TOP TEN FILMS 1921-2020
2020
1. LOVERS ROCK (Steve McQueen)
2. BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS (Turner Ross & Bill Ross IV)
3. ALONE (John Hyams)
4. THE NEST (Sean Durkin)
5. THE INVISIBLE MAN (Leigh Whannell)
6. RED, WHITE AND BLUE (Steve McQueen)
7. TESLA (Michael Almereyda)
8. ANOTHER ROUND (Thomas Vinterberg)
9. MANGROVE (Steve McQueen)
10. DA FIVE BLOODS (Spike Lee)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: New York New York (Lee); WORLD OF TOMORROW EPISODE THREE: THE ABSENT DESTINATIONS OF DAVID PRIME (Hertzfeldt)
Most Overrated: MANK (Fincher); THE OLD GUARD (Prince-Bythewood)
2019
1. I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES (Martin Scorsese)
2.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (Quentin Tarantino)
3. FIRST COW (Kelly Reichardt)
4. UNCUT GENS (Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie)
5. FOURTEEN (Dan Sallitt)
6. LITTLE WOMEN (Greta Gerwig)
7. PARASITE (Bong Joon-ho)
8. PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (Céline Sciamma)
9. AD ASTRA (James Gray)
10. KNIVES OUT (Rian Johnson)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: THE FALL (Glazer)
Most Overrated: BOOKSMART (Wilde); US (Peele)
2018
1. SUNSET (László Nemes)
2. SUPPORT THE GIRLS (Andrew Bujalski)
3. TRANSIT (Christian Petzold)
4. BURNING (Lee Chang-dong)
5. DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE (S. Craig Zahler)
6. HER SMELL (Alex Ross Perry)
7. SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman)
8. LEAVE NO TRACE (Debra Granik)
9. MADELINE'S MADELINE (Josephine Decker)
10. SUSPIRIA (Luca Guadagnino)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: BLUE (Weerasethakul); COLOPHON (Dorsky); HOMEPOD: WELCOME HOME (Jonze)
Most Overrated: A QUIET PLACE (Krasinski); BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (Singer); LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Gan); ROMA (Cuaron); SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (Riley); WIDOWS (McQueen)
2017
1. PHANTOM THREAD (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Luca Guadagnino)
3. BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 (S. Craig Zahler)
4. WESTERN (Valeska Grisebach)
5. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (Lynne Ramsay)
6. WORMWOOD (Errol Morris)
7. A GHOST STORY (David Lowery)
8. LET THE CORPSES TAN (Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani)
9. LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig)
10. BLADE RUNNER 2049 (Denis Villeneuve)
Honorable Mention: FIRST REFORMED (Schrader)
Notable Shorts: WORLD OF TOMORROW EPISODE TWO: BURDEN OF OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS (Hertzfeldt)
Most Overrated: BABY DRIVER (Wright); DARKEST HOUR (Wright); GOOD TIME (Safdie Bros); THE POST (Spielberg); THE SHAPE OF WATER (Del Toro)
2016
1. NOCTURAMA (Bertand Bonello)
2. 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (Mike Mills)
3. LA LA LAND (Damien Chazelle)
4. PATERSON (Jim Jarmusch)
5. SULLY (Clint Eastwood)
6. EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (Richard Linklater)
7. VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE'S JOURNEY (Terrence Malick)
8. THE HANDMAIDEN (Park Chan-Wook)
9. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Kenneth Lonergan)
10. CAFÉ SOCIETY (Woody Allen)
Honorable Mention: ELLE (Verhoeven); HYPERNORMALISATION (Curtis); STAYING VERTICAL (Guiraudie); TONI ERDMANN (Ade)
Notable Shorts: COME TOGETHER (Anderson)
Most Overrated: DEADPOOL (Miller); JACKIE (Larrain); NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (Ford); NO HOME MOVIE (Akerman); THINGS TO COME (Hansen-Løve); ZOOTOPIA (Howard & Moore)
2015
1. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (George Miller)
2. THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Quentin Tarantino)
3. MY GOLDEN DAYS (Arnaud Desplechin)
4. CAROL (Todd Haynes)
5. DE PALMA (Noah Baumbach & Jake Paltrow)
6. SICARIO (Denis Villeneuve)
7. GREEN ROOM (Jeremy Saulnier)
8. BLACKHAT (Michael Mann)
9. BONE TOMAHAWK (S. Craig Zahler)
10. RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN (Hong Sang-soo)
Honorable Mention: AMY (Kapadia); THE MARTIAN (Scott); THE TREASURE (Porumboiu); STEVE JOBS (Boyle); THE WITCH (Eggers)
Notable Shorts: WORLD OF TOMORROW (Hertzfeldt)
Most Overrated: A BIGGER SPLASH (Guadagnino); ANOMALISA (Johnson & Kaufman); THE END OF THE TOUR (Ponsoldt); ROOM (Abrahamson); THE FITS (Holmer); KRISHA (Shults); MAGIC MIKE XXL (Jacobs); SPOTLIGHT (McCarthy); SUNSET SONG (Davies)
2014
1. INTERSTELLAR (Christopher Nolan)
2. TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
3. THE MEND (John Magary)
4. THE BABADOOK (Jennifer Kent)
5. BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater)
6. GONE GIRL (David Fincher)
7. IT FOLLOWS (David Robert Mitchell)
8. JOHN WICK (Chad Stahelski)
9. A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (Scott Frank)
10. A MOST WANTED MAN (Anton Corbijn)
Honorable Mention: BIRD PEOPLE (Ferran)
Notable Shorts: TOO MANY COOKS (Kelly)
Most Overrated: BIG EYES (Burton); BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (Iñárritu); FOXCATCHER (Miller); THE IMITATION GAME (Tyldum); SELMA (DuVernay)
2013
1. UNDER THE SKIN (Jonathan Glazer)
2. BLUE JASMINE (Woody Allen)
3. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Joel & Ethan Coen)
4. BEFORE MIDNIGHT (Richard Linklater
5. THE PAST (Asghar Farhadi)
6. STRANGER BY THE LAKE (Alain Guiraudie)
7. HER (Spike Jonze)
8. COHERENCE (James Ward Byrkit)
9. ENEMY (Denis Villeneuve)
10. STARRED UP (David Mackenzie)
Honorable Mention: THE GREAT BEAUTY (Sorrentino)
Notable Shorts: None
Most Overrated: AMERICAN HUSTLE (Russell); DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Vallée); LOCKE (Knight); PRISONERS (Villeneuve)
2012
1. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax)
2. FRANCES HA (Noah Baumbach)
3. AMOUR (Michael Haneke)
4. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (Don Hertzfeldt)
5. MOONRISE KINGDOM (Wes Anderson)
6. SPRING BREAKERS (Harmony Korine)
7. DRUG WAR (Johnnie To)
8. LIFE OF PI (Ang Lee)
9. ROOM 237 (Rodney Ascher)
10. ZERO DARK THIRTY (Kathryn Bigelow)
Honorable Mention: THE IMPOSTER (LAYTON)
Notable Shorts: None
Most Overrated: LINCOLN (Spielberg)
2011
1. MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan)
2. DRIVE (Nicholas Winding Refn)
3. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (Bertrand Bonello)
4. A SEPARATION (Asghar Farhadi)
5. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick)
6. THE LONELIEST PLANET (Julia Loktev)
7. MONEYBALL (Bennett Miller)
8. MELANCHOLIA (Lars Von Trier)
9. THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Terence Davies)
10. THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (Paolo Sorrentino)
Honorable Mention: THE KID WITH A BIKE (Dardenne); THIS IS NOT A FILM (Panahi)
Notable Shorts: EVERYTHING WILL BE OK (Hertzfeldt)
Most Overrated: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Fincher)
2010
1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher)
2. BLACK SWAN (Darren Aronofsky)
3. SHUTTER ISLAND (Martin Scorsese)
4. 13 ASSASSINS (Takashi Miike)
5. HOW DO YOU KNOW (James L. Brooks)
6. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Lisa Cholodenko)
7. TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS (Radu Muntean)
8. GREENBERG (Noah Baumbach)
9. BEGINNERS (Mike Mills)
10. UNSTOPPABLE (Tony Scott)
Honorable Mentions: COLD WEATHER (Katz)
Notable Shorts: None
Most Overrated: BIUTIFUL (Iñárritu)
2009
1. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)
2. WILD GRASS (Alain Resnais)
3. ANTICHRIST (Lars Von Trier)
4. FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson)
5. DISORDER (Weikai Huang)
6. ENTER THE VOID (Gaspar Noé)
7. ADVENTURELAND (Greg Mottola)
8. THE EXPLODING GIRL (Bradley Rust Gray)
9. POLICE, ADJECTIVE (Corneliu Porumboiu)
10. TETRO (Francis Ford Coppola)
Honorable Mentions: THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS (Herzog); EXTRACT (Judge)
Notable Shorts: JONAS MEKAS IN KODACHROME DAYS (Jacobs); LUST FOR LIFE (Brown & Chappell); PHANTOMS OF NABUA (Weerasethakul)
Most Overrated: AN EDUCATION (Scherfig); LEBANON (Samuel Maoz); A SERIOUS MAN (Coen)
2008
1. A CHRISTMAS TALE (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. HUNGER (Steve McQueen)
3. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen)
4. JULIA (Erick Zonca)
5. BURN AFTER READING (Joel & Ethan Coen)
6. WENDY AND LUCY (Kelly Reichardt)
7. TWO LOVERS (James Gray)
8. GRAN TORINO (Clint Eastwood)
9. STELLA (Sylvie Verheyde)
10. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (Charlie Kaufman)
Honorable Mention: CHANGELING (Eastwood); MILK (Van Sant)
Notable Shorts: I AM SO PROUD OF YOU (Hertzfeldt)
Most Overrated: FROST/NIXON (Howard); RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Demme); SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Boyle); WALL·E (Stanton)
2007
1. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. ZODIAC (David Fincher)
3. DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino)
4. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel and Ethan Coen)
5. IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (José Luis Guerín)
6. I'M NOT THERE (Todd Haynes)
7. FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke)
8. STUCK (Stuart Gordon)
9. ALL IS FORGIVEN (Mia Hansen-Løve)
10. [REC] (Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza)
Honorable Mention: FROWNLAND (Bronstein); HOT FUZZ (Wright); INTO THE WILD (Penn); MY WINNIPEG (Maddin); SNOW ANGELS (Green); SUPERBAD (Mottola), WE OWN THE NIGHT (Gray); YOU, THE LIVING (Andersson)
Notable Shorts: HOTEL CHEVALIER (Anderson); LIGHT IS WAITING (Robinson)
Most Overrated: BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (Lumet); THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Akin); THE VISITOR (McCarthy)
2006
1. THE DEPARTED (Martin Scorsese)
2.
PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Alain Resnais)
3. PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (Tom Tykwer)
4. THE RIGHT OF THE WEAKEST (Lucas Belvaux)
5. OFFSIDE (Jafar Panahi)
6. A SCANNER DARKLY (Richard Linklater)
7. PRIVATE PROPERTY (Joachim Lafosse)
8. BUG (William Friedkin)
9. OLD JOY (Kelly Reichardt)
10. THE PRESITGE (Christopher Nolan)
Honorable Mention: HALF NELSON (Fleck); THE MAN OF MY LIFE (Breitman)
Notable Shorts: DESTRICTED: IMPALED (Clark); I AM SO PROUD OF YOU (Hertzfeldt); MARIE ANTONIETTE TEASER (Coppola)
Most Overrated: BLOOD DIAMOND (Zwick); CARS (Lasseter); THE FALL (Singh); LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Dayton & Faris); ONCE (Carney)
2005
1. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick)
2. CACHE (Michael Haneke)
3. BRICK (Rian Johnson)
4. I AM A SEX ADDICT (Caveh Zahedi)
5. MATCH POINT (Woody Allen)
6. GRIZZLY MAN (Werner Herzog)
7. THE CHILD (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
8. KISS KISS, BANG BANG (Shane Black)
9. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Noah Baumbach)
10. NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN (Martin Scorsese)
Honorable Mention: BUBBLE (Soderbergh); DAVE CHAPPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY (Gondry); MANDERLAY (Von Trier); A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (Cronenberg); ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (July); OLD BOY (Park)
Notable Shorts: THE DENIAL TWIST (Gondry); EVA 2 (Noe); ONLY (Fincher)
Most Overrated: THE CONSTANT GARDENER (Meirelles); MUNICH (Spielberg); THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (Jones)
2004
1. KINGS & QUEEN (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater)
3. TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer)
4. KEANE (Lodge Kerrigan)
5. MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
6. KILL BILL, VOL 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
7. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry)
8. 2046 (Wong Kar-wai)
9. RED LIGHTS (Cedric Kahn)
10. VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh)
Honorable Mention: THE AVIATOR (Scorsese); DIG! (Timoner); THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Anderson); SPARTAN (Mamet)
Notable Shorts: ALL IN ALL (Skårild); THE BOX (Miike); CASHBACK (Ellis); FLOAT ON (Mills); JOAN OF ARC OF THE NIGHTBUS (Mundruczó); THE MATCH (Ferrara); Y-CONTROL (Jonze)
Most Overrated: CRASH (Haggis); FINDING NEVERLAND (Forster); THE INCREDIBLES (Bird); KINSEY (Condon); SUPER SIZE ME (Spurlock)
2003
1. DOGVILLE (Lars Von Trier)
2. KILL BILL: VOLUME 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
3. ALL THE REAL GIRLS (David Gordon Green)
4. GOZU (Takashi Miike)
5. SARABAND (Ingmar Bergman)
6. THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Jorgen Leth and Lars Von Trier)
7. THE COMPANY (Robert Altman)
8. THE HUNTED (William Friedkin)
9. ANA AND THE OTHERS (Celina Murga)
10. DOWN WITH LOVE (Peyton Reed)
Honorable Mention: ANYTHING ELSE (Allen); BAD SANTA (Zwigoff); BUS 174 (Padilha); CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS (Jarecki); COLD MOUNTAIN (Minghella); COWARDS BEND THE KNEEE (Maddin); THE DANCER UPSTAIRS (Malkovich); DOWN BY LOVE (Sas); THE SCHOOL OF ROCK (Linklater); TIME OF THE WOLF (Haneke)
Notable Shorts: HURT (Romanek); LIVE FROM SHIVA'S DANCE FLOOR (Linklater)
Most Overrated: LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Jackson); A MIGHTY WIND (Guest); SEABISCUIT (Ross); SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER...AND SPRING (Kim); TARNATION (Caouette)
2002
1. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. 25TH HOUR (Spike Lee)
3. ON THE RUN (Lucas Belvaux)
4. GERRY (Gus Van Sant)
5. AN AMAZING COUPLE (Lucas Belvaux)
6. THE GOOD THIEF (Neil Jordan)
7. KEN PARK (Larry Clark)
8. FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes)
9. THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS (Alan Rudolph)
10. SPIDER-MAN (Sam Raimi)
Honorable Mention: ALL OR NOTHING (Leigh); DECASIA: THE STATE OF DECAY (Morrison); DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY (Maddin); 8 WOMEN (Ozon); FEMME FATALE (De Palma); GANGS OF NEW YORK (Scorsese); GRAVEYARD OF HONOR (Miike); IRREVERSIBLE (Noe); LAUREL CANYON (Cholodenko); THE MAN ON THE TRAIN (Leconte); MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING (Lestrade); PANIC ROOM (Fincher); SECRET THINGS (Brisseau); SEX IS COMEDY (Breillat); SPIRITED AWAY (Miyazaki); SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (Park)
Notable Shorts: COME INTO MY WORLD (Gondry); DEAD LEAVES AND THE DIRTY GROUND (Gondry); DO YOU REALIZE?? (Pellington); STAR GUITAR (Gondry)
Most Overrated: THE HOURS (Daldry); THE SON (Dardenne); WHALE RIDER (Caro)
2001
1. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch)
2. IN THE BEDROOM (Todd Field)
3. LATE MARRIAGE (Dover Kosashvili)
4. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Alfonso Cuaron)
5. AMELIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
6. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. ROBERTO SUCCO (Cedric Kahn)
8. GHOST WORLD (Terry Zwigoff)
9. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson)
10. FAT GIRL (Catherine Breillat)
Honorable Mention: BULLY (Clark); ICHI THE KILLER (Miike); THE LADY AND THE DUKE (Rohmer); MY VOYAGE TO ITALY (Scorsese); THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Coen); OCEANS 11 (Soderbergh)
Notable Shorts: FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL (Gondry); THE FOLLOW (Wong); HUA YANG DE NIAN HUA (Wong); IMITATION OF LIFE (Jennings); KNIVES OUT (Gondry); LOVESONG (Brakhage); PYRAMID SONG (Shynola); WEAPON OF CHOICE (Jonze)
Most Overrated: A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Howard); LANTANA (Lawrence); MOULIN ROUGE! (Luhrmann)
2000
1. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Longeran)
2. WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr)
3. MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan)
4. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar Wai)
5. UNTITLED (ALMOST FAMOUS) (Cameron Crowe)
6. SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (Roy Andersson)
7. HIGH FIDELITY (Stephen Frears)
8. DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars von Trier)
9. TRAFFIC (Steven Soderbergh)
10. GEORGE WASHINGTON (David Gordon Green)
Honorable Mention: AMERICAN PSYCHO (Harron); CODE UNKNOWN (Haneke); ESTHER KAHN (Desplechin); NURSE BETTY (LaBute); THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (Tykwer); REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Aronofsky); STATE AND MAIN (Mamet); WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS (Ozon); THE WIDOW OF ST. PIERRE (Leconte); YI YI (Yang)
Notable Shorts: AL GORE DOCUMENTARY (Jonze); THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Maddin); LIMP (Anderson); PAPER BAG (Anderson); PLAYGROUND LOVE (Coppola); REJECTED (Hertzfeldt); WHAT'S UP FATLIP? (Jonze)
Most Overrated: O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU (Coen)
1999
1. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Anthony Minghella)
2. MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)
4. AUDITION (Takashi Miike)
5. AMERICAN BEAUTY (Sam Mendes)
6. FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher)
7. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze)
8. BOYS DON'T CRY (Kimberly Pierce)
9. GO (Doug Liman)
10. SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Allen)
Honorable Mention: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (Myrick & Sanchez); ELECTION (Payne); EXISTENZ (Cronenberg); JESUS' SON (Maclean); THE LIMEY (Soderberg); THE LITTLE THIEF (Zonca); THE MATRIX (Wachowski); M/OTHER (Suwa); MR. DEATH: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRED A. LEUCHTER JR. (Morris); THE NINTH GATE (Polanski); THE STRAIGHT STORY (Lynch); TOY STORY 2 (Lasseter); THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (Coppola); THE WINSLOW BOY (Mamet)
Notable Shorts: THE CURVE (Rohmer); FAST AS YOU CAN (Anderson); LET FOREVER BE (Gondry); OUTER SPACE (Tscherkassky)
Most Overrated: THE HURRICANE (Jewison)
1998
1. RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson)
2. OUT OF SIGHT (Steven Soderbergh)
3. THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick)
4. A SIMPLE PLAN (Sam Raimi)
5. RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer)
6. ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (Larry Clark)
7. THE CELEBRATION (Thomas Vinterberg)
8. HAPPINESS (Todd Solondz)
9. THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca)
