Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | Metropolis | 1927 | Fritz Lang | 39 |
2 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1 2 | 1966 | Sergio Leone | 44 |
3 | M | 1931 | Fritz Lang | 69 |
4 | Fight Club3 | 1999 | David Fincher | 71 |
5 | Nosferatu | 1922 | F.W. Murnau | 84 |
6 | The Usual Suspects3 | 1995 | Bryan Singer | 112 |
7 | Amélie4 | 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 119 |
8 | City of God4 5 | 2002 | Fernando Meirelles | 128 |
9 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | 1920 | Robert Wiene | 141 |
10 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God6 7 | 1972 | Werner Herzog | 151 |
11 | Wings of Desire4 | 1987 | Wim Wenders | 211 |
12 | Fanny and Alexander4 8 | 1982 | Ingmar Bergman | 215 |
13 | The Lives of Others | 2006 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | 218 |
14 | The Conformist1 4 | 1970 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 229 |
15 | Das Boot | 1981 | Wolfgang Petersen | 247 |
16 | The Pianist4 9 10 | 2002 | Roman Polanski | 269 |
17 | Inglourious Basterds3 | 2009 | Quentin Tarantino | 272 |
18 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg4 | 1964 | Jacques Demy | 298 |
19 | Paris, Texas4 9 | 1984 | Wim Wenders | 339 |
20 | A Fistful of Dollars1 2 | 1964 | Sergio Leone | 383 |
21 | The Bourne Ultimatum2 3 4 | 2007 | Paul Greengrass | 384 |
22 | Waltz with Bashir3 4 11 12 13 14 15 | 2008 | Ari Folman | 400 |
23 | Hidden1 4 16 | 2005 | Michael Haneke | 409 |
24 | The Decalogue10 | 1989 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 413 |
25 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory3 11 17 | 1971 | Mel Stuart | 416 |
26 | Downfall1 16 | 2004 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 424 |
27 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | 1974 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 430 |
28 | Casino Royale4 9 18 19 | 2006 | Martin Campbell | 431 |
29 | Fitzcarraldo6 | 1982 | Werner Herzog | 465 |
30 | For a Few Dollars More1 2 | 1965 | Sergio Leone | 468 |
31 | A History of Violence3 20 | 2005 | David Cronenberg | 509 |
32 | Dancer in the Dark1 3 4 8 9 11 12 21 22 23 24 25 | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 532 |
33 | Dead Man3 26 | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch | 541 |
34 | Being There3 | 1979 | Hal Ashby | 554 |
35 | Gran Torino3 | 2008 | Clint Eastwood | 577 |
36 | Stranger than Paradise3 | 1984 | Jim Jarmusch | 578 |
37 | Triumph of the Will | 1935 | Leni Riefenstahl | 590 |
38 | Run Lola Run | 1998 | Tom Tykwer | 594 |
39 | The Last Laugh | 1924 | F.W. Murnau | 597 |
40 | Vampyr4 | 1932 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 611 |
41 | Chicago3 20 | 2002 | Rob Marshall | 617 |
42 | Star Trek3 | 2009 | J.J. Abrams | 623 |
43 | Dogville1 4 8 9 12 21 22 23 | 2003 | Lars von Trier | 626 |
44 | Bowling for Columbine3 20 | 2002 | Michael Moore | 630 |
45 | F for Fake4 27 | 1973 | Orson Welles | 640 |
46 | The Blue Angel | 1930 | Josef von Sternberg | 643 |
47 | Pandora's Box | 1929 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | 644 |
48 | Sátántangó13 28 | 1994 | Béla Tarr | 650 |
49 | Down by Law3 | 1986 | Jim Jarmusch | 703 |
50 | V for Vendetta3 9 | 2005 | James McTeigue | 705 |
51 | The Sorrow and the Pity13 | 1969 | Marcel Ophüls | 709 |
52 | Amour4 16 | 2012 | Michael Haneke | 725 |
53 | Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations | 1938 | Leni Riefenstahl | 734 |
54 | The Bourne Supremacy3 | 2004 | Paul Greengrass | 737 |
55 | Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty | 1938 | Leni Riefenstahl | 790 |
