updates

2007 - AT WORLD'S END added to ten-best list
1994 - SATANTANGO added to ten-best list
1993 - A PERFECT WORLD added to runners-up; SATANTANGO moved to 1994
1985 - LOST IN AMERICA added to ten-best list
1980 - LE VOYAGE EN DOUCE added to ten-best list
1964 - HAMLET added to ten-best list
1958 - THE RIFLEMAN: "Duel of Honor" added to runners-up
1954 - INAUGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME removed from runners-up
1953 - THE BIG HEAT added to runners-up
1950 - RABBIT MOON moved from ten-best list to runners-up
1949 - PUCE MOMENT down on ten-best list
1947 - FIREWORKS moved from runners-up to ten-best list
1940 - THE GREAT DICTATOR added to ten-best list

recent viewings (not added to "favorites"): SÓLO CON TU PAREJA (Alfonso Cuarón); HOLLYWOODLAND (Allen Coulter); TWENTYNINE PALMS (Bruno Dumont); CRANK (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor); TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER (Wisit Sasanateing); HOSTEL PART II (Eli Roth); PRIDE OF THE BOWERY (Joseph H. Lewis); BOMBS OVER BURMA (Joseph H. Lewis); INVISIBLE GHOST (Joseph H. Lewis); KIDS RETURN (Takeshi Kitano); MARIE ANTOINETTE (Sofia Coppola); DREAMGIRLS (Bill Condon); KILL! (Kihachi Okamoto); BRUTE FORCE (Jules Dassin)

2000s

2007

1 AT WORLD'S END (Gore Verbinski)
2 HOSTEL PART II (Eli Roth)


2006

1 INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch)
2 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (Michel Gondry)
3 LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Clint Eastwood)
4 LADY IN THE WATER (M. Night Shyamalan)
5 THE SHIELD: "Man Inside" (Dean White) [TV Program]
6 A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (Robert Altman)
7 INSIDE MAN (Spike Lee)
8 MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann)
9 THE PRESTIGE (Christopher Nolan)
10 RETRIBUTION (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
11 HOSTEL (Eli Roth)

2005

1 MOUSE HEAVEN (Kenneth Anger)
2 MASTERS OF HORROR: "Homecoming" (Joe Dante) [TV Program]
3 LOFT (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
4 LAND OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
5 MUNICH (Steven Spielberg)
6 THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Cristi Puiu)
7 WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg)
8 LOST: "S.O.S." (Eric Launeville) [TV Program]
9 STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (George Lucas)
10 THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN (Judd Apatow)
11 THE UNIT "Dedication" (David Mamet) [TV Program]
12 THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Noah Baumbach)
13 TALE OF CINEMA (Hong Sang-soo)
14 HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Hayao Miyazaki)
15 THE SUN (Alexander Sokurov)
16 THE CHILD (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
17 HIDDEN (Michael Haneke)
18 SIN CITY (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller)
19 ANGER SEES RED (Kenneth Anger)
20 TROPICAL MALADY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

2004

1 KILL BILL, VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
2 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michael Gondry)
3 PRIMER (Shane Carruth)
4 THE SHIELD, Season Three (various directors) [TV Series]
5 THE SOPRANOS: "Test Dream" (Allen Coulter) [TV Program]
6 VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh)
7 2046 (Wong Kar-wai)
8 MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
9 THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Jonathan Demme)
10 I ♥ HUCKABEES (David O. Russell)
11 WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (Hong Sang-soo)
12 BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater)
13 TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer)
13 THE LADYKILLERS (Joel and Ethan Coen)
14 NOTRE MUSIQUE (Jean-Luc Godard)
15 MEAN GIRLS (Mark Waters)
16 FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (Michael Moore)
17 ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY (Adam McKay)
18 SPARTAN (David Mamet)
19 SIDEWAYS (Alexander Payne)
20 DEADWOOD: "Pilot" (Walter Hill)
21 THE INCREDIBLES (Brad Bird)
22 DEADWOOD: "Sold Under Sin" (Davis Guggenheim)

2003

1 DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier)
2 FATHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
3 THE CORPORATION (Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott)
4 CAFÉ LUMIÈRE (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5 THE SCHOOL OF ROCK (Richard Linklater)
6 ZATÔICHI (Takeshi Kitano)
7 DOPPELGÄNGER (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
8 HULK (Ang Lee)
9 ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA (Dan Sallitt)
10 SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS (Alan Rudolph)
11 ELEPHANT (Gus Van Sant)
12 THE HUNTED (William Friedkin)
13 STUCK ON YOU (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
14 THE RUNDOWN (Peter Berg)
15 KILL BILL, VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
16 OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook)
17 PLAYING 'IN THE COMPANY OF MEN' (Arnaud Desplechin)
18 NOT ON THE LIPS (Alain Resnais)
19 ZERO DAY (Ben Coccio)
20 BRIGHT FUTURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
21 BLISSFULLY YOURS (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
22 GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming-liang)
23 IRRÉVERSIBLE (Gaspar Noé)
24 THE HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON (Michel Gondry) [music video for The White Stripes]
25 OPEN RANGE (Kevin Costner)
26 COWARDS BEND THE KNEE (Guy Maddin)
27 ANA AND THE OTHERS (Celina Murga)

2002

1 RUSSIAN ARK (Alexander Sokurov)
2 GRIN WITHOUT A CAT (Chris Marker)
3 PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson)
4 CHANGING LANES (Roger Michell)
5 BIGGIE AND TUPAC (Nick Broomfield)
6 THE SHIELD, Season One (various directors) [TV Series]
7 MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg)
8 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL (Michel Gondry) [music video for The White Stripes]
9 HAPPY HERE AND NOW (Michael Almereyda)
10 STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (George Lucas)
11 TEN (Abbas Kiarostami)
12 THE SOPRANOS: "For All Debts Public and Private" (Allen Coulter)
13 UNDISPUTED (Walter Hill)
14 BLOOD WORK (Clint Eastwood)
15 THE OFFICE, Season Two (Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant) [TV Series]
16 SIGNS (M. Night Shyamalan)
17 AU-DELÀ DE 'PLAY TIME' (Stéphane Goudet) [Video]
18 BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (Michael Moore)
19 MONDAY MORNING (Otar Iosseliani)
20 FRIDAY NIGHT (Claire Denis)

2001

1 PULSE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2 MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch)
3 WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater)
4 SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki)
5 A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg)
6 KIPPUR (Amos Gitai)
7 THE OFFICE, Season One (Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant) [TV Series]
8 PISTOL OPERA (Seijun Suzuki)
9 LA CIÉNAGA (Lucrecia Martel)
10 THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson)
11 LA PIANISTE (Michael Haneke)
12 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Frederick Wiseman)
13 I'M GOING HOME (Manoel de Oliveira)
14 THE SOPRANOS: "Pine Barrens" (Steve Buscemi)
15 MOULIN ROUGE! (Baz Luhrmann)
16 THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel and Ethan Coen)
17 HEIST (David Mamet)
18 ABC AFRICA (Abbas Kiarostami)
19 WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? (Tsai Ming-liang)
20 THE SOPRANOS: "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" (Allen Coulter)
21 BLACK HAWK DOWN (Ridley Scott)
22 READ MY LIPS (Jacques Audiard)
23 HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (John Cameron Mitchell)
24 REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TO COME (Chris Marker & Yannick Bellon)
25 SHALLOW HAL (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
26 MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
27 TAURUS (Alexander Sokurov)
28 THE GLEANERS AND I (Agnès Varda)

2000

1 EUREKA (Shinji Aoyama)
2 ESTHER KAHN (Arnaud Desplechin)
3 CODE UNKNOWN (Michael Haneke)
4 THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin)
5 HAMLET (Michael Almereyda)
6 WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr)
7 BAMBOOZLED (Spike Lee)
8 ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANDRE ARSENEVITCH (Chris Marker)
9 THE WAY OF THE GUN (Christopher McQuarrie)
10 AS I WAS MOVING AHEAD OCCASIONALLY I SAW BRIEF GLIMPSES OF BEAUTY (Jonas Mekas)
11 DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP (Jiang Wen)
12 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (Joel and Ethan Coen)
13 FINAL DESTINATION (James Wong)
14 STATE AND MAIN (David Mamet)
15 CAST AWAY (Robert Zemeckis)
16 THE HOUSE OF MIRTH (Terence Davies)
17 BROTHER (Takeshi Kitano)
18 X-MEN (Bryan Singer)
19 LES DESTINÉES SENTIMENTALES (Olivier Assayas)
20 ROAD TRIP (Todd Phillips)
21 ALMOST FAMOUS (Cameron Crowe)
22 WHAT'S UP FATLIP? (Spike Jonze) [music video for Fatlip]
23 HIGH FIDELITY (Stephen Frears)
24 SCARY MOVIE (Keenan Ivory Wayans)
25 WHEN BRENDAN MET TRUDY (Kieron J. Walsh)