10. AUTUMN TALE (Eric Rohmer)
Honorable Mention: THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Coen); BUFFALO '66 (Gallo); CLASS TRIP (Miller); THE GENERAL (Boorman); I STAND ALONE (Noe); THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (Stillman); LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER (Assayas); MY NAME IS JOE (Loach); SHOW ME LOVE (Moodysson); THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (Farrelly)
Notable Shorts: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (Anderson); LICK THE STAR (Coppola); PRAISE YOU (Jonze); THIS IS HARDCORE (Nichol)
Most Overrated: ELIZABETH (Kapur)
1997
1. JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino)
2. BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke)
4. LA CONFIDENTIAL (Curtis Hanson)
5. THE GAME (David Fincher)
6. GOOD WILL HUNTING (Gus Van Sant)
7. THE SWINDLE (Claude Chabrol)
8. THE SPANISH PRISONER (David Mamet)
9. THE SWEET HEREAFTER (Atom Egoyan)
10. FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL (Errol Morris)
Honorable Mention: BLOOD AND WINE (Rafelson); THE BUTCHER BOY (Jordan); CHASING AMY (Smith); DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (Allen); DONNIE BRASCO (Newell); FIREWORKS (Kitano); HENRY FOOL (Hartley); IN THE COMPANY OF MEN (LaBute); LIFE IS BEAUTFUL (Benigni); LOST HIGHWAY (Lynch); PRINCESS MONONOKE (Miyazaki); STARSHIP TROOPERS (Verhoeven)
Notable Shorts: AROUND THE WORLD (Gondry); BACHELORETTE (Gondry); CRIMINAL (Romanek); DEADWEIGHT (Gondry); HOW THEY GET THERE (Jonze); JOGA (Gondry); KARMA POLICE (Glazer); PARANOID ANDROID (Carlsson); THE PERFECT DRUG (Romanek); SMACK MY BITCH UP (Akerlund)
1996
1. MY SEX LIFE... OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. PARADISE LOST : THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS (Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky)
3. BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars Von Trier)
4. IRMA VEP (Oliver Assayas)
5. FARGO (Joel Coen)
6. FREEWAY (Matthew Bright)
7. SYDNEY (Paul Thomas Anderson)
8. A SUMMER'S TALE (Eric Rohmer)
9. TIN CUP (Ron Shelton)
10. SLING BLADE (Billy Bob Thornton)
Honorable Mention: BOUND (Wachowski); FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (Russell); FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Rodriguez); GET ON THE BUS (Lee); THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (Harlin); THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT (Forman); TRAINSPOTTING (Boyle); 12 MONKEYS (Gilliam)
Notable Shorts: DEVIL'S HAIRCUT (Romanek); HYPER-BALLAD (Gondry); STREET SPIRIT (Glazer); A SUMMER DRESS (Ozon)
Most Overrated: DEAD MAN (Jarmusch); THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Minghella); LONE STAR (Sayles)
1995
1. SE7EN (David Fincher)
2. HEAT (Michael Mann)
3. CASINO (Martin Scorsese)
4. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater)
5. THE WHITE BALLOON (Jafar Panahi)
6. DEAD MAN WALKING (Tim Robbins)
7. UP/DOWN/FRAGILE (Jacques Rivette)
8. LA HAINE
(Mathieu Kassovitz)
9. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (Clint Eastwood)
10. BRAVEHEART (Mel Gibson)
Honorable Mention: THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (Reiner); NIXON (Stone); TO DIE FOR (Van Sant); TOY STORY (Lasseter)
Notable Shorts: A CLOSE SHAVE (Park); ARMY OF ME (Gondry);, IT'S OH SO QUIET (Jonze); LIKE A ROLLING STONE - VERSION 1 (Gondry)
Most Overrated: ANTONIA'S LINE (Gorris)
1994
1. PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
2. RED (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
3. THE LAST SEDUCTION (John Dahl)
4. NOBODY'S FOOL (Robert Benton)
5. COLD WATER (Oliver Assayas)
6. FRESH (Boaz Yakin)
7. BEFORE THE RAIN (Milcho Manchevski)
8. HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)
9. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff)
10. QUIZ SHOW (Robert Redford)
Honorable Mention: BARCELONA (Stillman); BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (Allen); CLERKS (Smith); HOOP DREAMS (James); IMAGINARY CRIMES (Drazan); LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL (Besson); NATURAL BORN KILLERS (Stone); ONCE WERE WARRIORS (Tamahori); THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (Darabont)
Notable Shorts: BUDDY HOLLY (Jonze); CLOSER (Romanek); DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? (Romhanyi); SABOTAGE (Jonze)
1993
1. SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER (Steve Zaillian)
2. AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese)
3. WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE (Lasse Hallstrom)
4. GROUNDHOG DAY (Harold Ramis)
5. MAD DOG AND GLORY (John McNaughton)
6. NAKED (Mike Leigh)
7. CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
8. THE FUGITIVE (Andrew Davis)
9. DAZED AND CONFUSED (Richard Linklater)
10. KING OF THE HILL (Steven Soderbergh)
Honorable Mention: BLUE (Kieslowski); A BRONX TALE (De Niro); MALICE (Becker); ROMEO IS BLEEDING (Medak); SHORT CUTS (Altman); TRUE ROMANCE (Scott)
Notable Shorts: BAD GIRL (Fincher); CIGARETTES & COFFEE (Anderson); EVERYBODY HURTS (Scott); THE WRONG TROUSERS (Park)
1992
1. UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)
2. RESERVOIR DOGS (Quentin Tarantino)
3. HARD-BOILED (John Woo)
4. THE CRYING GAME (Neil Jordan)
5. THE PLAYER (Robert Altman)
6. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (James Foley)
7. DEEP COVER (Bill Duke)
8. LORENZO'S OIL (George Miller)
9. CAREFUL (Guy Maddin)
10. UNDER SIEGE (Andrew Davis)
10. A TALE OF WINTER (Eric Rohmer)
Honorable Mention: BASIC INSTINCT (Verhoeven); LESSONS OF DARKNESS (Herzog); LIGHT SLEEPER (Schrader); MALCOLM X (Lee); ONE FALSE MOVE (Franklin); RAISING CAIN (De Palma)
Notable Shorts: A GRAND DAY OUT (Park); JEREMY (Pellington)
1991
1. FLIRTING (John Duigan)
2. JFK (Oliver Stone)
3. LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF (Leos Carax)
4. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Jonathan Demme)
5. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou)
6. POINT BREAK (Katherine Bigelow)
7. HOMICIDE (David Mamet)
8. LA BELLE NOISEUSE (Jacques Rivette)
9. DOGFIGHT (Nancy Savoca)
10. DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (Albert Brooks)
Honorable Mention: BARTON FINK (Coen); DELICATESSEN (Caro & Jeunet); THE LAST BOY SCOUT (Scott); MAN IN THE MOON (Mulliagan); TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (Cameron)
Notable Shorts: DELICACIES OF MOLTEN HORROR SYNAPSE (Brakhage); LOSING MY RELIGION (Tarsem); WORLD OF GLORY (Andersson)
1990
1. GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
2. METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman)
3. MILLER'S CROSSING (Joel Coen)
4. KING OF NEW YORK (Abel Ferrara)
5. THE GRIFTERS (Stephen Frears)
6. LIFE IS SWEET (Mike Leigh)
7. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (Joe Dante)
8. JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (John Patrick Shanley)
9. BULLET IN THE HEAD (John Woo)
10. TRUST (Hal Hartley)
Honorable Mention: DANCES WITH WOLVES (Costner); REVENGE (Scott); REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (Schroeder)
1989
1. SAY ANYTHING... (Cameron Crowe)
2. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Woody Allen)
3. MONSIEUR HIRE (Patrice Leconte)
4. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (Steven Soderbergh)
5. THE KILLER (John Woo)
6. ROGER AND ME (Michael Moore)
7. DRUGSTORE COWBOY (Gus Van Sant)
8. THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Michael Haneke)
9. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
10. THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER (Peter Greenaway)
Honorable Mention: CASUALTIES OF WAR (De Palma); DRIVING MISS DAISY (Beresford)
Notable Shorts: A GRAND DAY OUT (Park); ELEPHANT (Clarke); EXPRESS YOURSELF (Fincher); JANIE'S GOT A GUN (Fincher); LIFE LESSONS (Scorsese)
1988
1. A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE (Krzysztof Kieslowski) [standing in for DEKALOG as a whole]
2. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Isao Takahata)
3. DEAD RINGERS (David Cronenberg)
4. ANOTHER WOMAN (Woody Allen)
5. SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY (Todd Haynes)
6. DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Stephen Frears)
7. MIDNIGHT RUN (Martin Brest)
8. TALK RADIO (Oliver Stone)
9. THEY LIVE (John Carpenter)
10. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Robert Zemeckis)
