Decade – Scene by Green

The Best Films of the 2020s Decade (so far)

Last updated 24 September, 2023.

1. Oppenheimer	Christopher Nolan	2023
2. Tár	Todd Field	2022
3. The French Dispatch	Wes Anderson	2021
4. Decision to Leave	Park Chan-wook	2022
5. The Green Knight	David Lowery	2021
6. Babylon	Damien Chazelle	2022
7. I’m Thinking of Ending Things	Charlie Kaufman	2020
8. The Tragedy of Macbeth	Joel Coen	2021
9. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths	Alejandro Iñárritu	2022
10. Dune	Denis Villeneuve	2021
11. Asteroid City	Wes Anderson	2023
12. Everything Everywhere All at Once	The Daniels	2022
13. John Wick: Chapter 4	Chad Stahelski	2023
14. The Card Counter	Paul Schrader	2021
15. The Batman	Matt Reeves	2022
16. Nomadland	Chloé Zhao	2020
17. Mank	David Fincher	2020
18. Beau is Afraid	Ari Aster	2023
19. The Underground Railroad	Barry Jenkins	2021
20. Avatar: The Way of Water	James Cameron	2022
21. Small Axe	Steve McQueen	2020
22. The Northman	Robert Eggers	2022
23. Spencer	Pablo Larraín	2021
24. Promising Young Woman	Emerald Fennell	2020
25. Copenhagen Cowboy	Nicolas Winding Refn	2022
26. Pieces of a Woman	Kornél Mundruczó	2020
27. Blonde	Andrew Dominik	2022
28. Nightmare Alley	Guillermo del Toro	2021
29. C’mon C’mon	Mike Mills	2021
30. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Joaquim Dos, Santos Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson	2023
31. The Hand of God	Paolo Sorrentino	2021
32. The Power of the Dog	Jane Campion	2021
33. West Side Story	Steven Spielberg	2021
34. A Hero	Asghar Farhadi	2021
35. After Yang	Kogonada	2021
36. Belfast	Kenneth Branagh	2021
37. The Banshees of Inisherin	Martin McDonagh	2022
38. All Quiet on the Western Front	Edward Berger	2022
39. Tenet	Christopher Nolan	2020
40. Memoria	Apichatpong Weerasethakul	2021
41. Passing	Rebecca Hall	2021
42. Last Night in Soho	Edgar Wright	2021
43. Elvis	Baz Luhrmann	2022
44. The Worst Person in the World	Joachim Trier	2021
45. The Father	Florian Zeller	2020
46. Licorice Pizza	Paul Thomas Anderson	2021
47. Men	Alex Garland	2022
48. Possessor	Brandon Cronenberg	2020
49. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio	Guillermo del Toro	2022
50. The Wonder	Sebastián Lelio	2022

