Films from Canada and The United States are on separate pages.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Battle of Algiers1 | 1966 | Gillo Pontecorvo | 145 |
| 2 | Z2 | 1969 | Costa-Gavras | 584 |
| 3 | Days of Glory2 3 | 2006 | Rachid Bouchareb | 2626 |
1 Joint production with Italy.
2 Joint production with France.
3 Joint production with Belgium and Morocco.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Dancer in the Dark1 2 3 4 | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 532 |
| 2 | The Secret in Their Eyes5 | 2009 | Juan José Campanella | 1455 |
| 3 | The Motorcycle Diaries1 2 6 | 2004 | Walter Salles | 1733 |
| 4 | The Hour of the Furnaces | 1968 | Octavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas, and Santiago Álvarez | 1762 |
| 5 | The Official Story | 1985 | Luis Puenzo | 2438 |
| 6 | La Ciénaga1 5 7 | 2001 | Lucrecia Martel | 2485 |
| 7 | Wild Tales1 3 5 | 2014 | Damián Szifrón | 2706 |
| 8 | Nine Queens | 2000 | Fabián Bielinsky | 2797 |
1 Joint production with France.
2 Joint production with Germany and the United States.
3 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
4 Joint production with Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.
5 Joint production with Spain.
6 Joint production with Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
7 Joint production with Japan.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Finding Nemo1 | 2003 | Andrew Stanton | 168 |
| 2 | The Road Warrior | 1981 | George Miller | 295 |
| 3 | The Piano2 3 | 1993 | Jane Campion | 306 |
| 4 | Moulin Rouge!1 | 2001 | Baz Luhrmann | 357 |
| 5 | Mad Max: Fury Road1 4 | 2015 | George Miller | 377 |
| 6 | Waltz with Bashir1 2 5 6 | 2008 | Ari Folman | 400 |
| 7 | Babe1 | 1995 | Chris Noonan | 492 |
| 8 | Mad Max | 1979 | George Miller | 671 |
| 9 | The King's Speech1 7 | 2010 | Tom Hooper | 696 |
| 10 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | 1975 | Peter Weir | 718 |
| 11 | Mystic River1 | 2003 | Clint Eastwood | 759 |
| 12 | Dark City1 | 1998 | Alex Proyas | 814 |
| 13 | Mary and Max | 2009 | Adam Elliot | 837 |
| 14 | Walkabout7 | 1971 | Nicolas Roeg | 853 |
| 15 | Romeo + Juliet1 8 | 1996 | Baz Luhrmann | 901 |
| 16 | The Lego Movie1 9 | 2014 | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | 918 |
| 17 | Gallipoli | 1981 | Peter Weir | 1135 |
| 18 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | 1994 | Stephan Elliott | 1340 |
| 19 | Muriel's Wedding2 | 1994 | P.J. Hogan | 1640 |
| 20 | Where the Wild Things Are1 5 | 2009 | Spike Jonze | 1655 |
| 21 | An Angel at My Table1 3 7 | 1990 | Jane Campion | 1680 |
| 22 | The Babadook10 | 2014 | Jennifer Kent | 1682 |
| 23 | Hacksaw Ridge1 | 2016 | Mel Gibson | 1727 |
| 24 | Control1 2 7 11 | 2007 | Anton Corbijn | 1775 |
| 25 | Shine | 1996 | Scott Hicks | 1838 |
| 26 | The Proposition7 | 2005 | John Hillcoat | 1878 |
| 27 | 'Breaker' Morant | 1980 | Bruce Beresford | 2038 |
| 28 | The Year of Living Dangerously1 | 1982 | Peter Weir | 2045 |
| 29 | Strictly Ballroom7 | 1992 | Baz Luhrmann | 2059 |
| 30 | Animal Kingdom | 2010 | David Michôd | 2093 |
| 31 | Happy Feet1 | 2006 | George Miller | 2192 |
| 32 | My Brilliant Career | 1979 | Gillian Armstrong | 2251 |
| 33 | Dead Calm | 1989 | Phillip Noyce | 2303 |
| 34 | The Quiet American1 2 5 7 10 12 | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | 2360 |
