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The creations that outlived their makers. 110 films, albums, books, games and designs, each with its story, gallery and footage.

• The Odyssey (700 BC, book)
• The Divine Comedy (1320, book)
• Hamlet (1603, book)
• Don Quixote (1605, book)
• Pride and Prejudice (1813, book)
• Moby-Dick (1851, book)
• Crime and Punishment (1866, book)
• War and Peace (1869, book)
• Levi's 501 (1873, design)
• Ford Model T (1908, design)
• Coca-Cola Contour Bottle (1915, design)
• Ulysses (1922, book)
• The Great Gatsby (1925, book)
• Metropolis (1927, movie)
• Brave New World (1932, book)
• The Hobbit (1937, book)
• Volkswagen Beetle (1938, design)
• Gone with the Wind (1939, movie)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939, movie)
• Citizen Kane (1941, movie)
• Casablanca (1942, movie)
• The Little Prince (1943, book)
• Vespa (1946, design)
• The Diary of a Young Girl (1947, book)
• 1984 (1949, book)
• The Catcher in the Rye (1951, book)
• Seven Samurai (1954, movie)
• The Lord of the Rings (1954, book)
• Eames Lounge Chair (1956, design)
• LEGO Brick (1958, design)
• Kind of Blue (1959, music)
• La Dolce Vita (1960, movie)
• Psycho (1960, movie)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1960, book)
• Porsche 911 (1964, design)
• Highway 61 Revisited (1965, music)
• Pet Sounds (1966, music)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967, book)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967, music)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, movie)
• Abbey Road (1969, music)
• Boeing 747 (1969, design)
• Concorde (1969, design)
• Led Zeppelin IV (1971, music)
• The Oregon Trail (1971, game)
• What's Going On (1971, music)
• Polaroid SX-70 (1972, design)
• The Godfather (1972, movie)
• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (1972, music)
• The Dark Side of the Moon (1973, music)
• Rubik's Cube (1974, design)
• A Night at the Opera (1975, music)
• Born to Run (1975, music)
• Jaws (1975, movie)
• Hotel California (1976, music)
• Rocky (1976, movie)
• Rumours (1977, music)
• Star Wars (1977, movie)
• Space Invaders (1978, game)
• Alien (1979, movie)
• Sony Walkman (1979, design)
• The Wall (1979, music)
• Back in Black (1980, music)
• Pac-Man (1980, game)
• Blade Runner (1982, movie)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, movie)
• Thriller (1982, music)
• Legend (1984, music)
• Purple Rain (1984, music)
• Tetris (1984, game)
• The Terminator (1984, movie)
• Back to the Future (1985, movie)
• Super Mario Bros. (1985, game)
• Appetite for Destruction (1987, music)
• The Joshua Tree (1987, music)
• Cinema Paradiso (1988, movie)
• Game Boy (1989, design)
• Goodfellas (1990, movie)
• Nevermind (1991, music)
• Sid Meier's Civilization (1991, game)
• Street Fighter II (1991, game)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991, movie)
• Doom (1993, game)
• Jurassic Park (1993, movie)
• Schindler's List (1993, movie)
• Forrest Gump (1994, movie)
• Pulp Fiction (1994, movie)
• The Lion King (1994, movie)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994, movie)
• Pokemon Red and Blue (1996, game)
• Final Fantasy VII (1997, game)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997, book)
• OK Computer (1997, music)
• Titanic (1997, movie)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, game)
• The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998, music)
• The Matrix (1999, movie)
• The Sims (2000, game)
• Spirited Away (2001, movie)
• Half-Life 2 (2004, game)
• World of Warcraft (2004, game)
• iPhone (2007, design)
• Portal (2007, game)
• 21 (2011, music)
• Dark Souls (2011, game)
• Minecraft (2011, game)
• Grand Theft Auto V (2013, game)
• Random Access Memories (2013, music)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015, game)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018, game)