The French Dispatch *(Wes Anderson, 2021)*

The Best Films of the 2010s Decade

1. The Tree of Life	Terrence Malick	2011
2. Roma	Alfonso Cuarón	2018
3. Dunkirk	Christopher Nolan	2017
4. The Turin Horse	Béla Tarr	2011
5. The Master	Paul Thomas Anderson	2012
6. The Revenant	Alejandro Iñárritu	2015
7. La La Land	Damien Chazelle	2016
8. Birdman	Alejandro Iñárritu	2014
9. Cold War	Paweł Pawlikowski	2018
10. Mad Max: Fury Road	George Miller	2015
11. The Grand Budapest Hotel	Wes Anderson	2014
12. Vitalina Varela	Pedro Costa	2019
13. Ida	Paweł Pawlikowski	2013
14. The Social Network	David Fincher	2010
15. Inception	Christopher Nolan	2010
16. The Favourite	Yorgos Lanthimos	2018
17. Inside Llewyn Davis	The Coen Brothers	2013
18. Midsommar	Ari Aster	2019
19. Melancholia	Lars von Trier	2011
20. Moonlight	Barry Jenkins	2016
21. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Quentin Tarantino	2019
22. Black Swan	Darren Aronofsky	2010
23. About Endlessness	Roy Andersson	2012
24. Moonrise Kingdom	Wes Anderson	2016
25. Parasite	Bong Joon-ho	2019
26. Shame	Steve McQueen	2011
27. Ad Astra	James Gray	2019
28. Blade Runner 2049	Denis Villeneuve	2019
29. Columbus	Kogonada	2017
30. The Irishman	Martin Scorsese	2019
31. Burning	Lee Chang-dong	2018
32. Waves	Trey Edward Shults	2019
33. Phantom Thread	Paul Thomas Anderson	2017
34. Whiplash	Damien Chazelle	2014
35. First Reformed	Paul Schrader	2017
36. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	Roy Andersson	2014
37. A Hidden Life	Terrence Malick	2019
38. 1917	Sam Mendes	2019
39. We Need to Talk About Kevin	Lynne Ramsey	2011
40. Mr. Turner	Mike Leigh	2014
41. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives	Apichatpong Weerasetkul	2010
42. Enemy	Denis Villeneuve	2013
43. Gravity	Alfonso Cuarón	2013
44. Paterson	Jim Jarmusch	2016
45. Little Women	Greta Gerwig	2019
46. Marriage Story	Noah Baumbach	2019
47. Hereditary	Ari Aster	2018
48. Holy Motors	Leos Carax	2012
49. Son of Saul	László Nemes	2015
50. The Great Beauty	Paolo Sorrentino	2013
51. 12 Years a Slave	Steve McQueen	2013
52. Call Me By Your Name	Luca Guadagnino	2017
53. Good Time	The Safdie Brothers	2017
54. Django Unchained	Quentin Tarantino	2012
55. Only God Forgives	Nicolas Winding Refn	2013
56. Certified Copy	Abbas Kiarostami	2010
57. Drive	Nicolas Winding Refn	2011
58. The Dark Knight Rises	Christopher Nolan	2012
59. The Neon Demon	Nicolas Winding Refn	2016
60. Mommy	Xavier Dolan	2014
61. Victoria	Sebastian Schipper	2015
62. The Assassin	Hou Hsiao-hsien	2015
63. The Lighthouse	Robert Eggers	2019
64. The Shape of Water	Guillermo del Toro	2017
65. Laurence Anyways	Xavier Dolan	2012
66. Widows	Steve McQueen	2018
67. Climax	Gaspar Noé	2018
68. The Grandmaster	Wong Kar-wai	2013
69. Gone Girl	David Fincher	2014
70. Before Midnight	Richard Linklater	2013
71. Spring Breakers	Harmony Korine	2012
72. Blue Valentine	Derek Cianfrance	2010
73. Under the Skin	Jonathan Glazer	2013
74. The Ghost Writer	Roman Polanski	2010
75. Boyhood	Richard Linklater	2014
76. Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Céline Sciamma	2019
77. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman	2018
78. The Lobster	Yorgos Lanthimos	2015
79. Interstellar	Christopher Nolan	2014
80. Carol	Todd Haynes	2015
81. Only Lovers Left Alive	Jim Jarmusch	2013
82. Swallow	Carlo Mirabella-Davis	2019
83. Jackie	Pablo Larraín	2016
84. A Separation	Asghar Farhadi	2011
85. Frances Ha	Greta Gerwig	2012
86. Tale of Tales	Matteo Garrone	2015
87. If Beale Street Could Talk	Barry Jenkins	2018
88. The Deep Blue Sea	Terence Davies	2011
89. Skyfall	Sam Mendes	2012
90. Her	Spike Jonze	2013
91. You Were Never Really Here	Lynne Ramsey	2017
92. The Souvenir	Joanna Hogg	2019
93. Nightcrawler	Dan Gilroy	2014
94. Shutter Island	Martin Scorsese	2010
95. Submarine	Richard Ayoade	2010
96. Sunset Song	Terence Davies	2015
97. Sicario	Denis Villeneuve	2015
98. The Big Short	Adam McKay	2015
99. The Immigrant	James Gray	2013
100. Get Out	Jordan Peele	2017

