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The 1,000 Greatest Films: Introduction, A-B, C-D, E-G, H-L, M-N, O-R, S, T-Z, 1000-901, 900-
801, 800-701, 700-601, 600-501, 500-401, 400-301, 300-201, 200-101, 100-1, Full List (Sortable
Table), By Ranking, By Ranking History, Ex-1000, Alternative Titles, Sources/Critics, Top 250
Directors, Resources/Links, Films Ranked 1001-2000
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625 681 Marriage of Maria Braun, Fassbinder, Rainer 1979 West Germany 120
The Werner
626 631 Scarface Hawks, Howard 1932 USA 90
627 --- Children of Men Cuarón, Alfonso 2006 USA 109
628 610 Fat City Huston, John 1972 USA 100
629 647 Zodiac Fincher, David 2007 USA 158
630 634 Party, The Edwards, Blake 1968 USA 99
631 619 Breakfast at Tiffany's Edwards, Blake 1961 USA 115
632 599 Place in the Sun, A Stevens, George 1951 USA 122
633 639 Before Sunset Linklater, Richard 2004 USA 80
634 614 Lancelot du Lac Bresson, Robert 1974 France 84
635 590 Antonio das Mortes Rocha, Glauber 1969 Brazil 95
636 680 Monty Python and the Holy Gilliam, Terry/Terry 1975 UK 90
Grail Jones
637 648 Terminator 2: Judgment Cameron, James 1991 USA 136
Day
638 652 Nouvelle vague Godard, Jean-Luc 1990 France 90
639 600 Funny Games Haneke, Michael 1997 Austria 108
640 606 Round-Up, The Jancsó, Miklós 1966 Hungary 94
641 604 Mother and Son Sokurov, Aleksandr 1997 Russia 73
642 623 Young Mr. Lincoln Ford, John 1939 USA 100
643 592 Tiger of Eschnapur, The Lang, Fritz 1958 West Germany 101
644 621 Man Who Would Be King, Huston, John 1975 USA 129
The
645 613 Yeelen Cissé, Souleymane 1987 Mali 105
646 663 White Heat Walsh, Raoul 1949 USA 114
647 625 Dazed and Confused Linklater, Richard 1993 USA 94
648 645 Edward Scissorhands Burton, Tim 1990 USA 100
649 594 Xala Sembene, Ousmane 1975 Senegal 123
650 646 Orlando Potter, Sally 1992 UK 94
651 640 Short Film About Killing, A Kieslowski, Krzysztof 1987 Poland 85
652 702 After Life Koreeda, Hirokazu 1998 Japan 118
653 655 Mr. Smith Goes to Capra, Frank 1939 USA 129
Washington
654 701 JFK Stone, Oliver 1991 USA 188
655 622 Nostalgia for the Light Guzmán, Patricio 2010 France 90
656 770 Lord of the Rings: The Jackson, Peter 2001 New Zealand 178
Fellowship of the Ring, The
657 624 Chant d'amour, Un Genet, Jean 1950 France 26
658 670 Zelig Allen, Woody 1983 USA 79
659 677 Y tu mamá también Cuarón, Alfonso 2001 Mexico 105
660 611 Dames du Bois de Bresson, Robert 1945 France 85
Boulogne, Les
661 666 Bambi Hand, David 1942 USA 69
662 627 Gummo Korine, Harmony 1997 USA 88
663 675 Synecdoche, New York Kaufman, Charlie 2008 USA 124
664 637 Wild Child, The Truffaut, François 1970 France 85
665 620 Passion Godard, Jean-Luc 1982 France 87
666 660 Great Escape, The Sturges, John 1963 USA 168
667 682 Dark Knight, The Nolan, Christopher 2008 USA 152
668 636 My Life as a Dog Hallström, Lasse 1985 Sweden 101
669 800 Sur, El Erice, Victor 1983 Spain 95
670 654 Son, The Dardenne, Jean-Pierre 2002 Belgium 103
& Luc Dardenne
671 696 Crash Cronenberg, David 1996 Canada 100
672 617 Edvard Munch [TV] Watkins, Peter 1974 Sweden 210
673 650 Europa '51 Rossellini, Roberto 1952 Italy 113
674 649 Distant Ceylan, Nuri Bilge 2002 Turkey 110
675 656 Fellini's Roma Fellini, Federico 1972 Italy 128
676 695 Wicker Man, The Hardy, Robin 1973 UK 103
677 728 Possession Zulawski, Andrzej 1981 France 127
