Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Steve McQueen
2.
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
3.
Jason Osder
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Films

4.
Alfonso Cuarón
5.
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
6.
Zal Batmanglij
7.
Paul Greengrass
8.
Denis Villeneuve
9.
Destin Cretton
10.
James Ward Byrkit
11.
J.C. Chandor
12.
Marc Forster
13.
Her
Spike Jonze
14.
Agnieszka Holland
15.
Margarethe von Trotta
16.
Ryan Coogler
17.
18.
Jill Soloway
19.
Alexander Payne
21.
Asghar Farhadi
23.
Jean-Marc Vallée
24.
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Films

25.
James Gray
26.
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
27.
Hany Abu-Assad
29.
James Ponsoldt
30.
Alexandre Moors
31.
Joe Swanberg
32.
Yuval Adler
33.
Richard Linklater
34.
James Wan
35.
Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
36.
Derek Cianfrance
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Films

37.
The Great Beauty
La grande bellezza
Paolo Sorrentino
38.
Jehane Noujaim
39.
Woody Allen
40.
Chiemi Karasawa
41.
Ritesh Batra
42.
Stephen Frears
43.
Scott Cooper
44.
45.
Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson
46.
Tsai Ming-liang
47.
Lake Bell
48.
David O. Russell
49.
Maggie Carey
50.
Lee Daniels
51.
Ron Howard
53.
54.
Kim Jee-Woon
55.
Michael McGowan
56.
57.
Roger Michell
58.
My Name Is Hmmm...
My Name is Hmmm...
Agnès B.
59.
John Krokidas
60.
Nicole Holofcener
61.
Emmanuelle Bercot
62.
Morgan Neville
63.
Treva Wurmfeld
64.
Alex van Warmerdam
65.
Greg 'Freddy' Camalier
66.
68.
Eliza Hittman
69.
Jim Jarmusch
70.
John Lee Hancock
71.
Paul Feig
72.
73.
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
74.
Felix Van Groeningen
75.
John Sayles
77.
Pit Stop Yen Tan
78.
Sebastián Cordero
79.
Jacob Kornbluth
80.
Rick Rowley
81.
Claire Denis
82.
Stacie Passon
83.
Sebastián Lelio
84.
Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens
85.
Jug Face Chad Crawford Kinkle
86.
Andrew Bujalski
87.
Alex Gibney
88.
Brad Anderson
89.
Zak Knutson and Joey Figueroa
90.
Abuse of Weakness
Abus de faiblesse
Catherine Breillat
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Films

91.
Martin Scorsese
92.
Neil Jordan
93.
Mikael Håfström
94.
Joseph Kosinski
95.
Ridley Scott
96.
Adore
Adoration
Two Mothers
Anne Fontaine
97.
Steven Soderbergh
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Films

98.
99.
Carlo Carlei
100.
Richard Curtis
101.
Chan-wook Park
102.
Shane Carruth
103.
Baz Luhrmann
104.
Gia Coppola
105.
Jonathan Demme
106.
Arie Posin
107.
Ralph Fiennes
108.
James Franco
109.
Andrés Muschietti
110.
Behind the Candelabra Steven Soderbergh
111.
113.
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
114.
Sofia Coppola
115.
Stuart Blumberg
116.
We Are What We Are Jim Mickle
118.
Joon-ho Bong
120.
Lars von Trier
121.
Ari Folman
122.
123.
Edgar Wright
125.
Ruairi Robinson
126.
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel
127.
John Crowley
128.
Guillermo del Toro
129.
130.
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Brian Helgeland
131.
Stu Zicherman
132.
Katie Aselton
133.
Gavin Hood
134.
Luc Besson
135.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts
136.
Danny Boyle
137.
Shane Black
138.
Rawson Marshall Thurber
139.
Nicolas Winding Refn
140.
Jealousy
Jealousy
Philippe Garrel
141.
142.
Louis Leterrier
143.
Jon S. Baird
144.
Kimberly Peirce
145.
Justin Zackham
146.
Big Ass Spider! Mike Mendez
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Films

148.
Jon Turteltaub
149.
Jerusha Hess
150.
Neill Blomkamp
151.
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
152.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
153.
154.
Paul Schrader
155.
Randy Moore
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Films