The Revenant *(Alejandro Iñárritu, 2015)*

The Best Films of the 2000s Decade

1. In the Mood for Love	Wong Kar-wai	2000
2. There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson	2007
3. Children of Men	Alfonso Cuarón	2006
4. Werckmeister Harmonies	Béla Tarr	2000
5. Mulholland Drive	David Lynch	2001
6. Hero	Zhang Yimou	2002
7. Yi Yi	Edward Yang	2000
8. Lost in Translation	Sofia Coppola	2003
9. The New World	Terrence Malick	2005
10. Punch-Drunk Love	Paul Thomas Anderson	2002
11. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Andrew Dominik	2007
12. 2046	Wong Kar-wai	2004
13. The Royal Tenenbaums	Wes Anderson	2001
14. The White Ribbon	Michael Haneke	2009
15. Syndromes and a Century	Apichatpong Weerasethakul	2006
16. The Lord of the Rings	Peter Jackson	2001-03
17. Kill Bill	Quentin Tarantino	2003-04
18. Dancer in the Dark	Lars von Trier	2000
19. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance	Park Chan-wook	2002
20. Caché	Michael Haneke	2005
21. Requiem for a Dream	Darren Aronofsky	2000
22. Irreversible	Gaspar Noé	2002
23. Inglourious Basterds	Quentin Tarantino	2009
24. Zodiac	David Fincher	2007
25. No Country For Old Men	The Coen Brothers	2007
26. The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan	2008
27. Atonement	Joe Wright	2007
28. Pan’s Labyrinth	Guillermo del Toro	2006
29. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Michel Gondry	2004
30. Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann	2001
31. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days	Cristian Mungiu	2007
32. Before Sunset	Richard Linklater	2004
33. Memento	Christopher Nolan	2000
34. Amores Perros	Alejandro Iñárritu	2000
35. The Aviator	Martin Scorsese	2004
36. The Departed	Martin Scorsese	2006
37. A History of Violence	David Cronenberg	2005
38. Spirited Away	Hiyao Miyazaki	2001
39. Platform	Jia Zhangke	2000
40. Amelie	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	2001
41. The Fountain	Darren Aronofsky	2006
42. Valhalla Rising	Nicolas Winding Refn	2009
43. Synecdoche, New York	Charlie Kaufman	2008
44. You, The Living	Roy Andersson	2007
45. Enter the Void	Gaspar Noé	2009
46. Marie Antoinette	Sofia Coppola	2006
47. Hunger	Steve McQueen	2008
48. Fantastic Mr. Fox	Wes Anderson	2009
49. The Piano Teacher	Michael Haneke	2001
50. Antichrist	Lars von Trier	2009
51. Avatar	James Cameron	2009
52. Code Unknown	Michael Haneke	2000
53. Lady Vengeance	Park Chan-wook	2005
54. Bad Education	Pedro Almodóvar	2004
55. I Killed My Mother	Xavier Dolan	2009
56. WALL-E	Andrew Stanton	2008
57. Still Life	Jia Zhangke	2006
58. Talk to Her	Pedro Almodóvar	2002
59. Million Dollar Baby	Clint Eastwood	2004
60. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Ang Lee	2000
61. Oldboy	Park Chan-wook	2003
62. A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Steven Spielberg	2001
63. Dogtooth	Yorgos Lanthimos	2009
64. American Psycho	Mary Harron	2000
65. Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee	2005
66. Far From Heaven	Todd Haynes	2002
67. 25th Hour	Spike Lee	2002
68. Wendy and Lucy	Kelly Reichhardt	2008
69. The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow	2008
70. Donnie Darko	Richard Kelly	2001
71. Pride and Prejudice	Joe Wright	2005
72. Millennium Actress	Satoshi Kon	2001
73. Match Point	Woody Allen	2005
74. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	David Fincher	2008
75. Polytechnique	Denis Villeneuve	2009
76. Hot Fuzz	Edgar Wright	2007
77. Dogville	Lars von Trier	2003
78. Gangs of New York	Martin Scorsese	2002
79. Russian Ark	Alexander Sokurov	2002
80. The World	Jia Zhangke	2004
81. Mother	Bong Joon-ho	2009
82. Babel	Alejandro Iñárritu	2006
83. Reprise	Joachim Trier	2006
84. Gladiator	Ridley Scott	2000
85. Sweeney Todd	Tim Burton	2007
86. The Squid and the Whale	Noah Baumbach	2005
87. Casino Royale	Martin Campbell	2006
88. Let the Right One In	Tomas Alredson	2008
89. The Prestige	Christopher Nolan	2006
90. 24 Hour Party People	Michael Winterbottom	2002
91. Into The Wild	Sean Penn	2007
92. Eastern Promises	David Cronenberg	2007
93. Shaun of the Dead	Edgar Wright	2004
94. A Prophet	Jacques Audiard	2009
95. Collateral	Michael Mann	2004
96. Inland Empire	David Lynch	2006
97. Panic Room	David Fincher	2002
98. The Incredibles	Brad Bird	2004
99. Adaptation	Spike Jonze	2002
100. Saraband	Ingmar Bergman	2003

