Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Far from Heaven Todd Haynes
2.
Talk to Her
Hable con ella
Pedro Almodóvar
3.
Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson
4.
Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg
5.
Comedian Christian Charles
6.
Infernal Affairs
Mou gaan dou
Alan Mak and Wai-keung Lau
7.
The Hours Stephen Daldry
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Films

8.
The Pianist Roman Polanski
9.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Boksuneun naui geot
Chan-wook Park
10.
25th Hour Spike Lee
11.
Morvern Callar Lynne Ramsay
12.
The Son
Le fils
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
13.
Laurel Canyon Lisa Cholodenko
14.
Man on the Train
L'homme du train
Patrice Leconte
15.
Super Troopers Jay Chandrasekhar
16.
Solaris Steven Soderbergh
17.
Antwone Fisher Denzel Washington
18.
White Oleander Peter Kosminsky
19.
Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese
20.
The Good Thief Neil Jordan
21.
Secretary Steven Shainberg
22.
In America Jim Sheridan
23.
Panic Room David Fincher
24.
The Quiet American Phillip Noyce
25.
The Bourne Identity Doug Liman
26.
8 Mile Curtis Hanson
27.
Sunshine State John Sayles
28.
Barbershop Tim Story
29.
28 Days Later... Danny Boyle
30.
Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears
31.
Bubba Ho-Tep Don Coscarelli
32.
Hollywood Ending Woody Allen
33.
Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore
34.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson
35.
Ripley's Game Liliana Cavani
36.
The Good Girl Miguel Arteta
37.
The Dancer Upstairs John Malkovich
38.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding Joel Zwick
39.
About a Boy Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz
40.
Insomnia Christopher Nolan
41.
Maid in Manhattan Wayne Wang
42.
Blood Work Clint Eastwood
43.
Spider-Man Sam Raimi
44.
Baadasssss Cinema Isaac Julien
45.
Moonlight Mile Brad Silberling
46.
One Hour Photo Mark Romanek
47.
Possession Neil LaBute
48.
Cinemania Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak
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Films

49.
Russian Ark
Russkij Kovcheg
Aleksandr Sokurov
50.
8 Women
8 Femmes
François Ozon
51.
About Schmidt Alexander Payne
52.
Signs M. Night Shyamalan
53.
Chicago Rob Marshall
54.
Minority Report Steven Spielberg
55.
Auto Focus Paul Schrader
56.
Sweet Home Alabama Andy Tennant
57.
Demonlover Olivier Assayas
58.
Secret Things
Choses secrètes
Jean-Claude Brisseau
59.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind George Clooney
60.
Road to Perdition Sam Mendes
61.
Death to Smoochy Danny DeVito
62.
Full Frontal Steven Soderbergh
63.
Trapped Luis Mandoki
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Films

64.
The Kid Stays in the Picture Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen
65.
Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on
Takashi Shimizu
66.
A Rumor of Angels
67.
Adaptation. Spike Jonze
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Films

