Films from Japan are on a separate page.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | In the Mood for Love1 | 2000 | Kar-Wai Wong | 135 |
| 2 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon1 2 3 | 2000 | Ang Lee | 191 |
| 3 | Chungking Express | 1994 | Kar-Wai Wong | 403 |
| 4 | The Killer | 1989 | John Woo | 437 |
| 5 | Raise the Red Lantern1 2 | 1991 | Yimou Zhang | 454 |
| 6 | Enter the Dragon3 | 1973 | Robert Clouse | 481 |
| 7 | Hard Boiled | 1992 | John Woo | 567 |
| 8 | Infernal Affairs | 2002 | Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak | 685 |
| 9 | Farewell My Concubine1 | 1993 | Kaige Chen | 715 |
| 10 | Happy Together4 5 | 1997 | Kar-Wai Wong | 816 |
| 11 | Hero1 | 2002 | Yimou Zhang | 898 |
| 12 | La La Land3 | 2016 | Damien Chazelle | 1016 |
| 13 | Kung Fu Hustle1 | 2004 | Stephen Chow | 1070 |
| 14 | A Touch of Zen2 | 1971 | King Hu | 1265 |
| 15 | 20461 6 7 | 2004 | Kar-Wai Wong | 1304 |
| 16 | A Better Tomorrow | 1986 | John Woo | 1357 |
| 17 | A City of Sadness2 | 1989 | Hsiao-hsien Hou | 1388 |
| 18 | Wonder Woman1 3 | 2017 | Patty Jenkins | 1453 |
| 19 | House of Flying Daggers1 | 2004 | Yimou Zhang | 1493 |
| 20 | The Revenant2 3 | 2015 | Alejandro G. Ińárritu | 1550 |
| 21 | Ip Man1 | 2008 | Wilson Yip | 1594 |
| 22 | Days of Being Wild | 1990 | Kar-Wai Wong | 1597 |
| 23 | To Live1 | 1994 | Yimou Zhang | 1616 |
| 24 | Drunken Master II | 1994 | Chia-Liang Liu | 1761 |
| 25 | Platform1 4 6 | 2000 | Zhangke Jia | 1780 |
| 26 | Shaolin Soccer1 | 2001 | Stephen Chow | 1990 |
| 27 | Supercop | 1992 | Stanley Tong | 2180 |
| 28 | Jackie Chan's Police Story | 1985 | Jackie Chan | 2431 |
| 29 | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation1 3 8 | 2015 | Christopher McQuarrie | 2435 |
| 30 | Still Life1 | 2006 | Zhangke Jia | 2465 |
| 31 | Once Upon a Time in China | 1991 | Hark Tsui | 2524 |
| 32 | A Chinese Ghost Story | 1987 | Siu-Tung Ching | 2532 |
| 33 | Fist of Legend | 1994 | Gordon Chan | 2555 |
| 34 | Fallen Angels | 1995 | Kar-Wai Wong | 2699 |
| 35 | Return of the Dragon | 1972 | Bruce Lee | 2761 |
1 Joint production with the People's Republic of China.
2 Joint production with Taiwan.
3 Joint production with the United States.
4 Joint production with Japan.
5 Joint production with South Korea.
6 Joint production with France.
7 Joint production with Germany and Italy.
8 Joint production with Austria and Morocco.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Pather Panchali | 1955 | Satyajit Ray | 148 |
| 2 | The World of Apu | 1959 | Satyajit Ray | 402 |
| 3 | Gandhi1 | 1982 | Richard Attenborough | 482 |
| 4 | Aparajito | 1956 | Satyajit Ray | 575 |
| 5 | Charulata | 1964 | Satyajit Ray | 1140 |
| 6 | The River1 2 3 | 1951 | Jean Renoir | 1216 |
| 7 | The Music Room | 1958 | Satyajit Ray | 1288 |
| 8 | Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India | 2001 | Ashutosh Gowariker | 1436 |
| 9 | 3 Idiots | 2009 | Rajkumar Hirani | 1750 |
| 10 | Lincoln2 | 2012 | Steven Spielberg | 1814 |
| 11 | Salaam Bombay!1 3 | 1988 | Mira Nair | 1842 |
| 12 | The Fall2 4 | 2006 | Tarsem Singh | 1883 |
| 13 | Monsoon Wedding1 2 3 5 | 2001 | Mira Nair | 1993 |
| 14 | Dredd1 2 4 | 2012 | Pete Travis | 2054 |
| 15 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2 6 | 2011 | Brad Bird | 2080 |
