This list contains the top movies of all time, as determined by dozens of movie critics, film scholars and the editors of a variety of books, magazines and websites. Included in this list are the following meta-lists: Best Films of All Time – Ranked, Top 200 Films of All Time – Using a New Method; Best Documentaries; Best Animated Films. In addition, I have selected the top 10 or so movies from each of the Best Films – Year by Year lists, which cover the period of 2002-2019, and movies from the Best of the 21st Century (So Far) list.
This list is presented in reverse chronological order, with the most recent movies first. I have also included my personal 1-10 rating of the movie, if I have seen it.
- The Souvenir (UK/US, 2019) Dir: Joanna Hogg (10)
- Parasite (South Korea, 2019) Dir: Bong Joon-ho (9)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (US/UK, 2019) Dir: Quentin Tarantino (9)
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco (US, 2019) Dir: Joe Talbot (9)
- Atlantics (Senegal/France/Belgium, 2019) Dir: Mati Diop (9)
- Us (US, 2019) Dir: Jordan Peele (7)
- Apollo 11 (US, 2019) Dir: Todd Douglas Miller (7)
- The Irishman (US, 2019) Dir: Martin Scorsese (10)
- Uncut Gems (US, 2019) Dir: Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
- Pain and Glory (Spain, 2019) Dir: Pedro Almodóvar
- Little Women (US, 2019) Dir: Greta Gerwig (9)
- The Farewell (US, 2019) Dir: Lulu Wang
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France, 2019) Dir: Céline Sciamma
- Marriage Story (US/UK, 2019) Dir: Noah Baumbach (9)
- The Favourite (Ireland/UK/US, 2018) Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos (10)
- Roma (Mexico/US, 2018) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (9)
- Burning (South Korea, 2018) Dir: Chang-dong Lee (9)
- Eighth Grade (US, 2018) Dir: Bo Burnham (9)
- First Reformed (US, 2018) Dir: Paul Schrader (9)
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? (US, 2018) Dir: Marielle Heller (8)
- A Star is Born (US, 2018) Dir: Bradley Cooper (6)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (US, 2018) Dir: Barry Jenkins
- The Rider (US, 2018) Dir: Chloé Zhao
- Shoplifters (Japan, 2018) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda
- The Florida Project (US, 2017) Dir: Sean Baker (10)
- Phantom Thread (US, 2017) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (9)
- Lady Bird (US, 2017) Dir: Greta Gerwig (9)
- Get Out (US, 2017) Dir: Jordan Peele (8)
- Dunkirk (UK, 2017) Dir: Christopher Nolan (8)
- A Ghost Story (US, 2017) Dir: David Lowery (8)
- Faces Places (France, 2017) Dir: Agnès Varda & JR (8)
- The Big Sick (US, 2017) Dir: Michael Showalter (7)
- Call Me by Your Name (Italy/US, 2017) Dir: Luca Guadagnino
- The Shape of Water (US, 2017) Dir: Guillermo del Toro
- Good Time (US, 2017) Dir: Benny & Josh Safdie
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (US/UK, 2017) Dir: Martin McDonagh
- Moonlight (US, 2016) Dir: Barry Jenkins (10)
- Manchester By The Sea (US, 2016) Dir: Kenneth Lonergan (9)
- 20th Century Women (US, 2016) Dir: Mike Mills (9)
- Arrival (US, 2016) Dir: Denis Villeneuve (8)
- Jackie (US/Chile/France, 2016) Dir: Pablo Larrain (8)
- Love & Friendship (US, 2016) Dir: Whit Stillman (8)
- La La Land (US, 2016) Dir: Damien Chazelle (7)
- Hell or High Water (US, 2016) Dir: David Mackenzie
- Elle (France, 2016) Dir: Paul Verhoven
- Paterson (US, 2016) Dir: Jim Jarmusch
- Toni Erdmann (Germany, 2016) Dir: Maren Ade
- The Handmaiden (South Korea, 2016) Dir: Park Chan-wook
- Zootopia (US, 2016) Dir: Bryon Howard & Rich Moore
- Finding Dory (US, 2016) Dir: Andrew Stanton & Angus MacLane
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (China/US, 2016) Dir: Alessandro Carloni & Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- Anomalisa (US, 2015) Dir: Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson (10)
- Brooklyn (UK/Canada/Ireland, 2015) Dir: John Crowley (9)
- Tangerine (US, 2015) Dir: Sean Baker (9)
- Son of Saul (Hungary, 2015) Dir: László Nemes (9)
- Spotlight (US, 2015) Dir: Tom McCarthy (9)
- The Big Short (US, 2015) Dir: Adam McKay (9)
- 45 Years (UK, 2015) Dir: Andrew Haigh (9)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (Australia/US, 2015) Dir: George Miller (7)
- Inside Out (US, 2015) Dir: Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen (6)
- Carol (US, 2015) Dir: Todd Haynes
- The Diary of a Teenage Girl (US, 2015) Dir: Marielle Heller
- The Peanuts Movie (US, 2015) Dir: Steve Martino
- Shaun the Sheep Movie (UK/France, 2015) Dir: Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
- The Little Prince (France, 2015) Dir: Mark Osborne
- Boyhood (US, 2014) Dir: Richard Linklater (10)
- Birdman (US, 2014) Dir: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (9)
- Mr. Turner (2014) Dir: Mike Leigh (9)
- Inherent Vice (US, 2014) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (9)
- Selma (US, 2014) Dir: Ava DuVernay (8)
- Whiplash (US, 2014) Dir: Damien Chazelle (7)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (US, 2014) Dir: Wes Anderson
- Foxcatcher (US, 2014) Dir: Bennett Miller
- Interstellar (US, 2014) Dir: Christopher Nolan
- The LEGO Movie (Australia/US/Denmark, 2014) Dir: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
- Ernest & Célestine (France/Belgium/Luxembourg, 2014) Dir: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar & Benjamin Renner
- Timbuktu (Mauritania/France, 2014) Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
- Song of the Sea (Ireland, 2014) Dir: Tomm Moore
- Big Hero 6 (US, 2014) Dir: Don Hall & Chris Williams
- Blue Jasmine (US, 2013) Dir: Woody Allen (9)
- Nebraska (US, 2013) Dir: Alexander Payne (9)
- Before Midnight (US, 2013) Dir: Richard Linklater (9)
- Inside Llewyn Davis (US, 2013) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen (9)
- Under the Skin (UK/US/Switzerland, 2013) Dir: Jonathan Glazer (9)
- Her (US, 2013) Dir: Spike Jonze (9)
- Ida (Poland, 2013) Director: Pawel Pawilkowski (9)
- The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza) (Italy, 2013) Director: Paolo Sorrentino (9)
- American Hustle (US, 2013) Dir: David O. Russell (8)
- All Is Lost (US, 2013) Dir: J.C. Chandor (8)
- The Wolf of Wall Street (US, 2013) Director: Martin Scorsese (8)
- Gravity (US, 2013) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (6)
- 12 Years A Slave (US/UK, 2013) Dir: Steve McQueen
- Blue Is the Warmest Color (France, 2013) Dir: Abdellatif Kechiche
- Captain Phillips (US, 2013) Dir: Paul Greengrass
- A Touch of Sin (China, 2013) Dir: Jia Zhangke
- Frozen (US, 2013) Dir: Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee
- The Wind Rises (Japan, 2013) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki
- Moonrise Kingdom (US, 2012) Dir: Wes Anderson (10)
- The Act of Killing (Denmark, 2012) Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer (10)
- Amour (Austria/France/Germany, 2012) Dir: Michael Haneke (9)
- Beasts of the Southern Wild (US, 2012) Dir: Benh Zeitlin (9)
- The Master (US, 2012) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (8)
- Silver Linings Playbook (US, 2012) Dir: David O. Russell (8)
- Argo (US, 2012) Dir: Ben Affleck (8)
- This Is Not a Film (Iran, 2012) Dir: Jafar Panahi (7)
- Lincoln (US, 2012) Dir: Steven Spielberg (6)
- Holy Motors (France/Germany, 2012) Dir: Leos Carax
- The Deep Blue Sea (UK/Australia, 2012) Dir: Terence Davies
- Django Unchained (US, 2012) Dir: Quentin Tarantino
- Stories We Tell (Canada, 2012) Director: Sarah Polley
- Zero Dark Thirty (US, 2012) Director: Kathryn Bigelow
- Wreck-it Ralph (US, 2012) Dir: Rich Moore
- ParaNorman (US, 2012) Dir: Chris Butler & Sam Fell
- Frankenweenie (US, 2012) Dir: Tim Burton
- The Secret World of Arrietty (Japan, 2012) Dir: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- The Invisible War (US, 2012) Dir: Kirby Dick
- 56-Up (UK, 2012) Dir: Michael Apted
- The Tree of Life (US, 2011) Dir: Terence Malick (10)
- A Separation (Iran, 2011) Dir: Asghar Farhadi (9)
- Beginners (US, 2011) Dir: Mike Mills (9)
- Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life (US/UK/Germany, 2011) Dir: Werner Herzog (9)
- Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany, 2011) Dir: Lars von Trier (8)
- The Artist (France, 2011) Dir: Michel Hazanavicius (8)
- The Descendants (US, 2011) Dir: Alexander Payne (8)
- Hugo (US, 2011) Dir: Martin Scorsese (8)
- Drive (US, 2011) Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn (7)
- Midnight in Paris (US, 2011) Dir: Woody Allen (7)
- Moneyball (US, 2011) Dir: Bennett Miller
- Take Shelter (US, 2011) Dir: Jeff Nichols
- Certified Copy (France/Italy/Belgium/Iran, 2011) Dir: Abbas Kiarostami
- Martha Marcy May Marlene (US, 2011) Dir: Sean Durkin
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey, 2011) Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Margaret (US, 2011) Director: Kenneth Lonergan
- Rango (US, 2011) Dir: Gore Verbinski
- Arthur Christmas (UK/US, 2011) Dir: Sarah Smith & Barry Cook
- The Interrupters (US, 2011) Dir: Steve James
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi (US, 2011) Dir: David Gelb
