| Score | Title | Director | Year |
| 100 | |||
| 99 | Punch-Drunk Love* | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2002 |
| 98 | |||
| 97 | |||
| 96 | Rushmore* | Wes Anderson | 1998 |
| 95 | |||
| 94 | Black Christmas | Bob Clark | 1974 |
| 93 | |||
| 92 | |||
| 91 | |||
| 90 | Before Sunrise* |
Richard Linklater | 1995 |
| 89 | |||
| 88 | The Hospital | Arthur Hiller | 1971 |
| 87 | Jackie Brown* Mean Streets* |
Quentin Tarantino Martin Scorsese |
1997 1973 |
| 86 | Bowling for Columbine* | Michael Moore | 2002 |
| 85 | Joe Versus the Volcano* | John Patrick Shanley | 1990 |
| 84 | Big Trouble* The Changeling Dazed and Confused* I Walk the Line |
John Cassavetes Peter Medak Richard Linklater John Frankenheimer |
1985 1980 1993 1970 |
| 83 | Blue Collar Chinatown* Paper Moon |
Paul Schrader Roman Polanski Peter Bogdanovich |
1978 1974 1973 |
| 82 | The Shop Around the Corner | Ernst Lubitsch | 1940 |
| 81 | Casablanca* Miller's Crossing* My Life |
Michael Curtiz Joel [and Ethan] Coen Bruce Joel Rubin |
1942 1990 1993 |
| 80 | Affliction* They Live Time Indefinite |
Paul Schrader John Carpenter Ross McElwee |
1998 1988 1993 |
| 79 | Alien*: Director's Cut Bad Day at Black Rock Going in Style Le Corbeau Home Movie* |
Ridley Scott John Sturges Martin Brest Henri-Georges Clouzot Chris Smith |
1979 1955 1979 1943 2002 |
| 78 | The King of Marvin Gardens Roger & Me* Seconds Shadows and Fog |
Bob Rafelson Michael Moore John Frankenheimer Woody Allen |
1972 1989 1966 1992 |
| 77 | The Bad News Bears Death Becomes Her Lessons of Darkness Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of... When a Man Loves a Woman |
Michael Ritchie Robert Zemeckis Werner Herzog Errol Morris Luis Mandoki |
1976 1992 1992 1999 1994 |
| 76 | Pickup on South Street Praise |
Samuel Fuller John Curran |
1953 2000 |
| 75 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers Kurt & Courtney Loving |
Don Siegel Nick Broomfield Irvin Kershner |
1956 1998 1970 |
| 74 | Alien³: Special Edition Five Easy Pieces* Flirting with Disaster* The Professor Saturday Night Fever Tender Mercies |
David Fincher Bob Rafelson David O. Russell Valerio Zurlini John Badham Bruce Beresford |
1992 1970 1996 1974 1977 1983 |
| 73 | The Band Wagon Ghostbusters* |
Vincente Minnelli Ivan Reitman |
1953 1984 |
| 72 | After Dark, My Sweet Made* Nobody's Fool Time After Time Twilight* |
James Foley Jon Favreau Robert Benton Nicholas Meyer Robert Benton |
1990 2001 1994 1979 1998 |
| 71 | Heavy Love and Death on Long Island* On the Town |
James Mangold Richard Kwietniowski Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly |
1996 1998 1949 |
| 70 | Afterglow The Cincinnati Kid Office Space Trouble in Paradise |
Alan Rudolph Norman Jewison Mike Judge Ernst Lubitsch |
1997 1965 1999 1932 |
| 69 | The Hired Hand To Live and Die in L.A. Midnight Run |
Peter Fonda William Friedkin Martin Brest |
1971 1985 1988 |
| 68 | The Gypsy Moths | John Frankenheimer | 1969 |
| 67 | The Bicycle Thief* Heathers Stay Hungry |
Vittorio De Sica Michael Lehmann Bob Rafelson |
1948 1989 1976 |
| 66 | The Big Sleep Raising Arizona* Rounders* |
Howard Hawks Joel [and Ethan] Coen John Dahl |
1945 1987 1998 |
| 65 | The Asphalt Jungle At Close Range Notting Hill* The Pledge* The Train Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern The Trouble With Harry |
