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1701 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 1 Boyle, Danny / Tandan, Loveleen UK / USA
673 No Country for Old Men 2007 1 Coen, Ethan / Coen, Joel USA DB
559 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 1 del Toro, Guillermo Mexico / Spain / USA DB
464 Brokeback Mountain 2005 1 Lee, Ang USA D
395 Sideways 2004 1 Payne, Alexander USA DUS
222 The Lord of the Rings:
Return of the King
2003 1 Jackson, Peter USA / New Zealand DS
276 The Pianist 2002 1 Polanski, Roman Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands Y
286 The Lord of the Rings:
Fellowship of the Ring
2001 1 Jackson, Peter New Zealand / USA DUS
338 Yi Yi 2000 1 Yang, Edward Taiwan / Japan D
213 American Beauty 1999 1 Mendes, Sam USA YU
119 Saving Private Ryan 1998 1 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
91 L.A. Confidential 1997 1 Hanson, Curtis USA DBS
115 Fargo 1996 1 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK D
265 Toy Story 1995 1 Lasseter, John USA DS
18 Pulp Fiction 1994 1 Tarantino, Quentin USA D
25 Schindler's List 1993 1 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
78 Unforgiven 1992 1 Eastwood, Clint USA DBUP
21 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 1 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong / Taiwan DS
43 GoodFellas 1990 1 Scorsese, Martin USA DBUP
57 Do the Right Thing 1989 1 Lee, Spike USA DU
182 Landscape in the Mist 1988 1 Angelopoulos, Theo France / Greece / Italy D
61 Wings of Desire 1987 1 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France DS
118 Blue Velvet 1986 1 Lynch, David USA DS
53 Ran 1985 1 Kurosawa, Akira Japan / France D
246 Amadeus 1984 1 Forman, Milos USA DUS
242 The King of Comedy 1983 1 Scorsese, Martin USA Y
33 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982 1 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
76 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 1 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
16 Raging Bull 1980 1 Scorsese, Martin USA D
63 Apocalypse Now 1979 1 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DS
158 The Deer Hunter 1978 1 Cimino, Michael USA D
20 Annie Hall 1977 1 Allen, Woody USA D
28 Taxi Driver 1976 1 Scorsese, Martin USA DUS
56 Nashville 1975 1 Altman, Robert USA DS
15 Chinatown 1974 1 Polanski, Roman USA DUS
160 The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 1 Erice, Víctor Spain D
5 The Godfather 1972 1 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DBUPS
129 Murmur of the Heart 1971 1 Malle, Louis France / Italy / West Germany D
29 The Conformist 1970 1 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy / France / West Germany DS
66 The Wild Bunch 1969 1 Peckinpah, Sam USA DB
2 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 1 Kubrick, Stanley UK / USA DUPS
11 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 1 Penn, Arthur USA DBUPS
42 Persona 1966 1 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
124 Repulsion 1965 1 Polanski, Roman UK Y
32 Dr. Strangelove
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 1 Kubrick, Stanley UK DUP
19 8 1/2 1963 1 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DUS
36 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 1 Lean, David UK DUS
83 Viridiana 1961 1 Buñuel, Luis Mexico / Spain D
8 Psycho 1960 1 Hitchcock, Alfred USA DUPS
10 The 400 Blows 1959 1 Truffaut, François France D
3 Vertigo 1958 1 Hitchcock, Alfred USA DUPS
87 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 1 Lean, David UK / USA DUS
14 The Searchers 1956 1 Ford, John USA DBS