156.
Zack Snyder
Steve McQueen 
42
Brian Helgeland 
Richard Curtis 
Abuse of Weakness
Abus de faiblesse
Catherine Breillat 
Stu Zicherman 
Adore
Adoration
Two Mothers
Anne Fontaine 
Jill Soloway 
John Moore 
David Lowery 
Declan Lowney 
J.C. Chandor 
Jonathan Demme 
David O. Russell 
Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson 
Zhangke Jia 
John Wells 
Jerusha Hess 
Claire Denis 
Richard Linklater 
Behind the Candelabra Steven Soderbergh 
Yuval Adler 
Big Ass Spider! Mike Mendez 
Gabriela Cowperthwaite 
Katie Aselton 
Alexandre Moors 
Abdellatif Kechiche 
Woody Allen 
Alex van Warmerdam 
Agnieszka Holland 
Neil Jordan 
Paul Greengrass 
Kimberly Peirce 
James Franco 
John Crowley 
James Ward Byrkit 
Andrew Bujalski 
Stacie Passon 
Ritesh Batra 
Jean-Marc Vallée 
Rick Rowley 
Joseph Gordon-Levitt 
Joe Swanberg 
Chiemi Karasawa 
Neill Blomkamp 
Gavin Hood 
Nicole Holofcener 
Randy Moore 
Mikael Håfström 
Sebastián Cordero 
Jon S. Baird 
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee 
Ryan Coogler 
Sebastián Lelio 
John Sayles 
Alfonso Cuarón 
Margarethe von Trotta 
Christian Vincent 
Her
Spike Jonze 
Pedro Almodóvar 
Lake Bell 
Jacob Kornbluth 
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
Shane Black 
Eliza Hittman 
Jealousy
Jealousy
Philippe Garrel 
François Ozon 
Arnaud Desplechin 
Jug Face Chad Crawford Kinkle 
John Krokidas 
Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens 
Jon Turteltaub 
Jason Osder 
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel 
Roger Michell 
Hirokazu Koreeda 
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman 
Andrés Muschietti 
Justin Chadwick 
Zack Snyder 
Zak Knutson and Joey Figueroa 
Greg 'Freddy' Camalier 
My Name Is Hmmm...
My Name is Hmmm...
Agnès B. 
Alexander Payne 
Louis Leterrier 
Lars von Trier 
Joseph Kosinski 
Hany Abu-Assad 
Nicolas Winding Refn 
Jim Jarmusch 
Emmanuelle Bercot 
Scott Cooper 
Sam Raimi 
Guillermo del Toro 
Gia Coppola 
Stephen Frears 
Pit Stop Yen Tan 
Denis Villeneuve 
Carlo Carlei 
Ron Howard 
John Lee Hancock 
Treva Wurmfeld 
Destin Cretton 
Steven Soderbergh 
Joon-ho Bong 
J.J. Abrams 
Michael McGowan 
Chan-wook Park 
Alain Guiraudie 
Tsai Ming-liang 
Stuart Blumberg 
Alex Gibney 
Justin Zackham 
Sofia Coppola 
Felix Van Groeningen 
Lee Daniels 
Brad Anderson 
Paul Schrader 
Ari Folman 
James Wan 
Ridley Scott 
Alejandro Jodorowsky 
Zal Batmanglij 
Arie Posin 
Luc Besson 
The Great Beauty
La grande bellezza
Paolo Sorrentino 
Baz Luhrmann 
Paul Feig 
Peter Jackson 
Francis Lawrence 
James Gray 
Don Scardino 
Ralph Fiennes 
Jordan Vogt-Roberts 
Ruairi Robinson 
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland 
Kim Jee-Woon 
Asghar Farhadi 
Derek Cianfrance 
Ben Stiller 
James Ponsoldt 
Jehane Noujaim 
Maggie Carey 
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash 
Hayao Miyazaki 
Martin Scorsese 
Edgar Wright 
Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen 
Danny Boyle 
Morgan Neville 
Shane Carruth 
Roman Polanski 
Lukas Moodysson 
We Are What We Are Jim Mickle 
Rawson Marshall Thurber 
Marc Forster 
Christian Vincent 19 September 2012
Felix Van Groeningen 10 October 2012
Treva Wurmfeld 11 October 2012
Margarethe von Trotta 10 January 2013
Andrés Muschietti 18 January 2013
Kim Jee-Woon 18 January 2013
Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson 21 January 2013
Pit Stop Yen Tan 21 January 2013
Stu Zicherman 23 January 2013
Agnieszka Holland 27 January 2013
Steven Soderbergh 08 February 2013
John Moore 14 February 2013
Chan-wook Park 01 March 2013
Sam Raimi 08 March 2013
Pedro Almodóvar 08 March 2013
John Sayles 11 March 2013
Brad Anderson 15 March 2013
Don Scardino 15 March 2013
Danny Boyle 27 March 2013
Adore
Adoration
Two Mothers
Anne Fontaine 03 April 2013
42
Brian Helgeland 12 April 2013
Joseph Kosinski 19 April 2013
Derek Cianfrance 19 April 2013
Justin Zackham 26 April 2013
Shane Black 03 May 2013
Sebastián Lelio 09 May 2013
Baz Luhrmann 10 May 2013
J.J. Abrams 16 May 2013
Asghar Farhadi 17 May 2013
Katie Aselton 17 May 2013
Nicolas Winding Refn 22 May 2013
Behind the Candelabra Steven Soderbergh 26 May 2013
Louis Leterrier 31 May 2013
Neil Jordan 31 May 2013
