| 2008 [essay] in no order | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | The Band's Visit | |
| 2 | Man on Wire | |
| 3 | Milk | |
| 4 | The Wrestler | |
| 5 | Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) | |
| 6 | Un conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale) | |
| 7 | Happy-Go-Lucky | |
| 8 | Waltz With Bashir | |
| 9 | Wendy and Lucy | |
| 10 | Trouble the Water | |
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| 2007 [essay] in no order | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | No Country For Old Men | |
| 2 | Once | |
| 3 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
| 4 | There Will Be Blood | |
| 5 | Into The Wild | |
| 6 | Knocked Up | |
| 7 | Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) | |
| 8 | The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters | |
| 9 | Ratatouille | |
| 10 | Days Of Glory (Indigènes) | |
| * | Away From Her | |
| * | The Wind that Shakes the Barley | |
| 2006 [essay] in no order | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | Brick | |
| 2 | Borat | |
| 3 | The Queen | |
| 4 | El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) | |
| 5 | Street Fight | |
| 6 | Quinceañera | |
| 7 | The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) | |
| 8 | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | |
| 9 | I Am a Sex Addict | 2005 |
| 10 | Jackass: Number Two | |
| + | When the Levees Broke | |
| 2005 [essay] | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | La Meglio Gioventù (The Best of Youth) | 2003 |
| 2 | Mysterious Skin | |
| 3 | Der Untergang (Downfall) | 2004 |
| 4 | Brokeback Mountain | |
| 5 | Junebug | |
| 6 | Cache | |
| 7 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | |
| 8 | Grizzly Man | |
| 9 | The Power of Nightmares | 2004 |
| 10 | Murderball | |
| + | 2046 | |
| 2004 [essay] - in no order | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
| 2 | Io non ho paura (I'm Not Scared) | |
| 3 | My Architect | |
| 4 | Super Size Me | |
| 5 | Kill Bill Vol. 2 | |
| 6 | Before Sunset | |
| 7 | La Mala Educación (Bad Education) | |
| 8 | I (Heart) Huckabees | |
| 9 | Napoleon Dynamite | |
| 10 | Tarnation | |
| + | The Fog of War | 2003 |
| + | Sideways | |
| + | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | |
| + | Garden State | |
| + | Team America: World Police | |
| + | Closer | |
| + | Osama | |
| + | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | |
| + | The Story of the Weeping Camel | |
| + | Kitchen Stories | |
| [some movies that are strong contenders for the top ten, just as soon as I see them: Since Otar Left | Bright Leaves] | ||
| 2003 [essay] - in no order | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | Spellbound | |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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| 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | |
| 4 | Finding Nemo | |
| 5 | A Mighty Wind | |
| 6 | Cidade de Deus (City of God) | |
| 7 | Capturing the Friedmans | |
| 8 | Adaptation | 2002 |
| 9 | Hable Con Ella (Talk To Her) | 2002 |
| 10 | The Pianist | 2002 |
| + | Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) | 2001 |
| + | Lost in Translation | 2002 |
| + | About Schmidt | 2002 |
| + | 28 Days Later | |
| + | Bad Santa | |
| 2002 [essay] - in chronological order | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | The Royal Tenenbaums | 2001 |
| 2 | Y Tu Mamá También | |
| 3 | Nueve Reinas (Nine Queens) | |
| 4 | Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) | |
| 5 | Bowling for Columbine | |
| 6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
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| 7 | Secretary | |
| 8 | The Piano Teacher | |
| 9 | Gosford Park | 2001 |
| 10 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | rel. 2003 |
| 2001 - in chronological order | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | Amores Perros | |
| 2 | Memento | |
| 3 | Moulin Rouge! | |
| 4 | Ghost World | |