56 | Au Revoir, les Enfants1 4 | 1987 | Louis Malle | 792 |
57 | The Vanishing4 21 | 1988 | George Sluizer | 795 |
58 | Ghost World3 9 | 2001 | Terry Zwigoff | 797 |
59 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | 1979 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 819 |
60 | Heavenly Creatures29 | 1994 | Peter Jackson | 831 |
61 | Faust | 1926 | F.W. Murnau | 835 |
62 | The Hangover3 | 2009 | Todd Phillips | 844 |
63 | The Bourne Identity3 18 | 2002 | Doug Liman | 854 |
64 | Zoolander3 | 2001 | Ben Stiller | 866 |
65 | Werckmeister Harmonies1 4 28 | 2000 | Béla Tarr | 890 |
66 | The Grand Budapest Hotel3 | 2014 | Wes Anderson | 917 |
67 | Team America: World Police3 | 2004 | Trey Parker | 936 |
68 | The White Ribbon1 4 16 20 | 2009 | Michael Haneke | 946 |
69 | Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler | 1922 | Fritz Lang | 957 |
70 | Nosferatu the Vampyre4 | 1979 | Werner Herzog | 966 |
71 | Distant Voices, Still Lives9 | 1988 | Terence Davies | 973 |
72 | The Tin Drum4 10 30 | 1979 | Volker Schlöndorff | 980 |
73 | The City of Lost Children2 3 4 11 | 1995 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 990 |
74 | Underground3 4 9 18 28 30 31 | 1995 | Emir Kusturica | 1010 |
75 | King Kong3 29 | 2005 | Peter Jackson | 1027 |
76 | Crash3 | 2004 | Paul Haggis | 1054 |
77 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai3 4 26 | 1999 | Jim Jarmusch | 1093 |
78 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring32 | 2003 | Ki-duk Kim | 1098 |
79 | The Mystery of Kaspar Hausar | 1974 | Werner Herzog | 1141 |
80 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets3 9 | 2002 | Chris Columbus | 1151 |
81 | Walk the Line3 | 2005 | James Mangold | 1171 |
82 | Berlin Alexanderplatz1 | 1980 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1174 |
83 | Lola Montčs4 | 1955 | Max Ophüls | 1181 |
84 | Monster3 | 2003 | Patty Jenkins | 1183 |
85 | Siegfried | 1924 | Fritz Lang | 1195 |
86 | Bend It Like Beckham3 9 | 2002 | Gurinder Chadha | 1211 |
87 | The NeverEnding Story | 1984 | Wolfgang Petersen | 1231 |
88 | The Trial1 4 | 1962 | Orson Welles | 1244 |
89 | Friday Night Lights3 | 2004 | Peter Berg and Josh Pate | 1249 |
90 | The School of Rock3 | 2003 | Richard Linklater | 1256 |
91 | 20461 4 33 34 | 2004 | Kar-Wai Wong | 1304 |
92 | Russian Ark12 20 22 26 35 | 2002 | Aleksandr Sokurov | 1325 |
93 | The Hours3 4 9 20 | 2002 | Stephen Daldry | 1334 |
94 | Yeelen4 26 36 | 1987 | Souleymane Cissé | 1342 |
95 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | 1972 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1344 |
96 | Alice in the Cities | 1974 | Wim Wenders | 1375 |
97 | Whale Rider29 | 2002 | Niki Caro | 1404 |
98 | Autumn Sonata4 8 9 | 1978 | Ingmar Bergman | 1409 |
99 | The Piano Teacher4 16 | 2001 | Michael Haneke | 1445 |
100 | Traffic3 7 | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | 1452 |
101 | Black Book9 11 21 | 2006 | Paul Verhoeven | 1473 |
102 | Rush3 9 | 2013 | Ron Howard | 1487 |
103 | Berlin: Symphony of a Great City | 1927 | Walter Ruttmann | 1491 |
104 | Buena Vista Social Club3 4 9 37 | 1999 | Wim Wenders | 1506 |
105 | Germany, Year Zero1 4 | 1948 | Roberto Rossellini | 1517 |
106 | The Testament of Dr. Mabuse4 | 1933 | Fritz Lang | 1521 |
107 | Head-On38 | 2004 | Fatih Akin | 1543 |
108 | Kings of the Road | 1976 | Wim Wenders | 1545 |
109 | Cruising3 | 1980 | William Friedkin | 1549 |
110 | Alice9 13 18 | 1988 | Jan Svankmajer | 1561 |
111 | Kriemhild's Revenge | 1924 | Fritz Lang | 1574 |
