Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | The Seven Samurai | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa | 29 |
2 | Tokyo Story | 1953 | Yasujirô Ozu | 73 |
3 | Rashômon | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa | 75 |
4 | Spirited Away | 2001 | Hayao Miyazaki | 86 |
5 | Lost in Translation1 | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | 169 |
6 | Ran2 | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | 191 |
7 | Ikiru | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa | 235 |
8 | Ugetsu | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 253 |
9 | Akira | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo | 261 |
10 | Hiroshima mon amour2 | 1959 | Alain Resnais | 279 |
11 | My Neighbor Totoro | 1988 | Hayao Miyazaki | 308 |
12 | Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | 326 |
13 | Yojimbo | 1961 | Akira Kurosawa | 361 |
14 | Sansho the Bailiff | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 406 |
15 | Ghost in the Shell | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | 475 |
16 | Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 | Isao Takahata | 482 |
17 | In the Realm of the Senses2 | 1976 | Nagisa Oshima | 498 |
18 | The Audition | 1999 | Takashi Miike | 504 |
19 | Throne of Blood | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | 530 |
20 | Yi yi: A One and a Two...3 | 2000 | Edward Yang | 540 |
21 | Late Spring | 1949 | Yasujirô Ozu | 572 |
22 | The Crying Game4 | 1992 | Neil Jordan | 612 |
23 | Malcolm X1 | 1992 | Spike Lee | 618 |
24 | Godzilla | 1954 | Ishirô Honda | 622 |
25 | Dead Man1 5 | 1995 | Jim Jarmusch | 633 |
26 | Woman in the Dunes | 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | 711 |
27 | The Life of Oharu | 1952 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 743 |
28 | Ring | 1998 | Hideo Nakata | 774 |
29 | Battle Royale | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | 842 |
30 | High and Low | 1963 | Akira Kurosawa | 899 |
31 | Howl's Moving Castle | 2004 | Hayao Miyazaki | 940 |
32 | Dersu Uzala6 | 1975 | Akira Kurosawa | 960 |
33 | Fireworks | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano | 980 |
34 | Harakiri | 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | 985 |
35 | Kagemusha1 | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa | 997 |
36 | An Autumn Afternoon | 1962 | Yasujirô Ozu | 1019 |
37 | Point Break1 | 1991 | Kathryn Bigelow | 1033 |
38 | Happy Together7 8 | 1997 | Kar-Wai Wong | 1063 |
39 | The Ring1 | 2002 | Gore Verbinski | 1084 |
40 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | 1984 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1096 |
41 | Onibaba | 1964 | Kaneto Shindô | 1143 |
42 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai1 2 5 | 1999 | Jim Jarmusch | 1150 |
43 | The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums | 1939 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1172 |
44 | The Hidden Fortress | 1958 | Akira Kurosawa | 1174 |
45 | Tampopo | 1985 | Juzo Itami | 1201 |
46 | Kiki’s Delivery Service | 1989 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1213 |
47 | Russian Ark5 6 9 10 | 2002 | Aleksandr Sokurov | 1218 |
48 | Red Beard | 1965 | Akira Kurosawa | 1220 |
49 | After Life | 1998 | Hirokazu Koreeda | 1250 |
50 | Sonatine | 1993 | Takeshi Kitano | 1252 |
51 | Howards End1 4 | 1992 | James Ivory | 1275 |
52 | I Was Born, But... | 1932 | Yasujirô Ozu | 1281 |
53 | Kwaidan | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | 1297 |
54 | Dawn of the Dead1 2 9 | 2004 | Zack Snyder | 1317 |