| 5 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | |
| 6 | The Others | |
| 7 | Donnie Darko | |
| 8 | Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) | |
| 9 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
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| 10 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 |
| + | Ginger Snaps | 2000 |
| + | El Espinazo del Diablo (The Devil's Backbone) | |
| + | Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | |
| 2000 - in two tiers of quality | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) | 1999 |
| 1 | My Dog Skip | |
| 1 | Topsy-Turvy | 1999 |
| 1 | I'm the One that I Want | |
| 1 | The Virgin Suicides | |
| 1 | Into the Arms of Strangers | |
| 2 | My Best Fiend | 1999 |
| 2 | High Fidelity | |
| 2 | East is East | |
| 2 | Chicken Run | |
| 2 | Almost Famous | |
| 2 | Bring it On | |
| 2+ | Best in Show | |
| 2+ | Rang-e khoda (The Color of Paradise) | 1999 |
| 2+ | Billy Elliot | |
| 2+ | You Can Count on Me | |
| 2+ | Two Family House | |
| 2+ | Shadow of the Vampire | |
| 1999 - in chronological order | essay, &c. | |
| 1 | Office Space | |
| 2 | Election | |
| 3 | Genghis Blues | |
| 4 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | |
| 5 | Buena Vista Social Club | |
| 6 | Three Kings | |
| 7 | Fight Club | |
| 8 | Being John Malkovich | |
| 9 | Boys Don't Cry | |
| 10 | Rushmore | 1998 |
| + | Toy Story 2 | |
| + | Go | |
| 1998 - no order | essay | |
| 1 | Happiness | |
| 2 | My Life in Pink (Ma Vie en Rose) | 1997 |
| 3 | Pi | |
| 4 | The Spanish Prisoner | |
| 5 | 42 Up | |
| 6 | The Thief (Vor) | 1997 |
| 7 | Henry Fool | |
| 8 | The Opposite of Sex | |
| 9 | There's Something About Mary | |
| 10 | Saving Private Ryan | |
| + | Shakespeare in Love | |
| + | A Bug's Life | |
| + | American History X | |
| + | Last Night | |
| + | The Butcher Boy | |
| + | Little Dieter Needs To Fly | |
| + | The Farm: Angola, USA | |
| 1997 - ranked chronologically | essay | |
| 1 | Shine | 1996 |
| 2 | Jerry Maguire | 1996 |
| 3 | Kavkazskij Plennik (Prisoner of the Mountains) | 1996 |
| 4 | The Daytrippers | |
| 5 | The Full Monty | |
| 6 | Shall We Dance? | |
| 7 | The Ice Storm | |
| 8 | Eve's Bayou | |
| 9 | The Wings of the Dove | |
| 10 | Titanic | |
| + | The House of Yes | |
| + | Waco: the Rules of Engagement | |
| + | East Side Story | |
| + | Gummo | |
| + | Hands on a Hard Body | |
| 1996 - ranked by quality | essay | |
| 1 | Trainspotting | |
| 2 | Welcome to the Dollhouse | |
| 3 | Big Night | |
| 4 | Flirting With Disaster | |
| 5 | Secrets & Lies | |
| 6 | I Shot Andy Warhol | |
| 7 | 12 Monkeys | |
| 8 | The Young Poisoner's Handbook | |
| 9 | Swingers | |
| 10 | Romeo + Juliet | |
| + | Walking and Talking | |
| + | Fly Away Home | |
| + | Land and Freedom | |
| + | Manny and Lo | |
| + | Dead Man Walking | |
| + | Bound | |
| + | Kolya | |
| 1995 - ranked by quality | essay | |
| 1 | The Postman (Il Postino) | |
| 2 | Babe | |
| 3 | Smoke | |
| 4 | Unstrung Heroes | |
| 5 | Colonel Chabert | |
| 6 | Toy Story | |
| 7 | The Run of the Country | |
| 8 | Pred Dozhdot (Before the Rain) | |
| 9 | The Usual Suspects | |
| 10 | Kids | |
| + | Clueless | |
| + | Okno v Parizh (Window to Paris) | |
| 1994 - random order | essay | ||
| 1 | Red Rock West | ||
| 2 | The Hudsucker Proxy | ||
| 3 | Pulp Fiction | ||
| 4 | Yinshi Nan Nu (Eat Drink Man Woman) | ||
| 5 | Heavenly Creatures | ||
| 6 | Crumb | ||
| 7 | Hoop Dreams | ||
| 8 | Forrest Gump | ||
| 9 | L'Accompagnatrice (The Accompanist) | 1993? 1992? | |
| 10 | The Shawshank Redemption | ||
| + | Four Weddings and a Funeral | ||
| 1993 - ranked by quality | essay | ||
| 1 | Schindler's List | ||
| 2 | Groundhog Day | ||
| 3 | King of the Hill | ||
| 4 | Ha-Chayim Al-Pi Agfa (Life According to Agfa) | 1992 | |
| 5 | A Map of the Human Heart | ||
| 6 | The Piano | ||
| 7 | Strictly Ballroom | ||
| 8 | This Boy's Life | ||
| 9 | True Romance | ||
| 10 | Untamed Heart | ||
| 1992 - no order | notes | ||
| 1 | 35 Up | ||
