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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
2111 Tropic Thunder 2008 Stiller, Ben USA / Germany DBS
2166 Waltz With Bashir 2008 Folman, Ari Israel / Germany / France S
2196 Standard Operating Procedure 2008 Morris, Errol USA DBUS
2233 The Hurt Locker 2008 Bigelow, Kathryn USA
2233 Il papà di Giovanna 2008 Avati, Pupi Italy
2279 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008 Herman, Mark UK / USA
2285 Australia 2008 Luhrmann, Baz Australia / USA
2285 Miracle at St. Anna 2008 Lee, Spike USA / Italy
2289 Stop-Loss 2008 Peirce, Kimberly USA DUPS
1095 Atonement 2007 Wright, Joe UK DUS
1456 Lust, Caution 2007 Lee, Ang USA / China DU
2105 The Counterfeiters 2007 Ruzowitzky, Stefan Austria / Germany DBU
2136 Redacted 2007 De Palma, Brian USA DU
2180 Taxi to the Dark Side 2007 Gibney, Alex USA DUP
2244 Body of War 2007 Donahue, Phil / Spiro, Ellen USA D
2248 Beaufort 2007 Cedar, Joseph Israel D
2248 Katyn 2007 Wajda, Andrzej Poland
2270 No End in Sight 2007 Ferguson, Charles USA DU
2279 Alexandra 2007 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / France
2285 Grace Is Gone 2007 Strouse, James C. USA DS
2285 Lions for Lambs 2007 Redford, Robert USA D
559 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 del Toro, Guillermo Mexico / Spain / USA DB
915 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Eastwood, Clint USA DBU
1253 Days of Glory 2006 Bouchareb, Rachid France / Morocco / Algeria / Belgium D
1387 Flags of Our Fathers 2006 Eastwood, Clint Iceland / USA DBU
1773 Black Book 2006 Verhoeven, Paul Netherlands / UK / Germany DBU
1851 The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006 Loach, Ken France / Ireland / UK DUP
1890 The Ground Truth 2006 Foulkrod, Patricia USA D
1971 My Country My Country 2006 Poitras, Laura USA D
2210 Rescue Dawn 2006 Herzog, Werner USA DBUP
2234 Flandres 2006 Dumont, Bruno France DUP
2265 300 2006 Snyder, Zack USA DBU
2281 I Served the King of England 2006 Menzel, Jirí Czech Republic / Slovakia
2285 Flyboys 2006 Bill, Tony France / USA DB
2296 The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair 2006 Tucker, Michael / Epperlein, Petra Germany / USA D
1541 Joyeux Noël 2005 Carion, Christian France / Germany / UK / Belgium / Romania DU
1676 Sophie Scholl - The Final Days 2005 Rothemund, Marc Germany DB
2093 Kingdom of Heaven 2005 Scott, Ridley Spain / Germany DBU
2101 Why We Fight 2005 Jarecki, Eugene USA / France / UK / Canada / Denmark DU
2175 Jarhead 2005 Mendes, Sam USA DBUP
2289 Fateless 2005 Koltai, Lajos Hungary / Germany / UK D
2296 Valiant 2005 Chapman, Gary UK D
863 Hotel Rwanda 2004 George, Terry UK / Italy / South Africa Y
1115 Downfall 2004 Hirschbiegel, Oliver Germany / Italy / Austria D
1192 Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 Moore, Michael USA YU
1544 A Very Long Engagement 2004 Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France / USA YU
1598 Brothers 2004 Bier, Susanne Denmark D
1770 Gunner Palace 2004 Epperlein, Petra / Tucker, Michael USA D
1810 The Manchurian Candidate 2004 Demme, Jonathan USA DBU
1908 Troy 2004 Petersen, Wolfgang USA / Malta / UK DBUPS
2270 Birthday Boy 2004 Park, Sejong Australia
2270 Turtles Can Fly 2004 Ghobadi, Bahman Iran / France / Iraq D
2273 The Hero 2004 Gamboa, Zézé Angola / France / Portugal
2279 The Alamo 2004 Hancock, John Lee USA DS
2293 Innocent Voices 2004 Mandoki, Luis Mexico / USA / Puerto Rico D
784 Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World
2003 Weir, Peter USA DBU
1231 Cold Mountain 2003 Minghella, Anthony USA Y
1439 The Fog of War 2003 Morris, Errol USA DU
1506 The Last Samurai 2003 Zwick, Edward USA / New Zealand / Japan DBUPS
