Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme
2.
JFK Oliver Stone
3.
The Commitments Alan Parker
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Films

4.
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, and Eleanor Coppola
5.
Thelma & Louise Ridley Scott
6.
Life, and Nothing More...
Zendegi va digar hich
Abbas Kiarostami
7.
Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
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Films

8.
The Double Life of Veronique
La double vie de Véronique
Krzysztof Kieslowski
9.
Boyz n the Hood John Singleton
10.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron
11.
Raise the Red Lantern
Da hong deng long gao gao gua
Yimou Zhang
12.
Delicatessen Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro
13.
Black Robe Bruce Beresford
14.
Grand Canyon Lawrence Kasdan
15.
The Prince of Tides Barbra Streisand
16.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Nicholas Meyer
17.
The Doctor Randa Haines
18.
Flirting John Duigan
19.
City of Hope John Sayles
20.
New Jack City Mario Van Peebles
21.
Once Around Lasse Hallström
22.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Kevin Reynolds
23.
Doc Hollywood Michael Caton-Jones
24.
The Complete Citizen Kane Leslie Megahey
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Films

25.
All the Mornings of the World
Tous les matins du monde
Alain Corneau
26.
Frankie and Johnny Garry Marshall
27.
Billy Bathgate Robert Benton
28.
Hear My Song Peter Chelsom
29.
The Fisher King Terry Gilliam
30.
Daughters of the Dust Julie Dash
31.
Europa
Zentropa
Lars von Trier
32.
Edward II Derek Jarman
33.
Madonna: Truth or Dare Alek Keshishian
34.
Defending Your Life Albert Brooks
35.
Rambling Rose Martha Coolidge
36.
My Own Private Idaho Gus Van Sant
37.
Hot Shots! Jim Abrahams
38.
City Slickers Ron Underwood
39.
Hidden Agenda Ken Loach
40.
F/X2 Richard Franklin
41.
Little Man Tate Jodie Foster
42.
The Rocketeer Joe Johnston
43.
Soapdish Michael Hoffman
44.
A Rage in Harlem Bill Duke
45.
Let Him Have It Peter Medak
46.
The Rapture Michael Tolkin
47.
The Man in the Moon Robert Mulligan
48.
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear David Zucker
49.
The Dark Backward Adam Rifkin
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Films

50.
Until the End of the World
Bis ans Ende der Welt
Wim Wenders
51.
Cape Fear Martin Scorsese
52.
Barton Fink Joel Coen
53.
Hook Steven Spielberg
54.
Dogfight Nancy Savoca
55.
Night on Earth Jim Jarmusch
56.
Backdraft Ron Howard
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Films

57.
Rush Lili Fini Zanuck
58.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord Hector Babenco
59.
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Simon Callow
60.
Poison Todd Haynes
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Films

61.
Highway Patrolman
El patrullero
Alex Cox
62.
Shadows and Fog Woody Allen
63.
Dead Again Kenneth Branagh
64.
Naked Lunch David Cronenberg
65.
Cast a Deadly Spell Martin Campbell
66.
Hudson Hawk Michael Lehmann
67.
Shattered Wolfgang Petersen
68.
Kafka Steven Soderbergh
69.
L.A. Story Mick Jackson
70.
The Hard Way John Badham
71.
Fried Green Tomatoes Jon Avnet
72.
Robin Hood John Irvin
73.
Switch Blake Edwards
74.
Bugsy Barry Levinson
75.
The Doors Oliver Stone
76.
Regarding Henry Mike Nichols
77.
Other People's Money Norman Jewison
78.
Guilty by Suspicion Irwin Winkler
79.
Prospero's Books Peter Greenaway
80.
Dying Young Joel Schumacher
81.
Father of the Bride Charles Shyer
82.
Point Break Kathryn Bigelow
83.
Only the Lonely Chris Columbus
84.
Oscar John Landis
85.
What About Bob? Frank Oz
86.
My Girl Howard Zieff
87.
One Good Cop Heywood Gould
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Films