1990s

1999

1 EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)
2 CHARISMA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3 MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson)
4 TOY STORY 2 (John Lasseter)
5 BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (Martin Scorsese)
6 TOPSY-TURVY (Mike Leigh)
7 THE INSIDER (Michael Mann)
8 THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (Sofia Coppola)
9 BEAU TRAVAIL (Clair Denis)
10 FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher)
11 LET FOREVER BE (Michel Gondry) [music video for The Chemical Brothers]
12 THE LIMEY (Steven Soderbergh)
13 BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze)
14 THE SIXTH SENSE (M. Night Shyamalan)
15 SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (Trey Parker)
16 OFFICE SPACE (Mike Judge)
17 EXCEL SAGA: "Bowling Girls" (Shinichi Watanabe)
18 BOYS DON'T CRY (Kimberly Peirce)
19 THREE KINGS (David O. Russell)
20 THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca)
21 ELECTION (Alexander Payne)
22 THE IRON GIANT (Brad Bird)
23 THE STRAIGHT STORY (David Lynch)
24 THE MINUS MAN (Hampton Fancher)
25 THE 13TH WARRIOR (John McTiernan and Michael Crichton)
26 DA FUNK (Spike Jonze) [music video for Daft Punk]

1998

1 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Steven Spielberg)
2 HE GOT GAME (Spike Lee)
3 THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick)
4 HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA (Jean-Luc Godard)
5 THE LONGEST SUMMER (Fruit Chan)
6 ZERO EFFECT (Jake Kasdan)
7 SPORTS NIGHT, first six episodes (Thomas Schlamme, Aaron Sorkin) [TV Series]
8 FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
9 HONEYMOON (Dan Sallitt)
10 LICENSE TO LIVE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
11 THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (Whit Stillman)
12 RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson)
13 WILD THINGS (John McNaughton)
14 A CIVIL ACTION (Steven Zaillian)
15 DR. AKAGI (Shohei Imamura)
16 KURT & COURTNEY (Nick Broomfield)
17 THE HOLE (Tsai Ming-liang)
18 RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer)
19 BELOVED (Jonathan Demme)
20 THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel Coen)
21 CONFESSION (Alexander Sokurov)
22 A BUG'S LIFE (John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton)
23 BULWORTH (Warren Beatty)
24 THE SILENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
25 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
26 RONIN (John Frankenheimer)

1997

1 CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2 LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch)
3 MOTHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
4 END OF EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
5 JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino)
6 KUNDUN (Martin Scorsese)
7 THE SWEET HEREAFTER (Atom Egoyan)
8 TASTE OF CHERRY (Abbas Kiarostami)
9 THE RIVER (Tsai Ming-liang)
10 FACE/OFF (John Woo)
11 PRINCESS MONONOKE (Hayao Miyazaki)
12 STARSHIP TROOPERS (Paul Verhoeven)
13 FIREWORKS (Takeshi Kitano)
14 THE FIFTH ELEMENT (Luc Besson)
15 CONTACT (Robert Zemeckis)
16 4 LITTLE GIRLS (Spike Lee)
17 THE APOSTLE (Robert Duvall)
18 AS GOOD AS IT GETS (James L. Brooks)
19 BACHELORETTE (Michel Gondry) [music video for Björk]
20 BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson)
21 DONNIE BRASCO (Mike Newell)
22 LIAR LIAR (Tom Shadyac)
23 GABBEH (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
24 LAWN DOGS (John Duigan)
25 MEN IN BLACK (Barry Sonnenfeld)
26 AROUND THE WORLD (Michel Gondry) [music video for Daft Punk]
27 CHASING AMY (Kevin Smith)
28 KISS OR KILL (Bill Bennett)
29 THE EEL (Shohei Imamura)

1996

1 FARGO (Joel Coen)
2 BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars von Trier)
3 NORMAL LIFE (John McNaughton)
4 JERRY MAGUIRE (Cameron Crowe)
5 ORIENTAL ELEGY (Alexander Sokurov)
6 LA PROMESSE (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
7 MY SEX LIFE…OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Arnaud Desplechin)
8 CRASH (David Cronenberg)
9 IRMA VEP (Olivier Assayas)
10 FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (David O. Russell)
11 A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
12 FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Robert Rodriguez)
13 GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
14 KINGPIN (Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
15 JACKIE CHAN'S FIRST STRIKE (Stanley Tong)
16 CITIZEN RUTH (Alexander Payne)

1995

1 NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
2 first episode of SPIRITUAL VOICES (Alexander Sokurov)
3 HEAT (Michael Mann)
4 SE7EN (David Fincher)
5 UNDERGROUND (Emir Kusturica)
6 BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater)
7 DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (John McTiernan)
8 BEFORE THE RAIN (Milcho Manchevski)
9 episodes 2-5 of SPIRITUAL VOICES (Alexander Sokurov)
10 A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES (Martin Scorsese)
11 BRAVEHEART (Mel Gibson)
12 CASINO (Martin Scorsese)
13 CLOCKERS (Spike Lee)
14 DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch)
15 SAFE (Todd Haynes)
16 THE NEON BIBLE (Terence Davies)
17 BABE (Chris Noonan)
18 ON YOUR MARK (Hayao Miyazaki)
19 2 X 50 YEARS OF FRENCH CINEMA (Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville)
20 FROM THE JOURNALS OF JEAN SEBERG (Mark Rappaport)
21 JLG/JLG (Jean-Luc Godard)
22 THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (Jean-Pierre Jeneut and Marc Caro)

1994

1 FRESH (Boaz Yakin)
2 PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
3 NADJA (Michael Almereyda)
4 THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER (Jackie Chan and Liu Chia-Liang)
5 CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-wai)
6 THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Abbas Kiarostami)
7 HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)
8 SATANTANGO (Béla Tarr)
9 TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou)
10 AMATEUR (Hal Hartley)
11 TRUE LIES (James Cameron)
12 CHARTRES SERIES (Stan Brakhage)
13 BARCELONA (Whit Stillman)
14 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (Frank Darabont)
15 VANYA ON 42ND STREET (Louis Malle)
16 THE MASK (Chuck Russell)
17 SIRENS (John Duigan)

1993

1 SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg)
2 CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
3 ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (Manoel de Oliveira)
4 THE PUPPETMASTER (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5 CALENDAR (Atom Egoyan)
6 SHORT CUTS (Robert Altman)
7 KING OF THE HILL (Steven Soderbergh)
8 THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese)
9 WHISPERING PAGES (Alexander Sokurov)
10 NAKED (Mike Leigh)
11 A PERFECT WORLD (Clint Eastwood)
12 DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (Todd Haynes)
13 THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD (François Girard)
14 SONATINE (Takeshi Kitano)
15 THE MUSIC OF CHANCE (Philip Haas)
16 MAD DOG AND GLORY (John McNaughton)
17 TRUE ROMANCE (Tony Scott)
18 MY FAVORITE SEASON (André Téchiné)
19 GROUNDHOG DAY (Harold Ramis)
20 IT'S ALL TRUE (Orson Welles)
21 FALLING DOWN (Joel Schumacher)
22 DAZED AND CONFUSED (Richard Linklater)

1992

1 TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch)
2 THE LAST BOLSHEVIK (Chris Marker)
3 THE LONG DAY CLOSES (Terence Davies)
4 UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)
5 GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (James Foley)
6 BATMAN RETURNS (Tim Burton)
7 CAREFUL (Guy Maddin)
8 MALCOLM X (Spike Lee)
9 THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Michael Mann)
10 BITTER MOON (Roman Polanski)
11 THE PLAYER (Robert Altman)
12 ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET (Michael Almereyda)
13 BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (Francis Ford Coppola)
14 CENTRE STAGE (Stanley Kwan)
15 RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou)
16 TRIBULATION 99: ALIEN ANOMALIES UNDER AMERICA (Craig Baldwin)
17 LIFE AND NOTHING MORE (Abbas Kiarostami)

1991

1 TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron)
2 JFK (Oliver Stone)
3 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale)
4 DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-wai)
5 FLIRTING (John Duigan)
6 BLOOD TIES (Jim McBride) [TV Movie]
7 SURVIVING DESIRE (Hal Hartley)
8 DELICATESSEN (Jean-Pierre Jeneut and Marc Caro)
9 SIDE/WALK/SHUTTLE (Ernie Gehr)
10 MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (Gus Van Sant)
11 VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat)
12 THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT (Hal Hartley)
13 HOMICIDE (David Mamet)
14 SLACKER (Richard Linklater)
15 AMBITION (Hal Hartley)

