Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

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Nosferatu (2024)

Robert Eggers

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Bird (2024)

Andrea Arnold

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A Complete Unknown (2024)

James Mangold

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The Brutalist (2024)

Brady Corbet

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The End (2024)

Joshua Oppenheimer

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Gaucho Gaucho (2024)

Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw

List

Films of 1984

Reliving my favorite year of cinema on its 40th anniversary

100 Favorite Films Feature

Beverly Hills Cop

The most seemingly effortless movie of the '80s

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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Martin Brest

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Maria's Lovers (1984)

Andrey Konchalovskiy

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The Funeral (1984)

Jûzô Itami

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Diary for My Children (1984)

Márta Mészáros

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Boy Meets Girl (1984)

Leos Carax

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1987)

Hayao Miyazaki

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Marlene (1984)

Maximilian Schell

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Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)

Jerzy Skolimowski

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Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)

Menahem Golan

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Mrs. Soffel (1984)

Gillian Armstrong

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The Little Drummer Girl (1984)

George Roy Hill

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Mike's Murder (1984)

James Bridges

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Lassiter (1984)

Roger Young

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Swing Shift (1984)

Jonathan Demme

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Protocol (1984)

Herbert Ross

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Irreconcilable Differences (1984)

Charles Shyer