| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | James Cameron | 66 |
| 2 | Amélie | 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 119 |
| 3 | Mulholland Dr. | 2001 | David Lynch | 124 |
| 4 | City of God1 | 2002 | Fernando Meirelles | 128 |
| 5 | Shaun of the Dead1 | 2004 | Edgar Wright | 260 |
| 6 | The Pianist1 | 2002 | Roman Polanski | 269 |
| 7 | Three Colors: Red | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 282 |
| 8 | Three Colors: Blue | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 324 |
| 9 | Let the Right One in | 2008 | Tomas Alfredson | 395 |
| 10 | Hidden1 | 2005 | Michael Haneke | 409 |
| 11 | Breaking the Waves | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 418 |
| 12 | Hate | 1995 | Mathieu Kassovitz | 485 |
| 13 | JFK | 1991 | Oliver Stone | 529 |
| 14 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 532 |
| 15 | The Triplets of Belleville | 2003 | Sylvain Chomet | 601 |
| 16 | Hot Fuzz1 | 2007 | Edgar Wright | 608 |
| 17 | Dogville | 2003 | Lars von Trier | 626 |
| 18 | Three Colors: White | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 635 |
| 19 | Love Actually1 | 2003 | Richard Curtis | 636 |
| 20 | Atonement1 | 2007 | Joe Wright | 771 |
| 21 | Basic Instinct | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven | 796 |
| 22 | The Intouchables | 2011 | Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano | 802 |
| 23 | O Brother, Where Art Thou?1 | 2000 | Joel Coen | 806 |
| 24 | A Prophet | 2009 | Jacques Audiard | 842 |
| 25 | Central Station | 1998 | Walter Salles | 883 |
| 26 | The Artist | 2011 | Michel Hazanavicius | 885 |
| 27 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | 2007 | Julian Schnabel | 895 |
| 28 | The Others | 2001 | Alejandro Amenábar | 902 |
| 29 | The Straight Story | 1999 | David Lynch | 916 |
| 30 | Blue Is the Warmest Color | 2013 | Abdellatif Kechiche | 935 |
| 31 | The Devil's Backbone | 2001 | Guillermo del Toro | 945 |
| 32 | The White Ribbon | 2009 | Michael Haneke | 946 |
| 33 | The City of Lost Children | 1995 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 990 |
| 34 | The Double Life of Veronique | 1991 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1004 |
| 35 | United 931 | 2006 | Paul Greengrass | 1012 |
| 36 | Bridget Jones's Diary1 | 2001 | Sharon Maguire | 1091 |
| 37 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | 1999 | Jim Jarmusch | 1093 |
| 38 | Senna1 | 2010 | Asif Kapadia | 1127 |
| 39 | Taken | 2008 | Pierre Morel | 1166 |
| 40 | The Ice Storm | 1997 | Ang Lee | 1182 |
| 41 | Histoire(s) du cinéma | Jean-Luc Godard | 1184 | |
| 42 | Pride & Prejudice1 | 2005 | Joe Wright | 1208 |
| 43 | La Vie en rose1 | 2007 | Olivier Dahan | 1215 |
| 44 | The Sea Inside | 2004 | Alejandro Amenábar | 1232 |
| 45 | March of the Penguins | 2005 | Luc Jacquet | 1252 |
| 46 | La Belle noiseuse | 1991 | Jacques Rivette | 1254 |
| 47 | Billy Elliot1 | 2000 | Stephen Daldry | 1264 |
| 48 | Carol1 | 2015 | Todd Haynes | 1279 |
| 49 | Irréversible1 | 2002 | Gaspar Noé | 1348 |
| 50 | Inland Empire1 | 2006 | David Lynch | 1361 |
| 51 | A Serious Man1 | 2009 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 1387 |
| 52 | Ratcatcher | 1999 | Lynne Ramsay | 1432 |
| 53 | The Piano Teacher | 2001 | Michael Haneke | 1445 |
