| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1001 | Desert Hearts | 1985 | Donna Deitch | 1498 |
| 1002 | Zero for Conduct | 1933 | Jean Vigo | 1499 |
| 1003 | Lost Horizon | 1937 | Frank Capra | 1500 |
| 1004 | The Professionals | 1966 | Richard Brooks | 1501 |
| 1005 | Henry V | 1944 | Laurence Olivier | 1503 |
| 1006 | Jean de Florette | 1986 | Claude Berri | 1504 |
| 1007 | Incendies | 2010 | Denis Villeneuve | 1505 |
| 1008 | Thief | 1981 | Michael Mann | 1506 |
| 1009 | One-Eyed Jacks | 1961 | Marlon Brando | 1507 |
| 1010 | Faces | 1968 | John Cassavetes | 1510 |
| 1011 | Waking Life | 2001 | Richard Linklater | 1514 |
| 1012 | The Fly | 1958 | Kurt Neumann | 1515 |
| 1013 | The Skin I Live In | 2011 | Pedro Almodóvar | 1516 |
| 1014 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 1967 | Stanley Kramer | 1517 |
| 1015 | Eve's Bayou | 1997 | Kasi Lemmons | 1518 |
| 1016 | The Great Beauty | 2013 | Paolo Sorrentino | 1521 |
| 1017 | Irréversible | 2002 | Gaspar Noé | 1522 |
| 1018 | American Gangster | 2007 | Ridley Scott | 1523 |
| 1019 | Desperately Seeking Susan | 1985 | Susan Seidelman | 1526 |
| 1020 | Antichrist | 2009 | Lars von Trier | 1527 |
| 1021 | Europa Europa | 1990 | Agnieszka Holland | 1528 |
| 1022 | Wendy and Lucy | 2008 | Kelly Reichardt | 1530 |
| 1023 | Gangs of New York | 2002 | Martin Scorsese | 1532 |
| 1024 | Dersu Uzala | 1975 | Akira Kurosawa | 1533 |
| 1025 | The Lobster | 2015 | Yorgos Lanthimos | 1534 |
| 1026 | The Tin Drum | 1979 | Volker Schlöndorff | 1535 |
| 1027 | Meek's Cutoff | 2010 | Kelly Reichardt | 1536 |
| 1028 | I Was Born, But... | 1932 | Yasujirô Ozu | 1538 |
| 1029 | Marriage Story | 2019 | Noah Baumbach | 1539 |
| 1030 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | 1993 | Lasse Hallström | 1540 |
| 1031 | Toni Erdmann | 2016 | Maren Ade | 1541 |
| 1032 | Lust, Caution | 2007 | Ang Lee | 1543 |
| 1033 | Lilja 4-ever | 2002 | Lukas Moodysson | 1544 |
| 1034 | Vagabond | 1985 | Agnès Varda | 1545 |
| 1035 | Mrs. Miniver | 1942 | William Wyler | 1546 |
| 1036 | Safe | 1995 | Todd Haynes | 1547 |
| 1037 | He Got Game | 1998 | Spike Lee | 1549 |
| 1038 | Sorcerer | 1977 | William Friedkin | 1550 |
| 1039 | Mister Roberts | 1955 | John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy | 1551 |
| 1040 | Coal Miner's Daughter | 1980 | Michael Apted | 1552 |
| 1041 | Ivan the Terrible, Part II | 1958 | Sergei Eisenstein | 1555 |
| 1042 | The Heiress | 1949 | William Wyler | 1557 |
| 1043 | A Few Good Men | 1992 | Rob Reiner | 1558 |
| 1044 | Forty Guns | 1957 | Samuel Fuller | 1561 |
| 1045 | American Sniper | 2014 | Clint Eastwood | 1562 |
| 1046 | Week End | 1967 | Jean-Luc Godard | 1563 |
| 1047 | Duel in the Sun | 1946 | King Vidor | 1564 |
| 1048 | Whale Rider | 2002 | Niki Caro | 1565 |
| 1049 | La Vie en rose | 2007 | Olivier Dahan | 1566 |
| 1050 | Nobody Knows | 2004 | Hirokazu Koreeda | 1569 |
| 1051 | Song of the Sea | 2014 | Tomm Moore | 1570 |
| 1052 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | 1988 | Terence Davies | 1571 |