| 16 | Sholay | 1975 | Ramesh Sippy | 2266 |
| 17 | The Cloud-Capped Star | 1960 | Ritwik Ghatak | 2481 |
| 18 | Pyaasa | 1957 | Guru Dutt | 2603 |
| 19 | Mother India | 1957 | Mehboob Khan | 2662 |
1 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
2 Joint production with the United States.
3 Joint production with France.
4 Joint production with South Africa.
5 Joint production with Germany and Italy.
6 Joint production with Canada, the Czech Republic, and the United Arab Emirates.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Raid: Redemption1 2 | 2011 | Gareth Evans | 1331 |
| 2 | The Raid 21 | 2014 | Gareth Evans | 2020 |
| 3 | The Look of Silence1 2 3 | 2014 | Joshua Oppenheimer | 2057 |
1 Joint production with the United States.
2 Joint production with France.
3 Joint production with Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Close-Up | 1990 | Abbas Kiarostami | 469 |
| 2 | F for Fake1 2 | 1973 | Orson Welles | 640 |
| 3 | A Separation1 | 2011 | Asghar Farhadi | 747 |
| 4 | A Taste of Cherry1 | 1997 | Abbas Kiarostami | 893 |
| 5 | Where is the Friend's Home? | 1987 | Abbas Kiarostami | 1297 |
| 6 | The Wind Will Carry Us1 | 1999 | Abbas Kiarostami | 1486 |
| 7 | Through the Olive Trees1 | 1994 | Abbas Kiarostami | 1499 |
| 8 | Children of Heaven | 1997 | Majid Majidi | 1534 |
| 9 | The House Is Black | 1963 | Forugh Farrokhzad | 1870 |
| 10 | And Life Goes on | 1992 | Abbas Kiarostami | 1943 |
| 11 | Ten1 | 2002 | Abbas Kiarostami | 2413 |
| 12 | Offside | 2006 | Jafar Panahi | 2738 |
1 Joint production with France.
2 Joint production with West Germany.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Waltz with Bashir1 2 | 2008 | Ari Folman | 400 |
| 2 | The Look of Silence1 3 | 2014 | Joshua Oppenheimer | 2057 |
1 Joint production with Finland, France, Germany, and the United States.
2 Joint production with Australia, Belgium, and Switzerland.
3 Joint production with Denmark, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | In the Mood for Love1 | 2000 | Kar-Wai Wong | 135 |
| 2 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon1 2 3 | 2000 | Ang Lee | 191 |
| 3 | Raise the Red Lantern1 2 | 1991 | Yimou Zhang | 454 |
| 4 | The Last Emperor4 5 6 | 1987 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 651 |
| 5 | Farewell My Concubine1 | 1993 | Kaige Chen | 715 |
| 6 | Hero1 | 2002 | Yimou Zhang | 898 |
| 7 | Kung Fu Hustle1 | 2004 | Stephen Chow | 1070 |
| 8 | 20461 4 5 7 | 2004 | Kar-Wai Wong | 1304 |
| 9 | Wonder Woman1 3 | 2017 | Patty Jenkins | 1453 |
| 10 | House of Flying Daggers1 | 2004 | Yimou Zhang | 1493 |
| 11 | Ip Man1 | 2008 | Wilson Yip | 1594 |
| 12 | Looper3 | 2012 | Rian Johnson | 1603 |
| 13 | To Live1 | 1994 | Yimou Zhang | 1616 |
| 14 | Platform1 4 8 | 2000 | Zhangke Jia | 1780 |
| 15 | Ju Dou8 | 1990 | Fenglian Yang and Yimou Zhang | 1872 |
| 16 | Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks9 | 2002 | Bing Wang | 1908 |
| 17 | The Constant Gardner3 4 5 6 10 | 2005 | Fernando Meirelles | 1963 |
| 18 | Shaolin Soccer1 | 2001 | Stephen Chow | 1990 |
| 19 | Yellow Earth | 1984 | Kaige Chen | 2079 |
| 20 | Paddington 23 4 6 | 2017 | Paul King | 2202 |
| 21 | Lust, Caution2 3 | 2007 | Ang Lee | 2218 |
| 22 | Red Sorghum | 1988 | Yimou Zhang | 2323 |
| 23 | Spring in a Small Town | 1948 | Mu Fei | 2354 |
| 24 | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation1 3 11 | 2015 | Christopher McQuarrie | 2435 |
| 25 | The Joy Luck Club3 | 1993 | Wayne Wang | 2440 |
| 26 | Mission: Impossible III3 5 7 | 2006 | J.J. Abrams | 2454 |
| 27 | Still Life1 | 2006 | Zhangke Jia | 2465 |
| 28 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout3 4 6 12 | 2018 | Christopher McQuarrie | 2474 |
