BFI Sight and Sound Top Ten Poll by Year
922
87
2022
Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
864
83
2021
Jane Campion
Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Drama / Romance / Western
UK / Australia / USA / Canada / New Zealand
English
1098
88
2021
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Yoo-rim Park, Dae-Young Jin
Drama
Japan
Japanese
1737
77
2021
Céline Sciamma
Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne
Drama / Fantasy
France
French
2162
85
2021
Julia Ducournau
Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laļs Salameh, Mara Cisse
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror
France / Belgium
French
567
83
2020
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
2498
84
2020
Steve McQueen
Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Micheal Ward, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Shaniqua Okwok
Drama
UK
English
2765
88
2020
Garrett Bradley
Rob G. Rich, Rob Rich II, Fox Rich, Freedom Rich, Justus Rich, Laurence M. Rich
Documentary / Drama
USA
English
399
53
2019
Joon-ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, So-dam Park, Woo-sik Choi, Sun-kyun Lee, Seo-joon Park
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
802
34
2019
Céline Sciamma
Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Drama / Romance
France
French
1089
81
2019
Quentin Tarantino
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
UK / USA / China
English
1880
85
2019
Kelly Reichardt
John Magaro, Orion Lee, Rene Auberjonois, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2170
82
2019
Mati Diop
Mame Bineta Sane, Amadou Mbow, Ibrahima Traoré, Aminata Kane
Drama / Romance
France / Senegal / Belgium
Wolof
2593
87
2019
Jordan Peele
Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph
Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Japan / USA
English
2623
87
2019
Joanna Hogg
Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade, Tom Burke, Honor Swinton Byrne, Jack McMullen
Drama / Mystery / Romance
UK / USA
English
2739
86
2019
Pedro Costa
Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito
Drama
Portugal
Portuguese
530
82
2018
Alfonso Cuarón
Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Drama
Mexico / USA
Spanish
955
88
2018
Pawel Pawlikowski
Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn
Drama / Music / Romance / History / Period Film
Poland / UK / France
Polish
996
85
2018
Hirokazu Koreeda
Lily Franky, Kirin Kiki, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka
Crime / Drama
Japan
Japanese
1476
87
2018
Ryan Coogler
Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
1909
88
2018
Chang-dong Lee
Ah-in Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jun, Soo-Kyung Kim, Seung-ho Choi
Drama / Mystery / Crime
South Korea
Korean
1914
88
2018
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
2482
87
2018
Alice Rohrwacher
Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher
Drama
Italy / Switzerland / France / Germany
Italian
2731
86
2018
Gan Bi
Wei Tang, Jue Huang, Sylvia Chang, Hong-Chi Lee, Yongzhong Chen
Drama / Mystery
China / France
Mandarin
2832
84
2018
Mariano Llinás
Elisa Carricajo, Valeria Correa, Pilar Gamboa, Laura Paredes, Esteban Lamothe
Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Experimental
Argentina
Spanish
2839
85
2018
Bo Hu
Yu Zhang, Yuchang Peng, Uvin Wang, Zi Xi, Xiangrong Dong, Jing Guo
Crime / Drama
China
Mandarin
1003
87
2017
Luca Guadagnino
Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar
Drama | Romance
Italy / France / Brazil / USA
English
1058
62
2017
Jordan Peele
Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford
Horror / Mystery
USA
English
1124
86
2017
Greta Gerwig
Saoirse Ronan, Odeya Rush, Timothée Chalamet, Laurie Metcalf, Kathryn Newton
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1539
77
2017
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps, Sue Clark, Joan Brown
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2197
88
2017
Chloé Zhao
Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Cat Clifford, Terri Dawn Pourier
Drama / Western
USA
English
2385
88
2017
Paul King
Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Ben Whishaw, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
UK / France / USA
English
2410
88
2017
JR, Agnès Varda
Jean-Luc Godard, JR, Laurent Levesque, Agnès Varda
Documentary
France
French
2546
74
2017
Lucrecia Martel
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele
Drama
Argentina / Brazil / Spain / Dominican Republic / France / Netherlands / Mexico / Switzerland / USA / Portugal / Lebanon
Spanish
2574
85
2017
Lynne Ramsay
Joaquin Phoenix, Dante Pereira-Olson, Larry Canady, Vinicius Damasceno, Neo Randall
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
UK / France
English
2619
67
2017
David Lynch
Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Michael Horse, Chrysta Bell, Miguel Ferrer
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2761
87
2017
David Lowery
Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr., Kenneisha Thompson, Grover Coulson
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
578
44
2016
Barry Jenkins
Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert, Janelle Monáe
Drama
USA
English
822
82
2016
Maren Ade
Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl
Comedy / Drama
Germany / Austria
German
972
85
2016
Denis Villeneuve
Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
USA
English
2610
87
2016
Raoul Peck
Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Dick Cavett
Documentary / History
France / USA
English
2714
84
2016
Andrea Arnold
Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, McCaul Lombardi, Arielle Holmes, Crystal Ice
Comedy / Drama
UK / USA
English
2732
87
2016
Bill Morrison
Kathy Jones-Gates, Michael Gates, Sam Kula, Bill O'Farrell, Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo
Documentary / History
USA
English
2735
85
2016
Kelly Reichardt
Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, Jared Harris, James Le Gros
Drama
USA
English
691
72
2015
George Miller
Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Australia / USA
English
1221
82
2015
Todd Haynes
Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA / France
English
1900
88
2015
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Dahong Ni, Yun Zhou
Drama / Action / Period Film
Taiwan / China / Hong Kong / France
Mandarin
2832
84
2015
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Thailand / UK / Germany / France / Malaysia / South Korea / Mexico / USA / Norway
Thai
2832
84
2015
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Natalia Akerman, Sylvaine Akerman
Documentary
Belgium / France
French
2842
86
2015
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura, Hiromi Demura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
512
80
2014
Richard Linklater
Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith, Lorelei Linklater
Drama
USA
English
1037
88
2014
Wes Anderson
Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
1431
88
2014
Abderrahmane Sissako
Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Drama
France / Mauritania
French
1466
87
2014
Damien Chazelle
Miles Teller, Melissa Benoist, J.K. Simmons, Austin Stowell, Jayson Blair
