| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
In colaboration with |
| 1 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick | 3 | United States |
| 2 | Alien | 1979 | Ridley Scott | 6 | United States |
| 3 | Blade Runner | 1982 | Ridley Scott | 12 | United States |
| 4 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 | Stanley Kubrick | 16 | United States |
| 5 | The Dark Knight | 2008 | Christopher Nolan | 18 | United States |
| 6 | The Shining | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick | 22 | United States |
| 7 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | David Lean | 25 | United States |
| 8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | Peter Jackson | 35 | New Zealand, United States |
| 9 | A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | Stanley Kubrick | 36 | United States |
| 10 | The Third Man | 1949 | Carol Reed | 42 | |
| 11 | Aliens | 1986 | James Cameron | 50 | United States |
| 12 | Fargo | 1996 | Joel Coen | 67 | United States |
| 13 | Inception | 2010 | Christopher Nolan | 74 | United States |
| 14 | The Terminator | 1984 | James Cameron | 80 | United States |
| 15 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | David Lean | 91 | United States |
| 16 | The Big Lebowski | 1998 | Joel Coen | 104 | United States |
| 17 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 105 | |
| 18 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | Steven Spielberg | 110 | United States |
| 19 | Brazil | 1985 | Terry Gilliam | 114 | United States |
| 20 | The Deer Hunter | 1978 | Michael Cimino | 121 | United States |
| 21 | Gladiator | 2000 | Ridley Scott | 137 | United States, Malta, Morocco |
| 22 | Avatar | 2009 | James Cameron | 149 | United States |
| 23 | The Red Shoes | 1948 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 150 | |
| 24 | Don't Look Now | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg | 160 | Italy |
| 25 | The Pianist | 2002 | Roman Polanski | 166 | France, Poland, Germany, United States |
| 26 | The Iron Giant | 1999 | Brad Bird | 173 | United States, Czechia |
| 27 | Children of Men | 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | 193 | United States, Japan |
| 28 | Life of Brian | 1979 | Terry Jones | 194 | |
| 29 | Trainspotting | 1996 | Danny Boyle | 197 | United States |
| 30 | Full Metal Jacket | 1987 | Stanley Kubrick | 198 | United States |
| 31 | Brief Encounter | 1945 | David Lean | 211 | |
| 32 | Shaun of the Dead | 2004 | Edgar Wright | 214 | France, United States |
| 33 | Barry Lyndon | 1975 | Stanley Kubrick | 233 | United States |
| 34 | 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | Steve McQueen | 235 | United States |
| 35 | Superman | 1978 | Richard Donner | 238 | United States, Switzerland, Panama |
| 36 | Interstellar | 2014 | Christopher Nolan | 266 | United States, Canada |
| 37 | The Wicker Man | 1973 | Robin Hardy | 267 | |
| 38 | Platoon | 1986 | Oliver Stone | 268 | United States |
| 39 | Peeping Tom | 1960 | Michael Powell | 274 | |
| 40 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | Jim Sharman | 297 | United States |
| 41 | A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | Richard Lester | 303 | United States |
| 42 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Alfonso Cuarón | 305 | United States |
| 43 | The African Queen | 1951 | John Huston | 306 | United States |
| 44 | Guardians of the Galaxy | 2014 | James Gunn | 312 | United States |
| 45 | A Matter of Life and Death | 1946 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 316 | |
| 46 | Ghost in the Shell | 1995 | Mizuho Nishikubo and Mamoru Oshii | 324 | Japan |
| 47 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001 | Chris Columbus | 333 | United States |
| 48 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | 1949 | Robert Hamer | 345 | |
| 49 | Blow-Up | 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 346 | Italy |
