2007
1. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino)
3. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel and Ethan Coen)
4. IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (José Luis Guerín)
5. I'M NOT THERE (Todd Haynes)
6. FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke)
7. STUCK (Stuart Gordon)
8. [REC] (Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza)
9. YOU THE LIVING (Roy Andersson)
10. ZODIAC (David Fincher)

Honorable Mention
DIARY OF THE DEAD, FROWNLAND, HOT FUZZ, INTO THE WILD, MY WINNIPEG, SNOW ANGELS and WE OWN THE NIGHT

Notable Shorts
HOTEL CHEVALIER (Wes Anderson)

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. NUE PROPRIETE (Joachim Lafosse)
8. BUG (William Friedkin)
9. HALF NELSON (Ryan Fleck)
10. L'HOMME DE SA VIE (Zabou Breitman)

Notable Shorts
DESTRICTED: IMPALED (Larry Clark), MARIE ANTONIETTE TEASER (Sofia Coppola)

2005
1. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick)
2. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg)
3. BRICK (Rian Johnson)
4. HIDDEN (Michael Haneke)
5. I AM A SEX ADDICT (Caveh Zahedi)
6. MATCH POINT (Woody Allen)
7. GRIZZLY MAN (Werner Herzog)
8. THE CHILD (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
9. KISS KISS, BANG BANG (Shane Black)
10. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Noah Baumbach)

Honorable Mention
BUBBLE, MANDERLAY, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN and OLD BOY

Notable Shorts
THE DENIAL TWIST (Michel Gondry), ONLY (David Fincher)

2004
1. KINGS & QUEEN (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater)
3. KILL BILL, VOL 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
4. TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer)
5. KEANE (Lodge Kerrigan)
6. MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
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, DIG!, I HEART HUCKABEES and THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

Notable Shorts
ALL IN ALL (Torbjørn Skårild), THE BOX (Takashi Miike), CASHBACK (Sean Ellis), FLOAT ON (Christopher Mills), JOAN OF ARC OF THE NIGHTBUS (Kornél Mundruczó), THE MATCH (Ursula Ferrara) and Y-CONTROL (Spike Jonze)

2003
1. KILL BILL: VOLUME 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
2. ALL THE REAL GIRLS (David Gordon Green)
3. DOGVILLE (Lars Von Trier)
4. GOZU (Takashi Miike)
5. CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS (Andrew Jarecki)
6. SARABAND (Ingmar Bergman)
7. THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Jorgen Leth and Lars Von Trier)
8. THE COMPANY (Robert Altman)
9. DOWN WITH LOVE (Peyton Reed)
10. COWARDS BEND THE KNEE (Guy Maddin)

Honorable Mention
ANYTHING ELSE, BAD SANTA, BUS 174, COLD MOUNTAIN, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS, HAUTE TENSION, THE HUNTED, THE SCHOOL OF ROCK and TIME OF THE WOLF

Notable Shorts
HURT (Mark Romanek), LIVE FROM SHIVA'S DANCE FLOOR (Richard Linklater)

2002
1. ADAPTATION (Spike Jonze)
2. 25TH HOUR (Spike Lee)
3. GERRY (Gus Van Sant)
4. TRILOGY: ONE THE RUN / AN AMAZING COUPLE / AFTER LIFE (Lucas Belvaux)
5. SPIDER-MAN (Sam Raimi)
6. FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes)
7. KEN PARK (Larry Clark)
8. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (PT Anderson)
9. ANA AND THE OTHERS (Celina Murga)
10. FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma)

Honorable Mention
ALL OR NOTHING, DECASIA: THE STATE OF DECAY, DOA 2: THE BIRDS, 8 WOMEN, GANGS OF NEW ORK, GRAVEYARD OF HONOR, IRREVERSIBLE, LAUREL CANYON, MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING, THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS, SEX IS COMEDY, SPIRITED AWAY and SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE

Notable Shorts
COME INTO MY WORLD (Michel Gondry), DEAD LEAVES AND THE DIRTY GROUND (Michel Gondry), DO YOU REALIZE?? (Mark Pellington), STAR GUITAR (Michel Gondry)

Most Overrated
THE HOUR

2001
1. WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater)
2. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch)
3. IN THE BEDROOM (Todd Field)
4. LATE MARRIAGE (Dover Kosashvili)
5. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Alfonso Cuaron)
6. AMELIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
7. ROBERTO SUCCO (Cedric Kahn)
8. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson)
9. GHOST WORLD (Terry Zwigoff)
10. THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel Coen)

Honorable Mention
BULLY, CODE UNKNOWN, MY VOYAGE TO ITALY, OCEANS 11, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR and THE WIDOW OF ST. PIERRE.

Notable Shorts
FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL (Michel Gondry), THE FOLLOW (Wong Kar-Wai), HUA YANG DE NIAN HUA (Wong Kar-wai), IMITATION OF LIFE (Garth Jennings), KNIVES OUT (Michel Gondry), LOVESONG (Stan Brakhage), PYRAMID SONG (Shynola), WEAPON OF CHOICE (Spike Jonze)

Most Overrated
A BEAUTIFUL MIND, LANTANA and MOULIN ROUGE.

2000
1. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Longeran)
2. WERKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr)
3. MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan)
4. UNTITLED (ALMOST FAMOUS) (Cameron Crowe)
5. HIGH FIDELITY (Stephen Frears)
6. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar Wai)
7. TRAFFIC (Steven Soderbergh)
8. DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars von Trier)
9. SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (Roy Andersson)
10. GEORGE WASHINGTON (David Gordon Green)

Honorable Mention
AMERICAN PSYCHO, ESTHER KAHN, THE NINTH GATE, NURSE BETTY, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, STATE AND MAIN, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS, WONDER BOYS and YI YI.