Drama / Music
USA
English
1684
88
2014
Ruben Östlund
Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren
Comedy / Drama
Sweden / France / Norway
Swedish
2286
87
2014
Jean-Luc Godard
Héloïse Godet, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Zoé Bruneau
Drama / Experimental
Switzerland / France
French
2303
88
2014
Christopher Nolan
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Michael Caine
Adventure / Sci-Fi
USA / UK
English
2550
88
2014
Roy Andersson
Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom
Drama / Comedy
Sweden / Germany / Norway / France
Swedish
2734
88
2014
Alice Rohrwacher
Monica Bellucci, Alba Rohrwacher, Margarete Tiesel, André Hennicke
Drama
Italy / Switzerland / Germany
Italian
2839
85
2014
Céline Sciamma
Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré
Drama
France
French
619
86
2013
Steve McQueen
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt, Ashley Dyke
Biography / Drama / History
USA / UK
English
761
86
2013
Abdellatif Kechiche
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Jeremie Laheurte
Drama / Comic / Romance
France
French
861
87
2013
Alfonso Cuarón
Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Eric Michels, Basher Savage, Paul Sharma
Drama / Thriller / Sci-Fi
USA / UK
English
868
86
2013
Pawel Pawlikowski
Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna Kulig, Dawid Ogrodnik, Adam Szyszkowski
Drama / Religion
Poland / Denmark
Polish
1093
80
2013
Paolo Sorrentino
Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte
Comedy / Drama
Italy
Italian
1918
73
2013
Jonathan Glazer
Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Joe Szula
Drama / Sci-Fi
UK
English
2736
87
2013
Ming-liang Tsai
Shiang-chyi Chen, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi Cheng Lee, Yi Chieh Lee, Yi Ching Lu
Drama
France / Taiwan
Mandarin
2839
85
2013
Aleksey German
Leonid Yarmolnik, Aleksandr Chutko, Yuriy Tsurilo, Evgeniy Gerchakov
Drama / Sci-Fi / Epic
Russia
Russian
453
86
2012
Michael Haneke
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Drama
France / Germany / Austria
French
1278
81
2012
Paul Thomas Anderson
Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons, Laura Dern
Drama / Period Film / Religion
USA
English
1382
80
2012
Leos Carax
Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Elise Lhomeau, Jeanne Disson
Drama / Fantasy
France / Germany
French
1969
74
2012
Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn
Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik, Yapto Soerjosoemarno
Documentary / Crime / History
Denmark / Norway / UK
Indonesian
2561
88
2012
Miguel Gomes
Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Henrique Espírito Santo
Drama / Romance
Portugal / Germany / Brazil / France
Portuguese
511
69
73
2011
Asghar Farhadi
Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi
Drama
Iran
Persian
675
57
71
2011
Terrence Malick
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler
Drama / Sci-Fi / Period Film
USA
English
1149
66
73
2011
Lars von Trier
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Sci-Fi
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
English
1655
85
2011
Kenneth Lonergan
Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Jean Reno, Matthew Broderick
Drama
USA
English
2344
65
82
2011
Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Ricsi
Drama
Hungary / France / Germany / Switzerland / USA
Hungarian
2749
87
2011
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Documentary
Iran
Persian
2762
88
2011
Sang-soo Hong
Jun-Sang Yu, Sang Jung Kim, Seon-mi Song, Bo-kyung Kim
Drama / Comedy
South Korea
Korean
2832
84
2011
Don Hertzfeldt
Sara Cushman, Don Hertzfeldt
Animation / Short / Drama / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English
413
88
2010
David Fincher
Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English
528
88
2010
Christopher Nolan
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action / Fantasy
USA / UK
English
1562
65
69
2010
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sakda Kaewbuadee, Jenjira Pongpas, Thanapat Saisaymar, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk
Comedy
UK / Thailand / France / Germany / Spain
Thai
1940
73
79
2010
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan, Firat Tanis
Drama
Turkey
Turkish
2113
82
2010
Kelly Reichardt
Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Will Patton
Western
USA
English
2261
88
2010
Abbas Kiarostami
Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson
Drama
France / Italy / Belgium
French
2572
74
88
2010
Raoul Ruiz
Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme
Drama / Mystery / Epic / Period Film
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2727
74
76
2010
Patricio Guzmán
Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez
Documentary / Drama / History
Chile / Spain / France / Germany / USA
Spanish
2751
86
2010
Clio Barnard
Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Monica Dolan, Jimi Mistry, Natalie Gavin
Documentary / Biography / Drama / Experimental
UK
English
2842
86
2010
Christian Marclay
Rosanna Arquette, Bette Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, William Hurt, Steve McQueen
Drama / Experimental
UK
English
402
86
2009
Jacques Audiard
Niels Arestrup, Alaa Oumouzoune, Tahar Rahim, Gilles Cohen, Farid Elouardi
Crime / Drama / Gangster
France / Italy
French
514
68
76
2009
Michael Haneke
Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Josef Bierbichler
Drama / Period Film
Austria / France / Germany
German
658
74
2009
James Cameron
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Epic
USA
English
697
87
2009
Quentin Tarantino
Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender
Drama / War / Adventure
USA / Germany / France
English
1114
87
2009
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
USA / UK / France
English
1226
84
2009
Andrea Arnold
Michael Fassbender, Harry Treadaway, Kierston Wareing, Katie Jarvis, Jason Maza
Drama
UK
English
1661
74
2009
Claire Denis
Isabelle Huppert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach De Bankolé, William Nadylam
Drama
France
French
2036
87
2009
Joon-ho Bong
Hye-ja Kim, Bin Won, Ku Jin, Yoon Jae-Moon, Mi-sun Jun, Young-Suck Lee
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
2641
88
2009
Giorgos Lanthimos
Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni
Comedy / Drama
Greece
Greek
446
88
2008
Ari Folman
Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Yehezkel Lazarov, Mickey Leon
Animation / Biography / Drama / War / History
Israel / Germany / France
Hebrew
661
84
2008
Christopher Nolan
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy / Comic
USA
English
824
70
88
2008
Andrew Stanton
Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, Elissa Knight, John Ratzenberger
Animation / Comedy / Family / Romance / Sci-Fi / Adventure
USA
English
1547
74
85
2008
Charlie Kaufman
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Sadie Goldstein, Tom Noonan
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2050
82
2008
Claire Denis
Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Grégoire Colin, Jean-Christophe Folly
Drama / Romance
France / Germany
French
2216
73
70
2008
Lucrecia Martel
Maria Onetto, Claudia Cantero, Ines Efron, Daniel Genoud, Cesar Bordon
