2015
1. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (George Miller)
2. BLACKHAT (Michael Mann)
3. INSIDE OUT (Pete Docter)
4. KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK (Brett Morgen)
5. DIGGING FOR FIRE (Joe Swanberg)
6. EX MACHINA (Alex Garland)
7. IRRATIONAL MAN (Woody Allen)
8. THE GIFT (Joel Edgerton)
Notable Shorts: World of Tomorrow (Don Hertzfeldt)
2014
1. BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater)
2. TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
3. THE MEND (John Magary)
4. THE BABADOOK (Jennifer Kent)
5. INTERSTELLAR (Christopher Nolan)
6. GONE GIRL (David Fincher)
7. JOHN WICK (Chad Stahelski)
8. A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (Scott Frank)
9. A MOST WANTED MAN (Anton Corbijn)
10. IT FOLLOWS (David Robert Mitchell)
Notable Shorts: Too Many Cooks (Chris "Casper" Kelly)
2013
1. UNDER THE SKIN (Jonathan Glazer)
2. BLUE JASMINE (Woody Allen)
3. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Joel & Ethan Coen)
4. BEFORE MIDNIGHT (Richard Linklater)
5. THE PAST (Asghar Farhadi)
6. HER (Spike Jonze)
7. COHERENCE (James Ward Byrkit)
8. ENEMY (Denis Villeneuve)
9. DRUG WAR (Johnnie To)
10. STARRED UP (David Mackenzie)
Honorable Mention: THE GREAT BEAUTY (Sorrentino); ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (Jarmusch)
Notable Shorts: None
Most Overrated: AMERICAN HUSTLE (Russell)
2012
1. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax)
2. FRANCES HA (Noah Baumbach)
3. AMOUR (Michael Haneke)
4. IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (Don Hertzfeldt)
5. MOONRISE KINGDOM (Wes Anderson)
6. SPRING BREAKERS (Harmony Korine)
7. LIFE OF PI (Ang Lee)
8. ROOM 237 (Rodney Ascher)
9
. ZERO DARK THIRTY (Kathryn Bigelow)
10. SKYFALL (Sam Mendes)
Honorable Mention: THE IMPOSTER (Bart Layton)
Notable Shorts: None
Most Overrated: LINCOLN (Spielberg)
2011
1. DRIVE (Nicholas Winding Refn)
2. A SEPARATION (Asghar Farhadi)
3. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick)
4. THE LONELIEST PLANET (Julia Loktev)
5. MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan)
6. MONEYBALL (Bennett Miller)
7. MELANCHOLIA (Lars Von Trier)8. THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Terence Davies)
9. THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (Paolo Sorrentino)
10. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (Bertrand Bonello)
Honorable Mention: THE KID WITH A BIKE (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne); THIS IS NOT A FILM (Jafar Panahi)
Notable Shorts: EVERYTHING WILL BE OK (Hertzfeldt)
Most Overrated: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Fincher)
2010
1. BLACK SWAN (Darren Aronofsky)
2. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher)
3. SHUTTER ISLAND (Martin Scorsese)
4. 13 ASSASSINS (Takashi Miike)
5. HOW DO YOU KNOW (James L. Brooks)
6. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Lisa Cholodenko)
7. TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS (Radu Muntean)
8. GREENBERG (Noah Baumbach)
9. BEGINNERS (Mike Mills)
10. COLD WEATHER (Aaron Katz)
Honorable Mention: None
Notable Shorts: None
Most Overrated: BIUTIFUL (Iñárritu)
2009
1. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)
2. WILD GRASS (Alain Resnais)
3. ANTICHRIST (Lars Von Trier)
4. FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson)
5. DISORDER (Weikai Huang)
6. ENTER THE VOID (Gaspar Noé)
7. ADVENTURELAND (Greg Mottola)
8. THE EXPLODING GIRL (Bradley Rust Gray)
9. POLICE, ADJECTIVE (Corneliu Porumboiu)
10. TETRO (Francis Ford Coppola)
Honorable Mentions: THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS (Herzog); EXTRACT (Judge)
Notable Shorts: LUST FOR LIFE (Brown & Chappell); PHANTOMS OF NABUA (Weerasethakul)
Most Overrated: AN EDUCATION (Scherfig); LEBANON (Samuel Maoz); A SERIOUS MAN (Coen)
2008
1. A CHRISTMAS TALE (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. HUNGER (Steve McQueen)
3. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen)
4. JULIA (Erick Zonca)
5. BURN AFTER READING (Joel & Ethan Coen)
6. WENDY AND LUCY (Kelly Reichardt)
7. TWO LOVERS (James Gray)
8. GRAN TORINO (Clint Eastwood)
9. STELLA (Sylvie Verheyde)
10. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (Charlie Kaufman)
Honorable Mention: CHANGELING (Eastwood); MILK (Van Sant)
Notable Shorts: I AM SO PROUD OF YOU (Hertzfeldt)
Most Overrated: FROST/NIXON (Howard); RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Demme); SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Boyle); WALL·E (Stanton)
2007
1. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino)
3. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel and Ethan Coen)
4. IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (José Luis Guerín)
5. ZODIAC (David Fincher)
6. I'M NOT THERE (Todd Haynes)
7. FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke)
8. STUCK (Stuart Gordon)
9. ALL IS FORGIVEN (Mia Hansen-Løve)
10. [REC] (Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza)
Honorable Mention: FROWNLAND (Bronstein); HOT FUZZ (Wright); INTO THE WILD (Penn); MY WINNIPEG (Maddin); SNOW ANGELS (Green); WE OWN THE NIGHT (Gray); YOU, THE LIVING (Andersson)
Notable Shorts: HOTEL CHEVALIER (Anderson)
Most Overrated: BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (Lumet); THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Akin); THE VISITOR (McCarthy)
2006
1. THE DEPARTED (Martin Scorsese)
2.
PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Alain Resnais)
3. PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (Tom Tykwer)
4. THE RIGHT OF THE WEAKEST (Lucas Belvaux)
5. OFFSIDE (Jafar Panahi)
6. A SCANNER DARKLY (Richard Linklater)
7. PRIVATE PROPERTY (Joachim Lafosse)
8. BUG (William Friedkin)
9. THE PRESITGE (Christopher Nolan)
10. HALF NELSON (Ryan Fleck)
Honorable Mention: THE MAN OF MY LIFE (Breitman)
Notable Shorts: DESTRICTED: IMPALED (Clark); I AM SO PROUD OF YOU (Hertzfeldt); MARIE ANTONIETTE TEASER (Coppola)
Most Overrated: BLOOD DIAMOND (Zwick); CARS (Lasseter); THE FALL
(Singh); LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Dayton & Faris); ONCE (Carney)
2005
1. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick)
2. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg)
3. CACHE (Michael Haneke)
4. BRICK (Rian Johnson)
5. I AM A SEX ADDICT (Caveh Zahedi)
6. MATCH POINT (Woody Allen)
7. GRIZZLY MAN (Werner Herzog)
8. THE CHILD (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
9. KISS KISS, BANG BANG (Shane Black)
10. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Noah Baumbach)
Honorable Mention: BUBBLE (Soderbergh); MANDERLAY (Von Trier); ME AND
YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (July); NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN
(Scorsese); OLD BOY (Park)
Notable Shorts: THE DENIAL TWIST (Gondry); EVA 2 (Noe); ONLY (Fincher)
Most Overrated: THE CONSTANT GARDENER (Meirelles); MUNICH (Spielberg); THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (Jones)
2004
1. KINGS & QUEEN (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater)
3. TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer)
4. KEANE (Lodge Kerrigan)
5. MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
6. KILL BILL, VOL 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
7. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry)
8. 2046 (Wong Kar-wai)
9. RED LIGHTS (Cedric Kahn)
10. VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh)
Honorable Mention: THE AVIATOR (Scorsese); DIG! (Timoner); I HEART
HUCKABEES (Russell); THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Anderson)
Notable Shorts: ALL IN ALL (Skårild); THE BOX (Miike);
CASHBACK (Ellis); FLOAT ON (Mills); JOAN OF ARC OF THE NIGHTBUS
(Mundruczó); THE MATCH (Ferrara); Y-CONTROL (Jonze)
Most Overrated: CRASH (Haggis); FINDING NEVERLAND (Forster); THE INCREDIBLES (Bird); KINSEY (Condon); SUPER SIZE ME (Spurlock)
2003
1. DOGVILLE (Lars Von Trier)
2. KILL BILL: VOLUME 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
3. ALL THE REAL GIRLS (David Gordon Green)
4. GOZU (Takashi Miike)
5. SARABAND (Ingmar Bergman)
6. THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Jorgen Leth and Lars Von Trier)
7. THE COMPANY (Robert Altman)
8. DOWN WITH LOVE (Peyton Reed)
9. COWARDS BEND THE KNEE (Guy Maddin)
10. TIME OF THE WOLF (Michael Haneke)
Honorable Mention: ANYTHING ELSE (Allen); BAD SANTA (Zwigoff); BUS 174
(Padilha); CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS (Jarecki); COLD MOUNTAIN (Minghella);
THE DANCER UPSTAIRS (Malkovich); HAUTE TENSION (Aja); THE HUNTED
(Friedkin); THE SCHOOL OF ROCK (Linklater)
Notable Shorts: HURT (Romanek); LIVE FROM SHIVA'S DANCE FLOOR (Linklater)
Most Overrated: LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Jackson); A
MIGHTY WIND (Guest); SEABISCUIT (Ross); SPRING, SUMMER, FALL,
WINTER...AND SPRING (Kim); TARNATION (Caouette)
2002
1. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. ADAPTATION (Spike Jonze)
3. 25TH HOUR (Spike Lee)
4. GERRY (Gus Van Sant)
5. TRILOGY: ON THE RUN / AN AMAZING COUPLE / AFTER LIFE (Lucas Belvaux)
6. DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY (Guy Maddin)
7. SPIDER-MAN (Sam Raimi)
8. FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes)
9. KEN PARK (Larry Clark)
10. ANA AND THE OTHERS (Celina Murga)
Honorable Mention: ALL OR NOTHING (Leigh); DECASIA:
THE STATE OF DECAY (Morrison); 8 WOMEN (Ozon); FEMME FATALE (De Palma);
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Scorsese); GRAVEYARD OF HONOR (Miike); IRREVERSIBLE
(Noe); LAUREL CANYON (Cholodenko); THE MAN ON THE TRAIN (Leconte);
MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING (Lestrade); THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS
(Rudolph); SECRET THINGS (Brisseau); SEX IS COMEDY (Breillat); SPIRITED
AWAY (Miyazaki); SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (Park)
Notable Shorts: COME INTO MY WORLD (Gondry); DEAD
LEAVES AND THE DIRTY GROUND (Gondry); DO YOU REALIZE?? (Pellington);
STAR GUITAR (Gondry)
Most Overrated: THE HOURS (Daldry); THE SON (Dardenne); WHALE RIDER (Caro)
2001
1. WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater)
2. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch)
3. IN THE BEDROOM (Todd Field)
4. LATE MARRIAGE (Dover Kosashvili)
5. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Alfonso Cuaron)
6. AMELIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
7. ROBERTO SUCCO (Cedric Kahn)
8. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki)
9. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson)
10. FAT GIRL (Catherine Breillat)
Honorable Mention: BULLY (Clark); GHOST WORLD (Zwigoff); MY VOYAGE
TO ITALY (Scorsese); THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Coen); OCEANS 11
(Soderbergh)
Notable Shorts: FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL (Gondry); THE
FOLLOW (Wong); HUA YANG DE NIAN HUA (Wong); IMITATION OF LIFE
(Jennings); KNIVES OUT (Gondry); LOVESONG (Brakhage); PYRAMID SONG
(Shynola); WEAPON OF CHOICE (Jonze)
Most Overrated: A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Howard); LANTANA (Lawrence); MOULIN ROUGE! (Luhrmann)
2000
1. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Longeran)
2. WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr)
3. MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan)
4. UNTITLED (ALMOST FAMOUS) (Cameron Crowe)
5. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar Wai)
6. SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (Roy Andersson)
7. HIGH FIDELITY (Stephen Frears)
8. DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars von Trier)
9. TRAFFIC (Steven Soderbergh)
10. GEORGE WASHINGTON (David Gordon Green)
Honorable Mention: AMERICAN PSYCHO (Harron); CODE
UNKNOWN (Haneke); ESTHER KAHN (Desplechin); THE NINTH GATE (Polanski);
NURSE BETTY (LaBute); THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (Tykwer); REQUIEM
FOR A DREAM (Aronofsky); STATE AND MAIN (Mamet); THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
(Coppola); WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS (Ozon); THE WIDOW OF ST. PIERRE
(Leconte); WONDER BOYS (Hanson); YI YI (Yang)
Notable Shorts: AL GORE DOCUMENTARY (Jonze); THE HEART
OF THE WORLD (Maddin); LIMP (Anderson); PAPER BAG (Anderson);
PLAYGROUND LOVE (Coppola); REJECTED (Hertzfeldt); WHAT'S UP FATLIP?
(Jonze)
Most Overrated: O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU (Coen)
1999
1. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Anthony Minghella)
2. MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick)
4. AUDITION (Takashi Miike)
5. AMERICAN BEAUTY (Sam Mendes)
6. FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher)
7. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Spike Jonze)
8. THE INSIDER (Michael Mann)
9. BOYS DON'T CRY (Kimberly Pierce)
10. GO (Doug Liman)
Honorable Mention: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (Myrick
& Sanchez); COOKIE'S FORTUNE (Altman); ELECTION (Payne); EXISTENZ
(Cronenberg); THE LIMEY (Soderberg); THE LITTLE THIEF (Zonca); M/OTHER
(Suwa); MR. DEATH: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRED A. LEUCHTER JR. (Morris);
THE STRAIGHT STORY (Lynch); SWEET AND LOWDOWN (Allen); TOY STORY 2
(Lasseter)
Notable Shorts: THE CURVE (Rohmer); FAST AS YOU CAN (Anderson); LET FOREVER BE (Gondry); OUTER SPACE (Tscherkassky)
Most Overrated: THE HURRICANE (Jewison)
1998
1. RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson)
2. OUT OF SIGHT (Steven Soderbergh)
3. THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick)
4. A SIMPLE PLAN (Sam Raimi)
5. RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer)
6. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel Coen)
7. ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (Larry Clark)
8. THE CELEBRATION (Thomas Vinterberg)
9. HAPPINESS (Todd Solondz)
10. THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (Erick Zonca)
Honorable Mention: AUTUMN TALE (Rohmer); BUFFALO '66
(Gallo); CLASS TRIP (Miller); THE GENERAL (Boorman); I STAND ALONE
(Noe); THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (Stillman); LATE AUGUST, EARLY
SEPTEMBER (Assayas); MY NAME IS JOE (Loach); THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
MARY (Farrelly); ZERO EFFECT (Kasden)
Notable Shorts: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (Anderson); LICK THE STAR (Coppola); PRAISE YOU (Jonze); THIS IS HARDCORE (Nichol)
Most Overrated: ELIZABETH (Kapur)
1997
1. JACKIE BROWN (Quentin Tarantino)
2. BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke)
4. LA CONFIDENTIAL (Curtis Hanson)
5. THE GAME (David Fincher)
6. GOOD WILL HUNTING (Gus Van Sant)
7. CHASING AMY (Kevin Smith)
8. THE SPANISH PRISONER (David Mamet)
9. THE SWEET HEREAFTER (Atom Egoyan)
10. FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL (Errol Morris)
Honorable Mention: AS GOOD AS IT GETS (Brooks); BLOOD
AND WINE (Rafelson); THE BUTCHER BOY (Jordan); DONNIE BRASCO (Newell);
FIREWORKS (Kitano); HENRY FOOL (Hartley); IN THE COMPANY OF MEN
(LaBute); LIFE IS BEAUTFUL (Benigni); LOST HIGHWAY (Lynch); THE SPANISH
PRISONERS (Mamet); STARSHIP TROOPERS (Verhoeven)
Notable Shorts: AROUND THE WORLD (Gondry);
BACHELORETTE (Gondry); CRIMINAL (Romanek); DEADWEIGHT (Gondry); HOW THEY
GET THERE (Jonze); JOGA (Gondry); KARMA POLICE (Glazer); PARANOID
ANDROID (Carlsson); THE PERFECT DRUG (Romanek); SMACK MY BITCH UP
(Akerlund)
1996
1. MY SEX LIFE... OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. FARGO (Joel Coen)
