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Top Dramas (#201-400)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
201 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Jacques Demy 298
202 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 299
203 The Hustler 1961 Robert Rossen 301
204 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 303
205 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 305
206 The Piano 1993 Jane Campion 306
207 Bambi 1942 David Hand 311
208 The Birth of a Nation 1915 D.W. Griffith 312
209 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 313
210 Intolerance 1916 D.W. Griffith 314
211 Before Sunset 2004 Richard Linklater 315
212 Belle de Jour 1967 Luis Buñuel 317
213 Dances with Wolves 1990 Kevin Costner 318
214 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson 319
215 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 320
216 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 321
217 My Fair Lady 1964 George Cukor 322
218 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson 323
219 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski 324
220 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 325
221 Hiroshima mon amour 1959 Alain Resnais 326
222 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 327
223 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 328
224 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Isao Takahata 329
225 Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood 331
226 Viridiana 1961 Luis Buñuel 332
227 White Heat 1949 Raoul Walsh 336
228 The Kid 1921 Charles Chaplin 338
229 Paris, Texas 1984 Wim Wenders 339
230 Shane 1953 George Stevens 341
231 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 345
232 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 346
233 Au hasard Balthazar 1966 Robert Bresson 348
234 La Jetée 1962 Chris Marker 350
235 The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 Víctor Erice 352
236 A Woman under the Influence 1974 John Cassavetes 356
237 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
238 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 358
239 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 359
240 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 361
241 American Graffiti 1973 George Lucas 362
242 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 363
243 Ordet 1955 Carl Theodor Dreyer 366
244 Amarcord 1973 Federico Fellini 367
245 The Elephant Man 1980 David Lynch 368
246 Killer of Sheep 1978 Charles Burnett 370
247 Contempt 1963 Jean-Luc Godard 371
248 From Here to Eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 372
249 Before Sunrise 1995 Richard Linklater 373
250 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mamoru Oshii 374
251 Le Samouraï 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville 375
252 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 Kenji Mizoguchi 376
253 The Thin Red Line 1998 Terrence Malick 378
254 Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott 379
255 Jerry Maguire 1996 Cameron Crowe 382
256 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Sergio Leone 383
257 Field of Dreams 1989 Phil Alden Robinson 385
258 Los Olvidados 1950 Luis Buñuel 387
259 Army in the Shadows 1969 Jean-Pierre Melville 388
260 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 391
261 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 Alain Resnais 392
262 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle 394
263 Let the Right One in 2008 Tomas Alfredson 395
264 A Star Is Born 1954 George Cukor 396
265 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 398
266 The Hurt Locker 2008 Kathryn Bigelow 399
267 Waltz with Bashir 2008 Ari Folman 400
268 The World of Apu 1959 Satyajit Ray 402
269 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 403
270 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman 404
271 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Orson Welles 405
272 Eyes without a Face 1960 Georges Franju 406
273 Jeanne Dielman 1975 Chantal Akerman 408
274 Hidden 2005 Michael Haneke 409
275 Black Narcissus 1947 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 410
276 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 412
277 The Decalogue 1989 Krzysztof Kieslowski 413
278 Great Expectations 1946 David Lean 415
279 Breaking the Waves 1996 Lars von Trier 418
280 Johnny Guitar 1954 Nicholas Ray 419
281 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 421
282 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 422
283 Ace in the Hole 1951 Billy Wilder 423
284 Downfall 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 424
285 Doctor Zhivago 1965 David Lean 425
286 Y tu mamá también 2001 Alfonso Cuarón 426
287 Pickpocket 1959 Robert Bresson 427
288 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 428
289 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 430
290 Dead Poets Society 1989 Peter Weir 433
291 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson 434
292 Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton 435
293 The Killer 1989 John Woo 437
294 The Thin Blue Line 1988 Errol Morris 438
295 Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz 440
296 A Man Escaped 1956 Robert Bresson 443
297 Umberto D. 1952 Vittorio De Sica 445
298 The Killing 1956 Stanley Kubrick 447
299 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 Mike Nichols 448