Honorable Mention: THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (Kasdan); A FISH CALLED WANDA (Crichton); CAMILLE CLAUDEL (Nuytten); CROSSING DELANCEY (Silver); THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (Scorsese); MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Miyazaki); THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD! (Zucker); THE PAPERHOUSE (Rose); RAIN MAN (Levinson); RUNNING ON EMPTY (Lumet); TRACK 29 (Roeg); WINGS OF DESIRE (Wenders)
Most Overrated: CINEMA PARADISO (Tomatore)
1987
1. BROADCAST NEWS (James L. Brooks)
2. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth)
3. PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (John Hughes)
4. AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS (Louis Malle)
5. HOUSE OF GAMES (David Mamet)
6. BARFLY (Barbet Schroeder)
7. HOPE AND GLORY (John Boorman)
8. ANGEL HEART (Alan Parker)
9. RAISING ARIZONA (Joel Coen)
10. THE DEAD (John Huston)
Honorable Mention: BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS (Rohmer); CHRISTINE (Clarke); EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN (Raimi); EXTREME PREJUDICE (Hill); MATEWAN (Sayles); MOONSTRUCK (Jewison); NEAR DARK (Bigelow); THE PRINCESS BRIDE (Reiner); ROBOCOP (Verhoeven); ROAD (Clarke); THE UNTOUCHABLES (De Palma); WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE (Kiarostami)
Notable Shorts: THE DANTE QUARTET (Brakhage); SHAKE! OTIS AT MONTEREY (Pennebaker)
Most Overrated: EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Spielberg); THE LAST EMPEROR (Bertolucci)
1986
1. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (Woody Allen)
2. THE FLY (David Cronenberg)
3. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
4. ALIENS (James Cameron)
5. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Frank Oz)
6. PLATOON (Oliver Stone)
7. LUCAS (David Seltzer)
8. AT CLOSE RANGE (James Foley)
9. SID AND NANCY (Alex Cox)
10. BIG TROUBLE (John Cassavetes)
Honorable Mention: A BETTER TOMORROW (Woo); THE COLOR OF MONEY (Scorsese); 52 PICK UP (Frankenheimer); THE GREEN RAY (Rohmer); HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (McNaughton); MANHUNTER (Mann); MONA LISA (Jordan); PEKING OPERA BLUES (Hark); RIVER'S EDGE (Hunter); SOMETHING WILD (Demme); STAND BY ME (Reiner)
Notable Shorts: NIGHTMUSIC (Brakhage); TAKE ON ME (Barron)
Most Overrated: SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (Lee)
1985
1. AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese)
2. RAN (Akira Kurosawa)
3. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (Woody Allen)
4. PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (Tim Burton)
5. PRIZZI'S HONOR (John Huston)
6. RE-ANIMATOR (Stuart Gordon)
7. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam)
8. CONTACT (Alan Clarke)
9. BACK TO THE FUTURE (Robert Zemeckis)
10. VISION QUEST (Harold Becker)
Honorable Mention: ANGEL'S EGG (Oshii); COME AND SEE (Klimov); LOST IN AMERICA (Brooks); MY LIFE AS A DOG (Hallström); RUNAWAY TRAIN (Konchalovsky); SMOOTH TALK (Chopra); TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (Friedkin); TROUBLE IN MIND (Rudolph)
Notable Shorts: CLOSE TO ME (Pope), ROAD TO NOWHERE (Byrne & Johnson)
Most Overrated: THE COLOR PURPLE (Spielberg); KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (Babenco)
1984
1. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders)
2. LOVE STREAMS (John Cassavetes)
3. CHOOSE ME (Alan Rudolph)
4. L'AMOUR À MORT (Alain Resnais)
5. THE COTTON CLUB (Francis Ford Coppola)
6. STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme)
7. BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel Coen)
8. FULL MOON IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer)
9. GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman)
10. TOP SECRET! (ZAZ)
Honorable Mention: AMADEUS (Forman; BODY DOUBLE (De Palma); EIGHT DIAGRAM POLE FIGHER (Liu); GREMLINS (Dante); THE KILLING FIELD (Joffé); ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Leone); REPO MAN (Cox); STREETWISE (Bell); A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY (Tavernier); THE TERMINATOR (Cameron); THIS IS SPINAL TAP (Reiner)
Notable Shorts: SELF CONTROL (Friedkin)
1983
1. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (James L. Brooks)
2. THE FOURTH MAN (Paul Verhoeven)
3. THE DEAD ZONE (David Cronenberg)
4. L'ARGENT (Robert Bresson)
5. PAULINE AT THE BEACH (Eric Rohmer)
6. BABY IT'S YOU (John Sayles)
7. CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (Francois Truffaut)
8. EL SUR (Victor Erice)
9. DUEL TO THE DEATH (Ching Siu-Tung)
10. RISKY BUSINESS (Paul Brickman)
Honorable Mention: BAD BOYS (Rosenthal); BETRAYAL (Jones); THE RIGHT STUFF (Kaufman); TENDER MERCIES (Beresford)
Notable Shorts: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE (Byrne & Haywoos); COME ON EILEEN (Julian Temple)
1982
1. FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Ingmar Bergman)
2. THE THING (John Carpenter)
3. 48 HRS. (Walter Hill)
4. TENEBRE (Dario Argento)
5. MADE IN BRITAIN (Alan Clarke)
6. MOONLIGHTING (Jerzy Skolimowski)
7. BURDEN OF DREAMS (Les Blank)
8. DINER (Barry Levinson)
9. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese)
10. COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (Robert Altman)
Honorable Mention: AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (Taylor Hackford); THE EVIL DEAD (Raimi); THE GREY FOX (Borsos); NEXT OF KIN (Williams); PINK FLOYD'S THE WALL (Parker); POLTERGEIST (Hooper); ROARING FIRE (Suzuki); SMITHEREENS (Seidelman); TOOTSIE (Pollack); VICE SQUAD (Sherman); THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP (Roy Hill)
1981
1. THE AVIATOR'S WIFE (Eric Rohmer)
2. MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (George Miller)
3. CUTTER'S WAY (Ivan Passer)
4. THIEF (Michael Mann)
5. BODY HEAT (Lawrence Kasden)
6. BLOW OUT (Brian De Palma)
7. MS. 45 (Abel Ferrara)
8. SOUTHERN COMFORT (Walter Hill)
9. MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks)
10. SCANNERS (David Cronenberg)
Honorable Mention: ...ALL THE MARBLES (Aldrich); DAS BOOT (Peterson); GREGORY'S GIRL (Forsyth); LE PONT DU NORD (Rivette); MUR MURS (Varda); MY DINNER WITH ANDRE (Malle); PIXOTE (Babenco); REDS (Beatty); STRIPES (Reitman); THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR (Truffaut)
Notable Shorts: UNDER PRESSURE (Mallet)
1980
1. KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa)
2. THE STUNT MAN (Richard Rush)
3. THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick)
4. MON ONCLE D'AMÉRIQUE (Alain Resnais)
5. RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese)
6. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner)
7. AIRPLANE! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker)
8. THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (John Mackenzie)
9. USED CARS (Robert Zemeckis)
10. THE CHANGELING (Peter Medak)
Honorable Mention: ALTERED STATES (Russell); ATLANTIC CITY (Malle); BAD TIMING: A SENSUAL OBSESSION (Roeg); THE BIG RED ONE: RECONSTRUCTED CUT (Fuller); CRUISING (Friedkin); DRESSED TO KILL (De Palma); THE LONG RIDERS (Hill); THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (Blatty); ORDINARY PEOPLE (Redford); STARDUST MEMORIES (Allen)
Notable Shorts: ASHES TO ASHES (Mallet & Bowie); WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE (Blank)
Most Overrated: CADDYSHACK (Ramis)
1979
1. MANHATTAN (Woody Allen)
2. THE ONION FIELD (Harold Becker)
3. ALIEN (Ridley Scott)
4. BEING THERE (Hal Ashby)
5. ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse)
6. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola)
7. THE BLACK STALLION (Carroll Ballard)
8. THE JERICHO MILE (Michael Mann)
9. THE CHINA SYNDROME (James Bridges)
10. HARDCORE (Paul Schrader)
Honorable Mention: CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER (Silver); IN A YEAR OF 13 MOONS (Fassbinder); THE IN-LAWS (Hiller); KRAMER VS. KRAMER (Benton); OVER THE EDGE (Kaplan); SAINT JACK (Bogdanovich); STALKER (Tarkovsky)
Notable Shorts: ASPARAGUS (Pitt)
1978
1. DAWN OF THE DEAD (George Romero)
2. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick)
3. THE DEER HUNTER (Michael Cimino)
4. BLUE COLLAR (Paul Schrader)
5. THE GREEN ROOM (François Truffaut)
6. HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter)
7. THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (Liu Chia-Liang)
8. FINGERS (James Toback)
9. THE DRIVER (Walter Hill)
10. AUTUMN SONATA (Ingmar Bergman)
Honorable Mention: GATES OF HEAVEN (Morris); GET OUT YOUR HANKERCHIEFS (Blier); INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (Castellari); LONG WEEKEND (Eggleston); MARTIN (Romero); THE SILENT PARTNER (Duke); STRAIGHT TIME (Grosbard); WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN (Karel Reisz)
Most Overrated: COMING HOME (Ashby)
1977
1. ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)
