Best Films of Each Year (1950 - 2011)
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1. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,589 | Gross: $0.10M
Runner Up:
Sunset Blvd. (Dir. Billy Wilder)
2. Ace in the Hole (1951)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall
Votes: 39,136 | Gross: $3.97M
Runners Up:
Strangers on a Train (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Dir. Elia Kazan)
3. To Live (1952)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 87,642 | Gross: $0.06M
Runner Up:
Umberto D. (Dir. Vittorio De Sica)
4. Tokyo Story (1953)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara
Votes: 68,674
Runners Up:
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Dir. Jacques Tati)
The Earrings of Madame De... (Dir. Max Ophuls)
5. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 367,031 | Gross: $0.27M
Runners Up:
On the Waterfront (Dir. Elia Kazan)
Rear Window (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
La Strada (Dir. Federico Fellini)
6. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Director: Charles Laughton | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason
Votes: 97,421 | Gross: $0.65M
Runners Up:
Diabolique (Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot)
East of Eden (Dir. Elia Kazan)
7. The Killing (1956)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 97,589
Runner Up:
The Searchers (Dir. John Ford)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
Votes: 865,886 | Gross: $4.36M
Runners Up:
Paths of Glory (Dir. Stanley Kubrick)
The Seventh Seal (Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
Wild Strawberries (Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
Throne of Blood (Dir. Akira Kurosawa)
The Bridge Over the River Kwai (Dir. David Lean)
9. Jalsaghar (1958)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Music
Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Chhabi Biswas, Gangapada Basu, Padmadevi, Kali Sarkar
Votes: 6,769 | Gross: $0.09M
Runners Up:
Vertigo (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
The Magician (Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
Touch of Evil (Dir. Orson Welles)
10. The 400 Blows (1959)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Votes: 128,130
Runners Up:
Shadows (Dir. John Cassavetes)
Pickpocket (Dir. Robert Bresson)
Floating Weeds (Dir. Yasujiro Ozu)
Some Like it Hot (Dir. Billy Wilder)
Rio Bravo (Dir. Howard Hawks)
11. Breathless (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Van Doude, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 87,977 | Gross: $0.34M
Runners Up:
Psycho (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
La Dolce Vita (Dir. Federico Fellini)
Shoot the Piano Player (Dir. Francois Truffaut)
L'Avventura (Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)
Spartacus (Dir. Stanley Kubrick
12. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,426
Runner Up:
La Notte (Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)
Through a Glass Darkly (Dir. Ingmar Bergman
A Woman Is A Woman (Dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
Leon Morin, Priest (Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
13. Vivre sa vie (1962)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger
Votes: 35,016
Runners Up:
Jules and Jim (Dir. Francois Truffaut)
Ivan's Childhood (Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
Le Doulos (Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
L'Eclisse (Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)
Lolita (Dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Sanjuro (Dir. Akira Kurosawa)
14. 8½ (1963)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Sandra Milo
Votes: 125,252 | Gross: $0.05M
Runners Up:
Contempt (Dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
Shock Corridor (Dir. Samuel Fuller)
High and Low (Dir. Akira Kurosawa)
Winter Light (Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
15. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, War
An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 518,538 | Gross: $0.28M
Runners Up:
Band of Outsiders (Dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
Red Desert (Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)
A Fistful of Dollars (Dir. Sergio Leone)
The Naked Kiss (Dir. Samuel Fuller)
Fail-Safe (Dir. Sidney Lumet)
16. Pierrot the Fool (1965)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir
Votes: 36,963
Runners Up:
For A Few Dollars More (Dir. Sergio Leone)
Repulsion (Dir. Roman Polanski)
17. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 811,768 | Gross: $6.10M
Runners Up:
Persona (Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
The Battle of Algiers (Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo)
