I've been meaning to create a top tens page for the site for a long time now, to replace a variety of well-intentioned but long abandoned old pages that have been left to gather dust. So here we are. Having all these lists in one place should make it easier to update them on a regular basis, and soon it should actually reflect my tastes more appropriately. For now, and probably for always, these lists are a work in progress, almost certainly ridden with egregious absences and inflations. They tail off a little from the mid-70s down, where my viewing has been more sporadic, and there are some years I can barely even make a ten for. Also, I've stopped at 1950 so as not to embarrass myself further, because, to my shame, I've barely seen anything from before that. But, with all that in mind, I'm largely quite happy with how it's all turned out. I'm sure they'll evolve further as the years go by.
Last Updated: 18th January 2026
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2025
2025
1. THE CURRENTS (Milagros Mumenthaler)
2. DIE MY LOVE (Lynne Ramsay)
3. SILENT FRIEND (Ildikó Enyedi)
4. DRY LEAF (Alexandre Koberidze)
5. TWO SEASONS, TWO STRANGERS (Sho Miyake)
6. I DREAMED A DREAM (Wei Shujun)
7. MARTY SUPREME (Josh Safdie)
8. AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (James Cameron)
9. SINNERS (Ryan Coogler)
10. KONTINENTAL '25 (Radu Jude)
2024
1. THE SHROUDS (David Cronenberg)
2. AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (Albert Serra)
3. JUROR #2 (Clint Eastwood)
4. CLOUD (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
5. MISERICORDIA (Alain Guiraudie)
6. THREE FRIENDS (Emmanuel Mouret)
7. A TRAVELLER'S NEEDS (Hong Sang-soo)
8. THE CATS OF GOKOGU SHRINE (Kazuhiro Soda)
9. FAVORITEN (Ruth Beckermann)
10. SCORCHED EARTH (Thomas Arslan)
2023
1. OPPENHEIMER (Christopher Nolan)
2. MAY DECEMBER (Todd Haynes)
3. AFIRE (Christian Petzold)
4. THE BEAST (Bertrand Bonello)
5. LAST SUMMER (Catherine Breillat)
6. THE BOY AND THE HERON (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. EVIL DOES NOT EXIST (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
8. CLOSE YOUR EYES (Víctor Erice)
9. DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (Radu Jude)
10. FOLLOWING THE SOUND (Kyoshi Sugita)
2022
1. PACIFICTION (Albert Serra)
2. REMEMBERING EVERY NIGHT (Yui Kiyohara)
3. NOBODY'S HERO (Alain Guiraudie)
4. SHOWING UP (Kelly Reichardt)
5. THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (George Miller)
6. DIARY OF A FLEETING AFFAIR (Emmanuel Mouret)
7. TRENQUE LAUQUEN (Laura Citarella)
8. REVOLUTION+1 (Masao Adachi)
9. AMBULANCE (Michael Bay)
10. THE PLAINS (David Easteal)
2021
1. DRIVE MY CAR (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
2. FRANCE (Bruno Dumont)
3. LITTLE SOLANGE (Axelle Ropert)
4. THE LAST DUEL (Ridley Scott)
5. POET (Darezhan Omirbayev)
6. BENEDICTION (Terence Davies)
7. MEMORIA (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
8. PETITE MAMAN (Celine Sciamma)
9. WEST SIDE STORY (Steven Spielberg)
10. INTRODUCTION (Hong Sang-soo)
2020
1. UNDINE (Christian Petzold)
2. DAYS (Tsai Ming-liang)
3. TENET (Christopher Nolan)
4. SMALL AXE (Steve McQueen)
5. THE WOMAN WHO RAN (Hong Sang-soo)
6. SHAPE OF RED (Yukiko Mishima)
7. RIVEROCK (Paula Gaitan)
8. BEGINNING (Dea Kulumbegashvili)
9. SIBERIA (Abel Ferrara)
10. ON THE ROCKS (Sofia Coppola)
2019
1. THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese)
2. VITALINA VARELA (Pedro Costa)
3. I WAS AT HOME, BUT... (Angela Schanelec)
4. BACURAU (Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles)
5. UNCUT GEMS (Josh & Benny Safdie)
6. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
7. THE SOUVENIR (Joanna Hogg)
8. LABYRINTH OF CINEMA (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
9. FUKUOKA (Zhang Lu)
10. THE DEAD DON'T DIE (Jim Jarmusch)
2018
1. BURNING (Lee Chang-dong)
2. READY PLAYER ONE (Steven Spielberg)
3. TRANSIT (Christian Petzold)
4. AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL (Hu Bo)
5. KILLING (Shin'ya Tsukamoto)
6. MONROVIA, INDIANA (Frederick Wiseman)
7. SAND (Tsai Ming-liang)
8. AMANDA (Mikhaël Hers)
9. HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Alice Rohrwacher)
10. ODE TO THE GOOSE (Zhang Lu)
2017
1. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (David Lynch)
2. WESTERN (Valeska Grisebach)
3. THE DAY AFTER (Hong Sang-soo)
4. BEFORE WE VANISH (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
5. HANAGATAMI (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
6. A SEASON IN FRANCE (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
7. FIRST REFORMED (Paul Schrader)
8. ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE (Hong Sang-soo)
9. GOOD TIME (Josh & Benny Safdie)
10. BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL (Takashi Miike)
2016
1. TONI ERDMANN (Maren Ade)
2. SWEET DREAMS (Marco Bellocchio)
3. SULLY (Clint Eastwood)
4. PERSONAL SHOPPER (Olivier Assayas)
5. NOCTURAMA (Bertrand Bonello)
6. AQUARIUS (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
7. THINGS TO COME (Mia Hansen-Løve)
8. ELLE (Paul Verhoeven)
9. IN BED WITH VICTORIA (Justine Triet)
10. THE APPLE OF MY EYE (Axelle Ropert)
2015
1. MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Jia Zhangke)
2. JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3. BLACKHAT (Michael Mann)
4. HAPPY HOUR (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
5. BRIDGE OF SPIES (Steven Spielberg)
6. CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
7. RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN (Hong Sang-soo)
8. MISTRESS AMERICA (Noah Baumbach)
9. THIS SUMMER FEELING (Mikhaël Hers)
10. CAPRICE (Emmanuel Mouret)
2014
1. HILL OF FREEDOM (Hong Sang-soo)
2. PHOENIX (Christian Petzold)
3. INTERSTELLAR (Christopher Nolan)
4. POMPEII (Paul W.S. Anderson)
5. GONE GIRL (David Fincher)
6. PASOLINI (Abel Ferrara)
7. NATIONAL GALLERY (Frederick Wiseman)
8. JERSEY BOYS (Clint Eastwood)
9. THE IRON MINISTRY (J.P. Sniadecki)
10. WELCOME TO NEW YORK (Abel Ferrara)
2013
1. STRAY DOGS (Tsai Ming-liang)
2. NOBODY'S DAUGHTER HAEWON (Hong Sang-soo)
3. BASTARDS (Claire Denis)
4. THE WIND RISES (Hayao Miyazaki)
5. MISS AND THE DOCTORS (Axelle Ropert)
6. REAL (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
7. DJINN (Tobe Hooper)
8. STORY OF MY DEATH (Albert Serra)
9. AFTER EARTH (M. Night Shyamalan)
10. ANOTHER LIFE (Emmanuel Mouret)
2012
1. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (Abbas Kiarostami)
2. LEVIATHAN (Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel)
3. COSMOPOLIS (David Cronenberg)
4. PASSION (Brian De Palma)
5. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax)
6. A WOMAN'S REVENGE (Rita Azevedo Gomes)
7. DRUG WAR (Johnnie To)
8. ACE ATTORNEY (Takashi Miike)
9. TO THE WONDER (Terrence Malick)
10. YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET (Alain Resnais)
2011
1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (David Fincher)
2. TWIXT (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. THE DAY HE ARRIVES (Hong Sang-soo)
4. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (Bertrand Bonello)
5. KOTOKO (Shin'ya Tsukamoto)
6. MONEYBALL (Bennett Miller)
7. 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH (Abel Ferrara)
8. MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan)
9. GOODBYE, FIRST LOVE (Mia Hansen-Løve)
10. CORPO CELESTE (Alice Rohrwacher)
2010
1. CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami)
2. THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (Manoel de Oliveira)
3. HEREAFTER (Clint Eastwood)
4. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher)
5. SOMEWHERE (Sofia Coppola)
6. POETRY (Lee Chang-dong)
7. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
8. TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS (Radu Muntean)
9. IN THE SHADOWS (Thomas Arslan)
10. ARCHIPELAGO (Joanna Hogg)
2009
1. ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLONDE-HAIRED GIRL (Manoel de Oliveira)
2. PUBLIC ENEMIES (Michael Mann)
3. THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE (Steven Soderbergh)
4. SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
5. THE WOLBERG FAMILY (Axelle Ropert)
6. LOURDES (Jessica Hausner)
7. BLUEBEARD (Catherine Breillat)
8. THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (Radu Jude)
9. PLEASE, PLEASE ME (Emmanuel Mouret)
10. ACCIDENT (Soi Cheang)
2008
1. TOKYO SONATA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2. TWO LOVERS (James Gray)