The Best Films of the 1990s Decade

1. Pulp Fiction	Quentin Tarantino	1994
2. Goodfellas	Martin Scorsese	1990
3. Breaking the Waves	Lars von Trier	1996
4. Chungking Express	Wong Kar-wai	1994
5. The Thin Red Line	Terrence Malick	1998
6. Sátántangó	Béla Tarr	1994
7. Magnolia	Paul Thomas Anderson	1999
8. A Brighter Summer Day	Edward Yang	1991
9. Boogie Nights	Paul Thomas Anderson	1997
10. The Double Life of Veronique	Krzysztof Kieslowski	1991
11. JFK	Oliver Stone	1991
12. Dead Man	Jim Jarmusch	1995
13. Heat	Michael Mann	1995
14. Fargo	The Coen Brothers	1996
15. Three Colours: Blue	Krzysztof Kieslowski	1993
16. Naked	Mike Leigh	1993
17. Three Colours: Red	Krzysztof Kieslowski	1994
18. Malcolm X	Spike Lee	1992
19. Schindler’s List	Steven Spielberg	1993
20. Flowers of Shanghai	Hou Hsiao-hsien	1998
21. The Big Lebowski	The Coen Brothers	1998
22. Fight Club	David Fincher	1999
23. The Age of Innocence	Martin Scorsese	1993
24. The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme	1991
25. Unforgiven	Clint Eastwood	1992
26. Rushmore	Wes Anderson	1998
27. Lost Highway	David Lynch	1997
28. Casino	Martin Scorsese	1995
29. Seven	David Fincher	1995
30. Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg	1998
31. Days of Being Wild	Wong Kar-wai	1990
32. Reservoir Dogs	Quentin Tarantino	1992
33. The Piano	Jane Campion	1993
34. Run Lola Run	Tom Tykwer	1998
35. The Matrix	The Wachowskis	1999
36. Lovers on the Bridge	Leos Carax	1991
37. A Taste of Cherry	Abbas Kiarostami	1997
38. 12 Monkeys	Terry Gilliam	1995
39. La Haine	Mathieu Kassovitz	1995
40. Trainspotting	Danny Boyle	1996
41. Out of Sight	Steven Soderbergh	1998
42. Fallen Angels	Wong Kar-wai	1995
43. American Beauty	Sam Mendes	1999
44. Orlando	Sally Potter	1992
45. Three Colours: White	Krzysztof Kieslowski	1994
46. Terminator 2: Judgment Day	James Cameron	1991
47. Happy Together	Wong Kar-wai	1997
48. The English Patient	Anthony Minghella	1996
49. L.A. Confidental	Curtis Hanson	1997
50. Groundhog Day	Harold Ramis	1993
51. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me	David Lynch	1992
52. The Usual Suspects	Bryan Singer	1995
53. Funny Games	Michael Haneke	1997
54. Delicatessen	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	1991
55. Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis	1994
56. Being John Malkovich	Spike Jonze	1999
57. The Fisher King	Terry Gilliam	1991
58. The Shawshank Redemption	Frank Darabont	1994
59. Safe	Todd Haynes	1995
60. The Lion King	Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff	1994
61. Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg	1993
62. Titanic	James Cameron	1997
63. The Virgin Suicides	Sofia Coppola	1999
64. Bad Lieutenant	Abel Ferrara	1992
65. Carlito’s Way	Brian de Palma	1993
66. Husbands and Wives	Woody Allen	1992
67. Slacker	Richard Linklater	1991
68. Pi	Darren Aronofsky	1998
69. Before Sunrise	Richard Linklater	1995
70. The Player	Robert Altman	1992
71. Howard’s End	James Ivory	1992
72. Europa	Lars von Trier	1991
73. Ed Wood	Tim Burton	1994
74. My Own Private Idaho	Ridley Scott	1991
75. Dances With Wolves	Kevin Costner	1990
76. Good Will Hunting	Gus van Sant	1997
77. Topsy-Turvy	Mike Leigh	1999
78. Ratcatcher	Lynne Ramsay	1999
79. All About My Mother	Pedro Almodóvar	1999
80. A Little Princess	Alfonso Cuarón	1995
81. King of New York	Abel Ferrara	1990
82. Light Sleeper	Paul Schrader	1992
83. Dazed and Confused	Richard Linklater	1993
84. Sleepy Hollow	Tim Burton	1999
85. Philadelphia	Jonathan Demme	1993
86. Ghost in the Shell	Mamoru Oshii	1995
87. Election	Alexander Payne	1999
88. Total Recall	Paul Verhoeven	1990
89. Romeo + Juliet	Baz Luhrmann	1996
90. Toy Story	John Lasseter	1995
91. Thelma and Louise	Gus van Sant	1991
92. The Truman Show	Peter Weir	1998
93. La Promesse	The Dardenne Brothers	1996
94. Jackie Brown	Quentin Tarantino	1997
95. The Fugitive	Andrew Davis	1993
96. Bound	The Wachowskis	1996
97. Xiao Wu	Jia Zhangke	1997
98. The Godfather: Part III	Francis Ford Coppola	1990
99. Dreams	Akira Kurosawa	1990
100. Beauty and the Beast	Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise	1991

