The 2010s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE TWO THOUSAND TENS

Recent Additions in RED- Last Update May 27, 2012

Last 5 Titles Added:

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL [BRAD BIRD] (2011)
MISS BALA  [GERARDO NARANJO] (2011)
THE AVENGERS [JOSS WHEDON] (2012)
A BETTER LIFE  [CHRIS WEITZ](2011)
THE KID WITH A BIKE [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (2012)

 

◄ 2010►

… This song is for the guy who keeps yelling from the balcony and it’s called “We Hate You, Please Die.”

1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK [DAVID FINCHER]
2. TRUE GRIT [JOEL & ETHAN COEN]
3. ANOTHER YEAR [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
4. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Loong Boonmee raleuk chat ) [APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL] (T)
5. WHITE MATERIAL [CLAIRE DENIS] (F) (IMDB 2009)
6. CARLOS [OLIVIER ASSAYAS] (F)
7. THE KING’S SPEECH [TOM HOOPER] (UK)
8. DOGTOOTH (Kynodontas) [GIORGOS LANTHIMOS] (G) (IMDB 2009)
9. THE TOWN [BEN AFFLECK]
10. THE FIGHTER [DAVID O. RUSSELL]
11. SHUTTER ISLAND [MARTIN SCORSESE]
12. 127 HOURS [DANNY BOYLE]
13. EVERYONE ELSE (Alle Anderen) [MAREN ADE] (G) (IMDB 2009)
14. INCEPTION [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN]
15. PLEASE GIVE [NICOLE HOLOFCENER]
16. ANIMAL KINGDOM [DAVID MICHÔD] (A)
17. GREENBERG [NOAH BAUMBACH]
18. BLACK SWAN [DARREN ARONOFSKY]
19. WILD GRASS (Les herbes folles) [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F) (IMDB 2009)
20. FISH TANK [ANDREA ARNOLD] (UK) (IMDB 2009)
21. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD [EDGAR WRIGHT]
22. WINTER’S BONE [DEBRA GRANIK]
23. BLUE VALENTINE  [DEREK CIANFRANCE]
24. IN A BETTER WORLD (Hævnen)  [SUSANNE BIER] (D)
25. FOUR LIONS  [CHRISTOPHER MORRIS] (UK)
26. I AM LOVE (Io sono l’amore) [LUCA GUADAGNINO] (I) (IMDB 2009)
27. THE GHOST WRITER [ROMAN POLANSKI]
28. LET ME IN  [MATT REEVES]
29. THE WAY BACK [PETER WEIR]
30. ALAMAR [PEDRO GONZÁLEZ-RUBIO] (M) (IMDB 2009)
31. SOUL KITCHEN [FATIH AKIN] (G) (IMDB 2009)
32. MOTHER (Madeo) [JOON-HO BONG] (K) (IMDB 2009)
33. INCENDIES  [DENIS VILLENEUVE] (C)
34. BARNEY’S VERSION [RICHARD J. LEWIS] (C)
35. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT [LISA CHOLODENKO]
36. NEVER LET ME GO [MARK ROMANEK]
37. VINCERE [MARCO BELLOCCHIO] (I) (IMDB 2009)
38. OF GODS AND MEN (Des hommes et des dieux) [XAVIER BEAUVOIS] (F)
39. TAMARA DREWE [STEPHEN FREARS] (UK)
40. FAIR GAME [DOUG LIMAN]
41. LIFE DURING WARTIME [TODD SOLONDZ] (IMDB) (2009)
42. KICK-ASS MATTHEW VAUGHN]
43. CYRUS [MARK & JAY DUPLASS]
44. YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER [WOODY ALLEN]
45. SPLICE [VINCENZO NATALI] (C) (IMDB 2009)
46. THE OTHER GUYS [ADAM MCKAY]
47. THE NEXT THREE DAYS [PAUL HAGGIS]
48. TINY FURNITURE  [LENA DUNHAM]
49. UNSTOPPABLE [TONY SCOTT]
50. ALICE IN WONDERLAND [TIM BURTON]
51. ENTER THE VOID [GASPAR NOÉ] (IMDB 2009)
52. ESSENTIAL KILLING [JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI] (UK)
53. SECRETARIAT  [RANDALL WALLACE]
54. HEREAFTER [CLINT EASTWOOD]
55. CATFISH [HENRY JOOST & ARIEL SCHULMAN]
56. YOUTH IN REVOLT [MIGUEL ARTETA] (IMDB 2009)
57. EASY A [WILL GLUCK]
58. HOW DO YOU KNOW [JAMES L. BROOKS]
59. THE KILLER INSIDE ME [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM]
60. SALT [PHILLIP NOYCE]
61. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (Flickan som lekte med elden)  [DANIEL ALFREDSON] (S) (IMDB 2009)
62. MICMACS (Micmacs à tire-larigot) [JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET]  (F) (IMDB 2009)
63. DATE NIGHT [SHAWN LEVY]
64. GET HIM TO THE GREEK [NICHOLAS STOLLER]
65. SOMEWHERE [SOFIA COPPOLA]
66. AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN (36 vues du Pic Saint Loup) [JACQUES RIVETTE] (F) (IMDB 2009)
67. THE AMERICAN [ANTON CORBIJIN]
68. THE HOUSEMAID (Hanyo) [SANG-SOO IM] (K)
69. THE RUNAWAYS [FLORIA SIGISMONDI]
70. SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE [JIM FIELD SMITH]
71. ALL GOOD THINGS  [ANDREW JARECKI]
72. HOT TUB TIME MACHINE [STEVE PINK]
73. I’M STILL HERE [CASEY AFFLECK]
74. TRIGGER [BRUCE MCDONALD]
75. THE SWITCH [JOSH GORDON & WILL SPECK]
76. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (Luftslottet som sprängdes)  [DANIEL ALFREDSON] (S) (IMDB 2009)
77. JACK GOES BOATING [PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN]
78. IRON MAN 2 [JON FAVREAU]
79. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
80. CHLOE [ATOM EGOYAN] (C) (IMDB 2009)
81. PIRANHA [ALEXANDRE AJA]
82. LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS [EDWARD ZWICK]
83. MACGRUBER [JORMA TACCONE]
84. THE LAST AIRBENDER [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
85. GROWN UPS [DENIS DUGAN]
86. SEX AND THE CITY 2 [MICHAEL PATRICK KING]

Other (unranked): TOY STORY 3 [LEE UNKRICH] (a); DESPICABLE ME [PIERRE COFFIN & CHRIS RENAUD] (a); EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP [BANKSY] (d); MARWENCOL [JEFF MALMBERG] (d); SENNA [ASIF KAPADIA] (UK) (d); JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK [RICKI STERN & ANNE SUNDBERG] (d); A LETTER TO ELIA [MARTIN SCORSESE & KENT JONES] (d); RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE [SAM DUNN & SCOT MCFAYDEN] (d); WHO IS HARRY NILSSON (AND WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKIN’ ABOUT HIM?) [JOHN SCHEINFELD] (d); CAMERAMAN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACK CARDIFF [CRAIG MCCALL] (UK) (d); DAY & NIGHT [TEDDY NEWTON] (a/s)

◄ 2011►

… I could get back into disco

1. MELANCHOLIA [LARS VON TRIER]
2. THE DESCENDANTS [ALEXANDER PAYNE]
3. A SEPARATION (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) [ASGHAR FARHADI] (IR)
4. THE TREE OF LIFE [TERRENCE MALICK]
5. HANNA [JOE WRIGHT]
6. MONEYBALL [BENNETT MILLER]
7. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY [TOMAS ALFREDSON]
8. MEEK’S CUTOFF [KELLY REICHARDT] (IMDB 2010)
9. YOUNG ADULT [JASON REITMAN]
10. CERTIFIED COPY (Copie conforme) [ABBAS KIAROSTAMI] (F/I) (IMDB 2010)
11. DRIVE [NICOLAS WINDING REFN]
12. THE SKIN I LIVE IN (La piel que habito) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
13. CARNAGE [ROMAN POLANSKI]
14. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS [WOODY ALLEN]
15. TAKE SHELTER [JEFF NICHOLS]
16. HUGO [MARTIN SCORSESE]
17. SUPER 8 [J.J. ABRAMS]
18. CONTAGION [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
19. MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE [SEAN DURKIN]
20. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO [DAVID FINCHER]
21. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS [MATTHEW VAUGHN]
22. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [RUPERT WYATT]
23. WIN WIN [THOMAS MCARTHY]
24. BRIDESMAIDS [PAUL FEIG]
25. BEGINNERS [MIKE MILLS] (IMDB 2010)
26. THE TRIP  [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM] (UK) (IMDB 2010)
27. THE ARTIST [MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS] (F)
28. WAR HORSE [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
29. SOURCE CODE [DUNCAN JONES]
30. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER [JOE JOHNSTON]
31. 50/50 [JONATHAN LEVINE]
32. MISS BALA  [GERARDO NARANJO] (M)
33. LITTLE WHITE LIES (Les petits mouchoirs)  [GUILLAUME CANET] (F) (IMDB 2010)
34. TERRI [AZAZEL JACOBS]
35. ATTACK THE BLOCK [JOE CORNISH] (UK)
36. OUR IDIOT BROTHER [JESSE PERETZ]
37. A DANGEROUS METHOD [DAVID CRONENBERG] (UK/C/G)
38. J. EDGAR [CLINT EASTWOOD]
39. JANE EYRE [CARY FUKUNAGA]
40. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL [BRAD BIRD]
41. THE BIG YEAR [DAVID FRANKEL]
42. THE IDES OF MARCH [GEORGE CLOONEY]
43. ROAD TO NOWHERE [MONTE HELLMAN] (IMDB 2010)
44. CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.  [GLENN FICARRA & JOHN REQUA]
45. THE GREEN HORNET [MICHEL GONDRY]
46. WARRIOR  [GAVIN O’CONNOR]
47. THE TREE [JULIE BERTUCCELLI] (F/A) (IMDB 2010)
48. LIMITLESS [NEIL BURGER]
49. PAUL [GREG MOTTOLA]
50. THE HELP [TATE TAYLOR]
51. HALL PASS [BOBBY & PETER FARRELLY]
52. MARGIN CALL [J.C. CHANDOR]
53. BAD TEACHER [JAKE KASDAN]
54. THOR [KENNETH BRANAGH]
55. UNKNOWN  [JAUME COLLET-SERRA]
56. A BETTER LIFE  [CHRIS WEITZ]
57. THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU [GEORGE NOLFI]
58. YOUR HIGHNESS [DAVID GORDON GREEN]
59. HORRIBLE BOSSES [SETH GORDON]
60. TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT [MICHAEL DOWSE]
    

Other (Unranked): THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN [STEVEN SPIELBERG] (a); CARS 2 [JOHN LASSETER & BRAD LEWIS] (Pixar/Disney) (a); HAWAIIAN VACATION [GARY RYDSTROM] (Pixar/Disney) (a/s); MILDRED PIERCE [TODD HAYNES] (TV); TOO BIG TO FAIL [CURTIS HANSON] (TV); THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH AUNT DIANE [LIZ GARBUS] (d) (TV): PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY [JOE BERLINGER & BRUCE SINOFSKY] (d); TABLOID [ERROL MORRIS] (d) (IMDB 2010); GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD [MARTIN SCORSESE] (d); FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH [JAMES MOLL] (d); DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH [SUSAN RAY] (d); 

◄ 2012►

1. THE KID WITH A BIKE (Le gamin au vélo) [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B) (IMDB 2011)
2. THE AVENGERS [JOSS WHEDON]
3. THE DICTATOR [LARRY CHARLES]

Other : DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX [CHRIS RENAUD, KYLE BALDA] (a)

The 2000s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE AUGHTS

(Silencio)

Recent Additions in RED- Last Update March 21, 2012

Last 5 Titles Added:

THE MATADOR  [RICHARD SHEPARD] (2005)
TROY  [WOLFGANG PETERSEN] (2004)
THE DAMNED UNITED [TOM HOOPER] (2009)
LEAVES OF GRASS [TIM BLAKE NELSON] (2009)
HOLES [ANDREW DAVIS] (2003)

◄ 2000 ►

…We met at Starbucks. Not at the same Starbucks but we saw each other at different Starbucks across the street from each other.

1. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Fa yeung nin wa)  [WONG KAR-WAI] (CH)
2. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME [KENNETH LONERGAN]
3. DANCER IN THE DARK [LARS VON TRIER] (D)
4. UNBREAKABLE [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
5. MEMENTO [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN]
6. WONDER BOYS [CURTIS HANSON]
7. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH [TERRENCE DAVIES] (UK)
8. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM [DARREN ARONOFSKY]
9. DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP (Guizi lai le) [WEN JIANG] (CH)
10. NURSE BETTY [NEIL LABUTE]
11. YI YI (aka A One and a Two) [EDWARD YANG] (CH)
12. CODE UNKNOWN (Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages) [MICHAEL HANEKE] (F)
13. CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON (Wo hu cang long)  [ANG LEE] (CH)
14. GEORGE WASHINGTON [DAVID GORDON GREEN]
15. TOGETHER (Tillsammans) [LUKAS MOODYSSON] (S)
16. UNDER THE SAND (Sous le sable)  [FRANÇOIS OZON] (F)
17. WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) [DOMINIK MOLL] (F)
18. IVANSXTC  [BERNARD ROSE]
19. CAST AWAY  [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
20. FAITHLESS (Trolösa) [LIV ULLMANN] (S)
21. THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (Der Krieger und die Kaiserin) [TOM TYKWER] (G)
22. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?  [JOEL COEN]
23. BAMBOOZLED  [SPIKE LEE] (New Line)
24. DORA-HEITA [KON ICHIKAWA] (J)
25. SNATCH  [GUY RITCHIE] (UK)
26. WERKMEISTER HARMONIES (Werckmeister harmóniák) [BÉLA TARR] (H)
27. BEST IN SHOW  [CHRISTOPHER GUEST]
28. ALMOST FAMOUS   [CAMERON CROWE]
29. THE CIRCLE (Dayereh)  [JAFAR PANAHI] (IR)
30. SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (Sånger från andra våningen) [ROY ANDERSSON] (S)
31. AMORES PERROS  [ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU] (SP)
32. SEXY BEAST  [JONATHAN GLAZER] (UK)
33. THE WIDOW OF SAINT-PIERRE (La veuve de Saint-Pierre) [PATRICE LECONTE] (F/C)
34. CHARLIE’S ANGELS  [MCG]
35. X-MEN [BRYAN SINGER]
36. BILLY ELLIOT [STEPHEN DALDRY]
37. MEET THE PARENTS [JAY ROACH]
38. ERIN BROCKOVICH [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
39. STATE AND MAIN [DAVID MAMET]
40. VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN (Mua he chieu thang dung) [ANH HUNG TRAN] (VN)
41. BEFORE NIGHT FALLS [JULIAN SCHNABEL]
42. TRAFFIC [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
43. SMALL TIME CROOKS [WOODY ALLEN]
44. AMERICAN PSYCHO [MARY HARRON]
45. CHUCK&BUCK [MIGUEL ARTETA]
46. VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS (Oh! Soo-jung)  [HONG SANG-SOO] (K)
47. PITCH BLACK [DAVID TWOHY]
48. AUDITION (Ôdishon) [TAKASHI MIIKE] (J)
49. CHOPPER [ANDREW DOMINIK] (A)
50. PLATFORM (Zhantai) [JIA ZHANG KE] (CH)
51. THE BEACH [DANNY BOYLE]
52. THE WAY OF THE GUN [CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE]
53. QUILLS [PHILIP KAUFMAN]
54. GLADIATOR [RIDLEY SCOTT]
55. CHOCOLAT [LASSE HALLSTRÖM]
56. HIGH FIDELITY [STEPHEN FREARS]
57. THE TAO OF STEVE [JENNIPHR GOODMAN]
58. MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT (Nightcap)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
59. MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON (Dokfa nai meuman) [APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL] (T)
60. GIRLFIGHT [KARYN KUSAMA]
61. BOILER ROOM [BEN YOUNGER]
62. THE GIFT [SAM RAIMI]
63. VERTICAL LIMIT [MARTIN CAMPBELL]
64. SHAFT [JOHN SINGLETON]
65. THE CONTENDER [ROD LURIE]
66. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS [RON HOWARD]
67. THE PERFECT STORM [WOLFGANG PETERSEN]
68. DR. T & THE WOMEN [ROBERT ALTMAN]
69. REMEMBER THE TITANS [BOAZ YAKIN]
70. SCREAM 3 [WES CRAVEN]
71. WHAT LIES BENEATH [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
72. FINDING FORRESTER [GUS VAN SANT]
73. SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE [E. ELIAS MERHIGE]
74. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II [JOHN WOO]
75. ME, MYSELF & IRENE [PETER & BOBBY FARRELLY]
76. 28 DAYS [BETTY THOMAS]
77. KEEPING THE FAITH [EDWARD NORTON]
78. HOLLOW MAN [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
79. BAISE-MOI (aka Rape Me)  [VIRGINIE DESPENTES & CORALIE TRINH THI] (F)
80. COYOTE UGLY [DAVID MCNALLY]

Others (unranked): THE GLEANERS & I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse) [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (d); CHICKEN RUN [PETER LORD & NICK PARK] (a); CAMERA [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C) (s); THE HEART OF THE WORLD [GUY MADDIN] (C) (s); CONRAD AND BUTLER TAKE A VACATION [NOAH BAUMBACH] (s)

◄ 2001 ►

…Anybody interested in grabbing a couple of burgers and hittin’ the cemetery?

1. AMÉLIE (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)  [JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET] (F)
2. MULHOLLAND DRIVE [DAVID LYNCH]
3. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: AI [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
4. GHOST WORLD [TERRY ZWIGOFF]
5. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS [WES ANDERSON]
6. MOULIN ROUGE! [BAZ LUHRMANN]
7. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING [PETER JACKSON]
8. TIME OUT (L’Emploi du temps) [LAURENT CANTET] (F)
9. WAKING LIFE [RICHARD LINKLATER]
10. IN THE BEDROOM [TODD FIELD]
11. THE OTHERS [ALEJANDRO AMENÁBAR]
12. NO MAN’S LAND [DANIS TANOVIC]
13. GOSFORD PARK [ROBERT ALTMAN]
14. THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE [JOEL COEN]
15. THE PIANO TEACHER (La pianiste) [MICHAEL HANEKE] (F/A)
16. MONSTER’S BALL [MARC FORSTER]
17. LANTANA [RAY LAWRENCE] (A)
18. THE DEEP END [SCOTT MCGEHEE & DAVID SIEGEL]
19. HEIST [DAVID MAMET]
20. DONNIE DARKO [RICHARD KELLY]
21. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER [DAVID WAIN]
22. BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY [SHARON MAGUIRE]
23. LEGALLY BLONDE [ROBERT LUKETIC]
24. VA SAVOIR (aka Who Knows?)  [JACQUES RIVETTE] (F)
25. THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (Katakuri-ke no kôfuku) [TAKASHI MIIKE] (J)
26. FROM HELL [THE HUGHES BROTHERS]
27. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
28. BIRTHDAY GIRL [JEZ BUTTERWORTH]
29. JURASSIC PARK III [JOE JOHNSTON]
30. THE TAILOR OF PANAMA [JOHN BOORMAN]
31. LOVELY & AMAZING [NICOLE HOLOFCENER]
32. THE BUSINESS OF STRANGERS [PATRICK STETTNER]
33. SPY GAME [TONY SCOTT]
34. TRAINING DAY [ANTOINE FUQUA]
35. MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Qianxi Manbo) [HOU HSAIO-HSIEN] (TW)
36. A BEAUTIFUL MIND [RON HOWARD]
37. SERENDIPITY [PETER CHELSOM]
38. HANNIBAL [RIDLEY SCOTT]
39. OCEAN’S ELEVEN [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
40. CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL [JOHN STOCKWELL]
41. FAT GIRL (À ma soeur!) [CATHERINE BREILLLAT] (F)
42. DON’T SAY A WORD [GARY FLEDER]
43. HEARTBREAKERS [DAVID MIRKIN]
44. RUSH HOUR 2 [BRETT RATNER]
45. THE SCORE [FRANK OZ]
46. BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (Le Pacte des loups)  [CHRISTOPHE GANS] (F)
47. THE WEDDING PLANNER [ADAM SHANKMAN]
48. SHALLOW HAL [PETER & BOBBY FARRELLY]
49. ME WITHOUT YOU [SANDRA GOLDBACHER]
50. THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS [ROSE TROCHE]
51. THE ANIMAL [LUKE GREENFIELD]
52. SUPER TROOPERS [JAY CHANDRASEKHAR]
53. WHO IS CLETIS TOUT? [CHRIS VER WIEL]
54. PLANET OF THE APES [TIM BURTON]
55. THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION [WOODY ALLEN]
56. CORKY ROMANO [ROB PRITTS]

Other (unranked): SPIRITED AWAY (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi)  [HAYAO MIYAZAKI] (Toho) (J) (a); MONSTERS, INC. [PETER DOCTER] (Pixar) (a); SHREK [ANDREW ADAMSON & VICKY JENSON] (a); MY VOYAGE TO ITALY [MARTIN SCORSESE] (IMDB 1999) (d); DOGTOWN AND THE Z-BOYS [STACY PERALTA] (d)

◄ 2002 ►

… I’m lookin’ at your face and I just wanna smash it. I just wanna fuckin’ smash it with a sledgehammer and squeeze it. You’re so pretty.

1. FAR FROM HEAVEN [TODD HAYNES]
2. PUNCH DRUNK LOVE [P.T. ANDERSON]
3. TALK TO HER (Hable con ella) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
4. ABOUT SCHMIDT [ALEXANDER PAYNE]
5. ADAPTATION. [SPIKE JONZE]
6. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN [ALFONSO CUARÓN] (M) (IMDB 2001)
7. 25^TH HOUR [SPIKE LEE]
8. GANGS OF NEW YORK [MARTIN SCORSESE]
9. THE PIANIST [ROMAN POLANSKI]
10. PANIC ROOM [DAVID FINCHER]
11. THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (Tasogare Seibei) [YÔJI YAMADA] (J)
12. ABOUT A BOY [CHRIS AND PAUL WEITZ]
13. MORVERN CALLAR [LYNNE RAMSAY] (UK)
14. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS [PETER JACKSON]
15. ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER [ZACHARIAS KUNUK] (C) (IMDB 2001)
16. MINORITY REPORT [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
17. MONSOON WEDDING [MIRA NAIR] (IMDB 2001)
18. STAR WARS: EPISODE II THE ATTACK OF THE CLONES [GEORGE LUCAS]
19. FRAILTY [BILL PAXTON] (IMDB 2001)
20. LILJA 4-EVER [LUKAS MOODYSSON] (S)
21. NARC [JOE CARNAHAN]
22. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
23. SUNSHINE STATE [JOHN SAYLES]
24. STORYTELLING [TODD SOLONDZ] (IMDB 2001)
25. THE BOURNE IDENTITY [DOUG LIMON]
26. FEMME FATALE [BRIAN DE PALMA]
27. INFERNAL AFFAIRS (Moh gaan dou) [ANDREW LAU & SIU FAI MAK] (Ch)
28. SPIDER [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
29. THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) [AKI KAURISMÄKI] (Fin)
30. SOLARIS [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
31. SPIDER-MAN [SAM RAIMI]
32. HUMAN NATURE [MICHEL GONDRY]
33. MAN ON THE TRAIN (L’Homme du train) [PATRICE LECONTE] (F)
34. ALL OR NOTHING [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
35. CHICAGO [ROB JOHNSON]
36. OPEN HEARTS (Elsker dig for evigt) [SUSANNE BIER] (D) (Dogme # 28)
37. GERRY [GUS VAN SANT]
38. MY MOTHER’S SMILE (Ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre)) [MARCO BELLOCCHIO] (I)
39. THE RING [GORE VERBINSKI]
40. THE HOURS [STEPHEN DALDRY]
41. SECRETARY [STEVEN SHAINBERG]
42. SIGNS [M.NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
43. DIE ANOTHER DAY [LEE TAMAHORI]
44. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
45. CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND [GEORGE CLOONEY]
46. DEMONLOVER [OLIVIER ASSAYAS] (F)
47. KISSING JESSICA STEIN [CHARLES HERMAN-WURMFELD]
48. CHANGING LANES [ROGER MICHELL]
49. ROAD TO PERDITION [SAM MENDES]
50. HEAVEN [TOM TYKWER]
51. THE GOOD GIRL [MIGUEL ARTETA]
52. 8 MILE [CURTIS HANSON]
53. 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM] (UK)
54. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS [SHANE MEADOWS] (UK)
55. UNFAITHFUL [ADRIAN LYNE]
56. ONE HOUR PHOTO [MARK ROMANEK]
57. IRRÉVERSIBLE [GASPAR NOÉ] (F)
58. BLADE II [GUILLERMO DEL TORO]
59. EQUILIBRIUM [KURT WIMMER]
60. INSOMNIA [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN]
61. WIMBLEDON [RICHARD LONCRAINE]
62. HYSTERICAL BLINDNESS [MIRA NAIR] (TV)
63. MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING [JOEL ZWICK]
64. HOLLYWOOD ENDING [WOODY ALLEN]

Other (unranked): BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE [MICHAEL MOORE] (d); THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE [NANETTE BURSTEIN & BRET MORGEN] (d); I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART [SAM JONES] (d) ; SPELLBOUND [JEFFREY BLITZ] (d); ICE AGE [CHRIS WEDGE & CARLOS SALDANHA] (a); THE COUNTRY BEARS [PETER HASTINGS]

◄ 2003 ►

… God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people’s minds with our high voltage rock. In your name we pray, Amen.

1. DOGVILLE [LARS VON TRIER]
2. ALL THE REAL GIRLS  [DAVID GORDON GREEN]
3. LOST IN TRANSLATION [SOFIA COPPOLA]
4. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG [VADIM PERELMAN]
5. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING [PETER JACKSON]
6. RAISING VICTOR VARGAS [PETER SOLLETT] (IMDB 2002)
7. KILL BILL: VOL. 1 [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
8. GOOD BYE LENIN! [WOLFGANG BECKER] (G)
9. SCHOOL OF ROCK [RICHARD LINKLATER]
10. FRIDAY NIGHT (Vendredi Soir)  [CLAIRE DENIS] (F) (IMDB 2002)
11. SEABISCUIT [GARY ROSS]
12. SHATTERED GLASS [BILLY RAY]
13. THE STATION AGENT [THOMAS MCCARTHY]
14. ZATÔICHI [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
15. MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD [PETER WEIR]
16. ELEPHANT [GUS VAN SANT]
17. 21 GRAMS [ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU]
18. DIRTY PRETTY THINGS [STEPHEN FREARS] (UK) (IMDB 2002)
19. THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Les Invasions barbares)  [DENYS ARACAND] (C)
20. CASA DE LOS BABYS [JOHN SAYLES]
21. AMERICAN SPLENDOR [SHERI SPRING BERMAN & ROBERT PULCINI]
22. X2: X-MEN UNITED [BRYAN SINGER]
23. MYSTIC RIVER [CLINT EASTWOOD]
24. THE COMPANY [ROBERT ALTMAN]
25. SWIMMING POOL [FRANÇOIS OZON] (F)
26. INTOLERABLE CRUELTY [JOEL COEN]
27. PIECES OF APRIL [PETER HEDGES]
28. SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS (La Grande séduction) [JEAN-FRANÇOIS POULIOT] (C)
29. COLD MOUNTAIN [ANTHONY MINGELLA]
30. CITY OF GOD (Cidade de Deus) [KÁTIA LUND & FERNANDO MEIRELLES] (BZ) (IMDB 2002)
31. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL [GORE VERBINSKI]
32. THE SHAPE OF THINGS[NEIL LABUTE]
33. THE HUMAN STAIN  [ROBERT BENTON]
34. BIG FISH [TIM BURTON]
35. MONSTER [PATTY JENKINS]
36. BLUE CAR [KAREN MONCRIEFF]
37. MATCHSTICK MEN [RIDLEY SCOTT]
38. A MIGHTY WIND [CHRISTOPHER GUEST]
39. ELF [JON FAVREAU]
40. THIRTEEN [CATHERINE HARDWICKE]
41. OUT OF TIME [CARL FRANKLIN]
42. NOT ON THE LIPS (Pas sur la bouche) [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
43. DOWN WITH LOVE [PEYTON REED]
44. ANYTHING ELSE [WOODY ALLEN]
45. HOLES [ANDREW DAVIS]
46. THE MATRIX RELOADED [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS]
47. OLD SCHOOL [TODD PHILIPS]
48. OWNING MAHOWNY [RICHARD KWIETNIOWSKI]
49. LOVE ACTUALLY [RICHARD CURTIS]
50. THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS [ALAN RUDOLPH] (IMDB 2002)
51. THE COOLER [WAYNE KRAMER]
52. BAD SANTA [TERRY ZWIGOFF]
53. THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS]
54. CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE [MCG]
55. BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM [GURINDER CHADHA] (UK)
56. LAUREL CANYON [LISA CHOLODENKO] (IMDB 2002)
57. HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE [RON SHELTON]

Other (unranked): FINDING NEMO [STANTON & UNKRICH] (Pixar) (a); BOUNDIN’  [BUD LUCKEY & ROGER GOULD] (a/s); CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS [ANDREW JARECKI] (d); THE FOG OF WAR [ERROL MORRIS] (d); A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE [TED DEMME] (d); EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS: HOW THE SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK ‘N’ ROLL …. [KENNETH BOWSER] (d)

◄ 2004 ►

… Nobody sits like this rock sits. You rock, rock. The rock just sits and is. You show us how to just sit here and that’s what we need.

1. SIDEWAYS [ALEXANDER PAYNE]
2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND [MICHEL GONDRY]
3. KILL BILL: VOL. 2 [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
4. BEFORE SUNSET [RICHARD LINKLATER]
5. MILLION DOLLAR BABY [CLINT EASTWOOD]
6. THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU [WES ANDERSON]
7. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [JONATHAN DEMME]
8. THE AVIATOR [MARTIN SCORSESE]
9. COLLATERAL [MICHAEL MANN]
10. VERA DRAKE [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
11. A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Un Long dimanche de fiancailles) [JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET]  (F)
12. I ♥ HUCKABEES [DAVID O. RUSSELL]
13. HOTEL RWANDA [TERRY GEORGE] (Lions Gate/MGM)
14. BAD EDUCATION (La Mala educación)  [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
15. DOWNFALL (Der Untergang) [OLIVER HIRSCHBIEGEL] (G)
16. KEANE [LODGE KERRIGAN]
17. BROTHERS (Brødre) [SUSANNE BIER] (D)
18. MARIA FULL OF GRACE [JOSHUA MARSTON]
19. CODE 46 [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM] (IMDB 2003)
20. INTIMATE STRANGERS (Confidences trop intimes) [PATRICE LECONTE] (F)
21. CLOSER [MIKE NICHOLS]
22. SHAUN OF THE DEAD [EDGAR WRIGHT]
23. LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS [BRAD SILBERLING]
24. THE BRIDESMAID (La Demoiselle d’honneur) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
25. MEAN GIRLS [MARK WATERS]
26. HERO [YIMOU ZHANG] (CH) (IMDB 2002)
27. UNDERTOW [DAVID GORDON GREEN]
28. CLEAN [OLIVIER ASSAYAS] (F/C/UK)
29. THE INTRUDER (L’Intrus)  [CLAIRE DENIS] (F)
30. KUNG FU HUSTLE [STEPHEN CHOW]
31. WE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE [JOHN CURRAN]
32. GARDEN STATE [ZACH BRAFF]
33. MEAN CREEK [JACOB AARON ESTES]
34. THE LADYKILLERS [JOEL & ETHAN COEN]
35. THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Diarios de motocicleta)  [WALTER SALLES] (SP)
36. THE MACHINIST [BRAD ANDERSON]
37. IN GOOD COMPANY [PAUL WEITZ] (Universal)
38. RAY [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
39. SPIDER-MAN 2 [SAM RAIMI]
40. SPARTAN [DAVID MAMET]
41. NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE [JARED HESS]
42. MELINDA AND MELINDA [WOODY ALLEN]
43. THE BOURNE SUPREMACY [PAUL GREENGLASS]
44. THE VILLAGE [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
45. HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE [DANNY LEINER]
46. ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGANDY [ADAM MCKAY]
47. SPANGLISH [JAMES L. BROOKS]
48. FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX [JOHN MOORE]
49. SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW [KERRY CONRAN]
50. THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR [TOD WILLIAMS]
51. DAWN OF THE DEAD [ZACH SNYDER]
52. TROY  [WOLFGANG PETERSEN]
53. KINSEY [BILL CONDON]
54. BEING JULIA [ISTVÁN SZABÓ] (C)
55. DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY [RAWSON MARSHALL THURBER]
56. THE DELICATE ART OF PARKING [TRENT CARLSON] (C) (IMDB 2003)
57. SAVED! [BRIAN DANNELLY]
58. ALONG CAME POLLY [JOHN HAMBURG]
59. WITHOUT A PADDLE [STEVEN BRILL]
60. MEET THE FOCKERS [JAY ROACH]

Other (unranked):  THE INCREDIBLES [BRAD BIRD] (Pixar) (a); THE POLAR EXPRESS [ROBERT ZEMECKIS] (a); CINEVARDAPHOTO [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (d); TOUCHING THE VOID [KEVIN MACDONALD] (IMDB 2003) (d); FAHRENHEIT 9/11 [MICHAEL MOORE] (d); SUPER SIZE ME [MORGAN SPURLOCK] (d); BORN INTO BROTHELS [ZANA BRISKI & ROSS KAUFFMAN] (d)

◄ 2005 ►

… We’re not going to open a newspaper one day and read about you being eaten by a bear, are we?

1. CACHÉ (Hidden) [MICHAEL HANEKE] (F)
2. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE [NOAH BAUMBACH]
3. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [DAVID CRONENBERG]
4. KINGS AND QUEEN (Rois et reine) [ARNAUD DESPLECHIN] (IMDB 2004) (F)
5. GOOD  NIGHT, AND GOOD  LUCK [GEORGE CLOONEY]
6. THE NEW WORLD [TERRENCE MALICK]
7. WAR OF THE WORLDS [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
8. BROKEN FLOWERS [JIM JARMUSCH]
9. HEAD-ON (Gegen die wand) [FATIH AKIN] (IMDB 2004) (G/T)
10. MUNICH [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
11. STAR WARS: EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE SITH [GEORGE LUCAS]
12. 2046 [WONG KAR-WAI] (IMDB 2004) (CH)
13. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN [ANG LEE]
14. MATCH POINT [WOODY ALLEN]
15. L’ENFANT [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B)
16. MANDERLAY [LARS VON TRIER]
17. KING KONG [PETER JACKSON]
18. LAST DAYS [GUS VAN SANT]
19. OLDBOY [CHAN-WOOK PARK] (IMDB 2003) (K)
20. TROPICAL MALADY (Sud pralad) [APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL] (IMDB 2004) (T)
21. SIN CITY [ROBERT RODRIGUEZ & FRANK MILLER]
22. JUNEBUG [PHIL MORRISON]
23. KISS KISS, BANG BANG [SHANE BLACK]
24. LEMMING [DOMINIK MOLL] (F)
25. THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Moartea domnului Lazarescu) [CRISTI PUIU] (Ro)
26. WALK THE LINE [JAMES MANGOLD]
27. SUNFLOWER (Xiang ri kui) [ZHANG YANG] (Ch)
28. THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED (De battre mon coeur s’est arête)  [JACQUES AUDIARD] (F)
29. MUTUAL APPRECIATION [ANDREW BUJALSKI]
30. NOBODY KNOWS (Dare mo shiranai)  [HIROKAZU KORE-EDA] (IMDB 2004) (J)
31. CAPOTE [BENNETT MILLER]
32. HUSTLE AND FLOW [CRAIG BREWER]
33. CINDERELLA MAN [RON HOWARD]
34. THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN [JUDD APATOW]
35. ELECTION (Hak se wui)  [JOHNNY TO]  (Ch)
36. THE PUFFY CHAIR [JAY DUPLASS]
37. SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE (Chinjeolhan geumjassi) [CHAN-WOOK PARK] (K)
38. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW [MIRANDA JULY]
39. THE CONSTANT GARDNER [FERNANDO MEIRELLES]
40. SYRIANA [STEPHEN GAGHAN]
41. LA MOUSTACHE [EMMANUEL CARRÈRE] (F)
42. SARABAND [INGMAR BERGMAN] (IMDB 2003) (S)
43. BATMAN BEGINS [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN]
44. LAYER CAKE [MATTHEW VAUGHN] (IMDB 2004) (UK)
45. THE HOLY GIRL (La Niña Santa) [LUCRECIA MARTEL] (IMDB 2004) (SP)
46. EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED [LIEV SHREIBER]
47. C.R.A.Z.Y. [JEAN-MARC VALLÉE] (C)
48. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA [ROB MARSHALL]
49. JARHEAD [SAM MENDES]
50. SHOPGIRL [ANAND TUCKER]
51. MYSTERIOUS SKIN [GREGG ARAKI] (IMDB 2004)
52. PALINDROMES [TODD SOLONDZ] (IMDB 2004)
53. GABRIELLE [PATRICE CHÉREAU] (F)
54. LAND OF THE DEAD [GEORGE ROMERO]
55. 3-IRON (Bin-jip) [KIM KI-DUK] (IMDB 2004) (K)
56. TAKESHIS’ [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
57. SKY HIGH [MIKE MITCHELL]
58. THE MATADOR  [RICHARD SHEPARD]
59. RED EYE [WES CRAVEN]
60. VERS LE SUD (Heading South) [LAURENT CANTENT] (F)
61. WATER [DEEPA MEHTA]
62. THE WORLD (Shijie ) [JIA ZHANG KE] (IMDB 2004) (Ch) (
63. REGULAR LOVERS [PHILIPPE GARREL] (F)
64. DOWN IN THE VALLEY [DAVID JACOBSON]
65. FUN WITH DICK AND JANE [DEAN PARISOT]
66. MR. AND MRS. SMITH [DOUG LIMAN]
67. THE WEDDING CRASHERS [DAVID DOBKIN]
68. THE FAMILY STONE [THOMAS BEZUCHA]
69. FANTASTIC FOUR [TIM STORY]
70. TRANSAMERICA [DUNCAN TUCKER]
71. ELIZABETHTOWN [CAMERON CROWE]
72. CRASH [PAUL HAGGIS] (IMDB 2004)
73. NORTH COUNTRY [NIKI CARO]
74. IN HER SHOES [CURTIS HANSON]
75. WHERE THE TRUTH LIES [ATOM EGOYAN]
76. LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD  [ALBERT BROOKS]
77. RUMOR HAS IT… [ROB REINER]
78. THE MAN [LES MAYFIELD]
79. TIDELAND [TERRY GILLIAM]

Other (unranked): GRIZZLY MAN [WERNER HERZOG] (d); MAD HOT BALLROOM [MARILYN AGRELO] (d); THE ARISTOCRATS [PAUL PROVENZA] (d); MURDERBALL [HENRY ALEX RUBIN & DANA ADAM SHAPIRO] (d); MARCH OF THE PENGUINS [LUC JACQUET] (d); THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER [JEFF FEUERZEIG] (d); HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE [HAYAO MIYAZAKI] (IMDB 2004) (Toho) (J) (a); WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT [STEVE BOX & NICK PARK] (a); ROBOTS [CHRIS WEDGE & CARLOS SALDANHA] (a);  MADAGASCAR [ERIC DARNELL & TOM MCGRATH] (a); EMPIRE FALLS [FRED SCHEPISI] (TV) (HBO); SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE 2 1/2 [WILLIAM GREAVES] (d)

◄ 2006►

… Never show anyone. They’ll beg you and they’ll flatter you for the secret, but as soon as you give it up… you’ll be nothing to them.

1. THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Das Leben der Anderen)  [FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK] (G)
2. THE QUEEN [STEPHEN FREARS]
3. INLAND EMPIRE [DAVID LYNCH]
4. CHILDREN OF MEN [ALFONSO CUARÓN]
5. BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN [LARRY CHARLES]
6. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA [CLINT EASTWOOD]
7. THE DEPARTED [MARTIN SCORSESE]
8. BRICK [RIAN JOHNSON] (IMDB 2005)
9. THE PRESTIGE [CHISTOPHER NOLAN]
10. BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! [GUY MADDIN] (C)
11. AFTER THE WEDDING (Efter brylluppet)  [SUSANNE BIER] (D)
12. MARIE ANTOINETTE [SOFIA COPPOLA]
13. VOLVER [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
14. THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (La Science des rêves) [MICHEL GONDRY]
15. UNITED 93 [PAUL GREENGLASS]
16. OLD JOY [KELLY REICHARDT]
17. THE ILLUSIONIST [NEIL BURGER]
18. NOTES ON A SCANDAL [RICHARD EYRE]
19. A SCANNER DARKLY [RICHARD LINKLATER]
20. BUBBLE [STEVEN SODERBERGH] (IMDB 2005)
21. THE FOUNTAIN [DARREN ARONOFSKY]
22. TELL NO ONE (Ne le dis à personne)  [GUILLAUME CANET] (F)
23. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS [CLINT EASTWOOD]
24. 16 BLOCKS [RICHARD DONNER]
25. PARIS, JE T’AIME [VARIOUS] (F)
26. THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY [KEN LOACH] (UK)
27. TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM] (UK)
28. DREAMGIRLS [BILL CONDON]
29. SUPERMAN RETURNS [BRYAN SINGER]
30. FRIENDS WITH MONEY [NICOLE HOLOFCENER]
31. X-MEN: THE LAST STAND [BRETT RATNER]
32. CASINO ROYALE [MARTIN CAMPBELL]
33. MIAMI VICE [MICHAEL MANN]
34. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS [GABRIELE MUCCINO]
35. INSIDE MAN [SPIKE LEE]
36. A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION [ROBERT ALTMAN]
37. SCOOP [WOODY ALLEN]
38. THE BREAK-UP [PEYTON REED]
39. THE GOOD SHEPHERD [ROBERT DE NIRO]
40. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE [JONATHAN DAYTON & VALERIE FARIS]
41. DÉJÀ VU [TONY SCOTT]
42. V FOR VENDETTA [JAMES MCTIEGUE]
43. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA [DAVID FRANKEL]
44. STRANGER THAN FICTION [MARC FORSTER]
45. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM [SHAWN LEVY]
46. THE LAKE HOUSE [ALEJANDRO AGRESTI]
47. LITTLE CHILDREN [TODD FIELD]
48. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III [J.J. ABRAMS]
49. AKEELAH AND THE BEE [DOUG ATCHISON]
50. HALF NELSON [RYAN FLECK]
51. STARTER FOR TEN [TOM VAUGHN] (UK)
52. BEERFEST [JAY CHANDRASEKHAR]
53. TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY [ADAM MCCAY]
54. BLOOD DIAMOND [EDWARD ZWICK]
55. PAN’S LABYRINTH (El Laberinto del Fauno) [GUILLERMO DEL TORO] (SP)
56. CHARLOTTE’S WEB [GARY WINICK]
57. FOR YOU CONSIDERATION [CHRISTOPHER GUEST]
58. COMEDY OF POWER (L’Ivresse du pouvoir) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
59. THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND [KEVIN MACDONALD]
60. HOLLYWOODLAND [ALLEN COULTER]
61. BABEL [ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU]
62. THANK YOU FOR SMOKING [JASON REITMAN] (IMDB 2005)
63. ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL [TERRY ZWIGOFF]
64. LADY IN THE WATER [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
65. SHORTBUS [JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL]
66. CLERKS II [KEVIN SMITH]
67. THE FOOT FIST WAY [JODY HILL]
68. LAST HOLIDAY [WAYNE WANG]
69. THE DA VINCI CODE [RON HOWARD]
70. SERAPHIM FALLS [DAVID VON ANCKEN]
71. STRANGERS WITH CANDY [PAUL DINELLO] (IMDB 2005)
72. 300 [ZACH SNYDER]
73. THE PROPOSITION [JOHN HILLCOAT] (IMDB 2005)
74. DANCE PARTY, U.S.A. [AARON KATZ]
75. THE BENCHWARMERS [DENNIS DUGAN]
76. THE LAST KISS [TONY GOLDWYN]
77. BON COP, BAD COP [ERIC CANUEL]
78. GRANDMA’S BOY [NICHOLAUS GOOSEN]
79. ALPHA DOG [NICK CASSAVETES]
80. FAILURE TO LAUNCH [TOM DEY]
81. THE BLACK DAHLIA [BRIAN DE PALMA]
82. YOU, ME AND DUPREE [ANTHONY & JOE RUSSO]
83. MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND [IVAN REITMAN]
84. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH [GREG COOLIDGE]

Other (unranked): OVER THE HEDGE [TIM JOHNSON & KERRY KIRKPATRICK] (a); CARS [JOHN LASSETER] (a); CURIOUS GEORGE [MATHEW O’CALLAGHAN] (a); HAPPY FEET [GEORGE MILLER] (a); FLUSHED AWAY [DAVID BOWERS & SAM FELL] (UK) (a); SHUT UP & SING [BARBARA KOPPLE & CECILIA PECK] (d); AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH [DAVID GUGGENHEIM] (d); SHARKWATER [ROB STEWART] (C) (d); DAVID CHAPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY [MICHEL GONDRY] (d) (IMDB 2005); WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS [SPIKE LEE] (d) (TV); MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES [JENNIFER BAICHWAL] (C) (d)

◄ 2007►

… The coin don’t have no say. It’s just you.

1. THERE WILL BE BLOOD [P.T. ANDERSON]
2. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN [JOEL & ETHAN COEN]
3. ZODIAC [DAVID FINCHER]
4. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD [ANDREW DOMINIK]
5. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Le Scaphandre et le papillon) [JULIAN SCHNABEL] (F)
6. THE DARJEELING LIMITED [WES ANDERSON]
7. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile) [CRISTIAN MUNGIU] (Ro)
8. GRINDHOUSE [ROBERT RODRIGUEZ & QUENTIN TARANTINO]
9. MICHAEL CLAYTON [TONY GILROY]
10. ONCE [JOHN CARNEY] (IR) (IMDB 2006)
11. MARGOT AT THE WEDDING [NOAH BAUMBACH]
12. BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD [SIDNEY LUMET]
13. GONE BABY GONE [BEN AFFLECK]
14. PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Coeurs)  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F) (IMDB 2006)
15. THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS [BRUCE MACDONALD] (C)
16. THIS IS ENGLAND [SHANE MEADOWS] (UK) (IMDB 2006)
17. SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (Sang sattawat) [APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL] (T) (IMDB 2006)
18. INTO THE WILD [SEAN PENN]
19. THE BOSS OF IT ALL (Direktøren for det hele)  [LARS VON TRIER] (D) (IMDB 2006)
20. I’M NOT THERE [TODD HAYNES]
21. SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET [TIM BURTON]
22. THE SAVAGES [TAMARA JENKINS]
23. JUNO [JASON REITMAN]
24. KNOCKED UP [JUDD APATOW]
25. SUNSHINE [DANNY BOYLE]
26. RESCUE DAWN [WERNER HERZOG] (IMDB 2006)
27. EASTERN PROMISES [DAVID CRONENBERG]
28. THE LOOKOUT [SCOTT FRANK]
29. ATONEMENT [JOE WRIGHT]
30. AWAY FROM HER [SARAH POLLEY] (C) (IMDB 2006)
31. SUPERBAD [GREG MOTTOLA]
32. WAITRESS [ADRIENNE SHELLY]
33. OFFSIDE [JAFAR PANAHI] (IR)
34. HOT FUZZ [EDGAR WRIGHT] (UK)
35. STARDUST [MATHEW VAUGHN] (UK)
36. YEAR OF THE DOG [MIKE WHITE]
37. LADY CHATTERLEY [PASCALE FERRAN] (F) (IMDB 2006)
38. CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR [MIKE NICHOLS]
39. THE HOST (Gwoemul)  [JOON-HO BONG] (K) (IMDB  2006)
40. AMERICAN GANGSTER [RIDLEY SCOTT]
41. LUST, CAUTION (Se, jie)  [ANG LEE] (Ch)
42. SON OF RAMBOW [GARTH JENNINGS] (UK)
43. JOSHUA [GEORGE RATLIFF]
44. ENCHANTED [KEVIN LIMA]
45. LARS AND THE REAL GIRL [CRAIG GILLESPIE]
46. BLACK BOOK (Zwartboek) [PAUL VERHOEVEN] (N) (IMDB  2006)
47. GOYA’S GHOSTS [MILOS FORMAN] (IMDB  2006)
48. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM [PAUL GREENGLASS]
49. I AM LEGEND [FRANCIS LAWRENCE]
50. BREACH [BILLY RAY]
51. SHOOTER [ANTOINE FUQUA]
52. CASSANDRA’S DREAM [WOODY ALLEN]
53. MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS [WONG KAR-WAI]
54. THE LAST MISTRESS (Une vieille maîtresse)  [CATHERINE BREILLAT] (F)
55. CONTROL [ANTON CORBIJN]
56. 3:10 TO YUMA [JAMES MANGOLD]
57. WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY [JAKE KASDAN]
58. BLADES OF GLORY [JOSH GORDON & WILL SPECK]
59. IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH [PAUL HAGGIS]
60. EAGLE VS SHARK [TAIKA WAITITI]
61. A MIGHTY HEART [MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM]
62. DISTURBIA [D.J. CARUSO]
63. BALLS OF FURY [ROBERT BEN GARANT]
64. THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE [SUSANNE BIER]
65. WE OWN THE NIGHT [JAMES GRAY]
66. THE NAMESAKE [MIRA NAIR] (IMDB 2006)
67. LA VIE EN ROSE (La Môme)  [OLIVIER DAHAN] (F)
68. THE MIST [FRANK DARABONT]
69. THE BUCKET LIST [ROB REINER]
70. DAN IN REAL LIFE [PETER HEDGES]
71. ROCKET SCIENCE [JEFFREY BLITZ]
72. I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY [DENNIS DUGAN]
73. FRACTURE [GREGORY HOBLIT]
74. MUSIC AND LYRICS [MARC LAWRENCE]
75. OCEAN’S THIRTEEN [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
76. GEORGIA RULE [GARY MARSHALL]
77. SOUTHLAND TALES [RICHARD KELLY] (IMDB 2006)
78. THE INVASION [OLIVER HIRSCHBIEGEL]
79. QUIET CITY [AARON KATZ]
80. BLACK SNAKE MOAN [CRAIG BREWER] (IMDB 2006)
81. THE HEARTBREAK KID [THE FARRELLY BROTHERS]
82. THE BROTHERS SOLOMON [BOB ODENKIRK]
83. FACTORY GIRL [GEORGE HICKENLOOPER] (IMDB 2006)
84. WALK ALL OVER ME [ROBERT CUFFLEY] (C)

Other (unranked):  RATATOUILLE [BRAD BIRD] (a); PERSEPOLIS [VINCENT PARONNAUD & MARJANE SATRAPI] (a); THE SIMPSONS MOVIE [DAVID SILVERMAN] (a); FUTURAMA: BENDER’S BIG SCORE [DWAYNE CAREY-HILL] (a); BEE MOVIE [STEVEN HICKNER & SIMON J. SMITH] (a); NO END IN SIGHT [CHARLES FERGUSON] (d); DEEP WATER [LOUISE OSMOND & JERRY ROTHWELL] (d) (IMDB 2006); KING OF KONG [SETH GORDON] (d); SICKO [MICHAEL MOORE] (d); JOY DIVISION [GRANT GEE] (d); VAL LEWTON: THE MAN IN THE SHADOWS [KENT JONES] (d) (TV); HOTEL CHEVALIER [WES ANDERSON] (s)

◄ 2008►

… Man, I don’t drop character ’till I done the DVD commentary.

