Favorite Films

Ryan Swen Lists

Decades: 2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s, Pre-1920s

2018

  1. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT (Christopher McQuarrie, USA)
  2. ISLE OF DOGS (Wes Anderson, USA)
  3. SUPPORT THE GIRLS (Andrew Bujalski, USA)
  4. THE COMMUTER (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)
  5. NOTES ON AN APPEARANCE (Ricky D’Ambrose, USA)
  6. SHOOT THE MOON RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES (Graham L. Carter, USA)
  7. FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY (Michael Koresky & Jeff Reichert & Farihah Zaman, USA)
  8. HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING (RaMell Ross, USA)
  9. TWO PLAINS & A FANCY (Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, USA)
  10. GAME NIGHT (John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein, USA)
  11. THE 15:17 TO PARIS (Clint Eastwood, USA)

BLACK PANTHER (Ryan Coogler, USA)
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (Boots Riley, USA)
READY PLAYER ONE (Steven Spielberg, USA)

2017

  1. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (David Lynch, USA)
  2. FIRST REFORMED (Paul Scharader, USA)
  3. ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  4. THE DAY AFTER (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  5. THE WORK (Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous, USA)
  6. FACES PLACES (Agnès Varda & JR, France)
  7. PRINCESS CYD (Stephen Cone, USA)
  8. GOOD TIME (Josh & Benny Safdie, USA)
  9. ZAMA (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina)
  10. UN BEAU SOLEIL INTÉRIEUR (Claire Denis, France)
  11. BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION (S.S. Rajamouli, India)
  12. BEFORE WE VANISH (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  13. CLAIRE’S CAMERA (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  14. LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig, USA)
  15. THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) (Noah Baumbach, USA)
  16. PHANTOM THREAD (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  17. 120 BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) (Robin Campillo, France)
  18. MARJORIE PRIME (Michael Almereyda, USA)
  19. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Luca Guadagnino, USA)
  20. THE POST (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  21. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson, USA)
  22. DOWNSIZING (Alexander Payne, USA)
  23. “Spiral Jetty” (Ricky D’Ambrose, USA)
  24. EX LIBRIS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Frederick Wiseman, USA)
  25. WONDERSTRUCK (Todd Haynes, USA)
  26. SONG TO SONG (Terrence Malick, USA)
  27. THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker, USA)
  28. GOOD MANNERS (Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas, Brazil)
  29. WESTERN (Valeska Grisebach, Germany)
  30. ISMAEL’S GHOSTS (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  31. BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 (S. Craig Zahler, USA)
  32. PERSON TO PERSON (Dustin Guy Defa, USA)
  33. JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 (Chad Stahelski, USA)
  34. GET OUT (Jordan Peele, USA)
  35. LOVER FOR A DAY (Philippe Garrel, France)
  36. GIRLS TRIP (Malcolm D. Lee, USA)
  37. LAST FLAG FLYING (Richard Linklater, USA)
  38. ESCAPES (Michael Almereyda, USA)
  39. LOGAN LUCKY (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
  40. CANIBA (Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, USA)
  41. PROTOTYPE (Blake Williams, Canada)
  42. THE GREEN FOG (Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson, USA)
  43. THIRST STREET (Nathan Silver, USA)

LET THE CORPSES TAN (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium)
THE WILD BOYS (Bertrand Mandico, France)

2016

  1. SILENCE (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  2. YOURSELF AND YOURS (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  3. CAMERAPERSON (Kirsten Johnson, USA)
  4. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)
  5. TONI ERDMANN (Maren Ade, Germany)
  6. THE HANDMAIDEN (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  7. KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (Robert Greene, USA)
  8. 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (Mike Mills, USA)
  9. SIERANEVADA (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
  10. ELLE (Paul Verhoeven, France)
  11. CERTAIN WOMEN (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  12. THINGS TO COME (Mia Hansen-Løve, France)
  13. CREEPY (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  14. THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (Kelly Fremon Craig, USA)
  15. O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA (Ezra Edelman, USA)
  16. RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER (Paul W.S. Anderson, Canada)
  17. AQUARIUS (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil)
  18. THE SHALLOWS (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)
  19. SULLY (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  20. SHIN GODZILLA (Hideaki Anno, Japan)
  21. EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (Richard Linklater, USA)
  22. THE SON OF JOSEPH (Eugène Green, France)
  23. MOONLIGHT (Barry Jenkins, USA)
  24. LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (Whit Stillman, Ireland)
  25. “Heaven Is Still Far Away” (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan)
  26. HERMIA & HELENA (Matías Piñeiro, USA)
  27. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE + THE TENNESSEE KIDS (Jonathan Demme, USA)
  28. THE HUMAN SURGE (Eduardo Williams, Argentina)
  29. NOCTURAMA (Bertrand Bonello, France)
  30. I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (Raoul Peck, USA)
  31. PATERSON (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
  32. “Foyer” (Ismaïl Bahri, France)
  33. JULIETA (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
  34. ANOTHER YEAR (Shengze Zhu, China)
  35. THE LOST CITY OF Z (James Gray, USA)
  36. THE ORNITHOLOGIST (João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal)
  37. TOWER (Keith Maitland, USA)
  38. ALLIED (Robert Zemeckis, UK)
  39. I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY (Feng Xiaogang, China)
  40. RULES DON’T APPLY (Warren Beatty, USA)
  41. PERSONAL SHOPPER (Olivier Assayas, France)
  42. KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (Travis Knight, USA)
  43. STARLESS DREAMS (Mehrdad Oskouei, Iran)
  44. A QUIET PASSION (Terence Davies, UK)
  45. THE UNKNOWN GIRL (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium)
  46. YOUR NAME. (Makoto Shinkai, Japan)
  47. BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK (Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand)
  48. THREE (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  49. THE ILLINOIS PARABLES (Deborah Stratman, USA)
  50. TWO LOTTERY TICKETS (Paul Negoescu, Romania)
  51. POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING (Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone, USA)
  52. KÉKSZAKÁLLÚ (Gastón Solnicki, Argentina)
  53. RAT FILM (Theo Anthony, USA)

MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA (Dash Shaw, USA)

2015

  1. CAROL (Todd Haynes, USA)
  2. MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Jia Zhangke, China)
  3. MISTRESS AMERICA (Noah Baumbach, USA)
  4. BLACKHAT (Michael Mann, USA)
  5. RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  6. MY GOLDEN DAYS (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  7. HAPPY HOUR (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan)
  8. ALOHA (Cameron Crowe, USA)
  9. HENRY GAMBLE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY (Stephen Cone, USA)
  10. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (George Miller, Australia)
  11. KAILI BLUES (Bi Gan, China)
  12. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION (Christopher McQuarrie, USA)
  13. “World of Tomorrow” (Don Hertzfeldt, USA)
  14. MAGIC MIKE XXL (Gregory Jacobs, USA)
  15. THE ASSASSIN (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)
  16. SPL II: A TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES (Soi Cheang, Hong Kong)
  17. CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  18. THE OTHER SIDE (Roberto Minervini, Italy)
  19. “Bad at Dancing” (Joanna Arnow, USA)
  20. SUNSET SONG (Terence Davies, UK)
  21. QUEEN OF EARTH (Alex Ross Perry, USA)
  22. “Six Cents in the Pocket” (Ricky D’Ambrose, USA)
  23. THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson, Canada)
  24. BAAHUBALI: THE BEGINNING (S.S. Rajamouli, India)
  25. “Intimations” (Nathaniel Dorsky, USA)
  26. SICARIO (Denis Villeneuve, USA)
  27. “REALiTi” (Grimes, Canada)
  28. “Engram of Returning” (Daïchi Saïto, Canada)
  29. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (J.J. Abrams, USA)
  30. JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  31. RESULTS (Andrew Bujalski, USA)
  32. JOHN FROM (João Nicolau, Portugal)
  33. THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  34. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (Joss Whedon, USA)
  35. KNIGHT OF CUPS (Terrence Malick, USA)
  36. RUN ALL NIGHT (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)

CREED (Ryan Coogler, USA)

2014

  1. PHOENIX (Christian Petzold, Germany)
  2. HILL OF FREEDOM (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  3. BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater, USA)
  4. TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium)
  5. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Wes Anderson, USA)
  6. INHERENT VICE (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  7. L FOR LEISURE (Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, USA)
  8. THE MEND (John Magary, USA)
  9. NON-STOP (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)
  10. JOHN WICK (Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, USA)
  11. HORSE MONEY (Pedro Costa, Portugal)
  12. “Camera falls from airplane and lands in pig pen–MUST WATCH END!!” (Mia Munselle, USA)
  13. WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Japan)
  14. HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT (Josh & Benny Safdie, USA)
  15. UNFRIENDED (Leo Gabriadze, USA)
  16. CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (Olivier Assayas, France)
  17. ACTRESS (Robert Greene, USA)
  18. “January” (Jhon Hernandez, USA)

2013

  1. BEFORE MIDNIGHT (Richard Linklater, USA)
  2. MANAKAMANA (Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez, USA)
  3. THE GRANDMASTER (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  4. NOBODY’S DAUGHTER HAEWON (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  5. OUR SUNHI (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  6. “Let Your Light Shine” (Jodie Mack, USA)
  7. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, Season Four (Mitchell Hurwitz and Troy Miller, USA)
  8. “Brouillard: Passage #14” (Alexandre Larose, Canada)
  9. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  10. THE IMMIGRANT (James Gray, USA)
  11. STRANGER BY THE LAKE (Alain Guiraudie, France)
  12. COMPUTER CHESS (Andrew Bujalski, USA)
  13. THE WORLD’S END (Edgar Wright, UK)
  14. “50:50” (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)

