Favorite Films By Year

Posted by Eric on May 11th, 2007

None of these lists are anything other than a hopeless attempt to try and keep track of what I may or may not have liked at the time and/or in retrospect. As retrospect will probably get the benefit of my slipshod mindtrap, I’ll try and keep years organized according to the IMDB if I can. I used to have more explanatory exposition here, but forget all that because you know what? I don’t see as many films as most people who call themselves cinephiles. So it’s probably better just to treat this list as a template for further revision and nothing more. I’ve done away with the “honorable mentions” and just decided that if it’s worth mentioning, into the main list it goes. Thus, I’ve cleaned out these lists of many of the “borderline” cases, where I’m not sure I really love certain films enough to list them for any other reason than to make the lists appear beefier than they really ought to be. I’m something of a fan of Dan Sallitt’s color coding system, so I adopted it to differentiate between the flaming masterpieces and the almosts, et al.

Other restrictions: TV movies and miniseries (though not series seasons), short films and even the occasional music video are all fair game for being listed if they strike me as “cinematic,” et al, and there will be no differentiation other than to provide labels for alternate formats. Not lengths, though; it makes about as much sense to ghettoize or label some films for beign “short” as it does others, like La Commune or Le Fond de l’air est rouge, for being “long.” The concept of “feature length” means nothing to me.If you want to see something resembling an even more personal, knowingly idiosyncratic take on my favorite films, look at my “light my fire” 100 (i.e. my “Kiarostami canon,” as per Adrian Martin).

Most recent changes:
2009: List added.
2008: Otto, 24 City and Summer Hours added.
2007: Silent Light, The Secret of the Grain and My Winnipeg added.
2006: Syndromes and a Century added.
2005: The Sun added.
2003: Dogville upgraded; Goodbye, Dragon Inn and Father and Son added.
2002: Far From Heaven downgraded; To Be and To Have, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary and The Son added.
2001: Late Marriage added.
2000: Yi Yi, Platform and Werckmeister Harmonies added.
1984: Yellow Earth added; Purple Rain removed.
1983: Videodrome added.
1980: Tango added.
1973: F for Fake added.
1962: Vivre sa vie added.

2009

  1. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, USA)
  2. Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola, USA/Argentina/Spain)
  3. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  4. Julia (Erick Zonca, USA)
  5. A Serious Man (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  6. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, France)
  7. Antichrist (Lars Von Trier, Int’l)

2008

  1. Two Lovers (James Gray, USA)
  2. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, USA)
  3. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  4. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, USA)
  5. Otto; or, Up with Dead People (Bruce La Bruce, Canada)
  6. Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, France)
  7. 24 City (Jia Zhangke, China)
  8. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, UK)

2007

  1. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico)
  2. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA)
  3. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  4. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien, France)
  5. The Secret of the Grain (Abdellatif Kechiche, France/Tunisia)
  6. trailers from Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie, Edgar Wright & Eli Roth, USA)
  7. The Life of Reilly (Frank L. Anderson & Barry Poltermann, USA)
  8. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (Matt Maiellaro & Dave Willis, USA)
  9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
  10. Viva (Anna Biller, USA)

2006

  1. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch, USA)
  2. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  3. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, UK/USA)
  4. Miami Vice (Michael Mann, USA)
  5. Jackass Number Two (Jeff Tremaine, USA)
  6. Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands)
  7. The Beales of Grey Gardens (Maysles brothers, USA)
  8. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  9. Borat (Larry Charles, USA)

2005

  1. Munich (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  2. War of the Worlds (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  3. The Sun (Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia)
  4. Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (Michel Gondry, USA)
  5. Land of the Dead (George A. Romero, USA)
  6. The Joy of Life (Jenni Olson, USA)
  7. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
  8. The Devil’s Rejects (Rob Zombie, USA)
  9. Forty Shades of Blue (Ira Sachs, USA)

2004

  1. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  2. Light is Calling (Bill Morrison, USA)
  3. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, USA)
  4. Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  5. Chats perchés (Chris Marker, France)
  6. Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
  7. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, UK)
  8. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, USA)
  10. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal)
  11. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, USA)
  12. Anatomy of Hell (Catherine Breillat, France)
  13. Cinevardaphoto (Agnès Varda, France)
  14. Notre Musique (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  15. Tomorrow We Move (Chantal Akerman, France/Belgium)
  16. The World (Jia Zhangke, China)
  17. Ma Mère (Christophe Honoré, France)