3. PARADISE LOST : THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS (Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky)
4. BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars Von Trier)
5. IRMA VEP (Oliver Assayas)
6. FREEWAY (Matthew Bright)
7. SYDNEY (Paul Thomas Anderson)
8. A SUMMER'S TALE (Eric Rohmer)
9. TIN CUP (Ron Shelton)
10. SLING BLADE (Billy Bob Thornton)
Honorable Mention: BOUND (Wachowski); FLIRTING WITH
DISASTER (Russell); FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Rodriguez); GET ON THE BUS
(Lee); THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (Harlin); THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT
(Forman); TRAINSPOTTING (Boyle); 12 MONKEYS (Gilliam)
Notable Shorts: DEVIL'S HAIRCUT (Romanek); HYPER-BALLAD (Gondry); STREET SPIRIT (Glazer); A SUMMER DRESS (Ozon)
Most Overrated: DEAD MAN (Jarmusch); THE ENGLISH PATIENT (Minghella); LONE STAR (Sayles)
1995
1. SE7EN (David Fincher)
2. HEAT (Michael Mann)
3. CASINO (Martin Scorsese)
4. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater)
5. BEFORE THE RAIN (Milcho Manchevski)
6. THE WHITE BALLOON (Jafar Panahi)
7. DEAD MAN WALKING (Tim Robbins)
8. UP/DOWN/FRAGILE (Jacques Rivette)
9. THE USUAL SUSPECTS (Bryan Singer)
10. TOY STORY (John Lasseter)
Honorable Mention: THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (Reiner);
BRAVEHEART (Gibson); LA HAINE (Kassovitz); NIXON (Stone); TO DIE FOR
(Van Sant)
Notable Shorts: A CLOSE SHAVE (Park); ARMY OF ME (Gondry);, IT'S OH SO QUIET (Jonze); LIKE A ROLLING STONE - VERSION 1 (Gondry)
Most Overrated: ANTONIA'S LINE (Gorris)
1994
1. PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
2. RED (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
3. THE LAST SEDUCTION (John Dahl)
4. NOBODY'S FOOL (Robert Benton)
5. FRESH (Boaz Yakin)
6. HEAVENLY CREATURES (Peter Jackson)
7. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff)
8. QUIZ SHOW (Robert Redford)
9. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (Frank Darabont)
10. ONCE WERE WARRIORS (Lee Tamahori)
Honorable Mention: BARCELONA (Stillman); BULLETS OVER
BROADWAY (Allen); CLERKS (Smith); HOOP DREAMS (James); IMAGINARY
CRIMES (Drazan); LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL (Besson); NATURAL BORN KILLERS
(Stone)
Notable Shorts: BUDDY HOLLY (Jonze); CLOSER (Romanek); DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? (Romhanyi); SABOTAGE (Jonze)
1993
1. SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER (Steve Zaillian)
2. AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese)
3. WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE (Lasse Hallstrom)
4. GROUNDHOG DAY (Harold Ramis)
5. MAD DOG AND GLORY (John McNaughton)
6. NAKED (Mike Leigh)
7. CARLITO'S WAY (Brian De Palma)
8. THE FUGITIVE (Andrew Davis)
9. KING OF THE HILL (Steven Soderbergh)
10. TRUE ROMANCE (Tony Scott)
Honorable Mention: BLUE (Kieslowski); BODY SNATCHERS (Ferrara); A
BRONX TALE (De Niro); MALICE (Becker); MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY (Allen);
ROMEO IS BLEEDING (Medak); SHORT CUTS (Altman)
Notable Shorts: BAD GIRL (Fincher); CIGARETTES & COFFEE (Anderson); EVERYBODY HURTS (Scott); THE WRONG TROUSERS (Park)
1992
1. UNFORGIVEN (Clint Eastwood)
2. RESERVOIR DOGS (Quentin Tarantino)
3. HARD-BOILED (John Woo)
4. THE CRYING GAME (Neil Jordan)
5. THE PLAYER (Robert Altman)
6. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (James Foley)
7. LORENZO'S OIL (George Miller)
8. CAREFUL (Guy Maddin)
9. UNDER SIEGE (Andrew Davis)
10. A TALE OF WINTER (Eric Rohmer)
Honorable Mention: BASIC INSTINCT (Verhoeven); DEEP
COVER (Duke); LESSONS OF DARKNESS (Herzog); MALCOLM X (Lee); ONE
FALSE MOVE (Franklin); RAISING CAIN (De Palma)
Notable Shorts: A GRAND DAY OUT (Park); JEREMY (Pellington)
1991
1. FLIRTING (John Duigan)
2. JFK (Oliver Stone)
3. LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF (Leos Carax)
4. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Jonathan Demme)
5. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (Zhang Yimou)
6. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (James Cameron)
7. POINT BREAK (Katherine Bigelow)
8. HOMICIDE (David Mamet)
9. LA BELLE NOISEUSE (Jacques Rivette)
10. DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (Albert Brooks)
Honorable Mention: BARTON FINK (Coen); BOYZ IN THE HOOD (Singleton);
DELICATESSEN (Caro & Jeunet); MAN IN THE MOON (Mulliagan)
Notable Shorts: DELICACIES OF MOLTEN HORROR SYNAPSE (Brakhage); LOSING MY RELIGION (Tarsem); WORLD OF GLORY (Andersson)
1990
1. GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
2. METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman)
3. MILLER'S CROSSING (Joel Coen)
4. THE GRIFTERS (Stephen Frears)
5. LIFE IS SWEET (Mike Leigh)
6. GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (Joe Dante)
7. BULLET IN THE HEAD (John Woo)
8. TRUST (Hal Hartley)
9. TOTAL RECALL (Paul Verhoeven)
10. REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (Barbet Schroeder)
