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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.
The Gatekeepers
Dror Moreh
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Films

2.
Searching for Sugar Man
Malik Bendjelloul
3.
Safety Not Guaranteed
Colin Trevorrow
4.
The Hunt
Jagten
Thomas Vinterberg
5.
Skyfall
Sam Mendes
6.
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell
7.
Argo
Ben Affleck
8.
The Invisible War
Kirby Dick
9.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
10.
A Hijacking
Kapringen
Tobias Lindholm
11.
Mud
Jeff Nichols
12.
Middle of Nowhere
Ava DuVernay
13.
The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer
14.
Something in the Air
Après mai
Olivier Assayas
15.
Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow
16.
Room 237
Rodney Ascher
17.
Love
Amour
Michael Haneke
18.
The Impossible
Lo imposible
J.A. Bayona
19.
Life of Pi
Ang Lee
20.
The Other Son
Le fils de l'autre
Lorraine Levy
21.
The Company You Keep
Robert Redford
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Films

22.
5 Broken Cameras
KHAMAS KAMIRATT MUHATTAMAH
HAMESH MATSLEMOT SHVUROT
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
23.
Barbara
Christian Petzold
24.
Love Is All You Need
Den skaldede frisør
The Bald Hairdresser
Susanne Bier
25.
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach
26.
Gimme the Loot
Adam Leon
27.
Flight
Robert Zemeckis
28.
What Maisie Knew
Scott McGehee and David Siegel
29.
The Angels's Share
Ken Loach
30.
Sightseers
Ben Wheatley
31.
A Royal Affair
En kongelig affære
Nikolaj Arcel
32.
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg
33.
Holy Motors
Leos Carax
34.
Smashed
James Ponsoldt
35.
End of Watch
David Ayer
36.
Wadjda
Haifaa Al-Mansour
37.
The Waiting Room Peter Nicks
38.
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino
39.
Fill the Void
Lemale et ha'halal
Rama Burshtein
40.
Anna Karenina
Joe Wright
41.
How to Survive a Plague
David France
42.
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson
43.
Augustine
Alice Winocour
44.
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin
45.
Robot & Frank
Jake Schreier
46.
The Sessions
Ben Lewin
47.
A Late Quartet
Yaron Zilberman
48.
Jack Reacher
Christopher McQuarrie
49.
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt
50.
The Paperboy
Lee Daniels
51.
Arbitrage
Nicholas Jarecki
52.
Compliance
Craig Zobel
53.
Looper
Rian Johnson
54.
Silent House
Chris Kentis and Laura Lau
55.
Much Ado About Nothing
Joss Whedon
56.
Yossi
Ha-Sippur Shel Yossi
Eytan Fox
57.
Dupa dealuri
Cristian Mungiu
58.
Starlet
Sean Baker
59.
Quartet
Dustin Hoffman
60.
The Iceman
Ariel Vromen
61.
The House I Live In
Eugene Jarecki
62.
Seven Psychopaths
Martin McDonagh
63.
Frankenweenie
Tim Burton
64.
2 Days in New York
Julie Delpy
65.
No
Pablo Larraín
66.
Killing Them Softly
Andrew Dominik
67.
Camille Rewinds
Camille redouble
Noémie Lvovsky
68.
In the House
Dans la maison
François Ozon
69.
Marley
Kevin Macdonald
70.
Thérèse
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Claude Miller
71.
Grabbers
Jon Wright
72.
Disconnect
Henry Alex Rubin
73.
Song For Marion
Unfinished Song
Paul Andrew Williams
74.
Caesar Must Die
Cesare deve morire
Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
75.
Snow White and the Huntsman
Rupert Sanders
76.
The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan
77.
Ginger & Rosa
Sally Potter
78.
John Dies at the End Don Coscarelli
79.
The Five-Year Engagement
Nicholas Stoller
80.
Chasing Ice
Jeff Orlowski
81.
Ted
Seth MacFarlane
82.
John Carter
Andrew Stanton
83.
Hope Springs
David Frankel
84.
Linhas de Wellington
Valeria Sarmiento
85.
The Hunger Games
Gary Ross
86.