3. GRAN TORINO (Clint Eastwood)
4. JERICHOW (Christian Petzold)
5. SPARROW (Johnnie To)
6. ALL AROUND US (Ryosuke Hashiguchi)
7. 24 CITY (Jia Zhangke)
8. NIGHT AND DAY (Hong Sang-soo)
9. STILL WALKING (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
10. LAKE MUNGO (Joel Anderson)
2007
1. ZODIAC (David Fincher)
2. LA RECTA PROVINCIA (Raúl Ruiz)
3. YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH (Francis Ford Coppola)
4. SHALL WE KISS? (Emmanuel Mouret)
5. DON'T TOUCH THE AXE! (Jacques Rivette)
6. FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
7. SECRET SUNSHINE (Lee Chang-dong)
8. YELLA (Christian Petzold)
9. AFTERNOON (Angela Schanelec)
10. UNRELATED (Joanna Hogg)
2006
1. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch)
2. DEJA VU (Tony Scott)
3. MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann)
4. RETRIBUTION (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
5. I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE (Tsai Ming-liang)
6. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (Clint Eastwood)
7. STILL LIFE (Jia Zhangke)
8. EXILED (Johnnie To)
9. LADY IN THE WATER (M. Night Shyamalan)
10. BELLE TOUJOURS (Manoel de Oliveira)
2005
1.WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg)
2. LOFT (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3. HAZE (Shinya Tsukamoto)
4. LAND OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
5. THE WAYWARD CLOUD (Tsai Ming-liang)
6. ELECTION (Johnnie To)
7. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick)
8. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg)
9. DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST (Paul Schrader)
10. TAKESHIS' (Takeshi Kitano)
2004
1. THE WORLD (Jia Zhangke)
2. TROPICAL MALADY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. THE VILLAGE (M. Night Shyamalan)
4. KILL BILL VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
5. MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
6. VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh)
7. WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (Hong Sang-soo)
8. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry)
9. COLLATERAL (Michael Mann)
10. MARSEILLE (Angela Schanelec)
2003
1. GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming-liang)
2. THE STORY OF MARIE AND JULIEN (Jacques Rivette)
3. MEMORIES OF MURDER (Bong Joon-ho)
4. THAT DAY (Raúl Ruiz)
5. THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (The Wachowskis)
6. PTU (Johnnie To)
7. WOLFSBURG (Christian Petzold)
8. THE MATRIX RELOADED (The Wachowskis)
9. THE HUNTED (William Friedkin)
10. NO REST FOR THE BRAVE (Alain Guiraudie)
2002
1. SIGNS (M. Night Shyamalan)
2. BLISSFULLY YOURS (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma)
4. OASIS (Lee Chang-dong)
5. GANGS OF NEW YORK (Martin Scorsese)
6. VENDREDI SOIR (Claire Denis)
7. ALL OR NOTHING (Mike Leigh)
8. SEX IS COMEDY (Catherine Breillat)
9. NEW BLOOD (Soi Cheang)
10. SOLARIS (Steven Soderbergh)
2001
1. PULSE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2. A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg)
3. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch)
4. FAT GIRL (Catherine Breillat)
5. WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? (Tsai Ming-liang)
6. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
8. ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU (Shunji Iwai)
9. HUSH! (Ryōsuke Hashiguchi)
10. SLEEPLESS (Dario Argento)
2000
1. EUREKA (Shinji Aoyama)
2. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai)
3. YI YI (Edward Yang)
4. PLATFORM (Jia Zhangke)
5. THE STATE I AM IN (Christian Petzold)
6. MISSION TO MARS (Brian De Palma)
7. MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT (Claude Chabrol)
8. SUZHOU RIVER (Lou Ye)
9. BATTLE ROYALE (Kinji Fukasaku)
10. THE GLEANERS AND I (Agnès Varda)
1999
1. EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)
2. EXISTENZ (David Cronenberg)
3. FOREVER MINE (Paul Schrader)
4. KIKUJIRO (Takeshi Kitano)
5. TEMPTING HEART (Sylvia Chang)
6. BEAU TRAVAIL (Claire Denis)
7. GEMINI (Shinya Tsukamoto)
8. POLA X (Leos Carax)
9. PEPPERMINT CANDY (Lee Chang-dong)
10. TABOO (Nagisa Ōshima)
1998
1. SECRET DEFENSE (Jacques Rivette)
2. FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
3. THE HOLE (Tsai Ming-liang)
4. SNAKE EYES (Brian De Palma)
5. LICENSE TO LIVE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
6. AN AUTUMN TALE (Eric Rohmer)
7. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (Bobby & Peter Farrelly)
8. THE SEX THIEF (Christan Petzold)
9. NEW ROSE HOTEL (Abel Ferrara)
10. LIFE ON EARTH (Abderrahmane Sissako)
1997
1. THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (Steven Spielberg)
2. CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3. THE RIVER (Tsai Ming-liang)
4. TITANIC (James Cameron)
5. STARSHIP TROOPERS (Paul Verhoeven)
6. THE EEL (Shōhei Imamura)
7. MADE IN HONG KONG (Fruit Chan)
8. FULL ALERT (Ringo Lam)
9. LOST HIGHWAY (David Lynch)
10. THE SWEET HEREAFTER (Atom Egoyan)
1996
1. CRASH (David Cronenberg)
2. MAHJONG (Edward Yang)
3. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (Brian De Palma)
4. GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5. PARTY (Manoel de Oliveira)
6. LONE STAR (John Sayles)
7. SECRETS & LIES (Mike Leigh)
8. CUBA LIBRE (Christian Petzold)
9. LAST MAN STANDING (Walter Hill)
10. ESCAPE FROM L.A. (John Carpenter)
1995
1. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (Clint Eastwood)
2. LA CEREMONIE (Claude Chabrol)
3. HEAT (Michael Mann)
4. STRANGE DAYS (Kathryn Bigelow)
5. FALLEN ANGELS (Wong Kar-wai)
6. MY SISTER'S GOOD FORTUNE (Angela Schanelec)
7. THE MANGLER (Tobe Hooper)
8. LE GARÇU (Maurice Pialat)
9. WHISPER OF THE HEART (Yoshifumi Kondo)
10. KAMIKAZE TAXI (Masato Harata)
1994
1. VIVE L'AMOUR (Tsai Ming-liang)
2. THE INVINCIBLES (Dominik Graf)
3. AMATEUR (Hal Hartley)
4. U.S. GO HOME (Claire Denis)
5. A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION (Edward Yang)
6. I CAN'T SLEEP (Claire Denis)
7. IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (John Carpenter)
8. CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-wai)
9. FADO, MAJOR AND MINOR (Raúl Ruiz)
10. DUMB AND DUMBER (Bobby & Peter Farrelly)
1993
1. CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
2. M BUTTERFLY (David Cronenberg)
3. NAKED (Mike Leigh)
4. THE PUPPETMASTER (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5. SONATINE (Takeshi Kitano)
6. GROUNDHOG DAY (Harold Ramis)
7. TO THE STARRY ISLAND (Park Kwang-su)
8. BODY SNATCHERS (Abel Ferrara)
9. A PERFECT WORLD (Clint Eastwood)
10. SMOKING / NO SMOKING (Alain Resnais)
1992
1. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch)
2. HERZSPRUNG (Helke Misselwitz)
3. LIGHT SLEEPER (Paul Schrader)
4. FULL CONTACT (Ringo Lam)
5. A TALE OF WINTER (Eric Rohmer)
6. UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)
7. LIFE, AND NOTHING MORE (Abbas Kiarostami)
8. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (Francis Ford Coppola)
9. HARD BOILED (John Woo)
10. SIMPLE MEN (Hal Hartley)
1991
1. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (Edward Yang)
2. VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat)
3. THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE (Leos Carax)
4. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron)
5. POINT BREAK (Kathryn Bigelow)
6. A SCENE AT THE SEA (Takeshi Kitano)
7. ONLY YESTERDAY (Isao Takahata)
8. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Jonathan Demme)
9. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
10. BODY PARTS (Eric Red)
1990
1. TRUST (Hal Hartley)
2. AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE (Jane Campion)
3. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION (Tobe Hooper)
4. LIFE IS SWEET (Mike Leigh)
5. GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
6. BULLET IN THE HEAD (John Woo)
7. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS (Paul Schrader)
8. A MOMENT OF ROMANCE (Benny Chan)
9. TEXASVILLE (Peter Bogdanovich)
10. ALL THE VERMEERS IN NEW YORK (Jon Jost)
1989
1. GANG OF FOUR (Jacques Rivette)
2. STREET OF NO RETURN (Samuel Fuller)
3. A CITY OF SADNESS (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
4. THE KILLER (John Woo)
5. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
6. THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER (Peter Greenaway)
7. THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (Hal Hartley)
