| Rank | Title | Year |
| 1 | Citizen Kane | 1941 |
| 2 | Vertigo | 1958 |
| 3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 |
| 4 | Rules of the Game, The | 1939 |
| 5 | Tokyo Story | 1953 |
| 6 | 8½ | 1963 |
| 7 | Godfather, The | 1972 |
| 8 | Sunrise | 1927 |
| 9 | Searchers, The | 1956 |
| 10 | Seven Samurai | 1954 |
| 11 | Apocalypse Now | 1979 |
| 12 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 |
| 13 | Battleship Potemkin | 1925 |
| 14 | Bicycle Thieves | 1948 |
| 15 | Taxi Driver | 1976 |
| 16 | Passion of Joan of Arc, The | 1928 |
| 17 | Breathless | 1960 |
| 18 | Atalante, L' | 1934 |
| 19 | Persona | 1966 |
| 20 | Man with a Movie Camera | 1929 |
| 21 | Rashomon | 1950 |
| 22 | Godfather Part II, The | 1974 |
| 23 | Raging Bull | 1980 |
| 24 | Andrei Rublev | 1966 |
| 25 | 400 Blows, The | 1959 |
| 26 | Psycho | 1960 |
| 27 | City Lights | 1931 |
| 28 | Touch of Evil | 1958 |
| 29 | Mirror, The | 1975 |
| 30 | Dolce vita, La | 1960 |
| 31 | Some Like it Hot | 1959 |
| 32 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 |
| 33 | Ordet | 1955 |
| 34 | Au hasard Balthazar | 1966 |
| 35 | Casablanca | 1942 |
| 36 | Avventura, L' | 1960 |
| 37 | General, The | 1926 |
| 38 | Contempt | 1963 |
| 39 | Sunset Blvd. | 1950 |
| 40 | Blade Runner | 1982 |
| 41 | Rear Window | 1954 |
| 42 | Grande illusion, La | 1937 |
| 43 | Night of the Hunter, The | 1955 |
| 44 | Third Man, The | 1949 |
| 45 | In the Mood for Love | 2000 |
| 46 | Fanny and Alexander | 1982 |
| 48 | Modern Times | 1936 |
| 49 | Chinatown | 1974 |
| 51 | Barry Lyndon | 1975 |
| 52 | M | 1931 |
| 53 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 |
| 54 | Metropolis | 1927 |
| 55 | Wild Strawberries | 1957 |
| 56 | Apartment, The | 1960 |
| 60 | North by Northwest | 1959 |
| 61 | Shoah | 1985 |
| 62 | Rio Bravo | 1959 |
| 63 | Magnificent Ambersons, The | 1942 |
| 64 | Mulholland Dr. | 2001 |
| 66 | Battle of Algiers, The | 1966 |
| 68 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 |
| 69 | Gold Rush, The | 1925 |
| 70 | Seventh Seal, The | 1957 |
| 77 | Blue Velvet | 1986 |
| 78 | GoodFellas | 1990 |
| 80 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 |
| 84 | Nashville | 1975 |
| 85 | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 |
| 86 | Clockwork Orange, A | 1971 |
| 88 | Greed | 1924 |
| 89 | Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The | 1962 |
| 91 | Annie Hall | 1977 |
| 92 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God | 1972 |
| 95 | Jaws | 1975 |
| 96 | Shining, The | 1980 |
| 99 | Intolerance | 1916 |
| 100 | Blowup | 1966 |
| 104 | Wizard of Oz, The | 1939 |
| 105 | Jetée, La | 1962 |
| 106 | Gone with the Wind | 1939 |
| 108 | Woman Under the Influence, A | 1974 |
| 109 | Once Upon a Time in America | 1984 |
| 110 | Manhattan | 1979 |
| 111 | Sherlock Jr. | 1924 |
| 112 | Ikiru | 1952 |
| 114 | Star Wars | 1977 |
| 116 | All About Eve | 1950 |
| 119 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 |
| 120 | My Darling Clementine | 1946 |
| 121 | Notorious | 1946 |
