# Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists

The following is a list of the top 10 films chosen annually by the critics of Cahiers du Cinéma, a French film magazine. The magazine started the lists in 1951, but did not publish a list from 1952 to 1953 and from 1969 to 1980 and 2003.

## 1950s

| # | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1951 |||||
| 1. | The River | Le Fleuve | Jean Renoir | France |
| 2. | Diary of a Country Priest | Journal d'un curé de campagne | Robert Bresson | France |
| 3. | Miracle in Milan | Miracolo a Milano | Vittorio de Sica | Italy |
| 4. | The Forgotten Ones | Los Olvidados | Luis Buñuel | Mexico |
| 5. | All About Eve | All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | United States |
| 6. | Miss Julie | Fröken Julie | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
| 7. | Story of a Love Affair | Cronaca di un amore | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| 8. | Sunset Boulevard | Sunset Boulevard | Billy Wilder | United States |
| 9. | Edward and Caroline | Édouard et Caroline | Jacques Becker | France |
| 10. | The Flowers of St. Francis | Francesco, giullare di Dio | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| No lists from 1952 through 1953 |||||
| 1954 |||||
| 1. | This Strange Passion | Él | Luis Buñuel | Mexico |
| 2. | Honour Among Thieves | Touchez pas au grisbi | Jacques Becker | France |
| 3. | Knave of Hearts | Knave of Hearts | René Clément | France |
| 4. | The Wild One | The Wild One | László Benedek | United States |
| 5. | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Howard Hawks | United States |
| 6. | I Vitelloni | I Vitelloni | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 7. | It Should Happen to You | It Should Happen to You | George Cukor | United States |
| 8. | The Blue Gardenia | The Blue Gardenia | Fritz Lang | United States |
| 9. | Robinson Crusoe | Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe | Luis Buñuel | Mexico |
| 10. | Mother | おかあさん | Mikio Naruse | Japan |
| 1955 |||||
| 1. | Journey to Italy | Viaggio in Italia | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| 2. | Ordet | Ordet | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark |
| 3. | The Big Knife | The Big Knife | Robert Aldrich | United States |
| 4. | Lola Montès | Lola Montès | Max Ophüls | France |
| 5. | Rear Window | Rear Window | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| 6. | Bad Liaisons | Les mauvaises rencontres | Alexandre Astruc | France |
| 7. | La Strada | La Strada | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 8. | The Barefoot Contessa | The Barefoot Contessa | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | United States |
| 9. | Johnny Guitar | Johnny Guitar | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| 10. | Kiss Me Deadly | Kiss Me Deadly | Robert Aldrich | United States |
| 1956 |||||
| 1. | A Man Escaped | Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut | Robert Bresson | France |
| 2. | Elena and Her Men | Elena et les Hommes | Jean Renoir | France |
| 3. | Rebel Without a Cause | Rebel Without a Cause | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| 4. | Confidential Report | Confidential Report | Orson Welles | United States |
| 5. | Senso | Senso | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| 6. | Smiles of a Summer Night | Sommarnattens leende | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 7. | The Swindle | Il bidone | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 8. | L'Amore | L'Amore | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| 9. | Picnic | Picnic | Joshua Logan | United States |
| 10. | Fear | La Paura | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| 1957 |||||
| 1. | A King in New York | A King in New York | Charlie Chaplin | United Kingdom |
| 2. | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Frank Tashlin | United States |
| 3. | Nights of Cabiria | Le notti di Cabiria | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 4. | The Wrong Man | The Wrong Man | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| 5. | The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz | Ensayo de un crimen | Luis Buñuel | Mexico |
| 6. | Sawdust and Tinsel | Gycklarnas afton | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 7. | Bigger Than Life | Bigger Than Life | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| 8. | The Girl Can't Help It | The Girl Can't Help It | Frank Tashlin | United States |
| 9. | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | United States |
| 10. | 12 Angry Men | 12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | United States |
| 1958 |||||
| 1. | Touch of Evil | Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | United States |
| 2. | The Seventh Seal | Det sjunde inseglet | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 3. | White Nights | Le notti bianche | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| 4. | Il Grido | Il Grido | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| 5. | Bonjour Tristesse | Bonjour Tristesse | Otto Preminger | United Kingdom, United States |
| 6. | Dreams | Kvinnodröm | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 7. | One Life | Une vie | Alexandre Astruc | France |
| 8. | Mon Oncle | Mon Oncle | Jacques Tati | France |
| 9. | The Quiet American | The Quiet American | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | United States |
| 10. | Summer Interlude | Sommarlek | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 1959 |||||
| 1. | Ugetsu | 雨月物語 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
| 2. | Hiroshima mon Amour | Hiroshima mon Amour | Alain Resnais | France |
| 3. | Ivan the Terrible (Part II) | Иван Грозный | Sergei Eisenstein | Soviet Union |
| 4. | Pickpocket | Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | France |
| 5. | The 400 Blows | Les quatre cents coups | François Truffaut | France |
| 6. | Rio Bravo | Rio Bravo | Howard Hawks | United States |
| 7. | Wild Strawberries | Smultronstället | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 8. | Vertigo | Vertigo | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| 9. | Princess Yang Kwei Fei | 楊貴妃 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
| 10. | The Tiger of Eschnapur | Der Tiger von Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | West Germany |