2. 3 WOMEN (Robert Altman)
3. STROSZEK (Werner Herzog)
4. THE DUELLISTS (Ridley Scott)
5. SUSPIRIA (Dario Argento)
6. PROVIDENCE (Alain Resnais)
7. SORCERER (William Friedkin)
8. THE ASCENT (Larisa Shepitko)
9. STAR WARS (George Lucas)
10. THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Wim Wenders)
Honorable Mention: HITCH-HIKE (Campanile); NEWS FROM HOME (Akerman); SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (Badham); SOLDIER OF ORANGE (Verhoeven)
Most Overrated: KILLER OF SHEEP (Burnett)
1976
1. TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese)
2. CARRIE (Brian De Palma)
3. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)
4. NETWORK (Sidney Lumet)
5. HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple)
6. ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES (Francesco Rosi)
7. SMALL CHANGE (François Truffaut)
8. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May)
9. THE MARQUISE OF O (Eric Rohmer)
10. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Alan Pakula)
Honorable Mention: THE BATTLE OF CHILE - PART II (Guzmán); GOD TOLD ME TO (Cohen); JONAH WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 (Tanner); THE LAST HARD MEN (McLaglen); MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE (Wang Yu); THE MIDDLEMAN (Ray); WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? (Ibàñez Serrador)
Notable Shorts: THE SIGNALMAN (Clark); TAKE THE 5:10 TO DREAMLAND (Conner)
1975
1. JAWS (Steven Spielberg)
2. DERSU UZALA (Akira Kurosawa)
3. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Milos Foreman)
4. BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick)
5. NASHVILLE (Robert Altman)
6. HARD TIMES (Walter Hill)
7. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (John Huston)
8. FRENCH CONNECTION II (John Frankenheimer)
9. JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman)
10. NIGHT MOVES (Arthur Penn)
Honorable Mention: BITE THE BULLET (Brooks); DEEP RED (Argento); LOVE AND DEATH (Allen); MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE (Wang); MIRROR (Tarovsky); PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (Weir); SEVEN BEAUTIES (Wertmüller); SMILE (Ritchie)
1974
1. THE GODFATHER: PART II (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. THE CONVERSATION (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
4. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (Robert Altman)
5. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (Martin Scorsese)
6. HEARTS AND MINDS (Peter Davis)
7. JUGGERNAUT (Richard Lester)
8. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper)
9. THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (Michael Cimino)
10. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Brian De Palma)
Honorable Mention: ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Fassbinder); BLACK CHRISTMAS (Clark); BUSTING (Hyams); CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Rivette); DEATHDREAM (Clark); THE PARALLAX VIEW (Pakula); THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK (Barilli); THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (Buñuel); PHASE IV (Bass); RABID DOGS (Bava); TRUCK TURNER (Kaplan); A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (Cassavetes)
Most Overrated: GOING PLACES (Blier)
1973
1. THE LONG GOODBYE (Robert Altman)
2. MEAN STREETS (Martin Scorsese)
3. BADLANDS (Terrence Malick)
4. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Ingmar Bergman)
5. DON'T LOOK NOW (Nicholas Roeg)
6. F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles)
7. THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (Jean Eustache)
8. THE WICKER MAN (Robin Hardy)
9. DAY FOR NIGHT (François Truffaut)
10. THE EXORCIST (William Friedkin)
Honorable Mention: BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (Yamamoto); CHARLEY VARRICK (Siegel); THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (Zinnemann); ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (Guercio); THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (Yates); HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (Eastwood); THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (Hough); PAPER MOON (Bogdanovich); PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (Pekinpah); SERPICO (Lumet); SEX & FURY (Suzuki); TERRIFYING GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL: LYNCH LAW CLASSROOM (Suzuki); TORSO (Sergio Martino)
Notable Shorts: LUCIFER RISING (Anger)
Most Overrated: LAST TANGO IN PARIS (Bertolucci)
1972
1. LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Eric Rohmer)
2. THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. THE HEARTBREACK KID (Elaine May)
4. THE RULING CLASS (Peter Medak)
5. FRENZY (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. SOLARIS (Andrei Tarkovsky)
7. ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK (Sergio Martino)
8. ULZANA'S RAID (Robert Aldrich)
9. FAT CITY (John Huston)
10. THE HOT ROCK (Peter Yates)
Honorable Mention: ACROSS 110TH STREET (Shear); AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD (Herzog); CABARET (Fosse); CISCO PIKE (Norton); CRIES AND WHISPERS (Bergman); DEATHDREAM (Clark); THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (Buñuel); IMAGES (Altman); KING BOXER (Chang); MILANO CALIBRO 9 (Di Leo); SLEUTH (Mankiewicz); SWEET SUGAR (Levesque); WAKE IN FRIGHT (Kotcheff)
Notable Shorts: EYE MYTH (Brakhage); LA CHAMBRE (Akerman)
1971
1. MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (Robert Altman)
2. WALKABOUT (Nicholas Roeg)
3. STRAW DOGS (Sam Pekinpah)
4. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin)
5. A NEW LEAF (Elaine May)
6. MURMUR OF THE HEART (Louis Malle)
7. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Stanley Kubrick)
8. WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Mel Stuart)
9. TWO LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman)
10. SHORT NIGHT OF THE GLASS DOLLS (Aldo Lado)
Honorable Mention: A BAY OF BLOOD (Bava); THE BEGUILED (Siegel); FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Jewison); THE FIFTH CORD (Bazzoni); FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (Bresson); THE HOSPITAL (Hiller); KLUTE (Pakula); LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (Hancock); LITTLE MURDERS (Arkin); MACBETH (Polanski); PLAY MISTY FOR ME (Eastwood); TWO ENGLISH GIRLS (Truffaut)
Most Overrated: TAKING OFF (Forman)
1970
1. CLAIRE'S KNEE (Eric Rohmer)
2. THE WILD CHILD (François Truffaut)
3. THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci)
4. M.A.S.H. (Robert Altman)
5. DEEP END (Jerzy Skolimowski)
6. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Billy Wilder)
7. DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE (Frank Perry)
8 BED AND BOARD (François Truffaut)
9. LE BOUCHER (Claude Chabrol)
10. LOVING (Irvin Kershner)
Honorable Mention: THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (Peckinpah); CATCH-22 (Nichols); FIVE EASY PIECES (Rafelson); I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (Cates); PATTON (Schaffner); ROAD TO SALINA (Lautner); TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (Siegel)
1969
1. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (Eric Rohmer)
2. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (John Schlsinger)
3. THE WILD BUNCH (Sam Pekinpah)
4. ARMY OF SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville)
5. THIS MAN MUST DIE (Claude Chabrol)
6. DILLINGER IS DEAD (Marco Ferreri)
7. BOY (Nagisa Oshima)
8. PLAY DIRTY (Andre De Toth)
9. THE PASSION OF ANNA (Ingmar Bergman)
10. THE SICILIAN CLAN (Henri Verneuil)
Honorable Mention: BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (Hill); DOWNHILL RACER (Ritchie); EASY RIDER (Hopper); THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (Ibanez Serrador); KES (Loach); MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (Truffaut); THE NIGHT OF COUNTING THE YEARS (Salam); PIT STOP (Hill)
Notable Shorts: A DAY WITH THE BOYS (Gulager); INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER (Anger); RODEO (Ballard)
1968
1. STOLEN KISSES (François Truffaut)
2. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick)
3. IF... (Lindsay Anderson)
4. ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski)
5. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (George Romero)
6. L'ENFANCE NUE (Maurice Pialat)
7. PETULIA (Richard Lester)
8. JE T'AIME, JE T'AIME (Alain Resnais)
9. SHAME (Ingmar Bergman)
10. DANGER: DIABOLIK (Mario Bava)
Honorable Mention: COOGAN'S BLUFF (Siegel); THE GREAT SILENCE (Corbucci); THE HOUR OF THE WOLF (Bergman); THE MERCENARY (Corbucci); SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE (Greaves); WHERE EAGLES DARE (Hutton); YELLOW SUBMARINE (Dunning)
