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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
2 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Kubrick, Stanley UK / USA DUPS
18 Pulp Fiction 1994 Tarantino, Quentin USA D
22 Star Wars: Episode IV -
A New Hope		 1977 Lucas, George USA DS
23 M 1931 Lang, Fritz Germany DU
32 Dr. Strangelove
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb		 1964 Kubrick, Stanley UK DUP
34 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Fleming, Victor / Vidor, King / Cukor, George / LeRoy, Mervyn USA DS
49 Nosferatu 1922 Murnau, F.W. Germany DU
50 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Capra, Frank USA DUPS
55 Aguirre, The Wrath of God 1972 Herzog, Werner West Germany / Peru / Mexico D
63 Apocalypse Now 1979 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DS
90 Touch of Evil 1958 Welles, Orson USA DUS
92 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 Frankenheimer, John USA D
94 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Demme, Jonathan USA DS
97 Blade Runner 1982 Scott, Ridley USA DBUPS
98 Solaris 1972 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union D
107 Blow-Up 1966 Antonioni, Michelangelo UK / Italy DU
114 Jaws 1975 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
115 Fargo 1996 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK D
118 Blue Velvet 1986 Lynch, David USA DS
121 Pandora's Box 1929 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany D
125 Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Ray, Nicholas USA DU
126 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Laughton, Charles USA DUP
135 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Lester, Richard UK DS
149 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Keaton, Buster USA Y
174 Un Chien Andalou 1928 Buñuel, Luis France D
181 American Graffiti 1973 Lucas, George USA Y
191 The Producers 1968 Brooks, Mel USA DS
195 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 Siegel, Don USA D
198 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 Hill, George Roy USA DBS
201 Goldfinger 1964 Hamilton, Guy UK DS
206 Out of the Past 1947 Tourneur, Jacques USA Y
211 Easy Rider 1969 Hopper, Dennis USA YU
222 The Lord of the Rings:
Return of the King		 2003 Jackson, Peter USA / New Zealand DS
230 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Kubrick, Stanley UK DUP
237 Saturday Night Fever 1977 Badham, John USA DUS
238 The Sound of Music 1965 Wise, Robert USA DS
242 The King of Comedy 1983 Scorsese, Martin USA Y
254 The Kingdom 1994 von Trier, Lars / Arnfred, Morten Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden D
259 Night of the Living Dead 1968 Romero, George A. USA DUP
264 The Exorcist 1973 Friedkin, William USA DUPS
269 Deliverance 1972 Boorman, John USA DBUP
274 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Leone, Sergio Italy / USA YUS
280 Star Wars: Episode V -
The Empire Strikes Back		 1980 Kershner, Irvin USA DS
284 Fantasia 1940 Algar, James / Armstrong, Samuel / Beebe, Ford / Ferguson, Norman / Handley, Jim / Hee, T. / Jackson, Wilfred / Luske, Hamilton / Roberts, Bill / Satterfield, Paul / Sharpsteen, Ben USA DS
285 Airplane! 1980 Abrahams, Jim / Zucker, David / Zucker, Jerry USA DUPS
286 The Lord of the Rings:
Fellowship of the Ring		 2001 Jackson, Peter New Zealand / USA DUS
306 The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers		 2002 Jackson, Peter USA / New Zealand / Germany DS
318 Mulholland Dr. 2001 Lynch, David France / USA DUS
