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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
4 The Rules of the Game 1939 Renoir, Jean France D
7 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Kelly, Gene / Donen, Stanley USA DUPS
18 Pulp Fiction 1994 Tarantino, Quentin USA D
19 8 1/2 1963 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DUS
20 Annie Hall 1977 Allen, Woody USA D
26 All About Eve 1950 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. USA DS
30 La Dolce Vita 1960 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DS
32 Dr. Strangelove
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 Kubrick, Stanley UK DUP
38 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain D
40 Some Like It Hot 1959 Wilder, Billy USA DS
51 L'Atalante 1934 Vigo, Jean France DS
57 Do the Right Thing 1989 Lee, Spike USA DU
59 The Graduate 1967 Nichols, Mike USA DS
67 Zéro de conduite 1933 Vigo, Jean France V
69 Playtime 1967 Tati, Jacques France / Italy D
70 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Hawks, Howard USA DU
83 Viridiana 1961 Buñuel, Luis Mexico / Spain D
86 Weekend 1967 Godard, Jean-Luc Italy / France D
89 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Forman, Milos USA DBU
93 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Lubitsch, Ernst USA D
95 Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
96 City Lights 1931 Chaplin, Charles USA DS
99 L'Âge d'Or 1930 Buñuel, Luis France Y
103 Top Hat 1935 Sandrich, Mark USA DS
105 Duck Soup 1933 McCarey, Leo USA DUS
109 À nous la liberté 1931 Clair, René France D
112 It Happened One Night 1934 Capra, Frank USA DU
115 Fargo 1996 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK D
116 The General 1927 Keaton, Buster / Bruckman, Clyde USA DU
123 The Lady Eve 1941 Sturges, Preston USA DU
128 The Apartment 1960 Wilder, Billy USA D
135 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Lester, Richard UK DS
136 M*A*S*H 1970 Altman, Robert USA D
137 Manhattan 1979 Allen, Woody USA DUP
141 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Capra, Frank USA D
142 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Sturges, Preston USA DU
143 Grand Illusion 1937 Renoir, Jean France D
149 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Keaton, Buster USA Y
154 Le Million 1931 Clair, René France D
155 His Girl Friday 1940 Hawks, Howard USA DU
162 My Fair Lady 1964 Cukor, George USA DS
165 The African Queen 1951 Huston, John UK / USA Y
167 The Gold Rush 1925 Chaplin, Charles USA DS
169 Atlantic City 1980 Malle, Louis USA / Canada / France DUS
171 Network 1976 Lumet, Sidney USA DU
175 Modern Times 1936 Chaplin, Charles USA YS
179 The Golden Coach 1953 Renoir, Jean France / Italy Y
180 Day for Night 1973 Truffaut, François France / Italy DS
181 American Graffiti 1973 Lucas, George USA Y
191 The Producers 1968 Brooks, Mel USA DS
200 Swing Time 1936 Stevens, George USA DS
204 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 Renoir, Jean France D
213 American Beauty 1999 Mendes, Sam USA YU
215 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Allen, Woody USA Y
216 The Bank Dick 1940 Cline, Edward F. USA D
230 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Kubrick, Stanley UK DUP
234 Marty 1955 Mann, Delbert USA D
235 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Hamer, Robert UK D
236 Gigi 1958 Minnelli, Vincente USA DS
242 The King of Comedy 1983 Scorsese, Martin USA Y
246 Amadeus 1984 Forman, Milos USA DUS
247 The Philadelphia Story 1940 Cukor, George USA YUPS
250 Secrets & Lies 1996 Leigh, Mike France / UK Y
253 Tootsie 1982 Pollack, Sydney USA DU
254 The Kingdom 1994 von Trier, Lars / Arnfred, Morten Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden D
265 Toy Story 1995 Lasseter, John USA DS
267 42nd Street 1933 Bacon, Lloyd USA DUS
270 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Sturges, Preston USA DU
271 Amarcord 1973 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DS
273 The Band Wagon 1953 Minnelli, Vincente USA YS
283 Ninotchka 1939 Lubitsch, Ernst USA D
284 Tom Jones 1963 Richardson, Tony UK D
285 Airplane! 1980 Abrahams, Jim / Zucker, David / Zucker, Jerry USA DUPS
287 My Man Godfrey 1936 La Cava, Gregory USA YU
