1. L’Argent Robert Bresson, 1983
2. Gertrud Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964
3. F for Fake Orson Welles, 1975
4. An Autumn Afternoon Yasujiro Ozu, 1962
5. Lola Montès Max Ophuls, 1955
6. Yi Yi Edward Yang, 2000
7. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse Fritz Lang, 1960
8. Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick, 1999
9. Love Streams John Cassavetes, 1984
10. Street of Shame Kenji Mizoguchi, 1956
11. Ivan the Terrible Part II Sergei Eisenstein, 1946
12. Tabu F.W. Murnau, 1931
13. Salo Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975
14. A Prairie Home Companion Robert Altman, 2006
15. The Dead John Huston, 1987
16. Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone, 1984
17. Lilith Robert Rossen, 1964
18. Cluny Brown Ernst Lubitsch, 1946
19. Un Flic Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972
20. Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk, 1959
21. That Obscure Object of Desire Luis Buñuel, 1977
22. Moolaadé Ousmane Sembene, 2004
23. A Passage to India David Lean, 1984
24. The Saga of Anatahan Josef von Sternberg, 1953
25. Le Trou Jacques Becker, 1960
26. My Little Loves Jean Eustache, 1974
27. The Little Theater of Jean Renoir Jean Renoir, 1970
28. Play Dirty André De Toth, 1969
29. Querelle Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982
30. Three Colors: Red Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994
31. …All the Marbles Robert Aldrich, 1981
32. Blue Derek Jarman, 1993
33. The Man in the Moon Robert Mulligan, 1991
34. The Messiah Roberto Rossellini, 1975
35. Paprika Satoshi Kon, 2006
37. Scattered Clouds Mikio Naruse, 1967
38. 7 Women John Ford, 1966
39. Terror in a Texas Town Joseph H. Lewis, 1958
40. Age of Consent Michael Powell, 1969
41. Family Plot Alfred Hitchcock, 1976
42. Le Garçu Maurice Pialat, 1995
43. The Romance of Astrea and Celadon Eric Rohmer, 2007
44. Saraband Ingmar Bergman, 2003
45. Sleuth Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1972
46. Star 80 Bob Fosse, 1983
47. Testament of Orpheus Jean Cocteau, 1960
48. The Visitor Satyajit Ray, 1991
49. The Ascent Larisa Shepitko, 1977
50. The Human Factor Otto Preminger, 1979
Poll Participants: Thom Andersen, Chris Chang, Richard Combs, David Ehrenstein, Larry Gross, Haden Guest, Kent Jones, Laura Kern, Nathan Lee, Todd McCarthy, Mark McElhatten, Mark Olsen, Nicolas Rapold, Gavin Smith, Chuck Stephens, Amy Taubin, David Thompson