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Argentina / France / Italy / Spain
Spanish
2265
83
2008
Kelly Reichardt
Michelle Williams, Will Patton, Will Oldham, John Robinson, Wally Dalton
Drama
USA
English
2394
86
2008
Steve McQueen
Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon, Liam Cunningham
Drama / History
UK / Ireland
English
2591
82
2008
Hirokazu Koreeda
Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa, You, Kazuya Takahashi, Shohei Tanaka, Kirin Kiki
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2730
87
2008
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier
Documentary / Biography
France
French
2842
86
2008
Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Sci-Fi / Sports
USA / UK / Germany / Japan
English
258
74
82
2007
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
311
62
62
2007
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
464
74
87
2007
Cristian Mungiu
Adi Carauleanu, Luminita Gheorghiu, Vlad Ivanov, Anamaria Marinca
Drama
Romania
English
562
83
2007
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Tilly Mandelbrot
Animation / Drama / Comic
France
French
1505
74
84
2007
David Fincher
Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
175
81
2006
Guillermo del Toro
Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / War / Period Film
Mexico / Spain / USA
Spanish
328
84
2006
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
910
74
2006
Joon-ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae, Ah-sung Ko
Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
1368
83
2006
Alfonso Cuarón
Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam
Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
UK / USA
English
2033
71
82
2006
David Lynch
Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Theroux, Scott Coffey
Drama / Mystery / Experimental
USA / Poland / France
English
2084
73
76
2006
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Nantarat Sawaddikul, Jaruchai Iamaram, Sophon Pukanok, Jenjira Pongpas
Drama
Thailand
Thai
2182
86
2006
Sofia Coppola
Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento
Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period Film
Japan / France / USA
English
2477
74
87
2006
Zhang Ke Jia
Zhao Tao, Han Sanming, Li Zhubin, Xiang Haiyu, Zhou Lin, Ma Lizhen
Drama / Romance
China / Hong Kong / Japan
Mandarin
2704
82
2006
Michael Mann
Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2749
88
2006
Satoshi Kon
Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Furuya
Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2833
69
88
2006
Pedro Costa
Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta, Cila Cardoso, Isabel Cardoso
Drama / Documentary
Portugal / France / Switzerland
Portuguese
2842
86
2006
Abderrahmane Sissako
Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré
Drama
France / Mali / USA
French
2845
87
2006
Kelly Reichardt
Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith, Robin Rosenberg, Keri Moran
Drama
USA
English
179
74
88
2005
Ang Lee
Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway
Drama / Romance / Western
USA
English
538
59
73
2005
Michael Haneke
Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Drama / Thriller
France / Austria / Germany / Italy
French
1812
66
84
2005
Cristi Puiu
Ion Fiscuteanu, Luminita Gheorghiu, Gabriel Spahiu, Doru Ana, Dana Dogaru
Drama / Comedy
Romania
Romanian
1926
86
2005
Terrence Malick
Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / Period Film / Epic
USA
English
717
73
77
2004
Michel Gondry
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Gerry Robert Byrne, Elijah Wood
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Comedy
USA
English
1166
86
2004
Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
1217
74
2004
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
China / France / Germany / Hong Kong
Cantonese
1322
60
52
2004
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Experimental / Adventure
Thailand / France / Germany / Italy
Thai
1535
87
2004
Fatih Akin
Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kirac, Meltem Cumbul
Drama / Romance
Germany / Turkey
German
2094
74
80
2004
Claire Denis
Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva
Drama
France
French
2841
73
88
2004
Lav Diaz
Elryan de Vera, Angie Ferro, Pen Medina, Marife Necesito, Ronnie Lazaro
Drama / Epic
Philippines
Filipino
172
88
2003
Peter Jackson
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom
Fantasy / Adventure / Action / Epic / Family / Cult
USA / New Zealand
English
346
81
2003
Sofia Coppola
Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray
Drama / Comedy
USA / Japan
English
377
84
2003
Chan-wook Park
Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh, Byeong-ok Kim
Action / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
South Korea
Korean
521
69
84
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
1529
74
86
2003
Ki-duk Kim
Yeong-su Oh, Ki-duk Kim, Young-min Kim, Jae-kyeong Seo, Yeo-jin Ha, Jong-ho Kim
Drama / Religion / Crime
South Korea / Germany
Korean
1578
72
86
2003
Gus Van Sant
Alex Frost, Elias McConnell, John Robinson, Eric Deulen
Drama
USA
English
1898
73
62
2003
Ming-liang Tsai
Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Shih Chun
Drama / Comedy
Taiwan
Mandarin
2501
81
2003
Joon-ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim, Jae-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
South Korea
Korean
137
79
2002
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
253
88
2002
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
320
74
82
2002
Pedro Almodóvar
Javier Cámara, Dario Grandinetti
Drama / Romance
Spain
Spanish
506
88
2002
Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / USA
English
719
31
2002
Abbas Kiarostami
Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Roya Arabshahi, Katayoun Taleidzadeh
Drama / Documentary / Experimental
France / Iran / USA
Persian
1082
31
67
87
2002
Aleksandr Sokurov
Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
Drama / Fantasy / War / Experimental
Russia / Germany
Russian
1561
73
2002
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Remy Renaud
Drama
Belgium / France
French
1691
74
2002
Lynne Ramsay
Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire, Ruby Milton, Dolly Wells
Drama
UK
English
1752
74
2002
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer Erkaya
Drama
Turkey
Turkish
2088
31
2002
David Cronenberg
Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave
Drama / Mystery
Canada / UK
English
2135
74
87
2002
Paul Thomas Anderson
Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2534
86
2002
Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, Nayef Fahoum Daher
Drama / Romance / War / Comedy
France / Morocco / Germany / Palestine
Arabic
2660
70
73
2002
Bing Wang
Documentary / Biography
China / Netherlands
Mandarin
2848
68
2002
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Jansuda, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan, Kanitpat Premkij
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Thailand / France
Thai
2857
74
2002
Abderrahmane Sissako
Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed
Drama / Music / Comedy
France / Mauritania
French
82
31
32
9
