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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   #   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
1 Citizen Kane 1941 1 Welles, Orson USA DS
2 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 1 Kubrick, Stanley UK / USA DUPS
3 Vertigo 1958 1 Hitchcock, Alfred USA DUPS
4 The Rules of the Game 1939 1 Renoir, Jean France D
5 The Godfather 1972 1 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DBS
6 Seven Samurai 1954 1 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
7 Singin' in the Rain 1952 1 Kelly, Gene / Donen, Stanley USA DUPS
8 Psycho 1960 1 Hitchcock, Alfred USA DUPS
9 Casablanca 1942 1 Curtiz, Michael USA DUPS
10 The 400 Blows 1959 1 Truffaut, François France D
11 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 1 Penn, Arthur USA DBUPS
12 Bicycle Thieves 1948 1 De Sica, Vittorio Italy D
13 Rashômon 1950 1 Kurosawa, Akira Japan DU
14 The Searchers 1956 1 Ford, John USA DBS
15 Chinatown 1974 1 Polanski, Roman USA DUS
16 Breathless 1960 2 Godard, Jean-Luc France D
17 Raging Bull 1980 1 Scorsese, Martin USA D
18 8 1/2 1963 1 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DUS
19 Pulp Fiction 1994 1 Tarantino, Quentin USA D
20 Annie Hall 1977 1 Allen, Woody USA D
21 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 1 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong / Taiwan DS
22 Star Wars: Episode IV -
A New Hope
1977 2 Lucas, George USA DS
23 M 1931 1 Lang, Fritz Germany DU
24 Schindler's List 1993 1 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
25 All About Eve 1950 2 Mankiewicz, Joseph L. USA DS
26 On the Waterfront 1954 2 Kazan, Elia USA DU
27 Taxi Driver 1976 1 Scorsese, Martin USA DUS
28 The Conformist 1970 1 Bertolucci, Bernardo Italy / France / West Germany DS
29 La Dolce Vita 1960 3 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DS
30 Belle de jour 1967 2 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy D
31 The World of Apu 1959 2 Ray, Satyajit India D
32 Dr. Strangelove
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 1 Kubrick, Stanley UK DUP
33 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982 1 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
34 The Wizard of Oz 1939 2 Fleming, Victor / Vidor, King / Cukor, George / LeRoy, Mervyn USA DS
35 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 1 Lean, David UK DUS
36 Tokyo Story 1953 1 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
37 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 2 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain D
38 Metropolis 1927 1 Lang, Fritz Germany DUPS
39 Some Like It Hot 1959 3 Wilder, Billy USA DS
40 The Godfather Part II 1974 2 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DBS
41 Gone with the Wind 1939 3 Fleming, Victor USA DS
42 Persona 1966 1 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
43 GoodFellas 1990 1 Scorsese, Martin USA DBUP
44 Ugetsu 1953 2 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
45 Children of Paradise 1945 1 Carné, Marcel France D
46 Double Indemnity 1944 1 Wilder, Billy USA DS
47 Jules and Jim 1962 2 Truffaut, François France DS
48 Sunset Boulevard 1950 3 Wilder, Billy USA DS
49 Nosferatu 1922 1 Murnau, F.W. Germany DU
50 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 1 Capra, Frank USA DS
51 L'Atalante 1934 1 Vigo, Jean France DS
52 L'Avventura 1960 4 Antonioni, Michelangelo Italy / France D
53 Ran 1985 1 Kurosawa, Akira Japan / France D
54 Ikiru 1952 2 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
55 Aguirre, The Wrath of God 1972 3 Herzog, Werner West Germany / Peru / Mexico D
56 Nashville 1975 1 Altman, Robert USA DS
57 Do the Right Thing 1989 1 Lee, Spike USA DU
58 King Kong 1933 1 Cooper, Merian C. / Schoedsack, Ernest B. USA DS
59 The Graduate 1967 3 Nichols, Mike USA DS
60 Fanny & Alexander 1982 2 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden / France / West Germany D
61 Wings of Desire 1987 1 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France DS
62 The Maltese Falcon 1941 2 Huston, John USA DUP
63 Apocalypse Now 1979 1 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DS
64 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 3 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
65 Contempt 1963 2 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy DS
