The 100 Best Edited Films of All Time

Films from the last 10 years have not been included on this list, and will be eligible in future updates when the moratorium has passed.

FilmEditorYear
1. Battleship PotemkinSergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov1925
2. Raging BullThelma Schoonmaker1980
3. The Good, the Bad and the UglyNino Baragli, Eugenio Alabiso1966
4. IntoleranceD.W. Griffith, James Smith, Rose Smith1916
5. The Passion of Joan of ArcMarguerite Beaugé, Carl Theodor Dreyer1928
6. JFKJoe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia1991
7. BreathlessCécile Decugis1960
8. Apocalypse NowRichard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman1979
9. Tokyo StoryYoshiyasu Hamamura1953
10. PsychoGeorge Tomasini1960
11. The Wild BunchLou Lombardo1969
12. Once Upon a Time in the WestNino Baragli1968
13. StrikeSergei Eisenstein1925
14. The Birth of a NationD.W. Griffith, James Smith, Rose Smith1915
15. RashomonAkira Kurosawa1950
16. The Godfather Part IIPeter Zinner, Barry Malkin, Richard Marks1974
17. The French ConnectionGerald B. Greenberg1971
18. Seven SamuraiAkira Kurosawa1954
19. Citizen KaneRobert Wise1941
20. Requiem for a DreamJay Rabinowitz2000
21. Jules and JimClaudine Bouché1962
22. The GodfatherWilliam Reynolds, Peter Zinner1972
23. WhiplashTom Cross2014
24. 2001: A Space OdysseyRay Lovejoy1968
25. PerformanceAntony Gibbs, Brian Smedley-Aston, Frank Mazzola1970
26. Moulin RougeJill Bilcock2001
27. Don’t Look NowGraeme Clifford1973
28. NapoleonMarguerite Beaugé1927
29. InceptionLee Smith2010
30. OctoberSergei Eisenstein1928
31. Lawrence of ArabiaAnne V. Coates1962
32. Chungking ExpressWilliam Chang, Kai Kit-wai, Kwong Chi-Leung1994
33. Rear WindowGeorge Tomasini1954
34. JawsVerna Fields1975
35. Once Upon a Time in AmericaNino Baragli1984
36. StagecoachOtho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer1939
37. Pulp FictionSally Menke1994
38. GoodfellasThelma Schoonmaker1990
39. Run Lola RunMathilde Bonnefoy1998
40. PersonaUlla Ryghe1966
41. Distant Voices, Still LivesWilliam Diver1988
42. Mad Max: Fury RoadMargaret Sixel2015
43. Taxi DriverMarcia Lucas, Tom Rolf, Melvin Shapiro1976
44. Pierrot Le FouFrançoise Collin1965
45. The Tree of LifeHank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa2011
46. The FountainJay Rabinowitz2006
47. The MatrixZach Staenberg1999
48. I Am CubaNina Glagoleva1964
49. We Need to Talk About KevinJoe Bini2011
50. TrainspottingMasahiro Hirakubo1996
51. The Thin Red LineBilly Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein1998
52. CabaretDavid Bretherton1972
53. Bonnie and ClydeDede Allen1967
54. The End of SummerKoichi Iwashita1961
55. 8 1/2Leo Catozzo1963
56. VertigoGeorge Tomasini1958
57. Early SummerYoshiyasu Hamamura1951
58. In the Mood for LoveWilliam Chang2000
59. Do the Right ThingBarry Alexander Brown1989
60. ManhattanSusan E. Morse1979
61. Enter the VoidGaspar Noé, Marc Boucrot, Jérôme Pesnel2009
62. Last Year at MarienbadHenri Colpi, Jasmine Chasney1961
63. The New WorldRichard Chew, Hank Corwin, Saar Klein, Mark Yoshikawa2005
64. Days of HeavenBilly Weber1978
65. Raiders of the Lost ArkMichael Kahn1981
66. Midnight CowboyHugh A. Robertson1969
67. La RoueMarguerite Beaugé1923
68. LennyAlan Heim1974
69. The Man Who Fell to EarthGraeme Clifford1976
70. Reservoir DogsSally Menke1992
71. Late SpringYoshiyasu Hamamura1949
72. Annie HallRalph Rosenblum, Wendy Greene Bricmont1977
73. ShameJoe Walker2011
74. Millennium ActressSatoshi Terauchi2001
75. Hot FuzzChris Dickens2007
76. The Big ShortHank Corwin2015
77. The GrandmasterWilliam Chang2013
78. Saving Private RyanMichael Kahn1998
79. Mulholland DriveMary Sweeney2001
80. The ConversationWalter Murch, Richard Chew1974
81. A Fistful of DollarsRoberto Cinquini1964
82. Easy RiderDonn Cambern1969
83. There Will Be BloodDylan Tichenor2007
84. The MasterPeter McNulty, Leslie Jones2012
85. Mr Smith Goes to WashingtonGene Havlick, Al Clark1939
86. For a Few Dollars MoreEugenio Alabiso, Giorgio Serrallonga, Adriana Novelli1965
87. The Third ManOswald Hafenrichter1949
88. Blow OutPaul Hirsch1981
89. Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldJonathan Amos, Paul Machliss2010
90. RanAkira Kurosawa1985
91. WingsE. Lloyd, Sheldon Lucien Hubbard1927
92. Alexander NevskySergei Eisenstein1938
93. North by NorthwestGeorge Tomasini1959
94. MementoDody Dorn2000
95. MotherVsevolod Pudovkin1926
96. Juliet of the SpiritsRuggero Mastroianni1965
97. CarriePaul Hirsch1976
98. EarthOleksandr Dovzhenko1930
99. The Lord of the RingsJohn Gilbert, Michael J. Horton, Jamie Selkirk2001
100. MagnoliaDylan Tichenor1999
Yoshiyasu Hamamura’s gentle montage editing through ‘pillow shots’ in Tokyo Story (1953).