| 122 | Bringing Up Baby | 1938 |
| 125 | Nosferatu | 1922 |
| 127 | Badlands | 1973 |
| 131 | Yi yi | 2000 |
| 133 | Matter of Life and Death, A | 1946 |
| 134 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 |
| 135 | Chien andalou, Un | 1928 |
| 139 | Trouble in Paradise | 1932 |
| 140 | Days of Heaven | 1978 |
| 141 | Do the Right Thing | 1989 |
| 142 | Stagecoach | 1939 |
| 144 | Alien | 1979 |
| 145 | Double Indemnity | 1944 |
| 146 | His Girl Friday | 1940 |
| 147 | Come and See | 1985 |
| 148 | Conversation, The | 1974 |
| 150 | On the Waterfront | 1954 |
| 154 | Rosemary's Baby | 1968 |
| 156 | King Kong | 1933 |
| 157 | Red Shoes, The | 1948 |
| 160 | Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The | 1966 |
| 161 | Duck Soup | 1933 |
| 164 | Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The | 1943 |
| 166 | Grapes of Wrath, The | 1940 |
| 169 | Deer Hunter, The | 1978 |
| 171 | Dekalog | 1988 |
| 173 | Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The | 1964 |
| 176 | Brazil | 1985 |
| 181 | Ran | 1985 |
| 183 | Great Dictator, The | 1940 |
| 184 | There Will Be Blood | 2007 |
| 185 | Best Years of Our Lives, The | 1946 |
| 188 | Sweet Smell of Success | 1957 |
| 189 | Umberto D. | 1952 |
| 191 | Samouraï, Le | 1967 |
| 195 | Kes | 1969 |
| 196 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 |
| 200 | Birds, The | 1963 |
| 204 | Two or Three Things I Know About Her | 1966 |
| 207 | Caché | 2005 |
| 209 | Spirited Away | 2001 |
| 210 | Thin Red Line, The | 1998 |
| 211 | Piano, The | 1993 |
| 212 | Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The | 1920 |
| 214 | Schindler's List | 1993 |
| 215 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | 1949 |
| 216 | Sullivan's Travels | 1941 |
| 217 | Fargo | 1996 |
| 218 | Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 | 1946 |
| 219 | Chungking Express | 1994 |
| 220 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The | 1974 |
| 224 | Only Angels Have Wings | 1939 |
| 225 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 |
| 226 | Graduate, The | 1967 |
| 227 | Mean Streets | 1973 |
| 229 | Exorcist, The | 1973 |
| 232 | Bonnie and Clyde | 1967 |
| 233 | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The | 1948 |
| 234 | Solaris [1972] | 1972 |
| 235 | Tree of Life, The | 2011 |
| 236 | Wings of Desire | 1987 |
| 243 | Thin Blue Line, The | 1988 |
| 244 | Unforgiven | 1992 |
| 245 | Groundhog Day | 1993 |
| 247 | Three Colours: Red | 1994 |
| 249 | Paris, Texas | 1984 |
| 250 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 |
| 251 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 2004 |
| 252 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | 1989 |
| 253 | Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 | 1944 |
| 254 | My Neighbour Totoro | 1988 |
| 255 | Three Colours: Blue | 1993 |
| 257 | Paths of Glory | 1957 |
| 259 | Magnolia | 1999 |
| 264 | Big Lebowski, The | 1998 |
| 265 | Freaks | 1932 |
| 266 | Throne of Blood | 1957 |
| 268 | Birth of a Nation, The | 1915 |