| 1053 | Scent of a Woman | 1992 | Martin Brest | 1572 |
| 1054 | Topsy-Turvy | 1999 | Mike Leigh | 1573 |
| 1055 | Atlantic City | 1980 | Louis Malle | 1574 |
| 1056 | Le Jour se lève | 1939 | Marcel Carné | 1576 |
| 1057 | Slacker | 1990 | Richard Linklater | 1577 |
| 1058 | The Master | 2012 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1578 |
| 1059 | A Raisin in the Sun | 1961 | Daniel Petrie | 1579 |
| 1060 | Signs | 2002 | M. Night Shyamalan | 1581 |
| 1061 | The Red Desert | 1964 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1583 |
| 1062 | To Live | 1994 | Yimou Zhang | 1584 |
| 1063 | 127 Hours | 2010 | Danny Boyle | 1585 |
| 1064 | Angels with Dirty Faces | 1938 | Michael Curtiz | 1586 |
| 1065 | The Parallax View | 1974 | Alan J. Pakula | 1587 |
| 1066 | Monsoon Wedding | 2001 | Mira Nair | 1588 |
| 1067 | The River | 1951 | Jean Renoir | 1589 |
| 1068 | Collateral | 2004 | Michael Mann | 1590 |
| 1069 | Black Orpheus | 1959 | Marcel Camus | 1591 |
| 1070 | An Angel at My Table | 1990 | Jane Campion | 1593 |
| 1071 | Good Morning, Vietnam | 1987 | Barry Levinson | 1594 |
| 1072 | The Lion in Winter | 1968 | Anthony Harvey | 1596 |
| 1073 | The Miracle Worker | 1962 | Arthur Penn | 1597 |
| 1074 | Forbidden Games | 1952 | René Clément | 1599 |
| 1075 | Dead Man's Shoes | 2004 | Shane Meadows | 1600 |
| 1076 | The Wind Rises | 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1601 |
| 1077 | Black Book | 2006 | Paul Verhoeven | 1602 |
| 1078 | The Death of Mister Lazarescu | 2005 | Cristi Puiu | 1603 |
| 1079 | Love, Simon | 2018 | Greg Berlanti | 1604 |
| 1080 | The Constant Gardner | 2005 | Fernando Meirelles | 1605 |
| 1081 | Chasing Amy | 1997 | Kevin Smith | 1606 |
| 1082 | Legends of the Fall | 1994 | Edward Zwick | 1607 |
| 1083 | Howards End | 1992 | James Ivory | 1608 |
| 1084 | The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | Martin Scorsese | 1609 |
| 1085 | 35 Shots of Rum | 2008 | Claire Denis | 1611 |
| 1086 | Phantom Thread | 2017 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1612 |
| 1087 | Swingers | 1996 | Doug Liman | 1614 |
| 1088 | Melancholia | 2011 | Lars von Trier | 1616 |
| 1089 | Fail-Safe | 1964 | Sidney Lumet | 1618 |
| 1090 | A Walk to Remember | 2002 | Adam Shankman | 1619 |
| 1091 | The Tree of Wooden Clogs | 1978 | Ermanno Olmi | 1620 |
| 1092 | Love Story | 1970 | Arthur Hiller | 1621 |
| 1093 | Siegfried | 1924 | Fritz Lang | 1622 |
| 1094 | Shock Corridor | 1963 | Samuel Fuller | 1624 |
| 1095 | A Day in the Country | 1946 | Jean Renoir | 1625 |
| 1096 | The Travelling Players | 1975 | Theodoros Angelopoulos | 1627 |
| 1097 | Dune: Part Two | 2024 | Denis Villeneuve | 1629 |
| 1098 | The New World | 2005 | Terrence Malick | 1630 |
| 1099 | The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums | 1939 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1631 |
| 1100 | Opening Night | 1977 | John Cassavetes | 1634 |
| 1101 | Eat Drink Man Woman | 1994 | Ang Lee | 1637 |
| 1102 | Seabiscuit | 2003 | Gary Ross | 1639 |