88.
Scenes from a Mall Paul Mazursky
89.
Popcorn Mark Herrier
90.
The Linguini Incident Richard Shepard
91.
The Addams Family Barry Sonnenfeld
92.
Dutch Peter Faiman
93.
Whore Ken Russell
94.
He Said, She Said Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver
95.
Life Stinks Mel Brooks
All the Mornings of the World
Tous les matins du monde
Alain Corneau 
A Rage in Harlem Bill Duke 
At Play in the Fields of the Lord Hector Babenco 
Backdraft Ron Howard 
Barton Fink Joel Coen 
Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 
Billy Bathgate Robert Benton 
Black Robe Bruce Beresford 
Boyz n the Hood John Singleton 
Bugsy Barry Levinson 
Cape Fear Martin Scorsese 
Cast a Deadly Spell Martin Campbell 
City of Hope John Sayles 
City Slickers Ron Underwood 
Daughters of the Dust Julie Dash 
Dead Again Kenneth Branagh 
Defending Your Life Albert Brooks 
Delicatessen Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro 
Doc Hollywood Michael Caton-Jones 
Dogfight Nancy Savoca 
Dutch Peter Faiman 
Dying Young Joel Schumacher 
Edward II Derek Jarman 
Europa
Zentropa
Lars von Trier 
Father of the Bride Charles Shyer 
Flirting John Duigan 
Frankie and Johnny Garry Marshall 
Fried Green Tomatoes Jon Avnet 
F/X2 Richard Franklin 
Grand Canyon Lawrence Kasdan 
Guilty by Suspicion Irwin Winkler 
Hear My Song Peter Chelsom 
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, and Eleanor Coppola 
He Said, She Said Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver 
Hidden Agenda Ken Loach 
Highway Patrolman
El patrullero
Alex Cox 
Hook Steven Spielberg 
Hot Shots! Jim Abrahams 
Hudson Hawk Michael Lehmann 
JFK Oliver Stone 
Kafka Steven Soderbergh 
L.A. Story Mick Jackson 
Let Him Have It Peter Medak 
Life, and Nothing More...
Zendegi va digar hich
Abbas Kiarostami 
Life Stinks Mel Brooks 
Little Man Tate Jodie Foster 
Madonna: Truth or Dare Alek Keshishian 
My Girl Howard Zieff 
My Own Private Idaho Gus Van Sant 
Naked Lunch David Cronenberg 
New Jack City Mario Van Peebles 
Night on Earth Jim Jarmusch 
Once Around Lasse Hallström 
One Good Cop Heywood Gould 
Only the Lonely Chris Columbus 
Oscar John Landis 
Other People's Money Norman Jewison 
Point Break Kathryn Bigelow 
Poison Todd Haynes 
Popcorn Mark Herrier 
Prospero's Books Peter Greenaway 
Raise the Red Lantern
Da hong deng long gao gao gua
Yimou Zhang 
Rambling Rose Martha Coolidge 
Regarding Henry Mike Nichols 
Robin Hood John Irvin 
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Kevin Reynolds 
Rush Lili Fini Zanuck 
Scenes from a Mall Paul Mazursky 
Shadows and Fog Woody Allen 
Shattered Wolfgang Petersen 
Soapdish Michael Hoffman 
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Nicholas Meyer 
Switch Blake Edwards 
Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron 
The Addams Family Barry Sonnenfeld 
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Simon Callow 
The Commitments Alan Parker 
The Complete Citizen Kane Leslie Megahey 
The Dark Backward Adam Rifkin 
The Doctor Randa Haines 
The Doors Oliver Stone 
The Double Life of Veronique
La double vie de Véronique
Krzysztof Kieslowski 
The Fisher King Terry Gilliam 
The Hard Way John Badham 
The Linguini Incident Richard Shepard 
Thelma & Louise Ridley Scott 
The Man in the Moon Robert Mulligan 
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear David Zucker 
The Prince of Tides Barbra Streisand 
The Rapture Michael Tolkin 
The Rocketeer Joe Johnston 
The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme 
Until the End of the World
Bis ans Ende der Welt
Wim Wenders 
What About Bob? Frank Oz 
Whore Ken Russell 
Hidden Agenda Ken Loach 11 January 1991
Popcorn Mark Herrier 01 February 1991
Once Around Lasse Hallström 01 February 1991
L.A. Story Mick Jackson 08 February 1991
The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme 14 February 1991
He Said, She Said Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver 22 February 1991
Scenes from a Mall Paul Mazursky 22 February 1991
The Doors Oliver Stone 01 March 1991
The Hard Way John Badham 08 March 1991
New Jack City Mario Van Peebles 08 March 1991
