| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The 400 Blows | 1959 | François Truffaut | 60 |
| 2 | Breathless | 1960 | Jean-Luc Godard | 65 |
| 3 | 8 1/21 | 1963 | Federico Fellini | 74 |
| 4 | La Dolce Vita1 | 1960 | Federico Fellini | 86 |
| 5 | The Rules of the Game | 1939 | Jean Renoir | 99 |
| 6 | Amélie2 | 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 119 |
| 7 | The Grand Illusion | 1937 | Jean Renoir | 122 |
| 8 | The Passion of Joan of Arc | 1928 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 123 |
| 9 | Mulholland Dr.3 | 2001 | David Lynch | 124 |
| 10 | City of God2 4 | 2002 | Fernando Meirelles | 128 |
| 11 | Amadeus1 3 5 | 1984 | Milos Forman | 163 |
| 12 | Children of Paradise | 1945 | Marcel Carné | 179 |
| 13 | L'Avventura1 | 1960 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 195 |
| 14 | Ran6 | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | 197 |
| 15 | Jules and Jim | 1962 | François Truffaut | 201 |
| 16 | The Wages of Fear1 | 1953 | Henri-Georges Clouzot | 210 |
| 17 | Wings of Desire2 | 1987 | Wim Wenders | 211 |
| 18 | Fanny and Alexander2 7 | 1982 | Ingmar Bergman | 215 |
| 19 | Cinema Paradiso1 | 1988 | Giuseppe Tornatore | 217 |
| 20 | L'Atalante | 1934 | Jean Vigo | 219 |
| 21 | The Conformist1 2 | 1970 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 229 |
| 22 | Beauty and the Beast | 1946 | Jean Cocteau | 237 |
| 23 | Shoah8 | 1985 | Claude Lanzmann | 243 |
| 24 | The Professional3 | 1994 | Luc Besson | 253 |
| 25 | All about My Mother9 | 1999 | Pedro Almodóvar | 257 |
| 26 | Shaun of the Dead8 | 2004 | Edgar Wright | 260 |
| 27 | The Pianist2 8 10 | 2002 | Roman Polanski | 269 |
| 28 | Three Colors: Red10 11 | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 282 |
| 29 | The Leopard1 | 1963 | Luchino Visconti | 293 |
| 30 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg2 | 1964 | Jacques Demy | 298 |
| 31 | Playtime1 | 1967 | Jacques Tati | 300 |
| 32 | Un chien andalou | 1929 | Luis Buñuel | 304 |
| 33 | Diabolique | 1955 | Henri-Georges Clouzot | 305 |
| 34 | The Piano12 13 | 1993 | Jane Campion | 306 |
| 35 | Before Sunset3 | 2004 | Richard Linklater | 315 |
| 36 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | 1972 | Luis Buñuel | 316 |
| 37 | Belle de Jour1 | 1967 | Luis Buñuel | 317 |
| 38 | Three Colors: Blue10 11 | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 324 |
| 39 | Hiroshima mon amour6 | 1959 | Alain Resnais | 326 |
| 40 | Voyage to the Moon | 1902 | Georges Méliès | 337 |
| 41 | Paris, Texas2 8 | 1984 | Wim Wenders | 339 |
| 42 | Au hasard Balthazar7 | 1966 | Robert Bresson | 348 |
| 43 | La Jetée | 1962 | Chris Marker | 350 |
| 44 | Amarcord1 | 1973 | Federico Fellini | 367 |
| 45 | Contempt1 | 1963 | Jean-Luc Godard | 371 |
| 46 | Le Samouraï1 | 1967 | Jean-Pierre Melville | 375 |
| 47 | Thelma & Louise3 8 | 1991 | Ridley Scott | 379 |
| 48 | The Bourne Ultimatum2 3 9 | 2007 | Paul Greengrass | 384 |
| 49 | Army in the Shadows1 | 1969 | Jean-Pierre Melville | 388 |
| 50 | Night and Fog | 1956 | Alain Resnais | 390 |
| 51 | Last Year at Marienbad1 | 1961 | Alain Resnais | 392 |
| 52 | Casino3 | 1995 | Martin Scorsese | 398 |
| 53 | Waltz with Bashir2 3 11 12 14 15 16 | 2008 | Ari Folman | 400 |
| 54 | Eyes without a Face1 | 1960 | Georges Franju | 406 |
| 55 | Jeanne Dielman14 | 1975 | Chantal Akerman | 408 |
| 56 | Hidden1 2 17 | 2005 | Michael Haneke | 409 |
| 57 | Nanook of the North3 | 1922 | Robert J. Flaherty | 411 |
| 58 | Breaking the Waves7 8 9 18 19 20 21 | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 418 |
