**--Won Academy Award for Best Picture.
*--Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
| Rank | Title | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Fargo* | Joel Coen | 49 |
| 2 | Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | 117 |
| 3 | The English Patient** | Anthony Minghella | 231 |
| 4 | Jerry Maguire* | Cameron Crowe | 304 |
| 5 | Scream | Wes Craven | 324 |
| 6 | Secrets & Lies* | Mike Leigh | 389 |
| 7 | Romeo + Juliet | Baz Luhrmann | 406 |
| 8 | Independence Day | Roland Emmerich | 431 |
| 9 | Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier | 456 |
| 10 | When We Were Kings | Leon Gast | 548 |
| 11 | Crash | David Cronenberg | 655 |
| 12 | Lone Star | John Sayles | 659 |
| 13 | Sling Blade | Billy Bob Thornton | 826 |
| 14 | Swingers | Doug Liman | 860 |
| 15 | Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | 963 |
| 16 | Waiting for Guffman | Christopher Guest | 998 |
| 17 | Shine* | Scott Hicks | 1022 |
| 18 | Kingpin | Bobby and Peter Farrelly | 1031 |
| 19 | The Rock | Michael Bay | 1058 |
| 20 | Flirting with Disaster | David O. Russell | 1125 |
| 21 | Big Night | Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci | 1133 |
| 22 | Tin Cup | Ron Shelton | 1216 |
| 23 | From Dusk Till Dawn | Robert Rodriguez | 1222 |
| 24 | Bottle Rocket | Wes Anderson | 1286 |
| 25 | Kolya | Jan Sverák | 1302 |
| 26 | Bound | Andy and Larry Wachowski | 1315 |
| 27 | Hamlet | Kenneth Branagh | 1386 |
| 28 | Star Trek: First Contact | Jonathan Frakes | 1417 |
| 29 | Evita | Alan Parker | 1428 |
| 30 | Citizen Ruth | Alexander Payne | 1492 |
| 31 | Happy Gilmore | Dennis Dugan | 1493 |
| 32 | Everyone Says I Love You | Woody Allen | 1518 |
| 33 | Twister | Jan de Bont | 1601 |
| 34 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Milos Forman | 1695 |
| 35 | Fly Away Home | Carroll Ballard | 1696 |
| 36 | Brassed Off | Mark Herman | 1704 |
| 37 | Irma Vep | Olivier Assayas | 1806 |
| 38 | La Promesse | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 1861 |
| 39 | Shall We Dance? | Masayuki Suo | 1864 |
| 40 | The Crucible | Nicholas Hytner | 1932 |
| 41 | Emma | Douglas McGrath | 2017 |
| 42 | Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton | 2065 |
| 43 | James and the Giant Peach | Henry Selick | 2075 |
| 44 | Grace of My Heart | Allison Anders | 2084 |
| 45 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 2103 |
| 46 | The Nutty Professor | Tom Shadyac | 2120 |
| 47 | Schizopolis | Steven Soderbergh | 2261 |
| 48 | The Birdcage | Mike Nichols | 2308 |
| 49 | The Pillow Book | Peter Greenaway | 2334 |
| Rank | Title | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Titanic** | James Cameron | 63 |
| 2 | L.A. Confidential* | Curtis Hanson | 82 |
| 3 | Life Is Beautiful* | Roberto Benigni | 238 |
| 4 | The Full Monty* | Peter Cattaneo | 366 |
| 5 | Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson | 373 |
| 6 | Good Will Hunting* | Gus Van Sant | 387 |
| 7 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Jay Roach | 401 |
| 8 | Starship Troopers | Paul Verhoeven | 441 |
| 9 | The Sweet Hereafter | Atom Egoyan | 512 |
| 10 | Princess Mononoke | Hayao Miyazaki | 537 |
| 11 | The Fifth Element | Luc Besson | 549 |
| 12 | Men in Black | Barry Sonnenfeld | 562 |
| 13 | Face/Off | John Woo | 602 |
| 14 | As Good as It Gets* | James L. Brooks | 635 |
| 15 | Grosse Pointe Blank | George Armitage | 745 |
| 16 | Contact | Robert Zemeckis | 775 |
| 17 | Donnie Brasco | Mike Newell | 869 |
| 18 | A Taste of Cherry | Abbas Kiarostami | 875 |
| 19 | Jackie Brown | Quentin Tarantino | 927 |