1. A CHRISTMAS TALE (Un Conte de Noël) [ARNAUD DESPLECHIN] (F)
2. MY WINNIPEG [GUY MADDIN] (C) (IMDB 2007)
3. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK [CHARLIE KAUFFMAN]
4. PARANOID PARK [GUS VAN SANT] (IMDB 2007)
5. BURN AFTER READING [JOEL & ETHAN COEN]
6. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Auf der anderen Seite)  [FATIH AKIN] (G/T) (IMDB 2007)
7. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON [DAVID FINCHER]
8. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
9. THE WRESTLER [DARREN ARONOFSKY]
10. THE CLASS (Entre les murs) [LAURENT CANTET] (F)
11. BE KIND REWIND [MICHEL GONDRY]
12. THE DARK KNIGHT [CHRISTOPHER NOLAN]
13. WENDY AND LUCY [KELLY REICHARDT]
14. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA [WOODY ALLEN]
15. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED [JONATHAN DEMME]
16. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN [TOMAS ALFREDSON] (S)
17. REVANCHE [GÖTZ SPIELMANN] (Austria)
18. MILK [GUS VAN SANT]
19. IN BRUGES [MARTIN MCDONAGH]
20. TROPIC THUNDER [BEN STILLER]
21. REDBELT [DAVID MAMET]
22. THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN (La Graine et le mulet) [ABDEL KECHICHE] (F) (IMDB 2007)
23. SNOW ANGELS [DAVID GORDON GREEN] (IMDB 2007)
24. FROZEN RIVER [COURTNEY HUNT]
25. DOUBT [JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY]
26. ROLE MODELS [DAVID WAIN]
27. IRON MAN [JON FAVREAU]
28. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE [DANNY BOYLE & LOVELEEN TANDAN]
29. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD [SAM MENDES]
30. FROST/NIXON [RON HOWARD]
31. PINEAPPLE EXPRESS [DAVID GORDON GREEN]
32. A GIRL CUT IN TWO (La Fille coupée en deux) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
33. THE READER [STEPHEN DALDRY]
34. I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime ) [PHILIPPE CLAUDEL] (F)
35. BALLAST [LANCE HAMMER]
36. FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (Le Voyage du ballon rouge)  [HOU HSAIO-HSIEN] (TW/F) (IMDB 2007)
37. THE VISITOR [THOMAS MCCARTHY] (IMDB 2007)
38. THE BANK JOB [ROGER DONALDSON]
39. CHANGELING [CLINT EASTWOOD]
40. FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL [NICHOLAS STOLLER]
41. DEFINITELY, MAYBE [ADAM BROOKS]
42. THE FALL [TARSEM SINGH] (IMDB 2006)
43. SPEED RACER [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS]
44. FLASH OF GENIUS [MARC ABRAHAM]
45. QUANTUM OF SOLACE [MARC FORSTER]
46. NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST [PETER SOLLETT]
47. YES MAN [PEYTON REED]
48. BODY OF LIES [RIDLEY SCOTT]
49. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
50. CLOVERFIELD [MATT REEVES]
51. HANCOCK [PETER BERG]
52. SMART PEOPLE [NOAM MURRO]
53. YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN [DENNIS DUGAN]
54. ZACH AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO [KEVIN SMITH]
55. ROCKNROLLA [GUY RITCHIE] (UK)
56. SEVEN POUNDS [GABRIELE MUCCINO]
57. GHOST TOWN [DAVID KOEPP]
58. THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS (Ne touchez pas la hache) [JACQUES RIVETTE]
59. HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE [ROBERT W. WEIDE]
60. TWILIGHT [CATHERINE HARDWICKE]
61. GRAN TORINO [CLINT EASTWOOD]
62. 27 DRESSES [ANNE FLETCHER]
63. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL [JUSTIN CHADWICK]
64. SEMI-PRO [KENT ALTERMAN]
65. BABY MAMA [MICHAEL MCCULLERS]
66. THE INCREDIBLE HULK [LOUIS LETTERRIER]
67. THE HAPPENING [M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
68. ONE WEEK [MICHAEL MCGOWAN] (C)
69. VALKYRIE [BRYAN SINGER]
70. STEP BROTHERS [ADAM MCKAY]
71. SEX DRIVE [SEAN ANDERS]
72. YOUNG PEOPLE FUCKING [MARTIN GERO] (C) (IMDB 2007)
73. THE ROMANCE OF ASTREA AND CELEDON (Les amours d’Astrée et de Céladon) [ERIC ROHMER] (F) (IMDB 2007)
74. LEATHERHEADS [GEORGE CLOONEY]
75. PRIDE AND GLORY [GAVIN O’CONNOR]
76. THE HOUSE BUNNY [FRED WOLF]
77. HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY [JON HURWITZ & HAYDEN SCHLOSSBERG]
78. DRILLBIT TAYLOR [STEVEN BRILL]
79. GET SMART [PETER SEGAL]
80. AUSTRALIA [BAZ LUHRMANN] (A)
81. FOUR CHRISTMASES [SETH GORDON]
    
82. SEX AND THE CITY [MICHAEL PATRICK KING]
83. JUMPER [DOUG LIMAN]
84. BEDTIME STORIES [ADAM SHANKMAN]
85. THE LOVE GURU [MARCO SCHNABEL]
86. STRANGE WILDERNESS [FRED WOLF]
87. THE INFORMERS [GREGOR JORDAN] (2008)
    

Other (unranked):  WALL • E [ANDREW STATON] (a); PRESTO [DOUG SWEETLAND] (a) (s); KUNG FU PANDA [MARK OSBORNE & JOHN STEVENSON] (a); BOLT [BYRON HOWARD & CHRIS WILLIAMS] (a); FUTURAMA: THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS [PETER AVANZINO] (a); FUTURAMA: BENDER’S GAME [DWAYNE CAREY-HILL] (a); WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Vals Im Bashir)  [ARI FOLMAN] (IS) (a/d); FOOD, INC. [ROBERT KENNER] (d);  ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED [MARINA ZENOVICH] (d); GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON [ALEX GIBNEY] (d)

◄ 2009►

… accept the mystery

1. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
2. A SERIOUS MAN [JOEL & ETHAN COEN]
3. TOKYO SONATA [KIYOSHI KUROSAWA] (J) (IMDB 2008)
4. UP IN THE AIR [JASON REITMAN]
5. SUMMER HOURS (L’ Heure d’été)  [OLIVIER ASSAYAS] (F) (IMDB 2008)
6. TWO LOVERS [JAMES GRAY] (IMDB 2008)
7. BROKEN EMBRACES (Los Abrazos rotos) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
8. THE WHITE RIBBON (Das Weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) [MICHAEL HANEKE]
9. JULIA [ERICK ZONCA] (IMDB 2008)
10. SUGAR [ANNA BODEN & RYAN FLECK] (IMDB 2008)
11. IN THE LOOP [ARMANDO IANNUCCI] (UK)
12. THE HURT LOCKER [KATHRYN BIGELOW] (IMDB 2008)
13. THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (El Secreto de sus ojos) [JUAN JOSE CAMPANELLA] (AR)
14. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE [SPIKE JONZE]
15. AVATAR [JAMES CAMERON]
16. GOMORRAH (Gomorra) [MATTEO GARRONE] (I) (IMDB 2008)
17. DISTRICT 9 [NEILL BLOMKAMP]
18. GOODBYE SOLO [RAMIN BAHRANI] (IMDB 2008)
19. 35 RHUMS (35 Shots of Rum) [CLAIRE DENIS] (F) (IMDB 2008)
20. THE ROAD [JOHN HILLCOAT]
21. UN PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) [JACQUES AUDIARD] (F)
22. ADVENTURELAND [GREG MOTTOLA]
23. SIN NOMBRE [CARY FUKUNAGA] (M)
24. SOMERS TOWN [SHANE MEADOWS] (UK)
25. LORNA’S SILENCE (Le silence de Lorna) [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B) (IMDB 2008)
26. THIRST (Bakjwi) [CHAN-WOOK PARK] (K)
27. THE DAMNED UNITED [TOM HOOPER] (2009)
28. INVICTUS [CLINT EASTWOOD]
29. AN EDUCATION [LONE SCHERFIG] (UK)
30. STAR TREK [J.J. ABRAMS]
31. MOON [DUNCAN JONES]
32. THE  MAID (La Nana) [SEBASTIÁN SILVA] (Chile)
33. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER [MARC WEBB]
34. PONTYPOOL [BRUCE MCDONALD] (IMDB 2008)
35. THE HEADLESS WOMAN (La mujer sin cabeza)  [LUCRECIA MARTEL] (IMDB 2008)
36. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (La fille du RER) [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (F)
37. RUDO Y CURSI [CARLOS CUARON] (M) (IMDB 2008)
38. HUNGER [STEVE MCQUEEN] (UK) (IMDB 2008)
39. WATCHMEN [ZACH SNYDER]
40. WHATEVER  WORKS [WODDY ALLEN]
41. EVERLASTING MOMENTS (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) [JAN TROELL] (S) (IMDB 2008)
42. THREE MONKEYS (Üç maymun) [NURI BILGE CEYLAN] (T) (IMDB 2008)
43. THE MESSENGER [OREN MOVERMAN]
44. BRǛNO [LARRY CHARLES]
45. KNOWING [ALEX PROYAS]
46. STATE OF PLAY [KEVIN MACDONALD]
47. THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
48. FUNNY PEOPLE [JUDD APATOW]
49. IL DIVO [PAOLO SORRENTINO] (I) (IMDB 2008)
50. THE BROTHERS BLOOM [RIAN JOHNSON] (IMDB 2008)
51. THE INFORMANT! [STEPHEN SODERBERGH]
52. BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS [WERNER HERZOG]
53. TETRO [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
54. IN THE ELECTRIC MIST [BERTRAND TAVERNIER]
55. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE [LEE DANIELS]
56. DUPLICITY [TONY GILROY]
57. I LOVE YOU, MAN [JOHN HAMBURG]
58. BRIGHT STAR [JANE CAMPION]
59. HUMPDAY [LYNE SHELTON]
60. MAMMOTH [LUKAS MOODYSSON]
61. PUBLIC ENEMIES [MICHAEL MANN]
62. MY SON, MY SON ,WHAT HAVE YE DONE [WERNER HERZOG]
63. BEESWAX [ANDREW BUJALSKI]
64. ZOMBIELAND [RUBEN FLEISCHER]
65. POLYTECHNIQUE [DENIS VILLENEUVE] (C)
66. ANTICHRIST  [LARS VON TRIER]
67. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Män som hatar kvinnor) [NIELS ARDEN OPLEV] (S)
68. PIRATE RADIO (The Boat that Rocked) [RICHARD CURTIS] (UK)
69. AWAY WE GO [SAM MENDES]
70. SHERLOCK HOLMES [GUY RITCHIE]
71. THE INVENTION OF LYING [RICKY GERVAIS & MATHEW ROBINSON]
72. TAKEN [PIERRE MOREL] (IMDB 2008)
73. ME AND ORSON WELLES [RICHARD LINKLATER] (IMDB 2008)
74. JULIE & JULIA [NORA EPHRON]
75. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 [TONY SCOTT]
76. THE HANGOVER [TODD PHILIPS]
77. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN [SHAWN LEVY]
78. ADORATION [ATOM EGOYAN] (C) (IMDB 2008)
79. OBSERVE AND REPORT [JODY HILL]
80. DRAG ME TO HELL [SAM RAIMI]
81. ESPION(S) [NICOLAS SAADA] (F)
82. GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH [DAMIEN CHAZELLE]
83. THE SOLOIST [JOE WRIGHT]
84. SUNSHINE CLEANING [CHRISTINE JEFFS] (IMDB 2008)
85. GROWN UP MOVIE STAR [ADRIANA MAGGS] (C)
86. CRAZY HEART [SCOTT COOPER]
87. A SINGLE MAN [TOM FORD]
88. THE LIMITS OF CONTROL [JIM JARMUSCH]
89. THE INTERNATIONAL [TOM TYKWER]
90. CROSSING OVER [WAYNE KRAMER]
91. HARRY BROWN [DANIEL BARBER] (UK)
92. NEW IN TOWN [JONAS ELMER]
93. FANBOYS [KYLE NEWMAN]
94. THE PROPOSAL [ANNE FLETCHER]
95. LOVE HAPPENS [BRANDON CAMP]
96. COUPLES RETREAT [PETER BILLINGSLEY]
97. HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU [KEN KWAPIS]
98. YEAR ONE [HAROLD RAMIS]
99. LAND OF THE LOST [BRAD SIBERLING]
100. LEAVES OF GRASS [TIM BLAKE NELSON]
101. FIRED UP! [WILL GLUCK]
102. PAUL BLART: MALL COP [STEVE CARR]
103. THE UGLY TRUTH [ROBERT LUKETIC]

Other (unranked): PONYO (Gake no ue no Ponyo)  [HAYAO MIYAZAKI] (J) (a) (IMDB 2008); FANTASTIC MR. FOX [WES ANDERSON] (a); UP [PETER DOCTER & BOB PETERSON] (a); PARTLY CLOUDY [PETER SOHN] (a/s); MONSTERS VS. ALIENS [ROB LETTERMAN & CONRAD VERNON] (a); CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS [PHIL LORD, CHRIS MILLER] (a); CORALINE [HENRY SELICK] (a); A CHRISTMAS CAROL [ROBERT ZEMEKIS] (a); THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS (Les Plages d’Agnès) [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (d) (IMDB 2008); IT MIGHT GET LOUD [DAVIS GUGGENHEIM] (d) (IMDB 2008); GREY GARDENS [MICHAEL SUCSY] (TV) (HBO); GENIUS WITHIN: THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD [MICHÈLE HOZER &PETER RAYMONT] (C) (d); CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY [MICHAEL MOORE] (d); FUTURAMA: INTO THE WILD GREEN YONDER [PETER AVANZINO] (a)

The 90s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE NINETIES

(Forget the Alamo)

Recent Additions in RED - Last Update – April 18, 2012

MADAME BOVARY [CLAUDE CHABROL] (1991)
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE [ALBERT BROOKS] (1991)
THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE (Les amants du Pont-Neuf) [LEOS CARAX] (1991)
I DON’T KISS (J’embrasse pas) [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (1991)
AMANTES [VINCENTE ARANDA] (1991)

 

◄ 1990 ►

… It’s gettin’ so a businessman can’t expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can’t trust a fix, what can you trust? For a good return, you gotta go bettin’ on chance – and then you’re back with anarchy, right back in the jungle.

1. MILLER’S CROSSING [JOEL COEN]
2. GOODFELLAS [MARTIN SCORCESE] (Warner)
3. EVERYBODY’S FINE (Stanno tutti bene)  [GIUSEPPE TORNATORE] (I)
4. TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (¡Átame!)  [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
5. TWIN PEAKS : THE PILOT [DAVID LYNCH]
6. CLOSE-UP (Nema-ye Nazdik)  [ABBAS KIAROSTAMI]  (IR)
7. DAYS OF BEING WILD (A Fei jing juen) [WONG KAR-WAI] (CH) (moved from 1991)
8. EUROPA EUROPA (Hitlerjunge Salomon)  [AGNIESZKA HOLLAND]
9. AVALON  [BARRY LEVINSON]
10. METROPOLITAN  [WHIT STILLMAN]
11. GREEN CARD  [PETER WEIR]
12. MISERY  [ROB RIENER]
13. VINCENT & THEO [ROBERT ALTMAN]
14. JU DOU [YANG FENGLIANG & ZHANG YIMOU] (CH)
15. PRESUMED INNOCENT [ALAN J. PAKULA]
16. THE GRIFTERS  [STEPHEN FREARS]
17. THE SHELTERING SKY [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (UK/I)
18. MY FATHER’S GLORY (La gloire de mon père) [YVES ROBERT] (F)
19. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER  [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
20. TO SLEEP WITH ANGER  [CHARLES BURNETT]
21. TOTAL RECALL  [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
22. THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL  [AKI KAURISMÄKI] (Fin)
23. AFTER DARK, MY SWEET  [JAMES FOLEY]
24. MY MOTHER’S CASTLE (Le Chateau de ma mere) [YVES ROBERT] (F)
25. MEN DON’T LEAVE  [PAUL BRICKMAN]
26. THE HAIRDRESSER’S HUSBAND (Le mari de la coiffeuse) [PATRICE LECONTE] (F)
27. ALICE [WOODY ALLEN] (Orion)
28. DANCES WITH WOLVES  [KEVIN COSTNER]
29. REVERSAL OF FORTUNE  [BARBET SCHROEDER]
30. STATE OF GRACE  [PHIL JOANOU] (Orion)
31. JACOB’S LADDER  [ADRIAN LYNNE]
32. DIE HARD 2  [RENNY HARLIN]
33. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH  [JOE DANTE]
34. AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE  [JANE CAMPION] (NZ)
35. MIAMI BLUES  [GEORGE ARMITAGE]
36. TRUST  [HAL HARTLEY]
37. AWAKENINGS  [PENNY MARSHALL]
38. MO’ BETTER BLUES  [SPIKE LEE]
39. LA FEMME NIKITA  [LUC BESSON]
40. PUMP UP THE VOLUME  [ALLAN MOYLE] (New Line)
41. KING OF NEW YORK  [ABEL FERRARA]
42. DAYS OF THUNDER  [TONY SCOTT]
43. BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
44. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS [TIM BURTON]
45. INTERNAL AFFAIRS [MIKE FIGGIS]
46. MR. DESTINY [JAMES ORR]
47. THE HOT SPOT [DENNIS HOPPER]
48. DREAMS (Yume) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
49. THE GODFATHER: PART III [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
50. THE HANDMAID’S TALE [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF]
51. JOE VS. THE VOLCANO [JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY]
52. THE FRESHMAN [ANDREW BERMAN]
53. PRETTY WOMAN [GARRY MARSHALL]
54. THE KRAYS [PETER MEDAK] (UK)
55. HOME ALONE [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
56. GHOST [JERRY ZUCKER]
57. I LOVE YOU TO DEATH [LAWRENCE KASDEN]
58. FLATLINERS [JOEL SCHMACHER]
59. MEMPHIS BELLE [MICHAEL CATON-JONES]
60. POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE [MIKE NICHOLS]
61. WILD AT HEART [DAVID LYNCH]
62. ARACHNOPHOBIA [FRANK MARSHALL]
63. ROBOCOP 2 [IRVIN KERSHNER]
64. THE TWO JAKES  [JACK NICHOLSON]
65. TEXASVILLE  [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
66. BETSY’S WEDDING  [ALAN ALDA]
67. PACIFIC HEIGHTS  [JOHN SCHLESINGER]
68. HENRY AND JUNE  [PHILIP KAUFMAN]
69. QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER  [SIMON WINCER]
70. MERMAIDS  [RICHARD BENJAMIN]
71. BIRD ON A WIRE  [JOHN BADHAM]
72. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [STEVE BARRON]
73. ROCKY V [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
74. BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES [BRIAN DE PALMA]
75. DICK TRACY [WARREN BEATTY]
76. 3 MEN AND A LITTLE LADY [EMILE ARDOLINO]
77. LOOK WHO’S TALKING TOO [AMY HECKERLING]
78. ANOTHER 48 HRS. [WALTER HILL]
79. WILD ORCHID [ZALMAN KING]
80. PROBLEM CHILD [DENNIS DUGAN]
81. THE ADVENTURES OF FORD FAIRLANE [RENNY HARLIN]

◄ 1991 ►

… I guess it’s about time for our William Tell routine.

1. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS [JONATHAN DEMME]
2. CAPE FEAR [MARTIN SCORSESE]
3. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY [JAMES CAMERON]
4. BARTON FINK [JOEL COEN]
5. CITY OF HOPE [JOHN SAYLES]
6. THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (La Double vie de Véronique)  [KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI] (P/F)
7. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) [ZHANG YIMOU] (CH)
8. NAKED LUNCH [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
9. ONCE AROUND [LASSE HALLSTRÖM]
10. BLACK ROBE [BRUCE BERESFORD] (C/A)
11. THELMA AND LOUISE [RIDLEY SCOTT]
12. BUGSY [BARRY LEVINSON]
13. JFK [OLIVER STONE]
14. THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE (Les amants du Pont-Neuf) [LEOS CARAX] (F)
15. EUROPA (Zentropa)  [LARS VON TIER]
16. THE RAPTURE [MICHAEL TOLKIN]
17. AMANTES [VINCENTE ARANDA] (SP)
18. HOMICIDE [DAVID MAMET]
19. GRAND CANYON [LAWRENCE KASDAN]
20. L.A. STORY [MICK JACKSON]
21. SLACKER [RICHARD LINKLATER]
22. SÓLO CON TU PAREJA (Love in the Time of Hysteria) [ALFONSO CUARON] (SP)
23. THE ADJUSTER [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
24. BOYZ N THE HOOD [JOHN SINGLETON]
25. HIGH HEELS [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
26. THE FISHER KING [TERRY GILLIAM]
27. JUNGLE FEVER [SPIKE LEE]
28. THE MAN IN THE MOON [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
29. CITY SLICKERS [RON UNDERWOOD]
30. ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES [KEVIN REYNOLDS]
31. JOHNNY STECCHINO [ROBERTO BENIGNI] (I)
32. DEFENDING YOUR LIFE [ALBERT BROOKS]
33. NIGHT ON EARTH  [JIM JARMUSCH]
34. POINT BREAK [KATHRYN BIGELOW]
35. MISSISSIPPI MASALA [MIRA NAIR]
36. MADAME BOVARY [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
37. HIGHWAY 61 [BRUCE MCDONALD] (C)
38. I DON’T KISS (J’embrasse pas) [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (F)
39. HOT SHOTS! [JIM ABRAHAMS]
40. LITTLE MAN TATE [JODIE FOSTER]
41. PRINCE OF TIDES [BARBRA STREISAND]
42. DEAD AGAIN [KENNETH BRANAGH]
43. TRUE COLORS [HERBERT ROSS]
44. KAFKA [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
45. THE COMMITMENTS [ALAN PARKER]
46. DOGFIGHT [NANCY SAVOCA]
47. A KISS BEFORE DYING [JAMES DEARDEN]
48. REGARDING HENRY [MIKE NICHOLS]
49. CLASS ACTION [MICHAEL APTED]
50. THE NAKED GUN 2 ½: THE SMELL OF FEAR [DAVID ZUCKER]
51. SHADOWS AND FOG  [WOODY ALLEN]
52. HE SAID, SHE SAID [KEN KWAPIS & MARISA SILVER]
53. SOUTH OF WAWA [ROBERT BOYD] (C)
54. MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO [GUS VAN SANT]
55. DOC HOLLYWOOD [MICHAEL CATON-JONES]
56. MY GIRL [HOWARD ZIEFF]
57. SOAPDISH [MICHAEL HOFFMAN]
58. AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD [HECTOR BABENCO]
59. BACKDRAFT [RON HOWARD]
60. SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY [JOSEPH RUBEN]
61. GUILTY BY SUSPICION [IRWIN WINKLER]
62. THE HARD WAY [JOHN BADHAM]
63. FRIED GREEN TOMATOES [JON AVNET]
64. FATHER OF THE BRIDE [CHARLES SHYER]
65. ONLY THE LONELY [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
66. DYING YOUNG [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
67. THE DOORS [OLIVER STONE]
68. BILLY BATHGATE [ROBERT BENTON]
69. HOOK [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
70. DUTCH [PETER FAIMAN]
71. SKI SCHOOL [DAMIAN LEE]

Other: HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER’S APOCALYPSE [FAX BAHR, GEORGE HICKENLOOPER &  E. COPPOLA ] (d); BEAUTY AND THE BEAST [GARY TROUSDALE, KIRK WISE] (a)

◄ 1992 ►

… It’s the Second Law of Thermodynamics: sooner or later everything turns to shit. That’s my phrasing, not the Encyclopedia Britannica

1. UNFORGIVEN [CLINT EASTWOOD]
2. HUSBANDS AND WIVES [WOODY ALLEN]
3. BITTER MOON [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
4. THE PLAYER [ROBERT ALTMAN]
5. RESERVOIR DOGS [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
6. HOWARDS END [JAMES IVORY] (UK)
7. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS [JAMES FOLEY]
8. THE CRYING GAME [NEIL JORDAN] (UK)
9. A MIDNIGHT CLEAR [KEITH GORDON]
10. LEOLO [JEAN-CLAUDE LAUZON] (C)
11. A FEW GOOD MEN [ROB REINER]
12. MY COUSIN VINNY [JONATHAN LYNN]
13. BETTY [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
14. LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (Como agua para chocolate) [ALFONSO ARAU] (SP)
15. BASIC INSTINCT [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
16. ONE FALSE MOVE [CARL FRANKLIN]
17. UN COEUR EN HIVER (A Heart in Winter) [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F)
18. BOB ROBERTS [TIM ROBBINS]
19. SCENT OF A WOMAN [MARTIN BREST]
20. BENNY’S VIDEO [MICHAEL HANEKE] (G)
21. SNEAKERS [PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON]
22. STRICTLY BALLROOM [BAZ LUHRMANN] (A)
23. MALCOLM X [SPIKE LEE]
24. SINGLES [CAMERON CROWE]
25. WAYNE’S WORLD [PENELOPE SPHEERIS]
26. HARD BOILED (Lat sau san taam)  [JOHN WOO] (Ch)
27. ORLANDO [SALLY POTTER]
28. A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN [PENNY MARSHALL]
29. PATRIOT GAMES [PHILLIP NOYCE]
30. LORENZO’S OIL [GEORGE MILLER]
31. BAD LIEUTENANT [ABEL FERRARA]
32. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS [MICHAEL MANN]
33. OF MICE AND MEN [GARY SINESE]
34. ALIEN³ [DAVID FINCHER]
35. BRAN STOKER’S DRACULA [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
36. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME [DAVID LYNCH]
37. BATMAN RETURNS [TIM BURTON]
38. CAREFUL [GUY MADDIN] (C)
39. A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT [ROBERT REDFORD]
40. THUNDERHEART [MICHAEL APTED]
41. HOFFA [DANNY DE VITO]
42. INDOCHINE [RÉGIS WARGNIER] (F)
43. SINGLE WHITE FEMALE [BARBET SCHROEDER]
44. SHADOWS AND FOG [WOODY ALLEN]
45. HONEYMOON IN VEGAS [ANDREW BERGMAN]
46. ROMPER STOMPER [GEOFFREY WRIGHT]
47. THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE [CURTIS HANSON]
48. CAPTAIN RON [THOM EBERHARDT]
49. SCHOOL TIES [ROBERT MANDEL]
50. JENNIFER 8 [BRUCE ROBINSON]
51. UNLAWFUL ENTRY [JONATHAN KAPLAN]
52. THE MIGHTY DUCKS [STEPHEN HEREK]
53. HERO [STEPHEN FREARS]
54. LETHAL WEAPON 3 [RICHARD DONNER]
55. FINAL ANALYSIS [PHIL JOANOU]
56. PASSENGER 57 [KEVIN HOOKS]
57. UNDER SIEGE [ANDREW DAVIS]

Other (Unranked): VISIONS OF LIGHT [GLASSMAN, MCCARTHY & SAMUELS] (d);  ALADDIN [RON CLEMENTS & JOHN MUSKER] (a): LESSONS OF DARKNESS (Lektionen in Finsternis) [WERNER HERZOG] (d)

◄ 1993 ►

… Wouldn’t it be a trip if Alex Trebek bought a nude painting of me?

1. SHORT CUTS [ROBERT ALTMAN] (Fine Line/New Line)
2. SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION [FRED SCHEPISI]
3. THREE COLORS: BLUE (Trois couleurs: Bleu)  [KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI] (F)
4. FEARLESS [PETER WEIR]
5. SCHINDLER’S LIST [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
6. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY [JAMES IVORY] (UK)
7. THE PIANO [JANE CAMPION] (A)
8. GROUNDHOG DAY [HAROLD RAMIS]
9. THE FUGITIVE [ANDREW DAVIS]
10. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE [MARTIN SCORCESE]
11. SONATINE [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
12. DAZED AND CONFUSED [RICHARD LINKLATER]
13. THE FIRM [SYDNEY POLLACK]
14. MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY [WOODY ALLEN]
15. JURASSIC PARK [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
16. KING OF THE HILL [STEVEN SODERBERGH
17. MY FAVORITE SEASON (Ma saison préférée) [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (F)
18. NAKED [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
19. A PERFECT WORLD [CLINT EASTWOOD]
20. PHILADELPHIA [JONATHAN DEMME]
21. TRUE ROMANCE [TONY SCOTT]
22. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE [NORA EPHRON]
23. A BRONX TALE [ROBERT DE NIRO]
24. LAST ACTION HERO [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
25. IN THE LINE OF FIRE [WOLFGANG PETERSEN]
26. KALIFORNIA [DOMINIC SENA]
27. THE JOY LUCK CLUB [WAYNE WANG]
28. ALIVE [FRANK MARSHALL]
29. DAVE [IVAN REITMAN]
30. WAYNE’S WORLD 2 [STEPHEN SURJIK]
31. WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE [LASSE HALLSTROM]
32. CARLITO’S WAY [BRIAN DE PALMA]
33. MALICE [HAROLD BECKER]
34. SLIVER [PHILLIP NOYCE]
35. CALENDAR [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
36. CLIFFHANGER [RENNY HARLIN]
37. ARMY OF DARKNESS [SAM RAIMI]
38. THE PELICAN BRIEF [ALAN J. PAKULA]
39. FALLING DOWN [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
40. SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER [THOMAS SCHLAMME]
41. THE VANISHING [GEORGE SLUIZER]
42. THIS BOY’S LIFE [MICHAEL CATON-JONES]
43. POINT OF NO RETURN [JOHN BADHAM]
44. MRS. DOUBTFIRE [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
45. TOMBSTONE [GEORGE P. COSMATOS]
46. TWENTY BUCKS [KEVA ROSENFELD]
47. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER [JIM SHERIDAN]
48. THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE [MEL GIBSON]
49. SHADOW LANDS [RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH]
50. UNTAMED HEART [TONY BILL]
51. DEMOLITION MAN [MARCO BRAMBILLA]
52. MAD DOG AND GLORY [JOHN MCNAUGHTON]
53. HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX [JIM ABRHAMS]
54. BODIES, REST & MOTION [MICHAEL STEINBERG]
55. CIAO, PROFESSORE! [LINA WERTMÜLLER] (I)
56. LOADED WEAPON 1 [GENE QUINTANO]
57. INDECENT PROPOSAL [ADRIAN LYNE]
58. LOOK WHO’S TALKING NOW [TOM ROPELEWSKI]

Other (unranked): THE WAR ROOM [CHRIS HEGEDUS, D.A. PENNEBAKER] (d); PASSAGE À L’ACTE [MARTIN ARNOLD] (s)

◄ 1994 ►

… Let’s avoid confusion. She’ll get some lines, or I’ll nail your knee caps to the floor

1. PULP FICTION [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
2. QUIZ SHOW [ROBERT REDFORD]
3. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY [WOODY ALLEN]
4. THREE COLORS: RED [KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI]
5. WILD REEDS (Les Roseaux sauvages)  [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (F)
6. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION [FRANK DARABONT]
7. CHUNGKING EXPRESS [WONG KAR-WAI] (CH)
8. THE HUDSUCKER PROXY [JOEL COEN]
9. EXOTICA [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
10. THREE COLORS: WHITE [KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI]
11. FORREST GUMP [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
12. SPEED [JAN DE BONT]
13. HEAVENLY CREATURES [PETER JACKSON] (A)
14. IL POSTINO [MICHAEL RADFORD] (I)
15. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN [ROMAN POLANSKI]
16. VANYA ON 42^ND STREET [LOUIS MALLE]
17. EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (Yin shi nan nu) [ANG LEE] (T)
18. THE LAST SEDUCTION [JOHN DAHL]
19. LITTLE WOMEN [GILLIAN ARMSTRONG]
20. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL [MIKE NEWELL]
21. THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH [JOHN SAYLES]
22. LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL [LUC BESSON]
23. CLEAN, SHAVEN [LODGE H. KERRIGAN]
24. ASHES OF TIME REDUX [WONG KAR-WAI] (CH)
25. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE [NEIL JORDAN]
26. SHALLOW GRAVE [DANNY BOYLE]
27. L’ENFER (Hell)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
28. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU [ANDREW BERGMAN]
29. ONCE WERE WARRIORS [LEE TAMAHORI]
30. NATURAL BORN KILLERS [OLIVER STONE]
31. BARCELONA [WHIT STILLMAN]
32. CLERKS [KEVIN SMITH]
33. SIRENS [JOHN DUIGAN] (A)
34. TRUE LIES [JAMES CAMERON]
35. DISCLOSURE [BARRY LEVINSON]
36. ED WOOD [TIM BURTON]
37. DUMB AND DUMBER [THE FARRELLY BROTHERS]
38. NOBODY’S FOOL [ROBERT BENTON]
39. SWIMMING WITH SHARKS [GEORGE HUANG]
40. MAVERICK [RICHARD DONNER]
41. KILLING ZOE [ROGER AVARY]
42. DOUBLE HAPPINESS [MINA SHUM]
43. THE PAPER [RON HOWARD]
44. THE RIVER WILD [CURTIS HANSON]
45. THE MASK [CHUCK RUSSELL]
46. THE CLIENT [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
47. STAR TREK: GENERATIONS [DAVID CARSON]
48. LEGENDS OF THE FALL [EDWARD ZWICK]
49. CLEAN SLATE [MICK JACKSON]
50. SURVIVING THE GAME [ERNEST R. DICKERSON]
51. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER [PHILLIP NOYCE]
52. BLUE CHIPS [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN]
53. REALITY BITES [BEN STILLER]
54. BLINK [MICHAEL APTED]
55. NELL [MICHAEL APTED]
56. A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE [GILLIES MACKINNON
57. WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN [LUIS MANDOKI]
58. INTERSECTION [MARK RYDELL]
59. CLIFFORD [PAUL FLAHERTY]
60. LOVE AFFAIR [GLENN GORDON CARON]
61. PRÊT-À-PORTER (aka Ready to Wear)  [ROBERT ALTMAN]
62. THE FLINTSTONES [BRIAN LEVANT]
63. EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES [GUS VAN SANT]
64. TAMMY AND THE T-REX [STEWART RAFFILL]

Other: CRUMB [TERRY ZWIGOFF] (d);  THE LION KING [ALLERS & MINKOFF] (a); BOTTLE ROCKET [WES ANDERSON] (s)

◄ 1995 ►

… you got the Cadillac of minivans.

1. SE7EN [DAVID FINCHER]
2. UNDERGROUND [EMIR KUSTURICA]
3. GET SHORTY [BARRY SONNENFELD]
4. CLOCKERS [SPIKE LEE]
5. LA CÉRÉMONIE [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
6. LA HAINE (Hate) [MATHIEU KASSOVITZ] (F)
7. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY [ANG LEE]
8. LE CONFESSIONNAL [ROBERT LEPAGE] (C)
9. 12 MONKEYS [TERRY GILLIAM]
10. DEAD MAN WALKING [TIM ROBBINS]
11. DEAD MAN [JIM JARMUSCH]
12. SAFE [TODD HAYNES]
13. LEAVING LAS VEGAS [MIKE FIGGIS]
14. THE USUAL SUSPECTS [BRYAN SINGER]
15. BEFORE SUNRISE [RICHARD LINKLATER]
16. WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE [TODD SOLONDZ]
17. MIGHTY APHRODITE [WOODY ALLEN]
18. KICKING AND SCREAMING [NOAH BAUMBACH]
19. BRAVEHEART [MEL GIBSON]
20. BOTTLE ROCKET [WES ANDERSON]
21. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING [JON TURTELTAUB]
22. CRIMSON TIDE [TONY SCOTT]
23. FALLEN ANGELS (Duo luo tian shi) [WONG KAR WAI] (Ch)
24. DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
25. NIXON [OLIVER STONE]
26. CLUELESS [AMY HECKERLING]
27. TO DIE FOR [GUS VAN SANT]
28. THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET (la flor de mi secreto) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
29. WATERWORLD [KEVIN REYNOLDS]
30. HEAT [MICHAEL MANN]
31. DESPERADO [ROBERT RODRIGUEZ]
32. KISS OF DEATH [BARBET SCHROEDER]
33. COPYCAT [JON AMIEL]
34. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY [CLINT EASTWOOD]
35. DOLORES CLAIBORNE [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
36. ROB ROY [MICHAEL CATON-JONES]
37. THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE [BETTY THOMAS]
38. THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN [C. MONGER] (UK)
39. MURDER IN THE FIRST [MARC ROCCO]
40. CASINO [MARTIN SCORSESE]
41. THE UNDERNEATH [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
42. GOLDENEYE [MARTIN CAMPBELL]
43. BILLY MADISON [TAMRA DAVIS]
44. THE BASKETBALL DIARIES [SCOTT KALVERT]
45. JUST CAUSE [ARNE GLIMCHER]
46. MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS [STEPHEN HEREK]
47. ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS [STEVE OEDEKERK]
48. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT [ROB REINER]
49. TOMMY BOY [PETER SEGAL]
50. MALLRATS [KEVIN SMITH]
51. GRUMPIER OLD MEN [HOWARD DEUTCH]
52. DANGEROUS MINDS [JOHN N. SMITH]
53. SABRINA [SYDNEY POLLACK]
54. CANADIAN BACON [MICHAEL MOORE]
55. OUTBREAK [WOLFGANG PETERSON]
56. BATMAN FOREVER [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
57. HIGHER LEARNING [JOHN SINGLETON]
58. THE NET [IRWIN WINKLER]
59. CONGO [FRANK MARSHALL]
60. SHOWGIRLS [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
61. FOUR ROOMS [ANDERS, ROCKWELL, RODRIGUEZ, & TARANTINO]

Other (unranked): SISSY-BOY SLAP PARTY [GUY MADDIN] (C) (s);  TOY STORY [JOHN LASSETER] (Pixar) (a); POCAHONTAS [MIKE GARIEL & ERIC GOLDBERG] (a); A GOOFY MOVIE [KEVIN LIMA] (a); WHEN IT RAINS [CHARLES BURNETT] (s); A PERSONAL JOURNEY … THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES [MARTIN SCORSESE & MICHAEL H. WILSON] (TV) (d)

◄ 1996 ►

… I guess it’s just one of those ex-felon, pro-acid kind of non-smoking homes.

1. FARGO [JOEL COEN]
2. LONE STAR [JOHN SAYLES]
3. BREAKING THE WAVES [LARS VON TRIER] (D)
4. FLIRTING WITH DISASTER [DAVID O. RUSSELL]
5. TRAINSPOTTING [DANNY BOYLE] (UK)
6. SECRETS AND LIES [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
7. SLING BLADE [BILLY BOB THORTON]
8. LA PROMESSE [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B)
9. COURAGE UNDER FIRE [EDWARD ZWICK]
10. BIG NIGHT [CAMPBELL SCOTT & STANLEY TUCCI]
11. BOUND [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS]
12. SWINGERS [DOUG LIMAN]
13. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE [BRIAN DE PALMA]
14. SHALL WE DANCE (Shall we dansu?) [MASAYUKI SUO] (J)
15. EMMA [DOUGLAS MCGRATH]
16. CITIZEN RUTH [ALEXANDER PAYNE]
17. THE CRUCIBLE [NICHOLAS HYNTER]
18. THAT THING YOU DO! [TOM HANKS]
19. SMALL FACES [GILLES MACKINNON] (UK)
20. MY SEX LIFE…OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Comment je me suis disputé… (ma vie sexuelle)) [A.DESPLECHIN]
21. THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT [MILOS FORMAN]
22. FREEWAY [MATTHEW BRIGHT]
23. THE CABLE GUY [BEN STILLER]
24. WAITING FOR GUFFMAN [CHRISTOPHER GUEST]
25. BEAUTIFUL GIRLS [TED DEMME]
26. JERRY MAGUIRE [CAMERON CROWE]
27. IRMA VEP [OLIVIER ASSAYAS] (F)
28. MOTHER NIGHT [KEITH GORDON]
29. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULLIET [BAZ LUHRMANN]
30. CRASH [DAVID CROENENBERG] (C)
31. THE DAYTRIPPERS [GREG MOTTOLA]
32. EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU [WOODY ALLEN]
33. HARD EIGHT [P.T. ANDERSON]
34. SHINE [SCOTT HICKS] (A)
35. I SHOT ANDY WARHOL [MARY HARRON]
36. SCREAM [WES CRAVEN]
37. TIN CUP [RON SHELTON]
38. RANSOM [RON HOWARD]
39. GET ON THE BUS [SPIKE LEE]
40. WALKING AND TALKING [NICOLE HOLOFCENER]
41. THE ENGLISH PATIENT [ANTHONY MINGHELLA]
42. GRACE OF ME HEART [ALLISON ANDERS]
43. THE PALLBEARER [MATT REEVES]
44. NÉNETTE ET BONI [CLAIRE DENIS] (F)
45. ERASER [CHUCK RUSSELL]
46. FROM DUSK TILL DAWN [ROBERT RODRIGUEZ]
47. SLEEPERS [BARRY LEVINSON]
48. 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY [JOHN HERZFELD]
49. A VERY BRADY SEQUEL [ARLENE SANFORD]
50. HAPPY GILMORE [DENNIS DUGAN]
51. SUBURBIA [RICHARD LINKLATER]
52. PRIMAL FEAR [GREGORY HOBLITT]
53. THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS [MICHAEL LEHMANN]
54. BRASSED OFF [MARK HERMAN] (UK)
55. KINGPIN [THE FARRELLY BROTHERS]
56. CITY HALL [HAROLD BECKER]
57. BROKEN ARROW [JOHN WOO]
58. INDEPENDENCE DAY [ROLAND EMMERICH]
59. FEAR [JAMES FOLEY]
60. THE BIRDCAGE [MIKE NICHOLS]
61. PHENOMENON [JOHN TURTELTAUB]
62. THE ROCK [MICHAEL BAY]
63. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR [TOM SHADYAC]
64. MULTIPLICITY [HAROLD RAMIS]
65. ESCAPE FROM L.A. [JOHN CARPENTER]
66. TWISTER [JAN DE BONT]
67. UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL [JON AVNET]
68. SGT. BILKO [JONATHAN LYNN]
69. MICHAEL COLLINS [NEIL JORDAN]
70. A TIME TO KILL [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
71. THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
72. MICHAEL [NORA EPHRON]

Other (Unranked): WHEN WE WERE KINGS [LEON GAST] (d); THE SCHOOL BLOWN AWAY BY THE WIND (Madresei keh baad bord ) [MOHSEN MAKHMALBAF] (IR) (s)

◄ 1997 ►

… I never saved anything for the swim back.

1. BOOGIE NIGHTS [PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON] (Gordon/New Line)
2. THE SWEET HEREAFTER [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
3. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL [CURTIS HANSON]
4. THE ICE STORM [ANG LEE]
5. IN THE COMPANY OF MEN [NEIL LABUTE]
6. GOOD WILL HUNTING [GUS VAN SANT]
7. GATTACA [ANDREW NICOL]
8. HANA-BI (Fireworks) [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
9. COP LAND [JAMES MANGOLD]
10. TITANIC [JAMES CAMERON]
11. JACKIE BROWN [QUENTIN TARANTINO]
12. INSOMNIA [ERIK SKJOLDBJÆRG]
13. FUNNY GAMES [MICHAEL HANEKE]
14. FACE/OFF [JOHN WOO]
15. DONNIE BRASCO [MIKE NEWELL]
16. THE GAME [DAVID FINCHER]
17. DECONSTRUCTING HARRY [WOODY ALLEN]
18. CURE [KIYOSHI KUROSAWA] (J)
19. THE EEL (Unagi)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
20. THE SPANISH PRISONER [DAVID MAMET]
21. TASTE OF CHERRY (Ta’m e guilass) [ABBAS KIAROSTAMI]  (IR)
22. THE BUTCHER BOY [NEIL JORDAN] (IR)
23. LIVE FLESH (Carne trémula)  [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
24. MEN IN BLACK [BARRY SONNENFELD]
25. CHASING AMY [KEVIN SMITH]
26. CONTACT [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
27. MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING [P.J. HOGAN]
28. ALIEN : RESURRECTION [JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET]
29. PRIVATE PARTS [BETTY THOMAS]
30. MOTHER AND SON (Mat I syn)  [ALEKSANDR SOKUROV] (R)
31. WASHINGTON SQUARE [AGNIESZKA HOLLAND]
32. THE HOUSE OF YES [MARK S. WATERS]
33. ADDICTED TO LOVE [GRIFFIN DUNNE]
34. PICTURE PERFECT [GLENN GORDON CARON]
35. WAG THE DOG [BARRY LEVINSON]
36. GROSSE POINTE BLANK [GEORGE ARMITAGE]
37. SCREAM 2 [WES CRAVEN]
38. THE RAINMAKER [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
39. INVENTING THE ABBOTS [PAT O’CONNOR]
40. THE FULL MONTY [PETER CATTANEO]
41. LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND [RICHARD KWIETNIOWSKI]
42. BREAKDOWN [JONATHAN MOSTOW]
43. THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
44. THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
45. AS GOOD AS IT GETS [JAMES L. BROOKS]
46. MR. JEALOUSY [NOAH BAUMBACH]
47. THE POSTMAN [KEVIN COSTNER]
48. TOMORROW NEVER DIES [ROGER SPOTTISWOODE]
49. G.I. JANE [RIDLEY SCOTT]
50. STARSHIP TROOPERS [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
51. KITCHEN PARTY [GARY BURNS] (C)
52. IN & OUT [FRANK OZ]
53. AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY [JAY ROACH]
54. LIAR LIAR [TOM SHADYAC]
55. MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL [CLINT EASTWOOD]
56. THE FIFTH ELEMENT [LUC BESSON]
57. AIR FORCE ONE [WOLFGANG PETERSEN]
58. ANACONDA [LUIS LLOSA]
59. ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION [DAVID MIRKIN]
60. THE DEVIL’S OWN [ALAN J. PAKULA]
61. CON AIR [SIMON WEST]
62. BEVERLY HILL’S NINJA [DENNIS DUGAN]
63. NOWHERE [GREGG ARAKI]
64. SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL [JAN DE BONT]
65. VEGAS VACATION [STEPHEN KESSLER]
66. TWILIGHT OF THE ICE NYMPHS [GUY MADDIN] (C)
67. BATMAN AND ROBIN [JOEL SCHUMACHER]

Other:  ANASTASIA [DON BLUTH & GARY GOLDMAN] (a)

◄ 1998 ►

… Maybe I’m spending too much of my time starting up clubs and putting on plays. I should probably be trying harder to score chicks.

1. RUSHMORE [WES ANDERSON]
2. HAPPINESS [TODD SOLONDZ]
3. THE THIN RED LINE [TERRENCE MALICK]
4. A SIMPLE PLAN [SAM RAIMI]
5. RUN LOLA RUN (Lola rennt)  [TOM TYKWER] (G)
6. BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT (Crna macka, beli macor)  [EMIR KUSTURICA]
7. THE TRUMAN SHOW [PETER WEIR]
8. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
9. FUCKING ǺMǺL (aka Show Me Love)  [LUKAS MOODYSSON] (S)
10. THE BIG LEBOWSKI [JOEL COEN]
11. THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (LaVie rêvée des anges) [ERICK ZONCA] (F)
12. OUT OF SIGHT [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
13. SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS [TAMARA JENKINS]
14. BUFFALO ’66 [VINCENT GALLO]
15. THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO [WHIT STILLMAN]
16. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (La Vita è bella) [ROBERTO BENIGNI] (I) (IMDB 1997)
17. THE CELEBRATION (Festen)  [THOMAS VINTERBERG] (D)
18. AFTER LIFE (Wandafuru raifu)  [HIROKAZU KORE-EDA] (J)
19. PLEASANTVILLE [GARY ROSS]
20. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE [JOHN MADDEN]
21. YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS [NEIL LABUTE]
22. PI [DARREN ARANOFSKY]
23. CENTRAL STATION (Central do Brasil) [WALTER SALLES] (BZ)
24. THE IDIOTS (Idioterne ) [LARS VON TRIER]
25. A CIVIL ACTION [STEVEN ZAILLIAN]
26. DARK CITY [ALEX PROYAS]
27. LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS [GUY RITCHIE] (UK)
28. ZERO EFFECT [JAKE KASDEN]
29. WAKING NED DEVINE [KIRK JONES] (UK)
30. SLIDING DOORS [PETER HOWITT] (UK)
31. HE GOT GAME [SPIKE LEE]
32. THE OPPOSITE OF SEX [DON ROOS]
33. ROUNDERS [JOHN DAHL]
34. RETURN TO PARADISE [JOSEPH RUBEN]
35. VERY BAD THINGS [PETER BERG]
36. PECKER [JOHN WATERS]
37. GREAT EXPECTATIONS [ALFONSO CUARÓN]
38. THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY [THE FARRELLY BROTHERS]
39. SECRET DÉFENSE [JACQUES RIVETTE] (F)
40. THE DINNER GAME (Le dîner de cons) [FRANCIS VEBER] (F)
41. GODS AND MONSTERS [BILL CONDON]
42. RONIN [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
43. DR. AKAGI (Kanzo sensei)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
44. ARMAGEDDON [MICHAEL BAY]
45. NEXT STOP WONDERLAND [BRAD ANDERSON]
46. WILD THINGS [JOHN MCNAUGHTON]
47. AMERICAN HISTORY X [TONY KAYE]
48. PRIMARY COLORS [MIKE NICHOLS]
49. BLADE [STEPHEN NORRINGTON]
50. BULWORTH [WARREN BEATTY]
51. THE HOLE (Dong) [TSAI MING-LIANG] (CH)
52. THE SIEGE [EDWARD ZWICK]
53. APT PUPIL [BRYAN SINGER]
54. PALMETTO [VOLKER SCHLONDORFF]
55. ENEMY OF THE STATE [TONY SCOTT]
56. THE WEDDING SINGER [FRANK CORACI]
57. CELEBRITY [WOODY ALLEN]
58. YOU’VE GOT MAIL [NORA EPHRON]
59. A PERFECT MURDER [ANDREW DAVIS]
60. SNAKE EYES [BRIAN DE PALMA]
61. HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER [STEVE MINER]
62. THE WATERBOY [FRANK CORACI]
63. BASEKETBALL [DAVID ZUCKER]
64. 54 [MARK CHRISTOPHER]

Other: ALONE. LIFE WASTES ANDY HARDY [MARTIN ARNOLD] (s)

◄ 1999 ►

… Who cares about this stupid election? We all know it doesn’t matter who gets elected president of Carver. Do you really think it’s going to change anything around here; make one single person smarter or happier or nicer? The only person it does matter to is the one who gets elected. The same pathetic charade happens every year, and everyone makes the same pathetic promises just so they can put it on their transcripts to get into college. So vote for me, because I don’t even want to go to college, and I don’t care, and as president I won’t do anything. The only promise I will make is that if elected I will immediately dismantle the student government, so that none of us will ever have to sit through one of these stupid assemblies again! …Or don’t vote for me… who cares? Don’t vote at all!