| 35 | Pitch Black1 | 2000 | David Twohy | 2490 |
| 36 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | 2510 |
| 37 | Wake in Fright1 7 | 1971 | Ted Kotcheff | 2561 |
| 38 | Wolf Creek | 2005 | Greg McLean | 2659 |
| 39 | Bright Star2 7 | 2009 | Jane Campion | 2710 |
1 Joint production with the United States.
2 Joint production with France.
3 Joint production with New Zealand.
4 Joint production with South Africa.
5 Joint production with Germany.
6 Joint production with Belgium, Finland, Israel, and Switzerland.
7 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
8 Joint production with Mexico.
9 Joint production with Denmark.
10 Joint production with Canada.
11 Joint production with Japan.
12 Joint production with Vietnam.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Casino Royale1 | 2006 | Martin Campbell | 431 |
1 Joint production with the Czech Republic, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Gods Must Be Crazy1 | 1980 | Jamie Uys | 2641 |
1 Joint production with South Africa.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | City of God1 2 | 2002 | Fernando Meirelles | 128 |
| 2 | Central Station1 | 1998 | Walter Salles | 883 |
| 3 | Black God and White Devil | 1964 | Glauber Rocha | 1197 |
| 4 | The Motorcycle Diaries1 2 3 4 | 2004 | Walter Salles | 1733 |
| 5 | Pixote | 1981 | Hector Babenco | 1793 |
| 6 | Fast Five3 5 | 2011 | Justin Lin | 1882 |
| 7 | The Secret of Kells1 2 3 6 | 2009 | Tomm Moore | 1999 |
| 8 | Black Orpheus1 7 | 1959 | Marcel Camus | 2238 |
| 9 | Bus 174 | 2002 | José Padilha | 2318 |
| 10 | Antonio das Mortes1 2 3 | 1969 | Glauber Rocha | 2330 |
| 11 | Kiss of the Spider Woman3 | 1985 | Hector Babenco | 2361 |
| 12 | Barren Lives | 1963 | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | 2386 |
| 13 | Terra em Transe | 1967 | Glauber Rocha | 2647 |
1 Joint production with France.
2 Joint production with (West) Germany.
3 Joint production with the United States.
4 Joint production with Argentina, Chile, Peru, and the United Kingdom.
5 Joint production with Japan.
6 Joint production with Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
7 Joint production with Italy.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Yeelen1 2 | 1987 | Souleymane Cissé | 1342 |
| 2 | Moolaadé1 3 | 2004 | Ousmane Sembene | 1845 |
1 Joint production with France.
2 Joint production with Japan, Mali, and West Germany.
3 Joint production with Cameroon, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Moolaadé1 2 | 2004 | Ousmane Sembene | 1845 |
| 2 | White Material1 | 2009 | Claire Denis | 2712 |
1 Joint production with France.
1 Joint production with Burkina Faso, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Motorcycle Diaries1 2 3 | 2004 | Walter Salles | 1733 |
| 2 | The Battle of Chile: Part 21 4 | 1976 | Patricio Guzmán | 1884 |
| 3 | The Battle of Chile: Part 34 5 | 1979 | Patricio Guzmán | 2015 |
| 4 | Nostalgia for the Light1 2 6 | 2010 | Patricio Guzmán | 2140 |
1 Joint production with France.
2 Joint production with Germany.
3 Joint production with Argentina, Brazil, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
4 Joint production with Cuba.
5 Joint production with Venezuela.
6 Joint production with Spain.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | I Am Cuba1 | 1964 | Mikheil Kalatozishvili | 965 |
| 2 | Memories of Underdevelopment | 1968 | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | 1002 |