329 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 Reiner, Rob USA DS
346 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Aldrich, Robert USA Y
351 Being John Malkovich 1999 Jonze, Spike USA Y
352 Don't Look Now 1973 Roeg, Nicolas Italy / UK Y
361 The Elephant Man 1980 Lynch, David UK / USA D
362 Johnny Guitar 1954 Ray, Nicholas USA Y
365 Rosemary's Baby 1968 Polanski, Roman USA YU
367 The Usual Suspects 1995 Singer, Bryan USA / Germany DBUP
394 Gun Crazy 1949 Lewis, Joseph H. USA Y
396 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Darabont, Frank USA DBUP
397 Shadows 1959 Cassavetes, John USA Y
398 Stranger Than Paradise 1984 Jarmusch, Jim USA / West Germany D
399 The Shining 1980 Kubrick, Stanley UK DBU
410 Groundhog Day 1993 Ramis, Harold USA DUP
426 Force of Evil 1948 Polonsky, Abraham USA Y
432 If... 1968 Anderson, Lindsay UK D
448 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 Aldrich, Robert USA D
459 The Big Chill 1983 Kasdan, Lawrence USA Y
468 Peeping Tom 1960 Powell, Michael UK Y
489 Detour 1945 Ulmer, Edgar G. USA YU
494 Happiness 1998 Solondz, Todd USA Y
509 The Sting 1973 Hill, George Roy USA DU
510 The Road Warrior 1981 Miller, George Australia DBU
527 Freaks 1932 Browning, Tod USA D
527 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Tarantino, Quentin USA DBUP
543 Point Blank 1967 Boorman, John USA YU
545 Rushmore 1998 Anderson, Wes USA DS
546 Diva 1981 Beineix, Jean-Jacques France DS
553 Bullitt 1968 Yates, Peter USA DBUPS
577 Shock Corridor 1963 Fuller, Samuel USA Y
578 From Russia with Love 1963 Young, Terence UK / USA DS
579 Local Hero 1983 Forsyth, Bill UK Y
592 Enter the Dragon 1973 Clouse, Robert Hong Kong / USA DBUS
593 Brazil 1985 Gilliam, Terry UK D
614 Eraserhead 1977 Lynch, David USA DS
625 The Straight Story 1999 Lynch, David France / UK / USA Y
632 Fat City 1972 Huston, John USA Y
635 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Gilliam, Terry / Jones, Terry UK D
644 Monty Python's Life of Brian 1979 Jones, Terry UK DB
672 Get Carter 1971 Hodges, Mike UK YU
687 Sons of the Desert 1933 Seiter, William A. USA D
689 Yellow Submarine 1968 Dunning, George UK / USA YS
691 Murder, My Sweet 1944 Dmytryk, Edward USA D
705 Forbidden Planet 1956 Wilcox, Fred M. USA D
731 House of Games 1987 Mamet, David USA DU
737 Star Wars: Episode VI -
Return of the Jedi		 1983 Marquand, Richard USA DS
757 The Terminator 1984 Cameron, James USA DBUP
771 The Princess Bride 1987 Reiner, Rob USA DU
779 Dawn of the Dead 1978 Romero, George A. Italy / USA D
783 Fight Club 1999 Fincher, David Germany / USA DUS
807 Delicatessen 1991 Caro, Marc / Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France D
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815 The Set-Up 1949 Wise, Robert USA Y
845 The Servant 1963 Losey, Joseph UK Y
905 The Wicker Man 1973 Hardy, Robin UK D
929 Scarface 1983 De Palma, Brian USA DU
931 An Affair to Remember 1957 McCarey, Leo USA DS
952 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 Hooper, Tobe USA DB
956 El Topo 1970 Jodorowsky, Alejandro Mexico D
962 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Peckinpah, Sam Mexico / USA Y
975 Harold and Maude 1972 Ashby, Hal USA YU
979 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 Van Peebles, Melvin USA Y
987 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Aronofsky, Darren USA YU
994 Miller's Crossing 1990 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA D
1006 Love Streams 1984 Cassavetes, John USA