Guilty by Suspicion Irwin Winkler 15 March 1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Simon Callow 18 March 1991
Defending Your Life Albert Brooks 05 April 1991
Oscar John Landis 26 April 1991
A Rage in Harlem Bill Duke 03 May 1991
One Good Cop Heywood Gould 03 May 1991
F/X2 Richard Franklin 10 May 1991
Switch Blake Edwards 10 May 1991
Robin Hood John Irvin 13 May 1991
What About Bob? Frank Oz 17 May 1991
Only the Lonely Chris Columbus 24 May 1991
Madonna: Truth or Dare Alek Keshishian 24 May 1991
Backdraft Ron Howard 24 May 1991
Thelma & Louise Ridley Scott 24 May 1991
Hudson Hawk Michael Lehmann 24 May 1991
Soapdish Michael Hoffman 31 May 1991
City Slickers Ron Underwood 07 June 1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Kevin Reynolds 14 June 1991
The Rocketeer Joe Johnston 21 June 1991
Dying Young Joel Schumacher 21 June 1991
Europa
Zentropa
Lars von Trier 27 June 1991
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear David Zucker 28 June 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron 03 July 1991
Regarding Henry Mike Nichols 10 July 1991
Point Break Kathryn Bigelow 12 July 1991
Boyz n the Hood John Singleton 12 July 1991
Dutch Peter Faiman 19 July 1991
My Own Private Idaho Gus Van Sant 20 July 1991
Life Stinks Mel Brooks 26 July 1991
Hot Shots! Jim Abrahams 31 July 1991
Doc Hollywood Michael Caton-Jones 02 August 1991
Poison Todd Haynes 16 August 1991
The Doctor Randa Haines 16 August 1991
Barton Fink Joel Coen 21 August 1991
Dead Again Kenneth Branagh 23 August 1991
Prospero's Books Peter Greenaway 30 August 1991
Hear My Song Peter Chelsom 07 September 1991
Cast a Deadly Spell Martin Campbell 07 September 1991
The Commitments Alan Parker 13 September 1991
Rambling Rose Martha Coolidge 20 September 1991
The Fisher King Terry Gilliam 27 September 1991
The Rapture Michael Tolkin 04 October 1991
The Man in the Moon Robert Mulligan 04 October 1991
Dogfight Nancy Savoca 04 October 1991
Let Him Have It Peter Medak 04 October 1991
Black Robe Bruce Beresford 04 October 1991
Shattered Wolfgang Petersen 11 October 1991
Frankie and Johnny Garry Marshall 11 October 1991
The Complete Citizen Kane Leslie Megahey 13 October 1991
Other People's Money Norman Jewison 18 October 1991
Whore Ken Russell 18 October 1991
Edward II Derek Jarman 18 October 1991
The Linguini Incident Richard Shepard 30 October 1991
Billy Bathgate Robert Benton 01 November 1991
Little Man Tate Jodie Foster 01 November 1991
Cape Fear Martin Scorsese 15 November 1991
City of Hope John Sayles 15 November 1991
Kafka Steven Soderbergh 15 November 1991
The Double Life of Veronique
La double vie de Véronique
Krzysztof Kieslowski 22 November 1991
Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 22 November 1991
The Addams Family Barry Sonnenfeld 22 November 1991
My Girl Howard Zieff 27 November 1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Nicholas Meyer 06 December 1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord Hector Babenco 06 December 1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, and Eleanor Coppola 06 December 1991
Hook Steven Spielberg 11 December 1991
Night on Earth Jim Jarmusch 12 December 1991
Raise the Red Lantern
Da hong deng long gao gao gua
Yimou Zhang 18 December 1991
All the Mornings of the World
Tous les matins du monde
Alain Corneau 18 December 1991
JFK Oliver Stone 20 December 1991
Father of the Bride Charles Shyer 20 December 1991
Bugsy Barry Levinson 20 December 1991
The Prince of Tides Barbra Streisand 25 December 1991
Until the End of the World
Bis ans Ende der Welt
Wim Wenders 25 December 1991
Daughters of the Dust Julie Dash 27 December 1991
Highway Patrolman
El patrullero
Alex Cox 28 December 1991
Grand Canyon Lawrence Kasdan 17 January 1992
Rush Lili Fini Zanuck 17 January 1992
Fried Green Tomatoes Jon Avnet 24 January 1992
Shadows and Fog Woody Allen 20 March 1992
Delicatessen Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro 03 April 1992
Naked Lunch David Cronenberg 31 July 1992
Life, and Nothing More...
Zendegi va digar hich
Abbas Kiarostami 21 October 1992
Flirting John Duigan 14 November 1992
The Dark Backward Adam Rifkin 24 September 1993