| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Usual Suspects1 | 1995 | Bryan Singer | 64 |
| 2 | Metropolis | 1927 | Fritz Lang | 66 |
| 3 | M | 1931 | Fritz Lang | 74 |
| 4 | Nosferatu | 1922 | F.W. Murnau | 115 |
| 5 | Fight Club1 | 1999 | David Fincher | 118 |
| 6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King1 2 | 2003 | Peter Jackson | 166 |
| 7 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God3 4 | 1972 | Werner Herzog | 181 |
| 8 | The Conformist5 6 | 1970 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 184 |
| 9 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers1 2 | 2002 | Peter Jackson | 191 |
| 10 | Wings of Desire5 | 1987 | Wim Wenders | 195 |
| 11 | Amélie5 | 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 230 |
| 12 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | 1920 | Robert Wiene | 237 |
| 13 | Das Boot | 1981 | Wolfgang Petersen | 243 |
| 14 | The Blue Angel | 1930 | Josef von Sternberg | 244 |
| 15 | Fanny and Alexander5 7 | 1982 | Ingmar Bergman | 247 |
| 16 | Pandora's Box | 1929 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | 367 |
| 17 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg5 | 1964 | Jacques Demy | 377 |
| 18 | Last Year at Marienbad5 6 8 | 1961 | Alain Resnais | 382 |
| 19 | Paris, Texas5 | 1984 | Wim Wenders | 431 |
| 20 | Triumph of the Will | 1935 | Leni Riefenstahl | 432 |
| 21 | Au Revoir, les Enfants5 | 1987 | Louis Malle | 460 |
| 22 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery1 | 1997 | Jay Roach | 469 |
| 23 | Olympia | 1938 | Leni Riefenstahl | 477 |
| 24 | Run Lola Run | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | 489 |
| 25 | The Last Laugh | 1924 | F.W. Murnau | 496 |
| 26 | Lola Montčs5 | 1955 | Max Ophüls | 497 |
| 27 | The Sorrow and the Pity5 9 | 1969 | Marcel Ophüls | 502 |
| 28 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | 1979 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 512 |
| 29 | Stalker10 | 1979 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 513 |
| 30 | Stranger than Paradise1 | 1984 | Jim Jarmusch | 537 |
| 31 | The Tin Drum5 11 12 | 1979 | Volker Schlöndorff | 561 |
| 32 | The Pianist5 11 13 | 2002 | Roman Polanski | 586 |
| 33 | Traffic1 | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | 599 |
| 34 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | 1974 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 675 |
| 35 | Chicago1 | 2002 | Rob Marshall | 680 |
| 36 | Fitzcarraldo3 | 1982 | Werner Herzog | 684 |
| 37 | Heavenly Creatures2 13 | 1994 | Peter Jackson | 691 |
| 38 | A Fistful of Dollars6 14 | 1964 | Sergio Leone | 702 |
| 39 | Whale Rider2 | 2002 | Niki Caro | 737 |
| 40 | Dead Man1 15 | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch | 782 |
| 41 | 19005 6 | 1976 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 814 |
| 42 | Vampyr5 | 1932 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 834 |
| 43 | Bend It Like Beckham1 13 | 2002 | Gurinder Chadha | 853 |
| 44 | Monsoon Wedding1 5 6 16 | 2001 | Mira Nair | 864 |
| 45 | Down by Law1 | 1986 | Jim Jarmusch | 881 |
| 46 | The Mystery of Kaspar Hausar | 1974 | Werner Herzog | 927 |
| 47 | Bowling for Columbine1 17 | 2002 | Michael Moore | 933 |
| 48 | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis6 | 1970 | Vittorio De Sica | 942 |