2001
David Lynch
Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Justin Theroux, Brent Briscoe
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Experimental / Post-Noir / Cult
France / USA
English
144
88
2001
Alfonso Cuarón
Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Diana Bracho
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Adventure
Mexico / USA
Spanish
149
29
67
51
2001
Hayao Miyazaki
Miyu Irino, Rumi Hîragi, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô
Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Drama / Family
Japan
Japanese
183
87
2001
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France / Germany
French
211
81
2001
Peter Jackson
Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis
Fantasy / Adventure / Action / Epic / Family / Cult
New Zealand / USA
English
408
31
88
2001
Baz Luhrmann
Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
Drama / Musical / Romance
Australia / USA
English
826
86
2001
Michael Haneke
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Drama
France / Austria
French
904
30
2001
Zacharias Kunuk
Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Drama / Fantasy / Adventure / Romance / Period Film
Canada
Inuktitut
962
31
85
2001
Mira Nair
Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tilotama Shome
Drama / Romance / Comedy
India / USA / France / Italy / Germany
Hindi
1048
31
75
80
2001
Steven Spielberg
Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards
Sci-Fi / Adventure / Drama
USA
English
2077
31
2001
Ridley Scott
Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore
Action / Drama / War
USA
English
2083
73
61
2001
Lucrecia Martel
Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián
Comedy / Drama
Argentina / France / Spain
Spanish
2551
31
2001
Jean-Luc Godard
Bruno Putzulu, Cecile Camp, Jean Davy, Françoise Verny
Drama
France / Switzerland
French
2666
81
2001
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Qi Shu, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Jun Takeuchi
Drama / Romance
Taiwan / France
Cantonese
2816
82
2001
Claire Denis
Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, Florence Loiret Caille
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance
France / Germany / Japan / Luxembourg
French
52
29
30
6
2000
Kar Wai Wong
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Thailand
Cantonese
124
84
2000
Ang Lee
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng
Adventure / Drama / Action / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China
Mandarin
264
28
58
53
2000
Edward Yang
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang
Drama
Taiwan / Japan
Mandarin
428
31
88
2000
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal
Thriller / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
496
88
2000
Christopher Nolan
Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
839
63
73
2000
Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, János Derzsi, Djoko Rosic
Drama / Horror
Hungary / Italy / Germany / France
Hungarian
896
74
50
2000
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda, François Wertheimer, Bodan Litnanski
Documentary / Biography
France
French
961
74
88
2000
Lars von Trier
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Musical / Drama
Denmark / Germany / Netherlands / USA / UK / France / Sweden / Finland / Iceland / Norway
English
1071
31
88
2000
Darren Aronofsky
Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
1284
88
2000
Jafar Panahi
Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryiam Palvin Almani
Drama
Iran / Switzerland / Italy
Persian
1427
31
72
82
2000
Roy Andersson
Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson
Drama / Comedy
Sweden / Norway / Denmark
Swedish
1634
31
2000
Bahman Ghobadi
Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini
Drama / Crime
Iran
Persian
2008
73
84
2000
Zhang Ke Jia
Hong Wei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang, Tian Yi Yang
Drama / History / Comedy
Hong Kong / China / Japan / France
Mandarin
2297
31
2000
Im Kwon-taek
Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Sung-nyu Kim, Hak-young Kim
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
South Korea
Korean
2491
72
88
2000
Michael Haneke
Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi
Drama / Experimental
France / Germany / Romania
French
2520
31
2000
Agnès Jaoui
Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France
French
2736
87
2000
João Pedro Rodrigues
Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Eurico Vieira
Drama / Adult
Portugal
Portuguese
2748
73
78
2000
Pedro Costa
Vanda Duarte, Lena Duarte, Zita Duarte, Manuel Gomes Miranda, Diogo Pires Miranda
Drama
Portugal / Germany / Switzerland
Portuguese
2752
74
78
2000
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Stan Brakhage, Hollis Frampton
Documentary / Biography / Experimental
USA
English
2839
85
2000
Peter Watkins
Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux, Bernard Bombeau, Maylis Bouffartigue
Drama / History / War
France
French
2860
31
2000
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano, Kuroudo Maki, Omar Epps, Masaya Kato
Crime / Thriller
USA / UK / Japan
English
2860
31
2000
Guy Ritchie
Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Alan Ford, Vinnie Jones, Ewen Bremner
Crime / Comedy / Caper / Gangster
UK / USA
English
123
28
71
71
1999
Pedro Almodóvar
Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Penélope Cruz
Drama / Comedy
Spain / France
Spanish
398
31
72
63
1999
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi
USA
English
487
50
8
1999
Claire Denis
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet
Drama
France
French
551
70
69
1999
Paul Thomas Anderson
Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall
Drama
USA
English
625
31
1999
David O. Russell
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze
War / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Caper
USA
English
772
30
1999
Mike Leigh
Allan Corduner, Jim Broadbent, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith
Comedy / Drama / Music / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
848
70
83
1999
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux
Drama
France / Belgium
French
873
31
1999
David Lynch
Sissy Spacek, Richard Farnsworth, Jane Galloway
Drama / Adventure / Cult
France / UK / USA
English
994
31
1999
Kimberly Peirce
Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard
Drama
USA
English
1454
29
70
85
1999
Abbas Kiarostami
Behzad Dorani, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi, Bahman Ghobadi, Shahpour Ghobadi
Drama
Iran / France
Persian
1534
87
1999
Anthony Minghella
Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery / Period Film
USA
English
1536
31
73
77
1999
Stanley Kubrick
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton, Jackie Sawiris
Thriller / Drama / Mystery
USA / UK
English
2223
31
1999
Amos Gitai
Yaël Abecassis, Yoram Hattab, Meital Barda, Uri Klauzner
Drama / Religion
Israel / France
Hebrew
2723
85
1999
Sofia Coppola
James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Michael Paré
Drama / Mystery / Period Film
USA
English
2780
79
1999
Lynne Ramsay
Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie, Michelle Stewart, Lynne Ramsay Jr.