Notable Shorts
AL GORE DOCUMENTARY (Spike Jonze), THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin), LIMP (Paul Thomas Anderson), PAPER BAG (Paul Thomas Anderson), PLAYGROUND LOVE (Roman and Sofia Coppola), WHAT'S UP FATLIP? (Spike Jonze)

Most Overrated
O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU.

1999
1. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze)
2. MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. AMERICAN BEAUTY (Sam Mendes)
4. FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher)
5. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Anthony Minghella)
6. EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)
7. AUDITION (Takashi Miike)
8. THE INSIDER (Michael Mann)
9. BOYS DON'T CRY (Kimberly Pierce)
10. GO (Doug Liman)

Honorable Mention
AUTUMN TALE, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, COOKIE'S FORTUNE, ELECTION, eXistenZ, THE LIMEY, M/OTHER, MR. DEATH, THE STRAIGHT STORY, SWEET AND LOWDOWN and TOY STORY 2

Notable Shorts
THE CURVE (Eric Rohmer), FAST AS YOU CAN (Paul Thomas Anderson), LET FOREVER BE (Michel Gondry), and OUTER SPACE (Peter Tscherkassky)

Most Overrated
HURRICANE, and THE SIXTH SENSE.

1998
1. RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson)
2. OUT OF SIGHT (Steven Soderbergh)
3. A SIMPLE PLAN (Sam Raimi)
4. THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick)
5. RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer)
6. DARK CITY (Alex Proyas)
7. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel Coen)
8. ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (Larry Clark)
9. THE CELEBRATION (Thomas Vinterberg)
10. THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca)

Honorable Mention
BUFFALO '66, BUTCHER BOY, CLASS TRIP, FIREWORKS, THE GENERAL, HAPPINESS, I STAND ALONE, LAST DAYS OF DISCO, LIFE IS BEAUTFUL, THE SPANISH PRISONERS, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and ZERO EFFECT

Notable Shorts
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (Paul Thomas Anderson), LICK THE STAR (Sofia Coppola), PRAISE YOU (Spike Jonze and Roman Coppola), and THIS IS HARDCORE (Doug Nichol)

Most Overrated
ELIZABETH

1997
1. BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino)
3. FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke)
4. LA CONFIDENTIAL (Curtis Hanson)
5. GOOD WILL HUNTING (Gus Van Sant)
6. CHASING AMY (Kevin Smith)
7. THE GAME (David Fincher)
8. THE SPANISH PRISONER (David Mamet)
9. THE SWEET HEREAFTER (Atom Egoyan)
10. FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL (Errol Morris)

Honorable Mention
AS GOOD AS IT GETS, BLISS, BLOOD AND WINE, CURE, DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, DONNIE BRASCOE, HENRY FOOL, IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, LOST HIGHWAY and STARSHIP TROOPERS

Notable Shorts
AROUND THE WORLD (Michel Gondry), BACHELORETTE (Michel Gondry), CRIMINAL (Mark Romanek), DEADWEIGHT (Michel Gondry), HOW THEY GET THERE (Spike Jonze), JOGA (Michel Gondry), KARMA POLICE (Jonathan Glazer), PARANOID ANDROID (Magnus Carlsson), THE PERFECT DRUG (Mark Romanek), SMACK MY BITCH UP (Jonas Akerlund)

1996
1. FARGO (Joel Coen)
2. BOUND (The Wachowski Brothers)
3. PARADISE LOST : THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS (Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky)
4. BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars Von Trier)
5. BOTTLE ROCKET (Wes Anderson)
6. IRMA VEP (Oliver Assayas)
7. A SUMMER'S TALE (Eric Rohmer)
8. SCREAM (Wes Craven)
9. BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (Ted Demme)
10. THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (Renny Harlin)

Honorable Mention
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, FREEWAY, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, GET ON THE BUS, HATE, THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT, SLING BLADE, TIN CUP, TRAINSPOTTING and 12 MONKEYS.

Notable Shorts
DEVIL'S HAIRCUT (Mark Romanek), HYPER-BALLAD (Michel Gondry), STREET SPIRIT (Jonathan Glazer), A SUMMER DRESS (Francois Ozon)

Most Overrated
DEAD MAN, ENGLISH PATIENT, and LONE STAR

1995
1. SE7EN (David Fincher)
2. NIXON (Oliver Stone)
3. HEAT (Michael Mann)
4. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater)
5. BEFORE THE RAIN (Milcho Manchevski)
6. THE WHITE BALLOON (Jafar Panahi)
7. DEAD MAN WALKING (Tim Robbins)
8. UP/DOWN/FRAGILE (Jacques Rivette)
9. THE USUAL SUSPECTS (Bryan Singer)
10. CLOCKERS (Spike Lee)

Honorable Mention
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, BRAVEHEART, CASINO, DOLORES CLAIBOURNE, INDICTMENT, KISS OF DEATH, SHALLOW GRAVE, SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, TO DIE FOR and TOY STORY

Notable Shorts
A CLOSE SHAVE (Nick Park), ARMY OF ME (Michel Gondry), IT'S OH SO QUIET (Spike Jonze), LIKE A ROLLING STONE - VERSION 1 (Michel Gondry)

Most Overrated
ANTONIA'S LINE

1994
1. PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
2. THE LAST SEDUCTION (John Dahl)
3. RED (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
4. FRESH (Boaz Yakin)
5. NOBODY'S FOOL (Robert Benton)
6. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff)
7. HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)
8. QUIZ SHOW (Robert Redford)
9. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (Frank Darabont)
10. ONCE WERE WARRIORS (Lee Tamahori)