| 20 | Gattaca | Andrew Niccol | 950 |
| 21 | The Ice Storm | Ang Lee | 1072 |
| 22 | Alien: Resurrection | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 1090 |
| 23 | Wag the Dog | Barry Levinson | 1261 |
| 24 | My Best Friend's Wedding | P.J. Hogan | 1270 |
| 25 | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | Errol Morris | 1279 |
| 26 | Fireworks | Takeshi Kitano | 1281 |
| 27 | Happy Together | Kar Wai Wong | 1282 |
| 28 | Lost Highway | David Lynch | 1322 |
| 29 | Con Air | Simon West | 1406 |
| 30 | In the Company of Men | Neil LaBute | 1424 |
| 31 | Chasing Amy | Kevin Smith | 1430 |
| 32 | Mother and Son | Aleksandr Sokurov | 1471 |
| 33 | Funny Games | Michael Haneke | 1475 |
| 34 | Air Force One | Wolfgang Petersen | 1488 |
| 35 | The Game | David Fincher | 1491 |
| 36 | The Apostle | Robert Duvall | 1543 |
| 37 | Open Your Eyes | Alejandro Amenábar | 1597 |
| 38 | Ulee's Gold | Victor Nunez | 1706 |
| 39 | Scream 2 | Wes Craven | 1726 |
| 40 | Cube | Vincenzo Natali | 1813 |
| 41 | Welcome to Sarajevo | Michael Winterbottom | 1947 |
| 42 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | David Mirkin | 2136 |
| 43 | The Butcher Boy | Neil Jordan | 2150 |
| 44 | Selena | Gregory Nava | 2170 |
| 45 | Love and Death on Long Island | Richard Kwietniowski | 2178 |
| 46 | The Spanish Prisoner | David Mamet | 2226 |
| 47 | Ma Vie en Rose | Alain Berliner | 2253 |
| 48 | Event Horizon | Paul W.S. Anderson | 2347 |
| Rank | Title | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Saving Private Ryan* | Steven Spielberg | 50 |
| 2 | The Big Lebowski | Joel Coen | 173 |
| 3 | Shakespeare in Love** | John Madden | 244 |
| 4 | Rushmore | Wes Anderson | 286 |
| 5 | The Truman Show | Peter Weir | 291 |
| 6 | The Thin Red Line* | Terrence Malick | 357 |
| 7 | There's Something about Mary | Bobby and Peter Farrelly | 420 |
| 8 | Run Lola Run | Tom Tykwer | 494 |
| 9 | Out of Sight | Steven Soderbergh | 625 |
| 10 | The Celebration | Thomas Vinterberg | 637 |
| 11 | Central Station | Walter Salles | 695 |
| 12 | American History X | Tony Kaye | 706 |
| 13 | Armageddon | Michael Bay | 733 |
| 14 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Guy Ritchie | 740 |
| 15 | Happiness | Todd Solondz | 763 |
| 16 | A Bug's Life | John Lasseter | 788 |
| 17 | Elizabeth* | Shekhar Kapur | 798 |
| 18 | Dark City | Alex Proyas | 868 |
| 19 | Ring | Hideo Nakata | 921 |
| 20 | Pi | Darren Aronofsky | 945 |
| 21 | After Life | Hirokazu Koreeda | 1135 |
| 22 | The Opposite of Sex | Don Roos | 1185 |
| 23 | The Dinner Game | Francis Veber | 1232 |
| 24 | Pleasantville | Gary Ross | 1260 |
| 25 | Buffalo '66 | Vincent Gallo | 1291 |
| 26 | Gods and Monsters | Bill Condon | 1369 |
| 27 | Ronin | John Frankenheimer | 1446 |
| 28 | A Simple Plan | Sam Raimi | 1494 |
| 29 | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | Andy Tennant | 1505 |
| 30 | Without Limits | Robert Towne | 1563 |
| 31 | You've Got Mail | Nora Ephron | 1567 |
| 32 | The Dreamlife of Angels | Erick Zonca | 1671 |
| 33 | Blade | Stephen Norrington | 1700 |
| 34 | Primary Colors | Mike Nichols | 1711 |
| 35 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Terry Gilliam | 1720 |
| 36 | Wild Things | John McNaughton | 1724 |
| 37 | Bulworth | Warren Beatty | 1727 |
| 38 | The Wedding Singer | Frank Coraci | 1779 |
| 39 | The Idiots | Lars von Trier | 1825 |
| 40 | Antz | Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson | 1994 |
| 41 | Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | 2038 |
| 42 | Show Me Love | Lukas Moodysson | 2052 |