Andrei Rublev (Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
Au Hasard Balthazar (Dir. Robert Bresson)
Masculin, Feminin (Dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
Blow-Up (Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)
18. The Samurai (1967)
GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier
Votes: 57,214 | Gross: $0.04M
Runners Up:
The Graduate (Dir. Mike Nichols)
Belle De Jour (Dir. Luis Bunuel)
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 720,045 | Gross: $56.95M
Runners Up:
Once Upon a Time in the West (Dir. Sergio Leone)
Stolen Kisses (Dir. Francois Truffaut)
Rosemary's Baby (Dir. Roman Polanski)
Faces (Dir. John Cassavetes)
20. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
R | 113 min | Drama
A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver
Votes: 120,900 | Gross: $44.79M
Runners Up:
Army of Shadows (Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
Easy Rider (Dir. Dennis Hopper)
21. The Red Circle (1970)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand
Votes: 28,179 | Gross: $0.37M
Runners Up:
Husbands (Dir. John Cassavetes)
Five Easy Pieces (Dir. Bob Rafelson)
22. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Votes: 881,708 | Gross: $6.21M
Runners Up:
The Last Picture Show (Dir. Peter Bogdanovich)
Murmur of the Heart (Dir. Louis Malle)
Walkabout (Dir. Nicholas Roeg)
Two-Lane Blacktop (Dir. Monte Hellman)
23. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,014,055 | Gross: $134.97M
Runners Up:
Solaris (Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
The Last Tango in Paris (Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Dir. Luis Bunuel)
Cries and Whispers (Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
24. Mean Streets (1973)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In New York City's Little Italy, a devoutly Catholic mobster must reconcile his desire for power, his feelings for his epileptic lover, and his devotion to his troublesome friend.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson
Votes: 119,730 | Gross: $3.13M
Runners Up:
Amarcord (Dir. Federico Fellini)
Day for Night (Dir. Francois Truffaut)
Badlands (Dir. Terrence Malick)
Serpico (Dir. Sidney Lumet)
The Exorcist (Dir. William Friedkin)
Scenes from a Marriage (Dir. Ingmar Bergman
25. Chinatown (1974)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Votes: 350,060
Runners Up:
The Godfather Part II (Dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
A Woman Under the Influence (Dir. John Cassavetes)
The Conversation (Dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
26. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar
Votes: 273,187 | Gross: $50.00M
Runners Up:
Barry Lyndon (Dir. Stanley Kubrick)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Dir. Milos Forman)
The Mirror (Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
Nashville (Dir. Robert Altman)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Dir. Peter Weir)
27. Taxi Driver (1976)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks
Votes: 921,398 | Gross: $28.26M
Runners Up:
Network (Dir. Sidney Lumet)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (Dir. John Cassavetes)
Hearts of Glass (Dir. Werner Herzog)
28. Annie Hall (1977)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane
Votes: 278,534 | Gross: $39.20M
Runners Up:
Eraserhead (Dir. David Lynch)
3 Women (Dir. Robert Altman)
Stroszek (Dir. Werner Herzog)
The Obscure Object of Desire (Dir. Luis Bunuel)
House (Dir. Nobuhiko Ohbayashi)
29. Days of Heaven (1978)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz
Votes: 62,795
Runners Up:
The Deer Hunter (Dir. Michael Comino)
Autumn Sonata (Dir. Ingmar Bergman)
Halloween (Dir. John Carpenter)
30. Apocalypse Now (1979)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, War
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 710,745 | Gross: $83.47M
Runners Up:
Manhattan (Dir. Woody Allen)
Stalker (Dir. Andei Tarkovsky)
Alien (Dir. Ridley Scott)
31. Raging Bull (1980)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent
Votes: 380,459 | Gross: $23.38M
Runners Up:
The Shining (Dir. Stanley Kubrick)
The Last Metro (Dir. Francois Truffaut)
The Elephant Man (Dir. David Lynch)
Stardust Memories (Dir. Woody Allen)
Atlantic City (Dir. Louis Malle)
32. Blow Out (1981)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz
Votes: 63,370 | Gross: $13.75M
Runners Up:
My Dinner with Andre (Dir. Louis Malle)
33. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
R | 188 min | Drama
Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Kristina Adolphson, Börje Ahlstedt
Votes: 67,520 | Gross: $4.97M
Runner Up:
Blade Runner (Dir. Ridley Scott)
The Verdict (Dir. Sidney Lumet)
White Dog (Dir. Samuel Fuller)