79 Diabolique 1955 1 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France D
6 Seven Samurai 1954 1 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
37 Tokyo Story 1953 1 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
7 Singin' in the Rain 1952 1 Kelly, Gene / Donen, Stanley USA DUPS
84 Diary of a Country Priest 1951 1 Bresson, Robert France D
13 Rashômon 1950 1 Kurosawa, Akira Japan DU
82 The Third Man 1949 1 Reed, Carol UK D
12 Bicycle Thieves 1948 1 De Sica, Vittorio Italy D
206 Out of the Past 1947 1 Tourneur, Jacques USA Y
50 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 1 Capra, Frank USA DUPS
45 Children of Paradise 1945 1 Carné, Marcel France D
46 Double Indemnity 1944 1 Wilder, Billy USA DS
289 The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 1 Wellman, William A. USA Y
9 Casablanca 1942 1 Curtiz, Michael USA DBUPS
1 Citizen Kane 1941 1 Welles, Orson USA DS
140 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 1 Ford, John USA D
4 The Rules of the Game 1939 1 Renoir, Jean France D
70 Bringing Up Baby 1938 1 Hawks, Howard USA DU
104 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 1 Hand, David USA DS
175 Modern Times 1936 1 Chaplin, Charles USA YS
103 Top Hat 1935 1 Sandrich, Mark USA DS
51 L'Atalante 1934 1 Vigo, Jean France DS
58 King Kong 1933 1 Cooper, Merian C. / Schoedsack, Ernest B. USA DS
93 Trouble in Paradise 1932 1 Lubitsch, Ernst USA D
23 M 1931 1 Lang, Fritz Germany DU
99 L'Âge d'Or 1930 1 Buñuel, Luis France Y
121 Pandora's Box 1929 1 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany D
72 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 1 Dreyer, Carl Theodor France D
39 Metropolis 1927 1 Lang, Fritz Germany DUPS
1162 Mother 1926 1 Pudovkin, Vsevolod Soviet Union YU
167 The Gold Rush 1925 1 Chaplin, Charles USA DS
149 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 1 Keaton, Buster USA Y
313 La Roue 1923 1 Gance, Abel France D
49 Nosferatu 1922 1 Murnau, F.W. Germany DU
855 The Kid 1921 1 Chaplin, Charles USA YUPS
556 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 1 Wiene, Robert Germany DU
560 Broken Blossoms 1919 1 Griffith, D.W. USA YU
1830 Stella Maris 1918 1 Neilan, Marshall USA D
1232 The Cure 1917 1 Chaplin, Charles USA DUS
1232 Easy Street 1917 1 Chaplin, Charles USA DUS
161 Intolerance 1916 1 Griffith, D.W. USA DUS
183 The Birth of a Nation 1915 1 Griffith, D.W. USA YUS
1321 Cabiria 1914 1 Pastrone, Giovanni Italy D
1955 Traffic in Souls 1913 1 Tucker, George Loane USA D
1947 Richard III 1912 1 Keane, James / Calmettes, André France / USA D
2235 Alkali Ike's Auto 1911 1 Anderson, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' USA D
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2235 The Courting of Mary 1911 1 Kirkwood, James / Tucker, George Loane USA
2235 Enoch Arden 1911 1 Griffith, D.W. USA D
2235 Fighting Blood 1911 1 Griffith, D.W. USA
2235 Henry VIII 1911 1 Barker, William G.B. UK
2235 His Trust 1911 1 Griffith, D.W. USA DU
2235 His Trust Fulfilled 1911 1 Griffith, D.W. USA D
2235 The Kreutzer Sonata 1911 1 Chardynin, Pyotr Russia
2235 L'Inferno 1911 1 Bertolini, Francesco / Padovan, Adolfo / de Liguoro, Giuseppe Italy / UK D
2235 The Lonedale Operator 1911 1 Griffith, D.W. USA D
2235 Rachel's Sin 1911 1 Hepworth, Cecil UK
2235 Romeo and Juliet 1911 1 O'Neil, Barry USA
2235 A Tale of Two Cities 1911 1 Humphrey, William USA
2235 Their First Misunderstanding 1911 1 Ince, Thomas H. / Tucker, George Loane USA
2235 Vanity Fair 1911 1 Kent, Charles USA
2224 Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest 1910 1 unknown USA
2011 A Corner in Wheat 1909 1 Griffith, D.W. USA YU
