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Least Mainstream Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 91
2 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 239
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 139
4 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 210
5 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 70
6 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 47
7 Seven 1995 David Fincher 118
8 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 264
9 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 241
10 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 69
11 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 132
12 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 113
13 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 152
14 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 380
15 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 171
16 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 209
17 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 214
18 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 116
19 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 Tobe Hooper 252
20 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 237
21 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 233
22 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 294
23 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 248
24 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 198
25 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 66
26 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 166
27 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 199
28 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 586
29 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 280
30 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 205
31 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 115
32 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter 138
33 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 339
34 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 583
35 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 127
36 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone 213
37 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 110
38 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 330
39 Eraserhead 1976 David Lynch 291
40 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 450
41 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 385
42 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 268
43 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 309
44 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 94
45 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 108
46 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 95
47 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 308
48 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento 377
49 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 338
50 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 368
51 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 86
52 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 188
53 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 444
54 In the Mood for Love 2000 Kar Wai Wong 331
55 Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky 439
56 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 321
57 Andrei Rublev 1966 Andrei Tarkovsky 234
58 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog 221
59 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 274
60 La Jetée 1962 Chris Marker 522
61 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson 336
62 Pickpocket 1959 Robert Bresson 407
63 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 Alain Resnais 396
64 Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky 510
65 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 734
66 The Evil Dead 1981 Sam Raimi 454
67 Oldboy 2003 Chan-wook Park 811
68 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg 172
69 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 460
70 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 497
71 Los Olvidados 1950 Luis Buñuel 315
72 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis 513
73 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 471
74 The Fly 1986 David Cronenberg 399
75 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 135
76 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg 533
77 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven 360
78 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 784
79 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee 550
80 Hiroshima mon amour 1959 Alain Resnais 292
81 Barry Lyndon 1975 Stanley Kubrick 382
82 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 143
83 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 469
84 Contempt 1963 Jean-Luc Godard 421
85 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 542
86 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 George Armitage 732
87 The Killer 1989 John Woo 403
88 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 185
89 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski 285
90 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman 161
91 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson 367
92 Ordet 1955 Carl Theodor Dreyer 436
93 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Robert Wiene 235
94 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 304
95 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson 563
96 The Man with the Movie Camera 1929 Dziga Vertov 314
97 Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953 Jacques Tati 299
98 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 312
99 Voyage to the Moon 1902 Georges Méliès 505
100 Garden State 2004 Zach Braff 1148
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