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Silence (Martin Scorsese)
Manchester By The Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson)
The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook)
O.J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman)
Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
Kate Plays Christine (Robert Greene)Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt)Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve)Sully (Clint Eastwood)Additional 2016 Films By Rating
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch)
Creepy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)Aquarius (Kleber Mendonça Filho)The Edge of Seventeen (Kelly Fremon Craig)Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids (Jonathan Demme)
The Shallows (Jaume Collet-Serra)Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno)Everybody Wants Some!! (Richard Linklater)Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman)20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Zack Snyder)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
Tower (Keith Maitland)
Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight)Hail, Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen)
Allied (Robert Zemeckis)Rogue One (Gareth Edwards)Weiner (Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg)
I Am Not Madame Bovary (Feng Xiaogang)
Rules Don't Apply (Warren Beatty)Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie)Café Society (Woody Allen)
Always Shine (Sophia Takal)The Love Witch (Anna Biller)Neruda (Pablo Larraín)Don't Breathe (Fede Alvarez)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone)Voyage of Time (Terrence Malick)Lemonade (Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Knowles Carter)
Indignation (James Schamus)
Moana (John Musker & Ron Clements)The Nice Guys (Shane Black)10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg)Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson)
Split (M. Night Shyamalan)X-Men: Apocalypse (Bryan Singer)Captain America: Civil War (Anthony & Joe Russo)Doctor Strange (Scott Derrickson)
Fences (Denzel Washington)Midnight Special (Jeff Nichols)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (David Yates)Sing Street (John Carney)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (Nicholas Stoller)
Deepwater Horizon (Peter Berg)Zootopia (Byron Howard & Rich Moore)The Jungle Book (Jon Favreau)
American Honey (Andrea Arnold)The Magnificent Seven (Antoine Fuqua)Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi)Jason Bourne (Paul Greengrass)Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ang Lee)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
Passengers (Morten Tyldum)A Monster Calls (J.A. Bayona)The Huntsman: Winter's War (Cedric Nicolas-Troyan)Money Monster (Jodie Foster)Keanu (Peter Atencio)
Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford)13th (Ava DuVernay)House of Little Deaths (Scout Tafoya)
Lion (Garth Davis)
Jackie (Pablo Larraín)
Live by Night (Ben Affleck)
Assassin's Creed (Justin Kurzel)
Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi)
Deadpool (Tim Miller)
Don't Think Twice (Mike Birbiglia)
The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn)
Now You See Me 2 (Jon M. Chu)
Swiss Army Man (Daniel Scheinert & Daniel Kwan)
Suicide Squad (David Ayer)2015 Top Ten List
Carol (Todd Haynes)
Mistress America (Noah Baumbach)
The Forbidden Room (Guy Maddin) My Golden Days (Arnaud Desplechin) Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)
Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke) Happy Hour (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)
Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sang-soo) The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-hsien) Blackhat (Michael Mann)Additional 2015 Films By Rating
Cemetery of Splendour (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)Sicario (Denis Villeneuve)Magic Mike XXL (Gregory Jacobs)Queen of Earth (Alex Ross Perry)Sunset Song (Terence Davies)Kill Zone 2 (Soi Cheang)Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (Stephen Cone)The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino)Aloha (Cameron Crowe)Star Wars: Episode VII -- The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams)45 Years (Andrew Haigh)Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg)
Creed (Ryan Coogler)Tangerine (Sean Baker)
The Other Side (Roberto Minervini)In the Shadow of Women (Philippe Garrel)Inside Out (Pete Docter)De Palma (Noah Baumbach & Jake Paltrow)Spotlight (Tom McCarthy)Brooklyn (John Crowley)Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven)Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda)The Treasure (Corneliu Porumboiu)Run All Night (Jaume Collet-Serra)Office (Johnnie To)The Academy of Muses (José Luis Guerin)James White (Josh Mond)The Martian (Ridley Scott)Journey to the Shore (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)Aferim! (Radu Jude)Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)Dead Slow Ahead (Mauro Herce)The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marielle Heller)Valley of Love (Guillaume Nicloux)A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino)Demolition (Jean-Marc Vallée)Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation (Christopher McQuarrie)Green Room (Jeremy Saulnier)The Invitation (Karyn Kusama)The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos)The Fits (Anna Rose Holmer)Avengers: Age of Ultron (Joss Whedon)Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle)I Don't Belong Anywhere: Le cinéma de Chantal Akerman (Marianne Lambert)The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (Francis Lawrence)April and the Extraordinary World (Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci)
Everest (Baltasar Kormákur)Ant-Man (Peyton Reed)Minotaur (Nicolás Pereda)Francofonia (Aleksandr Sokurov)The Walk (Robert Zemeckis)Trainwreck (Judd Apatow)No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman)High-Rise (Ben Wheatley)Ex Machina (Alex Garland)Eye in the Sky (Gavin Hood)The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers (Ben Rivers)