| 50 | How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 | Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders | 347 | United States, France |
| 51 | Paris, Texas | 1984 | Wim Wenders | 353 | West Germany, France |
| 52 | Dances with Wolves | 1990 | Kevin Costner | 356 | United States |
| 53 | Casino Royale | 2006 | Martin Campbell | 358 | Czechia, United States, Germany, Bahamas |
| 54 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | Mel Stuart | 364 | United States |
| 55 | Gravity | 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | 371 | United States |
| 56 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | 2011 | David Yates | 375 | United States |
| 57 | Batman Begins | 2005 | Christopher Nolan | 384 | United States |
| 58 | The Elephant Man | 1980 | David Lynch | 385 | United States |
| 59 | The Prestige | 2006 | Christopher Nolan | 392 | United States |
| 60 | Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | David Lean | 393 | United States, Italy |
| 61 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | 1943 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 394 | |
| 62 | Repulsion | 1965 | Roman Polanski | 396 | |
| 63 | Thelma & Louise | 1991 | Ridley Scott | 402 | France, United States |
| 64 | Slumdog Millionaire | 2008 | Danny Boyle | 403 | France, United States, India |
| 65 | Withnail & I | 1987 | Bruce Robinson | 407 | |
| 66 | 28 Days Later… | 2002 | Danny Boyle | 409 | United States |
| 67 | Paris Is Burning | 1990 | Jennie Livingston | 412 | United States |
| 68 | The 39 Steps | 1935 | Alfred Hitchcock | 415 | |
| 69 | The Haunting | 1963 | Robert Wise | 428 | |
| 70 | An American Werewolf in London | 1981 | John Landis | 431 | United States |
| 71 | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | Christopher Nolan | 438 | United States |
| 72 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | 1994 | Mike Newell | 441 | |
| 73 | The Innocents | 1961 | Jack Clayton | 444 | United States |
| 74 | Black Narcissus | 1947 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 446 | |
| 75 | Dunkirk | 2017 | Christopher Nolan | 460 | Netherlands, France, United States |
| 76 | The Omen | 1976 | Richard Donner | 481 | United States |
| 77 | Batman | 1989 | Tim Burton | 486 | United States |
| 78 | Moon | 2009 | Duncan Jones | 495 | United States |
| 79 | Love Actually | 2003 | Richard Curtis | 503 | United States, France |
| 80 | Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Hugh Hudson | 504 | |
| 81 | V for Vendetta | 2005 | James McTeigue | 524 | United States, Germany |
| 82 | Escape from New York | 1981 | John Carpenter | 528 | United States |
| 83 | The Fifth Element | 1997 | Luc Besson | 529 | France |
| 84 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Mike Newell | 534 | United States |
| 85 | The Dirty Dozen | 1967 | Robert Aldrich | 537 | United States |
| 86 | Great Expectations | 1946 | David Lean | 539 | |
| 87 | Carol | 2015 | Todd Haynes | 545 | France, Australia, United States |
| 88 | Batman Returns | 1992 | Tim Burton | 560 | United States |
| 89 | Hot Fuzz | 2007 | Edgar Wright | 561 | France, United States |
| 90 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | 2015 | J.J. Abrams | 565 | United States |
| 91 | The Lady Vanishes | 1938 | Alfred Hitchcock | 574 | |
| 92 | Kes | 1969 | Ken Loach | 576 | |
| 93 | Breaking the Waves | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 580 | Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, United States |
| 94 | The English Patient | 1996 | Anthony Minghella | 584 | United States |
| 95 | Atonement | 2007 | Joe Wright | 588 | France, United States |
| 96 | Eyes Wide Shut | 1999 | Stanley Kubrick | 595 | United States |
| 97 | A Fish Called Wanda | 1988 | Charles Crichton | 598 | United States |
| 98 | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | 2006 | Larry Charles | 606 | United States |
| 99 | Under the Skin | 2013 | Jonathan Glazer | 608 | Switzerland, United States |