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Canada/US/France/Germany/UK, 2010) Dir: Werner Herzog (10)
- The Kids Are All Right (US, 2010) Dir: Lisa Cholodenko (9)
- Inside Job (US, 2010) Dir: Charles Ferguson (9)
- Marwencol (US, 2010) Dir: Jeff Malmberg (9)
- Carlos (France/Germany, 2010) Dir: Olivier Assayas (9)
- The Social Network (US, 2010) Dir: David Fincher (8)
- Black Swan (US, 2010) Dir: Darren Aronofsky (8)
- Greenberg (US, 2010) Dir: Noah Baumbach (8)
- Dogtooth (Greece, 2010) Director: Yorgos Lanthimos (8)
- Fish Tank (UK, 2010) Director: Andrea Arnold (8)
- 127 Hours (US/UK, 2010) Dir: Danny Boyle (7)
- Bill Cunningham New York (US, 2010) Dir: Richard Press (7)
- Waste Land (UK/Brazil, 2010) Dir: Lucy Walker, João Jardim & Karen Harley (7)
- Exit Through the Gift Shop (UK, 2010) Dir: Banksy (7)
- Catfish (US, 2010) Dir: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman (7)
- Inception (US, 2010) Dir: Christopher Nolan (2)
- Toy Story 3 (US, 2010) Dir: Lee Unkrich
- Winter’s Bone (US, 2010) Dir: Debra Granik
- The Ghost Writer (France/Germany/UK, 2010) Dir: Roman Polanski
- How to Train Your Dragon (US, 2010) Dir: Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders
- Tangled (US, 2010) Dir: Nathan Greno & Bryon Howard
- The Illusionist (France/UK, 2010) Dir: Sylvain Chomet
- The Secret of Kells (France/Belgium/Ireland, 2010)
- Zero (Australia, 2010) Dir: Christopher Kezelos
- Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (US, 2010) Dir: Lev Anderson & Chris Metzler
- Nostalgia for the Light (Chile, 2010) Dir: Patricio Guzmán
- White Material (France/Cameroon, 2010) Director: Claire Denis
- Gasland (US, 2010) Dir: Josh Fox
- Senna (UK, 2010) Dir: Asif Kapadia
- The White Ribbon (Germany/Austria, 2009) Dir: Michael Haneke (10)
- A Serious Man (US, 2009) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen (8)
- Up in the Air (US, 2009) Dir: Jason Reitman (8)
- In the Loop (UK, 2009) Dir: Armando Ianucci (8)
- Inglourious Basterds (US, 2009) Dir: Quentin Tarantino (7)
- Up (US, 2009) Dir: Pete Docter & Bob Peterson (5)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (US, 2009) Dir: Wes Anderson
- A Prophet (France, 2009) Director: Jacques Audiard
- Coraline (US, 2009) Dir: Henry Selick
- Where the Wild Things Are (US, 2009) Dir: Spike Jonze
- Mary and Max (Australia, 2009) Dir: Adam Elliot
- Alma (Spain/US, 2009) Dir: Rodrigo Blaas
- The Princess and the Frog (US, 2009) Dir: Ron Clements & John Musker
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (US, 2009) Dir: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
- The Cove (US, 2009) Dir: Louie Psihoyos
- Last Train Home (Canada, 2009) Dir: Lixin Fan
- Slumdog Millionaire (UK/France/US, 2008) Dir: Danny Boyle (10)
- Milk (US, 2008) Dir: Gus Van Sant (9)
- Happy-Go-Lucky (UK, 2008) Dir: Mike Leigh (9)
- Waltz with Bashir (Israel/France/Germany/US, 2008) Dir: Ari Folman (9)
- Food, Inc. (US, 2008) Dir: Robert Kenner (9)
- La Maison en Petits Cubes (Japan, 2008) (9)
- Man on Wire (UK/US, 2008) Dir. James Marsh (8)
- Rachel Getting Married (US, 2008) Dir: Jonathan Demme (8)
- Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) (Sweden, 2008) Director: Tomas Alfredson (8)
- The Hurt Locker (US, 2008) Director: Kathryn Bigelow (8)
- French Roast (France, 2008) Dir: Fabrice Joubert (8)
- Wendy and Lucy (US, 2008) Dir: Kelly Reichardt (7)
- Religulous (US, 2008) Dir: Larry Charles (7)
- WALL-E (US, 2008) Dir: Andrew Stanton (5)
- The Dark Knight (US, 2008) Dir: Christopher Nolan
- Synecdoche, New York (US, 2008) Dir: Charlie Kaufman
- The Wrestler (US, 2008) Dir: Darren Aronofsky
- Ponyo (Japan, 2008) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki
- Kung Fu Panda (US, 2008) Dir: Mark Osborne & John Stevenson
- Bolt (US, 2008) Dir: Byron Howard & Chris Williams
- Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (Denmark, 2008) Dir: Anders Østergaard
- Juno (US, 2007) Dir: Jason Reitman (10)
- No Country for Old Men (US, 2007) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen (10)
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania, 2007) Dir: Cristian Mungiu (10)
- Encounters at the End of the World (US, 2007) Dir: Werner Herzog (10)
- There Will Be Blood (US, 2007) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (9)
- No End in Sight (US, 2007) Dir: Charles Ferguson (9)
- Zodiac (US, 2007) Dir: David Fincher (8)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (US, 2007) Dir: Andrew Dominik (8)
- Michael Clayton (US, 2007) Dir: Tony Gilroy (8)
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France/US, 2007) Dir: Julian Schnabel (8)
- I’m Not There (US, 2007) Dir: Todd Haynes (8)
- Sicko (US, 2007) Dir: Michael Moore (8)
- Persepolis (France/US, 2007) Dir: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi (8)
- Oktapodi (France, 2007) Dir: Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier & Emud Mokhberi (8)
- Eastern Promises (UK/Canada/US, 2007) Dir: David Cronenberg (7)
- Ratatouille (US, 2007) Dir: Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava (5)
- The Simpsons Movie (US, 2007) Dir: David Silverman
- King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (US, 2007) Dir: Seth Gordon
- Anvil! The Story of Anvil (US, 2007) Dir: Sacha Gervasi
- Taxi to the Dark Side (US, 2007) Dir: Alex Gibney
- Helvetica (US, 2007) Dir: Gary Hustwit
- The Lives of Others (Germany, 2006) Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (10)
- Once (Ireland, 2006) Dir: John Carney (10)
- Planet Earth (UK/US, 2006) Dir: Alastair Fothergill (10)
- United 93 (US/UK/France, 2006) Dir: Paul Greengrass (9)
- Children of Men (US/UK/Japan, 2006) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (9)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain/Mexico/US, 2006) Dir: Guillermo del Toro (9)
- The Departed (US, 2006) Dir: Martin Scorsese (8)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (UK/US, 2006) Director: Larry Charles (8)
- Jesus Camp (US, 2006) Dir: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady (8)
- This Film Is Not Yet Rated (US, 2006) Dir: Kirby Dick (7)
- The Queen (UK/US/France/Italy, 2006) Dir: Stephen Frears (7)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (US, 2006) Dir: Clint Eastwood
- Half Nelson (US, 2006) Dir: Ryan Fleck
- Volver (Spain, 2006) Dir: Pedro Almodóvar
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Romania, 2006) Dir: Cristi Puiu
- A Prairie Home Companion (US, 2006) Dir: Robert Altman
- Paprika (Japan, 2006) Dir: Satoshi Kon (7)
- Lifted (US, 2006) Dir: Gary Rydstrom
- Deliver Us From Evil (US, 2006) Dir: Amy Berg
- An Inconvenient Truth (US, 2006) Dir: Davis Guggenheim
- Grizzly Man (US, 2005) Dir: Werner Herzog (10)
- Caché (Hidden) (Austria/France, 2005) Dir: Michael Haneke (9)
- The Squid and the Whale (US, 2005) Dir: Noah Baumbach (9)
- A History of Violence (US/Germany/Canada, 2005) Dir: David Cronenberg (9)
- March of the Penguins (France, 2005) Dir: Luc Jacquet (9)
- Good Night, And Good Luck (US, 2005) Dir: George Clooney (8)
- Capote (US, 2005) Dir: Bennett Miller (8)
- 49-Up (UK, 2005) Dir: Michael Apted (8)
- Brokeback Mountain (US/Canada, 2005) Dir: Ang Lee (7)
- Munich (France/Canada/US, 2005) Dir: Steven Spielberg
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (UK/US, 2005) Dir: Nick Park & Steve Box
- Syriana (US/UAE, 2005) Dir: Stephen Gaghan
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (US/France, 2005) Dir: Tommy Lee Jones
- Howl’s Moving Castle (Japan, 2005) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki
- Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (US, 2005) Dir: Tim Burton
- Murderball (US, 2005) Dir: Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (US, 2005) Dir: Alex Gibney
- The Devil & Daniel Johnston (US, 2005) Dir: Jeff Feuerzeig
- Why We Fight (US, 2005) Dir: Eugene Jarecki
- The Aristocrats (US, 2005) Dir: Paul Provenza
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (US, 2004) Dir: Michel Gondry (10)
- Dogville (Denmark/Netherlands, 2004) Director: Lars Von Trier (10)
- Fahrenheit 9/11 (US, 2004) Dir: Michael Moore (10)
- Before Sunset (US, 2004) Dir: Richard Linklater (9)
- Darwin’s Nightmare (Austria/France/Belgium, 2004) Dir: Hubert Sauper (9)
- Born into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids (US, 2004) Dir: Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman (9)
- Sideways (US, 2004) Dir: Alexander Payne (8)
- Million Dollar Baby (US, 2004) Dir: Clint Eastwood (8)
- Kinsey (US, 2004) Dir: Bill Condon (8)
- The Aviator (US, 2004) Dir: Martin Scorsese (8)
- Vera Drake (UK, 2004) Dir: Mike Leigh (8)
- Bad Education (Spain, 2004) Dir: Pedro Almodóvar (8)
- The Incredibles (US, 2004) Dir: Brad Bird (8)
- Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (US, 2004) Dir: Quentin Tarantino (8)
- Super Size Me (US, 2004) Dir: Morgan Spurlock (8)
- House of Flying Daggers (China, 2004) Dir: Yimou Zhang (7)
- Ray (US, 2004) Dir: Taylor Hackford (7)
- Maria Full of Grace (Colombia/US/Ecuador, 2004) Dir: Joshua Marson
- Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK/US, 2004) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón
- Shrek 2 (US, 2004) Dir: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury & Conrad Vernon
- The Man with No Shadow (Canada/Switzerland, 2004) Dir: Georges Schwizgebel
- Tropical Malady (Thailand, 2004) Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Moolaadé (Senegal, 2004) Director: Ousmane Sembène
- Dig! (US, 2004) Dir: Ondi Timoner
- Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (US, 2004) Dir: Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (US/New Zealand, 2003) Dir: Peter Jackson (10)
- American Splendor (US, 2003) Dir: Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini (10)
- Capturing the Friedmans (US, 2003) Dir: Andrew Jarecki (10)
- Tarnation (US, 2003) Dir: Jonathan Caouette (10)
- Touching the Void (UK, 2003) Dir: Kevin Macdonald (9)
- Mystic River (US, 2003) Dir: Clint Eastwood (9)
- The Fog of War (US, 2003) Dir: Errol Morris (9)
- Lost in Translation (US, 2003) Dir: Sofia Coppola (8)
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (US, 2003) Dir: Peter Weir (8)
- Elephant (US, 2003) Dir: Gus Van Sant (8)
- The Triplets of Belleville (France/Belgium/Canada/UK, 2003) Dir: Sylvain Chomet (8)
- To Be and To Have (France, 2003) Dir: Nicolas Philibert (8)
- The Corporation (Canada, 2003) Dir: Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar (8)
- Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (US, 2003) Dir: Quentin Tarantino (7)
- Finding Nemo (US, 2003) Dir: Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich (7)
- The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (US, 2003) Dir: Judy Irving (6)
- Oldboy (South Korea, 2003) Director: Park Chan-Wook
- Tokyo Godfathers (Japan, 2003) Dir: Satoshi Kon & Shôgo Furuya
- Rivers and Tides (Germany/Finland/UK, 2003) Dir: Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Talk to Her (Spain, 2002) Dir: Pedro Almodóvar (10)
- City of God (Brazil, 2002) Dir: Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund (9)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (US/New Zealand, 2002) Dir: Peter Jackson (9)
- About Schmidt (US, 2002) Dir: Alexander Payne (8)
- Russian Ark (Russia, 2002) Dir: Aleksandr Sokurov (8)
- Adaptation (US, 2002) Dir: Spike Jonze (8)
- Spellbound (US, 2002) Dir: Jeffrey Blitz (8)
- The Pianist (France/Poland, 2002) Dir: Roman Polanski (8)
- Punch-Drunk Love (US, 2002) Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (8)
- The Kid Stays in the Picture (US, 2002) Dir: Nanette Burstein & Brett Morgen (8)
- Bus 174 (Brazil, 2002) Dir: José Padilha & Felipe Lacerda (8)
- Winged Migration (France, 2002) Dir: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud & Michel Debats (8)
- Gangs of New York (US, 2002) Dir: Martin Scorsese (7)
- Bowling for Columbine (US, 2002) Dir: Michael Moore (7)
- Far from Heaven (US, 2002) Dir: Todd Haynes
- 25th Hour (US, 2002) Director: Spike Lee
- Lilo & Stitch (US, 2002) Dir: Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders
- Waking Life (US, 2001) Dir: Richard Linklater (10)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (US/New Zealand, 2001) Dir: Peter Jackson (10)
- Mulholland Dr. (US, 2001) Dir: David Lynch (10)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (US, 2001) Director: Wes Anderson (10)
- Spirited Away (Japan, 2001) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki (9)
- Amélie (France, 2001) Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (9)
- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Canada, 2001) Dir: Zacharias Kunuk (9)
- Y Tu Mamá También (Mexico, 2001) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (8)
- Lovely and Amazing (US, 2001) Dir: Nicole Holofcener (8)
- Jazz (US, 2001) Dir: Ken Burns (7)
- Shrek (US, 2001) Dir: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson (6)
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (US, 2001) Dir: Steven Spielberg
- Monsters, Inc. (US, 2001) Dir: Pete Docter, David Silverman & Lee Unkrich
- Millennium Actress (Japan, 2001) Dir: Satoshi Kon
- Dogtown and the Z-Boys (US, 2001) Dir: Stacy Peralta
- My Voyage to Italy (US/Italy, 2001) Dir: Martin Scorsese
- In the Mood for Love (China, 2000) Dir: Wong Kar-Wai (10)
- Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Taiwan, 2000) Dir: Edward Yang (10)
- Requiem for a Dream (US, 2000) Director: Darren Aronofsky (10)
- Almost Famous (US, 2000) Director: Cameron Crowe (9)
- Memento (US, 2000) Dir: Christopher Nolan (8)
- Gladiator (US, 2000) Dir: Ridley Scott (8)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan/US, 2000) Director: Ang Lee (8)
- Amores Perros (Mexico, 2000) Dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu (8)
- Chicken Run (UK/US/France, 2000) Dir: Peter Lord & Nick Park (7)
- Werckmeister Harmonies (Hungary, 2000) Dir: Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
- Father and Daughter (Netherlands/UK/Belgium, 2000) Dir: Michael Dudok de Wit
- The Emperor’s New Groove (US, 2000) Dir: Mark Dindal
- Dark Days (US, 2000) Dir: Marc Singer
- The Gleaners & I (France, 2000) Dir: Agnès Varda
- All About My Mother (Spain, 1999) Dir: Pedro Almodóvar (10)
- Being John Malkovich (US, 1999) Dir: Spike Jonze (10)
- Magnolia (US, 1999) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (9)
- American Beauty (US, 1999) Dir: Sam Mendes (9)
- One Day in September (UK, 1999) Dir: Kevin Macdonald (9)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (US, 1999) Dir: Trey Parker (8)
- Princess Mononoke (Japan, 1999) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki (8)
- American Movie (US, 1999) Dir: Chris Smith (8)
- The Matrix (US, 1999) Dir: The Wachowskis (6)
- The Iron Giant (US, 1999) Dir: Brad Bird (6)
- Toy Story 2 (US, 1999) Dir: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich
- Fight Club (US, 1999) Dir: David Fincher
- The Old Man and the Sea (Russia/Canada/Japan, 1999) Dir: Aleksandr Petrov
- Tarzan (US, 1999) Dir: Chris Buck & Kevin Lima
- The Celebration (Denmark, 1998) Dir: Thomas Vinterberg (10)
- Rushmore (US, 1998) Dir: Wes Anderson (9)
- The Truman Show (US, 1998) Dir: Peter Weir (9)
- The Thin Red Line (US, 1998) Dir: Terence Malick (8)
- 42-Up (UK, 1998) Dir: Michael Apted (8)
- Buena Vista Social Club (Germany/US/UK/Cuba/France, 1998) Dir: Wim Wenders (8)
- The Big Lebowski (US, 1998) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen (7)
- Saving Private Ryan (US, 1998) Dir: Steven Spielberg (6)
- Beau Travail (France, 1998) Dir: Claire Denis
- Mulan (US, 1998) Dir: Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook
- A Bug’s Life (US, 1998) Dir: John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (Germany/UK/France, 1997) Dir: Werner Herzog (9)
- The Sweet Hereafter (Canada, 1997) Dir: Atom Egoyan (9)
- Boogie Nights (US, 1997) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson (9)
- L.A. Confidential (US, 1997) Dir: Curtis Hanson (8)
- Taste of Cherry (Iran, 1997) Dir: Abbas Kiarostami (8)
- Happy Together (China, 1997) Dir: Wong Kar-Wai
- The Old Lady and the Pigeons (Canada/France/Belgium/UK, 1997) Dir: Sylvain Chomet
- Perfect Blue (Japan, 1997) Dir: Satoshi Kon
- Geri’s Game (US, 1997) Dir: Jan Pinkava
- Hercules (US, 1997) Dir: Ron Clements & John Musker
- Fargo (US, 1996) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen (10)
- Secrets & Lies (UK, 1996) Dir: Mike Leigh (10)
- Microcosmos (France, 1996) Dir: Claude Nuridsany & Marie Pérennou (10)
- Lone Star (US, 1996) Dir: John Sayles (9)
- Breaking the Waves (Denmark, 1996) Dir: Lars von Trier (8)
- Trainspotting (UK, 1996) Dir: Danny Boyle (8)
- When We Were Kings (US, 1996) Dir: Leon Gast (8)
- The Fly (US, 1996) Dir: David Cronenberg (8)
- James and the Giant Peach (US, 1996) Dir: Henry Selick
- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (US, 1996) Dir: Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky
- Crumb (US, 1995) Dir: Terry Zwigoff (9)
- Leaving Las Vegas (US, 1995) Dir: Mike Figgis (8)
- Casino (US, 1995) Dir: Martin Scorsese (8)
- Toy Story (US, 1995) Dir: John Lasseter (7)
- The Usual Suspects (US, 1995) Dir: Bryan Singer (5)
- Seven (US, 1995) Dir: David Fincher
- La Haine (France, 1995) Dir: Mathieu Kassovitz
- Heat (US, 1995) Dir: Michael Mann
- La Cérémonie (France/Germany, 1995) Dir: Claude Chabrol
- Ghost in the Shell (Japan, 1995) Dir: Mamoru Oshii
- The Celluloid Closet (US, 1995) Dir: Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman
- Pulp Fiction (US, 1994) Dir: Quentin Tarantino (9)
- Hoop Dreams (US, 1994) Dir: Steve James (9)
- Crumb (US, 1994) Dir: Terry Zwigoff (9)
- Léon: The Professional (France, 1994) Dir: Luc Besson (8)
- To Live (China, 1994) Dir: Zhang Yimou (8)
- Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan, 1994) Dir: Ang Lee (8)
- The Shawshank Redemption (US, 1994) Dir: Frank Darabont (6)
- The Lion King (US, 1994) Dir: Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff (6)
- Forrest Gump (US, 1994) Dir: Robert Zemeckis (2)
- Three Colors: Red (France/Poland, 1994) Dir: Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Chungking Express (China, 1994) Dir: Wong Kar-Wai
