Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Jackie Brown Quentin Tarantino
2.
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan
3.
The Wings of the Dove Iain Softley
4.
Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson
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Films

5.
Titanic James Cameron
6.
As Good as It Gets James L. Brooks
7.
My Best Friend's Wedding P.J. Hogan
8.
Air Force One Wolfgang Petersen
9.
Affliction Paul Schrader
10.
The Ice Storm Ang Lee
11.
The Full Monty Peter Cattaneo
12.
The Rainmaker Francis Ford Coppola
13.
L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson
14.
Eve's Bayou Kasi Lemmons
15.
The Spanish Prisoner David Mamet
16.
Chasing Amy Kevin Smith
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Films

17.
Good Will Hunting Gus Van Sant
18.
Breakdown Jonathan Mostow
19.
Deconstructing Harry Woody Allen
20.
The Edge Lee Tamahori
21.
The Daytrippers Greg Mottola
22.
Donnie Brasco Mike Newell
23.
Contact Robert Zemeckis
24.
Lost Highway David Lynch
25.
Washington Square Agnieszka Holland
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Films

26.
The Apostle Robert Duvall
27.
Gattaca Andrew Niccol
28.
Alien Resurrection Jean-Pierre Jeunet
29.
Night Falls on Manhattan Sidney Lumet
30.
Career Girls Mike Leigh
31.
Love! Valour! Compassion! Joe Mantello
32.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Clint Eastwood
33.
Absolute Power Clint Eastwood
34.
The Castle
Das Schloß
Michael Haneke
35.
Mrs Brown
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
John Madden
36.
Amistad Steven Spielberg
37.
In the Company of Men Neil LaBute
38.
Open Your Eyes
Abre los ojos
Alejandro Amenábar
39.
Fever Pitch David Evans
40.
Children of Heaven
Bæccähâ-ye âsmân
Majid Majidi
41.
Lawn Dogs John Duigan
42.
Face/Off John Woo
43.
Con Air Simon West
44.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Jay Roach
45.
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion David Mirkin
46.
12 Angry Men William Friedkin
47.
Private Parts Betty Thomas
48.
Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld
49.
Smilla's Sense of Snow Bille August
50.
Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven
51.
Love and Death on Long Island Richard Kwietniowski
52.
G.I. Jane Ridley Scott
53.
Scream 2 Wes Craven
54.
Ulee's Gold Victor Nunez
55.
Lolita Adrian Lyne
56.
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Rajio no jikan
The Time of Radio
Kôki Mitani
57.
My Life in Pink
Ma vie en rose
Alain Berliner
58.
Little Dieter Needs to Fly Werner Herzog
59.
Waiting for Guffman Christopher Guest
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Films

60.
The Game David Fincher
61.
Hoodlum Bill Duke
62.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg
63.
Wag the Dog Barry Levinson
64.
Cop Land James Mangold
65.
Grosse Pointe Blank George Armitage
66.
The Jackal Michael Caton-Jones
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Films

67.
The Devil's Own Alan J. Pakula
68.
She's So Lovely Nick Cassavetes
69.
Hercules Ron Clements and John Musker
70.
Taste of Cherry
Ta'm e guilass
Abbas Kiarostami
71.
Funny Games Michael Haneke
72.
In & Out Frank Oz
73.
Kundun Martin Scorsese
74.
Happy Together
Chun gwong cha sit
Kar Wai Wong
75.
Good Burger Brian Robbins
76.
The Relic Peter Hyams
77.
The Saint Phillip Noyce
78.
Office Killer Cindy Sherman
79.
The Butcher Boy Neil Jordan
80.
The Mirror
Ayneh
Jafar Panahi
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Films