| 269 | F for Fake | 1973 |
| 270 | Week-End | 1967 |
| 274 | Monsieur Verdoux | 1947 |
| 276 | Maltese Falcon, The | 1941 |
| 278 | Wages of Fear, The | 1953 |
| 282 | Big Sleep, The | 1946 |
| 291 | Philadelphia Story, The | 1940 |
| 292 | Cinema Paradiso | 1988 |
| 297 | Last Picture Show, The | 1971 |
| 298 | Reservoir Dogs | 1992 |
| 299 | Harold and Maude | 1971 |
| 300 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 |
| 302 | Empire Strikes Back, The | 1980 |
| 306 | Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 |
| 309 | Amadeus | 1984 |
| 313 | Matrix, The | 1999 |
| 314 | Thing, The | 1982 |
| 315 | Cabaret | 1972 |
| 318 | Dawn of the Dead | 1978 |
| 323 | It Happened One Night | 1934 |
| 324 | Midnight Cowboy | 1969 |
| 326 | Kid, The | 1921 |
| 327 | Dog Day Afternoon | 1975 |
| 331 | Eyes Wide Shut | 1999 |
| 332 | West Side Story | 1961 |
| 335 | City of God | 2002 |
| 336 | Back to the Future | 1985 |
| 338 | How Green Was My Valley | 1941 |
| 340 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
| 347 | Russian Ark | 2002 |
| 351 | Voyage dans la lune, Le | 1902 |
| 353 | Affair to Remember, An | 1957 |
| 356 | Bridge on the River Kwai, The | 1957 |
| 357 | Last Tango in Paris | 1972 |
| 358 | This is Spinal Tap | 1984 |
| 359 | King of Comedy, The | 1983 |
| 368 | Heat | 1995 |
| 370 | Network | 1976 |
| 372 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 1969 |
| 374 | Yojimbo | 1961 |
| 381 | Dead Ringers | 1988 |
| 382 | High and Low | 1963 |
| 390 | Silence of the Lambs, The | 1991 |
| 392 | French Cancan | 1955 |
| 393 | High Noon | 1952 |
| 395 | Brokeback Mountain | 2005 |
| 396 | Hustler, The | 1961 |
| 397 | WALL-E | 2008 |
| 401 | Carrie | 1976 |
| 407 | Five Easy Pieces | 1970 |
| 412 | Dogville | 2003 |
| 416 | Aliens | 1986 |
| 421 | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 |
| 423 | Scenes from a Marriage | 1973 |
| 424 | Long Goodbye, The | 1973 |
| 426 | Cameraman, The | 1928 |
| 430 | Fight Club | 1999 |
| 435 | White Ribbon, The | 2009 |
| 441 | Limelight | 1952 |
| 445 | Easy Rider | 1969 |
| 446 | Shawshank Redemption, The | 1994 |
| 447 | Night at the Opera, A | 1935 |
| 455 | Short Cuts | 1993 |
| 456 | Strangers on a Train | 1951 |
| 459 | Fantasia | 1940 |
| 461 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 |
| 464 | Elephant Man, The | 1980 |
| 465 | Mad Max 2 | 1981 |
| 467 | Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 |
| 468 | Terminator, The | 1984 |
| 469 | Pinocchio | 1940 |
| 470 | Toy Story | 1995 |
| 472 | Top Hat | 1935 |
| 475 | Sound of Music, The | 1965 |
| 478 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 2000 |
| 479 | Point Blank | 1967 |
| 482 | Forrest Gump | 1994 |
| 487 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 |
| 492 | Mon oncle | 1958 |
| 498 | Withnail & I | 1987 |
| 500 | All That Jazz | 1979 |
| 501 | Barton Fink | 1991 |
| 507 | Frankenstein | 1931 |
| 508 | Alphaville | 1965 |
| 509 | Lives of Others, The | 2006 |
| 510 | Halloween | 1978 |
| 512 | Tootsie | 1982 |