The Witch: A New-England Folktale (Robert Eggers)Krisha (Trey Edward Shults)Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra)Straight Outta Compton (F. Gary Gray)
Furious Seven (James Wan)Room (Lenny Abrahamson)Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson)
Song of Lahore (Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy & Andy Schocken)Cobain: Montage of Heck (Brett Morgen)Spectre (Sam Mendes)Son of Saul (László Nemes)
The Gift (Joel Edgerton)Cosmos (Andrzej Zulawski)Chi-Raq (Spike Lee)
Macbeth (Justin Kurzel)The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu)Black Mass (Scott Cooper)In the Heart of the Sea (Ron Howard)Beasts of No Nation (Cary Joji Fukunaga)
The Danish Girl (Tom Hooper)
The Big Short (Adam McKay)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)
The Leisure Class (Jason Mann)2014 Top Ten List
Phoenix (Christian Petzold) Boyhood (Richard Linklater) Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson) Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) When Marnie Was There (Hiromasa Yonebayashi) The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson) Horse Money (Pedro Costa) Non-Stop (Jaume Collet-Serra) John Wick (Chad Stahelski) L for Leisure (Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn)Additional 2014 Films By Rating
The Duke of Burgundy (Peter Strickland)Clouds of Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas)Actress (Robert Greene)Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)Güeros (Alonso Ruizpalacios)Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy)Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn)Edge of Tomorrow (Doug Liman)The Lego Movie (Phil Lord & Chris Miller)Interstellar (Christopher Nolan)Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony & Joe Russo)Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller)It Follows (David Robert Mitchell)X-Men: Days of Future Past (Bryan Singer)Selma (Ava DuVernay)Love & Mercy (Bill Pohlad)The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (Francis Lawrence)Meet the Patels (Geeta V. Patel & Ravi V. Patel)The Distance (Sergio Caballero)Big Hero 6 (Don Hall & Chris Williams)Fury (David Ayer)The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum)Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro González Iñárritu)The Theory of Everything (James Marsh)The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Marc Webb)Kingsman: The Secret Service (Matthew Vaughn)2013 Top Ten List
Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen) The World's End (Edgar Wright) Night Moves (Kelly Reichardt) 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen) Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón) Her (Spike Jonze) The Grandmaster (Wong Kar-wai) Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass) Boy and the World (Alê Abreu) Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier)Additional 2013 Films By Rating
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Francis Lawrence)Pacific Rim (Guillermo del Toro)American Hustle (David O. Russell)Star Trek Into Darkness (J.J. Abrams)Frozen (Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee)The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Peter Jackson)Iron Man 3 (Shane Black)Man of Steel (Zack Snyder)Elysium (Neill Blomkamp)The Heat (Paul Feig)World War Z (Marc Forster)Monsters University (Dan Scanlon)The Wolverine (James Mangold)Now You See Me (Louis Leterrier)Thor: The Dark World (Alan Taylor)Olympus Has Fallen (Antoine Fuqua)Despicable Me 2 (Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud)
Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn)2012 Top Ten List
Passion (Brian De Palma) It's Such a Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt) Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson) Holy Motors (Leos Carax) The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson) Looper (Rian Johnson) In Another Country (Hong Sang-soo) Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach) Skyfall (Sam Mendes) Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)Additional 2012 Films By Rating
Dredd (Pete Travis)Argo (Ben Affleck)Easy Rider (James Benning)Life of Pi (Ang Lee)The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan)Marvel's The Avengers (Joss Whedon)Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)Krivina (Igor Drljaca)Simon Killer (Antonio Campos)The Hunger Games (Gary Ross)The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson)The Amazing Spider-Man (Marc Webb)Les Misérables (Tom Hooper)
Game Change (Jay Roach)The Words (Brian Klugman & Lee Sternthal)2011 Top Ten List
Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan) [extended cut] Melancholia (Lars von Trier) The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo) Pina (Wim Wenders) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher) Unknown (Jaume Collet-Serra) Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen) Moneyball (Bennett Miller) Jiro Dreams of Sushi (David Gelb) Hugo (Martin Scorsese)Additional 2011 Films By Rating
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Guy Ritchie)Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird)Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson)The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (David Yates)Bridesmaids (Paul Feig)X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn)Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn)War Horse (Steven Spielberg)Captain America: The First Avenger (Joe Johnston)Thor (Kenneth Branagh)2010 Top Ten List
Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Edgar Wright) The Social Network (David Fincher) True Grit (Joel & Ethan Coen) Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich) Chantal Akerman, From Here (Gustavo Beck & Leonardo Ferreira) Inside Job (Charles Ferguson) Inception (Christopher Nolan) The Fighter (David O. Russell) Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (Wilson Yip)Additional 2010 Films By Rating
