2010s

2011

1. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick)

2. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Woody Allen)

3. ATTACK THE BLOCK (Joe Cornish)
4. DRIVE (Nicholas Winding Refn)

5. RANGO (Gore Verbinski)

6. BRIDESMAIDS (Paul Feig)

7. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (Joe Johnston)

8. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 (David Yates)

9. HANNA (Joe Wright)

2010

1. CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami)

2. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

3. MEEK'S CUTOFF (Kelly Reichardt)

4. CARLOS (Olivier Assayas)
5. THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (Manoel de Oliveira)

6. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher) 

7. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Edgar Wright)

8. THE GHOST WRITER (Roman Polanski)

9. ANOTHER YEAR (Mike Leigh)

10. TRUE GRIT (Joel & Ethan Coen)

11. MOTHER (Bong Joon-ho)
12 ASSASSINS (Takashi Miike)

13. TOY STORY 3 (Lee Unkrich)

14. SHUTTER ISLAND (Martin Scorsese)

15. WHITE MATERIAL (Claire Denis)

16. UNSTOPPABLE (Tony Scott)

17. INCEPTION (Christopher Nolan)
18. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 (David Yates)

19. SOMEWHERE (Sofia Coppola)

20. WINTER'S BONE (Debra Granik)

21. ENTER THE VOID (Gaspar Noé)

22. WAH DO DEM (Ben Chace)

23. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders)

24. BLACK SWAN (Darren Aronofsky)

2000s

2009

1. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)

2. BRIGHT STAR (Jane Campion)

3. ADVENTURELAND (Greg Mottola)
4. GAMER (Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor) 
5. VALHALLA RISING (Nicholas Winding Refn)

6. THE WHITE RIBBON (Michael Haneke)

7. PHANTOMS OF NABUA (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) 

8. BLUEBEARD (Catherine Breillat)

9. CORALINE (Henry Selick)

10. A SERIOUS MAN (Joel & Ethan Coen) 
11. IN THE LOOP (Armando Iannucci)

12. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (Spike Jonze)

13. BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS (Werner Herzog)

14. THE HURT LOCKER (Kathryn Bigelow)

15. THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (Terry Gilliam)

16. THE LIMITS OF CONTROL (Jim Jarmusch)

17. WILD GRASS (Alain Resnais)

18. PAPER BAG (Ramin Bahrani)

2008

1. LOVE EXPOSURE (Sion Sono)

2. SYNECDOCHE NEW YORK (Charlie Kaufman)
3. TOKYO SONATA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

4. TWO LOVERS (James Gray)
5. THE FALL (Tarsem Singh)

6. SUMMER HOURS (Oliver Assayas)

7. OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST (Miguel Gomes)
8. THE HEADLESS WOMAN (Lucrecia Martel)

9. WALL•E (Andrew Stanton)

10. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Tomas Alfredson)

11. SHIRIN (Abbas Kiarostami)

12. GOODBYE SOLO (Ramin Bahrani)

13. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Jonathan Demme)

14. CHE (Steven Soderbergh)
15. 35 SHOTS OF RUM (Claire Denis)

16. FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (Nicholas Stoller)

17. THE WRESTLER (Darren Aronofsky)

18. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (David Fincher)

19. DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG (Joss Whedon)

20. BURN AFTER READING (Joel & Ethan Coen)

21. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (Mike Leigh)

22. A CHRISTMAS TALE (Arnaud Desplechin)

23. IN BRUGES (Martin McDonagh)

2007

1. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel & Ethan Coen)

2. ZODIAC (David Fincher)

3. SECRET SUNSHINE (Lee Chang-dong)

4. EASTERN PROMISES (David Cronenberg)

5. YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH (Francis Ford Coppola)
6. THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Wes Anderson)

7. RATATOUILLE (Brad Bird)

8. SILENT LIGHT (Carlos Reygadas)

9. HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright)

10. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson)

11. MAD DETECTIVE (Johnnie To & Wai Ka-fai)

12. GRINDHOUSE (Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino)

13. BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (Sidney Lumet)

14. SNOW ANGELS (David Gordon Green)

2006

1. MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann)

2. SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. EXILED (Johnnie To)

4. THE PRESTIGE (Christopher Nolan)

5. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch)

6. PAN'S LABYRINTH (Guillermo Del Toro)

7. HALF NELSON (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck)

8. DÉJÀ VU (Tony Scott)

9. BLACK BOOK (Paul Verhoeven)

10. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Clint Eastwood)

11. CLERKS 2 (Kevin Smith)

12. CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuarón)

2005

1. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick)

2. CACHÉ (Michael Haneke)

3. MUNICH (Steven Spielberg)

4. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN [director's cut] (Ridley Scott)