The Thin Red Line *(Terrence Malick, 1998)*

The Best Films of the 1980s Decade

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

The Best Films of the 1970s Decade

1. Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola	1979
2. Stalker	Andrei Tarkovsky	1979
3. The Godfather	Francis Ford Coppola	1972
4. Taxi Driver	Martin Scorsese	1976
5. The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola	1974
6. Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick	1975
7. Days of Heaven	Terrence Malick	1978
8. A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick	1971
9. Cries and Whispers	Ingmar Bergman	1972
10. The Conformist	Bernardo Bertolucci	1970
11. Mirror	Andrei Tarkovsky	1975
12. Aguirre, Wrath of God	Werner Herzog	1972
13. Annie Hall	Woody Allen	1977
14. Manhattan	Woody Allen	1979
15. Nashville	Robert Altman	1975
16. Chinatown	Roman Polanski	1974
17. The Deer Hunter	Michael Cimino	1978
18. The French Connection	William Friedkin	1971
19. Don’t Look Now	Nicolas Roeg	1973
20. McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Robert Altman	1971
21. Autumn Sonata	Ingmar Bergman	1978
22. Jaws	Steven Spielberg	1975
23. Suspiria	Dario Argento	1977
24. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	Luis Buñuel	1972
25. The Exorcist	William Friedkin	1973
26. Performance	Nicolas Roeg	1970
27. Alien	Ridley Scott	1979
28. The Conversation	Francis Ford Coppola	1974
29. Mean Streets	Martin Scorsese	1973
30. 1900	Bernardo Bertolucci	1976
31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	Miloš Forman	1975
32. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	1974
33. Star Wars	George Lucas	1977
34. A Woman Under the Influence	John Cassavetes	1974
35. Network	Sidney Lumet	1976
36. MAS*H	Robert Altman	1970
37. The Parallax View	Alan J. Pakula	1974
38. The Long Goodbye	Robert Altman	1973
39. Carnal Knowledge	Mike Nichols	1971
40. Dog Day Afternoon	Sidney Lumet	1975
41. Solaris	Andrei Tarkovsky	1972
42. Badlands	Terrence Malick	1973
43. The Holy Mountain	Alejandro Jodorowsky	1973
44. The Man Who Fell to Earth	Nicolas Roeg	1976
45. Eraserhead	David Lynch	1977
46. All the President’s Men	Alan J. Pakula	1976
47. Cabaret	Bob Fosse	1972
48. Le Cercle Rouge	Jean-Pierre Melville	1970
49. Death in Venice	Luchino Visconti	1971
50. Scenes from a Marriage	Ingmar Bergman	1973
51. Lenny	Bob Fosse	1974
52. Face to Face	Ingmar Bergman	1976
53. Patton	Franklin J. Schaffner	1970
54. The Sting	George Roy Hill	1973
55. Five Easy Pieces	Bob Rafelson	1970
56. Deliverance	John Boorman	1971
57. Halloween	John Carpenter	1978
58. Harold and Maude	Hal Ashby	1971
59. The Last Picture Show	Peter Bogdanovich	1971
60. Ludwig	Luchino Visconti	1973
61. 3 Women	Robert Altman	1977
62. Nosferatu the Vampyre	Werner Herzog	1979
63. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Tobe Hooper	1974
64. Duelle	Jacques Rivette	1976
65. Day For Night	François Truffaut	1973
66. Love and Death	Woody Allen	1975
67. American Graffiti	George Lucas	1973
68. El Topo	Alejandro Jodorowsky	1970
69. Klute	Alan J. Pakula	1971
70. Tristana	Luis Bunuel	1970
71. The Man Who Would Be King	John Huston	1975
72. Husbands	John Cassavetes	1970
73. Life of Brian	Terry Jones	1979
74. The Last Detail	Hal Ashby	1973
75. California Split	Robert Altman	1974
76. Deep End	Jerzy Skoliomowski	1970
77. Being There	Hal Ashby	1979
78. Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones	1975
79. The Wickerman	Robin Hardy	1973
80. Rocky	John G. Avildsen	1976

