Spot
|
Year
|
Director
|
Film
|
1
|
1960
|
Masaki Kobayashi
|
Harakiri
|
2
|
1985
|
Elem Klimov
|
Come and See
|
3
|
1957
|
Sidney Lumet
|
12 Angry Men
|
4
|
1954
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
Seven Samurai
|
5
|
1974
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
The Godfather: Part II
|
6
|
2019
|
Bong Joon-Ho
|
Parasite
|
7
|
1963
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
High and Low
|
8
|
1972
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
The Godfather
|
9
|
1994
|
Frank Darabont
|
The Shawshank Redemption
|
10
|
2023
|
Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers
|
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
|
11
|
1961
|
Masaki Kobayashi
|
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer
|
12
|
2000
|
Edward Yang
|
Yi Yi
|
13
|
1993
|
Steven Spielberg
|
Schindler's List
|
14
|
1952
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
Ikiru
|
15
|
2002
|
Fernando Meirelles
|
City of God
|
16
|
1995
|
Mathieu Kassovitz
|
La Haine
|
17
|
1966
|
Sergio Leone
|
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
|
18
|
1985
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
Ran
|
19
|
1991
|
Edward Yang
|
Brighter Summer Day
|
20
|
2003
|
Peter Jackson
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
21
|
1990
|
Martin Scorsese
|
Goodfellas
|
22
|
1997
|
Hideaki Anno
|
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
|
23
|
1959
|
Masaki Kobayashi
|
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
|
24
|
2007
|
Paul Thomas Anderson
|
There Will be Blood
|
25
|
2001
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
Spirited Away
|
26
|
2008
|
Christopher Nolan
|
The Dark Knight
|
27
|
1957
|
Stanley Kubrick
|
Paths of Glory
|
28
|
1979
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Apocalypse Now
|
29
|
2019
|
Celine Sciamma
|
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
|
30
|
1950
|
Billy Wilder
|
Sunset Boulevard
|
31
|
1979
|
Andrei Tarkovsky
|
Stalker
|
32
|
1988
|
Isao Takahata
|
Grave of the Fireflies
|
33
|
2018
|
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
|
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
|
34
|
2014
|
Damien Chazelle
|
Whiplash
|
35
|
1953
|
Yasujirō Ozu
|
Tokyo Story
|
36
|
1928
|
Carl Theodor Dreyer
|
The Passion of Joan of Arc
|
37
|
1960
|
Billy Wilder
|
The Apartment
|
38
|
1964
|
Hiroshi Teshigahara
|
Woman in the Dunes
|
39
|
1966
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
Persona
|
40
|
1988
|
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
Cinema Paradiso
|
41
|
1978
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
Autumn Sonata
|
42
|
2016
|
Park Chan-wook
|
The Handmaiden
|
43
|
1966
|
Andrei Tarkovsky
|
Andrei Rublev
|
44
|
2000
|
Wong Kar-wai
|
In the Mood for Love
|
45
|
1980
|
Irvin Kershner
|
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
|
46
|
2003
|
Bong Joon-Ho
|
Memories of Murder
|
47
|
1984
|
Wim Wenders
|
Paris, Texas
|
48
|
1960
|
Jacques Becker
|
Le Trou
|
49
|
1990
|
Abbas Kiarostami
|
Close-Up
|
50
|
1997
|
Satoshi Kon
|
Perfect Blue
|
51
|
1989
|
Spike Lee
|
Do the Right Thing
|
52
|
2003
|
Park Chan-wook
|
Oldboy
|
53
|
1985
|
Paul Schrader
|
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
|
54
|
1982
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
Fanny and Alexander
|
55
|
1975
|
Stanley Kubrick
|
Barry Lyndon
|
56
|
1968
|
Sergio Leone
|
Once Upon a Time in the West
|
57
|
2010
|
Denis Villeneuve
|
Incendies
|
58
|
1959
|
Masaki Kobayashi
|
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
|
59
|
2012
|
Don Hertzfeldt
|
It's Such a Beautiful Day
|
60
|
1954
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
Rear Window
|
61
|
2002
|
Peter Jackson
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
62
|
1946
|
Frank Capra
|
It's a Wonderful Life
|
63
|
1974
|
John Cassavetes
|
A Woman Under the Influence
|
64
|
1957
|
Mikhail Kalatozov
|
The Cranes Are Flying
|
65
|
2011
|
Asghar Farhadi
|
A Separation
|
66
|
1997
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
Princess Mononoke
|
67
|
2023
|
Christopher Nolan
|
Oppenheimer
|
68
|
1948
|
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
|
The Red Shoes
|
69
|
1966
|
Gillo Pontecorvo
|
The Battle of Algiers
|
70
|
2004
|
Richard Linklater
|
Before Sunset
|
71
|
2001
|
Peter Jackson
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
72
|
1924
|
Buster Keaton
|
Sherlock, Jr.