5. SIN CITY (Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller)

6. WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg)

7. THE CONSTANT GARDENER (Fernando Meirelles)

8. SERENITY (Joss Whedon)

9. DOMINO (Tony Scott)

10. THE PROPOSITION (John Hillcoat)

11. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg)

2004

1. THE INTRUDER (Claire Denis)
2. MOOLAADÉ (Ousmane Sembène)

3. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry)

4. THE WORLD (Jia Zhang-ke)

5. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Edgar Wright)

6. CRIMSON GOLD (Jafar Panahi)

7. TROPICAL MALADY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

8. THE INCREDIBLES (Brad Bird)

9. KILL BILL VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino)

10. COLLATERAL (Michael Mann)

11. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Alfonso Cuarón)

2003

1. OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook)

2. KILL BILL VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)

3. HULK (Ang Lee)

2002

1. GANGS OF NEW YORK (Martin Scorsese)

2. 25TH HOUR (Spike Lee)

3. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson)4

5. THE PIANIST (Roman Polanski)

6. TALK TO HER (Pedro Almodóvar)

7. MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg)
8. RUSSIAN ARK (Alexander Sokurov)

9. ADAPTATION (Spike Jonze)

10. FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes)

11. CITY OF GOD (Fernando Meirelles)

12. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Steven Spielberg)

2001

1. A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg)

2. MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch)

3. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki)

4. WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? (Tsai Ming-liang)
5. MOULIN ROUGE! (Baz Luhrmann)

6. AMÉLIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

7. THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel & Ethan Coen)

2000

1. YI YI (Edward Yang)

2. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-Wai)
3. THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin)

4. WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr)

5. PLATFORM (Jia Zhang-ke)

6. SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (Roy Andersson)
7. ALMOST FAMOUS ["Untitled" cut] (Cameron Crowe)

8.  GEORGE WASHINGTON (David Gordon Green)

9. O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? (Joel & Ethan Coen)

2000s

A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg)
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)
THE INTRUDER (Claire Denis)
LOVE EXPOSURE (Sion Sono)
MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann)
MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch)
THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel & Ethan Coen)
SYNECDOCHE NEW YORK (Charlie Kaufman)
YI YI (Edward Yang)

1990s

1999

1. BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (Martin Scorsese)

2. EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)

3. THE WIND WILL CARRY US (Abbas Kiarostami)

4. FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher)

5. THE INSIDER (Michael Mann)

BEAU TRAVAIL

1998

1. THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick)

2. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel & Ethan Coen)

HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA

1997

1. JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino)

2. HAPPY TOGETHER (Wong Kar-wai)

3. CHASING AMY (Kevin Smith)
4. THE RIVER (Tsai Ming-liang)

5. TASTE OF CHERRY (Abbas Kiarostami)
6. STARSHIP TROOPERS (Paul Verhoeven)

MOTHER AND SON
CURE

1996

1. A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf)

2. FARGO (Joel & Ethan Coen)

1995

1. DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch)
2. SAFE (Todd Haynes)

3. FALLEN ANGELS (Wong Kar-wai)

4. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater)
5. WHEN IT RAINS (Charles Burnett)

1994

1. HOOP DREAMS (Steve James)
2. CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-wai) 

3. THREE COLORS: RED (Krzysztof Kieślowski)

4. SATANTANGO (Béla Tarr)

5. PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)

6. ASHES OF TIME (Wong Kar-wai)
7. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff)t

7. HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)

1993

1. CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)

2. NAKED (Mike Leigh)

3. SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg)

4. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese)
5. THE MAD MONK (Johnnie To)

1992

1. BITTER MOON (Roman Polanski)
2. LESSONS IN DARKNESS (Werner Herzog)

3. THE LAST BOLSHEVIK (Chris Marker)

4. UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)

5. HOWARD'S END (James Ivory)

6. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Michael Mann)

1991

1. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE (Krzysztof Kieślowski)

2. JFK (Oliver Stone)

1990  

1. CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami)

2. GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)

3. DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-wai)

1980s

1989

1. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
2. THE DECALOGUE (Krzysztof Kieślowski)

3. SWEETIE (Jane Campion)

4. BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (Oliver Stone)
5. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Woody Allen)

6. SAY ANYTHING... (Cameron Crowe)

7. CASUALTIES OF WAR (Brian De Palma)

1988

1. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (Terence Davies)

2. WINGS OF DESIRE (Wim Wenders)

3. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Robert Zemeckis)

4. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Hayao Miyazaki)