| 59 | Rififi | 1955 | Jules Dassin | 420 |
| 60 | Pierrot le Fou1 | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard | 422 |
| 61 | Pickpocket | 1959 | Robert Bresson | 427 |
| 62 | A Man Escaped | 1956 | Robert Bresson | 443 |
| 63 | Last Tango in Paris1 | 1972 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 451 |
| 64 | Mr. Hulot's Holiday | 1953 | Jacques Tati | 453 |
| 65 | Cleo from 5 to 71 | 1962 | Agnès Varda | 461 |
| 66 | Day for Night1 | 1973 | François Truffaut | 467 |
| 67 | Secrets & Lies8 | 1996 | Mike Leigh | 470 |
| 68 | Persepolis3 | 2007 | Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi | 472 |
| 69 | The Wrestler3 | 2008 | Darren Aronofsky | 475 |
| 70 | Hate | 1995 | Mathieu Kassovitz | 485 |
| 71 | The Earrings of Madame De…1 | 1953 | Max Ophüls | 490 |
| 72 | Nights of Cabiria1 | 1957 | Federico Fellini | 496 |
| 73 | Napoléon | 1927 | Abel Gance | 500 |
| 74 | Alphaville1 | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard | 517 |
| 75 | JFK3 | 1991 | Oliver Stone | 529 |
| 76 | Dancer in the Dark1 2 3 7 8 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 532 |
| 77 | Diary of a Country Priest | 1951 | Robert Bresson | 545 |
| 78 | The Gospel According to St. Matthew1 | 1964 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 557 |
| 79 | Sans soleil | 1983 | Chris Marker | 561 |
| 80 | Z24 | 1969 | Costa-Gavras | 584 |
| 81 | In the Realm of the Senses6 | 1976 | Nagisa Ôshima | 589 |
| 82 | L'Eclisse1 | 1962 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 596 |
| 83 | The Fifth Element3 8 | 1997 | Luc Besson | 599 |
| 84 | The Triplets of Belleville3 8 14 25 26 | 2003 | Sylvain Chomet | 601 |
| 85 | Hot Fuzz8 | 2007 | Edgar Wright | 608 |
| 86 | Vampyr2 | 1932 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 611 |
| 87 | Dogville1 2 7 8 15 18 19 20 | 2003 | Lars von Trier | 626 |
| 88 | My Life to Live | 1962 | Jean-Luc Godard | 628 |
| 89 | Celine & Julie Go Boating | 1974 | Jacques Rivette | 631 |
| 90 | Three Colors: White10 11 | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 635 |
| 91 | Love Actually3 8 | 2003 | Richard Curtis | 636 |
| 92 | F for Fake2 27 | 1973 | Orson Welles | 640 |
| 93 | Beau travail | 1999 | Claire Denis | 646 |
| 94 | The Last Emperor1 8 33 | 1987 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 651 |
| 95 | Delicatessen | 1991 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 654 |
| 96 | Le Cercle rouge1 | 1970 | Jean-Pierre Melville | 656 |
| 97 | L'Âge d'or | 1930 | Luis Buñuel | 665 |
| 98 | Mon Oncle1 | 1958 | Jacques Tati | 682 |
| 99 | The Mother and the Whore | 1973 | Jean Eustache | 692 |
| 100 | Amour2 17 | 2012 | Michael Haneke | 725 |
| 101 | Rocco and His Brothers1 | 1960 | Luchino Visconti | 727 |
| 102 | Fantastic Planet5 | 1973 | René Laloux | 728 |
| 103 | A Separation27 | 2011 | Asghar Farhadi | 747 |
| 104 | My Night at Maud's | 1969 | Eric Rohmer | 752 |
| 105 | True Romance3 | 1993 | Tony Scott | 768 |
| 106 | Atonement3 8 | 2007 | Joe Wright | 771 |
| 107 | Death in Venice1 | 1971 | Luchino Visconti | 778 |
| 108 | Atlantic City25 | 1980 | Louis Malle | 784 |
| 109 | Orpheus | 1950 | Jean Cocteau | 785 |
| 110 | Au Revoir, les Enfants1 2 | 1987 | Louis Malle | 792 |
| 111 | Lost Highway3 | 1997 | David Lynch | 793 |
| 112 | The Vanishing2 18 | 1988 | George Sluizer | 795 |
| 113 | Basic Instinct3 8 | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven | 796 |
| 114 | The Intouchables | 2011 | Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano | 802 |