| 29 | Devils on the Doorstep | 2000 | Wen Jiang | 2534 |
| 30 | The Brave Little Toaster2 3 8 13 | 1987 | Jerry Rees | 2685 |
| 31 | Fury3 6 | 2014 | David Ayer | 2811 |
1 Joint production with Hong Kong.
2 Joint production with Taiwan.
3 Joint production with the United States.
4 Joint production with France.
5 Joint production with Italy.
6 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
7 Joint production with Germany.
8 Joint production with Japan.
9 Joint production with the Netherlands.
10 Joint production with Kenya.
11 Joint production with Austria and Morocco.
12 Joint production with Norway.
13 Joint production with Canada.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Oldboy | 2003 | Chan-wook Park | 190 |
| 2 | Happy Together1 2 | 1997 | Kar-Wai Wong | 816 |
| 3 | Memories of Murder | 2003 | Bong Joon Ho | 852 |
| 4 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring3 | 2003 | Ki-duk Kim | 1098 |
| 5 | The Host | 2006 | Bong Joon Ho | 1298 |
| 6 | The Handmaiden | 2016 | Chan-wook Park | 1632 |
| 7 | A Tale of Two Sisters | 2003 | Jee-woon Kim | 1933 |
| 8 | 3-Iron1 | 2004 | Ki-duk Kim | 1969 |
| 9 | Lady Vengeance | 2005 | Chan-wook Park | 2227 |
| 10 | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | 2002 | Chan-wook Park | 2349 |
| 11 | Snowpiercer4 | 2013 | Bong Joon Ho | 2380 |
| 12 | Parasite | 2019 | Bong Joon Ho | 2601 |
| 13 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | 2004 | Je-gyu Kang | 2749 |
1 Joint production with Japan.
2 Joint production with Hong Kong.
3 Joint production with Germany.
4 Joint production with the Czech Republic.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon1 2 3 | 2000 | Ang Lee | 191 |
| 2 | Raise the Red Lantern1 2 | 1991 | Yimou Zhang | 454 |
| 3 | Dancer in the Dark3 4 5 | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 532 |
| 4 | Yi yi: A One and a Two...6 | 2000 | Edward Yang | 552 |
| 5 | A Brighter Summer Day | 1991 | Edward Yang | 729 |
| 6 | Life of Pi3 4 7 | 2012 | Ang Lee | 1111 |
| 7 | A Touch of Zen1 | 1971 | King Hu | 1265 |
| 8 | Eat Drink Man Woman | 1994 | Ang Lee | 1362 |
| 9 | A City of Sadness1 | 1989 | Hsiao-hsien Hou | 1388 |
| 10 | The Revenant1 3 | 2015 | Alejandro G. Ińárritu | 1550 |
| 11 | The Wedding Banquet3 | 1993 | Ang Lee | 1595 |
| 12 | The Puppet Master | 1993 | Hsiao-hsien Hou | 1665 |
| 13 | The Time to Live and the Time to Die | 1985 | Hsiao-hsien Hou | 1725 |
| 14 | Lust, Caution2 3 | 2007 | Ang Lee | 2218 |
| 15 | The Brave Little Toaster2 3 6 7 | 1987 | Jerry Rees | 2685 |
| 16 | The River | 1997 | Ming-liang Tsai | 2730 |
1 Joint production with Hong Kong.
2 Joint production with the People's Republic of China.
3 Joint production with the United States.
4 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
5 Joint production with Argentina, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
6 Joint production with Japan.
7 Joint production with Canada.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior | 2003 | Prachya Pinkaew | 1815 |
| 2 | Tropical Malady1 2 | 2004 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | 2009 |
| 3 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives1 3 | 2010 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | 2577 |
1 Joint production with the France and Germany.
2 Joint production with Italy.
3 Joint production with the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Head-On1 | 2004 | Fatih Akin | 1543 |
| 2 | Once upon a Time in Anatolia2 | 2011 | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 2300 |
| 3 | Yol3 4 | 1982 | Serif Gören and Yilmaz Güney | 2405 |
| 4 | Winter Sleep1 3 | 2014 | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 2750 |
1 Joint production with Germany.
2 Joint production with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
3 Joint production with France.
4 Joint production with Switzerland.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Zero Dark Thirty1 | 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | 1419 |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2 | 2011 | Brad Bird | 2080 |
1 Joint production with the United States.
2 Joint production with Canada, the Czech Republic, and India.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Quiet American1 | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | 2360 |
1 Joint production with Australia, Canada, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, and the United States.