2233 Pornografia 2003 Kolski, Jan Jakub Poland / France D
2233 Rosenstrasse 2003 von Trotta, Margarethe Germany / Netherlands Y
2246 At Five in the Afternoon 2003 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / France
2248 Zelary 2003 Trojan, Ondrej Czech Republic / Slovakia / Austria Y
2279 Bon Voyage 2003 Rappeneau, Jean-Paul France D
276 The Pianist 2002 Polanski, Roman Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands Y
1046 Russian Ark 2002 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Germany Y
1248 The Quiet American 2002 Noyce, Phillip USA / Germany / Australia Y
1871 Safe Conduct 2002 Tavernier, Bertrand Spain / France / Germany D
1889 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 2002 Bartley, Kim / O'Briain, Donnacha Ireland / Netherlands / USA / Germany / Finland / UK
2017 Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary 2002 Heller, André / Schmiderer, Othmar Austria D
2017 Prisoner of Paradise 2002 Clarke, Malcolm / Sender, Stuart USA / Canada / Germany / UK D
2030 Max 2002 Meyjes, Menno Hungary / Canada / UK D
2104 Divine Intervention 2002 Suleiman, Elia France / Morocco / Germany / Palestine Y
2112 We Were Soldiers 2002 Wallace, Randall USA / Germany DBUS
2233 Almost Peaceful 2002 Deville, Michel France Y
2233 House of Fools 2002 Konchalovsky, Andrei Russia / France YU
2273 Daughter from Danang 2002 Dolgin, Gail / Franco, Vicente USA D
658 No Man's Land 2001 Tanovic, Danis Bosnia-Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / UK / Belgium D
1794 The Grey Zone 2001 Nelson, Tim Blake USA D
1896 Black Hawk Down 2001 Scott, Ridley USA DBUS
2017 Promises 2001 Bolado, Carlos / Shapiro, Justine / Goldberg, B.Z. USA D
2047 Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m. 2001 Lanzmann, Claude France
2190 The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein 2001 Gianvito, John USA Y
2233 Eden 2001 Gitai, Amos Italy / Israel / France
2233 Quem És Tu? 2001 Botelho, João Portugal
2235 Pearl Harbor 2001 Bay, Michael USA DBS
2250 Dark Blue World 2001 Sverák, Jan Czech Republic / UK / Germany / Denmark / Italy Y
2258 Invincible 2001 Herzog, Werner UK / Germany / Ireland / USA YS
2291 The Legend of Suriyothai 2001 Yukol, Chatrichalerm Thailand D
1908 Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 2000 Harris, Mark Jonathan UK / USA DS
1964 Kippur 2000 Gitai, Amos Israel / France D
2233 Il Partigiano Johnny 2000 Chiesa, Guido Italy
2234 Devils on the Doorstep 2000 Wen, Jiang China
2292 Paragraph 175 2000 Epstein, Rob / Friedman, Jeffrey UK / Germany / USA D
587 Three Kings 1999 Russell, David O. USA YU
2008 Sunshine 1999 Szabó, István Germany / Austria / Canada / Hungary YUP
2140 The End of the Affair 1999 Jordan, Neil UK / USA YU
2214 Titus 1999 Taymor, Julie Italy / USA DS
2264 Aimée & Jaguar 1999 Färberböck, Max Germany Y
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119 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
427 The Thin Red Line 1998 Malick, Terrence Canada / USA YUS
1779 The Last Days 1998 Moll, James USA D
2054 West Beirut 1998 Doueiri, Ziad France / Norway / Lebanon / Belgium Y
2233 I Piccoli maestri 1998 Luchetti, Daniele Italy
2279 Savior 1998 Antonijevic, Predrag USA D
604 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Benigni, Roberto Italy Y
2014 Starship Troopers 1997 Verhoeven, Paul USA DBUS
2017 The Long Way Home 1997 Harris, Mark Jonathan USA D
2255 Savrseni krug 1997 Kenovic, Ademir Bosnia-Herzegovina / France
2279 G.I. Jane 1997 Scott, Ridley USA DBS
2279 Little Dieter Needs to Fly 1997 Herzog, Werner France / UK / Germany D
2293 Paradise Road 1997 Beresford, Bruce Australia / USA DU
2293 Welcome to Sarajevo 1997 Winterbottom, Michael UK / USA DS