1010 Dr. No 1962 Young, Terence UK / USA DS
1030 Withnail & I 1987 Robinson, Bruce UK Y
1057 Performance 1970 Cammell, Donald / Roeg, Nicolas UK D
1071 Raising Arizona 1987 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA DU
1095 The Breakfast Club 1985 Hughes, John USA DU
1106 Assault on Precinct 13 1976 Carpenter, John USA DBU
1117 Barton Fink 1991 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK DUP
1132 Mad Max 1979 Miller, George Australia YU
1151 Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 Hellman, Monte USA D
1163 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Sharman, Jim UK DUP
1181 Quadrophenia 1979 Roddam, Franc UK Y
1223 Ghostbusters 1984 Reitman, Ivan USA DUPS
1225 Man of the West 1958 Mann, Anthony USA D
1227 Flash Gordon 1936 Stephani, Frederick / Taylor, Ray USA Y
1259 Se7en 1995 Fincher, David USA DS
1264 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 Heckerling, Amy USA D
1268 The Narrow Margin 1952 Fleischer, Richard USA Y
1277 Pink Flamingos 1972 Waters, John USA DS
1284 Welcome to the Dollhouse 1995 Solondz, Todd USA Y
1292 Curse of the Demon 1957 Tourneur, Jacques UK D
1328 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 Hughes, John USA DU
1335 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 Roeg, Nicolas UK DB
1361 Donnie Darko 2001 Kelly, Richard USA DS
1367 The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957 Arnold, Jack USA
1427 Sid and Nancy 1986 Cox, Alex UK / USA Y
1439 The Evil Dead 1981 Raimi, Sam USA DUS
1467 Natural Born Killers 1994 Stone, Oliver USA DBU
1477 Barbarella 1968 Vadim, Roger France / Italy YU
1486 Blood Simple 1984 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA D
1499 Trust 1990 Hartley, Hal UK / USA Y
1503 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Selick, Henry USA DBS
1518 Rope 1948 Hitchcock, Alfred USA D
1524 Dark City 1998 Proyas, Alex USA DBUS
1524 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Stuart, Mel USA DS
1599 House of Usher 1960 Corman, Roger USA
1619 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Meyer, Nicholas USA YUS
1621 Time Bandits 1981 Gilliam, Terry UK Y
1681 Dark Star 1974 Carpenter, John USA D
1711 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 Hunt, Peter R. UK / USA DS
1729 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 Peckinpah, Sam USA DU
1731 Clerks. 1994 Smith, Kevin USA DS
1768 The Harder They Come 1972 Henzell, Perry Jamaica DS
1783 Martin 1977 Romero, George A. USA Y
1790 The Devils 1971 Russell, Ken UK Y
1792 Tarzan and His Mate 1934 Gibbons, Cedric / Conway, Jack / McKay, James C. USA Y
1815 12 Monkeys 1995 Gilliam, Terry USA DBS
1816 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 Elliott, Stephan Australia D
1820 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 Hamilton, Guy UK / USA DS
1820 Help! 1965 Lester, Richard UK D
1820 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Gilbert, Lewis UK / USA DS
1820 The Wild One 1953 Benedek, László USA D
1840 Pi 1998 Aronofsky, Darren USA DUPS
1842 Manhunter 1986 Mann, Michael USA D
1843 The Adjuster 1991 Egoyan, Atom Canada Y
1855 Bagdad Cafe 1987 Adlon, Percy West Germany / USA DS
1863 The Ninth Configuration 1980 Blatty, William Peter USA Y
1889 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986 Nimoy, Leonard USA DUS
1894 Casino Royale 2006 Campbell, Martin USA / UK / Czech Republic DBUS
1898 Henry Fool 1997 Hartley, Hal USA Y
1906 Blow Out 1981 De Palma, Brian USA D