Honorable Mention
BARCELONA, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, CEMENTARY MAN, CLERKS, THE CROW, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, HOOP DREAMS, IMAGINARY CRIMES, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, NATURAL BORN KILLERS and RED ROCK WEST

Notable Shorts
BUDDY HOLLY (Spike Jonze), CLOSER (Mark Romanek), DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? (Pedro Romhanyi), SABOTAGE (Spike 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. KING OF THE HILL (Steven Soderbergh)
10. A BRONX TALE (Robert De Niro)

Honorable Mention
BLUE, BODY SNATCHERS, DAVE, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, KALIFORNIA, MALICE, MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY, ROMEO IS BLEEDING, SHORT CUTS, and TRUE ROMANCE

Notable Shorts
BAD GIRL (David Fincher), CIGARETTES & COFFEE (Paul Thomas Anderson), EVERYBODY HURTS (Jake Scott), THE WRONG TROUSERS (Nick Park)

1992
1. RESERVOIR DOGS (Quentin Tarantino)
2. HARD-BOILED (John Woo)
3. UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)
4. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (James Foley)
5. SCENT OF A WOMAN (Harold Becker)
6. THE CRYING GAME (Neil Jordan)
7. THE PLAYER (Robert Altman)
8. CAREFUL (Guy Maddin)
9. A TALE OF WINTER (Eric Rohmer)
10. RAISING CAIN (Brian De Palma)

Honorable Mention
BASIC INSTINCT, CANDYMAN, DEEP COVER, A FEW GOOD MEN, LESSONS OF DARKNESS, LORENZO'S OIL, MALCOLM X, OF MICE AND MEN, ONE FALSE MOVE, UNDER SIEGE and WAYNE'S WORLD

Notable Shorts
A GRAND DAY OUT (Nick Park), JEREMY (Mark Pellington)

1991
1. FLIRTING (John Duigan)
2. JFK (Oliver Stone)
3. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Jonathan Demme)
4. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron)
5. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou)
6. LA BELLE NOISEUSE (Jacques Rivette)
7. BOYZ IN THE HOOD (John Singleton)
8. POINT BREAK (Katherine Bigelow)
9. DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (Albert Brooks)
10. HOMICIDE (David Mamet)

Honorable Mention
DELICATESSEN, LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE and MAN IN THE MOON

Notable Shorts
DELICACIES OF MOLTEN HORROR SYNAPSE (Stan Brakhage), LOSING MY RELIGION (Tarsem)

Most Overrated
MEDITERANEO and THE NASTY GIRL.

1990
1. GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
2. METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman)
3. THE GRIFTERS (Stephen Frears)
4. MILLER'S CROSSING (Joel Coen)
5. LIFE IS SWEET (Mike Leigh)
6. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (Joe Dante)
7. BULLET IN THE HEAD (John Woo)
8. TOTAL RECALL (Paul Verhoeven)
9. A TALE OF SPRINGTIME (Eric Rohmer)
10. REVENGE (Tony Scott)

Honorable Mention
AWAKENINGS, DANCES WITH WOLVES, DICK TRACY, DRIVING MISS DAISY, FAREWELL, CHINA, OPPERTUNITY KNOCKS, REVERSAL OF FORTUNE and STATE OF GRACE

1989
1. SAY ANYTHING... (Cameron Crowe)
2. THE KILLER (John Woo)
3. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Woody Allen)
4. MONSIEUR HIRE (Patrice Leconte)
5. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (Steven Soderbergh)
6. ROGER AND ME (Michael Moore)
7. DRUGSTORE COWBOY (Gus Van Sant)
8. SANTA SANGRE (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
9. THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Michael Haneke)
10. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)

Honorable Mention
BATMAN, CASUALTIES OF WAR, THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER, DEAD CALM, LETHAL WEAPON 2, MY LEFT FOOT and THINGS CHANGE

Notable Shorts
EXPRESS YOURSELF (David Fincher), JANIE'S GOT A GUN (David Fincher), LIFE LESSONS (From New York Stories - Martin Scorsese) and LIKE A PRAYER (Mary Lambert)

1988
1. THE DECALOGUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
2. BIG (Penny Marshall)
3. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Isao Takahata)
4. DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Stephen Frears)
5. NAKED GUN (David Zucker)
6. MIDNIGHT RUN (Martin Brest)
7. TALK RADIO (Oliver Stone)
8. THEY LIVE (John Carpenter)
9. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Robert Zemeckis)
10. CAMILLE CLAUDEL (Bruno Nuytten)

Honorable Mention
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, DIE HARD, A FISH CALLED WANDA, FIVE CORNERS, THE LAST TEMPATATION OF CHRIST, PAPERHOUSE, RAIN MAN, TRACK 29 and WINGS OF DESIRE

Notable Shorts
ELEPHANT (Alan Clarke)

Most Overrated
A BETTER TOMORROW 2, CINEMA PARADISO and DEAD POET'S SOCIETY

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. SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY (Todd Haynes)
7. ANGEL HEART (Alan Parker)
8. EXTREME PREJUDICE (Walter Hill)
9. RAISING ARIZONA (Joel Coen)
10. LETHAL WEAPON (Richard Donner)

Honorable Mention
BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS, THE DEAD, EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN, FULL METAL JACKET, NEAR DARK, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, RIVERS' EDGE, ROBOCOP, ROXANNE and THE UNTOUCHABLES

Notable Shorts
THE DANTE QUARTET (Stan Brakhage)

Most Overrated
EMPIRE OF THE SUN and THE LAST EMPEROR

1986
1. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (Woody Allen)
2. ALIENS (James Cameron)
3. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Frank Oz)
4. PLATOON (Oliver Stone)
5. THE FLY (David Cronenberg)
6. LUCAS (David Seltzer)
7. AT CLOSE RANGE (James Folley)
8. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
9. SID AND NANCY (Alex Cox)
10. BIG TROUBLE (John Cassavetes)

Honorable Mention
A BETTER TOMORROW, FERRIS BUELER'S DAY OFF, MONA LISA, PEKING OPERA BLUES, SOMETHING WILD, STAND BY ME and SUMMER.