## 1960s

| # | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1960 |||||
| 1. | Sansho the Bailiff | 山椒大夫 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
| 2. | L'Avventura | L'Avventura | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| 3. | Breathless | À bout de souffle | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 4. | Shoot the Piano Player | Tirez sur le pianiste | François Truffaut | France |
| 5. | Poem of the Sea | Поэма о море | Alexander Dovzhenko & Yuliya Solntseva | Soviet Union |
| 6. | Les Bonnes Femmes | Les Bonnes Femmes | Claude Chabrol | France |
| 6. | Nazarín | Nazarín | Luis Buñuel | Spain, Mexico |
| 8. | Moonfleet | Moonfleet | Fritz Lang | United States |
| 9. | Psycho | Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| 10. | The Hole | Le Trou | Jacques Becker | France |
| 1961 |||||
| 1. | Lola | Lola | Jacques Demy | France |
| 2. | A Woman Is a Woman | Une femme est une femme | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 3. | Paris Belongs to Us | Paris nous appartient | Jacques Rivette | France |
| 4. | Rocco and His Brothers | Rocco e i suoi fratelli | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| 5. | Shin Heike Monogatari | 新・平家物語 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
| 6. | The Horse That Cried | Dorogoy tsenoy | Mark Donskoy | Soviet Union |
| 7. | La Notte | La Notte | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| 8. | Last Year at Marienbad | L'Année dernière à Marienbad | Alain Resnais | France |
| 9. | Elmer Gantry | Elmer Gantry | Richard Brooks | United States |
| 10. | Two Rode Together | Two Rode Together | John Ford | United States |
| 1962 |||||
| 1. | My Life to Live | Vivre sa vie | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 2. | Jules and Jim | Jules et Jim | François Truffaut | France |
| 3. | Hatari! | Hatari! | Howard Hawks | United States |
| 4. | Viridiana | Viridiana | Luis Buñuel | Mexico |
| 5. | The Sign of Leo | Le Signe du Lion | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 6. | Wild River | Wild River | Elia Kazan | United States |
| 7. | The Trial | The Trial | Orson Welles | United States |
| 8. | Through a Glass Darkly | Såsom i en spegel | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 9. | The Elusive Corporal | Le Caporal épinglé | Jean Renoir | France |
| 10. | Vanina Vanini | Vanina Vanini | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| 1963 |||||
| 1. | Contempt | Le Mépris | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 2. | The Birds | The Birds | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| 3. | The Exterminating Angel | El ángel exterminador | Luis Buñuel | Mexico |
| 4. | Adieu Philippine | Adieu Philippine | Jacques Rozier | France |
| 5. | The Trial of Joan of Arc | Procès de Jeanne d'Arc | Robert Bresson | France |
| 6. | Muriel | Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour | Alain Resnais | France |
| 7. | The Nutty Professor | The Nutty Professor | Jerry Lewis | United States |
| 8. | The Carabineers | Les Carabiniers | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 9. | Salvatore Giuliano | Salvatore Giuliano | Francesco Rosi | Italy |
| 10. | 8½ | Otto e mezzo | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 1964 |||||
| 1. | Band of Outsiders | Bande à part | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 2. | Gertrud | Gertrud | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark |
| 3. | Marnie | Marnie | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| 4. | A Married Woman | Une femme mariée | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 5. | Man's Favorite Sport? | Man's Favorite Sport? | Howard Hawks | United States |
| 6. | Red Desert | Il deserto rosso | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| 7. | America America | America America | Elia Kazan | United States |
| 8. | The Silence | Tystnaden | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 9. | All These Women | För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 10. | The Servant | The Servant | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom |
| 1965 |||||
| 1. | Pierrot le Fou | Pierrot le Fou | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 2. | Sandra | Sandra | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| 3. | Winter Light | Nattvardsgästerna | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 4. | Six in Paris ("Gare du Nord" segment) | Paris vu par... | Jean Rouch | France |
| 5. | Alphaville | Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 6. | Lilith | Lilith | Robert Rossen | United States |
| 7. | Shock Corridor | Shock Corridor | Sam Fuller | United States |
| 8. | The Family Jewels | The Family Jewels | Jerry Lewis | United States |
| 9. | The Gospel According to St. Matthew | Il vangelo secondo Matteo | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy |
| 10. | Le Bonheur | Le Bonheur | Agnès Varda | France |
| 1966 |||||
| 1. | Au hasard Balthazar | Au hasard Balthazar | Robert Bresson | France |
| 2. | Walkover | Walkower | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland |
| 3. | Not Reconciled | Nicht versöhnt | Jean-Marie Straub | West Germany |
| 4. | Masculin Féminin | Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 5. | The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short | De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen | André Delvaux | Belgium |
| 6. | 7 Women | 7 Women | John Ford | United States |
| 7. | The Taking of Power by Louis XIV | La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| 8. | Torn Curtain | Torn Curtain | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| 9. | Red Line 7000 | Red Line 7000 | Howard Hawks | United States |
| 10. | Fists in the Pocket | I pugni in tasca | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| 1967 |||||
| 1. | Persona | Persona | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 2. | Belle de Jour | Belle de Jour | Luis Buñuel | France |
| 3. | Weekend | Week-end | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 4. | Lion Hunting with Bow and Arrow | La chasse au lion à l'arc | Jean Rouch | France |
| 5. | Playtime | Playtime | Jacques Tati | France |
| 6. | The Big Mouth | The Big Mouth | Jerry Lewis | United States |
| 7. | Daisies | Sedmikrásky | Vera Chytilova | Czechoslovakia |
| 7. | The Nun | La Religieuse | Jacques Rivette | France |
| 9. | Two or Three Things I Know About Her | Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 10. | La Chinoise | La Chinoise, ou plutôt à la Chinoise: un film en train de se faire | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 1968 |||||
| 1. | The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach | Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach | Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet | West Germany |
| 2. | Before the Revolution | Prima della rivoluzione | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy |
| 3. | The Edge | The Edge | Robert Kramer | United States |
| 4. | Spirits of the Dead ("Toby Dammit" segment) | Tre passi nel delirio | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 5. | Don't Let It Kill You | Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Canada |
| 6. | The Times That Are | Le règne du jour | Pierre Perrault | Canada |
| 7. | Barrier | Bariera | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland |
| 8. | Stolen Kisses | Baisers volés | François Truffaut | France |
| 9. | Ride in the Whirlwind | Ride in the Whirlwind | Monte Hellman | United States |
| 10. | The Bride Wore Black | La Mariée était en noir | François Truffaut | France |
| 10. | The Smugglers | Les Contrebandières | Luc Moullet | France |
| No list for 1969 |||||

## 1970s

* No lists for the 1970s.

