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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.
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
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Films

2.
In the Loop Armando Iannucci
3.
Julie & Julia Nora Ephron
4.
Up Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
5.
Invictus Clint Eastwood
6.
About Elly
Darbareye Elly Asghar Farhadi
7.
The Damned United Tom Hooper
8.
Bright Star Jane Campion
9.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Män som hatar kvinnor Niels Arden Oplev
10.
The Double Hour
La doppia ora Giuseppe Capotondi
11.
The Messenger Oren Moverman
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Films

12.
This Is It
Michael Jackson's This Is It Kenny Ortega
13.
Me and Orson Welles Richard Linklater
14.
The Secret in Their Eyes
El secreto de sus ojos Juan José Campanella
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Films

15.
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans Werner Herzog
16.
35 Rhums
35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis
17.
An Education Lone Scherfig
18.
Up in the Air Jason Reitman
19.
City Island Raymond De Felitta
20.
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson
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Films

21.
Precious
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Lee Daniels
22.
I Am Love
Io sono l'amore Luca Guadagnino
23.
Solitary Man Brian Koppelman and David Levien
24.
White Material Claire Denis
25.
The Art of the Steal Don Argott
26.
Brothers Jim Sheridan
27.
A Serious Man Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
28.
Politist, adjectiv Corneliu Porumboiu
29.
The Limits of Control Jim Jarmusch
30.
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 James Marsh
31.
Broken Embraces
Los abrazos rotos Pedro Almodóvar
32.
Fish Tank Andrea Arnold
33.
Crazy Heart Scott Cooper
34.
Mother
Ma-deo Joon-ho Bong
35.
Dogtooth
Kynodontas Yorgos Lanthimos
36.
Father of My Children
Le Père de mes enfants Mia Hansen-Løve
37.
A Prophet
Un prophète Jacques Audiard
38.
A Single Man Tom Ford
39.
The Men Who Stare at Goats Grant Heslov
40.
Adventureland Greg Mottola
41.
The Last Station Michael Hoffman
42.
It's Complicated Nancy Meyers
43.
The Blind Side John Lee Hancock
44.
Ajami Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani
45.
(500) Days of Summer Marc Webb
46.
The Young Victoria Jean-Marc Vallée
47.
The Maid
La Nana Sebastián Silva
48.
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 Julian Jarrold
49.
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 Anand Tucker
50.
The White Ribbon
Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte Michael Haneke
51.
The Loved Ones Sean Byrne
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Films

52.
Star Trek J.J. Abrams
53.
Whip It Drew Barrymore
54.
Knowing Alex Proyas
55.
The House of the Devil Ti West
56.
Chéri Stephen Frears
57.
Moon Duncan Jones
58.
Funny People Judd Apatow
59.
Humpday Lynn Shelton
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Films

60.
Avatar
James Cameron
61.
The Brothers Bloom Rian Johnson
62.
The Informant! Steven Soderbergh
63.
Get Low Aaron Schneider
64.
Drag Me to Hell Sam Raimi
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Films

65.
The Boat That Rocked
Pirate Radio Richard Curtis
66.
Valhalla Rising Nicolas Winding Refn
67.
Love Happens Brandon Camp
68.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Werner Herzog
69.
Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze
70.
Chloe Atom Egoyan
71.
Duplicity Tony Gilroy
72.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Terry Gilliam
73.
The Cove Louie Psihoyos
74.
The Hangover Todd Phillips
75.
District 9 Neill Blomkamp
76.
Jennifer's Body Karyn Kusama
77.
The Taking of Pelham 123 Tony Scott
78.
Amelia Mira Nair
79.
Dead Snow
Død snø Tommy Wirkola
80.
Whatever Works Woody Allen
81.
Nine Rob Marshall
82.
The Girlfriend Experience Steven Soderbergh
83.
Once More with Feeling Jeff Lipsky
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Films