Notable Shorts
NIGHT MUSIC (Stan Brakhage) and TAKE ON ME (Steve Barron)

Most Overrated
SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT

1985
1. AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese)
2. TROUBLE IN MIND (Alan Rudolph)
3. RAN (Akira Kurosawa)
4. RE-ANIMATOR (Stuart Gordon)
5. PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (Tim Burton)
6. PRIZZI'S HONOR (John Houston)
7. COME AND SEE (Elem Klimov)
8. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam)
9. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (Woody Allen)
10. MY LIFE AS A DOG (Lasse Hallström)

Honorable Mention
BACK TO THE FUTURE, TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA and VISION QUEST.

Notable Shorts
CLOSE TO ME (Tim Pope), ROAD TO NOWHERE (David Byrne & Stephen R. Johnson)

Most Overrated
THE COLOR PURPLE and KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

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! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker)

Honorable Mention
AMADEUS, BODY DOUBLE, GREMLINS, THE KILLING FIELD, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, PLAGUE DOGS, REPO MAN, SECRET HONOR, THE TERMINATOR and THIS IS SPINAL TAP

Notable Shorts
Self Control (Wiliam Friedkin)

1983
1. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (James L. Brooks)
2. THE FOURTH MAN (Paul Verhoeven)
3. RETURN OF THE JEDI (Richard Marquand)
4. MADE IN BRITAIN (Alan Clarke)
5. THE DEAD ZONE (David Cronenberg)
6. L'ARGENT (Robert Bresson)
7. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese)
8. CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (Francois Truffaut)
9. PAULINE AT THE BEACH (Eric Rohmer)
10. EIGHT DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER (Liu Chia-Liang)

Honorable Mention
BAD BOYS, BETRAYAL, THE RIGHT STUFF, RISKY BUSINESS and VIDEODROME.

Notable Shorts
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE (David Byrne & Julia Haywoos) and COME ON EILEEN (Julian Temple)

1982
1. FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Ingmar Bergman)
2. 48 HRS. (Walter Hill)
3. TENEBRE (Dario Argento)
4. THE THING (John Carpenter)
5. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (Taylor Hackford)
6. TOOTSIE (Sydney Pollack)
7. MOONLIGHTING (Jerzy Skolimowski)
8. BURDEN OF DREAMS (Les Blank)
9. DINER (Barry Levinson)
10. PINK FLOYD'S THE WALL (Alan Parker)

Honorable Mention
CAT PEOPLE, DUEL TO THE DEATH, EVIL DEAD, MY FAVORITE YEAR, POLTERGEIST and WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP

Most Overrated
LIQUID SKY and THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY.

1981
1. MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (George Miller)
2. BODY HEAT (Lawrence Kasden)
3. THIEF (Michael Mann)
4. BLOW OUT (Brian De Palma)
5. MS. 45 (Abel Ferrara)
6. CUTTER'S WAY (Ivan Passer)
7. SCANNERS (David Cronenberg)
8. DAS BOOT (Wolfgang Peterson)
9. THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR (Francois Truffaut)
10. STRIPES (Ivan Reitman)

Honorable Mention
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, PIXOTE, and REDS

Notable Shorts
UNDER PRESSURE (David Mallet)

1980
1. KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa)
2. THE STUNT MAN (Richard Rush)
3. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner)
4. DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma)
5. THE AVIATOR'S WIFE (Eric Rohmer)
6. ORDINARY PEOPLE (Robert Redford)
7. RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese)
8. THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick)
9. THE BIG RED ONE - RECONSTRUCTED CUT (Samuel Fuller)
10. AIRPLANE! (Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker and David Zucker)

Honorable Mention
ALTERED STATES, ATLANTIC CITY, BAD TIMING, THE BLUES BROTHERS, CAMERA BUFF, CRUISING, THE NINTH CONFIGURATION and STARDUST MEMORIES

Notable Shorts
ASHES TO ASHES (David Mallet & David Bowie) and WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE (Les Blank)

1979
1. MANHATTAN (Woody Allen)
2. BREAKING AWAY (Peter Yates)
3. THE ONION FIELD (Harold Becker)
4. ALIEN (Ridley Scott)
5. BEING THERE (Hal Ashby)
6. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola)
7. ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse)
8. THE CHINA SYNDROME (James Bridges)
9. HARDCORE (Paul Schrader)
10. THE IN-LAWS (Arthur Hiller)

Honorable Mention
IN A YEAR OF 13 MOONS, LIFE OF BRIAN, KRAMER VS. KRAMER, THE MUPPET MOVIE, OVER THE EDGE, SAINT JACK, and STALKER.