2003

  1. Dogville (Lars Von Trier, Int’l)
  2. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, USA)
  3. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan)
  4. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, Iran)
  5. The Company (Robert Altman, USA)
  6. Father and Son (Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia)
  7. Stuck on You (Peter & Bobby Farelly, USA)
  8. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Joe Dante, USA)
  9. Zatôichi (Takeshi Kitano, Japan)
  10. Shattered Glass (Billy Ray, USA)
  11. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy)
  12. House of 1,000 Corpses (Rob Zombie, USA)
  13. Bright Leaves (Ross McElwee, USA)
  14. Cabin Fever (Eli Roth, USA)
  15. Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  16. Raja (Jacques Doillon, France/Morocco)
  17. Cowards Bend the Knee (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  18. The Master and His Pupil (Sonia Herman Dolz, Netherlands)

2002

  1. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, USA)
  2. Decasia (Bill Morrison, USA)
  3. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, USA)
  4. Russian Ark (Alexander Sokurov, Russia)
  5. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  6. Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  7. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, France)
  8. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
  9. To Be and To Have (Nicolas Philibert, France)
  10. Bus 174 (José Padilha, Brazil)
  11. Distant (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey)
  12. The Son (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, France)
  13. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  14. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, USA)
  15. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, France/Poland/Germany/UK)
  16. Punch-Drunk Love (P.T. Anderson, USA)
  17. Jackass: The Movie (Jeff Tremaine, USA)
  18. Undercover Brother (Malcolm D. Lee, USA)
  19. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, USA)
  20. Chihwaseon (Im Kwon-taek, South Korea)

2001

  1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  2. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, USA)
  3. Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  4. Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, USA)
  5. Late Marriage (Dover Kosashvili, Israel)
  6. Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, France)
  7. Domestic Violence (Frederick Wiseman, USA)
  8. Remembrance of Things to Come (Yannick Bellon and Chris Marker, France)
  9. Shallow Hal (Peter and Bobby Farrelly, USA)
  10. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, USA)
  11. Freddy Got Fingered (Tom Green, USA)
  12. Vanity 9 (Seb Janiek, France)
  13. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  14. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, USA)
  15. Kandahar (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran)
  16. I’m Going Home (Manoel De Olivera, France/Portugal)
  17. Hey, Happy! (Noam Gonick, Canada)
  18. Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike, Japan)

2000

  1. Esther Kahn (Arnaud Desplechin, UK/France)
  2. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  3. The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  4. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, Hungary)
  5. Mission to Mars (Brian De Palma, USA)
  6. Platform (Jia Zhangke, China)
  7. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (Peter Watkins, France)
  8. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong)
  9. Dead or Alive 2: Birds (Takashi Miike, Japan)
  10. The American Nightmare (Adam Simon, USA)
  11. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies, UK)
  12. Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier, Europe)
  13. Scary Movie (Keenan Ivory Wayans, USA)
  14. Hamlet (Michael Almereyda, USA)
  15. Code Unknown (Michael Haneke, France)
  16. Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
  17. Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, USA)
  18. Little Otik (Jan Svankmajer, Czech Republic)
  19. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, USA)

1999

  1. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA)
  2. Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky, Austria)
  3. All is Full of Love (Chris Cunningham, USA) [music video: Björk]
  4. The Wind Will Carry Us (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, France)
  6. Summer of Sam (Spike Lee, USA)
  7. American Movie (Chris Smith, USA)
  8. Ravenous (Antonia Byrd, international)
  9. The Straight Story (David Lynch, USA)
  10. Magnolia (P.T. Anderson, USA)
  11. Il Mio viaggio in Italia (Martin Scorsese, Italy/USA)
  12. L’Humanité (Bruno Dumont, France)
  13. Fight Club (David Fincher, USA)
  14. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, USA)
  15. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, USA)
  16. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, USA)
  17. Election (Alexander Payne, USA)

1998

  1. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, USA)
  2. Flowers of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)
  3. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, USA)
  4. Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, Germany)
  5. Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (Martin Arnold, Austria)
  6. The Silence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran)
  7. Snake Eyes (Brian De Palma, USA)
  8. Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, USA)
  9. Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, USA)
  10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, USA)
  11. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, USA)
  12. Small Soldiers (Joe Dante, USA)

1997

  1. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  2. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  3. Uncle Sam (William Lustig, USA)
  4. Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong)
  5. Got ‘Til It’s Gone (Mark Romanek, USA) [music video: Janet Jackson]
  6. Seventh Heaven (Benoît Jacquot, France)
  7. Titanic (James Cameron, USA)
  8. Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, USA)
  9. Film of Her (Bill Morrison, USA)

1996

  1. Crash (David Cronenberg, USA)
  2. Breaking the Waves (Lars Von Trier, Denmark)
  3. Sugar Water (Michel Gondry, France) [music video: Cibo Matto]
  4. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, USA)
  5. A Moment of Innocence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran)
  6. Fargo (Joel Coen, USA)
  7. Escape from L.A. (John Carpenter, USA)
  8. The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner, USA)
  9. Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, USA)
  10. Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, USA)
  11. Beautiful Thing (Hettie MacDonald, UK)
  12. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, UK)
  13. Kingpin (Peter & Bobby Farrelly, USA)
  14. William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, USA)