2012

  1. MOONRISE KINGDOM (Wes Anderson, USA)
  2. PASSION (Brian De Palma, Germany)
  3. FRANCES HA (Noah Baumbach, USA)
  4. THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT (Dan Sallitt, USA)
  5. TO THE WONDER (Terrence Malick, USA)
  6. IN ANOTHER COUNTRY (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  7. RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Paul W.S. Anderson, UK)
  8. IT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (Don Hertzfeldt, USA)
  9. THE ACT OF KILLING (Joshua Oppenheimer, Indonesia)
  10. LEVIATHAN (Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, USA)
  11. CLOUD ATLAS (Lana & Lilly Wachowski & Tom Tykwer, Germany)
  12. A MONTH IN THAILAND (Paul Negoescu, Romania)
  13. VIOLA (Matías Piñeiro, Argentina)
  14. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax, France)

THE MASTER (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)

2011

  1. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. THE DAY HE ARRIVES (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  3. MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)
  4. “List” (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  5. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Brad Bird, USA)
  6. MELANCHOLIA (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
  7. THE WISE KIDS (Stephen Cone, USA)
  8. UNKNOWN (Jaume Collet-Serra, Germany)
  9. PINA (Wim Wenders, Germany)
  10. LUCK: “Pilot” (Michael Mann, USA)

2010

  1. MEEK’S CUTOFF (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  2. HAHAHA (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  3. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Edgar Wright, UK)
  4. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher, USA)
  5. “Lady Blue Shanghai” (David Lynch, China)
  6. RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (Paul W.S. Anderson, Germany)
  7. TRUE GRIT (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)

2009

  1. OXHIDE II (Liu Jiayin, China)
  2. ORPHAN (Jaume Collet-Serra, Canada)
  3. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  4. FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson, USA)
  5. “Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis” (Daïchi Saïto, Canada)
  6. SWEETGRASS (Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor, USA)
  7. “Lost in the Mountains” (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  8. PUBLIC ENEMIES (Michael Mann, USA)
  9. BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE (Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, USA)

2008

  1. HISTORIAS EXTRAORDINARIAS (Mariano Llinás, Argentina)
  2. TWO LOVERS (James Gray, USA)
  3. WENDY AND LUCY (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  4. “Green Fuse” (Daïchi Saïto, Canada)
  5. AFTERSCHOOL (Antonio Campos, USA)
  6. BURN AFTER READING (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  7. WALL•E (Andrew Stanton, USA)
  8. THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS (Agnès Varda, France)

2007

  1. DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  2. scenes from THE WIND (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  3. MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (Wong Kar-wai, USA)
  4. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
  5. HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright, UK)
  6. THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Wes Anderson, USA)
  7. PERSEPOLIS (Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, France)
  8. RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (Russell Mulcahy, UK)

THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)

2006

  1. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch, USA)
  2. MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann, USA)
  3. STILL LIFE (Jia Zhangke, China)
  4. EXILED (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  5. OLD JOY (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  6. CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuarón, UK)
  7. THE HOST (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)

2005

  1. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
  3. OXHIDE (Liu Jiayin, China)
  4. CACHÉ (Michael Haneke, France)
  5. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Noah Baumbach, USA)
  6. LADY VENGEANCE (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  7. HOUSE OF WAX (Jaume Collet-Serra, USA)

2004

  1. 2046 (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  2. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, USA)
  3. TROPICAL MALADY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  4. THE WORLD (Jia Zhangke, China)
  5. COLLATERAL (Michael Mann, USA)
  6. TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer, France)
  7. THE INCREDIBLES (Brad Bird, USA)
  8. HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Zhang Yimou, China)
  9. KILL BILL VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  10. PRIMER (Shane Carruth, USA)
  11. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry, USA)
  12. KUNG FU HUSTLE (Stephen Chow, Hong Kong)
  13. WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  14. THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Wes Anderson, USA)
  15. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Edgar Wright, UK)

2003

  1. GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan)
  2. LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, USA)
  3. LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF (Thom Andersen, USA)
  4. KILL BILL VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  5. OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  6. S21: THE KHMER ROUGE KILLING MACHINE (Rithy Panh, Cambodia)
  7. THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Jørgen Leth & Lars von Trier, Denmark)
  8. THE SCHOOL OF ROCK (Richard Linklater, USA)
  9. INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)