5. BIRD (CLINT EASTWOOD)
6. THEY LIVE (John Carpenter)

1987

1. EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Steven Spielberg)
2. RAISING ARIZONA (Joel & Ethan Coen)
3. BROADCAST NEWS (James L. Brooks)

4. FULL METAL JACKET (Stanley Kubrick) 

5. PRINCE OF DARKNESS (John Carpenter)

1986

1. THE GREEN RAY (Éric Rohmer)
2. MAUVAIS SANG (Leos Carax)
3. THE HORSE THIEF (Tian Zhuangzhuang)

4. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)

5. ALIENS (James Cameron)

6. SOMETHING WILD (Jonathan Demme)

7. PLATOON (Oliver Stone)

8. THE FLY (David Cronenberg)

1985

1. RAN (Akira Kurosawa)
2. SHOAH (Claude Lanzmann)

3. AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese)

4. MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (George Miller)

1984

1. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders)

2. BODY DOUBLE (Brian De Palma)
3. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (Rob Reiner)

4. STRANGER THAN PARADISE (Jim Jarmusch)

5. NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Hayao Miyazaki)

6. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Sergio Leone)

7. GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman)
8. THE TERMINATOR (James Cameron)
9. BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel & Ethan Coen)
10. GREMLINS (Joe Dante)
11. STARMAN (John Carpenter)

1983

1. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese)

2. VIDEODROME (David Cronenberg)

3. SCARFACE (Brian De Palma)

1982

1. FANNY AND ALEXANDER [TV version] (Ingmar Bergman)

2. BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott)

3. SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker)

4. FITZCARRALDO (Werner Herzog)
5. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Steven Spielberg)

1981

1. THEY ALL LAUGHED (Peter Bogdanovich)

2. MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks)

3. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Steven Spielberg)
4. BLOW OUT (Brian De Palma)

5. BODY HEAT (Lawrence Kasdan)
6. THIEF (Michael Mann)

1980

1. BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

2. THE BIG RED ONE (Samuel Fuller)

3. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kirshner)

4. RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese)

5. DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma)
6. THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick)
7. KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa)

Best of the Decade

1970s

1979

1. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola)

2. STALKER (Andrei Tarkovsky)

3. MANHATTAN (Woody Allen)
4. ALIEN (Ridley Scott)

5. REAL LIFE (Albert Brooks)

6. BEING THERE (Hal Ashby)

1978

1. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick)

2. DAWN OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)

3. AN UNMARRIED WOMAN (Paul Mazursky)

4. HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter)

5. THE FURY (Brian De Palma)

1977

1. STROSZEK (Werner Herzog)

2. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND [1998 director's cut] (Steven Spielberg)

3. KILLER OF SHEEP (Charles Burnett)

4. ERASERHEAD (David Lynch)

5. ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)

6. STAR WARS (George Lucas)

1976

1. TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese)
2. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (Clint Eastwood)

3. THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE [director's cut] (John Cassavettes)

4. THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Nicolas Roeg)

5. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)

6. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Alan J. Pakula)

1975

1. BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick)

2. JEANNE DIELMAN, 1080 QUAI DU COMMERCE (Chantal Akerman)

3. NASHVILLE (Robert Altman)

4. JAWS (Steven Spielberg)

5. NUMÉRO DEUX (Jean-Luc Godard)

6. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Jim Sharman)

1974

1. THE GODFATHER PART II (Francis Ford Coppola)

2. CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette)

3. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

4. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Brian De Palma)

5. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)

6. A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (John Cassavettes)
7. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Mel Brooks)

8. THE CONVERSATION (Francis Ford Coppola)
9. BLAZING SADDLES (Mel Brooks)

10. HERE AND ELSEWHERE (Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville)

11. THE ENIGMA OF KASPER HAUSER (Werner Herzog)
12. THE PARALLAX VIEW (Alan J. Pakula)

1973

1. PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID [preview version] (Sam Peckinpah)

2. BADLANDS (Terrence Malick)

3. F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles)

4. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE [TV version] (Ingmar Bergman)
5. SISTERS (Brian De Palma)

1972

1. AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD (Werner Herzog)

2. CRIES AND WHISPHERS (Ingmar Bergman)

3. THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)

4. LAST TANGO IN PARIS (Bernardo Bertolucci)

5. TOUT VA BIEN (Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin)

6. LETTER TO JANE (Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin)

1971

1. MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (Robert Altman)

2. WALKABOUT (Nicolas Roeg)

3. TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman)

4. STRAW DOGS (Sam Peckinpah)

5. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin)

6. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (Peter Bogdanovich)

1970

1. THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci)
2. HI, MOM! (Brian De Palma)
3. WOODSTOCK (Michael Wadleigh)
4. FIVE EASY PIECES (Bob Rafelson)
5. M*A*S*H (Robert Altman)