8. HOMEWORK (Abbas Kiarostami)
9. JOHNNY HANDSOME (Walter Hill)
10. ALWAYS (Steven Spielberg)
1988
1. SCHOOL ON FIRE (Ringo Lam)
2. DEAD RINGERS (David Cronenberg)
3. DIE HARD (John McTiernan)
4. CROSSING DELANCEY (Joan Micklin Silver)
5. THE VANISHING (George Sluizer)
6. IGUANA (Monte Hellman)
7. THE CAT (Dominik Graf)
8. KUNG FU MASTER (Agnès Varda)
9. MIRACLE MILE (Steve De Jarnatt)
10. RED SORGHUM (Zhang Yimou)
1987
1. ROBOCOP (Paul Verhoeven)
2. PRINCE OF DARKNESS (John Carpenter)
3. OPERA (Dario Argento)
4. WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOME? (Abbas Kiarostami)
5. PREDATOR (John McTiernan)
6. ROAD (Alan Clarke)
7. CITY ON FIRE (Ringo Lam)
8. ISHTAR (Elaine May)
9. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsythe)
10. EXTREME PREJUDICE (Walter Hill)
1986
1. THE FLY (David Cronenberg)
2. THE TERRORIZERS (Edward Yang)
3. ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE (Paul Vecchiali)
4. GILSODOM (Im Kwon-taek)
5. PEKING OPERA BLUES (Tsui Hark)
6. HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
7. THE GREEN RAY (Eric Rohmer)
8. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
9. SOMETHING WILD (Jonathan Demme)
10. PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (Francis Ford Coppola)
1985
1. DAY OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
2. TYPHOON CLUB (Shinji Sōmai)
3. LIFEFORCE (Tobe Hooper)
4. HAIL MARY (Jean-Luc Godard)
5. MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (Paul Schrader)
6. PALE RIDER (Clint Eastwood)
7. A TIME TO LIVE, A TIME TO DIE (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
8. SMOOTH TALK (Joyce Chopra)
9. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Jacques Rivette)
10. POLICE (Maurice Pialat)
1984
1. STREETS OF FIRE (Walter Hill)
2. BODY DOUBLE (Brian De Palma)
3. LOVE IN A FALLEN CITY (Ann Hui)
4. CHOOSE ME (Alan Rudolph)
5. SPECIAL EFFECTS (Larry Cohen)
6. STARMAN (John Carpenter)
7. NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Hayao Miyazaki)
8. SHANGHAI BLUES (Tsui Hark)
9. THE MAN FROM MAJORCA (Bo Widerberg)
10. COMFORT AND JOY (Bill Forsyth)
1983
1. L'ARGENT (Robert Bresson)
2. LOCAL HERO (Bill Forsyth)
3. MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR LAWRENCE (Nagisa Ōshima)
4. THE VILLAGE OF MIST (Im Kwon-taek)
5. THE DEAD ZONE (David Cronenberg)
6. RUMBLE FISH (Francis Ford Coppola)
7. A NOS AMOURS (Maurice Pialat)
8. VIDEODROME (David Cronenberg)
9. THE BOYS FROM FENGKUEI (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
10. THE FAMILY GAME (Yoshimitsu Morita)
1982
1. BOAT PEOPLE (Ann Hui)
2. THE THING (John Carpenter)
3. WHITE DOG (Samuel Fuller)
4. THE ENTITY (Sidney J. Furie)
5. CAT PEOPLE (Paul Schrader)
6. NOMAD (Patrick Tam)
7. THE EYES, THE MOUTH (Marco Bellocchio)
8. HONKYTONK MAN (Clint Eastwood)
9. TENEBRE (Dario Argento)
10. ENDANGERED SPECIES (Alan Rudolph)
1981
1. BLOW OUT (Brian De Palma)
2. SOUTHERN COMFORT (Walter Hill)
3. LE PONT DU NORD (Jacques Rivette)
4. THE STORY OF WOO VIET (Ann Hui)
5. THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR (François Truffaut)
6. YOKOHAMA BJ BLUES (Eiichi Kudō)
7. THIEF (Michael Mann)
8. PRINCE OF THE CITY (Sidney Lumet)
9. BLIND SPOT (Claudia von Alemann)
10. EXCALIBUR (John Boorman)
1980
1. THE FOG (John Carpenter)
2. THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (John Mackenzie)
3. CRUISING (William Friedkin)
4. BLOODY KIDS (Stephen Frears)
5. SIMONE BARBÈS OR VIRTUE (Marie-Claude Treilhou)
6. DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIRST KIND (Tsui Hark)
7. THE BIG RED ONE (Samuel Fuller)
8. AMERICAN GIGOLO (Paul Schrader)
9. GROWN UPS (Mike Leigh)
10. LOULOU (Maurice Pialat)
1979
1. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. ZOMBIE (Lucio Fulci)
3. ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (Don Siegel)
4. SCUM (Alan Clarke)
5. ALIEN (Ridley Scott)
6. LOVE ON THE RUN (François Truffaut)
7. SAINT JACK (Peter Bogdanovich)
8. DIRTY HO (Lau Kar-leung)
9. SALEM'S LOT (Tobe Hooper)
10. THE WARRIORS (Walter Hill)
1978
1. THE DEER HUNTER (Michael Cimino)
2. DAWN OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero)
3. GIRLFRIENDS (Claudia Weill)
4. REMEMBER MY NAME (Alan Rudolph)
5. CHINA 9, LIBERTY 37 (Monte Hellman)