| 115 | O Brother, Where Art Thou?3 8 | 2000 | Joel Coen | 806 |
| 116 | Shoot the Piano Player | 1960 | François Truffaut | 807 |
| 117 | Elevator to the Gallows | 1958 | Louis Malle | 820 |
| 118 | The Passenger1 9 | 1975 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 833 |
| 119 | A Prophet1 | 2009 | Jacques Audiard | 842 |
| 120 | Jean de Florette1 11 | 1986 | Claude Berri | 881 |
| 121 | Central Station4 | 1998 | Walter Salles | 883 |
| 122 | The Artist3 14 | 2011 | Michel Hazanavicius | 885 |
| 123 | Werckmeister Harmonies1 2 28 | 2000 | Béla Tarr | 890 |
| 124 | Call Me by Your Name1 | 2017 | Luca Guadagnino | 892 |
| 125 | A Taste of Cherry27 | 1997 | Abbas Kiarostami | 893 |
| 126 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly3 | 2007 | Julian Schnabel | 895 |
| 127 | The Others1 3 9 | 2001 | Alejandro Amenábar | 902 |
| 128 | Les Vampires | 1915 | Louis Feuillade | 903 |
| 129 | The Straight Story3 8 | 1999 | David Lynch | 916 |
| 130 | The Red Balloon | 1956 | Albert Lamorisse | 921 |
| 131 | The Gleaners & I | 2000 | Agnès Varda | 926 |
| 132 | Salò1 | 1975 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 928 |
| 133 | Blue Is the Warmest Color9 14 | 2013 | Abdellatif Kechiche | 935 |
| 134 | Voyage in Italy1 | 1954 | Roberto Rossellini | 937 |
| 135 | The White Ribbon1 2 17 25 | 2009 | Michael Haneke | 946 |
| 136 | Papillon3 | 1973 | Franklin J. Schaffner | 948 |
| 137 | Orlando1 8 18 29 | 1992 | Sally Potter | 955 |
| 138 | Chicken Run3 8 | 2000 | Peter Lord and Nick Park | 962 |
| 139 | Nosferatu the Vampyre2 | 1979 | Werner Herzog | 966 |
| 140 | The Tin Drum2 10 30 | 1979 | Volker Schlöndorff | 980 |
| 141 | Band of Outsiders | 1964 | Jean-Luc Godard | 985 |
| 142 | The Sacrifice7 8 | 1986 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 987 |
| 143 | The City of Lost Children2 3 9 14 | 1995 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 990 |
| 144 | A Day in the Country | 1946 | Jean Renoir | 1001 |
| 145 | The Double Life of Veronique10 19 | 1991 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1004 |
| 146 | Underground2 3 5 8 28 30 31 | 1995 | Emir Kusturica | 1010 |
| 147 | United 93 83 | 2006 | Paul Greengrass | 1012 |
| 148 | The Tenant3 | 1976 | Roman Polanski | 1034 |
| 149 | Mouchette | 1967 | Robert Bresson | 1036 |
| 150 | The Train1 3 | 1964 | John Frankenheimer | 1064 |
| 151 | Zero for Conduct | 1933 | Jean Vigo | 1071 |
| 152 | Barbarella1 | 1968 | Roger Vadim | 1078 |
| 153 | Forbidden Games | 1952 | René Clément | 1089 |
| 154 | Bridget Jones's Diary3 8 | 2001 | Sharon Maguire | 1091 |
| 155 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai2 3 6 | 1999 | Jim Jarmusch | 1093 |
| 156 | Far from Heaven3 | 2002 | Todd Haynes | 1099 |
| 157 | The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover8 18 | 1989 | Peter Greenaway | 1102 |
| 158 | Hugo3 8 | 2011 | Martin Scorsese | 1120 |
| 159 | Le Jour se lève | 1939 | Marcel Carné | 1124 |
| 160 | Senna3 8 | 2010 | Asif Kapadia | 1127 |
| 161 | Taken3 | 2008 | Pierre Morel | 1166 |
| 162 | Lola Montès2 | 1955 | Max Ophüls | 1181 |
| 163 | Histoire(s) du cinéma | Jean-Luc Godard | 1184 | |
| 164 | Fall of the House of Usher | 1928 | Jean Epstein | 1186 |
| 165 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me3 | 1992 | David Lynch | 1189 |
| 166 | The Young Girls of Rochefort | 1967 | Jacques Demy | 1193 |
| 167 | Pride & Prejudice3 8 | 2005 | Joe Wright | 1208 |
| 168 | La Vie en rose5 8 | 2007 | Olivier Dahan | 1215 |