| 43 | City of Angels | Brad Silberling | 2066 |
| 44 | Stepmom | Chris Columbus | 2073 |
| 45 | Mulan | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook | 2140 |
| 46 | What Dreams May Come | Vincent Ward | 2154 |
| 47 | Smoke Signals | Chris Eyre | 2157 |
| 48 | The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells | 2185 |
| 49 | The Mask of Zorro | Martin Campbell | 2228 |
| 50 | Croupier | Mike Hodges | 2275 |
| 51 | Autumn Tale | Eric Rohmer | 2323 |
| Rank | Title | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Matrix | Andy and Larry Wachowski | 42 |
| 2 | Fight Club | David Fincher | 83 |
| 3 | American Beauty** | Sam Mendes | 111 |
| 4 | The Sixth Sense* | M. Night Shyamalan | 171 |
| 5 | Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | 202 |
| 6 | Toy Story 2 | John Lasseter | 268 |
| 7 | The Blair Witch Project | Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez | 283 |
| 8 | Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze | 319 |
| 9 | All about My Mother | Pedro Almodóvar | 402 |
| 10 | The Iron Giant | Brad Bird | 463 |
| 11 | South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut | Trey Parker | 466 |
| 12 | Election | Alexander Payne | 545 |
| 13 | The Green Mile* | Frank Darabont | 560 |
| 14 | The Insider* | Michael Mann | 647 |
| 15 | Three Kings | David O. Russell | 663 |
| 16 | American Pie | Paul Weitz | 708 |
| 17 | The Straight Story | David Lynch | 738 |
| 18 | Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh | 752 |
| 19 | Office Space | Mike Judge | 774 |
| 20 | The Audition | Takashi Miike | 802 |
| 21 | Eyes Wide Shut | Stanley Kubrick | 853 |
| 22 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | George Lucas | 876 |
| 23 | Beau travail | Claire Denis | 896 |
| 24 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Anthony Minghella | 983 |
| 25 | Boys Don't Cry | Kimberly Peirce | 1052 |
| 26 | Galaxy Quest | Dean Parisot | 1138 |
| 27 | The Wind Will Carry Us | Abbas Kiarostami | 1161 |
| 28 | Notting Hill | Roger Michell | 1166 |
| 29 | Cruel Intentions | Roger Kumble | 1230 |
| 30 | The Mummy | Stephen Sommers | 1246 |
| 31 | The Virgin Suicides | Sofia Coppola | 1330 |
| 32 | October Sky | Joe Johnston | 1392 |
| 33 | American Movie | Chris Smith | 1453 |
| 34 | Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | 1498 |
| 35 | Tarzan | Kevin Lima and Chris Buck | 1500 |
| 36 | The Limey | Steven Soderbergh | 1509 |
| 37 | Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton | 1516 |
| 38 | Stuart Little | Rob Minkoff | 1616 |
| 39 | The Hurricane | Norman Jewison | 1619 |
| 40 | Any Given Sunday | Oliver Stone | 1660 |
| 41 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Jim Jarmusch | 1662 |
| 42 | Ratcatcher | Lynne Ramsay | 1684 |
| 43 | Rosetta | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 1776 |
| 44 | One Day in September | Kevin Macdonald | 1792 |
| 45 | A Walk on the Moon | Tony Goldwyn | 1820 |
| 46 | 42: Forty Two Up | Michael Apted | 1830 |
| 47 | 10 Things I Hate about You | Gil Junger | 1968 |
| 48 | Dogma | Kevin Smith | 2059 |
| 49 | The Thomas Crown Affair | John McTiernan | 2093 |
| 50 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Jay Roach | 2135 |
| 51 | The Cider House Rules* | Lasse Hallström | 2139 |
| 52 | Never Been Kissed | Raja Gosnell | 2246 |
| 53 | Girl, Interrupted | James Mangold | 2250 |
| 54 | Go | Doug Liman | 2383 |
| 55 | The Winslow Boy | David Mamet | 2388 |
**--Won Academy Award for Best Picture.
*--Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
