| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Seventh Seal | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | 116 |
| 2 | Persona | 1966 | Ingmar Bergman | 136 |
| 3 | Wild Strawberries | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | 182 |
| 4 | Fanny and Alexander1 2 | 1982 | Ingmar Bergman | 212 |
| 5 | Au hasard Balthazar1 | 1966 | Robert Bresson | 398 |
| 6 | Breaking the Waves1 3 4 5 6 7 | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 440 |
| 7 | Cries and Whispers | 1972 | Ingmar Bergman | 468 |
| 8 | The Celebration3 | 1998 | Thomas Vinterberg | 502 |
| 9 | Let the Right One in | 2008 | Tomas Alfredson | 589 |
| 10 | Dogville1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 | 2003 | Lars von Trier | 664 |
| 11 | Dancer in the Dark1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 709 |
| 12 | Winter Light | 1963 | Ingmar Bergman | 809 |
| 13 | Scenes from a Marriage | 1973 | Ingmar Bergman | 821 |
| 14 | Smiles of a Summer Night | 1955 | Ingmar Bergman | 864 |
| 15 | My Life as a Dog | 1985 | Lasse Hallström | 927 |
| 16 | The Virgin Spring | 1960 | Ingmar Bergman | 938 |
| 17 | The Silence | 1963 | Ingmar Bergman | 1166 |
| 18 | Hour of the Wolf | 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | 1168 |
| 19 | The Sacrifice1 8 | 1986 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1180 |
| 20 | Through a Glass Darkly | 1961 | Ingmar Bergman | 1419 |
| 21 | Häxan: Witchcraft through the Ages | 1922 | Benjamin Christensen | 1424 |
| 22 | The Idiots1 3 4 6 9 | 1998 | Lars von Trier | 1472 |
| 23 | The Phantom Chariot | 1921 | Victor Sjöström | 1504 |
| 24 | Autumn Sonata1 2 8 | 1978 | Ingmar Bergman | 1529 |
| 25 | Show Me Love3 | 1998 | Lukas Moodysson | 1533 |
| 26 | Edvard Munch5 | 1974 | Peter Watkins | 1588 |
| 27 | Masculine Feminine1 | 1966 | Jean-Luc Godard | 1599 |
| 28 | Pelle the Conqueror3 | 1987 | Bille August | 1636 |
| 29 | Zentropa1 2 3 6 12 | 1991 | Lars von Trier | 1693 |
| 30 | Together3 9 | 2000 | Lukas Moodysson | 1699 |
| 31 | Songs from the Second Floor3 5 | 2000 | Roy Andersson | 1720 |
| 32 | Shame | 1968 | Ingmar Bergman | 1722 |
| 33 | Lilja 4-ever3 | 2002 | Lukas Moodysson | 1742 |
| 34 | Heimat 21 2 3 5 6 8 10 13 | 1992 | Edgar Reitz | 2291 |
| 35 | The Hunt3 | 2012 | Thomas Vinterberg | 2307 |
| 36 | Melancholia1 2 3 | 2011 | Lars von Trier | 2412 |
1 Joint production with France.
2 Joint production with (West) Germany.
3 Joint production with Denmark.
4 Joint production with the Netherlands.
5 Joint production with Norway.
6 Joint production with Spain.
7 Joint production with Iceland.
8 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
9 Joint production with Italy.
10 Joint production with Finland.
11 Joint production with the United States.
12 Joint production with Switzerland
13 Joint production with Australia and Austria.