Best of the 2000s

1. The New World- Terrence Malick
2. Everything Will Be OK- Don Hertzfeldt
3. Waking Life- Richard Linklater
4. 8 Women- Francois Ozon
5. Dogville- Lars von Trier
6. There Will Be Blood- Paul Thomas Anderson
7. 25th Hour- Spike Lee
8. The Son- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
9. Synecdoche, New York- Charlie Kaufman
10. La Commune (Paris, 1871)- Peter Watkins
11. The Heart of the World- Guy Maddin
12. Zodiac- David Fincher
13. Songs From the Second Floor- Roy Andersson
14. The Prestige- Christopher Nolan
15. Kings and Queen- Arnaud Desplechin
16. The Royal Tenenbaums- Wes Anderson
17. Code Unknown- Michael Haneke
18. Punch-Drunk Love- Paul Thomas Anderson
19. Irreversible- Gaspar Noe
20. Up- Pete Docter
21. Before Sunset- Richard Linklater
22. Russian Ark- Aleksandr Sokurov
23. Mulholland Dr.- David Lynch
24. Yi Yi- Edward Yang
25. No Country for Old Men- Joel and Ethan Coen

TBA: Dogtooth- Yorgos Lanthimos

Best of the 1990s

1. Satantango- Bela Tarr
2. Dead Man- Jim Jarmusch
3. Three Colors trilogy- Krzystzof Kieslowski
4. The Age of Innocence- Martin Scorsese
5. Heavenly Creatures- Peter Jackson
6. Joan the Maid- Jacques Rivette
7. Glengarry Glen Ross- James Foley
8. After Life- Hirokazu Kore-eda
9. Naked- Mike Leigh
10. Audition- Takashi Miike
11. Drifting Clouds- Aki Kaurismäki
12. Buffalo '66- Vincent Gallo
13. The War Zone- Tim Roth
14. La Belle Noiseuse- Jacques Rivette
15. Unforgiven- Clint Eastwood
16. Beau Travail- Claire Denis
17. Irma Vep- Olivier Assayas
18. Les Amants du Pont-Neuf- Leos Carax
19. 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould- François Girard
20. GoodFellas- Martin Scorsese
21. Maborosi- Hirokazu Kore-eda
22. Exotica- Atom Egoyan
23. Close-Up- Abbas Kiarostami
24. Pulp Fiction- Quentin Tarantino
25. Short Cuts- Robert Altman

Best of the 1980s

1. Decalogue- Krzystzof Kieslowski
2. Come and See- Elem Klimov
3. The Singing Detective- Jon Amiel
4. Sans Soleil- Chris Marker
5. Do the Right Thing- Spike Lee
6. Once Upon a Time in America- Sergio Leone
7. Blow Out- Brian DePalma
8. The Sacrifice- Andrei Tarkovsky
9. L’Argent- Robert Bresson
10. Wings of Desire- Wim Wenders
11. This Is Spinal Tap- Rob Reiner
12. My Dinner With André- Louis Malle
13. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?- Robert Zemeckis
14. Brazil- Terry Gilliam
15. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story- Todd Haynes
16. Blue Velvet- David Lynch
17. The Shining- Stanley Kubrick
18. Stranger Than Paradise- Jim Jarmusch
19. Paris, Texas- Wim Wenders
20. Blade Runner- Ridley Scott
21. Back to the Future- Robert Zemeckis
22. Out of the Blue- Dennis Hopper
23. Monsieur Hire- Patrice Leconte
24. Fanny and Alexander- Ingmar Bergman
25. Crimes and Misdemeanors- Woody Allen

