1. L’Argent Robert Bresson, 1983

  2. Gertrud Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964

  3. F for Fake Orson Welles, 1975

  4. An Autumn Afternoon Yasujiro Ozu, 1962

  5. Lola Montès Max Ophuls, 1955

  6. Yi Yi Edward Yang, 2000

  7. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse Fritz Lang, 1960

  8. Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick, 1999

  9. Love Streams John Cassavetes, 1984

  10. Street of Shame Kenji Mizoguchi, 1956

  11. Ivan the Terrible Part II Sergei Eisenstein, 1946

  12. Tabu F.W. Murnau, 1931

  13. Salo Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975

  14. A Prairie Home Companion Robert Altman, 2006

  15. The Dead John Huston, 1987

  16. Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone, 1984

  17. Lilith Robert Rossen, 1964

  18. Cluny Brown Ernst Lubitsch, 1946

  19. Un Flic Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972

  20. Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk, 1959

  21. That Obscure Object of Desire Luis Buñuel, 1977

  22. Moolaadé Ousmane Sembene, 2004

  23. A Passage to India David Lean, 1984

  24. The Saga of Anatahan Josef von Sternberg, 1953

  25. Le Trou Jacques Becker, 1960

  26. My Little Loves Jean Eustache, 1974

  27. The Little Theater of Jean Renoir Jean Renoir, 1970

  28. Play Dirty André De Toth, 1969

  29. Querelle Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982

  30. Three Colors: Red Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994

  31. …All the Marbles Robert Aldrich, 1981

  32. Blue Derek Jarman, 1993

  33. The Man in the Moon Robert Mulligan, 1991

  34. The Messiah Roberto Rossellini, 1975

  35. Paprika Satoshi Kon, 2006

Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986

  1. Scattered Clouds Mikio Naruse, 1967

  2. 7 Women John Ford, 1966

  3. Terror in a Texas Town Joseph H. Lewis, 1958

  4. Age of Consent Michael Powell, 1969

  5. Family Plot Alfred Hitchcock, 1976

  6. Le Garçu Maurice Pialat, 1995

  7. The Romance of Astrea and Celadon Eric Rohmer, 2007

  8. Saraband Ingmar Bergman, 2003

  9. Sleuth Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1972

  10. Star 80 Bob Fosse, 1983

  11. Testament of Orpheus Jean Cocteau, 1960

  12. The Visitor Satyajit Ray, 1991

  13. The Ascent Larisa Shepitko, 1977

  14. The Human Factor Otto Preminger, 1979 Poll Participants: Thom Andersen, Chris Chang, Richard Combs, David Ehrenstein, Larry Gross, Haden Guest, Kent Jones, Laura Kern, Nathan Lee, Todd McCarthy, Mark McElhatten, Mark Olsen, Nicolas Rapold, Gavin Smith, Chuck Stephens, Amy Taubin, David Thompson