84.
Antichrist Lars von Trier
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Films

85.
Away We Go Sam Mendes
(500) Days of Summer Marc Webb 
35 Rhums
35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis 
A Prophet
Un prophète Jacques Audiard 
A Serious Man Ethan Coen and Joel Coen 
A Single Man Tom Ford 
About Elly
Darbareye Elly Asghar Farhadi 
Adventureland Greg Mottola 
Ajami Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani 
Amelia Mira Nair 
An Education Lone Scherfig 
Antichrist Lars von Trier 
Avatar
James Cameron 
Away We Go Sam Mendes 
Bright Star Jane Campion 
Broken Embraces
Los abrazos rotos Pedro Almodóvar 
Brothers Jim Sheridan 
Chloe Atom Egoyan 
Chéri Stephen Frears 
City Island Raymond De Felitta 
Crazy Heart Scott Cooper 
Dead Snow
Død snø Tommy Wirkola 
District 9 Neill Blomkamp 
Dogtooth
Kynodontas Yorgos Lanthimos 
Drag Me to Hell Sam Raimi 
Duplicity Tony Gilroy 
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson 
Father of My Children
Le Père de mes enfants Mia Hansen-Løve 
Fish Tank Andrea Arnold 
Funny People Judd Apatow 
Get Low Aaron Schneider 
Humpday Lynn Shelton 
I Am Love
Io sono l'amore Luca Guadagnino 
In the Loop Armando Iannucci 
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino 
Invictus Clint Eastwood 
It's Complicated Nancy Meyers 
Jennifer's Body Karyn Kusama 
Julie & Julia Nora Ephron 
Knowing Alex Proyas 
Love Happens Brandon Camp 
Me and Orson Welles Richard Linklater 
Moon Duncan Jones 
Mother
Ma-deo Joon-ho Bong 
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Werner Herzog 
Nine Rob Marshall 
Once More with Feeling Jeff Lipsky 
Politist, adjectiv Corneliu Porumboiu 
Precious
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Lee Daniels 
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 Julian Jarrold 
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 James Marsh 
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 Anand Tucker 
Solitary Man Brian Koppelman and David Levien 
Star Trek J.J. Abrams 
The Art of the Steal Don Argott 
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans Werner Herzog 
The Blind Side John Lee Hancock 
The Boat That Rocked
Pirate Radio Richard Curtis 
The Brothers Bloom Rian Johnson 
The Cove Louie Psihoyos 
The Damned United Tom Hooper 
The Double Hour
La doppia ora Giuseppe Capotondi 
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Män som hatar kvinnor Niels Arden Oplev 
The Girlfriend Experience Steven Soderbergh 
The Hangover Todd Phillips 
The House of the Devil Ti West 
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Terry Gilliam 
The Informant! Steven Soderbergh 
The Last Station Michael Hoffman 
The Limits of Control Jim Jarmusch 
The Loved Ones Sean Byrne 
The Maid
La Nana Sebastián Silva 
The Men Who Stare at Goats Grant Heslov 
The Messenger Oren Moverman 
The Secret in Their Eyes
El secreto de sus ojos Juan José Campanella 
The Taking of Pelham 123 Tony Scott 
The White Ribbon
Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte Michael Haneke 
The Young Victoria Jean-Marc Vallée 
This Is It
Michael Jackson's This Is It Kenny Ortega 
Up Pete Docter and Bob Peterson 
Up in the Air Jason Reitman 
Valhalla Rising Nicolas Winding Refn 
Whatever Works Woody Allen 
Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze 
Whip It Drew Barrymore 
White Material Claire Denis 
Dead Snow
Død snø Tommy Wirkola 09 January 2009
35 Rhums
35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis 18 February 2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 Julian Jarrold 05 March 2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 James Marsh 12 March 2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 Anand Tucker 19 March 2009
Duplicity Tony Gilroy 20 March 2009
Knowing Alex Proyas 20 March 2009
The Damned United Tom Hooper 27 March 2009
Adventureland Greg Mottola 03 April 2009
The House of the Devil Ti West 25 April 2009