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass
87.
Casting By Tom Donahue
88.
People Like Us Alex Kurtzman
89.
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson
90.
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Tom Bean and Luke Poling
91.
Everything or Nothing Stevan Riley
92.
The Silence
Das letzte Schweigen
Baran bo Odar
93.
Now, Forager Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin
94.
Blancanieves
Pablo Berger
95.
Side by Side Christopher Kenneally
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Films

96.
Cloud Atlas
Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer
97.
Like Someone in Love
Raiku Samuwan In Rabu
Abbas Kiarostami
98.
Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley
99.
Magic Mike
Steven Soderbergh
100.
To Rome with Love
Woody Allen
101.
Trouble with the Curve
Robert Lorenz
102.
Premium Rush
David Koepp
103.
Fairhaven Tom O'Brien
104.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Jackson
105.
Everyday
Michael Winterbottom
106.
Spring Breakers
Harmony Korine
107.
Liberal Arts
Josh Radnor
108.
Hitchcock
Sacha Gervasi
109.
Brave
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
110.
Les Misérables
Tom Hooper
111.
Ruby Sparks
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
112.
Wanderlust
David Wain
113.
Hyde Park on Hudson
Roger Michell
114.
Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Strickland
115.
Araf/Somewhere in Between
Araf
Yesim Ustaoglu
116.
The Dictator
Larry Charles
117.
Promised Land
Gus Van Sant
118.
The Avengers
Joss Whedon
119.
Red Hook Summer
Spike Lee
120.
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Kirk Jones
121.
The Bourne Legacy
Tony Gilroy
122.
Sleepwalk with Me
Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish
123.
Museum Hours
Jem Cohen
124.
The Guilt Trip
Anne Fletcher
125.
The Cabin in the Woods
Drew Goddard
126.
London: The Modern Babylon Julien Temple
127.
Lore
Cate Shortland
128.
Won't Back Down
Daniel Barnz
129.
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Neil Berkeley
130.
Total Recall Len Wiseman
131.
The Man with the Iron Fists
RZA
132.
The Campaign
Jay Roach
133.
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Paul Bunnell
134.
Passion Brian De Palma
135.
B'Twixt Now and Sunrise
Twixt
Francis Ford Coppola
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Films

136.
Darling Companion
Lawrence Kasdan
137.
Elena Petra Costa
138.
Girl Most Likely Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
139.
To the Wonder
Terrence Malick
140.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Peter Hedges
141.
Mirror Mirror
Tarsem Singh
142.
Prometheus
Ridley Scott
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Films

143.
Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg
2 Days in New York
Julie Delpy 
5 Broken Cameras
KHAMAS KAMIRATT MUHATTAMAH
HAMESH MATSLEMOT SHVUROT
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi 
A Hijacking
Kapringen
Tobias Lindholm 
A Late Quartet
Yaron Zilberman 
Anna Karenina
Joe Wright 
Araf/Somewhere in Between
Araf
Yesim Ustaoglu 
Arbitrage
Nicholas Jarecki 
Argo
Ben Affleck 
A Royal Affair
En kongelig affære
Nikolaj Arcel 
Augustine
Alice Winocour 
Barbara
Christian Petzold 
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin 
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Neil Berkeley 
Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Strickland 
Blancanieves
Pablo Berger 
Brave
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman 
B'Twixt Now and Sunrise
Twixt
Francis Ford Coppola 
Caesar Must Die
Cesare deve morire
Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani 
Camille Rewinds
Camille redouble
Noémie Lvovsky 
Casting By Tom Donahue 
Chasing Ice
Jeff Orlowski 
Cloud Atlas
Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer 
Compliance
Craig Zobel 
Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg 
Darling Companion
Lawrence Kasdan 
Disconnect
Henry Alex Rubin 
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino 
