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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola
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Films

2.
House of Sand and Fog Vadim Perelman
3.
Something's Gotta Give Nancy Meyers
4.
The Station Agent Thomas McCarthy
5.
Monster Patty Jenkins
6.
Oldboy
Oldeuboi Chan-wook Park
7.
Crimson Gold
Talaye sorkh Jafar Panahi
8.
Memories of Murder
Salinui chueok Joon-ho Bong
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Films

9.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Quentin Tarantino
10.
Swimming Pool François Ozon
11.
Time of the Wolf
Le Temps du Loup Michael Haneke
12.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Weir
13.
Whale Rider Niki Caro
14.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Gore Verbinski
15.
Elephant Gus Van Sant
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Films

16.
Mystic River Clint Eastwood
17.
Calendar Girls Nigel Cole
18.
Matchstick Men Ridley Scott
19.
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Kenneth Bowser
20.
Pieces of April Peter Hedges
21.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson
22.
A Tale of Two Sisters
Janghwa, Hongryeon Kim Jee-Woon
23.
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni
24.
Open Range Kevin Costner
25.
Dancing in the Dust
Raghs dar ghobar Asghar Farhadi
26.
A Mighty Wind Christopher Guest
27.
Coffee and Cigarettes Jim Jarmusch
28.
The Last Samurai Edward Zwick
29.
School of Rock Richard Linklater
30.
The Saddest Music in the World Guy Maddin
31.
Old School Todd Phillips
32.
Peter Pan P.J. Hogan
33.
Thirteen Catherine Hardwicke
34.
Identity James Mangold
35.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Judy Irving
36.
The Company Robert Altman
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Films

37.
Masked and Anonymous Larry Charles
38.
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Bu san Tsai Ming-liang
39.
Runaway Jury Gary Fleder
40.
Head of State Chris Rock
41.
Freaky Friday Mark Waters
42.
Le divorce James Ivory
43.
Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella
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Films

44.
21 Grams Alejandro González Iñárritu
45.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Donald Petrie
46.
Cold Creek Manor Mike Figgis
47.
Intolerable Cruelty Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
48.
The Human Stain Robert Benton
49.
Hollywood Homicide Ron Shelton
50.
Casa de los babys John Sayles
51.
Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff
52.
Anything Else Woody Allen
53.
Die, Mommie, Die! Mark Rucker
54.
All the Real Girls David Gordon Green
55.
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
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Films