1. MAGNOLIA [PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON] (Ghoulardi/New Line)
2. ELECTION [ALEXANDER PAYNE]
3. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH [SPIKE JONZE]
4. ROSETTA [JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE] (B)
5. FIGHT CLUB [DAVID FINCHER]
6. THE SIXTH SENSE [M.NIGHT SHYAMALAN]
7. EYES WIDE SHUT [STANLEY KUBRICK]
8. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY [ANTHONY MINGHELLA]
9. THE STRAIGHT STORY [DAVID LYNCH]
10. KIKUJIRO (Kikujiro no natsu)  [TAKESHI KITANO] (J)
11. THE MATRIX [THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS]
12. GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (La Fille sur le pont)  [PATRICE LECONTE] (F)
13. AMERICAN BEAUTY [SAM MENDES]
14. GO [DOUG LIMAN]
15. THE INSIDER [MICHAEL MANN]
16. BEAU TRAVAIL [CLAIRE DENIS] (F)
17. LIMBO [JOHN SAYLES]
18. EXISTENZ [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
19. RATCATCHER [LYNNE RAMSAY] (UK)
20. GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI [JIM JARMUSCH]
21. THE COLOR OF LIES (Au coeur du mensong) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
22. ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Todo sobre mi madre) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
23. THE END OF THE AFFAIR [NEIL JORDAN] (Columbia)
24. DROP DEAD GORGEOUS [MICHAEL PATRICK JANN]
25. STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 THE PHANTOM MENACE [GEORGE LUCAS]
26. HUMAN RESOURCES (Ressources humaines)  [LAURENT CANTET] (F)
27. OFFICE SPACE [MIKE JUDGE]
28. THREE KINGS [DAVID O. RUSSELL]
29. THE CIDER HOUSE RULES [LASSE HALLSTRÖM]
30. THE GREEN MILE [FRANK DARABONT]
31. BOYS DON’T CRY [KIMBERLY PEIRCE]
32. GIRL, INTERRUPTED [JAMES MANGOLD]
33. THE LIMEY [STEVEN SODERBERGH]
34. RAVENOUS [ANTONIA BIRD]
35. SHOWER (Xizao)  [YANG ZHANG] (CH)
36. RIDE WITH THE DEVIL [ANG LEE]
37. COOKIE’S FORTUNE [ROBERT ALTMAN]
38. MUMFORD [LAWRENCE KASDAN]
39. SWEET AND LOWDOWN [WOODY ALLEN]
40. TOPSY-TURVY [MIKE LEIGH] (UK)
41. AMERICAN PIE [PAUL & CHRIS WEITZ]
42. OCTOBER SKY [JOE JOHNSTON]
43. GALAXY QUEST [DEAN PARISOT]
44. THE VIRGIN SUICIDES [SOFIA COPPOLA]
45. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT [DANIEL MYRICK & EDUARDO SÁNCHEZ]
46. ANGELA’S ASHES [ALAN PARKER] (UK)
47. ARLINGTON ROAD [MARK PELLINGTON]
48. NOTTING HILL [ROGER MICHELL]
49. THE MAN ON THE MOON [MILOS FORMAN]
50. THE YARDS  [JAMES GRAY] (Miramax) (moved from 2000)
51. THE HURRICANE [NORMAN JEWISON]
52. THE MUMMY [STEPHEN SOMMERS]
53. FELICIA’S JOURNEY [ATOM EGOYAN] (C)
54. DEEP BLUE SEA [RENNY HARLIN]
55. SUMMER OF SAM [SPIKE LEE]
56. THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
57. DICK [ANDREW FLEMING]
58. BRINGING OUT THE DEAD [MARTIN SCORSESE]
59. THE BONE COLLECTOR [PHILIP NOYCE]
60. NEVER BEEN KISSED [RAJA GOSNELL]
61. TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU [GIL JUNGER]
62. PAYBACK [BRIAN HELGELAND]
63. AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME [JAY ROACH]
64. ANALYZE THIS [HAROLD RAMIS]
65. HAPPY, TEXAS [MARK ILLSLEY]
66. ENTRAPMENT [JON AMIEL]
67. CRUEL INTENTIONS [ROBER KUMBLE]
68. PUSHING TIN [MIKE NEWELL]
69. BOWFINGER [FRANK OZ]
70. BIG DADDY [DENNIS DUGAN]
71. END OF DAYS [PETER HYAMS]
72. THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC [LUC BESSON]
73. DOGMA [KEVIN SMITH]
74. ANY GIVEN SUNDAY [OLIVER STONE]
75. 200 CIGARETTES [RISA BRAMON GARCIA]

Other: TOY STORY 2 [LASSETER, BRANNON & UNKRICH] (Pixar) (a) ; HITCHCOCK, SELZNICK AND THE END OF HOLLYWOOD [MICHAEL EPSTEIN] (d)

THE 80s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE EIGHTIES

(Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel)

Recent Additions in RED - Last Updated May 26. 2012

Last 5 Titles Added:

ABSENCE OF MALICE [SYDNEY POLLACK] (1981)
LILI MARLEEN  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (1981)
SOUTHERN COMFORT  [WALTER HILL] (1981)
SANS SOLEIL (Sunless) [CHRIS MARKER] (1983)
ROUTINE PLEASURES [JEAN-PIERRE GORIN] (1986)

◄ 1980 ►

… Joey, have you ever been in a… in a Turkish prison?

1. THE SHINING [STANLEY KUBRICK] (UK)
2. RAGING BULL [MARTIN SCORSESE]
3. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK [IRVING KERSHNER] (Fox)
4. THE ELEPHANT MAN [DAVID LYNCH]
5. STARDUST MEMORIES [WOODY ALLEN]
6. SUPERMAN II [RICHARD LESTER]
7. MON ONCLE D’AMÉRIQUE [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
8. ORDINARY PEOPLE [ROBERT REDFORD]
9. THE BIG RED ONE [SAMUEL FULLER]
10. MELVIN AND HOWARD [JONATHAN DEMME]
11. AIRPLANE! [JIM ABRAHAMS, DAVID ZUCKER & JERRY ZUCKER]
12. BAD TIMING [NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
13. ‘BREAKER’ MORANT [BRUCE BERESFORD] (A)
14. KAGEMUSHA [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
15. ATLANTIC CITY [LOUIS MALLE] (C)
16. CITY OF WOMEN (La Città della donne) [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
17. THE BLUES BROTHERS [JOHN LANDIS]
18. DRESSED TO KILL [BRIAN DEPALMA]
19. OUT OF THE BLUE [DENNIS HOPPER]
20. THE STUNT MAN [RICHARD RUSH]
21. FAME [ALAN PARKER]
22. THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY [JOHN MACKENZIE] (UK)
23. GLORIA [JOHN CASSAVETES]
24. THE LONG RIDERS [WALTER HILL]
25. TOM HORN [WILLIAM WIARD]
26. LOULOU [MAURICE PIALAT] (F)
27. THE CHANGELING [PETER MEDAK] (C)
28. 9 TO 5 [COLIN HIGGINS]
29. HOPSCOTCH [RONALD NEAME]
30. MY BODYGUARD [TONY BILL]
31. HEAVEN’S GATE [MICHAEL CIMINO]
32. THE LAST METRO [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
33. CADDYSHACK [HAROLD RAMIS]
34. ZIGEUNERWEISEN (Tsigoineruwaizen) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (J)
35. STIR CRAZY [SIDNEY POITIER]
36. THE FOG [JOHN CARPENTER]
37. URBAN COWBOY [JAMES BRIDGES]
38. AMERICAN GIGOLO [PAUL SCHRADER]
39. FROM THE LIFE OF MARIONETTES (Aus dem Laben  der Marionetten) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
40. THE COMPETITION [JOEL OLIANSKY]
41. FRIDAY THE 13^TH [SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM]
42. CRUISING [WILLIAM FRIEDKN]
43. WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM [ART LINSON]
44. HERO AT LARGE [MARTIN DAVIDSON]
45. FATSO [ANNE BANCROFT]
46. POPEYE [ROBERT ALTMAN]
47. THE ISLAND [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
48. THE FORMULA  [JOHN G. AVILDSEN] (Steve Shagan – MGM)
49. PROM NIGHT [PAUL LYNCH] (C)
50. THE BLUE LAGOON [RANDAL KLIESER]
51. TERROR TRAIN  [ROGER SPOTTISWOODE] (Astral) (C)
52. THE NUDE BOMB [CLIVE DONNER]
53. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II [HAL NEEDHAM]
54. FLASH GORDON [MIKE HODGES]
55. MANIAC [WILLIAM LUSTIG]
56. XANADU [ROBERT GREENWALD]

Other (Unranked): POTO AND CABENGO [JEAN-PIERRE GORIN] (d); LIGHTNING OVER WATER [WIM WENDERS] (d); GROWN-UPS [MIKE LEIGH] (BBC2 Playhouse) (TV)

 

◄ 1981 ►

…You aren’t too smart, are you? I like that in a man

1. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
2. THE ROAD WARRIOR [GEORGE MILLER] (A)
3. BODY HEAT [LAWRENCE KASDEN]
4. LOLA [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
5. BLOW OUT [BRIAN DE PALMA]
6. CUTTER’S WAY (Cutter and Bone)  [IVAN PASSER]
7. COUP DE TORCHON (Clean Slate)  [BERTRAND TAVERNIER] (F)
8. REDS [WARREN BEATTY]
9. GALLIPOLI [PETER WEIR] (A)
10. MY DINNER WITH ANDRE [LOUIS MALLE]
11. THE AVIATOR’S WIFE (La Femme de l’aviateur) [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
12. THEY ALL LAUGHED [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
13. DAS BOOT [WOLFGANG PETERSEN] (G)
14. GREGORY’S GIRL [BILL FORSYTH] (UK)
15. SOUTHERN COMFORT  [WALTER HILL]
16. PRINCE OF THE CITY [SIDNEY LUMET]
17. THIEF [MICHAEL MANN]
18. MEPHISTO [ISTVÁN SZABÓ] (H)
19. POSSESSION [ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI] (F/G)
20. THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR (La Femme d’à côté) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
21. ON GOLDEN POND [MARK RYDELL]
22. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK [JOHN CARPENTER]
23. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN [HERBERT ROSS]
24. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN [KAREL REISZ]
25. LILI MARLEEN  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
26. RAGTIME [MILOS FORMAN]
27. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY [JOHN GLEN]
28. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON [JOHN LANDIS]
29. MODERN ROMANCE [ALBERT BROOKS]
30. CHARIOTS OF FIRE [HUGH HUDSON] (UK)
31. QUEST FOR FIRE [JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD] (C)
32. BLOOD WEDDING (Bodas de sangre)  [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
33. TICKET TO HEAVEN [RALPH L. THOMAS]
34. TRUE CONFESSIONS [ULU GROSBARD]
35. STRIPES [IVAN REITMAN]
36. HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART ONE [MEL BROOKS]
37. THE EVIL DEAD [SAM RAIMI]
38. HÔTEL DES AMÉRIQUES [ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ] (F)
39. ABSENCE OF MALICE [SYDNEY POLLACK] (Pollack – Mirage/Columbia)
40. ARTHUR [STEVE GORDON]
41. NEIGHBORS [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
42. THE HOWLING [JOE DANTE]
43. TAPS [HAROLD BECKER]
44. WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? [JOHN BADHAM]
45. FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER [RONALD NEAME]
46. OUTLAND [PETER HYAMS]
47. PORKY’S [BOB CLARK] (C)
48. HALLOWEEN II [RICK ROSENTHAL]
49. MS. 45 [ABEL FERRARA]
50. THE FINAL CONFLICT [GRAHAM BAKER]
51. WOLFEN [MICHAEL WADLEIGH]
52. VICTORY [JOHN HUSTON]
53. THE CANNONBALL RUN [HAL NEEDHAM]
54. ROLLOVER [ALAN J. PAKULA]
55. CLASH OF THE TITANS [DESMOND DAVIS]
56. GHOST STORY [JOHN IRVIN]
57. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE [MICHAEL APTED]
58. FRIDAY THE 13^TH PART 2 [STEVE MINER]
59. PATERNITY  [DAVID STEINBERG]
60. MY BLOODY VALENTINE [GEORGE MIHALKA]
61. ENDLESS LOVE [FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI]
62. CIRCLE OF TWO  [JULES DASSIN] (C)
63. HELL NIGHT [TOM DESIMONE]
64. SHARKY’S MACHINE [BURT REYNOLDS]
65. PRIVATE LESSONS  [ALAN MYERSON]
66. TARZAN THE APE MAN [JOHN DEREK]
67. CAVEMAN [CARL GOTTLIEB]

Other (unranked):  VERNON, FLORIDA [ERROL MORRIS] (d); HEAVY METAL [GERALD POTTERTON & JIMMY T. MURAKAMI] (a); THE FOX AND THE HOUND [BERMAN, RICH & STEVENS] (a)

 

◄ 1982 ►

…We all know most marriages depend on a firm grasp of football trivia.

1. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
2. VERONIKA VOSS (Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
3. THE VERDICT [SIDNEY LUMET]
4. FITZCARRALDO [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
5. FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Fanny och Alexander)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
6. BLADE RUNNER [RIDLEY SCOTT]
7. THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS (La Notte di San Lorenzo)  [PAOLO TAVIANI & VITTORIO TAVIANI] (I)
8. POLTERGEIST [TOBE HOOPER]
9. MOONLIGHTING [JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI] (UK)
10. MISSING [COSTA-GAVRAS]
11. VICTOR/VICTORIA [BLAKE EDWARDS]
12. TOOTSIE [SYDNEY POLLACK]
13. DINER [BARRY LEVINSON]
14. LE BEAU MARRIAGE (The Good Marriage)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
15. MY FAVORITE YEAR [RICHARD BENJAMIN]
16. THE KING OF COMEDY [MARTIN SCORSESE]
17. THE THING [JOHN CARPENTER]
18. SHOOT THE MOON [ALAN PARKER]
19. ONIMASA (Kiryûin Hanako no shôgai) [HIDEO GOSHA] (J)
20. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP [GEORGE ROY HILL]
21. EATING RAOUL [PAUL BARTEL]
22. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH [AMY HECKERLING]
23. DEATHTRAP [SIDNEY LUMET]
24. THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY [PETER WEIR]
25. STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN [NICHOLAS MEYER]
26. WHITE DOG [SAMUEL FULLER] (Paramount)
27. NIGHT SHIFT [RON HOWARD]
28. ONE FROM THE HEART [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
29. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
30. FIRST BLOOD [TED KOTCHEFF]
31. 48 HOURS [WALTER HILL]
32. PINK FLOYD THE WALL [ALAN PARKER]
33. ROCKY III [SYLVESTER STALLONE]
34. THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS [COLIN HIGGINS]
35. A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT SEX COMEDY [WOODY ALLEN]
36. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS  [LOU ADLER]
37. THE BORDER  [TONY RICHARDSON]
38. LA TRUITE [JOSEPH LOSEY]
39. IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN (Identificazione di una donna) [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
40. CREEPSHOW [GEORGE A. ROMERO]
41. AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL [KEN FINKLEMAN]
42. TRON [STEVEN LISBERGER]
43. BASKET CASE  [FRANK HENENLOTTER]
44. MAKING LOVE  [ARTHUR HILLER]
45. THE ENTITY  [SIDNEY J. FURIE] (moved from 1981)
46. IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR [ERIC TILL]
47. AUTHOR! AUTHOR! [ARTHUR HILLER]
48. GREASE 2 [PATRICIA BIRCH]
49. DEATH WISH II [MICHAEL WINNER]
50. YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE  [GARRY MARSHALL]
51. CLASS REUNION [MICHAEL MILLER]
52. ZAPPED! [ROBERT J. ROSENTHAL]
53. SUMMER LOVERS [RANDAL KLEISER] (Filmways)
54. HOMEWORK  [JAMES BESHEARS]
55. MEGAFORCE [HAL NEEDHAM]

Other (unranked): RICHARD PRYOR LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP [JOE LAYTON]; AN EXERCISE IN DISCIPLINE – PEEL [JANE CAMPION] (A) (s); VINCENT [TIM BURTON] (A/s)

◄ 1983 ►

… Request permission to relieve bladder.

1. THE RIGHT STUFF [PHILIP KAUFMAN]
2. ZELIG [WOODY ALLEN]
3. THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Narayama bushiko)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Toei) (J)
4. CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (Vivement dimanche!) (Finally, Sunday) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
5. A CHRISTMAS STORY [BOB CLARK]
6. EL NORTE [GREGORY NAVA] (SP)
7. THE GEISHA (Yokiro)  [HIDEO GOSHA] (J)
8. AND THE SHIP SAILS ON (E la nave va)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
9. LOCAL HERO [BILL FORSYTH] (UK)
10. PAULINE AT THE BEACH (Pauline à la plage)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
11. RETURN OF THE JEDI [RICHARD MARQUAND] (Lucusfilm/Fox)
12. THE DEAD ZONE [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
13. À NOS AMOURS (To Our Loves)  [MAURICE PIALAT] (F)
14. RUMBLE FISH [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
15. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT [JAMES L. BROOKS]
16. ONE DEADLY SUMMER (L’été meurtrier) [JEAN BECKER] (F)
17. SILKWOOD [MIKE NICHOLS]
18. THE MAKIOKA SISTERS (Sasameyuki) [KON ICHIKAWA] (Toho) (J)
19. EDUCATING RITA [LEWIS GILBERT]
20. TRADING PLACES [JOHN LANDIS]
21. STAR 80 [BOB FOSSE]
22. MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE [NAGISA OSHIMA] (UK/J)
23. SCARFACE [BRIAN DEPALMA]
24. MY BROTHER’S WEDDING [CHARLES BURNETT]
25. VIDEODROME [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
26. BABY IT’S YOU [JOHN SAYLES]
27. DANTON [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (F)
28. THE FOURTH MAN (De vierde man)  [PAUL VERHOEVEN] (N)
29. VALLEY GIRL [MARTHA COOLIDGE]
30. OCTOPUSSY [JOHN GLEN]
31. WARGAMES [JOHN BADHAM]
32. MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE [TERRY GILLIAM & TERRY JONES] (UK)
33. THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS [CARL REINER]
34. NEVER CRY WOLF [CARROLL BALLARD]
35. RISKY BUSINESS [PAUL BRICKMAN]
36. THE OUTSIDERS [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
37. MR. MOM [STAN DRAGOTI]
38. VACATION [HAROLD RAMIS]
39. THE BIG CHILL [LAWRENCE KASDAN]
40. CHRISTINE [JOHN CARPENTER]
41. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN [IRVING KIRSHNER]
42. STRANGE BREW [RICK MORANIS & DAVE THOMAS]
43. TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE [VARIOUS]
44. BLUE THUNDER [JOHN BADHAM]
45. ALL THE RIGHT MOVES [MICHAELCHAPMAN]
46. BAD BOYS [RICK ROSENTHAL]
47. CLASS [LEWIS JOHN CARLINO]
48. SUDDEN IMPACT [CLINT EASTWOOD]
49. SUPERMAN III [RICHARD LESTER]
50. LOSIN’ IT  [CURTIS HANSON]
51. PSYCHO II [RICHARD FRANKLIN]
52. YELLOWBEARD [MEL DAMSKI]
53. BREATHLESS [JIM MCBRIDE]
54. THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE [FRANC RODDAM]
55. EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS [MARTIN DAVIDSON]
56. UNCOMMON VALOR [TED KOTCHEFF]
57. EASY MONEY [JAMES SIGNORELLI]
58. CUJO [LEWIS TEAGUE]
59. MAX DUGAN RETURNS [HERBERT ROSS]
60. D.C. CAB [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
61. THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND [SAM PECKINPAH]
62. LIFE IS A BED OF ROSES (La Vie est un roman)  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
63. FLASHDANCE [ADRIAN LYNE]
64. AMITYVILLE 3-D  [RICHARD FLEISCHER]
65. SPRING BREAK  [SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM]
66. PORKY’S II: THE NEXT DAY [BOB CLARK]
67. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT III [DICK LOWRY]
68. STAYING ALIVE [SYLVESTER STALLONE]
69. JAWS 3-D [JOE ALVES]
70. PRIVATE SCHOOL [NOEL BLACK]
71. STROKER ACE [HAL NEEDHAM]
72. DOCTOR DETROIT [MICHAEL PRESSMAN]

Other (Unranked): SANS SOLEIL (Sunless) [CHRIS MARKER] (F);  PASSIONLESS MOMENTS [JANE CAMPION] (s);  WINNIE THE POOH AND A DAY FOR EEYORE [RICK REINERT] (Disney) (a/s)

◄ 1984 ►

…Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It’s just not really widely reported.

1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA [SERGIO LEONE]
2. BLOOD SIMPLE [JOEL COEN]
3. PARIS, TEXAS [WIM WENDERS]
4. AMADEUS [MILOS FORMAN]
5. THE FLAMINGO KID [GARY MARSHALL]
6. THIS IS SPINAL TAP [ROB REINER]
7. BROADWAY DANNY ROSE [WOODY ALLEN]
8. INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
9. GREMLINS [JOE DANTE]
10. PASSAGE TO INDIA [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
11. NOTRE HISTOIRE (Our Story) (Separate Rooms) [BERTRAND BLIER] (F)
12. THE HIT [STEPHEN FREARS] (UK)
13. THE HOME AND THE WORLD (Ghare-Baire) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
14. LOVE ONTO DEATH (L’amour à mort) [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
    
15. ROMANCING THE STONE [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
16. A SOLDIER’S STORY [NORMAN JEWISON]
17. THE TERMINATOR [JAMES CAMERON]
18. FULL MOON IN PAR IS (Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune) [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
19. BIRDY [ALAN PARKER]
20. SIXTEEN CANDLES [JOHN HUGHES]
21. REPO MAN [ALEX COX]
22. UNDER THE VOLCANO [JOHN HUSTON]
23. NIGHT OF THE COMET [THOM EBERHARDT]
24. SPLASH [RON HOWARD]
25. THE NATURAL [BARRY LEVINSON]
26. RACING WITH THE MOON [RICHARD BENJAMIN]
27. THE KILLING FIELDS [ROLAND JOFFE]
28. CHOOSE ME [ALAN RUDOLPH]
29. GHOST BUSTERS [IVAN REITMAN]
30. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET [JOHN SAYLES]
31. THE KARATE KID [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
32. TOP SECRET! [JIM ABRAHAMS, DAVID ZUCKER & JERRY ZUCKER]
33. STRANGER THAN PARADISE [JIM JARMUSCH]
34. BEVERLY HILLS COP [MARTIN BREST]
35. THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE [TONY RICHARDSON]
36. BODY DOUBLE [BRIAN DE PALMA]
37. PURPLE RAIN [ALBERT MAGNOLI]
38. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET [WES CRAVEN]
39. REVENGE OF THE NERDS [JEFF KANEW]
40. IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES [CHARLES SHYER]
41. THE ELEMENT OF CRIME (Forbrydelsens element) [LARS VON TRIER] (D)
42. LA FEMME PUBLIQUE [ANDREW ZULAWSKI] (F)
43. TEACHERS [ARTHUR HILLER]
44. JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY [AMY HECKERLING]
45. RED DAWN [JOHN MILIUS]
46. CONAN THE DESTROYER [RICHARD FLEISCHER]
47. STREETS OF FIRE [WALTER HIL]
48. THE LONELY GUY [ARTHUR HILLER]
49. MIKE’S MURDER  [JAMES BRIDGES] (Warner)
    
50. FIRESTARTER [MARK. L. LESTER]
51. STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK [LEONARD NEMOY]
52. CLOAK & DAGGER [RICHARD FRANKLIN]
53. POLICE ACADEMY [HUGH WILSON]
54. THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8^TH DIMENSION [W.D. RICHTER]
55. CHILDREN OF THE CORN [FRITZ KIRSCH]
56. GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES [HUGH HUDSON]
57. BACHELOR PARTY [NEAL ISRAEL]
58. FOOTLOOSE [HERBERT ROSS]
59. OXFORD BLUES  [ROBERT BORIS]
    
60. FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER [JOSEPH ZITO]
61. CANNONBALL RUN II [HAL NEEDHAM]
62. DUNE [DAVID LYNCH]
63. AGAINST ALL ODDS [TAYLOR HACKFORD]
64. THE WOMAN IN RED [GENE WILDER]
65. WHERE THE BOYS ARE ’84  [HY AVERBACK]
66. THE EVIL THAT MEN DO  [J. LEE THOMPSON]
    
67. MISSING IN ACTION [JOSEPH ZITO]
68. BLAME IT ON RIO [STANLEY DONEN]
69. ANGEL [ROBERT VINCENT O'NEILL]
70. BOLERO [JOHN DEREK]
71. BREAKIN’/BREAKIN’ 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO [SAM FIRSTENBERG]
72. HOT DOG… THE MOVIE [PETER MARKLE]
73. HEAVENLY BODIES  [LAWRENCE DANE] (C)
    

Other: A GIRL’S OWN STORY [JANE CAMPION] (A) (s); STOP MAKING SENSE [JONATHAN DEMME] (c); 7 P., CUIS., S. DE B. [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (s); LES DITES CARIATIDES (The So-called Caryatids) [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (s)

 

◄ 1985 ►

…Ronald Reagan? The actor? Then who’s Vice-President? Jerry Lewis?

1. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO [WOODY ALLEN]
2. TAMPOPO [JUZO ITAMI] (J)
3. BACK TO THE FUTURE [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
4. RAN [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
5. VAGABOND (Sans toit ni loi)  [AGNÈS VARDA] (F)
6. WITNESS [PETER WEIR]
7. DEATH OF A SALESMAN [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF]
8. AFTER HOURS [MARTIN SCORSESE]
9. COME AND SEE (Idi I smotri)  [ELEM KLIMOV] (R)
10. THE COLOR PURPLE [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
11. MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS [PAUL SCHRADER]
12. THE SURE THING [ROB REINER]
13. THE BREAKFAST CLUB [JOHN HUGHES]
14. MALA NOCHE (Bad Night) [GUS VAN SANT]
15. PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE [TIM BURTON]
16. KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN [HECTOR BABENCO]
17. THE GOONIES [RICHARD DONNER]
18. FLETCH [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
19. BREWSTER’S MILLIONS [WALTER HILL]
20. BRAZIL [TERRY GILLIAM]
21. LOST IN AMERICA [ALBERT BROOKS]
22. SILVERADO [LAWRENCE KASDEN]
23. HEAVEN HELP US  [MICHAEL DINNER]
24. CLUE [JONATHAN LYNN]
25. INSIGNIFICANCE [NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
26. MASK [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
27. BETTER OFF DEAD… [SAVAGE STEVE HOLLAND]
28. A ROOM WITH A VIEW [JAMES IVORY] (Goldcrest/Merchant Ivory)(UK) (moved from 1986)
29. COCOON [RON HOWARD]
30. REAL GENIUS [MARTHA COOLIDGE]
31. RENDEZ-VOUS [ANDRE TECHINE] (F)
32. ENEMY MINE [WOLFGANG PETERSON]
33. THE JEWEL OF THE NILE [LEWIS TEAGUE]
34. TEEN WOLF [ROD DANIEL]
35. AGNES OF GOD [NORMAN JEWISON]
36. JOSHUA THEN AND NOW [TED KOTCHEFF] (C)
37. DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN [SUSAN SEIDELMAN]
38. MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME [GEORGE MILLER]
39. PALE RIDER [CLINT EASTWOOD]
40. TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN]
41. VISION QUEST [HAROLD BECKER]
42. LADYHAWKE [RICHARD DONNER]
43. TARGET [ARTHUR PENN]
44. ST. ELMO’S FIRE [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
45. COMMANDO [MARK L. LESTER]
46. WEIRD SCIENCE [JOHN HUGHES]
47. THAT WAS THEN…THIS IS NOW  [CHRISTOPHER CAIN]
48. MY AMERICAN COUSIN [SANDY WILSON] (C)
49. SUMMER RENTAL [CARL REINER]
50. FRIGHT NIGHT [TOM HOLLAND]
51. THE EMERALD FOREST [JOHN BOORMAN]
52. A VIEW TO A KILL [JOHN GLEN]
53. JUST ONE OF THE GUYS  [LISA GOTTLIEB]
54. MISCHIEF  [MEL DAMSKI]
55. EUROPEAN VACATION [AMY HECKERLING]
56. ROCKY IV [SYLVESTER STALLONE]
57. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II [GEORGE COSMATOS]
58. POLICE ACADEMY 2: THEIR FIRST ASSIGNMENT [JERRY PARIS]
59. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE [JACK SHOLDER]
60. PERFECT  [JAMES BRIDGES]
61. VOLUNTEERS  [NICOLAS MEYER]
62. SPIES LIKE US [JOHN LANDIS]
63. HEAD OFFICE [KEN FINKLEMAN] (C)
64. DEATH WISH 3 [MICHAEL WINNER]

Other: 28 UP [MICHAEL APTED] (d); LOUIE BLUIE [TERRY ZWIGOFF] (d)

◄ 1986 ►

…If Jesus came back and saw what’s going on in his name, he’d never stop throwing up.

1. BLUE VELVET [DAVID LYNCH]
2. ALIENS [JAMES CAMERON]
3. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS [WOODY ALLEN]
4. LE RAYON VERT (The Green Ray) (Summer) [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
5. JEAN DE FLORETTE [CLAUDE BERRI] (F)
6. STAND BY ME [ROB REINER]
7. SOMETHING WILD [JONATHAN DEMME]
8. FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF [JOHN HUGHES]
9. MANON DES SOURCES [CLAUDE BERRI] (F)
10. DOWN BY LAW [JIM JARMUSCH]
11. PLATOON [OLIVER STONE]
12. MONA LISA [NEIL JORDAN] (UK)
13. MANHUNTER [MICHAEL MANN]
14. MATADOR [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
15. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS [FRANK OZ]
16. THE FLY [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
17. SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT [SPIKE LEE]
18. SHADOWS IN PARADISE (Varjoja paratiisissa) [AKI KAURISMÄKI] (Fin)
19. RUTHLESS PEOPLE [ABRAHAMS, ZUCKER & ZUCKER]
20. THE NAME OF THE ROSE [JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD]
21. THE MOSQUITO COAST [PETER WEIR]
22. LUCUS [DAVID SELTZER]
23. THE COLOR OF MONEY [MARTIN SCORSESE]
24. HOOSIERS [DAVID ANSPAUGH]
25. RIVER’S EDGE [TIM HUNTER]
26. CROCODILE DUNDEE [PETER FAIMAN]
27. STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME [LEONARD NEMOY]
28. ABOUT LAST NIGHT… [EDWARD ZWICK]
29. THE HITCHER [ROBERT HARMON]
30. PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
31. TOP GUN [TONY SCOTT]
32. PRETTY IN PINK [HOWARD DEUTCH]
33. MÉLO [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
34. F/X [ROBERT MANDEL]
35. NOTHING IN COMMON [GARY MARSHALL]
36. THE MONEY PIT [RICHARD BENJAMIN]
37. SHORT CIRCUIT [JOHN BADHAM]
38. RUNNING SCARED [PETER HYAMS]
39. ¡ THREE AMIGOS ! [JOHN LANDIS]
40. THE KARATE KID PART II [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
41. BACK TO SCHOOL [ALAN METTER]
42. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA [JOHN CARPENTER]
43. DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS [PAUL MAZURSKY]
44. POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE [BRIAN GIBSON]
45. YOUNGBLOOD [PETER MARKLE]
46. NINE ½ WEEKS [ADRIAN LYNE]
47. HEARTBREAK RIDGE [CLINT EASTWOOD]
48. ONE CRAZY SUMMER [SAVAGE STEVE HOLLAND]
49. JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS  [ALLAN BURNS]
50. THE GOLDEN CHILD [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
51. LEGAL EAGLES [IVAN REITMAN]
52. HOUSE [STEVE MINER]
53. QUICKSILVER  [TOM DONNELLY]
54. CLUB PARADISE [HAROLD RAMIS]
55. SOUL MAN [STEVE MINER]
56. ARMED AND DANGEROUS [MARK L. LESTER]
57. POLICE ACADEMY 3: BACK IN TRAINING [JERRY PARIS]
58. AMERICAN ANTHEM [ALBERT MAGNOLI]
59. HOWARD THE DUCK [WILLIAM HUYCK]

Other (Unranked): ROUTINE PLEASURES [JEAN-PIERRE GORIN] (d); CAPTAIN EO [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA] (s); T’AS DE BEAUX ESCALIERS, TU SAIS (You’ve Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know) [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (s); LUXO JR.  [JOHN LASSETER] (Pixar) (a/s)

 

◄ 1987 ►

…I wanted to see exotic Vietnam… the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture… and kill them

1. EMPIRE OF THE SUN [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
2. RAISING ARIZONA [JOEL COEN]
3. RADIO DAYS [WOODY ALLEN]
4. FULL METAL JACKET [STANLEY KUBRICK]
5. THE LAST EMPEROR [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI]
6. MATEWAN [JOHN SAYLES]
7. NO WAY OUT [ROGER DONALDSON]
8. PELLE THE CONQUEROR (Pelle erobreren)  [BILLE AUGUST] (D/S)
9. AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
10. WINGS OF DESIRE (Der Himmel über Berlin)  [WIM WENDERS] (G)
11. BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS (L’Ami de mon amie)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
12. HOUSE OF GAMES [DAVID MAMET]
13. ROXANNE [FRED SCHEPISI]
14. STAKEOUT [JOHN BADHAM]
15. BABETTE’S FEAST (Babettes Gæstebud) [GABRIEL AXEL] (D/F)
16. PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES [JOHN HUGHES]
17. THE CRY OF THE OWL (Le cri du hibou) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
18. A TAXING WOMAN (Marusa no Onna)  [JUZO ITAMI] (J)
19. HOPE AND GLORY [JOHN BOORMAN] (UK)
20. BROADCAST NEWS [JAMES L. BROOKS]
21. MASQUES [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
22. PRICK UP YOUR EARS [STEPHEN FREARS] (UK)
23. THE DEAD [JOHN HUSTON]
24. LAW OF DESIRE (La Ley del deseo) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
25. EDDIE MURPHY RAW [ROBERT TOWNSEND]
26. THE UNTOUCHABLES [BRIAN DEPALMA]
27. PREDATOR [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
28. THE EVIL DEAD II [SAM RAIMI]
29. THE LOST BOYS [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
30. LETHAL WEAPON [RICHARD DONNER]
31. BABY BOOM [CHARLES SHYER]
32. THE SECRET OF MY SUCCE$S [HERBERT ROSS]
33. THREE O’CLOCK HIGH [PHIL JOANOU]
34. SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL [HOWARD DEUTCH]
35. WALL STREET [OLIVER STONE]
36. WALKER [ALEX COX]
37. LIGHT OF DAY [PAUL SCHRADER]
38. THE BEDROOM WINDOW [CURTIS HANSON]
39. THE PRINCESS BRIDE [ROB REINER]
40. ROBOCOP [PAUL VERHOEVEN]
41. TIN MEN [BARRY LEVINSON]
42. ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING [CHRIS COLUMBUS]
43. THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK [MIKE NICHOLS]
44. FATAL ATTRACTION [ADRIAN LYNE]
45. THREE MEN AND A BABY [LEONARD NEMOY]
46. MOONSTRUCK [NORMAN JEWISON]
47. CAN’T BUY ME LOVE [STEVE RASH]
48. BEVERLY HILLS COP II [TONY SCOTT]
49. LA BAMBA [LUIS VALDEZ]
50. SEPTEMBER [WOODY ALLEN]
51. GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM [BARRY LEVINSON]
52. AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON [VARIOUS]
53. THE BIG EASY [JIM MCBRIDE]
54. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS [JOHN GLEN]
55. SUMMER SCHOOL [CARL REINER]
56. PROJECT X [JONATHAN KAPLAN]
57. LESS THAN ZERO [MAREK KANIEVSKA]
58. HAMBURGER HILL [JOHN IRVIN]
59. THE RUNNING MAN [PAUL MICHAEL GLASSER]
60. BLIND DATE [BLAKE EDWARDS]
61. SPACEBALLS [MEL BROOKS]
62. HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS [WILLIAM DEAR]
63. REVENGE OF THE NERDS II: NERDS IN PARADISE [JOE ROTH]
64. DRAGNET [TOM MANKIEWICZ]
65. DIRTY DANCING [EMILE ARDOLINO]
66. OVER THE TOP [MENAHEM GOLAN]
67. JAWS: THE REVENGE [JOESEPH SARGENT]
68. WHO’S THAT GIRL? [JAMES FOLEY]

Other:  THE SHORT & CURLIES [MIKE LEIGH] (TV) (UK)

 

◄ 1988 ►

…I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.

1. ANOTHER WOMAN [WOODY ALLEN]
2. THE VANISHING (Spoorloos)  [GEORGE SLUIZER]
3. DANGEROUS LIASONS [STEPHEN FREARS]
4. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES [TERENCE DAVIES] (UK)
5. SALAAM BOMBAY! [MIRA NAIR] (ID)
6. DIE HARD [JOHN MCTIERNAN]
7. BULL DURHAM [RON SHELTON]
8. WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de …) [PEDRO ALMODÓVAR] (SP)
9. STORY OF WOMEN (Une affaire de femmes)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
10. THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST [MARTIN SCORSESE]
11. RAIN MAN [BARRY LEVINSON]
12. EIGHT MEN OUT [JOHN SAYLES]
13. MIDNIGHT RUN [MARTIN BREST]
14. A FISH CALLED WANDA [CHARLES CRICHTON]
15. TALK RADIO [OLIVER STONE]
16. BILOXI BLUES [MIKE NICHOLS]
17. THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING [PHILIP KAUFMAN]
18. TIME OF THE GYPSIES (Dom za vesanje)  [EMIR KUSTURICA]
19. WORKING GIRL [MIKE NICHOLS]
20. DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS [FRANK OZ]
21. ARIEL [AKI KAURISMÄKI] (Fin)
22. THEY LIVE [JOHN CARPENTER]
23. THE CHOCOLATE WAR [KEITH GORDON]
24. ALIEN NATION [GRAHAM BAKER]
25. CAMILLE CLAUDEL [BRUNO NUYTTEN] (F)
26. BIRD [CLINT EASTWOOD]
27. THE ACCUSED [JONATHAN KAPLAN]
    
28. MYSTIC PIZZA [DONALD PETRIE]
29. MARRIED TO THE MOB [JONATHAN DEMME]
30. THE NAKED GUN [DAVID ZUCKER]
31. PUNCHLINE [DAVID SELTZER]
32. BIG [PENNY MARSHALL]
33. CHOCOLAT [CLAIRE DENIS] (F)
34. COLORS [DENNIS HOPPER]
35. MISSISSIPPI BURNING [ALAN PARKER]
36. FRANTIC [ROMAN POLANSKI]
37. DEAD RINGERS [DAVID CRONENBERG] (C)
38. BEETLEJUICE [TIM BURTON]
39. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
40. SCROOGED [RICHARD DONNER]
41. SHE’S HAVING A BABY [JOHN HUGHES]
42. COMING TO AMERICA [JOHN LANDIS]
43. SHOOT TO KILL [SPOTTISWOODE]
44. ‘CROCODILE’ DUNDEE II [JOHN CORNELL]
45. YOUNG GUNS [CHRISTOPHER CAIN]
46. BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY [JAMES BRIDGES]
47. SCHOOL DAZE [SPIKE LEE]
48. HAIRSPRAY [JOHN WATERS]
49. STAND AND DELIVER [RAMON MENENDEZ]
50. THE DEAD POOL [BUDDY VAN HORN]
51. WILLOW [RON HOWARD]
52. THE GREAT OUTDOORS [HOWARD DEUTCH]
53. BIG TOP PEE-WEE [RANDAL KLEISER]
54. COCKTAIL [ROGER DONALDSON]
55. ACTION JACKSON [CRAIG R. BAXLEY]
56. ARTHUR 2: ON THE ROCKS [BUD YORKIN]

Other (unranked): THE THIN BLUE LINE [ERROL MORRIS] (d); MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Tonari no Tortoro) [HAYAO MIYAZAKI] (J) (a); TANNER ’88 [ROBERT ALTMAN] (TV) (HBO)

◄ 1989 ►

… I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.

1. DO THE RIGHT THING [SPIKE LEE]
2. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS [WOODY ALLEN]
3. JESUS OF MONTREAL (Jésus de Montréal)  [DENYS ARCAND] (C)
4. CINEMA PARADISO (Nuovo cinema paradise)  [GIUSEPPE TORNATORE] (I)
5. HEATHERS [MICHAEL LEHMANN]
6. SAY ANYTHING… [CAMERON CROWE]
7. BLACK RAIN (Kuroi ama) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
8. DRUGSTORE COWBOY [GUS VAN SANT]
9. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE [STEVEN SODERBERGH
10. MONSIEUR HIRE [PATRICE LECONTE] (F)
11. THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Der Siebente Kontinent)  [MICHAEL HANEKE] (G)
12. THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS [STEVE KLOVES]
13. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… [ROB REINER]
14. THE ABYSS [JAMES CAMERON]
15. ROGER & ME [MICHAEL MOORE]
16. MYSTERY TRAIN [JIM JARMUSCH]
17. PARENTHOOD [RON HOWARD]
18. DEAD CALM [PHILLIP NOYCE]
19. THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER [PETER GREENAWAY] (UK)
20. COUSINS [JOEL SCHUMACHER]
21. CAUSALTIES OF WAR [BRIAN DE PALMA]
22. THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH [HAL HARTLEY]
23. SWEETIE [JANE CAMPION] (NZ)
24. LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN [ULI EDEL]
25. SEA OF LOVE [HAROLD BECKER]
26. FIELD OF DREAMS [PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON]
27. GLORY [EDWARD ZWICK]
28. MUSIC BOX [COSTA-GAVRAS]
29. UNCLE BUCK [JOHN HUGHES]
30. BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
31. WAR OF THE ROSES [DANNY DEVITO]
32. DEAD POETS SOCIETY [PETER WEIR]
33. BORN OF THE 4^TH OF JULY [OLIVER STONE]
34. LETHAL WEAPON 2 [RICHARD DONNER]
35. HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS [JOE JOHNSTON]
36. BATMAN [TIM BURTON]
37. ALWAYS [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
38. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
39. CHRISTMAS VACATION [JEREMIAH S. CHECHIK]
40. ENEMIES: A LOVE STORY [PAUL MAZURSKY]
41. MAJOR LEAGUE [DAVID S. WARD]
42. NEW YORK STORIES [MARTIN SCORSESE, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA & WOODY ALLEN]
43. LONGTIME COMPANION [NORMAN RENE]
44. LEAN ON ME [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
45. BLACK RAIN [RIDLEY SCOTT]
46. STEEL MAGNOLIAS [HERBERT ROSS]
47. FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY [ROLAND JOFFÉ]
48. FAMILY BUSINESS [SIDNEY LUMET]
49. LICENSE TO KILL [JOHN GLEN]
50. GHOSTBUSTERS II [IVAN REITMAN]
51. GROSS ANATOMY [THOM EBERHARDT]
52. BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE [STEPHEN HEREK]
53. LOOK WHO’S TALKING [AMY HECKERLING]
54. TANGO & CASH [ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY]
55. LOCK UP [JOHN FLYNN]

Other (unranked): THE MAKING OF A LEGEND GONE WITH THE WIND [DAVID HINTON] (d); THE LITTLE MERMAID [RON CLEMENTS & JON MUSKER] (a); ISLE OF FLOWERS (Ilha das Flores) [JORGE FURTADO] (BZ) (s)

The 70s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE SEVENTIES

(THEY ARE ALL EQUAL NOW)

Recent Additions in RED - Last Updated May 30, 2012

Last 5 Titles Added:

SAVAGE MESSIAH  [KEN RUSSELL] (1972)
BASIC TRAINING [FREDERICK WISEMAN] (1971)
THE DEVILS [KEN RUSSELL] (1971)
A SAFE PLACE [HENRY JAGLOM] (1971)
BLEAK MOMENTS  [MIKE LEIGH] (1971)

◄ 1970 ►

… The only trouble with snake women is they copulate with horses, which makes them strange to me. She say’s she doesn’t. That’s why I call her “Doesn’t Like Horses”. But, of course, she’s lying.

