Seeking out the
5000 greatest films
in a century of cinema
Films From Year
Films
1.
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner
2.
Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese
3.
Airplane!
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker
Films
4.
Heaven's Gate
Michael Cimino
5.
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick
6.
The Elephant Man
David Lynch
7.
Ordinary People
Robert Redford
8.
Breaker Morant
Bruce Beresford
9.
The Blues Brothers
John Landis
10.
Stardust Memories
Woody Allen
Films
11.
Caddyshack
Harold Ramis
12.
Nine to Five
9 to 5 Colin Higgins
9 to 5 Colin Higgins
13.
Little Darlings
Ronald F. Maxwell
14.
Superman II
Richard Lester
15.
The Stunt Man
Richard Rush
16.
Kagemusha
Shadow Warrior Akira Kurosawa
Shadow Warrior Akira Kurosawa
17.
Return of the Secaucus Seven
John Sayles
18.
Atlantic City
Louis Malle
19.
Inside Moves
Richard Donner
20.
Coal Miner's Daughter
Michael Apted
21.
Used Cars
Robert Zemeckis
Films
22.
The Last Metro
Le Dernier Métro François Truffaut
Le Dernier Métro François Truffaut
23.
My Bodyguard
Tony Bill
24.
The Constant Factor
Constans Krzysztof Zanussi
Constans Krzysztof Zanussi
25.
The Changeling
Peter Medak
26.
Friday the 13th
Sean S. Cunningham
27.
Private Benjamin
Howard Zieff
28.
Melvin and Howard
Jonathan Demme
29.
Fame
Alan Parker
30.
Altered States
Ken Russell
31.
Cruising
William Friedkin
32.
Bronco Billy
Clint Eastwood
33.
Carny
Robert Kaylor
34.
Christmas Evil
You Better Watch Out Lewis Jackson
You Better Watch Out Lewis Jackson
35.
Inferno
Dario Argento
36.
Humanoids from the Deep
Barbara Peeters
37.
Hero at Large
Martin Davidson
38.
Seems Like Old Times
Jay Sandrich
Films
39.
Popeye
Robert Altman
40.
Urban Cowboy
James Bridges
41.
Dressed to Kill
Brian De Palma
42.
Somewhere in Time
Jeannot Szwarc
43.
One-Trick Pony
Robert M. Young
44.
The Fog
John Carpenter
45.
American Gigolo
Paul Schrader
46.
The Blue Lagoon
Randal Kleiser
47.
The Mirror Crack'd
Guy Hamilton
48.
Flash Gordon
Mike Hodges
49.
Times Square
Allan Moyle
50.
Foxes
Adrian Lyne
Films
51.
Cannibals in the Streets
Apocalypse domani Antonio Margheriti
Apocalypse domani Antonio Margheriti
52.
Stir Crazy
Sidney Poitier
53.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Jamie Uys
54.
Motel Hell
Kevin Connor
55.
The Long Riders
Walter Hill
56.
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Charles Jarrott
57.
Prom Night
Paul Lynch
58.
Mother's Day
Charles Kaufman
59.
The Dogs of War
John Irvin
60.
Patrick Still Lives
Patrick vive ancora
Patrick Is Still Alive Mario Landi
Patrick vive ancora
Patrick Is Still Alive Mario Landi
61.
Raise the Titanic
Jerry Jameson
62.
We're Going to Eat You
Dei yuk mo moon Hark Tsui
Dei yuk mo moon Hark Tsui
Films
63.
Xanadu
Robert Greenwald
64.
Battle Beyond the Stars
Roger Corman and Jimmy T. Murakami
65.
Pinball Summer
Pick-up Summer George Mihalka
Pick-up Summer George Mihalka
66.
Fade to Black
Vernon Zimmerman
67.
Without Warning
It Came Without Warning Greydon Clark
It Came Without Warning Greydon Clark
68.
New Year's Evil
Emmett Alston
69.
Bad Timing
Nicolas Roeg
70.
Bloodeaters
Toxic Zombies Charles McCrann
Toxic Zombies Charles McCrann
Airplane!