The King's Speech (Tom Hooper)Tangled (Nathan Greno & Byron Howard)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (David Yates)Despicable Me (Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud)The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Michael Apted)The A-Team (Joe Carnahan)Iron Man 2 (Jon Favreau)The Karate Kid (Harald Zwart)The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (David Slade)Extraordinary Measures (Tom Vaughan)2009 Top Ten List
Public Enemies (Michael Mann) Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) Up (Pete Docter) Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson) Orphan (Jaume Collet-Serra) A Serious Man (Joel & Ethan Coen) Blondes in the Jungle (Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn) Star Trek (J.J. Abrams) Red Cliff Part II (John Woo) Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie)Additional 2009 Films By Rating
Avatar (James Cameron)Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates)Coraline (Henry Selick)Invictus (Clint Eastwood)Angels & Demons (Ron Howard)Michael Jackson's This Is It (Kenny Ortega)Mao's Last Dancer (Bruce Beresford)17 Again (Burr Steers)The Soloist (Joe Wright)(500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb)X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Gavin Hood)Bride Wars (Gary Winick)Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay)2008 Top Ten List
WALL•E (Andrew Stanton) Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt) Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen) Afterschool (Antonio Campos) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) Iron Man (Jon Favreau) Red Cliff (John Woo) Ip Man (Wilson Yip) Cloverfield (Matt Reeves) Taken (Pierre Morel)Additional 2008 Films By Rating
102 Minutes That Changed America (Nicole Rittenmeyer & Seth Skundrick)Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg)The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)Cape No. 7 (Wei Te-Sheng)Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)Bolt (Chris Williams & Byron Howard)The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Andrew Adamson)The Forbidden Kingdom (Rob Minkoff)
Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster)Hancock (Peter Berg)27 Dresses (Anne Fletcher)The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rob Cohen)Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke)Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Dave Filoni)Jumper (Doug Liman)2007 Top Ten List
Death Proof (Quentin Tarantino) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright) No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen) Ratatouille (Brad Bird) The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson) Viva (Anna Biller) The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (David Yates) Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi)Additional 2007 Films By Rating
Secret (Jay Chou)National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Jon Turteltaub)Redacted (Brian De Palma)Live Free or Die Hard (Len Wiseman)Blades of Glory (Will Speck & Josh Gordon)Stardust (Matthew Vaughn)Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Gore Verbinski)Rush Hour 3 (Brett Ratner)The Great Debaters (Denzel Washington)Mr. Bean's Holiday (Steve Bendelack)Shrek the Third (Chris Miller)Transformers (Michael Bay)The Game Plan (Andy Fickman)Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Tim Story)The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz)The Last Mimzy (Bob Shaye)Evan Almighty (Tom Shadyac)2006 Top Ten List
Inland Empire (David Lynch) Miami Vice (Michael Mann) Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt) The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma) Casino Royale (Martin Campbell) The Prestige (Christopher Nolan) The Departed (Martin Scorsese) Là-bas (Chantal Akerman) Mission: Impossible III (J.J. Abrams) Curse of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou)Additional 2006 Films By Rating
The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel)Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Gore Verbinski)Happy Feet (George Miller)Cars (John Lasseter)Night at the Museum (Shawn Levy)X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner)Monster House (Gil Kenan)The DaVinci Code (Ron Howard)Eragon (Stefan Fangmeier)
Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (John Roecker)2005 Top Ten List
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook) House of Wax (Jaume Collet-Serra) King Kong (Peter Jackson) Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan) Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright) Serenity (Joss Whedon) Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell) March of the Penguins (Luc Jacquet) Cinderella Man (Ron Howard)Additional 2005 Films By Rating
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Andrew Adamson)Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton)Madagascar (Eric Darnell & Tom McGarth)Zathura (Jon Favreau)Fantastic Four (Tim Story)Are We There Yet? (Brian Levant)2004 Top Ten List
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry) Collateral (Michael Mann) The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson) Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright) The Incredibles (Brad Bird) Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino) Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood) Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón) The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass)Additional 2004 Films By Rating
The Ladykillers (Joel & Ethan Coen)Ray (Taylor Hackford)Mean Girls (Mark Waters)National Treasure (Jon Turteltaub)Shrek 2 (Andrew Adamson & Kelly Asbury & Conrad Vernon)The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich)DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (Rawsom Marshall Thurber)Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Brad Silberling)The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (Garry Marshall)The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Lloyd Kramer)Super Size Me (Morgan Spurlock)2003 Top Ten List
Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola) Oldboy (Park Chan-wook) Intolerable Cruelty (Joel Coen) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson) The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano) Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino) Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton) X2 (Bryan Singer) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski) The Italian Job (F. Gary Gray) Big Fish (Tim Burton)Additional 2003 Films By Rating
Freaky Friday (Mark Waters)Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Jonathan Mostow)Bruce Almighty (Tom Shadyac)Holes (Andrew Davis)The Haunted Mansion (Rob Minkoff)2002 Top Ten List
Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma) Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson) From the Other Side (Chantal Akerman) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson) Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov) Hero (Zhang Yimou) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Park Chan-wook) Minority Report (Steven Spielberg) Adaptation. (Spike Jonze) Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg)Additional 2002 Films By Rating
Spider-Man (Sam Raimi)The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chris Columbus)Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones (George Lucas)Equilibrium (Kurt Wimmer)The Quiet American (Phillip Noyce)Scooby-Doo (Raja Gosnell)
Film ist. 7-12 (Gustav Deutsch)2001 Top Ten List
Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)
AI (Steven Spielberg) Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki) Ali (Michael Mann) The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen) The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson) Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter) Shrek (Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Chris Columbus)Additional 2001 Films By Rating
Rush Hour 2 (Brett Ratner)Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Kirk Wise & Gary Trousdale)The Princess Diaries (Garry Marshall)Osmosis Jones (Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly)2000 Top Ten List
A One and a Two... (Edward Yang)
In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai) Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee) You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan) The Emperor's New Groove (Mark Dindal) Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku) Joint Security Area (Park Chan-wook) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen) Gladiator (Ridley Scott)Additional 2000 Films By Rating
Mission to Mars (Brian De Palma)X-Men (Bryan Singer)Mission: Impossible II (John Woo)Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis)Gone in Sixty Seconds (Dominic Sena)Dinosaur (Ralph Zondag & Eric Leighton)Bring It On (Peyton Reed)Remember the Titans (Boaz Yakin)1999 Top Ten List
Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick) The Insider (Michael Mann) Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) The Straight Story (David Lynch) The Matrix (Lana & Lilly Wachowski) South (Chantal Akerman) Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze) Buena Vista Social Club (Wim Wenders) Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter) Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace (George Lucas)Additional 1999 Films By Rating
Fantasia/2000 (Various)Shower (Zhang Yang)1998 Top Ten List
The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick) The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg) Rushmore (Wes Anderson) Snake Eyes (Brian De Palma) Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg) The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen) Ronin (John Frankenheimer) Mulan (Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft) Rush Hour (Brett Ratner) A Bug's Life (John Lasseter)Additional 1998 Films By Rating
The Parent Trap (Nancy Meyers)Film ist. 1-6 (Gustav Deutsch)1997 Top Ten List
Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki) Lost Highway (David Lynch) Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino) Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson) Gattaca (Andrew Niccol) Air Force One (Wolfgang Petersen) Contact (Robert Zemeckis) Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg) Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (Karl Geurs)Additional 1997 Films By Rating
Hercules (John Musker & Ron Clements)Batman & Robin (Joel Schumacher)1996 Top Ten List
Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier) Fargo (Joel Coen) Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma) Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson) Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson) Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise) The Rock (Michael Bay) The Battle of Brazil: A Video History (Jack Mathews)Additional 1996 Films By Rating
Space Jam (Joe Pytka)Matilda (Danny DeVito)1995 Top Ten List
Heat (Michael Mann) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater) Die Hard With a Vengeance (John McTiernan) Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii) Crimson Tide (Tony Scott) Apollo 13 (Ron Howard) Braveheart (Mel Gibson) Jumanji (Joe Johnston) Batman Forever (Joel Schumacher)1994 Top Ten List
Chung King Express (Wong Kar-wai) River of Grass (Kelly Reichardt) Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino) The Glass Shield (Charles Burnett) Speed (Jan de Bont) True Lies (James Cameron) Clear and Present Danger (Phillip Noyce) The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen) The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont) Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis)Additional 1994 Films By Rating
The Lion King (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff)1993 Top Ten List
Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma) From the East (Chantal Akerman) Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg) Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater) Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg) Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh) Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis) Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron)1992 Top Ten List