1. THE CONFORMIST (Il Conformista) [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
2. LITTLE BIG MAN [ARTHUR PENN]
3. CLAIRE’S KNEE (Le Genou de Claire)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
4. DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST (Aranyer Din Ratri) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
5. THE WILD CHILD (L’Enfant sauvage)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
6. FIVE EASY PIECES [BOB RAFELSON] (BBS)
7. THE SPIDER’S STRATAGEM (Strategia del ragno)  [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
8. LE CERCLE ROUGE [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
9. LOVEFILM (Szerelmesfilm) [ISTVÁN SZABÓ] (H)
10. THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS (El Jardin de las delicias) [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
11. M*A*S*H [ROBERT ALTMAN] (Fox/Aspen)
12. LES CHOSES DE LA VIE (The Things in Life) [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F)
13. BED AND BOARD (Domicile conjugal) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
14. PATTON [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER]
15. PERFORMANCE [DONALD CAMMELL & NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
16. CATCH-22 [MIKE NICHOLS] (Paramount)
17. GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD [DONALD SHEBIB] (C)
18. THE LANDLORD [HAL ASHBY] (United Artists)
19. DEEP END [JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI] (UK) (moved from 1971)
20. DODES’KA-DEN [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
21. EL TOPO [ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY] (SP)
22. THE GO-BETWEEN [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
23. LE BOUCHER (The Butcher)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
24. THE CROOK (Le Voyou)  [CLAUDE LELOUCH] (F)
25. ZABRISKIE POINT [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (MGM)
26. BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES [TED POST]
27. LA RUPTURE (The Break-up)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
28. WHY DOES HERR R. RUN AMOK ? (Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
29. TRISTANA [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
30. THE MUSIC LOVERS  [KEN RUSSELL] (Russell – United Artists) (UK)
31. THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
32. I WALK THE LINE [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (Columbia)
33. TORA ! TORA ! TORA ! [RICHARD FLEISCHER, KINJI FUKASAKU & TOSHIO MASUDA]
34. SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION  [PAUL NEWMAN] (John Foreman – Universal)
35. THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE [DARIO ARGENTO] (I)
36. BREWSTER MCLEOD [ROBERT ALTMAN] (MGM)
37. THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS [ARTHUR HILLER] (Paramount)
38. WANDA [BARBARA LODEN] (moved from 1971)
39. WITCHES’ HAMMER (Kladivo na carodejnice) [OTAKAR VÁVRA ](CZ)
40. I CLOWNS [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
41. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES [BILLY WILDER] (MGM)
42. HUSBANDS [JOHN CASSAVETES]
43. THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN … [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ]
44. THE MAN WHO LEFT HIS WILL ON FILM (Tokyo senso sengo hiwa) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
45. MONTE WALSH [WILLIAM A. FRAKER]
46. RYAN’S DAUGHTER [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
47. DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE [FRANK PERRY]
48. BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS [RUSS MEYER]
49. CROMWELL [KEN HUGHES] (UK)
50. THE GREAT WHITE HOPE [MARTIN RITT]
51. LOVE STORY [ARTHUR HILLER]
52. ALEX IN WONDERLAND [PAUL MAZURSKY]
53. THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE [SAM PECKINPAH]
54. THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS! [GORDON DOUGLAS]
55. WUSA [STUART ROSENBERG]
56. THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN [GEORGE STEVENS]
57. DONKEY SKIN (Peau d’âne)  [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
58. THE AMERICAN SOLDIER (Der Amerikanische Soldat) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
59. HEROIC PURGATORY (Rengoku eroica) [YOSHISHIGE YOSHIDA] (J)
60. END OF THE ROAD [ARAM AVAKIAN] (Stephen F. Kesten/Terry Southern – Max Raab/Allied Artists)
61. THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB [GENE KELLY]
62. MYRA BRECKINRIDGE [MICHAEL SARNE]

Other (unranked):  START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME [BUD YORKIN]; WOODSTOCK [MICHAEL WADLEIGH] (d); LET IT BE [MICHAEL LINDSAY-HOGG] (d);  GIMME SHELTER [ALBERT & D AVID MAYSLES] (d); THE ARISTOCATS [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a)

◄ 1971 ►

… ‘Cause being crazy about a woman like her is always the right thing to do

1. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW  [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (Stephen J. Friedman – BBS)
2. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (Kurbick – Warner) (UK)
3. THE CEREMONY (Gishiki) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Sozosha/Shochiku) (J)
4. STRAW DOGS  [SAM PECKINPAH] (Daniel Melnick – ABC/Cinerama)
5. CARNAL KNOWLEDGE  [MIKE NICHOLS] (Nichols – Avco Embassy)
6. WALKABOUT  [NICOLAS ROEG] (Si Litvinoff – Fox) (UK)
7. THE EMIGRANTS (Utvandrarna)  [JAN TROELL] (S)
8. McCABE & MRS. MILLER  [ROBERT ALTMAN] (Mitchell Brower/David Foster – Warner)
9. MON ONCLE ANTOINE [CLAUDE JUTRA] (Marc Beaudet – ONF) (C)
10. MURMUR OF THE HEART  [LOUIS MALLE] (Vincent Malle/Claude Nedjar) (F)
11. LOVE (Szerelem) [KÁROLY MAKK] (H)
12. LITTLE MURDERS  [ALAN ARKIN] (Jack Brodsky – Fox)
13. GET CARTER  [MIKE HODGES] (Michael Klinger/Michael Caine – MGM) (UK)
14. KLUTE  [ALAN J. PAKULA] (Pakula/David Lange – Warner)
15. THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT (Trzecia czesc nocy) [ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI] (P)
16. TWO LANE BLACKTOP  [MONTE HELLMAN] (Michael Laughlin – Universal)
17. THE ADVERSARY (Pratidwandi) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
18. TAKING OFF  [MILOS FORMAN] (Alfred W. Crown – Universal)
19. HAROLD AND MAUDE  [HAL ASHBY] (Colin Higgins/Charles Mulvehill – Paramount)
20. 10 RILLINGTON PLACE  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Leslie Linder/Martin Ransohoff – Filmways/Columbia) (UK)
21. A NEW LEAF  [ELAINE MAY] (Hillard Elkins/Howard W. Koch/Joseph Manduke – Paramount)
22. THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA (Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen) [KIHACHI OKAMOTO] (Toho) (J)
23. TWO ENGLISH GIRLS (Les Deux anglaises et le continent)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (Carrosse/Cinetel)(F)
24. THE WOLVES (Shussho Iwai) [HIDEO GOSHA] (Toho) (J)
25. JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN  [DALTON TRUMBO] (Bruce Campbell – Cinemation)
26. DEATH IN VENICE (Morte a Venezia)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (Visconti – Alfa – Warner) (I)
27. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF  [NORMAN JEWISON] (Jewison – Mirisch/United Artists)
28. JUST BEFORE NIGHTFALL (Juste avant la nuit) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (Boétie) (F)
29. THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH [ROMAN POLANSKI] (Andrew Braunsberg – Playboy/Columbia) (UK)
30. THE FRENCH CONNECTION  [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN] (Philip D’Antoni – Fox)
31. THX 1138 [GEORGE LUCAS] (Larry Sturhahn – Zoetrope/Warner)
32. DUCK, YOU SUCKER (aka A Fistful of Dynamite) (Giù la testa)  [SERGIO LEONE] (Fulvio Morsella – EIA/United Artists) (I)
33. DUEL  [STEVEN SPIELBERG] (George Eckstein – Universal/ABC)
34. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS  [ANTHONY HARVEY] (John Foreman/Jennings Lang/Paul Newman – Universal)
35. THE HOSPITAL  [ARTHUR HILLER] (Howard Gottfried – United Artists)
36. THE BEGUILED  [DON SIEGEL] (Siegel – Malpaso/Universal)
37. BANANAS  [WOODY ALLEN] (Rollins-Joffe/United Artists)
38. MURPHY’S WAR [PETER YATES] (Michael Deeley – Hemdale/London Screen/Paramount) (UK)
39. THE WIDOW COUDERC (La Veuve Couderc) [PIERRE GRANIER-DEFERRE] (Raymond Danon – Comacico/Lira/Pegaso) (F)
40. ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES  [DON TAYLOR] (Arthur P. Jacobs – Fox)
41. MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ [JOHN CASSAVETES] (Al Ruban – Universal)
42. BLEAK MOMENTS  [MIKE LEIGH] (Leslie Blair – Memorial) (UK)
43. BORN TO WIN [IVAN PASSER] (Philip Langner – United Artists)
44. $ [RICHARD BROOKS] (M.J. Frankovich – Columbia)
45. THE ANDERSON TAPES [SIDNEY LUMET] (Robert Weitman – Columbia)
46. THE DEVILS [KEN RUSSELL] (Robert H. Solo/Russell – Warner) (UK)
47. THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK  [JERRY SCHATZBERG] (Dominick Dunne – Fox)
48. BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE  [Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte] [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
49. DIRTY HARRY  [DON SIEGEL] (Siegel – Malpaso/Warner)
50. SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY  [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (Joseph Janni – United Artists) (UK)
51. WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN AND WHY IS SAYING … [ULU GROSBARD] (Grosbard/Herb Gardner – Cinema Center)
52. SUMMER OF ’42  [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Richard A. Roth – Warner)
53. VANISHING POINT [RICHARD C. SARAFIAN] (Norman Spencer – Fox)
54. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN  [ROBERT WISE] (Wise – Universal)
55. GUMSHOE  [STEPHEN FREARS] (Michael Medwin/Albert Finney – Columbia/Memorial) (UK)
56. SUCH GOOD FRIENDS  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Paramount)
57. AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT  [IAN MACNAUGHTON] (P. Casey– Python/Columbia)(UK)
58. THE BOY FRIEND  [KEN RUSSELL] (Russell – MGM) (UK)
59. THE GRISSOM GANG  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Aldrich – ABC/Cinerama)
60. WILLIE WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY  [MEL STUART] (Stan Margulies/David L. Wolper – Paramount)
61. SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG (Bakuto gaijin butai)  [KINJI FUKASAKU] (Toei) (J)
62. DRIVE, HE SAID [JACK NICHOLSON] (Nicholson/Steve Blauner – BBS)
63. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER  [GUY HAMILTON] (Albert R. Broccoli/Harry Saltzman – Eon/United Artists) (UK)
64. VALDEZ IS COMING  [EDWIN SHERIN] (Ira Steiner – United Artists)
65. SHAFT [GORDON PARKS] (Joel Freeman/Roger Lewis – MGM)
66. A SAFE PLACE [HENRY JAGLOM] (BBS/Columbia/Rainbow)
67. W.R.: THE MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM (W.R. – Misterije organizma) [DUSAN MAKAVEJEV] (Y)
68. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS  [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (David Susskind – Talent/Columbia)
69. LAWMAN  [MICHAEL WINNER] (Winner – United Artists)
70. BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS  [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Bill Walsh – Disney)
71. THE ORGANIZATION  [DON MEDFORD] (Walter Mirisch – United Artists)
72. THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK [VINCENT MCEVEETY] (Bill Anderson – Disney)
73. A GIRL IS A GUN (Une aventure de Billy le Kid) [LUC MOULLET] (F)
74. VAMPYROS LESBOS  [FRANCO MANERA (aka JESUS FRANCO)]

Other (unranked): FATA MORGANA[WERNER HERZOG] (G); BASIC TRAINING [FREDERICK WISEMAN] (d); HAPAX LEGOMENA I: NOSTALGIA / HAPAX LEGOMENA III: CRITICAL MASS [HOLLIS FRAMPTON] (s)

◄ 1972 ►

… He’ll get back home after the war. He’ll be a big hero. Dames’ll be climbin’ all over him. Couple of years go by, and one day there’s gonna be a knock on his door and there’ll be this stranger. “Paul Lazzaro sent me,” the stranger will say …

1. THE GODFATHER [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA] (Paramount)
2. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE [GEORGE ROY HILL]
3. DELIVERANCE [JOHN BOORMAN]
4. LAST TANGO IN PARIS [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (F)
5. AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)  [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
6. AVANTI! [BILLY WILDER] (United Artists)
7. THE NEW LAND (Nybyggarna)  [JAN TROELL] (S)
8. SOLARIS (Solyaris)  [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
9. CABARET [BOB FOSSE]
10. THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
11. BAD COMPANY [ROBERT BENTON]
12. FAT CITY [JOHN HUSTON] (Columbia)
13. CRIES AND WHISPERS (Viskningar och rop)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
14. CHLOÉ IN THE AFTERNOON (L’Amour l’après-midi) (Love in the Afternoon)  [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
15. THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) [RAINER W. FASSBINDER] (G)
16. THE HEARTBREAK KID  [ELAINE MAY] (Edgar J. Scherick – Palomar/ Fox)
17. SLEUTH [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ]
18. CÉSAR ET ROSALIE [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F)
19. WHAT’S UP, DOC? [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (Warner)
20. IMAGES [ROBERT ALTMAN]
21. FEMALE CONVICT SCORPION JAILHOUSE 41 (Joshuu sasori: Dai-41zakkyo-bô) [SHUNYA ITO] (J)
22. FELLINI’S ROMA [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
23. FRENZY [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK) (Universal)
24. THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS [PAUL NEWMAN] (Fox)
25. SOUNDER [MARTIN RITT]
26. JUNIOR BONNER [SAM PECKINPAH]
27. PRIME CUT [MICHAEL RITCHIE] (National General/Paramount)
28. THE GETAWAY  [SAM PECKINPAH] (National General)
29. THE HOT ROCK [PETER YATES] (Fox)
30. SUCH A GORGEOUS KID LIKE ME (Une belle fille comme moi) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
31. THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS [BOB RAFELSON] (BBS)
32. BLACK GIRL [OSSIE DAVIS] (Lee Savin – Cinerama)
33. CAT’S PLAY (Macskajáték) [KÁROLY MAKK] (H)
34. THE RULING CLASS [PETER MEDAK] (UK)
35. THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS (Der Händler der vier Jahreszeiten)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
36. THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI (Mimì metallurgico ferito nell’onore)  [LINA WERTMÜLLER] (I)
37. CISCO PIKE [BILL L. NORTON]
38. RED PSALM (Még kér a nép) [MIKLÓS JANCSÓ] (H)
39. UN FLIC (A Cop) (aka Dirty Money) [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
40. CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [J. LEE THOMPSON]
41. JEREMIAH JOHNSON [SYDNEY POLLACK]
42. PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM [HERBERT ROSS]
43. THE CANDIDATE [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
44. EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX * BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK [WOODY ALLEN]
45. SAVAGE MESSIAH  [KEN RUSSELL] (Russell – MGM) (UK)
46. TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT [GEORGE CUKOR] (James Cresson/Robert Fryer – MGM)
47. ALFREDO, ALFREDO [PIETRO GERMI] (Guglielmo Colonna – Francoriz/Rizzoli) (I)
48. A DAY AT THE BEACH [SIMON HESERA] (UK) (moved from 1970)
49. THE CAREY TREATMENT [BLAKE EDWARDS] (MGM)
50. THE OTHER [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
51. LIZA (La cagna)  [MARCO FERRERI] (I)
52. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN [JOHN HUSTON]
53. PULP [MIKE HODGES] (UK)
54. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE [RONALD NEAME & IRWIN ALLEN]
55. NATHALIE GRANGER [MARGUERITE DURAS] (F)
56. BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE [MILTON KATSELAS]
57. DOCTEUR POPAUL (aka High Heels)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
58. BOXCAR BERTHA [MARTIN SCORSESE]
59. WHAT? (aka Diary of Forbidden Dreams) (Che?) [ROMAN POLANSKI]
60. GREASER’S PALACE [ROBERT DOWNEY SR.]

Other (unranked):  SNOOPY COME HOME [BILL MELENDEZ] (a); FRITZ THE CAT [RALPH BAKSHI] (a); HÔTEL MONTEREY [CHANTAL AKERMAN] (B); HAPAX LEGOMENA II: POETIC JUSTICE [HOLLIS FRAMPTON] (s)

◄ 1973 ►

… Let me have a Three Musketeers, and a ball point pen, and one of those combs there, a pint of Old Harper, a couple of flash light batteries and some beef jerky.

1. AMERICAN GRAFFITI [GEORGE LUCAS] (Universal)
2. BADLANDS [TERRENCE MALICK]
3. AMARCORD [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
4. PAPER MOON [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
5. THE LONG GOODBYE [ROBERT ALTMAN]
6. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Scener ur ett äktenskap) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
7. THE EXORCIST [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN]
8. THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (La Maman et la putain) [JEAN EUSTACHE] (F)
9. MEAN STREETS [MARTIN SCORSESE] (TPS/Warner)
10. THE ICEMAN COMETH [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
11. THE STING [GEORGE ROY HILL]
12. DON’T LOOK NOW [NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
13. SCARECROW [JERRY SCHATZBERG]
14. THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE [PETER YATES] (Paramount)
15. PAYDAY [DARYL DUKE]
16. THE WICKER MAN [ROBIN HARDY] (UK)
17. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL [FRED ZINNEMANN] (UK)
18. PAPILLON [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER]
19. DAY FOR NIGHT (La Nuit américaine)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
20. THE LAST OF SHEILA [HERBERT ROSS]
21. CHARLEY VARRICK [DON SIEGEL]
22. DISTANT THUNDER (Ashani Sanket) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
23. THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (El Espíratu de la colmena)  [VICTOR ERICE] (SP)
24. HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER [CLINT EASTWOOD]
25. SISTERS [BRIAN DE PALMA]
26. BLUME IN LOVE [PAUL MAZURSKY]
27. TURKISH DELIGHT (Turks Fruit) [PAUL VERHOEVEN] (N)
28. PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID [SAM PECKINPAH]
29. PART-TIME WORK OF A DOMESTIC SLAVE (Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin) [ALEXANDER KLUGE] (G)
30. SERPICO [SIDNEY LUMET]
31. A BRIEF VACATION (Una breva vacanza) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
32. THE LAST DETAIL [HAL ASHBY]
33. CINDERELLA LIBERTY [MARK RYDELL]
34. SLEEPER [WOODY ALLEN]
35. A RIVER CALLED TITUS (Titash Ekti Nadir Naam) [RITWIK GHATAK] (ID)
36. THE SEVEN-UPS [PHILIP D’ANTONI]
37. TWO MEN IN TOWN (Deux hommes dans la ville)  [JOSÉ GIOVANNI] (F)
38. ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE [JAMES WILLIAM GUERCIO]
39. LA GRANDE BOUFFE (The Big Feast) [MARCO FERRERI] (F)
40. SAVE THE TIGER [JOHN G. AVILDSEN]
41. THE OFFENCE [SIDNEY LUMET] (UK) (MGM)
42. BREEZY [CLINT EASTWOOD] (Universal)
43. LIVE AND LET DIE [GUY HAMILTON]
44. THE PAPER CHASE [JAMES BRIDGES]
45. THE MACKINTOSH MAN [JOHN HUSTON]
46. THE WOMAN IN BLUE (La femme en bleu) [MICHEL DEVILLE](F)
47. EMPEROR OF THE NORTH [ROBERT ALDRICH]
48. MY NAME IS NOBODY (Il Mio nome e Nessuno) [TONINO VALERII] (I)
49. LOVE AND ANARCHY (Film d’amore e d’anarchia, ovvero ‘stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella …) [L WERTMÜLLER] (I)
50. THE OUTFIT  [JOHN FLYNN] (Carter DeHaven – MGM)
51. BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY [JOHN D. HANCOCK]
52. BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES [J. LEE THOMPSON]
53. WESTWORLD [MICHAEL CRICHTON]
54. LOVE AND PAIN AND THE WHOLE DAMN THING [ALAN J. PAKULA]
55. MAGNUM FORCE [TED POST]
56. THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN [MIKE NICHOLS]
57. THE WAY WE WERE [SYDNEY POLLACK]
58. GODSPELL [DAVID GREENE]
59. THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT [TED POST]

Other (unranked): CHARLOTTE’S WEB [NICHOLS & TAKAMOTO] (a); ROBIN HOOD [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a); FANTASTIC PLANET (La planète sauvage) [RENÉ LALOUX] (F) (a); DOUBLE INDEMNITY [JACK SMIGHT] (TV); COME ON CHILDREN  [ALLAN KING] (C) (d); VISIONS OF EIGHT [FORMAN, ICHIKAWA, LELOUCH, PENN, SCHLESINGER, ZETTERLING, OZEROV, PFLEGHAR] (d) (Stan Margulies/David L. Wolper – Cinema 5); THE HORSE [CHARLES BURNETT] (s)

◄ 1974 ►

… I loved baseball ever since Arnold Rothstien fixed the World Series in 1919.

1. CHINATOWN [ROMAN POLANSKI]
2. THE CONVERSATION [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA] (Paramount)
3. THE GODFATHER PART TWO [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
4. LENNY [BOB FOSSE]
5. ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Angst essen Seele auf)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
6. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Céline et Julie vont en bateau) [JACQUES RIVETTE] (F)
7. A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE [JOHN CASSAVETES]
8. LACOMBE, LUCIEN [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
9. CALIFORNIA SPLIT [ROBERT ALTMAN]
10. LES ORDRES [MICHEL BRAULT] (C)
11. SWEPT AWAY…BY AN UNUSUAL DESTINY IN THE BLUE SEA OF AUGUST [LINA WERTMÜLLER] (I)
12. THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE [JOSEPH SARGENT]
13. THE YAKUZA [SIDNEY POLLACK]
14. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN [MEL BROOKS]
15. LOVE AT THE TOP (Le mouton enragé) [MICHEL DEVILLE] (F)
16. THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (Le Fantôme de la liberté)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
17. HARRY AND TONTO [PAUL MAZURSKY]
18. THE PARALLAX VIEW [ALAN J. PAKULA]
19. MARTHA [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
20. COMPANY LIMITED (Seemabaddha) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID) (moved from 1971)
21. THIEVES LIKE US [ROBERT ALTMAN]
22. THE GAMBLER [KAREL REISZ]
23. THE NICKEL RIDE [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Mulligan – David Foster/Fox)
24. ALICE IN THE CITIES (Alice in den Städten) [WIM WENDERS] (G)
25. GOING PLACES (Les Valseuses)  [BERTRAND BLIER] (F)
26. ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE [MARTIN SCORSESE]
27. THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
28. THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ [TED KOTCHEFF] (C)
29. CONVERSATION PIECE (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (Giovanni Bertolucci – Rusconi/Gaumont) (I)
30. THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle – Kaspar Hauser)  [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
31. BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA [SAM PECKINPAH]
32. THE GREAT GATSBY [JACK CLAYTON]
33. EFFI BRIEST (Fontane Effi Briest) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
34. THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE [BRIAN DEPALMA]
35. BLAZING SADDLES [MEL BROOKS]
36. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS [SIDNEY LUMET]
37. DAISY MILLER [PETER BOGDANOVICH]
38. PROFUMO DI DONNA (Scent of a Woman) [DINO RISI] (I)
39. THE LONGEST YARD [ROBERT ALDRICH]
40. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE [TOBE HOOPER]
41. THE SPIKES GANG [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (MGM)
42. THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT [MICHAEL CIMINO]
43. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN [GUY HAMILTON]
44. THE NIGHT PORTER (Il Portiere di notte) [LILIANA CAVANI] (I)
45. THE TOWERING INFERNO [IRWIN ALLEN & JOHN GUILLERMIN]
46. DEATH WISH [MICHAEL WINNER]
47. 99 AND 44/100 % DEAD [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (Joe Wizan – Fox)
48. FOR PETE’S SAKE [PETER YATES]
49. DIRTY MARY CRAZY LARRY [JOHN HOUGH]
50. THE ENFORCER [JAMES FARGO]
51. EMMANUELLE [JUST JAECKIN]
52. HERBIE RIDES AGAIN [ROBERT STEVENSON]
53. EARTHQUAKE [MARK ROBSON]
54. SUPERDAD [VINCENT MCEVEETY]
55. ILSA, SHE WOLF OF THE SS [DON EDMONDS]

Other (Unranked):  F FOR FAKE [ORSON WELLES] (d); HEARTS AND MINDS [PETER DAVIS] (d); THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER [ANTHONY PAGE] (TV); WINNIE THE POOH AND TIGGER TOO [JOHN LOUNSBERY] (Disney) (a/s)

◄ 1975 ►

… To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you’re getting this down.

1. JAWS [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
2. BARRY LYNDON [STANLEY KUBRICK]
3. NASHVILLE [ROBERT ALTMAN] (Paramount)
4. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST [MILOS FORMAN] (United Artists)
5. LOVE AND DEATH [WOODY ALLEN]
6. DOG DAY AFTERNOON [SIDNEY LUMET]
7. FOX AND HIS FRIENDS (Faustrecht der Freiheit)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
8. NIGHT MOVES [ARTHUR PENN]
9. SEVEN BEAUTIES (Pasqualino Settebelleze)  [LINA WERTMÜLLER] (I) (moved from 1976)
10. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL [TERRY GILLIAM & TERRY JONES]
11. OVERLORD [STUART COOPER] (UK)
12. JEANNE DIELMAN, 23QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES [CHANTAL AKERMAN] (B)
13. THE STORY OF ADÈLE H. (L’Histoire d’Adèle H.)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
14. THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR [SYDNEY POLLACK]
15. SMILE [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
16. THE MIRROR (Zerkalo)  [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
17. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING [JOHN HUSTON]
18. PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK [PETER WEIR] (A)
19. THE PASSENGER (Professione: reporter)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI]
20. COUSIN, COUSINE [JEAN CHARLES TACCHELLA] (F)
21. SHAMPOO [HAL ASHBY]
22. THE DAY OF THE LOCUST [JOHN SCHLESINGER]
23. DERSU UZALA [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
24. THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER [GEORGE ROY HILL]
25. THE STEPFORD WIVES [BRYAN FORBES]
26. FRENCH CONNECTION II [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
27. THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK/F)
28. HEARTS OF THE WEST  [HOWARD ZIEFF]
29. THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF & MARGARETHE VON TROTTA] (G)
30. MANDINGO [RICHARD FLEISCHER]
31. THE FORTUNE [MIKE NICHOLS]
32. KINGS OF THE ROAD [WIM WENDERS] (G)
33. THE DROWNING POOL [STUART ROSENBERG]
34. INNOCENTS WITH DIRTY HANDS (Les Innocents aux mains sales)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
35. ROLLERBALL [NORMAN JEWISON]
36. TOMMY [KEN RUSSELL]
37. THE GYPSY (Le Gitan)  [JOSÉ GIOVANNI] (F)
38. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW [JIM SHARMAN]
39. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY [DICK RICHARDS]
40. INSERTS [JOHN BYRUM]
41. L’IMPORTANT C’EST D’AIMER (That Most Important Thing: Love) ( Nachtblende) [ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI] (F)
42. BLACK MOON [LOUIS MALLE]
43. THE HINDENBERG [ROBERT WISE]
44. AT LONG LAST LOVE [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (Fox)
45. FUNNY LADY [HERBERT ROSS]
46. ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN [JOHN HOUGH]
47. THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD [VINCENT MCEVEETY]
48. SHIVERS [DAVID CRONENBERG]
49. SUPERVIXENS [RUSS MEYER]

Other (unranked):  THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG [NORMAN TOKAR]; GREY GARDENS [ALBERT & DAVID MAYSLES et al.] (d); THE MAN WHO SKIED DOWN EVEREST [BRUCE NYZNIK & LAWRENCE SCHILLER] (d); KENJI MIZOGUCHI: THE LIFE OF A FILM DIRECTOR (Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai ) [KANETO SHÎNDO] (d) (J); RÉPONSE DE FEMMES: NOTRE CORPS, NOTRE SEXE (Women Reply) [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (s)

◄ 1976 ►

… Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?

1. TAXI DRIVER [MARTIN SCORSESE]
2. THE MIDDLEMAN (Jana Aranya)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
3. CRÍA CUERVOS [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
4. NETWORK [SIDNEY LUMET]
5. SMALL CHANGE (L’Argent de poche) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
6. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES [CLINT EASTWOOD]
7. ROCKY [JOHN AVILDSEN]
8. MONSIEUR KLEIN (Mr. Klein)  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (F)
9. ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN [ALAN J. PAKULA]
10. THE TENANT (Le Locataire)  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (F)
11. 1900 (Novecento) [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
12. THE BAD NEWS BEARS [MICHAEL RITCHIE]
13. NICKELODEON [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (B&W Director’s Cut)
14. FACE TO FACE (Ansikte mot ansikte) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
15. MARATHON MAN [JOHN SCHLESINGER]
16. BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR (Noirs et blancs en couleur)  [JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD] (F)
17. CARRIE [BRIAN DE PALMA]
18. COUP DE GRÂCE (Der Fangschuß)  [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF] (G)
19. CHINESE ROULETTE (Chinesisches Roulette) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
20. OBSESSION [BRIAN DE PALMA]
21. THE MARQUISE OF O …(Die Marquise von O …) [ERIC ROHMER] (G)
22. BOUND FOR GLORY [HAL ASHBY] (United Artists)
23. THE INNOCENT (L’Innocente) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
24. THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH [NICOLAS ROEG] (UK)
25. IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (Ai no corrida) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
26. THE OMEN [RICHARD DONNER]
27. NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE [PAUL MAZURSKY]
28. THE MISSOURI BREAKS [ARTHUR PENN]
29. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 [JOHN CARPENTER]
30. THE FRONT [MARTIN RITT]
31. BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, OR SITTING BULL’S HISTORY LESSON [ROBERT ALTMAN] (United Artists)
32. THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE [JOHN CASSAVETES]
33. STAY HUNGRY [BOB RAFELSON]
34. THE LAST TYCOON [ELIA KAZAN]
35. SILVER STREAK [ARTHUR HILLER]
36. MAÎTRESSE [BARBET SCHROEDER] (F)
37. THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND [FRED SCHEPISI] (A)
38. LOGAN’S RUN [MICHAEL ANDERSON]
39. FAMILY PLOT [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Universal)
40. THE GUMBALL RALLEY [CHARLES BAIL]
41. BUGSY MALONE [ALAN PARKER]
    
42. THE ENFORCER [JAMES FARGO]
43. FREAKY FRIDAY [GARY NELSON]
44. THE SHAGGY D.A. [ROBERT STEVENSON]
    
45. SATAN’S BREW (Satanbraten) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
46. GUS [VINCENT MCEVEETY]
    
47. HEART OF GLASS [WERNER HERZOG]
48. WE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN [NICHOLAS RAY]
    
49. KING KONG [JOHN GUILLERMIN]
50. UP! [RUSS MEYER]
51. THE AMAZING DOBERMANS [BYRON CHUDNOW]

Other (unranked):  HARLAN COUNTY, U.S.A. [BARBARA KOPPLE] (d); DAGUERRÉOTYPES [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (d); PLAISIR D’AMOUR EN IRAN [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (s)

◄ 1977 ►

… Oh this young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country’s refusal to accept him, well, I guess that’s more than most 21-year-olds can handle… Ogie Ogilthorpe!

1. ANNIE HALL [WOODY ALLEN]
2. STAR WARS [GEORGE LUCAS] (Fox)
3. 3 WOMEN [ROBERT ALTMAN]
4. KILLER OF SHEEP [CHARLES BURNETT]
5. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
6. THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (Cet obscur objet du désir)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
7. OPENING NIGHT [JOHN CASSAVETES]
8. THE ASCENT (Voskhozhdeniye) [LARISA SHEPITKO] (R)
9. SORCERER [WILLIAM FRIEDKIN]
10. STROSZEK [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
11. MAN OF MARBLE (Czlowiek z marmur u)  [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
12. IPHIGENIA (Ifigeneia)  [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK)
13. PADRE PADRONE [PAOLO TAVIANI & VITTORIO TAVIANI] (I)
14. ALAMBRISTA! [ROBERT M. YOUNG]
15. SOLDIER OF ORANGE (Soldaat van Oranje) [PAUL VERHOEVEN] (N)
16. THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN (L’Homme qui aimait les femmes)  [FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
17. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME [LOUIS GILBERT] (UK)
18. SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER [JOHN BADHAM]
19. THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Der Amerikanische Freund) [WIM WENDERS] (G)
20. ERASERHEAD [DAVID LYNCH]
21. SUSPIRIA [DARIO ARGENTO] (I)
22. SLAP SHOT [GEORGE ROY HILL]
23. SHORT EYES [ROBERT M. YOUNG]
24. THE LATE SHOW [ROBERT BENTON] (Warner)
25. PROVIDENCE [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
26. THE STATIONMASTER’S WIFE (Bolwieser) [RAINER WERBNER FASSBINDER] (G)
27. THE DUELLISTS [RIDLEY SCOTT]
28. MARTIN [GEORGE A. ROMERO]
29. JULIA [FRED ZINNEMANN]
30. EQUUS [SIDNEY LUMET]
31. HOUSE (Hausu) [NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI] (J)
32. THE CHESS PLAYERS (Shatranj Ke Khilari)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
33. THE GOODBYE GIRL [HERBERT ROSS]
34. THE LAST WAVE [PETER WEIR]
35. LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR [RICHARD BROOKS]
36. DEMON SEED [DONALD CAMMELL]
37. NEW YORK, NEW YORK [MARTIN SCORSESE]
38. THE GAUNTLET [CLINT EASTWOOD]
39. THE DEVIL, PROBABY (Le Diable probablement)  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
40. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT [HAL NEEDHAM]
41. THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN BREAKING TRAINING [MICHAEL PRESSMAN]
42. THE MODEL COUPLE (Le Couple témoin)  [WILLIAM KLEIN] (F)
43. HIGH ANXIETY [MEL BROOKS]
44. ORCA [MICHAEL ANDERSON]
45. OH, GOD! [CARL REINER]
46. THE SERPENT’S EGG (Das Schlangenei)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (G)
47. RABID [DAVID CRONENBERG]
48. THE DEEP [PETER YATES]
49. ROSELAND [JAMES IVORY]
50. PETE’S DRAGON [DON CHAFFEY]
    
51. HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO [VINCENT MCEVEETY]
52. THE GREATEST [TOM GRIES/MONTE HELLMAN]
53. KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS [JOHN CARDOS]

Other (unranked):  PUMPING IRON [GEORGE BUTLER & ROBERT FIORE] (d); THE RESCUERS [VARIOUS] (a); A HELL OF A NOTE [EAGLE PENNELL] (s)

◄ 1978 ►

… Mom, Dad, this is Larry Kroger. The boy who molested me last month. We have to get married.

1. DAYS OF HEAVEN [TERRENCE MALICK]
2. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS [PHILIP KAUFMAN]
3. IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS (In einem Jahr mit 13 Moden)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
4. THE DEER HUNTER [MICHAEL CIMINO]
5. BLUE COLLAR [PAUL SCHRADER]
6. WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN [KAREL REISZ]
7. NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE [JOHN LANDIS]
8. EMPIRE OF PASSION (Ai no borai) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
9. SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE [RICHARD DONNER]
10. THE GREEN ROOM (La Chambre verde) [FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
11. GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS (Préparez Vos Mouchoirs) [BERTRAND BLIER] (F)
12. STRAIGHT TIME [ULU GROSBARD]
13. THE SHOUT [JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI]
14. AUTUMN SONATA (Höstsonaten)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
15. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS [ALAN PARKER]
16. COMA [MICHAEL CRICHTON]
17. THE DEMON (Kichiku) [YOSHITARO NOMURA] (Shochiku) (J)
18. A WEDDING [ROBERT ALTMAN]
19. A SIMPLE STORY (Une histoire simple)  [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F)
20. HALLOWEEN [JOHN CARPENTER]
21. THE SILENT PARTNER [DARYL DUKE] (C)
22. SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
23. THE DRIVER [WALTER HILL] (Fox)
24. AN UNMARRIED WOMAN [PAUL MAZURSKY]
25. THE WHOLE SHOOTIN’ MATCH [EAGLE PENNELL]
26. THE SHOOTING PARTY (Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver )  [EMIL LOTEANU] (R)
27. DESIRE [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER]
28. COMING HOME [HAL ASHBY]
29. CALIFORNIA SUITE [HERBERT ROSS]
30. VIOLETTE NOZIÈRE [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
31. PRETTY BABY [LOUIS MALLE] (Paramount)
32. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND [ROBERT ZEMECKIS]
33. HEAVEN CAN WAIT [WARREN BEATTY]
34. GREASE [RANDAL KLEISER]
35. FINGERS [JAMES TOBACK]
36. CAPRICORN ONE [PETER HYAMS]
37. INTERIORS [WOODY ALLEN]
38. THE CHEAP DETECTIVE [ROBERT MOORE]
39. JAWS 2 [JEANNOT SZWARC]
40. DAMIEN: OMEN II [DON TAYLOR]
41. HIGH ANXIETY [MEL BROOKS]
42. PERCEVAL LE GALLOIS [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
43. THE FURY [BRIAN DEPALMA]
44. HOOPER [HAL NEEDHAM]
45. THE WIZ [NORMAN JEWISON]
46. RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN [JOHN HOUGH]
47. SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND [MICHAEL SCHULTZ]
48. ESCAPE FROM WOMENS PRISON [GIOVANNI BRUSADORI]

Other (unranked): FILMING “OTHELLO” [ORSON WELLES] (d); THE LAST WALTZ [MARTIN SCORSESE] (d); GATES OF HEAVEN [ERROL MORRIS] (d)

◄ 1979 ►

… Well, a satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but bricks and baseball bats really gets right to the point.

1. MANHATTAN [WOODY ALLEN]
2. APOCALYPSE NOW [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA]
3. ALIEN [RIDLEY SCOTT] (UK)
4. THE BLACK STALLION [CARROLL BALLARD]
5. THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (Die Ehe der Maria Braun)  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
6. TESS [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
7. THE TIN DRUM (Die Blechtrommel) [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF] (G)
8. SAINT JACK [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (Corman)
9. THE CHINA SYNDROME [JAMES BRIDGES]
10. ALL THAT JAZZ [BOB FOSSE]
11. REAL LIFE [ALBERT BROOKS] (Paramount)
12. VENGEANCE IS MINE (Fukushû suruwa wareniari)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Shochiku) (J)
13. STALKER [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
14. A LITTLE ROMANCE [GEORGE ROY HILL] (Orion)
15. BUFFET FROID (Cold Cuts)  [BERTRAND BLIER] (F)
16. BREAKING AWAY [PETER YATES]
17. THE JERK [CARL REINER]
18. THE IN-LAWS [ARTHUR HILLER]
19. MAD MAX [GEORGE MILLER] (A)
    
20. WISE BLOOD [JOHN HUSTON]
21. NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht) [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
22. THE WANDERERS [PHIL KAUFMANN]
23. BEING THERE [HAL ASHBY]
24. THE MUPPET MOVIE [JAMES FRAWLEY]
25. THE ONION FIELD [HAROLD BECKER]
26. RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN [JOHN SAYLES]
    
27. OVER THE EDGE [JONATHAN KAPLAN]
28. KRAMER VS. KRAMER [ROBERT BENTON]
29. LIFE OF BRIAN [TERRY JONES] (UK)
30. A PERFECT COUPLE [ROBERT ALTMAN]
31. ROCKY II [SYLVESTER STALLONE]
32. NORTH DALLAS FORTY  [TED KOTCHEFF] (Frank Yablans – Paramount)
33. THE GREAT SANTINI [LEWIS JOHN CARLINO]
34. MY BRILLIANT CAREER [GILLIAN ARMSTRONG] (A)
35. 1941 [STEVEN SPIELBERG]
36. LOVE ON THE RUN (L’Amour en fuite)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
37. MEATBALLS [IVAN REITMAN]
38. THE HUMAN FACTOR [OTTO PREMINGER] (UK)
39. WINTER KILLS [WILLIAM RICHERT]
40. 10 [BLAKE EDWARDS]
41. MOONRAKER [LEWIS GILBERT]
42. HAIR [MILOS FORMAN]
43. THE WARRIORS [WALTER HILL]
44. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR [STUART ROSENBERG]
45. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL [ALAN ARKUSH]
46. THE CHAMP [FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI]
47. …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL [NORMAN JEWISON]
48. THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS [BRUCE BILSON]
49. THE BLACK HOLE [GARY NELSON]
50. WOYZECK [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
51. THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR (Akai kami no onna) [TATSUMI KUMASHIRO] (J)
52. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ODDBALL [RUSS MAYBERRY]

Other (unranked): THE PLUMBER [PETER WEIR] (A)(TV); THE CORN IS GREEN [GEORGE CUKOR] (TV); RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT [JEFF MARGOLIS]; THE BUGS BUNNY / ROAD RUNNER MOVIE [CHUCK JONES AND PHIL MONROE] (a); ASPARAGUS [SUZAN PITT] (a/s)

THE 60s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE SIXTIES

(I’m swimming home)

Recent Updates in RED - Last Update May 17, 2012

Last 5 Titles Added:

THIRST FOR LOVE [KOREYOSHI KURAHARA] (1967)
SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS [ROBERT HAMER] (1960)
A REPORT ON THE PARTY AND THE GUESTS [JAN NEMEC] (1966)
GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES [LIONEL ROGOSIN] (1966)
GIRL WITH GREEN EYES [DESMOND DAVIS] (1964)

◄ 1960 ►

… a son is a poor substitute for a lover.

1. PSYCHO [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Paramount)
2. L’AVVENTURA [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
3. SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (Tirez sur le pianiste) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
4. LA DOLCE VITA [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
5. THE APARTMENT [BILLY WILDER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
6. WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (Onna ga kaidan o agaru toki)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
7. SPARTACUS [STANLEY KUBRICK] (Bryna/Universal)
8. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING [KAREL REISZ] (Woodfall) (UK)
9. LES BONNES FEMMES [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
10. THE SUN’S BURIAL (Taiyo no hakaba)  [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Shochiku) (J)
11. THE VIRGIN SPRING (Jungfrukällan) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
12. KILLING IN YOSHIWARA (Yoto monogatari: Hana no Yoshiwara hyaku-nin giri)  [TOMU UCHIDA] (Toei) (J)
13. THE CLOUD-CAPPED STAR (Meghe Dhaka Tara) [RITWAK GHATAK] (ID)
14. STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET [RICHARD QUINE] (Bryna/Columbia)
15. LE TROU (The Hole) [JACQUES BECKER] (F)
16. CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH (Seishun zankoku monogatari)  [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Shochiku) (J)
17. WILD RIVER [ELIA KAZAN] (Fox)
18. ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
19. HOME FROM THE HILL [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
20. THE LADY WITH THE DOG (Dama s sobachkoy) [IOSIF KHEIFITS] (1960)
21. TUNES OF GLORY [RONALD NEAME] (UK)
22. ADUA AND HER FRIENDS (Adua e le compagne) [ANTONIO PIETRANGELI] (I)
23. DAUGHTERS, WIVES AND A MOTHER (Musume, tsuma haha) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
24. THE HOUSEMAID (Hanyo) [KI-YOUNG KIM] (K)
25. CLASSE TOUS RISQUES [CLAUDE SAUTET] (F)
26. EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Les Yeux sans visage)  [GEORGES FRANJU] (F)
27. LATE AUTUMN (Akibiyori) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
28. COMANCHE STATION [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Ranown/Columbia)
29. KAPO [GILLO PONTECORVO] (I) (moved from 1959)
30. TWO WOMEN (La Ciociara)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
31. THE WARPED ONES (Kyonetsu no kisetsu) [KOREYOSHI KURAHARA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
32. THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS [DELBERT MANN] (Warner)
33. BAD LUCK (Zezowate szczescie) [ANDREZJ MUNK] (P)
34. PURPLE NOON (Plein soleil) [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (F)
35. THE WHITE DOVE (Holubice) [FRANTISEK VLÁCIL] (CZ)
36. ELMER GANTRY [RICHARD BROOKS] (United Artists)
37. DEVI (The Goddess) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
38. PEEPING TOM [MICHAEL POWELL] (UK)
39. BELLS ARE RINGING [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
40. THE ENTERTAINER [TONY RICHARDSON] (Woodfall) (UK)
41. THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS [NICHOLAS RAY] (I/F/UK)
42. THE YOUNG ONE (La Joven)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (Mex/US)
43. INNOCENT SORCERERS (Niewinni czarodzieje) [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
44. BREATHLESS (À bout de souffle) [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
45. THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN [BASIL DEARDEN] (Allied) (UK)
46. INTIMIDATION (Aru kyouhaku) [KOREYOSHI KURAHARA] (J)
47. LA VÉRITÉ (The Truth)  [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (Raoul Lévy – CEIAP) (F)
48. SONS AND LOVERS  [JACK CARDIFF] (Jerry Wald – Fox) (UK)
49. TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN (Sono gososha o nerae) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (J)
50. SEVEN THIEVES [HENRY HATHAWAY](Fox)
51. SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS [ROBERT HAMER] (Hal E. Chester/ABPC) (UK)
52. THE TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS (Le testament d’Orphée) [JEAN COCTEAU] (F)
53. NIGHT AND FOG IN JAPAN (Nihon no yoru to kiri) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Shochiku) (J)
54. THE DEVIL’S EYE (Djävulens öga)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
55. THE SUNDOWNERS [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Warner)
56. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN [JOHN STURGES] (Mirisch/United Artists)
57. THE UNFORGIVEN [JOHN HUSTON] (United Artists)
58. CIMARRON [ANTHONY MANN](MGM)
59. THE ANGRY SILENCE [GUY GREEN] (UK)
60. SERGEANT RUTLEDGE [JOHN FORD] (Warner)
61. HELL IS A CITY [VAL GUEST] (Michael Carreras – Hammer/ABPC)
62. THE FUGITIVE KIND  [SIDNEY LUMET] (Martin Jurow/Richard Shepherd – Pennebaker/United Artists) (moved from 1959)
63. BLACK SUNDAY (La maschera del demonio) (The Mask of Satan) [MARIO BAVA] (AIP) (I)
64. INHERIT THE WIND [STANLEY KRAMER] (United Artists)
65. ERA NOTTE A ROMA (Escape by Night)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
66. JIGOKU (Hell) [NOBUO NAKAGAWA] (Shintoho) (J)
67. THE BAD SLEEP WELL (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
68. EXODUS [OTTO PREMINGER] (MGM)
69. THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG  [RICHARD QUINE] (Hugh Pereceval – Paramount) (UK)
70. THE BELLBOY [JERRY LEWIS] (Lewis -Paramount)
71. AFRAID TO DIE (Karakkaze yarô)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
72. LET’S MAKE LOVE  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Jerry Wald – Fox)
73. ZAZIE DANS LE MÉTRO [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
74. NEVER ON SUNDAY (Pote tin Kyriaki)  [JULES DASSIN] (GK)
75. IT STARTED IN NAPLES [MELVILLE SHAVELSON] (Paramount)
76. OCEAN’S ELEVEN [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Warner)
77. HANNIBAL [CARLO LUDOVICO BRAGAGLIA] (I)

Others (Unranked): PRESENTATION, OR CHARLOTTE AND HER STEAK (Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak) [ERIC ROHMER] (F) (s); CHARLOTTE ET SON JULES (Charlotte and Her Boyfriend) [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F) (s)

◄ 1961 ►

… My pride? I don’t want my pride!

1. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (Såsom i en spegel)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
2. IL POSTO (aka The Sound of Trumpets)  [ERMANNO OLMI] (I)
3. VIRIDIANA [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
4. THE HUSTLER [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Fox)
5. DIVORCE – ITALIAN STYLE (Divorzio all’italiana)  [PIETRO GERMI] (I)
6. LA NOTTE [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
7. THE INNOCENTS [JACK CLAYTON] (Fox) (UK)
8. OBALTAN (The Aimless Bullet) [HYUN MOK YOO] (K)
9. LOLA [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
10. YOJIMBO [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
11. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
12. WEST SIDE STORY [ROBERT WISE AND JEROME ROBBINS] (Mirisch/Seven Arts/United Artists)
13. PIGS AND BATTLESHIPS (Buta to gunkan)  [SHOHEI IMUMURA] (J)
14. UNDERWORLD U.S.A. [SAMUEL FULLER] (Columbia)
15. ONE, TWO, THREE [BILLY WILDER] (United Artists)
16. LÉON MORIN, PRÊTRE (Leon Morin, Priest) [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
17. ACCATTONE [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
18. EL CID [ANTHONY MANN] (Allied Artists/Bronston)
19. ONE-EYED JACKS [MARLON BRANDO] (Frank P. Rosenberg – Pennebaker/Paramount)
20. WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND [BRYAN FORBES] (UK)
21. TOWN WITHOUT PITY [GOTTFRIED REINHARDT](Mirisch/United Artists)
22. VICTIM [BASIL DEARDEN] (UK)
23. GIRL WITH A SUITCASE (La Ragazza con la valigia) [VALERIO ZURLINI] (I)
24. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (Une femme est une femme)  [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
25. TWO DAUGHTERS (Teen Kanya)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
26. BITTER END OF A SWEET NIGHT (Amai yoru no hate) [YOSHISHIGE YOSHIDA] (J)
27. THE EXILES [KENT MACKENZIE]
28. SAMSON [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
29. TWO RODE TOGETHER [JOHN FORD] (Columbia)
30. BLAST OF SILENCE [ALLEN BARON] (Universal)
31. SOMETHING WILD [JACK GARFEIN] (Prometheus)
32. ZERO FOCUS [Zero no shoten)  [YOSHITARO NOMURA] (J)
33. A TASTE OF HONEY [TONY RICHARDSON] (Woodfall) (UK)
34. SIBERIAN LADY MACBETH (Sibirska Ledi Magbet) [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
35. PIT AND THE PENDULUM [ROGER CORMAN] (Corman – Alta Vista/AIP)
36. THE YOUNG SAVAGES [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (United Artists)
37. THE LAST SUNSET [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Bryna/Universal)
38. THE MISFITS [JOHN HUSTON] (Seven Arts/United Artists)
39. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (L’Année dernière à Marienbad)  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
40. MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS (Matka Joanna od aniolów) [JERZY KAWALEROWICZ] (P)
41. THE PARENT TRAP [DAVID SWIFT] (Disney)
42. THE GUNS OF NAVARONE [J. LEE THOMPSON] (Columbia)
43. THE CHILDREN’S HOUR [WILLIAM WYLER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
44. THE LADIES’ MAN [JERRY LEWIS] (Paramount]
45. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Paramount)
46. PARRISH [DELMER DAVES] (Warner)
47. SUSAN SLADE [DELMER DAVES] (Warner)
48. PARIS NOUS APPARTIENT  (Paris Belongs to Us) [JACQUES RIVETTE] (F) (moved from 1960)
49. THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Disney)
50. THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE [JOSÉ QUINTERO] (Warner)
51. NIGHT TIDE [CURTIS HARRINGTON] (AIP)
52. MOTHRA (Mosura) [ISHIRÔ HONDA] (J)
    

Others (Unranked): ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS [C. GERONIMI, H. LUSKE & W. REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a); THE FAT AND THE LEAN [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s); BRUTALITY IN STONE (Brutalität in Stein) [ALEXANDER KLUGE & PETER SCHAMONI] (G) (s); THE STEAMROLLER AND THE VIOLIN (Katok i skripka) [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R) (s)

◄ 1962 ►

… Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passing

1. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Universal)
2. JULES AND JIM [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
3. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (United Artists)
4. CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7)  [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (moved from 1961)
5. KNIFE IN THE WATER (Nóz w wodzie)  [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P)
6. ADVISE & CONSENT [OTTO PREMINGER] (Columbia)
7. HARAKIRI (Seppuku)  [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Toho) (J)
8. SALVATORE GIULIANO [FRANCESCO ROSI] (I)
9. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (El Ángel exterminador)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (SP)
10. LOLITA [STANLEY KUBRICK] (Harris/Seven Arts/MGM)
11. ALL FALL DOWN [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (MGM)
12. L’ECLISSE (The Eclipse) [MICHAELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
13. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA [DAVID LEAN] (Columbia) (UK)
14. SANJURO [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
15. LE DOULOS (The Finger Man)  [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
16. ELEGANT BEAST (aka The Graceful Brute) (Shitoyakana kedamono) [YUZO KAWASHIMA] (Daiei) (J)
17. HER LONELY LANE (aka A Wanderer’s Notebook) (Hourou-ki)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
18. THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER [TONY RICHARDSON] (Woodfall) (UK)
19. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE [JOHN FORD] (Paramount)
20. MAMMA ROMA [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
21. LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT [SIDNEY LUMET] (Embassy/Republic)
22. MAFIOSO [ALBERTO LATTUADA] (I)
23. BILLY BUDD [PETER USTINOV] (UK)
24. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY [SAM PECKINPAH] (MGM)
25. SUNDAYS AND CYBÈLE (Les Dimanches de ville d’Avray)  [SERGE BOURGUIGNON] (F)
26. CAPE FEAR [J. LEE THOMPSON] (Universal)
27. THE TRIAL (Le Procès)  [ORSON WELLES] (F)
28. AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (An Sanma no aji) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
29. ELECTRA (Ilektra) [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK)
30. ABHIJAN (The Expedition) [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
31. THE MIRACLE WORKER [ARTHUR PENN] (United Artists)
32. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Jalem/Warner)
33. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Warner/Seven Arts)
34. MY NAME IS IVAN (aka Ivan’s Childhood) (Ivanovo detstvo) [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
35. EXPERIMENT IN TERROR [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Columbia)
36. PITFALL (Otoshiana) (aka Kashi to kodomo)  [HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA] (J)
37. THE MAD FOX (Koiya koi nasuna koi)  [TOMU OCHIDA] (Toei) (J)
38. THE FOUR DAYS OF NAPLES (Le quattro giornate di Napoli ) [NANNI LOY] (I)
39. THE L-SHAPED ROOM [BRYAN FORBES]  (Romulus/British Lion) (UK)
40. REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT [RALPH NELSON] (Columbia)
41. THE ELUSIVE CORPORAL (Le Caporal épinglé) [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
42. BEING TWO ISN’T EASY (Watashi Wa Nisai) [KON ICHIKAWA] (Daiei) (J)
43. DR. NO [TERENCE YOUNG] (Eon/United Artists) (UK)
44. MY LIFE TO LIVE (Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux)  [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
45. BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (United Artists)
46. FAMILY DIARY (Cronaca familiare) [VALERIO ZURLINI] (I)
47. I HATE BUT LOVE (Nikui an-chikushô) [KOREYOSHI KURAHARA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
48. A KIND OF LOVING [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (UK)
49. THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC (Procès de Jeanne d’Arc) [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
50. LONELY ARE THE BRAVE [DAVID MILLER] (Universal)
51. LE COMBAT DANS L’ILE (Fire and Ice) [ALAIN CAVALIER] (F)
52. BLACK TEST CAR (Kuro no tesuto kaa) [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
53. THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR [GEORGE SEATON] (Paramount)
54. BOCCACCIO ’70 [MARIO MONICELLI, FEDERICO FELLINI, LUCHINO VISCONTI & VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
55. CARNIVAL OF SOULS [HERK HARVEY] (Herts-Lion)
56. SHINOBI NO MONO (The Ninjas) [SATSUO YAMAMOTO] (Daiei) (J)
57. THE SPIRAL ROAD [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Universal)
58. TERM OF TRIAL [PETER GLENVILLE] (Romulus/Warner) (UK)
59. ALL NIGHT LONG [BASIL DEARDEN] (Rank) (UK)
60. HOW THE WEST WAS WON [JOHN FORD, HENRY HATHAWAY, GEORGE MARSHALL & RICHARD THORPE] (MGM)
61. TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
62. THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (MGM)
63. PHAEDRA [JULES DASSIN] (Lopert) (F/GK)
64. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH [RICHARD BROOKS] (MGM)
65. EVA (aka Eve)  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
66. ROME ADVENTURE  [DELMER DAVES] (Daves – Warner)
67. THE NOTORIOUS LANDLADY [RICHARD QUINE] (Columbia)
68. THE 300 SPARTANS [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Fox)
69. DAVID AND LISA [FRANK PERRY] (Continental)
70. THE CHAPMAN REPORT [GEORGE CUKOR] (Darryl F. Zanuck/Richard D. Zanuck – Warner)
71. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Columbia)
72. A VERY PRIVATE AFFAIR (Vie privée) [LOUSIE MALLE] (F)
73. THE GRIM REAPER (La Commare secca) [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
74. THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER [TIMOTHY CAREY] (Frenzy)
75. WILD GALS OF THE NAKED WEST [RUSS MEYER]