| 2 | A River Runs Through It | ||
| 3 | Aladdin | ||
| 4 | Black to the Promised Land | ||
| 5 | Bob Roberts | ||
| 6 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | ||
| 7 | Flirting | ||
| 8 | Howard's End | ||
| 9 | Thank You and Goodnight | ||
| 10 | The Crying Game | ||
| + | Reservoir Dogs | ||
| 1991 - no order | notes | ||
| 1 | Slacker | ||
| 2 | Dogfight | ||
| 3 | Thelma and Louise | ||
| 4 | Fried Green Tomatoes | ||
| 5 | Beauty and the Beast | ||
| 6 | Hitlerjunge Salomon (Europa Europa) | 1990 | |
| 7 | An Angel at my Table | ||
| 8 | L.A. Story | ||
| 9 | Homicide | ||
| 10 | Das Schreckliche Mädchen (The Nasty Girl) | 1990 | |
| + | Hearts of Darkness | ||
| + | La Gloire de mon Père (My Father's Glory) | 1990 | |
| + | Impromptu | ||
| + | Andy Warhol Superstar | ||
| 1990 - ranked by quality | notes | ||
| 1 | Joe vs. the Volcano | ||
| 2 | Edward Scissorhands | ||
| 3 | The Unbelievable Truth | ||
| 4 | Goodfellas | ||
| 5 | Metropolitan | ||
| 6 | Dances With Wolves | ||
| 7 | Mountains of the Moon | ||
| 8 | Monsieur Hire | 1989 | |
| 9 | Jacob's Ladder | ||
| 10 | Miller's Crossing | ||
| 1989 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | Chances Are | ||
| 2 | Cousins | ||
| 3 | Dead Poets Society | ||
| 4 | Drugstore Cowboy | ||
| 5 | Eat a Bowl of Tea | ||
| 6 | Glory | ||
| 7 | Heathers | ||
| 8 | Roger & Me | ||
| 9 | Say Anything... | ||
| 10 | When Harry Met Sally | ||
| 1988 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | Big | ||
| 2 | The Chocolate War | ||
| 3 | The Lair of the White Worm | ||
| 4 | Married to the Mob | ||
| 5 | The Naked Gun | ||
| 6 | Running on Empty | ||
| 7 | Scrooged | ||
| 8 | Spoorloos (The Vanishing) | ||
| 9 | Tapeheads | ||
| 10 | A World Apart | ||
| 1987 - ranked by quality | notes | ||
| 1 | Moonstruck | ||
| 2 | Raising Arizona | ||
| 3 | La Ley del Deseo (Law of Desire) | ||
| 4 | Straight to Hell | ||
| 5 | The Stepfather | ||
| 6 | Matewan | ||
| 7 | Five Corners | ||
| 8 | Adventures in Babysitting | ||
| 9 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | ||
| 10 | Near Dark | ||
| 1986 - ranked chronologically | notes | ||
| 1 | Brazil | ||
| 2 | Turtle Diary | ||
| 3 | Aliens | ||
| 4 | Hannah and her Sisters | ||
| 5 | Stand By Me | ||
| 6 | Something Wild | ||
| 7 | The Mission | ||
| 8 | Tampopo | ||
| 9 | Manon des Sources (Manon of the Spring) | ||
| 10 | Down By Law | ||
| 1985 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | After Hours | ||
| 2 | Back to the Future | ||
| 3 | The Big Snit (cartoon) | ||
| 4 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | ||
| 5 | Lust in the Dust | ||
| 6 | Mask | ||
| 7 | Pee-Wee's Big Adventure | ||
| 8 | Restless Natives | ||
| 9 | Shoah | ||
| 10 | Year of the Dragon | ||
| 1984 - ranked by greatness | notes | ||
| 1 | Repo Man | ||
| 2 | El Norte | 1983 | |
| 3 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | ||
| 4 | This is Spinal Tap | ||
| 5 | Birdy | ||
| 6 | The Company of Wolves | ||
| 7 | Ghostbusters | ||
| 8 | The Terminator | ||
| 9 | Romancing the Stone | ||
| 10 | Stranger Than Paradise | ||
| 1983 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | The Big Chill | ||
| 2 | A Christmas Story | ||
| 3 | The Dead Zone | ||
| 4 | The Hunger | ||
| 5 | Local Hero | ||
| 6 | The Man With Two Brains | ||
| 7 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | ||
| 8 | Risky Business | ||
| 9 | Tender Mercies | ||
| 10 | The Year of Living Dangerously | ||
| 1982 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | The Atomic Cafe | ||
| 2 | Blade Runner | ||
| 3 | Burden of Dreams | ||
| 4 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | ||
| 5 | Eating Raoul | ||
| 6 | Frances | ||
| 7 | An Officer and a Gentleman | ||
| 8 | Pink Floyd: the Wall | ||
| 9 | Le Retour de Martin Guerre (The Return of Martin Guerre) | ||
| 10 | The Verdict | ||
| 1981 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | Body Heat | ||
| 2 | Das Boot | ||
| 3 | Diva | ||
| 4 | Escape From New York | ||