1960s

1969

1. EROS + MASSACRE (Yoshishige Yoshida)

2. ARMY OF SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville)

3. THE WILD BUNCH (Sam Peckinpah)


KATZELMACHER
Z
MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S

1968

1. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick)

2. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Sergio Leone)

3. FACES (John Cassavetes)

4. THE PRODUCERS (Mel Brooks)

5. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (George A. Romero)

6. MONTEREY POP (D.A. Pennebaker)


THE LION IN WINTER
ROSEMARY'S BABY
PLANET OF THE APES
HOUR OF THE WOLF
L'AMOUR FOU
KURONEKO
IF..
COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
SECRET CEREMONY


1967

1. PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati)

2. TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (Jean-Luc Godard)

3. WEEK-END (Jean-Luc Godard)

4. LA CHINOISE (Jean-Luc Godard)

4. THE GRADUATE


1966

1. PERSONA (Ingmar BErgman)

2. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson)

3. MASCULIN FÉMININ (Jean-Luc Godard)

4. ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Tarkovsky)

5. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (Sergio Leone)

6. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo)

7. BLOW-UP (Michelangelo Antonioni)

8. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Fred Zinnemann)

9. MADE IN U.S.A. (Jean-Luc Godard)

HUNGER (Carlson)
CUL-DE-SAC
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
VIOLENT SUMMER
THE NUN
THREE ON A COUCH
THE FORTUNE COOKIE
LA GUERRE EST FINIE


1965

1. CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Orson Welles)

2. REPULSION (Roman Polanski)

3. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard)

4. ALPHAVILLE (Jean-Luc Godard)



RED BEARD
THE WAR GAME
LE BONHEUR
KWAIDAN

1964

1. RED DESERT (Michelangelo Antonioni)
2. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (Richard Lester)

3. UNE FEMME MARIÉE (Jean-Luc Godard)

4. BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Jean-Luc Godard)
5. THE NAKED KISS (Samuel Fuller)

1963

1. 8½ (Federico Fellini)

2. HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa)

3. CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard)

4. THE LEOPARD (Luchino Visconti)

5. WINTER LIGHT (Ingmar Bergman)

6. THE HOUSE IS BLACK (Forugh Farrokhzad)
7. SHOCK CORRIDOR (Samuel Fuller)

1962

1. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)

2. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Luis Buñuel)

3. VIVRE SA VIE (Jean-Luc Godard)

4. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer) 
5. LA JETÉE (Chris Marker)

1961

1. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais)

2. VIRIDIANA (Luis Buñuel)

3.

1960

1. THE APARTMENT (Billy Wilder)

2. PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock) 

3. THE HOUSEMAID (Kim Ki-Young)

4. LA DOLCE VITA (Federico Fellini) 
5. THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS (Nicholas Ray)

1950s

 Best of the '50s

1.
2. VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)
4. SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
5. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
6. ORDET (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
7. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (
8.

1959

1. RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)

2. PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)

3. THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut)
4. SOME LIKE IT HOT (Billy Wilder)

5. SLEEPING BEAUTY (Les Clark, Eric Larson & Wolfgang Reitherman)

1958

1. VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)

2. TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles)

3. THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Akira Kurosawa)
4. PARTY GIRL (Nicholas Ray)
5. WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES (Nicholas Ray)

MON ONCLE
IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART II
WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES

1957

1. WHAT'S OPERA DOC? (Chuck Jones)

2. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (David Lean)

3. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick)

4. PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick)

5. THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa)

1956

1. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
2. THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)

3. A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson)

4. THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick)

5. THE WRONG MAN (Alfred Hitchcock)

1955

1. ORDET (Carl Theodor Dreyer)

2. LOLA MONTÈS (Max Ophüls)

3. KISS ME DEADLY (Robert Aldrich)

4. THE PHENIX CITY STORY (Phil Karlson)
5. RUN FOR COVER (Nicholas Ray)

1954

1. SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)

2. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)

3. REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)

1953

1. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks)
2. TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu)

3. DUCK AMUCK (Chuck Jones)

4. PICKUP AT SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller)
5. THE BIG HEAT (Fritz Lang)

1952

1. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)

2. PARK ROW (Samuel Fuller)

3. IKIRU (Akira Kurosawa)

4. THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray)
5. ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Nicholas Ray)

1951

1. ACE IN THE HOLE (Billy Wilder)
2. THE STEEL HELMET (Samuel Fuller)

3. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Robert Wise)

4. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske)