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch) The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann) Raising Cain (Brian De Palma) Batman Returns (Tim Burton) A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner) Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino) Patriot Games (Phillip Noyce) Aladdin (John Musker & Ron Clements) Lorenzo's Oil (George Miller)1991 Top Ten List
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang) The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski) Barton Fink (Joel Coen) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron) To Lavoisier, Who Died in the Reign of Terror (Michael Snow) The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme) Until the End of the World (Wim Wenders) [director's cut] Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata) Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise)1990 Top Ten List
Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami) Trust (Hal Hartley) Wild at Heart (David Lynch) Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-wai) Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou) Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen) Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) The Hunt for Red October (John McTiernan) Back to the Future Part III (Robert Zemeckis) Die Hard 2 (Renny Harlin)Additional 1990 Films By Rating
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Brian De Palma)Home Alone (Chris Columbus)1989 Top Ten List
The Killer (John Woo) The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke) Casualties of War (Brian De Palma) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg) Batman (Tim Burton) The Little Mermaid (John Musker & Ron Clements) Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis) Glory (Edward Zwick)1988 Top Ten List
The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris) Die Hard (John McTiernan) Rain Man (Barry Levinson) Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata) Big (Penny Marshall) Shoot to Kill (Roger Spottiswoode)
On the Silver Globe (Andrzej Zulawski)1987 Top Ten List
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders) RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven) Raising Arizona (Joel Coen) Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick) The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner) Red Sorghum (Zhang Yimou) Predator (John McTiernan) The Untouchables (Brian De Palma) Good Morning, Vietnam (Barry Levinson)1986 Top Ten List
Manhunter (Michael Mann)
Blue Velvet (David Lynch) Aliens (James Cameron) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes) Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki) Top Gun (Tony Scott)
Wise Guys (Brian De Palma)1985 Top Ten List
Brazil (Terry Gilliam) Ran (Akira Kurosawa) Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis) Tampopo (Juzo Itami) Commando (Mark L. Lester) The Breakfast Club (John Hughes) Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone)1984 Top Ten List
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders) Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme) The Terminator (James Cameron) Body Double (Brian De Palma) Dune (David Lynch) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg) Amadeus (Milos Forman) Blood Simple (Joel Coen) Los Sures (Diego Echeverria) Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli)Additional 1984 Films By Rating
Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman)We Will Rock You (Saul Swimmer)The Karate Kid (John G. Avildsen)1983 Top Ten List
Sans soleil (Chris Marker) Scarface (Brian De Palma) Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand) The Keep (Michael Mann)1982 Top Ten List
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott) [Final Cut] Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg) First Blood (Ted Kotcheff) Rocky III (Sylvester Stallone) Tootsie (Sydney Pollack) Annie (John Huston)1981 Top Ten List
Possession (Andrzej Zulawski) Thief (Michael Mann) Blow Out (Brian De Palma) Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg) Mad Max 2 (George Miller) Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen) Gallipoli (Peter Weir) Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson)1980 Top Ten List
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick) Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese) Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma) The Elephant Man (David Lynch) Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner) Home Movies (Brian De Palma) The Blues Brothers (John Landis)1979 Top Ten List
Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola) Alien (Ridley Scott) Mad Max (George Miller) Rocky II (Sylvester Stallone) All Quiet on the Western Front (Delbert Mann)1978 Top Ten List
Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick) Halloween (John Carpenter) The Fury (Brian De Palma) Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman) The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino) The Star Wars Holiday Special (Steve Binder)1977 Top Ten List
Eraserhead (David Lynch) Annie Hall (Woody Allen) Star Wars (George Lucas) The American Friend (Wim Wenders)1976 Top Ten List
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese) Carrie (Brian De Palma) Network (Sidney Lumet) Obsession (Brian De Palma) Rocky (John G. Avildsen)1975 Top Ten List
Nashville (Robert Altman) Jeanne Dielman | 23, Quai du Commerce | 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman) Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick) Jaws (Steven Spielberg) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones) Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir) Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet)1974 Top Ten List
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Chinatown (Roman Polanski) Phantom of the Paradise (Brian De Palma) The Godfather, Part II (Francis Ford Coppola) A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes)1973 Top Ten List