2002

  1. FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma, France)
  2. HERO (Zhang Yimou, China)
  3. ON THE OCCASION OF REMEMBERING THE TURNING GATE (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  4. BLISSFULLY YOURS (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  5. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  6. UNKNOWN PLEASURES (Jia Zhangke, China)
  7. JACKASS: THE MOVIE (Jeff Tremaine, USA)
  8. RESIDENT EVIL (Paul W.S. Anderson, UK)
  9. SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  10. FUNNY HA HA (Andrew Bujalski, USA)

2001

  1. MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch, USA)
  2. A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  3. MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)
  4. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  5. WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan)
  6. LA CIÉNAGA (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina)
  7. ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU (Shunji Iwai, Japan)
  8. ALI (Michael Mann, USA)
  9. THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  10. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson, USA)
  11. COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  12. OCEAN’S ELEVEN (Steven Soderbergh, USA)

2000

  1. YI YI (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  2. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  3. PLATFORM (Jia Zhangke, China)
  4. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee, Taiwan)
  5. “The Heart of the World” (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  6. THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (Mark Dindal, USA)
  7. HAMLET (Michael Almereyda, USA)
  8. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Lonergan, USA)
  9. VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  10. MISSION TO MARS (Brian De Palma, USA)
  11. MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  12. DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
  13. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II (John Woo, USA)
  14. JOINT SECURITY AREA (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)

1999

  1. “Outer Space” (Peter Tscherkassky, Austria)
  2. EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  3. BEAU TRAVAIL (Claire Denis, France)
  4. COWBOY BEBOP: “Pierrot le Fou” (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  5. COWBOY BEBOP: “Speak Like a Child” (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  6. THE MISSION (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  7. THE INSIDER (Michael Mann, USA)
  8. EXISTENZ (David Cronenberg, Canada)
  9. THE MATRIX (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, USA)
  10. THE STRAIGHT STORY (David Lynch, USA)

1998

  1. THE HOLE (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan)
  2. THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick, USA)
  3. RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson, USA)
  4. COWBOY BEBOP: “Sympathy for the Devil” (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  5. FESTEN (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)
  6. SNAKE EYES (Brian De Palma, USA)
  7. COWBOY BEBOP: “Gateway Shuffle” (Shinichiro Watanabe, Japan)
  8. DIL SE.. (Mani Ratnam, India)

1997

  1. CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  2. THE RIVER (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan)
  3. LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch, USA)
  4. HAPPY TOGETHER (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  5. TASTE OF CHERRY (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  6. XIAO WU (Jia Zhangke, China)

1996

  1. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (Brian De Palma, USA)
  2. BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
  3. FARGO (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  4. IRMA VEP (Olivier Assayas, France)
  5. BOTTLE ROCKET (Wes Anderson, USA)
  6. NENETTE AND BONI (Claire Denis, France)

1995

  1. HEAT (Michael Mann, USA)
  2. FALLEN ANGELS (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  3. CLUELESS (Amy Heckerling, USA)
  4. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  5. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, USA)
  6. “Premonitions Following an Evil Deed” (David Lynch, USA)

1994

  1. CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  2. ASHES OF TIME (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  3. VIVE L’AMOUR (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan)
  4. U.S. GO HOME (Claire Denis, France)
  5. TO LIVE (Zhang Yimou, China)
  6. COLD WATER (Olivier Assayas, France)
  7. RIVER OF GRASS (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  8. THE GLASS SHIELD (Charles Burnett, USA)

IN THE HEAT OF THE SUN (Jiang Wen, China)

1993

  1. “Je vous salue, Sarajevo” (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  2. GREEN SNAKE (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong)
  3. CARLITO’S WAY (Brian De Palma, USA)
  4. D’EST (Chantal Akerman, France)
  5. JURASSIC PARK (Steven Spielberg, USA)

1992

  1. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch, USA)
  2. THE LONG DAY CLOSES (Terence Davies, UK)
  3. HARD-BOILED (John Woo, Hong Kong)
  4. UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  5. REBELS OF THE NEON GOD (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan)
  6. THREE COLORS: BLUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, France)
  7. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Michael Mann, USA)
  8. RAISING CAIN (Brian De Palma, USA)

1991

  1. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  2. SURVIVING DESIRE (Hal Hartley, USA)
  3. BARTON FINK (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  4. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (Wim Wenders, France)
  5. “Ambition” (Hal Hartley, USA)
  6. TWIN PEAKS: “Beyond Life and Death” (David Lynch, USA)
  7. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou, China)
  8. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland)
  9. THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT (Hal Hartley, USA)
  10. ONLY YESTERDAY (Isao Takahata, Japan)
  11. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron, USA)

1990

  1. CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  2. TRUST (Hal Hartley, USA)
  3. DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  4. TWIN PEAKS: “Lonely Souls” (David Lynch, USA)
  5. WILD AT HEART (David Lynch, USA)
  6. TWIN PEAKS: “Pilot” (David Lynch, USA)
  7. TWIN PEAKS: “Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer” (David Lynch, USA)
  8. TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (Charles Burnett, USA)
  9. JU DOU (Zhang Yimou, China)
  10. NO FEAR, NO DIE (Claire Denis, France)