Others (Unranked): THE MUSIC MAN [MORTON DACOSTA] (Warner); THE LONGEST DAY [ANNAKIN, MARTON, OSWALD & WICKI] (Fox); LA JETÉE [CHIRS MARKER] (F) (s); MAMMALS [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s); WARGAME [MAI ZETTERLING] (UK) (s); LONELY BOY [WOLF KOENIG, ROMAN KROITOR] (C) (s); THE HOUSE IS BLACK (Khaneh siah ast) [FOROUGH FARROKHZAD] (IR) (d/s)

◄ 1963 ►

… Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence

1. 8½ (Otto e mezzo) [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
2. HUD [MARTIN RITT] (Paramount)
3. BILLY LIAR [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (UK)
4. WINTER LIGHT (Nattvardsgästerna)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
5. THE LEOPARD (Il Gattopardo) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
6. THE SERVANT [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
7. THE SILENCE (Tystnaden)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
8. AMERICA AMERICA [ELIA KAZAN] (Warner)
9. THE BIRDS [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Universal)
10. THE GREAT ESCAPE [JOHN STURGES] (Mirisch/United Artists)
11. CONTEMPT (Le Mépris)  [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
12. LA VISITA (The Visitor) [ANTONIO PIETRANGELI] (I)
13. HIGH AND LOW (Tengoku to jigoku)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
14. I FIDANZATI (The Fiancés)  [ERMANNO OLMI] (I)
15. THE INSECT WOMAN (Nippon konchuki)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
16. THE FIRE WITHIN (Le Feu follet)  [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
17. AN ACTOR’S REVENGE (Yukinojo henge)  [KON ICHIKAWA] (Daiei) (J)
18. THE HAUNTING [ROBERT WISE] (MGM)
19. CHARADE [STANLEY DONEN] (Universal)
20. MURIEL OU LE TEMPS D’UN RETOUR [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
21. THE WHEELER DEALERS [ARTHUR HILLER] (Filmways/MGM)
22. THESE ARE THE DAMNED (The Damned) [JOSEPH LOSEY] (Hammer/Columbia) (UK)
23. BUSHIDO: THE CRUEL CODE OF THE SAMURAI (Bushidô zankoku monogatari) [TADASHI IMAI] (J)
24. HANDS OVER THE CITY (Le Mani sulla città) [FRANCESCO ROSI] (I)
25. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE [TERENCE YOUNG] (Eon/United Artists) (UK)
26. A CHILD IS WAITING [JOHN CASSAVETES] (Stanley Kramer – United Artists)
27. NAKED AMONG WOLVES (Nackt unter Wölfen) [FRANK BEYER] (G)
28. THIS SPORTING LIFE [LINDSAY ANDERSON] (UK)
29. YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW (Ieri, Oggi, Domani) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
30. PARANOIAC [FREDDIE FRANCIS] (Anthony Hinds – Hammer/Universal) (UK)
31. BAY OF ANGELS (La Baie des Anges)  [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
32. BYE BYE BIRDIE [GEORGE SIDNEY] (Columbia)
33. YOUTH OF THE BEAST (Yaju no seishun)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
34. SHOCK CORRIDOR [SAMUEL FULLER] (Allied Artists)
35. LORD OF THE FLIES [PETER BROOK] (UK)
36. TOM JONES [TONY RICHARDSON] (Woodfall) (UK)
37. THE RUNNING MAN [CAROL REED] (UK)
38. THE PINK PANTHER [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Mirisch/United Artists)
39. AUDITION (Konkurs) (aka Talent Competition) [MILOS FORMAN] (CZ)
40. CARBIDE AND SORREL (Karbid und Sauerampfer)  [FRANK BEYER] (G)
41. IRMA LA DOUCE [BILLY WILDER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
42. THE CARDINAL [OTTO PREMINGER] (Columbia)
43. SUZANNE’S CAREER (La Carrière de Suzanne) [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
44. DONOVAN’S REEF [JOHN FORD] (Paramount)
45. THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER [JOHN HUSTON] (Universal)
46. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS [DON CHAFFEY] (Morningside/Columbia)
47. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR [JERRY LEWIS] (Paramount)
48. LE PETIT SOLDAT [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
49. DETECTIVE BUREAU 2-3: GO TO HELL BASTARDS (Tantei jimusho 23: Kutabare akuto-domo) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (J)
50. LILIES OF THE FIELD [RALPH NELSON] (Rainbow/United Artists)
51. DEMENTIA 13 [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA] (Corman/AIP)
52. SPENCER’S MOUNTAIN [DEMER DAVES] (Warner)
53. YOUNG APHRODITES (Mikres Afrodites)  [NIKOS KOUNDOUROS] (GK)
54. KANTO WANDERER (Kanto mushuku) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Daiei) (J)
55. BEACH PARTY [WILLIAM ASHER] (AIP)
56. PALM SPRINGS WEEKEND [NORMAN TAUROG] (Warner)
57. FUN IN ACAPULCO [RICHARD THORPE] (Wallis/Paramount)
    

Others (Unranked): PASSENGER (Pasazerka)  [ANDRZEJ MUNK] (P) (incomplete); CLEOPATRA [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ]; FLIPPER [JAMES B. CLARK]; THE SWORD AND THE STONE [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (a); LA RICOTTA [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I) (s); THE BAKERY GIRL OF MONCEAU (The Girl at the Monceau Bakery) (La Boulangère de Monceau) [ERIC ROHMER] (F) (s); TEACHERS IN TRANSFORMATION (Lehrer im Wandel) [ALEXANDER KLUGE] (G) (s)

◄ 1964 ►

… My darling… our marriage… will be a paradise… because we’re both abnormal

1. WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Suna no onna)  [HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA] (J)
2. CHARULATA (The Lonely Wife)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
3. MARNIE [ALFRED HITHCOCK] (Universal)
4. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)  [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
5. ONIBABA [KANETO SHINDÔ] (Toho) (J)
6. YEARNING (Midareru)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
7. DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB [KUBRICK] (UK)
8. MANJI [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
9. INTENTIONS OF MURDER (Akai satsui) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
10. I AM CUBA (Soy Cuba/Ya Kuba)  [MIKHAIL KALATOZOV] (R)
11. NOTHING BUT A MAN [MICHAEL ROEMER] (Cinema V)
12. SEDUCED AND ABANDONED (Sedotta e abbandonata)  [PIETRO GERMI] (I)
13. THE NAKED KISS [SAMUEL FULLER] (Allied Artists)
14. THE BIG CITY (Mahanagar)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID) (moved from 1963)
15. LILITH [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Columbia)
16. THE TRAIN [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (United Artists)
17. THE SOFT SKIN (La Peau douce)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
18. KWAIDAN [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Toho) (J)
19. LOVING COUPLES (Älskande par) [MAI ZETTERLING] (S)
20. SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON [BRYAN FORBES] (UK)
21. FAIL-SAFE [SIDNEY LUMET] (Columbia)
22. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (Il Vangelo secondo Matteo) [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
23. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (Paramount/Seven Arts)
24. PALE FLOWER (Kawaita hana)  [MASAHIRO SHINODA] (Shochiku) (J)
25. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA [JOHN HUSTON] (MGM/Seven Arts)
26. GERTRUD [CARL THEODOR DREYER] (D)
27. THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI (Sanbiki no samurai) [HIDEO GOSHA] (J)
28. THE BEST MAN [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER] (United Artists)
29. REVENGE (Adauchi) [TADASHI IMAI] (Toei) (J)
30. JOY HOUSE (Les Félins) [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (F)
31. KISS ME, STUPID [BILLY WILDER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
32. RED DESERT (Il Deserto Rosso)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
33. THE PUMPKIN EATER [JACK CLAYTON] (Romulus/Columbia) (UK)
34. ZULU [CY ENDFIELD] (UK)
35. ASSASSINATION (Ansatsu)  [MASAHIRO SHINODA] (Shochiku) (J)
36. GOLDFINGER [GUY HAMILTON] (Eon/United Artists) (UK)
37. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (Per un pugno di dollari)  [SERGIO LEONE] (I)
38. BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Bande à part)  [JEAN-LUC GODARD]
39. ZORBA THE GREEK (Alexis Zorbas) [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK) (Fox)
40. MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE (Matrimonio all’italiana) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
41. THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY [ARTHUR HILLER] (Filmways/MGM)
42. A HARD DAY’S NIGHT [RICHARD LESTER] (UK)
43. BLACK SUN (Kuroi taiyô) [Koreyoshi Kurahara] (Nikkatsu) (J)
44. DRY SUMMER (Susuz yaz) [METIN ERKSAN] (T)
45. GATE OF FLESH (Nikutai no mon)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
46. DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (Le Journal d’une femme de chambre)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
47. A MARRIED WOMAN (Une Femme mariée: Suite de fragments d’un film tourné en 1964) [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
48. HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Fox)
49. THAT MAN FROM RIO (L’Homme de Rio)  [PHILIPPE DE BROCA] (F)
50. LADY IN A CAGE [WALTER GRAUMAN] (Paramount)
51. CHEYENNE AUTUMN [JOHN FORD] (Warner)
52. BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (Sei donne per l|assassino) [MARIO BAVA] (I)
53. THE LEATHER BOYS [SIDNEY J. FURIE] (UK)
54. CRUEL GUN STORY (Kenju zankoku monogatari ) [TAKUMI FURUKAWA] (J)
55. GIRL WITH GREEN EYES [DESMOND DAVIS] (UK)
56. PARIS – WHEN IT SIZZLES [RICHARD QUINE] (Paramount)
57. THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE [ANTHONY MANN] (Bronston)
58. SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL [RICHARD QUINE] (Warner)
59. ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS [BYRON HASKIN] (Paramount)
60. THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH [ROGER CORMAN] (Corman – Alta Vista/Anglo Amalgamated/AIP)
61. KING & COUNTRY [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
62. NIGHT MUST FALL [KAREL REISZ] (UK)
63. BECKET [PETER GLENVILLE] (UK)
64. BLACK PETER (Cerný Petr) [MILOS FORMAN] (CZ)
65. THE KILLERS [DON SIEGEL] (Universal)
66. TOPKAPI [JULES DASSIN] (Filmways/MGM)
67. MAN’S FAVORITE SPORT?  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Universal)
68. THE OUTRAGE [MARTIN RITT] (MGM)
69. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION(Prima della rivoluzione) [BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI] (I)
70. INSTANT LOVE (Pão de Açúcar) [PAUL SYLBERT] (BZ)
71. SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS [NICHOLAS WEBSTER]

Others (Unranked): MARY POPPINS [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Disney); A SHOT IN THE DARK [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Mirisch/United Artists)

◄ 1965 ►

… He’s crazy Lou, he builds toy airplanes

1. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO [DAVID LEAN] (UK)
2. LOVES OF A BLONDE (Lásky jedné plavovlásky)  [MILOS FORMAN] (CZ)
3. THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET (Obchod na korze)  [JAN KÁDÁR AND ELMAR KLOS] (CZ)
4. THE PAWNBROKER [SIDNEY LUMET] (Allied Artists/AIP) (IMDB 1964)
5. STORY OF A PROSTITUTE (Shunpu den)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
6. FISTS IN THE POCKET (I Pugni in tasca)  [MARCO BELLOCCHIO] (I)
7. THE LOVED ONE [TONY RICHARDSON] (Filmways/MGM)
8. JULIET OF THE SPIRITS (Giulietta degli spiriti)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
9. REPULSION [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
10. THE COLLECTOR [WILLIAM WYLER] (Columbia)
11. BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING [OTTO PREMINGER] (UK)
12. KING RAT [BRYAN FORBES] (Columbia)
13. IN HARM’S WAY [OTTO PREMINGER] (Paramount)
14. INTIMATE LIGHTING (Intimní osvětlení) [IVAN PASSER] (CZ)
15. THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Fox)
16. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Per qualche dollaro in più)  [SERGIO LEONE] (I)
17. THE FIFTH HORSEMAN IS FEAR [ZBYNEK BRYNYCH] (CZ)
18. SANDRA (Vaghe stell dell’Orsa …)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
19. THE 317^TH PLATOON (La 317e Section)  [PIERRE SCHOENDOERFFER] (F)
20. CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (aka Falstaff)  [ORSON WELLES]
21. SAMURAI SPY (Ibun sarutobi sasuke) [MASAHIRO SHINODA] (Shochiku) (J)
22. PIERROT LE FOU [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
23. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH (Il momento della verità) [FRANCESCO ROSI] (I)
24. LE BONHEUR (Happiness)  [AGNÈS VARDA] (F)
25. MICKEY ONE [ARTHUR PENN](Columbia)
26. PLEASURES OF THE FLESH (Etsuraku) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
27. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (Fox) (UK)
28. A PATCH OF BLUE [GUY GREEN] (Filmways/MGM)
29. MAJOR DUNDEE [SAM PECKINPAH] (Columbia)
30. DARLING [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (UK)
31. A THOUSAND CLOWNS [FRED COE] (United Artists)
32. SWORD OF THE BEAST (aka Samurai Gold Seekers) (Kedamono no ken) [HIDEO GOSHA] (J)
33. MAN IS NOT A BIRD (Covek nije tica) [DUSAN MAKAVEJEV] (Y)
34. THE NANNY [SETH HOLT] (Hammer) (UK)
35. THE HILL [SIDNEY LUMET] (MGM/Seven Arts) (UK)
36. THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (Rekopis Znaleziony w Saragossie)  [WOJCIECH HAS] (P)
37. RED BEARD (Akahige)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
38. RAPTURE  [JOHN GUILLERMIN] (Christian Ferry – Panoramic/Fox) (F)
39. WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR [JOSEPH CATES] (Magna)
40. VIVA MARIA! [LOUIS MALLE] (F)
41. TATTOOED LIFE (Irezumi Ichidai)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
42. THUNDERBALL [TERENCE YOUNG] (Eon/United Artists) (UK)
43. THE 10^TH VICTIM (La Decima vittima)  [ELIO PETRI] (I)
44. MIRAGE [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Universal)
45. THE SOUND OF MUSIC [ROBERT WISE] (Fox)
46. THE SLEEPING CAR MURDERS (Compartiment tueurs)  [COSTA-GAVRAS] (F)
47. CASANOVA ’70 [MARIO MONCELLI] (Carlo Poniti) (I)
48. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD [MARTIN RITT] (UK)
49. RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND [MONTE HELLMAN] (Continental)
50. 36 HOURS [GEORGE SEATON] (MGM)
51. THE CINCINNATI KID [NORMAN JEWISON] (Filmways/MGM)
52. PARIS IN 6 (Paris vu par…)  [VARIOUS] (F)
53. HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE [RICHARD QUINE] (United Artists)
54. ALPHAVILLE (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)  [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
55. BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Columbia)
56. FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! [RUSS MEYER]
57. HELP! [RICHARD LESTER] (UK)
58. SHIP OF FOOLS [STANLEY KRAMER] (Columbia)
59. THE KNACK…AND HOW TO GET IT (The Knack) [RICHARD LESTER] (Woodfall) (UK)
60. INSIDE DAISY CLOVER [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Warner)
61. SYLVIA [GORDON DOUGLAS] (Paramount)
62. THE GREAT RACE [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Warner)
63. CAT BALLOU [ELLIOT SILVERSTEIN] (Columbia)
64. WHAT’S NEW, PUSSYCAT [CLIVE DONNER] (United Artists)
    

Others (Unranked): SIMON OF THE DESERT (Simón Del Desierto) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (s) (SP); BOY ON A BICYCLE [RIDLEY SCOTT] (s) (UK); THE WAR GAME [PETER WATKINS] (UK) (TV);  AKO (White Morning) [HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA] (s) (J); LE POULET (The Chicken)  [CLAUDE BERRI] (s) (F) (IMDB 1962); THE RAILRODDER [GERALD POTTERTON & BUSTER KEATON] (s) (C);  A GAME WITH STONES ( Hra s kameny) [JAN SVANLMAJER] (a/s); KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS [KENNETH ANGER] (s); LES ESCARGOTS (The Snail) [RÉNE LALOUX] (F) (a/s); ELSA LA ROSE [AGNÈS VARDA] (F) (s)

◄ 1966 ►

… Dear sweet simple minded Barbara Ann. Barbara Ann whose deepest and most heartfelt yearnings express with a kind of touching lyricism the total vulgarity of our time

1. PERSONA [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
2. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF [MIKE NICHOLS]
3. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Il Buono, il brutto, il cativo)  [SERGIO LEONE] (I)
4. SECONDS [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (Paramount)
5. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (La Battaglia di Algeri)  [GILLO PONTECORVO] (I)
6. CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS (Ostre sledované vlaky)  [JIRÍ MENZEL] (CZ)
7. VIOLENCE AT NOON (Hakachu no Torima) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
8. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
9. BLOW UP [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (UK/I)
10. WINGS (Krylya) [LARISA SHEPITKO] (R)
11. THE PORNOGRAPHERS (Jinruigaku nyumon)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
12. THE HUNT (La Caza)  [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
13. FAHRENHEIT 451 [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (UK)
14. RED ANGEL (Akai tenshi) [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
15. HUNGER (Sult)  [HENNING CARLSEN] (D/S/N)
16. THE SWORD OF DOOM (Dai-bosatsu tôge) [KIHACHI OKAMOTO] (Toho) (J)
17. THE SAND PEBBLES [ROBERT WISE]
18. IREZUMI (Tattoo)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
19. FIGHTING ELEGY (Kenka erejii) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
20. YESTERDAY GIRL (Abschied von gestern – (Anita G.)) [ALEXANDER KLUGE] (G)
21. THE CHASE [ARTHUR PENN]
22. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS [FRED ZINNEMANN] (UK)
23. LORD LOVE A DUCK [GEORGE AXELROD] (MGM)
24. THE NAKED PREY [CORNEL WILDE]
25. MADEMOISELLE [TONY RICHARDSON] (F)
26. THE PROFESSIONALS [RICHARD BROOKS]
27. LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE (Second Breath) [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
28. ALFIE [LEWIS GILBERT] (Paramount)
29. MASCULIN-FEMININ (Masculin, féminin: 15 faits précis) [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
30. FATHER (Apa)  [ISTVÁN SZABÓ] (H)
31. THE ROUND-UP (Szegénylegények) [MIKLÓS JANCSÓ] (H)
32. WHO ARE YOU, POLLY MAGGOO? (Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?)  [WILLIAM KLEIN] (F)
33. THE FACE OF ANOTHER (Tanin no kao)  [HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA] (Toho) (J)
34. THE SECRET OF THE URN (Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri) [HIDEO GOSHA] (J)
35. WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE ? (Kdo chce zabít Jessii?) [VACLAV VORLICEK](CZ)
36. THE FAMILY WAY [ROY BOULTING] (UK)
37. LA GUERRE EST FINIE (The War is Over)  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F)
38. CAPTIVE’S ISLAND (aka Punishment Island) (Shokei no shima)  [MASAHIRA SHINODA] (Daiei) (J)
39. 7 WOMEN [JOHN FORD]
40. NAYAK : THE HERO [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
41. CUL-DE-SAC [ROMAN POLANSKI] (UK)
42. GEORGY GIRL [SILVIO NARIZZANO] (UK)
43. HARPER [JACK SMIGHT]
44. MORGAN – A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT (aka Morgan !) [KAREL REISZ] (UK)
45. DAISIES (Sedmikrasky)  [VERA CHYTILOVÁ] (CZ)
46. YOUNG TÖRLESS (Der Junge Törless)  [VOLKER SCHLÖNDORF] (G)
47. TRACE OF STONES (Spur der Steine) [FRANK BEYER] (G)
48. BLACK GIRL (La Noire de …) [OUSMANE SEMBENE] (F/Sen)
49. THE FORTUNE COOKIE [BILLY WILDER] (Mirisch/United Artists)
50. A MAN AND A WOMAN (Un homme et une femme)  [CLAUDE LELOUCH] (F)
51. GAMBIT [RONALD NEAME] (Universal)
52. GRAND PRIX [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER]
53. A REPORT ON THE PARTY AND THE GUESTS (O slavnosti a hostech) [JAN NEMEC] (CZ)
54. LA VIE DE CHATEAU (A Matter of Resistance) [JEAN-PIERRE RAPPENEAU] (F)
55. TORN CURTAIN [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Universal)
56. THE GROUP [SIDNEY LUMET] (Sidney Buchman – Famartists/United Artists)
57. THE WRONG BOX [BRYAN FORBES] (UK)
58. TOKYO DRIFTER [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
59. 10:30 P.M. SUMMER [JULES DASSIN]
60. HOW TO STEAL A MILLION [WILLIAM WYLER] (Columbia/Fox)
61. THE DEADLY AFFAIR [SIDNEY LUMET] (Columbia)
62. THE TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV (La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (F)
63. KING OF HEARTS (Le roi de cœur)  [PHILIPPE DE BROCA] (F/UK)
64. AFTER THE FOX (Caccia alla volpe) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
65. ARABESQUE [STANLEY DONEN]
66. YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW [FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA] (Warner)
67. DEAD HEAT ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND [BERNARD GIRARD]
68. BATMAN : THE MOVIE [LESLIE H. MARTINSON]
69. MADE IN U.S.A. [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)

Others (Unranked): CATHY COME HOME [KEN LOACH] (UK) (TV) (from “The Wednesday Play”); BORN FREE [JAMES HILL]; THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE [HANNA & BARBERA] (a); GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES [LIONEL ROGOSIN] (d); PADDLE TO THE SEA [BILL MASON] (C) (s); THE LITTLE CHAOS [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G) (s); THE CITY TRAMP [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G) (s); EMOTION (Emotion: densetsu no gogo = itsukamita Dracula) [NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI] (J) (s); A MODERN COED (Une étudiante d’aujourd’hui) [ERIC ROHMER] (F) (d/s); MANUAL OF ARMS / PROCESS RED [HOLLIS FRAMPTON] (s); WINNIE THE POOH AND THE HONEY TREE [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a/s)

◄ 1967 ►

… I want my money. I want my $93,000.

1. THE GRADUATE [MIKE NICHOLS] (Avco Embassy)
2. IN COLD BLOOD [RICHARD BROOKS]
3. SAMURAI REBELLION (Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu) [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Toho-Mifune) (J)
4. VALLEY OF THE BEES (Udoli vcel) [FRANTISEK VLÁCIL]  (CZ)
5. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT [NORMAN JEWISON]
6. BONNIE AND CLYDE [ARTHUR PENN]
7. WEEK-END [JEAN LUC GODARD] (F)
8. POINT BLANK [JOHN BOORMAN] (MGM)
9. MARKETA LAZAROVÁ [FRANTISEK VLÁCIL]  (CZ)
10. LE SAMURAÏ [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
11. ACCIDENT [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
12. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (UK)
13. ANNA KARENINA [ALEKSANDR ZARKHI] (R)
14. THE FIREMEN’S BALL (Horí, má paneko)  [MILOS FORMAN] (CZ)
15. ELVIRA MADIGAN [BO WIDERBERG] (S)
16. PLAYTIME [JACQUES TATI] (F)
17. COOL HAND LUKE [STUART ROSENBERG]
18. SCATTERED CLOUDS (Midaregumo) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
19. MOUCHETTE [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
20. THE RED AND THE WHITE (Csillagosok, katonák)  [MIKLÓS JANCSÓ] (H)
21. THE TWO OF US (Le vieil homme et l’enfant) [CLAUDE BERRI] (F)
22. MARAT/SADE (aka The Persecution & Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates …)  [P. BROOK] (UK)
23. BELLE DU JOUR [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
24. HOMBRE [MARTIN RITT]
25. PEPPERMINT FRAPPÉ [CARLOS SAURA] (SP)
26. SING A SONG OF SEX (aka A Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs)  (Nihon shunka-kô) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
27. DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY [JIM MCBRIDE]
28. JAPAN’S LONGEST DAY (Nihon no ichiban nagai hi) [KIHACHI OKAMOTO] (Toho) (J)
29. TWO FOR THE ROAD [STANLEY DONEN] (Fox)
30. A COLT IS MY PASSPORT (Ta Colt wa ore no passport) [TAKASHI NOMURA] (J)
31. LOVE AFFAIR, OR THE CASE OF THE MISSING SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR (Ljubavni slucaj ili tragedija sluzbenice P.T.T.) [DUSAN MAKAVEJEV] (Y)
32. A MAN VANISHES (Ningen Johatsu) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
33. BEDAZZLED [STANLEY DONEN] (Fox) (UK)
34. LA COLLECTIONNEUSE [ERIC ROHMER] (F)
35. THE DIRTY DOZEN [ROBERT ALDRICH]
36. THIRST FOR LOVE (Ai no kawaki) [KOREYOSHI KURAHARA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
37. THE WHISPERERS [BRYAN FORBES] (UK)
38. WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR ? [MARTIN SCORSESE]
39. OEDIPUS REX (Edipo Re) [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
40. BEACH RED [CORNEL WILDE] (MGM)
41. BRANDED TO KILL (Koroshi no rakuin) [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
42. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) [JACQUES DEMY] (F)
43. UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE  [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Alan J. Pakula – Warner)
44. SILENCE AND CRY (Csend és kiáltás) [MIKLÓS JANCSÓ] (H)
45. JAPANESE SUMMER: DOUBLE SUICIDE (Muri shinjû: Nihon no natsu) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
46. WAIT UNTIL DARK [TERENCE YOUNG]
47. REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE [JOHN HUSTON]
48. THE PRESIDENT’S ANALYST [THEODORE J. FLICKER] (Paramount)
49. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE [LEWIS GILBERT] (Eon/United Artists) (UK)
50. TO SIR, WITH LOVE [JAMES CLAVELL]
51. THE HONEY POT [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ]
52. MORE THAN A MIRACLE (C’era una volta …) [FRANCESCO ROSI] (Carlo Ponti – Cinecitta/CCC/Concordia/MGM) (I)
53. DON’T MAKE WAVES [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (MGM)
54. THE SAILOR FROM GIBRALTAR [TONY RICHARDSON] (UK)
55. TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle) [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F)
56. THE FOX [MARK RYDELL]
57. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK [GENE SAKS] (Paramont)
58. DIABOLICALLY YOURS (Diaboliquement vôtre) [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (F)
59. CASINO ROYALE [VARIOUS] (Columbia)
60. PRIVILEGE [PETER WATKINS] (UK)
61. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER [STANLEY KRAMER]
62. HURRY SUNDOWN [OTTO PREMINGER] (Paramount)
63. DOCTOR DOLITTLE [RICHARD FLEISCHER]
64. THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS [ROMAN POLANSKI]
65. COMMON LAW CABIN [RUSS MEYER]

Others (Unranked): WARRENDALE [ALLAN KING] (d);  TITICUT FOLLIES [FREDERICK WISEMAN] (d); DON’T LOOK BACK [D.A. PENNEBAKER] (d); THE JUNGLE BOOK [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a); THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT [EDWARD MONTAGNE]; LA COTTA [ERMANNO OLMI] (I) (s); HAKOB HOVNATANYAN [SERGEI PARADJANOV] (R) (s); EYE MYTH [STAN BRAKHAGE] (s)

◄ 1968 ►

…tannis anyone?

1. ROSEMARY’S BABY [ROMAN POLANSKI]
2. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [STANLEY KUBRICK]
3. THE PROFOUND DESIRE OF THE GODS (Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J)
4. PETULIA [RICHARD LESTER]
5. HOUR OF THE WOLF (Vargtimmem)  [INGMAR. BERGMAN] (S)
6. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (C’era una volt ail West)  [SERGIO LEONE]
7. THE SWIMMER [FRED PERRY]
8. STOLEN KISSES (Baisers volés)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
9. DEATH BY HANGING (Koshikei) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
10. SHAME (Skammen)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
11. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD [GEORGE A. ROMERO]
12. KURONEKO (Black Cat in the Grove) [KANETO SHINDÔ] (Toho) (J)
13. FACES [JOHN CASSAVETES]
14. THE PLANET OF THE APES [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER]
15. PRETTY POISON [NOEL BLACK] (Fox)
16. L’ENFANCE NUE [MAURICE PIALAT] (F)
17. THE GIRLS (Flickorna) [MAI ZETTERLING] (S)
18. MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT (Memorias del subdesarrollo)  [TOMÁS GUTIÉRREZ ALEA] (SP)
19. THE SHOOTING  [MONTE HELLMAN] (Continental) (moved from 1967) (IMDB 1966)
20. THE LION IN WINTER [ANTHONY HARVEY]
21. THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (La Mariée était en noir)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F)
22. HELL IN THE PACIFIC [JOHN BOORMAN] (MGM)
23. HEAD [BOB RAFELSON] (BBS)
24. THE COLOR OF POMEGRANTES (Sayat Nova) [SERGEI PARADJANOV] (R)
25. TARGETS [PETER BOGDANOVICH] (Corman)
26. ROMEO AND JULIET [FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI]
27. MANDABI (The Money Order) [OUSMANE SEMBENE] (F/Sen)
28. RACHEL, RACHEL, [PAUL NEWMAN]
29. THE ODD COUPLE [GENE SAKS]
30. THREE RESURRECTED DRUNKARDS (Sinner in Paradise) (Kaette kita yopparai) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (J)
31. BULLIT [PETER YATES] (Warner/Seven Arts)
32. KILL ! (Kiru) [KIHACHI OKAMOTO] (Toho) (J)
33. SIGNS OF LIFE (Lebenszeichen) [WERNER HERZOG] (G)
34. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER [ROBERT ELLIS MILLER] (Warner/Seven Arts)
35. THE IMMORTAL STORY [ORSON WELLES] (F)
36. IF…. [LINDSAY ANDERSON]
37. THE BOSTON STRANGLER [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Fox)
38. NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY [JACK SMIGHT] (Paramount)
39. CAPRICIOUS SUMMER [JIRÍ MENZEL] (CZ)
40. MADIGAN [DON SIEGEL]
41. WILL PENNY [TOM GRIES]
42. THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES [ULU GROSBARD] (Warner)
43. LES BICHES (The Darling Does)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (F)
44. THE STALKING MOON [ROBERT MULLIGAN]
45. TEOREMA [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (I)
46. COUNTDOWN [ROBERT ALTMAN
47. ICE STATION ZEBRA [JOHN STURGES] (Filmways/MGM)
48. SECRET CEREMONY [JOSEPH LOSEY] (UK)
49. THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Cinerama)
50. HANG ‘EM HIGH [TED POST]
51. THE PRODUCERS [MEL BROOKS]
52. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (Historires extraordinaires)  [ROGER VADIM, LOUIS MALLE & FEDERICO FELLINI] (F/I)
53. THE PARTY [BLAKE EDWARDS]
54. I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS! [HY AVERBACK]
55. THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR [NORMAN JEWISON] (Mirisch/United Artists)
56. THE LOVE BUG [ROBERT STEVENSON]
57. SWEET NOVEMBER [ROBERT ELLIS MILLER] (Jerry Gershwin/Elliott Kastner – Warner/Seven Arts)
58. CHARLY [RALPH NELSON] (Cinerama)
59. SPIDER BABY OR, THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD [JACK HILL]
60. THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Aldrich/MGM)
61. THE SMUGGLERS (Les Contrebandières) [LUC MOULLET] (F)
62. COOGAN’S BLUFF [DON SIEGEL] (Universal)
63. BARBARELLA [ROGER VADIM]
64. 5 CARD STUD [HENRY HATHAWAY]
65. SKIDOO [OTTO PREMINGER]

Others (Unranked): HIGH SCHOOL [FREDERICK WISEMAN] (d); INNOCENCE UNPROTECTED (Nevinost bez zastite) [DUSAN MAKAVEJEV] (d) (Y); YELLOW SUBMARINE [GEORGE DUNNING] (a); THE SHAKIEST GUN IN THE WEST [ALAN RAFKIN];  SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE [WILLIAM GREAVES] (d); SAUTE MA VILLE (Blow Up My Town) [CHANTAL AKERMAN] (B) (s); MAXWELL’S DEMON / SURFACE TENSION [HOLLIS FRAMPTON] (s); WINNIE THE POOH AND THE BLUSTERY DAY [WOLFGANG REITHERMAN] (Disney) (a/s)

◄ 1969 ►

… First, we’ll have an orgy. Then we’ll go see Tony Bennett.

1. THE WILD BUNCH  [SAM PECKINPAH] (Phil Feldman – Warner/Seven Arts)
2. ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Rublyov)  [ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R)
3. ARMY OF SHADOWS (L’armée des ombres) [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (Jacques Dorfmann – Coronoa/Fono/Valoria) (F)
4. Z  [COSTA-GAVRAS] (Valoria) (F)
5. THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY?  [SYDNEY POLLACK] (Robert Chartoff/Irwin Winkler – ABC/Palomar/Cinerama)
6. THE PASSION OF ANNA (En Passion) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Lars-Owe Carlberg – Svensk/United Artists) (S)
7. KES  [KENNETH LOACH] (Tony Garnett – Woodfall) (UK)
8. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE  [RONALD NEAME] (Robert Fryer – Fox) (UK)
9. THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY  [MICHAEL ROEMER] (Roemer/Robert M. Young – King Screen) (IMDB 1989)
10. MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S (Ma nuit chez Maud)  [ERIC ROHMER] (Barbet Schroeder – Pléiade) (F)
11. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS  [LARRY PEERCE] (Stanley R. Jaffe – Paramount)
12. PLAY DIRTY [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Harry Saltzman – Lowndes/United Artists) (UK)
13. MIDNIGHT COWBOY  [JOHN SCHLESINGER] (Jerome Hellman – United Artists)
14. BURN! (Queimada!) [GILLO PONTECORVO] (Alberto Grimaldi – SAS/PEA) (I)
15. GOYOKIN  [HIDEO GOSHA] (J) (Toho)
16. DOUBLE SUICIDE (Shinjû: Ten no amijima) [MASAHIRO SHINODA] (Toho) (J)
17. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID  [GEORGE ROY HILL] (John Foreman – Fox)
18. FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES (Bara no soretsu) [TOSHIO MATSUMOTO] (J)
19. BLIND BEAST (Môjuu)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
20. THE HONEYMOON KILLERS  [LEONARD KASTLE] (Warren Steibel – AIP/Cinerama)
21. WOMEN IN LOVE  [KEN RUSSELL] (Larry Kramer – Brandywine) (UK)
22. THE JOKE  (Zert)  [JAROMIL JIRES] (CZ)
23. THE GYPSY MOTHS  [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (Hal Landers/Bobby Roberts – Frankenheimer/Edward Lewis/MGM)
24. BOY (Shonen)  [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Sozosha/Shochiku) (J)
25. THIS MAN MUST DIE (Que la bête meu) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (André Génovès – Boétie) (F)
26. THE SWIMMING POOL (La Piscine)  [JACQUES DERAY] (Gérard Beytout – SNC/Tritone) (F)
27. THE CREMATOR (Spalovac mrtvol) [JURAJ HERZ] (CZ)
28. THE RED TENT (Krasnaya Palatka) [MIKHAIL KALATOZOV] (Franco Cristaldi – Vides/Mosfilm/Paramount) (R/I)
29. BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE  [PAUL MAZURSKY] (Larry Tucker – Frankovich/Columbia)
30. IL GRANDE SILENZIO (The Big Silence) (The Great Silence) [SERGIO CORBUCCI] (I)
31. THE RITE (Riten)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Lars-Owe Carlberg – Svensk) (S)
32. MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (La Sirène du Mississippi)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (Marcel Berbert – Carosse/Artistes Associés) (F)
33. LA FEMME INFIDÈLE (The Unfaithful Wife)  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (André Génovès/Felice Testa Gay – Boétie) (F)
34. ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE  [PETER R. HUNT] (Albert R. Broccoli/Harry Saltzman – Eon/United Artists) (UK)
35. EASY RIDER  [DENNIS HOPPER] (Peter Fonda/Bob Rafelson – Raybert/Columbia)
36. JOHN AND MARY  [PETER YATES] (Ben Kadish – Fox)
37. PUTNEY SWOPE  [ROBERT DOWNEY SR.] (Downey – Cinema V)
38. TRUE GRIT  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
39. DILLINGER IS DEAD (Dillinger è morto)  [MARCO FERRERI] (Ever Haggiag/Alfred Levy – Pegaso) (I)
40. DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF (Shinjuku dorobo nikki) [NAGISA OSHIMA] (Sozosha/Shochiku) (J)
41. COMING APART  [MILTON MOSES GINSBERG] (Israel Davis/Andrew J. Kuehn – Kaleidoscope)
42. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN  [WOODY ALLEN] (Rollins-Joffe -Palomar/ABC/Cinerama)
43. TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE  [ABRAHAM POLONSKY] (Philip A. Waxman – Universal)
44. A GENTLE WOMAN (Une femme douce) [ROBERT BRESSON] (Mag Bodard) (F)
45. CACTUS FLOWER  [GENE SAKS] (M.J. Frankovich – Columbia)
46. THE ARRANGEMENT  [ELIA KAZAN] (Kazan – Warner/Seven Arts)
47. THE RAIN PEOPLE  [FRANCIS FORD COPPPOLA] (Ronald Colby/Bart Patton – Zoetrope/Warner/Seven Arts)
48. THE MILKY WAY (La Voie Lactée) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (Serge Silberman) (F)
49. THE DAMNED (La Caduta degli dei) [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (Ever Haggiag/Alfred Levy – Warner/Seven Arts) (I)
50. THE HAPPY ENDING  [RICHARD BROOKS] (Brooks – United Artists)
51. THE REIVERS  [MARK RYDELL] (Irving Ravetch – Cinema Center)
52. PORCILE (Pigsty)  [PIER PAOLO PASOLINI] (Gian Vittorio Baldi) (I)
53. ADELHEID [FRANTISEK VLÁCIL] (CZ)
54. KATZELMACHER  [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)
55. ALICE’S RESTAURANT  [ARTHUR PENN] (Hillard Elkins/Joseph Manduke – United Artists)
56. THE DEVIL BY THE TAIL (Le diable par la queue) [PHILIPPE DE BROCA] (De Broca / Alberto Grimaldi) (F)
57. TOPAZ  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Universal)
58. MR. FREEDOM  [WILLIAM KLEIN] (Guy Belfond/Christian Thivat/Michel Zemer) (F)
59. DOWNHILL RACER  [MICHAEL RITCHIE] (Richard Gregson – Wildwood/Paramount)
60. THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS  [BURT KENNEDY] (Ronald M. Cohen/Dennis Shryack – Warner/Seven Arts)
61. AGE OF CONSENT  [MICHAEL POWELL] (Powell/James Mason – Columbia) (A) 
62. THE APPOINTMENT  [SIDNEY LUMET] (Martin Poll – MGM)
63. MODEL SHOP  [JACQUES DEMY] (Demy – Columbia)
64. HE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES [ROBERT BUTLER] (Bill Anderson – Disney)
65. THE ILLUSTRATED MAN  [JACK SMIGHT] (Howard B. Kreitsek/Ted Mann – Warner/Seven Arts)
66. SINFUL DAVEY  [JOHN HUSTON] (Mirisch) (UK)
67. GO, GO, SECOND-TIME VIRGIN (Yuke yuke nidome no shojo) [KOJI WAKAMATSU] (Nikkatsu) (J)
68. SATRYICON [FEDERICO FELLINI] (Alberto Grimaldi – PEA/United Artists) (I)
69. VENUS IN FURS (Paroxismus)  [JESUS FRANCO] (AIP)
70. LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH  (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod) [RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER] (G)

Others (Unranked): MONTEREY POP [D.A. PENNEBAKER] (d);  SALESMAN [ALBERT MAYSLES, DAVID MAYSLES, CHARLOTTE SWERIN] (d); A MARRIED COUPLE [ALLAN KING] (C) (d); THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES [ROBERT BUTLER]; INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER [KENNETH ANGER] (s); SEVERAL FRIENDS [CHARLES BURNETT] (s); LEMON / CARROTS & PEAS  [HOLLIS FRAMPTON] (s)

THE 50s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE FIFTIES

(Tell me exactly what you saw and what you think it means)

Recent Updates in RED - Last Updated June 3, 2012

Last 5 Titles Added:

SILVER CITY [BYRON HASKIN] (1951)
TROOPER HOOK [CHARLES MARQUIS WARREN] (1957)
THE PURPLE PLAIN [ROBERT PARRISH] (1954)
MISS OYU (Oyû-sama) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (1951)
ON THE BOWERY [LIONEL ROGOSIN] (1957)

◄ 1950 ►

… There was a maharajah who came all the way from India to beg one of her silk stockings. Later he strangled himself with it.

1. RASHÔMON  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Daiei) (J)
2. SUNSET BOULEVARD  [BILLY WILDER] (Charles Brackett – Paramount)
3. NIGHT AND THE CITY  [JULES DASSIN] (Samuel G. Engel – Fox) (UK)
4. ALL ABOUT EVE  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
5. STROMBOLI  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (Rossellini- RKO) (I)
6. LOS OLVIDADOS  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
7. ORPHEUS (Orphée)  [JEAN COCTEAU] (F)
8. WINCHESTER ’73  [ANTHONY MANN] (Aaron Rosenberg – Universal)
9. TRY AND GET ME (aka The Sound of Fury)  [CY ENDFIELD] (Robert Stillman – Republic)
10. WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Fox)
11. THE ASPHALT JUNGLE  [JOHN HUSTON] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Warner)
12. THE BREAKING POINT [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
13. STARS IN MY CROWN  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (William H. Wright – MGM)
14. IN A LONELY PLACE [NICHOLAS RAY] (Robert Lord – Santana/Columbia)
15. SIDE STREET  [ANTHONY MANN] (Sam Zimbalist – MGM)
16. THE UNDERWORLD STORY  [CY ENDFIELD] (Hal E. Chester – United Artists)
17. PANIC IN THE STREETS  [ELIA KAZAN] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
18. GUN CRAZY (aka Deadly Is The Female) [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Frank & Maurice King – United Artists)
19. WAGON MASTER  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Merian C. Cooper – Argosy/RKO)
20. LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES  [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
21. LAST HOLIDAY  [HENRY CASS] (Stephen Mitchell/A.D. Peters/J.B. Priestley – ABPC) (UK)
22. NO MAN OF HER OWN  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Richard Maibaum – Paramount)
23. RIO GRANDE  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Merian C. Cooper – Argosy/Republic)
24. THE FURIES  [ANTHONY MANN] (Hal B. Wallis/Paramount)
25. THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS (Franceso, giullaredi Dio) [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (Angelo Rizzoli-Cineriz) (I)
26. MADELEINE  [DAVID LEAN] (Stanley Haynes – Cineguild/GFD) (UK)
27. HARVEY  [HENRY KOSTER] (John Beck – Universal)
28. THE DAMNED DON’T CRY  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
29. LA RONDE (aka Roundabout)  [MAX OPHÜLS] (F)
30. DEVIL’S DOORWAY  [ANTHONY MANN] (Nicholas Nayfack – MGM)
31. STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR (Cronaca di un amore) [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
32. VARIETY LIGHTS (Luci del varietà)  [FEDERICO FELLINI & ALBERTO LATTUADA] (I)
33. STAGE FRIGHT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Warner)
34. BORN YESTERDAY  [GEORGE CUKOR] (S. Sylvan Simon – Columbia)
35. ANGRY STREET (Ikari no machi) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
36. WHERE DANGER LIVES  [JOHN FARROW] (Irving Cummings Jr. – RKO)
37. FATHER OF THE BRIDE [VINCENT MINNELLI] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
38. NO WAY OUT [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
39. THE GUNFIGHTER  [HENRY KING] (Nunnally Johnson – Fox)
40. YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
41. TO JOY (Till glädje) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk) (S)
42. CAGED [JOHN CROMWELL] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
43. ANNIE GET YOUR GUN [GEORGE SIDNEY] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
44. WHEN WILLIE COMES MARCHING HOME  [JOHN FORD] (Fred Kohlmar – Fox)
45. DALLAS [STUART HEISLER] (Anthony Veiller – Warner)
46. BEAUTY AND THE DEVIL  (La Beauté du diable) [RENÉ CLAIR] (F)
47. BORN TO BE BAD  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Robert Sparks – RKO)
48. AVENTURERA  [ALBERTO GOUT] (M)
49. MYSTERY STREET  [JOHN STURGES] (Frank E. Taylor – MGM)
50. ARMORED CAR ROBBERY [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Herman Schlom – RKO)
51. PORTRAIT OF MADAME YUKI (Yuki fujin ezu) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (J)
52. SEPTEMBER AFFAIR [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
53. THREE CAME HOME  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Nunnally Johnson – Fox)
54. BROKEN ARROW  [DELMER DAVES] (Julian Blaustein – Fox)
55. HARRIET CRAIG [VINCENT SHERMAN] (William Dozier – Columbia)
56. BRANDED  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Mel Epstein – Paramount)
57. CHAMPAGNE FOR CAESAR  [ROBERT WHORF] (George Moskov – Cardinal/United Artists)
58. D.O.A.  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Leo C. Popkin – Cardinal/United Artists)
59. TORMENTO  [RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO] (I)
60. NO SAD SONGS FOR ME  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Buddy Adler – Columbia)
61. THE FILE ON THELMA JORDON  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
62. THE CLOUDED YELLOW [RALPH THOMAS] (Betty Box – GFD) (UK)
63. WALK SOFTLY, STRANGER [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Robert Jacks – Dore Schary/RKO)
64. CRISIS [RICHARD BROOKS] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
65. THE HAPPY YEARS  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Carey Wilson – MGM)
66. THE JACKPOT  [WALTER LANG] (Samuel G. Engel – Fox)
67. DARK CITY [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
68. DIAL 1119  [GERALD MEYER] (Richard Goldstone – MGM)
69. THE LAWLESS [JOSEPH LOSEY] (William H. Pine/William C. Thomas – Paramount)
70. THREE SECRETS  [ROBERT WISE] (Milton Sperling – United States/Warner)
71. WOMAN ON THE RUN  [NORMAN FOSTER] (Howard Welsch – Fidelity/Universal)
72. THE MEN  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Stanley Kramer – United Artists)
73. UNION STATION  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Jules Schermer – Paramount)
74. THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF [FELIX E. FEIST] (Jack M. Warner – Fox)
75. THE FLAME AND THE ARROW  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Frank Ross – Warner)
76. BRIGHT LEAF  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
77. KING SOLOMON’S MINES [COMPTON BENNETT & ANDREW MARTON] (Sam Zimbalist – MGM)
78. SCANDAL (Shunbun) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J) (Shochiku)
79. THE BARON OF ARIZONA  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Carl K. Hittleman – Lippert)
80. OUR VERY OWN [DAVID MILLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – RKO)
81. HOUSE BY THE RIVER  [FRITZ LANG] (Howard Welsch – Fidelity/Republic)
82. BACKFIRE  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Anthony Veiller – Warner)
83. A LIFE OF HER OWN [GEORGE CUKOR] (Voldemar Vetluguin – MGM)
84. TO PLEASE A LADY [CLARENCE BROWN] (Brown – MGM)
85. THE MINIVER STORY  [H.C. POTTER] (Sidney Franklin – MGM)
86. AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES [FRITZ LANG] (Lamar Trotti – Fox)
87. THE SECRET FURY  [MEL FERRER] (Jack Skirball – RKO)
88. EXPERIMENT ALCATRAZ [EDWARD L. CAHN] (Cahn – Crystal/RKO)
    

Other (unranked):  CINDERELLA [VARIOUS] (a) (RKO/Disney); KON-TIKI [THOR HEYERDAHL] (d); THE ROCKINGHAM TEA SET (CBS “Studio One”) [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER] (TV)                                   

◄ 1951 ►

… I don’t go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.

1. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Warner)
2. MISS JULIE (Fröken Julie)  [ALF SJÖBERG] (Rune Waldekranz –Sandrews) (S)
3. MIRACLE IN MILAN (Miracolo a Milano)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
4. DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Journal d’un curé de campagne)  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
5. EARLY SUMMER (Bakushû) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
6. THE BROWNING VERSION  [ANTHONY ASQUITH] (Teddy Baird – Javelin/GFD) (UK)
7. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE  [ELIA KAZAN] (Charels K. Feldman – Warner)
8. THE RIVER  [JEAN RENOIR] (F/ID)
9. ACE IN THE HOLE (aka The Big Carnival) [BILLY WILDER] (Wilder – Paramount)
10. WESTWARD THE WOMEN  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Dore Schary – MGM)
11. REPAST (aka A Married Life) (Meshi) [MIKIO NARUSE] (J)
12. A PLACE IN THE SUN  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – Paramount)
13. THE LAVENDER HILL MOB  [CHARLES CRICHTON] (Michael Balcon – Ealing) (UK)
14. THE AFRICAN QUEEN  [JOHN HUSTON] (Sam Spiegel – Romulus/Horizon/United Artists)
15. THE TALL TARGET  [ANTHONY MANN] (Richard Goldstone – MGM) 
16. THE PROWLER  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (Sam Spiegel – Horizon/United Artists)
17. PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN  [ALBERT LEWIN] (Lewin/Joe Kaufmann/John Woolf – Romulus/MGM) (UK)
18. TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY [FELIX E. FEIST] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
19. SUMMER INTERLUDE (aka Illicit Interlude) (Sommerlak)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk) (S)
20. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL  [ROBERT WISE] (Julian Blaustein – Fox)
21. HE RAN ALL THE WAY [JOHN BERRY] (Bob Roberts – United Artists)
22. DETECTIVE STORY  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – Paramount)
23. THE MATING SEASON  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Charles Brackett – Paramount)
24. SUSANA  (The Devil and the Flesh) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
25. CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER R.N.  [RAOUL WALSH] (Walsh /Gerry Mitchell – Warner)
26. THE 13TH LETTER  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Fox)
27. BELLISSIMA  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
28. PEOPLE WILL TALK  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
29. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE  [JOHN HUSTON] (Gottfried Reinhardt – MGM)
30. SCROOGE (aka A Christmas Carol)   [BRIAN DESMOND HURST] (Hurst – George Minter/Renown/United Artists) (UK)
31. THE TALES OF HOFFMANN  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers) UK)
32. FIXED BAYONETS  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Jules Buck – Fox)
33. THE STEEL HELMET  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fuller – Lippert)
34. CRY DANGER [ROBERT PARRISH] (W.R. Frank/Sam Wiesenthal – RKO)
35. THE BIG NIGHT  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (Philip A. Waxman – United Artists)
36. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
37. THE WELL  [RUSSELL ROUSE & LEO C. POPKIN] (Popkin/Clarence Greene – Cardinal/United Artists)
38. HIS KIND OF WOMAN  [JOHN FARROW] (Farrow/Robert Sparks – RKO)
39. THE IDIOT (Hakuchi)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Shochiku) (J)
40. RAWHIDE  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Samuel G. Engel – Fox)
41. THE MOB [ROBERT PARRISH] (Jerry Bresler – Columbia)
42. STORM WARNING  [STUART HEISLER] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
43. APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER [LEWIS ALLEN] (Robert Fellows – Paramount)
44. NO HIGHWAY (aka No Highway in the Sky) [HENRY KOSTER] (Louis D. Lighton – Fox) (UK)
45. MISS OYU (Oyû-sama) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
46. THUNDER ON THE HILL [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Michel Kraike – Universal)
47. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD  [CHRISTIAN NYBY, HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – RKO)
48. PAYMENT ON DEMAND [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (Jack Skirball – RKO)
49. THE RACKET  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Edmund Grainger – RKO)
50. THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL  [ROBERT WISE] (Robert Bassler – Fox)
51. FOURTEEN HOURS  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
52. LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE [KING VIDOR] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
53. THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT  [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (Michael Balcon – Ealing) (UK)
54. THE MAN WITH A CLOAK [FLETCHER MARKLE] (Stephen Ames – MGM)
55. SILVER CITY [BYRON HASKIN] (Nat Holt – Paramount)
    
56. SIROCCO  [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (Robert Lord – Santana/Columbia)
57. FATHER’S LITTLE DIVIDEND  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
58. FOUR IN A JEEP (Die Vier im Jeep) [LEOPOLD LINDTBERG] (Lazar Wechsler)(SZ)
59. FLYING LEATHERNECKS  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Edmund Grainger – RKO)

Other :   ALICE IN WONDERLAND  [VARIOUS] (Disney) (a)

◄ 1952 ►

… Why do you make me do it? You know you’re gonna talk! I’m gonna make you talk! I always make you punks talk! Why do you do it? Why?

1. IKIRU  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
2. UMBERTO D.  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (De Sica/Giuseppe Amato/Angelo Rizzoli – Dear) (I)
3. MOTHER (Okaasan) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
4. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN  [GENE KELLY & STANLEY DONEN] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
5. CASQUE D’OR (Golden Helmet) (Golden Marie)  [JACQUES BECKER] (Robert Hakim) (F)
6. VIVA ZAPATA!  [ELIA KAZAN] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
7. BEND OF THE RIVER  [ANTHONY MANN] (Aaron Rosenberg – Universal)
8. HIGH NOON  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Stanley Kramer – United Artists)
9. ON DANGEROUS GROUND  [NICHOLAS RAY] (John Houseman – RKO)
10. PARK ROW  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fuller – United Artists)
11. THE LIFE OF OHARU (Saikaku ichidai onna)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Toho) (J)
12. LIGHTNING (Inazuma) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
13. FORBIDDEN GAMES (Jeux interdits)  [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (Robert Dorfmann – Silver/Corona) (F)
14. CARRIE  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – Paramount)
15. EUROPA ’51 (The Greatest Love) [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (Rossellini/Ponti-DeLaurentiis- Lux) (I)
16. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST  [ANTHONY ASQUITH] (Teddy Baird – Javelin/GFD) (UK)
17. OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS [CAROL REED] (Reed – London) (UK)
18. THE QUIET MAN  [JOHN FORD] (Ford – Argosy/Republic)
19. THE GOLDEN COACH (Le Carrosse d’or)  [JEAN RENOIR] (Franceso Alliata – Panaria/DCN/Corona) (F)
20. THE MARRYING KIND  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Bert Granet – Columbia)
21. THE NARROW MARGIN  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Stanley Rubin – RKO)
22. SCARAMOUCHE  [GEORGE SIDNEY] (Carey Wilson – MGM)
23. LE PLAISIR  [MAX OPHÜLS] (F)
24. THE WHITE SHEIK (Lo Sciecco bianco)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (Luigi Rovere – PDC) (I)
25. KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL  [PHIL KARLSON] (Edward Small – United Artists)
26. IL CAPPOTTO (The Overcoat) [ALBERTO LATTUADA] (Faro/Titanus) (I)
27. ANGEL FACE  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – RKO)
28. SCANDAL SHEET  [PHIL KARLSON] (Edward Small – Columbia)
29. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (John Houseman – MGM)
30. ÉL (aka This Strange Passion)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
31. THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS [RAOUL WALSH] (Aaron Rosenberg – Universal)
32. THE LUSTY MEN  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Jerry Wald/Norman Krasna – RKO)
33. THE SOUND BARRIER  [DAVID LEAN] (Lean – London/British Lion) (UK)
34. COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA  [DANIEL MANN] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
35. SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – Paramount)
36. MY COUSIN RACHEL [HENRY KOSTER] (Nunnally Johnson – Fox)
37. THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO: THE MOOR OF VENICE [ORSON WELLES] (Welles – Mercury/United Artists)(F / I)
38. SUDDEN FEAR  [DAVID MILLER] (Joe Kaufmann – RKO)
39. SECRETS OF WOMEN (Kvinnors väntan)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk) (S)
40. RUBY GENTRY  [KING VIDOR] (Vidor/Joseph Bernhard – Fox)
41. THE SNIPER  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Stanley Kramer – Columbia)
42. RANCHO NOTORIOUS  [FRITZ LANG] (Howard Welsch – Fidelity/RKO)
43. WIFE FOR A NIGHT (Moglie per una notte) [MARIO CAMERINI] (Dear)(I)
44. MOULIN ROUGE  [JOHN HUSTON] (Huston/John Woolf – Romulus/United Artists)
45. O. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE [HENRY HATHAWAY, H. HAWKS, H. KING, H. KOSTER & JEAN NEGULESCO] (Fox)
46. CLASH BY NIGHT  [FRITZ LANG] (Harriet Parsons – RKO)
47. THE BIG SKY  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – RKO)
48. SPRINGFIELD RIFLE  [ANDRE DE TOTH] (Louis F. Edelman – Warner)
49. MEXICAN BUS RIDE (aka Ascent to Heaven) (Subida al cielo) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
50. CARSON CITY  [ANDRE DE TOTH] (Bryan Foy/David Weisbart – Warner)
51. INVITATION [GOTTFRIED REINHARDT] (Lawrence Weingarten – MGM)
52. THE CRIMSON PIRATE  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Harold Hecht/Burt Lancaster – Warner)
53. HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ted Richmond – Universal)
54. 5 FINGERS  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Otto Lang – Fox)
55. THE HAPPY TIME  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Stanley Kramer – Columbia)
56. MY SON JOHN  [LEO MCCAREY] (McCarey – Rainbow/Paramount)
57. CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY  [ZOLTAN KORDA] (Korda/Alan Paton – London/British Lion) (UK)
58. THE STEEL TRAP [ANDREW L. STONE] (Bert Friedlob – Fox)
59. FANFAN LA TULIPE  [CHRISTIAN-JAQUE] (F)
60. WHAT PRICE GLORY  [JOHN FORD] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
61. DESPERATE SEARCH  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Matthew Rapf – MGM)
62. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA  [RICHARD THORPE] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
63. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH  [CECIL B. DEMILLE] (DeMille – Paramount)
64. A WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE (Una Mujer sin amor) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
65. MACAO  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Alex Gottlieb – RKO)
66. LIMELIGHT  [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (Chaplin – United Artists)
67. BEWARE, MY LOVELY  [HARRY HORNER] (Collier Young – Filmakers/RKO)
68. THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO  [HENRY KING] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
69. THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Stanley Kramer – Columbia)
70. CALIFORNIA CONQUEST [LEW LANDERS] (Sam Katzman – Columbia)
71. BWANA DEVIL  [ARCH OBOLER] (in 3-D) (Oboler – United Artists)

Other (unranked):  NEIGHBOURS [NORMAN MCLAREN] (C) (s); THE KILL (CBS “Studio One”) [FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER] (TV)

◄ 1953 ►

… Look, Tiger, if I was to be buried in Potter’s Field, it would just about kill me.

1. UGETSU MONOGATARI  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
2. THE NAKED SPUR  [ANTHONY MANN] (William H. Wright – MGM)
3. SHANE  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – Paramount)
4. TOKYO STORY (Tokyo monogatari)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
5. WHERE CHIMNEYS ARE SEEN (Entotsu no mieru basho) [HEINOSUKE GOSHO] (J) 
6. SAWDUST AND TINSEL (aka The Naked Night) (Gycklarnas afton)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Rune Waldekranz Sandrews) (S)
7. THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE… (Madame de…) [MAX OPHÜLS] (F)
8. THE MISTRESS (aka Wild Geese) (Gan)  [SHIRÔ TOYODA] (Daiei) (J)
9. I VITELLONI  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I)
10. STALAG 17  [BILLY WILDER] (Wilder – Paramount)
11. WAGES OF FEAR (Le Salarie de la peur)  [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
12. THE LADY WITHOUT CAMELIAS (La Signora senza camelia)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
13. LITTLE FUGITIVE (aka The Coney Island Kid)  [RAY ASHLEY, MORRIS ENGEL & RUTH ORKIN] (Ashley/Engel)
14. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Jules Schermer – Fox)
15. MAN ON A TIGHTROPE  [ELIA KAZAN] (Robert L. Jacks – Fox)
16. THE BIG HEAT  [FRITZ LANG] (Robert Arthur – Columbia) 
17. ROMAN HOLIDAY  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – Paramount)
18. LAST OF THE COMANCHES  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Buddy Adler – Columbia)
19. A GEISHA (aka Gion Festival Music) (Gion Bayashi) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (J)
20. ALL I DESIRE  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ross Hunter – Universal)
21. 99 RIVER STREET  [PHIL KARLSON] (Edward Small – United Artists)
22. TERMINAL STATION (Stazione Termini)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (De Sica – Columbia)
23. I CONFESS  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock/Sidney Bernstein – Warner)
24. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
25. THE BAND WAGON  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
26. THE CRUEL SEA [CHARLES FREND] (Michael Balcon – Ealing) (UK)
27. THÉRÈSE RAQUIN [MARCEL CARNÉ] (Raymond & Robert Hakim – Lux) (F)
28. A JAPANESE TRAGEDY (Nihon no higeki)  [KEISUKE KINOSHITA] (Shochiku) (J)
29. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Buddy Adler – Columbia)
30. THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Merian C. Cooper – Argosy/Republic)
31. THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T  [ROY ROWLAND] (Stanley Kramer – Columbia)
32. ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO [JOHN STURGES] (Nicholas Nayfack – MGM)
33. HOUSE OF WAX [ANDRE DE TOTH] (Bryan Foy – Warner)
34. GATE OF HELL (Jigokumon)  [TEINOSUKE KINUGASA] (Daiei) (J)
35. JULIUS CAESAR [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (John Houseman – MGM)
36. THE ACTRESS  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Lawrence Weingarten – MGM)
37. GENEVIEVE  [HENRY CORNELIUS] (Cornelius – Rank/Sirius/GFD) (UK)
38. THE MOON IS BLUE  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – United Artists)
39. MONIKA (Sommaren med Monika)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk) (S)
40. NIAGARA  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Charles Brackett – Fox)
41. I LOVE MELVIN [DON WEIS] (George Wells – MGM)
42. THE BLUE GARDENIA  [FRITZ LANG] (Alex Gottlieb – Warner)
43. GOLDEN DEMON (Konjiki yasha) [KOJI SHIMA] (Daiei) (J)
44. ISLAND IN THE SKY [WILLAM WELLMAN] (Robert Fellows/John Wayne – Warner)
45. EL BRUTO (The Brute)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
46. LEUR DERNIÈRE NUIT (Their Last Night) [GEORGES LACOMBE] (Édouard Harispuru – CCFC/Columbia) (F)
47. DANGEROUS CROSSING  [JOSEPH M. NEWMAN] (Robert Bassler – Fox)
48. THE HITCH-HIKER  [IDA LUPINO] (Collier Young – Filmakers/RKO)
49. BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS (Pane, amore e fantasia)  [LUIGI COMENCINI] (Titanus) (I)
50. BEAT THE DEVIL  [JOHN HUSTON] (Huston/Bogart/Rizzoli/Woolf – Romulus/Santana/United Artists)
51. MOGAMBO  [JOHN FORD] (Sam Zimbalist – MGM)
52. JEOPARDY  [JOHN STURGES] (Sol Baer Fielding/Charles Schnee – MGM)
53. SPLIT SECOND  [DICK POWELL] (Edmund Grainger – RKO)
54. I VINTI  (The Vanquished)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (SGC) (I)
55. MR. HULOT’S HOLIDAY (Les vacances de M. Hulot)  [JACQUES TATI] (Tati/Fred Orain – Discifilm) (F)
56. THE STORY OF THREE LOVES [GOTTFRIED REINHARDT & VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Sidney Franklin – MGM)
57. THE WILD ONE  [LASZLO BENEDEK] (Stanley Kramer – Columbia)
58. THUNDER BAY  [ANTHONY MANN] (Aaron Rosenberg – Universal)
59. CRY OF THE HUNTED [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (William Grady Jr. – MGM)
60. THE BIGAMIST [IDA LUPINO] (Collier Young – Filmakers)
61. VICKI  [HARRY HORNER] (Leonard Goldstein – Fox)
62. HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Nunnally Johnson – Fox)
63. COUNT THE HOURS [DON SIEGEL] (Benedict Bogeaus  – RKO)
64. THE LAWLESS BREED  [RAOUL WALSH] (Walsh/William Alland – Universal)
65. FEAR AND DESIRE [STANLEY KUBRICK] (Kubrick/Martin Perveler)
66. THE STRANGER WORE A GUN  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Harry Joe Brown – Columbia)

Other (unranked): PETER PAN [VARIOUS] (a) (RKO/Disney); WHITE MANE (Crin blanc: Le cheval sauvage) [ALBERT LAMORRISSE] (F) (s); MARRIAGE AGENCY (Un agenzia matrimonial) [FEDERICO FELLINI] (I) (s)

◄ 1954 ►

..Kid, this ain’t your night. We’re going for the price on Wilson.

1. REAR WINDOW  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Paramount)
2. ON THE WATERFRONT  [ELIA KAZAN] (Sam Spiegel – Horizon/Columbia)
3. SEVEN SAMURAI (Shichinin no samurai)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
4. THE FAR COUNTRY  [ANTHONY MANN] (Aaron Rosenberg – Universal)
5. SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Sanshô dayû)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
6. LA STRADA  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (Ponti- DeLaurentiis) (I)
7. TWENTY FOUR EYES  (Nijushi no hitomi) [KEISUKE KINOSHITA] (Shochiku) (J)
8. AN INN AT OSAKA (Osaka no yado) [HEINOSUKE GOSHO] (Shintoho) (J)
9. SABRINA  [BILLY WILDER] (Wilder – Paramount)
10. JOHNNY GUITAR  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Republic)
11. SENSO (aka The Wanton Contessa)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (Lux) (I)
12. TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (Hands off the Loot)  [JACQUES BECKER] (Robert Dorfmann- Del Duca/Corona) (F)
13. THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS (Chikamatsu monogatari) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
14. LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Bangiku)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
15. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ross Hunter – Universal)
16. A WOMAN OF RUMOUR (Uwasa no onna) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
17. FRENCH CANCAN (aka Only the French Can)  [JEAN RENOIR] (Louis Wipf – Franco London/Jolly/Gaumont) (F)
18. VOYAGE IN ITALY (Viaggio in Italia) (aka Voyage to Italy) [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (Adolfo Fossataro – SGC-Titanus) (I)
19. SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN (Yama no oto) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
20. THE CAINE MUTINY  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Stanley Kramer – Columbia)
21. DIAL M FOR MURDER  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Warner)
22. A STAR IS BORN  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Sidney Luft – Warner)
23. ILLUSION TRAVELS BY STREETCAR  (La Ilusión viaja en tranvía) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
24. EXECUTIVE SUITE  [ROBERT WISE] (John Houseman – MGM)
25. TRACK OF THE CAT  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Robert Fellows/John Wayne – Warner)
26. HOBSON’S CHOICE  [DAVID LEAN] (Lean – London/British Lion) (UK)
27. CARMEN JONES  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Fox)
28. SAMURAI 1: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO (Miyamoto Musashi) [HIROSHI INAGAKI] (Toho) (J)
29. VERA CRUZ  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Hecht-Lancaster/United Artists)
30. SALT OF THE EARTH  [HERBERT BIBERMAN] (Paul Jarrico – Independent Productions)
31. IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Fred Kohlmar – Columbia)
32. A LESSON IN LOVE (En Lektion i kärlek)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk) (S)
33. CRIME WAVE  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Bryan Foy – Warner)
34. BROKEN LANCE  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
35. TAZA, SON OF COCHISE [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ross Hunter – Universal)
36. THE PURPLE PLAIN [ROBERT PARRISH] (John Bryan – Two Cities/GFD) (UK)
37. BRIGADOON  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
38. ROBINSON CRUSOE  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
39. TOO BAD SHE’S BAD  (Peccato che sia una canaglia) [ALESSANDRO BLASETTI] (Documento) (I)
40. PUSHOVER  [RICHARD QUINE] (Jules Schermer – Columbia)
41. DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD [RICHARD QUINE] (Jonie Taps – Columbia)
42. THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI  [MARK ROBSON] (William Perlberg – Paramount)
43. DOV’È LA LIBERTÀ…? (Where is Freedom?) [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (Ponti-DeLaurentiis- Lux) (I)
44. GARDEN OF EVIL [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Charles Brackett – Fox)
45. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11  [DON SIEGEL] (Walter Wanger – Allied Artists)
46. THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA  [JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ] (Figaro/United Artists)
47. THE GLENN MILLER STORY [ANTHONY MANN] (Aaron Rosenberg – Universal)
48. RIVER OF NO RETURN  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Stanley Rubin – Fox)
49. DRUM BEAT  [DELMER DAVES] (Daves/Alan Ladd – Jaguar/Warner)
50. THE COUNTRY GIRL  [GEORGE SEATON] (William Perlberg – Paramount)
51. SUDDENLY  [LEWIS ALLEN] (Robert Bassler – United Artists)
52. HUMAN DESIRE  [FRITZ LANG] (Lewis J. Rachmil – Columbia)
53. SUSAN SLEPT HERE  [FRANK TASHLIN] (Harriet Parsons – RKO)
54. PHFFFT  [MARK ROBSON] (Fred Kohlmar – Columbia)
55. BLACK WIDOW  [NUNNALLY JOHNSON] (Johnson – Fox)
56. SILVER LODE  [ALLAN DWAN] (Benedict Bogeaus  – RKO)
57. GREEN FIRE  [ANDREW MARTON] (Armand Deutsch – MGM)
58. THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
59. LUCKY ME  [JACK DONOHUE] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
60. ELEPHANT WALK  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Irving Asher – Paramount)

Other (Unranked):  CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON [JACK ARNOLD] (William Alland – Universal); GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS!  (Gojira) [ISHIRÔ HONDA & TERRY O. MORSE] (Toho/Embassy) (J)

◄ 1955 ►

… Not that you mind the killings! There’s plenty of killings in your book, Lord…

1. EAST OF EDEN  [ELIA KAZAN] (Kazan – Warner)
2. SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT (Sommarnattens leende)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk) (S)
3. PATHER PANCHALI (Song of the Little Road)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
4. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER  [CHARLES LAUGHTON] (Paul Gregory – United Artists)
5. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ross Hunter – Universal)
6. FLOATING CLOUDS (Ukigumo) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
7. DIABOLIQUE (Les Diaboliques)  [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (Clouzot – Filmsonor/Cinédis) (F)
8. PICNIC  [JOSHUA LOGAN] (Fred Kohlmar – Columbia)
9. ORDET (The Word)  [CARL THEODOR DREYER] (D)
10. MARTY  [DELBERT MANN] (Hecht-Lancaster/United Artists)
11. THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Paramount)
12. THE MAN FROM LARAMIE  [ANTHONY MANN] (William Goetz – Columbia)
13. RIFIFI (Du rififi chez les homes)  [JULES DASSIN] (René Bezard/Henri Bérard/Pierre Cabaud – Pathe) (F)
14. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE  [NICHOLAS RAY] (David Weisbart – Warner)
15. LE AMICHE (The Girlfriends)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (Giovanni Addessi – Trionfalcine ) (I)
16. KISS ME DEADLY  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Aldrich – United Artists)
17. THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ (Ensayo de un crimen) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
18. IL BIDONE (aka The Swindle)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (Mario Derecchi – Titanus/SGC) (I)
19. ARTISTS AND MODELS  [FRANK TASHLIN] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
20. MY SISTER EILEEN  [RICHARD QUINE] (Fred Kohlmar – Columbia)
21. DEATH OF A CYCLIST  (Muerte de un ciclista)  [JUAN ANTONIO BARDEM] (Georges de Beauregard) (SP)
22. DREAMS (Kvinnodröm)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Rune Waldekranz –Sandrews) (S)
23. THE LADYKILLERS  [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (Michael Balcon – Ealing/Rank) (UK)
24. TO CATCH A THIEF  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Paramount)
25. LOLA MONTÈS  [MAX OPHÜLS] (Albert Caraco/André Haguet/Anton Schelkopf – Gamma) (F/G)
26. IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER  [GENE KELLY & STANLEY DONEN] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
27. PRINCESS YANG KWEI-FEI (Yôkihi)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
28. HOUSE OF BAMBOO  [SAMULEL FULLER] (Buddy Adler – Fox)
29. THE PHENIX CITY STORY [PHIL KARLSON] (Samuel Bischoff – Allied Artists)
30. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK  [JOHN STURGES] (Dore Schary – MGM)
31. A GENERATION  (Pokolenie) [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
32. THE DAM BUSTERS  [MICHAEL ANDERSON] (ABPC) (UK)
33. VIOLENT SATURDAY  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Buddy Adler – Fox)
34. THE DESPERATE HOURS  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – Paramount)
35. MISTER ROBERTS  [JOHN FORD & MERVYN LEROY] (Leland Hayward – Warner)
36. THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE  [RICHARD BROOKS] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
37. THE END OF THE AFFAIR  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (David Lewis – Columbia) (UK)
38. OKLAHOMA!  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Fox)
39. THE LAST FRONTIER (aka The Savage Wilderness)  [ANTHONY MANN] (William Fadiman – Columbia)
40. I LIVE IN FEAR (aka Record of a Living Being) (Ikimono no Kiroku)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
41. MR. ARKADIN  (aka Confidential Report) [ORSON WELLES] (Mercury) 
42. THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Charles Brackett – Fox)
43. THE ROSE TATTOO  [DANIEL MANN] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
44. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – United Artists)
45. THE COLDITZ STORY  [GUY HAMILTON] (Ivan Foxwell – British Lion) (UK)
46. RICHARD III  [LAURENCE OLIVIER] (Olivier/Alexander Korda – London) (UK)
47. SAMURAI 2: DUEL AT ICHIJOJI TEMPLE (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô) [HIROSHI INAGAKI] (Toho) (J)
48. THE PRISONER  [PETER GLENVILLE] (Vivian Cox – Facet/Columbia) (UK)
49. THE BIG COMBO  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Sidney Harmon – Security/Allied Artists)
50. A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS  [CAROL REED] (Reed – London/Lopert) (UK)
51. A LAWLESS STREET [JOSEPH H  LEWIS] (Harry Joe Brown – Columbia)
52. TIGHT SPOT  [PHIL KARLSON] (Lewis J. Rachmil – Columbia)
53. ILLEGAL  [LEWIS ALLEN] (Frank P. Rosenberg – Warner)
54. STELLA  [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK)
55. THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH  [BILLY WILDER] (Wilder – Feldman/Fox)
56. GUYS AND DOLLS  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Samuel Goldwyn – MGM)
57. LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME  [CHARLES VIDOR] (Joe Pasternak – MGM)
58. I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES  [STUART HEISLER] (Willis Goldbeck – Warner)
59. LA POINTE-COURTE  [AGNÈS VARDA] (Ciné Tamaris) (F)
60. 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE  [PHIL KARLSON] (Stirling Silliphant – Columbia)
61. LES GRANDES MANOEUVRES  [RENÉ CLAIR] (Clair/André Daven) (F)
62. THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Milton Sperling – United States/Warner)
63. THE BIG KNIFE  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Aldrich – United Artists)
64. THE LONG GRAY LINE  [JOHN FORD] (Robert Arthur – Columbia)
65. SHACK OUT ON 101  [EDWARD DEIN] (Mort Millman – Allied Artists)
66. THE COBWEB [VINCENTE MINELLI] (John Houseman – MGM)
67. NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL [RUSSEL ROUSE] (Clarence Greene/Edward Small – Warner)
68. THE VIOLENT MEN  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Lewis J. Rachmil – Columbia)
69. THE INDIAN FIGHTER  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (William Schorr – Bryna/United Artists)
70. SUMMERTIME (aka Summer Madness)  [DAVID LEAN] (Ilya Lopert – London/IFD/United Artists) (UK)
71. STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND  [ANTHONY MANN] (Samuel J. Briskin – Paramount)
72. MOONFLEET [FRTIZ LANG] (John Houseman – MGM)
73. KILLER’S KISS  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (Kubrick/Morris Bousel – United Artists)
74. LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING [HENRY KING] (Buddy Adler – Fox)
75. I’LL CRY TOMORROW  [DANIEL MANN] (Lawrence Weingarten – MGM)

Other (Unranked):     THE LADY AND THE TRAMP [VARIOUS] (a) (Buena Vista/Disney); NIGHT AND FOG (Nuit et brouillard) [ALAIN RESNAIS] (F) (s); NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS (“The United States Steel Hour”) [ALEX SEGAL] (TV); THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE [MICHAEL POWELL] (UK/G) (s)

◄ 1956 ►

…God was wrong!

1. THE SEARCHERS  [JOHN FORD] (Patrick Ford/Merian C. Cooper – Warner)
2. BIGGER THAN LIFE [NICHOLAS RAY] (James Mason – Fox)
3. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS  [DON SIEGEL] (Walter Wanger – Allied Artists)
4. THE BURMESE HARP (Biruma no tategoto)  [KON ICHIKAWA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
5. THE KILLING  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (James B. Harris – United Artists)
6. THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ross Hunter – Universal)
7. SUDDEN RAIN (Shu-u)  [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
8. WRITTEN ON THE WIND  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Albert Zugsmith – Universal)
9. SEVEN MEN FROM NOW  [BRUCE BOETTICHER] (Andrew V. McLaglen/Robert E. Morrison/John Wayne- Batjac/Warner)
10. BABY DOLL  [ELIA KAZAN] (Kazan – Warner)
11. FRIENDLY PERSUASSION  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – Allied Artists)
12. GERVAISE [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (Agnès Delahaie – Silver/Corona) (F)
13. MIRACLE IN THE RAIN [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Frank P. Rosenberg – Warner)
14. THE RAILROAD MAN (Il Ferroviere) [PIETRO GERMI] (Carlo Ponti – DeLaurentiis/ENIC) (I)
15. FLOWING (House of Geisha) (Nagareru) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
16. A MAN ESCAPED (Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle …) [ROBERT BRESSON] (A. Poiré/J.Thuillier) (F)
17. THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT  [NUNNALLY JOHNSON] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
18. ATTACK  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (Aldrich – United Artists)
19. GIANT  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – Warner)
20. PATTERNS  [FIELDER COOK] (Michael Myerberg – United Artists) 
21. THE LAST WAGON  [DELMER DAVES] (William B. Hawks – Columbia)
22. A KISS BEFORE DYING  [GERD OSWALD] (Robert L. Jacks – Crown/United Artists)
23. THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS  [RONALD NEAME] (André Hakim – Fox) (UK)
24. THE WRONG MAN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Warner)
25. WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS  [FRITZ LANG] (Bert Friedlob – RKO)
26. A GIRL IN BLACK (To Koritsi me ta mavra) [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK)
27. STREET OF SHAME (Akasen chitai)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiei) (J)
28. LUST FOR LIFE  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (John Houseman – MGM)
29. BOB LE FLAMBEUR  [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (Melville/Serge Silberman – Play Art/Mondial) (F)
30. HIGH SOCIETY  [CHARLES WALTERS] (Sol C. Siegel – MGM)
31. SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME  [ROBERT WISE] (Charles Schnee – MGM)
32. ELENA AND HER MEN (Elena et les hommes) (aka Paris Does Strange Things) [JEAN RENOIR] (Franco London/Cinedis)(F)
33. CRAZED FRUIT (Karutta Kajitsu) [KÔ NAKAHIRA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
34. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Paramount)
35. EARLY SPRING (Soshun) [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
36. ANASTASIA  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Buddy Adler – Fox)
37. MOBY DICK  [JOHN HUSTON] (Huston/Vaughan N. Dean – Warner)
38. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS  [CECIL B. DEMILLE] (DeMille – Paramount)
39. THE KILLER IS LOOSE  [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Robert L. Jacks – Crown/United Artists)
40. DES GENS SANS IMPORTANCE (People of No Importance) [HENRI VERNEUIL] (Lafuite/Berbert/Morgenstern – Cocinor) (F)
41. A WIFE’S HEART (Tsuma no kokoro) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
42. DEATH IN THE GARDEN (La mort en ce jardin) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M/F)
43. THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT  [FRANK TASHLIN] (Tashlin – Fox)
44. TEA AND SYMPATHY [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
45. SAMURAI 3: DUAL ON GANRYU ISLAND [HIROSHI INAGAKI] (Toho) (J)
46. LOVERS AND LOLLIPOPS  [MORRIS ENGEL & RUTH ORKIN] (Engel/Orkin – Trans Lux)
47. JUBAL  [DELMER DAVES] (William Fadiman – Columbia)
48. TRAPEZE [CAROL REED] (Hill-Hecht-Lancaster/United Artists)
49. BANDIDO  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Robert L. Jacks – United Artists)
50. THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Buddy Adler – Fox)
51. CAROULSEL  [HENRY KING] (Henry Ephron – Fox)
52. FULL OF LIFE  [RICHARD QUINE] (Fred Kohlmar – Columbia)
53. THE CATERED AFFAIR  [RICHARD BROOKS] (Sam Zimbalist – MGM)
54. THE PROUD ONES  [ROBERT D.WEBB] (Robert L. Jacks – Fox)
55. THE HARDER THEY FALL  [MARK ROBSON] (Philip Yordan – Columbia)
56. …AND GOD CREATED WOMAN  (Et Dieu… créa la femme) [ROGER VADIM] (Raoul Lévy – Cocinor/UCIL) (F)
57. AUTUMN LEAVES  [ROBERT ALDRICH] (William Goetz – Columbia)
58. THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC  [RICHARD QUINE] (Fred Kohlmar – Columbia)
59. THE BAD SEED  [MERVYN LEROY] (LeRoy – Warner)
60. CRIME IN THE STREETS [DON SIEGEL] (Vincent M. Fennelly – Allied Artists)
61. HOT BLOOD [NICHOLAS RAY] (Harry Tatelman/Howard Welsch – Columbia)
62. THE SWAN  [CHARLES VIDOR] (Dore Schary – MGM)
63. FORBIDDEN PLANET  [FRED M. WILCOX] (Nicholas Nayfack – MGM)
64. BUS STOP  [JOSHUA LOGAN] (Buddy Adler – Fox)
65. THE KING AND I  [WALTER LANG] (Charles Brackett – Fox)
66. BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT [FRITZ LANG] (Bert Friedlob – RKO)
67. THE KING AND FOUR QUEENS  [RAOUL WALSH] (David Hempstead – Warner)
68. 7^TH CAVALRY  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Harry Joe Brown – Scott-Brown/Columbia)
69. SERENADE  [ANTHONY MANN] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
70. BACK FROM ETERNITY  [JOHN FARROW](Farrow – RKO)
71. THE RACK  [ARNOLD LAVEN] (Arthur M. Loew Jr. – MGM)
72. GREAT DAY IN THE MORNING  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Edmund Grainger – RKO)
73. THE RAINMAKER  [JOSEPH ANTHONY] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)

Other (Unranked):     THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO (Le Mystère Picasso) [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F) (d); RODAN (Sora no daikaijû Radon) [ISHIRÔ HONDA] (J); THE RED BALLOON (La Ballon rouge) [ALBERT LAMORRISSE] (F) (s); BUNKER HILL  [KENT MACKENZIE] (d/s); UBIYTSY (The Killers) [MARIKA BEIKU, ALEKSANDR GORDON, ANDREI TARKOVSKY] (R) (s)

◄ 1957 ►

… In brief, from now on, the best of everything is good enough for me.

1. WILD STRAWBERRIES (Smultronstället)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk)(S)
2. THE SEVENTH SEAL (Det Sjunde Inseglet)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk) (S)
3. NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Le Notti di Cabiria)  [FEDERICO FELLINI] (De Laurentiis/Paramount) (I)
4. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI  [DAVID LEAN] (Sam Spiegel – Horizon/Columbia) (UK)
5. PATHS OF GLORY  [STANLEY KUBRICK] (James B. Harris – United Artists)
6. THE CRANES ARE FLYING (Letjat zhuravli)  [MIKHAIL KALATOZOV] (R)
7. A FACE IN THE CROWD  [ELIA KAZAN] (Kazan – Warner)
8. 12 ANGRY MEN  [SIDNEY LUMET] (Henry Fonda/Reginald Rose – United Artists)
9. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS  [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (Hill-Hecht-Lancaster/United Artists)
10. THE SUN LEGEND OF THE END OF THE TOKUGAWA ERA (Bakumatsu Taiyoden) [YUZO KAWASHIMA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
11. APARAJITO (The Unvanquished)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
12. LE NOTTI BIANCHE (White Nights)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (Franco Cristaldi – Rank/Vides ) (I)
13. 3:10 TO YUMA  [DELMER DAVES] (David Heilweil – Columbia)
14. THRONE OF BLOOD (Kumonosu jo)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
15. MEN IN WAR  [ANTHONY MANN] (Sidney Harmon – Security/United Artists)
16. THE TALL T  [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Harry Joe Brown – Columbia)
17. ACROSS THE BRIDGE  [KEN ANNAKIN] (John Stafford – Rank) (UK)
18. THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS  [BILLY WILDER] (Leland Hayward – Warner)
19. KANAL  [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
20. RUN OF THE ARROW  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fuller – RKO)
21. WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION  [BILLY WILDER] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Small/United Artists)
22. LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON  [BILLY WILDER] (Wilder – Allied Artists)
23. PEYTON PLACE  [MARK ROBSON] (Jerry Wald – Fox)
24. TOKYO TWILIGHT (Tôkyô boshoku) [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
25. WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?  [FRANK TASHLIN] (Tashlin – Fox)
26. THE PAJAMA GAME  [GEORGE ABBOTT & STANLEY DONEN] (Donen/Abbott – Warner)
27. UNTAMED WOMAN (Arakure) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Toho) (J)
28. THE STRANGE ONE  [JACK GARFEIN] (Sam Spiegel – Horizon/Columbia)
29. BITTER VICTORY  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Paul Graetz/Robert Laffont – Columbia)
30. MAN ON THE TRACKS (Czlowiek na torze)  [ANDRZEJ MUNK] (P)
31. A HATFUL OF RAIN  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Buddy Adler – Fox)
32. SNOW COUNTRY (Yukiguni)  [SHIRÔ TOYODA] (J)
33. AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER  [LEO MCCAREY] (Jerry Wald – Fox)
34. THE LOWER DEPTHS (Donzoko)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
35. NIGHT OF THE DEMON (aka Curse Of The Demon)  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Frank Bevis – Columbia) (UK)
36. FORTY GUNS  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fuller – Fox)
37. IL GRIDO (The Outcry)  [MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI] (I)
38. THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT (Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam) [ROBERT SIODMAK] (G)
39. THE TIN STAR  [ANTHONY MANN] (William Perlberg – Paramount)
40. BAND OF ANGELS  [RAOUL WALSH] (Warner)
41. I AM WAITING (Ore wa matteru ze) [KOREYOSHI KURAHARA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
42. TIME WITHOUT PITY  [JOSEPH LOSEY] (John Arnold/Anthony Simmons – Eros) (UK)
43. SAYONARA [JOSHUA LOGAN] (William Goetz – Warner)
44. THE ENEMY BELOW  [DICK POWELL] (Powell – Fox)
45. THE BACHELOR PARTY  [DELBERT MANN] (Hill-Hecht-Lancaster/United Artists)
46. DESIGNING WOMEN  [VINCENT MINNELLI] (Dore Schary – MGM)
47. NIGHT PASSAGE  [JAMES NEILSON] (Aaron Rosenberg – Universal)
48. THE RIVER’S EDGE  [ALLAN DWAN] (Benedict Bogeaus – Fox)
49. NIGHTFALL  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Ted Richmond – Columbia)
50. OPERATION MAD BALL  [RICHARD QUINE] (Jed Harris – Columbia)
51. BLACK RIVER  (Kuroi kawa) [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Shochiku) (J)
52. KISSES (Kuchizuke)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
53. HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON  [JOHN HUSTON] (Buddy Adler – Fox)
54. THE BROTHERS RICO  [PHIL KARLSON] (Lewis J. Rachmil/William Goetz – Columbia)
55. EDGE OF THE CITY  [MARTIN RITT] (David Susskind – MGM)
56. THE THREE FACES OF EVE  [NUNNALLY JOHNSON] (Johnson – Fox)
57. GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORAL  [JOHN STURGES] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
58. FURY AT SHOWDOWN  [GERD OSWALD] (John Beck – Goldstein/United Artists)
59. SAINT JOAN  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – United Artists)
60. THE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Herbert B. Swope Jr. – Fox)
61. TIME LIMIT  [KARL MALDEN] (William Reynolds/Richard Widmark – MGM)
62. FEAR STRIKES OUT  [ROBERT MULLIGAN] (Alan J. Pakula – Paramount)
63. LES ESPIONS (The Spies) [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
64. BATTLE HYMN  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ross Hunter – Universal)
65. CRIME OF PASSION  [GERD OSWALD] (Herman Cohen – Goldstein/United Artists)
66. DECISION AT SUNDOWN  [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Harry Joe Brown – Scott-Brown/Columbia)
67. TROOPER HOOK [CHARLES MARQUIS WARREN] (Sol Baer Fielding – United Artists)
68. SILK STOCKINGS  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
69. ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT (aka Night Ambush) [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Rank/Vega) (UK)
70. THE D.I. [JACK WEBB] (Webb – Mark VII Ltd./Warner)
71. RAINTREE COUNTY  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (David Lewis – MGM)
72. THE YOUNG STRANGER [JOHN FRANKENHEIMER] (Stuart Miller – RKO)
73. THE WINGS OF EAGLES  [JOHN FORD] (Charles Schnee – MGM)
74. ISLAND IN THE SUN  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
75. DESK SET  [WALTER LANG] (Henry Ephron – Fox)
76. WILD IS THE WIND  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
77. UNTIL THEY SAIL  [ROBERT WISE] (Charles Schnee – MGM)
78. THE SUN ALSO RISES  [HENRY KING] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
79. CHINA GATE  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fuller – Globe/Fox)
80. JEANNE EAGELS [GEORGE SIDNEY] (Sidney – Columbia)
    

Other (Unranked): ON THE BOWERY [LIONEL ROGOSIN] (d); OLD YELLER [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Disney); (i) MURDER, (ii) TEETH SMILE, and (iii) BREAK UP THE DANCE [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s); OUT [LIONEL ROGOSIN] (d/s)

◄ 1958 ►

… Quinlan doesn’t have a monopoly on hunches.

1. VERTIGO  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – Paramount)
2. THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Kakushi toride no san akunin)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
3. TOUCH OF EVIL  [ORSON WELLES] (Albert Zugsmith – Universal)
4. ASHES AND DIAMONDS (Popiól I diament)  [ANDRZEJ WAJDA] (P)
5. THE MUSIC ROOM (Jalsaghar)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
6. THE LOVERS (Les Amants) [LOUIS MALLE] (NEF/Lux) (F)
7. MAN OF THE WEST  [ANTHONY MANN] (Walter Mirisch – United Artists)
8. CAIRO STATION (Bab el Hadid) [YOUSSEF CHAHINE] (E)
9. THE TARNISHED ANGELS [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Albert Zugsmith – Universal) (IMDB 1957)
10. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER  [ROY WARD BAKER] (William MacQuitty – Rank) (UK)
11. MON ONCLE  [JACQUES TATI] (Tati/Fred Orain – Gaumont) (F)
12. THE BIG COUNTRY  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – United Artists)
13. THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Narayama bushiko)  [KEISUKE KINOSHITA] (Shochiku) (J)
14. THE MAGICIAN (aka The Face) (Ansiktet)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (Allan Ekelund – Svensk) (S)
15. LE BEAU SERGE  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (Chabrol – Ajym) (F)
16. A MATTER OF DIGNITY (To Telefteo psemma) [MICHAEL CACOYANNIS] (GK) (moved from 1957)
17. THE LONG, HOT SUMMER  [MARTIN RITT] (Jerry Wald – Fox)
18. LES AMANTS DE MONTPARNASSE (MONTPARNASSE 19)  [JACQUES BECKER](S. Pallavicini/Henry Deutschmeister) (F)
19. THE YOUNG LIONS  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Al Lichtman – Fox)
20. ENDLESS DESIRE (Hateshinaki yokubo) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
21. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF  [RICHARD BROOKS] (Lawrence Weingarten – MGM)
22. THE BRAVADOS  [HENRY KING] (Herbert B. Swope Jr. – Fox)
23. BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE  [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Harry Joe Brown – Columbia)
24. SOME CAME RUNNING  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Sol C. Siegel – MGM)
25. THE QUIET AMERICAN  [JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ] (Mankiewicz – Figaro/United Artists)
26. STOLEN DESIRE (Nusumareta yokujo) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
27. BONJOUR TRISTESSE  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Columbia)
28. ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (aka Frantic) (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud)  [LOUIS MALLE] (Jean Thuillier – NEF/Lux) (F)
29. THE DEFIANT ONES  [STANLEY KRAMER] (Kramer – Curtleigh/United Artists)
30. GIANTS AND TOYS (Kyojin to gangu)  [YASUZO MASUMURA] (Daiei) (J)
31. SADDLE THE WIND  [ROBERT PARRISH] (Armand Deutsch – MGM)
32. SEPARATE TABLES  [DELBERT MANN] (Hill-Hecht-Lancaster/United Artists)
33. THE LOYAL 47 RONIN (Chûshingura) [KUNIO WATANABE] (Daiei) (J)
34. LONELYHEARTS  [VINCENT J. DONEHUE] (Dore Schary – United Artists)
35. BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET (Soliti ignoti)  [MARIO MONICELLI] (Franco Cristaldi – Lux/Vides ) (I)
36. EQUINOX FLOWER (Higanbana)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
37. THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Pandro S. Berman – Avon/MGM)
38. THE LINEUP  [DON SIEGEL] (Jaime Del Valle – Columbia)
39. BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE  [RICHARD QUINE] (Julian Blaustein – Columbia)
40. RUN SILENT RUN DEEP  [ROBERT WISE] (Hill-Hecht-Lancaster/United Artists)
41. UNDERWORLD BEAUTY (Ankokugai no bijo)  [SEIJUN SUZUKI] (Nikkatsu) (J)
42. GIGI  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
43. THE VIKINGS  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Jerry Bresler – Curtleigh/Bryna/United Artists)
44. THE KEY  [CAROL REED] (Carl Foreman – Open Road/Columbia) (UK)
45. NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS  [MERVYN LEROY] (LeRoy/Alex Segal – Warner)
46. RUSTY KNIFE (Sabita naifu) [TOSHIO MASUDA] (Nikkatsu) (J) 
47. THE HORSE’S MOUTH  [RONALD NEAME] (Neame/Knightsbridge) (UK)
48. RALLY ‘ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS!  [LEO MCCAREY] (McCarey – Fox)
49. WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES  [NICHOLAS RAY]  (Stuart Schulberg – Warner)
50. INDISCREET  [STANLEY DONEN] (Donen – Warner)
51. PARTY GIRL  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Joe Pasternak – MGM)
52. THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD  [NATHAN JURAN] (Charles H. Schneer – Morningside/Columbia)
53. WEDDINGS AND BABIES  [MORRIS ENGEL] (Engel – Fox) 
54. THE LEFT HANDED GUN  [ARTHUR PENN] (Fred Coe – Warner)
55. TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Franklin N. Seltzer – United Artists)
56. THE BADLANDERS  [DELMER DAVES] (Aaron Rosenberg – Fox)
57. CHINA DOLL  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage/Victor Mature/John Wayne – Batjac/United Artists)
58. THUNDER ROAD  [ARTHUR RIPLEY] (Ripley/Robert Mitchum – United Artists)
59. DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS  [DELBERT MANN] (Don Hartman – Paramount)
60. THE BLOB [IRVIN S. YEAWORTH JR.] (Jack H. Harris – Paramount)
61. LE DÉSORDRE ET LA NUIT (The Night Affair) [GILLES GRANGIER] (F)
62. MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM [GÉZA VON RADVÁNYI] (G)
63. GOD’S LITTLE ACRE  [ANTHONY MANN] (Sidney Harmon – Security/United Artists)
64. HOUSEBOAT  [MELVILLE SHAVELSON] (Jack Rose – Paramount)
65. THE MANSION OF THE GHOST CAT (aka Black Cat Mansion) (Borei kaibyo yashiki) [NOBUO NAKAGAWA] (Toho) (J)
66. THE BLACK ORCHID  [MARTIN RITT] (Marcello Girosi/Carlo Ponti – Paramount)
67. THE GODDESS  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Milton Perlman – Columbia)

Other (Unranked): NISHI GINZA STATION (Nishi Ginza ekimae) [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (J); TWO MEN AND A WARDROBE [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s); DAYBREAK EXPRESS [D.A. PENNEBAKER] (s) (IMDB 1953); LES MISTONS (The Mischief Makers) [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (F) (s)

◄ 1959 ►

… Now, Mr. Dancer, get off the panties. You’ve done enough damage.

1. THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS (Les Quatre cents coups)  [FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT] (Truffault – Sédif/Cocinor) (F)
2. ANATOMY OF A MURDER  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Columbia)
3. APUR SANSAR (The World of Apu)  [SATYAJIT RAY] (ID)
4. SOME LIKE IT HOT  [BILLY WILDER] (Wilder/Walter Mirisch – United Artists)
5. NORTH BY NORTHWEST  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – MGM)
6. IMITATION OF LIFE  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ross Hunter – Universal)
7. FLOATING WEEDS (Ukigusa) [YASUJIRO OZU] (Daiei) (J)
8. FIRES ON THE PLAIN (Nobi)  [KON ICHIKAWA] (Daiei) (J)
9. ROOM AT THE TOP  [JACK CLAYTON] (James & John Woolf – Romulus/IFD) (UK)
10. IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (Zebra/SNEG) (I)
11. RIDE LONESOME  [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Boetticher/Randolph Scott – Ranown/Columbia)
12. LES COUSINS  [CLAUDE CHABROL] (Chabrol – Ajym) (F)
13. BALLAD OF A SOLDIER (Ballada o soldate)  [GRIGORI CHUKHRAJ] (R)
14. HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR  [ALAIN RESNAIS] (Anatole Dauman/Samy Halfon – Argos/Daiei/Pathe/Cocinor) (F)
15. THE BRIDGE (Die Brücke) [BERNHARD WICKI] (G)
16. WARLOCK  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Dmytryk – Fox)
17. DAY OF THE OUTLAW  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Sidney Harmon/Philip Yordan – Security/United Artists)
18. À DOUBLE TOUR (Leda) [CLAUDE CHABROL] (Robert Hakim) (F)
19. THE HANGING TREE  [DELMER DAVES] (Martin Jurow/Richard Shepherd – Warner)
20. THE HUMAN CONDITION, PART I: NO GREATER LOVE (Ningen no joken I) [MASAKI KOBAYASHI] (Shochiku) (J)
21. THE HUMAN CONDITION, PART II: THE ROAD TO ETERNITY (Ningen no joken II) [M. KOBAYASHI] (Shochiku) (J)
22. RIO BRAVO  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Warner)
23. BEN-HUR  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler/Sam Zimbalist – MGM)
24. ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW  [ROBERT WISE] (Wise – HarBel/United Artists)
25. PICNIC ON THE GRASS (Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe)  [JEAN RENOIR] (Ginette Doynel – Pathe). (F)
26. GOOD MORNING (Ohayo)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
27. THE NUN’S STORY  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
28. NAZARÍN  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
29. LETTER NEVER SENT (Neotpravlennoye pismo) [MIKHAIL KALATOZOV] (R) (IMDB 1960)
    
30. LOOK BACK IN ANGER  [TONY RICHARDSON] (Harry Saltzman/Gordon Scott – Woodfall/Pathe) (UK)
31. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – Fox)
32. SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER  [JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ] (Sam Spiegel – Horizon/Columbia)
33. VIOLENT SUMMER (Estate violenta)  [VALERIO ZURLINI] (Titanus/SGC) (I)
34. THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Warner)
35. NIGHT TRAIN (Pociag) [JERZY KAWALEROWICZ] (P)
36. MY SECOND BROTHER (Nianchan)  [SHOHEI IMAMURA] (Nikkatsu) (J)
37. THE HORSE SOLDIERS  [JOHN FORD] (John Lee Mahin/Martin Rackin – Mirisch/United Artists)
38. LI’L ABNER  [MELVIN FRANK] (Norman Panama – Paramount)
39. THESE THOUSAND HILLS [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (David Weisbart – Fox)
40. THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA (Tôkaidô Yotsuya kaidan) [NOBUO NAKAGAWA] (Shintoho) (J)
41. ODD OBSESSION (Kaji) (aka The Key)  [KON ICHIKAWA] (Daiei) (J)
42. VERBOTEN!  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fuller – RKO/Columbia)
43. BLACK ORPHEUS (Orfeu Negro)  [MARCEL CAMUS] (Sacha Gordine – Tupan/Lopert) (F)
44. HEAD AGAINST THE WALL (La Tête contre les murs) [GEORGES FRANJU] (Jérôme Goulven – Sirius) (F)
45. DESTINY OF A MAN (Sudba cheloveka)  [SERGEI BONDARCHUK] (R)
46. I’M ALL RIGHT JACK  [JOHN BOULTING] (Roy Boulting – Charter/British Lion) (UK)
47. LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL  [JOHN STURGES] (Hal B. Wallis – Bryna/Paramount)
48. THE GAZEBO  [GEORGE MARSHALL] (Lawrence Weingarten – MGM)
49. TIGER BAY  [J. LEE THOMPSON] (John Hawkesworth/Leslie Parkyn/Julian Wintle – Independent/Continental) (UK)
50. PICKPOCKET  [ROBERT BRESSON] (Agnès Delahaie) (F)
51. A SUMMER PLACE  [DELMER DAVES] (Daves – Warner)
52. IT HAPPENED TO JANE  [RICHARD QUINE] (Quine – Arwin/Columbia)
53. SHADOWS  [JOHN CASSAVETES] (Seymour Cassel/Maurice McEndree – Lion)
54. PILLOW TALK  [MICHAEL GORDON] (Ross Hunter/Martin Melcher – Arwin/Universal)
55. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT  [DELBERT MANN] (George Justin – Columbia)
56. COMPULSION  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Richard D. Zanuck – Zanuck/Fox)
57. THE CRIMSON KIMONO  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Fuller – Columbia)
58. SAPPHIRE  [BASIL DEARDEN] (Michael Relph – Rank) (UK)
59. THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL  [RANALD MACDOUGALL] (George Englund – HarBel/MGM)
60. THE MATING GAME  [GEORGE MARSHALL] (Philip Barry Jr. – MGM)
61. THE LAW (La Legge) [JULES DASSIN] (Jacques Bar/Maleno Malenotti – Cite/Titanus) (I/F)
62. OUR MAN IN HAVANA  [CAROL REED] (Reed – Columbia) (UK)
63. ON THE BEACH  [STAKLEY KRAMER] (Kramer – United Artists)
64. OPERATION PETTICOAT  [BLAKE EDWARDS] (Robert Arthur – Universal)
65. THE BEST OF EVERYTHING  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Jerry Wald – Fox)
66. THE F.B.I. STORY  [MERVYN LEROY] (LeRoy – Warner)
67. NO NAME ON THE BULLET  [JACK ARNOLD] (Arnold/Harold Christie – Universal)
68. HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL  [WILLIAM CASTLE] (Castle – Allied Artists)
69. -30- [JACK WEBB] (Webb – Mark VII Ltd./Warner)
70. A HOLE IN THE HEAD [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – United Artists)
71. THE SHAGGY DOG  [CHARLES BARTON] (Bill Walsh – Disney)
72. THE RABBIT TRAP [PHILIP LEACOCK] (Harry Kleiner – United Artists)
73. GREEN MANSIONS  [MEL FERRER] (Edmund Grainger – MGM)
74. THE LAST ANGRY MAN  [DANIEL MANN] (Fred Kohlmar – Columbia)

Other (Unranked): SLEEPING BEAUTY [CLYDE GERONIMI] (Disney) (a); ARAYA [MARGOT BENACERRAF] (V) (d); WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? (“NBC Sunday Showcase”) [DELBERT MANN] (TV) ; THE DOCTOR’S HORRIBLE EXPERIMENT (Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier) [JEAN RENOIR] (F) (TV); (i) THE LAMP, and (ii) WHEN ANGELS FALL [ROMAN POLANSKI] (P) (s);  CHARLOTTE ET VÉRONIQUE, OU TOUS LES GARÇONS S’APPELLENT PATRICK [JEAN-LUC GODARD] (F) (s)

The 40s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE RANKINGS

THE FORTIES

(War Starts at Midnight)

 

Recent Updates in RED - Last Update May 28, 2012

Last 5 Titles added:

COMMAND DECISION  [SAM WOOD] (1948)
BLANCHE FURY [MARC ALLÉGRET] (1948)
HIGH WALL [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (1947)
ADDRESS UNKNOWN [WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES](1944)
THE LADY GAMBLES [MICHAEL GORDON] (1949)

◄ 1940 ►

… Go ahead. Jump. He never loved you, so why go on living? Jump and it will all be over…

1. THE GRAPES OF WRATH  [JOHN FORD] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
2. REBECCA  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (David O. Selznick – United Artists)
3. WATERLOO BRIDGE  [MERVYN LEROY] (Sidney Franklin – MGM)
4. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Walter Wanger – United Artists)
5. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – MGM)
6. HIS GIRL FRIDAY  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Columbia)
7. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – MGM)
8. THE MORTAL STORM  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Victor Saville – MGM)
9. REMEMBER THE NIGHT  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Leisen – Paramount)
10. THE WESTERNER  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
11. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE  [ROBERT Z. LEONARD] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
12. THE THIEF OF BAGDAD  [LUDWIG BERGER, MICHAEL POWELL & TIM WHELAN] (Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
13. ANGELS OVER BROADWAY  [BEN HECHT & LEE GARMES] (Douglas Fairbanks Jr./Hecht – Columbia)
14. NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH [CAROL REED] (Edward Black – MGM) (UK)
15. THE GREAT DICTATOR  [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (Chaplin – United Artists)
16. CONTRABAND  [MICHAEL POWELL] (John Corfield – British National) (UK)
17. MY FAVORITE WIFE  [GARSON KANIN] (Leo McCarey – RKO)
18. GASLIGHT (aka Angel Street) [THOROLD DICKINSON] (John Corfield – British National) (UK)
19. STRANGE CARGO  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – MGM)
20. THE STARS LOOK DOWN [CAROL REED] (Isadore Goldsmith/Maurice J. Wilson – Grafton/Grand National) (UK)
21. ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Litvak – Warner)
22. CHRISTMAS IN JULY  [PRESTON STURGES] (Buddy G. DeSylva/Paul Jones – Paramount)
23. THE LETTER  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – Warner)
24. THE LONG VOYAGE HOME  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Walter Wanger – Argosy/United Artists)
25. THE BANK DICK  [EDWARD F. CLINE] (Universal)
26. DR. EHRLICH’S MAGIC BULLET  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Wolfgang Reinhardt/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
27. STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR  [BORIS INGSTER] (Lee Marcus – RKO)
28. KITTY FOYLE: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A WOMAN [SAM WOOD] (David Hempstead – RKO)
29. THE MARK OF ZORRO  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Raymond Griffith/Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
30. ARISE, MY LOVE  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Paramount)
31. ARIZONA  [WESLEY RUGGLES] (Ruggles – Columbia)
32. JUNE NIGHT (Juninatten) [PER LINDBERG] (Svensk) (S)
33. NORTHWEST PASSAGE  [KING VIDOR] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
34. BROTHER ORCHID [LLOYD BACON] (Mark Hellinger – Warner)
35. CITY FOR CONQUEST [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Litvak – Warner)
36. BLACK FRIDAY  [ARTHUR LUBIN] (Burt Kelly – Universal)
37. DARK COMMAND  [RAOUL WALSH] (Sol C. Siegel – Republic)
38. THE SEA HAWK  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
39. THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT  [RAOUL WALSH] (Mark Hellinger – Warner)
40. BOOM TOWN  [JACK CONWAY] (Sam Zimbalist – MGM)
41. TOO MANY HUSBANDS  [WESLEY RUGGLES] (Ruggles – Columbia)
42. THE GREAT MCGUINTY  [PRESTON STURGES] (Buddy G. DeSylva – Paramount)
43. THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE [ALEXANDER HALL] (William Perlberg – Columbia)
44. CASTLE ON THE HUDSON [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Litvak – Warner)
45. VIGIL IN THE NIGHT [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – RKO)
46. THREE FACES WEST  [BERNARD VORHAUS] (Sol C. Siegel – Republic)
47. FLIGHT COMMAND  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage/J. Walter Ruben – MGM)
48. THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS  [JOE MAY] (Ken Goldsmith – Universal)

Other (unranked): FANTASIA [VARIOUS] (a) (Disney): PINOCCHIO [HAMILTON LUSKE & BEN SHARPSTEEN] (a) (Disney/RKO); HOME MOVIES [BASIL WRANGELL] (s); TARANTELLA [MARY ELLEN BUTE, TED NEMETH] (a/s)         

◄ 1941 ►

…the Union forever

1. CITIZEN KANE   [ORSON WELLES] (Welles – Mercury/RKO)
2. THE LITTLE FOXES  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – RKO)
3. THE LADY EVE  [PRESTON STURGES] (Paul Jones – Paramount)
4. THE MALTESE FALCON  [JOHN HUSTON] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
5. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY  [JOHN FORD] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
6. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS  [PRESTON STURGES] (Sturges – Paramount)
7. THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (aka All That Money Can Buy) [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Dieterle – RKO)
8. THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES [SAM WOOD] (Frank Ross – RKO)
9. THE SEA WOLF  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
10. SUSPICION  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Harry E. Eddington – RKO)
11. MAN HUNT [FRITZ LANG] (Kenneth Macgowan – Fox)
12. HERE COMES MR. JORDAN  [ALEXANDER HALL] (Everett Riskin – Columbia)
13. THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS  [RENÉ CLAIR] (Joe Pasternak – Universal)
14. THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE  [RAOUL WALSH] (William Cagney/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
15. BALL OF FIRE  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Samuel Goldwyn – RKO)
16. HIGH SIERRA  [RAOUL WALSH] (Mark Hellinger – Warner)
17. HOLD BACK THE DAWN [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Paramount)
18. THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Jack Moss – Paramount)
    
19. TERESA VENERDI  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
20. TEXAS  [GEORGE MARSHALL] (Samuel Bischoff – Columbia)
21. MEET JOHN DOE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Warner)
22. REMORQUES (Stormy Waters) [JEAN GRÉMILLON] (F)
23. THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE TODA FAMILY (Todake no kyodai) [YASUJIRO OZU] (J)
24. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE [VICTOR FLEMING] (Victor Saville – MGM)
25. H.M. PULHAM, ESQ.  [KING VIDOR] (Vidor – MGM)
26. THAT HAMILTON WOMAN  [ALEXANDER KORDA] (Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
27. ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (Kanzashi ) [HIROSHI SHIMIZU] (J)
28. THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – United Artists)
29. SERGEANT YORK  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Warner)
30. A WOMAN’S FACE  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Victor Saville – MGM)
31. THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK [ROBERT FLOREY] (Wallace MacDonald – Columbia)
32. MAJOR BARBARA  [GABRIEL PASCAL] (Pascal – GFD) (UK)
33. LADIES IN RETIREMENT  [CHARLES VIDOR] (Lester Cowan – Columbia)
34. 49th PARALLEL (aka The Invaders)  [MICHAEL POWELL] (Powell – Ortus/GFD) (UK)
35. THE 47 RONIN (Genroku chushingura)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Shochiku) (J)
36. I WAKE UP SCREAMING  [BRUCE HUMBERSTONE] (Milton Sperling – Fox)
37. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Jerry Wald/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
38. BACK STREET [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Bruce Manning – Universal)
39. THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D. [WILLIAM KEIGLEY] (William Cagney/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
40. PENNY SERENADE  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – Columbia)
41. OUT OF THE FOG  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
42. LYDIA [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (Alexander Korda – United Artists)
43. THE WOLF MAN  [GEORGE WAGGNER] (Waggner – Universal)
44. MANPOWER  [RAOUL WALSH] (Mark Hellinger – Warner)
45. THE GREAT LIE  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
46. POT O’ GOLD [GEORGE MARSHALL] (James Roosevelt – United Artists)
47. SWAMP WATER  [JEAN RENOIR] (Irving Pichel – Fox)
48. BLUES IN THE NIGHT  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
49. WESTERN UNION  [FRITZ LANG] (Harry Joe Brown/Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
50. DRESSED TO KILL  [EUGENE FORDE] (Sol M. Wurtzel – Fox)
51. MR. AND MRS. SMITH  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Harry E. Eddington – RKO)
52. FOUR MOTHERS  [WILLIAM KEIGLEY] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
53. THE SHANGHAI GESTURE  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Arnold Pressburger – United Artists)
54. SUNDOWN [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Walter Wanger – United Artists)
55. SMILIN’ THROUGH  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Victor Saville – MGM)

Other (Unranked): DUMBO [BEN SHARPSTEEN] (a) (Disney/RKO); HIDEKO, THE BUS CONDUCTRESS (Hideko no shashô-san) [MIKIO NARUSE] (J); MOODS OF THE SEA [JOHN HOFFMAN, SLAVKO VORKAPICH] (s)

◄ 1942 ►

… I don’t mind a parasite. I object to a cut-rate one.

1. CASABLANCA  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
2. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS  [ORSON WELLES] (Welles – Mercury/RKO)
3. GENTLEMAN JIM  [RAOUL WALSH] (Robert Buckner – Warner)
4. MRS. MINIVER  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Sidney Franklin – MGM)
5. TO BE OR NOT TO BE  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – United Artists)
6. TALK OF THE TOWN  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – Columbia)
7. SABOTEUR  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Frank Lloyd – Universal)
8. IN WHICH WE SERVE  [NOEL COWARD & DAVID LEAN] (Coward – Two Cities/British Lion) (UK)
9. THE PALM BEACH STORY  [PRESTON STURGES] (Buddy G. DeSylva – Paramount)
10. KINGS ROW  [SAM WOOD] (David Lewis/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
11. THIS GUN FOR HIRE  [FRANK TUTTLE] (Richard Blumenthal/Buddy G. DeSylva – Paramount)
12. THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES  [SAM WOOD] (Samuel Goldwyn – RKO)
13. LARCENY, INC.  [LLOYD BACON] (Jack Saper/Jerry Wald/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
14. THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR  [BILLY WILDER] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Paramount)
15. THE GLASS KEY  [STUART HEISLER] (Fred Kohlmar/Buddy G. DeSylva – Paramount)
16. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (William Cagney/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
17. RANDOM HARVEST  [MERVYN LEROY] (Sidney Franklin – MGM)
18. MOONTIDE  [ARCHIE MAYO] (Mark Hellinger – Fox)
19. CAT PEOPLE  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Val Lewton – RKO)
20. I MARRIED A WITCH [RENÉ CLAIR] (Clair/Preston Sturges – United Artists)
21. MY SISTER EILEEN  [ALEXANDER HALL] (Max Gordon- Columbia)
22. THE MALE ANIMAL  [ELLIOTT NUGENT] (Wolfgang Reinhardt/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
23. KEEPER OF THE FLAME  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Victor Saville – MGM)
24. ……ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers) (UK)
25. TAKE A LETTER, DARLING [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Leisen – Paramount)
26. THE MOON AND SIXPENCE  [ALBERT LEWIN] (Lewin/David L. Loew – United Artists)
27. THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Jack Saper/Jerry Wald/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
28. THIS ABOVE ALL [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
29. JOHNNY EAGER  [MERVYN LeROY] (LeRoy/John W. Considine Jr. – MGM)
30. NOW, VOYAGER  [IRVING RAPPER] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
31. IN THIS OUR LIFE  [JOHN HUSTON] (David Lewis/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
32. DESPERATE JOURNEY  [RAOUL WALSH] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
33. JUNGLE BOOK [ZOLTON KORDA] (Alexander Korda – United Artists) (UK)
34. THE BIG STREET  [IRVING REIS] (Damon Runyon – RKO)
35. THE VANISHING VIRGINIAN  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage/Edwin H. Knopf – MGM)
36. ACROSS THE PACIFIC [JOHN HUSTON] (Jack Saper/Jerry Wald – Warner)
37. THE LADY IS WILLING  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Leisen/Charles K. Feldman – Columbia)
38. JOAN OF PARIS [ROBERT STEVENSON] (David Hempstead – RKO)
39. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER [RICHARD WALLACE] (Samuel Bischoff – Columbia)
40. LES VISITEURS DU SOIR  (The Devil’s Envoys)  [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
41. THE SPOILERS  [RAY ENRIGHT] (Frank Lloyd – Universal)
42. ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON  [LEO MCCAREY] (McCarey – RKO)
43. WOMAN OF THE YEAR  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – MGM)
44. THE BLACK SWAN  [HENRY KING] (Robert Bassler – Fox)
45. YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER  [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (Louis F. Edelman – Columbia)
46. EYES IN THE NIGHT  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Jack Chertok – MGM)
47. THE UNDYING MONSTER  [JOHN BRAHM] (Bryan Foy – Fox)

Other (unranked):  BAMBI [DAVID HAND] (a) (Disney/RKO); LISTEN TO BRITAIN [HUMPHREY JENNINGS] (UK) (s)

◄ 1943 ►

… How do you know what the world is like? Do you know the world is a foul sty? Do you know, if you rip off the fronts of houses, you’d find swine? The world’s a hell. What does it matter what happens in it?

1. SHADOW OF A DOUBT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Jack Skirball – Universal)
2. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers) (UK)
3. THE SONG OF BERNADETTE  [HENRY KING] (William Perlberg – Fox)
4. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Lamar Trotti – Fox)
5. DAY OF WRATH (Vredens dag)  [CARL THEODOR DREYER] (D)
6. LE CORBEAU (aka The Raven)   [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
7. THE MORE THE MERRIER  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – Columbia)
8. MR. LUCKY  [H.C. POTTER] (David Hempstead – RKO)
9. EDGE OF DARKNESS  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
10. OSSESSIONE (Obsession)  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
11. THE ETERNAL RETURN (L’Éternel retour) [JEAN DELANNOY] (F)
12. HEAVEN CAN WAIT  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Fox)
13. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Val Lewton – RKO)
14. SAHARA  [ZOLTAN KORDA] (Harry Joe Brown – Columbia)
15. HITLER’S MADMAN [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Seymour Nebenzal – PRC/MGM)
16. JOURNEY INTO FEAR  [NORMAN FOSTER] (Orson Welles – Mercury/RKO)
17. CABIN IN THE SKY  [VINCENT MINNELLI] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
18. FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO  [BILLY WILDER] (Charles Brackett – Paramount)
19. THE SEVENTH VICTIM  [MARK ROBSON] (Val Lewton – RKO)
20. HOLY MATRIMONY [JOHN M. STAHL] (Nunnally Johnson – Fox)
21. THE HUMAN COMEDY  [CLARENCE BROWN] (Brown – MGM)
22. FOR WHOM THE BELL THE TOLLS  [SAM WOOD] (Wood – Paramount)
23. NO TIME FOR LOVE [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Leisen – Paramount)
24. THIS LAND IS MINE  [JEAN RENOIR] (Renoir/Dudley Nichols – RKO)
25. SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!  [MARK SANDRICH] (Sandrich – Paramount)
26. AIR FORCE  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
27. OLD ACQUAINTANCE  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
28. THE LEOPARD MAN  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Val Lewton – RKO)
29. THE CONSTANT NYMPH [EDMUND GOULDING] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
30. THE HARD WAY  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
31. A GUY NAMED JOE  [VICTOR FLEMING] (Everett Riskin – MGM)
32. PRINCESS O’ROURKE  [NORMAN KRASNA] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
33. HANGMEN ALSO DIE!  [FRITZ LANG] (Arnold Pressburger – United Artists)
34. NORTHERN PURSUIT [RAOUL WALSH] (Jack Chertok – Warner)
35. ABOVE SUSPICION  [RICHARD THORPE] (Victor Saville – MGM)
36. WATCH ON THE RHINE  [HERMAN SHUMLIN] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
37. SANSHIRO SUGATA  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
38. LADY OF BURLESQUE (aka The G-String Murders) [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Hunt Stromberg – United Artists)
39. THE GHOST SHIP  [MARK ROBSON] (Val Lewton – RKO)
40. GUADALCANAL DIARY  [LEWIS SEILER] (Bryan Foy – Fox)
41. HITLER’S CHILDREN  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Edward A. Golden – RKO)
42. POWER OF THE PRESS  [LEW LANDERS] (Leon Barsha – Columbia)

Other (Unranked): MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON [MAYA DEREN] (s); THE VOLUNTEER [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (UK) (s)

 

◄ 1944 ►

… It’s just like the first time I came here, isn’t it? We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder. And I was thinking about that anklet.

1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY  [BILLY WILDER] (Joseph Sistrom – Paramount)
2. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS  [VINCENT MINNELLI] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
3. A CANTERBURY TALE  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers) (UK)
4. LAURA  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Fox)
5. GASLIGHT  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – MGM)
6. THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK  [PRESTON STURGES] (Buddy G. DeSylva/Sturges – Paramount)
7. SINCE YOU WENT AWAY  [JOHN CROMWELL] (David O. Selznick – United Artists)
8. HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO  [PRESTON STURGES] (Sturges – Paramount)
9. NONE SHALL ESCAPE  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Samuel Bischoff – Columbia)
10. THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US (I Bambini ci guardano)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
11. LIFEBOAT  [ALFRED HITHCOCK] (Hitchcock/Kenneth Macgowan – Fox)
12. ON APPROVAL  [CLIVE BROOK] (UK)
13. JANE EYRE  [ROBERT STEVENSON] (William Goetz/Kenneth Macgowan – Fox) (IMDB 1943)
14. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Warner)
15. THE LODGER  [JOHN BRAHM] (Robert Bassler – Fox)
16. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Warner)
17. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW  [FRITZ LANG] (Nunnally Johnson – RKO)
18. THE SEVENTH CROSS  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
19. MURDER, MY SWEET  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Adrian Scott – RKO)
20. MINISTRY OF FEAR  [FRITZ LANG] (Seton I. Miller/Buddy G. DeSylva – Paramount)
21. THE SUSPECT  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Islan Auster – Paramount)
22. THIS HAPPY BREED  [DAVID LEAN] (Noel Coward – Two Cities/Eagle-Lion) (UK)
23. I’LL BE SEEING YOU  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Dore Schary – Selznick/United Artists)
24. IT HAPPENED TOMORROW  [RENÉ CLAIR] (Arnold Pressburger – United Artists)
25. THE UNINVITED  [LEWIS ALLEN] (Charles Brackett/Buddy G. DeSylva – Paramount)
26. DARK WATERS  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Benedict Bogeaus – United Artists)
27. THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE  [GUNTHER VON FRITSCH & ROBERT WISE] (Val Lewton – RKO)
28. MADEMOSIELLE FIFI  [ROBERT WISE] (Val Lewton – RKO)
29. TOGETHER AGAIN  [CHARLES VIDOR] (Virginia Van Upp – Columbia)
30. PHANTOM LADY  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Joan Harrison – Paramount)
31. TORMENT (Hets)  [ALF SJÖBERG] (S)
32. ADDRESS UNKNOWN  [WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES] (Menzies/Sam Wood – Columbia)
33. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART  [CLIFFORD ODETS] (David Hempstead – RKO)
34. THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
35. BETWEEN TWO WORLDS  [EDWARD A. BLATT] (Mark Hellinger – Warner) 
36. EXPERIMENT PERILOUS [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Warren Duff – RKO)
37. CASANOVA BROWN  [SAM WOOD] (Nunnally Johnson – RKO)
38. MR. SKEFFINGTON  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Julius & Philp Epstein – Warner)
39. THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM [JOHN M. STAHL] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Fox)
40. DAYS OF GLORY  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Casey Robison – RKO)
41. SUMMER STORM  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Seymour Nebenzal – United Artists)
42. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL (Ichiban utsukushiku) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
43. ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES [ARTHUR LUBIN] (Paul Malvern – Universal)
44. WILSON  [HENRY KING] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
45. THE GREAT MOMENT  [PRESTON STURGES] (Sturges – Paramount)
46. ONE MYSTERIOUS NIGHT [BUDD BOETTICHER] (Ted Richmond – Columbia)
47. THE CANTERVILLE GHOST  [JULES DASSIN] (Arthur Field – MGM)

Other: THE THREE CABALLEROS [NORMAN FERGUSON] (a) (Disney/RKO)

◄ 1945 ►

… It’s awfully easy to lie when you know that you’re trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading

1. CHILDREN OF PARADISE (Les Enfants des paradis) [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
2. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN  [ELIA KAZAN] (Louis D. Lighton – Fox)
3. BRIEF ENCOUNTER  [DAVID LEAN] (Ronald Neame – Cineguild/Eagle-Lion) (UK)
4. ‘I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!’  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers) (UK)
5. MILDRED PIERCE  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
6. ROME, OPEN CITY (Roma, città aperta)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
7. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY  [ALBERT LEWIN] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
8. SCARLET STREET  [FRITZ LANG] (Lang – Universal)
9. HANGOVER SQUARE  [JOHN BRAHM] (Robert Bassler – Fox)
10. OBJECTIVE, BURMA!  [RAOUL WALSH] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
11. THE SEVENTH VEIL  [COMPTON BENNETT] (Sydney Box – GFD) (UK)
12. THEY WERE EXPENDABLE [JOHN FORD] (Ford – MGM)
13. LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE  [ROBERT BRESSON] (F)
14. THE CLOCK  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
15. FALLEN ANGEL  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Fox)
16. THE SOUTHERNER  [JEAN RENOIR] (Robert Hakim/David L. Loew – United Artists)
17. LOVE LETTERS  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
18. THE STORY OF G.I. JOE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Lester Cowan – United Artists)
19. PRIDE OF THE MARINES  [DELMER DAVES] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
20. IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART I (Ivan Groznyi I) [SERGEI EISENSTEIN] (R) (IMDB 1944)
21. SPELLBOUND  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (David O. Selznick – United Artists)
22. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE  [RENÉ CLAIR] (Clair – Fox)
23. THE LOST WEEKEND  [BILLY WILDER] (Charles Brackett – Paramount)
24. MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Wallace MacDonald – Columbia)
25. KITTY [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Leisen – Paramount)
26. VACATION FROM MARRIAGE (aka Perfect Strangers) [ALEXANDER KORDA] (Korda/Ian Dalrymple- London/MGM) (UK)
27. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN  [JOHN M. STAHL] (William A. Bacher – Fox)
28. A ROYAL SCANDAL  [ERNST LUBITSCH & OTTO PREMINGER] (Lubitsch – Fox)
29. OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES [ROY ROWLAND] (Robert Sisk – MGM)
30. THE WAY TO THE STARS (Johnny in the Clouds) [ANTHONY ASQUITH] (A. de Grunwald – Two Cities/United Artists) (UK)
31. STATE FAIR  [WALTER LANG] (William Perlberg – Fox)
32. DETOUR  [EDGAR G. ULMER] (Leon Fromkess – PRC)
33. CORNERED  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Adrian Scott – RKO)
34. MURDER, HE SAYS [GEORGE MARSHALL] (E.D. Leshin – Paramount)
35. ROUGHLY SPEAKING  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
36. CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT [PETER GODFREY] (William Jacobs – Warner)
37. THE BODY SNATCHER  [ROBERT WISE] (Val Lewton – RKO)
38. DEAD OF NIGHT  [ALBERTO CAVALCANTI, CHARLES CRICHTON, BASIL DEARDEN, & ROBERT HAMER] (UK)
39. SALTY O’ROURKE [RAOUL WALSH] (E.D. Leshin – Paramount)
40. BREWSTER’S MILLIONS  [ALLAN DWAN] (Edward Small – United Artists)
41. THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Harriet Parsons – RKO)
42. THE GREAT FLAMARION  [ANTHONY MANN] (W. Lee Wilder – Republic)
43. A WALK IN THE SUN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Milestone – Fox)
44. PARIS UNDERGROUND (aka Madame Pimpernel) [GREGORY RATOFF] (Constance Bennett/Carley Harriman – United Artists)
45. SHE WOULDN’T SAY YES  [ALEXANDER HALL] (Virginia Van Upp – Columbia)
46. ISLE OF THE DEAD  [MARK ROBSON] (Val Lewton – RKO)
47. THE MEN WHO TREAD ON THE TIGER’S TAIL (Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
48. THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Louis de Rochemont – Fox)
49. TWO O’CLOCK COURAGE  [ANTHONY MANN] (Benjamin Stoloff – RKO)
50. SARATOGA TRUNK  [SAM WOOD] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
51. BLITHE SPIRIT  [DAVID LEAN] (Noel Coward – Two Cities/GFD/United Artists) (UK)
52. THE SPANISH MAIN  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage – RKO)
53. CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA  [GABRIEL PASCAL] (Pascal – Independent/Eagle-Lion)( UK)
54. SYLVIE AND THE PHANTOM (Sylvie et le fantôme)  [CLAUDE AUTANT-LARA] (F)
55. DILLINGER  [MAX NOSSECK] (Frank & Maurice King/Monogram)

Other (Unranked): LE VAMPIRE [JEAN PAINLEVÉ] (F) (s); YOUR JOB IN GERMANY [FRANK CAPRA] (s)

 

◄ 1946 ►

… Hate is a very exciting emotion. Haven’t you noticed? Very exciting. I hate you too, Johnny. I hate you so much I think I’m going to die from it.

1. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – RKO)
2. THE BIG SLEEP  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Warner)
3. NOTORIOUS  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock – RKO)
4. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Liberty/RKO)
5. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE  [JOHN FORD] (Samuel G. Engel – Fox)
6. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers) (UK)
7. GREAT EXPECTATIONS  [DAVID LEAN] (Ronald Neame – Cineguild/GFD) (UK)
8. THE KILLERS  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Mark Hellinger – Universal)
9. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (La Belle et la bête)  [JEAN COCTEAU] (F)
10. NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (Waga seishun ni kuinashi)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
11. GILDA  [CHARLES VIDOR] (Virginia Van Upp – Columbia)
12. THE STRANGER  [ORSON WELLES] (Sam Spiegel – International/RKO)
13. PAISAN (Paisà)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
14. HUMORESQUE  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
15. GREEN FOR DANGER  [SIDNEY GILLIAT] (Gilliat/Frank Launder – Individual/GPD) (UK)
16. CLUNY BROWN  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Fox)
17. SHOESHINE (Sciuscià) [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
18. THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Dore Schary – RKO) (IMDB 1945)
19. BLACK ANGEL  [ROY WILLIAM NEILL] (Neill/Tom McKnight – Universal)
20. TO EACH HIS OWN  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Charles Brackett – Paramount)
21. I SEE A DARK STRANGER  (aka The Adventuress)  [FRANK LAUNDER] (Launder/SidneyGilliat – Individual/GPD) (UK)
22. SO DARK THE NIGHT [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Ted Richmond – Columbia)
23. CANYON PASSAGE [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Walter Wanger – Universal)
24. MARGIE [HENRY KING] (Walter Morosco – Fox)
25. THE DARK CORNER  [HENRY HATHAWAY](Fred Kohlmar – Fox)
26. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE  [TAY GARNETT] (Carey Wilson – MGM)
27. DUEL IN THE SUN  [KING VIDOR] (David O. Selznick)
28. THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US (Die Mörder sind unter uns)[WOLFGANG STAUDTE] (G)
29. THE LOCKET [JOHN BRAHM] (Bert Granet – RKO)
30. THREE STRANGERS [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Wolfgang Reinhardt – Warner)
31. DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID  [JEAN RENOIR] (Burgess Meredith/Benedict Bogeaus/Paulette Godard -United Artists)
32. IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART II (Ivan Groznyi II) [SERGEI EISENSTEIN] (R) (IMDB 1958)
33. ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Louis D. Lighton – Fox)
34. THE BLUE DAHLIA [GEORGE MARSHALL] (John Houseman – Paramount)
35. DECOY  [JACK BERNHARD] (Bernhard/Bernard Brandt – Monogram)
36. THE VERDICT  [DON SIEGEL] (William Jacobs – Warner)
37. THE BATTLE OF THE RAILS (La Bataille du rail)  [RENÉ CLÉMENT] (F)
38. THE RAZOR’S EDGE  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
39. A STOLEN LIFE [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (Bette Davis – Warner)
40. A SCANDAL IN PARIS (aka Thieves’ Holiday)  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Arnold Pressburger – United Artists)
41. CRISIS (Kris) [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
42. SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Anderson Lawler – Fox)
43. DECEPTION  [IRVING RAPPER] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
44. DEADLINE AT DAWN  [HAROLD CLURMAN] (Adrian Scott – RKO)
45. THAT BRENNAN GIRL  [ALFRED SANTELL] (Santell – Republic)
46. THE STRANGE WOMAN [EDGAR G. ULMER] (Jack Chertok/Hedy Lamarr/Eugen Schüfftan – Hunt Stromberg/United Artists)
47. DRAGONWYCK  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Ernst Lubitsch/Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
48. THE BRIDE WORE BOOTS [IRVING PICHEL] (Seton I. Miller – Paramount)
49. A LETTER FOR EVIE  [JULES DASSIN] (William H. Wright – MGM)
50. THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
51. ROMA CITTÀ LIBERA (La Notte Porta Consiglio)  [MARCELLO PAGLIERO] (I)
52. BEDLAM [MARK ROBSON] (Val Lewton -  RKO)
53. TOMORROW IS FOREVER  [IRVING PICHEL] (David Lewis – MGM)
54. TILL THE END OF TIME  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Dore Schary – RKO)
55. MY REPUTATION [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
56. UTAMARO AND HIS FIVE WOMEN (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (J)
57. UNDERCURRENT  [VINCENT MINNELLI] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
58. THE DARK MIRROR  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Nunnally Johnson – Universal)
59. STRANGE IMPERSONATION  [ANTHONY MANN] (W. Lee Wilder – Republic)
60. CLOAK AND DAGGER  [FRITZ LANG] (Milton Sperling – Warner)
61. SHOCK  [ALFRED L. WERKER] (Aubrey Schenck – Fox)

Other (unranked): SONG OF THE SOUTH [HARVE FOSTER & WILFRED JACKSON] (a) (Disney/RKO); RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME [MAYA DEREN] (s)

◄ 1947 ►

… Build my gallows high, baby

1. OUT OF THE PAST  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Warren Duff – RKO)
2. ODD MAN OUT  [CAROL REED] (Reed – Two Cities/Universal) (UK)
3. DAISY KENYON  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Fox)
4. BLACK NARCISSUS  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers – GFD/Universal) (UK)
5. BODY AND SOUL  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Bob Roberts – Enterprise/United Artists)
6. THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Fred Kohlmar – Fox)
7. THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI  [ORSON WELLES] (Welles – Mercury/Columbia)
8. IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY [ROBERT HAMER] (Michael Balcon – Ealing/GFD) (UK)
9. THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF BEL AMI  [ALBERT LEWIN] (David L. Loew – United Artists)
10. BRUTE FORCE  [JULES DASSIN] (Mark Hellinger – Warner/Universal)
11. PURSUED  [RAOUL WALSH] (Milton Sperling – Warner)
12. NIGHTMARE ALLEY [EDMUND GOULDING] (George Jessel – Fox)
13. MAGIC TOWN [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Robert Riskin/Wellman – RKO)
14. A DOUBLE LIFE  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Michael Kanin – Universal)
15. MONSIEUR VERDOUX  [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (Chaplin – United Artists)
16. BRIGHTON ROCK  [JOHN BOULTING] (Roy Boulting – Pathe) (UK)
17. RIDE THE PINK HORSE  [ROBERT MONTGOMERY] (Joan Harrison – Universal)
18. POSSESSED  [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
19. QUAI DES ORFÈVRES (Jenny Lamour)  [HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT] (F)
20. BORN TO KILL  [ROBERT WISE] (Herman Schlom – RKO)
21. THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE (I Became a Criminal) [ALBERTO CAVALCANTI] (Nat Bronstein – Warner) (UK)
22. CROSSFIRE  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Adrian Scott – RKO)
23. THE EXILE [MAX OPHÜLS] (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. – Universal)
24. GOOD NEWS [CHARLES WALTERS] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
25. HIGH WALL  [CURTIS BERNHARDT] (Robert Lord – MGM)
26. THE FUGITIVE [JOHN FORD]  (Ford/Merian C. Cooper – Argosy/RKO)
27. FOREVER AMBER  [OTTO PREMINGER] (William Perlberg – Fox)
28. MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET  [GEORGE SEATON] (William Perlberg – Fox)
29. LURED  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (James Nasser – Hunt Stromberg/United Artists)
30. T-MEN  [ANTHONY MANN] (Aubrey Schenck – Small/Eagle-Lion)
31. DEEP VALLEY  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
32. THE BISHOP’S WIFE  [HENRY KOSTER] (Samuel Goldwyn – RKO)
33. KISS OF DEATH  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Fred Kohlmar – Fox)
34. BOOMERANG!  [ELIA KAZAN] (Louis de Rochemont – Fox)
35. CALIFORNIA  [JOHN FARROW] (Seton I. Miller – Paramount)
36. THE UNSUSPECTED  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Curtiz/Charles Hoffman – Warner)
37. IVY  [SAM WOOD] (William Cameron Menzies – Universal)
38. THE PARADINE CASE  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (David O. Selznick)
39. THE LONG NIGHT [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Litvak/Raymond & Robert Hakim – RKO)
40. THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH  [JEAN RENOIR] (Jack J. Gross – RKO)
41. DEAD RECKONING  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Sidney Biddell – Columbia)
42. CHEYENNE  [RAOUL WALSH] (Robert Buckner – Warner)
43. GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT  [ELIA KAZAN] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
44. THE MAN I LOVE  [RAOUL WALSH] (Arnold Albert – Warner)
45. THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER  [IRVING REIS] (Dore Schary – RKO)
46. GOLDEN EARRINGS  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Harry Tugend – Paramount)
47. RAILROADED!  [ANTHONY MANN] (Charles Reisner – PRC/Eagle-Lion)
48. DARK PASSAGE  [DELMER DAVES] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
49. THE RED HOUSE  [DELMER DAVES] (Sol Lesser – United Artists)
50. JOHNNY O’ CLOCK  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Edward G. Nealis – Columbia)
51. LADY IN THE LAKE  [ROBERT MONTGOMERY] (George Haight – MGM)
52. THE EGG AND I [CHESTER ERSKINE] (Erksine – Universal)
53. DESPERATE  [ANTHONY MANN] (Michael Kraike – RKO)
54. ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY (Subarashiki nichiyobi)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Toho) (J)
55. DESERT FURY [LEWIS ALLEN] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
56. THE SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLEBOCK   [PRESTON STURGES] (Sturges/Howard Hughes – United Artists)
57. NORA PRENTISS  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (William Jacobs – Warner)
58. WHISPERING CITY [FYODOR OTSEP] (George Marton – Eagle-Lion) (C)
59. THE SEA OF GRASS  [ELIA KAZAN] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
60. TODO UN CABALLERO [MIGUEL M. DELGADO] (Ramex/RKO) (M)
    

Other (unranked): L’ÉCOLE DES FACTEURS (aka School for Postmen)  [JACQUES TATI] (F) (s); FUN AND FANCY FREE [VARIOUS] (Disney) (a); LE TEMPESTAIRE [JEAN EPSTEIN] (F) (s)

◄ 1948 ►

… You’re quite a good chicken strangler as I recall

1. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE  [JOHN HUSTON] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
2. RED RIVER  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Feldman/United Artists)
3. THE RED SHOES  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers) UK)
4. BICYCLE THIEVES (Ladri di biciclette)  [VITTORIO DE SICA] (I)
5. MOONRISE  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Charles Haas – Republic)
6. ROPE  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock/Sidney Bernstein – Warner)
7. RAW DEAL  [ANTHONY MANN] (Edward Small – Eagle-Lion)
8. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN  [MAX OPHÜLS] (John Houseman – Universal)
9. PORTRAIT OF JENNIE  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (David O.Selznick)
10. OLIVER TWIST  [DAVID LEAN] (Ronald Neame – Cineguild/GFD)(UK)
11. A FOREIGN AFFAIR  [BILLY WILDER] (Charles Brackett – Paramount)
12. FORCE OF EVIL  [ABRAHAM POLONSKY] (Bob Roberts – Enterprise/MGM)
13. CRY OF THE CITY  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
14. JOHNNY BELINDA  [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
15. THE SEARCH  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (Lazar Wechsler – MGM)
16. I REMEMBER MAMA  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Harriet Parsons – RKO)
17. SORRY, WRONG NUMBER  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Litvak/Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
18. UNFAITHFULLY YOURS  [PRESTON STURGES] (Sturges – Fox)
19. THE FALLEN IDOL  [CAROL REED] (Reed – London) (UK)
20. 3 GODFATHERS  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Merian C. Cooper – Argosy/MGM)
21. YELLOW SKY  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Lamar Trotti – Fox)
22. ACT OF VIOLENCE  [FRED ZINNEMANN] (William H. Wright – MGM)
23. SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN (Xiao cheng zhi chun) [FEI MU] (Ch)
24. FORT APACHE  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Merian C. Cooper – Argosy/RKO)
25. HAMLET  [LAURENCE OLIVIER] (UK)
26. THE BIG CLOCK  [JOHN FARROW] (Richard Maibaum – Paramount)
27. LA TERRA TREMA  [LUCHINO VISCONTI] (I)
28. GERMANY YEAR ZERO (Germania anno zero)  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
29. ANNA KARENINA  [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (Alexander Korda – London/Fox) (UK)
30. STATE OF THE UNION  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Liberty/MGM)
31. ROAD HOUSE [JEAN NEGULESCO] (Edward Chodorov – Fox)
32. CALL NORTHSIDE 777  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Otto Lang – Fox)
33. THE AMAZING MR. X (The Spiritualist) [BERNARD VORHAUS] (Benjamin Stoloff – Eagle-Lion)
34. THE THREE MUSKETEERS  [GEORGE SIDNEY] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
35. BERLIN EXPRESS  [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Bert Granet – RKO)
36. DRUNKEN ANGEL (Yoidore tenshi) [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
37. HOLLOW TRIUMPH (aka The Scar) [STEVE SEKELY] (Paul Henreid – Bryan Foy/Eagle-Lion)
38. RACHEL AND THE STRANGER [NORMAN FOSTER] (Richard H. Berger – RKO)
39. MACBETH [ORSON WELLES] (Welles – Mercury)
40. WOMEN OF THE NIGHT (Yoru no onnatachi) [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Shochiku) (J)
41. THE MAN FROM COLORADO  [HENRY LEVIN] (Jules Schermer – Columbia)
42. QUARTET  [KEN ANNAKIN, ARTHUR CRABTREE, HAROLD FRENCH & RALPH SMART] (UK)
43. ENCHANTMENT  [IRVING REIS] (Samuel Goldwyn – RKO)
44. BLANCHE FURY [MARC ALLÉGRET] (Anthony Havelock-Allan – Cineguild/GFD) (UK)
45. ALL MY SONS  [IRVING REIS] (Chester Erksine – Universal)
46. HE WALKED BY NIGHT  [ALFRED L. WERKER/ANTHONY MANN] (Bryan Foy/Robert Kane – Eagle-Lion)
47. I WALK ALONE  [BYRON HASKIN] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
48. THE SNAKE PIT  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Litvak/Robert Bassler – Fox)
49. SLEEP, MY LOVE  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Ralph Cohn – United Artists)
50. KEY LARGO  [JOHN HUSTON] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
51. THE STREET WITH NO NAME  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Samuel G. Engel – Fox)
52. THE NAKED CITY  [JULES DASSIN] (Mark Hellinger – Universal)
53. PORT OF CALL (Hamnstad)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
54. MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE  [H.C. POTTER] (Melvin Frank/Norman Panama – RKO)
55. GOOD SAM  [LEO MCCAREY] (McCarey – Rainbow/RKO)
56. THE PIRATE  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Arthur Freed – MGM)
57. PITFALL  [ANDRÉ DE TOTH] (Samuel Bischoff – Regal/United Artists)
58. KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS  [NORMAN FOSTER] (Richard Vernon – Universal)
59. COMMAND DECISION  [SAM WOOD] (Sidney Franklin/Gottfried Reinhardt – MGM)
60. L’AMORE  [ROBERTO ROSSELLINI] (I)
61. THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR [JOSEPH LOSEY] (Adrian Scott – RKO)
62. LOS QUE VOLVIERON  [ALEJANDRO GALINDA] (M)
63. THE DARK PAST  [RUDOLPH MATÉ] (Buddy Adler – Columbia)
64. ARCH OF TRIUMPH  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (David Lewis – Enterprise/United Artists)
65. THE PALEFACE  [NORMAN Z. MCLEOD] (Robert L. Welch – Paramount)
66. THE EMPEROR WALTZ  [BILLY WILDER] (Charles Brackett – Paramount)
67. AN ACT OF MURDER  [MICHAEL GORDON] (Jerry Bresler – Universal)
68. NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH [ST. JOHN LEGH CLOWES] (UK)

Other: LOUISIANA STORY [ROBERT FLAHERTY]

 

◄ 1949 ►

… Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.

1. THE THIRD MAN  [CAROL REED] (Alexander Korda – David O. Selznick – London) (UK)
2. THE HEIRESS  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – Paramount)
3. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS  [ROBERT HAMER] (Michael Balcon – Ealing) (UK)
4. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT  [NICHOLAS RAY] (John Houseman – RKO)
5. BITTER RICE (Riso amaro)  [GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS] (I)
6. LATE SPRING (Banshun)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
7. STRAY DOG  (Nora inu)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (Shintoho) (J)
8. WHITE HEAT  [RAOUL WALSH] (Louis F. Edelman – Warner)
9. THE RECKLESS MOMENT  [MAX OPHÜLS] (Walter Wanger – Columbia)
10. TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH  [HENRY KING] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
    
11. A LETTER TO THREE WIVES  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
12. THIEVES’ HIGHWAY  [JULES DASSIN] (Robert Bassler – Fox)
13. CAUGHT  [MAX OPHÜLS] (Wolfgang Reinhardt – Enterprise/MGM)
14. WHISKEY GALORE ! (aka Tight Little Island)  [ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK] (Michael Balcon – Ealing) (UK)
15. BORDER INCIDENT  [ANTHONY MANN] (Nicholas Nayfack – MGM)
16. THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS  [DAVID LEAN] (Ronald Neame /Eric Ambler – Cineguild/GFD) (UK)
17. MADAME BOVARY  [VINCENTE MINNELLI] (Pandro S. Berman – MGM)
18. ADAM’S RIB  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Lawrence Weingarten – MGM)
19. CRISS CROSS  [ROBERT SIODMAK] (Michael Kraike – Paramount)
20. INTRUDER IN THE DUST  [CLARENCE BROWN] (Brown – MGM)
21. CHRIST IN CONCRETE (Give Us This Day)  [EDWARD DMYTRYK] (Dmytryk/Nat Bronstein/Rod Geiger – Eagle-Lion) (UK)
22. COLORADO TERRITORY  [RAOUL WALSH] (Anthony Veiller – Warner)
23. PASSPORT TO PIMLICO  [HENRY CORNELIUS] (Michael Balcon – Ealing) (UK)
24. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Merian C. Cooper – Argosy/RKO)
25. ALIAS NICK BEAL  [JOHN FARROW] (Endre Bohem – Paramount)
26. ALL THE KINGS MEN  [ROBERT ROSSEN] (Rossen – Columbia)
27. THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER  [ANTHONY PELISSIER] (John Mills – Two Cities/GFD)(UK)
28. CHAMPION  [MARK ROBSON] (Stanley Kramer – United Artists)
29. THE WINDOW  [TED TETZLEFF] (Frederic Ullman Jr./Dore Schary – RKO)
30. WE WERE STRANGERS  [JOHN HUSTON] (Sam Spiegel – Horizon/Columbia)
31. THE SET-UP  [ROBERT WISE] (Richard Goldstone – RKO)
32. THE SMALL BACK ROOM  [MICHAEL POWELL & EMERIC PRESSBURGER] (Archers – UK)
33. BATTLEGROUND  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Dore Schary – MGM)
34. PINKY  [ELIA KAZAN] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
35. WHIRLPOOL  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Fox)
36. UNDER CAPRICORN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Hitchcock/Sidney Bernstein – Warner)
37. REIGN OF TERROR (aka The Black Book)  [ANTHONY MANN] (William Cameron Menzies – Walter Wanger/Eagle-Lion)
38. HOUSE OF STRANGERS  [JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
39. THE FAN  [OTTO PREMINGER] (Preminger – Fox)
40. THE HASTY HEART  [VINCENT SHERMAN] (Robert Clark – Warner)
41. SHOCKPROOF [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Helen Deutsch/S. Sylvan Simon – Columbia)
42. JOUR DE FÊTE [JACQUES TATI] (Fred Orain/André Paulvé – Cady Films) (F)
43. CHAINS (Catene) [RAFFAELLO MATARAZZO] (I)
44. HOLIDAY AFFAIR  [DON HARTMAN] (Hartman – RKO)
45. TOO LATE FOR TEARS [BYRON HASKIN] (Hunt Stromberg – United Artists)
46. ROPE OF SAND [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Hal B. Wallis – Paramount)
47. EVERYBODY DOES IT [EDMUND GOULDING] (Nunnally Johnson – Fox)
48. I SHOT JESSE JAMES  [SAMUEL FULLER] (Carl K. Hittleman – Lippert)
49. THE BIG STEAL  [DON SIEGEL] (Jack J. Gross – RKO)
50. THE QUIET DUEL (Shizukanaru ketto)  [AKIRA KUROSAWA] (J)
51. THE LADY GAMBLES [MICHAEL GORDON] (Michael Kraike – Universal)
52. THE UNDERCOVER MAN  [JOSEPH H. LEWIS] (Robert Rossen – Columbia)
53. THE GREAT MADCAP (El Gran Calavera) [LUIS BUÑUEL] (M)
54. SLIGHTLY FRENCH  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (Irving Starr – Columbia)
55. LE SILENCE DU LA MER   [JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE] (F)
56. THE FOUNTAINHEAD  [KING VIDOR] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
57. EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE  [MERVYN LEROY] (Voldemar Vetluguin – MGM)
58. EASY LIVING [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (Robert Sparks – RKO)
59. FLAMINGO ROAD  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Jerry Wald – Warner)
60. THREE STRANGE LOVES (Törst) (t. Thirst)  [INGMAR BERGMAN] (S)
61. TENSION  [JOHN BERRY] (Robert Sisk – MGM)
62. I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Sol C. Siegel – Fox)
63. THE STRATTON STORY [SAM WOOD] (Jack Cummings – MGM)
64. LUST FOR GOLD  [S. SYLVAN SIMON] (Simon – Columbia)
65. THE CROOKED WAY  [ROBERT FLOREY] (Bogeaus/United Artists)
66. FOLLOW ME QUIETLY  [RICHARD FLEISCHER] (Herman Schlom – RKO)
67. SAMSON AND DELILAH  [CECILE B. DEMILLE] (DeMille – Paramount)
68. A WOMAN’S SECRET  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Herman J. Mankiewicz – RKO)
69. THE WOMAN ON PIER 13 (aka I Married a Communist) [ROBERT STEVENSON] (Jack J. Gross – RKO)
70. KNOCK ON ANY DOOR  [NICHOLAS RAY] (Robert Lord – Santana/Columbia)
71. THE GOLDEN STALLION  [WILLIAM WITNEY] (Edward J. White – Republic)

Other (unranked): BLOOD OF THE BEASTS (Le Sang des bêtes) [GEORGES FRANJU] (F) (d/s); PUCE MOMENT [KENNETH ANGER] (s)

The 30s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

THE THIRTIES

(STICKS NIX HICK PIX)

Recent Updates in RED -Last Updated May 31, 2012

Last 5 Titles Added

THE WOMAN IN RED [ROBERT FLOREY] (1935)
MERRILY WE GO TO HELL  [DOROTHY ARZNER] (1932)
PUBLIC HERO #1 [J. WALTER RUBEN] (1935)
MURDER AT THE VANITIES  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (1934)
HOT SATURDAY  [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (1932)

◊ 1930 ◊

… It’s possible for someone to beat you, and beat you, and beat you, and it not hurt at all

1. CITY GIRL  [F.W. MURNAU] (Fox)
2. THE BLUE ANGEL (Der blaue Engel) [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (G)
3. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
4. MONTE CARLO  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Paramount)
5. AU BONHEUR DES DAMES (Ladies Paradise)  [JULIAN DUVIVIER] (Charles Delac/Marcel Vandal) (F)
6. PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (Menschen am Sonntag) [C. SIODMAK, R. SIODMAK, E. ULMER, F. ZINNEMANN] (S. Nebenzal) (G)
7. MOROCCO  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Hector Turnbull – Paramount)
8. L’ ÂGE D’OR [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F)
9. UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (Sous les toits de Paris) [RENÉ CLAIR] (Films Sonores Tobis) (F)
10. ANIMAL CRACKERS [VICTOR HEERMAN] (Paramount)
11. LAUGHTER [HARRY D’ABBADIE D’ARRAST] (Monta Bell – Paramount)
12. LADIES OF LEISURE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Harry Cohn – Columbia) (sound version)
13. THAT NIGHT’S WIFE (Sono yo no tsuma) [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
14. THE DIVORCEE [ROBERT Z. LEONARD]  (Leonard/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
15. THE WIDOW FROM CHICAGO [EDWARD F. CLINE] ( (First National/Warner)
16. LILIOM  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
17. MADAM SATAN [CECIL B. DEMILLE] (DeMille – MGM)
18. MURDER! [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (John Maxwell – BIP) (UK)
19. RAFFLES  [GEORGE FITZMAURICE] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
20. BORN RECKLESS [JOHN FORD, ANDREW BENNISON] (James Kevin McGuinness – Fox)
21. YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAN [MONTA BELL] (Bell – Paramount)
22. PLAYING AROUND [MERVYN LEROY] (First National/Warner)
23. UP THE RIVER  [JOHN FORD] (William Fox – Fox)
24. ANNA CHRISTIE [CLARENCE BROWN] (Brown/Paul Bern/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
25. REDEMPTION [FRED NIBLO] (Arthur Hopkins/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
26. SONG O’ MY HEART  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage – Fox)
    

Other (Unranked): THE STORY OF THE FOX (Le roman de renard) [IRENE & WLADYSLAW STAREWICZ] (F) (a); À PROPOS DE NICE [JEAN VIGO] (F) (s); ANOTHER FINE MESS / HOG WILD / BRATS / NIGHT OWLS / BLOTTO / BELOW ZERO / THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE [JAMES PARROTT] (Hal Roach – MGM) (s); THE GOLF SPECIALIST [MONTE BRICE] (RKO) (s); ROMANCE SENTIMENTALE [SERGEI EISENSTEIN & GRIGORI V. ALEXANDROV] (F) (s); MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES [RALPH STEINER] (s); TOMATOS ANOTHER DAY [JAMES SIBLEY WATSON] (s)

◄ 1931 ►

… Besides, your hands ain’t so clean. You killed and liked it. You didn’t get them medals for holding hands with them Germans.