Best of the 1970s

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles- Chantal Akerman
2. Gates of Heaven- Errol Morris
3. Nashville- Robert Altman
4. Celine and Julie Go Boating- Jacques Rivette
5. Annie Hall- Woody Allen
6. The Mother and the Whore- Jean Eustache
7. Chinatown- Roman Polanski
8. The Spirit of the Beehive- Victor Erice
9. Eraserhead- David Lynch
10. Dawn of the Dead- George A. Romero
11. Walkabout- Nicolas Roeg
12. McCabe & Mrs. Miller- Robert Altman
13. Gimme Shelter- David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
14. Stroszek- Werner Herzog
15. Barry Lyndon- Stanley Kubrick
16. Two English Girls- François Truffaut
17. Taxi Driver- Martin Scorsese
18. O Lucky Man!- Lindsay Anderson
19. Last Tango in Paris- Bernardo Bertolucci
20. Monty Python’s Life of Brian- Terry Jones
21. Apocalypse Now- Francis Ford Coppola
22. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie- Luis Buñuel
23. Alien- Ridley Scott
24. Jaws- Steven Spielberg
25. Le Cercle Rouge- Jean-Pierre Melville
26. Cries and Whispers- Ingmar Bergman
27. Days of Heaven- Terrence Malick
28. Out 1- Jacques Rivette
29. Solaris- Andrei Tarkovsky
30. A Woman Under the Influence- John Cassavetes
31. The Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
32. Stalker- Andrei Takovsky
33. The Godfather- Francis Ford Coppola
34. The Act of Seeing With One’s Own Eyes- Stan Brakhage
35. Mean Streets- Martin Scorsese
36. Phantom of the Paradise- Brian DePalma
37. Scenes From a Marriage- Ingmar Bergman
38. The Man Who Fell to Earth- Nicolas Roeg
39. The Devil Probably- Robert Bresson
40. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie- John Cassavetes

Best of the 1960s

1. Belle de Jour- Luis Buñuel
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey- Stanley Kubrick
3. Once Upon a Time in the West- Sergio Leone
4. Play Time- Jacques Tati
5. Woman in the Dunes- Hiroshi Teshgahara
6. Week End- Jean-Luc Godard
7. 8 ½- Federico Fellini
8. Les Bonnes Femmes- Claude Chabrol
9. Shame- Ingmar Bergman
10. A Hard Day’s Night!- Richard Lester
11. Lawrence of Arabia- David Lean
12. Army of Shadows- Jean-Pierre Melville
13. Band of Outsiders- Jean-Luc Godard
14. Seconds- John Frankenheimer
15. Peeping Tom- Michael Powell
16. The Producers- Mel Brooks
17. The Wild Bunch- Sam Peckinpah
18. Blowup- Michelangelo Antonioni
19. Faces- John Cassavetes
20. West Side Story- Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
21. My Night at Maud’s- Eric Rohmer
22. The Trial- Orson Welles
23. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg- Jacques Demy
24. High and Low- Akira Kurosawa
25. The Hustler- Robert Rossen
26. Two For the Road- Stanley Donen
27. Mouchette- Jean-Luc Godard
28. Point Blank- John Boorman
29. La Jetée- Chris Marker
30. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold- Martin Ritt
31. Vivre Sa Vie- Jean-Luc Godard
32. Lola- Jacques Demy
33. Advise and Consent- Otto Preminger
34. The Apartment- Billy Wilder
35. Le Samouraï- Jean-Pierre Melville
36. Yojimbo- Akira Kurosawa
37. Pierrot le Fou- Jean-Luc Godard
38. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb- Stanley Kubrick
39. Viridiana- Luis Buñuel
40. The Silence- Ingmar Bergman

Best of the 1950s

1. The 400 Blows- François Truffaut
2. The Seven Samurai- Akira Kurosawa
3. M. Hulot’s Holiday- Jacques Tati
4. Vertigo- Alfred Hitchcock
5. Sweet Smell of Success- Alexander Mackendrick
6. Singin’ in the Rain- Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen
7. Hiroshima Mon Amour- Alain Resnais
8. Smiles of a Summer Night- Ingmar Bergman
9. The Apu trilogy- Satyajit Ray
10. Rififi- Jules Dassin
11. On the Waterfront- Elia Kazan
12. Ordet- Carl Theodor Dreyer
13. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes- Howard Hawks
14. Sansho the Bailiff- Kenji Mizoguchi
15. Touch of Evil- Orson Welles
16. In a Lonely Place- Nicholas Ray
17. Paths of Glory- Stanley Kubrick
18. Written on the Wind- Douglas Sirk
19. A Face in the Crowd- Elia Kazan
20. Tokyo Story- Yasujiro Ozu
21. Rear Window- Alfred Hitchcock
22. Pickpocket- Robert Bresson
23. Sunset Boulevard- Billy Wilder
24. Night of the Hunter- Charles Laughton
25. Ikiru- Akira Kurosawa