678 635 Claire's Knee Rohmer, Eric 1970 France 105
679 651 Navigator, The Keaton, 1924 USA 59
Buster/Donald Crisp
680 686 Robocop Verhoeven, Paul 1987 USA 103
681 705 Lolita Kubrick, Stanley 1962 UK 152
682 764 Diaboliques, Les Clouzot, Henri- 1955 France 114
Georges
683 684 Spartacus Kubrick, Stanley 1960 USA 184
684 653 W.R.: Mysteries of the Makavejev, Dusan 1971 Yugoslavia 84
Organism
685 --- Superman Donner, Richard 1978 USA 143
686 638 Emperor's Naked Army Hara, Kazuo 1987 Japan 122
Marches On, The
687 661 Miller's Crossing Coen, Joel & Ethan 1990 USA 115
Coen
688 671 Woman Next Door, The Truffaut, François 1981 France 106
689 772 Vagabond Varda, Agnès 1985 France 105
690 710 Shock Corridor Fuller, Samuel 1963 USA 101
691 668 Flaming Creatures Smith, Jack 1963 USA 43
692 690 Harakiri Kobayashi, Masaki 1962 Japan 133
693 778 Golden Coach, The Renoir, Jean 1952 Italy 100
694 657 Harlan County, U.S.A. Kopple, Barbara 1976 USA 103
695 665 Vive L'Amour Tsai Ming-liang 1994 Taiwan 118
696 669 Seasons, The Peleshian, Artavazd 1975 USSR 29
697 828 Dirty Harry Siegel, Don 1971 USA 102
698 672 Still Life Jia Zhangke 2006 China 113
699 711 Bad and the Beautiful, The Minnelli, Vincente 1952 USA 118
700 662 Thelma & Louise Scott, Ridley 1991 USA 128
701 735 Gun Crazy Lewis, Joseph H. 1950 USA 86
702 697 Invasion of the Body Siegel, Don 1956 USA 80
Snatchers
703 694 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Mungiu, Cristian 2007 Romania 113
Days
704 703 Ferris Bueller's Day Off Hughes, John 1986 USA 103
705 693 Killer, The Woo, John 1989 Hong Kong 110
706 676 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Meyer, Russ 1965 USA 83
707 704 Testament of Dr. Mabuse, Lang, Fritz 1933 Germany 120
The
708 691 Streetcar Named Desire, A Kazan, Elia 1951 USA 122
709 747 Moulin Rouge! Luhrmann, Baz 2001 Australia 126
710 674 Angel at My Table, An Campion, Jane 1990 New Zealand 158
711 667 Casque d'or Becker, Jacques 1952 France 96
712 679 Tin Drum, The Schlöndorff, Volker 1979 West Germany 142
713 712 Chronicle of Anna Straub, Jean-Marie 1968 West Germany 94
Magdalena Bach, The
714 692 My Friend Ivan Lapshin German, Aleksey 1985 USSR 100
715 730 Titanic Cameron, James 1997 USA 194
716 709 Thief of Bagdad, The Powell, 1940 UK 106
Michael/Ludwig
Berger/Tim Whelan
717 706 Smiles of a Summer Night Bergman, Ingmar 1955 Sweden 108
718 683 Red Balloon, The Lamorisse, Albert 1956 France 34
719 717 L.A. Confidential Hanson, Curtis 1997 USA 137
720 884 Airplane! Abrahams, Jim/David 1980 USA 86
Zucker/Jerry Zucker
721 769 Piano Teacher, The Haneke, Michael 2001 Austria 130
722 678 Saturday Night and Sunday Reisz, Karel 1960 UK 89
Morning
723 --- Saving Private Ryan Spielberg, Steven 1998 USA 169
724 699 Idiots, The von Trier, Lars 1998 Denmark 117
725 737 Maîtres fous, Les Rouch, Jean 1955 France 36
726 729 Virgin Spring, The Bergman, Ingmar 1959 Sweden 88
727 755 Kaagaz Ke Phool Dutt, Guru 1959 India 148
728 723 Syndromes and a Century Weerasethakul, 2006 Thailand 105
Apichatpong
729 760 Trial, The Welles, Orson 1962 France 118
730 738 Ace in the Hole Wilder, Billy 1951 USA 112
731 746 Dodes'ka-den Kurosawa, Akira 1970 Japan 140
732 687 Red Sorghum Zhang Yimou 1987 China 91
733 685 Ascent, The Shepitko, Larisa 1976 USSR 111
734 --- Ghostbusters Reitman, Ivan 1984 USA 107
735 763 Who's Afraid of Virginia Nichols, Mike 1966 USA 129
Woolf?