295 The Thin Man 1934 Van Dyke, W.S. USA D
297 Y tu mamá también 2001 Cuarón, Alfonso Mexico / USA D
298 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Lumet, Sidney USA DBU
314 The Awful Truth 1937 McCarey, Leo USA DU
322 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 Capra, Frank USA D
328 To Be or Not to Be 1942 Lubitsch, Ernst USA Y
329 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 Reiner, Rob USA DS
330 The Quiet Man 1952 Ford, John USA D
332 A Matter of Life and Death 1946 Powell, Michael / Pressburger, Emeric UK YUP
334 All About My Mother 1999 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain / France DS
335 A Night at the Opera 1935 Wood, Sam USA YS
343 The Full Monty 1997 Cattaneo, Peter UK YU
347 Thelma & Louise 1991 Scott, Ridley USA DS
348 It's a Gift 1934 McLeod, Norman Z. USA D
350 The Player 1992 Altman, Robert USA YU
351 Being John Malkovich 1999 Jonze, Spike USA Y
358 Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953 Tati, Jacques France DS
360 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Lee, Ang USA / UK Y
363 A Room with a View 1985 Ivory, James UK DB
368 Shakespeare in Love 1998 Madden, John USA / UK Y
371 Being There 1979 Ashby, Hal USA / UK / West Germany / Japan YU
372 When Harry Met Sally 1989 Reiner, Rob USA D
373 Mon oncle 1958 Tati, Jacques Italy / France Y
374 Boogie Nights 1997 Anderson, Paul Thomas USA Y
377 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 Sturges, Preston USA D
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383 Roman Holiday 1953 Wyler, William USA DU
384 The Celebration 1998 Vinterberg, Thomas Denmark / Sweden D
384 Closely Watched Trains 1966 Menzel, Jirí Czechoslovakia D
395 Sideways 2004 Payne, Alexander USA DUS
398 Stranger Than Paradise 1984 Jarmusch, Jim USA / West Germany D
404 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Lubitsch, Ernst USA Y
409 The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Arcand, Denys Canada / France D
410 Groundhog Day 1993 Ramis, Harold USA DUP
411 Stolen Kisses 1968 Truffaut, François France D
412 The Great Dictator 1940 Chaplin, Charles USA YS
414 Young Frankenstein 1974 Brooks, Mel USA DB
417 Funny Face 1957 Donen, Stanley USA DUS
420 Breaking Away 1979 Yates, Peter USA Y
424 Lost in Translation 2003 Coppola, Sofia USA / Japan Y
425 Moonstruck 1987 Jewison, Norman USA D
429 Ace in the Hole 1951 Wilder, Billy USA DUP
431 Gunga Din 1939 Stevens, George USA Y
432 Diner 1982 Levinson, Barry USA YU
432 If... 1968 Anderson, Lindsay UK D
433 She Done Him Wrong 1933 Sherman, Lowell USA D
436 Destry Rides Again 1939 Marshall, George USA D
442 Terms of Endearment 1983 Brooks, James L. USA DUP
444 Adam's Rib 1949 Cukor, George USA YUP
447 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Edwards, Blake USA DUS
454 On the Town 1949 Kelly, Gene / Donen, Stanley USA DS
456 Mon Oncle d'Amérique 1980 Resnais, Alain France Y
458 The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 Crichton, Charles UK Y
459 The Big Chill 1983 Kasdan, Lawrence USA Y
473 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Donen, Stanley USA DS
474 Woman of the Year 1942 Stevens, George USA Y
475 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain D
476 Adaptation. 2002 Jonze, Spike USA DU
478 The Exterminating Angel 1962 Buñuel, Luis Mexico Y
480 Amélie 2001 Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France / Germany DS
485 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Allen, Woody USA Y
487 Prizzi's Honor 1985 Huston, John USA Y
494 Happiness 1998 Solondz, Todd USA Y
496 Mary Poppins 1964 Stevenson, Robert USA DS
502 Back to the Future 1985 Zemeckis, Robert USA YS
504 Babe 1995 Noonan, Chris Australia / USA YU
506 Love Me Tonight 1932 Mamoulian, Rouben USA D
507 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Allen, Woody USA Y
509 The Sting 1973 Hill, George Roy USA DU
514 Going My Way 1944 McCarey, Leo USA DUS
524 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Zemeckis, Robert USA YS
527 Monsieur Verdoux 1947 Chaplin, Charles USA DS
528 Love Affair 1939 McCarey, Leo USA YU
529 Melvin and Howard 1980 Demme, Jonathan USA Y
531 Pygmalion 1938 Asquith, Anthony / Howard, Leslie UK Y
