Nick Davis's 100 Favorite Films

Again I am re-formatting this list so that it’s readable … looks like 109 titles in total:

1930 Min and Bill

1932 Blonde Venus

1935 Alice Adams

1947 Possessed

1949 Adam's Rib

1951 A Streetcar Named Desire

1954 Executive Suite

1959 Pickpocket

1959 Suddenly, Last Summer

1962 Walk on the Wild Side

1963 Hud

1966 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

1967 Cool Hand Luke

1968 Night of the Living Dead

1968 The Lion in Winter

1972 Solaris

1973 The Way We Were

1974 Claudine

1975 Chronicle of the Smoldering Years

1975 Dog Day Afternoon

1977 3 Women

1977 Eraserhead

1977 Opening Night

1978 Les Rendez-vous d'Anna

1979 The Brood

1979 The China Syndrome

1981 Pennies from Heaven

1982 Frances

1982 Illusions

1982 Peel: An Exercise in Discipline

1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985 Mask

1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo

1986 Sherman's March

1986 The Fly

1987 Fatal Attraction

1987 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

1987 Where Is the Friend's Home?

1988 Another Woman

1990 Postcards from the Edge

1990 Without You I'm Nothing

1991 Boyz N the Hood

1991 Cape Fear

1991 Frankie & Johnny

1991 JFK

1991 Naked Lunch

1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992 Dream of Light (aka The Quince Tree Sun)

1992 Howards End

1992 Husbands and Wives

1992 Hyenas

1992 Orlando

1992 The Crying Game

1992 These Hands

1993 Dottie Gets Spanked

1993 The Baby of Mâcon

1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

1994 Bullets over Broadway

1994 Cemetery Man

1994 Vanya on 42nd Street

1995 Babe

1995 Georgia

1995 Home for the Holidays

1995 Nixon

1995 Strange Days

1995 The Bridges of Madison County

1996 Crash

1996 Female Perversions

1996 Irma Vep

1996 The English Patient

1996 The Pillow Book

1996 The Portrait of a Lady

1996 Walking and Talking

1997 Jackie Brown

1997 Titanic

1998 Hands on a Hardbody

1998 High Art

1998 Psycho

1998 Velvet Goldmine

1999 Beau travail

1999 Boys Don't Cry

1999 Eyes Wide Shut

1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999 Magnolia

1999 Pola X

1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley

2000 Best in Show

2000 Blackboards

2000 Bring It On

2000 Erin Brockovich

2000 I'm the One that I Want

2000 The Cell

2000 You Can Count on Me

2001 Late Marriage

2001 Ocean's Eleven

2001 The Piano Teacher

2002 Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11

2002 demonlover

2002 Solaris

2002 The Cremaster Cycle

2002 The Hours

2003 Monster

2003 The Corporation

2004 Birth

2004 I ♥ Huckabees

2005 Dave Chappelle's Block Party

2005 Grizzly Man

2005 Junebug

2005 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Nick Davis's Top 100 Movies

I discovered this gentleman’s top movies list today, but found it so unreadable that I will re-format it here … the numbers reflect his ranking:

1 Persona

2 The Earrings of Madame de...

3 The Piano

4 Diary of a Country Priest

5 Citizen Kane

6 The Ballad of Narayama

7 Modern Times

8 Harlan County, U.S.A.

9 Sanshô the Bailiff

10 Andrei Rublev

11 Nashville

12 Singin' in the Rain

13 Vertigo

14 The Passion of Joan of Arc

15 Pinocchio

16 ??? [missing from list]