736 825 Age of the Earth, The Rocha, Glauber 1980 Brazil 158
737 689 All Quiet on the Western Milestone, Lewis 1930 USA 133
Front
738 715 Circus, The Chaplin, Charles 1928 USA 72
739 732 Starship Troopers Verhoeven, Paul 1997 USA 129
740 743 Blow Out De Palma, Brian 1981 USA 107
741 791 Wild at Heart Lynch, David 1990 USA 127
742 --- When Harry Met Sally... Reiner, Rob 1989 USA 95
743 845 It's a Gift McLeod, Norman Z. 1934 USA 73
744 707 Holy Mountain, The Jodorowsky, 1973 Mexico 114
Alejandro
745 832 Rififi Dassin, Jules 1955 France 115
746 721 Woman of Paris, A Chaplin, Charles 1923 USA 78
747 809 Last Emperor, The Bertolucci, Bernardo 1987 China 160
748 805 Abraham's Valley Oliveira, Manoel de 1993 Portugal 187
749 700 Blood Simple Coen, Joel & Ethan 1984 USA 97
Coen
750 768 Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Sturges, Preston 1944 USA 99
The
751 716 Olympia Riefenstahl, Leni 1938 Germany 220
752 698 Time of the Gypsies Kusturica, Emir 1989 Yugoslavia 142
753 725 Hitler: A Film from Syberberg, Hans- 1977 West Germany 442
Germany Jürgen
754 752 Right Stuff, The Kaufman, Philip 1983 USA 193
755 757 Headless Woman, The Martel, Lucrecia 2008 Argentina 87
756 766 Forbidden Games Clément, René 1952 France 87
757 714 Vengeance is Mine Imamura, Shohei 1979 Japan 129
758 740 Van Gogh Pialat, Maurice 1991 France 158
759 761 Last Detail, The Ashby, Hal 1973 USA 105
760 797 History of Violence, A Cronenberg, David 2005 USA 96
761 744 Ossessione Visconti, Luchino 1943 Italy 140
762 767 Long Day Closes, The Davies, Terence 1992 UK 83
763 727 Port of Shadows Carné, Marcel 1938 France 91
764 802 Ciénaga, La Martel, Lucrecia 2001 Argentina 103
765 719 Moonfleet Lang, Fritz 1955 USA 89
766 819 Sweet Hereafter, The Egoyan, Atom 1997 Canada 112
767 722 Code Unknown Haneke, Michael 2000 France 118
768 840 Black Girl Sembene, Ousmane 1966 Senegal 65
769 753 Avatar Cameron, James 2009 USA 161
770 726 Hunger McQueen, Steve 2008 UK 96
771 869 Blues Brothers, The Landis, John 1980 USA 130
772 750 Z Costa-Gavras, 1969 France 127
Constantin
773 713 Sang des bêtes, Le Franju, Georges 1949 France 20
774 774 Morocco von Sternberg, Josef 1930 USA 92
775 734 Crumb Zwigoff, Terry 1994 USA 119
776 796 Princess Bride, The Reiner, Rob 1987 USA 98
777 756 Grido, Il Antonioni, 1957 Italy 111
Michelangelo
778 736 Sauve qui peut (la vie) Godard, Jean-Luc 1980 France 87
779 784 Ladykillers, The Mackendrick, 1955 UK 90
Alexander
780 749 Lusty Men, The Ray, Nicholas 1952 USA 113
781 --- Memories of Murder Bong Joon-ho 2003 South Korea 132
782 759 Dog Star Man Brakhage, Stan 1964 USA 75
783 741 Producers, The Brooks, Mel 1968 USA 88
784 --- Donnie Darko Kelly, Richard 2001 USA 112
785 718 Misfits, The Huston, John 1961 USA 124
