Top 20s by decade

2000s

  1. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) 98
  2. The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen, 2001) 94
  3. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003) 92
  4. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004) 89
  5. Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) (Edward Yang, 2000) 89
  6. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001) 88
  7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) 88
  8. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002) 88
  9. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001) 87
  10. Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003) 87
  11. Late Marriage (Dover Koshashvili, 2001) 87
  12. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002) 87
  13. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002) 85
  14. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) 85
  15. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005) 85
  16. Everything Will Be Ok (Don Hertzfeldt, 2006) 84
  17. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) 84
  18. Primer (Shane Carruth, 2004) 84
  19. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007) 84
  20. The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson, 2008) 83

1990s

  1. Exotica (Atom Egoyan, 1994) 95
  2. Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994) 94
  3. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998) 94
  4. Short of Breath (Jay Rosenblatt, 1990) 94
  5. The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997) 93
  6. Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas, 1996) 92
  7. Lumiere (David Lynch, 1996) 92
  8. Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky, 1999) 92
  9. Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991) 92
  10. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) 91
  11. Big Night (Campbell Scott, 1996) 91
  12. Calendar (Atom Egoyan, 1993) 91
  13. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994) 91
  14. Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (Errol Morris, 1997) 91
  15. From the Journals of Jean Seberg (Mark Rappaport, 1995) 91
  16. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) 91
  17. The Player (Robert Altman, 1992) 91
  18. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) 91
  19. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) 91
  20. Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993) 91

1980s

  1. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986) 97
  2. Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant, 1989) 92
  3. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980) 92
  4. Yeelen (Souleymane Cissé, 1987) 92
  5. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988) 91
  6. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988) 91
  7. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980) 91
  8. L'Argent (Robert Bresson, 1983) 91
  9. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) 91
  10. Airplane! (David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980) 90
  11. Decalogue One (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) 90
  12. Drowning By Numbers (Peter Greenaway, 1988) 90
  13. The Killer (John Woo, 1989) 90
  14. Next of Kin (Atom Egoyan, 1984) 90
  15. Decalogue Five (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) 89
  16. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) 89
  17. Girl's Own Story, A (Jane Campion, 1984) 89
  18. Decalogue Three (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) 88
  19. Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984) 88
  20. My Dinner With André (Louis Malle, 1981) 88

1970s

  1. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) 99
  2. The Mother and the Whore (Jean Eustache, 1973) 95
  3. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973) 94
  4. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) 94
  5. Céline and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette, 1974) 93
  6. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978) 93
  7. Nostalgia (Hollis Frampton, 1971) 93
  8. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977) 92
  9. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) 92
  10. Aguirre, Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972) 91
  11. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972) 91
  12. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) 91
  13. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1979) 91
  14. Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977) 91
  15. Sweet Movie (Dusan Makavejev, 1974) 91
  16. Zorn's Lemma (Hollis Frampton, 1970) 91
  17. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977) 90
  18. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) 90
  19. The Godfather, Part II (Francis Ford Copolla, 1974) 90
  20. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975) 90

1960s

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) 100
  2. Jules and Jim (François Truffaut, 1961) 96
  3. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1969) 93
  4. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) 93
  5. Jetée, La (Chris Marker, 1962) 93
  6. My Life to Live (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962) 93
  7. My Night at Maud's (Eric Rohmer, 1969) 93
  8. Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) 92
  9. Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967) 92
  10. Shoot the Piano Player (François Truffaut, 1960) 92
  11. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) 92
  12. Belle de jour (Luis Buñuel, 1967) 91
  13. Little Stabs at Happiness (Ken Jacobs, 1963) 91
  14. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) 91
  15. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968) 91
  16. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969) 91
  17. Woman in the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964) 91
  18. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) 90
  19. I Am Cuba (Mikheil Kalatozov, 1964) 90
  20. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965) 90

1950s

  1. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) 100
  2. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) 100
  3. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955) 94
  4. Man Escaped, A (Robert Bresson, 1956) 93
  5. Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959) 93
  6. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959) 92
  7. Les Enfants terribles (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1950) 92
  8. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) 92
  9. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) 92
  10. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) 92
  11. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) 91
  12. Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954) 91
  13. Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955) 91
  14. Madame de... (Max Ophüls, 1953) 91
  15. Movie, A (Bruce Connor, 1958) 91
  16. Nights of Cabiria (Frederico Fellini, 1957) 91
  17. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) 91
  18. Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) 91
  19. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958) 91
  20. Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica, 1952) 91

1940s

  1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) 100
  2. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) 99
  3. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940) 97
  4. The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) 93
  5. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) 93
  6. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942) 93
  7. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941) 92
  8. Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946) 91
  9. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946) 91
  10. Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné, 1945) 91
  11. Day of Wrath (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1943) 91
  12. Letter From an Unknown Woman (Max Ophuls, 1948) 91
  13. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943) 91
  14. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940) 91
  15. To Be or Not To Be (Ernst Lubitsch, 1942) 91
  16. Dead of Night (Charles Chrichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, 1945) 90
  17. Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, 1947) 90
  18. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944) 90
  19. Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1946) 90
  20. They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, 1949) 90