6. EMPIRE OF PASSION (Nagisa Ōshima)
7. HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter)
8. THE DRIVER (Walter Hill)
9. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Philip Kaufman)
10. HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Warren Beatty & Buck Henry)
1977
1. SORCERER (William Friedkin)
2. A TALE OF SORROW AND SADNESS (Seijun Suzuki)
3. TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING (Robert Aldrich)
4. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Steven Spielberg)
5. EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN (Lau Kar-leung)
6. OPENING NIGHT (John Cassavetes)
7. ABIGAIL'S PARTY (Mike Leigh)
8. THE DEVIL, PROBABLY (Robert Bresson)
9. RABID (David Cronenberg)
10. THE HILLS HAVE EYES (Wes Craven)
1976
1. MR KLEIN (Joseph Losey)
2. DUELLE (Jacques Rivette)
3. EATEN ALIVE (Tobe Hooper)
4. MAN ON THE ROOF (Bo Widerberg)
5. CRIA CUERVOS (Carlos Saura)
6. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May)
7. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)
8. NUTS IN MAY (Mike Leigh)
9. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (Clint Eastwood)
10. A REAL YOUNG GIRL (Catherine Breillat)
1975
1. DERSU UZALA (Akira Kurosawa)
2. A.K.A. SERIAL KILLER (Masao Adachi)
3. NIGHT MOVES (Arthur Penn)
4. JAWS (Steven Spielberg)
5. AT LONG LAST LOVE (Peter Bogdanovich)
6. THE KILLER ELITE (Sam Peckinpah)
7. HARD TIMES (Walter Hill)
8. SHIVERS (David Cronenberg)
9. HUSTLE (Robert Aldrich)
10. DAGUERRÉOTYPES (Agnès Varda)
1974
1. LANCELOT DU LAC (Robert Bresson)
2. THE PELICAN (Gérard Blain)
3. CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette)
4. THE GODFATHER PART II (Francis Ford Coppola)
5. COCKFIGHTER (Monte Hellman)
6. THE MOUTH AGAPE (Maurice Pialat)
7. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
8. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
9. THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (Michael Cimino)
10. JUGGERNAUT (Richard Lester)
1973
1. EMPEROR OF THE NORTH (Robert Aldrich)
2. THE CRAZIES (George A. Romero)
3. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (George Lucas)
4. BREEZY (Clint Eastwood)
5. THE IRON ROSE (Jean Rollin)
6. THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (Victor Erice)
7. THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (Peter Yates)
8. THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (Ivan Dixon)
9. HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (Clint Eastwood)
10. HOTEL MONTEREY (Chantal Akerman)
1972
1. EIGHT HOURS DON'T MAKE A DAY (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
2. THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. CABARET (Bob Fosse)
4. ULZANA'S RAID (Robert Aldrich)
5. THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (Bob Rafelson)
6. JUNIOR BONNER (Sam Peckinpah)
7. PRIME CUT (Michael Ritchie)
8. DELIVERANCE (John Boorman)
9. CESAR AND ROSALIE (Claude Sautet)
10. THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (Wes Craven)
1971
1. FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (Robert Bresson)
2. UNMAN, WITTERING AND ZIGO (John Mackenzie)
3. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin)
4. STRAW DOGS (Sam Peckinpah)
5. JUSTE AVANT LA NUIT (Claude Chabrol)
6. THE BEGUILED (Don Siegel)
7. A NEW LEAF (Elaine May)
8. TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman)
9. THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
10. DIRTY HARRY (Don Siegel)
1970
1. THE BUTCHER (Claude Chabrol)
2. THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (Sam Peckinpah)
3. TOO LATE THE HERO (Robert Aldrich)
4. FIVE EASY PIECES (Bob Rafelson)
5. BED AND BOARD (François Truffaut)
6. LA RUPTURE (Claude Chabrol)
7. FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE (Joseph Losey)
8. RIO LOBO (Howard Hawks)
9. THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci)
10. THE STRANGLER (Paul Vecchiali)
1969
1. THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE (Claude Chabrol)
2. THIS MAN MUST DIE (Claude Chabrol)
3. FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (Terence Fisher)
4. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (Eric Rohmer)
5. SHARK (Samuel Fuller)
6. THE WILD BUNCH (Sam Peckinpah)
7.