- Three Colors: White (France/Poland, 1994) Dir: Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Wild Reeds (France, 1994) Dir: André Téchiné
- Sátántangó (Hungary, 1994) Dir: Béla Tarr
- Schindler’s List (US, 1993) Dir: Steven Spielberg (10)
- Naked (UK, 1993) Dir: Mike Leigh (10)
- The Wrong Trousers (US, 1993) Dir: Nick Park (10)
- Groundhog Day (US, 1993) Dir: Harold Ramis (9)
- Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (US, 1993) Dir: Steven M. Martin (9)
- The Piano (New Zealand, 1993) Dir: Jane Campion (8)
- Farewell My Concubine (China, 1993) Dir: Chen Kaige (8)
- Three Colors: Blue (France/Poland, 1993) Dir: Krzysztof Kieślowski
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (US, 1993) Dir: Tim Burton
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (US, 1993) Dir: Eric Radomski & Bruce Timm
- Unforgiven (US, 1992) Dir: Clint Eastwood (10)
- The Player (US, 1992) Dir: Robert Altman (9)
- Reservoir Dogs (US, 1992) Dir: Quentin Tarantino (8)
- Howards End (UK, 1992) Dir: James Ivory (8)
- Brother’s Keeper (US, 1992) Dir: Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky (9)
- Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (US, 1992) Dir: Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy & Stuart Samuels (9)
- The Crying Game (UK, 1992) Dir: Neil Jordan (8)
- Aladdin (US, 1992) Dir: Ron Clements & John Musker (6)
- JFK (US, 1991) Dir: Oliver Stone (9)
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (US, 1991) Dir: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper & Eleanor Coppola (9)
- Raise the Red Lantern (China, 1991) Dir: Zhang Yimou (8)
- 35-Up (UK, 1991) Dir: Michael Apted (8)
- Barton Fink (US, 1991) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen (8)
- Boyz n the Hood (US, 1991) Dir: John Singleton (7)
- Thelma & Louise (US, 1991) Dir: Ridley Scott (7)
- My Own Private Idaho (US, 1991) Dir: Gus Van Sant (7)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (US, 1991) Dir: James Cameron (6)
- La Belle Noiseuse (France/Switzerland, 1991) Dir: Jacques Rivette
- Delicatessen (France, 1991) Dir: Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- A Brighter Summer Day (Taiwan, 1991) Dir: Edward Yang
- Beauty and the Beast (US, 1991) Dir: Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
- Madonna: Truth or Dare (US, 1991) Dir: Alek Keshishian
- The Civil War (US, 1990) Dir: Ken Burns (10)
- GoodFellas (US, 1990) Dir: Martin Scorsese (9)
- Paris Is Burning (US, 1990) Dir: Jennie Livingston (8)
- Europa Europa (Germany/Poland/France, 1990) Dir: Agnieszka Holland (8)
- Reversal of Fortune (US, 1990) Dir: Barbet Schroeder (8)
- The Silence of the Lambs (US, 1990) Dir: Jonathan Demme (7)
- Close-Up (Iran, 1990) Dir: Abbas Kiarostami
- Miller’s Crossing (US, 1990) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen
- Ju Dou (China, 1990) Dir: Zhang Yimou
- The Match Factory Girl (Finland/Sweden, 1990) Dir: Aki Kaurismäki
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (US, 1989) Dir: Woody Allen (10)
- Say Anything… (US, 1989) Dir: Cameron Crowe (10)
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape (US, 1989) Dir: Steven Soderbergh (10)
- Do the Right Thing (US, 1989) Dir: Spike Lee (9)
- Roger & Me (US, 1989) Dir: Michael Moore (8)
- My Left Foot (Ireland/UK, 1989) Dir: Jim Sheridan (8)
- Drugstore Cowboy (US, 1989) Dir: Gus Van Sant (8)
- When Harry Met Sally… (US, 1989) Dir: Rob Reiner (7)
- The Killer (Hong Kong, 1989) Dir: John Woo
- The Little Mermaid (US, 1989) Dir: Ron Clements & John Musker
- The Decalogue (Poland, 1988) Dir: Krzysztof Kieślowski (9)
- The Thin Blue Line (US, 1988) Dir: Errol Morris (9)
- Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (France, 1988) Dir: Marcel Ophüls (9)
- Au Revoir, Les Enfants (France, 1988) Dir: Louis Malle (8)
- Dead Ringers (Canada/US, 1988) Dir: David Cronenberg (8)
- The Last Temptation of Christ (US/Canada, 1988) Dir: Martin Scorsese (8)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain, 1988) Dir: Pedro Almodóvar (7)
- Cinema Paradiso (Italy, 1988) Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore (6)
- Die Hard (US, 1988) Dir: John McTiernan (6)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (US, 1988) Dir: Robert Zemeckis
- Akira (Japan, 1988) Dir: Katsuhiro Otomo
- Landscape in the Mist (Greece/France/Italy, 1988) Dir: Theo Angelopoulos
- Grave of the Fireflies (Japan, 1988) Dir: Isao Takahata
- My Neighbor Totoro (Japan, 1988) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki
- The Cat Came Back (Canada, 1988) Dir: Cordell Barker
- Wings of Desire (West Germany, 1987) Dir: Wim Wenders (10)
- Raising Arizona (US, 1987) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen (10)
- Eyes on the Prize (US, 1987) Dir: Henry Hampton (9)
- Broadcast News (US, 1987) Dir: James L. Brooks (9)
- The Last Emperor (UK/Italy, 1987) Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci (8)
- Full Metal Jacket (UK/US, 1987) Dir: Stanley Kubrick (8)
- The Dead (US, 1987) Dir: John Huston (8)
- Moonstruck (US, 1987) Dir: Norman Jewison (7)
- Fatal Attraction (US, 1987) Dir: Adrian Lyne (7)
- The Princess Bride (US, 1987) Dir: Rob Reiner (6)
- Withnail and I (UK, 1987) Dir: Bruce Robinson
- Red Sorghum (China, 1987) Dir: Zhang Yimou
- The Man Who Planted Trees (Canada, 1987) Dir: Frédéric Back
- Blue Velvet (US, 1986) Dir: David Lynch (10)
- The Sacrifice (Sweden/France, 1986) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky (10)
- Hannah and Her Sisters (US, 1986) Dir: Woody Allen (9)
- Sherman’s March (US, 1986) Dir: Ross McElwee (9)
- Aliens (US, 1986) Dir: James Cameron (8)
- The Fly (US, 1986) Dir: David Cronenberg (8)
- Down by Law (US, 1986) Dir: Jim Jarmusch (8)
- Platoon (US, 1986) Dir: Oliver Stone (7)
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Dir: 1986) Dir: John Hughes (6)
- Street of Crocodiles (UK, 1986) Dir: Stephen & Timothy Quay
- Brazil (UK, 1985) Dir: Terry Gilliam (10)
- Ran (Japan, 1985) Dir: Akira Kurosawa (9)
- A Room with a View (UK, 1985) Dir: James Ivory (9)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (US, 1985) Dir: Woody Allen (8)
- Back to the Future (US, 1985) Dir: Robert Zemeckis (7)
- My Life as a Dog (Sweden, 1985) Dir: Lasse Hallström (7)
- Prizzi’s Honor (US, 1985) Dir: John Huston (7)
- The Breakfast Club (US, 1985) Dir: John Hughes (7)
- Come and See (USSR, 1985) Dir: Elem Klimov
- Shoah (France, 1985) Dir: Claude Lanzmann
- Stranger than Paradise (US, 1984) Dir: Jim Jarmusch (9)
- Stop Making Sense (US, 1984) Dir: Jonathan Demme (9)
- This is Spinal Tap (US, 1984) Dir: Rob Reiner (9)
- Streetwise (US, 1984) Dir: Martin Bell (9)
- The Times of Harvey Milk (US, 1984) Dir: Rob Epstein (9)
- 28-Up (UK, 1984) Dir: Michael Apted (9)
- The Killing Fields (UK, 1984) Dir: Roland Joffé (9)
- Once Upon a Time in America (US/Italy, 1984) Dir: Sergio Leone (8)
- The Terminator (US, 1984) Dir: James Cameron (8)
- Amadeus (US, 1984) Dir: Milos Forman (8)
- Beverly Hills Cop (US, 1984) Dir: Martin Brest (7)
- Ghostbusters (US, 1984) Dir: Ivan Reitman (6)
- Paris, Texas (West Germany/US, 1984) Dir: Wim Wenders
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (US, 1984) Dir: Wes Craven
- Heimat (West Germany, 1984) Dir: Edgar Reitz
- The King of Comedy (US, 1983) Dir: Martin Scorsese (10)
- Local Hero (UK, 1983) Dir: Bill Forsyth (10)
- Sans Soleil (France, 1983) Dir: Chris Marker (9)
- The Right Stuff (US, 1983) Dir: Philip Kaufmann (8)
- Return of the Jedi (Star Wars: Episode VI) (US, 1983) Dir: Richard Marquand (7)
- L’Argent (France, 1983) Dir: Robert Bresson
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (West Germany, 1983) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Scarface (US, 1983) Dir: Brian DePalma
- Fanny and Alexander (Sweden, 1982) Dir: Ingmar Bergman (9)
- Koyaanisqatsi (US, 1982) Dir: Godfrey Reggio (9)
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Australia, 1982) Dir: George Miller (8)
- Fitzcarraldo (West Germany, 1982) Dir: Werner Herzog (8)
- Tootsie (US, 1982) Dir: Sidney Pollack (8)
- Diner (US, 1982) Dir: Barry Levinson (8)
- The Verdict (US, 1982) Dir: Sidney Lumet (8)
- Blade Runner (US, 1982) Dir: Ridley Scott (7)
- The Year of Living Dangerously (Australia, 1982) Dir: Peter Weir (7)
- Videodrome (Canada, 1982) Dir: David Cronenberg (7)
- Burden of Dreams (US, 1982) Dir: Les Blank (7)
- Poltergeist (US, 1982) Dir: Tobe Hooper (7)
- Terms of Endearment (US, 1982) Dir: James L. Brooks (6)
- E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial (US, 1982) Dir: Steven Spielberg (6)
- The Secret of NIMH (US, 1982) Dir: Don Bluth
- Dimensions of Dialogue (Czechoslovakia, 1982) Dir: Jan Svankmajer
- An American Werewolf in London (US, 1981) Dir: John Landis (8)
- Das Boot (West Germany, 1981) Dir: Wolfgang Petersen (8)
- Reds (US, 1981) Dir: Warren Beatty (8)
- Diva (France, 1981) Dir: Jean-Jacques Beineix (8)
- Gregory’s Girl (UK, 1981) Dir: Bill Forsyth (8)
- Chariots of Fire (UK, 1981) Dir: Hugh Hudson (7)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (US, 1981) Dir: Steven Spielberg (7)
- Blow Out (US, 1981) Dir: Brian De Palma (7)
- Mephisto (Hungary, 1981) Dir: István Szabó
