| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Seven Samurai | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa | 36 |
| 2 | Rashômon | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa | 91 |
| 3 | Tokyo Story | 1953 | Yasujiro Ozu | 130 |
| 4 | Ran1 | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | 177 |
| 5 | Spirited Away | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki | 246 |
| 6 | Ugetsu | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 250 |
| 7 | Hiroshima mon amour1 | 1959 | Alain Resnais | 281 |
| 8 | Ikiru | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa | 316 |
| 9 | Lost in Translation2 | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | 353 |
| 10 | Yojimbo | 1961 | Akira Kurosawa | 384 |
| 11 | Akira | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo | 386 |
| 12 | Sansho the Bailiff | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 459 |
| 13 | The Crying Game3 | 1992 | Neil Jordan | 503 |
| 14 | Throne of Blood | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | 581 |
| 15 | In the Realm of the Senses1 | 1976 | Nagisa Oshima | 660 |
| 16 | Yi yi: A One and a Two... 4 | 2000 | Edward Yang | 773 |
| 17 | Dead Man1 5 | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch | 782 |
| 18 | Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | 791 |
| 19 | Woman in the Dunes | 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | 827 |
| 20 | Howards End3 | 1992 | James Ivory | 835 |
| 21 | Late Spring | 1949 | Yasujiro Ozu | 875 |
| 22 | My Neighbor Totoro | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki | 892 |
| 23 | Ju Dou6 | 1990 | Fenglian Yang and Yimou Zhang | 918 |
| 24 | The Life of Oharu | 1952 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 954 |
| 25 | The Hidden Fortress | 1958 | Akira Kurosawa | 987 |
| 26 | Kagemusha | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa | 1007 |
| 27 | After Life | 1998 | Hirokazu Koreeda | 1048 |
| 28 | Tampopo | 1985 | Juzo Itami | 1053 |
| 29 | Dersu Uzala7 | 1975 | Akira Kurosawa | 1092 |
| 30 | Ghost in the Shell3 | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | 1116 |
| 31 | Ballad of Narayama | 1983 | Shohei Imamura | 1127 |
| 32 | The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums | 1939 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1131 |
| 33 | Children of Men2 3 | 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | 1142 |
| 34 | Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 | Isao Takahata | 1188 |
| 35 | Ring | 1998 | Hideo Nakata | 1189 |
| 36 | Naked Lunch3 8 | 1991 | David Cronenberg | 1224 |
| 37 | The Audition9 | 1999 | Takashi Miike | 1233 |
| 38 | Sonatine | 1993 | Takeshi Kitano | 1239 |
| 39 | High and Low | 1963 | Akira Kurosawa | 1251 |
| 40 | Fireworks | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano | 1261 |
| 41 | Onibaba | 1964 | Kaneto Shindô | 1278 |
| 42 | Reversal of Fortune2 3 | 1990 | Barbet Schroeder | 1357 |
| 43 | Godzilla | 1954 | Ishirô Honda | 1405 |
| 44 | The Burmese Harp | 1956 | Kon Ichikawa | 1494 |
| 45 | An Autumn Afternoon | 1962 | Yasujiro Ozu | 1525 |
| 46 | A Simple Plan1 2 3 5 | 1998 | Sam Raimi | 1609 |
| 47 | Akira Kurosawa's Dreams2 | 1990 | Akira Kurosawa | 1619 |
| 48 | An Actor's Revenge | 1963 | Kon Ichikawa | 1648 |
| 49 | Primary Colors1 2 3 5 | 1998 | Mike Nichols | 1651 |
| 50 | Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto | 1954 | Hiroshi Inagaki | 1716 |
| 51 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters!2 | 1956 | Ishirô Honda and Terry O. Morse | 1717 |
| 52 | Battle Royale | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | 1726 |
| 53 | The Ring2 | 2002 | Gore Verbinski | 1757 |
| 54 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai1 2 5 | 1999 | Jim Jarmusch | 1782 |
| 55 | Wonder Boys2 3 4 | 2000 | Curtis Hanson | 1790 |
| 56 | Shall We Dance? | 1996 | Masayuki Suo | 1797 |
| 57 | Floating Weeds | 1959 | Yasujiro Ozu | 1809 |
| 58 | Tora! Tora! Tora!2 | 1970 | Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, and Toshio Masuda | 1832 |
| 59 | Tokyo Olympiad | 1965 | Kon Ichikawa | 1846 |
| 60 | Smoke2 5 | 1995 | Wayne Wang | 1862 |
| 61 | I Was Born, But... | 1932 | Yasujiro Ozu | 1941 |
| 62 | Kiki’s Delivery Service | 1989 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1961 |
| 63 | Stray Dog | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa | 1998 |
| 64 | Sanjuro | 1962 | Akira Kurosawa | 2008 |
| 65 | Night on Earth1 2 3 5 | 1991 | Jim Jarmusch | 2084 |
| 66 | Samurai 3: Duel at Ganryu Island | 1956 | Hiroshi Inagaki | 2120 |
| 67 | Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | 1955 | Hiroshi Inagaki | 2133 |
| 68 | The Makioka Sisters | 1983 | Kon Ichikawa | 2196 |
| 69 | Harakiri | 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | 2218 |
| 70 | Kwaidan | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | 2224 |
| 71 | Laputa: Castle in the Sky | 1986 | Hayao Miyazaki | 2276 |
| 72 | Platform1 6 10 | 2000 | Zhang Ke Jia | 2286 |
| 73 | Red Beard | 1965 | Akira Kurosawa | 2326 |
| 74 | Good Night, and Good Luck.1 2 3 | 2005 | George Clooney | 2453 |
| 75 | Boy | 1969 | Nagisa Oshima | 2454 |
| 76 | A Taxing Woman | 1987 | Juzo Itami | 2515 |
1 Joint production with France.
2 Joint production with the United States.
3 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
4 Joint production with Taiwan.
5 Joint production with Germany.
6 Joint production with the People's Republic of China.
7 Joint production with the Soviet Union.
8 Joint production with Canada.
9 Joint production with South Korea.
10 Joint production with Hong Kong.