68.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones George Lucas
25th Hour Spike Lee 
28 Days Later... Danny Boyle 
8 Mile Curtis Hanson 
8 Women
8 Femmes
François Ozon 
About a Boy Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz 
About Schmidt Alexander Payne 
Adaptation. Spike Jonze 
Antwone Fisher Denzel Washington 
A Rumor of Angels 
Auto Focus Paul Schrader 
Baadasssss Cinema Isaac Julien 
Barbershop Tim Story 
Blood Work Clint Eastwood 
Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore 
Bubba Ho-Tep Don Coscarelli 
Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg 
Chicago Rob Marshall 
Cinemania Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak 
Comedian Christian Charles 
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind George Clooney 
Death to Smoochy Danny DeVito 
Demonlover Olivier Assayas 
Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears 
Far from Heaven Todd Haynes 
Full Frontal Steven Soderbergh 
Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese 
Hollywood Ending Woody Allen 
In America Jim Sheridan 
Infernal Affairs
Mou gaan dou
Alan Mak and Wai-keung Lau 
Insomnia Christopher Nolan 
Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on
Takashi Shimizu 
Laurel Canyon Lisa Cholodenko 
Maid in Manhattan Wayne Wang 
Man on the Train
L'homme du train
Patrice Leconte 
Minority Report Steven Spielberg 
Moonlight Mile Brad Silberling 
Morvern Callar Lynne Ramsay 
My Big Fat Greek Wedding Joel Zwick 
One Hour Photo Mark Romanek 
Panic Room David Fincher 
Possession Neil LaBute 
Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson 
Ripley's Game Liliana Cavani 
Road to Perdition Sam Mendes 
Russian Ark
Russkij Kovcheg
Aleksandr Sokurov 
Secretary Steven Shainberg 
Secret Things
Choses secrètes
Jean-Claude Brisseau 
Signs M. Night Shyamalan 
Solaris Steven Soderbergh 
Spider-Man Sam Raimi 
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones George Lucas 
Sunshine State John Sayles 
Super Troopers Jay Chandrasekhar 
Sweet Home Alabama Andy Tennant 
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Boksuneun naui geot
Chan-wook Park 
Talk to Her
Hable con ella
Pedro Almodóvar 
The Bourne Identity Doug Liman 
The Dancer Upstairs John Malkovich 
The Good Girl Miguel Arteta 
The Good Thief Neil Jordan 
The Hours Stephen Daldry 
The Kid Stays in the Picture Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen 
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson 
The Pianist Roman Polanski 
The Quiet American Phillip Noyce 
The Son
Le fils
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne 
Trapped Luis Mandoki 
White Oleander Peter Kosminsky 
A Rumor of Angels 01 February 2002
Super Troopers Jay Chandrasekhar 15 February 2002
Death to Smoochy Danny DeVito 29 March 2002
Panic Room David Fincher 29 March 2002
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Boksuneun naui geot
Chan-wook Park 29 March 2002
Spider-Man Sam Raimi 03 May 2002
Hollywood Ending Woody Allen 03 May 2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones George Lucas 16 May 2002
About a Boy Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz 17 May 2002
Insomnia Christopher Nolan 24 May 2002
The Bourne Identity Doug Liman 14 June 2002
Minority Report Steven Spielberg 21 June 2002
Road to Perdition Sam Mendes 12 July 2002
Sunshine State John Sayles 12 July 2002
My Big Fat Greek Wedding Joel Zwick 02 August 2002
Signs M. Night Shyamalan 02 August 2002
Full Frontal Steven Soderbergh 02 August 2002
Blood Work Clint Eastwood 09 August 2002
Baadasssss Cinema Isaac Julien 14 August 2002
The Kid Stays in the Picture Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen 16 August 2002
Possession Neil LaBute 30 August 2002
The Good Girl Miguel Arteta 30 August 2002
One Hour Photo Mark Romanek 13 September 2002
Barbershop Tim Story 13 September 2002
Trapped Luis Mandoki 20 September 2002
Sweet Home Alabama Andy Tennant 27 September 2002
Man on the Train
L'homme du train
Patrice Leconte 02 October 2002
Moonlight Mile Brad Silberling 04 October 2002
8 Women
8 Femmes
François Ozon 04 October 2002
The Son
Le fils
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne 09 October 2002
Secretary Steven Shainberg 11 October 2002
White Oleander Peter Kosminsky 11 October 2002
Comedian Christian Charles 11 October 2002
Secret Things
Choses secrètes
Jean-Claude Brisseau 16 October 2002
Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson 01 November 2002
Auto Focus Paul Schrader 01 November 2002
Morvern Callar Lynne Ramsay 01 November 2002
Demonlover Olivier Assayas 06 November 2002
8 Mile Curtis Hanson 08 November 2002
Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore 15 November 2002
Solaris Steven Soderbergh 27 November 2002
Infernal Affairs
Mou gaan dou
Alan Mak and Wai-keung Lau 12 December 2002
Maid in Manhattan Wayne Wang 13 December 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson 18 December 2002
Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese 20 December 2002
Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg 25 December 2002
About Schmidt Alexander Payne 03 January 2003
Antwone Fisher Denzel Washington 10 January 2003
25th Hour Spike Lee 10 January 2003
Far from Heaven Todd Haynes 10 January 2003
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind George Clooney 24 January 2003
Chicago Rob Marshall 24 January 2003
Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on
Takashi Shimizu 25 January 2003
Ripley's Game Liliana Cavani 07 February 2003
The Hours Stephen Daldry 14 February 2003
Adaptation. Spike Jonze 14 February 2003
Talk to Her
Hable con ella
Pedro Almodóvar 14 February 2003
The Quiet American Phillip Noyce 07 March 2003
The Pianist Roman Polanski 28 March 2003
Laurel Canyon Lisa Cholodenko 28 March 2003
Cinemania Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak 10 April 2003
Russian Ark
Russkij Kovcheg
Aleksandr Sokurov 19 April 2003
The Good Thief Neil Jordan 25 April 2003
The Dancer Upstairs John Malkovich 23 May 2003
28 Days Later... Danny Boyle 27 June 2003
Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears 05 September 2003
Bubba Ho-Tep Don Coscarelli 10 October 2003
In America Jim Sheridan 06 February 2004