533 That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 Buñuel, Luis France / Spain Y
536 The Women 1939 Cukor, George USA Y
538 Chicago 2002 Marshall, Rob USA / Canada DBS
539 Juliet of the Spirits 1965 Fellini, Federico Italy / France / West Germany YS
542 National Lampoon's Animal House 1978 Landis, John USA DUS
545 Rushmore 1998 Anderson, Wes USA DS
547 Shrek 2001 Adamson, Andrew / Jenson, Vicky USA Y
550 Europa Europa 1990 Holland, Agnieszka Germany / France / Poland Y
562 Loves of a Blonde 1965 Forman, Milos Czechoslovakia Y
569 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Sturges, Preston USA D
570 Pride and Prejudice 1940 Leonard, Robert Z. USA D
575 Little Big Man 1970 Penn, Arthur USA Y
576 Blazing Saddles 1974 Brooks, Mel USA DBUP
579 Local Hero 1983 Forsyth, Bill UK Y
583 My Night at Maud's 1969 Rohmer, Eric France D
585 The Lady Vanishes 1938 Hitchcock, Alfred UK D
587 Three Kings 1999 Russell, David O. USA YU
591 Hope and Glory 1987 Boorman, John UK Y
593 Brazil 1985 Gilliam, Terry UK D
597 Billy Elliot 2000 Daldry, Stephen UK / France Y
598 Broadcast News 1987 Brooks, James L. USA Y
598 The Story of Qiu Ju 1992 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong D
600 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Newell, Mike UK Y
604 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Benigni, Roberto Italy Y
609 A Christmas Story 1983 Clark, Bob USA / Canada DBUP
613 Born Yesterday 1950 Cukor, George USA D
617 Stage Door 1937 La Cava, Gregory USA Y
618 Trainspotting 1996 Boyle, Danny UK Y
619 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 Seaton, George USA D
625 The King and I 1956 Lang, Walter USA DS
630 Finding Nemo 2003 Stanton, Andrew / Unkrich, Lee USA D
634 Shoot the Piano Player 1960 Truffaut, François France DS
635 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Gilliam, Terry / Jones, Terry UK D
638 Lolita 1962 Kubrick, Stanley USA / UK D
641 Tampopo 1985 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
643 Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 Hall, Alexander USA DU
644 Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979 Jones, Terry UK DB
646 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Hawks, Howard USA DS
647 Billy Liar 1963 Schlesinger, John UK D
648 Darling 1965 Schlesinger, John UK Y
649 Jerry Maguire 1996 Crowe, Cameron USA Y
653 Genevieve 1953 Cornelius, Henry UK
658 No Man's Land 2001 Tanovic, Danis Bosnia-Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / UK / Belgium D
660 The Butcher Boy 1997 Jordan, Neil Ireland / USA D
662 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. USA Y
668 Stalag 17 1953 Wilder, Billy USA D
669 Bull Durham 1988 Shelton, Ron USA D
677 WR - Mysteries of the Organism 1971 Makavejev, Dusan Yugoslavia / West Germany D
678 Fellini Satyricon 1969 Fellini, Federico Italy / France YS
684 Claire's Knee 1970 Rohmer, Eric France D
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685 As Good as It Gets 1997 Brooks, James L. USA YUS
686 Forrest Gump 1994 Zemeckis, Robert USA YS
687 Sons of the Desert 1933 Seiter, William A. USA D
689 Yellow Submarine 1968 Dunning, George UK / USA YS
690 Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 LeRoy, Mervyn USA DS
692 Swept Away 1974 Wertmüller, Lina Italy D
693 Say Anything 1989 Crowe, Cameron USA Y
698 David Holzman's Diary 1967 McBride, Jim USA Y
699 Black Orpheus 1959 Camus, Marcel Brazil / France / Italy Y
700 Our Hospitality 1923 Keaton, Buster / Blystone, John G. USA Y
713 Erin Brockovich 2000 Soderbergh, Steven USA DBU
722 About Schmidt 2002 Payne, Alexander USA D
725 Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Anderson, Michael USA YU
728 The Music Man 1962 DaCosta, Morton USA D
731 Whisky Galore! 1949 Mackendrick, Alexander UK D
735 Sleeper 1973 Allen, Woody USA Y
739 The Baker's Wife 1938 Pagnol, Marcel France Y
742 Dinner at Eight 1933 Cukor, George USA D
746 Topsy-Turvy 1999 Leigh, Mike UK YS
748 White 1994 Kieslowski, Krzysztof France / Poland / Switzerland / UK YS
753 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 McCarey, Leo USA YU
755 The Phantom of Liberty 1974 Buñuel, Luis Italy / France Y
760 The Ladykillers 1955 Mackendrick, Alexander UK DS