1989

  1. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee, USA)
  2. THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (Hal Hartley, USA)
  3. THE KILLER (John Woo, Hong Kong)
  4. CASUALTIES OF WAR (Brian De Palma, USA)
  5. KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  6. THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Michael Haneke, Austria)
  7. SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (Steven Soderbergh, USA)

1988

  1. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  2. “Cat Listening to Music” (Chris Marker, France)
  3. AKIRA (Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan)
  4. AS TEARS GO BY (Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong)
  5. DIE HARD (John McTiernan, USA)

CHOCOLAT (Claire Denis, France)

1987

  1. ISHTAR (Elaine May, USA)
  2. DAUGHTER OF THE NILE (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)
  3. WINGS OF DESIRE (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
  4. ROBOCOP (Paul Verhoeven, USA)
  5. RAISING ARIZONA (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  6. SIGN “O” THE TIMES (Prince, USA)
  7. A CHINESE GHOST STORY (Ching Siu-tung, Hong Kong)

1986

  1. THE TERRORIZERS (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  2. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, USA)
  3. MANHUNTER (Michael Mann, USA)
  4. THE GREEN RAY (Eric Rohmer, France)
  5. SOMETHING WILD (Jonathan Demme, USA)
  6. ALIENS (James Cameron, USA)
  7. A BETTER TOMORROW (John Woo, Hong Kong)
  8. THE RISE AND FALL OF A SMALL FILM COMPANY (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  9. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (John Carpenter, USA)

1985

  1. TAIPEI STORY (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  2. RAN (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  3. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam, UK)
  4. AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  5. MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (Stephen Frears, UK)
  6. TROUBLE IN MIND (Alan Rudolph, USA)

1984

  1. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, USA)
  2. STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme, USA)
  3. DUNE (David Lynch, USA)
  4. THE TERMINATOR (James Cameron, USA)
  5. GREMLINS (Joe Dante, USA)
  6. AMERICAN DREAMS (LOST AND FOUND) (James Benning, USA)
  7. REPO MAN (Alex Cox, USA)

1983

  1. SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker, France)
  2. THAT DAY, ON THE BEACH (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  3. THE KEEP (Michael Mann, USA)
  4. AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (Paul Vecchiali, France)
  5. SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN (Alan Briggs, UK)

VIDEODROME (David Cronenberg, Canada)
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)

1982

  1. BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott, USA)
  2. THE THING (John Carpenter, USA)
  3. “Expectations” (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  4. KOYAANISQATSI (Godfrey Reggio, USA)
  5. “En rachâchant” (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, France)
  6. IN OUR TIME (Tao Te-chen/Edward Yang/Ko I-chen/Chang Yi, Taiwan)

1981

  1. “Orderly or Disorderly” (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  2. POSSESSION (Andrzej Zulawski, West Germany)
  3. BLOW OUT (Brian De Palma, USA)
  4. THIEF (Michael Mann, USA)
  5. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  6. THE ROAD WARRIOR (George Miller, Australia)

1980

  1. THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  2. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner, USA)
  3. RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  4. DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma, USA)
  5. THE ELEPHANT MAN (David Lynch, USA)
  6. HOME MOVIES (Brian De Palma, USA)

1979

  1. STALKER (Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR)
  2. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
  3. LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN (King Hu, Taiwan)
  4. ALIEN (Ridley Scott, USA)

1978

  1. THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (Lau Kar-leung, Hong Kong)
  2. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick, USA)
  3. HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter, USA)
  4. REMEMBER MY NAME (Alan Rudolph, USA)

1977

  1. ERASERHEAD (David Lynch, USA)
  2. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  3. ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen, USA)
  4. STAR WARS (George Lucas, USA)

1976

  1. TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  2. INSIANG (Lino Brocka, Philippines)
  3. CARRIE (Brian De Palma, USA)
  4. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May, USA)
  5. IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
  6. THE OPENING OF MISTY BEETHOVEN (Radley Metzger, USA)

1975

  1. NASHVILLE (Robert Altman, USA)
  2. JAWS (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  3. JEANNE DIELMAN | 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE | 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman, Belgium)
  4. THE PASSENGER (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
  5. “Associations” (John Smith, USA)
  6. BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick, UK)

1974

  1. THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper, USA)
  2. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  3. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Brian De Palma, USA)
  4. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski, USA)
  5. “Dyketactics” (Barbara Hammer, USA)

1973

  1. BADLANDS (Terrence Malick, USA)
  2. THE FATE OF LEE KHAN (King Hu, Hong Kong)

1972

  1. THE HEARTBREAK KID (Elaine May, USA)
  2. JUNIOR BONNER (Sam Peckinpah, USA)
  3. LIZA WITH A Z (Bob Fosse, USA)
  4. CABARET (Bob Fosse, USA)