34. Videodrome (1983)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Votes: 103,074 | Gross: $2.12M
Runners Up:
The King of Comedy (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
Scarface (Dir. Brian De Palma)
Rumble Fish (Dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
35. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark
Votes: 40,681 | Gross: $2.44M
Runners Up:
Once Upon a Time in America (Dir. Sergio Leone)
Blood Simple (Dir. Joel Coen)
Amadeus (Dir. Milos Forman)
Paris, Texas (Dir. Wim Wenders)
This Is Spinal Tap (Dir. Rob Reiner)
36. After Hours (I) (1985)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
Votes: 81,499 | Gross: $10.60M
Runner Up:
Ran (Dir. Akira Kurosawa)
Come and See (Dir. Elem Klimov)
Brazil (Dir. Terry Gilliam)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (Dir. Woody Allen)
The Color Purple (Dir. Steven Spielberg)
37. Blue Velvet (1986)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 215,840 | Gross: $8.55M
Runners Up:
Down by Law (Dir. Jim Jarmusch)
She's Gotta Have It (Dir. Spike Lee)
Something Wild (Dir. Jonathan Demme)
Sid & Nancy (Dir. Alex Cox)
38. Goodbye, Children (1987)
PG | 104 min | Drama, War
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg
Votes: 36,131 | Gross: $4.54M
Runners Up:
Full Metal Jacket (Dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Wings of Desire (Dir. Wim Wenders)
Wall Street (Dir. Oliver Stone)
39. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
R | 164 min | Drama
The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Paul Greco
Votes: 63,196 | Gross: $7.63M
Runners Up:
Cinema Paradiso (Dir. Guiseppe Tornatore)
Mississippi Burning (Dir. Alan Parker)
School Daze (Dir. Spike Lee)
Frantic (Dir. Roman Polanski)
40. Do the Right Thing (1989)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson
Votes: 112,496 | Gross: $27.55M
Runners Up:
Drugstore Cowboy (Dir. Gus Van Sant)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (Dir. Woody Allen)
Mystery Train (Dir. Jim Jarmusch)
Sex, Lies, and a Videotape (Dir. Steven Soderbergh)
41. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,258,277 | Gross: $46.84M
Runners Up:
Miller's Crossing (Dir. Joel Coen)
Dreams (Dir. Akira Kurosawa)
The Godfather Part III (Dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
42. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
Director: John Singleton | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II
Votes: 154,755 | Gross: $57.50M
Runners Up:
Barton Fink (Dir. Joel Coen)
Hearts of Darkness (Dir. Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola)
Slacker (Dir. Richard Linklater)
Naked Lunch (Dir. David Cronenberg)
The Silence of the Lambs (Dir. Jonathan Demme)
My Own Private Idaho (Dir. Gus Van Sant)
JFK (Dir. Oliver Stone)
43. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Votes: 1,088,848 | Gross: $2.83M
Runners Up:
Malcolm X (Dir. Spike Lee)
Unforgiven (Dir. Clint Eastwood)
44. Menace II Society (1993)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda
Votes: 64,501 | Gross: $27.90M
Runners Up:
Dazed and Confused (Dir. Richard Linklater)
Short Cuts (Dir. Robert Altman)
Naked (Dir. Mike Leigh)
Groundhog Day (Dir. Harold Ramis)
The Age of Innocence (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
45. Pulp Fiction (1994)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
Votes: 2,221,979 | Gross: $107.93M
Runners Up:
Chungking Express (Dir. Wong-Kar Wai)
Crumb (Dir. Terry Zwigoff)
Clerks. (Dir. Kevin Smith)
Hoop Dreams (Dir. Steve James)
The Shawshank Redemption (Dir. Frank Darabont)
46. La haine (1995)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Votes: 196,661 | Gross: $0.31M
Runners Up:
Kids (Dir. Larry Clark)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Dir. Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson)
Se7en (Dir. David Fincher)
47. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 727,112 | Gross: $24.61M
Runners Up:
Trainspotting (Dir. Danny Boyle)
Hard Eight (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Bottle Rocket (Dir. Wes Anderson)
Breaking the Waves (Dir. Lars von Trier)
48. Boogie Nights (1997)
R | 155 min | Drama
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 282,221 | Gross: $26.40M
Runners Up:
Jackie Brown (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
L.A. Confidential (Dir. Curtis Hanson)
Good Will Hunting (Dir. Gus Van Sant)
Chasing Amy (Dir. Kevin Smith)
Gummo (Dir. Harmony Korine)
49. The Big Lebowski (1998)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 860,837 | Gross: $17.50M
Runners Up:
The Thin Red Line (Dir. Terrence Malick)
Pi (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
Rushmore (Dir. Wes Anderson)
American History X (Dir. Tony Kaye)
Saving Private Ryan (Dir. Steven Spielberg)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Dir. Terry Gilliam)