Michael McGowan 06 June 2013
Alain Guiraudie 12 June 2013
Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen 12 June 2013
Zack Snyder 14 June 2013
Richard Linklater 14 June 2013
Marc Forster 21 June 2013
Sofia Coppola 21 June 2013
Sebastián Cordero 27 June 2013
Zal Batmanglij 28 June 2013
Paul Feig 28 June 2013
Jug Face Chad Crawford Kinkle 08 July 2013
Guillermo del Toro 12 July 2013
Eliza Hittman 17 July 2013
James Wan 19 July 2013
Joe Swanberg 25 July 2013
Ryan Coogler 26 July 2013
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash 26 July 2013
Morgan Neville 26 July 2013
Gabriela Cowperthwaite 26 July 2013
Maggie Carey 26 July 2013
Andrew Bujalski 01 August 2013
Hany Abu-Assad 01 August 2013
Paul Schrader 02 August 2013
Claire Denis 07 August 2013
Rawson Marshall Thurber 07 August 2013
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman 08 August 2013
Neill Blomkamp 09 August 2013
David Lowery 16 August 2013
Lee Daniels 16 August 2013
Woody Allen 23 August 2013
Destin Cretton 23 August 2013
Jordan Vogt-Roberts 23 August 2013
Edgar Wright 23 August 2013
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel 28 August 2013
John Crowley 28 August 2013
Alex van Warmerdam 29 August 2013
Shane Carruth 30 August 2013
Alejandro Jodorowsky 04 September 2013
Arnaud Desplechin 11 September 2013
Luc Besson 13 September 2013
Lake Bell 13 September 2013
James Ponsoldt 13 September 2013
Stuart Blumberg 14 September 2013
Jill Soloway 15 September 2013
Emmanuelle Bercot 18 September 2013
Ruairi Robinson 19 September 2013
John Krokidas 19 September 2013
Denis Villeneuve 20 September 2013
Ritesh Batra 20 September 2013
Yuval Adler 26 September 2013
Jerusha Hess 27 September 2013
Joseph Gordon-Levitt 27 September 2013
Ron Howard 27 September 2013
Hirokazu Koreeda 28 September 2013
Jason Osder 02 October 2013
Alfonso Cuarón 04 October 2013
Abdellatif Kechiche 09 October 2013
Paul Greengrass 11 October 2013
Nicole Holofcener 11 October 2013
Roger Michell 11 October 2013
Carlo Carlei 11 October 2013
Mikael Håfström 18 October 2013
Rick Rowley 18 October 2013
Kimberly Peirce 18 October 2013
Greg 'Freddy' Camalier 25 October 2013
Arie Posin 25 October 2013
We Are What We Are Jim Mickle 25 October 2013
Ridley Scott 25 October 2013
J.C. Chandor 25 October 2013
Gavin Hood 01 November 2013
Jon Turteltaub 01 November 2013
Steve McQueen 08 November 2013
Roman Polanski 08 November 2013
Richard Curtis 08 November 2013
Alex Gibney 14 November 2013
Jean-Marc Vallée 22 November 2013
Francis Lawrence 22 November 2013
Stephen Frears 27 November 2013
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee 27 November 2013
Stacie Passon 05 December 2013
Scott Cooper 06 December 2013
Zhangke Jia 11 December 2013
Peter Jackson 13 December 2013
David O. Russell 20 December 2013
John Lee Hancock 20 December 2013
Martin Scorsese 25 December 2013
Justin Chadwick 25 December 2013
Jim Jarmusch 25 December 2013
Ben Stiller 25 December 2013
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 10 January 2014
John Wells 10 January 2014
Jehane Noujaim 10 January 2014
Her
Spike Jonze 10 January 2014
Zak Knutson and Joey Figueroa 11 January 2014
Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens 19 January 2014
Alexander Payne 24 January 2014
Abuse of Weakness
Abus de faiblesse
Catherine Breillat 12 February 2014
Ralph Fiennes 21 February 2014
Hayao Miyazaki 21 February 2014
Tsai Ming-liang 21 February 2014
Declan Lowney 27 February 2014
Lars von Trier 06 March 2014
The Great Beauty
La grande bellezza
Paolo Sorrentino 14 March 2014
My Name Is Hmmm...
My Name is Hmmm...
Agnès B. 23 April 2014
Jon S. Baird 24 April 2014
François Ozon 25 April 2014
Gia Coppola 09 May 2014
James Gray 23 May 2014
Lukas Moodysson 20 June 2014
Jonathan Demme 22 June 2014
Joon-ho Bong 11 July 2014
Randy Moore 19 July 2014
Ari Folman 24 July 2014
James Ward Byrkit 06 August 2014
James Franco 20 August 2014
Jealousy
Jealousy
Philippe Garrel 22 August 2014
Big Ass Spider! Mike Mendez 10 October 2014
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland 05 December 2014
Jacob Kornbluth 24 April 2015
Alexandre Moors 18 May 2015
Chiemi Karasawa 22 October 2015