17 Meshes of the Afternoon

18 His Girl Friday

19 The Battle of Algiers

20 The Green Ray

21 The Thin Red Line

22 Aguirre, the Wrath of God

23 Taste of Cherry

24 Laura

25 Chinatown

26 Bicycle Thieves

27 A Woman Under the Influence

28 Apocalypse Now

29 Taxi Driver

30 Safe

31 The Lady Eve

32 Man with a Movie Camera

33 Holiday

34 Casablanca

35 Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

36 The Fall of the House of Usher

37 Nanook of the North

38 McCabe & Mrs. Miller

39 Hannah and Her Sisters

40 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

41 Imitation of Life

42 Woman in the Dunes

43 The Conversation

44 Cries and Whispers

45 Shoah

46 The Travelling Players

47 Days of Heaven

48 Morvern Callar

49 Pickup on South Street

50 The Battleship Potemkin

51 Metropolis

52 The Scarlet Empress

53 The Gospel According to St. Matthew

54 Aliens

55 Pather Panchali

56 Tokyo Story

57 The Seventh Seal

58 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

59 Dead Ringers

60 Raging Bull

61 42nd Street

62 Psycho

63 All About Eve

64 Russian Ark

65 The 400 Blows

66 Xala

67 The Joyless Street

68 The Docks of New York

69 The Last of England

70 Letter from an Unknown Woman

71 The Wages of Fear

72 The Letter

73 New York, New York

74 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

75 Fanny and Alexander

76 L'Atalante

77 Dancer in the Dark

78 Smiles of a Summer Night

79 Black Rain

80 Viridiana

81 Shame

82 The Godfather

83 Under the Sun of Satan

84 Notorious

85 Mulholland Drive

86 The Third Man

87 Long Day's Journey into Night

88 Sunset Boulevard

89 Annie Hall

90 2001: A Space Odyssey

91 Velvet Goldmine

92 Riddles of the Sphinx

93 Close-Up

94 When Harry Met Sally...

95 Flesh

96 Nostalghia

97 Marat/Sade

98 Talk to Her

99 Daughters of the Dust

100 Mary Poppins

Roger Ebert's The Great Movies, Sorted Chronologically

In 2002 Roger Ebert wrote a book called The Great Movies which includes the following 100 movies. I’ve listed them here chronologically. I am not a fan of Ebert’s criticism, but have noted which movies I recommend.