50. Magnolia (1999)
R | 188 min | Drama
An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 328,660 | Gross: $22.46M
Runners Up:
Eyes Wide Shut (Dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Fight Club (Dir. David Fincher)
American Beauty (Dir. Sam Mendes)
The Virgin Suicides (Dir. Sofia Coppola)
51. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
R | 102 min | Drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Votes: 899,289 | Gross: $3.64M
Runners Up:
Amores Perros (Dir. Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu)
George Washington (Dir. David Gordon Green)
Almost Famous (Dir. Cameron Crowe)
Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai (Dir. Jim Jarmusch)
Battle Royale (Dir. Kinji Fukasaku)
Dancer in the Dark (Dir. Lars von Trier)
52. Waking Life (2001)
R | 99 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins
Votes: 66,948 | Gross: $2.89M
Runners Up:
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Dir. Alfonso Cuaron)
Mulholland Dr. (Dir. David Lynch)
Donnie Darko (Dir. Richard Kelly)
Bully (Dir. Larry Clark)
The Royal Tenenbaums (Dir. Wes Anderson)
Ghost World (Dir. Terry Zwigoff)
53. 25th Hour (2002)
R | 135 min | Drama
Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson
Votes: 184,702 | Gross: $13.06M
Runners Up:
City of God (Dir. Ferdinand Meirelles)
Punch-Drunk Love (Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Irreversible (Dir. Gaspare Noe)
Adaptation. (Dir. Spike Jonze)
Minority Report (Dir. Steven Spielberg)
The Pianist (Dir. Roman Polanski)
Talk to Her (Dir. Pedro Almodovar)
Gangs of New York (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
54. Lost in Translation (2003)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris
Votes: 489,494 | Gross: $44.59M
Runners Up:
Oldboy (Dir. Park-chan Wook)
Coffee and Cigarettes (Dir. Jim Jarmusch)
21 Grams (Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
55. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,078,687 | Gross: $34.40M
Runners Up:
Collateral (Dir. Michael Mann)
Kill Bill Vol. II (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
Shaun of the Dead (Dir. Edgar Wright)
Million Dollar Baby (Dir. Clint Eastwood)
Before Sunset (Dir. Richard Linklater)
56. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg
Votes: 90,473 | Gross: $7.36M
Runners Up:
A History of Violence (Dir. David Cronenberg)
The New World (Dir. Terrence Malick)
The Best of Youth (Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana)
Capote (Dir. Bennet Miller)
Broken Flowers (Dir. Jim Jarmusch)
57. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 703,319 | Gross: $37.63M
Runners Up:
This Is England (Dir. Shane Meadows)
Half Nelson (Dir. Ryan Fleck)
Little Miss Sunshine (Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Ferris)
The Departed (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
United 93 (Dir. Paul Greengrass)
Children of Men (Dir. Alfonso Cuaron)
Babel (Dir. Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu)
58. There Will Be Blood (2007)
R | 158 min | Drama
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer
Votes: 641,528 | Gross: $40.22M
Runners Up:
The Assassination of Jesse James (Dir. Andrew Domonik)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Dir. Sidney Lumet)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (Dir. Christian Mungui)
Zodiac (Dir. David Fincher)
Control (Dir. Anton Corbijn)
No Country for Old Men (Dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
Gone Baby Gone (Dir. Ben Affleck)
Ratatouille (Dir. Brad Bird)
Into the Wild (Dir. Sean Penn)
59. The Wrestler (2008)
R | 109 min | Drama, Sport
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
Votes: 320,055 | Gross: $26.24M
Runners Up:
Synecdoche, New York (Dir. Charlie Kaufman)
Gomorrah (Dir. Matteo Gorrane)
60. A Prophet (2009)
R | 155 min | Crime, Drama
A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Votes: 102,219 | Gross: $2.08M
Runners Up:
A Serious Man (Dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
Up in the Air (Dir. Jason Reitman)
Fish Tank (Dir. Andrea Arnold)
Inglourious Basterds (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
61. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
Votes: 759,225 | Gross: $96.96M
Runners Up:
Black Swan (Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
Blue Valentine (Dir. Derek Cianfrance)
Animal Kingdom (Dir. David Michod)
Greenberg (Dir. Noah Baumbach)
62. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Votes: 184,181 | Gross: $13.30M
Runners Up:
Drive (Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Dir. David Fincher)
50/50 (Dir. Jonathan Levine)
Terri (Dir. Azazel Jacobs)
Midnight in Paris (Dir. Woody Allen)
Hugo (Dir. Martin Scorsese)
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