Honorable Mention: DANCES WITH WOLVES (Costner); REVENGE (Scott)
1989
1. SAY ANYTHING... (Cameron Crowe)
2. THE KILLER (John Woo)
3. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Woody Allen)
4. MONSIEUR HIRE (Patrice Leconte)
5. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (Steven Soderbergh)
6. ROGER AND ME (Michael Moore)
7. DRUGSTORE COWBOY (Gus Van Sant)
8. SANTA SANGRE (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
9. THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (Michael Haneke)
10. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
Honorable Mention: CASUALTIES OF WAR (De Palma); THE COOK, THE THIEF,
HIS WIFE &HER LOVER (Greenaway); DRIVING MISS DAISY (Beresford)
Notable Shorts: ELEPHANT (Clarke); EXPRESS YOURSELF (Fincher); JANIE'S GOT A GUN (Fincher); LIFE LESSONS (Scorsese)
1988
1. THE DECALOGUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
2. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Isao Takahata)
3. ANOTHER WOMAN (Woody Allen)
4. DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Stephen Frears)
5. MIDNIGHT RUN (Martin Brest)
6. TALK RADIO (Oliver Stone)
7. THEY LIVE (John Carpenter)
8. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Robert Zemeckis
)
9. CAMILLE CLAUDEL (Bruno Nuytten)
10. THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD! (David Zucker)
Honorable Mention: THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (Kasdan); A FISH CALLED
WANDA (Crichton); THE LAST TEMPATATION OF CHRIST (Scorsese); THE
PAPERHOUSE (Rose); RAIN MAN (Levinson); TRACK 29 (Roeg); WINGS OF
DESIRE (Wenders)
Most Overrated: CINEMA PARADISO (Tomatore)
1987
1. BROADCAST NEWS (James L. Brooks)
2. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth)
3. PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (John Hughes)
4. AU REVOIR, LES ENFANTS (Louis Malle)
5. HOUSE OF GAMES (David Mamet)
6. SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY (Todd Haynes)
7. ANGEL HEART (Alan Parker)
8. RAISING ARIZONA (Joel Coen)
9. THE DEAD (John Huston)
10. ROBOCOP (Paul Verhoeven)
Honorable Mention: BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS (Rohmer); EVIL DEAD II:
DEAD BY DAWN (Raimi); EXTREME PREJUDICE (Hill); THE PRINCESS BRIDE
(Reiner); RIVER'S EDGE (Hunter); ROXANNE (Schepisi); THE UNTOUCHABLES
(De Palma)
Notable Shorts: THE DANTE QUARTET (Brakhage)
Most Overrated: EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Spielberg); THE LAST EMPEROR (Bertolucci)
1986
1. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (Woody Allen)
2. THE FLY (David Cronenberg)
3. ALIENS (James Cameron)
4. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Frank Oz)
5. PLATOON (Oliver Stone)
6. LUCAS (David Seltzer)
7. AT CLOSE RANGE (James Foley)
8. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
9. SID AND NANCY (Alex Cox)
10. BIG TROUBLE (John Cassavetes)
Honorable Mention: A BETTER TOMORROW (Woo); COLOR OF MONEY
(Scorsese); 52 PICK UP (Frankenheimer); HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL
KILLER (McNaughton); MONA LISA (Jordan); PEKING OPERA BLUES (Hark);
SOMETHING WILD (Demme); STAND BY ME (Reiner); SUMMER (Rohmer)
Notable Shorts: NIGHTMUSIC (Brakhage); TAKE ON ME (Barron)
Most Overrated: SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (Lee)
1985
1. AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese)
2. TROUBLE IN MIND (Alan Rudolph)
3. RAN (Akira Kurosawa)
4. RE-ANIMATOR (Stuart Gordon)
5. PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (Tim Burton)
6. PRIZZI'S HONOR (John Huston)
7. COME AND SEE (Elem Klimov)
8. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam)
9. THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (Woody Allen)
10. TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (William Friedkin)
Honorable Mention: BACK TO THE FUTURE (Zemeckis); LOST IN AMERICA (Brooks); MY LIFE AS A DOG (Hallström); VISION QUEST (Becker)
Notable Shorts: CLOSE TO ME (Pope), ROAD TO NOWHERE (Byrne & Johnson)
Most Overrated: THE COLOR PURPLE (Spielberg); KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (Babenco)
1984
1. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders)
2. LOVE STREAMS (John Cassavetes)
3. CHOOSE ME (Alan Rudolph)
4. L'AMOUR À MORT (Alain Resnais)
5. THE COTTON CLUB (Francis Ford Coppola)
6. STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme)
7. BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel Coen)
8. FULL MOON IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer)
9. GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman)
10. TOP SECRET! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker)
Honorable Mention: AMADEUS (Forman; BODY DOUBLE (De Palma); GREMLINS
(Dante); THE KILLING FIELD (Joffé); ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Leone);
REPO MAN (Cox); THE TERMINATOR (Cameron); THIS IS SPINAL TAP (Reiner)
Notable Shorts: SELF CONTROL (Friedkin)
1983
1. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (James L. Brooks)
2. THE FOURTH MAN (Paul Verhoeven)