112 | Good Bye Lenin! | 2003 | Wolfgang Becker | 1596 |
113 | 19001 4 | 1976 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 1600 |
114 | The Aviator3 | 2004 | Martin Scorsese | 1605 |
115 | Cross of Iron9 | 1977 | Sam Peckinpah | 1606 |
116 | Mother and Son35 | 1997 | Aleksandr Sokurov | 1652 |
117 | Where the Wild Things Are3 14 | 2009 | Spike Jonze | 1655 |
118 | The American Friend4 | 1977 | Wim Wenders | 1688 |
119 | Europa Europa4 10 | 1990 | Agnieszka Holland | 1708 |
120 | About a Boy3 4 9 | 2002 | Chris and Paul Weitz | 1713 |
121 | Possession4 | 1981 | Andrzej Zulawski | 1719 |
122 | The Golem | 1920 | Carl Boese and Paul Wegener | 1728 |
123 | The Motorcycle Diaries3 4 5 6 9 24 39 | 2004 | Walter Salles | 1733 |
124 | Hair3 | 1979 | Milos Forman | 1746 |
125 | Zentropa4 8 13 22 | 1991 | Lars von Trier | 1757 |
126 | Sleepy Hollow3 | 1999 | Tim Burton | 1764 |
127 | Blood Diamond3 | 2006 | Edward Zwick | 1771 |
128 | Girl, Interrupted3 | 1999 | James Mangold | 1781 |
129 | Mephisto16 28 | 1981 | István Szabó | 1800 |
130 | The Adventures of Prince Achmed | 1926 | Lotte Reiniger | 1821 |
131 | The Name of the Rose1 4 | 1986 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | 1844 |
132 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle3 20 | 2004 | Danny Leiner | 1865 |
133 | Heimat | 1984 | Edgar Reitz | 1895 |
134 | Bad Santa3 | 2003 | Terry Zwigoff | 1925 |
135 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen9 | 1988 | Terry Gilliam | 1937 |
136 | The Chorus4 13 | 2004 | Christophe Barratier | 1941 |
137 | The Constant Gardner3 4 9 33 40 | 2005 | Fernando Meirelles | 1963 |
138 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army3 28 | 2008 | Guillermo del Toro | 1966 |
139 | The Damned1 | 1969 | Luchino Visconti | 1976 |
140 | Lucky Number Slevin3 9 20 | 2006 | Paul McGuigan | 1992 |
141 | Monsoon Wedding1 3 4 9 41 | 2001 | Mira Nair | 1993 |
142 | The Secret of Kells3 4 5 11 16 21 22 28 42 | 2009 | Tomm Moore | 1999 |
143 | I'm Not There.3 4 20 | 2007 | Todd Haynes | 2008 |
144 | Tropical Malady1 4 43 | 2004 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | 2009 |
145 | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis1 | 1970 | Vittorio De Sica | 2042 |
146 | In a Year of 13 Moons | 1978 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2043 |
147 | 35 Shots of Rum4 | 2008 | Claire Denis | 2050 |
148 | The Reader3 | 2008 | Stephen Daldry | 2056 |
149 | The Look of Silence3 4 9 12 15 21 22 23 44 | 2014 | Joshua Oppenheimer | 2057 |
150 | Melancholia4 8 22 | 2011 | Lars von Trier | 2088 |
151 | Antichrist1 4 8 10 22 | 2009 | Lars von Trier | 2110 |
152 | Holy Motors4 | 2012 | Leos Carax | 2112 |
153 | Enter the Void1 4 20 26 | 2009 | Gaspar Noé | 2115 |
154 | Lacombe Lucien1 4 | 1974 | Louis Malle | 2116 |
155 | The Last King of Scotland9 | 2006 | Kevin Macdonald | 2128 |
156 | La Cérémonie4 | 1995 | Claude Chabrol | 2129 |
157 | Stroszek | 1977 | Werner Herzog | 2138 |
158 | Nostalgia for the Light2 4 39 | 2010 | Patricio Guzmán | 2140 |
159 | Land and Freedom1 2 4 9 | 1995 | Ken Loach | 2147 |
160 | Blade II3 | 2002 | Guillermo del Toro | 2190 |
161 | Spione | 1928 | Fritz Lang | 2201 |
162 | W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism430 | 1971 | Dusan Makavejev | 2236 |
163 | Lord of War3 4 | 2005 | Andrew Niccol | 2239 |
164 | World on a Wire | 1973 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2240 |
165 | Deep End9 | 1970 | Jerzy Skolimowski | 2247 |
166 | Smoke3 26 | 1995 | Wayne Wang | 2273 |
167 | Fox and His Friends | 1975 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2282 |