- Pixote (Brazil, 1981) Dir: Hector Babenco
- Raging Bull (US, 1980) Dir: Martin Scorsese (10)
- Atlantic City (Canada/France, 1980) Dir: Louis Malle (9)
- The Elephant Man (US/UK, 1980) Dir: David Lynch (9)
- The Shining (US/UK, 1980) Dir: Stanley Kubrick (9)
- Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers (US, 1980) Dir: Les Blank (9)
- Airplane! (US, 1980) Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (8)
- The Big Red One (US, 1980) Dir: Samuel Fuller (8)
- Ordinary People (US, 1980) Dir: Robert Redford (8)
- The Empire Strikes Back (US, 1980) Dir: Irving Kershner (7)
- Mon Oncle d’Amerique (France, 1980) Dir: Alain Resnais
- Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (US, 1980) Dir: Adrian Malone
- Kagemusha (Japan, 1980) Dir: Akira Kurosawa
- The Long Good Friday (UK, 1980) Dir: John Mackenzie
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (West Germany, 1979) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (10)
- Apocalypse Now (US, 1979) Dir: Francis Ford Coppola (10)
- Being There (US, 1979) Dir: Hal Ashby (10)
- Manhattan (US, 1979) Dir: Woody Allen (9)
- All That Jazz (US, 1979) Dir: Bob Fosse (9)
- Stalker (USSR, 1979) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky (9)
- Storytime (UK, 1979) Dir: Terry Gilliam (8)
- The Tin Drum (West Germany, 1979) Dir: Volker Schlöndorff (8)
- Monty Python’s Life of Brian (UK, 1979) Dir: Terry Jones (8)
- Alien (US, 1979) Dir: Ridley Scott (5)
- Mad Max (Australia, 1979) Dir: George Miller
- The Battle of Chile (Chile, 1979) Dir: Patricio Guzman
- The Last Waltz (US, 1978) Dir: Martin Scorsese (9)
- The Deer Hunter (US, 1978) Dir: Michael Cimino (8)
- National Lampoon’s Animal House (US, 1978) Dir: John Landis (7)
- Halloween (US, 1978) Dir: John Carpenter (7)
- Dawn of the Dead (US, 1978) Dir: George Romero (6)
- Grease (US, 1978) Dir: Randal Kleiser (2)
- The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Italy, 1978) Dir: Ermanno Olmi
- Days of Heaven (US, 1978) Dir: Terence Malick
- Watership Down (UK/US, 1978) Dir: Martin Rosen
- Annie Hall (US, 1977) Dir: Woody Allen (10)
- Eraserhead (US, 1977) Dir: David Lynch (9)
- Killer of Sheep (US, 1977) Dir: Charles Burnett (9)
- That Obscure Object of Desire (France/Spain, 1977) Dir: Luis Buñuel (9)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (US, 1977) Dir: Steven Spielberg (8)
- The American Friend (West Germany, 1977) Dir: Wim Wenders (8)
- Suspiria (Italy, 1977) Dir: Dario Argento (8)
- Saturday Night Fever (US, 1977) Dir: John Badham (7)
- Star Wars (US, 1977) Dir: George Lucas (6)
- 1900 (Italy, 1977) Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci
- 21-Up (UK, 1977) Dir: Michael Apted
- A Grin Without a Cat (France, 1977) Dir: Chris Marker
- Taxi Driver (US, 1976) Dir: Martin Scorsese (9)
- Network (US, 1976) Dir: Sidney Lumet (9)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (US, 1976) Dir: Clint Eastwood (8)
- All the President’s Men (US, 1976) Dir: Alan Pakula (8)
- In the Realm of the Senses (Japan, 1976) Dir: Nagisa Oshima (7)
- Rocky (US, 1976) Dir: John G. Avildsen (7)
- Carrie (US, 1976) Dir: Brian De Palma (7)
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (US, 1976) Dir: John Cassavetes (8)
- The Street (Canada, 1976) Dir: Caroline Leaf (8)
- Harlan County, USA (US, 1976) Dir: Barbara Kopple
- One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (US, 1975) Dir: Milos Forman (10)
- The Mirror (USSR, 1975) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky (10)
- Nashville (US, 1975) Dir: Robert Altman (10)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Belgium, 1975) Dir: Chantal Akerman (10)
- Dog Day Afternoon (US, 1975) Dir: Sidney Lumet (9)
- Grey Gardens (US, 1975) Dir: Albert & David Maysles, Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer (9)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (UK, 1975) Dir: Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam (8)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (Australia, 1975) Dir: Peter Weir (8)
- Jaws (US, 1975) Dir: Steven Spielberg (8)
- Seven Beauties (Italy, 1975) Dir: Lina Wertmüller (8)
- Barry Lyndon (US/UK, 1975) Dir: Stanley Kubrick
- Night Moves (US, 1975) Dir: Arthur Penn
- The Travelling Players (Greece, 1975) Dir: Theodoros Angelopoulos
- India Song (France, 1975) Dir: Marguerite Duras
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (West Germany, 1974) Dir: Werner Herzog (10)
- A Woman Under the Influence (US, 1974) Dir: John Cassavetes (10)
- The Godfather, Part II (US, 1974) Dir: Francis Ford Coppola (10)
- The Conversation (US, 1974) Dir: Francis Ford Coppola (10)
- Chinatown (US, 1974) Dir: Roman Polanski (10)
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (West Germany, 1974) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (9)
- Young Frankenstein (US, 1974) Dir: Mel Brooks (8)
- Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (US, 1974) Dir; Martin Scorsese (8)
- The Parallax View (US, 1974) Dir: Alan J. Pakula (8)
- The Sugarland Express (US, 1974) Dir: Steven Spielberg (8)
- Blazing Saddles (US, 1974) Dir: Mel Brooks (7)
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (US, 1974) Dir: Sam Peckinpah
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (US, 1974) Dir: Tobe Hooper
- Lacombe, Lucien (France/West Germany/Italy, 1974) Dir: Louis Malle
- Celine and Julie Go Boating (France, 1974) Dir: Jacques Rivette
- Hearts and Minds (US, 1974) Dir: Peter Davis
- Badlands (US, 1973) Dir: Terence Malick (10)
- Mean Streets (US, 1973) Dir: Martin Scorsese (9)
- The Long Goodbye (US, 1973) Dir: Robert Altman (9)
- Amarcord (Italy, 1973) Dir: Federico Fellini (9)
- Sleeper (US, 1973) Dir: Woody Allen (9)
- The Sting (US, 1973) Dir: George Roy Hill (8)
- The Exorcist (US, 1973) Dir: William Friedkin (8)
- Don’t Look Now (UK, 1973) Dir: Nicholas Roeg (8)
- American Graffiti (US, 1973) Dir: George Lucas (8)
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (US, 1973) Dir: Sam Peckinpah (6)
- Scenes from a Marriage (Sweden, 1973) Dir: Ingmar Bergman
- Touki Bouki (Senegal, 1973) Dir: Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Day for Night (France, 1973) Dir: Francois Truffaut
- The Spirit of the Beehive (Spain, 1973) Dir: Victor Erice
- The Mother and the Whore (France, 1973) Dir: Jean Eustache
- The Wicker Man (UK, 1973) Dir: Robin Hardy
- F for Fake (France/West Germany/Iran, 1973) Dir: Orson Welles
- Enter the Dragon (Hong Kong/US, 1973) Dir: Robert Clouse
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France, 1972) Dir: Luis Buñuel (10)
- Last Tango in Paris (Italy/France, 1972) Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci (10)
- Cries and Whispers (Sweden, 1972) Dir: Ingmar Bergman (10)
- The Godfather (US, 1972) Dir: Francis Ford Coppola (10)
- Aguirre, The Wrath of God (West Germany, 1972) Dir: Werner Herzog (10)
- Fat City (US, 1972) Dir: John Huston (9)
- Cabaret (US, 1972) Dir: Bob Fosse (8)
- Solaris (USSR, 1972) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky (8)
- Deliverance (US, 1972) Dir: John Boorman (8)
- Ulzana’s Raid (US, 1972) Dir: Robert Aldrich (7)
- The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (West Germany, 1972) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Winter Soldier (US, 1972) Dir: Winterfilm Collective
- The Last Picture Show (US, 1971) Dir: Peter Bogdanovich (9)
- McCabe and Mrs. Miller (US, 1971) Dir: Robert Altman (9)
- A Clockwork Orange (UK, 1971) Dir: Stanley Kubrick (9)
- Walkabout (Australia, 1971) Dir: Nicholas Roeg (9)
- Harold and Maude (US, 1971) Dir: Hal Ashby (9)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (US, 1971) Dir: Monte Hellman (9)
- Fata Morgana (West Germany, 1971) Dir: Werner Herzog (9)
- The French Connection (US, 1971) Dir: William Friedkin (8)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (UK, 1971) Dir: John Schlesinger (8)
- Klute (US, 1971) Dir: Alan J. Pakula (8)
- Get Carter (UK, 1971) Dir: Mike Hodges (8)
- Dirty Harry (US, 1971) Dir: Don Siegel (7)
- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (Yugoslavia, 1971) Dir: Dušan Makavejev
- Death in Venice (Italy/France, 1971) Dir: Luchino Visconti
- The Go-Between (UK, 1971) Dir: Joseph Losey
- Shaft (US, 1971) Dir: Gordon Parks
- Straw Dogs (US, 1971) Dir: Sam Peckinpah
- A Touch of Zen (Taiwan, 1971) Dir: King Hu
- The Devils (UK, 1971) Dir: Ken Russell
- Five Easy Pieces (US, 1970) Dir: Bob Rafelson (10)
- The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italy, 1970) Dir: Vittorio De Sica (10)
- M*A*S*H (US, 1970) Dir: Robert Altman (9)
- Le Boucher (France, 1970) Dir: Claude Chabrol (9)
- Gimme Shelter (US, 1970) Dir: Albert & David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin (9)
- Little Big Man (US, 1970) Dir: Arthur Penn (8)
- Patton (US, 1970) Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner (8)
- Woodstock (US, 1970) Dir: Michael Wadleigh (8)
- The Conformist (Italy, 1970) Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci
- Performance (UK, 1970) Dir: Nicholas Roeg & Donald Cammell
- Tristana (Spain, 1970) Dir: Luis Buñuel