1. Broken Blossoms 1919

2. Nosferatu 1922

3. Greed 1924

4. Battleship Potemkin 1925

5. The General 1926

6. Metropolis 1927

7. The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 - Chairman Recommended

8. Pandora's Box 1929

9. Un Chien Andalou 1929

10. City Lights 1931 - Chairman Recommended

11. Dracula 1931

12. M 1931 - Chairman Recommended

13. Trouble in Paradise 1932

14. Duck Soup 1933

15. L'Atalante 1934

16. Bride of Frankenstein 1935

17. Swing Time 1936 - Chairman Recommended

18. Grand Illusion 1937

19. Gone with the Wind 1939

20. The Wizard of Oz 1939

21. Pinocchio 1940

22. Citizen Kane 1941

23. The Lady Eve 1941

24. The Maltese Falcon 1941

25. Casablanca 1942

26. Double Indemnity 1944 - Chairman Recommended

27. Detour 1945

28. Beauty and the Beast 1946 - Chairman Recommended

29. The Big Sleep 1946

30. It's a Wonderful Life 1946

31. My Darling Clementine 1946

32. Notorious 1946 - Chairman Recommended

33. Bicycle Thieves 1948

34. Red River 1948

35. The Third Man 1949 - Chairman Recommended

36. All About Eve 1950

37. Sunset Blvd 1950

38. Ikiru 1952

39. Singin' in the Rain 1952 - Chairman Recommended

40. Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953

41. On the Waterfront 1954

42. The Seven Samurai 1954

43. The Night of the Hunter 1955 - Chairman Recommended

44. The Apu Trilogy 1955-59

45. Written on the Wind 1956

46. The Seventh Seal 1957

47. Sweet Smell of Success 1957

48. Vertigo 1958 - Chairman Recommended

49. The 400 Blows 1959

50. Floating Weeds 1959

51. Pickpocket 1959

52. Some Like It Hot 1959 - Chairman Recommended

53. The Apartment 1960 - Chairman Recommended

54. La Dolce Vita 1960

55. L'Avventura 1960

56. Peeping Tom 1960

57. Psycho 1960

58. Last Year at Marienbad 1961

59. The Exterminating Angel 1962

60. Lawrence of Arabia 1962

61. My Life to Live 1962

62. 8 1/2 1963

63. Dr. Strangelove 1964 - Chairman Recommended

64. A Hard Day's Night 1964

65. The "Up" Documentaries 1964

66. Woman in the Dunes 1964 - Chairman Recommended

67. Blowup 1966

68. Persona 1966

69. Belle de Jour 1967

70. Bonnie and Clyde 1967 - Chairman Recommended

71. Le Samourai 1967

72. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

73. The Wild Bunch 1969

74. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971

75. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972

76. The Godfather 1972 - Chairman Recommended

77. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974

78. Chinatown 1974 - Chairman Recommended

79. A Woman Under the Influence 1974

80. Nashville 1975

81. Network 1976

82. Taxi Driver 1976 - Chairman Recommended

83. Star Wars 1977 - Chairman Recommended

84. Days of Heaven 1978 - Chairman Recommended

85. Gates of Heaven 1978

86. Apocalypse Now 1979

87. Manhattan 1979 - Chairman Recommended

88. Raging Bull 1980 - Chairman Recommended

89. Body Heat 1981 - Chairman Recommended

90. E.T. 1982

91. Wings of Desire 1987

92. The Decalogue 1989

93. Do the Right Thing 1989

94. JFK 1991

95. The Silence of the Lambs 1991 - Chairman Recommended

96. Schindler's List 1993

97. Hoop Dreams 1994 - Chairman Recommended

98. Pulp Fiction 1994

99. The Shawshank Redemption 1994 - Chairman Recommended

100. Fargo 1996 - Chairman Recommended

Movies Watched in March 2026

I now think the goal of watching 50 movies a month is a little crazy so I’m dropping it to a more manageable 30 a month. Check out the January 2026 and February 2026 lists.

Here is what I watched in March, listed alphabetically:

1. A Shot in the Dark, 1964

2. Basic Training, 1971

3. Blade Runner, 1982

4. Bonjour Tristesse, 1958

5. Diary of a Mad Housewife, 1970

6. Earth, 1930

7. El Bruto, 1953

8. Harper, 1966

9. Johnny Guitar, 1954

10. Kuroneko, 1968

11. La Bete Humaine, 1938

12. My Life As a Dog, 1985

13. Petite Maman, 2021

14. Pina, 2011

15. Rashomon, 1950

16. Rebel Without a Cause, 1955

17. Sleuth, 1972

18. Summertime, 1955

19. The 400 Blows, 1959

20. The Exterminating Angel, 1962

21. The Merchant of Four Seasons, 1971

22. The Milky Way, 1936

23. The Servant, 1963

24. The Swimmer, 1968

25. The Thin Blue Line, 1988

26. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964

27. Three Colours: White, 1994

28. Titicut Follies, 1967

29. To Be Or Not To Be, 1942

30. Un Chien Andalou, 1962

31. Watership Down, 1978

32. Where Is the Friend's House, 1983

33. Wild Strawberries, 1957

34. Woman in the Dunes, 1964

35. Young Mr. Lincoln, 1939

The movies that I consider must-see among these are listed below:

1. Blade Runner, 1982 (director: Ridley Scott)

2. The Merchant of Four Seasons, 1971 (director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

3. To Be Or Not To Be, 1932 (director: Ernst Lubitsch)

4. Woman in the Dunes, 1964 (director: Hiroshi Teshigahara)

Otto Penzler's 101 Greatest Movies of Mystery and Suspense

Sorted chronologically:

1. Bulldog Drummond, 1929

2. Little Caesar, 1930

3. The Public Enemy, 1931

4. Freaks, 1932

5. Scarface, 1932

6. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1932

7. The Kennel Murder Case, 1933

8. The Thin Man, 1934

9. The 39 Steps, 1935

10. Charlie Chan at the Opera, 1936

11. The Petrified Forest, 1936

12. Dead End, 1937

13. The Lady Vanishes, 1938

14. The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939

15. Foreign Correspondent, 1940

16. Rebecca, 1940

17. High Sierra, 1941

18. I Wake Up Screaming, 1941

19. Suspicion, 1941

20. The Maltese Falcon, 1941

21. The Glass Key, 1942

22. The Gun for Hire, 1942

23. Shadow of a Doubt, 1943

24. The Woman in the Window, 1944

25. To Have and Have Not, 1944

26. Murder, My Sweet, 1944

27. Double Indemnity, 1944

28. Laura, 1944

29. Spellbound, 1945

30. And Then There Were None, 1945

31. The Blue Dahlia, 1946

32. Notorious, 1946

33. The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946

34. The Big Sleep, 1946

35. The Killers, 1946

36. Crossfire, 1947

37. Kiss of Death, 1947

38. Out of the Past, 1947

39. The Fallen Idol, 1948

40. Key Largo, 1948

41. Criss Cross, 1949

42. White Heat, 1949

43. The Third Man, 1949

44. In a Lonely Place, 1950

45. The Asphalt Jungle, 1950

46. D.O.A., 1950

47. Sunset Boulevard, 1950

48. Strangers on a Train, 1951

49. Detective Story, 1951

50. The Big Heat, 1953

51. Rear Window, 1954

52. Kiss Me Deadly, 1955

53. The Night of the Hunter, 1955

54. The Killing, 1956

55. The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956

56. Witness for the Prosecution, 1957

57. Vertigo, 1958

58. Touch of Evil, 1958

59. Anatomy of a Murder, 1959

60. North by Northwest, 1959

61. Psycho, 1960

62. To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962

63. The Manchurian Candidate, 1962

64. Charade, 1963

65. A Shot in the Dark, 1964

66. Topkapi, 1964

67. Goldfinger, 1964

68. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1965

69. The Ipcress File, 1965

70. Harper, 1966

71. In Cold Blood, 1967

72. In the Heat of the Night, 1967

73. Bonnie and Clyde, 1967

74. Bullitt, 1968

75. Dirty Harry, 1971

76. The French Connection, 1971

77. Sleuth, 1972

78. The Godfather, 1972

79. Mean Streets, 1973

80. The Day of the Jackal, 1973

81. The Sting, 1973

82. Murder on the Orient Express, 1974

83. The Conversation, 1974

84. The Godfather Part II, 1974

85. Chinatown, 1974

86. Taxi Driver, 1976

87. Body Heat, 1981

88. Blade Runner, 1982

89. Fatal Attraction, 1987

90. The Untouchables, 1987

91. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, 1988

92. The Grifters, 1990

93. GoodFellas, 1990

94. Silence of the Lambs, 1991

95. Reservoir Dogs, 1992

96. In the Line of Fire, 1993

97. The Fugitive, 1993

98. The Last Seduction, 1994

99. The Usual Suspects, 1995

100. Fargo, 1996

101. L.A. Confidential, 1997

Movies Watched in February 2026

I now think the goal of watching 60 movies a month is a little crazy so I’m dropping it to a more manageable 50 a month. Check out the January 2026 list here.

Here is what I watched in February, listed alphabetically:

1. Alien, 1979

2. All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930

3. Bonjour Tristesse, 2024

4. Charade, 1963

5. Cries and Whispers, 1972

6. Diary of a Chambermaid, 1946

7. Elevator to the Gallows, 1958

8. Fanny and Alexander, 1982

9. Fiend Without a Face, 1958

10. Fitzcarraldo, 1982

11. Forbidden Games, 1952

12. Foreign Correspondent, 1940

13. Germany Year Zero, 1948

14. Ghostbusters, 1984

15. Green for Danger, 1946

16. Heaven Can Wait, 1940

17. I Know Where I'm Going, 1945

18. Japon, 2002

19. Journey to Italy, 1954

20. Kiss Me Deadly, 1955

21. La piscine, 1969

22. La ronde, 1950

23. Last Holiday, 1950

24. Last Year at Marienbad, 1961

25. L'avventura, 1960

26. Le corbeau, 1943

27. Le jour se leve, 1939

28. Mad Max, 1979

29. Make Way for Tomorrow, 1937

30. Miss Julie, 1951

31. My Man Godfrey, 1936

32. Pickpocket, 1959

33. Red River, 1948

34. Sawdust and Tinsel, 1953

35. Scarface, 1932

36. Secret Honor, 1984

37. She's Gotta Have It, 1986

38. Shoot the Piano Player, 1960

39. Stolen Kisses, 1968

40. The Browning Version, 1951

41. The Innocents, 1961

42. The Lovers, 1958

43. The Most Dangerous Game, 1932

44. The Virgin Spring, 1960

45. Tootsie, 1982

46. Touchez pas au grisbi, 1954

47. Trouble in Paradise, 1932

48. Two or Three Things I Know About Her, 1967

49. Videodrome, 1983

50. Viridiana, 1961

51. White Mane, 1952

52. Youth of the Beast, 1963

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The movies that I consider must-see among these are listed below:

1. Alien, 1979

2. Charade, 1963

3. Germany Year Zero, 1948

4. La ronde, 1950

5. Sawdust and Tinsel, 1953

6. The Lovers, 1958

I’m still on the fence about Cries and Whispers (1972) and Last Holiday (1950).

Pauline Kael Hits Nail on the Scorsese Head

“The filmmaking process becomes the subject of the movie. All you want to talk about is the glorious whizzing camera, the freeze-frames and jump cuts. That may be why young film enthusiasts are so turned on by Scorsese’s work: they don’t just respond to his films, they want to be him.”

…

“Scorsese the arousal junkie makes you feel you’d like to hang out with him and listen to him tell how he brought off the effects; he’s a master. But this picture [Goodfellas] doesn’t have the juice and richness that come with major performances. It has no arc, and doesn’t climax; it just comes to a stop. Conceivably the abruptness could work, but I don’t think it does. Will the lift of the moviemaking still carry some people aloft? Maybe, because watching the movie is like getting strung out on pure sensation. That’s Scorsese’s idea of a hood’s life. It’s also a young film enthusiast’s dream of a director’s life, and in Scorsese’s case it’s not too far from the truth.”

Bertz & Fischer 100 Greatest Movies List

Two German gentlemen, Bertz & Fischer, came up with a “list to end all lists” of the 100 greatest movies. It’s just another meta-list, but it’s worth recording anyway:

1. The Gold Rush, Chaplin, 1925

2. Battleship Potemkin, Eisenstein, 1925

3. The General, Keaton, 1926

4. Metropolis, Lang, 1927

5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Murnau, 1927

6. The Passion of Joan of Arc, Dreyer, 1928

7. City Lights, Chaplin, 1931

8. M, Lang, 1931

9. Modern Times, Chaplin, 1936

10. Grand Illusion, Renoir, 1937

11. Bringing Up Baby, Hawks, 1938

12. The Rules of the Game, Renoir, 1939

13. The Wizard of Oz, Fleming, 1939

14. Gone with the Wind, Fleming, 1939

15. Citizen Kane, Welles, 1941

16. The Maltese Falcon, Huston, 1941

17. Casablanca, Curtiz, 1943

18. Double Indemnity, Wilder, 1944

19. Children of Paradise, Carne, 1945

20. It’s a Wonderful Life, Capra, 1946

21. Bicycle Thieves, De Sica, 1948

22. The Third Man, Reed, 1949

23. Sunset Blvd., Wilder, 1950

24. Rashomon, Kurosawa, 1950

25. All About Eve, Mankiewicz, 1950

26. Singin’ in the Rain, Donen, 1952

27. Tokyo Story, Ozu, 1953

28. Seven Samurai, Kurosawa, 1954

29. On the Waterfront, Kazan, 1954

30. Rear Window, Hitchcock, 1954

31. The Night of the Hunter, Laughton, 1955

32. The Searchers, Ford, 1956

33. The Seventh Seal, Bergman, 1957

34. Touch of Evil, Welles, 1958

35. Vertigo, Hitchcock, 1958

36. Some Like It Hot, Wilder, 1959

37. The 400 Blows, Truffaut, 1959

38. North by Northwest, Hitchcock, 1959

39. La Dolce Vita, Fellini, 1960

40. Breathless, Godard, 1960

41. L’avventura, Antonioni, 1960

42. The Apartment, Wilder, 1960

43. Psycho, Hitchcock, 1960

44. Lawrence of Arabia, Lean, 1962

45. 8 1/2, Fellini, 1963

46. The Leopard, Visconti, 1963

47. Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick, 1964

48. Persona, Bergman, 1966

49. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Leone, 1966

50. Bonnie and Clyde, Penn, 1967

51. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick, 1968

52. Once Upon a Time in the West, Leone, 1968

53. Andrei Rublev, Tarkovsky, 1969

54. The Wild Bunch, Peckinpah, 1969

55. A Clockwork Orange, Kubrick, 1971

56. The Godfather, Coppola, 1972

57. Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Herzog, 1972

58. Chinatown, Polanski, 1974

59. The Godfather: Part II, Coppola, 1974

60. Nashville, Altman, 1975

61. Jaws, Spielberg, 1976

62. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Forman, 1975

63. Taxi Driver, Scorsese, 1976

64. Annie Hall, Allen, 1977

65. Star Wars, Lucas, 1977

66. The Deer Hunter, Cimino, 1978

67. Apocalypse Now, Coppola, 1979

68. Alien, Scott, 1979

69. The Empire Strikes Back, Kershner, 1980

70. The Shining, Kubrick, 1980

71. Raging Bull, Scorsese, 1980

72. Raiders of the Lost Ark, Speilberg, 1981

73. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Spielberg, 1982

74. Blade Runner, Scott, 1982

75. Fanny and Alexander, Bergman, 1982

76. Once Upon a Time in America, Leone, 1984

77. Back to the Future, Zemeckis, 1985

78. Blue Velvet, Lynch, 1986

79. Die Hard, McTiernan, 1988

80. GoodFellas, Scorsese, 1990

81. The Silence of the Lambs, Demme, 1991

82. Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Cameron, 1991

83. Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino, 1992

84. Schindler’s List, Spielberg, 1993

85. Pulp Fiction, Tarantino, 1994

86. Forrest Gump, Zemeckis, 1994

87. The Shawshank Redemption, Darabont, 1994

88. The Usual Suspects, Singer, 1995

89. Fargo, Coen, 1996

90. L.A. Confidential, Hanson, 1997

91. The Big Lebowski, Coen, 1998

92. Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg, 1998

93. The Matrix, Wachowski, 1999

94. American Beauty, Mendes, 1999

95. Fight Club, Fincher, 1999

96. Gladiator, Scott, 2000

97. Amelie, Jeunet, 2001

98. The Lord of the Rings, Jackson, 2001

99. City of God, Meirelles, 2002

100. The Dark Knight, Nolan, 2008

British Film Institute -- 100 Greatest Movies Picked by Working Directors

This is a somewhat better list that the BFI 100 Greatest Movies list. Dr. Strangelove, Kes, and La cienaga are all great movies that make my list, which is of course the definitive list.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, Kubrick