1978
1. DAWN OF THE DEAD (George Romero)
2. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick)
3. THE DEER HUNTER (Michael Cimino)
4. HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter)
5. BLUE COLLAR (Paul Schrader)
6. THE GREEN ROOM (François Truffaut)
7. THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (Liu Chia-Liang)
8. AUTUMN SONATA (Ingmar Bergman)
9. WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN (Karel Reisz)
10. FINGERS (James Toback)

Honorable Mention
GATES OF HEAVEN, GET OUT YOUR HANKERCHIEFS and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Most Overrated
COMING HOME

1977
1. ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)
2. 3 WOMEN (Robert Altman)
3. STAR WARS (George Lucas)
4. STROSZEK (Werner Herzog)
5. PROVIDENCE (Alain Resnais)
6. THE DEVIL, PROBABLY (Robert Bresson)
7. INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (Enzo G. Castellari)
8. MARTIN (George A. Romero)
9. THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Wim Wenders)
10. THE GAUNTLET (Clint Eastwood)

Honorable Mention
CELENE AND JULIE GO BOATING, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, ERASERHEAD, SOLIDER OF ORANGE and SUSPIRIA

1976
1. TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese)
2. CARRIE (Brian De Palma)
3. NETWORK (Sidney Lumet)
4. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)
5. ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES (Francesco Rosi)
6. SEVEN BEAUTIES (Lina Wertmuller)
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 J. Pakula)

Honorable Mention
BUGSY MALONE, JONAH WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000, THE MIDDLEMAN and WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?

1975
1. JAWS (Steven Spielberg)
2. DEEP RED (Dario Argento)
3. F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles)
4. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Milos Foreman)
5. BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick)
6. NASHVILLE (Robert Altman)
7. HARD TIMES (Walter Hill)
8. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (John Huston)
9. FRENCH CONNECTION II (John Frankenheimer)
10. THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Alejandro Jodorowsky)

Honorable Mention
LOVE AND DEATH, MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE, MIRROR, NIGHT MOVES, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and SWEPT AWAY...

Most Overrated
SHAMPOO

1974
1. DERSU UZALA (Akira Kurosawa)
2. THE CONVERSATION (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. THE GODFATHER 2 (Francis Ford Coppola)
4. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
5. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (Robert Altman)
6. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (Martin Scorsese)
7. HEARTS AND MINDS (Peter Davis)
8. JUGGERNAUT (Richard Lester)
9. RABID DOGS (Mario Bava)
10. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper)

Honorable Mention
ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL, BLACK CHRISTMAS, BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, COCKFIGHTER, LENNY, THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK, THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY, THE PHANTOM OF PARADISE and TAKING OF PILHAM 1, 2, 3.

Most Overrated
GOING PLACES and XALA.

1973
1. MEAN STREETS (Martin Scorsese)
2. BADLANDS (Terrence Malick)
3. THE LONG GOODBYE (Robert Altman)
4. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Ingmar Bergman)
5. DON'T LOOK NOW (Nicholas Roeg)
6. THE WICKER MAN (Robin Hardy)
7. DAY FOR NIGHT (François Truffaut)
8. THE EXORCIST (William Friedkin)
9. PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (Sam Pekinpah)
10. TORSO (Sergio Martino)

Honorable Mention
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE, THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE, PAPER MOON, SERPICO, SEX & FURY, SLEEPER and TERRIFYING GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL: LYNCH LAW CLASSROOM

Notable Shorts
LUCIFER RISING (Kenneth Anger)

Most Overrated
LAST TANGO IN PARIS and THE WAY WE WERE.

1972
1. CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON (Eric Rohmer)
2. THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. THE RULING CLASS (Peter Medak)
4. THE HEARTBREACK KID (Elaine May)
5. DELIVERANCE (John Boorman)
6. FRENZY (Alfred Hitchcock)
7. SOLARIS (Andrei Tarkovsky)
8. SLEUTH (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
9. FAT CITY (John Huston)
10. CRIES AND WHISPERS (Ingmar Bergman)

Honorable Mention
AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD, CABERET, CISCO PIKE, DEATHDREAM, THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE, FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH, THE HOT ROCK, LISA AND THE DEVIL and THE NEW LAND.

1971
1. MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (Robert Altman)
2. WALKABOUT (Nicholas Roeg)
3. STRAW DOGS (Sam Pekinpah)
4. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Stanley Kubrick)
5. MURMUR OF THE HEART (Louis Malle)
6. TWO ENGLISH GIRLS (François Truffaut)
7. FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER (Robert Bresson)
8. WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Mel Stuart)
9. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin)
10. SHORT NIGHT OF THE GLASS DOLLS (Aldo Lado)

Honorable Mention
BANNANAS, A BAY OF BLOOD, THE BEGUILED, DUEL, THE EMIGRANTS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, THE HOSPITAL, KLUTE, LITTLE MURDERS, MACBETH, PLAY MISTY FOR ME and TWO LANE BLACKTOP

Most Overrated
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW and TAKING OFF

1970
1. CLAIRE'S KNEE (Eric Rohmer)
2. THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci)
3. M.A.S.H. (Robert Altman)
4. DEEP END (Jerzy Skolimowski)
5. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Billy Wilder)
6. BED AND BOARD (François Truffaut)
7. TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (Don Siegel)
8. I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (Gilbert Cates)
9. PATTON (Franklin Schaffner)
10. CATCH 22 (Mike Nichols)

Honorable Mention
BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE, FIVE EASY PIECES and PERFORMANCE

1969
1. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (Eric Rohmer)
2. KES (Kenneth Loach)
3. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (John Schlsinger)
4. THE WILD CHILD (François Truffaut)
5. THE WILD BUNCH (Sam Pekinpah)
6. ARMY OF SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville)
7. DILLINGER IS DEAD (Marco Ferreri)
8. ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Tarkovsky)
9. THIS MAN MUST DIE (Claude Chabrol)
10. THE PASSION OF ANNA (Ingmar Bergman)

Honorable Mention
BLIND BEAST, BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE, LE BOUCHER, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, EASY RIDER, MEDIUM COOL, MISSISSIPPI MERMAID and WHERE EAGLES DARE