66 The Wild Bunch 1969 1 Peckinpah, Sam USA DB
67 Zéro de conduite 1933 2 Vigo, Jean France V
68 The Decalogue 1989 2 Kieslowski, Krzysztof Poland D
69 Playtime 1967 4 Tati, Jacques France / Italy D
70 Bringing Up Baby 1938 1 Hawks, Howard USA DU
71 Forbidden Games 1952 3 Clément, René France D
72 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 1 Dreyer, Carl Theodor France D
73 High Noon 1952 4 Zinnemann, Fred USA DUS
74 Ashes and Diamonds 1958 2 Wajda, Andrzej Poland D
75 North by Northwest 1959 4 Hitchcock, Alfred USA DS
76 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 1 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
77 Sunrise 1927 2 Murnau, F.W. USA D
78 Unforgiven 1992 1 Eastwood, Clint USA DBUP
79 Diabolique 1955 1 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France D
80 The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1964 2 Pasolini, Pier Paolo France / Italy D
81 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 2 Wyler, William USA D
82 The Third Man 1949 1 Reed, Carol UK D
83 Viridiana 1961 1 Buñuel, Luis Mexico / Spain D
84 Diary of a Country Priest 1951 1 Bresson, Robert France D
85 Beauty and the Beast 1946 3 Cocteau, Jean / Clément, René France / Luxembourg D
86 Weekend 1967 5 Godard, Jean-Luc Italy / France D
87 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 1 Lean, David UK / USA DUS
88 Rocco and His Brothers 1960 5 Visconti, Luchino France / Italy DS
89 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 2 Forman, Milos USA DBU
90 Touch of Evil 1958 3 Welles, Orson USA DUS
91 L.A. Confidential 1997 1 Hanson, Curtis USA DBS
92 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 3 Frankenheimer, John USA D
93 Trouble in Paradise 1932 1 Lubitsch, Ernst USA D
94 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 2 Demme, Jonathan USA DS
95 Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 2 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
96 City Lights 1931 2 Chaplin, Charles USA DS
97 Blade Runner 1982 3 Scott, Ridley USA DBUPS
98 Solaris 1972 4 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union D
99 L'Âge d'Or 1930 1 Buñuel, Luis France Y
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100 The Blue Angel 1930 2 von Sternberg, Josef Germany DS
101 Rear Window 1954 4 Hitchcock, Alfred USA D
102 Tristana 1970 2 Buñuel, Luis France / Italy / Spain V
103 Top Hat 1935 1 Sandrich, Mark USA DS
104 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 1 Hand, David USA DS
105 Duck Soup 1933 3 McCarey, Leo USA DUS
106 The Earrings of Madame de... 1953 3 Ophüls, Max France / Italy D
107 Blow-Up 1966 2 Antonioni, Michelangelo UK / Italy DU
108 West Side Story 1961 2 Robbins, Jerome / Wise, Robert USA DUPS
109 À nous la liberté 1931 3 Clair, René France D
110 Shoah 1985 2 Lanzmann, Claude France Y
111 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 3 Resnais, Alain France / Italy Y
112 It Happened One Night 1934 2 Capra, Frank USA DU
113 Pather Panchali 1955 3 Ray, Satyajit India D
114 Jaws 1975 3 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
115 Fargo 1996 1 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK D
116 The General 1927 3 Keaton, Buster / Bruckman, Clyde USA DU
117 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 2 Huston, John USA DUPS
118 Blue Velvet 1986 1 Lynch, David USA DS
119 Saving Private Ryan 1998 1 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
120 Throne of Blood 1957 2 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
121 Pandora's Box 1929 1 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany D
122 The Bride of Frankenstein 1935 2 Whale, James USA DUS
123 The Lady Eve 1941 3 Sturges, Preston USA DU
124 Repulsion 1965 1 Polanski, Roman UK Y
125 Rebel Without a Cause 1955 4 Ray, Nicholas USA DU
126 The Night of the Hunter 1955 5 Laughton, Charles USA DUP
127 Notorious 1946 4 Hitchcock, Alfred USA DS
128 The Apartment 1960 6 Wilder, Billy USA D
129 Murmur of the Heart 1971 1 Malle, Louis France / Italy / West Germany D
130 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 2 Curtiz, Michael / Keighley, William USA DBS
131 The Conversation 1974 3 Coppola, Francis Ford USA D
132 Le Boucher 1970 3 Chabrol, Claude France / Italy D
133 The Last Picture Show 1971 2 Bogdanovich, Peter USA D
134 Cabaret 1972 5 Fosse, Bob USA DUS
135 A Hard Day's Night 1964 3 Lester, Richard UK DS