8.
9.
10.
1968
1. ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski)
2. STOLEN KISSES (François Truffaut)
3. THE BOSTON STRANGLER (Richard Fleischer)
4. L'ENFANCE NUE (Maurice Pialat)
5. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (George A. Romero)
6. IF... (Lindsay Anderson)
7. TARGETS (Peter Bogdanovich)
8. THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE (Robert Aldrich)
9.
10.
1967
1. ACCIDENT (Joseph Losey)
2. WEEKEND (Jean-Luc Godard)
3. THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols)
4. BELLE DE JOUR (Luis Buñuel)
5. FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN (Terence Fisher)
6. MOUCHETTE (Robert Bresson)
7. 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (Jean-Luc Godard)
8. THE DIRTY DOZEN (Robert Aldrich)
9. BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn)
10. POINT BLANK (John Boorman)
1966
1. EL DORADO (Howard Hawks)
2. KILL, BABY... KILL! (Mario Bava)
3. BLOW-UP (Michelangelo Antonioni)
4. THE ROUND-UP (Miklós Jancsó)
5. TORN CURTAIN (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. THREE ON A COUCH (Jerry Lewis)
7. TOKYO DRIFTER (Seijun Suzuki)
8. THE SHOOTING (Monte Hellman)
9. COME DRINK WITH ME (King Hu)
10. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson)
1965
1. RED LINE 7000 (Howard Hawks)
2. LE BONHEUR (Agnès Varda)
3. REPULSION (Roman Polanski)
4. TATTOOED LIFE (Seijun Suzuki)
5. THE SANDPIPER (Vincente Minnelli)
6. THE FAMILY JEWELS (Jerry Lewis)
7. JULIET OF THE SPIRITS (Federico Fellini)
8. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard)
9.
10.
1964
1. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy)
2. MARNIE (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. THE GORGON (Terence Fisher)
4. THE NAKED KISS (Samuel Fuller)
5. GATE OF FLESH (Seijun Suzuki)
6. THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (Roger Corman)
7. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
8. BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (Mario Bava)
9. PALE FLOWER (Masahiro Shinoda)
10. THE PATSY (Jerry Lewis)
1963
1. THE BIRDS (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. SHOCK CORRIDOR (Samuel Fuller)
3. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (Jerry Lewis)
4. MURIEL, OR THE TIME OF RETURN (Alain Resnais)
5. HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa)
6. YOUTH OF THE BEAST (Seijun Suzuki)
7. THE WHIP AND THE BODY (Mario Bava)
8. LE MEPRIS (Jean-Luc Godard)
9. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (Don Chaffey)
10. 4 FOR TEXAS (Robert Aldrich)
1962
1. AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (Yasujirō Ozu)
2. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (John Ford)
3. TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (Vincente Minnelli)
4. JULES AND JIM (François Truffaut)
5. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (Sam Peckinpah)
6. VIVRE SA VIE (Jean-Luc Godard)
7. THE TRIAL (Orson Welles)
8. MERRILL'S MARAUDERS (Samuel Fuller)
9. EVA (Joseph Losey)
10.
