Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Lee Unkrich
2.
Debra Granik
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Films

3.
Nicole Holofcener
5.
Martin Scorsese
6.
Kelly Reichardt
7.
David O. Russell
8.
Carlos Olivier Assayas
9.
Animal Kingdom David Michôd
10.
Rabbit Hole John Cameron Mitchell
11.
Four Lions Christopher Morris
12.
Another Year Mike Leigh
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Films

13.
David Fincher
14.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Loong Boonmee raleuk chat
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
15.
John Madden
16.
The Town Ben Affleck
17.
Greenberg Noah Baumbach
18.
Nathan Greno and Byron Howard
19.
Love Crime
Crime d'amour
Alain Corneau
20.
Darren Aronofsky
21.
Adam Green
22.
Sofia Coppola
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Films

23.
True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
24.
Incendies Denis Villeneuve
25.
Will Gluck
26.
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney
27.
Charles Ferguson
28.
Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu
29.
Tamara Drewe Stephen Frears
30.
13 Assassins
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Takashi Miike
31.
The King's Speech Tom Hooper
32.
Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg
33.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Craig McCall
34.
Never Let Me Go Mark Romanek
35.
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko
36.
Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance
37.
Lena Dunham
38.
Happy, Happy
Sykt lykkelig
Anne Sewitsky
39.
Children of Invention Tze Chun
40.
The Sleeping Beauty
La belle endormie
Catherine Breillat
42.
Of Gods and Men
Des hommes et des dieux
Xavier Beauvois
43.
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
44.
Waking Sleeping Beauty Don Hahn
45.
Benjamin Heisenberg
46.
Anton Corbijn
47.
Barney's Version Richard J. Lewis
48.
Catfish Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
49.
Made in Dagenham Nigel Cole
50.
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Werner Herzog and Dmitry Vasyukov
51.
The Trip Michael Winterbottom
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Films

52.
Splice Vincenzo Natali
53.
Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn
54.
The Tempest Julie Taymor
55.
MacGruber Jorma Taccone
56.
Twelve Thirty Jeff Lipsky
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Films

57.
Roman Polanski
58.
Christopher Nolan
59.
Martin Scorsese
60.
Let Me In Matt Reeves
61.
Rare Exports Jalmari Helander
62.
The Company Men John Wells
63.
Allen Coulter
64.
Hereafter Clint Eastwood
65.
How Do You Know James L. Brooks
66.
Fair Game Doug Liman
67.
Tron Joseph Kosinski
68.
The Tourist Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
69.
Malcolm Venville
70.
Date Night Shawn Levy
71.
Unstoppable Tony Scott
72.
Letters to Juliet Gary Winick
73.
It's Kind of a Funny Story Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
74.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
75.
A Useful Life
La vida útil
Federico Veiroj
76.
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Damien Chazelle
77.
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
78.
Alexandre O. Philippe
79.
Love & Other Drugs Edward Zwick
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Films

