Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Alexander Nanau
2.
Jasmila Zbanic
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Films

4.
Florian Zeller
5.
Darius Marder
6.
Valentyn Vasyanovych
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Films

9.
Kelly Reichardt
10.
Andrew Patterson
11.
David Osit
12.
Thomas Vinterberg
13.
Chloé Zhao
14.
Regina King
15.
Kornél Mundruczó
17.
Kitty Green
18.
David France
19.
Max Barbakow
20.
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Films

21.
Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni
22.
Remi Weekes
24.
Barbara Kopple
25.
Pawo Choyning Dorji
26.
Pedro Costa
27.
Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
28.
Spike Lee
29.
Dan Sallitt
30.
James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham
31.
32.
Noah Hutton
33.
Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger
34.
Natalie Erika James
35.
Lee Isaac Chung
36.
Bas Devos
37.
Sofia Coppola
38.
Leigh Whannell
39.
Matt Wolf
40.
Moroni for President Saila Huusko and Jasper Rischen
42.
Cory Finley
43.
Alex Winter
45.
Sean Durkin
47.
James Reed and Pippa Ehrlich
48.
George C. Wolfe
49.
Andrew Ahn
50.
Emerald Fennell
52.
Paul Greengrass
53.
Garrett Bradley
54.
Autumn de Wilde
55.
Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller
56.
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Boy Howdy: The Story of Creem Magazine
Scott Crawford
57.
Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy
58.
Carlo Mirabella-Davis
59.
Brandon Cronenberg
60.
Harry Macqueen
61.
Richard Stanley
62.
The Lodge Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz
63.
Hannah Rosenzweig and Wendy Sachs
65.
Last and First Men Jóhann Jóhannsson
67.
Frederick Wiseman
68.
I Am Greta Nathan Grossman
69.
Michael Matthews
70.
Jeffrey A. Brown
71.
Josephine Mackerras
72.
Vinyl Nation Christopher Boone and Kevin Smokler
73.
For the Love of Rutland Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
74.
Amjad Abu Alala
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Films

75.
Jeff Orlowski
76.
Alan Ball
77.
Riders of Justice
Retfærdighedens Ryttere
Anders Thomas Jensen
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Films

78.
79.
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
82.
Joe Mantello
83.
Gather Sanjay Rawal
84.
85.
Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond
86.
87.
Julie Taymor
88.
Gina Prince-Bythewood
89.
Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn
90.
Ron Howard
91.
Steven Soderbergh
92.
John Patrick Shanley
93.
Sally Potter
94.
Matthew Rankin
95.
Represent Hillary Bachelder
96.
Catherine Gund
98.
Levan Akin
99.
Roger Michell
100.
Craig Zobel
101.
102.
Miranda July
103.
Josephine Decker
104.
Pete Docter
105.
George Clooney
106.
Lawrence Michael Levine
107.
Michael Almereyda
108.
Anonymous, Weixi Chen, and Hao Wu
109.
Truth or Consequences Hannah Jayanti
111.
Dan Scanlon
112.
Guy Ritchie
113.
Glen Keane and John Kahrs
114.
Woody Allen
115.
Michael Winterbottom
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Films

