| 1 | Citizen Kane | ORSON WELLES | 1941 | 119m | BW | USA | Drama | tt0033467 |
| 2 | Vertigo | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | 1958 | 128m | Col | USA | Thriller | tt0052357 |
| 3 | Rules of the Game | JEAN RENOIR | 1939 | 113m | BW | France | Drama | tt0031885 |
| 4 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | STANLEY KUBRICK | 1968 | 139m | Col | UK | Sci-Fi | tt0062622 |
| 5 | 8½ | FEDERICO FELLINI | 1963 | 135m | BW | Italy | Drama | tt0056801 |
| 6 | Tokyo Story | YASUJIRO OZU | 1953 | 134m | BW | Japan | Drama | tt0046438 |
| 7 | The Searchers | JOHN FORD | 1956 | 119m | Col | USA | Western | tt0049730 |
| 8 | Sunrise | F.W. MURNAU | 1927 | 110m | BW | USA | Drama-Crime | tt0018455 |
| 9 | The Seven Samurai | AKIRA KUROSAWA | 1954 | 200m | BW | Japan | Drama | tt0047478 |
| 10 | Battleship Potemkin | SERGEI EISENSTEIN | 1925 | 65m | BW | Russia | War-Historical | tt0015648 |
| 11 | L'Atalante | JEAN VIGO | 1934 | 89m | BW | France | Romance | tt0024844 |
| 12 | Rashomon | AKIRA KUROSAWA | 1950 | 88m | BW | Japan | Drama | tt0042876 |
| 13 | The Godfather | FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA | 1972 | 175m | Col | USA | Drama-Crime | tt0068646 |
| 14 | Singin' in the Rain | STANLEY DONEN/GENE KELLY | 1952 | 102m | Col | USA | Musical-Dance | tt0045152 |
| 15 | The Passion of Joan of Arc | CARL DREYER | 1928 | 77m | BW | France | Historical | tt0019254 |
| 16 | La Dolce Vita | FEDERICO FELLINI | 1960 | 175m | BW | Italy | Drama | tt0053779 |
| 17 | The Bicycle Thief | VITTORIO DE SICA | 1948 | 90m | BW | Italy | Drama | tt0040522 |
| 18 | Touch of Evil | ORSON WELLES | 1958 | 108m | BW | USA | Crime | tt0052311 |
| 19 | The Godfather Part II | FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA | 1974 | 200m | Col | USA | Drama-Crime | tt0071562 |
| 20 | Raging Bull | MARTIN SCORSESE | 1980 | 128m | BW | USA | Sports-Bio | tt0081398 |
| 21 | Lawrence of Arabia | DAVID LEAN | 1962 | 216m | Col | UK | War-Bio-Adventure | tt0056172 |
| 22 | City Lights | CHARLES CHAPLIN | 1931 | 86m | BW | USA | Comedy | tt0021749 |
| 23 | The Mirror | ANDREI TARKOVSKY | 1976 | 106m | Col | Russia | Drama | tt0072443 |
| 24 | L'Avventura | MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI | 1960 | 145m | BW | Italy-France | Drama | tt0053619 |
| 25 | Andrei Rublev | ANDREI TARKOVSKY | 1966 | 185m | Col-BW | Russia | Historical | tt0060107 |
| 26 | Les Enfants du Paradis | MARCEL CARNE | 1945 | 195m | BW | France | Romance | tt0037674 |
| 27 | The General | BUSTER KEATON & CLYDE BRUCKMAN | 1926 | 74m | BW | USA | Historical-Comedy | tt0017925 |
| 28 | The Third Man | CAROL REED | 1949 | 104m | BW | UK | Thriller | tt0041959 |
| 29 | Psycho | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | 1960 | 109m | BW | USA | Thriller-Horror | tt0054215 |
| 30 | Pather Panchali | SATYAJIT RAY | 1955 | 112m | BW | India | Drama | tt0048473 |
| 31 | Ordet | CARL DREYER | 1955 | 125m | BW | Denmark | Drama | tt0048452 |
| 32 | Ugetsu Monogatari | KENJI MIZOGUCHI | 1953 | 96m | BW | Japan | Drama | tt0046478 |
| 33 | Jules et Jim | FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT | 1961 | 104m | BW | France | Drama | tt0055032 |