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker
Altered States
Ken Russell
American Gigolo
Paul Schrader
Atlantic City
Louis Malle
Bad Timing
Nicolas Roeg
Battle Beyond the Stars
Roger Corman and Jimmy T. Murakami
Bloodeaters
Toxic Zombies Charles McCrann
Toxic Zombies Charles McCrann
Breaker Morant
Bruce Beresford
Bronco Billy
Clint Eastwood
Caddyshack
Harold Ramis
Cannibals in the Streets
Apocalypse domani Antonio Margheriti
Apocalypse domani Antonio Margheriti
Carny
Robert Kaylor
Christmas Evil
You Better Watch Out Lewis Jackson
You Better Watch Out Lewis Jackson
Coal Miner's Daughter
Michael Apted
Cruising
William Friedkin
Dressed to Kill
Brian De Palma
Fade to Black
Vernon Zimmerman
Fame
Alan Parker
Flash Gordon
Mike Hodges
Foxes
Adrian Lyne
Friday the 13th
Sean S. Cunningham
Heaven's Gate
Michael Cimino
Hero at Large
Martin Davidson
Humanoids from the Deep
Barbara Peeters
Inferno
Dario Argento
Inside Moves
Richard Donner
Kagemusha
Shadow Warrior Akira Kurosawa
Shadow Warrior Akira Kurosawa
Little Darlings
Ronald F. Maxwell
Melvin and Howard
Jonathan Demme
Motel Hell
Kevin Connor
Mother's Day
Charles Kaufman
My Bodyguard
Tony Bill
New Year's Evil
Emmett Alston
Nine to Five
9 to 5 Colin Higgins
9 to 5 Colin Higgins
One-Trick Pony
Robert M. Young
Ordinary People
Robert Redford
Patrick Still Lives
Patrick vive ancora
Patrick Is Still Alive Mario Landi
Patrick vive ancora
Patrick Is Still Alive Mario Landi
Pinball Summer
Pick-up Summer George Mihalka
Pick-up Summer George Mihalka
Popeye
Robert Altman
Private Benjamin
Howard Zieff
Prom Night
Paul Lynch
Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese
Raise the Titanic
Jerry Jameson
Return of the Secaucus Seven
John Sayles
Seems Like Old Times
Jay Sandrich
Somewhere in Time
Jeannot Szwarc
Stardust Memories
Woody Allen
Stir Crazy
Sidney Poitier
Superman II
Richard Lester
The Blue Lagoon
Randal Kleiser
The Blues Brothers
John Landis
The Changeling
Peter Medak
The Constant Factor
Constans Krzysztof Zanussi
Constans Krzysztof Zanussi
The Dogs of War
John Irvin
The Elephant Man
David Lynch
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner
The Fog
John Carpenter
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Jamie Uys
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Charles Jarrott
The Last Metro
Le Dernier Métro François Truffaut
Le Dernier Métro François Truffaut
The Long Riders
Walter Hill
The Mirror Crack'd
Guy Hamilton
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick
The Stunt Man
Richard Rush
Times Square
Allan Moyle
Urban Cowboy
James Bridges
Used Cars
Robert Zemeckis
We're Going to Eat You
Dei yuk mo moon Hark Tsui
Dei yuk mo moon Hark Tsui
Without Warning
It Came Without Warning Greydon Clark
It Came Without Warning Greydon Clark
Xanadu
Robert Greenwald
American Gigolo
Paul Schrader
01 February 1980
The Fog
John Carpenter
08 February 1980
Hero at Large
Martin Davidson
08 February 1980
Cruising
William Friedkin
15 February 1980
Foxes
Adrian Lyne
29 February 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Michael Apted
07 March 1980
Little Darlings
Ronald F. Maxwell
21 March 1980
The Changeling
Peter Medak
28 March 1980
We're Going to Eat You
Dei yuk mo moon Hark Tsui 02 April 1980
Dei yuk mo moon Hark Tsui 02 April 1980
Inferno
Dario Argento
02 April 1980
Friday the 13th
Sean S. Cunningham
09 May 1980
Patrick Still Lives
Patrick vive ancora
Patrick Is Still Alive Mario Landi 15 May 1980
Patrick vive ancora
Patrick Is Still Alive Mario Landi 15 May 1980
Humanoids from the Deep
Barbara Peeters
16 May 1980
Fame
Alan Parker
16 May 1980
The Long Riders
Walter Hill
16 May 1980
Carny
Robert Kaylor
23 May 1980
Urban Cowboy
James Bridges
06 June 1980
Bronco Billy
Clint Eastwood
11 June 1980
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick
13 June 1980
The Blues Brothers
John Landis
20 June 1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner 20 June 1980
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner 20 June 1980
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Charles Jarrott
25 June 1980
The Stunt Man
Richard Rush
27 June 1980
The Blue Lagoon
Randal Kleiser
02 July 1980
Airplane!