1995

  1. Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, USA)
  2. Spiritual Voices (Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia)
  3. The Bridges of Madison County (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  4. Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins, USA)
  5. A Single Girl (Benoît Jacquot, France)
  6. Fallen Angels (Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong)
  7. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  8. Safe (Todd Haynes, USA)
  9. Odilon Redon (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  10. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, USA)
  11. The Brady Bunch Movie (Betty Thomas, USA)
  12. Cyclo (Tran Anh Hung, Vietnam)
  13. Se7en (David Fincher, USA)
  14. Babe (Chris Noonan, Australia)

1994

  1. Sátántangó (Béla Tarr, Hungary)
  2. Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen, USA)
  3. Serial Mom (John Waters, USA)
  4. The Glass Shield (Charles Burnett, USA)
  5. Crooklyn (Spike Lee, USA)
  6. Red to Kill (Billy Tang Hin Shing, Hong Kong)
  7. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, USA)
  8. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, New Zealand)
  9. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  10. Cemetary Man (Michele Soavi, Italy)
  11. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, Australia)

1993

  1. Short Cuts (Robert Altman)
  2. The Last Bolshevik (Chris Marker, France)
  3. Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma)
  4. The Good Son (Joseph Ruben)
  5. It’s All True (Richard Wilson, Myron Meisel and Bill Krohn)
  6. Matinee (Joe Dante)
  7. A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood)
  8. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg)
  9. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater)
  10. The Piano (Jane Campion)

1992

  1. Bitter Moon (Roman Polanski, France/UK)
  2. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, USA)
  3. One False Move (Carl Franklin, USA)
  4. Too Funky (Thierry Mugler & George Michael, France) [music video: George Michael]
  5. Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen, USA)
  6. Candyman (Bernard Rose, USA)
  7. Raising Cain (Brian De Palma, USA)
  8. Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
  9. Pinion (Eric Goode & Serge Becker, USA) [music video: Nine Inch Nails]
  10. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  11. Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  12. Lessons of Darkness (Werner Herzog, France/UK/Germany)
  13. Le Batteur du boléro (Patrice Leconte, France)
  14. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
  15. Hard Boiled (John Woo, Hong Kong)
  16. Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, USA)

1991

  1. Jungle Fever (Spike Lee)
  2. Untitled (for Marilyn) (Stan Brakhage)
  3. JFK (Oliver Stone)
  4. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron)
  5. Defending Your Life (Albert Brooks)
  6. Dogfight (Nancy Savoca)
  7. Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch)
  8. L.A. Story (Mick Jackson)
  9. The People Under the Stairs (Wes Craven)

1990

  1. White Hunter, Black Heart (Clint Eastwood)
  2. Longtime Companion (Norman René)
  3. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante)
  4. Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven)
  5. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton)

1989

  1. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, USA)
  2. Casualties of War (Brian De Palma, USA)
  3. pièce touchée (Martin Arnold, Austria)
  4. Elephant (Alan Clarke, UK)
  5. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, USA)
  6. Parenthood (Ron Howard, USA)
  7. The ‘burbs (Joe Dante, USA)
  8. Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
  9. Meet the Feebles (Peter Jackson, New Zealand)
  10. Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, USA)
  11. Dead Calm (Phillip Noyce, Australia)

1988

  1. A Short Film About Killing (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland)
  2. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  3. La Chiesa (Michele Soavi, Italy)
  4. Medea (Lars Von Trier, Denmark)
  5. A Short Film About Love (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland)
  6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Renny Harlin, USA)
  7. Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, USA)
  8. Paperhouse (Bernard Rose, UK)
  9. They Live (John Carpenter, USA)
  10. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, Canada/USA)
  11. Bird (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  12. Dawn of an Evil Millennium (Damon Packard, USA)
  13. Monkey Shines (George A. Romero, USA)
  14. School Daze (Spike Lee, USA)
  15. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
  16. The Naked Gun (David Zucker, USA)
  17. The Vanishing (George Sluizer, Netherlands)

1987

  1. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, USA)
  2. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (Todd Haynes, USA)
  3. Housekeeping (Bill Forsyth, USA)
  4. The Dante Quartet (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  5. Opera (Dario Argento, Italy)
  6. O.C. and Stiggs (Robert Altman, USA)
  7. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (Sam Raimi, USA)
  8. Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, USA)
  9. Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, USA)
  10. Maurice (James Ivory, UK)
  11. Raising Arizona (Joel Coen, USA)