Dupa dealuri
Cristian Mungiu 
Elena Petra Costa 
End of Watch
David Ayer 
Everyday
Michael Winterbottom 
Everything or Nothing Stevan Riley 
Fairhaven Tom O'Brien 
Fill the Void
Lemale et ha'halal
Rama Burshtein 
Flight
Robert Zemeckis 
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach 
Frankenweenie
Tim Burton 
Gimme the Loot
Adam Leon 
Ginger & Rosa
Sally Potter 
Girl Most Likely Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini 
Grabbers
Jon Wright 
Hitchcock
Sacha Gervasi 
Holy Motors
Leos Carax 
Hope Springs
David Frankel 
How to Survive a Plague
David France 
Hyde Park on Hudson
Roger Michell 
In the House
Dans la maison
François Ozon 
Jack Reacher
Christopher McQuarrie 
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass 
John Carter
Andrew Stanton 
John Dies at the End Don Coscarelli 
Killing Them Softly
Andrew Dominik 
Les Misérables
Tom Hooper 
Liberal Arts
Josh Radnor 
Life of Pi
Ang Lee 
Like Someone in Love
Raiku Samuwan In Rabu
Abbas Kiarostami 
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg 
Linhas de Wellington
Valeria Sarmiento 
London: The Modern Babylon Julien Temple 
Looper
Rian Johnson 
Lore
Cate Shortland 
Love
Amour
Michael Haneke 
Love Is All You Need
Den skaldede frisør
The Bald Hairdresser
Susanne Bier 
Magic Mike
Steven Soderbergh 
Marley
Kevin Macdonald 
Middle of Nowhere
Ava DuVernay 
Mirror Mirror
Tarsem Singh 
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson 
Much Ado About Nothing
Joss Whedon 
Mud
Jeff Nichols 
Museum Hours
Jem Cohen 
No
Pablo Larraín 
Now, Forager Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin 
Passion Brian De Palma 
People Like Us Alex Kurtzman 
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Tom Bean and Luke Poling 
Premium Rush
David Koepp 
Prometheus
Ridley Scott 
Promised Land
Gus Van Sant 
Quartet
Dustin Hoffman 
Red Hook Summer
Spike Lee 
Robot & Frank
Jake Schreier 
Room 237
Rodney Ascher 
Ruby Sparks
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 
Safety Not Guaranteed
Colin Trevorrow 
Searching for Sugar Man
Malik Bendjelloul 
Seven Psychopaths
Martin McDonagh 
Side by Side Christopher Kenneally 
Sightseers
Ben Wheatley 
Silent House
Chris Kentis and Laura Lau 
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell 
Skyfall
Sam Mendes 
Sleepwalk with Me
Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish 
Smashed
James Ponsoldt 
Snow White and the Huntsman
Rupert Sanders 
Something in the Air
Après mai
Olivier Assayas 
Song For Marion
Unfinished Song
Paul Andrew Williams 
Spring Breakers
Harmony Korine 
Starlet
Sean Baker 
Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley 
Ted
Seth MacFarlane 
The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer 
The Angels's Share
Ken Loach 
The Avengers
Joss Whedon 
The Bourne Legacy
Tony Gilroy 
The Cabin in the Woods
Drew Goddard 
The Campaign
Jay Roach 
The Company You Keep
Robert Redford 
The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan 
The Dictator
Larry Charles 
The Five-Year Engagement
Nicholas Stoller 
The Gatekeepers
Dror Moreh 
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Paul Bunnell 
The Guilt Trip
Anne Fletcher 
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Jackson 
The House I Live In
Eugene Jarecki 
The Hunger Games
Gary Ross 
The Hunt
Jagten
Thomas Vinterberg 
The Iceman
Ariel Vromen 
The Impossible
Lo imposible
J.A. Bayona 
The Invisible War
Kirby Dick 
The Man with the Iron Fists
RZA 
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson 
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Peter Hedges 
The Other Son
Le fils de l'autre
Lorraine Levy 
The Paperboy
Lee Daniels 
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky 
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt 
Thérèse
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Claude Miller 
The Sessions
Ben Lewin 
The Silence
Das letzte Schweigen
Baran bo Odar 
The Waiting Room Peter Nicks 
To Rome with Love
Woody Allen 
Total Recall Len Wiseman 
To the Wonder