2. Citizen Kane, 1941, Welles

3. The Godfather, 1972, Coppola

4. Tokyo Story, 1953, Ozu

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles, 1975, Akerman

6. 8 1/2, 1963, Fellini

7. Vertigo, 1958, Hitchcock

8. Mirror, 1974, Tarkovsky

9. Persona, 1966, Bergman

10. Close-Up, 1990, Kiarostami

11. In the Mood for Love, 2000, Wong

12. Barry Lyndon, 1975, Kubrick

13. Taxi Driver, 1976, Scorsese

14. Stalker, 1979, Tarkovsky

15. Breathless, 1960, Godard

16. Seven Samurai, 1954, Kurosawa

17. Beau travail, 1988, Denis

18. A Woman Under the Influence, 1974, Cassavetes

19. Apocalypse Now, 1979, Coppola

20. Rashomon, 1950, Kurosawa

21. Bicycle Thieves, 1948, De Sica

22. Raging Bull, 1980, Scorsese

23. The Battle of Algiers, 1966, Pontecorvo

24. Pather Panchali, 1955, Ray

25. Mulholland Drive, 2001, Lynch

26. The Godfather Part II, 1974, Coppola

27. Andrei Rublev, 1966, Tarkovsky

28. GoodFellas, 1990, Scorsese

29. Do the Right Thing, 1989, Lee

30. Ordet, 1955, Dreyer

31. The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1927, Dreyer

32. Man with a Movie Camera, 1929, Vertov

33. The 400 Blows, 1959, Truffaut

34. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927, Murnau

35. La jetee, 1962, Marker

36. La dolce vita, 1960, Fellini

37. Au hasard Balthazar, 1966, Bresson

38. La strada, 1943, Fellini

39. L’avventura, 1960, Antonioni

40. La regle du jeu, 1939, Renoir

41. Come and See, 1985, Klimov

42. Vagabond, 1985, Varda

43. A Man Escaped, 1956, Bresson

44. The Night of the Hunter, 1955, Laughton

45. Play Time, 1967, Tati

46. Dr. Strangelove, 1963, Kubrick

47. Don’t Look Now, 1973, Roeg

48. One Upon a Time in the West, 1968, Leone

49. Le mepris, 1963, Godard

50. L’atalante, 1934, Vigo

51. Psycho, 1960, Hitchcock

52. Viridiana, 1961, Bunuel

53. Eraserhead, 1976, Lynch

54. La notte, 1961, Antonioni

55. Fanny and Alexander, 1984, Bergman

56. La maman et la putain, 1973, Eustache

57. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, 1974, Fassbinder

58. The Piano, 1992, Campion

59. City Lights, 1931, Chaplin

60. Cleo from 5 to 7, 1962, Varda

61. Singin’ in the Rain, 1951, Donen

62. La cienaga, 2011, Martel

63. Lawrence of Arabia, 1962, Lean

64. Jaws, 1975, Spielberg

65. Tropical malady, 2004, Weerasethakul

66. Satantango, 1994, Tarr

67. Sunset Blvd., 1950, Wilder

68. Blade Runner, 1982, Scott

69. Some Like It Hot, 1959, Wilder

70. Late Spring, 1949, Ozu

71. Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943, Deren

72. Kes, 1969, Loach

73. A Separation, 2011, Farhadi

74. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom, 1975, Pasolini

75. The Conversation, 1974, Coppola

76. L’argent, 1983, Bresson

77. Where Is the Friend’s House, 1987, Kiarostami

78. Ikiru, 1952, Kurosawa

79. Chinatown, 1974, Polanski

80. The Seventh Seal, 1957, Bergman

81. The Ascent, 1976, Shepitko

82. Wild Strawberries, 1957, Bergman

83. Blue Velvet, 1986, Lynch

84. The Spirit of the Beehive, 1973, Erice

85. A Brighter Summer Day, 1991, Yang

86. Modern Times, 1936, Chaplin

87. The Red Shoes, 1948, Powell & Pressburger

88. Touki Bouki, 1973, Mambéty

89. Sans soleil, 1982, Marker

90. News from Home, 1976, Akerman

91. Shoah, 1985, Lanzmann

92. The Searchers, 1956, Ford

93. Throne of Blood, 1957, Kurosawa

94. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004, Gondry

95. Hidden, 2004, Haneke

96. Taste of Cherry, 1997, Kiarostami

97. Pickpocket, 1959, Bresson

98. The Colour of Pomegranates, 1968, Parajanov

99. The Conformist, 1970, Bertolucci

100. Parasite, 2019, Bong

101. Yi Yi, 1999, Yang

102. Moonlight, 2016, Jenkins

103. Battleship Potemkin, 1915, Eisenstein

104. Wanda, 1970, Loden

British Film Institute 100 Greatest Movies -- 2012 Poll

It’s a pity they gave multiple entries to single directors… ideally they could come up with a 100 Greatest Movies from 100 Different Directors list.