The Best Films of the 1960s Decade

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey	Stanley Kubrick	1968
2. 8 1/2	Federico Fellini	1963
3. Lawrence of Arabia	David Lean	1962
4. La Dolce Vita	Federico Fellini	1960
5. Persona	Ingmar Bergman	1966
6. Breathless	Jean-Luc Godard	1960
7. Last Year at Marienbad	Alain Resnais	1961
8. High and Low	Akira Kurosawa	1963
9. I Am Cuba	Mikhail Kalatozov	1965
10. Psycho	Alfred Hitchcock	1960
11. Andrei Rublev	Andrei Tarkovsky	1966
12. Jules and Jim	François Truffaut	1962
13. Pierrot le Fou	Jean-Luc Godard	1965
14. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly	Sergio Leone	1966
15. L’Avventura	Michelangelo Antonioni	1960
16. Once Upon a Time in the West	Sergio Leone	1968
17. The Leopard	Luchino Visconti	1963
18. The Trial	Orson Welles	1962
19. Rocco and His Brothers	Luchino Visconti	1960
20. The Wild Bunch	Sam Peckinpah	1969
21. Gertrud	Carl Theodor Dreyer	1964
22. Contempt	Jean-Luc Godard	1963
23. L’Eclisse	Michelangelo Antonioni	1962
24. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Jacques Demy	1964
25. Shoot the Piano Player	François Truffaut	1960
26. Rosemary’s Baby	Roman Polanski	1968
27. Winter Light	Ingmar Bergman	1963
28. Playtime	Jacques Tati	1967
29. Chimes at Midnight	Orson Welles	1965
30. The Graduate	Mike Nichols	1967
31. Viridiana	Luis Buñuel	1961
32. Point Blank	John Boorman	1967
33. Harakiri	Masaki Kobayashi	1962
34. The Virgin Spring	Ingmar Bergman	1960
35. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	John Ford	1962
36. Le Samouraï	Jean-Pierre Melville	1967
37. Dr. Strangelove	Stanley Kubrick	1964
38. Yojimbo	Akira Kurosawa	1961
39. Bonnie and Clyde	Arthur Penn	1967
40. La Notte	Michelangelo Antonioni	1961
41. The Silence	Ingmar Bergman	1963
42. Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger	1969
43. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	George Roy Hill	1969
44. Alphaville	Jean-Luc Godard	1965
45. West Side Story	Robert Wise	1961
46. Cleo from 5 to 7	Agnès Varda	1962
47. Peeping Tom	Michael Powell	1960
48. The Apartment	Billy Wilder	1960
49. Army of Shadows	Jean-Pierre Melville	1969
50. Easy Rider	Dennis Hopper	1969
51. Cool Hand Luke	Stuart Rosenberg	1967
52. The Servant	Joseph Losey	1963
53. Hour of the Wolf	Ingmar Bergman	1968
54. A Woman is a Woman	Jean-Luc Godard	1961
55. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors	Sergei Parajanov	1964
56. The Birds	Alfred Hitchcock	1963
57. The Haunting	Robert Wise	1963
58. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Mike Nichols	1966
59. Ivan’s Childhood	Andrei Tarkovsky	1962
60. The Young Girls of Rochefort	Jacques Demy	1967
61. My Fair Lady	George Cukor	1964
62. Vivre sa Vie	Jean-Luc Godard	1962
63. The Manchurian Candidate	John Frankenheimer	1962
64. The Battle of Algiers	Gillo Pontecorvo	1966
65. Kes	Ken Loach	1969
66. Lola	Jacques Demy	1961
67. Shame	Ingmar Bergman	1968
68. My Night at Maud’s	Eric Rohmer	1969
69. Bande à Part	Jean-Luc Godard	1964
70. Marnie	Alfred Hitchcock	1964
71. The Color of Pomegranates	Sergei Parajanov	1969
72. The Damned	Luchino Visconti	1969
73. Au Hasard Balthasar	Robert Bresson	1966
74. All These Women	Ingmar Bergman	1964
75. Night of the Living Dead	George A. Romero	1968
76. The Great Silence	Sergio Corbucci	1968
77. Seconds	John Frankenheimer	1966
78. The Hustler	Robert Rossen	1961
79. Spartacus	Stanley Kubrick	1960
80. Charade	Stanley Donen	1963
81. Hud	Martin Ritt	1963
82. Blood and Black Lace	Mario Bava	1964
83. Through a Glass Darkly	Ingmar Bergman	1961
84. Funny Girl	William Wyler	1968
85. To Kill a Mockingbird	Robert Mulligan	1962
86. Goldfinger	Guy Hamilton	1964
87. Ride the High Country	Sam Peckinpah	1962
88. If….	Lindsay Anderson	1968
89. Mary Poppins	Robert Stevenson	1964
90. In the Heat of the Night	Norman Jewison	1967
91. Splendor in the Grass	Elia Kazan	1961
92. The Sound of Music	Robert Wise	1965
93. The Producers	Mel Brooks	1967
94. The Passion of Anna	Ingmar Bergman	1969
95. La Chinoise	Jean-Luc Godard	1967
96. Planet of the Apes	Franklin J. Schaffner	1968
97. Made in USA	Jean-Luc Godard	1966
98. A Hard Day’s Night	Richard Lester	1964
99. Black Girl	Ousmene Sembène	1966
100. Fando and Lis	Alejandro Jodorowsky	1968