786 720 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Ford, John 1949 USA 103
787 754 Numéro deux Godard, Jean-Luc 1975 France 88
911 904 Ballad of Narayama, The Imamura, Shohei 1983 Japan 130
912 936 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Hawks, Howard 1953 USA 91
913 905 Anatahan von Sternberg, Josef 1953 Japan 92
914 --- Before Sunrise Linklater, Richard 1995 USA 101
915 940 Holiday Cukor, George 1938 USA 93
916 --- Akira Kurosawa's Dreams Kurosawa, Akira 1990 USA 120
917 889 Reckless Moment, The Ophüls, Max 1949 USA 82
918 916 Fellini's Casanova Fellini, Federico 1976 Italy 158
919 909 Midnight Run Brest, Martin 1988 USA 122
920 926 El Dorado Hawks, Howard 1967 USA 126
921 918 Topo, El Jodorowsky, 1970 Mexico 124
Alejandro
922 865 Exotica Egoyan, Atom 1994 Canada 104
923 879 Firemen's Ball, The Forman, Milos 1967 Czechoslovakia 73
924 --- Sholay Sippy, Ramesh 1975 India 162
925 958 Zabriskie Point Antonioni, 1970 USA 112
Michelangelo
926 935 Mildred Pierce Curtiz, Michael 1945 USA 109
927 882 Moi, un Noir Rouch, Jean 1958 France 70
928 886 Too Early, Too Late Straub, Jean-Marie & 1981 Germany 100
Danièle Huillet
929 --- Verdict, The Lumet, Sidney 1982 USA 129
930 895 Bonheur, Le Varda, Agnès 1965 France 79
931 903 Yol Gören, Serif & 1982 Turkey 114
Yilmaz Güney
932 930 Grin Without a Cat, A Marker, Chris 1977 France 240
933 880 Duel in the Sun Vidor, King 1946 USA 130
934 990 Pépé le Moko Duvivier, Julien 1937 France 94
935 891 Ten Commandments, The DeMille, Cecil B. 1956 USA 220
936 875 Diary for Timothy, A Jennings, Humphrey 1945 UK 40
937 921 Outer Space Tscherkassky, Peter 1999 Austria 10
938 928 Finding Nemo Stanton, Andrew & 2003 USA 100
Lee Unkrich
939 878 Bob le flambeur Melville, Jean-Pierre 1955 France 102
940 925 Man Who Fell to Earth, Roeg, Nicolas 1976 UK 140
The
941 913 India: Matri Bhumi Rossellini, Roberto 1959 Italy 90
942 986 Tarnished Angels, The Sirk, Douglas 1957 USA 91
943 --- Mamma Roma Pasolini, Pier Paolo 1962 Italy 110
944 890 Floating Weeds Ozu, Yasujiro 1959 Japan 119
945 972 Femme est une femme, Une Godard, Jean-Luc 1961 France 83
946 937 Chikamatsu monogatari Mizoguchi, Kenji 1954 Japan 100
947 908 Subarnarekha Ghatak, Ritwik 1965 India 143
948 --- Man for All Seasons, A Zinnemann, Fred 1966 UK 120
949 973 Häxan Christensen, 1922 Sweden 83
Benjamin
950 956 Ten Kiarostami, Abbas 2002 France 92
951 944 Ceddo Sembene, Ousmane 1976 Senegal 117
952 963 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Lynch, David 1992 USA 135
Me
953 --- Collectionneuse, La Rohmer, Eric 1966 France 88
954 900 Loneliness of the Long Richardson, Tony 1962 UK 103
Distance Runner, The
955 931 Shanghai Express von Sternberg, Josef 1932 USA 80
956 982 Arrivée d'un train à la Lumière, August & 1895 France 1