| 100 | Labyrinth | 1986 | Jim Henson | 611 | United States |
| 101 | The Ladykillers | 1955 | Alexander Mackendrick | 616 | |
| 102 | The King's Speech | 2010 | Tom Hooper | 625 | United States |
| 103 | Gandhi | 1982 | Richard Attenborough | 626 | United Kingdom |
| 104 | Secrets & Lies | 1996 | Mike Leigh | 629 | France |
| 105 | In Bruges | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | 631 | United States |
| 106 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 632 | Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, United States, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway |
| 107 | The Muppet Movie | 1979 | James Frawley | 633 | United States |
| 108 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 2005 | Steve Box and Nick Park | 634 | United States |
| 109 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | David Yates | 635 | United States |
| 110 | Man on Wire | 2008 | James Marsh | 644 | United States |
| 111 | Snatch. | 2000 | Guy Ritchie | 645 | United States |
| 112 | The Triplets of Belleville | 2003 | Sylvain Chomet | 646 | France, Belgium, Canada, Latvia, South Korea |
| 113 | Babe | 1995 | Chris Noonan | 650 | Australia, United States |
| 114 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009 | David Yates | 653 | United States |
| 115 | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | Steven Spielberg | 655 | United States |
| 116 | Sense and Sensibility | 1995 | Ang Lee | 668 | United States |
| 117 | Bend It Like Beckham | 2002 | Gurinder Chadha | 676 | Germany, United States |
| 118 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 1998 | Guy Ritchie | 678 | United States |
| 119 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | 1976 | Nicolas Roeg | 684 | |
| 120 | Ex Machina | 2014 | Alex Garland | 686 | United States |
| 121 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 2010 | Edgar Wright | 691 | United States, Canada, Japan |
| 122 | Skyfall | 2012 | Sam Mendes | 703 | United States, Turkey, People's Republic of China |
| 123 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | 2007 | Andrew Dominik | 713 | United States, Canada |
| 124 | Basic Instinct | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven | 717 | France, United States |
| 125 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | 2010 | David Yates | 718 | United States |
| 126 | Superman II | 1980 | Richard Lester | 723 | United States, Canada, France |
| 127 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | Chris Columbus | 731 | United States |
| 128 | Notting Hill | 1999 | Roger Michell | 732 | United States |
| 129 | Bridget Jones's Diary | 2001 | Sharon Maguire | 736 | France, United States, Ireland |
| 130 | The Descent | 2005 | Neil Marshall | 746 | |
| 131 | The Witch | 2015 | Robert Eggers | 751 | United States, Canada |
| 132 | Hoosiers | 1986 | David Anspaugh | 754 | United States |
| 133 | A History of Violence | 2005 | David Cronenberg | 769 | United States, Canada, Germany |
| 134 | The Last Emperor | 1987 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 779 | People's Republic of China, France, Italy |
| 135 | Dr. No | 1962 | Terence Young | 781 | United States |
| 136 | Paddington 2 | 2017 | Paul King | 785 | France |
| 137 | Dead of Night | 1945 | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer | 787 | |
| 138 | Get Carter | 1971 | Mike Hodges | 789 | |
| 139 | Performance | 1970 | Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg | 791 | |
| 140 | Hotel Rwanda | 2004 | Terry George | 794 | United States, South Africa, Italy |
| 141 | Selma | 2014 | Ava DuVernay | 796 | United States |
| 142 | Naked | 1993 | Mike Leigh | 802 | |
| 143 | The Straight Story | 1999 | David Lynch | 812 | France, United States |
| 144 | Horror of Dracula | 1958 | Terence Fisher | 813 | |
| 145 | Time Bandits | 1981 | Terry Gilliam | 821 | |
| 146 | The Long Good Friday | 1980 | John Mackenzie | 834 | |