80.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone
81.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Edgar Wright
82.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Woody Allen
83.
Nice Guy Johnny Edward Burns
84.
I Am Tom Shadyac
13 Assassins
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Takashi Miike 
Malcolm Venville 
Animal Kingdom David Michôd 
Another Year Mike Leigh 
A Useful Life
La vida útil
Federico Veiroj 
Barney's Version Richard J. Lewis 
Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu 
Darren Aronofsky 
Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance 
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Craig McCall 
Carlos Olivier Assayas 
Catfish Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman 
Abbas Kiarostami 
Children of Invention Tze Chun 
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney 
Date Night Shawn Levy 
Will Gluck 
Banksy 
Fair Game Doug Liman 
Four Lions Christopher Morris 
Adam Green 
Greenberg Noah Baumbach 
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Damien Chazelle 
Happy, Happy
Sykt lykkelig
Anne Sewitsky 
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Werner Herzog and Dmitry Vasyukov 
Hereafter Clint Eastwood 
How Do You Know James L. Brooks 
I Am Tom Shadyac 
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa 
Incendies Denis Villeneuve 
Christopher Nolan 
Charles Ferguson 
It's Kind of a Funny Story Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck 
Philip Seymour Hoffman 
Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg 
Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn 
Let Me In Matt Reeves 
Letters to Juliet Gary Winick 
Love Crime
Crime d'amour
Alain Corneau 
Love & Other Drugs Edward Zwick 
MacGruber Jorma Taccone 
Made in Dagenham Nigel Cole 
Kelly Reichardt 
Never Let Me Go Mark Romanek 
Nice Guy Johnny Edward Burns 
Of Gods and Men
Des hommes et des dieux
Xavier Beauvois 
Nicole Holofcener 
Martin Scorsese 
Rabbit Hole John Cameron Mitchell 
Rare Exports Jalmari Helander 
Allen Coulter 
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger 
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Edgar Wright 
Martin Scorsese 
Sofia Coppola 
Splice Vincenzo Natali 
Tamara Drewe Stephen Frears 
Nathan Greno and Byron Howard 
Anton Corbijn 
The Company Men John Wells 
John Madden 
David O. Russell 
Roman Polanski 
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko 
The King's Speech Tom Hooper 
Alexandre O. Philippe 
Benjamin Heisenberg 
The Sleeping Beauty
La belle endormie
Catherine Breillat 
David Fincher 
The Tempest Julie Taymor 
The Tourist Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 
The Town Ben Affleck 
The Trip Michael Winterbottom 
Lena Dunham 
Lee Unkrich 
Tron Joseph Kosinski 
True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
Twelve Thirty Jeff Lipsky 
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Loong Boonmee raleuk chat
Apichatpong Weerasethakul 
Unstoppable Tony Scott 
Waking Sleeping Beauty Don Hahn 
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone 
Debra Granik 
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Woody Allen 
Children of Invention Tze Chun 18 January 2009
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Damien Chazelle 14 November 2009
Malcolm Venville 15 January 2010
Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg 25 January 2010
Benjamin Heisenberg 02 February 2010
Adam Green 05 February 2010
Martin Scorsese 19 February 2010
Banksy 05 March 2010
Allen Coulter 12 March 2010
Alexandre O. Philippe 14 March 2010
Roman Polanski 19 March 2010
Greenberg Noah Baumbach 26 March 2010
Date Night Shawn Levy 09 April 2010
Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn 16 April 2010
Nice Guy Johnny Edward Burns 23 April 2010
Four Lions Christopher Morris 07 May 2010
Letters to Juliet Gary Winick 14 May 2010
Abbas Kiarostami 19 May 2010
Carlos Olivier Assayas 19 May 2010
MacGruber Jorma Taccone 21 May 2010
Animal Kingdom David Michôd 03 June 2010
Splice Vincenzo Natali 04 June 2010
Lee Unkrich 18 June 2010
Nicole Holofcener 18 June 2010
Christopher Nolan 16 July 2010
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko 30 July 2010
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger 06 August 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Edgar Wright 13 August 2010
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Loong Boonmee raleuk chat
Apichatpong Weerasethakul 01 September 2010
Anton Corbijn 01 September 2010
Tamara Drewe Stephen Frears 10 September 2010
The Town Ben Affleck 17 September 2010
Will Gluck 17 September 2010
Debra Granik 17 September 2010
Made in Dagenham Nigel Cole 20 September 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone 24 September 2010
13 Assassins
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Takashi Miike 25 September 2010
Let Me In Matt Reeves 01 October 2010
David Fincher 01 October 2010
Catfish Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman 01 October 2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty Don Hahn 06 October 2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck 08 October 2010
Never Let Me Go Mark Romanek 15 October 2010
Hereafter Clint Eastwood 22 October 2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Woody Allen 22 October 2010
Charles Ferguson 12 November 2010
Lena Dunham 12 November 2010
Unstoppable Tony Scott 12 November 2010
Martin Scorsese 22 November 2010
Love & Other Drugs Edward Zwick 24 November 2010
Nathan Greno and Byron Howard 24 November 2010
I Am Tom Shadyac 02 December 2010
Rare Exports Jalmari Helander 03 December 2010
Fair Game Doug Liman 03 December 2010
The Tourist Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 10 December 2010
Tron Joseph Kosinski 17 December 2010
Darren Aronofsky 17 December 2010
How Do You Know James L. Brooks 17 December 2010
David O. Russell 17 December 2010
True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 22 December 2010
The King's Speech Tom Hooper 25 December 2010
Philip Seymour Hoffman 29 December 2010
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa 07 January 2011
The Tempest Julie Taymor 07 January 2011
Incendies Denis Villeneuve 12 January 2011
Twelve Thirty Jeff Lipsky 14 January 2011
A Useful Life
La vida útil
Federico Veiroj 14 January 2011
Sofia Coppola 21 January 2011
Rabbit Hole John Cameron Mitchell 28 January 2011
Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance 28 January 2011
Another Year Mike Leigh 04 February 2011
Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu 04 February 2011
The Company Men John Wells 11 February 2011
Barney's Version Richard J. Lewis 18 February 2011
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Alex Gibney 04 March 2011
Of Gods and Men
Des hommes et des dieux
Xavier Beauvois 25 March 2011
Kelly Reichardt 15 April 2011
The Trip Michael Winterbottom 24 April 2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Craig McCall 13 May 2011
The Sleeping Beauty
La belle endormie
Catherine Breillat 08 July 2011
John Madden 31 August 2011
Love Crime
Crime d'amour
Alain Corneau 02 September 2011
Happy, Happy
Sykt lykkelig
Anne Sewitsky 16 September 2011
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Werner Herzog and Dmitry Vasyukov 15 November 2012