Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Chinatown Roman Polanski
2.
The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola
3.
The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola
4.
Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks
5.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Tobe Hooper
6.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Joseph Sargent
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Films

7.
A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes
8.
Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks
9.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Martin Scorsese
10.
Thieves Like Us Robert Altman
11.
The Traveler
Mossafer
Abbas Kiarostami
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Films

12.
F for Fake
Vérités et mensonges
Orson Welles
13.
Black Christmas Bob Clark
14.
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Céline et Julie vont en bateau
Jacques Rivette
15.
Alice in the Cities
Alice in den Städten
Wim Wenders
16.
Freebie and the Bean Richard Rush
17.
Busting Peter Hyams
18.
Cockfighter
Born to Kill
Monte Hellman
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Films

19.
Dark Star John Carpenter
20.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Angst essen Seele auf
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
21.
Murder on the Orient Express Sidney Lumet
22.
The Night Porter
Il portiere di notte
Liliana Cavani
23.
The Towering Inferno John Guillermin
24.
The Parallax View Alan J. Pakula
25.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah
26.
The Sugarland Express Steven Spielberg
27.
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Michael Cimino
28.
Arabian Nights
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Pier Paolo Pasolini
29.
The Man with the Golden Gun Guy Hamilton
30.
The Cars That Ate Paris Peter Weir
31.
The ODESSA File Ronald Neame
32.
Death Wish Michael Winner
33.
Foxy Brown Jack Hill
34.
Phase IV Saul Bass
35.
The Great Gatsby Jack Clayton
36.
The Tamarind Seed Blake Edwards
37.
The Midnight Man Burt Lancaster and Roland Kibbee
38.
Lenny Bob Fosse
39.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Every Man For Himself and God Against All
Werner Herzog
40.
Deranged
Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile
Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen
41.
The Zebra Killer
Combat Cops
The Get-Man
William Girdler
42.
Street Law
Il cittadino si ribella
Enzo G. Castellari
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Films

43.
Swept Away
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
44.
Female Trouble John Waters
45.
Airport 1975 Jack Smight
46.
Uptown Saturday Night Sidney Poitier
47.
Earthquake Mark Robson
48.
California Split Robert Altman
49.
Messiah of Evil
Dead People
Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck
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Films

50.
The Bank Shot Gower Champion
51.
Zardoz John Boorman
52.
Hangup
Super Dude
Henry Hathaway
53.
Sunday in the Country John Trent
54.
House of Whipcord Pete Walker
55.
The Yakuza Sydney Pollack
56.
Solomon King Jack Bomay and Sal Watts
57.
Appassionata Gianluigi Calderone
58.
Inside Amy
Super Swinging Playmates
Swingers Massacre
Ronald Víctor García
59.
Flesh Gordon Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm
60.
The Groove Tube Ken Shapiro
61.
Caged Heat
Renegade Girls
Jonathan Demme
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Films