1961
1. THE LAST SUNSET (Robert Aldrich)
2. THE END OF SUMMER (Yasujirō Ozu)
3. THE LADIES MAN (Jerry Lewis)
4. THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (Roger Corman)
5. UNDERWORLD U.S.A. (Samuel Fuller)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
1960
1. L'AVVENTURA (Michelangelo Antonioni)
2. HOME FROM THE HILL (Vincente Minnelli)
3. PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. BLACK SUNDAY (Mario Bava)
5. WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (Mikio Naruse)
6. THE HOUSEMAID (Kim Ki-young)
7. ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Luchino Visconti)
8. HOUSE OF USHER (Roger Corman)
9. THE BELLBOY (Jerry Lewis)
10. THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS (Nicholas Ray)
1959
1. RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)
2. GOOD MORNING (Yasujirō Ozu)
3. TEN SECONDS TO HELL (Robert Aldrich)
4. PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)
5. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. THE CRIMSON KIMONO (Samuel Fuller)
7. THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH (Terence Fisher)
8. THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA (Nobuo Nakagawa)
9. RIDE LONESOME (Budd Boetticher)
10. VERBOTEN! (Samuel Fuller)
1958
1. VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE (Douglas Sirk)
3. SOME CAME RUNNING (Vincente Minnelli)
4. EQUINOX FLOWER (Yasujirō Ozu)
5. DRACULA (Terence Fisher)
6. THE LINEUP (Don Siegel)
7. BLACK CAT MANSION (Nobuo Nakagawa)
8. THE FLY (Kurt Neumann)
9. THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Terence Fisher)
10. BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (Budd Boetticher)
1957
1. BITTER VICTORY (Nicholas Ray)
2. THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa)
3. THE BLUE SKY MAIDEN (Yasuzō Masumura)
4. THE TALL T (Budd Boetticher)
5. FORTY GUNS (Samuel Fuller)
6. NIGHT OF THE DEMON (Jacques Tourneur)
7. THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Terence Fisher)
8. CHINA GATE (Samuel Fuller)
9. THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (Jack Arnold)
10. KISSES (Yasuzō Masumura)
1956
1. SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (Budd Boetticher)
2. STREET OF SHAME (Kenji Mizoguchi)
3. THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
4. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
5. TEA AND SYMPATHY (Vincente Minnelli)
6. ATTACK (Robert Aldrich)
7. THE WRONG MAN (Alfred Hitchcock)
8. WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Douglas Sirk)
9. A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson)
10. GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING (Jacques Tourneur)
1955
1. THE LONG GRAY LINE (John Ford)
2. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Douglas Sirk)
3. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray)
4. THE COBWEB (Vincente Minnelli)
5. WICHITA (Jacques Tourneur)
6. THE MOON HAS RISEN (Kinuyo Tanaka)
7. ARTISTS AND MODELS (Frank Tashlin)
8. HOUSE OF BAMBOO (Samuel Fuller)
9. FOREVER A WOMAN (Kinuyo Tanaka)
10. VIOLENT SATURDAY (Richard Fleischer)
1954
1. JOURNEY TO ITALY (Roberto Rossellini)
2. THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS (Kenji Mizoguchi)
3. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
4. BRIGADOON (Vincente Minnelli)
5. REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. SILVER LODE (Allan Dwan)
7. SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Kenji Mizoguchi)
8. VERA CRUZ (Robert Aldrich)
9. THE FAR COUNTRY (Anthony Mann)
10. APACHE (Robert Aldrich)
1953
1. TOKYO STORY (Yasujirō Ozu)
2. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks)
3. UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
4. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller)
5. THE NAKED SPUR (Anthony Mann)
6. MOGAMBO (John Ford)
7. APPOINTMENT IN HONDURAS (Jacques Tourneur)
8. A GEISHA (Kenji Mizoguchi)
9. LOVE LETTER (Kinuyo Tanaka)
10. THE HITCH-HIKER (Ida Lupino)
1952
1. LIMELIGHT (Charlie Chaplin)
2. RUBY GENTRY (King Vidor)
3. BEND OF THE RIVER (Anthony Mann)
4. RANCHO NOTORIOUS (Fritz Lang)
5. THE LIFE OF OHARU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
6. THE QUIET MAN (John Ford)
7. PARK ROW (Samuel Fuller)
8. IKIRU (Akira Kurosawa)
9. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen)
10. HORIZONS WEST (Budd Boetticher)
1951
1. THE RIVER (Jean Renoir)
2. ANNE OF THE INDIES (Jacques Tourneur)
3. THE STEEL HELMET (Samuel Fuller)
4. EARLY SUMMER (Yasujirō Ozu)
5. THE LADY OF MUSASHINO (Kenji Mizoguchi)
6. REPAST (Mikio Naruse)
7. FIXED BAYONETS! (Samuel Fuller)
8. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Vincente Minnelli)
9. MISS OYU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
10. ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Nicholas Ray)
1950
1. STROMBOLI (Roberto Rossellini)
2. STARS IN MY CROWN (Jacques Tourneur)
3. WAGON MASTER (John Ford)
4. RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa)
5. WINCHESTER '73 (Anthony Mann)
6. IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray)
7. RIO GRANDE (John Ford)
8. THE FLAME AND THE ARROW (Jacques Tourneur)
9. ARMORED CAR ROBBERY (Richard Fleischer)
10. BORN YESTERDAY (George Cukor)
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