1. Vertigo, 1958, Hitchcock

2. Citizen Kane, 1941, Welles

3. Tokyo Story, 1953, Ozu

4. La regle du jeu, 1939, Renoir

5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927, Murnau

6. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, Kubrick

7. The Searchers, 1956, Ford

8. Man with a Movie Camera, 1929, Vertov

9. The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1927, Dreyer

10. 8 1/2, 1963, Fellini

11. Battleship Potemkin, 1915, Eisenstein

12. L’atalante, 1934, Vigo

13. Breathless, 1960, Godard

14. Apocalypse Now, 1979, Coppola

15. Late Spring, 1949, Ozu

16. Au hasard Balthazar, 1966, Bresson

17. Seven Samurai, 1954, Kurosawa

18. Persona, 1966, Bergman

19. Mirror, 1974, Tarkovsky

20. Singin’ in the Rain, 1951, Donen

21. L’avventura, 1960, Antonioni

22. Le mepris, 1963, Godard

23. The Godfather, 1972, Coppola

24. Ordet, 1955, Dreyer

25. In the Mood for Love, 2000, Wong

26. Rashomon, 1950, Kurosawa

27. Andrei Rublev, 1966, Tarkovsky

28. Mulholland Drive, 2001, Lynch

29. Stalker, 1979, Tarkovsky

30. Shoah, 1985, Lanzmann

31. The Godfather Part II, 1974, Coppola

32. Taxi Driver, 1976, Scorsese

33. Bicycle Thieves, 1948, De Sica

34. Psycho, 1960, Hitchcock

35. The General, 1926, Keaton

36. Metropolis, 1927, Lang

37. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles, 1975, Akerman

38. Satantango, 1994, Tarr

39. The 400 Blows, 1959, Truffaut

40. La dolce vita, 1960, Fellini

41. Journey to Italy, 1954, Rossellini

42. Pather Panchali, 1955, Ray

43. Some Like It Hot, 1959, Wilder

44. Gertrud, 1964. Dreyer

45. Pierrot le fou, 1965, Godard

46. Play Time, 1967, Tati

47. Close-Up, 1990, Kiarostami

48. The Battle of Algiers, 1966, Pontecorvo

49. Histoire(s) du cinema, 1998, Godard

50. City Lights, 1931, Chaplin

51. Ugetsu monogatari, 1953, Mizoguchi

52. La jetee, 1962, Marker

53. North by Northwest, 1959, Hitchcock

54. Rear Window, 1954, Hitchcock

55. Raging Bull, 1980, Scorsese

56. M, 1931, Lang

57. The Leopard, 1963, Visconti

58. Touch of Evil, 1958, Welles

59. Sherlock Jr., 1924, Keaton

60. Barry Lyndon, 1975, Kubrick

61. La maman et la putain, 1973, Eustache

62. Sansho Dayu, 1954, Mizoguchi

63. Wild Strawberries, 1957, Bergman

64. Modern Times, 1936, Chaplin

65. Sunset Blvd., 1950, Wilder

66. The Night of the Hunter, 1955, Laughton

67. Pickpocket, 1959, Bresson

68. Rio Bravo, 1958, Hawks

69. Blade Runner, 1982, Scott

70. Blue Velvet, 1986, Lynch

71. Sans soleil, 1982, Marker

72. A Man Escaped, 1956, Bresson

73. The Third Man, 1949, Reed

74. L’eclisse, 1962, Antonioni

75. Les enfants du paradis, 1945, Carné

76. La grande illusion, 1937, Renoir

77. Nashville, 1975, Altman

78. Chinatown, 1974, Polanski

79. Beau travail, 1988, Denis

80. Once upon a Time in the West, 1968, Leone

81. The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942, Welles

82. Lawrence of Arabia, 1962, Lean

83. The Spirit of the Beehive, 1973, Erice

84. Fanny and Alexander, 1984, Bergman

85. Casablanca, 1942, Curtiz

86. The Colour of Pomegranates, 1968, Parajanov

87. Greed, 1925, von Stroheim

88. A Brighter Summer Day, 1991, Yang

89. The Wild Bunch, 1969, Peckinpah

90. Partie de campagne, 1936, Renoir

91. Aguirre: Wrath of God, 1972, Herzog

92. A Matter of Life and Death, 1946, Powell & Pressburger

93. The Seventh Seal, 1957, Bergman

94. Un chien andalou, 1928, Buñuel

95. Intolerance, 1916, Griffith

96. A One and a Two, 1999, Yang

97. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943, Powell & Pressburger

98. Touki Bouki, 1973, Mambéty

99. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, 1974, Fassbinder

100. Imitation of Life, 1959, Sirk

101. Madame de…, 1953, Ophüls