Top Three By Year

YEAR	#1 	#2 	#3
1915	Birth of a Nation 	 	
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1922	Nanook of the North 	 	
1923	A Woman of Paris 	 	
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1925	The Gold Rush 	 	
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1927	Sunrise 	Wings 	7th Heaven
1928	Street Angel 	The Last Command 	Sadie Thompson
1929	The Love Parade 	The Valiant 	The Divine Lady
1930	All Quiet on the Western Front	The Big Trail 	The Royal Family of Broadway
1931	Five Star Final 	City Lights 	The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1932	Grand Hotel 	The Sign of the Cross 	Emma
1933	Morning Glory 	Duck Soup 	King Kong
1934	It Happened One Night 	The Scarlet Empress 	Viva Villa!
1935	Top Hat 	Mutiny on the Bounty 	Bride of Frankenstein
1936	Modern Times 	Libeled Lady 	Romeo and Juliet
1937	The Life of Emile Zola 	 	
1938	Bringing Up Baby 	La Grande Illusion 	You Can't Take It With You
1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 	Ninotchka 	Of Mice and Men
1940	The Grapes of Wrath 	The Philadelphia Story 	Rebecca
1941	Citizen Kane 	The Maltese Falcon 	How Green Was My Valley
1942	Casablanca 	The Man Who Came to Dinner 	49th Parallel
1943	 	 	
1944	Double Indemnity 	Murder, My Sweet 	Laura
1945	The Lost Weekend 	The Bells of St. Mary's 	To Have and Have Not
1946	It's a Wonderful Life 	Notorious 	The Postman Always Rings Twice
1947	Monsieur Verdoux 	Gentleman's Agreement 	Dark Passage
1948	Key Largo 	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Rope
1949	The Bicycle Thief 	White Heat 	Flamingo Road
1950	The Third Man (made in 49) 	Stage Fright 	Sunset Blvd.
1951	Strangers on a Train 	A Streetcar Named Desire 	Ace in the Hole
1952	The African Queen 	High Noon 	The Quiet Man
1953	Stalag 17 	From Here to Eternity 	Roman Holiday
1954	On the Waterfront 	Dial M for Murder 	Rear Window
1955	The Night of the Hunter 	Les dialoboliques 	The Wages of Fear
1956	Seven Samurai 	The Killing 	The Man Who Knew Too Much
1957	12 Angry Men 	Witness for the Prosecution 	The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958	The Defiant Ones 	A Night to Remember 	Mon Oncle
1959	Les Cousins 	Some Like it Hot 	No Greater Love