1990

1 GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
2 METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman)
3 CAMP DE THIAROYE (Ousmane Sembene)
4 CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami)
5 TRUST (Hal Hartley)
6 MIAMI BLUES (George Armitage)
7 TWIN PEAKS (David Lynch) [TV Program]
8 A TALE OF SPRINGTIME (Eric Rohmer)
9 CINÉMA DE NOTRE TEMPS: JACQUES RIVETTE, LE VEILLEUR (Claire Denis)
10 HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (John McNaughton)
11 WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (Clint Eastwood)

1980s

1989

1 DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
2 SWEETIE (Jane Campion)
3 CASUALTIES OF WAR (Brian De Palma)
4 THE CHURCH (Michele Soavi)
5 STREET OF NO RETURN (Samuel Fuller)
6 BLACK RAIN (Shohei Imamura)
7 VISIONS IN MEDITATION #2: MESA VERDE (Stan Brakhage)
8 SKIN DEEP (Blake Edwards)
9 ELEPHANT (Alan Clarke)
10 KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (Hayao Miyazaki)
11 SAY ANYTHING… (Cameron Crowe)
12 DRUGSTORE COWBOY (Gus Van Sant)
13 THE OWL'S LEGACY (Chris Marker) [TV Series]
14 THE TIME OF THE GYPSIES (Emir Kusturica)
15 ALWAYS (Steven Spielberg)
16 THE CYCLIST (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
17 THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Michael Haneke)
18 VIOLENT COP (Takeshi Kitano)
19 HE WAS ONCE (Mary Hestand)

1988

1 DAYS OF ECLIPSE (Alexander Sokurov)
2 DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (Terence Davies)
3 MARIA (Alexander Sokurov)
4 THE THIN BLUE LINE (Errol Morris)
5 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Hayao Miyazaki)
6 TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL (Guy Maddin)
7 THEY LIVE (John Carpenter)
8 A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
9 TANNER '88 (Robert Altman) [TV Series]
10 SUNSET (Blake Edwards)
11 THE MODERNS (Alan Rudolph)
12 FRANTIC (Roman Polanski)
13 THE FIRM (Alan Clarke)
14 COMING TO AMERICA (John Landis)
15 DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Stephen Frears)
16 WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Robert Zemeckis)
17 U2: RATTLE AND HUM (Phil Joanou)
18 THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (Philip Kaufman)
19 TWISTER (Michael Almereyda)
20 BIG (Penny Marshall)
21 THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (Martin Scorsese)

1987

1 RAISING ARIZONA (Joel Coen)
2 PRINCE OF DARKNESS (John Carpenter)
3 WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOME? (Abbas Kiarostami)
4 HOUSE OF GAMES (David Mamet)
5 KING LEAR (Jean-Luc Godard)
6 FULL METAL JACKET (Stanley Kubrick)
7 THREE O'CLOCK HIGH (Phil Joanou)
8 MOURNFUL INDIFFERENCE (Alexander Sokurov)
9 THE BIG EASY (Jim McBride)
10 EVIL DEAD II (Sam Raimi)
11 SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA (Jonathan Demme)

1986

1 THE SACRIFICE (Andrei Tarkovsky)
2 BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
3 ALIENS (James Cameron)
4 THE SINGING DETECTIVE (Jon Amiel; created by Dennis Potter) [TV miniseries]
5 MANHUNTER (Michael Mann)
6 LE RAYON VERT (Eric Rohmer)
7 SHERMAN'S MARCH (Ross McElwee)
8 SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (Spike Lee)
9 STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (Leonard Nimoy)
10 HEARTBREAK RIDGE (Clint Eastwood)
11 ABOUT LAST NIGHT… (Edward Zwick)
12 LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY (Hayao Miyazaki)

1985

1 VAGABOND (Agnès Varda)
2 AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese)
3 CRIME WAVE (John Paizs)
4 TAMPOPO (Juzo Itami)
5 THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (Dan O'Bannon)
6 HAIL MARY (Jean-Luc Godard)
7 INTO THE NIGHT (John Landis)
8 LOST IN AMERICA (Albert Brooks)
9 THE TWILIGHT ZONE: "Little Boy Lost" (Tommy Lee Wallace) [TV Program]
10 DETECTIVE (Jean-Luc Godard)
11 RAN (Akira Kurosawa)
12 COME AND SEE (Elem Klimov)
13 DAY OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)

1984

1 STRANGER THAN PARADISE (Jim Jarmusch)
2 THE NEVERENDING STORY (Wolfgang Petersen)
3 THE KILLING FIELDS (Roland Joffé)
4 THE SPIRIT OF CHARLES LINDBERGH (Orson Welles)
5 FULL MOON IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer)
6 REPO MAN (Alex Cox)
7 THE TERMINATOR (James Cameron)
8 LOVE STREAMS (John Cassavetes)
9 NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WINDS (Hayao Miyazaki)
10 ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Sergio Leone)
11 BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel Coen)
12 STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (Leonard Nimoy)
13 GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman)
14 STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme)
15 PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders)
16 STANDARD GAUGE (Morgan Fisher)

1983

1 L'ARGENT (Robert Bresson)
2 À NOS AMOURS (Maurice Pialat)
3 CHRISTINE (John Carpenter)
4 THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR (Raoul Ruiz)
5 ZU: WARRIORS FROM THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN (Tsui Hark)
6 UNCOMMON VALOR (Ted Kotcheff)
7 NEVER CRY WOLF (Carroll Ballard)
8 RETURN OF THE JEDI (Richard Marquand)
9 STRANGE BREW (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas)
10 VIDEODROME (David Cronenberg)
11 PROJECT A (Jackie Chan)

1982

1 SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker)
2 BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Shohei Imamura)
3 WHITE DOG (Samuel Fuller)
4 BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott)
5 NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS (Taviani brothers)
6 POLTERGEIST (Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg)
7 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Steven Spielberg)
8 EUREKA (Nicolas Roeg)
9 LE BEAU MARRIAGE (Eric Rohmer)
10 THE THING (John Carpenter)
11 THE DREAMERS (Orson Welles) [Munich construction]
12 FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Ingmar Bergman)
13 THE EVIL DEAD (Sam Raimi)
14 STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN (Nicholas Meyer)
15 ONE FROM THE HEART (Francis Ford Coppola)
16 THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME (Hou Hsiao-hsien)

1981

1 MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks)
2 EXCALIBUR (John Boorman)
3 CUTTER'S WAY (Ivan Passer)
4 SPRINGTIME IN GREENLAND (John Paisz)
5 THE ROAD WARRIOR (George Miller)
6 MY DINNER WITH ANDRÉ (Louis Malle)
7 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (John Carpenter)
8 DRAGONSLAYER (Matthew Robbins)
9 THIEF (Michael Mann)
10 LOLA (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
10 KNIGHTRIDERS (George A. Romero)
11 POLYESTER (John Waters)
12 SOUTHERN COMFORT (Walter Hill)
13 FILMING 'THE TRIAL' (Orson Welles) [Munich construction]

1980

1 THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick)
2 RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese)
3 HEAVEN'S GATE (Michael Cimino)
4 DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma)
5 THE BIG RED ONE (Samuel Fuller)
6 THE LONG RIDERS (Walter Hill)
7 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner)
8 BAD TIMING: A SENSUAL OBSESSION (Nicolas Roeg)
9 ZIGEUNERWEISEN (Seijun Suzuki)
10 LE VOYAGE EN DOUCE (Michel Deville)
11 CADDYSHACK (Harold Ramis)
12 AIRPLANE! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker)
13 THE ELEPHANT MAN (David Lynch)
14 KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa)

1970s

1979

1 ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse)
2 APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola)
3 THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE STOLEN PAINTING (Raoul Ruiz)
4 STALKER (Andrei Tarkovsky)
5 VENGEANCE IS MINE (Shohei Imamura)
6 HOME MOVIES (Brian De Palma)
7 CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER (Joan Micklin Silver)
8 MAD MAX (George Miller)
9 THE BLACK STALLION (Carroll Ballard)
10 ALIEN (Ridley Scott)
11 "10" (Blake Edwards)
12 THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
13 RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT (Jeff Margolis)
14 THE WARRIORS (Walter Hill)
15 REAL LIFE (Albert Brooks)
16 NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (Werner Herzog)
17 GETTING STARTED (Richard Condie)
18 1941 (Steven Spielberg)