62.
Blood Andy Milligan
63.
Emmanuelle Just Jaeckin
64.
Son of Dracula Freddie Francis
Airport 1975 Jack Smight 
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Martin Scorsese 
Alice in the Cities
Alice in den Städten
Wim Wenders 
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Angst essen Seele auf
Rainer Werner Fassbinder 
Appassionata Gianluigi Calderone 
Arabian Nights
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Pier Paolo Pasolini 
A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes 
Black Christmas Bob Clark 
Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks 
Blood Andy Milligan 
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah 
Busting Peter Hyams 
Caged Heat
Renegade Girls
Jonathan Demme 
California Split Robert Altman 
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Céline et Julie vont en bateau
Jacques Rivette 
Chinatown Roman Polanski 
Cockfighter
Born to Kill
Monte Hellman 
Dark Star John Carpenter 
Death Wish Michael Winner 
Deranged
Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile
Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen 
Earthquake Mark Robson 
Emmanuelle Just Jaeckin 
Female Trouble John Waters 
F for Fake
Vérités et mensonges
Orson Welles 
Flesh Gordon Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm 
Foxy Brown Jack Hill 
Freebie and the Bean Richard Rush 
Hangup
Super Dude
Henry Hathaway 
House of Whipcord Pete Walker 
Inside Amy
Super Swinging Playmates
Swingers Massacre
Ronald Víctor García 
Lenny Bob Fosse 
Messiah of Evil
Dead People
Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck 
Murder on the Orient Express Sidney Lumet 
Phase IV Saul Bass 
Solomon King Jack Bomay and Sal Watts 
Son of Dracula Freddie Francis 
Street Law
Il cittadino si ribella
Enzo G. Castellari 
Sunday in the Country John Trent 
Swept Away
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
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The Bank Shot Gower Champion 
The Cars That Ate Paris Peter Weir 
The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola 
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Every Man For Himself and God Against All
Werner Herzog 
The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola 
The Great Gatsby Jack Clayton 
The Groove Tube Ken Shapiro 
The Man with the Golden Gun Guy Hamilton 
The Midnight Man Burt Lancaster and Roland Kibbee 
The Night Porter
Il portiere di notte
Liliana Cavani 
The ODESSA File Ronald Neame 
The Parallax View Alan J. Pakula 
The Sugarland Express Steven Spielberg 
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Joseph Sargent 
The Tamarind Seed Blake Edwards 
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Tobe Hooper 
The Towering Inferno John Guillermin 
The Traveler
Mossafer
Abbas Kiarostami 
The Yakuza Sydney Pollack 
The Zebra Killer
Combat Cops
The Get-Man
William Girdler 
Thieves Like Us Robert Altman 
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Michael Cimino 
Uptown Saturday Night Sidney Poitier 
Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 
Zardoz John Boorman 
Son of Dracula Freddie Francis 03 May 1973
Deranged
Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile
Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen 01 February 1974
Zardoz John Boorman 06 February 1974
Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks 07 February 1974
The Traveler
Mossafer
Abbas Kiarostami 05 March 1974
The Midnight Man Burt Lancaster and Roland Kibbee 16 March 1974
House of Whipcord Pete Walker 28 March 1974
The Great Gatsby Jack Clayton 29 March 1974
Foxy Brown Jack Hill 05 April 1974
The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola 12 April 1974
Busting Peter Hyams 13 April 1974
Alice in the Cities
Alice in den Städten
Wim Wenders 17 May 1974
Thieves Like Us Robert Altman 22 May 1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Michael Cimino 24 May 1974
The Sugarland Express Steven Spielberg 29 May 1974
The Zebra Killer
Combat Cops
The Get-Man
William Girdler 01 June 1974
The Parallax View Alan J. Pakula 19 June 1974
Chinatown Roman Polanski 20 June 1974
Arabian Nights
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Pier Paolo Pasolini 20 June 1974
Appassionata Gianluigi Calderone 21 June 1974
Death Wish Michael Winner 24 July 1974
Uptown Saturday Night Sidney Poitier 26 July 1974
Flesh Gordon Michael Benveniste and Howard Ziehm 30 July 1974
The Bank Shot Gower Champion 31 July 1974
Cockfighter
Born to Kill
Monte Hellman 01 August 1974
California Split Robert Altman 07 August 1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Sam Peckinpah 07 August 1974
The Tamarind Seed Blake Edwards 23 August 1974
Phase IV Saul Bass 01 September 1974
Solomon King Jack Bomay and Sal Watts 01 September 1974
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Céline et Julie vont en bateau
Jacques Rivette 18 September 1974
Inside Amy
Super Swinging Playmates
Swingers Massacre
Ronald Víctor García 20 September 1974
The Night Porter
Il portiere di notte
Liliana Cavani 01 October 1974
The Cars That Ate Paris Peter Weir 10 October 1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Tobe Hooper 11 October 1974
The ODESSA File Ronald Neame 18 October 1974
Airport 1975 Jack Smight 18 October 1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Angst essen Seele auf
Rainer Werner Fassbinder 31 October 1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Every Man For Himself and God Against All
Werner Herzog 01 November 1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Joseph Sargent 14 November 1974
Earthquake Mark Robson 15 November 1974
A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes 18 November 1974
Sunday in the Country John Trent 22 November 1974
Murder on the Orient Express Sidney Lumet 24 November 1974
Emmanuelle Just Jaeckin 03 December 1974
Messiah of Evil
Dead People
Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck 11 December 1974
The Towering Inferno John Guillermin 14 December 1974
Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 15 December 1974
The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola 18 December 1974
The Man with the Golden Gun Guy Hamilton 20 December 1974
Black Christmas Bob Clark 20 December 1974
Freebie and the Bean Richard Rush 25 December 1974
Dark Star John Carpenter 17 January 1975
Lenny Bob Fosse 07 February 1975
F for Fake
Vérités et mensonges
Orson Welles 12 March 1975
The Yakuza Sydney Pollack 19 March 1975
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Martin Scorsese 23 May 1975
The Groove Tube Ken Shapiro 05 June 1975
Caged Heat
Renegade Girls
Jonathan Demme 14 June 1975
Swept Away
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
17 September 1975
Street Law
Il cittadino si ribella
Enzo G. Castellari 13 February 1976
Female Trouble John Waters 15 February 1976
Hangup
Super Dude
Henry Hathaway 19 July 1984
Blood Andy Milligan