1971

  1. A TOUCH OF ZEN (King Hu, Taiwan)
  2. OUT 1: NOLI ME TANGERE (Jacques Rivette, France)
  3. A NEW LEAF (Elaine May, USA)
  4. THE DEVILS (Ken Russell, UK)
  5. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)

1970

  1. EYES DO NOT WANT TO CLOSE AT ALL TIMES, OR PERHAPS ONE DAY ROME WILL PERMIT HERSELF TO CHOOSE IN HER TURN (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Italy)
  2. ZORNS LEMMA (Hollis Frampton, USA)
  3. LE BOUCHER (Claude Chabrol, France)
  4. THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy)
  5. THE WILD CHILD (François Truffaut, France)
  6. WANDA (Barbara Loden, USA)
  7. WIND FROM THE EAST (Groupe Dziga Vertov and Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin, France)
  8. THE MAN WHO LEFT HIS WILL ON FILM (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
  9. “The Grandmother” (David Lynch, USA)

EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL (Werner Herzog, West Germany)

1969

  1. MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S (Eric Rohmer, France)
  2. BOY (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
  3. UNE FEMME DOUCE (Robert Bresson, France)
  4. DESTROY, SHE SAID (Marguerite Duras, France)
  5. DOUBLE SUICIDE (Masahiro Shinoda, Japan)
  6. BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (Paul Mazursky, USA)
  7. LE GAI SAVOIR (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  8. ADALEN 31 (Bo Widerberg, Sweden)
  9. OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (Richard Attenborough)
  10. THE JOKE (Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia)
  11. LIONS LOVE (Agnès Varda, USA)

KES (Ken Loach, UK)

1968

  1. JE T’AIME, JE T’AIME (Alain Resnais, France)
  2. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  3. THE IMMORTAL STORY (Orson Welles, France)
  4. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (George A. Romero, USA)
  5. MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuba)
  6. THE CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, West Germany)
  7. ONE PLUS ONE (Jean-Luc Godard, UK)
  8. L’ENFANCE NUE (Maurice Pialat, France)
  9. MANDABI (Ousmane Sembène, Senegal)
  10. THE GREAT SILENCE (Sergio Corbucci, Italy)
  11. DEATH BY HANGING (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
  12. LES BICHES (Claude Chabrol, France)
  13. THREE RESURRECTED DRUNKARDS (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
  14. 24 HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A WOMAN (Dominique Delouche, France)
  15. ONE FINE DAY (Ermanno Olmi, Italy)
  16. ARTISTS UNDER THE BIG TOP: PERPLEXED (Alexander Kluge, West Germany)
  17. PARTNER. (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy)

FACES (John Cassavetes, USA)

1967

  1. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Jacques Demy, France)
  2. DRAGON INN (King Hu, Taiwan)
  3. WEEKEND (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  4. WAVELENGTH (Michael Snow, Canada)
  5. ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong)
  6. THE RED AND THE WHITE (Miklós Jancsó, Hungary)
  7. MOUCHETTE (Robert Bresson, France)
  8. 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  9. PORTRAIT OF JASON (Shirley Clarke, USA)
  10. FAR FROM VIETNAM (Jean-Luc Godard & Joris Ivens & William Klein & Claude Lelouch & Chris Marker & Alain Resnais & Agnès Varda, France)
  11. THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols, USA)
  12. PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati, France)
  13. LE DÉPART (Jerzy Skolimowski, Belgium)
  14. DONT LOOK BACK (D.A. Pennebaker, USA)
  15. SAMURAI REBELLION (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan)
  16. LA CHINOISE (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  17. THE FIREMEN’S BALL (Milos Forman, Czechoslovakia)
  18. LA MUSICA (Marguerite Duras & Paul Seban, France)
  19. LOVE AFFAIR, OR THE CASE OF THE MISSING SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR (Dusan Makavejev, Yugoslavia)
  20. “Sailing with Bushnell Keeler” (David Lynch, USA)
  21. BRANDED TO KILL (Seijun Suzuki, Japan)

ELVIRA MADIGAN (Bo Widerberg, Sweden)
JAPANESE SUMMER: DOUBLE SUICIDE (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)

1966

  1. PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
  2. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo, Italy)
  3. THE TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV (Roberto Rossellini, France)
  4. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson, France)
  5. BLACK GIRL (Ousmane Sembène, France)
  6. COME DRINK WITH ME (King Hu, Hong Kong)
  7. THE NUN (Jacques Rivette, France)
  8. THE WAR IS OVER (Alain Resnais, France)
  9. BLOWUP (Michelangelo Antonioni, UK)
  10. THE ROUND-UP (Miklós Jancsó, Hungary)
  11. MASCULIN FÉMININ (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  12. VIOLENCE AT NOON (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
  13. “Meet Marlon Brando” (Albert & David Maysles, USA)
  14. MADE IN U.S.A (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  15. TROUBLEMAKERS (Norman Fruchter & Robert Machover, USA)
  16. YESTERDAY GIRL (Alexander Kluge, West Germany)

