| 1. Blade Runner | Ridley Scott | 1982 |
| 2. Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | 1980 |
| 3. Nostalghia | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1983 |
| 4. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Peter Greenaway | 1989 |
| 5. Fanny and Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | 1982 |
| 6. The Shining | Stanley Kubrick | 1980 |
| 7. Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 |
| 8. Brazil | Terry Gilliam | 1985 |
| 9. Heaven’s Gate | Michael Cimino | 1980 |
| 10. Blue Velvet | David Lynch | 1986 |
| 11. Ran | Akira Kurosawa | 1985 |
| 12. A Short Film About Killing | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1988 |
| 13. Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1989 |
| 14. Once Upon a Time in America | Sergio Leone | 1984 |
| 15. Fitzcarraldo | Werner Herzog | 1982 |
| 16. Distant Voices, Still Lives | Terence Davies | 1988 |
| 17. Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | 1988 |
| 18. The Empire Strikes Back | Irvin Kershner | 1980 |
| 19. A Zed and Two Noughts | Peter Greenaway | 1985 |
| 20. The Sacrifice | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1986 |
| 21. Amadeus | Miloš Forman | 1984 |
| 22. Raiders of the Lost Ark | Steven Spielberg | 1981 |
| 23. Blow Out | Brian de Palma | 1981 |
| 24. Hannah and Her Sisters | Woody Allen | 1986 |
| 25. Mon Oncle d’Amerique | Alain Resnais | 1980 |
| 26. Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis | 1985 |
| 27. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader | 1985 |
| 28. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Pedro Almodóvar | 1988 |
| 29. Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch | 1984 |
| 30. Stardust Memories | Woody Allen | 1980 |
| 31. Thief | Michael Mann | 1981 |
| 32. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | 1982 |
| 33. Blood Simple | The Coen Brothers | 1984 |
| 34. Crimes and Misdemeanours | Woody Allen | 1989 |
| 35. The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci | 1987 |
| 36. Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen | 1984 |
| 37. Videodrome | David Cronenberg | 1983 |
| 38. The Elephant Man | David Lynch | 1980 |
| 39. Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | 1987 |
| 40. Manhunter | Michael Mann | 1986 |
| 41. The Fly | David Cronenberg | 1986 |
| 42. Reds | Warren Beatty | 1981 |
| 43. The Thing | John Carpenter | 1982 |
| 44. Scarface | Brian De Palma | 1983 |
| 45. Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Robert Zemeckis | 1988 |
| 46. Come and See | Elem Klimov | 1985 |
| 47. Platoon | Oliver Stone | 1986 |
| 48. Die Hard | John McTiernan | 1988 |
| 49. Damnation | Béla Tarr | 1988 |
| 50. Aliens | James Cameron | 1986 |
| 51. Body Heat | Lawrence Kasdan | 1981 |
| 52. The Terminator | James Cameron | 1984 |
| 53. The King of Comedy | Martin Scorsese | 1982 |
| 54. Dressed to Kill | Brian De Palma | 1980 |
| 55. Withnail and I | Bruce Robinson | 1987 |
| 56. The Untouchables | Brian De Palma | 1987 |
| 57. The Draughtsman’s Contract | Peter Greenaway | 1982 |
| 58. My Dinner with Andre | Louis Malle | 1981 |
| 59. Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | 1984 |
| 60. Batman | Tim Burton | 1989 |
| 61. Mauvais Sang | Leos Carax | 1986 |
| 62. Body Double | Brian de Palma | 1984 |
| 63. After Hours | Martin Scorsese | 1985 |
| 64. Francisca | Manoel de Oliveira | 1981 |
| 65. My Neighbour Totoro | Hayao Miyazaki | 1988 |
| 66. A Short Film About Love | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1988 |
| 67. The Dead | John Huston | 1987 |
| 68. The Right Stuff | Philip Kaufman | 1983 |
| 69. Something Wild | Jonathan Demme | 1986 |
| 70. Raising Arizona | The Coen Brothers | 1987 |
| 71. The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen | 1985 |
| 72. Drugstore Cowboy | Gus Van Sant | 1989 |
| 73. Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo | 1988 |
| 74. Sophie’s Choice | Alan J. Pakula | 1982 |
| 75. When Harry Met Sally | Rob Reiner | 1989 |
| 76. Escape From New York | John Carpenter | 1981 |
| 77. As Tears Go By | Wong Kar-wai | 1988 |
| 78. White Dog | Samuel Fuller | 1982 |
| 79. The Breakfast Club | John Hughes | 1985 |
| 80. Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | 1982 |