116.
Clea DuVall
117.
Kirsten Johnson
118.
Christopher Nolan
119.
Benh Zeitlin
120.
Bulletproof Todd Chandler
121.
David Fincher
Anonymous, Weixi Chen, and Hao Wu 
Catherine Gund 
Steve McQueen 
Josephine Mackerras 
Levan Akin 
Thomas Vinterberg 
Valentyn Vasyanovych 
Cory Finley 
Lawrence Michael Levine 
Roger Michell 
Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy 
Bulletproof Todd Chandler 
Frederick Wiseman 
Alexander Nanau 
Richard Stanley 
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Boy Howdy: The Story of Creem Magazine
Scott Crawford 
James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham 
Julien Temple 
Spike Lee 
Spike Lee 
Barbara Kopple 
Kirsten Johnson 
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash 
Andrew Ahn 
Steve McQueen 
Autumn de Wilde 
Kelly Reichardt 
For the Love of Rutland Jennifer Maytorena Taylor 
Dan Sallitt 
Gather Sanjay Rawal 
Bas Devos 
Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni 
Michael Winterbottom 
Clea DuVall 
Ron Howard 
Remi Weekes 
I Am Greta Nathan Grossman 
Charlie Kaufman 
Miranda July 
Noah Hutton 
Last and First Men Jóhann Jóhannsson 
Alexandre O. Philippe 
Steven Soderbergh 
Michael Matthews 
Steve McQueen 
Pawo Choyning Dorji 
Steve McQueen 
David Fincher 
George C. Wolfe 
David Osit 
Lee Isaac Chung 
Moroni for President Saila Huusko and Jasper Rischen 
Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond 
James Reed and Pippa Ehrlich 
Eliza Hittman 
Paul Greengrass 
Chloé Zhao 
Regina King 
Sofia Coppola 
Dan Scanlon 
Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn 
Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller 
Glen Keane and John Kahrs 
Max Barbakow 
Kornél Mundruczó 
Brandon Cronenberg 
Emerald Fennell 
Jasmila Zbanic 
Natalie Erika James 
Represent Hillary Bachelder 
Riders of Justice
Retfærdighedens Ryttere
Anders Thomas Jensen 
Woody Allen 
Josephine Decker 
Danny Wolf 
Pete Docter 
Darius Marder 
Matt Wolf 
Harry Macqueen 
Hannah Rosenzweig and Wendy Sachs 
Carlo Mirabella-Davis 
Christopher Nolan 
Michael Almereyda 
Kitty Green 
Jeffrey A. Brown 
Joe Mantello 
Florian Zeller 
Radha Blank 
Guy Ritchie 
Julie Taymor 
Craig Zobel 
Leigh Whannell 
The Lodge Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz 
George Clooney 
Maite Alberdi 
John Dower 
Sean Durkin 
Gina Prince-Bythewood 
Sally Potter 
Jeff Orlowski 
Aaron Sorkin 
Matthew Rankin 
Andrew Patterson 
Garrett Bradley 
Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger 
Truth or Consequences Hannah Jayanti 
Alan Ball 
Vinyl Nation Christopher Boone and Kevin Smokler 
Pedro Costa 
David France 
Benh Zeitlin 
John Patrick Shanley 
Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart 
Amjad Abu Alala 
Alex Winter 
Moroni for President Saila Huusko and Jasper Rischen 20 June 2018
Guy Ritchie 01 January 2020
The Lodge Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz 16 January 2020
Dan Sallitt 16 January 2020
Richard Stanley 24 January 2020
Kitty Green 31 January 2020
Levan Akin 07 February 2020
Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn 14 February 2020
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash 14 February 2020
Michael Winterbottom 21 February 2020
Pedro Costa 21 February 2020
Benh Zeitlin 28 February 2020
Alexander Nanau 28 February 2020
Leigh Whannell 28 February 2020
Kelly Reichardt 06 March 2020
Dan Scanlon 06 March 2020
Autumn de Wilde 06 March 2020
Craig Zobel 13 March 2020
Sally Potter 13 March 2020
Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy 20 March 2020
James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham 25 March 2020
Eliza Hittman 03 April 2020
Pawo Choyning Dorji 03 April 2020
Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller 15 April 2020
Cory Finley 25 April 2020
Andrew Ahn 07 May 2020
Matt Wolf 08 May 2020
Andrew Patterson 15 May 2020
Josephine Mackerras 15 May 2020
Carlo Mirabella-Davis 05 June 2020
Josephine Decker 05 June 2020
Spike Lee 12 June 2020
David France 30 June 2020
Jeffrey A. Brown 09 July 2020
Natalie Erika James 10 July 2020
Gina Prince-Bythewood 10 July 2020
Max Barbakow 10 July 2020
Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni 29 July 2020
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Boy Howdy: The Story of Creem Magazine
Scott Crawford 07 August 2020
Truth or Consequences Hannah Jayanti 08 August 2020
Represent Hillary Bachelder 14 August 2020
Danny Wolf 18 August 2020
Maite Alberdi 21 August 2020
Michael Almereyda 21 August 2020
Barbara Kopple 21 August 2020
Bas Devos 28 August 2020
Christopher Nolan 03 September 2020
Charlie Kaufman 04 September 2020
James Reed and Pippa Ehrlich 07 September 2020
Gather Sanjay Rawal 08 September 2020
Hannah Rosenzweig and Wendy Sachs 08 September 2020
Jeff Orlowski 09 September 2020
Roger Michell 18 September 2020
Last and First Men Jóhann Jóhannsson 21 September 2020
Sean Durkin 24 September 2020
Miranda July 25 September 2020
Julie Taymor 30 September 2020
Joe Mantello 30 September 2020
Noah Hutton 01 October 2020
Anonymous, Weixi Chen, and Hao Wu 02 October 2020
Kirsten Johnson 02 October 2020
Woody Allen 02 October 2020
Brandon Cronenberg 02 October 2020
Catherine Gund 07 October 2020
Radha Blank 09 October 2020
Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger 13 October 2020
Michael Matthews 16 October 2020
Aaron Sorkin 16 October 2020
Garrett Bradley 16 October 2020
Spike Lee 17 October 2020
Sofia Coppola 23 October 2020
Glen Keane and John Kahrs 23 October 2020
Frederick Wiseman 28 October 2020
Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond 29 October 2020
Remi Weekes 30 October 2020
Valentyn Vasyanovych 05 November 2020
Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart 13 November 2020
I Am Greta Nathan Grossman 13 November 2020
Steve McQueen 15 November 2020
Alexandre O. Philippe 19 November 2020
Darius Marder 20 November 2020
Matthew Rankin 20 November 2020
Ron Howard 24 November 2020
Clea DuVall 25 November 2020
John Dower 25 November 2020
Alan Ball 25 November 2020
Alex Winter 27 November 2020
Steve McQueen 28 November 2020
Steve McQueen 29 November 2020
David Osit 02 December 2020
Lawrence Michael Levine 04 December 2020
David Fincher 04 December 2020
Julien Temple 04 December 2020
Steve McQueen 06 December 2020
Steven Soderbergh 10 December 2020
John Patrick Shanley 11 December 2020
Steve McQueen 13 December 2020
George C. Wolfe 18 December 2020
Thomas Vinterberg 18 December 2020
George Clooney 23 December 2020
Pete Docter 25 December 2020
Paul Greengrass 25 December 2020
Emerald Fennell 25 December 2020
Kornél Mundruczó 30 December 2020
Florian Zeller 31 December 2020
Regina King 08 January 2021
Amjad Abu Alala 22 January 2021
Harry Macqueen 29 January 2021
Lee Isaac Chung 12 February 2021
Chloé Zhao 19 February 2021
Jasmila Zbanic 15 March 2021
Riders of Justice
Retfærdighedens Ryttere
Anders Thomas Jensen 21 May 2021
Vinyl Nation Christopher Boone and Kevin Smokler 19 April 2022
Bulletproof Todd Chandler
For the Love of Rutland Jennifer Maytorena Taylor