1978

1 DAWN OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
2 THE DRIVER (Walter Hill)
3 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Philip Kaufman)
4 DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick)
5 FILMING 'OTHELLO' (Orson Welles)
6 SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (Robert Mulligan)
7 THE FURY (Brian De Palma)
8 GATES OF HEAVEN (Errol Morris)
9 THE GREEN ROOM (François Truffaut)
10 THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (Liu Chiang-liang)
11 NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (John Landis)
12 DRUNKEN MASTER (Yuen Woo-ping)
13 FEDORA (Billy Wilder)
14 WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN (Karel Reisz)
15 HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter)
16 PERCEVAL LE GALLOIS (Eric Rohmer)

1977

1 OPENING NIGHT (John Cassavetes)
2 ERASERHEAD (David Lynch)
3 KILLER OF SHEEP (Charles Burnett)
4 STAR WARS (George Lucas)
5 ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)
6 THE DUELLISTS (Ridley Scott)
7 SUSPIRIA (Dario Argento)
8 THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Wim Wenders)
9 NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Akerman)
10 LE DIABLE PROBABLEMENT (Robert Bresson)
11 MARTIN (George A. Romero)

1976

1 scenes from THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (Orson Welles) [Munich construction]
2 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Nicolas Roeg)
3 THE MARQUISE OF O... (Eric Rohmer)
4 THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (John Cassavetes)
5 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Alan J. Pakula)
6 ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)
7 GOD TOLD ME TO (Larry Cohen)
8 BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, OR SITTING BULL'S HISTORY LESSON (Robert Altman)
9 THE TENANT (Roman Polanski)
10 MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May)
11 CARRIE (Brian De Palma)
12 CAR WASH (Michael Schultz)

1975

1 F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles)
2 NASHVILLE (Robert Altman)
3 JAWS (Steven Spielberg)
4 THE MIRROR (Andrei Tarkovsky)
5 BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick)
6 SHAMPOO (Hal Ashby)
7 JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman)
8 MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam)
9 XALA (Ousmane Sembene)
10 GREY GARDENS (Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer)
11 FRENCH CONNECTION II (John Frankenheimer)
12 PROFESSIONE: REPORTER (Michelangelo Antonioni)

1974

1 PARADE (Jacques Tati)
2 THE CONVERSATION (Francis Ford Coppola)
3 LANCELOT DU LAC (Robert Bresson)
4 A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (John Cassavetes)
5 THE GODFATHER, PART II (Francis Ford Coppola)
6 PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Brian De Palma)
7 CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette)
8 CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
9 ALICE IN THE CITIES (Wim Wenders)
10 JUGGERNAUT (Richard Lester)
11 L'AMBASSADE (Chris Marker)
12 COCKFIGHTER (Monte Hellman)
13 THE FRONT PAGE (Billy Wilder)
14 THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper)

1973

1 O LUCKY MAN! (Lindsay Anderson)
2 BREEZY (Clint Eastwood)
3 THE ICEMAN COMETH (John Frankenheimer)
4 CHARLEY VARRICK (Don Siegel)
5 THE LAST DETAIL (Hal Ashby)
6 ENTER THE DRAGON (Robert Clouse)
7 WHAT? (Roman Polanski)
8 SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Ingmar Bergman)
9 LUCIFER RISING (Kenneth Anger)
10 THE CRAZIES (George A. Romero)
11 LAST TANGO IN PARIS (Bernardo Bertolucci)
12 BADLANDS (Terrence Malick)
13 THE EXORCIST (William Friedkin)
14 DEAD PIGEON ON BEETHOVEN STREET (Samuel Fuller)
15 BLUME IN LOVE (Paul Mazursky)
16 MEAN STREETS (Martin Scorsese)
17 SISTERS (Brian De Palma)

1972

1 LETTER TO JANE (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin)
2 AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Werner Herzog)
3 SNOOPY, COME HOME (Bill Melendez)
4 TOUT VA BIEN (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin)
5 AVANTI! (Billy Wilder)
6 THE HEARTBREAK KID (Elaine May)
7 REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA (Jonas Mekas)
8 FAT CITY (John Huston)
9 THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
10 SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (George Roy Hill)
11 SOUNDER (Martin Ritt)
12 WE WON'T GROW OLD TOGETHER (Maurice Pialat)
13 THE GETAWAY (Sam Peckinpah)
14 CABARET (Bob Fosse)
15 POETIC JUSTICE (Hollis Frampton)
16 SOLARIS (Andrei Tarkovsky)
17 THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (Bob Rafelson)
18 SPECIAL EFFECTS (Hollis Frampton)
19 CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON (Erich Rohmer)

1971

1 MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (Robert Altman)
2 DUCK, YOU SUCKER (Sergio Leone)
3 TRAFIC (Jacques Tati)
4 STRAW DOGS (Sam Peckinpah)
5 THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (Robert Fuest)
6 MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ (John Cassavetes)
7 SUMMER OF '42 (Robert Mulligan)
8 TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman)
9 CRITICAL MASS (Hollis Frampton)
10 SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG (Melvin Van Peebles)
11 WALKABOUT (Nicolas Roeg)
12 DON QUIXOTE (Orson Welles) [Munich construction]
13 THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin)
14 VANISHING POINT (Richard C. Sarafian)
15 LONDON (Orson Welles)
16 THE BATTLE OF THE TEN MILLION (Chris Marker)
17 BLEAK MOMENTS (Mike Leigh)

1970

1 LA RUPTURE (Claude Chabrol)
2 HUSBANDS (John Cassavetes)
3 HI, MOM! (Brian De Palma)
4 PERFORMANCE (Nicolas Roeg/Donald Cammell)
5 HORNET'S NEST (Phil Karlson)
6 CATCH-22 (Mike Nichols)
7 LE CERCLE ROUGE (Jean-Pierre Melville)
8 VENGEANCE! (Zhang Che)
9 THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (Leonard Kastle)
10 SERENE VELOCITY (Ernie Gehr)
11 ONE MORE TIME (Jerry Lewis)

1960s

1969

1 MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (Eric Rohmer)
2 ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Tarkovsky)
3 UNE FEMME DOUCE (Robert Bresson)
4 AGE OF CONSENT (Michael Powell)
5 ARMY OF SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville)
6 L'ENFANCE NUE (Maurice Pialat)
7 INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER (Kenneth Anger)
8 BOY (Nagisa Oshima)
9 A TOUCH OF ZEN (King Hu)
10 ONE P.M. (Jean-Luc Godard and D.A. Pennebaker)
11 THE WILD BUNCH (Sam Peckinpah)
12 TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (Don Siegel)
13 FELLINI SATYRICON (Federico Fellini)
14 BLIND BEAST (Yasuzo Masumura)

1968

1 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick)
2 JE T'AIME, JE T'AIME (Alain Resnais)
3 PLAY DIRTY (André De Toth)
4 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (George A. Romero)
5 THE BOSTON STRANGLER (Richard Fleischer)
6 ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski)
7 PAS DE DEUX (Norman McLaren)
8 SECRET CEREMONY (Joseph Losey)
9 FACES (John Cassavetes)
10 MANDABI (Ousmane Sembene)
11 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Sergio Leone)
12 DEATH BY HANGING (Nagisa Oshima)

1967

1 PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati)
2 MOUCHETTE (Robert Bresson)
3 WEEK END (Jean-Luc Godard)
4 SCATTERED CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse)
5 THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols)
6 THE RED AND THE WHITE (Miklós Jancsó)
7 BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn)
8 THE BIG MOUTH (Jerry Lewis)
9 ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (Zhang Che)
10 THE SHOOTING (Monte Hellman)
11 SAMURAI REBELLION (Masaki Kobayashi)
12 LA COLLECTIONNEUSE (Eric Rohmer)
13 THE HONEY POT (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

1966

1 AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson)
2 THREE ON A COUCH (Jerry Lewis)
3 LA GUERRE EST FINIE (Alain Resnais)
4 THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (Sergio Leone)
5 REPORT (Bruce Conner)
6 FIGHTING ELEGY (Seijun Suzuki)
7 PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman)
8 BLOWUP (Michelangelo Antonioni)
9 THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB (Michael Powell)
10 MADE IN U.S.A. (Jean-Luc Godard)
11 IREZUMI (Yasuzo Masumura)
12 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (Mike Nichols)
13 THE PORNOGRAPHERS (Shohei Imamura)
14 ALL MY LIFE (Bruce Baillie)
15 THE CHASE (Arthur Penn)

