Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

2.
Noah Baumbach
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Films

4.
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
5.
Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
6.
Greta Gerwig
7.
Josh Cooley
8.
Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie
9.
Bong Joon-ho
10.
Petra Costa
11.
Scott Z. Burns
12.
Destin Cretton
13.
Yaron Zilberman
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Films

14.
Melina Matsoukas
15.
Rian Johnson
16.
Julia Hart
17.
Olivia Wilde
18.
Nia DaCosta
21.
22.
Jake Scott
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Films

23.
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
24.
Todd Douglas Miller
25.
Mike Flanagan
27.
Ladj Ly
29.
Julius Onah
30.
Rachel Lears
31.
32.
Pedro Almodóvar
33.
George Kunhardt, Peter W. Kunhardt, and Teddy Kunhardt
34.
Michael Engler
35.
Kantemir Balagov
36.
Craig Brewer
37.
Alex Ross Perry
38.
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
39.
Gavin Hood
40.
Todd Haynes
41.
Trey Edward Shults
42.
Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
43.
Stefon Bristol
44.
Alejandro Landes
45.
Chinonye Chukwu
47.
Luz
Tilman Singer
48.
Hassan Fazili
49.
Wanuri Kahiu
50.
Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer
51.
J.C. Chandor
52.
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
53.
Alexandre O. Philippe
54.
Sebastián Lelio
55.
Alma Har'el
57.
Jay Roach
58.
Kasi Lemmons
59.
Penny Lane
60.
Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
61.
Steven Soderbergh
62.
Kent Jones
63.
Sasie Sealy
64.
Un Film Dramatique
A Dramatic Film
Eric Baudelaire
65.
Lorene Scafaria
66.
Gene Stupnitsky
67.
Quentin Dupieux
68.
Paul Harrill
69.
Jennifer Kent
70.
71.
Deia Schlosberg
72.
Paul Solet
75.
76.
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Films

78.
79.
Sam Mendes
80.
Tom Harper
81.
David Robert Mitchell
82.
James Gray
83.
Robert Eggers
84.
Gurinder Chadha
87.
88.
Ira Sachs
89.
Amy Poehler
90.
Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt, and Ben Timlett
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Films

91.
Ari Aster
92.
Tyler Taormina
93.
François Girard
94.
Elizabeth Banks
95.
Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier
96.
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
97.
Joanna Hogg
98.
Todd Phillips
99.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
100.
John Crowley
101.
Pietro Marcello
102.
Bart Freundlich
103.
Catherine Hardwicke
104.
Lulu Wang
105.
Matt Kliegman
106.
Clint Eastwood
107.
Sameh Zoabi
108.
Nadav Lapid
109.
110.
Sydney Pollack and Alan Elliott
111.
Edward Norton
112.
David Michôd
113.
Trevor Nunn
114.
Richard Linklater
115.
Paul Feig
116.
Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann
117.
Us
Jordan Peele
118.
Fernando Meirelles
119.
Alice Waddington
120.
Feras Fayyad
121.
Taika Waititi
122.
Alexandre Aja
123.
Todd Strauss-Schulson
124.
Rick Alverson
125.
Jon Favreau
126.
Danny Boyle
127.
Dan Gilroy
128.
Dexter Fletcher
129.
Nisha Ganatra
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Films