55 | Yeelen2 5 11 | 1987 | Souleymane Cissé | 1321 |
56 | Early Summer | 1951 | Yasujirô Ozu | 1455 |
57 | The Ballad of Narayama | 1983 | Shohei Imamura | 1463 |
58 | Ju Dou12 | 1990 | Fenglian Yang and Yimou Zhang | 1468 |
59 | Laputa: Castle in the Sky | 1986 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1486 |
60 | Naked Lunch4 9 | 1991 | David Cronenberg | 1495 |
61 | Floating Weeds | 1959 | Yasujirô Ozu | 1574 |
62 | Branded to Kill | 1967 | Seijun Suzuki | 1606 |
63 | The Burmese Harp | 1956 | Kon Ichikawa | 1623 |
64 | Perfect Blue | 1997 | Satoshi Kon | 1690 |
65 | The Crucified Lovers | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1797 |
66 | Platform2 7 12 | 2000 | Zhangke Jia | 1800 |
67 | Smoke1 5 | 1995 | Wayne Wang | 1818 |
68 | Ponyo | 2008 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1821 |
69 | Good Night, and Good Luck.1 2 4 | 2005 | George Clooney | 1856 |
70 | Tokyo Godfathers | 2003 | Satoshi Kon | 1862 |
71 | Sanjuro | 1962 | Akira Kurosawa | 1884 |
72 | Good Morning | 1959 | Yasujirô Ozu | 1885 |
73 | A Page of Madness | 1926 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | 1896 |
74 | Blue4 | 1993 | Derek Jarman | 1900 |
75 | Mystery Train1 | 1989 | Jim Jarmusch | 1919 |
76 | A Simple Plan1 2 4 5 | 1998 | Sam Raimi | 1923 |
77 | Akira Kurosawa's Dreams1 | 1990 | Akira Kurosawa | 1924 |
78 | Paprika | 2006 | Satoshi Kon | 1936 |
79 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters1 | 1985 | Paul Schrader | 1976 |
80 | Tokyo Olympiad | 1965 | Kon Ichikawa | 1980 |
81 | Fires on the Plain | 1959 | Kon Ichikawa | 2001 |
82 | Reversal of Fortune1 4 | 1990 | Barbet Schroeder | 2007 |
83 | Porco Rosso | 1992 | Hayao Miyazaki | 2026 |
84 | The Human Condition: A Soldier's Prayer | 1961 | Masaki Kobayashi | 2047 |
85 | Whisper of the Heart | 1995 | Yoshifumi Kondo | 2052 |
86 | End of Evangelion | 1997 | Hideaki Anno and Kazuya Tsurumaki | 2070 |
87 | Wonder Boys1 4 5 | 2000 | Curtis Hanson | 2081 |
88 | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan1 4 | 2005 | Martin Scorsese | 2088 |
89 | Samurai Rebellion | 1967 | Masaki Kobayashi | 2121 |
90 | Control1 4 13 | 2007 | Anton Corbijn | 2128 |
91 | The Last Samurai1 14 | 2003 | Edward Zwick | 2134 |
92 | Millennium Actress | 2001 | Satoshi Kon | 2154 |
93 | The Emperor's Naked Army Marches on | 1987 | Kazuo Hara | 2167 |
94 | Tora! Tora! Tora!1 | 1970 | Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, and Toshio Masuda | 2175 |
95 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World1 4 9 | 2010 | Edgar Wright | 2208 |
96 | 3-Iron8 | 2004 | Ki-duk Kim | 2251 |
97 | Drunken Angel | 1948 | Akira Kurosawa | 2287 |
98 | Ju-on: The Grudge | 2002 | Takashi Shimizu | 2289 |
99 | The Human Condition: No Greater Love | 1959 | Masaki Kobayashi | 2304 |
100 | 13 Assassins4 | 2010 | Takashi Miike | 2327 |
101 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | 1960 | Mikio Naruse | 2333 |
102 | Stray Dog | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa | 2348 |
103 | An Actor's Revenge | 1963 | Kon Ichikawa | 2362 |
104 | Floating Clouds | 1955 | Mikio Naruse | 2372 |
105 | Zatôichi | 2003 | Takeshi Kitano | 2408 |
106 | Tokyo Drifter | 1966 | Seijun Suzuki | 2414 |
107 | Tetsuo: The Iron Man | 1989 | Shinya Tsukamoto | 2424 |
108 | Osama15 | 2003 | Siddiq Barmak | 2425 |
109 | Ichi the Killer | 2001 | Takashi Miike | 2428 |
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13 Joint production with Australia.
14 Joint production with New Zealand.
15 Joint production with Afghanistan and Ireland.