1965

  1. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  2. THE WAR GAME (Peter Watkins, UK)
  3. SIMON OF THE DESERT (Luis Buñuel, Mexico)
  4. TOKYO OLYMPIAD (Kon Ichikawa, Japan)
  5. RED BEARD (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  6. THE KOUMIKO MYSTERY (Chris Marker, France)
  7. SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS (Sergei Parajanov, USSR)
  8. ALPHAVILLE (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  9. NOT RECONCILED (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, West Germany)
  10. CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Orson Welles, Spain)
  11. WALKOVER (Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland)
  12. LOVES OF A BLONDE (Milos Forman, Czechoslovakia)
  13. “Kustom Kar Kommandos” (Kenneth Anger, USA)
  14. THE SHAMELESS OLD LADY (René Allio, France)

SHAKESPEARE WALLAH (James Ivory, USA)
THE EPIC THAT NEVER WAS (Bill Duncalf, UK)

1964

  1. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy, France)
  2. GERTRUD (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark)
  3. WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan)
  4. CHARULATA (Satyajit Ray, India)
  5. THE BRIG (Jonas Mekas, USA)
  6. NOTHING BUT A MAN (Michael Roemer, USA)
  7. RED DESERT (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
  8. I AM CUBA (Mikhail Kalatozov, Cuba)
  9. DR. STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  10. THE ENCHANTED DESNA (Yuliya Solntseva, USSR)
  11. HAMLET (Grigori Kozintsev, USSR)
  12. LIFE UPSIDE DOWN (Alain Jessua, France)

BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Jean-Luc Godard, France)

1963

  1. “The House Is Black” (Forough Farrokhzad, Iran)
  2. MURIEL, OR THE TIME OF RETURN (Alain Resnais, France)
  3. THE SERVANT (Joseph Losey, UK)
  4. LE JOLI MAI (Chris Marker, France)
  5. PASAZERKA (Andrzej Munk, Poland)
  6. LES CARABINIERS (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  7. THE BIG CITY (Satyajit Ray, India)
  8. “The New World” (Jean-Luc Godard, Italy)
  9. CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  10. “Mothlight” (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  11. “…A Valparaiso” (Joris Ivens, France)
  12. I FIDANZATI (Ermanno Olmi, Italy)
  13. “Joseph Kilian” (Pavel Juracek & Jan Schmidt, Czechoslovakia)
  14. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE (Robert Enrico, France)

1962

  1. “La jetée” (Chris Marker, France)
  2. LOLITA (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  3. AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
  4. VIVRE SA VIE (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  5. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Luis Buñuel, Mexico)
  6. HARAKIRI (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan)
  7. THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC (Robert Bresson, France)
  8. IL MARE (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Italy)
  9. L’ECLISSE (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
  10. KNIFE IN THE WATER (Roman Polanski, Poland)

1961

  1. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais, France)
  2. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  3. LA NOTTE (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)

1960

  1. BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  2. L’AVVENTURA (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
  3. NIGHT AND FOG IN JAPAN (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)
  4. THE BELLBOY (Jerry Lewis, USA)
  5. LA DOLCE VITA (Federico Fellini, Italy)
  6. THE BAD SLEEP WELL (Akira Kuroswawa, Japan)
  7. LE PETIT SOLDAT (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  8. CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)

1959

  1. RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks, USA)
  2. THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut, France)
  3. THE WORLD OF APU (Satyajit Ray, India)
  4. HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (Alain Resnais, France)
  5. “Window Water Baby Moving” (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  6. UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE (Marcel Hanoun, France)

1958

  1. VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  2. ENJO (Kon Ichikawa, Japan)

1957

  1. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick, USA)
  2. THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  3. PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick, USA)
  4. “What’s Opera, Doc?” (Chuck Jones, USA)
  5. “Ali Baba Bunny” (Chuck Jones, USA)

1956

  1. “Night and Fog” (Alain Resnais, France)
  2. A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson, France)
  3. THE BURMESE HARP (Kon Ichikawa, Japan)
  4. THE SEARCHERS (John Ford, USA)

1955

  1. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton, USA)
  2. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray, USA)
  3. LOLA MONTÈS (Max Ophuls, France)
  4. THE LONG GRAY LINE (John Ford, USA)
  5. MOONFLEET (Fritz Lang, USA)
  6. ARTISTS AND MODELS (Frank Tashlin, USA)
  7. KISS ME DEADLY (Robert Aldrich, USA)
  8. PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray, India)
  9. SHIN HEIKE MONOGATARI (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)