130.
Rupert Goold
131.
Benedict Andrews
132.
Jonathan Levine
133.
Andrea Berloff
134.
Bill Condon
135.
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer
136.
Noble Jones
137.
Elliot Weaver and Zander Weaver
138.
139.
Chris Addison
140.
141.
Jim Jarmusch
142.
143.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Michael Dougherty
144.
Steven Soderbergh
146.
Tom Hooper
Sam Mendes 
Marielle Heller 
James Gray 
Bart Freundlich 
Sydney Pollack and Alan Elliott 
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert 
Jake Scott 
Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt, and Ben Timlett 
Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier 
Todd Douglas Miller 
Woody Allen 
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles 
Kantemir Balagov 
Derek Tsang 
Gurinder Chadha 
Jay Roach 
Olivia Wilde 
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang 
François Ozon 
Tom Hooper 
Elizabeth Banks 
Chinonye Chukwu 
Elliot Weaver and Zander Weaver 
Alexandre Aja 
Todd Haynes 
Quentin Dupieux 
Kent Jones 
Mike Flanagan 
Craig Brewer 
Michael Engler 
Julia Hart 
Oliver Laxe 
James Mangold 
Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts 
Ira Sachs 
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee 
Sebastián Lelio 
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Michael Dougherty 
Gene Stupnitsky 
Penny Lane 
Tyler Taormina 
Kasi Lemmons 
Alex Ross Perry 
Steven Soderbergh 
Alma Har'el 
Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov 
Xavier Burgin 
Lorene Scafaria 
Yaron Zilberman 
Todd Strauss-Schulson 
Taika Waititi 
Todd Phillips 
Rupert Goold 
Destin Cretton 
Rian Johnson 
Rachel Lears 
Paul Feig 
Nisha Ganatra 
Ladj Ly 
Paul Harrill 
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman 
Greta Gerwig 
Nia DaCosta 
Jonathan Levine 
Julius Onah 
Sasie Sealy 
Luz
Tilman Singer 
Matt Kliegman 
Noah Baumbach 
Pietro Marcello 
Alexandre O. Philippe 
Hassan Fazili 
Ari Aster 
Avi Belkin 
Catherine Hardwicke 
Alejandro Landes 
Edward Norton 
Katt Shea 
Olivier Assayas 
Gavin Hood 
Quentin Tarantino 
Pedro Almodóvar 
Alice Waddington 
Bong Joon-ho 
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer 
Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer 
Melina Matsoukas 
Wanuri Kahiu 
Janice Engel 
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett 
Trevor Nunn 
Clint Eastwood 
Dexter Fletcher 
Benedict Andrews 
Stefon Bristol 
Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann 
Nadav Lapid 
Sameh Zoabi 
Tim Miller 
Tom Harper 
John Chester 
Feras Fayyad 
Lila Avilés 
Patricio Guzmán 
Jim Jarmusch 
Petra Costa 
Mark Cousins 
Lulu Wang 
John Crowley 
Bill Condon 
Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer 
Chris Addison 
Martin Scorsese 
David Michôd 
Andrea Berloff 
Joe Talbot 
Steven Soderbergh 
Robert Eggers 
Jon Favreau 
Rick Alverson 
Jennifer Kent 
Scott Z. Burns 
François Girard 
Joanna Hogg 
Deia Schlosberg 
Noble Jones 
Fernando Meirelles 
Tom Donahue 
Josh Cooley 
Paul Solet 
J.C. Chandor 
George Kunhardt, Peter W. Kunhardt, and Teddy Kunhardt 
Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie 
David Robert Mitchell 
Un Film Dramatique
A Dramatic Film
Eric Baudelaire 
Us
Jordan Peele 
Dan Gilroy 
Trey Edward Shults 
Rob Garver 
Richard Linklater 
Amy Poehler 
Danny Boyle 
Matt Kliegman 01 January 2019
Todd Douglas Miller 24 January 2019
Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann 26 January 2019
Avi Belkin 27 January 2019
Dan Gilroy 01 February 2019
Catherine Hardwicke 01 February 2019
Xavier Burgin 07 February 2019
Steven Soderbergh 08 February 2019
Tyler Taormina 08 February 2019
Todd Strauss-Schulson 13 February 2019
François Ozon 20 February 2019
Paul Solet 08 March 2019
J.C. Chandor 13 March 2019
Mark Cousins 15 March 2019
Us
Jordan Peele 22 March 2019
Sebastián Lelio 22 March 2019
Katt Shea 26 March 2019
Kent Jones 29 March 2019
Sameh Zoabi 03 April 2019
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer 05 April 2019
Alex Ross Perry 12 April 2019
Penny Lane 17 April 2019
David Robert Mitchell 19 April 2019
Nia DaCosta 19 April 2019
Trevor Nunn 19 April 2019
