| Fans' Rank |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 111 | M | 1931 | Fritz Lang | 75 |
| 223 | M*A*S*H | 1970 | Robert Altman | 128 |
| 355 | The Magnificent Ambersons | 1942 | Orson Welles | 201 |
| 346 | The Magnificent Seven | 1960 | John Sturges | 318 |
| 79 | Magnolia | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 202 |
| 368 | Malcolm X | 1992 | Spike Lee | 582 |
| 57 | The Maltese Falcon | 1941 | John Huston | 44 |
| 305 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | John Ford | 288 |
| 92 | The Manchurian Candidate | 1962 | John Frankenheimer | 124 |
| 109 | Manhattan | 1979 | Woody Allen | 135 |
| 343 | Mary Poppins | 1964 | Robert Stevenson | 252 |
| 34 | The Matrix | 1999 | Andy and Larry Wachowski | 42 |
| 509 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | 1971 | Robert Altman | 290 |
| 176 | Mean Streets | 1973 | Martin Scorsese | 190 |
| 59 | Memento | 2000 | Christopher Nolan | 136 |
| 429 | Men in Black | 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | 562 |
| 126 | Metropolis | 1927 | Fritz Lang | 53 |
| 99 | Midnight Cowboy | 1969 | John Schlesinger | 142 |
| 225 | Miller's Crossing | 1990 | Joel Coen | 460 |
| 297 | Minority Report | 2002 | Steven Spielberg | 796 |
| 485 | The Mirror | 1975 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 887 |
| 513 | Misery | 1990 | Rob Reiner | 1202 |
| 131 | Modern Times | 1936 | Charles Chaplin | 108 |
| 440 | Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | Pete Docter | 607 |
| 62 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 133 |
| 177 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | Baz Luhrmann | 219 |
| 122 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1939 | Frank Capra | 156 |
| 123 | Mulholland Dr. | 2001 | David Lynch | 310 |
| 507 | Mutiny on the Bounty | 1935 | Frank Lloyd | 447 |
| 279 | My Fair Lady | 1964 | George Cukor | 164 |
| 384 | Mystic River | 2003 | Clint Eastwood | 1511 |
| 247 | Nashville | 1975 | Robert Altman | 86 |
| 261 | Natural Born Killers | 1994 | Oliver Stone | 759 |
| 481 | The Natural | 1984 | Barry Levinson | 908 |
| 117 | Network | 1976 | Sidney Lumet | 221 |
| 364 | A Night at the Opera | 1935 | Sam Wood | 253 |
| 164 | The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Charles Laughton | 61 |
| 229 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 | George A. Romero | 139 |
| 314 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | 419 |
| 391 | Nights of Cabiria | 1957 | Federico Fellini | 440 |
| 31 | North by Northwest | 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock | 31 |
| 219 | Nosferatu | 1922 | F.W. Murnau | 105 |
| 168 | Notorious | 1946 | Alfred Hitchcock | 104 |
| 232 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | Joel Coen | 776 |
| 283 | Office Space | 1999 | Mike Judge | 774 |
| 51 | On the Waterfront | 1954 | Elia Kazan | 40 |
| 159 | Once Upon a Time in America | 1984 | Sergio Leone | 207 |
| 86 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 | Sergio Leone | 107 |
| 18 | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | Milos Forman | 35 |
| 399 | Ordinary People | 1980 | Robert Redford | 481 |
| 496 | The Others | 2001 | Alejandro Amenábar | 803 |
| 463 | Out of the Past | 1947 | Jacques Tourneur | 242 |
| 448 | The Outlaw Josey Wales | 1976 | Clint Eastwood | 645 |
| 199 | The Passion of Joan of Arc | 1928 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 143 |
| 387 | Pather Panchali | 1955 | Satyajit Ray | 159 |
| 114 | Paths of Glory | 1957 | Stanley Kubrick | 152 |
| 151 | Patton | 1970 | Franklin J. Schaffner | 241 |
| 506 | Peeping Tom | 1960 | Michael Powell | 258 |
| 197 | Persona | 1966 | Ingmar Bergman | 158 |
| 471 | Philadelphia | 1993 | Jonathan Demme | 898 |
| 155 | The Philadelphia Story | 1940 | George Cukor | 109 |
| 476 | Pi | 1998 | Darren Aronofsky | 945 |
| 287 | The Pianist | 2002 | Roman Polanski | 470 |
| 307 | The Piano | 1993 | Jane Campion | 247 |
| 435 | Pinocchio | 1940 | Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen | 217 |
| 357 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 2003 | Gore Verbinski | 379 |
| 328 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | 1987 | John Hughes | 1017 |
| 184 | Planet of the Apes | 1968 | Franklin J. Schaffner | 240 |
| 67 | Platoon | 1986 | Oliver Stone | 122 |
| 289 | The Player | 1992 | Robert Altman | 492 |
| 415 | Pleasantville | 1998 | Gary Ross | 1260 |
| 341 | Predator | 1987 | John McTiernan | 814 |
| 96 | The Princess Bride | 1987 | Rob Reiner | 132 |
| 358 | Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | 537 |
| 258 | The Producers | 1968 | Mel Brooks | 184 |
| 136 | The Professional | 1994 | Luc Besson | 282 |
| 14 | Psycho | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock | 7 |
| 2 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | 15 |
| 426 | Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1131 |
| 405 | The Quiet Man | 1952 | John Ford | 307 |
| 502 | Quiz Show | 1994 | Robert Redford | 1012 |
| 24 | Raging Bull | 1980 | Martin Scorsese | 18 |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | Steven Spielberg | 29 |
| 118 | Rain Man | 1988 | Barry Levinson | 347 |
| 427 | Raise the Red Lantern | 1991 | Yimou Zhang | 363 |
| 162 | Raising Arizona | 1987 | Joel Coen | 528 |
| 121 | Ran | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | 185 |
| 104 | Rashômon | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa | 84 |
| 21 | Rear Window | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock | 34 |
| 171 | Rebecca | 1940 | Alfred Hitchcock | 225 |
| 143 | Rebel without a Cause | 1955 | Nicholas Ray | 115 |
| 337 | Red River | 1948 | Howard Hawks | 234 |
| 475 | The Red Shoes | 1948 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 204 |
| 436 | The Remains of the Day | 1993 | James Ivory | 594 |
| 428 | Repulsion | 1965 | Roman Polanski | 350 |
| 115 | Requiem for a Dream | 2000 | Darren Aronofsky | 434 |
| 32 | Reservoir Dogs | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino | 66 |
| 58 | Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Richard Marquand | 178 |
| 316 | The Right Stuff | 1983 | Philip Kaufman | 371 |
| 408 | Rio Bravo | 1959 | Howard Hawks | 279 |
| 392 | Road to Perdition | 2002 | Sam Mendes | 1224 |
| 262 | The Road Warrior | 1981 | George Miller | 306 |
| 421 | RoboCop | 1987 | Paul Verhoeven | 495 |
| 433 | The Rock | 1996 | Michael Bay | 1058 |
| 97 | Rocky | 1976 | John G. Avildsen | 101 |
| 467 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | Jim Sharman | 301 |
| 356 | Roman Holiday | 1953 | William Wyler | 300 |
| 367 | Rope | 1948 | Alfred Hitchcock | 1055 |
| 210 | Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | Roman Polanski | 193 |
| 266 | The Royal Tenenbaums | 2001 | Wes Anderson | 516 |
| 192 | The Rules of the Game | 1939 | Jean Renoir | 70 |
| 191 | Run Lola Run | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | 494 |
| 238 | Rushmore | 1998 | Wes Anderson | 286 |