Notable Shorts
A DAY WITH THE BOYS (Clu Gulager), INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER (Kenneth Anger)

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. PETULIA (Richard Lester)
7. SHAME (Ingmar Bergman)
8. SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE (William Greaves)
9. COOGAN'S BLUFF (Don Siegel)
10. YELLOW SUBMARINE (George Dunning)

Honorable Mention
THE GREAT SILENCE, THE HOUR OF THE WOLF and THE PRODUCERS

Notable Shorts
PAS DE DEUX (Norman McLaren) and TOBY DAMMIT (Federico Fellini)

Most Overrated
THE LION IN WINTER

1967
1. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Jacques Demy)
2. LE SAMOURAI (Jean-Pierre Melville)
3. THE SHOOTING (Monte Hellman)
4. COOL HAND LUKE (Stuart Rosenberg)
5. THE DIRTY DOZEN (Robert Aldrich)
6. WAIT UNTIL DARK (Terence Young)
7. BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn)
8. EL DORADO (Howard Hawks)
9. BELLE DE JOUR (Luis Bunuel)
10. WEEKEND (Jean Luc Godard)

Honorable Mention
BRANDED TO KILL, LA COLLECTIONEUSE, DON'T LOOK BACK, THE GRADUATE, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, MOUCHETTE, PLAYTIME, POINT BLANK and TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER

Notable Shorts
EYE MYTH (Stan Brakhage)

1966
1. PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman)
2. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Fred Zinnemann)
3. KILL, BABY ... KILL (Mario Bava)
4. FAHRENHEIT 451 (Francois Truffaut)
5. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson)
6. BLOW UP (Michelangelo Antonioni)
7. THE NAKED PREY (Cornel Wilde)
8. 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)
9. TOKYO DRIFTER (Seijun Suzuki)
10. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF? (Mike Nichols)

Honorable Mention
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Most Overrated
DAISIES, and KING OF HEARTS

1965
1. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (Martin Ritt)
2. RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND (Monte Hellman)
3. THE KNACK AND HOW TO GET IT (Richard Lester)
4. REPULSION (Roman Polanski)
5. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo)
6. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Sergio Leone)
7. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard)
8. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Robert Wise)
9. DARLING (John Schlesinger)
10. FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (Russ Meyer)

Honorable Mention
ALPHAVILLE, BLACK GIRL, FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL and THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Notable Shorts
KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS (Kenneth Anger), MEET MARLON BRANDO (Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin)

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. BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Jean-luc Godard)
8. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (Richard Lester)
9. GOLDFINGER (Guy Hamilton)
10. BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (Mario Bava)

Honorable Mention
I AM CUBA

Notable Shorts
IMB: A SELF PORTRAIT (Albert & David Maysles)

Most Overrated
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW and MARNIE

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 (Alain Resnais)
10. BAY OF ANGELS (Jacques Demy)

Honorable Mention
CHARADE, THE HAUNTING, THE SILENCE and THIS SPORTING LIFE

Notable Shorts
MOTHLIGHT (Stan Brakhage)

1962
1. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)
2. LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (Tony Richardson)
3. HATARI! (Howard Hawks)
4. ADVISE AND CONSENT (Otto Preminger)
5. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (Sam Peckinpah)
6. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer)
7. SANJURO (Akira Kurosawa)
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Robert Mulligan)
9. THE TALE OF ZATOICHI (Kenji Misumi)
10. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Luis Bunuel)

Honorable Mention
KNIFE IN THE WATER, LOLITA and VIVRE SA VIE

Notable Shorts
ANTOINE AND COLETTE (François Truffaut) LA JETEE (Chris Marker), WINDOW WATER BABY MOVING (Stan Brakhage)

1961
1. JULES AND JIM (François Truffaut)
2. THE HUSTLER (Robert Rossen)
3. THE INNOCENTS (Jack Clayton)
4. YOJIMBO (Akira Kurosawa)
5. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais)
6. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (Jean-luc Godard)
7. VIRIDIANA (Luis Bunuel)
8. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (Ingmar Bergman)
9. ONE, TWO, THREE (Billy Wilder)
10. LOLA (Jacques Demy)

Honorable Mention
PIT AND THE PENDULEM

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. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (John Sturges)
8. THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND (Budd Boetticher)
9. THE VIRGIN SPRING (Ingmar Bergman)
10. LE TROU (Jacques Becker)

Honorable Mention
THE APARTMENT, THE BAD SLEEP WELL, BLACK SUNDAY, COMANCHE STATION, L'AVVENTURA and SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER

1959
1. THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut)
2. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Otto Preminger)
4. RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)
5. RIDE LONESOME (Budd Boetticher)
6. SOME LIKE IT HOT (Billy Wilder)
7. ROOM AT THE TOP (Jack Clayton)
8. HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (Alain Resnais)
9. PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)
10. WARLOCK (Edward Dmytryk)

Honorable Mention
EYES WITHOUT A FACE, IMITATION OF LIFE and THE WORLD OF APU

Notable Shorts
ALL THE BOYS ARE CALLED PATRICK (Jean-luc Godard)

1958
1. VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles)
3. HIDDEN FORTRESS (Akira Kurosawa)
4. MAN OF THE WEST (Anthony Mann)
5. BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (Budd Boetticher)
6. THE MUSIC ROOM (Satyajit Ray)
7. TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (Joseph H. Lewis)
8. PARTY GIRL (Nicholas Ray)
9. THE MAGICIAN (Ingmar Bergman)
10. ASHES AND DIAMONDS (Andrezj Wadja)

Honorable Mention
SOME CAME RUNNING

Notable Shorts
A Movie (Bruce Conner), LE CHANT DU STYRENE (Alain 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. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (David Lean)
6. THE SEVENTH SEAL (Ingmar Bergman)
7. THE CRANES ARE FLYING (Mikhail Kalatozov)
8. WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (Frank Tashlin)
9. A FACE IN THE CROWD (Elia Kazan)
10.12 ANGRY MEN (Sidney Lumet)

Honorable Mention
DECISION AT SUNDOWN, ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS, NIGHT OF THE DEMON, NIGHTS OF CABIRIA, WILD STRAWBERRIES, WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION and WRITTEN ON THE WIND.