1954

  1. SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  2. REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  3. SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
  4. JOURNEY TO ITALY (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
  5. GODZILLA (Ishiro Honda, Japan)
  6. THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
  7. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (Douglas Sirk, USA)

ON THE WATERFRONT (Elia Kazan, USA)

1953

  1. “Duck Amuck” (Chuck Jones, USA)
  2. TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
  3. THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN (Josef von Sternberg, Japan)
  4. UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
  5. THE BIG HEAT (Fritz Lang, USA)
  6. “Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century” (Chuck Jones, USA)
  7. THE LADY WITHOUT CAMELIAS (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
  8. “Duck! Rabbit, Duck!” (Chuck Jones, USA)

1952

  1. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, USA)
  2. “Rabbit Seasoning” (Chuck Jones, USA)
  3. THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray, USA)
  4. “Feed the Kitty” (Chuck Jones, USA)
  5. “Operation: Rabbit” (Chuck Jones, USA)

1951

  1. AWAARA (Raj Kapoor, India)
  2. THE TALL TARGET (Anthony Mann, USA)
  3. OTHELLO (Orson Welles, Morocco)
  4. “Rabbit Fire” (Chuck Jones, USA)

1950

  1. SUNSET BLVD. (Billy Wilder, USA)
  2. LA RONDE (Max Ophuls, France)
  3. “Rabbit of Seville” (Chuck Jones, USA)
  4. ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA)
  5. RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  6. LOS OLVIDADOS (Luis Buñuel, Mexico)

1949

  1. LATE SPRING (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
  2. THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed, UK)

1948

  1. ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

THE RED SHOES (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, UK)

1947

  1. OUT OF THE PAST (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
  2. DAISY KENYON (Otto Preminger, USA)

1946

  1. NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  2. THE BIG SLEEP (Howard Hawks, USA)
  3. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra, USA)
  4. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Jean Cocteau, France)

1945

  1. BRIEF ENCOUNTER (David Lean, UK)
  2. DETOUR (Edgar G. Ulmer, USA)
  3. MILDRED PIERCE (Michael Curtiz, USA)

1944

  1. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Vincente Minnelli, USA)
  2. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wilder, USA)
  3. LAURA (Otto Preminger, USA)

1943

  1. “Meshes of the Afternoon” (Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, USA)
  2. THE GANG’S ALL HERE (Busby Berkeley, USA)
  3. HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Ernst Lubistch, USA)
  4. SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

1942

  1. CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
  2. CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz, USA)

1941

  1. CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles, USA)

1940

  1. REBECCA (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

1939

  1. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks, USA)
  2. THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir, France)
  3. THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming, USA)

1938

  1. HOLIDAY (George Cukor, USA)
  2. THE LADY VANISHES (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)

1937

  1. A STAR IS BORN (William A. Wellman, USA)

1936

  1. SABOTAGE (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  2. THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir, France)

1935

  1. THE 39 STEPS (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  2. TONI (Jean Renoir, France)

1934

  1. THE GODDESS (Wu Yonggang, China)
  2. L’ATALANTE (Jean Vigo, France)

1933

  1. DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)

1932

  1. TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)

1931

  1. M (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  2. CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin, USA)
  3. TABU (F.W. Murnau, USA)
  4. FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale, USA)
  5. DISHONORED (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  6. MARIUS (Alexander Korda, France)

1930

  1. MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg, USA)

1929

  1. APPLAUSE (Rouben Mamoulian, USA)
  2. “Un Chien Andalou” (Luis Buñuel, France)

1928

  1. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer, France)
  2. SPIONE (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  3. STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton, USA)
  4. THE WEDDING MARCH (Erich von Stroheim, USA)
  5. “Record 957” (Germaine Dulac, France)
  6. SHOW PEOPLE (King Vidor, USA)

1927

  1. SUNRISE (F.W. Murnau, USA)
  2. NAPOLÉON (Abel Gance, France)
  3. THE SEASHELL AND THE CLERGYMAN (Germaine Dulac, France)

1925

  1. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton, USA)
  2. BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR)
  3. THE MERRY WIDOW (Erich von Stroheim, USA)

1924

  1. SHERLOCK JR. (Buster Keaton, USA)
  2. THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (Raoul Walsh, USA)
  3. HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (Victor Sjöström, USA)

1922

  1. NOSFERATU (F.W. Murnau, Germany)
  2. NANOOK OF THE NORTH (Robert J. Flaherty, USA)

1915

  1. LES VAMPIRES (Louis Feuillade, France)
  2. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (D.W. Griffith, USA)

1902

  1. “A Trip to the Moon” (Georges Méliès, France)