| 513 | All the President's Men | 1976 |
| 514 | Casino | 1995 |
| 521 | Doctor Zhivago | 1965 |
| 525 | Ninotchka | 1939 |
| 526 | Trainspotting | 1996 |
| 527 | Rebel Without a Cause | 1955 |
| 531 | Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 |
| 536 | 12 Angry Men | 1957 |
| 538 | Laura | 1944 |
| 541 | Hard Day's Night, A | 1964 |
| 542 | Oldboy | 2003 |
| 544 | East of Eden | 1955 |
| 545 | Boogie Nights | 1997 |
| 554 | Walkabout | 1971 |
| 557 | Great Expectations | 1946 |
| 560 | Deliverance | 1972 |
| 561 | No Country for Old Men | 2007 |
| 562 | Being There | 1979 |
| 564 | Local Hero | 1983 |
| 566 | Lost in Translation | 2003 |
| 568 | My Own Private Idaho | 1991 |
| 569 | Lady Vanishes, The | 1938 |
| 571 | French Connection, The | 1971 |
| 572 | Full Metal Jacket | 1987 |
| 577 | Rocky | 1976 |
| 579 | Ben-Hur | 1959 |
| 587 | Scarface [1983] | 1983 |
| 588 | Die Hard | 1988 |
| 589 | Raising Arizona | 1987 |
| 593 | Royal Tenenbaums, The | 2001 |
| 596 | Rebecca | 1940 |
| 601 | Age of Innocence, The | 1993 |
| 603 | Killing, The | 1956 |
| 605 | African Queen, The | 1951 |
| 608 | Young Frankenstein | 1974 |
| 609 | Memento | 2000 |
| 616 | Pan's Labyrinth | 2006 |
| 619 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | 1961 |
| 625 | Dazed and Confused | 1993 |
| 626 | Amélie | 2001 |
| 628 | 39 Steps, The | 1935 |
| 629 | Requiem for a Dream | 2000 |
| 631 | Scarface [1932] | 1932 |
| 633 | Evil Dead II | 1987 |
| 639 | Before Sunset | 2004 |
| 643 | Purple Rose of Cairo, The | 1985 |
| 645 | Edward Scissorhands | 1990 |
| 647 | Zodiac | 2007 |
| 648 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 |
| 655 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1939 |
| 660 | Great Escape, The | 1963 |
| 661 | Miller's Crossing | 1990 |
| 662 | Thelma & Louise | 1991 |
| 664 | Se7en | 1995 |
| 666 | Bambi | 1942 |
| 670 | Zelig | 1983 |
| 675 | Synecdoche, New York | 2008 |
| 677 | Y tu mamá también | 2001 |
| 680 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 |
| 682 | Dark Knight, The | 2008 |
| 684 | Spartacus | 1960 |
| 687 | Red Sorghum | 1987 |
| 688 | Fly, The | 1986 |
| 689 | All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930 |
| 691 | Streetcar Named Desire, A | 1951 |
| 696 | Crash | 1996 |
| 700 | Blood Simple | 1984 |
| 701 | JFK | 1991 |
| 703 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | 1986 |
| 705 | Lolita | 1962 |
| 709 | Thief of Bagdad, The | 1940 |
| 715 | Circus, The | 1928 |
| 717 | L.A. Confidential | 1997 |
| 720 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 |
| 721 | Woman of Paris, A | 1923 |
| 730 | Titanic | 1997 |
| 732 | Starship Troopers | 1997 |
| 738 | Ace in the Hole | 1951 |
| 740 | Van Gogh | 1991 |
| 741 | Producers, The | 1968 |
| 747 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 |
| 751 | Ludwig | 1973 |
| 752 | Right Stuff, The | 1983 |
| 753 | Avatar | 2009 |
| 758 | Au revoir les enfants | 1987 |
| 763 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 1966 |
| 764 | Diaboliques, Les | 1955 |