Best of the 1940s

1. Orpheus- Jean Cocteau
2. Citizen Kane- Orson Welles
3. The Third Man- Carol Reed
4. Notorious- Alfred Hitchcock
5. The Lady Eve- Preston Sturges
6. The Red Shoes- Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
7. Double Indemnity- Billy Wilder
8. Children of Paradise- Marcel Carné
9. Casablanca- Michael Curtiz
10. The Big Sleep- Howard Hawks
11. Late Spring- Yasujiro Ozu
12. Monsieur Verdoux- Charlie Chaplin
13. Detour- Edgar G. Ulmer
14. The Shop Around the Corner- Ernst Lubitsch
15. Day of Wrath- Carl Theodor Dreyer
16. Letter From An Unknown Woman- Max Ophüls
17. Laura- Otto Preminger
18. Shadow of a Doubt- Alfred Hitchcock
19. Beauty and the Beast- Jean Cocteau
20. Rebecca- Alfred Hitchcock
21. Red River- Howard Hawks
22. Brief Encounter- David Lean
23. The Magnificent Ambersons- Orson Welles
24. Pinocchio- Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske
25. His Girl Friday- Howard Hawks
26. Black Narcissus- Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Best of the 1930s

1. L’Atalante- Jean Vigo
2. M- Fritz Lang
3. Rules of the Game- Jean Renoir
4. Duck Soup- Leo McCarey
5. Dodsworth- William Wyler
6. Freaks- Tod Browning
7. Grand Illusion- Jean Renoir
8. Bride of Frankenstein- James Whale
9. Stagecoach- John Ford
10. Only Angels Have Wings- Howard Hawks
11. The 39 Steps- Alfred Hitchcock
12. Un Chien Andalou- Luis Buñuel
13. Modern Times- Charlie Chaplin
14. Trouble in Paradise- Ernst Lubitsch
15. Blood of a Poet- Jean Cocteau
16. Alexander Nevsky- Sergei Eisenstein
17. Enthusiasm- Dziga Vertov
18. The Blue Angel- Josef von Sternberg
19. Swing Time- George Stevens
20. Scarface: the Shame of a Nation- Howard Hawks
21. A Night at the Opera- Sam Wood
22. L’Age d’Or- Luis Buñuel
23. City Lights- Charlie Chaplin
24. Vampyr- Carl Theodor Dreyer
25. It’s a Gift- Norman Z. MacLeod

Best of the Silent Era

1. The Passion of Joan of Arc- Carl Theodor Dreyer
2. The General- Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
3. Sunrise- F.W. Murnau
4. Pandora’s Box- G.W. Pabst
5. Broken Blossoms- D W. Griffith
6. The Scarecrow- Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline
7. Seven Chances- Buster Keaton
8. The Last Laugh- F.W. Murnau
9. The Man With the Movie Camera- Dziga Vertov
10. Les Vampires- Louis Feuillade
11. Sherlock Jr- Buster Keaton
12. Ménilmontant- Dmitri Kirsanoff
13. Battleship Potemkin- Sergei Eisenstein
14. Greed- Erich von Stroheim
15. Napoléon- Abel Gance
16. Way Down East- D.W. Griffith
17. Metropolis- Fritz Lang
18. Our Hospitality- Buster Keaton and Jack Blystone
19. Nosferatu- F.W. Murnau
20. The Gold Rush- Charlie Chaplin
21. The Wind- Victor Sjöström
22. Faust- F.W. Murnau
23. The Last Command- Josef von Sternberg
24. Paris Qui Dort- René Clair
25. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks- Lev Kuleshov