Drama
UK / France
English
2829
70
87
1999
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Gianni Buscarino, Vittorio Vigneri, Angela Nugara, Carmelo Maddio, Angela Durantini
Drama
Italy / France / Germany
Italian
2853
72
1999
Peter Tscherkassky
Barbara Hershey
Short / Horror / Experimental
Austria
English (No Dialogue)
2860
31
1999
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Emin Ceylan, Fatma Ceylan, Mehmet Emin Toprak
Drama
Turkey
Turkish
2860
31
1999
Luis Estrada
Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Comedy / Crime / Mystery
Mexico
Spanish
213
69
84
1998
Thomas Vinterberg
Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Drama / Comedy
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
424
64
80
1998
Terrence Malick
Sean Penn, James Caviezel, Adrien Brody, Ben Chaplin
Action / Drama / War
Canada / USA
English
430
88
1998
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
451
31
1998
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira
Drama
Brazil / France
Portuguese
462
31
1998
Todd Solondz
Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker
Drama / Comedy / Cult
USA
English
734
71
88
1998
Lars von Trier
Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Italy
Danish
1047
66
81
1998
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Cult
USA / UK
English
1458
73
80
1998
Hirokazu Koreeda
Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô, Kyôko Kagawa
Drama / Fantasy
Japan
Japanese
1517
31
1998
Don Roos
Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett
Comedy
USA
English
1895
45
54
1998
Jean-Luc Godard
Alain Cuny
Short / Documentary / Experimental
France / Switzerland
French
2356
31
85
1998
Samira Makhmalbaf
Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi
Drama / Comedy
Iran / France
Persian
2742
87
1998
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Hsiang-Chu Tong
Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Taiwan / France
Mandarin
2742
87
1998
Aleksei German
Yuri Tsurilo, Nina Ruslanova, Mikhail Dementyev, Aleksandr Bashirov
Drama / Comedy
Russia / France
Russian
2745
31
71
79
1998
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Liu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan
Shanghainese
2747
29
1998
Theo Angelopoulos
Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Drama
Greece / France / Italy
Greek
2789
31
1998
Bernardo Bertolucci
Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria
Drama / Romance
Italy / UK
English
2860
31
1998
I. Nyamgavaa
Drama / Period Film / Religion
Mongolia
Mongolian
389
87
1997
Paul Thomas Anderson
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
439
29
70
71
1997
Abbas Kiarostami
Homayon Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Drama
France / Iran
Persian
463
31
1997
Atom Egoyan
Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley
Drama
Canada
English
1131
31
69
74
1997
Kar Wai Wong
Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Chang
Drama / Romance
Hong Kong
Mandarin
1246
72
87
1997
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer
Drama
Germany / Russia
Russian
1343
74
1997
Michael Haneke
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski
Horror / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Austria
German
1351
74
77
1997
Hayao Miyazaki
Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Jada Pinkett Smith
Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Animation / Drama
Japan
English
1947
88
1997
Paul Verhoeven
Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War
USA
English
2117
31
87
1997
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
2212
31
1997
Neil LaBute
Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy, Emily Cline
Comedy / Drama
Canada / USA
English
2272
87
1997
Kasi Lemmons
Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2298
31
1997
Adrian Lyne
Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain
Drama / Romance
USA / France
English
2525
82
1997
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Crime / Thriller / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2644
31
73
1997
Harmony Korine
Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Jacob Reynolds, Lara Tosh
Drama / Experimental
USA
English
2767
31
71
81
1997
David Lynch
Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Crime
France / USA
English
2778
74
1997
Ming-liang Tsai
Lee Kang-Sheng, Lu Hsiao-Ling, Miao Tien
Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2860
31
1997
John Greyson
Michael Achtman, Matthew Ferguson, Damon D'Oliveira
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Canada
English
87
30
70
84
1996
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Crime / Thriller / Comedy / Detective / Cult
USA / UK
English
255
31
74
83
1996
Mike Leigh
Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn
Drama / Comedy
France / UK
English
310
87
1996
Anthony Minghella
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
Romance / Drama / War / Epic / Period Film / Adventure
USA
English
394
27
63
78
1996
Lars von Trier
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway
English
596
31
1996
Danny Boyle
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
687
31
1996
Cameron Crowe
Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English
860
31
87
1996
John Sayles
Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Romance
USA
English
1702
78
1996
David Cronenberg
Holly Hunter, James Spader, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger
Drama / Thriller / Romance
Canada / USA
English
1792
31
1996
Baz Luhrmann
Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo
Action / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2380
31
1996
Peter Greenaway
Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata
Drama / Romance / Experimental
France / UK / Netherlands
English
2416
71
1996
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2758
31
88
1996
Aki Kaurismäki
Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo
Comedy / Drama
Finland
Finnish
2828
30
71
87
1996
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mirhadi Tayebi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ali Bakhsi, Ammar Tafti
Drama / Comedy
Iran / France
Persian
2850
31
1996
Clara Law
Anthony Wong, Annette Shun Wah, Annie Yip, Edwin Pang
Drama
Australia
English
2850
31
1996
Christopher Guest
Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
306
74
86
1995
John Lasseter
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Adventure
USA
English
353
31
1995
Bryan Singer
Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Post-Noir / Caper / Cult
USA / Germany
English
607
31
73
82
1995
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA / France
English
695
88
1995
David Fincher
Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
707
71
1995
Michael Mann
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Caper
USA
English
919
30
84
1995
Mathieu Kassovitz
Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Drama
France
French
1007
71
82
1995
Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman, Susan Norman
Thriller / Drama
UK / USA
English
1163
85
1995
Amy Heckerling
Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
1252
31
1995
Jim Jarmusch
Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott
Western
USA / Germany / Japan
English
1318
30
71
85
1995
Emir Kusturica
Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
Drama / Comedy / War / Epic
France / Fed Rep of Yugoslavia / Germany / Hungary
Serbo-Croatian
1375
31
1995
Marleen Gorris
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Dora van der Groen
Comedy / Drama
Netherlands / Belgium / UK
Dutch
1892
88
1995
Jafar Panahi
Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadr Orfani, Anna Borkowska
Drama / Family / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2174
87
1995
Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA / Austria / Switzerland
English
2581
31
1995
Barry Sonnenfeld
John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
2590
31
1995
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, Denis Jadót, Elisabeth Kaza
Documentary / Drama / Experimental
France
French
2681
31
1995
Abel Ferrara
Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco
Horror / Drama
USA
English
2742
87
1995
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Azadeh Zanganeh, Maryam Keyhan, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
2759
31
1995
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susie Bright, Arthur Laurents
Documentary / History
France / UK / Germany / USA
English
2786
74