Notable Shorts: PAS DE DEUX (McLaren) and TOBY DAMMIT (Fellini)
Most Overrated: THE LION IN WINTER (Harvey)
1967
1. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Jacques Demy)
2. LE SAMOURAI (Jean-Pierre Melville)
3. COOL HAND LUKE (Stuart Rosenberg)
4. BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn)
5. WEEKEND (Jean Luc Godard)
6. POINT BLANK (John Boorman)
7. PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati)
8. MOUCHETTE (Robert Bresson)
9. THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols)
10. PORTRAIT OF JASON (Shirley Clarke)
Honorable Mention: BRANDED TO KILL (Suzuki); IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (Jewison); MARAT/SADE (PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF JEAN-PAUL MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM AT THE CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE) (Peter Brook); THE PRODUCERS (Brooks)
Notable Shorts: EYE MYTH (Brakhage); REPORT (Conner); WAVELENGTH (Snow)
1966
1. PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman)
2. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson)
3. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Fred Zinnemann)
4. KILL, BABY ... KILL (Mario Bava)
5. BLOW UP (Michelangelo Antonioni)
6. THE SHOOTING (Monte Hellman)
7. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Sergio Leone)
8. RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND (Monte Hellman)
9. EL DORADO (Howard Hawks)
10. FAHRENHEIT 451 (Francois Truffaut)
Honorable Mention: ANDREI RUBLEV (Tarkovsky); THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Pontecorvo); BLACK GIRL (Sembene); LA RELIGIEUSE (Rivette); TOKYO DRIFTER (Suzuki)
Notable Shorts: BREAKAWAY (Bruce Conner); NOTES ON THE CIRCUS (Mekas)
Most Overrated: DAISIES (Chytilovà); KING OF HEARTS (de Broca)
1965
1. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (Martin Ritt)
2. REPULSION (Roman Polanski)
3. THE KNACK AND HOW TO GET IT (Richard Lester)
4. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Sergio Leone)
5. FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL (Russ Meyer)
6. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA (Alexander Mackendrick)
7. BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (Otto Preminger)
8. THE NAKED PREY (Cornel Wilde)
9. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard)
10. DARLING (John Schlesinger)
Honorable Mention: LOVES OF A BLONDE (Forman)
Notable Shorts: KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS (Anger); MEET MARLON BRANDO (Maysles, Maysles and Zwerin); TIME PIECE (Henson)
1964
1. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy)
2. DR STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick)
3. THE TRAIN (John Frankenheimer)
4. SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (Bryan Forbes)
5. FAIL-SAFE (Sidney Lumet)
6. WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
7. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (Richard Lester)
8. THE NAKED KISS (Samuel Fuller)
9. GUNS AT BATASI (John Guillermin)
10. BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Jean-luc Godard)
Honorable Mention: SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (Frankenheimer)
Notable Shorts: IBM: A SELF PORTRAIT (Albert & David Maysles)
Most Overrated: GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (Pasolini); THE KILLERS (Siegel); MARNIE (Hitchcock)
1963
1. THE LEOPARD (Luchino Visconti)
2. HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa)
3. BILLY LIAR (John Schlesinger)
4. CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard)
5. 8 ½ (Frederico Fellini)
6. THE BIG CITY (Satyajit Ray)
7. THE BIRDS (Alfred Hitchcock)
8. HUD (Marin Ritt)
9, MURIEL, OR THE TIME OF RETURN (Alain Resnais)
10. BAY OF ANGELS (Jacques Demy)
Honorable Mention: CHARADE (Donen); THE HAUNTING (Wise); THE SILENCE (Bergman); THIS SPORTING LIFE (Anderson)
Notable Shorts: MOTHLIGHT (Brakhage)
1962
1. JULES AND JIM (François Truffaut)
2. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)
3. THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (Tony Richardson)
4. HARAKARI (Masaki Kobayashi)
5. HATARI! (Howard Hawks)
6. LE DOULOS (Jean-Pierre Melville)
7. ADVISE & CONSENT (Otto Preminger)
8. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (Sam Peckinpah)
9. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer)
10. SANJURO (Akira Kurosawa)
Honorable Mention: THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Bunuel); THE FABULOUS BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Zeman); KNIFE IN THE WATER (Polanski); LOLITA (Kubrick); MY LIFE TO LIVE (Godard); NIGHT OF THE EAGLE (Hayers); THE TALE OF ZATOICHI (Misumi); TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Mulligan)
Notable Shorts: ANTOINE AND COLETTE (Truffaut); LA JETEE (Marker); WINDOW WATER BABY MOVING (Brakhage)
1961
1. THE HUSTLER (Robert Rossen)
2. THE INNOCENTS (Jack Clayton)
3. YOJIMBO (Akira Kurosawa)
4. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais)
5. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (Jean-luc Godard)
6. VIRIDIANA (Luis Buñuel)
7. TWO RODE TOGETHER (John Ford)
8. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (Ingmar Bergman)
9. LOLA (Jacques Demy)
10. ONE, TWO, THREE (Billy Wilder)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: DRUMS WEST (Henson)
1960
1. ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Luchino Visconti)
2. PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. BREATHLESS (Jean-luc Godard)
4. LA DOLCE VITA (Frederico Fellini)
5. PEEPING TOM (Michael Powell)
6. LES BONNES FEMMES (Claude Chabrol)
7. STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET (Richard Quine)
8. THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND (Budd Boetticher)
9. THE VIRGIN SPRING (Ingmar Bergman)
10. SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER (François Truffaut)
Honorable Mention: COMANCHE STATION (Boetticher);EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Franju); L'AVVENTURA (Antonioni); LE TROU (Becker)
1959
1. THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut)
2. ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Otto Preminger)
3. RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)
4. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock)
5. RIDE LONESOME (Budd Boetticher)
6. DAY OF THE OUTLAW (Andrè De Toth)
7. SOME LIKE IT HOT (Billy Wilder)
8. ROOM AT THE TOP (Jack Clayton)
9. HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (Alain Resnais)
10. PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)
Honorable Mention: IMITATION OF LIFE (Sirk); WARLOCK (Dmytryk)
Notable Shorts: ALL THE BOYS ARE CALLED PATRICK (Godard); WINDOW WATER BABY MOVING (Brakhage)
1958
1. VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles)
3. THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Akira Kurosawa)
4. MAN OF THE WEST (Anthony Mann)
5. MURDER BY CONTRACT (Irving Lerner)
6. BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (Budd Boetticher)
7. THE MUSIC ROOM (Satyajit Ray)
8. GUNMAN'S WALK (Phil Karlson)
9. THE LINEUP (Don Siegel)
10. TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (Joseph H. Lewis)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: A Movie (Conner); LE CHANT DU STYRENE (Resnais)
1957
1. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick)
2. PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick)
3. THE TALL T (Budd Boetticher)
4. THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa)
5. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (David Lean)
6. THE SEVENTH SEAL (Ingmar Bergman)
7. THE CRANES ARE FLYING (Mikhail Kalatozov)
8. A FACE IN THE CROWD (Elia Kazan)
9. NIGHT OF THE DEMON (Jacques Tourneur)
10. 12 ANGRY MEN (Sidney Lumet)
Honorable Mention: MEN IN WAR (Mann); NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Fellini); PLUNDER ROAD (Cornfield); WILD STRAWBERRIES (Bergman); WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (Tashlin)
Notable Shorts: LES MISTONS (François Truffaut)
1956
1. A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson)
2. THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
3. THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
4. SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (Budd Boetticher)
5. THE WRONG MAN (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
7. THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (Frank Tashlin)
8. FRIENDLY PERSUASION (William Wyler)
9. BOB LE FLAMBEUR (Jean-Pierre Melville)
10.