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 COURT JESTER (Melvin Frank and Norman Panama)
6. THE WRONG MAN (Alfred Hitchcock)
7. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
8. THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (Frank Tashlin)
9. FRIENDLY PERSUASION (William Wyler)
10. APARAJITO (Satyajit Ray)

Honorable Mention
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

1955
1. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray)
2. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (John Sturges)
3. THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (Anthony Mann)
4. THE FAR COUNTRY (Anthony Mann)
5. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Douglas Sirk)
6. LOLA MONTES (Max Ophüls)
7. RUN FOR COVER (Nicholas Ray)
8. DIABOLIQUE (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
9. TO CATCH A THIEF (Alfred Hitchcock)
10. BOB LE FLAMBEUR (Jean-Pierre Melville)

Honorable Mention
THE BIG COMBO, KISS ME DEADLY, THE LADYKILLERS, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, OKLAHOMA!, SMILES ON A SUMMER NIGHT and TROUBLE WITH HARRY

Notable Shorts
BLINKITY BLANK (Norman McLaren) and NIGHT AND FOG (Alain Resnais)

1954
1. THE SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
2. ON THE WATERFRONT (Elia Kazan)
3. REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
5. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 (Don Siegel)
6. TRACK OF THE CAT (William A. Wellman)
7. A STAR IS BORN (George Cukor)
8. CRIME WAVE (Andre De Toth)
9. VERA CRUZ (Robert Aldrich)
10. DIAL M FOR MURDER (Alfred Hitchcock)

Honorable Mention
HOBSON'S CHOICE

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. THE BAND WAGON (Vincente Minnelli)
6. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks)
7. STALAG 17 (Billy WIlder)
8. MADAME DE... (Max Ophuls)
9. THE MAN BETWEEN (Carol Reed)
10. TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu)

Honorable Mention
THE MAN FROM ALAMO

Notable Shorts
DUCK AMUCK (Chuck Jones), DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24 1/2TH CENTURY (Chuck Jones), EAUX D'ARTIFACE (Kenneth Anger)

1952
1. IKIRU (Akira Kurosawa)
2. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanely Donen and Gene Kelly)
3. THE NARROW MARGIN (Richard Fleischer)
4. UMBERTO D. (Vittorio de Sica)
5. SON OF PALEFACE (Frank Tashlin)
6. BEND OF THE RIVER (Anthony Mann)
7. THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray)
8. THE CRIMSON PIRATE (Robert Siodmak)
9. MOULIN ROUGE (John Huston)
10. THE BIG SKY (Howard Hawks)

Honorable Mention
HIGH NOON, KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL and RANCHO NOTORIOUS

Notable Shorts
RABBIT SEASONING (Chuck Jones)

1951
1. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. SUSANA (Luis Bunuel)
3. ACE IN THE HOLE (Billy Wilder)
4. THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (Charles Chricton)
5. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Christian Nimby)
6. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Clyde Geronimi)
7. THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (Alexander Mackindrick)
8. PEOPLE WILL TALK (Joesph L. Maniewicz)
9. TALES OF HOFFMAN (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
10. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Robert Wise)

Honorable Mention
MAN IN THE SADDLE

Notable Shorts
DRIP-ALONG DAFFY (Chuck Jones), PEN POINT PERCUSSION (Norman McLaren)

Most Overrated
THE AFRICAN QUEEN

1950
1. SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder)
2. IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray)
3. STARS IN MY CROWN (Jaques Tourneur)
4. WINCHESTER '73 (Anthony Mann)
5. THE FURIES (Anthony Mann)
6. RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa)
7. ALL ABOUT EVE (Joesph L. Maniewicz)
8. PANIC IN THE STREETS (Elia Kazan)
9. THE GUNFIGHTER (Henry King)
10. LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES (John-Pierre Melville)

Honorable Mention
ASPHALT JUNGLE, DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST, THE FLAME AND THE ARROW and SIDE STREET

Most Overrated
BORN YESTERDAY

1949
1. THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed)
2. THE SET-UP (Robert Wise)
3. STRAY DOG (Akira Kurosawa)
4. WHITE HEAT (Raoul Walsh)
5. GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis)
6. I SHOT JESSE JAMES (Samuel Fuller)
7. INTRUDER IN THE DUST (Clarence Brown)
8. THE WINDOW (Ted Tetzlaff)
9. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (Robert Hamer)
10. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (John Ford)

Honorable Mention
ON THE TOWN, THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER and THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

Notable Shorts
BEGONE DULL CARE (Norman McLaren & Evelyn Lambart), DOUGH FOR THE DO-DO (Friz Freleng), PUCE MOMENT(Kenneth Anger)

1948
1. THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE (John Huston)
2. THE RED SHOES (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
3. ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. THE BICYCLE THIEF (Vittorio de Sica)
5. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOW WOMAN (Max Ophuls)
6. THE FALLEN IDOL (Carol Reed)
7. FORCE OF EVIL (Abraham Polonsky)
8. THE SCAR (Steve Sekely)
9. HE WALKED BY NIGHT (Alfred Werker and Anthony Mann)
10. LA TERRA TREMA (Luchino Visconti)