| 1103 | Fame | 1980 | Alan Parker | 1641 |
| 1104 | They Were Expendable | 1945 | John Ford | 1642 |
| 1105 | The Butterfly Effect | 2004 | Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber | 1643 |
| 1106 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | 2011 | Glenn Ficarra and John Requa | 1647 |
| 1107 | The Rider | 2017 | Chloé Zhao | 1648 |
| 1108 | Touki Bouki | 1973 | Djibril Diop Mambéty | 1650 |
| 1109 | My Life as a Dog | 1985 | Lasse Hallström | 1651 |
| 1110 | Holy Motors | 2012 | Leos Carax | 1652 |
| 1111 | The Man with the Golden Arm | 1955 | Otto Preminger | 1653 |
| 1112 | Nomadland | 2020 | Chloé Zhao | 1654 |
| 1113 | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | 2014 | Ana Lily Amirpour | 1655 |
| 1114 | The Big Chill | 1983 | Lawrence Kasdan | 1656 |
| 1115 | Blood Diamond | 2006 | Edward Zwick | 1657 |
| 1116 | Monsieur Verdoux | 1947 | Charles Chaplin | 1658 |
| 1117 | Grand Hotel | 1932 | Edmund Goulding | 1662 |
| 1118 | Corpse Bride | 2005 | Tim Burton and Mike Johnson | 1665 |
| 1119 | Django | 1966 | Sergio Corbucci | 1666 |
| 1120 | Dodsworth | 1936 | William Wyler | 1669 |
| 1121 | Tropical Malady | 2004 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | 1670 |
| 1122 | Harvey | 1950 | Henry Koster | 1672 |
| 1123 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | 1936 | Frank Capra | 1673 |
| 1124 | The Blind Side | 2009 | John Lee Hancock | 1674 |
| 1125 | Mississippi Burning | 1988 | Alan Parker | 1676 |
| 1126 | Diner | 1982 | Barry Levinson | 1677 |
| 1127 | Wild Things | 1998 | John McNaughton | 1678 |
| 1128 | About Time | 2013 | Richard Curtis | 1680 |
| 1129 | Salaam Bombay! | 1988 | Mira Nair | 1683 |
| 1130 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | 1980 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1684 |
| 1131 | 13 Assassins | 2010 | Takashi Miike | 1685 |
| 1132 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | 2010 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | 1686 |
| 1133 | The Invisible Man | 2020 | Leigh Whannell | 1687 |
| 1134 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | 2012 | Benh Zeitlin | 1688 |
| 1135 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | 1959 | Masaki Kobayashi | 1689 |
| 1136 | Drugstore Cowboy | 1989 | Gus Van Sant | 1691 |
| 1137 | Yeelen | 1987 | Souleymane Cissé | 1692 |
| 1138 | Frances Ha | 2012 | Noah Baumbach | 1693 |
| 1139 | Pleasantville | 1998 | Gary Ross | 1694 |
| 1140 | Les Misérables | 2012 | Tom Hooper | 1695 |
| 1141 | The Adventures of Prince Achmed | 1926 | Lotte Reiniger | 1696 |
| 1142 | The Piano Teacher | 2001 | Michael Haneke | 1697 |
| 1143 | La Belle noiseuse | 1991 | Jacques Rivette | 1698 |
| 1144 | Bad Education | 2004 | Pedro Almodóvar | 1699 |
| 1145 | Senso | 1954 | Luchino Visconti | 1700 |
| 1146 | Queen Christina | 1933 | Rouben Mamoulian | 1701 |
| 1147 | Bang the Drum Slowly | 1973 | John D. Hancock | 1703 |
| 1148 | The Aviator | 2004 | Martin Scorsese | 1704 |
| 1149 | Le Trou | 1960 | Jacques Becker | 1706 |