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Don Siegel)
Honorable Mention: APARAJITO (Ray); THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Hitchcock); WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (Lang); WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Sirk); YIELD TO THE NIGHT (Thompson)
1955
1. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray)
2. THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (Anthony Mann)
3. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Douglas Sirk)
4. LOLA MONTES (Max Ophüls)
5. THE COURT JESTER (Melvin Frank and Norman Panama)
6. RUN FOR COVER (Nicholas Ray)
7. DIABOLIQUE (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
8. TO CATCH A THIEF (Alfred Hitchcock)
9. THE BIG COMBO (Joseph H. Lewis)
10. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (John Sturges)
Honorable Mention: KISS ME DEADLY (Aldrich); THE LADYKILLERS (Mackendrick); SMILES ON A SUMMER NIGHT (Bergman); TROUBLE WITH HARRY (Hitchcock)
Notable Shorts: BLINKITY BLANK (McLaren); NIGHT AND FOG (Resnais)
1954
1. SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
2. REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. ON THE WATERFRONT (Elia Kazan)
4. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
5. THE RAID (Hugo Fregonese)
6. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 (Don Siegel)
7. DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (Richard Quine)
8. THE FAR COUNTRY (Anthony Mann)
9. TRACK OF THE CAT (William A. Wellman)
10. A STAR IS BORN (George Cukor)
Honorable Mention: CRIME WAVE (De Toth); DIAL M FOR MURDER (Hitchcock); HOBSON'S CHOICE (Lean); SILVER LODE (Dwan); VERA CRUZ (Aldrich)
1953
1. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller)
2. WAGES OF FEAR (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
3. THE BIG HEAT (Fritz Lang)
4. THE NAKED SPUR (Anthony Mann)
5. BLOWING WILD (Hugo Fregonese)
6. THE BAND WAGON (Vincente Minnelli)
7. THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (Max Ophuls)
8. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks)
9. STALAG 17 (Billy WIlder)
10. THE MAN BETWEEN (Carol Reed)
Honorable Mention: TOKYO STORY (Ozu)
Notable Shorts: DAYBREAK EXPRESS (Pennebaker); DUCK AMUCK (Jones), DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24 1/2TH CENTURY (Jones), EAUX D'ARTIFACE (Anger)
1952
1. IKIRU (Akira Kurosawa)
2. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanely Donen and Gene Kelly)
3. FORBIDDEN GAMES (Rene Clement)
4. THE NARROW MARGIN (Richard Fleischer)
5. UMBERTO D. (Vittorio de Sica)
6. BEND OF THE RIVER (Anthony Mann)
7. THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray)
8. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (Vincente Minnelli)
9. THE CRIMSON PIRATE (Robert Siodmak)
10. MOULIN ROUGE (John Huston)
Honorable Mention: RANCHO NOTORIOUS (Lang); SON OF PALEFACE (Tashlin)
Notable Shorts: BEEP, BEEP (Jones); RABBIT SEASONING (Jones)
1951
1. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. SUSANA (Luis Buñuel)
3. ACE IN THE HOLE (Billy Wilder)
4. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Christian Nimby & Howard Hawks)
5. THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (Charles Chricton)
6. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Clyde Geronimi)
7. THE STEEL HELMET (Samuel Fuller)
8. THE PROWLER (Joseph Losey)
9. CRY DANGER (Robert Parrish)
10. THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (Alexander Mackindrick)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: PEN POINT PERCUSSION (McLaren); RABBIT FIRE (Jones)
Most Overrated: THE AFRICAN QUEEN (Huston)
1950
1. SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder)
2. IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray)
3. STARS IN MY CROWN (Jaques Tourneur)
4. THE FURIES (Anthony Mann)
5. NIGHT AND THE CITY (Jules Dassin)
6. GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis)
7. THE BREAKING POINT (Michael Curtiz)
8. RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa)
9. ALL ABOUT EVE (Joesph L. Maniewicz)
10. BROKEN ARROW (Delmer Daves)
Honorable Mention: THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (Huston); THE BARON OF ARIZONA (Fuller); CAGED (Cromwell); THE FLAME AND THE ARROW (Tourneur); THE GUNFIGHTER (King); LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES (Melville); PANIC IN THE STREETS (Kazan); SIDE STREET (Mann)
Notable Shorts: RABBIT OF SEVILLE (Jones)
1949
1. THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed)
2. THE SET-UP (Robert Wise)
3. THE HEIRESS (William Wyler)
4. STRAY DOG (Akira Kurosawa)
5. WHITE HEAT (Raoul Walsh)
6. I SHOT JESSE JAMES (Samuel Fuller)
7. INTRUDER IN THE DUST (Clarence Brown)
8. THE WINDOW (Ted Tetzlaff)
9. CAUGHT (Max Ophuls)
10. TOO LATE FOR TEARS (Byron Haskin)
Honorable Mention: A LETTER TO THREE WOMEN (Mankiewicz); BATTLEGROUND (Wellman); KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (Hamer); SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (Ford); THE SMALL BACK ROOM (Powell & Pressburger); THIEVES' HIGHWAY (Dassin)
Notable Shorts: BEGONE DULL CARE (McLaren & Lambart); DOUGH FOR THE DO-DO (Freleng); FAST AND FURRY-OUS (Jones); PUCE MOMENT (Anger); VISIT TO PICASSO (Haesaerts)
1948
1. THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE (John Huston)
2. THE RED SHOES (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
3. ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. RED RIVER (Howard Hawks)
5. THE BICYCLE THIEF (Vittorio de Sica)
6. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (Max Ophuls)
7. THE FALLEN IDOL (Carol Reed)
8. FORCE OF EVIL (Abraham Polonsky)
9. THE SCAR (Steve Sekely)
10. HE WALKED BY NIGHT (Alfred Werker and Anthony Mann)
Honorable Mention: EASTER PARADE (Walters); JOHNNY BELINDA (Negulesco); LA TERRA TREMA (Visconti); OLIVER TWIST (Lean); RAW DEAL (Mann); THE SEARCH (Zinnemann); THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Ray)
Notable Shorts: BOOGIE DOODLE (McLaren)
1947
1. ODD MAN OUT (Carol Reed)
2. QUAI DES ORFEVRES (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
3. OUT OF THE PAST (Jacques Tourneur)
4. DAISY KENYON (Otto Preminger)
5. BLACK NARCISSUS (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
6. BODY AND SOUL (Robert Rossen)
7. THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (Joesph L. Mankiewicz)
8. MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Charles Chaplin)
9. T-MEN (Anthony Mann)
10. NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Edmund Goulding)
Honorable Mention: BRUTE FORCE (Dassin); I WALK ALONE (Haskin); KISS OF DEATH (Hathaway); THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (Welles); RAILROADED! (Mann)
Notable Shorts: FIREWORKS (Anger)
1946
1. THE BIG SLEEP (Howard Hawks)
2. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
3. NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Jean Cocteau)
5. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford)
6. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (Tay Garnett)
7. THE CHASE (Arthur Ripley)
8. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra)
9. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (William Wyler)
10. TO EACH HIS OWN (Mitchell Leisen)
Honorable Mention: None
1945
1. BRIEF ENCOUNTER (David Lean)
2. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (René Clair)
3. CHILDREN OF PARADISE (Marcel Carné)
4. DETOUR (Edgar G. Ulmer)
5. HANGOVER SQUARE (John Brahm)
6. A WALK IN THE SUN (Lewis Milestone)
7. OBJECTIVE, BURMA! (Raoul Walsh)
8. THE CLOCK (Vincente Minnelli)
9. I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
10. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (John M. Stahl)
Honorable Mention: ERNIE PYLE'S STORY OF G.I. JOE (Wellman); ROME, OPEN CITY (Rossellini)
Notable Shorts: NASTY QUACKS (Tashlin)
1944
1. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wilder)
2. MURDER, MY SWEET (Edward Dmytryk)
3. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Vincente Minnelli)
4. EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (Jacques Tourneur)
5. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Howard Hawks)
6. LAURA (Otto Preminger)
7. ADDRESS UNKNOWN (William Cameron Menzies)
8. A CANTERBURY TALE (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
9. LIFEBOAT (Alfred Hitchcock)
10. THE UNINVITED (Lewis Allen)
Honorable Mention: THE IMMORTAL BATTALION (Reed)
Most Overrated: None.