Honorable Mention
DRUNKEN ANGEL, FORT APACHE, JOHNNY BELINDA,THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, RAW DEAL and THE SEARCH

Notable Shorts
BOOGIE DOODLE (Norman McLaren)

1947
1. ODD MAN OUT (Carol Reed)
2. QUAI DES ORFEVRES (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
3. OUT OF THE PAST (Jacques Tourneur)
4. BLACK NARCISSUS (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
5. THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (Joesph L. Mankiewicz)
6. BODY AND SOUL (Robert Rossen)
7. MONSIEUR VERDOUX (Charles Chaplin)
8. T-MEN (Anthony Mann)
9. NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Edmund Goulding)
10. BRUTE FORCE (Jules Dassin)

Honorable Mention
KISS OF DEATH and RAILROADED!

Notable Shorts
FIREWORKS (Kenneth Anger)

1946
1. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
2. THE BIG SLEEP (Howard Hawks)
3. BRIEF ENCOUNTER (David Lean)
4. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Jean Cocteau)
5. NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (John Ford)
7. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (Tay Garnett)
8. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra)
9. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (William Wyler)
10. THE KILLERS (Robert Siodmak)

1945
1. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (René Clair)
2. CHILDREN OF PARADISE (Marcel Carné)
3. DETOUR (Edgar G. Ulmer)
4. A WALK IN THE SUN (Lewis Milestone)
5. OBJECTIVE, BURMA! (Raoul Walsh)
6. I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
7. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (John M. Stahl)
8. ISLE OF THE DEAD (Mark Robson)
9. SCARLET STREET (Fritz Lang)
10. DEAD OF NIGHT (Cavalcanti/Charles Crichton/Basil Dearden/Robert Hamer)

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 OR HAVE NOT (Howard Hawks)
6. LAURA (Otto Preminger)
7. A CANTERBURY TALE (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
8. LIFEBOAT (Alfred Hitchcock)
9. THE UNINVITED (Lewis Allen)
10. IMMORTAL BATTALION (Carol Reed)

Honorable Mention
GASLIGHT

Most Overrated
THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK

1943
1. 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. FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (Billy Wilder)
6. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (Jacques Tourneur)
7. DAY OF WRATH (Carl Theodore Dreyer)
8. CABIN IN THE SKY (Vincente Minnelli)
9. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (William A. Wellman)
10. AIR FORCE (Howard Hawks)

Notable Shorts
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid)

1942
1. CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz)
2. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Orson Welles)
3. CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur)
4. OSSESSIONE (Luchino Visconti)
5. THE PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges)
6. PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (Sam Wood)
7. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (Preston Sturges)
8. TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Ernst Lubitsch)
9. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (Michael Curtiz)
10. SABOTEUR (Alfred Hitchcock)

1941
1. CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)
2. 49th PARALLEL (Michael Powell)
3. THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (William Dieterle)
4. THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston)
5. BALL OF FIRE (Howard Hawks)
6. DUMBO (Ben Sharpsteen)
7. THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (Ernst Lubitsch)
8. THE LADY EVE (Preston Sturges)
9. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (John Ford)
10. THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK (Robert Florey)

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. THE GREAT MCGINTY (Preston Sturges)

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. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (John Ford)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming)
7. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)
8. NINOTICKA (Ernst Lubitsch)
9. STAGECOACH (John Ford)
10. GONE WITH THE WIND (Victor Fleming)

Honorable Mention
THE FOUR FEATHERS, and FRONTIER MARSHAL

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. THE DRUM (Zoltan Korda)

1937
1. GRAND ILLUSION (Jean Renoir)
2. ANGEL (Ernst Lubitsch)
3. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)
4. THE AWFUL TRUTH (Leo McCarey)
5. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (David Hand)
6. PEPE LE MOKO (Julien Duvivier)
7. THE HURRICANE (John Ford)
8. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (Fritz Lang)
9. SHALL WE DANCE (Mark Sandrich)
10. NOTHING SACRED (William Wellman)

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. THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir)
7. AFTER THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke)

Notable Shorts
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (Jean Renoir)

1935
1. TOP HAT (Mark Sandrich)
2. MAD LOVE (Karl Freund)
3. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (Sam Wood)
4. THE 39 STEPS (Alfred Hitchcock)

1934
1. TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks)
2. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra)
3. THE BLACK CAT (Edgar Ulmer)
4. THE GAY DIVORCEE (Mark Sandrich)
5. THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke)
6. L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)

1933
1. THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (Frank Capra)
2. DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey)
3. HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM (Lewis Milestone)
4. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy)
5. 42ND STREET (Lloyd Bacon)
6. ZERO FOR CONDUCT (Jean Vigo)
7. FOOTLIGHT PARADE (Lloyd Bacon)

1932
1. TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch)
2. SCARFACE (Howard Hawks)
3. LOVE ME TONIGHT (Rouben Mamoulian)
4. FREAKS (Tod Browning)
5. RED DUST (Victor Fleming)
6. BLONDE VENUS (Josef Von Sternberg)

1931
1. CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin)
2. THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch)
3. M (Fritz Lang)
4. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (William Wellman)
5. MADCEHN IN UNIFORM (Leontine Sagan)
6. THE FRONT PAGE (Lewis Milestone)

1930
1. L'AGE D'OR (Luis Bunuel)
2. LITTLE CAESAR (Mervyn LeRoy)
3. ANIMAL CRACKERS (Victor Heerman)

Most Overrated
THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef Von Sternberg)