## 1980s

| # | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| No list for 1980 |||||
| 1981 |||||
| 1. | The Aviator's Wife | La Femme de l'aviateur | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 1. | Francisca | Francisca | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 3. | Hotel America | Hôtel des Amériques | André Téchiné | France |
| 3. | Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man | La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo | Bernardo Bertolucci | Italy |
| 5. | Germany, Pale Mother | Deutschland bleiche Mutter | Helma Sanders-Brahms | West Germany |
| 5. | The Woman Next Door | La Femme d'à côté | François Truffaut | France |
| 7. | Stalker | Сталкер | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| 8. | Jalsaghar | জলসাঘর | Satyajit Ray | India |
| 8. | Raging Bull | Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 10. | Gloria | Gloria | John Cassavetes | United States |
| 10. | In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni | In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni | Guy Debord | France |
| 10. | Palermo or Wolfsburg | Palermo oder Wolfsburg | Werner Schroeter | West Germany |
| 10. | The Wings of the Dove | Les Ailes de la colombe | Benoît Jacquot | France |
| 1982 |||||
| 1. | A Room in Town | Une chambre en ville | Jacques Demy | France |
| 2. | Moonlighting | Moonlighting | Jerzy Skolimowski | United Kingdom |
| 2. | Passion | Passion | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 4. | White Dog | White Dog | Sam Fuller | United States |
| 5. | The Color of Pomegranates | Նռան գույնը | Sergei Parajanov | Soviet Union |
| 5. | Identification of a Woman | Identificazione di una donna | Michaelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| 5. | Le Pont du Nord | Le Pont du Nord | Jacques Rivette | France |
| 8. | Parsifal | Parsifal | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | West Germany |
| 9. | Three Crowns of the Sailor | Les trois couronnes du matelot | Raúl Ruiz | France |
| 10. | Le Beau Mariage | Le Beau Mariage | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 1983 |||||
| 1. | À Nos Amours | À Nos Amours | Maurice Pialat | France |
| 1. | L'Argent | L'Argent | Robert Bresson | France |
| 3. | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | 戦場のメリークリスマス | Nagisa Oshima | United Kingdom, Japan |
| 3. | A Brutal Game | Un Jeu Brutal | Jean-Claude Brisseau | France |
| 5. | The King of Comedy | The King of Comedy | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 5. | Pauline at the Beach | Pauline à la plage | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 7. | L'Enfant Secret | L'Enfant Secret | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 7. | Faux-Fuyants | Faux-Fuyants | Alain Bergala & Jean-Pierre Limosin | France |
| 7. | Three Crowns of the Sailor | Les trois couronnes du matelot | Raúl Ruiz | France |
| 10. | Cracking Up | Cracking Up | Jerry Lewis | United States |
| 10. | Fanny and Alexander | Fanny och Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 1984 |||||
| 1. | Full Moon in Paris | Les nuits de la pleine lune | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 2. | Class Relations | Klassenverhältnisse | Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet | West Germany |
| 3. | Biquefarre | Biquefarre | Georges Rouquier | France |
| 3. | First Name: Carmen | Prénom Carmen | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 3. | Liberté, la nuit | Liberté, la nuit | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 6. | Rumble Fish | Rumble Fish | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| 7. | And the Ship Sails On | E la nave va | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 7. | Paris, Texas | Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | West Germany |
| 7. | The Right Stuff | The Right Stuff | Philip Kaufman | United States |
| 10. | Once Upon a Time in America | C'era una volta in America | Sergio Leone | Italy, United States |
| 1985 |||||
| 1. | Hail Mary | Je vous salue, Marie | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 2. | Détective | Détective | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 3. | Year of the Dragon | Year of the Dragon | Michael Cimino | United States |
| 4. | After the Rehearsal | Efter repetitionen | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 5. | Love Streams | Love Streams | John Cassavetes | United States |
| 6. | The Home and the World | Ghare Baire | Satyajit Ray | India |
| 7. | Les Amants terribles | Les Amants terribles | Danièle Dubroux | France |
| 8. | The Children | Les Enfants | Marguerite Duras | France |
| 9. | Ran | 乱 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| 10. | Favorites of the Moon | Les Favoris de la lune | Otar Iosseliani | France |
| 10. | Rendez-vous | Rendez-vous | André Téchiné | France |
| 1986 |||||
| 1. | The Green Ray | Le Rayon vert | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 2. | The Legend of Suram Fortress | ამბავი სურამის ციხისა | Sergei Parajanov | Soviet Union |
| 2. | The Sacrifice | Offret | Andrei Tarkovsky | Sweden |
| 4. | Double Messieurs | Double Messieurs | Jean-François Stévenin | France |
| 5. | Mauvais Sang | Mauvais Sang | Leos Carax | France |
| 5. | Maine-Ocean Express | Maine Océan | Jacques Rozier | France |
| 7. | Thérèse | Thérèse | Alain Cavalier | France |
| 8. | Scene of the Crime | Le Lieu du crime | André Téchiné | France |
| 9. | After Hours | After Hours | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 9. | Alpine Fire | Höhenfeuer | Fredi M. Murer | Switzerland |
| 9. | Disorder | Disorder | Olivier Assayas | France |
| 9. | Gardien de la nuit | Gardien de la nuit | Jean-Pierre Limosin | France |
| 9. | Rise and Fall of a Small Cinema Company | Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 1987 |||||
| 1. | Under the Sun of Satan | Sous le soleil de Satan | Maurice Pialat | France |
| 2. | The Death of Empedocles | Der Tod des Empedokles | Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet | West Germany |
| 2. | Intervista | Intervista | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| 2. | Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin | Wim Wenders | West Germany |
| 5. | The Last Emperor | L'ultimo imperatore | Bernardo Bertolucci | China, United Kingdom, Italy |
| 6. | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 6. | Full Metal Jacket | Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, United States |
| 6. | Yeelen | Yeelen | Souleymane Cissé | Mali |
| 9. | The Mass Is Ended | La messa è finita | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| 10. | Blue Velvet | Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States |
| 10. | The Color of Money | The Color of Money | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 10. | King Lear | King Lear | Jean-Luc Godard | United States |
| 10. | A Portuguese Goodbye | Um Adeus Português | João Botelho | Portugal |
| 10. | Wedding in Galilee | عرس الجليل | Michel Khleifi | Palestine |
| 1988 |||||
| 1. | A Short Film About Killing | Krótki film o zabijaniu | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
| 2. | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Philip Kaufman | United States |
| 3. | The Dead | The Dead | John Huston | United States |
| 4. | Urgences | Urgences | Raymond Depardon | France |
| 5. | Bird | Bird | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 6. | Landscape in the Mist | Τοπίο στην ομίχλη | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| 7. | Sound and Fury | De bruit et de fureur | Jean-Claude Brisseau | France |
| 8. | The Last Temptation of Christ | The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 9. | Les Innocents | Les Innocents | André Téchiné | France |
| 10. | Story of Women | Une affaire de femmes | Claude Chabrol | France |
| 1989 |||||
| 1. | Do the Right Thing | Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | United States |
| 1. | Red Wood Pigeon | Palombella rossa | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| 3. | Gang of Four | La bande des quatre | Jacques Rivette | France |
| 3. | Dead Ringers | Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| 5. | The Cannibals | Os Canibais | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 5. | Yaaba | Yaaba | Idrissa Ouedraogo | Burkina Faso |
| 7. | Black Rain | 黒い雨 | Shohei Imamura | Japan |
| 7. | Thick Skinned | Peaux de vaches | Patricia Mazuy | France |
| 7. | Little Vera | Маленькая Вера | Vasili Pichul | Soviet Union |
| 10. | The Accidental Tourist | The Accidental Tourist | Lawrence Kasdan | United States |
| 10. | I Want to Go Home | I Want to Go Home | Alain Resnais | France |
| 10. | Time of the Gypsies | Дом за вешање | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia |

## 1990s

| # | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1990 |||||
| 1. | Freeze Die Come to Life | Замри, умри, воскресни! | Vitali Kanevsky | Soviet Union |
| 1. | The Little Gangster | Le Petit Criminel | Jacques Doillon | France |
| 3. | Goodfellas | Goodfellas | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 3. | Nouvelle Vague | Nouvelle Vague | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 5. | Alexandria Again and Forever | إسكندريه كمان وكمان | Youssef Chahine | Egypt |
| 5. | Meghe Dhaka Tara | মেঘে ঢাকা তারা | Ritwik Ghatak | India |
| 5. | No, or the Vain Glory of Command | Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 8. | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen | United States |
| 8. | La Désenchantée | La Désenchantée | Benoît Jacquot | France |
| 8. | Dreams | 夢 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| 1991 |||||
| 1. | Van Gogh | Van Gogh | Maurice Pialat | France |
| 2. | Miller's Crossing | Miller's Crossing | Coen brothers | United States |
| 3. | Barton Fink | Barton Fink | | Coen brothers | United States |
| 4. | The Godfather Part III | The Godfather Part III | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| 5. | Close-Up | کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| 6. | I Don't Hear the Guitar Anymore | J'entends plus la guitare | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 7. | Edward Scissorhands | Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | United States |
| 8. | Rhapsody in August | 八月の狂詩曲 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| 9. | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Leos Carax | France |
| 10. | Paris Awakens | Paris s'éveille | Olivier Assayas | France |
| 1992 |||||
| 1. | Unforgiven | Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 2. | Agantuk | Agantuk | Satyajit Ray | India |
| 3. | And Life Goes On | زندگی و دیگر هیچ | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| 4. | Husbands and Wives | Husbands and Wives | Woody Allen | United States |
| 5. | Border Line | Border Line | Danièle Dubroux | France |
| 5. | Savage Nights | Les Nuits Fauves | Cyril Collard | France |
| 5. | The Sentinel | La sentinelle | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| 8. | La Chasse aux papillons | La Chasse aux papillons | Otar Iosseliani | France |
| 8. | A Tale of Winter | Conte d'hiver | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 10. | A Brighter Summer Day | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| 10. | The House of Smiles | La casa del sorriso | Marco Ferreri | Italy |
| 10. | Le mirage | Le mirage | Jean-Claude Guiguet | France |
| 10. | The Oak | Balanța | Lucian Pintilie | Romania |
| 1993 |||||
| 1. | A Perfect World | A Perfect World | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 2. | Abraham's Valley | Vale Abraão | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 3. | The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque | L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 4. | Smoking/No Smoking | Smoking/No Smoking | Alain Resnais | France |
| 5. | In the Land of the Deaf | Le Pays Des Sourds | Nicolas Philibert | France |
| 6. | Aranyer Din Ratri | অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি | Satyajit Ray | India |
| 7. | Mad Dog and Glory | Mad Dog and Glory | John McNaughton | United States |
| 8. | Innocent Blood | Innocent Blood | John Landis | United States |
| 9. | Bad Lieutenant | Bad Lieutenant | Abel Ferrara | United States |
| 10. | Hélas pour moi | Hélas pour moi | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 1994 |||||
| 1. | Caro diario | Caro diario | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| 2. | I Can't Sleep | J'ai pas sommeil | Claire Denis | France |
| 3. | Carlito's Way | Carlito's Way | Brian De Palma | United States |
| 4. | Wild Reeds | Les Roseaux sauvages | André Téchiné | France |
| 5. | The Nightmare Before Christmas | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Henry Selick | United States |
| 6. | Travolta and Me | Travolta and Me | Patricia Mazuy | France |
| 7. | Hell | L'Enfer | Claude Chabrol | France |
| 8. | Joan the Maid | Jeanne la pucelle | Jacques Rivette | France |
| 9. | US Go Home | US Go Home | Claire Denis | France |
| 10. | Coming to Terms with the Dead | Petits arrangements avec les morts | Pascale Ferran | France |
| 10. | M. Butterfly | M. Butterfly | David Cronenberg | United States |
| 1995 |||||
| 1. | La Cérémonie | La Cérémonie | Claude Chabrol | France |
| 2. | Le Garçu | Le Garçu | Maurice Pialat | France |
| 3. | Waati | Waati | Souleymane Cissé | Mali |
| 4. | The Bridges of Madison County | The Bridges of Madison County | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 5. | Oublie-moi | Oublie-moi | Noémie Lvovsky | France |
