| Fans' Rank |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 468 | F for Fake | 1973 | Orson Welles | 951 |
| 181 | Fanny and Alexander | 1982 | Ingmar Bergman | 253 |
| 467 | Fantasia | 1940 | James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, and Ben Sharpsteen | 229 |
| 377 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2009 | Wes Anderson | 564 |
| 26 | Fargo | 1996 | Joel Coen | 67 |
| 494 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1998 | Terry Gilliam | 1353 |
| 331 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | 1986 | John Hughes | 270 |
| 414 | Field of Dreams | 1989 | Phil Alden Robinson | 430 |
| 46 | Fight Club | 1999 | David Fincher | 71 |
| 304 | Finding Nemo | 2003 | Andrew Stanton | 163 |
| 293 | A Fish Called Wanda | 1988 | Charles Crichton | 598 |
| 231 | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | Werner Herzog | 712 |
| 229 | The Fly | 1986 | David Cronenberg | 147 |
| 375 | For a Few Dollars More | 1965 | Sergio Leone | 476 |
| 104 | Forrest Gump | 1994 | Robert Zemeckis | 72 |
| 621 | The Fountain | 2006 | Darren Aronofsky | 2155 |
| 419 | Frankenstein | 1931 | James Whale | 177 |
| 372 | Freaks | 1932 | Tod Browning | 247 |
| 143 | The French Connection | 1971 | William Friedkin | 167 |
| 511 | From Here to Eternity | 1953 | Fred Zinnemann | 357 |
| 554 | The Fugitive | 1993 | Andrew Davis | 519 |
| 102 | Full Metal Jacket | 1987 | Stanley Kubrick | 198 |
| 396 | Gandhi | 1982 | Richard Attenborough | 626 |
| 366 | Gangs of New York | 2002 | Martin Scorsese | 1532 |
| 110 | The General | 1926 | Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton | 86 |
| 369 | Ghost World | 2001 | Terry Zwigoff | 970 |
| 269 | Ghostbusters | 1984 | Ivan Reitman | 151 |
| 154 | Gladiator | 2000 | Ridley Scott | 137 |
| 190 | Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 | James Foley | 1205 |
| 515 | Glory | 1989 | Edward Zwick | 562 |
| 1 | The Godfather | 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola | 2 |
| 6 | The Godfather: Part II | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola | 23 |
| 308 | The Gold Rush | 1925 | Charles Chaplin | 171 |
| 402 | Goldfinger | 1964 | Guy Hamilton | 246 |
| 91 | Gone with the Wind | 1939 | Victor Fleming | 31 |
| 197 | Good Will Hunting | 1997 | Gus Van Sant | 339 |
| 15 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 1966 | Sergio Leone | 48 |
| 617 | Goodbye Mr. Chips | 1939 | Sam Wood | 2079 |
| 13 | Goodfellas | 1990 | Martin Scorsese | 14 |
| 57 | The Graduate | 1967 | Mike Nichols | 73 |
| 477 | Gran Torino | 2008 | Clint Eastwood | 699 |
| 444 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | 2014 | Wes Anderson | 467 |
| 149 | The Grand Illusion | 1937 | Jean Renoir | 180 |
| 234 | The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | John Ford | 273 |
| 189 | Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 | Isao Takahata | 210 |
| 545 | Gravity | 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | 371 |
| 206 | The Great Dictator | 1940 | Charles Chaplin | 222 |
| 329 | The Great Escape | 1963 | John Sturges | 154 |
| 555 | Great Expectations | 1946 | David Lean | 539 |
| 442 | Greed | 1924 | Erich von Stroheim | 473 |
| 254 | The Green Mile | 1999 | Frank Darabont | 296 |
| 89 | Groundhog Day | 1993 | Harold Ramis | 93 |
| 178 | Halloween | 1978 | John Carpenter | 132 |
| 312 | Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 | Woody Allen | 567 |
| 537 | Happy Together | 1997 | Kar-Wai Wong | 735 |
| 391 | Harakiri | 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | 753 |
| 624 | Hard Boiled | 1992 | John Woo | 649 |
| 452 | A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | Richard Lester | 303 |
| 283 | Harold and Maude | 1971 | Hal Ashby | 185 |