1986

  1. The Fly (David Cronenberg)
  2. Manhunter (Michael Mann)
  3. Invaders from Mars (Tobe Hooper)
  4. Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
  5. She’s Gotta Have It (Spike Lee)
  6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper)
  7. Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz)
  8. Aliens (James Cameron)

1985

  1. Day of the Dead (George A. Romero)
  2. Crime Wave (John Paizs)
  3. Battery Film (Franklin Backus & Richard Protovin)
  4. My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears)
  5. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton)
  6. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis)
  7. Brazil (Terry Gilliam)

1984

  1. Love Streams (John Cassavetes, USA)
  2. Body Double (Brian De Palma, USA)
  3. Phenomena (Dario Argento, Italy)
  4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  5. Gremlins (Joe Dante, USA)
  6. The Times of Harvey Milk (Rob Epstein, USA)
  7. Before Stonewall (Robert Rosenberg, John Scagliotti, Greta Schiller, USA)
  8. This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, USA)
  9. Yellow Earth (Chen Kaige, China)
  10. Top Secret! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, USA)
  11. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, USA)

1983

  1. Sans soleil (Chris Marker, France)
  2. L’Argent (Robert Bresson, France)
  3. Christine (John Carpenter, USA)
  4. Sleepaway Camp (Robert Hiltzik, USA)
  5. Videodrome (David Cronenberg, Canada)
  6. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones, UK)
  7. The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, USA)
  8. A Christmas Story (Bob Clark, USA)
  9. My Breakfast with Blassie (Linda Lautrec, Johnny Legend, Mark Shepard, USA)

1982

  1. Tenebrae (Dario Argento, Italy)
  2. Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper, USA)
  3. One from the Heart (Francis Coppola, USA)
  4. White Dog (Samuel Fuller, USA)
  5. Honkytonk Man (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  6. Dimensions of Dialogue (Jan Svankmajer, Czechoslovakia)
  7. Vice Squad (Gary A. Sherman, USA)
  8. Creepshow (George A. Romero, USA)
  9. Q—The Winged Serpent (Larry Cohen, USA)
  10. The Thing (John Carpenter, USA)
  11. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, USA)
  12. Victor/Victoria (Blake Edwards, USA)
  13. E.T.—The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, USA)

1981

  1. Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, USA)
  2. Polyester (John Waters, USA)
  3. Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry, USA)
  4. Lola (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany)
  5. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, USA)
  6. The Funhouse (Tobe Hooper, USA)
  7. History of the World Part I (Mel Brooks, USA)
  8. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, USA)
  9. Springtime in Greenland (John Paizs, Canada)
  10. The Beyond (Lucio Fulci, Italy)
  11. The Howling (Joe Dante, USA)
  12. Scanners (David Cronenberg, Canada)

1980

  1. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  2. Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma, USA)
  3. Hardly Working (Jerry Lewis, USA)
  4. Cruising (William Friedkin, USA)
  5. The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller, USA)
  6. Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, Italy/Columbia)
  7. Tango (Zbigniew Rybczynski, Poland)
  8. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, USA)
  9. Maniac (William Lustig, USA)
  10. The Fog (John Carpenter, USA)
  11. The Mystery of Oberwald (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
  12. Inferno (Dario Argento, Italy)
  13. Popeye (Robert Altman, USA)
  14. Gloria (John Cassavetes, USA)
  15. Altered States (Ken Russell, USA)
  16. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, USA)
  17. The Last Prom (Gene McPherson, USA)

1979

  1. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, USA)
  2. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  3. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR)
  4. The Warriors (Walter Hill, USA)
  5. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
  6. The Brood (David Cronenberg, Canada)
  7. Manhattan (Woody Allen, USA)
  8. The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff, West Germany)
  9. Quintet (Robert Altman, USA)
  10. Alien (Ridley Scott, USA)
  11. Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Les Blank, USA)
  12. Salem’s Lot (Tobe Hooper, USA) [TV miniseries]
  13. Tess (Roman Polanski, France/UK)

1978

  1. The Fury (Brian De Palma, USA)
  2. Halloween (John Carpenter, USA)
  3. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, USA)
  4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, USA)
  5. Martin (George A. Romero, USA)
  6. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, USA)
  7. The Driver (Walter Hill, USA)
  8. The Wiz (Sidney Lumet, USA)
  9. Piranha (Joe Dante, USA)
  10. The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, USA)