Ciotat, L' Louis Lumière
957 --- Beyond the Valley of the Meyer, Russ 1970 USA 109
Dolls
958 901 Cairo Station Chahine, Youssef 1958 Egypt 76
959 --- Kwaidan Kobayashi, Masaki 1964 Japan 164
960 --- Phantom of the Paradise De Palma, Brian 1974 USA 92
961 934 Princess Yang Kwei Fei Mizoguchi, Kenji 1955 Japan 98
962 906 Sawdust and Tinsel Bergman, Ingmar 1953 Sweden 92
963 977 True Heart Susie Griffith, D.W. 1919 USA 87
964 923 Saragossa Manuscript, The Has, Wojciech 1965 Poland 182
965 --- Pickpocket Jia Zhangke 1997 China 108
966 946 Witness Weir, Peter 1985 USA 112
967 914 War and Peace Bondarchuk, Sergei 1967 USSR 357
968 --- Being John Malkovich Jonze, Spike 1999 USA 112
969 --- À nous la liberté Clair, René 1931 France 87
970 --- Story of Qiu Ju, The Zhang Yimou 1992 China 100
971 919 From the Clouds to the Straub, Jean-Marie & 1979 Italy 104
Resistance Danièle Huillet
972 --- Kill Bill Vol. 1 Tarantino, Quentin 2003 USA 111
973 949 Lone Star Sayles, John 1996 USA 135
974 992 Outskirts Barnet, Boris 1933 USSR 98
975 974 Touchez pas au Grisbi Becker, Jacques 1954 France 94
976 947 Rocky Horror Picture Sharman, Jim 1975 UK 95
Show, The
977 --- Design for Living Lubitsch, Ernst 1933 USA 90
978 945 Sting, The Hill, George Roy 1973 USA 129
979 --- Bandido da Luz Vermelha, Sganzerla, Rogério 1968 Brazil 92
O
980 962 Scarecrow Schatzberg, Jerry 1973 USA 108
981 --- Ruggles of Red Gap McCarey, Leo 1935 USA 92
982 942 Hellzapoppin' Potter, H.C. 1941 USA 84
983 932 Mothlight Brakhage, Stan 1963 USA 4
984 933 Indian Tomb, The Lang, Fritz 1959 West Germany 95
985 --- Red Beard Kurosawa, Akira 1965 Japan 185
986 --- Fountainhead, The Vidor, King 1949 USA 114
987 965 Bad Timing Roeg, Nicolas 1980 UK 129
988 --- Big Red One, The Fuller, Samuel 1980 USA 113
989 --- Johnny Got His Gun Trumbo, Dalton 1971 USA 111
990 997 Amour fou, L' Rivette, Jacques 1968 France 252
991 959 Unsere Afrikareise Kubelka, Peter 1966 Austria 13
992 980 Nightmare Before Selick, Henry 1993 USA 76
Christmas, The
993 --- They Live Carpenter, John 1988 USA 93
994 943 Heimat [TV] Reitz, Edgar 1984 West Germany 940
995 --- In Praise of Love Godard, Jean-Luc 2001 France 97
996 991 Dead Poets Society Weir, Peter 1989 USA 128
997 --- Husbands and Wives Allen, Woody 1992 USA 107
998 998 Humanité, L' Dumont, Bruno 1999 France 147
999 995 Oasis Lee Chang-dong 2002 South Korea 133
1000 --- Sorcerer Friedkin, William 1977 USA 122
The 1,000 Greatest Films: Introduction, A-B, C-D, E-G, H-L, M-N, O-R, S, T-Z, 1000-901, 900-
801, 800-701, 700-601, 600-501, 500-401, 400-301, 300-201, 200-101, 100-1, Full List (Sortable
Table), By Ranking, By Ranking History, Ex-1000, Alternative Titles, Sources/Critics, Top 250
Directors, Resources/Links, Films Ranked 1001-2000