| 34 | Taxi Driver | MARTIN SCORSESE | 1976 | 113m | Col | USA | Drama | tt0075314 |
| 35 | La Grande Illusion | JEAN RENOIR | 1937 | 117m | BW | France | War-Prison | tt0028950 |
| 36 | Contempt | JEAN-LUC GODARD | 1963 | 103m | Col | France-Italy | Drama | tt0057345 |
| 37 | Breathless | JEAN-LUC GODARD | 1959 | 89m | BW | France | Romance-Drama-Crime | tt0053472 |
| 38 | Au Hasard Balthazar | ROBERT BRESSON | 1966 | 95m | BW | France | Drama | tt0060138 |
| 39 | Sunset Blvd. | BILLY WILDER | 1950 | 110m | BW | USA | Drama | tt0043014 |
| 40 | The Conformist | BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI | 1969 | 115m | Col | Italy-France-Germany | Political | tt0065571 |
| 41 | Apocalypse Now | FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA | 1979 | 150m | Col | USA | War | tt0078788 |
| 42 | The Night of the Hunter | CHARLES LAUGHTON | 1955 | 93m | BW | USA | Thriller | tt0048424 |
| 43 | Dr. Strangelove | STANLEY KUBRICK | 1964 | 93m | BW | UK | Comedy | tt0057012 |
| 44 | The Seventh Seal | INGMAR BERGMAN | 1957 | 96m | BW | Sweden | Drama | tt0050976 |
| 45 | Some Like it Hot | BILLY WILDER | 1959 | 119m | BW | USA | Crime-Comedy | tt0053291 |
| 46 | Wild Strawberries | INGMAR BERGMAN | 1957 | 90m | BW | Sweden | Drama | tt0050986 |
| 47 | M | FRITZ LANG | 1931 | 99m | BW | Germany | Horror-Drama-Crime | tt0022100 |
| 48 | Persona | INGMAR BERGMAN | 1966 | 81m | BW | Sweden | Drama | tt0060827 |
| 49 | Ivan the Terrible, Part One | SERGEI EISENSTEIN | 1944 | 96m | BW | Russia | Historical-Drama | tttt0037824 |
| 50 | Fanny and Alexander | INGMAR BERGMAN | 1982 | 189m | Col | Sweden | Drama | tt0083922 |
| 51 | Modern Times | CHARLES CHAPLIN | 1936 | 89m | BW | USA | Comedy | tt0027977 |
| 52 | The 400 Blows | FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT | 1959 | 99m | BW | France | Drama | tt0053198 |
| 53 | La Strada | FEDERICO FELLINI | 1954 | 115m | BW | Italy | Drama | tt0047528 |
| 54 | Intolerance | D.W. GRIFFITH | 1916 | 178m | BW | USA | Drama | tt0006864 |
| 55 | Casablanca | MICHAEL CURTIZ | 1942 | 102m | BW | USA | War-Romance-Drama | tt0034583 |
| 56 | Sansho the Bailiff | KENJI MIZOGUCHI | 1954 | 125m | BW | Japan | Drama | tt0047445 |
| 57 | Viaggio in Italia | ROBERTO ROSSELLINI | 1953 | 97m | BW | Italy | Romance | tt0046511 |
| 58 | Pierrot le fou | JEAN-LUC GODARD | 1965 | 110m | Col | France-Italy | Romance-Drama-Crime | tt0059592 |
| 59 | Rear Window | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | 1954 | 112m | Col | USA | Thriller | tt0047396 |
| 60 | Chinatown | ROMAN POLANSKI | 1974 | 131m | Col | USA | Mystery | tt0071315 |
| 61 | The Wizard of Oz | VICTOR FLEMING | 1939 | 101m | Col-BW | USA | Musical-Fantasy-Dance | tt0032138 |
| 62 | The Magnificent Ambersons | ORSON WELLES | 1942 | 88m | BW | USA | Drama | tt0035015 |
| 63 | North by Northwest | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | 1959 | 136m | Col | USA | Thriller-Spy | tt0053125 |
| 64 | The Gold Rush | CHARLES CHAPLIN | 1925 | 82m | BW | USA | Comedy | tt0015864 |
| 65 | Metropolis | FRITZ LANG | 1926 | 120m | BW | Germany | Fantasy-Drama | tt0017136 |
| 66 | Blade Runner | RIDLEY SCOTT | 1982 | 118m | Col | USA | Sci-Fi | tt0083658 |