1977

  1. Le Fond de l’air est rouge (Chris Marker, France) [1993 revision]
  2. 3 Women (Robert Altman, USA)
  3. Suspiria (Dario Argento, Italy)
  4. Desperate Living (John Waters, USA)
  5. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, USA)
  6. Valentino (Ken Russell, UK/USA)
  7. The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (Larry Cohen, USA)
  8. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, USA)
  9. Eraserhead (David Lynch, USA)
  10. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  11. Valse Triste (Bruce Conner, USA)
  12. Apaches (John Mackenzie, UK)
  13. Last House on Dead End Street (Roger Michael Watkins, USA)
  14. Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, USA)
  15. The Hills Have Eyes (Wes Craven, USA)

1976

  1. The Tenant (Roman Polanski, France/USA)
  2. Carrie (Brian De Palma, USA)
  3. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, USA)
  4. God Told Me To (Larry Cohen, USA)
  5. Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  6. All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, USA)
  7. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  8. Take the 5:10 to Dreamland (Bruce Conner, USA)
  9. The Opening of Misty Beethoven (Radley Metzger, USA)
  10. Obsession (Brian De Palma, USA)
  11. Network (Sidney Lumet, USA)
  12. The Human Tornado (Cliff Roquemore, USA)
  13. Lipstick (Lamont Johnson, USA)
  14. The Front (Martin Ritt, USA)
  15. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (Robert Altman, USA)

1975

  1. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  2. Nashville (Robert Altman, USA)
  3. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, Belgium)
  4. Deep Red (Dario Argento, Italy)
  5. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, Europe/USA)
  6. Grey Gardens (Maysles brothers, Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer, USA)
  7. Fox and His Friends (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  8. Love and Death (Woody Allen, USA)
  9. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy)
  10. Love Letter to Edie (Robert Maier, USA)
  11. Death Race 2000 (Paul Bartel, USA)
  12. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, UK)

1974

  1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, USA)
  2. Female Trouble (John Waters, USA)
  3. The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula, USA)
  4. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, USA)
  5. It’s Alive (Larry Cohen, USA)
  6. Parade (Jacques Tati, France)
  7. Phantom of the Paradise (Brian De Palma, USA)
  8. Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins, Sweden/Norway)
  9. Earthquake (Mark Robson, USA)
  10. The Godfather, Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
  11. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, USA)
  12. Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis, USA)
  13. California Split (Robert Altman, USA)
  14. The Towering Inferno (John Guillerman & Irwin Allen, USA)
  15. The Chaperone (Jaacov Jaccovi, USA)

1973

  1. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, UK)
  2. F for Fake (Orson Welles, France)
  3. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, USA)
  4. Score (Radley Metzger, USA)
  5. Jack’s Wife (George A. Romero, USA)
  6. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
  7. Casual Relations (Mark Rappaport, USA)
  8. Sisters (Brian De Palma, USA)
  9. Marilyn Times Five (Bruce Conner, USA)
  10. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)
  11. Badlands (Terrence Malick, USA)
  12. The Embassy (Chris Marker, France)
  13. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, USA)

1972

  1. Winter Soldier (Winterbank collective, USA)
  2. OffOn (Scott Bartlett, USA)
  3. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, USA)
  4. Pink Flamingos (John Waters, USA)
  5. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie (Luis Buñuel, France)
  6. Heat (Paul Morrissey, USA)
  7. Tales from the Crypt (Freddie Francis, UK)
  8. Images (Robert Altman, UK/USA)
  9. Film Portrait (Jerome Hill, USA)
  10. The Poseidon Adventure (Ronald Neame, USA)
  11. The Ruling Class (Peter Medak, UK)
  12. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
  13. Malcolm X (Arnold Perl, USA)

1971

  1. The Act of Seeing with One’s Own Eyes (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  2. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, USA)
  3. Women in Revolt (Paul Morrissey, USA)
  4. Pink Narcissus (James Bidgood, USA)
  5. Bananas (Woody Allen, USA)
  6. Land of Silence and Darkness (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
  7. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, UK/USA)
  8. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, USA)
  9. The Corpse Grinders (Ted V. Mikels, USA)
  10. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, USA)
  11. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)
  12. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  13. Macbeth (Roman Polanski, UK/USA)

1970

  1. Trash (Paul Morrissey, USA)
  2. Hi, Mom! (Brian De Palma, USA)
  3. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, USA)
  4. The Little Theater of Jean Renoir (Jean Renoir, France)
  5. Woodstock (Michael Wadleigh, USA)
  6. Myra Breckinridge (Michael Sarne, USA)
  7. Dionysus (Brian De Palma, USA)
  8. Brewster McCloud (Robert Altman, USA)

1969

  1. Camille 2000 (Radley Metzger, Italy)
  2. Mr. Freedom (William Klein, France)
  3. The Damned (Luchino Visconte, Italy)
  4. Invocation of My Demon Brother (Kenneth Anger, USA)
  5. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (Sydney Pollack, USA)