1965

1 CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Orson Welles)
2 IN HARM'S WAY (Otto Preminger)
3 THE WAR GAME (Peter Watkins)
4 COME DRINK WITH ME (King Hu)
5 A THOUSAND CLOWNS (Fred Coe)
6 FISTS IN THE POCKET (Marco Bellocchio)
7 A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA (Alexander Mackendrick)
8 BLACK GIRL (Ousmane Sembene)
9 TOKYO OLYMPIAD (Kon Ichikawa)
10 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo)
11 RED LINE 7000 (Howard Hawks)
12 THE KNACK...AND HOW TO GET IT (Richard Lester)
13 KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS (Kenneth Anger)
14 FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Sergio Leone)
15 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (David Lean)
16 RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND (Monte Hellman)
17 THERE ARE HORSES (Tolomush Okeyev)

1964

1 THE PATSY (Jerry Lewis)
2 YEARNING (Mikio Naruse)
3 ZULU (Cy Endfield)
4 WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
5 SCORPIO RISING (Kenneth Anger)
6 DOG STAR MAN (Stan Brakhage)
7 THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (Anthony Mann)
8 NOTHING BUT A MAN (Michael Roemer)
9 HAMLET (Grigory Kozintzev)
10 CULLODEN (Peter Watkins)
11 BANDE À PART (Jean-Luc Godard)
12 A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (Sergio Leone)
13 THE DISORDERLY ORDERLY (Frank Tashlin)
14 CHARULATA (Satyajit Ray)
15 TRUTH AND ILLUSION: AN INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS (King Vidor)
16 MARY POPPINS (Robert Stevenson)

1963

1 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini)
2 MURIEL (Alain Resnais)
3 THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (Jerry Lewis)
4 SHOCK CORRIDOR (Samuel Fuller)
5 THE BIRDS (Alfred Hitchcock)
6 HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa)
7 YOUTH OF THE BEAST (Seijun Suzuki)
8 CHRISTMAS ON EARTH (Barbara Rubin)
9 I FIDANZATI (Ermanno Olmi)
10 THE OUTER LIMITS: "O.B.I.T." (Gerd Oswald)
11 CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard)
12 LE JOLI MAI (Chris Marker)
13 BOROM SARRET (Ousmane Sembene)

1962

1 LA JETÉE (Chris Marker)
2 THE TRIAL (Orson Welles)
3 TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (Vincente Minnelli)
4 A WANDERER'S NOTEBOOK (Mikio Naruse)
5 HATARI! (Howard Hawks)
6 COSMIC RAY (Bruce Conner)
7 THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (John Ford)
8 THE HOUSE IS BLACK (Forugh Farrokhzad)
9 THESE ARE THE DAMNED (Joseph Losey)
10 MAMMALS (Roman Polanski)
11 THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer)
12 CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER (Albert Zugsmith)
13 AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (Yasujiro Ozu)
14 EVA (Joseph Losey
15 IVAN'S CHILDHOOD (Andrei Tarkvosky)
16 HELL IS FOR HEROES (Don Siegel)
17 PROCÈS DE JEANNE D'ARC (Robert Bresson)
18 ADVISE & CONSENT (Otto Preminger)
19 LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Sidney Lumet)
20 VIVRE SA VIE: FILM EN DOUZE TABLEAUX (Jean-Luc Godard)
21 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)
22 SANJURO (Akira Kurosawa)

1961

1 THE LADIES' MAN (Jerry Lewis)
2 ALYONKA (Boris Barnet)
3 THE ERRAND BOY (Jerry Lewis)
4 YOJIMBO (Akira Kurosawa)
5 IL POSTO (Ermanno Olmi)
6 THE END OF SUMMER (Yasujiro Ozu)
7 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Blake Edwards)
8 ¡CUBA SÍ! (Chris Marker)
9 EL CID (Anthony Mann)
10 NELLY'S FOLLY (Chuck Jones)
11 THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW: "Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo." (John Rich)
12 ONE, TWO, THREE (Billy Wilder)
13 BAD BOY (Susumi Hani)
14 THE LAST HUNGRY CAT (Friz Freleng)
15 THE FAT AND THE LEAN (Roman Polanski)
16 THE FORGOTTEN FACES (Peter Watkins)

1960

1 WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (Mikio Naruse)
2 BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard)
3 LE TROU (Jacques Becker)
4 THE THOUSAND EYES OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang)
5 THE TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS (Jean Cocteau)
6 LATE AUTUMN (Yasujiro Ozu)
7 THE BELLBOY (Jerry Lewis)
8 THE APPROACH OF AUTUMN (Mikio Naruse)
9 THE BAD SLEEP WELL (Akira Kurosawa)
10 LES BONNES FEMMES (Claude Chabrol)
11 HOME FROM THE HILL (Vincente Minnelli)
12 L'AVVENTURA (Michelangelo Antonioni)
13 SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (John Ford)
14 AFRAID TO DIE (Yasuzo Masumura)
15 BRAINWASHED (Gerd Oswald)
16 THE LADY WITH THE DOG (Iosif Khejfits)

1950s

1959

1 RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)
2 DAY OF THE OUTLAW (André de Toth)
3 RIDE LONESOME (Budd Boetticher)
4 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock)
5 ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Otto Preminger)
6 PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)
7 THE HORSE SOLDIERS (John Ford)
8 PORK CHOP HILL (Lewis Milestone)
9 NO NAME ON THE BULLET (Jack Arnold)
10 OPERATION PETTICOAT (Blake Edwards)
11 VERBOTEN! (Samuel Fuller)
12 FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu)
13 EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Georges Franju)

1958

1 VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
2 TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles)
3 THE TARNISHED ANGELS (Douglas Sirk)
4 THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Akira Kurosawa)
5 IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART TWO (Sergei Eisenstein)
6 PARTY GIRL (Nicholas Ray)
7 MON ONCLE (Jacques Tati)
8 NAZARÍN (Luis Buñuel)
9 MAN OF THE WEST (Anthony Mann)
10 THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (Orson Welles)
11 BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (Budd Boetticher)
12 ROCK-A-BYE BABY (Frank Tashlin)
13 WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES (Nicholas Ray)
14 TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (Joseph H. Lewis)
15 A MOVIE (Bruce Conner)
16 THE RIFLEMAN: "Duel of Honor" (Joseph H. Lewis) [TV Program]
17 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (Roy Baker)
18 THE MUSIC ROOM (Satyajit Ray)
19 SUMMER CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse)
20 THE LINEUP (Don Siegel)
21 ROBIN HOOD DAFFY (Chuck Jones)

1957

1 THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa)
2 WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (Chuck Jones)
3 PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick)
4 MEN IN WAR (Anthony Mann)
5 TIME WITHOUT PITY (Joseph Losey)
6 THE TIN STAR (Anthony Mann)
7 A KING IN NEW YORK (Charles Chaplin)
8 NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Federico Fellini)
9 SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick)
10 BITTER VICTORY (Nicholas Ray)
11 3:10 TO YUMA (Delmer Daves)
12 THREE LITTLE BOPS (Friz Freleng)
13 LETTER FROM SIBERIA (Chris Marker)
14 WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (Frank Tashlin)
15 JAMESTOWN BALOOS (Robert Breer)
16 CHINA GATE (Samuel Fuller)
17 FORTY GUNS (Samuel Fuller)
18 THE TALL T (Budd Boetticher)
19 NIGHT OF THE DEMON (Jacques Tourneur)
20 RUN OF THE ARROW (Samuel Fuller)
21 THE PAJAMA GAME (Stanley Donen and George Abbott)
22 JET PILOT (Josef von Sternberg)
23 A MAN AND HIS DOG OUT FOR AIR (Robert Breer)
24 STEAL WOOL (Chuck Jones)

1956

1 THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
2 THE WRONG MAN (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Douglas Sirk)
4 THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (Frank Tashlin)
5 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Alfred Hitchcock)
6 A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson)
7 THE BURMESE HARP (Kon Ichikawa)
8 BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
9 ATTACK! (Robert Aldrich)
10 THE PAINTER AND THE CITY (Manoel de Oliveira)
11 SUDDEN RAIN (Mikio Naruse)
12 SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (Budd Boetticher)
13 WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (Fritz Lang)
14 THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick)
15 THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW (Douglas Sirk)
16 A WIFE'S HEART (Mikio Naruse)
17 HOT BLOOD (Nicholas Ray)
18 GIANT (George Stevens)
19 NIGHTFALL (Jacques Tourneur)