Terrence Malick 
Trouble with the Curve
Robert Lorenz 
Wadjda
Haifaa Al-Mansour 
Wanderlust
David Wain 
What Maisie Knew
Scott McGehee and David Siegel 
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Kirk Jones 
Won't Back Down
Daniel Barnz 
Yossi
Ha-Sippur Shel Yossi
Eytan Fox 
Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow 
The Silence
Das letzte Schweigen
Baran bo Odar 19 August 2010
The Invisible War
Kirby Dick 20 January 2012
Wanderlust
David Wain 24 February 2012
Caesar Must Die
Cesare deve morire
Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani 02 March 2012
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Paul Bunnell 03 March 2012
Barbara
Christian Petzold 08 March 2012
John Carter
Andrew Stanton 09 March 2012
Silent House
Chris Kentis and Laura Lau 09 March 2012
The Hunger Games
Gary Ross 23 March 2012
2 Days in New York
Julie Delpy 28 March 2012
A Royal Affair
En kongelig affære
Nikolaj Arcel 29 March 2012
Mirror Mirror
Tarsem Singh 30 March 2012
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass 30 March 2012
The Other Son
Le fils de l'autre
Lorraine Levy 04 April 2012
B'Twixt Now and Sunrise
Twixt
Francis Ford Coppola 11 April 2012
The Cabin in the Woods
Drew Goddard 13 April 2012
Marley
Kevin Macdonald 20 April 2012
The Five-Year Engagement
Nicholas Stoller 27 April 2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt 27 April 2012
The Avengers
Joss Whedon 04 May 2012
The Dictator
Larry Charles 16 May 2012
Yossi
Ha-Sippur Shel Yossi
Eytan Fox 17 May 2012
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Kirk Jones 18 May 2012
Darling Companion
Lawrence Kasdan 24 May 2012
Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg 25 May 2012
Snow White and the Huntsman
Rupert Sanders 01 June 2012
The Angels's Share
Ken Loach 01 June 2012
Prometheus
Ridley Scott 08 June 2012
Safety Not Guaranteed
Colin Trevorrow 15 June 2012
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Tom Bean and Luke Poling 21 June 2012
Brave
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman 22 June 2012
People Like Us Alex Kurtzman 29 June 2012
Ted
Seth MacFarlane 29 June 2012
Magic Mike
Steven Soderbergh 29 June 2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson 29 June 2012
Holy Motors
Leos Carax 04 July 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin 05 July 2012
To Rome with Love
Woody Allen 06 July 2012
The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan 20 July 2012
Searching for Sugar Man
Malik Bendjelloul 26 July 2012
Total Recall Len Wiseman 03 August 2012
London: The Modern Babylon Julien Temple 03 August 2012
Hope Springs
David Frankel 08 August 2012
No
Pablo Larraín 09 August 2012
The Campaign
Jay Roach 10 August 2012
The Bourne Legacy
Tony Gilroy 10 August 2012
Grabbers
Jon Wright 10 August 2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Peter Hedges 15 August 2012
Side by Side Christopher Kenneally 22 August 2012
Premium Rush
David Koepp 24 August 2012
Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Strickland 31 August 2012
Elena Petra Costa 01 September 2012
Love Is All You Need
Den skaldede frisør
The Bald Hairdresser
Susanne Bier 06 September 2012
Ruby Sparks
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 06 September 2012
Anna Karenina
Joe Wright 07 September 2012
Camille Rewinds
Camille redouble
Noémie Lvovsky 12 September 2012
Arbitrage
Nicholas Jarecki 14 September 2012
Like Someone in Love
Raiku Samuwan In Rabu
Abbas Kiarostami 15 September 2012
Robot & Frank
Jake Schreier 19 September 2012
A Hijacking
Kapringen
Tobias Lindholm 20 September 2012
Lore
Cate Shortland 20 September 2012
Love
Amour
Michael Haneke 20 September 2012
Araf/Somewhere in Between
Araf
Yesim Ustaoglu 21 September 2012
End of Watch
David Ayer 21 September 2012
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson 21 September 2012
Trouble with the Curve
Robert Lorenz 21 September 2012
5 Broken Cameras
KHAMAS KAMIRATT MUHATTAMAH
HAMESH MATSLEMOT SHVUROT