1968

  1. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, USA)
  2. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, USA)
  3. High School (Frederick Wiseman, USA)
  4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA)
  5. Flesh (Paul Morrissey, USA)
  6. The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, UK)
  7. Therese & Isabelle (Radley Metzger, West Germany/USA)
  8. Greetings (Brian De Palma, USA)
  9. Head (Bob Rafelson, USA)
  10. Witchfinder General (Michael Reeves, UK)
  11. Signs of Life (Werner Herzog, West Germany)
  12. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (Freddie Francis, UK)
  13. if…. (Linsday Anderson, UK)
  14. The Sixth Face of the Pentagon (Chris Marker, France)
  15. The Producers (Mel Brooks, USA)

1967

  1. Playtime (Jacques Tati, France)
  2. Weekend (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  3. Mouchette (Robert Bresson, France)
  4. Belle de jour (Luis Buñuel, France)
  5. Eye Myth (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  6. The White Rose (Bruce Conner, USA)
  7. The Fearless Vampire Killers (Roman Polanski, USA/UK)
  8. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, USA)
  9. Wait Until Dark (Terence Young, USA)

1966

  1. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, France)
  2. Breakaway (Bruce Conner, USA)
  3. Kill, Baby… Kill! (Mario Bava, Italy)
  4. Three on a Couch (Jerry Lewis, USA)
  5. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, USA)
  6. Black Girl (Ousmane Sembene, France/Senegal)
  7. Blowup (Michelangelo Antonioni, UK/Italy)
  8. Masculin, féminin (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  9. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, Italy/Spain)
  10. Hold Me While I’m Naked (George Kuchar, USA)
  11. The Glass Bottom Boat (Frank Tashlin, USA)
  12. The Alley Cats (Radley Metzger, USA)
  13. Seconds (John Frankenheimer, USA)
  14. Unsere Afrikareise (Peter Kubelka, Austria)

1965

  1. Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles)
  2. Simon of the Desert (Luis Buñuel)
  3. Repulsion (Roman Polanski)
  4. Vinyl (Andy Warhol)
  5. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, France)
  6. Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (Freddie Francis)
  7. The Family Jewels (Jerry Lewis)
  8. Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard)

1964

  1. Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark)
  2. Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  3. The Patsy (Jerry Lewis, USA)
  4. The Naked Kiss (Samuel Fuller, USA)
  5. Scorpio Rising (Kenneth Anger, USA)
  6. Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan)
  7. Malamondo (Paolo Cavara, Italy)
  8. Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Robert Aldrich, USA)
  9. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, UK)
  10. A Hard Day’s Night (Richard Lester, UK)

1963

  1. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  2. The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis, USA)
  3. To Beep or Not to Beep (Chuck Jones, USA)
  4. Muriel (Alain Resnais, France)
  5. The House is Black (Forough Farrokhzad, Iran)
  6. 8½ (Federico Fellini, Italy)
  7. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (Roger Corman, USA)
  8. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, Italy)
  9. Black Sabbath (Mario Bava, Italy)
  10. Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  11. Hud (Martin Ritt, USA)
  12. From Russia With Love (Terence Young, UK)

1962

  1. La Jetée (Chris Marker, France)
  2. Cléo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, France)
  3. Confessions of an Opium Eater (Albert Zugsmith, USA)
  4. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, Mexico)
  5. Advise and Consent (Otto Preminger, USA)
  6. Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  7. An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
  8. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, USA)
  9. Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, USA)
  10. Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, USA)
  11. Ride the High Country (Sam Peckinpah, USA)
  12. Window Water Baby Moving (Stan Brakhage, USA)
  13. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, UK)

1961

  1. The Ladies’ Man (Jerry Lewis, USA)
  2. Chronicle of a Summer (Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin, France)
  3. Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, France)
  4. Night Journey (Nathan Kroll, USA)
  5. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, Spain)
  6. The Errand Boy (Jerry Lewis, USA)
  7. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, USA)
  8. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  9. 101 Dalmations (Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, & Wolfgang Reitherman, USA)
  10. West Side Story (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, USA)

1960

  1. L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni)
  2. The Bellboy (Jerry Lewis)
  3. Eyes without a Face (Georges Franju, France)
  4. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconte)
  5. Black Sunday (Mario Bava)
  6. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard)
  7. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock)
  8. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell)
  9. Jazz on a Summer’s Day (Bert Stern)

1959

  1. Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, USA)
  2. Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, France)
  3. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, France)
  4. Suddenly, Last Summer (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA)
  5. Good Morning (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
  6. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, USA)
  7. Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, USA)

1958

  1. Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR)
  2. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  3. Moi, un noir (Jean Rouch, France/Ivory Coast)
  4. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, USA)
  5. Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger, USA)
  6. Robin Hood Daffy (Chuck Jones, USA)
  7. Equinox Flower (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
  8. Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, France)
  9. A Night to Remember (Roy Ward Baker, UK)
  10. Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, Poland)
  11. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
  12. Appalachian Spring (Nathan Kroll, USA)