1955

1 FLOATING CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse)
2 CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (Orson Welles)
3 KISS ME DEADLY (Robert Aldrich)
4 NIGHT AND FOG (Alain Resnais)
5 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (Anthony Mann)
6 THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton)
7 FRENCH CANCAN (Jean Renoir)
8 LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (Howard Hawks)
9 I LIVE IN FEAR (Akira Kurosawa)
10 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray)
11 LOLA MONTÈS (Max Ophüls)
12 DRAGNET: "The Big September Man" (Jack Webb)
13 THE LAST FRONTIER (Anthony Mann)
14 NEW TALES OF THE TAIRA CLAN (Kenji Mizoguchi)
15 ONE FROGGY EVENING (Chuck Jones)
16 PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray)
17 ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Douglas Sirk)
18 ORSON WELLES' SKETCH BOOK (Orson Welles) [TV series]
19 HOUSE OF BAMBOO (Samuel Fuller)
20 EAST OF EDEN (Elia Kazan)

1954

1 REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
2 SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
3 MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (Douglas Sirk)
4 LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Mikio Naruse)
5 JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
6 A STAR IS BORN (George Cukor)
7 SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN (Mikio Naruse)
8 CRIME WAVE (André De Toth)
9 SENSO (Luchino Visconti)
10 CARMEN JONES (Otto Preminger)
11 SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Kenji Mizoguchi)
12 RIDING SHOTGUN (André De Toth)
13 DIAL M FOR MURDER (Alfred Hitchcock)
14 DEVIL MAY HARE (Robert McKimson)

1953

1 M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY (Jacques Tati)
2 PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller)
3 VOYAGE IN ITALY (Roberto Rossellini)
4 GLEN OR GLENDA? (Edward D. Wood, Jr.)
5 DRAGNET: "The Big Thief" (Jack Webb)
6 THE BAND WAGON (Vincente Minnelli)
7 DUCK AMUCK (Chuck Jones)
8 THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T. (Roy Rowland)
9 WHERE CHIMNEYS ARE SEEN (Heinosuke Gosho)
10 OLDER BROTHER, YOUNGER SISTER (Mikio Naruse)
11 DRAGNET: "The Big Frank" (Jack Webb)
12 WIFE (Mikio Naruse)
13 THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN (Josef von Sternberg)
14 UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
15 THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (Max Ophüls)
16 DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24½TH CENTURY (Chuck Jones)
17 THE BIG HEAT (Fritz Lang)
18 DUCK! RABBIT, DUCK! (Chuck Jones)
19 ALL I DESIRE (Douglas Sirk)
20 THE STRANGER WORE A GUN (André De Toth)
21 THE MAN FROM THE ALAMO (Budd Boetticher)
22 HUSBAND AND WIFE (Mikio Naruse)

1952

1 PARK ROW (Samuel Fuller)
2 ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Nicholas Ray)
3 OTHELLO (Orson Welles)
4 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
5 BEND OF THE RIVER (Anthony Mann)
6 CASQUE D'OR (Jacques Becker)
7 LAST OF THE COMANCHES (André De Toth)
8 HIGH NOON (Fred Zinnemann)
9 FEED THE KITTY (Chuck Jones)
10 THE NARROW MARGIN (Richard Fleischer)
11 THE GOLDEN COACH (Jean Renoir)
12 LIMELIGHT (Charles Chaplin)
13 MY SON JOHN (Leo McCarey)
14 THE MARRYING KIND (George Cukor)
15 MOTHER (Mikio Naruse)
16 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (André De Toth)
17 WATER, WATER EVERY HARE (Chuck Jones)
18 DRAGNET: "The Big September Man" (Jack Webb)
19 THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray)
20 THE QUIET MAN (John Ford)
21 MOULIN ROUGE (John Huston)
22 KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (Phil Karlson)
23 SCANDAL SHEET (Phil Karlson)

1951

1 THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby)
2 STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 M (Joseph Losey)
4 CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (Zoltan Korda)
5 FIXED BAYONETS! (Samuel Fuller)
6 THE STEEL HELMET (Samuel Fuller)
7 REPAST (Mikio Naruse)
8 ROYAL WEDDING (Stanley Donen)
9 THE RIVER (Jean Renoir)
10 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Robert Wise)
11 MISS JULIE (Alf Sjoberg)
12 THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (Alexander Mackendrick)
13 DRIP-ALONG DAFFY (Chuck Jones)
14 WEARING OF THE GRIN (Chuck Jones)
15 EARLY TO BET (Robert McKimson)

1950

1 IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray)
2 WINCHESTER '73 (Anthony Mann)
3 TRY AND GET ME! (Cy Endfield)
4 DEVIL'S DOORWAY (Anthony Mann)
5 DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Robert Bresson)
6 RABBIT OF SEVILLE (Chuck Jones)
7 THE MUNEKATA SISTERS (Yasujiro Ozu)
8 WAGON MASTER (John Ford)
9 BORN TO BE BAD (Nicholas Ray)
10 THE LAWLESS (Joseph Losey)
11 HILLBILLY HARE (Robert McKimson)
12 NIGHT AND THE CITY (Jules Dassin)
13 LOS OLVIDADOS (Luis Buñuel)
14 GONE TO EARTH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
15 STARS IN MY CROWN (Jacques Tourneur)
16 RIO GRANDE (John Ford)
17 SUNSET BLVD. (Billy Wilder)
18 RABBIT MOON (Kenneth Anger)
19 RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa)
20 THE DUCKSTERS (Chuck Jones)
21 THE FURIES (Anthony Mann)

1940s

1949

1 THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed)
2 I SHOT JESSE JAMES (Samuel Fuller)
3 LATE SPRING (Yasujiro Ozu)
4 GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis)
5 UNDER CAPRICORN (Alfred Hitchcock)
6 BORDER INCIDENT (Anthony Mann)
7 BEGONE DULL CARE (Norman McLaren)
8 PUCE MOMENT (Kenneth Anger)
9 KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (Robert Hamer)
10 THE BIG STEAL (Don Siegel)
11 THE RECKLESS MOMENT (Max Ophüls)
12 THE SMALL BACK ROOM (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
13 LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD (Tex Avery)
14 HOMELESS HARE (Chuck Jones)
15 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (John Ford)
16 ON THE TOWN (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
17 LONG-HAIRED HARE (Chuck Jones)
18 AWFUL ORPHAN (Chuck Jones)
19 STROMBOLI (Roberto Rossellini)
20 8 BALL BUNNY (Chuck Jones)

1948

1 RED RIVER (Howard Hawks)
2 LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (Max Ophüls)
3 RAW DEAL (Anthony Mann)
4 THE FOGHORN LEGHORN (Robert McKimson)
5 JOUR DE FÊTE (Jacques Tati)
6 THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (Orson Welles)
7 MOONRISE (Frank Borzage)
8 FORCE OF EVIL (Abraham Polonsky)
9 FORT APACHE (John Ford)
10 SCAREDY CAT (Chuck Jones)
11 SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN (Mu Fei)
12 GOOD SAM (Leo McCarey)
13 3 GODFATHERS (John Ford)
14 HAREDEVIL HARE (Chuck Jones)
15 MACBETH (Orson Welles)
16 HE WALKED BY NIGHT (Anthony Mann and Alfred L. Werker)
17 THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (John Huston)

1947

1 DAISY KENYON (Otto Preminger)
2 MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Charles Chaplin)
3 OUT OF THE PAST (Jacques Tourneur)
4 THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF BEL AMI (Albert Lewin)
5 LE TEMPESTAIRE (Jean Epstein)
6 FIREWORKS (Kenneth Anger)
7 NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Edmund Goulding)
8 MISSISSIPPI HARE (Chuck Jones)
9 RIDE THE PINK HORSE (Robert Montgomery)
10 ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (Jacques Becker)
11 GOOD NEWS (Charles Walters)
12 T-MEN (Anthony Mann)
13 THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Nicholas Ray)
14 BLACK NARCISSUS (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
15 QUAI DES ORFÈVRES (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
16 RAMROD (André De Toth)
17 RAILROADED! (Anthony Mann)

1946

1 THE BIG SLEEP (Howard Hawks)
2 MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford)
3 NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock)
4 THE CHASE (Arthur D. Ripley)
5 THE BIG SNOOZE (Robert Clampett)
6 KITTY KORNERED (Robert Clampett)
7 THE STRANGER (Orson Welles)
8 THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (Jean Renoir)
9 BABY BOTTLENECK (Robert Clampett)
10 HAIR-RAISING HARE (Chuck Jones)
11 GILDA (Charles Vidor)
12 CLUNY BROWN (Ernst Lubitsch)
13 TO EACH HIS OWN (Mitchell Leisen)
14 CLOAK AND DAGGER (Fritz Lang)
15 THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY (Robert Clampett)
16 ACROBATTY BUNNY (Robert McKimson)