1950

1. IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray)

2. RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa)

3. SUNSET BLVD. (Billy Wilder)

4. ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

5. BORN TO BE BAD (Nicholas Ray)

1940s

1949

1. UNDER CAPRICORN (Alfred Hitchcock) 
2. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (Robert Hamer)
3. THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed)
4. WHITE HEAT (Raoul Walsh)
5. KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (Nicholas Ray)

1948

1. THE RED SHOES (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
2. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (John Huston)

3. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Nicholas Ray)

4. BICYCLE THIEVES (Vittorio De Sica)

1947

1. MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Charles Chaplin)

2. BLACK NARCISSUS (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

3. OUT OF THE PAST (Jacques Tourneur)

1946

1. NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Jean Cocteau)
3. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

4. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford)

5. THE BIG SLEEP (Howard Hawks)
6. THE KILLERS (Robert Siodmak)

1945

1. ROME, OPEN CITY (Roberto Rossellini)

1944

1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wilder)

2. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Howard Hawks)

1943

1. SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)

1942

1. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Orson Welles)

2. CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur)
3. GENTLEMAN JIM (Raoul Walsh)

4. CASABLANCA (Michael Curitz)

1941

1. CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)

2. DUMBO (Ben Sharpsteen)

3. THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston)

1940

1. PINOCCHIO (Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske)

2. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (John Ford)

3. THE GREAT DICTATOR (Charles Chaplin)


Best of the '40s


1. THE RED SHOES (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
2. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Orson Welles)
3. MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Charles Chaplin)
4. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (John Huston)
5. NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. PINOCCHIO (Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske)

1930s

1939

1. THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)

2. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)

3. THE STORY OF THE LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Kenji Mizoguchi)
4. THE ROARING TWENTIES (Raoul Walsh)

5. STAGECOACH (John Ford)

6. THE WIZARD OF OZ  (Victor Fleming)

7. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Frank Capra)

EARTH (Uchida)
THE SPY IN BLACK
NINOTCHKA

1938

1. BRINGING UP BABY (Howard Hawks)

2.

1937

1. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)

2. THE STRAITS OF LOVE AND HATE (Kenji Mizoguchi)

3. GRANDE ILLUSION (Jean Renoir)

1936

SISTERS OF THE GION (Kenji Mizoguchi)

MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin)

OSAKA ELEGY (Kenji Mizoguchi)

1935

1934

1. L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
2. TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks)

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra)

1933

1. ZÉRO DE CONDUITE (Jean Vigo)

2. BABY FACE (Alfred E. Green)

3. DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey)
4. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy)

5. BLOOD MONEY (Rowland Brown)

THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang)
MAN'S CASTLE (Frank Borzage)


1932

1. I WAS BORN, BUT... (Yasuijro Ozu)

2. LA NUIT DE CARREFOUR (Jean Renoir)

3. BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (Jean Renoir)

4. TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch) 

SHANGHAI EXPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)

1931

1. M (Fritz Lang)

2. CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin)

3. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (William A. Wellman)
4. WATERLOO BRIDGE (James Whale)

5. PLATINUM BLONDE (Frank Capra)

6. THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch)
7. DRACULA (Tod Browning)

8. THE MIRACLE WOMAN (Frank Capra)

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (Josef von Sternberg)
DISHONORED (Josef von Sternberg)
LA CHIENNE (Jean Renoir)
THE THREEPENNY OPERA

1930

1. THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg) 

2. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Lewis Milestone)
3. CITY GIRL (F.W. Murnau)

MOROCCO
MONTE CARLO

Best of the '30s

1. THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)
2. L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
3. M (Fritz Lang)
4. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)
5. I WAS BORN, BUT... (Yasujiro Ozu)
6. CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin)
7. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)
8.

1920s

1929

1. THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (Dziga Vertov)

1928

1. UN CHIEN ANDALOU (Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí)

1927

1. SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (F.W. Murnau)

2. THE GENERAL (Buster Keaton)

3. METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang)

1926

1. MÉNILMONTANT (Dimitri Kirsanoff)

2.

1925

1. THE GOLD RUSH (Charles Chaplin)

1924

1. SHERLOCK JR. (Buster Keaton)

1923

1. COEUR FIDÈLE (Jean Epstein)

1922

1. DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER (Fritz Lang)

2. NOSFERATU: EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS (F.W. Murnau)

3. COPS (Edward F. Cline)

1921

1. THE BOAT (Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton)

2.

1920

1. ONE WEEK (Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton)

1890s-1910s

1. INTOLERANCE (D.W. Griffith)
2. A CORNER IN WHEAT (D.W. Griffith)
THE ROMAN ORGY (Louis Feuillade)