1995
Pedro Almodóvar
Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carmen Elķas, Rossy de Palma, Chus Lampreave
Drama / Thriller / Crime
Spain / France
Spanish
2834
88
1995
Claire Denis
Alice Houri, Jessica Tharaud, Grégoire Colin, Martine Gautier
Drama / Romance
France
French
2839
85
1995
Paul Verhoeven
Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi
Drama / Cult
France / USA
English
2860
31
1995
Álex de la Iglesia
Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura
Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Spain / Italy
Spanish
2860
31
1995
Tong Wang
Tao shu, Lu zhi, Shi jun, Zhang Shi
Drama / Documentary
Taiwan
Mandarin
19
25
59
62
1994
Quentin Tarantino
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Post-Noir / Cult
USA
English
133
28
68
80
1994
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Drama / Romance
Poland / France / Switzerland
French
314
84
1994
Frank Darabont
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
Drama / Crime / Cult
USA
English
437
31
1994
Robert Zemeckis
Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
442
28
1994
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Comedy / Drama
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
Polish
525
85
1994
Steve James
William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates, Curtis Gates
Documentary / Sports / Biography
USA
English
535
31
1994
Gianni Amelio
Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Drama / Adventure
Italy / France
Italian
690
29
63
57
1994
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Valerie Chow
Drama / Mystery / Romance
Hong Kong
Cantonese
980
31
1994
Yimou Zhang
You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Xiao Cong, Deng Fei, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Zhang Lu
Drama
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
1022
31
39
48
1994
Béla Tarr
Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László Lugossy
Drama
Hungary / Germany / Switzerland
Hungarian
1153
31
1994
Michael Radford
Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy / Belgium
Italian
1259
30
1994
Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Drama
France / Russia
Russian
1768
29
68
81
1994
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva
Drama / Documentary
France / Iran
Persian
2019
85
1994
Atom Egoyan
Elias Koteas, Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, David Hemblen
Drama
Canada
English
2211
31
1994
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz
Drama / Comedy
Cuba / Mexico / Spain
Spanish
2641
31
73
85
1994
Ming-liang Tsai
Kuei-Mei Yang, Chao-jung Chen, Kang-sheng Lee
Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2789
31
1994
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Taiwan
Cantonese
2798
30
1994
Moufida Tlatli
Amel Hedhili, Najia Ouerghi, Hend Sabri, Fatima Ben Saïdane
Drama
France / Tunisia
Arabic
2860
31
1994
Barry Levinson
Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril, Jason Beghe
Crime / Comedy / Drama
USA
English
36
30
81
1993
Steven Spielberg
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Drama / War / Biography / Epic
USA
English
113
29
67
39
1993
Jane Campion
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Australia / New Zealand / France
English
142
30
74
88
1993
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying, You Ge, Chun Li
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
297
27
62
78
1993
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel
Drama / Music / Romance
France / Poland / Switzerland / UK
French
388
31
69
82
1993
Harold Ramis
Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
Fantasy / Comedy / Romance / Family / Cult
USA
English
718
30
73
86
1993
Robert Altman
Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
754
81
1993
Steven Spielberg
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Horror / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
824
30
1993
James Ivory
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
1004
30
86
1993
Martin Scorsese
Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Alexis Smith
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1091
30
68
81
1993
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tianlu Li, Giong Lim, Chung Lin, Yang Liyin, Xin Shufen
Drama / Documentary / Biography
Taiwan
Mandarin
1170
73
83
1993
Mike Leigh
David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
1268
31
1993
François Girard
Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Devon Anderson
Documentary / Drama / Music / Biography
Portugal / Canada / Finland / Netherlands
English
2370
88
1993
Brian De Palma
Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Ingrid Rogers
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
2423
31
74
88
1993
Richard Linklater
Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
2427
88
1993
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura
Action / Drama / Crime / Gangster
Japan
Japanese
2595
31
1993
Ken Loach
Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix, Ricky Tomlinson
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
2730
85
1993
Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin
Documentary / War / History
Canada
English
2733
31
75
1993
Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman, John Quentin, Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton
Documentary / Drama / Experimental
UK
English
2753
88
1993
Atom Egoyan
Arsinée Khanjian, Atom Egoyan, Ashot Adamyan
Drama
Armenia / Canada / Germany
English
2850
31
1993
Raoul Peck
Jennifer Zubar, Toto Bissainthe, Patrick Rameau
Drama
France / Canada
Haitian
2851
88
1993
Manoel de Oliveira
Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luķs Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho
Drama / Romance
France / Portugal / Switzerland
Portuguese
2860
31
1993
Maggie Greenwald
Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, David Chung
Drama / Western
USA
English
2860
31
1993
Subhash Ghai
Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Ali Asghar, Subhash Ghai
Action / Crime / Musical / Romance / Fantasy
India
Hindi
2860
31
1993
Yousry Nasrallah
Zaki Abdel Wahab, Taheya Cariocca, Seif El Dine, Youssra
Drama / Adventure / Romance
Egypt / France
Arabic
74
29
74
87
1992
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett
Western / Drama / Crime
USA
English
276
31
1992
Robert Altman
Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
614
31
72
1992
Quentin Tarantino
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
737
31
84
1992
Spike Lee
Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr.
Drama / Biography
USA
English
833
31
1992
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei
Comedy / Drama
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
1274
80
1992
Terence Davies
Marjorie Yates, Leigh McCormack, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont
Biography / Drama
UK
English
1293
31
1992
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert
Horror / Comedy / Crime / Drama
Belgium
French
1554
31
1992
Claude Sautet
Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, André Dussollier
Drama / Romance / Music
France
French
1770
31
70
77
1992
Víctor Erice
Antonio López García, Marina Moreno, Enrique Gran
Documentary / Drama
Spain
Spanish
2141
30
73
1992
Sally Potter
Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, John Bott
Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / Russia / France / Italy / Netherlands
English
2462
31
1992
Paul Schrader
Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, David Clennon
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2613
74
80
1992
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Ami Diakhate, Mansour Diouf, Djibril Diop Mambéty
Drama / Comedy
Senegal
Wolof
2682
30
83
1992
Abbas Kiarostami
Farhad Kheradmand, Pouya Payvar, Behrouz Abedini, Shahin Abzan, Ziba Babayi
Documentary / Drama / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2749
76
1992
David Lynch
Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Phoebe Augustine
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
France / USA
English
2769
72
1992
Chris Marker
Alexander Medvedkin, Léonor Graser, Rhona Campbell
Documentary / Biography / History
France
French
2789
31
1992
Guy Maddin
Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Sarah Neville, Paul Cox
Comedy / Horror / Drama
Canada
English
2842
86
1992
Barbara Hammer
Jerre, Maria, Ruth, Sandy Binford, Peter Cramer, Barbara Hammer
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
43
74
84