1945

1 BRIEF ENCOUNTER (David Lean)
2 THE CLOCK (Vincente Minnelli)
3 THE SOUTHERNER (Jean Renoir)
4 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Albert Lewin)
5 OPEN CITY (Roberto Rossellini)
6 THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (John Ford)
7 DRAFTEE DAFFY (Robert Clampett)
8 DETOUR (Edgar J. Ulmer)
9 FALLEN ANGEL (Otto Preminger)
10 LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE (Robert Bresson)
11 MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (Joseph H. Lewis)
12 THE SCREWY TRUANT (Tex Avery)
13 IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART ONE (Sergei Eisenstein)

1944

1 TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Howard Hawks)
2 NONE SHALL ESCAPE (André de Toth)
3 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Vincente Minnelli)
4 A CANTERBURY TALE (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
5 THE STUPID CUPID (Frank Tashlin)
6 THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (Preston Sturges)
7 LAURA (Otto Preminger)
8 LIFEBOAT (Alfred Hitchcock)
9 UNCERTAIN GLORY (Raoul Walsh)
10 STAGE DOOR CARTOON (Friz Freleng)
11 NATIONAL VELVET (Clarence Brown)
12 DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wilder)

1943

1 THIS LAND IS MINE (Jean Renoir)
2 DAY OF WRATH (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
4 PUSS N' BOOTY (Frank Tashlin)
4 THE SEVENTH VICTIM (Mark Robson)
5 RUMORS (Friz Freleng)
6 TORTOISE WINS BY A HARE (Robert Clampett)
7 I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (Jacques Tourneur)
8 YANKEE DOODLE DAFFY (Friz Freleng)
9 AIR FORCE (Howard Hawks)
10 SPIES (Chuck Jones)
11 THE HUMAN COMEDY (Clarence Brown)
12 SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock)
13 THE GHOST SHIP (Mark Robson)
14 PORKY PIG'S FEAT (Frank Tashlin)
15 THE LEOPARD MAN (Jacques Tourneur)
16 PRINCESS O'ROURKE (Norman Krasna)
17 THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)

1942

1 THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Orson Welles)
2 THE PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges)
3 GENTLEMAN JIM (Raoul Walsh)
4 CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur)
5 THERE WAS A FATHER (Yasujiro Ozu)
6 RANDOM HARVEST (Mervyn LeRoy)
7 SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (Preston Sturges)
8 CASABLANCA Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)
9 A TALE OF TWO KITTIES (Robert Clampett)
10 THE TALK OF THE TOWN (George Stevens)
11 THE HECKLING HARE (Tex Avery)
12 ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON (Leo McCarey)
13 THE DOVER BOYS (Chuck Jones)
14 TOMORROW WE LIVE (Edgar G. Ulmer)
15 THE HARE-BRAINED HYPNOTIST (Friz Freleng)

1941

1 CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)
2 THE LOYAL 47 RONIN (Kenji Mizoguchi)
3 FORTY-NINTH PARALLEL (Michael Powell)
4 BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE TODA FAMILY (Yasujiro Ozu)
5 THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (Ernst Lubitsch)
6 ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL (William Witney and John English)
7 MAN HUNT (Fritz Lang)
8 WABBIT TWOUBLE (Robert Clampett)
9 BALL OF FIRE (Howard Hawks)
10 THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston)
11 THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (William Dieterle)
12 SMILIN' THROUGH (Frank Borzage)
13 NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (Edward F. Cline)
14 DUMBO (Ben Sharpsteen)

1940

1 THE GRAPES OF WRATH (John Ford)
2 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks)
3 THE MORTAL STORM (Frank Borzage)
4 CHRISTMAS IN JULY (Preston Sturges)
5 REMEMBER THE NIGHT (Mitchell Leisen)
6 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Alfred Hitchcock)
7 THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (Ernst Lubitsch)
8 CONTRABAND (Michael Powell)
9 THE GREAT DICTATOR (Charles Chaplin)
10 THE GREAT MCGINTY (Preston Sturges)
11 TRAVELLING ACTORS (Mikio Naruse)
12 FLIGHT COMMAND (Frank Borzage)
13 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (George Cukor)

1930s

1939

1 THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)
2 ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)
3 THE ROARING TWENTIES (Raoul Walsh)
4 THE WOMEN (George Cukor)
5 DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (John Ford)
6 STAGECOACH (John Ford)
7 THUGS WITH DIRTY MUGS (Tex Avery)
8 YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (John Ford)
9 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (George Marshall)
10 THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming)
11 NAUGHTY NEIGHBORS (Robert Clampett)
12 GUNGA DIN (George Stevens)

1938

1 HOLIDAY (George Cukor)
2 PORKY IN WACKYLAND (Robert Clampett)
3 THE WOODS ARE FULL OF CUCKOOS (Frank Tashlin)
4 PORKY'S FIVE & TEN (Robert Clampett)
5 SPAWN OF THE NORTH (Henry Hathaway)
6 THE CITADEL (King Vidor)
7 THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (Michael Powell)
8 LE QUAI DES BRUMES (Marcel Carné)
9 THE LADY VANISHES (Alfred Hitchcock)
10 REMONTONS LES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES (Sacha Guitry)
11 PORKY IN EGYPT (Robert Clampett)
12 THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Michael Curtiz)
12 LITTLE PANCHO VANILLA (Frank Tashlin)
14 KATNIP KOLLEGE (Cal Dalton, Ben Hardaway, Cal Howard)

1937

1 MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)
2 STAGE DOOR (Gregory La Cava)
3 ANGEL (Ernst Lubitsch)
4 HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (Frank Borzage)
5 SHALL WE DANCE (Mark Sandrich)
6 THE GREAT GARRICK (James Whale)
7 EASY LIVING (Mitchell Leisen)
8 YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (Fritz Lang)
9 THE AWFUL TRUTH (Leo McCarey)
10 GRAND ILLUSION (Jean Renoir)
11 HUMANITY AND PAPER BALLOONS (Sadao Yamanaka)
10 FAISONS UN RÊVE (Sacha Guitry)
11 LES PERLES DE LA COURONNE (Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque)
12 THE SPANISH EARTH (Joris Ivens)
13 PÉPÉ LE MOKO (Julien Duvivier)
14 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (David Hand)
15 WHAT DID THE LADY FORGET? (Yasujiro Ozu)

1936

1 DODSWORTH (William Wyler)
2 FURY (Fritz Lang)
3 CAMILLE (George Cukor)
4 THE STORY OF A CHEAT (Sacha Guitry)
5 AFTER THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke
6 SWING TIME (George Stevens)
7 OSAKA ELEGY (Kenji Mizoguchi)
8 THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir)
9 BY THE BLUEST OF SEAS (Boris Barnet)
10 MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin)
11 REMBRANDT (Alexander Korda)
12 MY MAN GODFREY (Gregory La Cava)
13 THE LOWER DEPTHS (Jean Renoir)
14 PORKY IN THE NORTH WOODS (Frank Tashlin)
15 THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND (John Ford)
16 THE MILKY WAY (Leo McCarey)

1935

1 RUGGLES OF RED GAP (Leo McCarey)
2 THE 39 STEPS (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 THE GOOD FAIRY (William Wyler)
4 CEILING ZERO (Howard Hawks)
5 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt)
6 TOP HAT (Mark Sandrich)
7 THE PHANTOM LIGHT (Michael Powell)
8 SYLVIA SCARLET (George Cukor)
9 WIFE! BE LIKE A ROSE! (Mikio Naruse)
10 THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (Josef von Sternberg)
11 AN INN IN TOKYO (Yasujiro Ozu)

1934

1 L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
2 OUR DAILY BREAD (King Vidor)
3 THE BLACK CAT (Edgar G. Ulmer)
4 A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu)
5 THE MERRY WIDOW (Ernst Lubitsch)
6 FLIRTATION WALK (Frank Borzage)
7 LA SIGNORA DI TUTTI (Max Ophüls)
8 TWO-GUN MICKEY (Ben Sharpsteen)
9 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra)
10 THE SCARLET EMPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
11 THE GAY DIVORCEE (Mark Sandrich)
12 TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks)

1933

1 THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang)
2 COUNSELLOR AT LAW (William Wyler)
3 MAN'S CASTLE (Frank Borzage)
4 DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch)
5 EVERY NIGHT DREAMS (Mikio Naruse)
6 GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy)
7 ZÉRO DE CONDUITE Zéro de conduite (Jean Vigo)
8 LAS HURDES (Luis Buñuel)
9 EMPLOYEE'S ENTRANCE (Roy Del Ruth)
10 LITTLE WOMEN (George Cukor)
11 42ND STREET (Lloyd Bacon)
12 NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN (Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker)
13 OKRAINA (Boris Barnet)