Badlands (Terrence Malick) Sisters (Brian De Palma) American Graffiti (George Lucas) Belladonna of Sadness (Eiichi Yamamoto)1972 Top Ten List
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog) The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola) Get to Know Your Rabbit (Brian De Palma)1971 Top Ten List
The Devils (Ken Russell) Out 1 (Jacques Rivette) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart) The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich) Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby) A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)1970 Top Ten List
Hospital (Frederick Wiseman) Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson) Dionysus in '69 (Brian De Palma) Hi, Mom! (Brian De Palma) The Aristocats (Wolfgang Reitherman)1969 Top Ten List
Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville) Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper) The Wedding Party (Brian De Palma & Wilford Leach & Cynthia Munroe)1968 Top Ten List
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) Greetings (Brian De Palma) High School (Frederick Wiseman) Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zeffirelli)1967 Top Ten List
The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy) Wavelength (Michael Snow) Play Time (Jacques Tati) Dragon Inn (King Hu) Dont Look Back (D.A. Pennebaker) Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman) The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman) Murder à la Mod (Brian De Palma)1966 Top Ten List
Persona (Ingmar Bergman) The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo) Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson) Masculine-Feminine (Jean-Luc Godard)1965 Top Ten List
Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard) Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles) Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard) The Sound of Music (Robert Wise)1964 Top Ten List
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy) Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick) A Hard Day's Night (Richard Lester) Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton)1963 Top Ten List
8½ (Federico Fellini)1962 Top Ten List
My Life to Live (Jean-Luc Godard) Lolita (Stanley Kubrick) Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean) L'Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni) Ivan's Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky) Jules et Jim (François Truffaut) Dr. No (Terence Young)1961 Top Ten List
Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais) La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni) Chronicle of a Summer (Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin) A Woman Is a Woman (Jean-Luc Godard) One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Wolfgang Reitherman & Hamilton Luske & Clyde Geronimi)1960 Top Ten List
Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard) La Dolce vita (Federico Fellini) L'Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni) The Bad Sleep Well (Akira Kurosawa) Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick)1959 Top Ten List
The Four Hundred Blows (François Truffaut) The World of Apu (Satyajit Ray) Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder) North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock) Sleeping Beauty (Clyde Geronimi)1958 Top Ten List
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock) Touch of Evil (Orson Welles)1957 Top Ten List
Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick) The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman) Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick) Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa)1956 Top Ten List
The Searchers (John Ford) The Killing (Stanley Kubrick) Aparajito (Satyajit Ray) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel)1955 Top Ten List
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton) Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray) Lady and the Tramp (Hamilton Luske & Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson) Killer's Kiss (Stanley Kubrick)1954 Top Ten List
Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa) Journey to Italy (Roberto Rossellini) Godzilla (Ishiro Honda) On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan)1953 Top Ten List
Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu) Peter Pan (Hamilton Luske & Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson)1952 Top Ten List
Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly) High Noon (Fred Zinnemann)1951 Top Ten List
Alice in Wonderland (Clyde Geronimi & Hamilton Luske & Wilfred Jackson)1950 Top Ten List
Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder) Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa) No Way Out (Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Cinderella (Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske & Clyde Geronimi)1949 Top Ten List
The Third Man (Carol Reed)1946 Top Ten List
It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra) Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau)1945 Top Ten List
Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz)1944 Top Ten List
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)1943 Top Ten List
The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkeley) Bataan (Tay Garnett)1942 Top Ten List
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)1941 Top Ten List
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Victor Fleming)1939 Top Ten List
The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra)1934 Top Ten List
L'Atalante (Jean Vigo) Bad Seed (Billy Wilder and Alexander Esway)1933 Top Ten List
42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon)1931 Top Ten List
M (Fritz Lang) City Lights (Charles Chaplin) The Public Enemy (William Wellman)Top Ten List from The Silent Era
Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Theodor Dreyer) Battleship Potemkin (1925, Sergei Eisenstein) Nosferatu (1922, F.W. Murnau) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Robert Wiene) The Cheat (1915, Cecil B. DeMille)
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