John Huston James Foley Roger Michell Sean Penn John Frankenheimer Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan Alfred Hitchcock |
1950 1986 1999 2001 1964 1997 1955 |
| 64 | The Emperor's New Groove Empire Records: Remix! Special Fan... Ginger Snaps Monument Ave. Targets |
Mark Dindal Allan Moyle John Fawcett Ted Demme Peter Bogdanovich |
2000 1995 2001 1998 1968 |
| 63 | Beautiful Girls Charlie's Angels* The Dead Zone Flirting James Dean The Purple Rose of Cairo* Slums of Beverly Hills |
Ted Demme McG David Cronenberg John Duigan Mark Rydell Woody Allen Tamara Jenkins |
1996 2000 1983 1990 2001 1985 1998 |
| 62 | Babe* The Border Casualties of War The Hunger The Manchurian Candidate Popeye The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
Chris Noonan Tony Richardson Brian De Palma Tony Scott John Frankenheimer Robert Altman Jacques Demy |
1995 1982 1989 1983 1962 1980 1964 |
| 61 | Any Number Can Win Babe: Pig in the City* Christine Little Murders The Tenant |
Henri Verneuil George Miller John Carpenter Alan Arkin Roman Polanski |
1963 1998 1983 1971 1976 |
| 60 | Fat City | John Huston | 1972 |
| 59 | Blood Simple [2000 ed.]* Compulsion Married to the Mob |
Joel [and Ethan] Coen Richard Fleischer Jonathan Demme |
1985 1959 1988 |
| 58 | Brother's Keeper Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam 'R Xmas |
Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Nick Broomfield Abel Ferrara |
1992 1996 2002 |
| 57 | The Breakfast Club* In the Mood for Love WarGames |
John Hughes Wong Kar-Wai John Badham |
1985 2001 1983 |
| 56 | Beetlejuice The Hudsucker Proxy* Lorenzo's Oil Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Things Change Vision Quest |
Tim Burton Joel [and Ethan] Coen George Miller Tim Burton David Mamet Harold Becker |
1988 1994 1992 1985 1988 1985 |
| 55 | The 'burbs Jane Eyre |
Joe Dante Robert Stevenson |
1989 1944 |
| 54 | Dawn of the Dead Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 |
George A. Romero Shunya Ito |
1978 1972 |
| 53 | Cluny Brown Fresh Hearts and Minds Kicking and Screaming Ms. 45 Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy What's Up, Doc? |
Ernst Lubitsch Boaz Yakin Peter Davis Noah Baumbach Abel Ferrara Scott J. Gill Peter Bogdanovich |
1946 1994 1974 1995 1981 2001 1972 |
| 52 | It's Always Fair Weather One-Armed Swordsman Touchez pas au grisbi White Oleander |
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly Zhang Che Jacques Becker Peter Kosminsky |
1967 1955 1953 2002 |
| 51 | Eyes Without a Face Ruby in Paradise |
Georges Franju Victor Nunez |
1959 1993 |
| 50 | Dead of Night The Great Santini His Girl Friday The Prowler The Right Stuff Wadd: The Life & Times of John... |
Cavalcanti, Dearden, Hamer, Crichton Lewis John Carlino Howard Hawks Joseph Losey Philip Kaufman Cass Paley |
1945 1979 1940 1951 1983 2001 |
| 49 | The Chamber The Long Kiss Goodnight* Monster in a Box |
James Foley Renny Harlin Nick Broomfield |
1996 1996 1992 |
| 48 | Macao The Merry Widow |
Josef von Sternberg Ernst Lubitsch |
1952 1934 |
| 47 | The Day of the Dolphin Grosse Pointe Blank* Hero Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Love Affair Vagabond |
