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Film critics pick the 50 best movies of all time

From film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza's new book 'The Greatest Movies Ever,' their picks for the 50 greatest films

41. 'Schindler's List'

  • By Molly Driscoll

The 1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg "shows enormous restraint and provides rich insight into one of our darkest moments in history," the critics write. "The film does not use easy formulas but triumphs in its directness, in its power to terrify without numbing."

Spielberg did not accept any payment for the film.

The production did not get permission to film scenes inside Auschwitz, so they filmed right outside the gates in an area built to look exactly like the prison.

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