| 5 | Excalibur | ||
| 6 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | ||
| 7 | Gallipoli | ||
| 8 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | ||
| 9 | Reds | ||
| 10 | The Road Warrior | + | Mephisto | + | Chariots of Fire |
| 1980 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | 'Breaker' Morant | ||
| 2 | Airplane! | ||
| 3 | The Elephant Man | ||
| 4 | The Fog | ||
| 5 | Forbidden Zone | ||
| 6 | The Gods Must be Crazy | ||
| 7 | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | ||
| 8 | The Howling | ||
| 9 | Raging Bull | ||
| 10 | UFOria | ||
| 1979 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | Alien | ||
| 2 | Apocalypse Now | ||
| 3 | Being There | ||
| 4 | The Tin Drum | ||
| 5 | The Jerk | ||
| 6 | The Life of Brian | ||
| 7 | Mad Max | ||
| 8 | Nosferatu | ||
| 9 | Phantasm | ||
| 10 | Rock 'n' Roll High School | ||
| 1978 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | Animal House | ||
| 2 | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! | ||
| 3 | La Cage Aux Folles | ||
| 4 | Dawn of the Dead | ||
| 5 | Days of Heaven | ||
| 6 | The Deer Hunter | ||
| 7 | Préparez vos Mouchoirs (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs) | ||
| 8 | Grease | ||
| 9 | Halloween | ||
| 10 | Midnight Express | ||
| 1977 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | Annie Hall | ||
| 2 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | ||
| 3 | Desperate Living | ||
| 4 | Eraserhead | ||
| 5 | Hardware Wars | ||
| 6 | The Kentucky Fried Movie | ||
| 7 | Cet Obscur Objet du Désir (That Obscure Object of Desire) | ||
| 8 | Saturday Night Fever | ||
| 9 | Star Wars | ||
| 10 | Stroszek | ||
| 1976 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | The Front | ||
| 2 | Harlan County, USA | ||
| 3 | Logan's Run | ||
| 4 | Marathon Man | ||
| 5 | Network | ||
| 6 | The Omen | ||
| 7 | Rocky | ||
| 8 | Taxi Driver | ||
| 9 | Silver Streak | ||
| 10 | Le Locataire (The Tenant) | ||
| 1975 - ranked by quality | notes | ||
| 1 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | ||
| 2 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | ||
| 3 | The Man Who Would be King | ||
| 4 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | ||
| 5 | Love and Death | ||
| 6 | Female Trouble | ||
| 7 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | ||
| 8 | Jaws | ||
| 9 | Dog Day Afternoon | ||
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| 1974 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | ||
| 2 | Blazing Saddles | ||
| 3 | Chinatown | ||
| 4 | The Conversation | ||
| 5 | The Godfather Part II | ||
| 6 | Hearts and Minds | ||
| 7 | Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser) | ||
| 8 | The Odessa File | ||
| 9 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | ||
| 10 | Young Frankenstein | ||
| 1973 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | American Graffiti | ||
| 2 | Badlands | ||
| 3 | El Espíritu de la Colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive) | ||
| 4 | The Exorcist | ||
| 5 | The Paper Chase | ||
| 6 | Robin Hood | ||
| 7 | Sleeper | ||
| 8 | The Sting | ||
| 9 | Theater of Blood | ||
| 10 | The Wicker Man | ||
| 1972 - ranked alphabetically | notes | ||
| 1 | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) | ||
| 2 | Cabaret | ||
| 3 | Deliverance | ||
| 4 | The Godfather | ||
| 5 | Play It Again, Sam | ||
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| 1971 - ranked by quality | notes | ||
| 1 | Harold and Maude | ||
| 2 | A Clockwork Orange | ||
| 3 | The Last Picture Show | 4 | Duel |
| 5 | Fiddler on the Roof | ||
| 6 | Le Chagrin et la pitié (The Sorrow and the Pity) | ||
| 7 | Johnny Got His Gun | ||
| 8 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | ||
| 9 | The Point | 10 | Equinox |
| 1970 - ranked by quality | notes | ||
| 1 | Gimme Shelter | ||
| 2 | Something For Everyone | ||
| 3 | THX-1138 | 4 | The Twelve Chairs |
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