1930 Glen or Glenda? 1953 Wood, Edward D. Jr. USA DU
1930 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story 1987 Haynes, Todd USA
1935 Star Wars: Episode II -
Attack of the Clones		 2002 Lucas, George USA DS
1938 Akira 1988 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan DS
1952 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965 Meyer, Russ USA D
1963 Repo Man 1984 Cox, Alex USA DU
1964 Five Deadly Venoms 1978 Chang, Cheh Hong Kong D
1964 Up in Smoke 1978 Adler, Lou / Chong, Tommy USA DUS
1973 Trash 1970 Morrissey, Paul USA DU
1984 The Fifth Element 1997 Besson, Luc France DBUPS
1992 The Company of Wolves 1984 Jordan, Neil UK / USA DS
1996 Star Wars: Episode III -
Revenge of the Sith		 2005 Lucas, George USA DS
2001 The Most Dangerous Game 1932 Pichel, Irving / Schoedsack, Ernest B. USA DUS
2006 Heathers 1989 Lehmann, Michael USA DB
2006 Re-Animator 1985 Gordon, Stuart USA Y
2006 The Warriors 1979 Hill, Walter USA DBU
2011 Plan 9 from Outer Space 1959 Wood, Edward D. Jr. USA DUS
2017 Eating Raoul 1982 Bartel, Paul USA D
2017 The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 Corman, Roger USA DU
2017 Octopussy 1983 Glen, John UK / USA DS
2017 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 Juran, Nathan USA DBS
2030 The Crow 1994 Proyas, Alex USA DS
2045 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan UK / Germany / USA DS
2047 The Gods Must Be Crazy 1980 Uys, Jamie Botswana DU
2047 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 Mitchell, John Cameron USA DUPS
2047 Rock 'n' Roll High School 1979 Arkush, Allan / Dante, Joe / Zucker, Jerry USA D
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2058 The Endless Summer 1966 Brown, Bruce USA YU
2080 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 Oz, Frank USA YUP
2099 The Honeymoon Killers 1970 Kastle, Leonard / Volkman, Donald USA Y
2114 Tommy 1975 Russell, Ken UK DU
2120 California Split 1974 Altman, Robert USA D
2123 Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 Wise, Robert USA DUPS
2126 Star Wars: Episode I -
The Phantom Menace		 1999 Lucas, George USA DS
2136 Palindromes 2004 Solondz, Todd USA D
2138 Brewster McCloud 1970 Altman, Robert USA VS
2166 The Big Lebowski 1998 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK DUS
2190 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988 Gilliam, Terry UK / West Germany DBU
2190 Hairspray 1988 Waters, John USA Y
2190 Ishtar 1987 May, Elaine USA V
2214 Lady in the Lake 1947 Montgomery, Robert USA D
2222 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 Meyer, Russ USA DS
2224 The Hitch-Hiker 1953 Lupino, Ida USA D
2234 Monty Python - The Meaning of Life 1983 Jones, Terry / Gilliam, Terry UK DU
2235 The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971 Fuest, Robert UK / USA DS
2235 Billy Jack 1971 Laughlin, Tom USA DU
2235 Blacula 1972 Crain, William USA DUPS
2235 The Blob 1958 Yeaworth, Irvin S. Jr. / Doughten, Russell S. Jr. USA D
2235 A Boy and His Dog 1975 Jones, L.Q. USA D
2235 Casino Royale 1967 Guest, Val / Hughes, Ken / Huston, John / McGrath, Joseph / Parrish, Robert UK / USA DS
2235 Death Race 2000 1975 Bartel, Paul USA D
2235 Death Wish 1974 Winner, Michael USA DUPS
2235 Dirty Mary Crazy Larry 1974 Hough, John USA D
2235 Electra Glide in Blue 1973 Guercio, James William USA D
2235 For Your Eyes Only 1981 Glen, John UK / USA DS
2235 Fritz the Cat 1972 Bakshi, Ralph USA DS
2235 Goldeneye 1995 Campbell, Martin UK / USA DS
2235 Head 1968 Rafelson, Bob USA DS
2235 The Kentucky Fried Movie 1977 Landis, John USA D