| 49 | Underground5 12 18 | 1995 | Emir Kusturica | 950 |
| 50 | Ghost World1 13 | 2001 | Terry Zwigoff | 967 |
| 51 | Dancer in the Dark1 5 6 7 13 19 20 21 22 23 | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 1021 |
| 52 | Sátántangó9 18 | 1994 | Béla Tarr | 1110 |
| 53 | Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler | 1922 | Fritz Lang | 1113 |
| 54 | Mephisto8 18 | 1981 | István Szabó | 1145 |
| 55 | Lacombe Lucien5 6 | 1974 | Louis Malle | 1146 |
| 56 | Kriemhild's Revenge | 1924 | Fritz Lang | 1186 |
| 57 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | 1980 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1204 |
| 58 | Gangs of New York1 6 13 19 | 2002 | Martin Scorsese | 1209 |
| 59 | Nosferatu the Vampyre5 | 1979 | Werner Herzog | 1222 |
| 60 | W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism12 | 1971 | Dusan Makavejev | 1226 |
| 61 | Zoolander1 24 | 2001 | Ben Stiller | 1244 |
| 62 | Yeelen5 25 | 1987 | Souleymane Cissé | 1246 |
| 63 | Faust | 1926 | F.W. Murnau | 1249 |
| 64 | The Hudsucker Proxy1 13 | 1994 | Joel Coen | 1258 |
| 65 | Europa Europa5 11 | 1990 | Agnieszka Holland | 1267 |
| 66 | The City of Lost Children5 14 | 1995 | Marc Caro and Jean-Marie Jeunet | 1270 |
| 67 | The Lives of Others | 2006 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | 1273 |
| 68 | Berlin: Symphony of a Great City | 1927 | Walter Ruttmann | 1277 |
| 69 | The American Friend5 | 1977 | Wim Wenders | 1279 |
| 70 | Germany, Year Zero6 | 1948 | Roberto Rossellini | 1303 |
| 71 | Crash1 | 2004 | Paul Haggis | 1316 |
| 72 | F for Fake5 26 | 1974 | Orson Welles | 1337 |
| 73 | The School of Rock1 | 2003 | Richard Linklater | 1339 |
| 74 | The Nasty Girl | 1990 | Michael Verhoeven | 1348 |
| 75 | Heimat | 1984 | Edgar Reitz | 1350 |
| 76 | King Kong1 2 | 2005 | Peter Jackson | 1364 |
| 77 | Dogville5 7 13 19 20 21 22 | 2003 | Lars von Trier | 1378 |
| 78 | Fox and His Friends | 1975 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1399 |
| 79 | Bagdad Café1 | 1987 | Percy Adlon | 1410 |
| 80 | Siegfried | 1924 | Fritz Lang | 1417 |
| 81 | 8 Mile1 | 2002 | Curtis Hanson | 1440 |
| 82 | The Bourne Identity1 27 | 2002 | Doug Liman | 1458 |
| 83 | Russian Ark10 | 2002 | Aleksandr Sokurov | 1477 |
| 84 | Hair1 | 1979 | Milos Forman | 1479 |
| 85 | Alice9 13 27 | 1988 | Jan Svankmajer | 1486 |
| 86 | A History of Violence1 | 2005 | David Cronenberg | 1514 |
| 87 | Sleepy Hollow1 | 1999 | Tim Burton | 1519 |
| 88 | The Motorcycle Diaries1 3 4 5 13 28 29 | 2004 | Walter Salles | 1536 |
| 89 | Autumn Sonata5 7 | 1978 | Ingmar Bergman | 1561 |
| 90 | Downfall6 8 | 2004 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 1576 |
| 91 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | 1972 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1598 |
| 92 | A Simple Plan1 5 13 15 | 1998 | Sam Raimi | 1609 |
| 93 | Kings of the Road | 1976 | Wim Wenders | 1616 |
| 94 | Stuart Little1 | 1999 | Rob Minkoff | 1625 |
| 95 | For a Few Dollars More6 14 30 | 1965 | Sergio Leone | 1637 |
| 96 | Primary Colors1 5 13 15 | 1998 | Mike Nichols | 1651 |
| 97 | The Aviator1 | 2004 | Martin Scorsese | 1662 |
| 98 | An Italian Straw Hat5 | 1928 | René Clair | 1678 |
| 99 | Murmur of the Heart5 6 | 1971 | Louis Malle | 1688 |
| 100 | Land and Freedom6 13 14 | 1995 | Ken Loach | 1695 |
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