56.
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
57.
The Invitation Pat Bermel
58.
In the Cut Jane Campion
59.
High Tension
Haute tension
Alexandre Aja
60.
The Room Tommy Wiseau
61.
The Hunted William Friedkin
21 Grams Alejandro González Iñárritu 
All the Real Girls David Gordon Green 
A Mighty Wind Christopher Guest 
Anything Else Woody Allen 
A Tale of Two Sisters
Janghwa, Hongryeon Kim Jee-Woon 
Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff 
Calendar Girls Nigel Cole 
Casa de los babys John Sayles 
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 
Coffee and Cigarettes Jim Jarmusch 
Cold Creek Manor Mike Figgis 
Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella 
Crimson Gold
Talaye sorkh Jafar Panahi 
Dancing in the Dust
Raghs dar ghobar Asghar Farhadi 
Die, Mommie, Die! Mark Rucker 
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Kenneth Bowser 
Elephant Gus Van Sant 
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich 
Freaky Friday Mark Waters 
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Bu san Tsai Ming-liang 
Head of State Chris Rock 
High Tension
Haute tension
Alexandre Aja 
Hollywood Homicide Ron Shelton 
House of Sand and Fog Vadim Perelman 
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Donald Petrie 
Identity James Mangold 
In the Cut Jane Campion 
Intolerable Cruelty Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Quentin Tarantino 
Le divorce James Ivory 
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola 
Masked and Anonymous Larry Charles 
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Weir 
Matchstick Men Ridley Scott 
Memories of Murder
Salinui chueok Joon-ho Bong 
Monster Patty Jenkins 
Mystic River Clint Eastwood 
Oldboy
Oldeuboi Chan-wook Park 
Old School Todd Phillips 
Open Range Kevin Costner 
Peter Pan P.J. Hogan 
Pieces of April Peter Hedges 
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Gore Verbinski 
Runaway Jury Gary Fleder 
School of Rock Richard Linklater 
Something's Gotta Give Nancy Meyers 
Swimming Pool François Ozon 
The Company Robert Altman 
The Human Stain Robert Benton 
The Hunted William Friedkin 
The Invitation Pat Bermel 
The Last Samurai Edward Zwick 
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson 
The Room Tommy Wiseau 
The Saddest Music in the World Guy Maddin 
The Station Agent Thomas McCarthy 
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni 
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Judy Irving 
Thirteen Catherine Hardwicke 
Time of the Wolf
Le Temps du Loup Michael Haneke 
Whale Rider Niki Caro 
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Donald Petrie 07 February 2003
Old School Todd Phillips 21 February 2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Kenneth Bowser 09 March 2003
The Hunted William Friedkin 14 March 2003
Head of State Chris Rock 28 March 2003
Identity James Mangold 25 April 2003
Memories of Murder
Salinui chueok Joon-ho Bong 02 May 2003
A Mighty Wind Christopher Guest 09 May 2003
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich 30 May 2003
A Tale of Two Sisters
Janghwa, Hongryeon Kim Jee-Woon 13 June 2003
Hollywood Homicide Ron Shelton 13 June 2003
The Room Tommy Wiseau 27 June 2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 27 June 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Gore Verbinski 09 July 2003
All the Real Girls David Gordon Green 01 August 2003
Swimming Pool François Ozon 01 August 2003
Freaky Friday Mark Waters 06 August 2003
Masked and Anonymous Larry Charles 08 August 2003
Open Range Kevin Costner 15 August 2003
Le divorce James Ivory 29 August 2003
Whale Rider Niki Caro 29 August 2003
Matchstick Men Ridley Scott 12 September 2003
Crimson Gold
Talaye sorkh Jafar Panahi 12 September 2003
Thirteen Catherine Hardwicke 19 September 2003
Anything Else Woody Allen 19 September 2003
Cold Creek Manor Mike Figgis 19 September 2003
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola 03 October 2003
School of Rock Richard Linklater 03 October 2003
Time of the Wolf
Le Temps du Loup Michael Haneke 08 October 2003
Intolerable Cruelty Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 10 October 2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Quentin Tarantino 10 October 2003
Mystic River Clint Eastwood 15 October 2003
Runaway Jury Gary Fleder 17 October 2003
Die, Mommie, Die! Mark Rucker 31 October 2003
In the Cut Jane Campion 31 October 2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Weir 14 November 2003
Elephant Gus Van Sant 14 November 2003
Oldboy
Oldeuboi Chan-wook Park 21 November 2003
Dancing in the Dust
Raghs dar ghobar Asghar Farhadi 26 November 2003
Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff 26 November 2003
Pieces of April Peter Hedges 28 November 2003
The Last Samurai Edward Zwick 05 December 2003
The Station Agent Thomas McCarthy 05 December 2003
Something's Gotta Give Nancy Meyers 12 December 2003
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Bu san Tsai Ming-liang 12 December 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson 17 December 2003
The Human Stain Robert Benton 18 December 2003
The Invitation Pat Bermel 23 December 2003
Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella 25 December 2003
Peter Pan P.J. Hogan 25 December 2003
Casa de los babys John Sayles 01 January 2004
Calendar Girls Nigel Cole 01 January 2004
House of Sand and Fog Vadim Perelman 09 January 2004
21 Grams Alejandro González Iñárritu 16 January 2004
Monster Patty Jenkins 30 January 2004
The Company Robert Altman 07 May 2004
Coffee and Cigarettes Jim Jarmusch 11 June 2004
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni 16 July 2004
The Saddest Music in the World Guy Maddin 12 May 2005
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Judy Irving 27 May 2005
High Tension
Haute tension
Alexandre Aja 10 June 2005
Films Not Yet Seen This Year