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
77
84
1991
Jonathan Demme
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Ted Levine
Thriller / Crime / Detective / Cult / Horror
USA
English
228
31
86
1991
Ridley Scott
Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Thriller / Action / Crime / Drama / Comedy
USA
English
441
29
69
80
1991
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
France / Poland / Norway
French
476
85
1991
James Cameron
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick
Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Drama
France / USA
English
574
31
1991
Jacques Rivette
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
Drama / Romance
France / Switzerland
French
808
31
53
49
1991
Edward Yang
Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Guozhu Zhang, Elaine Jin, Wang Juan, Zhang Han
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Mandarin
1145
31
73
1991
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner
Drama / Thriller / Comedy / Cult
USA / UK
English
1679
31
1991
Nikita Mikhalkov
Badema, Bayaertu, Vladimir Gostyukhin
Drama
France / Soviet Union
Mongolian
1709
31
87
1991
Leos Carax
Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber
Drama / Romance
France
French
1891
71
86
1991
Kar Wai Wong
Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau
Drama
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1986
48
1991
Julie Dash
Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara O. Jones, Trula Hoosier
Drama
USA
English
2372
85
1991
Kathryn Bigelow
Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Sports / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2395
30
1991
Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier
Thriller / Drama / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany / Switzerland
English
2565
31
1991
Spike Lee
Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2860
31
1991
Nicolás Echevarría
Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa
Action / Adventure / Drama / Biography
Mexico / Spain / USA / UK
Spanish
2860
31
1991
Teresa Villaverde
Ricardo Colares, Teresa Roby, Joaquim de Almeida, Vincent Gallo
Drama
Portugal / Germany
Portuguese
2860
31
1991
David Greene
Richard Chamberlain, Diana Scarwid, Amy Bebout, Reid Binion
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery
USA
English
2860
31
1991
Maurice Pialat
Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France
French
26
26
57
36
1990
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Crime / Drama / Biography / Gangster
USA
English
322
28
35
12
1990
Abbas Kiarostami
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossain Sabzian, Abolfazl Ahankhah
Documentary / Drama
Iran
Persian
1125
31
1990
Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan / China
Mandarin
1377
31
73
77
1990
Jane Campion
Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn
Drama / Biography
UK / Australia / New Zealand
English
1383
30
1990
Francis Ford Coppola
Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
1873
71
1990
Jennie Livingston
Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Danny Xtravaganza, Sol Pendavis
Documentary
USA
English
2053
30
88
1990
Charles Burnett
Danny Glover, Richard Brooks, Paul Butler, Mary Alice
Drama
USA
English
2091
74
1990
Aki Kaurismäki
Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko
Drama / Comedy
Finland / Sweden
Finnish
2104
31
1990
Adrian Lyne
Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
USA
English
2379
30
1990
Ken Loach
Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Richard Belgrave, Jim R. Coleman
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2442
86
1990
David Lynch
Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Comedy
USA
English
2602
87
1990
Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda
Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada
Fantasy / Drama / Adventure
Japan / USA
Japanese
2717
71
88
1990
Jean-Luc Godard
Alain Delon, Domiziana Giordano, Roland Amstutz
Drama / Experimental / Fantasy / Romance
Switzerland / France
French
2860
31
1990
Ann Hui
Maggie Cheung, Tan Lang Jachi Tian, Waise Lee, Zi Xiong Li
Drama
Hong Kong / Taiwan
Cantonese
56
29
60
20
1989
Spike Lee
Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Edson, Spike Lee
Comedy / Drama / Crime
USA
English
150
26
71
75
1989
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Henryk Baranowski, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama
Poland
Polish
395
28
68
1989
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
407
31
86
1989
Rob Reiner
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
1436
85
1989
Kira Muratova
Olga Antonova, Sergei Popov, Galina Zakhurdayeva, Natalya Buzko
Drama / Comedy
Soviet Union
Russian
1460
26
62
69
1989
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Jack Kao, Li Tian-lu, Sung Young Chen
Drama / War / Period Film
Taiwan
Taiwanese
1570
31
86
1989
Peter Greenaway
Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard
Drama / Horror / Comedy
France / Netherlands / UK
English
2065
31
74
1989
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens
Henxiang Han, Joris Ivens, Guilian Liu, Zhuang Liu, Hong Wang
Documentary / Comedy / Drama
France / UK / West Germany / Netherlands
French
2105
86
1989
Ildikó Enyedi
Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovsky, Paulus Manker
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Hungary / West Germany / Cuba
Hungarian
2742
87
1989
Harun Farocki
Documentary / War / History
West Germany
German
2841
73
88
1989
Alan Clarke
Gary Walker, Bill Hamilton, Michael Foyle, Danny Small, Robert J. Taylor
Short / Crime / Drama
UK
English
2842
86
1989
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Mariella Valentini, Alfonso Santagata
Comedy / Sports / Drama
Italy / France
Italian
2860
31
1989
Bahram Beizai
Susan Taslimi, Parvis Pourhosseini, Adnan Afravian
Drama / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2860
31
1989
Tracey Moffatt
Akira Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gentle, Agnes Hardwick, Marcia Langton
Short / Drama
Australia
English
171
31
74
82
1988
Giuseppe Tornatore
Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili
Drama
Italy / France
Italian
218
31
86
1988
Pedro Almodóvar
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
347
31
1988
Stephen Frears
Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
558
85
1988
John McTiernan
Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Action / Thriller
USA
English
598
71
88
1988
Theo Angelopoulos
Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Dimitris Kaberidis
Drama
France / Greece / Italy
Greek
662
31
67
87
1988
Errol Morris
Randall Adams, David Harris III, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson, Marshall Touchton
Documentary / Crime / Biography
USA
English
665
30
64
52
1988
Hayao Miyazaki
Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Animation / Family / Fantasy / Adventure
Japan / USA
Japanese
819
83
1988
Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Animation / Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Cult / Comic
Japan
Japanese
949
74
1988
Isao Takahata
Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
Animation / War / Drama
Japan
Japanese
1192
31
72
87
1988
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Drama / Crime
Poland
Polish
1302
31
73
88
1988
David Cronenberg
Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Drama / Thriller / Horror
Canada / USA
English
1451
31
66
78
1988
Terence Davies
Pete Postlethwaite, Freda Dowie, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams
Drama / Biography
UK
English
1460
30
88
1988
Marcel Ophüls
Marcel Ophüls, Klaus Barbie, Claude Lanzmann
Documentary / History / Biography / War
France / USA
French
2306
30
1988
Emir Kusturica
Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic
Drama / Comedy / Crime / Romance
UK / Italy / Yugoslavia
Romany
2860
31
1988
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksei Ananishnov, Eskender Umarov, Irina Sokolova
Sci-Fi / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
59
31
68
76
1987
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
344
73
1987
Louis Malle
Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö
Drama / War
France / West Germany
French
569
84
1987
James L. Brooks
William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
583
31
71
79
1987
Souleymane Cissé
Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo
Fantasy / Adventure / Drama
Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