333 The English Patient 1996 Minghella, Anthony USA Y
1454 Courage Under Fire 1996 Zwick, Edward USA DBU
1478 Prisoner of the Mountains 1996 Bodrov, Sergei Russia / Kazakhstan Y
1842 Pretty Village Pretty Flame 1996 Dragojevic, Srdjan Fed Rep of Yugoslavia D
1912 Hamsun 1996 Troell, Jan Germany / Norway / Sweden / Denmark D
2233 For Ever Mozart 1996 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Switzerland D
2233 The Ogre 1996 Schlöndorff, Volker France / Germany / UK Y
2255 Capitaine Conan 1996 Tavernier, Bertrand France D
522 Braveheart 1995 Gibson, Mel USA DUS
1055 Underground 1995 Kusturica, Emir France / Fed Rep of Yugoslavia / Germany / Hungary Y
1066 Les Misérables 1995 Lelouch, Claude France YUP
1622 Land and Freedom 1995 Loach, Ken UK / Spain / Germany / Italy S
1691 Ulysses' Gaze 1995 Angelopoulos, Theo Greece / France / Italy / Fed Rep of Yugoslavia Y
1844 All Things Fair 1995 Widerberg, Bo Denmark / Sweden Y
1932 Richard III 1995 Loncraine, Richard UK / USA DS
2214 Rob Roy 1995 Caton-Jones, Michael USA DUPS
2269 A Walk in the Clouds 1995 Arau, Alfonso USA / Mexico YS
2279 Crimson Tide 1995 Scott, Tony USA DS
865 Before the Rain 1994 Manchevski, Milcho Rep of Macedonia / France / UK DS
2283 Vukovar 1994 Draskovic, Boro Cyprus / Italy / Fed Rep of Yugoslavia
25 Schindler's List 1993 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
1596 Gettysburg 1993 Maxwell, Ronald F. USA Y
2256 Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance 1993 Obomsawin, Alanis Canada
2279 Heaven & Earth 1993 Stone, Oliver France / USA DS
2279 The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl 1993 Müller, Ray France / UK / Germany / Belgium D
2293 Stalingrad 1993 Vilsmaier, Joseph Germany / Sweden D
1449 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Mann, Michael USA YU
1952 Baraka 1992 Fricke, Ron USA DBS
2017 A Midnight Clear 1992 Gordon, Keith USA D
2063 The Accompanist 1992 Miller, Claude France Y
2105 Mediterraneo 1991 Salvatores, Gabriele Italy Y
2233 Jeszcze tylko ten las 1991 Lomnicki, Jan Poland
550 Europa Europa 1990 Holland, Agnieszka Germany / France / Poland Y
1699 Archangel 1990 Maddin, Guy Canada Y
1851 Ay, Carmela! 1990 Saura, Carlos Spain / Italy
490 Glory 1989 Zwick, Edward USA DUS
515 Born on the Fourth of July 1989 Stone, Oliver USA DUS
695 Henry V 1989 Branagh, Kenneth UK Y
1466 A City of Sadness 1989 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
2047 War Requiem 1989 Jarman, Derek UK D
2190 Images of the World and the Inscription of War 1989 Farocki, Harun West Germany
2279 Black Rain 1989 Imamura, Shohei Japan
2285 Five Days in June 1989 Legrand, Michel France
1007 Story of Women 1988 Chabrol, Claude France Y
1059 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Takahata, Isao Japan Y
1120 Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 1988 Ophüls, Marcel France / USA Y
2279 A Time of Destiny 1988 Nava, Gregory USA
320 Au Revoir, Les Enfants 1987 Malle, Louis France / West Germany D
591 Hope and Glory 1987 Boorman, John UK Y
603 Red Sorghum 1987 Zhang, Yimou China Y
850 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Kubrick, Stanley USA DBU
1077 Empire of the Sun 1987 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
1822 Good Morning, Vietnam 1987 Levinson, Barry USA DS
2190 Camp de Thiaroye 1987 Sembene, Ousmane / Sow, Thierno Faty Algeria / Senegal / Tunisia
2190 Walker 1987 Cox, Alex USA / Mexico / Spain Y
2265 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987 Couturié, Bill USA Y
2273 Beirut: The Last Home Movie 1987 Fox, Jennifer USA
2300 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1987 Hara, Kazuo Japan
344 Platoon 1986 Stone, Oliver USA DUPS
944 The Assault 1986 Rademakers, Fons Netherlands Y
