	2007
1099	1100	Into the Wild	2007
1100	1101	Atonement	2007
1101	1102	Surfwise	2007
1102	1103	Bourne Ultimatum, The	2007
1103	1096	No Country for Old Men	2007
1104	1104	Gomorrah (Gomorra)	2008
1105	1105	Hurt Locker, The	2009
1106	1106	Slumdog Millionaire	2008
1107	1107	Dark Knight, The	2008
1108	1108	Let the Right One In (Lat den ratte komma in)	2008
1109	1109	WALL-E	2008
1110	1110	Good, the Bad, the Weird, The (Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom)	2008
1111	1111	Wrestler, The	2008
1112	1112	Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The	2008
1113	1113	Class, The (Entre les murs)	2008
1114	1114	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	2008
1115	1115	District 9	2009
1116	1118	White Ribbon, The (Das Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschicte)	2009
1117	1117	Avatar	2009
1118	1119	Education, An	2009
1119	1120	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	2009
1120	1121	Hangover, The	2009
1121	1122	In the Loop	2009
1122	1123	Fish Tank	2009
1123	1116	Inglourious Basterds	2009
1124	1124	Cave of Forgotten Dreams	2010
1125		Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz)	2010
1126	1126	Black Swan	2010
1127	1128	Inception	2010
1128	1129	Social Network, The	2010
1129	1130	Senna	2010
1130	1131	Monsters	2010
1131	1132	Four Lions	2010
1132	1133	True Grit	2010
1133	1125	Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux)	2010
1134	1127	King's Speech, The	2010
1135	1136	Separation, A (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)	2011
1136	1138	Drive	2011
1137	1137	Tree of Life, The	2011
1138	1141	Kid with a Bike, The (Le gamin au velo)	2011
1139	1142	Artist, The	2011
1140	1143	Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The	2011
1141	1144	War Horse	2011
1142	1145	Descendants, The	2011
1143	1146	Hugo	2011
1144	1134	Le Havre	2011
1145	1135	Shame	2011
1146	1139	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	2011
1147	1140	Bridesmaids	2011
1148	1147	Cabin in the Woods, The	2012
1149	1149	Amour	2012
1150	1151	Lincoln	2012
1151	1153	Django Unchained	2012
1152		Act of Killing, The	2012
1153		Blancanieves	2012
1154		Wadjda	2012
1155	1154	Life of Pi	2012
1156	1148	Les Miserables	2012
1157	1150	Argo	2012
1158	1152	Skyfall	2012
1159		Nebraska	2013
1160		Inside Llewyn Davis	2013
1161		Wolf of Wall Street, The	2013
1162		Gravity	2013
1163		Blue Is the Warmest Color (La vie d'Adele - Chapitres 1 et 2)	2013
1164		American Hustle	2013
1165		Great Beauty, The (La grande bellezza)	2013
1166		Touch of Sin, A (Tian zhu ding)	2013
1167		12 Years a Slave	2013

As I make this post the 1,001 Movies wiki is not yet updated for these new numbers, nor for the Books section to include the 2014 edition, but I hope to get to those in the coming days.  I will be letting Peter Stanley know what films to add to his 1,001 Movies Letterboxd list so that we all stay in sync.

October 23, 2014 edit - The 1001 Movies wiki is now fully updated with the new numbers, entry changes, and the new edition.  Peter Stanley has also updated his Letterboxd list.