Star Trek J.J. Abrams 08 May 2009
The Brothers Bloom Rian Johnson 15 May 2009
Antichrist Lars von Trier 20 May 2009
Mother
Ma-deo Joon-ho Bong 28 May 2009
Drag Me to Hell Sam Raimi 29 May 2009
Up Pete Docter and Bob Peterson 29 May 2009
The Hangover Todd Phillips 05 June 2009
About Elly
Darbareye Elly Asghar Farhadi 06 June 2009
The Taking of Pelham 123 Tony Scott 12 June 2009
Away We Go Sam Mendes 26 June 2009
Whatever Works Woody Allen 01 July 2009
Politist, adjectiv Corneliu Porumboiu 03 July 2009
The Girlfriend Experience Steven Soderbergh 08 July 2009
Moon Duncan Jones 10 July 2009
Chéri Stephen Frears 17 July 2009
Funny People Judd Apatow 31 July 2009
The Cove Louie Psihoyos 07 August 2009
Julie & Julia Nora Ephron 07 August 2009
(500) Days of Summer Marc Webb 07 August 2009
District 9 Neill Blomkamp 14 August 2009
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino 21 August 2009
In the Loop Armando Iannucci 04 September 2009
Fish Tank Andrea Arnold 11 September 2009
Humpday Lynn Shelton 16 September 2009
Ajami Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani 17 September 2009
Jennifer's Body Karyn Kusama 18 September 2009
The Informant! Steven Soderbergh 18 September 2009
Love Happens Brandon Camp 18 September 2009
The Limits of Control Jim Jarmusch 19 September 2009
The Art of the Steal Don Argott 29 September 2009
Whip It Drew Barrymore 02 October 2009
The Double Hour
La doppia ora Giuseppe Capotondi 09 October 2009
Bright Star Jane Campion 09 October 2009
Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze 16 October 2009
Amelia Mira Nair 23 October 2009
This Is It
Michael Jackson's This Is It Kenny Ortega 28 October 2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats Grant Heslov 06 November 2009
A Serious Man Ethan Coen and Joel Coen 06 November 2009
Dogtooth
Kynodontas Yorgos Lanthimos 11 November 2009
The Boat That Rocked
Pirate Radio Richard Curtis 13 November 2009
The Blind Side John Lee Hancock 20 November 2009
Precious
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Lee Daniels 20 November 2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson 25 November 2009
The Messenger Oren Moverman 04 December 2009
Brothers Jim Sheridan 04 December 2009
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans Werner Herzog 11 December 2009
Invictus Clint Eastwood 11 December 2009
Father of My Children
Le Père de mes enfants Mia Hansen-Løve 16 December 2009
Avatar
James Cameron 18 December 2009
Me and Orson Welles Richard Linklater 18 December 2009
Up in the Air Jason Reitman 23 December 2009
It's Complicated Nancy Meyers 25 December 2009
Nine Rob Marshall 25 December 2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Terry Gilliam 08 January 2010
The Young Victoria Jean-Marc Vallée 08 January 2010
Broken Embraces
Los abrazos rotos Pedro Almodóvar 15 January 2010
Crazy Heart Scott Cooper 05 February 2010
An Education Lone Scherfig 05 February 2010
A Single Man Tom Ford 05 February 2010
Once More with Feeling Jeff Lipsky 16 February 2010
The Last Station Michael Hoffman 26 February 2010
The White Ribbon
Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte Michael Haneke 05 March 2010
Chloe Atom Egoyan 10 March 2010
White Material Claire Denis 24 March 2010
A Prophet
Un prophète Jacques Audiard 26 March 2010
Valhalla Rising Nicolas Winding Refn 31 March 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Män som hatar kvinnor Niels Arden Oplev 30 April 2010
City Island Raymond De Felitta 30 April 2010
The Secret in Their Eyes
El secreto de sus ojos Juan José Campanella 21 May 2010
Solitary Man Brian Koppelman and David Levien 25 June 2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Werner Herzog 08 July 2010
I Am Love
Io sono l'amore Luca Guadagnino 23 July 2010
Get Low Aaron Schneider 27 August 2010
The Loved Ones Sean Byrne 04 November 2010
The Maid
La Nana Sebastián Silva 11 March 2011
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