1542 Salvador 1986 Stone, Oliver USA D
2047 When the Wind Blows 1986 Murakami, Jimmy T. UK
2190 Universal Hotel 1986 Thompson, Peter USA
53 Ran 1985 Kurosawa, Akira Japan / France D
110 Shoah 1985 Lanzmann, Claude France Y
1004 Come and See 1985 Klimov, Elem Soviet Union Y
1801 Colonel Redl 1985 Szabó, István Hungary / Austria / West Germany Y
2248 Angry Harvest 1985 Holland, Agnieszka West Germany D
NR Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 Cosmatos, George P. USA DBUS
370 The Killing Fields 1984 Joffé, Roland UK YUP
887 Birdy 1984 Parker, Alan USA Y
1590 A Year of the Quiet Sun 1984 Zanussi, Krzysztof Poland / West Germany / USA Y
2017 MacArthur's Children 1984 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan
2017 The Wannsee Conference 1984 Schirk, Heinz Austria / West Germany V
2190 Swing Shift 1984 Demme, Jonathan USA YU
1834 A Love in Germany 1983 Wajda, Andrzej West Germany / France Y
1889 Under Fire 1983 Spottiswoode, Roger USA D
2017 The Good Fight 1983 Buckner, Noel / Dore, Mary / Sills, Sam USA D
2047 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983 Oshima, Nagisa UK / Japan S
2248 The Revolt of Job 1983 Gyöngyössy, Imre / Kabay, Barna Hungary
2248 War-Time Romance 1983 Todorovsky, Pyotr Soviet Union
2270 WarGames 1983 Badham, John USA DUP
2296 To Be or Not to Be 1983 Johnson, Alan USA D
2300 And the Ship Sails On 1983 Fellini, Federico France / Italy Y
166 Night of the Shooting Stars 1982 Taviani, Paolo / Taviani, Vittorio Italy D
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2190 Field Diary 1982 Gitai, Amos Israel / France
2190 One Man's War 1982 Cozarinsky, Edgardo France / West Germany
2248 Alsino and the Condor 1982 Littin, Miguel Nicaragua / Cuba / Mexico / Costa Rica Y
557 Das Boot 1981 Petersen, Wolfgang West Germany Y
572 Gallipoli 1981 Weir, Peter Australia DU
1523 Circle of Deceit 1981 Schlöndorff, Volker France / West Germany D
1901 Southern Comfort 1981 Hill, Walter USA / Switzerland / UK D
2121 The Boat Is Full 1981 Imhoof, Markus Switzerland / West Germany / Austria Y
2279 Stripes 1981 Reitman, Ivan USA DU
413 The Big Red One 1980 Fuller, Samuel USA YU
488 Kagemusha 1980 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
747 The Last Metro 1980 Truffaut, François France YS
878 Breaker Morant 1980 Beresford, Bruce Australia DB
1844 Confidence 1980 Szabó, István Hungary
2224 The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter 1980 Field, Connie USA
2300 Germany, Pale Mother 1980 Sanders-Brahms, Helma West Germany D
2300 Who's Singing Over There? 1980 Sijan, Slobodan Yugoslavia
63 Apocalypse Now 1979 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DS
319 The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany D
521 The Tin Drum 1979 Schlöndorff, Volker West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia YS
2017 David 1979 Lilienthal, Peter West Germany V
2130 The Great Santini 1979 Carlino, Lewis John USA Y
2190 1941 1979 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
2250 Yanks 1979 Schlesinger, John USA / West Germany / UK Y
158 The Deer Hunter 1978 Cimino, Michael USA D
676 Coming Home 1978 Ashby, Hal USA Y
2017 Go Tell the Spartans 1978 Post, Ted USA D
2183 Hitler: A Film from Germany 1978 Syberberg, Hans-Jürgen West Germany / UK / France
2235 The Boys from Brazil 1978 Schaffner, Franklin J. USA / UK DUPS
2235 The Boys in Company C 1978 Furie, Sidney J. USA / Hong Kong D
2248 Hungarians 1978 Fábri, Zoltán Hungary
940 Soldier of Orange 1977 Verhoeven, Paul Belgium / Netherlands Y
1807 The Duellists 1977 Scott, Ridley UK D
2017 Le Crabe Tambour 1977 Schoendoerffer, Pierre France
2097 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Attenborough, Richard USA / UK DBS