3. RETURN OF THE JEDI (Richard Marquand)
4. THE DEAD ZONE (David Cronenberg)
5. L'ARGENT (Robert Bresson)
6. PAULINE AT THE BEACH (Eric Rohmer)
7. CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS (Francois Truffaut)
8. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese)
9. EL SUR (Victor Erice)
10. EIGHT DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER (Liu Chia-Liang)
Honorable Mention: BAD BOYS (Rosenthal); BETRAYAL (Jones); THE RIGHT
STUFF (Kaufman); RISKY BUSINESS (Brickman); TENDER MERCIES (Beresford);
VIDEODROME (Cronenberg)
Notable Shorts: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE (Byrne & Haywoos); COME ON EILEEN (Julian Temple)
1982
1. FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Ingmar Bergman)
2. 48 HRS. (Walter Hill)
3. THE THING (John Carpenter)
4. TENEBRE (Dario Argento)
5. MADE IN BRITAIN (Alan Clarke)
6. MOONLIGHTING (Jerzy Skolimowski)
7. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (Taylor Hackford)
8. BURDEN OF DREAMS (Les Blank)
9. DINER (Barry Levinson)
10. CAT PEOPLE (Paul Schrader)
Honorable Mention: DUEL TO THE DEATH (Ching); THE EVIL DEAD (Raimi);
PINK FLOYD'S THE WALL (Parker); POLTERGEIST (Hooper); TOOTSIE (Pollack)
1981
1. MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (George Miller)
2. CUTTER'S WAY (Ivan Passer)
3. THIEF (Michael Mann)
4. BODY HEAT (Lawrence Kasden)
5. BLOW OUT (Brian De Palma)
6. MS. 45 (Abel Ferrara)
7. SOUTHERN COMFORT (Walter Hill)
8. SCANNERS (David Cronenberg)
9. DAS BOOT (Wolfgang Peterson)
10. THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR (Francois Truffaut)
Honorable Mention: LE PONT DU NORD (Rivette); MUR MURS (Varda); MY
DINNER WITH ANDRE (Malle); PIXOTE (Babenco); REDS (Beatty); STRIPES
(Reitman)
Notable Shorts: UNDER PRESSURE (Mallet)
1980
1. KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa)
2. THE STUNT MAN (Richard Rush)
3. THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick)
4. MON ONCLE D'AMÉRIQUE (Alain Resnais)
5. RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese)
6. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner)
7. DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma)
8. THE AVIATOR'S WIFE (Eric Rohmer)
9. ORDINARY PEOPLE (Robert Redford)
10. THE CHANGELING (Peter Medak)
Honorable Mention: AIRPLANE (Abrahams, Zucker & Zucker); ALTERED
STATES (Russell); ATLANTIC CITY (Malle); BAD TIMING: A SENSUAL OBSESSION
(Roeg); THE BIG RED ONE: RECONSTRUCTED CUT (Fuller); CRUISING
(Friedkin); THE LONG RIDERS (Hill); THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (Blatty);
STARDUST MEMORIES (Allen)
Notable Shorts: ASHES TO ASHES (Mallet & Bowie); WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE (Blank)
1979
1. MANHATTAN (Woody Allen)
2. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. THE ONION FIELD (Harold Becker)
4. ALIEN (Ridley Scott)
5. BEING THERE (Hal Ashby)
6. ALL THAT JAZZ (Bob Fosse)
7. THE CHINA SYNDROME (James Bridges)
8. HARDCORE (Paul Schrader)
9. THE IN-LAWS (Arthur Hiller)
10. STALKER (Andrei Tarkovsky)
Honorable Mention: IN A YEAR OF 13 MOONS (Fassbinder); KRAMER VS.
KRAMER (Benton); OVER THE EDGE (Kaplan); SAINT JACK (Bogdanovich)
1978
1. DAWN OF THE DEAD (George Romero)
2. DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick)
3. THE DEER HUNTER (Michael Cimino)
4. HALLOWEEN (John Carpenter)
5. BLUE COLLAR (Paul Schrader)
6. THE GREEN ROOM (François Truffaut)
7. THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (Liu Chia-Liang)
8. FINGERS (James Toback)
9. AUTUMN SONATA (Ingmar Bergman)
10. THE DRIVER (Walter Hill)
Honorable Mention: GATES OF HEAVEN (Morris); GET OUT YOUR
HANKERCHIEFS (Blier); INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Kaufman); LONG
WEEKEND (Eggleston); WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN (Karel Reisz)
Most Overrated: COMING HOME (Ashby)
1977
1. ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)
2. 3 WOMEN (Robert Altman)
3. STROSZEK (Werner Herzog)
4. PROVIDENCE (Alain Resnais)
5. SORCERER (William Friedkin)
6. STAR WARS (George Lucas)
7. INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (Enzo G. Castellari)
8. MARTIN (George A. Romero)
9. THE AMERICAN FRIEND (Wim Wenders)
10. SUSPIRIA (Dario Argento)
Honorable Mention: CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Rivette); THE
GAUNTLET (Eastwood); HITCH-HIKE (Campanile); SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
(Badham)
Most Overrated: KILLER OF SHEEP (Burnett)
1976
1. TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese)
2. CARRIE (Brian De Palma)
3. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter)
4. NETWORK (Sidney Lumet)
5. HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple)
6. ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES (Francesco Rosi)
7. SEVEN BEAUTIES (Lina Wertmuller)
8. SMALL CHANGE (François Truffaut)
9. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May)
10. THE MARQUISE OF O (Eric Rohmer)
Honorable Mention: ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Pakula); JONAH WHO WILL BE