| 655 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Alfonso Cuarón | 305 |
| 588 | Hate | 1995 | Mathieu Kassovitz | 442 |
| 118 | Heat | 1995 | Michael Mann | 182 |
| 491 | Heathers | 1988 | Michael Lehmann | 488 |
| 357 | Her | 2013 | Spike Jonze | 422 |
| 450 | Hero | 2002 | Yimou Zhang | 808 |
| 550 | Hidden | 2005 | Michael Haneke | 501 |
| 185 | High and Low | 1963 | Akira Kurosawa | 642 |
| 350 | High Fidelity | 2000 | Stephen Frears | 1027 |
| 237 | High Noon | 1952 | Fred Zinnemann | 206 |
| 341 | Hiroshima mon amour | 1959 | Alain Resnais | 432 |
| 136 | His Girl Friday | 1940 | Howard Hawks | 98 |
| 379 | A History of Violence | 2005 | David Cronenberg | 769 |
| 571 | The Holy Mountain | 1973 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | 1352 |
| 268 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Steve James | 250 |
| 317 | Hot Fuzz | 2007 | Edgar Wright | 561 |
| 616 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | 1959 | Masaki Kobayashi | 1689 |
| 553 | Hunger | 2008 | Steve McQueen | 1355 |
| 356 | The Hurt Locker | 2008 | Kathryn Bigelow | 221 |
| 273 | The Hustler | 1961 | Robert Rossen | 426 |
| 532 | The Ice Storm | 1997 | Ang Lee | 1272 |
| 97 | Ikiru | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa | 223 |
| 209 | In a Lonely Place | 1950 | Nicholas Ray | 568 |
| 204 | In Bruges | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | 631 |
| 572 | In the Bedroom | 2001 | Todd Field | 2443 |
| 551 | In the Loop | 2009 | Armando Iannucci | 1475 |
| 77 | In the Mood for Love | 2000 | Kar-Wai Wong | 94 |
| 100 | Inception | 2010 | Christopher Nolan | 74 |
| 257 | The Incredibles | 2004 | Brad Bird | 184 |
| 248 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | Steven Spielberg | 370 |
| 65 | Inglourious Basterds | 2009 | Quentin Tarantino | 164 |
| 417 | The Innocents | 1961 | Jack Clayton | 444 |
| 514 | The Insider | 1999 | Michael Mann | 871 |
| 443 | Interstellar | 2014 | Christopher Nolan | 266 |
| 526 | Into the Wild | 2007 | Sean Penn | 749 |
| 385 | Intolerance | 1916 | D.W. Griffith | 369 |
| 560 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1978 | Philip Kaufman | 349 |
| 401 | The Iron Giant | 1999 | Brad Bird | 173 |
| 562 | Iron Man | 2008 | Jon Favreau | 376 |
| 240 | It Happened One Night | 1934 | Frank Capra | 99 |
| 44 | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 | Frank Capra | 46 |
| 488 | Ivan's Childhood | 1962 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1025 |
| 245 | Jackie Brown | 1997 | Quentin Tarantino | 688 |
| 20 | Jaws | 1975 | Steven Spielberg | 13 |
| 629 | Jean de Florette | 1986 | Claude Berri | 1504 |
| 435 | Jeanne Dielman | 1975 | Chantal Akerman | 321 |
| 384 | La Jetée | 1962 | Chris Marker | 474 |
| 255 | JFK | 1991 | Oliver Stone | 745 |
| 296 | Jules and Jim | 1962 | François Truffaut | 241 |
| 630 | Juno | 2007 | Jason Reitman | 468 |
| 171 | Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 83 |
| 584 | Kagemusha | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa | 1326 |
| 636 | The Kid | 1921 | Charles Chaplin | 406 |
| 605 | Kiki’s Delivery Service | 1989 | Hayao Miyazaki | 740 |
| 203 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | 2003 | Quentin Tarantino | 262 |
| 238 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | 2004 | Quentin Tarantino | 445 |
| 593 | Killer of Sheep | 1978 | Charles Burnett | 434 |
| 441 | The Killing | 1956 | Stanley Kubrick | 502 |
| 479 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | 1949 | Robert Hamer | 345 |
| 323 | King Kong | 1933 | Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack | 68 |
| 246 | The King of Comedy | 1982 | Martin Scorsese | 875 |
| 643 | The King's Speech | 2010 | Tom Hooper | 625 |