| 1150 | The Draughtsman's Contract | 1982 | Peter Greenaway | 1707 |
| 1151 | Fury | 1936 | Fritz Lang | 1708 |
| 1152 | Metropolitan | 1989 | Whit Stillman | 1709 |
| 1153 | The Mighty Ducks | 1992 | Stephen Herek | 1710 |
| 1154 | Primal Fear | 1996 | Gregory Hoblit | 1711 |
| 1155 | Apocalypto | 2006 | Mel Gibson | 1712 |
| 1156 | The Descendants | 2011 | Alexander Payne | 1713 |
| 1157 | Super Fly | 1972 | Gordon Parks Jr. | 1714 |
| 1158 | The Parent Trap | 1998 | Nancy Meyers | 1715 |
| 1159 | Millennium Actress | 2001 | Satoshi Kon | 1716 |
| 1160 | Touching the Void | 2003 | Kevin Macdonald | 1717 |
| 1161 | The Silence | 1963 | Ingmar Bergman | 1718 |
| 1162 | BlacKkKlansman | 2018 | Spike Lee | 1719 |
| 1163 | The Passion of the Christ | 2004 | Mel Gibson | 1720 |
| 1164 | An Officer and a Gentleman | 1982 | Taylor Hackford | 1721 |
| 1165 | The Fallen Idol | 1948 | Carol Reed | 1722 |
| 1166 | Early Summer | 1951 | Yasujirô Ozu | 1723 |
| 1167 | The Damned United | 2009 | Tom Hooper | 1724 |
| 1168 | 3 Idiots | 2009 | Rajkumar Hirani | 1725 |
| 1169 | The Day of the Jackal | 1973 | Fred Zinnemann | 1727 |
| 1170 | Ratcatcher | 1999 | Lynne Ramsay | 1728 |
| 1171 | Any Given Sunday | 1999 | Oliver Stone | 1729 |
| 1172 | Ida | 2013 | Pawel Pawlikowski | 1730 |
| 1173 | Ossessione | 1943 | Luchino Visconti | 1731 |
| 1174 | The Wedding Banquet | 1993 | Ang Lee | 1734 |
| 1175 | Excalibur | 1981 | John Boorman | 1736 |
| 1176 | Beautiful Thing | 1996 | Hettie MacDonald | 1739 |
| 1177 | Devil in a Blue Dress | 1995 | Carl Franklin | 1740 |
| 1178 | An Education | 2009 | Lone Scherfig | 1741 |
| 1179 | Isle of Dogs | 2018 | Wes Anderson | 1742 |
| 1180 | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2016 | Taika Waititi | 1746 |
| 1181 | The War Game | 1966 | Peter Watkins | 1749 |
| 1182 | Burning | 2018 | Lee Chang-dong | 1750 |
| 1183 | The Devil Wears Prada | 2006 | David Frankel | 1751 |
| 1184 | Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about His Father | 2008 | Kurt Kuenne | 1752 |
| 1185 | Le Boucher | 1970 | Claude Chabrol | 1753 |
| 1186 | Claire's Knee | 1970 | Éric Rohmer | 1756 |
| 1187 | Matewan | 1987 | John Sayles | 1757 |
| 1188 | The Power of the Dog | 2021 | Jane Campion | 1758 |
| 1189 | Born in Flames | 1983 | Lizzie Borden | 1759 |
| 1190 | La Femme Nikita | 1990 | Luc Besson | 1760 |
| 1191 | Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors | 1965 | Sergei Parajanov | 1762 |
| 1192 | The Mystery of Kaspar Hausar | 1974 | Werner Herzog | 1763 |
| 1193 | Samurai Rebellion | 1967 | Masaki Kobayashi | 1764 |
| 1194 | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | 1961 | Masaki Kobayashi | 1766 |
| 1195 | 24 Hour Party People | 2002 | Michael Winterbottom | 1767 |
| 1196 | Far from Heaven | 2002 | Todd Haynes | 1768 |
| 1197 | Invictus | 2009 | Clint Eastwood | 1771 |
| 1198 | Limelight | 1952 | Charles Chaplin | 1773 |
| 1199 | Whisper of the Heart | 1995 | Yoshifumi Kondô | 1775 |
| 1200 | Open Range | 2003 | Kevin Costner | 1776 |