| 169 | The River3 8 32 | 1951 | Jean Renoir | 1216 |
| 170 | Le Boucher1 | 1970 | Claude Chabrol | 1218 |
| 171 | Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat | 1896 | Auguste and Louis Lumière | 1229 |
| 172 | The Sea Inside1 9 | 2004 | Alejandro Amenábar | 1232 |
| 173 | Pépé Le Moko | 1937 | Julien Duvivier | 1243 |
| 174 | The Trial1 2 | 1962 | Orson Welles | 1244 |
| 175 | Bob le Flambeur | 1956 | Jean-Pierre Melville | 1247 |
| 176 | March of the Penguins | 2005 | Luc Jacquet | 1252 |
| 177 | La Belle noiseuse11 | 1991 | Jacques Rivette | 1254 |
| 178 | Billy Elliot8 | 2000 | Stephen Daldry | 1264 |
| 179 | That Obscure Object of Desire9 | 1977 | Luis Buñuel | 1273 |
| 180 | Dawn of the Dead3 6 25 | 2004 | Zack Snyder | 1280 |
| 181 | 20461 2 33 34 | 2004 | Kar-Wai Wong | 1304 |
| 182 | Leaving Las Vegas3 8 | 1995 | Mike Figgis | 1308 |
| 183 | La Femme Nikita1 | 1990 | Luc Besson | 1309 |
| 184 | Despicable Me3 | 2010 | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud | 1324 |
| 185 | The Raid: Redemption3 35 | 2011 | Gareth Evans | 1331 |
| 186 | The Hours2 3 8 25 | 2002 | Stephen Daldry | 1334 |
| 187 | Yeelen2 6 36 37 | 1987 | Souleymane Cissé | 1342 |
| 188 | I Vitelloni1 | 1953 | Federico Fellini | 1343 |
| 189 | Irréversible | 2002 | Gaspar Noé | 1348 |
| 190 | Le Trou1 | 1960 | Jacques Becker | 1352 |
| 191 | Casque d'Or | 1952 | Jacques Becker | 1360 |
| 192 | Inland Empire3 10 | 2006 | David Lynch | 1361 |
| 193 | Week End1 | 1967 | Jean-Luc Godard | 1366 |
| 194 | Claire's Knee | 1970 | Eric Rohmer | 1367 |
| 195 | Black Girl38 | 1966 | Ousmane Sembene | 1379 |
| 196 | A Serious Man3 8 | 2009 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 1387 |
| 197 | La Notte1 | 1961 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1400 |
| 198 | Autumn Sonata2 7 8 | 1978 | Ingmar Bergman | 1409 |
| 199 | The Red Desert1 | 1964 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1415 |
| 200 | Babel3 39 40 | 2006 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 1420 |
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20 Joint production with Denmark.
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22 Joint production with Argentina.
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24 Joint production with Algeria.
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27 Joint production with Iran.
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29 Joint production with Russia.
30 Joint production with Yugoslavia.
31 Joint production with Bulgaria.
32 Joint production with India.
33 Joint production with the People's Republic of China.
34 Joint production with Hong Kong.
35 Joint production with Indonesia.
36 Joint production with Burkina Faso.
37 Joint production with Mali.
38 Joint production with Senegal.
39 Joint production with Morocco.
40 Joint production with Mexico.
41 Joint production with Cuba.
42 Joint production with Chile.
43 Joint production with Peru.
44 Joint production with Greece.
45 Joint production with Venezuela.
46 Joint production with Cameroon.
47 Joint production with Tunisia.
48 Joint production with Kenya.
49 Joint production with Ireland.
50 Joint production with Thailand.
51 Joint production with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
52 Joint production with Luxembourg.
53 Joint production with Vietnam.
54 Joint production with Monaco.
55 Joint production with Romania.
56 Joint production with Turkey.
57 Joint production with North Macedonia.
58 Joint production with Albania.
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