2235 The Adventures of Dollie 1908 1 Griffith, D.W. / Bitzer, G.W. USA D
2235 The Fatal Hour 1908 1 Griffith, D.W. USA
2235 For Love of Gold 1908 1 Griffith, D.W. USA
2235 Le Raid Paris-New York en automobile 1908 1 Méliès, Georges France
2235 Nick Carter, le roi des détectives 1908 1 Jasset, Victorin-Hippolyte France
2235 Stenka Razin 1908 1 Romashkov, Vladimir Russia V
2235 The Tavern Keeper's Daughter 1908 1 Griffith, D.W. USA
2006 Tunnel sous la manche ou Le cauchemar franco-anglais 1907 1 Méliès, Georges France D
2224 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire April 18, 1906 1906 1 unknown USA
2235 A Gentleman of France 1905 1 Blackton, J. Stuart USA
2235 Le Palais des mille et une nuits 1905 1 Méliès, Georges France D
2235 À president-elect Roosevelt 1905 1 Méliès, Georges France
2235 Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman 1905 1 Blackton, J. Stuart USA
2235 Rescued by Rover 1905 1 Fitzhamon, Lewin / Hepworth, Cecil M. UK D
2235 The Seven Ages 1905 1 Porter, Edwin S. USA D
2224 Westinghouse Works 1904 1 Bitzer, G.W. USA
1276 The Great Train Robbery 1903 1 Porter, Edwin S. USA YU
1236 Le Voyage Dans La Lune 1902 1 Méliès, Georges France DU
2224 President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol 1901 1 Edison, Thomas USA
2224 President McKinley Taking the Oath 1901 1 Edison, Thomas USA
2224 Star Theatre 1901 1 Armitage, Frederick USA D
2235 Faust and Marguerite 1900 1 Porter, Edwin S. USA
2235 Grandma's Reading Glass 1900 1 Smith, George Albert UK D
2235 Jeanne d'Arc 1900 1 Méliès, Georges France D
2235 Le Rêve de Noël 1900 1 Méliès, Georges France D
2235 The Mystic Swing 1900 1 Porter, Edwin S. USA
2235 Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce 1900 1 unknown USA
2224 Awakening of Rip 1896 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
2224 Exit of Rip and the Dwarf 1896 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
2224 The Kiss 1896 1 Heise, William USA D
2224 Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow 1896 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
2224 Rip Meeting the Dwarf 1896 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
2224 Rip Passing Over the Mountain 1896 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
2224 Rip's Toast 1896 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
2224 Rip's Toast to Hudson 1896 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
2224 Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep 1896 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
1892 La Sortie des usines Lumière 1895 1 Lumière, Louis France Y
1892 L'Arrivée d'un train à la Ciotat 1895 1 Lumière, Auguste / Lumière, Louis France Y
2224 Blacksmith Scene 1893 1 Dickson, William K.L. USA D
1724 Happy-Go-Lucky 2008 2 Leigh, Mike UK
833 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 2 Schnabel, Julian France / USA D
589 The Departed 2006 2 Scorsese, Martin USA DU
518 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 2 Clooney, George USA DB
443 Million Dollar Baby 2004 2 Eastwood, Clint USA DBUPS
409 The Barbarian Invasions 2003 2 Arcand, Denys Canada / France D
306 The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers
2002 2 Jackson, Peter USA / New Zealand / Germany DS
297 Y tu mamá también 2001 2 Cuarón, Alfonso Mexico / USA D
369 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 2 Lee, Ang Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China YU
334 All About My Mother 1999 2 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain / France DS
368 Shakespeare in Love 1998 2 Madden, John USA / UK Y
232 Titanic 1997 2 Cameron, James USA DS
