Rank |
Movie Title |
Director |
Year |
Nick Davis |
1 |
Piano, The |
Campion |
1993 |
20 |
2 |
Citizen Kane |
Welles |
1941 |
20 |
3 |
Modern Times |
Chaplin |
1936 |
20 |
4 |
Pinocchio |
Sharpsteen & Luske |
1940 |
20 |
5 |
Persona |
Bergman |
1966 |
20 |
6 |
Passion of Joan of Arc, The |
Dreyer |
1928 |
20 |
7 |
Singin' in the Rain |
Donen/Kelly |
1952 |
20 |
8 |
Earrings of Madame De' |
Ophuls |
1953 |
20 |
9 |
Diary of a Country Priest |
Bresson |
1950 |
20 |
10 |
Laura |
Preminger |
1944 |
20 |
11 |
Vertigo |
Hitchcock |
1954 |
19 |
12 |
Nashville |
Altman |
1975 |
19 |
13 |
Chinatown |
Polanski |
1974 |
19 |
14 |
"Meshes of
the Afternoon" |
Deren |
1943 |
19 |
15 |
Man With a Movie Camera, The |
Vertov |
1928 |
19 |
16 |
His Girl Friday |
Hawks |
1940 |
19 |
17 |
Casablanca |
Curtiz |
1942 |
19 |
18 |
Harlan County, U.S.A. |
Kopple |
1976 |
19 |
19 |
Nosferatu |
Murnau |
1922 |
19 |
20 |
Scarlet Empress, The |
Von Sternberg?? |
1934 |
19 |
21 |
Grand Illusion |
Renoir |
1937 |
18 |
22 |
Taxi Driver |
Scorsese |
1976 |
18 |
23 |
Taste of Cherry, The |
Kiarostami |
1997 |
18 |
24 |
Notorious |
Hitchcock |
1946 |
18 |
25 |
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
Wiene |
1920 |
18 |
26 |
Green Ray, The |
Rohmer |
1986 |
18 |
27 |
Imiration of Life |
Sirk |
1959 |
18 |
28 |
Hannah and Her Sisters |
Allen |
1986 |
18 |
29 |
Nanook of the North |
Flaherty |
1922 |
18 |
30 |
Lady Eve, The |
Sturges |
1941 |
18 |
31 |
Aguirre, the Wrath of God |
Herzog |
1972 |
17 |
32 |
Atalante, L' |
Vigo |
1934 |
17 |
33 |
Andrei Rublev |
Tarkovsky |
1969 |
17 |
34 |
Metropolis |
Lang |
1926 |
17 |
35 |
Jeanne Dielman |
Akerman |
1975 |
17 |
36 |
All About Eve |
Mankiewicz |
1950 |
17 |
37 |
When Harry Met Sally … |
Reiner |
1989 |
17 |
38 |
Apocalypse Now |
Coppola |
1979 |
17 |
39 |
Woman in the Dunes |
Teshigahara |
1964 |
17 |
40 |
Pickup on South Street |
Fuller |
1953 |
17 |
41 |
Raging Bull |
Scorsese |
1980 |
16 |
42 |
Aliens |
Cameron |
1986 |
16 |
43 |
Written on the Wind |
Sirk |
1956 |
16 |
44 |
McCabe & Mrs. Miller |
Altman |
1971 |
16 |
45 |
Woman Under the Influence, A |
Cassavetes |
1974 |
16 |
46 |
Conversation, The |
Coppola |
1974 |
16 |
47 |
E.T. |
Spielberg |
1982 |
16 |
48 |
It Happened One Night |
Capra |
1934 |
16 |
49 |
Cries and Whispers |
Bergman |
1973 |
16 |
50 |
Last of England, The |
Jarman |
1987 |
16 |
51 |
Adam’s Rib |
Cukor |
1949 |
15 |
52 |
Touch of Evil |
Welles |
1958 |
15 |
53 |
Annie Hall |
Allen |
1977 |
15 |
54 |
New York, New York |
Scorsese |
1977 |
15 |
55 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
Kubrick |
1968 |
15 |
56 |
Marat/Sade |
Brook |
1967 |
15 |
57 |
Thin Red Line, The |
Malick |
1998 |
15 |
58 |
Gospel According to Matthew |
Pasolini |
1964 |
15 |
59 |
42nd Street |
Bacon |
1933 |
15 |
60 |
Dead Ringers |
Cronenberg |
1988 |
15 |
61 |
Thin Man, The |
Van Dyke |
1934 |
14 |
62 |
Jaws |
Spielberg |
1975 |
14 |
63 |
Eyes Wide Shut |
Kubrick |
1999 |
14 |
64 |
Morvern Callar |
Ramsay |
2002 |
14 |
65 |
Safe |
Haynes |
1995 |
14 |
66 |
Xala |
Sembene |
1975 |
14 |
67 |
Sunset Blvd. |
Wilder |
1950 |
14 |
68 |
Dancer in the Dark |
von Trier |
2000 |
14 |
69 |
Russian Ark |
Sokurov |
2002 |
14 |
70 |
Streetcar Named Desire, A |
Kazan |
1951 |
14 |
71 |
Flesh |
Morrissey |
1968 |
13 |
72 |
Sunrise |
Murnau |
1927 |
13 |
73 |
Star Wars |
Lucas |
1977 |
13 |
74 |
Days of Heaven |
Malick |
1978 |
13 |
75 |
Letter, The |
Wyler |
1940 |
13 |
76 |
Riddles of the Sphinx |
Mulvey/Wollen |
1975 |
13 |
77 |
Mulholland Dr. |
Lynch |
2001 |
13 |
78 |
Shoah |
Lanzmann |
1986 |
13 |
79 |
Cell, The |
Singh |
2000 |
13 |
80 |
Long Day's Journey Into Night |
Lumet |
1962 |
13 |
81 |
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! |
Meyer |
1966 |
12 |
82 |
Joyless Street, The |
Pabst |
1925 |
12 |
83 |
China Syndrome, The |
Bridges |
1979 |
12 |
84 |
Daughters of the Dust |
Dash |
1991 |
12 |
85 |
400 Blows, The |
Truffaut |
1959 |
12 |
86 |
Happy Together |
Wong |
1997 |
12 |
87 |
Naked Lunch |
Cronenberg |
1991 |
12 |
88 |
Boyz N the Hood |
Singleton |
1991 |
12 |
89 |
Nostalghia |
Tarkovsky |
1983 |
12 |
90 |
This is Spinal Tap |
Reiner |
1984 |
12 |
91 |
Fox and His Friends |
Fassbinder |
1975 |
11 |
92 |
L.A. Confidential |
Hanson |
1997 |
11 |
93 |
Dog Day Afternoon |
Lumet |
1975 |
11 |
94 |
3 Women |
Altman |
1977 |
11 |
95 |
Velvet Goldmine |
Haynes |
1998 |
11 |
96 |
Swept Away ... |
Wertmuller |
1975 |
11 |
97 |
Close Up |
Kiarostami |
1990 |
11 |
98 |
The Fly |
Cronenberg |
1986 |
11 |
99 |
Sherman's March |
McElwee |
1986 |
11 |
100 |
Heavenly Creatures |
Jackson |
1994 |
11 |
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