French
736
84
1987
Bruce Robinson
Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick
Comedy / Cult
UK
English
757
31
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
1154
31
1987
Stanley Kubrick
Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, R. Lee Ermey
Drama / War
USA
English
1445
88
1987
Paul Verhoeven
Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Sci-Fi / Action / Crime
USA
English
2263
30
68
64
1987
Abbas Kiarostami
Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai
Drama
Iran
Persian
2516
87
1987
Todd Haynes
Rob LaBelle, Gwen Kraus, Bruce Tuthill
Short / Biography / Experimental / Cult
USA
English
2685
31
1987
Michel Khleifi
Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury
Drama
Israel / France / Belgium
Arabic
2824
31
74
85
1987
Kazuo Hara
Kenzo Okuzaki, Emperor Hirohito
Documentary / War / History
Japan
Japanese
2860
31
1987
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Drama / Fantasy
Poland
Polish
128
27
45
50
1986
David Lynch
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
268
73
87
1986
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
510
85
1986
James Cameron
Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen
Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Horror / Action
USA / UK
English
825
88
1986
David Cronenberg
Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel
Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama
USA
English
948
85
1986
Rob Reiner
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
Adventure / Drama / Family
USA
English
1242
31
1986
John Hughes
Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey
Comedy / Family / Cult
USA
English
1252
88
1986
Hark Tsui
Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung, Mark Cheng, Kenneth Tsang, Ma Wu
Comedy / Action / Drama
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1399
30
72
84
1986
Andrei Tarkovsky
Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall,
Drama / Religion
Sweden / UK / France
Swedish
1419
73
1986
Jim Jarmusch
Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Comedy / Drama
USA / West Germany
English
1583
69
73
1986
Eric Rohmer
Marie Rivière, Amira Chemakhi, Sylvie Richez
Drama / Romance
France
French
2157
88
1986
Lizzie Borden
Louise Smith, Deborah Banks, Liz Caldwell, Marusia Zach, Amanda Goodwin
Drama
USA
English
2816
82
1986
John Akomfrah
Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal, Yvonne Weekes
Documentary
UK
English
2849
31
88
1986
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Feliks Stawinski
Short / Experimental
UK
English
2860
31
1986
Euthana Mukdasanit
Suriya Yaovasang, Vasana Pholyiem, Suchow Phongvilai, Rome Isra
Drama
Thailand
Thai
50
26
69
71
1985
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Japan / France
Japanese
136
27
31
28
1985
Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl
Documentary / War / History
France
English
279
31
53
51
1985
Elem Klimov
Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
457
31
74
82
1985
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
540
29
74
83
1985
Terry Gilliam
Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Comedy / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Cult
UK
English
624
31
73
1985
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman
Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
626
50
1985
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama
France / UK
French
726
31
1985
Lasse Hallström
Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén
Drama / Comedy / Family
Sweden
Swedish
1323
88
1985
Susan Seidelman
Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Adventure / History
USA
English
1545
31
1985
Paul Schrader
Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda
Drama / Biography
USA
Japanese
1610
28
74
84
1985
Hsiao-hsien Hou
T'ien Feng, Mei Fang, T'ang Ju-yun, Yu An-Shun, Hsiao Ai
Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2426
31
1985
George A. Romero
Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy
Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2599
31
1985
Marion Hänsel
Jane Birkin, Trevor Howard, John Matshikiza, Nadine Uwampa
Drama
Belgium / France
English
2681
31
1985
Amir Naderi
Abbas Nazeri, Majid Niroumand, Musa Torkizadeh
Drama
Iran
Persian
2738
31
87
1985
Edward Yang
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Wu Nien-Chen, Mei Fang, Tsai Chin, Su-Yun Ko
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Taiwanese
2850
31
1985
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy
Poland
Polish
2855
73
1985
Aleksey German
Andrei Boltnev, Andrey Mironov, Nina Ruslanova, Aleksey Zharkov, Aleksandr Filippen
Drama / Period Film / Crime / Detective
Soviet Union
Russian
2860
31
1985
Teguh Karya
Alex Komang, Rina Hassim, Sylvia Widiantono, Ray Sahetapy
Drama
Indonesia
Indonesian
2860
31
1985
Suzana Amaral
Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman
Comedy
Brazil
Portuguese
203
83
1984
Milos Forman
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
Drama / Music / Biography / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
326
31
69
69
1984
Wim Wenders
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
UK / France / West Germany / USA
English
396
73
84
1984
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Fran Drescher
Comedy / Music / Cult
USA
English
486
31
86
1984
James Cameron
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action / Cult / Tech-Noir
USA
English
522
27
63
72
1984
Sergio Leone
Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Period Film
Italy / USA
English
601
31
72
88
1984
Jim Jarmusch
John Lurie, Eszter Balint
Comedy / Drama / Cult
USA / West Germany
English
671
31
87
1984
Edgar Reitz
Marita Breuer, Edgar Reitz, Gudrun Landgrebe
Drama / History / Epic
West Germany
German
1032
87
1984
Jonathan Demme
David Byrne, Alex Weir, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
Documentary / Music
USA
English
1312
31
67
70
1984
John Cassavetes
Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel
Drama / Cult
USA
English
1937
31
1984
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron
Comedy
USA
English
2551
31
1984
Mike Leigh
Marion Bailey, Phil Daniels, Tim Roth, Pam Ferris, Jeff Robert
Drama / Comedy
UK
English
2682
31
1984
David Lynch
Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, José Ferrer
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Cult
USA
English
2697
87
1984
Billy Woodberry
Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett, Ronald Burnett, Kimberly Burnett
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2761
77
1984
Eduardo Coutinho
Eduardo Coutinho, Elizabeth Teixeira, Ferreira Gullar, Tite de Lemos
Documentary / History
Brazil
Portuguese
2845
87
1984
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Christian Heinisch, Nazzareno Bianconi, Mario Adorf, Laura Betti, Harun Farocki
Drama
West Germany / France
German
2851
88
1984
Eric Rohmer
Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini, Virginie Thévenet
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
2860
31
1984
Jane Campion
Gabrielle Shornegg, Geraldine Haywood, Marina Knight, John Godden
Short / Drama / Music / Fantasy
Australia
English
501
27
58
65
1983
Robert Bresson
Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Vincent Risterucci
Crime / Drama
France / Switzerland
French
796
31
1983
Bill Forsyth
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson
Comedy / Drama / Cult
UK
English
856
31
48
42
1983
Chris Marker
Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
892
31
1983
Gregory Nava
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Drama / Adventure
USA / UK
Spanish
952
71
81
1983
Godfrey Reggio
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English (No Dialogue)
991
66
78
1983
David Cronenberg
James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Canada / USA
English
1363
88
1983
Francis Ford Coppola
Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Diana Scarwid
Drama
USA
English
1463
86
1983
Shohei Imamura
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Aki Takejo, Tonpei Hidari, Seiji Kurasaki
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
1627
31
69
85
1983
Andrei Tarkovsky
Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano
Drama
Italy / France / Soviet Union
Russian
2257
30
86
1983
Euzhan Palcy
Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck
Drama
France
French
2349
68
85
1983
Maurice Pialat
Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Dominique Besnehard, Evelyne Ker
Drama
France
French