25 IN THE YEAR 2000 (Tanner); THE MIDDLEMAN (Ray); WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?
(Ibàñez Serrador)
Notable Shorts: TAKE THE 5:10 TO DREAMLAND (Conner)
1975
1. JAWS (Steven Spielberg)
2. F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles)
3. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Milos Foreman)
4. BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick)
5. NASHVILLE (Robert Altman)
6. HARD TIMES (Walter Hill)
7. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (John Huston)
8. FRENCH CONNECTION II (John Frankenheimer)
9. JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman)
10. DEEP RED (Dario Argento)
Honorable Mention: THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Jodorowsky); LOVE AND DEATH
(Allen); MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE (Wang); MIRROR (Tarovsky);
NIGHT MOVES (Penn); PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (Weir); SWEPT AWAY
(Wertmüller)
1974
1. THE GODFATHER: PART II (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. DERSU UZALA (Akira Kurosawa)
3. THE CONVERSATION (Francis Ford Coppola)
4. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
5. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (Robert Altman)
6. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (Martin Scorsese)
7. HEARTS AND MINDS (Peter Davis)
8. JUGGERNAUT (Richard Lester)
9. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper)
10. THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (Michael Cimino)
Honorable Mention: ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Fassbinder); BLACK
CHRISTMAS (Clark); THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK (Barilli); THE
PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (Buñuel); PHANTOM OF PARADISE (De Palma); RABID DOGS
(Bava)
Most Overrated: GOING PLACES (Blier)
1973
1. THE LONG GOODBYE (Robert Altman)
2. MEAN STREETS (Martin Scorsese)
3. BADLANDS (Terrence Malick)
4. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (Ingmar Bergman)
5. THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (Jean Eustache)
6. DON'T LOOK NOW (Nicholas Roeg)
7. THE WICKER MAN (Robin Hardy)
8. DAY FOR NIGHT (François Truffaut)
9. THE EXORCIST (William Friedkin)
10. CHARLEY VARRICK (Don Siegel)
Honorable Mention: THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (Zinnemann); ELECTRA GLIDE IN
BLUE (Guercio); THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (Yates); HIGH PLAINS
DRIFTER (Eastwood); PAPER MOON (Bogdanovich); PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE
KID (Pekinpah); SERPICO (Lumet); SEX & FURY (Suzuki); TERRIFYING
GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL: LYNCH LAW CLASSROOM (Suzuki); TORSO (Sergio Martino)
Notable Shorts: LUCIFER RISING (Anger)
Most Overrated: LAST TANGO IN PARIS (Bertolucci)
1972
1. LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Eric Rohmer)
2. THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. THE RULING CLASS (Peter Medak)
4. THE HEARTBREACK KID (Elaine May)
5. DELIVERANCE (John Boorman)
6. FRENZY (Alfred Hitchcock)
7. SOLARIS (Andrei Tarkovsky)
8. ULZANA'S RAID (Robert Aldrich)
9. SLEUTH (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
10. FAT CITY (John Huston)
Honorable Mention: AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD (Herzog); CABERET (Fosse);
CISCO PIKE (Norton); CRIES AND WHISPERS (Bergman); DEATHDREAM (Clark);
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (Buñuel); THE HOT ROCK (Yates);
KING BOXER (Chang); LISA AND THE DEVIL (Bava); MILANO CALIBRO 9 (Di
Leo); WAKE IN FRIGHT (Kotcheff)
Notable Shorts: EYE MYTH (Brakhage)
1971
1. MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (Robert Altman)
2. WALKABOUT (Nicholas Roeg)
3. STRAW DOGS (Sam Pekinpah)
4. A NEW LEAF (Elaine May)
5. MURMUR OF THE HEART (Louis Malle)
6. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Stanley Kubrick)
7. WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Mel Stuart)
8. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin)
9. TWO LANE BLACKTOP (Monte Hellman)
10. SHORT NIGHT OF THE GLASS DOLLS (Aldo Lado)
Honorable Mention: A BAY OF BLOOD (Bava); THE BEGUILED (Siegel); DUEL
(Spielberg), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Jewison); FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER
(Bresson); THE HOSPITAL (Hiller); KLUTE (Pakula); LITTLE MURDERS
(Arkin); MACBETH (Polanski); PLAY MISTY FOR ME (Eastwood); TWO ENGLISH
GIRLS (Truffaut)
Most Overrated: TAKING OFF (Forman)
1970
1. CLAIRE'S KNEE (Eric Rohmer)
2. THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci)
3. M.A.S.H. (Robert Altman)
4. DEEP END (Jerzy Skolimowski)
5. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Billy Wilder)
6. BED AND BOARD (François Truffaut)
7. TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (Don Siegel)
8. I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (Gilbert Cates)
9. PATTON (Franklin Schaffner)
10. CATCH 22 (Mike Nichols)
Honorable Mention: THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (Peckinpah); FIVE EASY PIECES (Rafelson)
1969
1. THE WILD CHILD (François Truffaut)
2. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (Eric Rohmer)
3. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (John Schlsinger)
4. THE WILD BUNCH (Sam Pekinpah)
5. ARMY OF SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville)
6. THIS MAN MUST DIE (Claude Chabrol)
7. DILLINGER IS DEAD (Marco Ferreri)
8. BOY (Nagisa Oshima)
9. ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Tarkovsky)
10. THE PASSION OF ANNA (Ingmar Bergman)
Honorable Mention: LE BOUCHER (Chabrol); BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE
SUNDANCE KID (Hill); DOWNHILL RACER (Ritchie); EASY RIDER (Hopper); KES
(Loach); MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (Truffaut); WHERE EAGLES DARE (Hutton)
Notable Shorts: A DAY WITH THE BOYS (Gulager); INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER (Anger)
1968
1. STOLEN KISSES (François Truffaut)
2. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick)
3. IF... (Lindsay Anderson)
4. ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski)
5. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (George Romero)
6. L'ENFANCE NUE (Maurice Pialat)
7. PETULIA (Richard Lester)
8. JE T'AIME, JE T'AIME (Alain Resnais)
9. SHAME (Ingmar Bergman)
10. THE MERCENARY (Sergio Corbucci)
Honorable Mention: COOGAN'S BLUFF (Siegel);THE GREAT SILENCE
(Corbucci); THE HOUR OF THE WOLF (Bergman); THE PRODUCERS (Brooks);
SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE (Greaves); YELLOW SUBMARINE (Dunning)
Notable Shorts: PAS DE DEUX (McLaren) and TOBY DAMMIT (Fellini)
Most Overrated: THE LION IN WINTER (Harvey)
1967
1. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Jacques Demy)
2. LE SAMOURAI (Jean-Pierre Melville)
3. THE SHOOTING (Monte Hellman)
4. COOL HAND LUKE (Stuart Rosenberg)
5. BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn)
6. EL DORADO (Howard Hawks)
7. BELLE DE JOUR (Luis Buñuel)
8. WEEKEND (Jean Luc Godard)
9. POINT BLANK (John Boorman)
10. PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati)
Honorable Mention: BRANDED TO KILL (Suzuki); THE GRADUATE (Nichols);
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (Jewison); MOUCHETTE (Bresson); TWO OR THREE
THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (Godard)
Notable Shorts: EYE MYTH (Brakhage); REPORT (Conner)
1966
1. PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman)
2. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Fred Zinnemann)
3. KILL, BABY ... KILL (Mario Bava)
4. FAHRENHEIT 451 (Francois Truffaut)
5. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson)
6. BLOW UP (Michelangelo Antonioni)
7. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Sergio Leone)
8. THE NAKED PREY (Cornel Wilde)
9. MARAT/SADE (PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF JEAN-PAUL MARAT AS
PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM AT THE CHARENTON UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE) (Peter Brook)
10. TOKYO DRIFTER (Seijun Suzuki)
Honorable Mention: BLACK GIRL (Sembene)
Notable Shorts: BREAKAWAY (Bruce Conner)
Most Overrated: DAISIES (Chytilovà); KING OF HEARTS (de Broca)
1965
1. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (Martin Ritt)
2. REPULSION (Roman Polanski)
3. RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND (Monte Hellman)
4. THE KNACK AND HOW TO GET IT (Richard Lester)
5. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo)
6. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Sergio Leone)
7. BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (Otto Preminger)
8. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard)
9. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Robert Wise)
10. DARLING (John Schlesinger)
Honorable Mention: FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (Meyer)
Notable Shorts: KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS (Anger); MEET MARLON BRANDO (Maysles, Maysles and Zwerin)
1964
1. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy)
2. DR STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick)
3. THE TRAIN (John Frankenheimer)
4. SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (Bryan Forbes)
5. FAIL-SAFE (Sidney Lumet)
6. WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
7. BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Jean-luc Godard)
8. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (Richard Lester)
9. GOLDFINGER (Guy Hamilton)
10. BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (Mario Bava)
Honorable Mention: I AM CUBA
Notable Shorts: IBM: A SELF PORTRAIT (Albert & David Maysles)
Most Overrated: GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW and MARNIE
1963
1. THE LEOPARD (Luchino Visconti)
2. HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa)
3. BILLY LIAR (John Schlesinger)
4. CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard)
5. 8 ½ (Frederico Fellini)
6. THE BIG CITY (Satyajit Ray)
7. THE BIRDS (Alfred Hitchcock)
8. HUD (Marin Ritt)
9, MURIEL (Alain Resnais)
10. BAY OF ANGELS (Jacques Demy)
Honorable Mention: CHARADE (Donen); THE HAUNTING (Wise); THE SILENCE (Bergman); THIS SPORTING LIFE (Anderson)
Notable Shorts: MOTHLIGHT (Brakhage)
1962
1. JULES AND JIM (François Truffaut)
2. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)
3. LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (Tony Richardson)
4. HARAKARI (Masaki Kobayashi)
5. HATARI! (Howard Hawks)
6. LE DOULOS (Jean-Pierre Melville)
7. ADVISE AND CONSENT (Otto Preminger)
8. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (Sam Peckinpah)
9. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer)
10. SANJURO (Akira Kurosawa)
Honorable Mention: THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Bunuel); KNIFE IN THE
WATER (Polanski); LOLITA (Kubrick); MY LIFE TO LIVE (Godard); THE TALE
OF ZATOICHI (Misumi); T