| 147 | Black Hawk Down | 2001 | Ridley Scott | 837 | United States |
| 148 | Annihilation | 2018 | Alex Garland | 849 | United States |
| 149 | If.... | 1968 | Lindsay Anderson | 850 | |
| 150 | Woodstock | 1970 | Michael Wadleigh | 858 | United States |
| 151 | Dogville | 2003 | Lars von Trier | 869 | Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Italy |
| 152 | Yellow Submarine | 1968 | George Dunning | 870 | United States |
| 153 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | George Lucas | 887 | United States, Italy, Switzerland, Thailand |
| 154 | From Russia with Love | 1963 | Terence Young | 889 | United States |
| 155 | My Left Foot | 1989 | Jim Sheridan | 890 | Ireland |
| 156 | 'I Know Where I'm Going!' | 1945 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 903 | |
| 157 | Barton Fink | 1991 | Joel Coen | 905 | United States |
| 158 | Hellraiser | 1987 | Clive Barker | 906 | |
| 159 | The Martian | 2015 | Ridley Scott | 918 | United States, Hungary, Jordan |
| 160 | Hugo | 2011 | Martin Scorsese | 919 | United States |
| 161 | The Man Who Would be King | 1975 | John Huston | 921 | United States |
| 162 | The Crying Game | 1992 | Neil Jordan | 924 | Japan |
| 163 | Orlando | 1992 | Sally Potter | 926 | Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands |
| 164 | The Killing Fields | 1984 | Roland Joffé | 930 | |
| 165 | Jason and the Argonauts | 1963 | Don Chaffey | 931 | United States |
| 166 | Life of Pi | 2012 | Ang Lee | 934 | United States, Taiwan, Canada, India, France |
| 167 | Crash | 1996 | David Cronenberg | 948 | Canada |
| 168 | Senna | 2010 | Asif Kapadia | 949 | France, United States |
| 169 | Pride & Prejudice | 2005 | Joe Wright | 968 | France, United States |
| 170 | Ghost World | 2001 | Terry Zwigoff | 970 | United States, Germany |
| 171 | Walkabout | 1971 | Nicolas Roeg | 981 | Australia, United States |
| 172 | Chicken Run | 2000 | Peter Lord and Nick Park | 995 | United States |
| 173 | My Beautiful Laundrette | 1985 | Stephen Frears | 997 | |
| 174 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 2007 | Tim Burton | 998 | United States |
| 175 | The Servant | 1963 | Joseph Losey | 1000 | |
| 176 | Argo | 2012 | Ben Affleck | 1002 | United States |
| 177 | The Devils | 1971 | Ken Russell | 1010 | United States |
| 178 | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | John Madden | 1026 | United States |
| 179 | High Fidelity | 2000 | Stephen Frears | 1027 | United States |
| 180 | Oliver! | 1968 | Carol Reed | 1029 | |
| 181 | Zulu | 1964 | Cy Endfield | 1036 | |
| 182 | 28 Up | 1984 | Michael Apted | 1040 | |
| 183 | A Room with a View | 1985 | James Ivory | 1043 | United States |
| 184 | Taken | 2008 | Pierre Morel | 1048 | France, United States |
| 185 | Kubo and the Two Strings | 2016 | Travis Knight | 1058 | United States |
| 186 | Curse of the Demon | 1957 | Jacques Tourneur | 1063 | |
| 187 | The Act of Killing | 2012 | Joshua Oppenheimer | 1070 | Denmark, Indonesia, Norway |
| 188 | Sophie's Choice | 1982 | Alan J. Pakula | 1075 | United States |
| 189 | Weekend | 2011 | Andrew Haigh | 1079 | |
| 190 | 42 Up | 1998 | Michael Apted | 1083 | |
| 191 | Village of the Damned | 1960 | Wolf Rilla | 1085 | United States |
| 192 | Local Hero | 1983 | Bill Forsyth | 1088 | |
| 193 | Lolita | 1962 | Stanley Kubrick | 1089 | United States |
| 194 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | Joel Coen | 1090 | France, United States |
| 195 | The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover | 1989 | Peter Greenaway | 1102 | Netherlands, France |
| 196 | Night and the City | 1950 | Jules Dassin | 1106 | |
| 197 | Fahrenheit 451 | 1966 | François Truffaut | 1108 | |
| 198 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 2017 | Martin McDonagh | 1109 | United States |
| 199 | 1917 | 2019 | Sam Mendes | 1110 | United States, India, Spain, Canada |
| 200 | Where Eagles Dare | 1968 | Brian G. Hutton | 1113 | United States |