136 M*A*S*H 1970 4 Altman, Robert USA D
137 Manhattan 1979 2 Allen, Woody USA DUP
138 Earth 1930 3 Dovzhenko, Aleksandr Soviet Union DU
139 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 2 Kazan, Elia USA DUPS
140 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 1 Ford, John USA D
141 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 4 Capra, Frank USA D
142 Sullivan's Travels 1941 4 Sturges, Preston USA DU
143 Grand Illusion 1937 2 Renoir, Jean France D
144 Celine and Julie Go Boating 1974 4 Rivette, Jacques France Y
145 Paths of Glory 1957 3 Kubrick, Stanley USA DUP
146 Napoléon 1927 4 Gance, Abel Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany V
147 Le Jour se lève 1939 5 Carné, Marcel France V
148 Shame 1968 2 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
149 The Seventh Seal 1957 4 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden D
149 Stagecoach 1939 6 Ford, John USA D
150 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 1 Keaton, Buster USA Y
151 Sweet Smell of Success 1957 5 Mackendrick, Alexander USA Y
152 Pinocchio 1940 2 Luske, Hamilton / Sharpsteen, Ben USA YS
153 The American Friend 1977 3 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France Y
154 Le Million 1931 4 Clair, René France D
155 His Girl Friday 1940 3 Hawks, Howard USA DU
156 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 4 Demy, Jacques France / West Germany DUS
157 Through a Glass Darkly 1961 4 Bergman, Ingmar Sweden Y
158 The Deer Hunter 1978 1 Cimino, Michael USA D
159 Lamerica 1994 2 Amelio, Gianni Italy / France DS
160 The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 1 Erice, Víctor Spain D
161 Intolerance 1916 1 Griffith, D.W. USA DUS
162 My Fair Lady 1964 5 Cukor, George USA DS
163 Lola Montès 1955 6 Ophüls, Max France / West Germany Y
164 Pierrot le fou 1965 2 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy D
165 The African Queen 1951 3 Huston, John UK / USA Y
166 Night of the Shooting Stars 1982 4 Taviani, Paolo / Taviani, Vittorio Italy D
167 The Gold Rush 1925 1 Chaplin, Charles USA DS
168 Strike 1925 2 Eisenstein, Sergei M. Soviet Union DU
169 Atlantic City 1980 2 Malle, Louis USA / Canada / France DS
170 The Hustler 1961 5 Rossen, Robert USA D
171 Network 1976 2 Lumet, Sidney USA DU
172 La Chienne 1931 5 Renoir, Jean France Y
173 Dr. Mabuse - The Gambler 1922 2 Lang, Fritz Germany D
174 Un Chien Andalou 1928 2 Buñuel, Luis France D
175 Modern Times 1936 1 Chaplin, Charles USA YS
176 The French Connection 1971 3 Friedkin, William USA D
177 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 4 Spielberg, Steven USA DBUS
178 The Burmese Harp 1956 2 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
179 The Golden Coach 1953 4 Renoir, Jean France / Italy Y
180 Day for Night 1973 2 Truffaut, François France / Italy DS
181 American Graffiti 1973 3 Lucas, George USA Y
182 Landscape in the Mist 1988 1 Angelopoulos, Theo France / Greece / Italy D
183 The Birth of a Nation 1915 1 Griffith, D.W. USA YUS
184 Patton 1970 5 Schaffner, Franklin J. USA DBS
185 Aparajito 1957 6 Ray, Satyajit India D
186 Greed 1924 2 von Stroheim, Erich USA Y
187 Frankenstein 1931 6 Whale, James USA DS
188 Five Easy Pieces 1970 6 Rafelson, Bob USA Y
189 Floating Weeds 1959 5 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
190 Midnight Cowboy 1969 2 Schlesinger, John USA DS
191 The Producers 1968 3 Brooks, Mel USA DS
192 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 2 Minnelli, Vincente USA DS
193 1900 1976 3 Bertolucci, Bernardo France / Italy / West Germany DS
194 L'Eclisse 1962 4 Antonioni, Michelangelo Italy / France Y
195 La Strada 1954 5 Fellini, Federico Italy DS
196 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 3 Siegel, Don USA D
197 Red River 1948 3 Hawks, Howard / Rosson, Arthur USA DUPS
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198 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 3 Hill, George Roy USA DBS
199 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 3 Kieslowski, Krzysztof France / Poland / Norway DS
200 Strangers on a Train 1951 4 Hitchcock, Alfred USA YUS
201 Swing Time 1936 2 Stevens, George USA DS
202 Goldfinger 1964 6 Hamilton, Guy UK DS
203 Two English Girls 1971 4 Truffaut, François France YS
204 The Big Sleep 1946 5 Hawks, Howard USA DS
205 Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 2 Renoir, Jean France D