81.
Tomorrow Never Dies Roger Spottiswoode
82.
Hugo Pool
Pool Girl
Robert Downey Sr.
83.
The Fifth Element Luc Besson
84.
Fierce Creatures Fred Schepisi and Robert Young
85.
U Turn Oliver Stone
86.
Batman & Robin Joel Schumacher
12 Angry Men William Friedkin 
Absolute Power Clint Eastwood 
Affliction Paul Schrader 
Air Force One Wolfgang Petersen 
Alien Resurrection Jean-Pierre Jeunet 
Amistad Steven Spielberg 
As Good as It Gets James L. Brooks 
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Jay Roach 
Batman & Robin Joel Schumacher 
Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson 
Breakdown Jonathan Mostow 
Career Girls Mike Leigh 
Chasing Amy Kevin Smith 
Children of Heaven
Bæccähâ-ye âsmân
Majid Majidi 
Con Air Simon West 
Contact Robert Zemeckis 
Cop Land James Mangold 
Deconstructing Harry Woody Allen 
Donnie Brasco Mike Newell 
Eve's Bayou Kasi Lemmons 
Face/Off John Woo 
Fever Pitch David Evans 
Fierce Creatures Fred Schepisi and Robert Young 
Funny Games Michael Haneke 
Gattaca Andrew Niccol 
G.I. Jane Ridley Scott 
Good Burger Brian Robbins 
Good Will Hunting Gus Van Sant 
Grosse Pointe Blank George Armitage 
Happy Together
Chun gwong cha sit
Kar Wai Wong 
Hercules Ron Clements and John Musker 
Hoodlum Bill Duke 
Hugo Pool
Pool Girl
Robert Downey Sr. 
In & Out Frank Oz 
In the Company of Men Neil LaBute 
Jackie Brown Quentin Tarantino 
Kundun Martin Scorsese 
L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson 
Lawn Dogs John Duigan 
Little Dieter Needs to Fly Werner Herzog 
Lolita Adrian Lyne 
Lost Highway David Lynch 
Love and Death on Long Island Richard Kwietniowski 
Love! Valour! Compassion! Joe Mantello 
Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Clint Eastwood 
Mrs Brown
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
John Madden 
My Best Friend's Wedding P.J. Hogan 
My Life in Pink
Ma vie en rose
Alain Berliner 
Night Falls on Manhattan Sidney Lumet 
Office Killer Cindy Sherman 
Open Your Eyes
Abre los ojos
Alejandro Amenábar 
Private Parts Betty Thomas 
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion David Mirkin 
Scream 2 Wes Craven 
She's So Lovely Nick Cassavetes 
Smilla's Sense of Snow Bille August 
Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven 
Taste of Cherry
Ta'm e guilass
Abbas Kiarostami 
The Apostle Robert Duvall 
The Butcher Boy Neil Jordan 
The Castle
Das Schloß
Michael Haneke 
The Daytrippers Greg Mottola 
The Devil's Own Alan J. Pakula 
The Edge Lee Tamahori 
The Fifth Element Luc Besson 
The Full Monty Peter Cattaneo 
The Game David Fincher 
The Ice Storm Ang Lee 
The Jackal Michael Caton-Jones 
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg 
The Mirror
Ayneh
Jafar Panahi 
The Rainmaker Francis Ford Coppola 
The Relic Peter Hyams 
The Saint Phillip Noyce 
The Spanish Prisoner David Mamet 
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan 
The Wings of the Dove Iain Softley 
Titanic James Cameron 
Tomorrow Never Dies Roger Spottiswoode 
Ulee's Gold Victor Nunez 
U Turn Oliver Stone 
Wag the Dog Barry Levinson 
Waiting for Guffman Christopher Guest 
Washington Square Agnieszka Holland 
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Rajio no jikan
The Time of Radio
Kôki Mitani 
The Relic Peter Hyams 10 January 1997
Lost Highway David Lynch 15 January 1997
Fierce Creatures Fred Schepisi and Robert Young 24 January 1997
Waiting for Guffman Christopher Guest 31 January 1997
The Castle
Das Schloß
Michael Haneke 10 February 1997
Absolute Power Clint Eastwood 14 February 1997
Donnie Brasco Mike Newell 28 February 1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow Bille August 28 February 1997
The Daytrippers Greg Mottola 05 March 1997
Private Parts Betty Thomas 07 March 1997