765 The Knack... and How to Get It 1965 Lester, Richard UK YS
765 Major Barbara 1941 Pascal, Gabriel / French, Harold / Lean, David UK Y
766 The Cameraman 1928 Keaton, Buster / Sedgwick, Edward USA Y
769 Divorce Italian Style 1961 Germi, Pietro Italy Y
771 The Princess Bride 1987 Reiner, Rob USA DU
774 Almost Famous 2000 Crowe, Cameron USA YBS
775 Way Out West 1937 Horne, James W. USA Y
777 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 Forman, Milos Canada / USA YU
781 Rain Man 1988 Levinson, Barry USA YS
782 Baby Doll 1956 Kazan, Elia USA DU
785 Jour de fête 1949 Tati, Jacques France
788 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Brest, Martin USA YUP
790 Monkey Business 1931 McLeod, Norman Z. USA D
792 The Man in the White Suit 1951 Mackendrick, Alexander UK Y
796 Partie de campagne 1936 Renoir, Jean France
798 The Man Who Came to Dinner 1942 Keighley, William USA D
801 Pillow Talk 1959 Gordon, Michael USA D
806 I'm All Right, Jack 1959 Boulting, John UK Y
807 Delicatessen 1991 Caro, Marc / Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France D
813 Volver 2006 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain DB
817 The Lion King 1994 Allers, Roger / Minkoff, Rob USA YS
818 Father of the Bride 1950 Minnelli, Vincente USA Y
819 Chicken Run 2000 Lord, Peter / Park, Nick UK Y
820 One Hour with You 1932 Cukor, George / Lubitsch, Ernst USA D
822 Funny Girl 1968 Wyler, William USA Y
825 Bed and Board 1970 Truffaut, François France / Italy D
826 The Jungle Book 1967 Reitherman, Wolfgang USA D
827 Husbands and Wives 1992 Allen, Woody USA YU
829 Babette's Feast 1987 Axel, Gabriel Denmark YUP
835 The Front Page 1931 Milestone, Lewis USA Y
838 Morgan! 1966 Reisz, Karel UK Y
839 Dark Eyes 1987 Mikhalkov, Nikita Italy YS
842 Sayonara 1957 Logan, Joshua USA YS
844 Georgy Girl 1966 Narizzano, Silvio UK Y
847 Mister Roberts 1955 Ford, John / LeRoy, Mervyn / Logan, Joshua USA DUS
849 The Gay Divorcee 1934 Sandrich, Mark USA D
853 Driving Miss Daisy 1989 Beresford, Bruce USA YS
855 The Kid 1921 Chaplin, Charles USA YUPS
860 Footlight Parade 1933 Bacon, Lloyd USA DS
867 The Pink Panther 1963 Edwards, Blake UK / USA DUPS
868 Midnight 1939 Leisen, Mitchell USA D
871 The Ruling Class 1972 Medak, Peter UK Y
872 Chimes at Midnight 1965 Welles, Orson Spain / Switzerland
874 Peking Opera Blues 1986 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong
876 Seven Chances 1925 Keaton, Buster USA Y
877 My Life as a Dog 1985 Hallström, Lasse Sweden Y
881 La Ronde 1950 Ophüls, Max France D
883 High Hopes 1988 Leigh, Mike UK
889 Naked 1993 Leigh, Mike UK D
895 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Gondry, Michel USA Y
900 Horse Feathers 1932 McLeod, Norman Z. USA D
903 O Lucky Man! 1973 Anderson, Lindsay UK / USA DU
904 Smile 1975 Ritchie, Michael USA Y
910 Safety Last! 1923 Newmeyer, Fred C. / Taylor, Sam USA D
913 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
916 Aladdin 1992 Clements, Ron / Musker, John USA YS
917 Beat the Devil 1953 Huston, John UK / USA / Italy YB
920 A Fish Called Wanda 1988 Crichton, Charles / Cleese, John USA / UK DU
925 The Nasty Girl 1990 Verhoeven, Michael West Germany Y
926 The Talk of the Town 1942 Stevens, George USA D
928 The Man Without a Past 2002 Kaurismäki, Aki Finland / Germany / France Y
931 An Affair to Remember 1957 McCarey, Leo USA DS
933 Big 1988 Marshall, Penny USA D
934 Bombshell 1933 Fleming, Victor USA Y
939 Miracle in Milan 1951 De Sica, Vittorio Italy Y
942 Gosford Park 2001 Altman, Robert UK / USA / Germany / Italy YU
945 Topkapi 1964 Dassin, Jules USA Y
947 Roger & Me 1989 Moore, Michael USA Y
949 Seven Beauties 1975 Wertmüller, Lina Italy DU
953 The Major and the Minor 1942 Wilder, Billy USA D
959 The Kid Brother 1927 Wilde, Ted / Howe, J.A. / Lloyd, Harold / Milestone, Lewis USA D
960 Harvey 1950 Koster, Henry USA Y
962 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Peckinpah, Sam Mexico / USA Y
965 The Goodbye Girl 1977 Ross, Herbert USA YU
967 Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Dayton, Jonathan / Faris, Valerie USA DU
971 There's Something About Mary 1998 Farrelly, Bobby / Farrelly, Peter USA DU
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