1930s

  1. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933) 100
  2. Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932) 97
  3. The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937) 93
  4. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934) 93
  5. Night at the Opera, A (Sam Wood, 1935) 92
  6. Zero For Conduct (Jean Vigo, 1933) 92
  7. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938) 91
  8. Holiday (George Cukor, 1938) 90
  9. Angel (Ernst Lubitsch, 1937) 89
  10. Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks, 1934) 89
  11. M (Fritz Lang, 1931) 88
  12. La Signora di tutti (Max Ophüls, 1934) 87
  13. City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931) 86
  14. Counsellor at Law (William Wyler, 1933) 86
  15. Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936) 86
  16. Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937) 84
  17. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934) 83
  18. Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) 83
  19. La Bête humaine (Jean Renoir, 1938) 82
  20. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938) 81

1920s

  1. Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927) 96
  2. Our Hospitality (John G. Blystone, 1923) 95
  3. The General (Buster Keaton, 1927) 94
  4. Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1925) 94
  5. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928) 94
  6. Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924) 94
  7. Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929) 91
  8. One Week (Buster Keaton, 1920) 90
  9. The High Sign (Buster Keaton, 1921) 89
  10. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) 88
  11. Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922) 88
  12. Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925) 88
  13. Pandora's Box (G.W. Pabst, 1929) 87
  14. The Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929) 86
  15. Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922) 85
  16. The Wind (Victor Sjöström, 1928) 85
  17. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) 84
  18. Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922) 84
  19. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (Ernst Lubitsch, 1927) 83
  20. The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin, 1925) 81

1910s

  1. One A.M. (Charles Chaplin, 1916) 90
  2. Broken Blossoms (D.W. Griffith, 1919) 87
  3. The Outlaw and His Wife (Victor Sjöström, 1918) 87
  4. Easy Street (Charles Chaplin, 1917) 84
  5. The Bell Boy (Roscoe Arbuckle, 1918) 76
  6. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (D.W. Griffith, 1912) 74
  7. Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914) 73
  8. Battle at Elderbush Gulch (D.W. Griffith, 1914) 72
  9. Home, Sweet Home (D.W. Griffith, 1914) 70
  10. Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916) 70
  11. The Birth of a Nation (D.W. Griffith, 1915) 69
  12. Death's Marathon (D.W. Griffith, 1913) 69
  13. Judex [serial] (Louis Feuillade, 1916) 69
  14. The Rounders (Charles Chaplin, 1914) 69
  15. The Adventurer (Charles Chaplin, 1917) 68
  16. An Unseen Enemy (D.W. Griffith, 1912) 68
  17. Les Vampires [serial] (Louis Feuillade, 1915) 68
  18. The Lonedale Operator (D.W. Griffith, 1911) 68
  19. The Pawnshop (Charles Chaplin, 1916) 68
  20. Those Love Pangs (Charles Chaplin, 1914) 68

1900s

  1. The Mermaid (Georges Méliès, 1904) 76
  2. Corner in Wheat, A (D.W. Griffith, 1909) 75
  3. The Great Train Robbery (Edwin S. Porter, 1903) 73
  4. Kingdom of the Fairies (Georges Méliès, 1903) 73
  5. The Sealed Room (D.W. Griffith, 1909) 72
  6. Trip to the Moon, A (Georges Méliès, 1902) 72
  7. The Victims of Alcoholism (Ferdinand Zecca, 1902) 71
  8. Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (Georges Méliès, 1907) 69
  9. The Impossible Voyage (Georges Méliès, 1904) 69
  10. The Black Imp (Georges Méliès, 1905) 68
  11. The Devilish Tenant (Georges Méliès, 1909) 68
  12. The Enchanter Alcofisbas (Georges Méliès, 1903) 68
  13. The Haunted Curiosity Shop (Walter R. Booth, 1901) 68
  14. Scenes of Convict Life (Ferdinand Zecca, 1907) 68
  15. Story of a Crime (Ferdinand Zecca, 1901) 68
  16. Bluebeard (Georges Méliès, 1901) 67
  17. The Enchanted Sedan Chair (Georges Méliès, 1905) 67
  18. The Hilarious Posters (Georges Méliès, 1904) 67
  19. Jack and the Beanstalk (Edwin S. Porter, 1902) 67
  20. The Man With the Rubber Head (Georges Méliès, 1901) 67

1890s

  1. Indochina: Namo Village, Panorama Taken from a Rickshaw (Gabriel Veyre, 1899) 74
  2. Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (Louis Lumière, 1895) 72
  3. Snowball Fight ( Lumière, 1896) 71
  4. Harvesters ( Lumière, 1897) 70
  5. Indochina: Children Gathering Rice Scattered by Western Women (Gabriel Veyre, 1899) 70
  6. Indochina: Opium Den (Gabriel Veyre, 1899) 70
  7. Washerwomen on the River ( Lumière, 1897) 70
  8. Baby's First Steps (Louis Lumière, 1897) 69
  9. The Four Troublesome Heads (Georges Méliès, 1898) 69
  10. Pillow Fight (No. 2) ( Lumière, 1897) 69
  11. Boat Leaving the Port (Louis Lumière, 1895) 68
  12. Carmaux: Cooling the Coke ( Lumière, 1895) 68
  13. Children Digging For Clams ( Lumière, 1895) 68
  14. Children Playing Marbles ( Lumière, 1896) 68
  15. Demolition of a Wall (Louis Lumière, 1895) 68
  16. The Happy Skeleton ( Lumière, 1897) 68
  17. The Kiss (William Heise, 1896) 68
  18. Leaving the Factory (one horse) (Louis Lumière, 1894) 68
  19. Oil Wells of Bakou: Close View ( Lumière, 1899) 68
  20. Sprinkler Sprinkled, A (Louis Lumière, 1895) 68