168 | The Celluloid Closet3 4 9 | 1995 | Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman | 2284 |
169 | Lessons of Darkness4 9 | 1992 | Werner Herzog | 2287 |
170 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo8 22 23 | 2009 | Niels Arden Oplev | 2292 |
171 | Tropic Thunder3 9 | 2008 | Ben Stiller | 2321 |
172 | Diary of a Lost Girl | 1929 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | 2322 |
173 | Antonio das Mortes3 4 5 | 1969 | Glauber Rocha | 2330 |
174 | The Devil's Advocate3 | 1997 | Taylor Hackford | 2337 |
175 | Little Dieter Needs to Fly4 9 | 1997 | Werner Herzog | 2340 |
176 | Air Force One3 | 1997 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2347 |
177 | Lola | 1981 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2352 |
178 | The Quiet American3 4 9 14 20 45 | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | 2360 |
179 | Toni Erdmann4 13 16 46 47 | 2016 | Maren Ade | 2378 |
180 | The Man without a Past4 12 | 2002 | Aki Kaurismäki | 2379 |
181 | People on Sunday | 1930 | Curt and Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Fred Zinnemann | 2392 |
182 | Coach Carter3 | 2005 | Thomas Carter | 2407 |
183 | Mission: Impossible III1 3 33 | 2006 | J.J. Abrams | 2454 |
184 | Enemy at the Gates3 4 9 42 | 2001 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | 2456 |
185 | The Bridge | 1959 | Bernhard Wicki | 2478 |
186 | A Simple Plan3 4 9 26 | 1998 | Sam Raimi | 2523 |
187 | Sherlock Holmes3 9 | 2009 | Guy Ritchie | 2528 |
188 | Blood and Black Lace1 4 46 | 1964 | Mario Bava | 2531 |
189 | The Patriot3 | 2000 | Roland Emmerich | 2557 |
190 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives2 4 9 21 43 | 2010 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | 2577 |
191 | The Fast and the Furious3 | 2001 | Rob Cohen | 2580 |
192 | The Hudsucker Proxy3 9 | 1994 | Joel Coen | 2605 |
193 | Walking and Talking1 3 4 9 | 1996 | Nicole Holofcener | 2632 |
194 | Mamma Mia!3 9 | 2008 | Phyllida Lloyd | 2639 |
195 | Black Cat White Cat4 16 30 48 | 1998 | Emir Kusturica | 2643 |
196 | Enemy Mine3 9 | 1985 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2648 |
197 | Pina3 4 9 | 2011 | Wim Wenders | 2649 |
198 | The Italian Job1 3 4 9 | 2003 | F. Gary Gray | 2656 |
199 | Carlos4 | 2010 | Olivier Assayas | 2666 |
200 | Birth3 4 9 | 2004 | Jonathan Glazer | 2672 |
201 | Stalingrad | 1993 | Joseph Vilsmaier | 2679 |
202 | It Happened in Broad Daylight2 13 | 1958 | Ladislao Vajda | 2708 |
203 | The Postman Always Rings Twice3 | 1981 | Bob Rafelson | 2714 |
204 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy4 9 | 2011 | Tomas Alfredson | 2733 |
205 | Man on the Moon3 9 26 | 1999 | Milos Forman | 2742 |
206 | Liebelei | 1933 | Max Ophüls | 2746 |
207 | Winter Sleep4 38 | 2014 | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 2750 |
208 | Isle of Dogs3 | 2018 | Wes Anderson | 2757 |
209 | Citizenfour3 9 | 2014 | Laura Poitras | 2764 |
210 | Murmur of the Heart1 4 | 1971 | Louis Malle | 2777 |
211 | The Turin Horse3 4 13 28 | 2011 | Béla Tarr | 2779 |
212 | Ulysses' Gaze1 4 9 30 47 48 49 | 1995 | Theodoros Angelopoulos | 2781 |
213 | The Bird with the Crystal Plumage1 | 1970 | Dario Argento | 2783 |
214 | Veronika Voss | 1982 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2799 |
215 | Maedchen in Uniform | 1931 | Leontine Sagan | 2800 |
216 | Querelle4 | 1982 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2806 |
217 | The Kingdom1 4 8 21 22 23 | 1994 | Morten Arnfred and Lars von Trier | 2810 |
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