| 54 | Open Your Eyes | 1997 | Alejandro Amenábar | 1466 |
| 55 | The Queen | 2006 | Stephen Frears | 1498 |
| 56 | Rosetta | 1999 | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 1512 |
| 57 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | 2005 | Jacques Audiard | 1563 |
| 58 | The Barbarian Invasions | 2003 | Denys Arcand | 1590 |
| 59 | To Be and to Have | 2002 | Nicolas Philibert | 1674 |
| 60 | The Idiots | 1998 | Lars von Trier | 1677 |
| 61 | About a Boy1 | 2002 | Chris and Paul Weitz | 1713 |
| 62 | Burnt by the Sun | 1994 | Nikita Mikhalkov | 1743 |
| 63 | Attack the Block1 | 2011 | Joe Cornish | 1857 |
| 64 | A Very Long Engagement | 2004 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 1885 |
| 65 | Martyrs | 2008 | Pascal Laugier | 1916 |
| 66 | The Chorus | 2004 | Christophe Barratier | 1941 |
| 67 | Fat Girl | 2001 | Catherine Breillat | 1967 |
| 68 | The Secret of Kells | 2009 | Tomm Moore | 1999 |
| 69 | 35 Shots of Rum | 2008 | Claire Denis | 2050 |
| 70 | Melancholia | 2011 | Lars von Trier | 2088 |
| 71 | Antichrist | 2009 | Lars von Trier | 2110 |
| 72 | Holy Motors | 2012 | Leos Carax | 2112 |
| 73 | Enter the Void | 2009 | Gaspar Noé | 2115 |
| 74 | La Cérémonie | 1995 | Claude Chabrol | 2129 |
| 75 | Land and Freedom | 1995 | Ken Loach | 2147 |
| 76 | Raw | 2016 | Julia Ducournau | 2152 |
| 77 | The Great Beauty | 2013 | Paolo Sorrentino | 2157 |
| 78 | Paddington 21 | 2017 | Paul King | 2202 |
| 79 | The Skin I Live In2 | 2011 | Pedro Almodóvar | 2244 |
| 80 | Inside Llewyn Davis1 | 2013 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 2259 |
| 81 | Ida3 | 2013 | Pawel Pawlikowski | 2274 |
| 82 | A Christmas Tale | 2008 | Arnaud Desplechin | 2294 |
| 83 | The Machinist2 | 2004 | Brad Anderson | 2332 |
| 84 | Under Siege | 1992 | Andrew Davis | 2341 |
| 85 | The Illusionist | 2010 | Sylvain Chomet | 2356 |
| 86 | Irma Vep | 1996 | Olivier Assayas | 2437 |
| 87 | Caro Diario | 1993 | Nanni Moretti | 2446 |
| 88 | Falling Down | 1993 | Joel Schumacher | 2511 |
| 89 | The Son's Room | 2001 | Nanni Moretti | 2545 |
| 90 | Léolo | 1992 | Jean-Claude Lauzon | 2559 |
| 91 | Van Gogh1 | 1991 | Maurice Pialat | 2619 |
| 92 | Days of Glory1 | 2006 | Rachid Bouchareb | 2626 |
| 93 | Walking and Talking | 1996 | Nicole Holofcener | 2632 |
| 94 | Ma Vie en Rose | 1997 | Alain Berliner | 2634 |
| 95 | Black Cat White Cat | 1998 | Emir Kusturica | 2643 |
| 96 | Carlos1 | 2010 | Olivier Assayas | 2666 |
| 97 | Frost/Nixon1 | 2008 | Ron Howard | 2692 |
| 98 | White Material | 2009 | Claire Denis | 2712 |
| 99 | I Stand Alone | 1998 | Gaspar Noé | 2717 |
| 100 | The Lovers of the Arctic Circle1 | 1998 | Julio Medem | 2719 |
| 101 | 8 Women | 2002 | François Ozon | 2732 |
| 102 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1 | 2011 | Tomas Alfredson | 2733 |
| 103 | The Beaches of Agnès | 2008 | Agnès Varda | 2735 |
| 104 | Stargate | 1994 | Roland Emmerich | 2739 |
| 105 | L'Enfant | 2005 | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 2759 |
| 106 | Chaplin | 1992 | Richard Attenborough | 2770 |
| 107 | Ulysses' Gaze | 1995 | Theodoros Angelopoulos | 2781 |
1 Produced or co-produced by Studio Canal.
2 Produced or co-produced by Canal+ España.
3 Produced or co-produced by Canal+ Polska.