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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
The Lives of Others
Das Leben der Anderen Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2.
Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón
3.
Inside Man Spike Lee
4.
Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
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Films

5.
Flannel Pajamas Jeff Lipsky
6.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Iōjima Kara no Tegami Clint Eastwood
7.
The Departed Martin Scorsese
8.
United 93 Paul Greengrass
9.
After the Wedding
Efter brylluppet Susanne Bier
10.
Volver Pedro Almodóvar
11.
Afsaid Jafar Panahi
12.
The Host
Gwoemul Joon-ho Bong
13.
Casino Royale Martin Campbell
14.
The Queen Stephen Frears
15.
Fireworks Wednesday
Chaharshanbe Suri Asghar Farhadi
16.
Half Nelson Ryan Fleck
17.
Blood Diamond Edward Zwick
18.
The Valet
La doublure Francis Veber
19.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Larry Charles
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Films

20.
The Wind that Shakes the Barley Ken Loach
21.
The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald
22.
Red Road Andrea Arnold
23.
Venus Roger Michell
24.
Rescue Dawn Werner Herzog
25.
Slither James Gunn
26.
Snow Cake Marc Evans
27.
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood
28.
Apocalypto Mel Gibson
29.
Clerks II Kevin Smith
30.
Mission: Impossible III J.J. Abrams
31.
This Film Is Not Yet Rated Kirby Dick
32.
An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim
33.
The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro
34.
Ira & Abby Robert Cary
35.
Jesus Camp Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
36.
Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu
37.
The Namesake Mira Nair
38.
The Prestige Christopher Nolan
39.
An Unreasonable Man Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan
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Films

40.
Scoop Woody Allen
41.
Little Children Todd Field
42.
The Holiday Nancy Meyers
43.
Away from Her Sarah Polley
44.
A Prairie Home Companion Robert Altman
45.
Pan's Labyrinth
El laberinto del fauno Guillermo del Toro
46.
Goya's Ghosts Milos Forman
47.
The Dead Girl Karen Moncrieff
48.
As You Like It Kenneth Branagh
49.
The Devil Wears Prada David Frankel
50.
Thank You for Smoking Jason Reitman
51.
The Da Vinci Code Ron Howard
52.
Breaking and Entering Anthony Minghella
53.
Hollywoodland Allen Coulter
54.
Notes on a Scandal Richard Eyre
55.
The Night Listener Patrick Stettner
56.
Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola
57.
Iraq in Fragments James Longley
58.
Disappearances Jay Craven
59.
Dreamgirls Bill Condon
60.
Old Joy Kelly Reichardt
61.
Art School Confidential Terry Zwigoff
62.
It's a Boy Girl Thing Nick Hurran
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Films

