Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Caché
Hidden
Michael Haneke
2.
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee
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Films

3.
Grizzly Man Werner Herzog
4.
Match Point Woody Allen
5.
The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach
6.
Munich Steven Spielberg
7.
Water Deepa Mehta
8.
Pride & Prejudice Joe Wright
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Films

9.
The Child
L'enfant
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
10.
Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July
11.
Joyeux Noël
Merry Christmas
Christian Carion
12.
Fever Pitch Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
13.
North Country Niki Caro
14.
Junebug Phil Morrison
15.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan Martin Scorsese
16.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Tommy Lee Jones
17.
War of the Worlds Steven Spielberg
18.
Flightplan Robert Schwentke
19.
Hard Candy David Slade
20.
The Descent Neil Marshall
21.
Walk the Line James Mangold
22.
Crash Paul Haggis
23.
The 40 Year Old Virgin Judd Apatow
24.
Prime Ben Younger
25.
March of the Penguins
La marche de l'empereur
Luc Jacquet
26.
The Skeleton Key Iain Softley
27.
A History of Violence David Cronenberg
28.
Capote Bennett Miller
29.
The New World Terrence Malick
30.
Mad Hot Ballroom Marilyn Agrelo
31.
Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch
32.
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic Liam Lynch
33.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney
34.
In Her Shoes Curtis Hanson
35.
Shopgirl Anand Tucker
36.
Syriana Stephen Gaghan
37.
Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney
38.
Everything Is Illuminated Liev Schreiber
39.
The Ice Harvest Harold Ramis
40.
Assault on Precinct 13 Jean-François Richet
41.
Kingdom of Heaven Ridley Scott
42.
The Upside of Anger Mike Binder
43.
Bad News Bears Richard Linklater
44.
The Notorious Bettie Page Mary Harron
45.
Derailed Mikael Håfström
46.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mike Newell
47.
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Steve Box and Nick Park
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Films

48.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Shane Black
49.
Hostage Florent-Emilio Siri
50.
V for Vendetta James McTeigue
51.
Inside Deep Throat Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
52.
An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallström
53.
Wedding Crashers David Dobkin
54.
Mrs. Henderson Presents Stephen Frears
55.
Red Eye Wes Craven
56.
The Interpreter Sydney Pollack
57.
The World's Fastest Indian Roger Donaldson
58.
Rumor Has It... Rob Reiner
59.
The Proposition John Hillcoat
60.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ken Kwapis
61.
Mirrormask Dave McKean
62.
The Brothers Grimm Terry Gilliam
63.
The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles
64.
Sin City Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Frank Miller
65.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Doug Liman
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Films

66.
The Producers Susan Stroman
67.
Æon Flux Karyn Kusama
68.
King Kong Peter Jackson
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Films