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi 22 September 2012
Compliance
Craig Zobel 26 September 2012
Won't Back Down
Daniel Barnz 28 September 2012
Looper
Rian Johnson 28 September 2012
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Neil Berkeley 28 September 2012
Blancanieves
Pablo Berger 28 September 2012
Everything or Nothing Stevan Riley 01 October 2012
Linhas de Wellington
Valeria Sarmiento 04 October 2012
The House I Live In
Eugene Jarecki 05 October 2012
Liberal Arts
Josh Radnor 05 October 2012
Frankenweenie
Tim Burton 05 October 2012
In the House
Dans la maison
François Ozon 10 October 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky 12 October 2012
Argo
Ben Affleck 12 October 2012
Seven Psychopaths
Martin McDonagh 12 October 2012
The Paperboy
Lee Daniels 17 October 2012
Fill the Void
Lemale et ha'halal
Rama Burshtein 18 October 2012
Ginger & Rosa
Sally Potter 19 October 2012
Room 237
Rodney Ascher 26 October 2012
Cloud Atlas
Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer 26 October 2012
Dupa dealuri
Cristian Mungiu 26 October 2012
Flight
Robert Zemeckis 02 November 2012
The Man with the Iron Fists
RZA 02 November 2012
Augustine
Alice Winocour 07 November 2012
The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer 08 November 2012
Skyfall
Sam Mendes 09 November 2012
Something in the Air
Après mai
Olivier Assayas 14 November 2012
The Sessions
Ben Lewin 16 November 2012
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg 16 November 2012
Life of Pi
Ang Lee 21 November 2012
Thérèse
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Claude Miller 21 November 2012
A Late Quartet
Yaron Zilberman 23 November 2012
Killing Them Softly
Andrew Dominik 30 November 2012
Hitchcock
Sacha Gervasi 14 December 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Jackson 14 December 2012
Smashed
James Ponsoldt 14 December 2012
Chasing Ice
Jeff Orlowski 14 December 2012
The Guilt Trip
Anne Fletcher 19 December 2012
Jack Reacher
Christopher McQuarrie 21 December 2012
Les Misérables
Tom Hooper 25 December 2012
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino 25 December 2012
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell 25 December 2012
John Dies at the End Don Coscarelli 27 December 2012
Gimme the Loot
Adam Leon 02 January 2013
The Impossible
Lo imposible
J.A. Bayona 04 January 2013
Promised Land
Gus Van Sant 04 January 2013
The Hunt
Jagten
Thomas Vinterberg 10 January 2013
Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow 11 January 2013
Fairhaven Tom O'Brien 11 January 2013
Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley 17 January 2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
Roger Michell 01 February 2013
To the Wonder
Terrence Malick 22 February 2013
Song For Marion
Unfinished Song
Paul Andrew Williams 22 February 2013
Quartet
Dustin Hoffman 01 March 2013
The Gatekeepers
Dror Moreh 14 March 2013
Spring Breakers
Harmony Korine 22 March 2013
Sleepwalk with Me
Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish 04 April 2013
The Company You Keep
Robert Redford 26 April 2013
The Iceman
Ariel Vromen 02 May 2013
What Maisie Knew
Scott McGehee and David Siegel 03 May 2013
Starlet
Sean Baker 09 May 2013
Sightseers
Ben Wheatley 10 May 2013
Mud
Jeff Nichols 10 May 2013
Wadjda
Haifaa Al-Mansour 16 May 2013
Red Hook Summer
Spike Lee 17 May 2013
Much Ado About Nothing
Joss Whedon 14 June 2013
Disconnect
Henry Alex Rubin 05 July 2013
Girl Most Likely Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini 18 July 2013
Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach 23 August 2013
Now, Forager Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin 27 August 2013
Passion Brian De Palma 30 August 2013
Museum Hours
Jem Cohen 06 September 2013
Casting By Tom Donahue 01 November 2013
How to Survive a Plague
David France 08 November 2013
Everyday
Michael Winterbottom 22 November 2013
The Waiting Room Peter Nicks 29 April 2014
Middle of Nowhere
Ava DuVernay 01 September 2014
Films Not Yet Seen This Year