| 456 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 2005 | Shane Black | 1254 |
| 499 | Kiss Me Deadly | 1955 | Robert Aldrich | 480 |
| 645 | Kramer vs. Kramer | 1979 | Robert Benton | 884 |
| 114 | L.A. Confidential | 1997 | Curtis Hanson | 139 |
| 413 | The Lady Eve | 1941 | Preston Sturges | 239 |
| 510 | The Lady Vanishes | 1938 | Alfred Hitchcock | 574 |
| 598 | The Last Laugh | 1924 | F.W. Murnau | 835 |
| 418 | The Last of the Mohicans | 1992 | Michael Mann | 541 |
| 239 | The Last Picture Show | 1971 | Peter Bogdanovich | 294 |
| 493 | The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | Martin Scorsese | 1609 |
| 305 | Last Year at Marienbad | 1961 | Alain Resnais | 433 |
| 525 | Late Spring | 1949 | Yasujirô Ozu | 593 |
| 347 | Laura | 1944 | Otto Preminger | 408 |
| 47 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | David Lean | 25 |
| 463 | Leaving Las Vegas | 1995 | Mike Figgis | 1337 |
| 115 | Léon: The Professional | 1994 | Luc Besson | 259 |
| 424 | The Leopard | 1963 | Luchino Visconti | 340 |
| 152 | Let the Right One in | 2008 | Tomas Alfredson | 290 |
| 440 | Lethal Weapon | 1987 | Richard Donner | 862 |
| 552 | Letters from Iwo Jima | 2006 | Clint Eastwood | 475 |
| 309 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | 1943 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 394 |
| 654 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | 2004 | Wes Anderson | 1802 |
| 325 | Life Is Beautiful | 1997 | Roberto Benigni | 258 |
| 167 | Life of Brian | 1979 | Terry Jones | 194 |
| 632 | The Lion in Winter | 1968 | Anthony Harvey | 1596 |
| 216 | The Lion King | 1994 | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | 92 |
| 637 | The Little Mermaid | 1989 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 505 |
| 578 | Little Miss Sunshine | 2006 | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | 579 |
| 208 | The Lives of Others | 2006 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | 244 |
| 512 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 1998 | Guy Ritchie | 678 |
| 631 | Lolita | 1962 | Stanley Kubrick | 1089 |
| 595 | The Long Good Friday | 1980 | John Mackenzie | 834 |
| 50 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | Peter Jackson | 35 |
| 83 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | Peter Jackson | 52 |
| 112 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | Peter Jackson | 58 |
| 495 | Lost Highway | 1997 | David Lynch | 940 |
| 116 | Lost in Translation | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | 172 |
| 646 | The Lost Weekend | 1945 | Billy Wilder | 892 |
| 597 | Love Actually | 2003 | Richard Curtis | 503 |
| 62 | M | 1931 | Fritz Lang | 84 |
| 575 | M*A*S*H | 1970 | Robert Altman | 344 |
| 574 | Mad Max | 1979 | George Miller | 614 |
| 420 | Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | George Miller | 113 |
| 431 | The Magnificent Ambersons | 1942 | Orson Welles | 456 |
| 66 | Magnolia | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 387 |
| 648 | Make Way for Tomorrow | 1937 | Leo McCarey | 1279 |
| 404 | Malcolm X | 1992 | Spike Lee | 555 |
| 128 | The Maltese Falcon | 1941 | John Huston | 81 |
| 339 | A Man Escaped | 1956 | Robert Bresson | 617 |
| 159 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | John Ford | 230 |
| 336 | The Man with the Movie Camera | 1929 | Dziga Vertov | 240 |
| 205 | The Manchurian Candidate | 1962 | John Frankenheimer | 261 |
| 134 | Manhattan | 1979 | Woody Allen | 191 |
| 520 | Mary Poppins | 1964 | Robert Stevenson | 204 |
| 427 | The Master | 2012 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1578 |
| 42 | The Matrix | 1999 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 26 |