63.
Inland Empire David Lynch
Afsaid Jafar Panahi 
After the Wedding
Efter brylluppet Susanne Bier 
An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim 
An Unreasonable Man Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan 
Apocalypto Mel Gibson 
A Prairie Home Companion Robert Altman 
Art School Confidential Terry Zwigoff 
As You Like It Kenneth Branagh 
Away from Her Sarah Polley 
Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu 
Blood Diamond Edward Zwick 
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Larry Charles 
Breaking and Entering Anthony Minghella 
Casino Royale Martin Campbell 
Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón 
Clerks II Kevin Smith 
Disappearances Jay Craven 
Dreamgirls Bill Condon 
Fireworks Wednesday
Chaharshanbe Suri Asghar Farhadi 
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood 
Flannel Pajamas Jeff Lipsky 
Goya's Ghosts Milos Forman 
Half Nelson Ryan Fleck 
Hollywoodland Allen Coulter 
Inland Empire David Lynch 
Inside Man Spike Lee 
Ira & Abby Robert Cary 
Iraq in Fragments James Longley 
It's a Boy Girl Thing Nick Hurran 
Jesus Camp Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady 
Letters from Iwo Jima
Iōjima Kara no Tegami Clint Eastwood 
Little Children Todd Field 
Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 
Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola 
Mission: Impossible III J.J. Abrams 
Notes on a Scandal Richard Eyre 
Old Joy Kelly Reichardt 
Pan's Labyrinth
El laberinto del fauno Guillermo del Toro 
Red Road Andrea Arnold 
Rescue Dawn Werner Herzog 
Scoop Woody Allen 
Slither James Gunn 
Snow Cake Marc Evans 
Thank You for Smoking Jason Reitman 
The Da Vinci Code Ron Howard 
The Dead Girl Karen Moncrieff 
The Departed Martin Scorsese 
The Devil Wears Prada David Frankel 
The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro 
The Holiday Nancy Meyers 
The Host
Gwoemul Joon-ho Bong 
The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald 
The Lives of Others
Das Leben der Anderen Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 
The Namesake Mira Nair 
The Night Listener Patrick Stettner 
The Prestige Christopher Nolan 
The Queen Stephen Frears 
The Valet
La doublure Francis Veber 
The Wind that Shakes the Barley Ken Loach 
This Film Is Not Yet Rated Kirby Dick 
United 93 Paul Greengrass 
Venus Roger Michell 
Volver Pedro Almodóvar 
Flannel Pajamas Jeff Lipsky 22 January 2006
An Unreasonable Man Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan 24 January 2006
Disappearances Jay Craven 01 February 2006
Inside Man Spike Lee 24 March 2006
Slither James Gunn 31 March 2006
Thank You for Smoking Jason Reitman 14 April 2006
United 93 Paul Greengrass 28 April 2006
Mission: Impossible III J.J. Abrams 05 May 2006
Art School Confidential Terry Zwigoff 12 May 2006
The Da Vinci Code Ron Howard 19 May 2006
Afsaid Jafar Panahi 26 May 2006
A Prairie Home Companion Robert Altman 09 June 2006
The Devil Wears Prada David Frankel 30 June 2006
An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim 30 June 2006
Clerks II Kevin Smith 21 July 2006
Scoop Woody Allen 28 July 2006
The Night Listener Patrick Stettner 04 August 2006
Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 18 August 2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated Kirby Dick 01 September 2006
Snow Cake Marc Evans 08 September 2006
Hollywoodland Allen Coulter 08 September 2006
Half Nelson Ryan Fleck 22 September 2006
The Departed Martin Scorsese 06 October 2006
The Prestige Christopher Nolan 20 October 2006
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood 20 October 2006
Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola 20 October 2006
Red Road Andrea Arnold 27 October 2006
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Larry Charles 03 November 2006
Goya's Ghosts Milos Forman 10 November 2006
Breaking and Entering Anthony Minghella 10 November 2006
Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu 10 November 2006
Casino Royale Martin Campbell 17 November 2006
The Queen Stephen Frears 17 November 2006
Blood Diamond Edward Zwick 08 December 2006
Apocalypto Mel Gibson 08 December 2006
The Holiday Nancy Meyers 08 December 2006
The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro 22 December 2006
Jesus Camp Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady 22 December 2006
Dreamgirls Bill Condon 25 December 2006
It's a Boy Girl Thing Nick Hurran 26 December 2006
Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón 05 January 2007
Pan's Labyrinth
El laberinto del fauno Guillermo del Toro 19 January 2007
The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald 19 January 2007
Iraq in Fragments James Longley 19 January 2007
Volver Pedro Almodóvar 26 January 2007
Notes on a Scandal Richard Eyre 26 January 2007
Old Joy Kelly Reichardt 26 January 2007
Letters from Iwo Jima
Iōjima Kara no Tegami Clint Eastwood 02 February 2007
Inland Empire David Lynch 07 February 2007
Little Children Todd Field 09 February 2007
Venus Roger Michell 16 February 2007
The Wind that Shakes the Barley Ken Loach 23 March 2007
The Host
Gwoemul Joon-ho Bong 30 March 2007
The Lives of Others
Das Leben der Anderen Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 30 March 2007
The Namesake Mira Nair 06 April 2007
The Dead Girl Karen Moncrieff 26 April 2007
After the Wedding
Efter brylluppet Susanne Bier 11 May 2007
Away from Her Sarah Polley 25 May 2007
The Valet
La doublure Francis Veber 01 June 2007
Rescue Dawn Werner Herzog 27 July 2007
As You Like It Kenneth Branagh 21 September 2007
Ira & Abby Robert Cary 09 May 2008
Fireworks Wednesday
Chaharshanbe Suri Asghar Farhadi 16 March 2016
Films Not Yet Seen This Year