2235 King of Hearts 1966 de Broca, Philippe France / Italy D
2235 La Grande bouffe 1973 Ferreri, Marco France / Italy D
2235 Live and Let Die 1973 Hamilton, Guy UK / USA DS
2235 The Living Daylights 1987 Glen, John UK / USA DS
2235 The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 Hamilton, Guy UK / USA DS
2235 Mississippi Mermaid 1969 Truffaut, François Italy / France D
2235 Moonraker 1979 Gilbert, Lewis UK / France / USA DS
2235 Myra Breckinridge 1970 Sarne, Michael USA D
2235 Our Man Flint 1966 Mann, Daniel USA DUPS
2235 Phantom of the Paradise 1974 De Palma, Brian USA DS
2235 Pumping Iron 1977 Butler, George / Fiore, Robert USA D
2235 Rain 1932 Milestone, Lewis USA D
2235 The Silencers 1966 Karlson, Phil USA D
2235 Slap Shot 1977 Hill, George Roy USA DUP
2235 Thunderball 1965 Young, Terence UK / USA DS
2235 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 Spottiswoode, Roger UK / USA DS
2235 The Trip 1967 Corman, Roger USA D
2235 A View to a Kill 1985 Glen, John UK / USA DS
2235 You Only Live Twice 1967 Gilbert, Lewis UK / USA DS
2255 Swingers 1996 Liman, Doug USA DS
2256 Ginger Snaps 2000 Fawcett, John Canada / USA D
2256 Roadkill 1989 McDonald, Bruce Canada
2259 Evil Dead II 1987 Raimi, Sam USA DBS
2264 Flashdance 1983 Lyne, Adrian USA DU
2270 Grey Gardens 1975 Hovde, Ellen / Maysles, Albert / Maysles, David / Meyer, Muffie USA D
2270 Tron 1982 Lisberger, Steven USA / Taiwan DS
2279 The Dead Zone 1983 Cronenberg, David USA DU
2279 Electric Dreams 1984 Barron, Steve USA / UK V
2279 Joe Versus the Volcano 1990 Shanley, John Patrick USA DU
2279 Licence to Kill 1989 Glen, John UK / USA DS
2279 Never Say Never Again 1983 Kershner, Irvin UK / USA / West Germany D
2279 Pumping Iron II: The Women 1985 Butler, George USA
2279 Real Genius 1985 Coolidge, Martha USA DU
2279 Star Trek: First Contact 1996 Frakes, Jonathan USA DUS
2279 True Stories 1986 Byrne, David USA U
2279 The World Is Not Enough 1999 Apted, Michael UK / USA DS
2279 The X-Files: I Want to Believe 2008 Carter, Chris USA / Canada DBS
2280 Quantum of Solace 2008 Forster, Marc UK / USA S
2285 Destination Mars! 2004 McDonald, Joseph P. USA DU
2285 Die Another Day 2002 Tamahori, Lee UK / USA DS
2285 Monarch of the Moon 2005 Lowry, Richard USA DU
2285 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Hess, Jared USA DU
2285 Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 Baird, Stuart USA DUS
2285 Zorro's Fighting Legion 1939 English, John / Witney, William USA DU
2293 American Psycho 2000 Harron, Mary USA / Canada DBS
2293 Dazed and Confused 1993 Linklater, Richard USA D
2296 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1958 Juran, Nathan USA DU
2296 Mark of the Vampire 1935 Browning, Tod USA D
2296 Mommie Dearest 1981 Perry, Frank USA DUP
2296 Police Squad! The Complete Series 1982 Abrahams, Jim / Badiyi, Reza / Brown, Georg Stanford / Krasny, Paul / Dante, Joe / Zucker, David / Zucker, Jerry USA D
2296 Queen of Outer Space 1958 Bernds, Edward USA D
2296 Zero Hour! 1957 Bartlett, Hall USA D
2300 Coffy 1973 Hill, Jack USA YU
2300 Dune 1984 Lynch, David USA DU
2300 Heaven's Gate 1980 Cimino, Michael USA D
2300 Inferno 1980 Argento, Dario Italy Y
NR In Like Flint 1967 Douglas, Gordon USA DS
NR Ocean's 11 1960 Milestone, Lewis USA DU
NR Somewhere in Time 1980 Szwarc, Jeannot USA DS
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U   Unbox Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
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