1. M  [FRITZ LANG] (Seymour Nebenzal) (G)
2. THE THREEPENNY OPERA  (Die Dreigroschenoper) [GEORG WILHELM PABST] (G)
3. THE MIRACLE WOMAN  [FRANK CAPRA] (Harry Cohn – Columbia)
4. CITY LIGHTS [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (Chaplin – United Artists)
5. THE SMILING LIEUTENANT  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Paramount)
6. THE PUBLIC ENEMY  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Warner)
7. À NOUS LA LIBERTÉ (Freedom for Us) [RENÉ CLAIR] (Films Sonores Tobis) (F)
8. THE LAST FLIGHT  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (First National)
9. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Adolph Zukor – Paramount)
10. TOKYO CHORUS (Tokyo no Gassho) [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
11. MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM [LEONTINE SAGAN] (G)
12. STREET SCENE  [KING VIDOR] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
13. LE MILLION  [RENÉ CLAIR] (Films Sonores Tobis) (F)
14. FRANKENSTEIN  [JAMES WHALE] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
15. WATERLOO BRIDGE  [JAMES WHALE] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
16. LITTLE CAESAR  [MERVYN LEROY] (Hal B. Wallis/Darryl F. Zanuck – Warner)
17. SAFE IN HELL [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (First National)
18. CITY STREETS  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (E. Lloyd Sheldon – Paramount)
19. TABU, A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS  [F.W. MURNAU & ROBERT FLAHERTY (Murnau/Flaherty - Paramount)
20. BAD GIRL  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
21. KAMERADSCHAFT (Comradeship) [GEORG WILHELM PABST] (Seymour Nebenzal – Nero/Gaumont) (G)
22. MARIUS [ALEXANDER KORDA] (Marcel Pagnol/Robert Kane – Korda) (F)
23. OTHER MEN’S WOMEN  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
24. BERLIN – ALEXANDERPLATZ  [PHIL JUTZI] (G)
25. PLATINUM BLONDE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Harry Cohn – Columbia)
26. THE CRIMINAL CODE  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks/Harry Cohn – Columbia)
27. DAYBREAK [JACQUES FEYDER] (MGM)
28. FIVE STAR FINAL [MERVYN LEROY] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
29. NIGHT NURSE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
30. THE FRONT PAGE  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Howard Hughes – Caddo/United Artists)
31. DRACULA [TOD BROWNING] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
32. DIRIGIBLE  [FRANK CAPRA] (Harry Cohn – Columbia)
33. SMART MONEY [ALFRED E. GREEN] (Green – Warner)
34. MATA HARI  [GEORGE FITZMAURICE] (Fitzmaurice/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
35. FIVE AND TEN  [ROBERT Z. LEONARD] (Leonard/Marion Davies – MGM)
36. THE MALTESE FALCON  [ROY DEL RUTH] (Warner)
37. ARROWSMITH  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
38. GENTLEMAN’S FATE  [MERVYN LEROY] (MGM)
39. SMART WOMAN  [GREGORY LA CAVA] (William LeBaron – RKO)
40. LAUGH AND GET RICH [GREGORY LA CAVA] (William LeBaron – RKO)

Other (Unranked): FLUNKY, WORK HARD (Koshiben gambare) [MIKIO NARUSE] (J) (s); JEAN TARIS, SWIMMING CHAMPION (Taris, roi de l’eau ) [JEAN VIGO] (F) (s); BE BIG! [JAMES W. HORNE & JAMES PARROTT] (Hal Roach – MGM) (s); AUTUMN FIRE [HERMAN G. WEINBERG] (s); WINDY RILEY GOES HOLLYWOOD [ROSCOE FATTY ARBUCKLE] (s); MANHATTAN MEDLEY [BONNEY POWELL] (s)

◄ 1932 ►

… You are a crook. I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook. Steal, swindle, rob. Oh, but don’t become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos.

1. TROUBLE IN PARADISE  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Paramount)
2. LOVE ME TONIGHT  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Mamoulian – Paramount)
3. I WAS BORN, BUT… (Otona no miru ehon – Umarete wa mita keredo) [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
4. BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (Boudu sauvé des eaux) [JEAN RENOIR] (Michel Simon – CCF/Jacques Haïk) (F)
5. SCARFACE , THE SHAME OF THE NATION  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks/Howard Hughes – Caddo/United Artists)
6. ONE HOUR WITH YOU  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Paramount)
7. AFTER TOMORROW  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
8. WOODEN CROSSES (Les Croix de bois)  [RAYMOND BERNARD] (Pathé-Natan) (F)
9. RED DUST  [VICTOR FLEMING] (Hunt Stromberg/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
10. A FAREWELL TO ARMS  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Edward A. Blatt/Benjamin Glazer – Paramount)
11. FORBIDDEN  [FRANK CAPRA] (Harry Cohn – Columbia)
12. I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG  [MERVYN LEROY] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
13. THE HALF NAKED TRUTH [GREGORY LA CAVA] (David O. Selznick/Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
14. SHANGHAI EXPRESS  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Adolph Zukor – Paramount)
15. ONE WAY PASSAGE  [TAY GARNETT] (Hal B. Wallis/Robert Lord – Warner) 
16. SMILIN’ THROUGH [SIDNEY FRANKLIN] (Albert Lewin/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
17. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS  [ERLE C. KENTON] (Paramount)
18. THE BLOOD OF A POET (Le Sang d’un poète) [JEAN COCTEAU] (F) (moved from 1930)
19. ME AND MY GAL  [RAOUL WALSH] (Fox)
20. AMERICAN MADNESS [FRANK CAPRA] (Harry Cohn – Columbia)
21. SKYSCRAPER SOULS  [EDGAR SELWYN] (Cosmopolitan/MGM)
22. HOT SATURDAY [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (William LeBaron – Paramount)
23. THE BEAST OF THE CITY  [CHARLES BRABIN] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
24. BLESSED EVENT [ROY DEL RUTH] (Warner)
25. THE OLD DARK HOUSE  [JAMES WHALE] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
26. FREAKS  [TOD BROWNING] (Browning/Harry Rapf/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
27. RAIN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Feature/United Artists) 
28. THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME  [IRVING PICHEL & ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK] (Selznick/Merian.C. Cooper – RKO)
29. JEWEL ROBBERY  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Warner)
30. FANNY [MARC ALLÉGRET] (Marcel Pagnol/Roger Richebé) (F)
31. HORSE FEATHERS  [NORMAN Z. MCLEOD] (Herman J. Mankiewicz – Paramount)
32. VAMPYR [CARL TH. DREYER] (D/F)
33. WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?  [GEORGE CUKOR] (David O. Selznick/Pandro S. Berman – RKO Pathe)
34. FRISCO JENNY [WILLIAM WELLMAN] (Warner)
35. NO BLOOD RELATION (Nasanu naka) [MIKIO NARUSE] (Shochiku) (J)
36. HIGH PRESSURE [MERVYN LEROY] (Warner)
37. MAN WANTED  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
38. DOWNSTAIRS  [MONTA BELL] (Bell – MGM)
39. 20, 000 YEARS IN SING SING  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Warner)
40. BLONDE VENUS  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Von Sternberg – Paramount)
41. YOUNG AMERICA  [FRANK BORZAGE] (William Fox – Fox)
42. THE PURCHASE PRICE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Warner)
43. THE CROWD ROARS  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Warner)
44. THREE ON A MATCH [MERVYN LEROY] (Samuel Bischoff/Darryl F. Zanuck – Warner)
45. POLLY OF THE CIRCUS  [ALFRED SANTELL] (Marion Davies – Cosmopolitan/MGM)
46. LAWYER MAN [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
47. MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE [ROBERT FLOREY] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
48. FLESH  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/John W. Considine Jr.  – MGM)
49. RED HEADED WOMAN  [JACK CONWAY] (Albert Lewin/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
50. TARZAN THE APE MAN [W.S. VAN DYKE] (Irving Thalberg – MGM)
51. MERRILY WE GO TO HELL  [DOROTHY ARZNER] (Paramount)
52. GRAND HOTEL  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Irving Thalberg – MGM)
53. SO BIG!  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Jack L. Warner – Warner)
54. NUMBER SEVENTEEN  [ALFREDHITCHCOCK] (BIP/Wardour) (UK)
55. A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT [GEORGE CUKOR] (David O. Selznick – RKO)

Other (unranked): THE MUSIC BOX [JAMES PARROTT] (Hal Roach – MGM) (s);  TARZAN THE APE MAN [W.S. VAN DYKE] (MGM); THE DENTIST [LESLIE PEARCE] (Mack Sennett) (s)

◄ 1933 ►

… Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you: he really is an idiot. I implore you, send him back to his father and brothers, who are waiting for him with open arms in the penitentiary. I suggest that we give him ten years in Leavenworth, or eleven years in Twelveworth.

1. COUNSELLOR AT LAW  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
2. KING KONG  [MERIAN C. COOPER & ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK] (Cooper/Schoedsack/David O. Selznick -  RKO)
3. FOOTLIGHT PARADE  [LLOYD BACON] (Robert Lord – Warner)
4. HALLELUJAH, I’M A BUM  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Joseph M. Schenck – Feature/United Artists)
5. MAN’S CASTLE  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Columbia)
6. QUEEN CHRISTINA  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Walter Wanger – MGM)
7. THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra/Walter Wanger – Columbia)
8. THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) [FRITZ LANG] (Seymour Nebenzal – Nero) (G)
9. PILGRIMAGE  [JOHN FORD] (Fox)
10. HEROES FOR SALE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
11. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 [MERVYN LEROY] (Robert Lord – Warner)
12. BOMBSHELL  [VICTOR FLEMING] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
13. WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Robert Presnell Sr. – Warner)
14. JAPANESE GIRLS AT THE HARBOR (Minato nihon musume) [HIROSHI SHIMIZU] (Shochiku) (J)
15. DESIGN FOR LIVING  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Paramount)
16. LIEBELEI [MAX OPHÜLS] (G)
17. DUCK SOUP  [LEO MCCAREY] (Herman J. Mankiewicz – Paramount)
18. BABY FACE  [ALFRED E. GREEN] (William Lebaron/Raymond Griffith – Warner)
19. EMPLOYEES’ ENTRANCE  [ROY DEL RUTH] (Warner)
20. 42nd STREET  [LLOYD BACON] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Warner)
21. THE INVISIBLE MAN  [JAMES WHALE] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
22. LADY KILLER [ROY DEL RUTH] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
23. THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE  [STEPHEN ROBERTS] (Benjamin Glazer – Paramount)
24. THE SIN OF NORA MORAN  [PHIL GOLDSTONE] (Goldstone – Majestic/Capitol)
25. MIDNIGHT MARY  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Lucien Hubbard – MGM)
26. PICTURE SNATCHER  [LLOYD BACON] (Raymond Griffith – Warner)
27. DOCTOR BULL  [JOHN FORD] (Winfield R. Sheenan – Fox)
28. LADY FOR A DAY  [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
29. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII  [ALEXANDER KORDA] (Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
30. LITTLE WOMEN  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Merian C. Cooper/Kenneth Macgowan – RKO)
31. BED OF ROSES  [GREGORY LA CAVA] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
32. TOPAZE  [HARRY D’ABBADIE D’ARRAST] (David O. Selznick – RKO)
33. DINNER AT EIGHT  [GEORGE CUKOR] (David O. Selznick – MGM)
34. THREE-CORNERED MOON  [ELLIOTT NUGENT] (B.P. Schulberg – Paramount)
35. THE KENNEL MURDER CASE  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Robert Presnell Sr. – Warner)
36. I’M NO ANGEL  [WESLEY RUGGLES] (William Lebaron – Paramount)THE EMPEROR JONES  [DUDLEY MURPHY] (Gifford Cochran/John Krimsky – United Artists)
37. PRISONER 13 (El Prisionero trece)  [FERNANDO DE FUENTES] (M)
38. FEMALE  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Robert Presnell Sr. – Warner)
39. LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT  [HOWARD BRETHERTON & WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Raymond Griffith – Warner)
40. HOLD YOUR MAN  [SAM WOOD] (Bernard H. Hyman – MGM)
41. THE POWER AND THE GLORY  [WILLIAM K. HOWARD] (Jesse L. Lasky – Fox)
42. ECSTASY (Ekstase) [GUSTAV MACHATÝ] (CZ/Au)
43. RAFTER ROMANCE [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (Alexander McGaig – RKO)
44. DOUBLE HARNESS [JOHN CROMWELL] (Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack – RKO)
45. SHE DONE HIM WRONG  [LOWELL SHERMAN] (William Lebaron – Paramount)
46. SECRETS  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Pickford/United Artists)
47. ONE MAN’S JOURNEY  [JOHN S. ROBERTSON] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
48. MORNING GLORY [LOWELL SHERMAN] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
49. TODAY WE LIVE [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – MGM)
50. CAVALCADE  [FRANK LLOYD] (Winfield R. Sheenan – Fox)

Other (unranked):  SONS OF THE DESERT [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (Hal Roach – MGM); LAND WITHOUT BREAD (Las Hurdes)  [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F/S) (s); ZERO FOR CONDUCT (Zéro de conduite) [JEAN VIGO] (F) (s); THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER [CLYDE BRUCKMAN] (Mack Sennett) (s); THE PHARMACIST / THE BARBER SHOP [ARTHUR RIPLEY ] (Mack Sennett) (s); LOT IN SODOM [JAMES SIBLEY WATSON & MELVILLE WEBBER] (s); THREE LITTLE PIGS  [BURT GILLETT] (Disney/United Artists) (a/s)

◄ 1934 ►

… Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.

1. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Columbia)
2. THE MERRY WIDOW  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Irving Thalberg/Lubitsch – MGM)
3. L’ATALANTE  [JEAN VIGO] (Jacques-Louis Nounez – Gaumont) (F)
4. THE SCARLET EMPRESS  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Von Sternberg – Paramount)
5. LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW?  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
6. THE THIN MAN  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
7. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN  [ALEXANDER KORDA] (Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
8. A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Ukigusa monogatari)  [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
9. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Michael Balcon – Gaumont/GFD) (UK)
10. THE BLACK CAT  [EDGAR G. ULMER] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
11. NO GREATER GLORY  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage – Columbia)
12. IT’S A GIFT  [NORMAN Z. MCLEOD] (William Lebaron – Paramount)
13. TREASURE ISLAND [VICTOR FLEMING] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
14. JUDGE PRIEST  [JOHN FORD] (Sol M. Wurtzel – Fox) 
15. TWENTIETH CENTURY  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Columbia)
16. WE LIVE AGAIN  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
17. IMITATION OF LIFE  [JOHN M. STAHL] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
18. MANDALAY  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Robert Presnell Sr. – Warner)
19. MARIA CHAPDELAINE  [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (Léon Beytout/René Pignières – SNC) (F)
20. MURDER AT THE VANITIES [MITCHELL LEISEN] (E. Lloyd Sheldon – Paramount)
21. THE LOST PATROL  [JOHN FORD] (Ford – RKO)
22. THE RISE OF CATHERINE THE GREAT [PAUL CZINNER, ALEXANDER KORDA] (Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
23. OUR DAILY BREAD  [KING VIDOR] (Vidor – Viking/United Artists)
24. ONE NIGHT OF LOVE  [VICTOR SCHERTZINGER] (Harry Cohn – Columbia)
25. CHAINED  [CLARENCE BROWN] (Brown/Hunt Stromberg – MGM) 
26. LILIOM  [FRITZ LANG] (Erich Pommer – Fox) (F)
27. BROADWAY BILL  [FRANK CAPRA] (Harry Cohn – Columbia)
28. HEAT LIGHTNING  [MERVYN LEROY] (Samuel Bischoff – Warner)
29. CLEOPATRA  [CECIL B. DEMILLE] (DeMille – Paramount)
30. OF HUMAN BONDAGE  [JOHN CROMWELL] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
31. THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW (Too Late for love) [EDWARD SLOMAN](Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
32. THIRTY DAY PRINCESS  [MARION GERING] (B.P. Schulberg – Paramount)
33. MAUVAISE GRAINE (Bad Seed) [BILLY WILDER & ALEXANDER ESWAY] (CNC/Pathe) (F)
34. ONE MORE RIVER [JAMES WHALE] (Carl Laemmle Jr./R.C. Sherriff – Universal)
35. A MODERN HERO [GEORG WILHELM PABST] (Warner)
36. BACHELOR BAIT [GEORGE STEVENS] (Lou Brock/Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
37. MANHATTAN MELODRAMA  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (David O. Selznick – Cosmopolitan/MGM)
38. BORN TO BE BAD  [LOWELL SHERMAN] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox/United Artists)
39. DR. MONICA  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
40. SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS  [MICHAEL POWELL] (Warner/Teddington) (UK)
41. STINGAREE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (David Lewis/Pandro S. Berman – RKO)

Other (unranked): THEM THAR HILLS / THE LIVE GHOST  [CHARLEY ROGERS] (Hal Roach – MGM) (s); FÉTICHE (The Mascot) [WLADYSLAW STAREWICZ] (a/s) (F);  LA JOIE DE VIVRE [ANTHONY GROSS & HECTOR HOPPIN] (a/s) (F); HEARTS OF AGE [ORSON WELLES & WILLIAM VANCE] (s)

◄ 1935 ►

… Never let it be said that a Sporum ever refused the request of a Ginglebusher.

1. THE 39 STEPS  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Michael Balcon – Gaumont) (UK)
2. THE GOOD FAIRY  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
3. TONI  [JEAN RENOIR] (Marcel Pagnol) (F)
4. RUGGLES OF RED GAP  [LEO MCCAREY] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Paramount)
5. THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Louis D. Lighton – Paramount)
6. TOP HAT  [MARK SANDRICH] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
7. THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN  [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Von Sternberg – Paramount)
8. CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS (La Kermesse Héroïque)  [JACQUES FEYDER] (Films Sonores Tobis) (F)
9. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY  [FRANK LLOYD] (Lloyd/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
10. PETER IBBETSON  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Louis D. Lighton – Paramount)
11. A TALE OF TWO CITIES  [JACK CONWAY] (David O. Selznick – MGM)
12. ALICE ADAMS  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
13. HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE   [MITCHELL LEISEN] (E. Lloyd Sheldon – Paramount)
14. STEAMBOAT ROUND THE BEND [JOHN FORD] (Sol M. Wurtzel – Fox)
15. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA  [SAM WOOD] (Irving Thalberg – MGM)
16. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION  [JOHN M. STAHL] (Stahl – Universal)
17. CAPTAIN BLOOD  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Harry Joe Brown – Warner)
18. THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Lester Cowan – Columbia)
19. SYLVIA SCARLETT  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
20. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935  [BUSBY BEREKELY] (Warner)
21. MAD LOVE  [KARL FREUND] (John W. Considine Jr. – MGM)
22. LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY  [GEORGE MARSHALL] (Sol M. Wurtzel – Fox)
23. ‘G’ MEN  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Louis F. Edelman – Warner)
24. CHINA SEAS  [TAY GARNETT] (Albert Lewin – MGM)
25. LA BANDERA  [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (André Gargour – SNC) (F)
26. PAGE MISS GLORY [MERVYN LEROY] (Marion Davies – Cosmopolitan/Warner)
27. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (B.P. Schulberg – Columbia)
28. LIVING ON VELVET [FRANK BORZAGE] (Edward Chodorov – Warner)
29. IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK  [WILLIAM A. SEITER] (Everett Riskin – Columbia)
30. THE INFORMER  [JOHN FORD] (Ford – RKO)
31. STRANDED  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage – Warner)
32. BORDERTOWN  [ARCHIE MAYO] (Hal B. Wallis/Jack L. Warner – Warner)
33. PUBLIC HERO #1 [J. WALTER RUBEN] (Lucien Hubbard – MGM)
34. ANNIE OAKLEY  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Cliff Reid – RKO)
35. BARBARY COAST  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
36. THE CALL OF THE WILD  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
37. ANNA KARENINA  [CLARENCE BROWN] (David O. Selznick – MGM)
38. THE WEDDING NIGHT  [KING VIDOR] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
39. THE WOMAN IN RED [ROBERT FLOREY] (Harry Joe Brown – Warner)
    

Other (unranked): TRIUMPH OF THE WILL (Triumph des Willens)  [LENI RIEFENSTAHL] (d) (G); TIT FOR TAT / THE FIXER UPPERS [CHARLEY ROGERS] (Hal Roach – MGM) (s); THICKER THAN WATER [JAMES W. HORNE] (Hal Roach – MGM) (s); AUDIOSCOPIKS [JACOB LEVENTHAL, JOHN NORLING] (MGM) (s)

◄ 1936 ►

1. DODSWORTH  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
2. MAYERLING  [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Seymour Nebenzal – Nero) (F)
3. THE STORY OF A CHEAT (Le Roman d’un tricheur) [SACHA GUITRY] (Serge Sandberg – Cineas/Films Sonores Tobis) (F)
4. FURY  [FRITZ LANG] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – MGM)
5. MY MAN GODFREY  [GREGORY LA CAVA] (La Cava – Universal)
6. SWING TIME  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
7. SHOW BOAT  [JAMES WHALE] (Carl Laemmle Jr. – Universal)
8. MODERN TIMES  [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (Chaplin – United Artists)
9. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Columbia)
10. THESE THREE  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
11. LIBELED LADY [JACK CONWAY] (Lawrence Weingarten – MGM)
12. SABOTAGE  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Michal Balcon – Gaumont/GFD) (UK)
13. THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (William Lebaron – Paramount)
14. OSAKA ELEGY (Naniwa ereji)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiichi Eiga) (J) 
15. THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Walter Wanger – Paramount)
16. THEODORA GOES WILD  [RICHARD BOLESLAWSKI] (Everett Riskin – Columbia)
17. THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND [JOHN FORD] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
18. COME AND GET IT  [HOWARD HAWKS & WILLIAM WYLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
19. THE LOWER DEPTHS (Les Bas-fonds)  [JEAN RENOIR] (Alexandre Kamenka/Albatros) (F)
20. CAMILLE  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Bernard H. Hyman/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
21. MR. THANK YOU (Arigatô-san) [HIROSHI SHIMIZU] (Shochiku) (J)
22. SISTERS OF THE GION (Gion no shimai)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Daiichi Eiga) (J)
23. REMBRANDT  [ALEXNANDER KORDA] (Korda – London/United Artists)(UK)
24. THE PETRIFIED FOREST  [ARCHIE MAYO] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
25. SECRET AGENT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Michael Balcon – Gaumont) (UK)
26. DESIRE  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Ernst Lubitsch – Paramount)
27. THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Le Crime de Monsieur Lange)  [JEAN RENOIR] (André Halley des Fontaines/Oberon) (F)
28. BULLETS OR BALLOTS  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Louis F. Edelman – Warner)
29. THE DEVIL IS A SISSY  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (Frank Davis – MGM)
30. AFTER THE THIN MAN  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
31. THE KING STEPS OUT [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (William Perlberg/Wilhelm Thiele – Columbia)
32. THE GAY DESPERADO  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Jesse L. Lasky/Mary Pickford – United Artists)
33. MORE THAN A SECRETARY  [ALFRED E. GREEN] (Everett Riskin – Columbia)
34. THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS  [WILLIAM K. HOWARD] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Paramount)
35. THE DEVIL-DOLL  [TOD BROWNING] (Browning/E.J. Mannix – MGM)
36. THINGS TO COME [WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES] (Alexander Korda – London/United Artists)(UK)
37. THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD  [STEPHEN ROBERTS] (Edward Kaufman – RKO)
38. SATAN MET A LADY  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Hanry Blanke – Warner)
39. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937  [LLOYD BACON] (Earl Baldwin – Warner)
40. THE GREEN PASTURES  [MARC CONNELLY & WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Hanry Blanke/Jack L. Warner  – Warner)
41. THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES  [LOTHAR MENDES] (Alexander Korda – London/United Artists)
42. WIFE VS. SECRETARY [CLARENCE BROWN] (Brown/Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
43. FOLLOW THE FLEET  [MARK SANDRICH] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
44. LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST  [WALTER LANG] (Edmund Grainger – Universal)
45. ADVENTURE IN MANHATTAN  [EDWARD LUDWIG] (Everett Riskin – Columbia)
46. HEARTS DIVIDED  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage/Marion Davies – Cosmopolitan/Warner)
47. CROWN V. STEVENS  [MICHAEL POWELL] (Warner/Teddington) (UK)

Other (unranked): A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (Une Partie campagne) [JEAN RENOIR] (F); ROSE HOBART [JOSEPH CORNELL] (s)

◄ 1937 ►

1. GRAND ILLUSION (La Grande illusion)  [JEAN RENOIR] (Albert Pinkovitch/Frank Rollmer – RAC) (F)
2. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW  [LEO MCCAREY] (McCarey/Adolph Zukor – Paramount)
3. GUEULE D’AMOUR (Lady Killer)  [JEAN GRÉMILLON] (Raoul Ploquin/W. Schmidt – ACE/UFA) (F)
4. PÉPÉ LE MOKO  [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (Raymond & Robert Hakim – Paris) (F)
5. THE AWFUL TRUTH  [LEO MCCAREY] (McCarey/Everett Riskin – Columbia)
6. STAGE DOOR  [GREGORY LA CAVA] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
7. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE  [FRITZ LANG] (Walter Wanger – United Artists)
8. NOTHING SACRED  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (David O. Selznick – United Artists) *
9. HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Walter Wanger – United Artists)
10. HUMANITY AND PAPER BALLOONS (Ninjo kami fusen) [SADAO YAMANAKA] (Toho) (J)
11. EASY LIVING  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Paramount)
12. INTERNES CAN’T TAKE MONEY [ALFRED SANTELL] (Benjamin Glazer – Paramount) 
13. THE EDGE OF THE WORLD  [MICHAEL POWELL] (Joe Rock) (UK)
14. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA  [JOHN CROMWELL] (David O. Selznick – United Artists)
15. YOUNG AND INNOCENT  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Edward Black – Gaumont/GFD) (UK)
16. DEAD END  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
17. STELLA DALLAS  [KING VIDOR] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
18. KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR  [JACQUES FEYDER] (Alexander Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
19. LOST HORIZON  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Columbia)
20. ANGEL [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Paramount)
21. THE GREAT GARRICK [JAMES WHALE] (Mervyn LeRoy – Warner)
22. A STAR IS BORN  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (David O. Selznick – United Artists) *
23. THE GOOD EARTH  [SIDNEY FRANKLIN] (Albert Lewin/Irving Thalberg – MGM)
24. MARKED WOMAN  [LLOYD BACON] (Louis F. Edelman – Warner)
25. WHAT DID THE LADY FORGET ? (Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka) [YASUJIRO OZU] (Shochiku) (J)
26. THE HURRICANE  [JOHN FORD] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
27. SEVENTH HEAVEN [HENRY KING] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
28. DROLE DE DRAME OU L’ETRANGE AVENTURE DU DOCTEUR MOLYNEUX (Bizarre, Bizarre) [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
29. KID GALAHAD  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Samuel Bischoff – Warner)
30. THE PEARLS OF THE CROWN (Les perles de la couronne) [SACHA GUITRY] (Se. Sandberg – Cineas/Films Sonores Tobis) (F)
31. SWING HIGH, SWING LOW  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Paramount)
32. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS  [VICTOR FLEMING] (Louis D. Lighton – MGM)
33. QUALITY STREET  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
34. CONFESSION  [JOE MAY] (Hal B. Wallis/Jack L. Warner – Warner)
35. THEY WON’T FORGET [MERVYN LEROY] (LeRoy – Warner)
36. NIGHT MUST FALL  [RICHARD THORPE] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
37. BLACK LEGION  [ARCHIE MAYO] (Robert Lord – Warner)
38. LA HABERNERA  [DOUGLAS SIRK] (G)
39. CHILDREN IN THE WIND (Kaze no naka no kodomo) [HIROSHI SHIMIZU] (J)
40. DARK JOURNEY  [VICTOR SAVILLE] (Alexander Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
41. TRUE CONFESSION  [WESLEY RUGGLES] (Albert Lewin – Paramount)
42. BIG CITY  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Norman Krasna – MGM)
43. MAID OF SALEM  [FRANK LLOYD] (Lloyd – Paramount)
44. STORM IN A TEACUP  [IAN DALRYMPLE & VICTOR SAVILLE] (London/United Artists) (UK)
45. IN OLD CHICAGO  [HENRY KING] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
46. THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
47. SAN QUENTIN  [LLOYD BACON] (Samuel Bischoff – Warner)
48. MANNEQUIN  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – MGM)
49. STAND-IN  [TAY GARNETT] (Walter Wanger – United Artists)
50. GREEN LIGHT  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Borzage/Henry Blanke – Warner)
51. FIRE OVER ENGLAND  [WILLIAM K. HOWARD] (Erich Pommer/Alexander Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
52. LIVING ON LOVE  [LEW LANDERS] (Maury M. Cohen – RKO)
53. WINGS OF THE MORNING  [HAROLD D. SCHUSTER] (Robert Kane – New World/Fox) (UK) *

Other (unranked): SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (a) (Disney/RKO); EVEN: AS YOU AND I [ROGER BARLOW, HARRY HAY, LEROY ROBBINS] (s); AN OPTICAL POEM (OSKAR FISCHINGER] (MGM) (s)

◄ 1938 ►

1. HOLIDAY  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Everett Riskin – Columbia)
2. JEZEBEL  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Wyler – Warner)
3. THE LADY VANISHES  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Edward Black – Gainsborough/Gaumont) (UK)
4. PYGMALION  [ANTHONY ASQUITH & LESLIE HOWARD] (Gabriel Pascal -  GFD)(UK)
5. PORT OF SHADOWS (Quai des brumes)  [MARCEL CARNÉ] (Gregor Rabinovitch – Cine-Alliance/Osso) (F)
6. THREE COMRADES  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – MGM)
7. ST. MARTIN’S LANE (Sidewalks of London) [TIM WHELEN] (Erich Pommer/Charles Laughton – Mayflower/Paramount) (UK)
8. FOUR DAUGHTERS  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
9. YOU AND ME  [FRITZ LANG] (Lang – Paramount)
10. BRINGING UP BABY  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – RKO)
11. LA BÊTE HUMAINE  [JEAN RENOIR] (Raymond & Robert Hakim – Paris) (F)
12. A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER  [LLOYD BACON] (Samuel Bischoff – Warner)
13. HÔTEL DU NORD  [MARCEL CARNÉ] (Onésime Grinkrug/Joseph Lucachevitch – Sédif/Cocinor)(F)
14. THE GREAT WALTZ  [JULIEN DUVIVIER] (Bernard H. Hyman – MGM)
15. VIVACIOUS LADY  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – RKO)
16. THE MASSEURS AND A WOMAN (Anma to onna)  [HIROSHI SHIMIZU] (Shochiku) (J)
17. MARIE ANTOINETTE [W.S. VAN DYKE] (Irving Thalberg/Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
18. SPAWN OF THE NORTH  [HENRY HATHAWAY] (Albert Lewin – Paramount)
19. THE DAWN PATROL  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Robert Lord – Warner)
20. THE BAKER’S WIFE (La Femme du Boulanger)  [MARCEL PAGNOL] (Pagnol) (F)
21. THE SHOPWORN ANGEL [H.C. POTTER] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – MGM)
22. ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Samule Bischoff – Warner)
23. THE CITADEL  [KING VIDOR] (Victor Saville – MGM)
24. BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – Paramount)
25. YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Columbia)
26. THE CHILDHOOD OF MAXIM GORKY (Detstvo Gorkogo)  [MARK DONSKOY] (R)
27. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD  [MICHAEL CURTIZ & WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (Henry Blanke – Warner)
    
28. BANK HOLIDAY (Three on a Weekend) [CAROL REED] (Edward Black – Gainsborough/Gaumont) (UK)
29. LA MARSEILLAISE [JEAN RENOIR] (Renoir – Sédif/CDT) (F)
30. TEST PILOT  [VICTOR FLEMING] (Louis D. Lighton – MGM)
31. THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE [ANATOLE LITVAK] (Litvak/Gilbert Miller – Warner)
32. THE SHINING HOUR  [FRANK BORZAGE] (Joseph L. Mankiewicz – MGM)
33. A YANK AT OXFORD  [JACK CONWAY] (Michael Balson – MGM)
34. FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER  [JOHN FORD] (Kenneth Macgowan – Fox)
35. THE MAD MISS MANTON  [LEIGH JASON] (P.J. Wolfson – RKO)
36. PRISON TRAIN  [GORDON WILES] (B.F. Zeidman – Equity)

Other:  STRANGE GLORY [JACQUES TOURNEUR] (MGM) (s)

◄ 1939 ►

1. GONE WITH THE WIND  [VICTOR FLEMING] (David O. Selznick – MGM)
2. THE RULES OF THE GAME (La Règale du jeu) [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
3. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON  [FRANK CAPRA] (Capra – Columbia)
4. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN  [GEORGE MARSHALL] (Joe Pasternak – Universal)
5. WUTHERING HEIGHTS  [WILLIAM WYLER] (Samuel Goldwyn – United Artists)
6. MIDNIGHT  [MITCHELL LEISEN] (Arthur Hornblow Jr. – Paramount)
7. NINOTCHKA  [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Lubitsch – MGM)
8. GUNGA DIN  [GEORGE STEVENS] (Stevens – RKO)
9. STAGECOACH  [JOHN FORD] (Ford/Walter Wanger – United Artists)
10. THE WIZARD OF OZ  [VICTOR FLEMING] (Mervyn LeRoy/Arthur Freed – MGM)
11. THE ROARING TWENTIES  [RAOUL WALSH] (Samuel Bischoff/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
12. BEAU GESTE  [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (Wellman – Paramount)
13. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS  [HOWARD HAWKS] (Hawks – Columbia)
14. THE STORY OF THE LATE CHRYSANTHMUMS  (Zangiku monogatari)  [KENJI MIZOGUCHI] (Shochiku) (J)
15. GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS  [SAM WOOD] (Victor Saville – MGM)
16. THE WOMEN  [GEORGE CUKOR] (Hunt Stromberg – MGM)
17. DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK  [JOHN FORD] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
18. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME  [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Pandro S. Berman – RKO)
19. LOVE AFFAIR  [LEO MCCAREY] (McCarey – RKO)
20. THE OLD MAID  [EDMUND GOULDING] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
21. FIVE CAME BACK  [JOHN FARROW] (Robert Sisk – RKO)
22. DODGE CITY  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Robert Lord/Hal B. Wallis -Warner)
23. DARK VICTORY  [EDMUND GOULDING] (David Lewis/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
24. THE FOUR FEATHERS  [ZOLTAN KORDA] (Alexander Korda – London/United Artists) (UK)
25. DAUGHTERS COURAGEOUS  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
26. EACH DAWN I DIE  [WILLIAM KEIGHLEY] (David Lewis/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
27. LE JOUR SE LÈVE (Daybreak)  [MARCEL CARNÉ] (F)
28. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN  [JOHN FORD] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
29. OF MICE AND MEN  [LEWIS MILESTONE] (Roach/United Artists)
30. IN NAME ONLY  [JOHN CROMWELL] (George Haight – RKO)
31. THE MIKADO [VICTOR SCHERTZINGER] (Geoffrey Toye – GFD/Universal) (UK)
32. JESSE JAMES [HENRY KING] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
33. THE SPY IN BLACK (U-Boat 29) [MICHAEL POWELL] (Alexander Korda – Columbia) (UK)
34. JUAREZ [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
    
35. JAMAICA INN  [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (Erich Pommer/Charles Laughton – Mayflower/Paramount) (UK)
36. THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Robert Lord/Hal B. Wallis -Warner)
37. BACHELOR MOTHER [GARSON KANIN] (Buddy G. DeSylva – RKO)
38. FOUR WIVES  [MICHAEL CURTIZ] (Henry Blanke/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
39. THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL [BUSBY BERKELEY] (Benjamin Glazer/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
40. IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD  [W. S. VAN DYKE] (Frank Davis – MGM)
41. DUST BE MY DESTINY [LEWIS SEILER] (Louis F. Edelman/Hal B. Wallis – Warner)
42. GOLDEN BOY  [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (William Perlberg – Columbia)
43. INTERMEZZO: A LOVE STORY  [GREGORY RATOFF] (David O. Selznick – United Artists)
44. THE RAINS CAME  [CLARENCE BROWN] (Darryl F. Zanuck – Fox)
45. MADE FOR EACH OTHER  [JOHN CROMWELL] (David O. Selznick – United Artists)
46. WHEN TOMORROW COMES  [JOHN M. STAHL] (Stahl – Universal)
47. TARZAN FINDS A SON!  [RICHARD THORPE] (Sam Zimbalist – MGM)

1920s – YEAR BY YEAR MOVIE LISTS

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HÄXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES [BENJAMIN CHRISTENSEN] (1922)
A PAGE OF MADNESS (Kurutta ippêji) [TEINOSUKE KINUGASA] (1926)
COLLEGE [JAMES W. HORNE & BUSTER KEATON] (1927)
THE RED LILY [FRED NIBLO] (1924)
GO WEST [BUSTER KEATON] (1925)

1929

1. PANDORA’S BOX (Die Büchse der Pandora) [GEORG WILHELM PABST] (G)
2. LUCKY STAR [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
3. A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR [ANTHONY ASQUITH] (UK)
4. THE LOVE PARADE [ERNST LUBITSCH] (Paramount)
5. DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) [GEORG WILHELM PABST] (G)
6. APPLAUSE [ROUBEN MAMOULIAN] (Paramount)
7. HALLELUJAH! [KING VIDOR] (MGM)
8. BLACKMAIL [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
9. WHITE HELL OF PITZ PALU (Die eiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) [ARNOLD FANCK, GEORG WILHELM PABST] (G)
10. THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (Chelovek s kino-apparatom) [DZIGA VERTOV] (R) (d)
11. DESERT NIGHTS [WILLIAM NIGH] (MGM)
12. THE PAGAN [W.S. VAN DYKE] (MGM)
13. HELL’S HEROES [WILLIAM WYLER] (moved 1930)
14. THROW OF THE DICE (Prapancha Pash) [FRANZ OSTEN] (G/ID)
15. PICCADILLY [EWALD ANDRÉ DUPONT] (UK)
16. ASPHALT [JOE MAY] (G)
17. THE YOUNGER GENERATION [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
18. THE LOVE TRAP [WILLIAM WYLER] (Universal)
19. FLIGHT [FRANK CAPRA] (Columbia)
20. THEY HAD TO SEE PARIS [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)

Other (Unranked): THE RIVER (Reconstruction) [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox); UN CHIEN ANDALOU [LUIS BUÑUEL] (F) (s); REGEN (Rain) [JORIS IVENS] (s); H2O [RALPH STEINER] (s); BRUMES D’AUTOMNE [DIMITRI KIRSANOFF] (F) (s); LES MYSTÈRES DU CHÂTEAU DU DÉ [MAN RAY] (F) (s); UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE [LEWIS R. FOSTER] (Hal Roach – MGM) (s); THE BARN DANCE [WALT DISNEY] (a/s); THE PLOWBOY / THE BARNYARD BATTLE [UB IWERKS] (Disney) (a/s); WILD WAVES [BURT GILLETT] (Disney) (a/s);

1928

1. STREET ANGEL [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
2. THE CROWD [KING VIDOR] (MGM)
3. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc)  [CARL THEODOR DREYER] (F)
4. THE WEDDING MARCH [ERICH VON STROHEIM] (Paramount)
5. THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT (Un chapeau de paille d’Italie) [RENÉ CLAIR] (F)
6. THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Paramount)
7. THE PATSY [KING VIDOR] (MGM)
8. THE LAST COMMAND [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Paramount)
9. THE MAN WHO LAUGHS [PAUL LENI] (Universal)
10. STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. [CHARLES REISNER]
11. THE CAMERAMAN [EDWARD SEDGWICK & BUSTER KEATON] (MGM)
12. THE CIRCUS [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (United Artists)
13. SPEEDY [TED WILDE] (Lloyd/Paramount)
14. WEST OF ZANZIBAR [TOD BROWNING] (MGM)
15. SHOW PEOPLE [KING VIDOR] (MGM)
16. LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH [HERBERT BRENON] (MGM)
17. SEX IN CHAINS (Geschlecht in Fesseln – Die Sexualnot der Gefangenen) [WILLIAM DIETERLE] (G)

Other (Unranked): THE STARFISH (L’Étoile de mer)  [MAN RAY] (s); THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL (La Petite marchande d’allumettes)  [JEAN RENOIR] (F) (s); THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 9413, A HOLLYWOOD EXTRA [ROBERT FLOREY & SLAVKO VORKAPICH]; ÜBERFALL [ERNÖ METZNER] (G) (s); THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER [JAMES WATSON & MELVILLE WEBBER] (s); LA TOUR [RENÉ CLAIR] (F) (s); GHOSTS BEFORE BREAKFAST (Vormittagsspuk) [HANS RICHTER] (s); STEAMBOAT WILLIE / PLANE CRAZY  [UB IWERKS, WALT DISNEY] (a/s); THE GALLOPIN’ GAUCHO [UB IWERKS] (Disney) (a/s)

1927

1. SUNRISE [F.W. MURNAU] (Fox)
2. METROPOLIS [FRITZ LANG] (G)
3. THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG [ERNST LUBITSCH] (MGM)
4. 7^th HEAVEN [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
5. UNDERWORLD [JOSEF VON STERNBERG] (Paramount)
6. THE UNKNOWN [TOD BROWNING] (MGM)
7. BED AND SOFA (Tretya meshchanskaya) [ABRAM ROOM] (R)
8. THE LODGER [ALFRED HITCHCOCK] (UK)
9. CHANG: A DRAMA OF THE WILDERNESS [MERIAN C. COOPER & ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK]
10. IT [CLARENCE G. BADGER] (Paramount)
11. THE SHOW [TOD BROWNING] (MGM)
12. COLLEGE [JAMES W. HORNE & BUSTER KEATON] (Schenck/United Artists)
    

Other (Unranked): LA GLACE À TROIS FACES (The Three Sided Mirror) [JEAN EPSTEIN] (F) (s); CHARLESTON PARADE (Sur un air de Charleston) [JEAN RENOIR] (F) (s); THE TWENTY-FOUR DOLLAR ISLAND [ROBERT J. FLOREY] (s)

1926

1. THE GENERAL [CLYDE BRUCKMAN & BUSTER KEATON] (Keaton/Schenck/United Artists) (moved from 1927)
2. FAUST (Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage)  [F.W. MURNAU] (G)
3. A PAGE OF MADNESS (Kurutta ippêji) [TEINOSUKE KINUGASA] (J)
4. FLESH AND THE DEVIL [CLARENCE BROWN] (MGM)
5. BATTLING BUTLER [BUSTER KEATON] (Keaton – MGM)
6. THE BOOB [WILLIAM A. WELLMAN] (MGM)
7. NANA [JEAN RENOIR] (F)

Other (Unranked): THE SEASHELL AND THE CLERGYMAN (La Coquille et le clergyman) [GERMAINE DULAC] (F) (s); MÉNILMONTANT [DIMITRI KIRSANOFF] (F) (s); EMAK-BAKIA [MAN RAY] (F) (s); ANÉMIC CINÉMA  [MARCEL DUCHAMP] (F) (s)

1925

1. POIL DE CAROTTE [JULIAN DUVIVIER] (F)
2. THE BIG PARADE [KING VIDOR] (MGM)
3. THE MERRY WIDOW [ERICH VON STROHEIM] (MGM)
4. THE FRESHMAN [FRED C. NEWMEYER & SAM TAYLOR] (Lloyd/Pathe)
5. GO WEST [BUSTER KEATON] (Keaton – Metro-Goldwyn)
6. BEN-HUR:  A TALE OF THE CHRIST [FRED NIBLO] (MGM)
7. VISAGES D’ENFANTS (Faces of Children)  [JACQUES FEYDER] (F)
8. LAZYBONES [FRANK BORZAGE] (Fox)
9. THE GOLD RUSH [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (United Artists)
10. WHIRLPOOL OF FATE (La fille de l’eau) [JEAN RENOIR] (F)
11. THE UNHOLY THREE [TOD BROWNING] (MGM)
    

Other (Unranked): PARIS QUI DORT (The Crazy Ray)  [RENÉ CLAIR] (F) (s) ; CHESS FEVER (Shakhmatnaya goryachka)  [VSEVOLOD PUDOVKIN, NIKOLAI SHPIKOVSKY] (R) (s); REBUS FILM NR. 1 [PAUL LENI] (G) (s); IN YOUTH, BESIDE THE LONELY SEA [UNKNOWN] (s)

1924

1. SHERLOCK JR. [BUSTER KEATON] (Metro)
2. THE LAST LAUGH (Der letzte Mann) [F.W. MURNAU] (G)
3. THE NAVIGATOR [BUSTER KEATON]
4. GIRL SHY [FRED C. NEWMEYER & SAM TAYLOR] (Lloyd/Pathe)
5. HE WHO GETS SLAPPED [VICTOR SJOSTROM] (Metro-Goldwyn)
6. THE RED LILY [FRED NIBLO] (Metro-Goldwyn)
7. WAXWORKS (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) [LEO BIRINSKY, PAUL LENI] (G)

Other (Unranked): ENTR’ACTE [RENÉ CLAIR] (F) (s); BALLET MÉCANIQUE [FERNAND LÉGER & DUDLEY MURPHY] (F) (s); SYMPHONIE DIAGONALE [VIKING EGGELING] (F) (s)

1923

1. OUR HOSPITALITY  [JOHN G. BLYSTONE & BUSTER KEATON] (Schenck/Metro)
2. SAFETY LAST!  [FRED C. NEWMEYER & SAM TAYLOR] (Roach/Pathe)
3. THREE AGES  [BUSTER KEATON & EDWARD F. CLINE] (Keaton/Metro)
4. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME  [WALLACE WORSLEY] (Universal)
5. A WOMAN OF PARIS [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (United Artists)

Other (Unranked):  THE LOVE NEST [BUSTER KEATON, EDWARD F. CLINE] (s); RETURN TO REASON (Le Retour à la raison) [MAN RAY] (F) (s); GO WEST [LEN POWERS] (Hal Roach) (s)

1922

1. NANOOK OF THE NORTH  [ROBERT J. FLAHERTY]
2. NOSFERATU  (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)  [F.W. MURNAU] (G)
3. DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler – Ein Bild der Zeit) [FRITZ LANG] (G)
4. FOOLISH WIVES  [ERICH VON STROHEIM] (Universal)
5. HÄXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES [BENJAMIN CHRISTENSEN] (D)
6. GRANDMA’S BOY [FRED C. NEWMEYER] (Roach)
   

Other (Unranked): COPS / THE PALEFACE / THE FROZEN NORTH / DAY DREAMS / THE ELECTRIC HOUSE [BUSTER KEATON & EDWARD F. CLINE] (s); MY WIFE’S RELATIONS [BUSTER KEATON] (s): THE BLACKSMITH [BUSTER KEATON & MALCOLM ST. CLAIR] (s); PAY DAY [CHARLES CHAPLIN] (Chaplin – First National) (s)

1920 – 1921 – UNDER CONSTRUCTION