| 3 | Buena Vista Social Club2 3 | 1999 | Wim Wenders | 1506 |
| 4 | The Battle of Chile: Part 12 4 | 1975 | Patricio Guzmán | 1808 |
| 5 | The Battle of Chile: Part 22 5 | 1976 | Patricio Guzmán | 1884 |
| 6 | The Battle of Chile: Part 34 5 | 1979 | Patricio Guzmán | 2015 |
1 Joint production with the Soviet Union.
2 Joint production with France.
3 Joint production with Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
5 Joint production with Venezuela.
4 Joint production with Chile.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Sugar1 | 2008 | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | 2316 |
1 Joint production with the United States.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Harder They Come | 1972 | Perry Henzell | 1460 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Constant Gardner1 | 2005 | Fernando Meirelles | 1963 |
1 Joint production with France, Germany, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Yeelen1 | 1987 | Souleymane Cissé | 1342 |
1 Joint production with Burkina Faso, France, Japan, and West Germany.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1 | 1948 | John Huston | 134 |
| 2 | Pan's Labyrinth2 | 2006 | Guillermo del Toro | 146 |
| 3 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God3 4 | 1972 | Werner Herzog | 151 |
| 4 | No Country for Old Men1 | 2007 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 189 |
| 5 | Viridiana | 1961 | Luis Buñuel | 332 |
| 6 | Predator1 | 1987 | John McTiernan | 347 |
| 7 | Los Olvidados | 1950 | Luis Buñuel | 387 |
| 8 | Y tu mamá también | 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón | 426 |
| 9 | Amores perros | 2000 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 457 |
| 10 | Total Recall1 | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven | 487 |
| 11 | The Exterminating Angel | 1962 | Luis Buñuel | 613 |
| 12 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid1 | 1973 | Sam Peckinpah | 712 |
| 13 | El Topo | 1970 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | 780 |
| 14 | Romeo + Juliet1 5 | 1996 | Baz Luhrmann | 901 |
| 15 | The Devil's Backbone2 | 2001 | Guillermo del Toro | 945 |
| 16 | Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1 | 1974 | Sam Peckinpah | 1097 |
| 17 | The Holy Mountain | 1973 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | 1202 |
| 18 | Babel1 6 7 | 2006 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 1420 |
| 19 | Conan the Barbarian1 2 | 1982 | John Milius | 1433 |
| 20 | Traffic1 3 | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | 1452 |
| 21 | Desperado1 | 1995 | Robert Rodriguez | 1613 |
| 22 | From Dusk Till Dawn1 | 1996 | Robert Rodriguez | 1648 |
| 23 | El Mariachi1 | 1992 | Robert Rodriguez | 1685 |
| 24 | Sorcerer1 | 1977 | William Friedkin | 1747 |
| 25 | Man on Fire1 8 9 | 2004 | Tony Scott | 1813 |
| 26 | Salvador1 8 | 1986 | Oliver Stone | 1820 |
| 27 | Apocalypto1 8 | 2006 | Mel Gibson | 1879 |
| 28 | Roma1 | 2018 | Alfonso Cuarón | 2029 |
| 29 | Frida1 10 | 2002 | Julie Taymor | 2031 |
| 30 | Dune1 | 1984 | David Lynch | 2034 |
| 31 | El | 1953 | Luis Buñuel | 2159 |
| 32 | Romancing the Stone1 | 1984 | Robert Zemeckis | 2167 |
| 33 | Nazarín | 1959 | Luis Buñuel | 2169 |
| 34 | Missing1 | 1982 | Costa-Gavras | 2295 |
| 35 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada1 6 | 2005 | Tommy Lee Jones | 2325 |
| 36 | Before Night Falls1 | 2000 | Julian Schnabel | 2519 |
| 37 | Santa Sangre | 1989 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | 2596 |
| 38 | Like Water for Chocolate | 1992 | Alfonso Arau | 2683 |
| 39 | Clear and Present Danger1 | 1994 | Phillip Noyce | 2786 |
1 Joint production with the United States
2 Joint production with Spain.
3 Joint production with (West) Germany.
4 Joint production with Peru.
5 Joint production with Australia.
6 Joint production with France.
7 Joint production with Morocco.
8 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
9 Joint production with Switzerland.
10 Joint production with Canada.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Gladiator1 2 | 2000 | Ridley Scott | 137 |
| 2 | Babel1 3 4 | 2006 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 1420 |
| 3 | Moolaadé3 5 | 2004 | Ousmane Sembene | 1845 |
| 4 | Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation1 6 | 2015 | Christopher McQuarrie | 2435 |