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker
02 July 1980
Breaker Morant
Bruce Beresford
03 July 1980
Used Cars
Robert Zemeckis
11 July 1980
Pinball Summer
Pick-up Summer George Mihalka 11 July 1980
Pick-up Summer George Mihalka 11 July 1980
Prom Night
Paul Lynch
18 July 1980
Dressed to Kill
Brian De Palma
25 July 1980
Caddyshack
Harold Ramis
25 July 1980
Raise the Titanic
Jerry Jameson
01 August 1980
Xanadu
Robert Greenwald
08 August 1980
Return of the Secaucus Seven
John Sayles
05 September 1980
Battle Beyond the Stars
Roger Corman and Jimmy T. Murakami
08 September 1980
Mother's Day
Charles Kaufman
19 September 1980
Melvin and Howard
Jonathan Demme
19 September 1980
The Constant Factor
Constans Krzysztof Zanussi 19 September 1980
Constans Krzysztof Zanussi 19 September 1980
Ordinary People
Robert Redford
19 September 1980
Stardust Memories
Woody Allen
26 September 1980
My Bodyguard
Tony Bill
26 September 1980
Somewhere in Time
Jeannot Szwarc
03 October 1980
One-Trick Pony
Robert M. Young
03 October 1980
Bloodeaters
Toxic Zombies Charles McCrann 05 October 1980
Toxic Zombies Charles McCrann 05 October 1980
Private Benjamin
Howard Zieff
10 October 1980
Kagemusha
Shadow Warrior Akira Kurosawa 10 October 1980
Shadow Warrior Akira Kurosawa 10 October 1980
The Elephant Man
David Lynch
10 October 1980
Fade to Black
Vernon Zimmerman
14 October 1980
Times Square
Allan Moyle
17 October 1980
Motel Hell
Kevin Connor
24 October 1980
Bad Timing
Nicolas Roeg
25 October 1980
Christmas Evil
You Better Watch Out Lewis Jackson 01 November 1980
You Better Watch Out Lewis Jackson 01 November 1980
Without Warning
It Came Without Warning Greydon Clark 26 November 1980
It Came Without Warning Greydon Clark 26 November 1980
Flash Gordon
Mike Hodges
05 December 1980
Stir Crazy
Sidney Poitier
12 December 1980
Popeye
Robert Altman
12 December 1980
New Year's Evil
Emmett Alston
19 December 1980
Seems Like Old Times
Jay Sandrich
19 December 1980
The Mirror Crack'd
Guy Hamilton
19 December 1980
Nine to Five
9 to 5 Colin Higgins 19 December 1980
9 to 5 Colin Higgins 19 December 1980
Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese
19 December 1980
Altered States
Ken Russell
25 December 1980
The Dogs of War
John Irvin
13 February 1981
The Last Metro
Le Dernier Métro François Truffaut 19 February 1981
Le Dernier Métro François Truffaut 19 February 1981
Atlantic City
Louis Malle
03 April 1981
Heaven's Gate
Michael Cimino
24 April 1981
Superman II
Richard Lester
19 June 1981
Inside Moves
Richard Donner
20 August 1981
Cannibals in the Streets
Apocalypse domani Antonio Margheriti 18 September 1981
Apocalypse domani Antonio Margheriti 18 September 1981
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Jamie Uys
26 October 1984