300 Chariots of Fire 1981 Hugh Hudson 450
301 Last Tango in Paris 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci 451
302 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Yimou Zhang 454
303 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes 456
304 Amores perros 2000 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 457
305 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen 459
306 Shadows 1958 John Cassavetes 460
307 Cleo from 5 to 7 1962 Agnès Varda 461
308 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Michael Mann 463
309 In the Heat of the Night 1967 Norman Jewison 464
310 Fitzcarraldo 1982 Werner Herzog 465
311 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 466
312 Day for Night 1973 François Truffaut 467
313 Close-Up 1990 Abbas Kiarostami 469
314 Secrets & Lies 1996 Mike Leigh 470
315 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 471
316 Persepolis 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 472
317 The Wrestler 2008 Darren Aronofsky 475
318 Dirty Dancing 1987 Emile Ardolino 477
319 Kes 1969 Ken Loach 478
320 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson 479
321 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 480
322 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse 481
323 Gandhi 1982 Richard Attenborough 482
324 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 David Yates 484
325 Hate 1995 Mathieu Kassovitz 485
326 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse 486
327 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 Robert Aldrich 488
328 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman 489
329 The Earrings of Madame De… 1953 Max Ophüls 490
330 Babe 1995 Chris Noonan 492
331 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 493
332 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter 494
333 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 495
334 Nights of Cabiria 1957 Federico Fellini 496
335 The Mirror 1975 Andrei Tarkovsky 498
336 Napoléon 1927 Abel Gance 500
337 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 501
338 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 504
339 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 505
340 Blood Simple 1984 Joel Coen 506
341 Throne of Blood 1957 Akira Kurosawa 507
342 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman 508
343 A History of Violence 2005 David Cronenberg 509
344 The English Patient 1996 Anthony Minghella 510
345 Audition 1999 Takashi Miike 511
346 Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger 513
347 The Social Network 2010 David Fincher 514
348 Alphaville 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 517
349 Imitation of Life 1959 Douglas Sirk 519
350 Juno 2007 Jason Reitman 522
351 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 524
352 The Celebration 1998 Thomas Vinterberg 525
353 Say Anything… 1989 Cameron Crowe 526
354 JFK 1991 Oliver Stone 529
355 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 531
356 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 532
357 Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks 534
358 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 Amy Heckerling 536
359 The Ox-Bow Incident 1942 William A. Wellman 539
360 Dead Man 1995 Jim Jarmusch 541
361 12 Years a Slave 2013 Steve McQueen 543
362 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 544
363 Diary of a Country Priest 1951 Robert Bresson 545
364 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 546
365 Ashes and Diamonds 1958 Andrzej Wajda 547
366 Cries and Whispers 1972 Ingmar Bergman 550
367 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 551
368 Yi yi: A One and a Two... 2000 Edward Yang 552
369 28 Days Later… 2002 Danny Boyle 553
370 Being There 1979 Hal Ashby 554
371 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
372 The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1964 Pier Paolo Pasolini 557
373 If.... 1968 Lindsay Anderson 559
374 Sans soleil 1983 Chris Marker 561
375 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 562
376 Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 Max Ophüls 571
377 The Crowd 1928 King Vidor 572
378 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 574
379 Aparajito 1956 Satyajit Ray 575
380 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 576
381 Gran Torino 2008 Clint Eastwood 577
382 Stranger than Paradise 1984 Jim Jarmusch 578
383 Django Unchained 2012 Quentin Tarantino 579
384 Godzilla 1954 Ishirô Honda 580
385 Five Easy Pieces 1970 Bob Rafelson 581
386 Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989 Steven Soderbergh 582
387 Whiplash 2014 Damien Chazelle 583
388 Z 1969 Costa-Gavras 584
389 Late Spring 1949 Yasujirô Ozu 586
390 Saturday Night Fever 1977 John Badham 587
391 In the Realm of the Senses 1976 Nagisa Ôshima 589
392 A League of Their Own 1992 Penny Marshall 591
393 Shakespeare in Love 1998 John Madden 592
394 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 593
395 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 594
396 L'Eclisse 1962 Michelangelo Antonioni 596
397 The Last Laugh 1924 F.W. Murnau 597
398 Battle Royale 2000 Kinji Fukasaku 600
399 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Sylvain Chomet 601
400 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Ang Lee 602
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