- Zabriskie Point (US, 1970) Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni
- Claire’s Knee (France, 1970) Dir: Eric Rohmer
- Wanda (US, 1970) Dir: Barbara Loden
- 14-Up (UK, 1970) Dir: Michael Apted
- Midnight Cowboy (US, 1969) Dir: John Schlesinger (10)
- Kes (UK, 1969) Dir: Ken Loach (10)
- if… (UK, 1969) Dir: Lindsay Anderson (9)
- The Wild Bunch (US, 1969) Dir: Sam Peckinpah (8)
- Easy Rider (US, 1969) Dir: Dennis Hopper (8)
- Army of Shadows (France, 1969) Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville (8)
- Fellini Satyricon (Italy, 1969) Dir: Federico Fellini (8)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (US, 1969) Dir: George Roy Hill (7)
- Z (France/Algeria, 1969) Dir: Costa-Gavras
- My Night at Maud’s (France, 1969) Dir: Eric Rohmer
- They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (US, 1969) Dir: Sydney Pollack
- This Man Must Die (France/Italy, 1969) Dir: Claude Chabrol
- The Damned (Italy/West Germany, 1969) Dir: Luchino Visconti
- The Sorrow and the Pity (France, 1969) Dir: Marcel Ophüls
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (UK/US, 1968) Dir: Stanley Kubrick (10)
- Faces (US, 1968) Dir: John Cassavetes (10)
- Rosemary’s Baby (US, 1968) Dir: Roman Polanski (9)
- if… (UK, 1968) Dir: Lindsay Anderson (9)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (Italy/US, 1968) Dir: Sergio Leone (8)
- The Producers (US, 1968) Dir: Mel Brooks (8)
- Yellow Submarine (UK, 1968) Dir: George Dunning (8)
- Monterey Pop (US, 1968) Dir: D.A. Pennebaker (8)
- Bullitt (US, 1968) Dir: Peter Yates (8)
- Planet of the Apes (US, 1968) Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner (7)
- Night of the Living Dead (US, 1968) Dir: George Romero
- The Color of Pomegranates (USSR, 1968) Dir: Sergei Parajanov
- Memories of Underdevelopment (Cuba, 1968) Dir: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- High School (US, 1968) Dir: Frederick Wiseman
- In the Year of the Pig (US, 1968) Dir: Emile de Antonio
- Salesman (US, 1968) Dir: Albert & David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
- Bonnie and Clyde (US, 1967) Dir: Arthur Penn (10)
- The Graduate (US, 1967) Dir: Mike Nichols (10)
- Belle de Jour (France, 1967) Dir: Luis Buñuel (10)
- Cool Hand Luke (US, 1967) Dir: Stuart Rosenberg (9)
- In the Heat of the Night (US, 1967) Dir: Norman Jewison (9)
- Playtime (France, 1967) Dir: Jacques Tati (9)
- Point Blank (US, 1967) Dir: John Boorman (8)
- Dont Look Back (US, 1967) Dir: D.A. Pennebaker (8)
- The Dirty Dozen (US, 1967) Dir: Robert Aldrich (7)
- Le Samourai (France, 1967) Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville
- In Cold Blood (US, 1967) Dir: Richard Brooks
- Weekend (France, 1967) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
- Two or Three Things I Know About Her (France, 1967) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
- The Young Girls of Rochefort (France, 1967) Dir: Jacques Demy
- Titicut Follies (US, 1967) Dir: Frederick Wiseman
- Blow-Up (Italy/UK, 1966) Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni (10)
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (US, 1966) Dir: Mike Nichols (9)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italy, 1966) Dir: Sergio Leone (9)
- Andrei Rublev (USSR, 1966) Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky (9)
- A Man for All Seasons (US, 1966) Dir: Fred Zinnemann (8)
- Au Hasard Balthazar (France, 1966) Dir: Robert Bresson
- Closely Watched Trains (Czechoslovakia, 1966) Dir: Jiří Menzel
- Persona (Sweden, 1966) Dir: Ingmar Bergman
- Daisies (Czechoslovakia, 1966) Dir: Věra Chytilová
- Chimes at Midnight (Spain/Switzerland, 1965) Dir: Orson Welles (10)
- Repulsion (UK, 1965) Dir: Roman Polanski (10)
- Pierrot le Fou (France, 1965) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard (9)
- Juliet of the Spirits (Italy, 1965) Dir: Federico Fellini (8)
- Doctor Zhivago (UK, 1965) Dir: David Lean (8)
- Alphaville (France, 1965) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard (8)
- The Sound of Music (US, 1965) Dir: Robert Wise (7)
- The Battle of Algiers (Italy/Algeria, 1965) Dir: Gillo Pontecorvo
- Loves of a Blonde (Czechoslovakia, 1965) Dir: Miloš Forman
- Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (US/UK, 1964) Dir: Stanley Kubrick (10)
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Italy, 1964) Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini (10)
- Band of Outsiders (France, 1964) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard (10)
- My Fair Lady (US, 1964) Dir: George Cukor (8)
- A Hard Day’s Night (UK, 1964) Dir: Richard Lester (8)
- Goldfinger (UK, 1964) Dir: Guy Hamilton (8)
- Mary Poppins (US, 1964) Dir: Robert Stevenson (6)
- Gertrud (Denmark, 1964) Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Woman in the Dunes (Japan, 1964) Dir: Hiroshi Teshigahara
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France, 1964) Dir: Jacques Demy
- The Red Desert (Italy, 1964) Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni
- Black God, White Devil (Brazil, 1964) Dir: Glauber Rocha
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (USSR, 1964) Dir: Sergei Parajanov
- The Americanization of Emily (US, 1964) Dir: Arthur Hiller
- Seven-Up (UK, 1964) Dir: Paul Almond
- The Servant (UK, 1963) Dir: Joseph Losey (10)
- 8 ½ (Italy, 1963) Dir: Federico Fellini (10)
- The Leopard (Italy, 1963) Dir: Luchino Visconti (10)
- Contempt (France, 1963) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard (9)
- The Birds (US, 1963) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (8)
- Shock Corridor (US, 1963) Dir: Samuel Fuller (8)
- Tom Jones (UK, 1963) Dir: Tony Richardson (8)
- Hud (US, 1963) Dir: Martin Ritt (8)
- The Pink Panther (US, 1963) Dir: Blake Edwards (7)
- The Great Escape (US, 1963) Dir: John Sturges (7)
- America America (US, 1963) Dir: Elia Kazan
- This Sporting Life (UK, 1963) Dir: Lindsay Anderson
- The Silence (Sweden, 1963) Dir: Ingmar Bergman
- Jules and Jim (France, 1962) Dir: Francois Truffaut (10)
- Lawrence of Arabia (UK, 1962) Dir: David Lean (10)
- Vivre sa Vie (France, 1962) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard (10)
- La Jetée (France, 1962) Dir: Chris Marker (10)
- Knife in the Water (Poland, 1962) Dir: Roman Polanski (10)
- The Manchurian Candidate (US, 1962) Dir: John Frankenheimer (9)
- The Exterminating Angel (Mexico, 1962) Dir: Luis Buñuel (9)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (US, 1962) Dir: Robert Mulligan (9)
- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (US, 1962) Dir: Robert Aldrich (8)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (US, 1962) Dir: John Ford (8)
- Ride the High Country (US, 1962) Dir: Sam Peckinpah (8)
- Lolita (US/UK, 1962) Dir: Stanley Kubrick (8)
- L’Eclisse (Italy, 1962) Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cléo from 5 to 7 (France, 1962) Dir: Agnès Varda
- An Autumn Afternoon (Japan, 1962) Dir: Yazujiro Ozu
- Long Day’s Journey Into Night (US, 1962) Dir: Sidney Lumet
- West Side Story (US, 1961) Dir: Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins (9)
- The Hustler (US, 1961) Dir: Robert Rossen (9)
- The Innocents (UK, 1961) Dir: Jack Clayton (9)
- Yojimbo (Japan, 1961) Dir: Akira Kurosawa (8)
- Viridiana (Spain, 1961) Dir: Luis Buñuel (10)
- Last Year at Marienbad (France, 1961) Dir: Alain Resnais
- Splendor in the Grass (US, 1961) Dir: Elia Kazan
- The Misfits (US, 1961) Dir: John Huston
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s (US, 1961) Dir: Blake Edwards
- Lola (France, 1961) Dir: Jacques Demy
- 101 Dalmatians (US, 1961) Dir: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske & Wolfgang Reitherman
- L’Avventura (Italy, 1960) Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni (10)
- La Dolce Vita (Italy, 1960) Dir: Federico Fellini (10)
- Breathless (France, 1960) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard (10)
- Peeping Tom (UK, 1960) Dir: Michael Powell (9)
- The Apartment (US, 1960) Dir: Billy Wilder (9)
- Shoot the Piano Player (France, 1960) Dir: François Truffaut (8)
- Psycho (US, 1960) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (8)
- Elmer Gantry (US, 1960) Dir: Richard Brooks (8)
- Spartacus (US, 1960) Dir: Stanley Kubrick (7)
- Rocco and His Brothers (Italy, 1960) Dir: Luchino Visconti
- Eyes Without a Face (France, 1960) Dir: Georges Franju
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (UK, 1960) Dir: Karel Reisz
- The Cloud-Capped Star (India, 1960) Dir: Ritwik Ghatak
- Hiroshima, Mon Amour (France, 1959) Dir: Alain Resnais (10)
- The 400 Blows (France, 1959) Dir: Francois Truffaut (10)
- Some Like It Hot (US, 1959) Dir: Billy Wilder (10)
- The World of Apu (India, 1959) Dir: Satyajit Ray (10)
- North by Northwest (US, 1959) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (9)
- Rio Bravo (US, 1959) Dir: Howard Hawks (8)
- Anatomy of a Murder (US, 1959) Dir: Otto Preminger (8)
- Floating Weeds (Japan, 1959) Dir: Yasujiro Ozu (8)
- Black Orpheus (Brazil/France/Italy, 1959) Dir: Marcel Camus (8)
- Ben-Hur (US, 1959) Dir: William Wyler (7)
- Pickpocket (France, 1959) Dir: Robert Bresson