69.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith George Lucas
Æon Flux Karyn Kusama 
A History of Violence David Cronenberg 
An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallström 
Assault on Precinct 13 Jean-François Richet 
Bad News Bears Richard Linklater 
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee 
Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch 
Caché
Hidden
Michael Haneke 
Capote Bennett Miller 
Crash Paul Haggis 
Derailed Mikael Håfström 
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney 
Everything Is Illuminated Liev Schreiber 
Fever Pitch Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly 
Flightplan Robert Schwentke 
Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney 
Grizzly Man Werner Herzog 
Hard Candy David Slade 
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mike Newell 
Hostage Florent-Emilio Siri 
In Her Shoes Curtis Hanson 
Inside Deep Throat Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato 
Joyeux Noël
Merry Christmas
Christian Carion 
Junebug Phil Morrison 
Kingdom of Heaven Ridley Scott 
King Kong Peter Jackson 
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Shane Black 
Mad Hot Ballroom Marilyn Agrelo 
March of the Penguins
La marche de l'empereur
Luc Jacquet 
Match Point Woody Allen 
Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July 
Mirrormask Dave McKean 
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Doug Liman 
Mrs. Henderson Presents Stephen Frears 
Munich Steven Spielberg 
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan Martin Scorsese 
North Country Niki Caro 
Pride & Prejudice Joe Wright 
Prime Ben Younger 
Red Eye Wes Craven 
Rumor Has It... Rob Reiner 
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic Liam Lynch 
Shopgirl Anand Tucker 
Sin City Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Frank Miller 
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith George Lucas 
Syriana Stephen Gaghan 
The 40 Year Old Virgin Judd Apatow 
The Brothers Grimm Terry Gilliam 
The Child
L'enfant
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne 
The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles 
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Steve Box and Nick Park 
The Descent Neil Marshall 
The Ice Harvest Harold Ramis 
The Interpreter Sydney Pollack 
The New World Terrence Malick 
The Notorious Bettie Page Mary Harron 
The Producers Susan Stroman 
The Proposition John Hillcoat 
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ken Kwapis 
The Skeleton Key Iain Softley 
The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach 
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Tommy Lee Jones 
The Upside of Anger Mike Binder 
The World's Fastest Indian Roger Donaldson 
V for Vendetta James McTeigue 
Walk the Line James Mangold 
War of the Worlds Steven Spielberg 
Water Deepa Mehta 
Wedding Crashers David Dobkin 
Assault on Precinct 13 Jean-François Richet 19 January 2005
Hostage Florent-Emilio Siri 11 March 2005
The Upside of Anger Mike Binder 01 April 2005
Sin City Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Frank Miller 01 April 2005
Fever Pitch Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly 08 April 2005
Inside Deep Throat Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato 21 April 2005
The Interpreter Sydney Pollack 22 April 2005
Kingdom of Heaven Ridley Scott 06 May 2005
Crash Paul Haggis 06 May 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith George Lucas 19 May 2005
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney 20 May 2005
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ken Kwapis 01 June 2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Doug Liman 10 June 2005
War of the Worlds Steven Spielberg 29 June 2005
Mad Hot Ballroom Marilyn Agrelo 01 July 2005
Wedding Crashers David Dobkin 15 July 2005
Bad News Bears Richard Linklater 22 July 2005
March of the Penguins
La marche de l'empereur
Luc Jacquet 22 July 2005
Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July 05 August 2005
The Skeleton Key Iain Softley 12 August 2005
Red Eye Wes Craven 19 August 2005
The 40 Year Old Virgin Judd Apatow 19 August 2005
Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch 26 August 2005
The Brothers Grimm Terry Gilliam 26 August 2005
The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles 31 August 2005
The Child
L'enfant
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne 14 September 2005
An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallström 16 September 2005
Junebug Phil Morrison 16 September 2005
Flightplan Robert Schwentke 23 September 2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan Martin Scorsese 27 September 2005
Grizzly Man Werner Herzog 30 September 2005
A History of Violence David Cronenberg 30 September 2005
Caché
Hidden
Michael Haneke 05 October 2005
In Her Shoes Curtis Hanson 07 October 2005
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Steve Box and Nick Park 07 October 2005
North Country Niki Caro 21 October 2005
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Shane Black 21 October 2005
Prime Ben Younger 28 October 2005
Everything Is Illuminated Liev Schreiber 04 November 2005
Shopgirl Anand Tucker 04 November 2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney 04 November 2005
Joyeux Noël
Merry Christmas
Christian Carion 09 November 2005
Derailed Mikael Håfström 11 November 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mike Newell 18 November 2005
Walk the Line James Mangold 18 November 2005
Pride & Prejudice Joe Wright 23 November 2005
The Ice Harvest Harold Ramis 23 November 2005
Æon Flux Karyn Kusama 02 December 2005
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic Liam Lynch 09 December 2005
Syriana Stephen Gaghan 09 December 2005
King Kong Peter Jackson 14 December 2005
The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach 16 December 2005
Rumor Has It... Rob Reiner 25 December 2005
The Producers Susan Stroman 25 December 2005
Munich Steven Spielberg 06 January 2006
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee 13 January 2006
The New World Terrence Malick 20 January 2006
Match Point Woody Allen 20 January 2006
Capote Bennett Miller 03 February 2006
Mrs. Henderson Presents Stephen Frears 17 February 2006
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Tommy Lee Jones 24 February 2006
Mirrormask Dave McKean 03 March 2006
V for Vendetta James McTeigue 17 March 2006
The World's Fastest Indian Roger Donaldson 24 March 2006
Hard Candy David Slade 28 April 2006
The Notorious Bettie Page Mary Harron 05 May 2006
Water Deepa Mehta 26 May 2006
The Proposition John Hillcoat 09 June 2006
The Descent Neil Marshall 04 August 2006