The Best Films of the 1950s Decade

1. Vertigo	Alfred Hitchcock	1958
2. Tokyo Story	Yasujirō Ozu	1953
3. The Searchers	John Ford	1956
4. Seven Samurai	Akira Kurosawa	1954
5. Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa	1950
6. The Seventh Seal	Ingmar Bergman	1957
7. Touch of Evil	Orson Welles	1958
8. Ikiru	Akira Kurosawa	1952
9. Rear Window	Alfred Hitchcock	1954
10. The 400 Blows	François Truffaut	1959
11. The Human Condition	Masaki Kobayashi	1959-61
12. Early Summer	Yasujirō Ozu	1951
13. Paths of Glory	Stanley Kubrick	1957
14. Lola Montès	Max Ophüls	1955
15. Umberto D.	Vittorio de Sica	1952
16. Sunset Boulevard	Billy Wilder	1950
17. North by Northwest	Alfred Hitchcock	1959
18. Hiroshima Mon Amour	Alain Resnais	1959
19. Singin’ in the Rain	Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly	1952
20. Le Plaisir	Max Ophüls	1952
21. Sweet Smell of Success	Alexander Mackendrick	1957
22. Written on the Wind	Douglas Sirk	1956
23. All That Heaven Allows	Douglas Sirk	1955
24. The Bridge on the River Kwai	David Lean	1957
25. Johnny Guitar	Nicholas Ray	1954
26. Imitation of Life	Douglas Sirk	1959
27. Pickpocket	Robert Bresson	1959
28. The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton	1955
29. Mon Oncle	Jacques Tati	1958
30. The Band Wagon	Vincente Minnelli	1953
31. Strangers on a Train	Alfred Hitchcock	1951
32. Ordet	Carl Theodor Dreyer	1955
33. High Noon	Fred Zinnemann	1952
34. Rio Bravo	Howard Hawks	1959
35. Wild Strawberries	Ingmar Bergman	1957
36. Pyaasa	Guru Dutt	1957
37. Man of the West	Anthony Mann	1958
38. Shane	George Stevens	1953
39. Anatomy of a Murder	Otto Preminger	1959
40. On the Waterfront	Eliza Kazan	1954
41. Some Like it Hot	Billy Wilder	1959
42. Ben-Hur	William Wyler	1959
43. A Streetcar Named Desire	Elia Kazan	1951
44. In a Lonely Place	Nicholas Ray	1950
45. 12 Angry Men	Sidney Lumet	1957
46. Detective Story	William Wyler	1951
47. Track of the Cat	William A. Wellman	1954
48. Pickup on South Street	Samuel Fuller	1953
49. Nights of Cabiria	Federico Fellini	1957
50. The Man With the Golden Arm	Otto Preminger	1955
51. A Star is Born	A Star is Born	1954
52. Night and the City	Jules Dassin	1950
53. The Asphalt Jungle	John Huston	1950
54. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday	Jacques Tati	1953
55. Gun Crazy	Joseph H. Lewis	1950
56. Rebel Without a Cause	Nicholas Ray	1955
57. Bob le Flambeur	Jean-Pierre Melville	1956
58. Kaagaz Ke Phool	Guru Dutt	1959
59. All About Eve	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	1950
60. Forty Guns	Samuel Fuller	1957
61. Sawdust and Tinsel	Ingmar Bergman	1953
62. A Place in the Sun	George Stevens	1951
63. Stalag 17	Billy Wilder	1953
64. Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa	1957
65. The Naked Spur	Anthony Mann	1953
66. Bad Day at Black Rock	John Sturges	1955
67. Summer with Monika	Ingmar Bergman	1953
68. An American in Paris	Vincente Minnelli	1951
69. Smiles of a Summer Night	Ingmar Bergman	1955
70. The Killing	Stanley Kubrick	1956
71. Ace in the Hole	Billy Wilder	1951
72. Magnificent Obsession	Douglas Sirk	1954
73. The African Queen	John Huston	1951
74. Dreams	Ingmar Bergman	1955
75. Aar Paar	Guru Dutt	1954
76. Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Don Siegel	1956
77. The Man From Laramie	Anthony Mann	1955
78. Sabrina	Billy Wilder	1954
79. Roman Holiday	William Wyler	1953
80. From Here to Eternity	Fred Zinnemann	1953