| 770 | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The | 2001 |
| 771 | Cool Hand Luke | 1967 |
| 773 | American in Paris, An | 1951 |
| 777 | Dumbo | 1941 |
| 786 | Sideways | 2004 |
| 788 | Last Temptation of Christ, The | 1988 |
| 791 | Wild at Heart | 1990 |
| 793 | Akira | 1988 |
| 796 | Princess Bride, The | 1987 |
| 801 | Saturday Night Fever | 1977 |
| 808 | American Beauty | 1999 |
| 809 | Last Emperor, The | 1987 |
| 811 | Breakfast Club, The | 1985 |
| 812 | 2046 | 2004 |
| 813 | American Graffiti | 1973 |
| 815 | Knife in the Water | 1962 |
| 818 | Princess Mononoke | 1997 |
| 819 | Sweet Hereafter, The | 1997 |
| 821 | Excalibur | 1981 |
| 828 | Dirty Harry | 1971 |
| 829 | Blazing Saddles | 1974 |
| 832 | Rififi | 1955 |
| 833 | Get Carter | 1971 |
| 836 | Black Orpheus | 1959 |
| 837 | Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 |
| 839 | Gilda | 1946 |
| 844 | New York, New York | 1977 |
| 853 | Othello | 1952 |
| 855 | Arabian Nights | 1974 |
| 856 | Reds | 1981 |
| 859 | Assault on Precinct 13 | 1976 |
| 862 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 |
| 863 | Rope | 1948 |
| 867 | Adventures of Robin Hood, The | 1938 |
| 868 | 3 Women | 1977 |
| 869 | Blues Brothers, The | 1980 |
| 883 | Usual Suspects, The | 1995 |
| 884 | Airplane! | 1980 |
| 885 | National Lampoon's Animal House | 1978 |
| 890 | Floating Weeds | 1959 |
| 891 | Ten Commandments, The | 1956 |
| 899 | Day the Earth Stood Still, The | 1951 |
| 907 | Roman Holiday | 1953 |
| 909 | Midnight Run | 1988 |
| 911 | Ice Storm, The | 1997 |
| 914 | War and Peace [1967] | 1967 |
| 924 | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The | 2003 |
| 928 | Finding Nemo | 2003 |
| 938 | Ed Wood | 1994 |
| 940 | Holiday | 1938 |
| 945 | Sting, The | 1973 |
| 947 | Rocky Horror Picture Show, The | 1975 |
| 951 | M*A*S*H | 1970 |
| 952 | Outlaw Josey Wales, The | 1976 |
| 954 | Godfather Part III, The | 1990 |
| 960 | Dracula [1958] | 1958 |
| 965 | Bad Timing | 1980 |
| 966 | Three Colours: White | 1994 |
| 971 | Yellow Submarine | 1968 |
| 976 | Broadway Danny Rose | 1984 |
| 980 | Nightmare Before Christmas, The | 1993 |
| 983 | Stardust Memories | 1980 |
| 988 | Boot, Das | 1981 |
| 991 | Dead Poets Society | 1989 |
| 996 | Go-Between, The | 1971 |
| 1001-2000 | Before Sunrise | 1995 |
| 1001-2000 | Platoon | 1986 |
| 1001-2000 | Hurt Locker, The | 2008 |
| 1001-2000 | Inception | 2010 |
| 1001-2000 | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 |
| 1001-2000 | Life is Beautiful | 1997 |
| 1001-2000 | Kramer vs. Kramer | 1979 |
| 1001-2000 | Inglourious Basterds | 2009 |
| 1001-2000 | Gladiator | 2000 |
| 1001-2000 | Jurassic Park | 1993 |
| 1001-2000 | Dracula [1931] | 1931 |
| 1001-2000 | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The | 2002 |
| 1001-2000 | Patton | 1970 |
| 1001-2000 | Dances with Wolves | 1990 |
| 1001-2000 | Up | 2009 |
| 1001-2000 | Goonies, The | 1985 |
| 1001-2000 | Battle Royale | 2000 |
| 1001-2000 | Chariots of Fire | 1981 |