| 5 | Days of Glory3 7 | 2006 | Rachid Bouchareb | 2626 |
1 Joint production with the United States.
2 Joint production with Malta and the United Kingdom.
3 Joint production with France.
4 Joint production with Mexico.
5 Joint production with Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal, and Tunisia.
6 Joint production with Austria, Hong Kong, and the People's Republic of China.
7 Joint production with Algeria and Belgium.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring1 | 2001 | Peter Jackson | 43 |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King1 | 2003 | Peter Jackson | 48 |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers1 | 2002 | Peter Jackson | 67 |
| 4 | The Piano2 3 | 1993 | Jane Campion | 306 |
| 5 | District 91 4 | 2009 | Neill Blomkamp | 518 |
| 6 | Heavenly Creatures5 | 1994 | Peter Jackson | 831 |
| 7 | King Kong1 5 | 2005 | Peter Jackson | 1027 |
| 8 | Braindead | 1992 | Peter Jackson | 1358 |
| 9 | Whale Rider5 | 2002 | Niki Caro | 1404 |
| 10 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey1 | 2012 | Peter Jackson | 1679 |
| 11 | An Angel at My Table1 2 6 | 1990 | Jane Campion | 1680 |
| 12 | Once Were Warriors | 1994 | Lee Tamahori | 1906 |
| 13 | The Last Samurai1 7 | 2003 | Edward Zwick | 1922 |
| 14 | The World's Fastest Indian1 7 | 2005 | Roger Donaldson | 1957 |
| 15 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence6 7 | 1983 | Nagisa Ôshima | 2162 |
| 16 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug1 | 2013 | Peter Jackson | 2198 |
| 17 | What We Do in the Shadows | 2014 | Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi | 2688 |
| 18 | What Dreams May Come1 | 1998 | Vincent Ward | 2690 |
1 Joint production with the United States.
2 Joint production with Australia.
3 Joint production with France.
4 Joint production with Canada and South Africa.
5 Joint production with Germany.
6 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
7 Joint production with Japan.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God1 2 | 1972 | Werner Herzog | 151 |
| 2 | Fitzcarraldo1 | 1982 | Werner Herzog | 465 |
| 3 | The Motorcycle Diaries1 3 | 2004 | Walter Salles | 1733 |
1 Joint production with (West) Germany.
2 Joint production with Mexico.
3 Joint production with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Black Girl1 | 1966 | Ousmane Sembene | 1379 |
| 2 | Xala | 1975 | Ousmane Sembene | 1514 |
| 3 | Moolaadé1 2 | 2004 | Ousmane Sembene | 1845 |
| 4 | Ceddo | 1977 | Ousmane Sembene | 1866 |
| 5 | Touki Bouki | 1973 | Djibril Diop Mambéty | 2134 |
1 Joint production with France.
2 Joint production with Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, and Tunisia.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Mad Max: Fury Road1 2 | 2015 | George Miller | 377 |
| 2 | District 91 3 | 2009 | Neill Blomkamp | 518 |
| 3 | Hotel Rwanda4 5 | 2004 | Terry George | 789 |
| 4 | The Fall1 6 | 2006 | Tarsem Singh | 1883 |
| 5 | Dredd1 4 6 | 2012 | Pete Travis | 2054 |
| 6 | Tsotsi4 | 2005 | Gavin Hood | 2573 |
| 7 | The Gods Must Be Crazy7 | 1980 | Jamie Uys | 2641 |
1 Joint production with the United States.
2 Joint production with Australia.
3 Joint production with Canada and New Zealand.
4 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
5 Joint production with Italy.
6 Joint production with India.
7 Joint production with Botswana.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Moolaadé1 | 2004 | Ousmane Sembene | 1845 |
1 Joint production with Burkina Faso, Cameroon, France, Morocco, and Senegal.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Battle of Chile: Part 11 2 | 1975 | Patricio Guzmán | 1808 |
| 2 | The Battle of Chile: Part 31 3 | 1979 | Patricio Guzmán | 2015 |
1 Joint production with Cuba.
2 Joint production with France.
3 Joint production with Chile.