Mike Nichols George Armitage Stephen Frears Steven Spielberg Leo McCarey Agnès Varda |
1973 1997 1992 1984 1939 1985 |
| 46 | 48HRS. Creepshow Play Dirty Repo Man To Be or Not to Be |
Walter Hill George A. Romero Andre de Toth Alex Cox Ernst Lubitsch |
1982 1982 1968 1984 1942 |
| 45 | Desert Fury Fear The Howling Nightmare Alley Obsession Sick: The Life & Death of Bob... |
Lewis Allen James Foley Joe Dante Edmund Goulding Brian De Palma Kirby Dick |
1947 1996 1981 1947 1976 1997 |
| 44 | Billy Bathgate Can't Hardly Wait Ninotchka Tremors The Witches* |
Robert Benton Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan Ernst Lubitsch Ron Underwood Nicolas Roeg |
1991 1998 1939 1990 1990 |
| 43 | The Big Chill The Black Angel Blind Chance Burden of Dreams Eureka Gremlins 2: The New Batch Small Soldiers |
Lawrence Kasdan Jean-Claude Brisseau Krzysztof Kieslowski Les Blank Nicolas Roeg Joe Dante Joe Dante |
1983 1994 1982 1982 1984 1990 1998 |
| 42 | L'Atalante A Christmas Story* Crazy Mama Kiss Me Kate The Magnificent Ambersons Sans Soleil White Men Can't Jump |
Jean Vigo Bob Clark Jonathan Demme George Sidney Orson Welles Chris Marker Ron Shelton |
1934 1983 1975 1953 1942 1982 1992 |
| 41 | Alphaville Les Créatures The Hard Way Henry Fool Model Shop The Shanghai Gesture |
Jean-Luc Godard Agnès Varda John Badham Hal Hartley Jacques Demy Josef von Sternberg |
1965 1966 1991 1998 1969 1941 |
| 40 | The Battle of Algiers The Kids Are Alright Miracle Mile Purple Noon |
Gillo Pontecorvo Jeff Stein Steve De Jarnatt René Clément |
1965 1979 1989 1960 |
| 39 | Godzilla [uncut] Shallow Hal |
Ishiro Honda Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly |
1954 2001 |
| 38 | An American in Paris Demon Seed Splash Un Flic |
Vincente Minnelli Donald Cammell Ron Howard Jean-Pierre Melville |
1951 1977 1984 1972 |
| 37 | Ashes of Time Tightrope |
Wong Kar-Wai Richard Tuggle |
1994 1984 |
| 36 | Revenge | Tony Scott | 1990 |
| 35 | Smiles of a Summer Night | Ingmar Bergman | 1955 |
| 34 | Au hasard Balthazar I Vitelloni |
Robert Bresson Federico Fellini |
1966 1953 |
| 33 | Town & Country | Peter Chelsom | 2001 |
| 32 | Cutter's Way The Rookie |
Ivan Passer Clint Eastwood |
1981 1990 |
| 31 | Addicted to Love | Griffin Dunne | 1997 |
| 30 | |||
| 29 | The Age of Innocence Once Upon a Time in the West |
Martin Scorsese Sergio Leone |
1993 1969 |
| 28 | The Adventures of Robin Hood Duck, You Sucker |
Michael Curtiz, William Keighley Sergio Leone |
1938 1972 |
| 27 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God Runaway Train |
Werner Herzog Andrei Konchalovsky |
1972 1985 |
| 26 | A Fistful of Dollars | Sergio Leone | 1964 |
| 25 | |||
| 24 | |||
| 23 | The Big Night One from the heart |
Joseph Losey Francis Ford Coppola |
1953 1982 |
| 22 | Trick | Jim Fall | 1999 |
| 21 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Michael Lehmann | 1996 |
| 20 | |||
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| 16 | |||
| 15 | |||
| 14 | Private Duty Nurses | George Armitage | 1971 |
| 13 | |||
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| 11 | |||
| 10 | |||
| 9 | The Family Man | Brett Ratner | 2000 |
| 8 | |||
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| 0 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Tobe Hooper | 1974 |