| 1001-2000 | Kill Bill Vol. 1 | 2003 |
| 1001-2000 | Terms of Endearment | 1983 |
| 1001-2000 | Being John Malkovich | 1999 |
| 1001-2000 | First Blood | 1982 |
| 1001-2000 | Bowling for Columbine | 2002 |
| 1001-2000 | Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The | 1989 |
| 1001-2000 | Stand by Me | 1986 |
| 1001-2000 | In the Heat of the Night | 1967 |
| 1001-2000 | Sixth Sense, The | 1999 |
| 1001-2000 | Gandhi | 1982 |
| 1001-2000 | Donnie Darko | 2001 |
| 1001-2000 | Giant | 1956 |
| 1001-2000 | Truman Show, The | 1998 |
| 1001-2000 | Children of Men | 2006 |
| 1001-2000 | Grease | 1978 |
| 1001-2000 | Planet of the Apes | 1968 |
| 1001-2000 | Duel | 1971 |
| 1001-2000 | Mary Poppins | 1964 |
| 1001-2000 | Braveheart | 1995 |
| 1001-2000 | Fistful of Dollars, A | 1964 |
| 1001-2000 | Pianist, The | 2002 |
| 1001-2000 | Magnificent Seven, The | 1960 |
| 1001-2000 | Last of the Mohicans, The | 1992 |
| 1001-2000 | Ghostbusters | 1984 |
| 1001-2000 | Color Purple, The | 1985 |
| 1001-2000 | Hud | 1963 |
| 1001-2000 | Mutiny on the Bounty | 1935 |
| 1001-2000 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | 1988 |
| 1001-2000 | My Fair Lady | 1964 |
| 1001-2000 | When We Were Kings | 1996 |
| 1001-2000 | Goldfinger | 1964 |
| 1001-2000 | Tokyo Drifter | 1966 |
| 1001-2000 | Point Break | 1991 |
| 1001-2000 | Enter the Dragon | 1973 |
| 1001-2000 | English Patient, The | 1996 |
| 1001-2000 | Adaptation | 2002 |
| 1001-2000 | Babe | 1995 |
| 1001-2000 | House of Flying Daggers | 2004 |
| 1001-2000 | Untouchables, The | 1987 |
| 1001-2000 | Evil Dead, The | 1981 |
| 1001-2000 | Player, The | 1992 |
| 1001-2000 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | 1999 |
| 1001-2000 | Solaris [2002] | 2002 |
| 1001-2000 | Three Kings | 1999 |
| 1001-2000 | Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The | 1974 |
| 1001-2000 | Traffic | 1971 |
| 1001-2000 | Waltz with Bashir | 2008 |
| 1001-2000 | Twelve Monkeys | 1995 |
| 1001-2000 | From Here to Eternity | 1953 |
| 1001-2000 | Broadcast News | 1987 |
| 1001-2000 | Husbands and Wives | 1992 |
| 1001-2000 | War and Peace [1956] | 1956 |
| 1001-2000 | My Dinner with Andre | 1981 |
| 1001-2000 | Midnight Express | 1978 |
| 1001-2000 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | 2002 |
| 1001-2000 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 |
| 1001-2000 | Superman | 1978 |
| 1001-2000 | Charade | 1963 |
| 1001-2000 | Death Proof | 2007 |
| 1001-2000 | Social Network, The | 2010 |
| 1001-2000 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | 1969 |
| 1001-2000 | Say Anything... | 1989 |
| 1001-2000 | Love, Actually | 2003 |
| 1001-2000 | Godzilla | 1954 |
| 1001-2000 | Hamlet [1964] | 1964 |
| 1001-2000 | Gates of Heaven | 1978 |
| 1001-2000 | Hamlet [1948] | 1948 |
| 1001-2000 | Oliver! | 1968 |
| 1001-2000 | Hugo | 2011 |
| 1001-2000 | When Harry Met Sally... | 1989 |
| 1001-2000 | Fish Called Wanda, A | 1988 |
| 1001-2000 | Notre musique | 2004 |
| 1001-2000 | Fistful of Dynamite, A | 1971 |
| 1001-2000 | Last Waltz, The | 1978 |