1957

  1. What’s Opera, Doc (Chuck Jones, USA)
  2. Bitter Victory (Nicholas Ray, USA)
  3. Les Mistons (François Truffaut, France)
  4. An Affair to Remember (Leo McCarey, USA)
  5. Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, Italy)
  6. A Dancer’s World (Nathan Kroll, USA)
  7. The Pajama Game (George Abbott & Stanley Donen, USA)
  8. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, USA)
  9. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)

1956

  1. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  2. Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray, USA)
  3. Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, USA)
  4. The Searchers (John Ford, USA)
  5. The Burmese Harp (Kon Ichikawa, Japan)
  6. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

1955

  1. All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk)
  2. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)
  3. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
  4. Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich)
  5. French Cancan (Jean Renoir)
  6. Night & Fog (Alain Resnais)
  7. One Froggy Evening (Chuck Jones)

1954

  1. Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, USA)
  2. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  3. Crime Wave (André de Toth, USA)
  4. Senso (Luchino Visconte, Italy)
  5. La Pointe courte (Agnès Varda, France)

1953

  1. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, USA)
  2. Duck Amuck (Chuck Jones, USA)
  3. Bully for Bugs (Chuck Jones, USA)
  4. I Confess (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  5. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
  6. The Band Wagon (Vincente Minnelli, USA)
  7. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
  8. The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, USA)

1952

  1. Europa ’51 (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
  2. Singin’ in the Rain (Robert Donan & Gene Kelly, USA)
  3. Feed the Kitty (Chuck Jones, USA)
  4. Mexican Bus Ride (Luis Buñuel, Mexico)

1951

  1. Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
  2. Repast (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
  3. Fixed Bayonets! (Samuel Fuller, USA)
  4. The Thing from Another World (Christian Nyby & Howard Hawks, USA)
  5. Alice in Wonderland (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske, USA)
  6. A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan, USA)
  7. The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, USA)

1950

  1. Un Chant d’amour (Jean Genet, France)
  2. Stromboli (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
  3. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA)
  4. In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, USA)
  5. Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
  6. Rabbit of Seville (Chuck Jones, USA)
  7. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, USA)
  8. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
  9. Rabbit’s Moon (Kenneth Anger, France)
  10. Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, USA)

1949

  1. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu)
  2. Long-Haired Hare (Chuck Jones)
  3. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (John Ford)
  4. Puce Moment (Kenneth Anger)
  5. Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis)

1948

  1. Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle)
  2. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
  3. A Hen in the Wind (Yasujiro Ozu)
  4. La Terra Trema (Luchino Visconte)
  5. Ladri di biciclette (Vittorio De Sica)

1947

  1. Daisy Kenyon (Otto Preminger, USA)
  2. Le Tempestaire (Jean Epstein, France)
  3. Fireworks (Kenneth Anger, USA)
  4. Germany Year Zero (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
  5. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, UK)
  6. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA)

1946

  1. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock)
  2. My Darling Clementine (John Ford)
  3. A Scandal in Paris (Douglas Sirk)
  4. It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra)
  5. Paisà (Roberto Rossellini)
  6. La Belle et la bête (Jean Cocteau)
  7. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler)
  8. Shoeshine (Vittorio De Sica)

1945

  1. Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, USA)
  2. Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini)
  3. Brief Encounter (David Lean)
  4. Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock)
  5. Dead of Night (Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, Charles Crichton, & Alberto Cavalcanti)
  6. Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz)
  7. Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk)

1944

  1. Ivan the Terrible, Part One (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR)
  2. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, USA)
  3. The Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise & Gunther von Fritsch, USA)
  4. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, USA)
  5. Henry V (Laurence Olivier, UK)

1943

  1. The Seventh Victim (Mark Robson, USA)
  2. The Leopard Man (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
  3. I Walked With a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
  4. Day of Wrath (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark)
  5. Yankee Doodle Daffy (Friz Freleng, USA)
  6. Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, USA)
  7. Ossessione (Luchino Visconte, Italy)
  8. A Corny Concerto (Robert Clampett, USA)

1942

  1. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles)
  2. Cat People (Jacques Tourneur)
  3. Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges)

1941

  1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, USA)
  2. Hellzapoppin’ (H.C. Potter, USA)
  3. The Shanghai Gesture (Josef Von Sternberg, USA)
  4. How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, USA)
  5. Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen, USA)

1940

  1. The Mortal Storm (Frank Borzage)
  2. Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock)
  3. Fantasia (Ben Sharpsteen)
  4. Christmas in July (Preston Sturges)
  5. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock)
  6. All Girl Revue (Lloyd French)
  7. Pinocchio (Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske)