250 Secrets & Lies 1996 2 Leigh, Mike France / UK Y
360 Sense and Sensibility 1995 2 Lee, Ang USA / UK Y
159 Lamerica 1994 2 Amelio, Gianni Italy / France DS
214 The Piano 1993 2 Campion, Jane Australia / New Zealand / France DS
307 The Crying Game 1992 2 Jordan, Neil UK / Japan Y
94 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 2 Demme, Jonathan USA DS
385 Dances with Wolves 1990 2 Costner, Kevin USA DUS
68 The Decalogue 1989 2 Kieslowski, Krzysztof Poland D
345 Dangerous Liaisons 1988 2 Frears, Stephen USA / UK YUP
320 Au Revoir, Les Enfants 1987 2 Malle, Louis France / West Germany D
215 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 2 Allen, Woody USA Y
110 Shoah 1985 2 Lanzmann, Claude France Y
329 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 2 Reiner, Rob USA DS
417 L'Argent 1983 2 Bresson, Robert France / Switzerland Y
60 Fanny & Alexander 1982 2 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden / France / West Germany D
245 Reds 1981 2 Beatty, Warren USA DB
169 Atlantic City 1980 2 Malle, Louis USA / Canada / France DUS
137 Manhattan 1979 2 Allen, Woody USA DUP
255 Days of Heaven 1978 2 Malick, Terrence USA DUPS
22 Star Wars: Episode IV -
A New Hope
1977 2 Lucas, George USA DS
171 Network 1976 2 Lumet, Sidney USA DU
89 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 2 Forman, Milos USA DBU
24 The Godfather Part II 1974 2 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DBUPS
180 Day for Night 1973 2 Truffaut, François France / Italy DS
38 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 2 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain D
133 The Last Picture Show 1971 2 Bogdanovich, Peter USA D
102 Tristana 1970 2 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain V
190 Midnight Cowboy 1969 2 Schlesinger, John USA DS
147 Shame 1968 2 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
35 Belle de jour 1967 2 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy D
107 Blow-Up 1966 2 Antonioni, Michelangelo UK / Italy DU
164 Pierrot le fou 1965 2 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy D
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80 The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1964 2 Pasolini, Pier Paolo France / Italy DU
65 Contempt 1963 2 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy DS
47 Jules and Jim 1962 2 Truffaut, François France DS
108 West Side Story 1961 2 Robbins, Jerome / Wise, Robert USA DUPS
17 Breathless 1960 2 Godard, Jean-Luc France D
31 The World of Apu 1959 2 Ray, Satyajit India D
74 Ashes and Diamonds 1958 2 Wajda, Andrzej Poland D
120 Throne of Blood 1957 2 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
178 The Burmese Harp 1956 2 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
95 Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 2 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
27 On the Waterfront 1954 2 Kazan, Elia USA DU
44 Ugetsu 1953 2 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
54 Ikiru 1952 2 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
139 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 2 Kazan, Elia USA DUPS
26 All About Eve 1950 2 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. USA DS
235 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 2 Hamer, Robert UK D
117 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 2 Huston, John USA DUPS
419 Odd Man Out 1947 2 Reed, Carol UK Y
81 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 2 Wyler, William USA D
207 Open City 1945 2 Rossellini, Roberto Italy YU
192 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 2 Minnelli, Vincente USA DS