1932

1 LOVE ME TONIGHT (Rouben Mamoulian)
2 THE CROWD ROARS (Howard Hawks)
3 BLONDE VENUS (Josef von Sternberg)
4 TWO SECONDS (Mervyn LeRoy)
5 SCARFACE (Howard Hawks)
6 SHANGHAI EXPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
7 ONE HOUR WITH YOU (Ernst Lubitsch)
8 TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch)
9 THE HATCHET MAN (William A. Wellman)
10 TOM BROWN OF CULVER (William Wyler)
11 WHERE NOW ARE THE DREAMS OF YOUTH? (Yasujiro Ozu)
12 TIGER SHARK (Howard Hawks)
13 SMILIN' THROUGH (Sidney Franklin)
14 RED DUST (Victor Fleming)

1931

1 M (Fritz Lang)
2 DISHONORED (Josef von Sternberg)
3 TOKYO CHORUS (Yasujiro Ozu)
4 PLATINUM BLONDE (Frank Capra)
5 BAD GIRL (Frank Borzage)
6 THE MIRACLE WOMAN (Frank Capra)
7 STAR WITNESS (William A. Wellman)
8 THE PUBLIC ENEMY (William A. Wellman)
9 A HOUSE DIVIDED (William Wyler)
10 THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch)
11 THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg)
12 TABU (F.W. Murnau)
13 THE CRIMINAL CODE (Howard Hawks)

1930

1 L'ÂGE D'OR (Luis Buñuel)
2 SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (René Clair)
3 I FLUNKED, BUT... (Yasujiro Ozu)
4 MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg)
5 THE FIRE FIGHTERS (Burt Gillett)
6 THAT NIGHT'S WIFE (Yasujiro Ozu)
7 THE KING OF JAZZ (John Murray Anderson)
8 THE CHAIN GANG (Burt Gillett)
9 THE BLOOD OF A POET (Jean Cocteau)
10 À PROPOS DE NICE (Jean Vigo)

1920s

1929

1 QUEEN KELLY (Erich von Stroheim)
2 LIBERTY (Leo McCarey)
3 THUNDERBOLT (Josef von Sternberg)
4 APPLAUSE (Rouben Mamoulian)
5 WOMAN IN THE MOON (Fritz Lang)
6 DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (G.W. Pabst)
7 IN OLD ARIZONA (Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings)
8 THE LOVE PARADE (Ernst Lubitsch)
9 BLACKMAIL (Alfred Hitchcock)
10 BIG BUSINESS (Leo McCarey and James W. Horne)

1928

1 THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
2 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (Jean Epstein)
3 THE WIND (Victor Sjöström)
4 THE HOUSE ON TRUBNAYA SQUARE (Boris Barnet)
5 STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (Buster Keaton and Charles Reisner)
6 SPIES (Fritz Lang)
7 STREET ANGEL (Frank Borzage)
8 PLANE CRAZY (Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks)
9 THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (Josef von Sternberg)
10 THE LAST COMMAND (Josef von Sternberg)
11 STEAMBOAT WILLIE (Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks)
12 THE WEDDING MARCH (Erich von Stroheim)
13 THE LOVE OF ZERO (William Cameron Menzies and Robert Florey)

1927

1 THE STUDENT PRINCE OF OLD HEIDELBERG (Ernst Lubitsch)
2 SUNRISE (F.W. Murnau)
3 COLLEGE (Buster Keaton and James W. Horne)
4 BED AND SOFA (Abram Room)
5 BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (Walter Ruttmann)
6 THE GENERAL (Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman)
7 METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang)
8 THE KID BROTHER (Ted Wilde and J.A. Howe)
9 THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413, A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA (Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich)
10 THE GIRL WITH THE HAT BOX (Boris Barnet)
11 UNDERWORLD (Josef von Sternberg)
12 NAPOLÉON (Abel Gance)

1926

FAUST (F.W. Murnau)
THE SHAMROCK HANDICAP (John Ford)
MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE (Leo McCarey)
BATTLING BUTLER (Buster Keaton)
SO THIS IS PARIS (Ernst Lubitsch)

1925

1 GREED (Erich von Stroheim)
2 THE BIG PARADE (King Vidor)
3 THE GOLD RUSH (Charles Chaplin)
4 SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton)
5 SALLY OF THE SAWDUST (D.W. Griffith)
6 CHESS FEVER (Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky)
7 MASTER OF THE HOUSE (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
8 GO WEST (Buster Keaton)
9 THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (Sergei Eisenstein)
10 LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (Ernst Lubitsch)

1924

1 SHERLOCK, JR. (Buster Keaton)
2 STRIKE (Sergei Eisenstein)
3 THE LAST LAUGH (F.W. Murnau)
4 DIE NIBELUNGEN: KRIEMHILD'S REVENGE (Fritz Lang)
5 DIE NIBELUNGEN: SIEGFRIED (Fritz Lang)
6 THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (Raoul Walsh)
7 HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (Victor Sjöström)
8 GIRL SHY (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor)
9 HOT WATER (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor)
10 ENTR'ACTE (René Clair)

1923

OUR HOSPITALITY (Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone)
PIERROT, PIERRETTE (Louis Feuillade)
WHY WORRY? (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor)
THE LOVE NEST (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
THREE AGES (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
THE BALLOONATIC (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
SAFETY LAST! (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor)

1922

DR. MABUSE, DER SPIELER (Fritz Lang)
HÄXAN (Benjamin Christensen)
LOVE'S CRUCIBLE (Victor Sjöström)
FOOLISH WIVES (Erich von Stroheim)
NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS (F.W. Murnau)
COPS (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline)
THE PALEFACE (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline)
THE FROZEN NORTH (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline)
DAYDREAMS (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline)

1921

THE PLAYHOUSE (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
THE 'HIGH SIGN' (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
LEAVES FROM SATAN'S BOOK (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
THE GOAT (Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair)
THE HAUNTED HOUSE (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline)
THE BOAT (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
NEVER WEAKEN (Fred C. Newmeyer)
DESTINY (Fritz Lang)

1920

1 NEIGHBORS (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
2 A DANGEROUS PLEDGE (Victor Sjöström)
3 ONE WEEK (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
4 THE SCARECROW (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
5 THE SPIDERS, PART 2: THE DIAMOND SHIP (Fritz Lang)
6 CONVICT 13 (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline)
7 THE PARSON'S WIDOW (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
8 LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown)
9 ROMEO UND JULIA IM SCHNEE (Ernst Lubitsch)
10 DAS KABINETT DES DOKTOR CALIGARI (Robert Weine)

1890s / 1900s / 1910s

1910s and before

1 JUDEX (Louis Feuillade)
2 BARABBAS (Louis Feuillade)
3 THE DYING SWAN (Yevgeni Bauer)
4 THE RACE FOR MILLIONS (Louis Feuillade)
5 TIH MINH (Louis Feuillade)
6 JUVE CONTRE FANTÔMAS (Louis Feuillade)
7 LES VAMPIRES (Louis Feuillade)
8 AFTER DEATH (Yevgeni Bauer)
9 LE VOYAGE À TRAVERS L'IMPOSSIBLE (Georges Méliès)
10 TWILIGHT OF A WOMAN'S SOUL (Yevgeni Bauer)
11 EASY STREET (Charles Chaplin)
12 THE BLACK IMP (Georges Méliès)
13 A CORNER IN WHEAT (D.W. Griffith)
14 ASK FATHER (Hal Roach)
15 THE MERRY JAIL (Ernst Lubitsch)
16 FANTÔMAS À L'OMBRE DE LA GUILLOTINE (Louis Feuillade)
17 THE DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND (Edwin S. Porter)
18 THE UNCHANGING SEA (D.W. Griffith)
19 FRIENDS (D.W. Griffith)
20 BLIND HUSBANDS (Erich von Stroheim)
21 THE TRUST, OR MONEY BATTLES (Louis Feuillade)
22 INTOLERANCE (D.W. Griffith)
23 LE MORT QUI TUE (Louis Feuillade)
24 FANTÔMAS CONTRE FANTÔMAS (Louis Feuillade)
25 BILLY BLAZES, ESQ. (Hal Roach)
26 THE COOK IN TROUBLE (Georges Méliès)
27 THE MYSTERIOUS RETORT (Georges Méliès)
28 THE USURER (D.W. Griffith)
29 THE SEALED ROOM (D.W. Griffith)
30 HOW A MOSQUITO OPERATES (Winsor McCay)
31 BÉBÉ APACHE (Louis Feuillade)
32 ERREUR TRAGIQUE (Louis Feuillade)
33 LES BOUS BOUS MIE (Louis Feuillade)
34 THE THIEVING HAND (creator unknown)
35 THOSE AWFUL HATS (D.W. Griffith)