| 359 | A Matter of Life and Death | 1946 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 316 |
| 297 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | 1971 | Robert Altman | 337 |
| 303 | Mean Streets | 1973 | Martin Scorsese | 283 |
| 651 | Meet Me in St. Louis | 1944 | Vincente Minnelli | 284 |
| 346 | Melancholia | 2011 | Lars von Trier | 1616 |
| 59 | Memento | 2000 | Christopher Nolan | 145 |
| 504 | Memories of Murder | 2003 | Bong Joon Ho | 657 |
| 88 | Metropolis | 1927 | Fritz Lang | 43 |
| 207 | Midnight Cowboy | 1969 | John Schlesinger | 280 |
| 187 | Miller's Crossing | 1990 | Joel Coen | 553 |
| 335 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | 341 |
| 382 | Minority Report | 2002 | Steven Spielberg | 413 |
| 289 | The Mirror | 1975 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 597 |
| 127 | Modern Times | 1936 | Charles Chaplin | 61 |
| 95 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 105 |
| 390 | Moon | 2009 | Duncan Jones | 495 |
| 220 | Moonrise Kingdom | 2012 | Wes Anderson | 757 |
| 169 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1939 | Frank Capra | 362 |
| 30 | Mulholland Dr. | 2001 | David Lynch | 89 |
| 506 | Munich | 2005 | Steven Spielberg | 1883 |
| 543 | My Darling Clementine | 1946 | John Ford | 450 |
| 284 | My Fair Lady | 1964 | George Cukor | 348 |
| 503 | My Life to Live | 1962 | Jean-Luc Godard | 724 |
| 146 | My Neighbor Totoro | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki | 144 |
| 581 | My Own Private Idaho | 1991 | Gus Van Sant | 728 |
| 406 | Mystic River | 2003 | Clint Eastwood | 707 |
| 582 | Naked | 1993 | Mike Leigh | 802 |
| 547 | Napoléon | 1927 | Abel Gance | 621 |
| 158 | Nashville | 1975 | Robert Altman | 161 |
| 540 | Natural Born Killers | 1994 | Oliver Stone | 1344 |
| 627 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | 1984 | Hayao Miyazaki | 710 |
| 109 | Network | 1976 | Sidney Lumet | 192 |
| 351 | The New World | 2005 | Terrence Malick | 1630 |
| 474 | Night and Fog | 1956 | Alain Resnais | 490 |
| 519 | A Night at the Opera | 1935 | Sam Wood | 500 |
| 69 | The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Charles Laughton | 57 |
| 200 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 | George A. Romero | 102 |
| 425 | The Nightmare before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | 231 |
| 475 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1984 | Wes Craven | 248 |
| 292 | Nights of Cabiria | 1957 | Federico Fellini | 693 |
| 37 | No Country for Old Men | 2007 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 101 |
| 40 | North by Northwest | 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock | 49 |
| 249 | Nosferatu | 1922 | F.W. Murnau | 107 |
| 142 | Notorious | 1946 | Alfred Hitchcock | 148 |
| 565 | La Notte | 1961 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1454 |
| 333 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | Joel Coen | 1090 |
| 454 | Ocean's Eleven | 2001 | Steven Soderbergh | 962 |
| 481 | Office Space | 1999 | Mike Judge | 620 |
| 107 | Oldboy | 2003 | Park Chan-wook | 141 |
| 634 | The Omen | 1976 | Richard Donner | 481 |
| 106 | On the Waterfront | 1954 | Elia Kazan | 79 |
| 458 | Once | 2006 | John Carney | 886 |
| 138 | Once Upon a Time in America | 1984 | Sergio Leone | 157 |
| 24 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 | Sergio Leone | 76 |
| 29 | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | Milos Forman | 39 |
| 529 | Only Angels Have Wings | 1939 | Howard Hawks | 1482 |
| 394 | Ordet | 1955 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 514 |
| 528 | Ordinary People | 1980 | Robert Redford | 1249 |
| 589 | The Others | 2001 | Alejandro Amenábar | 639 |
| 398 | Out of the Past | 1947 | Jacques Tourneur | 461 |