Julia Hart 19 April 2019
Wanuri Kahiu 19 April 2019
Sasie Sealy 28 April 2019
Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt, and Ben Timlett 29 April 2019
Rachel Lears 01 May 2019
Jonathan Levine 03 May 2019
Olivier Assayas 03 May 2019
Sydney Pollack and Alan Elliott 10 May 2019
Chris Addison 10 May 2019
Amy Poehler 10 May 2019
John Chester 10 May 2019
Stefon Bristol 17 May 2019
Olivia Wilde 24 May 2019
Bong Joon-ho 30 May 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Michael Dougherty 31 May 2019
Dexter Fletcher 31 May 2019
Joe Talbot 07 June 2019
Joanna Hogg 07 June 2019
Jake Scott 14 June 2019
Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer 14 June 2019
Jim Jarmusch 14 June 2019
Nisha Ganatra 14 June 2019
Petra Costa 19 June 2019
Kantemir Balagov 20 June 2019
Josh Cooley 21 June 2019
George Kunhardt, Peter W. Kunhardt, and Teddy Kunhardt 26 June 2019
Danny Boyle 28 June 2019
Ari Aster 03 July 2019
Alexandre Aja 12 July 2019
Luz
Tilman Singer 19 July 2019
Jon Favreau 19 July 2019
Tom Donahue 22 July 2019
Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer 24 July 2019
Woody Allen 26 July 2019
Rick Alverson 26 July 2019
Quentin Tarantino 26 July 2019
Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov 26 July 2019
Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts 26 July 2019
Lila Avilés 28 July 2019
Noble Jones 02 August 2019
Lulu Wang 09 August 2019
Andrea Berloff 09 August 2019
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang 09 August 2019
Bart Freundlich 14 August 2019
Alejandro Landes 15 August 2019
Richard Linklater 16 August 2019
Gurinder Chadha 16 August 2019
Gene Stupnitsky 16 August 2019
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett 21 August 2019
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert 21 August 2019
Julius Onah 23 August 2019
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles 29 August 2019
Jennifer Kent 29 August 2019
Gavin Hood 30 August 2019
Pietro Marcello 04 September 2019
Janice Engel 06 September 2019
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman 06 September 2019
Yaron Zilberman 12 September 2019
Lorene Scafaria 13 September 2019
John Crowley 13 September 2019
Hassan Fazili 18 September 2019
Michael Engler 20 September 2019
James Gray 20 September 2019
Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier 25 September 2019
Steven Soderbergh 27 September 2019
Un Film Dramatique
A Dramatic Film
Eric Baudelaire 03 October 2019
Pedro Almodóvar 04 October 2019
Alexandre O. Philippe 04 October 2019
Rupert Goold 04 October 2019
Todd Phillips 04 October 2019
Oliver Laxe 11 October 2019
Feras Fayyad 18 October 2019
Derek Tsang 25 October 2019
Alice Waddington 25 October 2019
Nadav Lapid 25 October 2019
Craig Brewer 25 October 2019
Ira Sachs 25 October 2019
Tim Miller 01 November 2019
David Michôd 01 November 2019
Paul Harrill 01 November 2019
Edward Norton 01 November 2019
Kasi Lemmons 01 November 2019
Robert Eggers 01 November 2019
Taika Waititi 08 November 2019
Mike Flanagan 08 November 2019
Paul Feig 08 November 2019
Elliot Weaver and Zander Weaver 08 November 2019
Bill Condon 15 November 2019
Scott Z. Burns 15 November 2019
James Mangold 15 November 2019
Trey Edward Shults 15 November 2019
Elizabeth Banks 15 November 2019
Ladj Ly 20 November 2019
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee 22 November 2019
Marielle Heller 22 November 2019
Melina Matsoukas 27 November 2019
Alma Har'el 27 November 2019
Rian Johnson 27 November 2019
Martin Scorsese 27 November 2019
Todd Haynes 06 December 2019
Noah Baumbach 06 December 2019
Tom Harper 06 December 2019
Benedict Andrews 13 December 2019
Clint Eastwood 13 December 2019
Fernando Meirelles 20 December 2019
Tom Hooper 20 December 2019
Jay Roach 20 December 2019
Greta Gerwig 25 December 2019
Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie 25 December 2019
François Girard 25 December 2019
Rob Garver 25 December 2019
Chinonye Chukwu 27 December 2019
Destin Cretton 10 January 2020
Sam Mendes 10 January 2020
Patricio Guzmán 12 February 2020
Deia Schlosberg 22 March 2020
Quentin Dupieux 01 May 2020