1939

  1. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir)
  2. The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh)
  3. The Women (George Cukor)
  4. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming)
  5. Le Vampire (Jean Painlevé, France)
  6. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming)

1938

  1. Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Eisenstein)
  2. Porky in Wackyland (Robert Clampett)
  3. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock)
  4. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl)

1937

  1. Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey)
  2. The Edge of the World (Michael Powell)
  3. Don Donald (Ben Sharpsteen)
  4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Walt Disney)

1936

  1. Rose Hobart (Joseph Cornell, USA)
  2. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Jean Renoir, France)
  3. Fury (Fritz Lang, USA)
  4. San Francisco (W.S. Van Dyke, USA)
  5. Sabotage (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  6. My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, USA)
  7. Disorder in the Court (Jack White, USA)
  8. Camille (George Cukor, USA)

1935

  1. The Devil is a Woman (Josef Von Sternberg, USA)
  2. The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, USA)
  3. The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  4. A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood, USA)

1934

  1. The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg)
  2. L’Atalante (Jean Vigo)
  3. The Lost Patrol (John Ford)

1933

  1. Gold Diggers of 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy, USA)
  2. Lot in Sodom (James Sibley Watson & Melville Webber, USA)
  3. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA)
  4. Let’s Fall in Love (David Burton, USA)

1932

  1. Blonde Venus (Josef von Sternberg)
  2. Love Me Tonight (Rouben Mamoulian)
  3. Freaks (Tod Browning)
  4. Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg)
  5. Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
  6. Boudu Saved from Drowning (Jean Renoir)
  7. Rich and Strange (Alfred Hitchcock)
  8. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Mervyn LeRoy)

1931

  1. M (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  2. Dishonored (Josef Von Sternberg, USA)
  3. Bad Girl (Frank Borzage, USA)
  4. La Chienne (Jean Renoir, France)

1930

  1. Morocco (Josef von Sternberg)
  2. L’Âge d’Or (Luis Buñuel)
  3. The Blue Angel (Josef von Sternberg)

1929

  1. Un Chien andalou (Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dali, France)
  2. Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, USSR)
  3. Regen (Joris Ivens, Netherlands)
  4. Applause (Rouben Mamoulian, USA)
  5. Asphalt (Joe May, Germany)
  6. H2O (Ralph Steiner, USA)

1928

  1. The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick & Buster Keaton, USA)
  2. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, France)
  3. The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (Robert Florey & Slavko Vorkapich, USA)
  4. Brumes d’Automne (Dimitri Kirsanoff, France)
  5. The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, USA)
  6. L’Étoile de Mer (Man Ray, France)

1927

  1. Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, USA)
  2. The General (Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton, USA)
  3. La Glace à Trois Faces (Jean Epstein, France)
  4. College (Buster Keaton and James W. Horne, USA)

1926

  1. Ménilmontant (Dimitri Kirsanov, France)
  2. Anémic Cinéma (Marcel Duchamp, France)
  3. Emak-Bakia (Man Ray, France)
  4. The Holy Mountain (Arnold Fanck, Germany)

1925

  1. Master of the House (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark)
  2. Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, USA)
  3. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR)

1924

  1. Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton, USA)
  2. Ballet Méchanique (Fernand Léger, France)
  3. Mikaël (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Germany)

1923

  1. Le Retour à la Raison (Man Ray, France)

1922

  1. Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau)

1921

  1. Manhatta (Paul Strand & Charles Sheeler, USA)
  2. The Kid (Charlie Chaplin, USA)

1920

  1. The Parson’s Widow (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
  2. The Golem (Carl Boese & Paul Wegener)
  3. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene)
  4. The Penalty (Wallace Worsley)

Before 1920

  1. Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
  2. Electrocuting an Elephant (Thomas Edison, 1903)
  3. After Death (Evengi Bauer, 1915)
  4. San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake (1906)
  5. Le Scarabée d’or (Segundo de Chomón, 1907)
  6. Twilight of a Woman’s Soul (Evengi Bauer, 1913)
  7. The Impossible Voyage (Georges Méliès, 1904)
  8. A Trip to the Moon (Georges Méliès, 1902)
  9. Prof. Welton’s Boxing Cats (1894)
  10. The Muskateers of Pig Alley (D.W. Griffith, 1912)
  11. A Corner in Wheat (D.W. Griffith, 1909)
  12. Skyscrapers of New York City from North River (1903)
  13. The Dying Swan (Evengi Bauer, 1916)
  14. The Birth of a Nation (D.W. Griffith, 1915)
  15. The Last Days of Pompeii (Mario Caserini & Eleuterio Rodolfi, 1913)

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