The Best Films of the 1940s Decade

1. Citizen Kane	Orson Welles	1941
2. Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio de Sica	1948
3. The Third Man	Carol Reed	1949
4. Casablanca	Michael Curtiz	1942
5. The Magnificent Ambersons	Orson Welles	1942
6. It’s a Wonderful Life	Frank Capra	1946
7. Rome, Open City	Roberto Rossellini	1945
8. Children of Paradise	Marcel Carne	1945
9. The Red Shoes	Michael Powell	1948
10. The Big Sleep	Howard Hawks	1946
11. Double Indemnity	Billy Wilder	1944
12. Black Narcissus	Michael Powell	1947
13. Notorious	Alfred Hitchcock	1946
14. A Matter of Life and Death	Michael Powell	1946
15. The Grapes of Wrath	John Ford	1940
16. Red River	Howard Hawks	1948
17. Laura	Otto Preminger	1944
18. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	Michael Powell	1943
19. Germany Year Zero	Roberto Rossellini	1948
20. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	John Huston	1948
21. Late Spring	Yasujirō Ozu	1949
22. White Heat	Raoul Walsh	1949
23. Out of the Past	Jacques Tourneur	1947
24. The Maltese Falcon	John Huston	1941
25. Pinocchio	Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske	1940
26. How Green Was My Valley	John Ford	1941
27. The Killers	Robert Siodmak	1946
28. His Girl Friday	Howard Hawks	1940
29. The Best Years of Our Lives	Willam Wyler	1946
30. Letter From an Unknown Woman	Max Ophüls	1948
31. Rope	Alfred Hitchcock	1948
32. The Lady Eve	Preston Sturges	1941
33. Rebecca	Alfred Hitchcock	1940
34. Scarlet Street	Fritz Lang	1945
35. Shadow of a Doubt	Alfred Hitchcock	1943
36. Sullivan’s Travels	Preston Sturges	1941
37. The Palm Beach Story	Preston Sturges	1942
38. Meet Me in St Louis	Vincente Minnelli	1944
39. Unfaithfully Yours	Preston Sturges	1948
40. Fallen Angel	Otto Preminger	1945
41. The Lady From Shanghai	Orson Welles	1947
42. The Shop Around the Corner	Ernst Lubitsch	1940
43. The Philadelphia Story	George Cukor	1940
44. To Be or Not To Be	Ernst Lubitsch	1942
45. Yankee Doodle Dandy	Michael Curtiz	1942
46. They Live By Night	Nicholas Ray	1948
47. The Fallen Idol	Carol Reed	1948
48. Cat People	Jacques Torneur	1942
49. The Lost Weekend	Billy Wilder	1945
50. The Woman in the Window	Fritz Lang	1944
51. Bambi	David Hand	1942
52. The Ox-Bow Incident	William A. Wellman	1943
53. The Miracle of Morgan Creek	Preston Sturges	1944
54. Gentleman Jim	Raoul Walsh	1942
55. The Postman Always Rings Twice	Tay Garnett	1946
56. The Thief of Baghdad	Michael Powell	1940
57. Arsenic and Old Lace	Frank Capra	1944
58. Fantasia	Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen, David D. Hand, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe, T. Hee, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson	1940
59. They Drive By Night	Raoul Walsh	1940
60. Miracle on 34th Street	George Seaton	1947

Bicycle Thieves *(Vittorio de Sica, 1948)*

The Best Films of the 1930s Decade

1. The Rules of the Game	Jean Renoir	1939
2. Grand Illusion	Jean Renoir	1937
3. Gone with the Wind	Victor Fleming	1939
4. The Wizard of Oz	Victor Fleming	1939
5. Stagecoach	John Ford	1939
6. M	Fritz Lang	1931
7. The Blue Angel	Josef von Sternberg	1930
8. City Lights	Charlie Chaplin	1931
9. Modern Times	Charlie Chaplin	1936
10. The Scarlet Empress	Josef von Sternberg	1934
11. It Happened One Night	Frank Capra	1934
12. Love Me Tonight	Rouben Mamoulian	1932
13. Bringing Up Baby	Howard Hawks	1938
14. Morocco	Josef von Sternberg	1930
15. The Bride of Frankenstein	James Whale	1935
16. Trouble in Paradise	Ernst Lubitsch	1932
17. Scarface	Howard Hawks	1932
18. Mr Smith Goes to Washington	Frank Capra	1939
19. The 39 Steps	Alfred Hitchcock	1935
20. King Kong	Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack	1933
21. Le Jour se Leve	Marcel Carne	1939
22. Lost Horizon	Frank Capra	1937
23. Frankenstein	James Whale	1931
24. You Only Live Once	Fritz Lang	1937
25. Island of Lost Souls	Erle C. Kenton	1932
26. Shanghai Express	Josef von Sternberg	1932
27. Wuthering Heights	William Wyler	1939
28. A Day in the Country	Jean Renoir	1936
29. The Devil is a Woman	Josef von Sternberg	1935
30. Port of Shadows	Marcel Carne	1938
31. Duck Soup	Leo McCarey	1933
32. Young Mr Lincoln	John Ford	1939
33. Blonde Venus	Josef von Sternberg	1932
34. Top Hat	Mark Sandrich	1935
35. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang	Mervyn LeRoy	1932
36. A Farewell to Arms	Frank Borzage	1932
37. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	David Hand	1937
38. Manhattan Melodrama	W.S. van Dyke	1934
39. Dracula	Tod Browning	1931
40. Little Women	George Cukor	1933
41. Boudu Saved From Drowning	Jean Renoir	1932
42. The Black Cat	Edgar G. Ulmer	1934
43. A Night at the Opera	Sam Wood	1935
44. Swing Time	George Stevens	1936
45. The Thin Man	W.S. van Dyke	1934
46. Ninotchka	Ernst Lubitsch	1939
47. Holiday	George Cukor	1938
48. The Invisible Man	James Whale	1933
49. Dishonored	Josef von Sternberg	1931
50. Twentieth Century	Howard Hawks	1934