- Imitation of Life (US, 1959) Dir: Douglas Sirk
- Shadows (US, 1959) Dir: John Cassavetes
- Sleeping Beauty (US, 1959) Dir: Clyde Geronimi
- Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 (USSR, 1958) Dir: Sergei Eisenstein (10)
- Touch of Evil (US, 1958) Dir: Orson Welles (10)
- Vertigo (US, 1958) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (10)
- Mon Oncle (France, 1958) Dir: Jacques Tati (8)
- Ashes and Diamonds (Poland, 1958) Dir: Andrzej Wajda
- Gigi (US, 1958) Dir: Vincente Minnelli
- Man of the West (US, 1958) Dir: Anthony Mann
- Dracula (UK, 1958) Dir: Terence Fisher
- The Defiant Ones (US, 1958) Dir: Stanley Kramer
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italy, 1958) Dir: Mario Monicelli
- The Seventh Seal (Sweden, 1957) Dir: Ingmar Bergman (10)
- Wild Strawberries (Sweden, 1957) Dir: Ingmar Bergman (10)
- What’s Opera, Doc? (US, 1957) Dir: Chuck Jones (10)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (UK, 1957) Dir: David Lean (9)
- Nights of Cabiria (Italy, 1957) Dir: Federico Fellini (9)
- Paths of Glory (US, 1957) Dir: Stanley Kubrick (9)
- A Face in the Crowd (US, 1957) Dir: Elia Kazan (9)
- Sweet Smell of Success (US, 1957) Dir: Alexander Mackendrick (8)
- 12 Angry Men (US, 1957) Dir: Sidney Lumet (8)
- Throne of Blood (Japan, 1957) Dir: Akira Kurosawa (8)
- The Cranes are Flying (USSR, 1957) Dir: Mikhail Kalatozov
- An Affair to Remember (US, 1957) Dir: Leo McCarey
- Funny Face (US, 1957) Dir: Stanely Donen
- The Searchers (US, 1956) Dir: John Ford (10)
- Aparajito (India, 1956) Dir: Satyajit Ray (10)
- A Man Escaped (France, 1956) Dir: Robert Bresson (10)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (US, 1956) Dir: Don Siegel (9)
- Rififi (France, 1956) Dir: Jules Dassin (8)
- Bob le Flambeur (France, 1956) Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville (8)
- Giant (US, 1956) Dir: George Stevens (8)
- Written on the Wind (US, 1956) Dir: Douglas Sirk (7)
- The Killing (US, 1956) Dir: Stanley Kubrick
- Bigger Than Life (US, 1956) Dir: Nicholas Ray
- The Night of the Hunter (US, 1955) Dir: Charles Laughton (10)
- Pather Panchali (India, 1955) Dir: Satyajit Ray (10)
- Ordet (Denmark, 1955) Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer (10)
- Kiss Me Deadly (US, 1955) Dir: Robert Aldrich (10)
- Night and Fog (France, 1955) Dir: Alain Resnais (10)
- Rebel Without A Cause (US, 1955) Dir: Nicholas Ray (9)
- Smiles of a Summer Night (Sweden, 1955) Dir: Ingmar Bergman (8)
- Diabolique (France, 1955) Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot (8)
- Bad Day at Black Rock (US, 1955) Dir: John Sturges (8)
- East of Eden (US, 1955) Dir: Elia Kazan (8)
- Lola Montès (France, 1955) Dir: Max Ophüls (8)
- Richard III (UK, 1955) Dir: Laurence Olivier (8)
- Marty (US, 1955) Dir: Delbert Mann (8)
- Summertime (US, 1955) Dir: David Lean
- The Man with the Golden Arm (US, 1955) Dir: Otto Preminger
- All That Heaven Allows (US, 1955) Dir: Douglas Sirk
- Lady and the Tramp (US, 1955) Dir: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske
- On the Waterfront (US, 1954) Dir: Elia Kazan (10)
- La Strada (Italy, 1954) Dir: Federico Fellini (10)
- Seven Samurai (Japan, 1954) Dir: Akira Kurosawa (10)
- A Star is Born (US, 1954) Dir: George Cukor (10)
- Rear Window (US, 1954) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (9)
- Johnny Guitar (US, 1954) Dir: Nicholas Ray (8)
- Sansho the Bailiff (Japan, 1954) Dir: Kenzo Mizoguchi
- Senso (Italy, 1954) Dir: Luchino Visconti
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (US, 1954) Dir: Stanley Donen
- Carmen Jones (US, 1954) Dir: Otto Preminger
- The Earrings of Madame de… (France, 1953) Dir: Max Ophüls (10)
- Ugetsu Monogatari (Japan, 1953) Dir: Kenzo Mizoguchi (10)
- The Band Wagon (US, 1953) Dir: Vincente Minnelli (10)
- Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (France, 1953) Dir: Jacques Tati (10)
- Tokyo Story (Japan, 1953) Dir: Yasujiro Ozu (10)
- The Naked Spur (US, 1953) Dir: Anthony Mann (10)
- Pickup on South Street (US, 1953) Dir: Samuel Fuller (9)
- Duck Amuck (US, 1953) Dir: Chuck Jones (9)
- The Big Heat (US, 1953) Dir: Fritz Lang (8)
- The Wages of Fear (France, 1953) Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot (8)
- From Here to Eternity (US, 1953) Dir: Fred Zinnemann (8)
- Shane (US, 1953) Dir: George Stevens (7)
- Roman Holiday (US, 1953) Dir: William Wyler (6)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (US, 1953) Dir: Howard Hawks
- Viaggio in Italia (Italy, 1953) Dir: Roberto Rossellini
- Gate of Hell (Japan, 1953) Dir: Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Singin’ in the Rain (US, 1952) Dir: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen (10)
- Forbidden Games (France, 1952) Dir: Rene Clement (10)
- Ikiru (Japan, 1952) Dir: Akira Kurosawa (10)
- High Noon (US, 1952) Dir: Fred Zinnemann (9)
- The Bad and the Beautiful (US, 1952) Dir: Vincente Minnelli (8)
- Umberto D. (Italy, 1952) Dir: Vittorio De Sica (8)
- The Quiet Man (US, 1952) Dir: John Ford (7)
- Life of Oharu (Japan, 1952) Dir: Kenzo Mizoguchi
- Europa ’51 (Italy, 1952) Dir: Roberto Rossellini
- Viva Zapata! (US, 1952) Dir: Elia Kazan
- Diary of a Country Priest (France, 1951) Dir: Robert Bresson (10)
- The African Queen (US, 1951) Dir: John Huston (10)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (US, 1951) Dir: Robert Wise (9)
- Strangers on a Train (US, 1951) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (9)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (US, 1951) Dir: Elia Kazan (9)
- An American in Paris (US, 1951) Dir: Vincente Minnelli (8)
- The Lavender Hill Mob (UK, 1951) Dir: Charles Crichton (8)
- The River (France, 1951) Dir: Jean Renoir (8)
- Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (US, 1951) Dir: Billy Wilder (7)
- A Place in the Sun (US, 1951) Dir: George Stevens
- All About Eve (US, 1950) Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (10)
- Sunset Blvd. (US, 1950) Dir: Billy Wilder (10)
- Rashomon (Japan, 1950) Dir: Akira Kurosawa (10)
- In a Lonely Place (US, 1950) Dir: Nicholas Ray (9)
- Winchester ’73 (US, 1950) Dir: Anthony Mann (8)
- The Asphalt Jungle (US, 1950) Dir: John Huston (8)
- Los Olvidados (Mexico, 1950) Dir: Luis Buñuel
- Orpheus (France, 1950) Dir: Jean Cocteau
- The Third Man (UK, 1949) Dir: Carol Reed (10)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (UK, 1949) Dir: Robert Hamer (10)
- White Heat (US, 1949) Dir: Raoul Walsh (9)
- Gun Crazy (US, 1949) Dir: Joseph H. Lewis (9)
- Adam’s Rib (US, 1949) Dir: George Cukor (9)
- All the King’s Men (US, 1949) Dir: Robert Rossen (9)
- The Heiress (US, 1949) Dir: William Wyler (8)
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (US, 1949) Dir: John Ford (8)
- Late Spring (Japan, 1949) Dir: Yasujiro Ozu
- On the Town (US, 1949) Dir: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
- They Live By Night (US, 1949) Dir: Nicholas Ray
- A Letter to Three Wives (US, 1949) Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (US, 1948) Dir: John Huston (10)
- Bicycle Thieves (Italy, 1948) Dir: Vittorio De Sica (10)
- Spring in a Small Town (China, 1948) Dir: Mu Fei (9)
- Red River (US, 1948) Dir: Howard Hawks (9)
- The Red Shoes (UK, 1948) Dir: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (8)
- The Snake Pit (US, 1948) Dir: Anatole Litvak (8)
- La Terra Trema (Italy, 1948) Dir: Luchino Visconti
- Letter From an Unknown Woman (US, 1948) Dir: Max Ophüls
- Force of Evil (US, 1948) Dir: Abraham Polonsky
- The Lady From Shanghai (US, 1948) Dir: Orson Welles
- Out of the Past (US, 1947) Dir: Jacques Tourneur (10)
- Black Narcissus (UK, 1947) Dir: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (9)
- Odd Man Out (UK, 1947) Dir: Carol Reed (8)
- Monsieur Verdoux (US, 1947) Dir: Charles Chaplin (8)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (US, 1946) Dir: William Wyler (10)
- Beauty and the Beast (France, 1946) Dir: Jean Cocteau (10)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (US, 1946) Dir: Frank Capra (10)
- My Darling Clementine (US, 1946) Dir: John Ford (10)
- Great Expectations (UK, 1946) Dir: David Lean (10)
- Notorious (US, 1946) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (10)
- Shoeshine (Italy, 1946) Dir: Vittorio De Sica (10)
- The Big Sleep (US, 1946) Dir: Howard Hawks (9)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (US, 1946) Dir: Tay Garnett (8)
- The Killers (US, 1946) Dir: Robert Siodmak (8)
- Gilda (US, 1946) Dir: Charles Vidor (8)
- The Spiral Staircase (US, 1946) Dir: Robert Siodmak (6)
- Paisan (Italy, 1946) Dir: Roberto Rossellini
- A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven) (UK, 1946) Dir: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
- Brief Encounter (UK, 1945) Dir: David Lean (10)
- Children of Paradise (France, 1945) Dir: Marcel Carné (10)
- Rome, Open City (Italy, 1945) Dir: Roberto Rossellini (10)
- Mildred Pierce (US, 1945) Dir: Michael Curtiz (9)
- I Know Where I’m Going! (UK, 1945) Dir: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (8)
- The Lost Weekend (US, 1945) Dir: Billy Wilder (8)
- Detour (US, 1945) Dir: Edward G. Ulmer (8)