The Devil's Own Alan J. Pakula 26 March 1997
Fever Pitch David Evans 04 April 1997
The Saint Phillip Noyce 04 April 1997
Grosse Pointe Blank George Armitage 11 April 1997
Chasing Amy Kevin Smith 18 April 1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion David Mirkin 25 April 1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Jay Roach 02 May 1997
Breakdown Jonathan Mostow 02 May 1997
The Fifth Element Luc Besson 09 May 1997
Love! Valour! Compassion! Joe Mantello 16 May 1997
Night Falls on Manhattan Sidney Lumet 16 May 1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Steven Spielberg 23 May 1997
Happy Together
Chun gwong cha sit
Kar Wai Wong 30 May 1997
Con Air Simon West 06 June 1997
My Best Friend's Wedding P.J. Hogan 20 June 1997
Batman & Robin Joel Schumacher 20 June 1997
Hercules Ron Clements and John Musker 27 June 1997
Face/Off John Woo 27 June 1997
Men in Black Barry Sonnenfeld 02 July 1997
Contact Robert Zemeckis 11 July 1997
Ulee's Gold Victor Nunez 18 July 1997
Good Burger Brian Robbins 25 July 1997
Air Force One Wolfgang Petersen 25 July 1997
In the Company of Men Neil LaBute 01 August 1997
Career Girls Mike Leigh 08 August 1997
Cop Land James Mangold 15 August 1997
12 Angry Men William Friedkin 17 August 1997
G.I. Jane Ridley Scott 22 August 1997
Hoodlum Bill Duke 27 August 1997
She's So Lovely Nick Cassavetes 29 August 1997
The Game David Fincher 12 September 1997
In & Out Frank Oz 19 September 1997
The Full Monty Peter Cattaneo 19 September 1997
L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson 19 September 1997
The Edge Lee Tamahori 26 September 1997
U Turn Oliver Stone 03 October 1997
Mrs Brown
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
John Madden 03 October 1997
Washington Square Agnieszka Holland 10 October 1997
Gattaca Andrew Niccol 24 October 1997
Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson 31 October 1997
Starship Troopers Paul Verhoeven 07 November 1997
Eve's Bayou Kasi Lemmons 07 November 1997
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Rajio no jikan
The Time of Radio
Kôki Mitani 08 November 1997
The Jackal Michael Caton-Jones 14 November 1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Clint Eastwood 21 November 1997
The Rainmaker Francis Ford Coppola 21 November 1997
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan 21 November 1997
Taste of Cherry
Ta'm e guilass
Abbas Kiarostami 26 November 1997
Alien Resurrection Jean-Pierre Jeunet 26 November 1997
The Ice Storm Ang Lee 26 November 1997
Office Killer Cindy Sherman 03 December 1997
Good Will Hunting Gus Van Sant 05 December 1997
Hugo Pool
Pool Girl
Robert Downey Sr. 12 December 1997
Deconstructing Harry Woody Allen 12 December 1997
Scream 2 Wes Craven 12 December 1997
Open Your Eyes
Abre los ojos
Alejandro Amenábar 19 December 1997
Titanic James Cameron 19 December 1997
Tomorrow Never Dies Roger Spottiswoode 19 December 1997
Amistad Steven Spielberg 25 December 1997
Jackie Brown Quentin Tarantino 25 December 1997
As Good as It Gets James L. Brooks 25 December 1997
My Life in Pink
Ma vie en rose
Alain Berliner 26 December 1997
Wag the Dog Barry Levinson 09 January 1998
Kundun Martin Scorsese 16 January 1998
The Butcher Boy Neil Jordan 20 February 1998
The Apostle Robert Duvall 20 February 1998
Love and Death on Long Island Richard Kwietniowski 06 March 1998
Funny Games Michael Haneke 11 March 1998
The Wings of the Dove Iain Softley 13 March 1998
Lawn Dogs John Duigan 15 May 1998
The Spanish Prisoner David Mamet 15 May 1998
Lolita Adrian Lyne 25 September 1998
Little Dieter Needs to Fly Werner Herzog 02 October 1998
The Mirror
Ayneh
Jafar Panahi 25 November 1998
Children of Heaven
Bæccähâ-ye âsmân
Majid Majidi 22 January 1999
Affliction Paul Schrader 19 February 1999