| 67 | Sherlock, Jr. | BUSTER KEATON | 1924 | 45m | BW | USA | Comedy | tt0015324 |
| 68 | Nashville | ROBERT ALTMAN | 1975 | 159m | Col | USA | Drama | tt0073440 |
| 69 | L'Age d'Or | LUIS BUNUEL | 1930 | 63m | BW | France | Drama | tt0021577 |
| 70 | Blue Velvet | DAVID LYNCH | 1986 | 120m | Col | USA | Mystery-Drama | tt0090756 |
| 71 | Pickpocket | ROBERT BRESSON | 1959 | 75m | BW | France | Drama-Crime | tt0053168 |
| 72 | My Darling Clementine | JOHN FORD | 1946 | 97m | BW | USA | Western | tt0038762 |
| 73 | It's a Wonderful Life | FRANK CAPRA | 1946 | 129m | BW | USA | Drama | tt0038650 |
| 74 | Greed | ERICH VON STROHEIM | 1925 | 140m | BW | USA | Drama | tt0015881 |
| 75 | The Man with a Movie Camera | DZIGA VERTOV | 1929 | 80m | BW | Russia | Documentary | tt0019760 |
| 76 | Vivre sa Vie | JEAN-LUC GODARD | 1963 | 85m | BW | France | Drama | tt0056663 |
| 77 | Barry Lyndon | STANLEY KUBRICK | 1975 | 183m | Col | UK | Drama | tt0072684 |
| 78 | Rio Bravo | HOWARD HAWKS | 1959 | 141m | Col | USA | Western | tt0053221 |
| 79 | The Earrings of Madame de... | MAX OPHULS | 1930 | 63m | BW | France | Drama | tt0046022 |
| 80 | Amarcord | FEDERICO FELLINI | 1973 | 127m | Col | Italy | Comedy | tt0071129 |
| 81 | Stalker | ANDREI TARKOVSKY | 1979 | 160m | Col-BW | Russia | Sci-Fi-Mystery | tt0079944 |
| 82 | Gertrud | CARL DREYER | 1964 | 116m | BW | Denmark | Drama | tt0058138 |
| 83 | Last Year in Marienbad | ALAIN RESNAIS | 1961 | 94m | BW | France-Italy | Drama-Mystery-Romance | tt0054632 |
| 84 | Nosferatu | F.W. MURNAU | 1922 | 84m | BW | Germany | Horror | tt0013442 |
| 85 | Viridiana | LUIS BUNUEL | 1961 | 90m | BW | Spain | Drama | tt0055601 |
| 86 | Playtime | JACQUES TATI | 1967 | 108m | Col | France | Drama-Comedy | tt0062136 |
| 87 | The Apartment | BILLY WILDER | 1960 | 125m | BW | USA | Drama-Comedy | tt0053604 |
| 88 | The Wild Bunch | SAM PECKINPAH | 1969 | 144m | Col | USA | Western | tt0065214 |
| 89 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | JOHN FORD | 1962 | 119m | BW | USA | Western | tt0056217 |
| 90 | Once Upon a Time in the West | SERGIO LEONE | 1968 | 165m | Col | Italy-USA | Western | tt0064116 |
| 91 | Ran | AKIRA KUROSAWA | 1985 | 161m | Col | France-Japan | War-Historical-Drama | tt0089881 |
| 92 | The Leopard | LUCHINO VISCONTI | 1963 | 205m | Col | France-Italy | Historical-Drama | tt0057091 |
| 93 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God | WERNER HERZOG | 1972 | 94m | Col | Germany | Historical-Drama-Adventure | tt0068182 |
| 94 | Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | CHANTAL AKERMAN | 1975 | 201m | Col | Belgium-France | Drama | tt0073198 |
| 95 | Dekalog | KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI | 1987 | 550m | Col | Poland | Drama | tttt0092337 |
| 96 | Ikiru | AKIRA KUROSAWA | 1952 | 143m | BW | Japan | Drama | tt0044741 |
| 97 | Los Olvidados | LUIS BUNUEL | 1950 | 88m | BW | Mexico | Drama | tt0042804 |
| 98 | Pulp Fiction | QUENTIN TARANTINO | 1994 | 154m | Col | USA | Drama-Crime-Comedy | tt0110912 |
| 99 | Letter From an Unknown Woman | MAX OPHULS | 1948 | 90m | BW | USA | Drama | tt0040536 |
| 100 | The Lady Eve | PRESTON STURGES | 1941 | 94m | BW | USA | Romance-Comedy | tt0033804 |