| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Seventh Seal | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | 93 |
| 2 | Persona | 1966 | Ingmar Bergman | 105 |
| 3 | Wild Strawberries | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | 170 |
| 4 | Au hasard Balthazar | 1966 | Robert Bresson | 348 |
| 5 | Winter Light | 1963 | Ingmar Bergman | 872 |
| 6 | Häxan: Witchcraft through the Ages | 1922 | Benjamin Christensen | 994 |
| 7 | The Virgin Spring | 1960 | Ingmar Bergman | 1003 |
| 8 | Smiles of a Summer Night | 1955 | Ingmar Bergman | 1108 |
| 9 | The Silence | 1963 | Ingmar Bergman | 1318 |
| 10 | My Life as a Dog | 1985 | Lasse Hallström | 1345 |
| 11 | Lilja 4-ever | 2002 | Lukas Moodysson | 1414 |
| 12 | The Phantom Chariot | 1921 | Victor Sjöström | 1464 |
| 13 | Hour of the Wolf | 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | 1547 |
| 14 | Through a Glass Darkly | 1961 | Ingmar Bergman | 1770 |
| 15 | Masculine Feminine | 1966 | Jean-Luc Godard | 2041 |
| 16 | Shame | 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | 2355 |
| 17 | Pelle the Conqueror | 1987 | Bille August | 2363 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Seven Samurai | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa | 22 |
| 2 | Akira | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo | 204 |
| 3 | Ikiru | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa | 256 |
| 4 | Yojimbo | 1961 | Akira Kurosawa | 328 |
| 5 | Throne of Blood | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | 507 |
| 6 | Godzilla1 | 1954 | Ishirô Honda | 580 |
| 7 | High and Low | 1963 | Akira Kurosawa | 662 |
| 8 | Woman in the Dunes1 | 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | 667 |
| 9 | The Life of Oharu | 1952 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 986 |
| 10 | Kwaidan | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | 1161 |
| 11 | Red Beard | 1965 | Akira Kurosawa | 1225 |
| 12 | The Hidden Fortress | 1958 | Akira Kurosawa | 1238 |
| 13 | Kagemusha | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa | 1416 |
| 14 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | 1985 | Paul Schrader | 1525 |
| 15 | Your Name | 2016 | Makoto Shinkai | 1571 |
| 16 | Ponyo | 2008 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1608 |
| 17 | 13 Assassins | 2010 | Takashi Miike | 1683 |
| 18 | Porco Rosso | 1992 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1737 |
| 19 | Samurai Rebellion | 1967 | Masaki Kobayashi | 1861 |
| 20 | Sanjuro | 1962 | Akira Kurosawa | 1921 |
| 21 | Stray Dog | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa | 1965 |
| 22 | Tokyo Olympiad | 1965 | Kon Ichikawa | 2122 |
| 23 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | 1960 | Mikio Naruse | 2127 |
| 24 | The Tale of Princess Kaguya | 2013 | Isao Takahata | 2178 |
| 25 | Floating Clouds | 1955 | Mikio Naruse | 2200 |
| 26 | Ninja Scroll | 1993 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | 2283 |
| 27 | The Wind Rises | 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki | 2422 |
| 28 | A Simple Plan | 1998 | Sam Raimi | 2523 |
| 29 | Drunken Angel | 1948 | Akira Kurosawa | 2723 |
1 Produced or co-produced by Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Wings of Desire | 1987 | Wim Wenders | 211 |
| 2 | Das Boot | 1981 | Wolfgang Petersen | 247 |
| 3 | Paris, Texas | 1984 | Wim Wenders | 339 |
| 4 | Hidden | 2005 | Michael Haneke | 409 |
| 5 | Downfall | 2004 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 424 |
| 6 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 532 |
| 7 | Run Lola Run | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | 594 |
| 8 | Dogville | 2003 | Lars von Trier | 626 |
| 9 | Amour | 2012 | Michael Haneke | 725 |
| 10 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | 1979 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 819 |
| 11 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | 1980 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1174 |
| 12 | The NeverEnding Story | 1984 | Wolfgang Petersen | 1231 |
| 13 | Yeelen | 1987 | Souleymane Cissé | 1342 |
| 14 | Alice in the Cities | 1974 | Wim Wenders | 1375 |
| 15 | Kings of the Road | 1976 | Wim Wenders | 1545 |
| 16 | Good Bye Lenin! | 2003 | Wolfgang Becker | 1596 |
| 17 | The American Friend | 1977 | Wim Wenders | 1688 |
| 18 | Heimat | 1984 | Edgar Reitz | 1895 |
| 19 | Nostalgia for the Light | 2010 | Patricio Guzmán | 2140 |
| 20 | World on a Wire | 1973 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2240 |
| 21 | Lola | 1981 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2352 |
| 22 | Toni Erdmann | 2016 | Maren Ade | 2378 |
| 23 | The Kingdom | 1994 | Morten Arnfred and Lars von Trier | 2810 |