1943
1. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
2. HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Ernst Lubitsch)
3. SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. LE CORBEAU (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
5. OSSESSIONE (Luchino Visconti)
6. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (Jacques Tourneur)
7
. DAY OF WRATH (Carl Theodore Dreyer)
8. CABIN IN THE SKY (Vincente Minnelli)
9. FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (Billy Wilder)
10. CARNIVAL OF SINNERS (Maurice Tourneur)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (Deren & Hammid)
Most Overrated: THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (Sturges)
1942
1. CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz)
2. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Orson Welles)
3. CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur)
4. TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Ernst Lubitsch)
5. THE PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges)
6. PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (Sam Wood)
7. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (Preston Sturges)
8. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (Michael Curtiz)
9. SABOTEUR (Alfred Hitchcock)
10. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (William A. Wellman)
Honorable Mention: BAMBI (Hand)
1941
1. CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)
2. 49th PARALLEL (Michael Powell)
3. THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (William Dieterle)
4. HELLZAPOPPIN' (H.C. Potter)
5. THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston)
6. BALL OF FIRE (Howard Hawks)
7. DUMBO (Ben Sharpsteen)
8. THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (Ernst Lubitsch)
9. THE LADY EVE (Preston Sturges)
10. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (John Ford)
Honorable Mention: None
1940
1. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (Ernst Lubitsch)
2. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (John Ford)
3. HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks)
4. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Alfred Hitchcock)
5. REBECCA (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. THE MORTAL STORM (Frank Borzage)
7. FANTASIA (Ben Sharpsteen)
8. PINNOCHIO (Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske)
9. THE GREAT DICTATOR (Charles Chaplin)
10. NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (Carol Reed)
Honorable Mention: None
1939
1. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (George Marshall)
2. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Frank Capra)
3. RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)
4. THE SPY IN BLACK (Michael Powell)
5. THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming)
6. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)
7. MIDNIGHT (Mitchell Leisen)
8. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (John Ford)
9. NINOTICHKA (Ernst Lubitsch)
10. STAGECOACH (John Ford)
Honorable Mention: THE FOUR FEATHERS (Korda); GONE WITH THE WIND (Fleming)
1938
1. THE LADY VANISHES (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. BRINGING UP BABY (Howard Hawks)
3. HOLIDAY (George Cukor)
4. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Michael Curtiz & William Keighley)
5. THREE COMRADES (Frank Borzage)
6. ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES (Michael Curtiz)
7. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Frank Capra)
8. THE DRUM (Zoltan Korda)
Notable Shorts: PORKY IN WACKYLAND (Clampett)
1937
1. GRAND ILLUSION (Jean Renoir)
2. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)
3. ANGEL (Ernst Lubitsch)
4. THE AWFUL TRUTH (Leo McCarey)
5. NOTHING SACRED (William Wellman)
6. A DAY AT THE RACES
7. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (David Hand)
8. PEPE LE MOKO (Julien Duvivier)
9. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (Fritz Lang)
10. HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (Frank Borzage)
Honorable Mention: None
1936
1. DODSWORTH (William Wyler)
2. FURY (Fritz Lang)
3. SWING TIME (George Stevens)
4. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (Frank Capra)
5. MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin)
6. AFTER THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke)
7. THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir)
Notable Shorts: A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (Renoir)
1935
1. TOP HAT (Mark Sandrich)
2. MAD LOVE (Karl Freund)
3. RUGGLES OF RED GAP (Leo McCarey)
4. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (Sam Wood)
5. THE 39 STEPS (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. CHINA SEAS (Tay Garnett)
7. THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (John Ford)
1934
1. TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks)
2. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra)
3. THE MERRY WIDOW (Ernst Lubitsch)
4. THE BLACK CAT (Edgar Ulmer)
5. THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke)
6. GAMBLING LADY (Archie Mayo)
7. L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
8. THE GAY DIVORCEE (Mark Sandrich)
9. IT'S A GIFT (Norman Z. McLeod)
1933
1. THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang)
2. DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey)
3. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy)
4. HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM (Lewis Milestone)
5. KING KONG (Merian Cooper & Ernest Schoedsack)
6. THE INVISIBLE MAN (James Whale)
7. HEROES FOR SALE (William A. Wellman)
8. 42ND STREET (Lloyd Bacon)
9. ZERO FOR CONDUCT (Jean Vigo)
10. LADY FOR A DAY (Frank Capra)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: LAND WITHOUT BREAD (Buñuel)
1932
1. TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch)
2. SCARFACE (Howard Hawks)
3. THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (Frank Capra)
4. ONE HOUR WITH YOU (Ernst Lubitsch)
5. VAMPYR (Carl Theodore Dreyer)
6. LOVE ME TONIGHT (Rouben Mamoulian)
7. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (Erie C. Kenton)
8. I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (Mervyn LeRoy)
9. THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack)
10. FREAKS (Tod Browning)
Honorable Mention: RED DUST (Fleming)
1931
1. CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin)
2. THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch)
3. DISHONORED (Josef von Sternberg)
4. M (Fritz Lang)
5. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (William A. Wellman)
6. LITTLE CAESAR (Mervyn LeRoy)
7. MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM (Leontine Sagan)
8. SAFE IN HELL (William A. Wellman)
9. THE FRONT PAGE (Lewis Milestone)
10. NIGHT NURSE (William A. Wellman)
1930
1. MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg)
2. MONTE CARLO (Ernst Lubitsch)
3. L'AGE D'OR (Luis Buñuel)
4. ANIMAL CRACKERS (Victor Heerman)
Most Overrated: THE BLUE ANGEL (von Sternberg)
1929
1. MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (Dziga Vertov)
2. THE GENERAL LINE (Sergei Eisenstein)
Notable Shorts: UN CHIEN ANDALOU (Buñuel)
1928
1. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
2. STEAMBOAT BILL JR (Buster Keaton & Charles Reisner)
1927
1. THE GENERAL (Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman)
2. SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (F.W. Murnau)
3. METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang)
1926
None
1925
1. THE GOLD RUSH (Charles Chaplin)
2. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton)
Notable Shorts: Plain and Fancy Girls (McCarey)
1924
1. SHERLOCK, JR. (Buster Keaton)
2. THE LAST LAUGH (F.W. Murnau)
Notable Shorts: Ballet Mécanique (Léger)
1923
None
1922
1. NOSFERATU THE VAMPIRE (F.W. Murnau)
1921
1. THE KID (Charles Chaplin)