- Spellbound (US, 1945) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (8)
- Double Indemnity (US, 1944) Dir: Billy Wilder (10)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (US, 1944) Dir: Vincente Minnelli (10)
- Ivan the Terrible, Part I (USSR, 1944) Dir: Sergei Eisenstein (10)
- Laura (US, 1944) Dir: Otto Preminger (9)
- To Have and Have Not (US, 1944) Dir: Howard Hawks (8)
- The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (US, 1944) Dir: Preston Sturges (7)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (US, 1944) Dir: Preston Sturges
- Henry V (UK, 1944) Dir: Laurence Olivier
- Shadow of a Doubt (US, 1943) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (10)
- The Ox-Bow Incident (US, 1943) Dir: William A. Wellman (8)
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (UK, 1943) Dir: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
- Ossessione (Italy, 1943) Dir: Luchino Visconti
- I Walked with a Zombie (US, 1943) Dir: Jacques Tourneur
- Day of Wrath (Denmark, 1943) Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer
- The Magnificent Ambersons (US, 1942) Dir: Orson Welles (10)
- Casablanca (US, 1942) Dir: Michael Curtiz (10)
- To Be or Not to Be (US, 1942) Dir: Ernst Lubitsch (8)
- The Palm Beach Story (US, 1942) Dir: Preston Sturges (8)
- Cat People (US, 1942) Dir: Jacques Tourneur (8)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (US, 1942) Dir: Michael Curtiz (7)
- Bambi (US, 1942) Dir: David Hand (7)
- Now, Voyager (US, 1942) Dir: Dir: Irving Rapper (7)
- Woman of the Year (US, 1942) Dir: George Stevens
- Citizen Kane (US, 1941) Dir: Orson Welles (10)
- The Maltese Falcon (US, 1941) Dir: John Huston (10)
- The Lady Eve (US, 1941) Dir: Preston Sturges (10)
- Sullivan’s Travels (US, 1941) Dir: Preston Sturges (9)
- How Green Was My Valley (US, 1941) Dir: John Ford (8)
- Sergeant York (US, 1941) Dir: Howard Hawks (7)
- Dumbo (US, 1941) Dir: Ben Sharpsteen
- His Girl Friday (US, 1940) Dir: Howard Hawks (10)
- The Great Dictator (US, 1940) Dir: Charles Chaplin (9)
- The Philadelphia Story (US, 1940) Dir: George Cukor (9)
- The Bank Dick (US, 1940) Dir: Edward F. Cline (9)
- Fantasia (US, 1940) Dir: Ben Sharpsteen, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, et al. (9)
- The Grapes of Wrath (US, 1940) Dir: John Ford (8)
- Rebecca (US, 1940) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (8)
- The Thief of Bagdad (UK, 1940) Dir: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, et al. (7)
- Pinocchio (US, 1940) Dir: Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske
- The Great McGinty (US, 1940) Dir: Preston Struges
- The Shop Around the Corner (US, 1940) Dir: Ernst Lubitsch
- The Wizard of Oz (US, 1939) Dir: Victor Fleming (10)
- Gone with the Wind (US, 1939) Dir: Victor Fleming (10)
- The Rules of the Game (France, 1939) Dir: Jean Renoir (10)
- Stagecoach (US, 1939) Dir: John Ford (10)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (US, 1939) Dir: Frank Capra (9)
- Gunga Din (US, 1939) Dir: George Stevens (9)
- Destry Rides Again (US, 1939) Dir: George Marshall (9)
- Only Angels Have Wings (US, 1939) Dir: Howard Hawks (8)
- Ninotchka (US, 1939) Dir: Ernst Lubitsch (7)
- Le Jour Se Lève (France, 1939) Dir: Marcel Carné
- Wuthering Heights (US, 1939) Dir: William Wyler
- Midnight (US, 1939) Dir: Mitchell Leisen
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (Japan, 1939) Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi
- Bringing Up Baby (US, 1938) Dir: Howard Hawks (10)
- The Lady Vanishes (UK, 1938) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (8)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (US, 1938) Dir: Michael Curtiz (8)
- Alexander Nevsky (USSR, 1938) Dir: Sergei Eisenstein (8)
- Olympia 1. Teil: Fest der Völker (Germany, 1938) Dir: Leni Riefenstahl
- Olympia 2. Teil: Fest der Schönheit (Germany, 1938) Dir: Leni Riefenstahl
- Grand Illusion (France, 1937) Dir: Jean Renoir (10)
- The Awful Truth (US, 1937) Dir: Leo McCarey (8)
- You Only Live Once (US, 1937) Dir: Fritz Lang (8)
- Make Way for Tomorrow (US, 1937) Dir: Leo McCarey
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (US, 1937) Dir: David Hand, William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, et al.
- Modern Times (US, 1936) Dir: Charles Chaplin (10)
- Swing Time (US, 1936) Dir: George Stevens (10)
- My Man Godfrey (US, 1936) Dir: Gregory La Cava (9)
- Fury (US, 1936) Dir: Fritz Lang (8)
- Partie de Campagne (A Day in the Country) (France, 1936) Dir: Jean Renoir
- Dodsworth (US, 1936) Dir: William Wyler
- Bride of Frankenstein (US, 1935) Dir: James Whale (10)
- Top Hat (US, 1935) Dir: Mark Sandrich (9)
- A Night at the Opera (US, 1935) Dir: Sam Wood (8)
- The Informer (US, 1935) Dir: John Ford (8)
- Ruggles of Red Gap (US, 1935) Dir: Leo McCarey (8)
- The 39 Steps (UK, 1935) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (7)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (US, 1935) Dir: Frank Lloyd (7)
- L’Atalante (France, 1934) Dir: Jean Vigo (10)
- Triumph of the Will (Germany, 1934) Dir: Leni Riefenstahl (9)
- It’s a Gift (US, 1934) Dir: Norman McLeod (9)
- It Happened One Night (US, 1934) Dir: Frank Capra (8)
- The Thin Man (US, 1934) Dir: W.S. Van Dyke (8)
- The Scarlet Empress (US, 1934) Dir: Josef von Sternberg
- King Kong (US, 1933) Dir: Merian Cooper & Ernest Schoedsack (10)
- Zero for Conduct (France, 1933) Dir: Jean Vigo (10)
- Duck Soup (US, 1933) Dir: Leo McCarey (9)
- The Private Life of Henry VIII (UK, 1933) Dir: Alexander Korda (8)
- 42nd Street (US, 1933) Dir: Lloyd Bacon & Busby Berkeley (7)
- À Nous la Liberté (France, 1932) Dir: Rene Clair (9)
- Freaks (US, 1932) Dir: Tod Browning (9)
- Vampyr (Germany/France, 1932) Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer (8)
- Shanghai Express (US, 1932) Dir: Josef von Sternberg (8)
- Trouble in Paradise (US, 1932) Dir: Ernst Lubitsch (8)
- Scarface (US, 1932) Dir: Howard Hawks (8)
- Boudu Saved from Drowning (France, 1932) Dir: Jean Renoir
- Love Me Tonight (US, 1932) Dir: Rouben Mamoulian
- City Lights (US, 1931) Dir: Charles Chaplin (10)
- La Chienne (France, 1931) Dir: Jean Renoir (9)
- M (Germany, 1931) Dir: Fritz Lang (9)
- The Public Enemy (US, 1931) Dir: William Wellman (8)
- Frankenstein (US, 1931) Dir: James Whale (7)
- Little Caesar (US, 1931) Dir: Mervyn LeRoy (7)
- Dracula (US, 1931) Dir: Tod Browning (7)
- Le Million (France, 1931) Dir: Rene Clair
- Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (US, 1931) Dir: F.W. Murnau
- L’Age d’Or (France, 1930) Dir: Luis Buñuel (10)
- Earth (USSR, 1930) Dir: Alexander Dovzhenko (9)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (US, 1930) Dir: Lewis Milestone (8)
- The Blue Angel (Germany, 1930) Dir: Josef von Sternberg (8)
- Un Chien Andalou (France, 1929) Dir: Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dali (10)
- Man with a Movie Camera (USSR, 1929) Dir: Dziga Vertov (10)
- Pandora’s Box (Germany, 1929) Dir: G.W. Pabst (9)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (France, 1928) Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer (10)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (US, 1928) Dir: Charles Reisner & Buster Keaton (9)
- Steamboat Willie (US, 1928) Dir: Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks (6)
- The Crowd (US, 1928) Dir: King Vidor
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (US, 1927) Dir: F.W Murnau (10)
- Napoléon (France, 1927) Dir: Abel Gance (10)
- Metropolis (Germany, 1927) Dir: Fritz Lang (8)
- October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (USSR, 1927) Dir: Sergei Eisenstein (7)
- The General (US, 1926) Dir: Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman (10)
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Germany, 1926) Dir: Lotte Reiniger & Carl Koch
- The Gold Rush (US, 1925) Dir: Charles Chaplin (10)
- Battleship Potemkin (USSR, 1925) Dir: Sergei Eisenstein (10)
- Strike (USSR, 1925) Dir: Sergei M. Eisenstein (9)
- The Phantom of the Opera (US, 1925) Dir: Rupert Julian (7)
- The Big Parade (US, 1925) Dir: King Vidor
- Greed (US, 1924) Dir: Erich von Stroheim (10)
- Sherlock, Jr. (US, 1924) Dir: Buster Keaton (10)
- The Last Laugh (1924) Dir: F.W. Murnau (8)
- The Thief of Bagdad (US, 1924) Dir: Raoul Walsh (8)
- Safety Last! (US, 1923) Dir: Fred Newmeyer & Sam Taylor (9)
- Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Germany, 1922) Dir: Fritz Lang (8)
- Nanook of the North (US, 1922) Dir: Robert Flaherty (8)
- Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (Germany, 1922) Dir: F.W. Murnau (8)
- Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Sweden, 1922) Dir: Benjamin Christensen
- Foolish Wives (US, 1922) Dir: Erich von Stroheim
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany, 1920) Dir: Robert Wiene (9)
- Broken Blossoms (US, 1919) Dir: D.W. Griffith (8)
- Intolerance (US, 1916) Dir: D.W. Griffith (10)
- The Birth of a Nation (US, 1915) Dir: D.W. Griffith (9)
- Les Vampires (France, 1915) Dir: Louis Feuillade (8)
- Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (France, 1896) Dir: Auguste & Louis Lumière (6)