196 1900 1976 Bertolucci, Bernardo France / Italy / West Germany DS
1481 The Memory of Justice 1976 Ophüls, Marcel UK / USA / France / West Germany
1625 Black and White in Color 1976 Annaud, Jean-Jacques Ivory Coast / France / West Germany / Switzerland Y
1938 The Ascent 1976 Shepitko, Larisa Soviet Union D
2235 The Eagle Has Landed 1976 Sturges, John UK DBS
2235 Mr. Klein 1976 Losey, Joseph France / Italy DS
2264 Voyage of the Damned 1976 Rosenberg, Stuart UK YS
291 Barry Lyndon 1975 Kubrick, Stanley UK DU
949 Seven Beauties 1975 Wertmüller, Lina Italy DU
1291 Love and Death 1975 Allen, Woody USA Y
2141 Special Section 1975 Costa-Gavras France / Italy / West Germany
2248 Jacob, the Liar 1975 Beyer, Frank East Germany / Czechoslovakia Y
2248 Nights and Days 1975 Antczak, Jerzy Poland
2270 Overlord 1975 Cooper, Stuart UK D
512 Lacombe Lucien 1974 Malle, Louis France / West Germany / Italy D
1260 Lancelot of the Lake 1974 Bresson, Robert France / Italy Y
1702 And Now My Love 1974 Lelouch, Claude France / Italy Y
2017 Hearts and Minds 1974 Davis, Peter USA D
2235 The Odessa File 1974 Neame, Ronald UK / West Germany DUS
2248 The Deluge 1974 Hoffman, Jerzy Poland / Soviet Union Y
2248 Sandakan No. 8 1974 Kumai, Kei Japan
1907 My Childhood 1972 Douglas, Bill UK D
1930 Winter Soldier 1972 unknown USA D
1979 Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 Hill, George Roy USA Y
2248 The Dawns Here Are Quiet 1972 Rostotsky, Stanislav Soviet Union
2252 Young Winston 1972 Attenborough, Richard UK Y
2119 Johnny Got His Gun 1971 Trumbo, Dalton USA Y
2235 Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971 Stevenson, Robert USA D
2291 Duck, You Sucker 1971 Leone, Sergio Italy D
136 M*A*S*H 1970 Altman, Robert USA D
184 Patton 1970 Schaffner, Franklin J. USA DBS
455 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 1970 De Sica, Vittorio Italy / West Germany Y
575 Little Big Man 1970 Penn, Arthur USA Y
1807 Catch-22 1970 Nichols, Mike USA YUP
1958 Too Late the Hero 1970 Aldrich, Robert USA D
1974 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Fleischer, Richard / Fukasaku, Kinji / Masuda, Toshio USA / Japan DS
2114 Darling Lili 1970 Edwards, Blake USA DUPS
2235 Kelly's Heroes 1970 Hutton, Brian G. Yugoslavia / USA DUPS
2235 Rio Lobo 1970 Hawks, Howard USA DS
2247 The Revolutionary 1970 Williams, Paul USA
2248 Hoa-Binh 1970 Coutard, Raoul France
2264 The Walking Major 1970 Larsen, Keith / Senno, Koji / Shirai, Nobuaki Japan
NR Two Mules for Sister Sara 1970 Siegel, Don USA / Mexico DS
418 Andrei Roublev 1969 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union Y
623 The Sorrow and the Pity 1969 Ophüls, Marcel France / Switzerland / West Germany Y
955 The Damned 1969 Visconti, Luchino Italy / Switzerland / West Germany YS
998 Army of Shadows 1969 Melville, Jean-Pierre France / Italy DU
1672 Oh! What a Lovely War 1969 Attenborough, Richard UK D
2248 The Battle of Neretva 1969 Bulajic, Veljko Yugoslavia / USA / Italy / West Germany YS
2250 The Battle of Britain 1969 Hamilton, Guy UK DB
147 Shame 1968 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
629 War and Peace 1968 Bondarchuk, Sergei Soviet Union D
1360 Where Eagles Dare 1968 Hutton, Brian G. UK / USA D
1964 In the Year of the Pig 1968 de Antonio, Emile USA DU
2190 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War 1968 Ivens, Joris / Ivens, Marceline Loridan France / Vietnam
2235 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 Richardson, Tony UK D
2235 The Green Berets 1968 Kellogg, Ray / Wayne, John / LeRoy, Mervyn USA DS
2235 Hell in the Pacific 1968 Boorman, John USA D
2300 The Long Day's Dying 1968 Collinson, Peter UK
278 The Red and the White 1967 Jancsó, Mikl