|
73
|
1975
|
Miloš Forman
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
|
74
|
1954
|
Kenji Mizoguchi
|
Sansho the Bailiff
|
75
|
1982
|
John Carpenter
|
The Thing
|
76
|
1977
|
Larisa Shepitko
|
The Ascent
|
77
|
1962
|
David Lean
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
78
|
1995
|
Richard Linklater
|
Before Sunrise
|
79
|
2022
|
The Daniels
|
Everything Everywhere All at Once
|
80
|
2002
|
Roman Polanski
|
The Pianist
|
81
|
2008
|
Sion Sono
|
Love Exposure
|
82
|
1957
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
The Seventh Seal
|
83
|
1994
|
Béla Tarr
|
Satantango
|
84
|
1975
|
Andrei Tarkovsky
|
Mirror
|
85
|
1974
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
Scenes from a Marriage
|
86
|
1994
|
Krzysztof Kieślowski
|
Three Colours: Red
|
87
|
1931
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
City Lights
|
88
|
1957
|
Federico Fellini
|
Nights of Cabiria
|
89
|
2009
|
Quentin Tarantino
|
Inglourious Basterds
|
90
|
1931
|
Fritz Lang
|
M
|
91
|
1960
|
Alfred Hitchcock
|
Psycho
|
92
|
1991
|
Jonathan Demme
|
The Silence of the Lambs
|
93
|
2007
|
The Coen Brothers
|
|
94
|
1956
|
Robert Bresson
|
A Man Escaped
|
95
|
1968
|
Stanley Kubrick
|
2001: A Space Odyssey
|
96
|
1964
|
Mikhail Kalatozov
|
I Am Cuba
|
97
|
1957
|
Ingmar Bergman
|
Wild Strawberries
|
98
|
1959
|
François Truffaut
|
The 400 Blows
|
99
|
1950
|
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
|
All About Eve
|
100
|
1948
|
Vittorio De Sica
|
Bicycle Thieves
|
101
|
1949
|
Yasujirō Ozu
|
Late Spring
|
102
|
1995
|
David Fincher
|
Se7en
|
103
|
1952
|
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
|
Singin' in the Rain
|
104
|
1987
|
Abbas Kiarostami
|
Where Is the Friend’s House?
|
105
|
2014
|
Xavier Dolan
|
Mommy
|
106
|
1959
|
Satyajit Ray
|
Apur Sansar
|
107
|
1955
|
Carl Theodor Dreyer
|
Ordet
|
108
|
1964
|
Stanley Kubrick
|
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
|
109
|
1984
|
Miloš Forman
|
Amadeus
|
110
|
1969
|
Jean-Pierre Melville
|
Army of Shadows
|
111
|
1998
|
Theo Angelopoulos
|
Eternity and a Day
|
112
|
2006
|
Alfonso Cuarón
|
Children of Men
|
113
|
1957
|
Billy Wilder
|
Witness for the Prosecution
|
114
|
1994
|
Wong Kar-wai
|
Chungking Express
|
115
|
1961
|
Akira Kurosawa
|
Yojimbo
|
116
|
1975
|
Sidney Lumet
|
Dog Day Afternoon
|
117
|
1963
|
Federico Fellini
|
8 1/2
|
118
|
1997
|
Roberto Benigni
|
Life is Beautiful
|
119
|
2018
|
Hu Bo
|
An Elephant Sitting Still
|
120
|
1953
|
Henri-Georges Clouzot
|
The Wages of Fear
|
121
|
1940
|
Charlie Chaplin
|
The Great Dictator
|
122
|
2008
|
Hirokazu Kore-eda
|
Still Walking
|
123
|
2004
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
Howl's Moving Castle
|
124
|
1973
|
Peter Bogdanovich
|
Paper Moon
|
125
|
2004
|
Hirokazu Kore-eda
|
Nobody Knows
|