| 6. | The Flower of My Secret | La flor de mi secreto | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 7. | Sonatine | ソナチネ | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| 8. | Ed Wood | Ed Wood | Tim Burton | United States |
| 9. | Through the Olive Trees | زیر درختان زیتون | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| 10. | In the Mouth of Madness | In the Mouth of Madness | John Carpenter | United States |
| 1996 |||||
| 1. | Crash | Crash | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| 2. | For Ever Mozart | For Ever Mozart | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 3. | Casino | Casino | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 4. | My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument | Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| 5. | God's Comedy | A Comédia de Deus | João César Monteiro | Portugal |
| 6. | Dead Man | Dead Man | Jim Jarmusch | United States |
| 7. | Thieves | Les Voleurs | André Téchiné | France |
| 8. | Mission: Impossible | Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | United States |
| 9. | Encore | | Pascal Bonitzer | France |
| 9. | Perfect Love | Parfait amour! | Catherine Breillat | France |
| 10. | Don't Forget You're Going to Die | N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| 1997 |||||
| 1. | Hana-bi | Hana-bi | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| 2. | Goodbye South, Goodbye | 南國再見,南國 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| 3. | Lost Highway | Lost Highway | David Lynch | United States |
| 4. | The Eel | うなぎ | Shohei Imamura | Japan |
| 4. | The River | 河流 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| 6. | Same Old Song | On connaît la chanson | Alain Resnais | France |
| 6. | Seventh Heaven | Le Septième Ciel | Benoît Jacquot | France |
| 6. | Taste of Cherry | طعم گیلاس... | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| 9. | Face/Off | Face/Off | John Woo | United States |
| 9. | Happy Together | 春光乍洩 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong |
| 9. | Scream | Scream | Wes Craven | United States |
| 1998 |||||
| 1. | Flowers of Shanghai | 海上花 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| 2. | Dr. Akagi | カンゾー先生 | Shohei Imamura | Japan |
| 3. | Autumn Tale | Conte d'automne | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 3. | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 5. | Anxiety | Inquietude | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 5. | Sue Lost in Manhattan | Sue Lost in Manhattan | Amos Kollek | United States |
| 7. | L'Ennui | L'Ennui | Cédric Kahn | France |
| 7. | Velvet Goldmine | Velvet Goldmine | Todd Haynes | United States |
| 9. | Snake Eyes | Snake Eyes | Brian De Palma | United States |
| 10. | Hinterland | L'arrière-pays | Jacques Nolot | France |
| 10. | Jackie Brown | Jackie Brown | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| 10. | Ossos | Ossos | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| 10. | Titanic | Titanic | James Cameron | United States |
| 1999 |||||
| 1. | Eyes Wide Shut | Eyes Wide Shut | Stanley Kubrick | United States |
| 2. | The Wind Will Carry Us | باد ما را خواهد برد | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| 3. | Sicilia! | Sicilia! | Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet | Italy |
| 4. | eXistenZ | eXistenZ | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| 5. | Night Wind | Le vent de la nuit | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 6. | True Crime | True Crime | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 7. | The Letter | A Carta | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 8. | The Straight Story | The Straight Story | David Lynch | United States |
| 9. | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Jim Jarmusch | United States |
| 10. | As Bodas de Deus | As Bodas de Deus | João César Monteiro | Portugal |
| 1990s (1990–1999) |||||
| 1. | The Bridges of Madison County | The Bridges of Madison County | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 1. | Carlito's Way | Carlito's Way | Brian De Palma | United States |
| 1. | Goodbye South, Goodbye | 南國再見,南國 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| 4. | Close-Up | کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| 4. | Eyes Wide Shut | Eyes Wide Shut | Stanley Kubrick | United States |
| 4. | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me | David Lynch | United States |
| 4. | Unforgiven | Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 8. | Crash | Crash | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| 8. | Edward Scissorhands | Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | United States |
| 8. | The River | 河流 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |

## 2000s

| # | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 2000 |||||
| 1. | Esther Kahn | Esther Kahn | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| 2. | The Captive | La Captive | Chantal Akerman | Belgium |
| 3. | Man on the Moon | Man on the Moon | Miloš Forman | United States |
| 4. | Mission to Mars | Mission to Mars | Brian De Palma | United States |
| 5. | In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong |
| 6. | M/Other | M/Other | Nobuhiro Suwa | Japan |
| 7. | The Virgin Suicides | The Virgin Suicides | Sofia Coppola | United States |
| 7. | Yi Yi | 一一 | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| 9. | Space Cowboys | Space Cowboys | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 10. | Workers for the Good Lord | Les Savates du bon Dieu | Jean-Claude Brisseau | France |
| 2001 |||||
| 1. | Mulholland Drive | Mulholland Drive | David Lynch | United States |
| 2. | The Lady and the Duke | L'Anglaise et le Duc | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 3. | Millennium Mambo | 千禧曼波 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| 4. | Time and Tide | 順流逆流 | Tsui Hark | Hong Kong |
| 5. | I'm Going Home | Vou Para Casa | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 6. | Platform | 站台 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| 6. | Wild Innocence | Sauvage Innocence | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 8. | Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. | Sobibor, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures | Claude Lanzmann | France |
| 9. | The Son's Room | La stanza del figlio | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| 10. | 'R Xmas | 'R Xmas | Abel Ferrara | United States |
| 2002 |||||
| 1. | Secret Things | Choses secrètes | Jean-Claude Brisseau | France |
| 1. | Ten | ده | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| 3. | Blissfully Yours | สุดเสน่หา | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 4. | From the Other Side | De l'autre côté | Chantal Akerman | Belgium |
| 5. | The Uncertainty Principle | O Princípio da Incerteza | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 6. | My Mother's Smile | L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre) | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| 7. | Talk to Her | Hable Con Ella | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 8. | Spider | Spider | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| 8. | Spirited Away | 千と千尋の神隠し | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| 10. | 24 (season 1) | 24 (season 1) | N/A | United States |
| 10. | Gerry | Gerry | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| No list for 2003 |||||
| 2004 |||||
| 1. | Tropical Malady | สัตว์ประหลาด | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 2. | S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine | S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge | Rithy Panh | Cambodia |
| 2. | Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks | 铁西区 | Wang Bing | China |
| 2. | The Village | The Village | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| 5. | Shara | 沙羅双樹 | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| 6. | The Brown Bunny | The Brown Bunny | Vincent Gallo | United States |
| 6. | Gerry | Gerry | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| 6. | Kings and Queen | Rois et reine | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| 9. | Café Lumière | 珈琲時光 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| 9. | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| 9. | Saraband | Saraband | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| 2005 |||||
| 1. | Last Days | Last Days | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| 2. | A History of Violence | A History of Violence | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| 2. | Regular Lovers | Les Amants réguliers | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 4. | 1/3 of the Eyes | 1/3 of the Eyes | Olivier Zabat | France |
| 4. | Three Times | 最好的時光 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| 4. | The World | 世界 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| 4. | The Young Lieutenant | Le Petit Lieutenant | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| 8. | Be with Me | Be with Me | Eric Khoo | Singapore |
| 8. | Grizzly Man | Grizzly Man | Werner Herzog | United States |
| 8. | Sin City | Sin City | Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez | United States |
| 8. | Tale of Cinema | 극장전 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2006 |||||
| 1. | Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | Alain Resnais | France |
| 1. | The Sun | Сóлнце | Alexander Sokurov | Russia |
| 3. | The Host | 괴물 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| 4. | Lady Chatterley | Lady Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | France |
| 5. | A Perfect Couple | Un couple parfait | Nobuhiro Suwa | Japan, France |
| 6. | Capote | Capote | Bennett Miller | United States |
| 6. | These Encounters of Theirs | Quei loro incontri | Straub–Huillet | France, Italy |
| 6. | Lady in the Water | Lady in the Water | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| 9. | The Departed | The Departed | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 10. | Flags of Our Fathers | Flags of Our Fathers | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 10. | The New World | The New World | Terrence Malick | United States |
| 2007 |||||
| 1. | Paranoid Park | Paranoid Park | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| 2. | Death Proof | Death Proof | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| 2. | Inland Empire | Inland Empire | David Lynch | United States |
| 2. | Still Life | 三峡好人 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| 5. | La France | La France | Serge Bozon | France |
| 5. | Zodiac | Zodiac | David Fincher | United States |
| 7. | Before I Forget | Avant que j'oublie | Jacques Nolot | France |
| 7. | Honor of the Knights | Honor de cavalleria | Albert Serra | Spain |
| 7. | The Romance of Astrea and Celadon | Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon | Éric Rohmer | France |
| 10. | The Duchess of Langeais | Ne touchez pas la hache | Jacques Rivette | France |
| 10. | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | 黑眼圈 | Tsai Ming-liang | Malaysia, Taiwan |
| 10. | Syndromes and a Century | แสงศตวรรษ | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 2008 |||||
| 1. | Redacted | Redacted | Brian De Palma | United States |
| 2. | Colossal Youth | Juventude em Marcha | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| 3. | Cloverfield | Cloverfield | Matt Reeves | United States |
| 4. | No Country for Old Men | No Country for Old Men | Coen Brothers | United States |
| 5. | Two Lovers | Two Lovers | James Gray | United States |
| 6. | Waltz with Bashir | ואלס עם באשיר | Ari Folman | Israel |
| 7. | Dernier maquis | Dernier maquis | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Algeria France |
| 8. | Hunger | Hunger | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom |
| 9. | A Short Film About the Indio Nacional | A Short Film About the Indio Nacional | Raya Martin | Philippines |
| 10. | On War | De la guerre | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| 2009 |||||
| 1. | Wild Grass | Les Herbes folles | Alain Resnais | France |
| 2. | Vincere | Vincere | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| 3. | Inglourious Basterds | Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| 4. | Gran Torino | Gran Torino | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 5. | Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl | Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 6. | Tetro | Tetro | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| 7. | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow | United States |
| 8. | King of Escape | Le roi de l'évasion | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| 9. | Tokyo Sonata | トウキョウソナタ | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| 10. | Hadewijch | Hadewijch | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 2000s (2000–2009) |||||
| 1. | Mulholland Drive | Mulholland Drive | David Lynch | United States |
| 2. | Elephant | Elephant | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| 3. | Tropical Malady | สัตว์ประหลาด | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 4. | The Host | 괴물 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| 5. | A History of Violence | A History of Violence | David Cronenberg | Canafa |
| 6. | The Secret of the Grain | La graine et le mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche | France |
| 7. | Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks | 铁西区 | Wang Bing | China |
| 8. | War of the Worlds | War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| 9. | The New World | The New World | Terrence Malick | United States |
| 10. | Ten | ده | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |

## 2010s

| # | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 2010 |||||
| 1. | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 2. | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Werner Herzog | United States |
| 3. | Film Socialisme | Socialisme | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| 4. | Toy Story 3 | Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich | United States |
| 5. | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson | United States |
| 6. | A Serious Man | A Serious Man | Coen Brothers | United States |
| 7. | To Die like a Man | Morrer Como Um Homem | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
| 8. | The Social Network | The Social Network | David Fincher | United States |
| 9. | Chouga | Shuga | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kazakhstan |
| 10. | Mother | 마더 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea |
| 2011 |||||
| 1. | We Have a Pope | Habemus Papam | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| 2. | The Strange Case of Angelica | O Estranho Caso de Angélica | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| 2. | The Tree of Life | The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick | United States |
| 4. | Essential Killing | Essential Killing | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland |
| 4. | Outside Satan | Hors Satan | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 6. | A Burning Hot Summer | Un été brûlant | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 6. | Melancholia | Melancholia | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| 8. | House of Tolerance | L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close | Bertrand Bonello | France |
| 8. | Meek's Cutoff | Meek's Cutoff | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
| 8. | Super 8 | Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | United States |
| 2012 |||||
| 1. | Holy Motors | Holy Motors | Leos Carax | France |
| 2. | Cosmopolis | Cosmopolis | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| 3. | Twixt | Twixt | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| 4. | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Abel Ferrara | United States |
| 5. | In Another Country | 다른 나라에서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 6. | Take Shelter | Take Shelter | Jeff Nichols | United States |
| 7. | Go Go Tales | Go Go Tales | Abel Ferrara | United States |
| 8. | Tabu | Tabu | Miguel Gomes | Portugal |
| 9. | Faust | Фауст | Alexander Sokurov | Russia |
| 10. | Keep the Lights On | Keep the Lights On | Ira Sachs | United States |
| 2013 |||||
| 1. | Stranger by the Lake | L'Inconnu du lac | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| 2. | Spring Breakers | Spring Breakers | Harmony Korine | United States |
| 3. | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | Abdellatif Kechiche | France |
| 4. | Gravity | Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom, United States |
| 5. | A Touch of Sin | 天注定 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| 6. | Lincoln | Lincoln | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| 7. | Jealousy | La Jalousie | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 8. | Nobody's Daughter Haewon | 누구의 딸도 아닌 해원 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 9. | You and the Night | Les Rencontres d'après minuit | Yann Gonzalez | France |
| 10. | Age of Panic | La Bataille de Solférino | Justine Triet | France |
| 2014 |||||
| 1. | Li'l Quinquin | P'tit Quinquin | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 2. | Goodbye to Language | Adieu au Langage | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland |
| 3. | Under the Skin | Under the Skin | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom |
| 4. | Maps to the Stars | Maps to the Stars | David Cronenberg | Canada |
| 5. | The Wind Rises | 風立ちぬ | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| 6. | Nymphomaniac | Nymphomaniac | Lars von Trier | Denmark, United Kingdom |
| 7. | Mommy | Mommy | Xavier Dolan | Canada |
| 8. | Love Is Strange | Love Is Strange | Ira Sachs | United States |
| 9. | Paradise | Le Paradis | Alain Cavalier | France |
| 10. | Our Sunhi | 우리 선희 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2015 |||||
| 1. | Mia Madre | Mia Madre | Nanni Moretti | France, Italy |
| 2. | Cemetery of Splendour | รักที่ขอนแก่น | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 3. | In the Shadow of Women | L'Ombre des femmes | Philippe Garrel | France, Switzerland |
| 4. | The Smell of Us | The Smell of Us | Larry Clark | France |
| 5. | Mad Max: Fury Road | Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller | Australia, United States |
| 6. | Jauja | Jauja | Lisandro Alonso | Argentina, Denmark |
| 7. | Inherent Vice | Inherent Vice | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States |
| 8. | Arabian Nights | As Mil e uma Noites | Miguel Gomes | Portugal |
| 9. | The Summer of Sangailė | Sangailės vasara | Alantė Kavaitė | Lithuania |
| 10. | Journey to the Shore | 岸辺の旅 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| 2016 |||||
| 1. | Toni Erdmann | Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria |
| 2. | Elle | Elle | Paul Verhoeven | France |
| 3. | The Neon Demon | The Neon Demon | Nicolas Winding Refn | Denmark, France, United States |
| 4. | Aquarius | Aquarius | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil |
| 5. | Slack Bay | Ma Loute | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 6. | Julieta | Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 7. | Staying Vertical | Rester vertical | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| 8. | La Loi de la jungle | La Loi de la jungle | Antonin Peretjatko | France |
| 9. | Carol | Carol | Todd Haynes | United States, United Kingdom |
| 10. | The Woods Dreams Are Made of | Le Bois Dont Les Rêves Sont Faits | Claire Simon | France |
| 2017 |||||
| 1. | Twin Peaks: The Return | Twin Peaks: The Return | David Lynch | United States |
| 2. | Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc | Jeannette, l’enfance de Jeanne d’Arc | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 3. | Certain Women | Certain Women | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
| 4. | Get Out | Get Out | Jordan Peele | United States |
| 5. | The Day After | 그 후 | Hong Sang-Soo | South Korea |
| 6. | Lover for a Day | L'Amant d'un jour | Philippe Garrel | France |
| 7. | Good Time | Good Time | Ben and Josh Safdie | United States |
| 8. | Split | Split | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| 9. | Jackie | Jackie | Pablo Larraín | United States, Chile, France |
| 10. | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Ang Lee | Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States |
| 2018 |||||
| 1. | The Wild Boys | les garçons sauvages | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| 2. | Coincoin and the Extra-Humans | Coincoin et les z'inhumains | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 3. | Phantom Thread | Phantom Thread | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States |
| 4. | Burning | 버닝 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| 5. | Paul Sanchez est revenu! | Paul Sanchez est revenu! | Patricia Mazuy | France |
| 6. | The Post | The Post | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| 7. | On the Beach at Night Alone | 밤의 해변에서 혼자 | Hong Sang-Soo | South Korea |
| 8. | The House That Jack Built | The House That Jack Built | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| 9. | Leto | Лето | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia |
| 10. | Treasure Island | L'île au trésor | Guillaume Brac | France |
| 2019 |||||
| 1. | The Image Book | Le Livre d'image | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland |
| 2. | Parasite | 기생충 | Bong Joon-Ho | South Korea |
| 3. | Synonyms | Synonymes | Nadav Lapid | France, Israel |
| 4. | Bacurau | Bacurau | Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles | Brazil |
| 5. | Joan of Arc | Jeanne | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 6. | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| 7. | Les Misérables | Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | France |
| 8. | The Mule | The Mule | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| 9. | Joker | Joker | Todd Phillips | United States |
| 10. | The Irishman | The Irishman | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| 2010s (2010–2019) |||||
| 1. | Twin Peaks: The Return | Twin Peaks: The Return | David Lynch | United States |
| 2. | Holy Motors | Holy Motors | Leos Carax | France |
| 3. | Li'l Quinquin | P'tit Quinquin | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 4. | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 5. | The Image Book | Le Livre d'image | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland |
| 6. | Toni Erdmann | Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria |
| 7. | Mia Madre | Mia Madre | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| 8. | Melancholia | Melancholia | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| 9. | Under the Skin | Under the Skin | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom |
| 10. | The Strange Case of Angelica | O Estranho Caso de Angélica | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |

## 2020s

| # | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 2020 |||||
| 1. | City Hall | City Hall | Frederick Wiseman | United States |
| 2. | The Woman Who Ran | 도망친 여자 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 3. | Uncut Gems | Uncut Gems | Benny Safdie and Joshua Safdie | United States |
| 4. | Malmkrog | Malmkrog | Cristi Puiu | Romania |
| 5. | Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Emmanuel Mouret | France |
| 6. | Hotel by the River | 강변 호텔 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 7. | Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains | 春江水暖 | Gu Xiaogang | China |
| 8. | The Salt of Tears | Le Sel des larmes | Philippe Garrel | France, Switzerland |
| 9. | Enormous | Enormous | Sophie Letourneur | France |
| 10. | The August Virgin | La virgen de agosto | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
| 2021 |||||
| 1. | First Cow | First Cow | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
| 2. | Annette | Annette | Leos Carax | France |
| 3. | Memoria | Memoria | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Colombia |
| 4. | Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| 5. | France | France | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 6. | The French Dispatch | The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson | United States |
| 7. | All Hands on Deck | À L'abordage | Guillaume Brac | France |
| 8. | The Girl and the Spider | Das Mädchen und die Spinne | Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher | Switzerland |
| 9. | The Card Counter | The Card Counter | Paul Schrader | United States |
| 10. | Benedetta | Benedetta | Paul Verhoeven | France |
| 2022 |||||
| 1. | Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra | France, Spain, Germany, Portugal |
| 2. | Licorice Pizza | Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson | United States, Canada |
| 3. | Nope | Nope | Jordan Peele | United States |
| 4. | EO | IO | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland, Italy |
| 5. | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 偶然と想像 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| 6. | Saturn Bowling | Saturn Bowling | Patricia Mazuy | France, Belgium |
| 7. | Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood | Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood | Richard Linklater | United States |
| 8. | Introduction | 인트로덕션 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 9. | Nobody's Hero | Viens je t'emmène | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| 10. | Who's Stopping Us | Quién lo impide | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
| 2023 |||||
| 1. | Trenque Lauquen | Trenque Lauquen | Laura Citarella | Argentina, Germany |
| 2. | Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | Spain, Argentina |
| 3. | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| 4. | The Fabelmans | The Fabelmans | Steven Spielberg | United States |
| 5. | Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| 6. | Unrest | Unrest | Cyril Schäublin | Switzerland |
| 7. | Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania, Croatia, France, Luxembourg |
| 8. | The Temple Woods Gang | Le Gang des bois du temple | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | France |
| 9. | Last Summer | L'Été dernier | Catherine Breillat | France |
| 10. | A Prince | Un prince | Pierre Creton | France |
| 10. | Showing Up | Showing Up | Kelly Reichardt | United States |
| 2024 |||||
| 1. | Misericordia | Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie | France, Spain, Portugal |
| 2. | May December | May December | Todd Haynes | United States |
| 3. | In Water | 물안에서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 4. | The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, Poland, United States |
| 5. | All We Imagine as Light | All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy |
| 6. | The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxenbourg |
| 7. | Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| 8. | This Life of Mine | Ma vie ma gueule | Sophie Fillières | France |
| 9. | Trap | Trap | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| 10. | The Other Way Around | Volveréis | Jonás Trueba | Spain, France |

## Filmmakers with multiple works on the lists

| Filmmakers | Nº of Films |
| Jean-Luc Godard | 25 |
| Ingmar Bergman | 14 |
| Clint Eastwood | 13 |
| Éric Rohmer | 12 |
| Philippe Garrel and Manoel de Oliveira | 11 |
| David Cronenberg | 10 |
| Hong Sang-soo, Martin Scorsese and David Lynch | 9 |
| Luis Buñuel, Alain Resnais, Bruno Dumont, Federico Fellini and Apichatpong Weerasethakul | 8 |
| Alfred Hitchcock | 7 |
| Abbas Kiarostami, André Téchiné, François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Michelangelo Antonioni, Nanni Moretti, Robert Bresson and Roberto Rossellini | 6 |
| Brian De Palma, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Howard Hawks, and Jerzy Skolimowski | 5 |
| Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Claude Brisseau, Leos Carax, Coen Brothers, Francis Ford Coppola, Claude Chabrol, Arnaud Desplechin, Abel Ferrara, Alain Guiraudie, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Jia Zhangke, Jerry Lewis, Patricia Mazuy, Kenji Mizoguchi, Maurice Pialat, Satyajit Ray, Kelly Reichardt, M. Night Shyamalan, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Gus Van Sant, Luchino Visconti and Fritz Lang | 4 |
| Todd Haynes, Paul Thomas Anderson, Bong Joon-Ho, Marco Bellocchio, Bernardo Bertolucci, Shohei Imamura, Jacques Becker, Jonás Trueba, Benoît Jacquot, Akira Kurosawa, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Nicholas Ray, Jean Renoir, Lars von Trier and Orson Welles | 3 |
| Jonathan Glazer, Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Catherine Breillat, Justine Triet, Tim Burton, Miguel Gomes, Pedro Costa, João César Monteiro, Takeshi Kitano, Wes Anderson, Jordan Peele, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abdellatif Kechiche, Alain Cavalier, Albert Serra, Alexander Sokurov, Alexandre Astruc, Andrei Tarkovsky, Bertrand Bonello, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Chantal Akerman, Claire Denis, Danièle Dubroux, David Fincher, Edward Yang, Elia Kazan, Frank Tashlin, Guillaume Brac, Hayao Miyazaki, Ira Sachs, Jacques Demy, Jacques Nolot, Jacques Rozier, Jacques Tati, Jean Rouch, Jim Jarmusch, John Cassavetes, John Ford, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Nobuhiro Suwa, Olivier Assayas, Otar Iosseliani, Pascale Ferran, Paul Verhoeven, Philip Kaufman, Raúl Ruiz, Robert Aldrich, Sam Fuller, Sergei Parajanov, Souleymane Cissé, Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick, Tsai Ming-liang, Werner Herzog, Wong Kar-wai, Woody Allen, and Xavier Beauvois | 2 |