206 Red Desert 1964 7 Antonioni, Michelangelo Italy / France Y
207 Out of the Past 1947 1 Tourneur, Jacques USA Y
208 Open City 1945 2 Rossellini, Roberto Italy YU
209 Gertrud 1964 8 Dreyer, Carl Theodor Denmark Y
210 Shane 1953 5 Stevens, George USA YU
211 Easy Rider 1969 4 Hopper, Dennis USA YU
212 Battleship Potemkin 1925 3 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Aleksandrov, Grigori Soviet Union DU
213 American Beauty 1999 1 Mendes, Sam USA YU
214 The Piano 1993 2 Campion, Jane Australia / New Zealand / France DS
215 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 2 Allen, Woody USA Y
216 The Bank Dick 1940 4 Cline, Edward F. USA D
217 All the President's Men 1976 4 Pakula, Alan J. USA DU
218 Masculin, féminin 1966 3 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Sweden D
219 Cría cuervos 1976 5 Saura, Carlos Spain D
220 My Darling Clementine 1946 6 Ford, John USA D
221 12 Angry Men 1957 7 Lumet, Sidney USA D
222 The Lord of the Rings:
Return of the King
2003 1 Jackson, Peter USA / New Zealand DS
223 Red 1994 3 Kieslowski, Krzysztof Poland / France / Switzerland YS
224 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 1966 4 Leone, Sergio Italy / Spain DUPS
225 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 2 Welles, Orson USA YS
226 Mean Streets 1973 4 Scorsese, Martin USA D
227 An American in Paris 1951 5 Minnelli, Vincente USA DUPS
228 Vampyr 1932 3 Dreyer, Carl Theodor France / Germany DU
229 Los Olvidados 1950 4 Buñuel, Luis Mexico Y
230 A Clockwork Orange 1971 5 Kubrick, Stanley UK DUP
231 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 5 Mulligan, Robert USA DUS
232 Titanic 1997 2 Cameron, James USA DS
233 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 4 Milestone, Lewis USA D
234 Marty 1955 7 Mann, Delbert USA D
235 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 2 Hamer, Robert UK D
236 Gigi 1958 4 Minnelli, Vincente USA DS
237 Saturday Night Fever 1977 5 Badham, John USA DUS
238 The Sound of Music 1965 3 Wise, Robert USA DS
239 Badlands 1973 5 Malick, Terrence USA YU
240 Written on the Wind 1956 4 Sirk, Douglas USA Y
241 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 6 Altman, Robert USA Y
242 The King of Comedy 1983 1 Scorsese, Martin USA Y
243 From Here to Eternity 1953 6 Zinnemann, Fred USA YU
244 Europa '51 1952 5 Rossellini, Roberto Italy
244 Senso 1954 6 Visconti, Luchino Italy YU
245 Reds 1981 2 Beatty, Warren USA DB
246 Amadeus 1984 1 Forman, Milos USA DUS
247 The Philadelphia Story 1940 5 Cukor, George USA YUPS
248 Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 1964 9 Parajanov, Sergei Soviet Union D
249 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 3 Curtiz, Michael USA YS
250 Secrets & Lies 1996 2 Leigh, Mike France / UK Y
251 Dodsworth 1936 3 Wyler, William USA Y
252 The Lost Weekend 1945 3 Wilder, Billy USA YS
253 Tootsie 1982 5 Pollack, Sydney USA DU
254 The Kingdom 1994 4 von Trier, Lars / Arnfred, Morten Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden D
255 Days of Heaven 1978 2 Malick, Terrence USA DS
256 Doctor Zhivago 1965 4 Lean, David USA DUPS
257 Rocky 1976 6 Avildsen, John G. USA DBUPS
258 Lola 1961 6 Demy, Jacques Italy / France Y
259 Night of the Living Dead 1968 4 Romero, George A. USA D
260 Ben-Hur 1959 6 Wyler, William USA DS
261 Yojimbo 1961 7 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
262 A Star Is Born 1954 7 Cukor, George USA YUS
263 The Man with the Movie Camera 1929 2 Vertov, Dziga Soviet Union DUS
264 The Exorcist 1973 6 Friedkin, William USA DUPS
265 Toy Story 1995 1 Lasseter, John USA DS
266 White Heat 1949 3 Walsh, Raoul USA DS
267 42nd Street 1933 4 Bacon, Lloyd USA DUS
268 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979 3 Benton, Robert USA Y
269 Deliverance 1972 6 Boorman, John USA DBUP
270 The Palm Beach Story 1942 4 Sturges, Preston USA DU
271 Amarcord 1973 7 Fellini, Federico Italy / France DS
272 Rebecca 1940 6 Hitchcock, Alfred USA YS
273 The Band Wagon 1953 7 Minnelli, Vincente USA YS
273 In the Heat of the Night 1967 6 Jewison, Norman USA DS
274 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 5 Leone, Sergio Italy / USA YUS
275 Umberto D. 1952 6 De Sica, Vittorio Italy Y
276 The Pianist 2002 1 Polanski, Roman Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands Y
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