310 Shadow of a Doubt 1943 2 Hitchcock, Alfred USA DS
225 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 2 Welles, Orson USA YS
62 The Maltese Falcon 1941 2 Huston, John USA DUP
151 Pinocchio 1940 2 Luske, Hamilton / Sharpsteen, Ben USA YS
34 The Wizard of Oz 1939 2 Fleming, Victor / Vidor, King / Cukor, George / LeRoy, Mervyn USA DS
130 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 2 Curtiz, Michael / Keighley, William USA DBS
143 Grand Illusion 1937 2 Renoir, Jean France D
200 Swing Time 1936 2 Stevens, George USA DS
122 The Bride of Frankenstein 1935 2 Whale, James USA DUS
112 It Happened One Night 1934 2 Capra, Frank USA DU
67 Zéro de conduite 1933 2 Vigo, Jean France V
204 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 2 Renoir, Jean France D
96 City Lights 1931 2 Chaplin, Charles USA DS
100 The Blue Angel 1930 2 von Sternberg, Josef Germany DS
263 The Man with the Movie Camera 1929 2 Vertov, Dziga Soviet Union DUS
174 Un Chien Andalou 1928 2 Buñuel, Luis France D
77 Sunrise 1927 2 Murnau, F.W. USA D
1484 The Black Pirate 1926 2 Parker, Albert USA D
168 Strike 1925 2 Eisenstein, Sergei M. Soviet Union DU
186 Greed 1924 2 von Stroheim, Erich USA Y
700 Our Hospitality 1923 2 Keaton, Buster / Blystone, John G. USA Y
173 Dr. Mabuse - The Gambler 1922 2 Lang, Fritz Germany D
1526 Orphans of the Storm 1921 2 Griffith, D.W. USA YU
1246 Within Our Gates 1920 2 Micheaux, Oscar USA Y
1830 Male and Female 1919 2 DeMille, Cecil B. USA DU
2032 The Outlaw and His Wife 1918 2 Sjöström, Victor Sweden D
1388 The Adventurer 1917 2 Chaplin, Charles USA DU
1519 One A.M. 1916 2 Chaplin, Charles USA DUS
770 Les Vampires 1915 2 Feuillade, Louis France YU
2035 A Child of the Big City 1914 2 Bauer, Yevgeni Russia V
2144 Twilight of a Woman's Soul 1913 2 Bauer, Yevgeni Russia D
2035 The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912 2 Griffith, D.W. USA DU
2285 Manhattan Trade School for Girls 1911 2 unknown USA D
2235 Afgrunden 1910 2 Gad, Urban Denmark
2235 Bébé fume 1910 2 Feuillade, Louis France
2235 Becket 1910 2 Kent, Charles USA
2235 The Broken Oath 1910 2 Solter, Harry USA
2235 Detected by Her Dog 1910 2 unknown Germany
2235 Gerusalemme liberata 1910 2 Guazzoni, Enrico Italy
2235 In Neighboring Kingdoms 1910 2 Humphrey, William USA
2235 In Old California 1910 2 Griffith, D.W. USA
2235 The Irony of Fate 1910 2 Solter, Harry USA
2235 Jack Fat and Jim Slim at Coney Island 1910 2 unknown USA
2235 Jane Eyre 1910 2 Caserini, Mario / Marston, Theodore USA
2235 The Kid 1910 2 Powell, Frank USA
2235 La Caduta di Troia 1910 2 Borgnetto, Luigi Romano / Pastrone, Giovanni Italy
2235 A Lad from Old Ireland 1910 2 Olcott, Sidney USA
2235 Max et sa belle mère 1910 2 Linder, Max / Nonguet, Lucien France
2235 The New Magdalene 1910 2 Golden, Joseph A. USA
2235 A Plain Song 1910 2 Griffith, D.W. USA
2235 Ramona 1910 2 Griffith, D.W. USA D
2235 Ranch Life in the Great South-West 1910 2 Turner, Otis USA
2235 Sunshine Sue 1910 2 Griffith, D.W. USA
2235 The Thread of Destiny 1910 2 Griffith, D.W. USA
2235 Twelfth Night 1910 2 Mullin, Eugene / Kent, Charles USA V
2224 Lady Helen's Escapade 1909 2 Griffith, D.W. USA
2224 Princess Nicotine;
or the Smoke Fairy
1909 2 Blackton, J. Stuart USA D
2235 Ben Hur 1907 2 Olcott, Sidney USA
2235 An Exciting Honeymoon 1907 2 unknown USA
2235 Fiskerlivets farer 1907 2 Hermansen, Hugo Norway
2235 Hamlet 1907 2 Méliès, Georges France
2235 The Haunted Hotel 1907 2 Blackton, J. Stuart USA
2235 The Magic Fountain Pen 1907 2 Blackton, J. Stuart USA
2235 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 1907 2 unknown USA
2235 Salaviinanpolttajat 1907