The following is a list of the top 10 films chosen annually by the critics of Cahiers du Cinéma , a French film magazine. The magazine started the lists in 1951, but did not publish a list from 1952 to 1953 and from 1969 to 1980.[1]
1950s [ ]
1951
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
The River
Jean Renoir
France
2.
Diary of a Country Priest
Robert Bresson
France
3.
Miracle in Milan
Vittorio de Sica
Italy
4.
Los Olvidados
Luis Buñuel
Mexico
5.
All About Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
US
6.
Miss Julie
Alf Sjöberg
Sweden
7.
Story of a Love Affair
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy
8.
Sunset Boulevard
Billy Wilder
US
9.
Edward and Caroline
Jacques Becker
France
10.
The Flowers of St. Francis
Roberto Rossellini
Italy
No lists from 1952 through 1953.
1955
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Voyage to Italy
Roberto Rossellini
Italy
2.
Ordet
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Denmark
3.
The Big Knife
Robert Aldrich
US
4.
Lola Montès
Max Ophüls
France
5.
Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock
US
6.
Bad Liaisons
Alexandre Astruc
France
7.
La Strada
Federico Fellini
Italy
8.
The Barefoot Contessa
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
US
9.
Johnny Guitar
Nicholas Ray
US
10.
Kiss Me Deadly
Robert Aldrich
US
1956
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
A Man Escaped
Robert Bresson
France
2.
Elena and Her Men
Jean Renoir
France
3.
Rebel Without a Cause
Nicholas Ray
US
4.
Confidential Report
Orson Welles
US
5.
Senso
Luchino Visconti
Italy
6.
Smiles of a Summer Night
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
7.
Il bidone
Federico Fellini
Italy
8.
L'Amore
Roberto Rossellini
Italy
9.
Picnic
Joshua Logan
US
10.
Fear
Roberto Rossellini
Italy
1958
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Touch of Evil
Orson Welles
US
2.
The Seventh Seal
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
3.
White Nights
Luchino Visconti
Italy
4.
Il Grido
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy
5.
Bonjour Tristesse
Otto Preminger
UK US
6.
Journey into Autumn
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
7.
One Life
Alexandre Astruc
France
8.
Mon Oncle
Jacques Tati
France
9.
The Quiet American
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
US
10.
Summer Interlude
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
1959
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Ugetsu Monogatari
Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan
2.
Hiroshima mon Amour
Alain Resnais
France
3.
Ivan the Terrible
Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet Union
4.
Pickpocket
Robert Bresson
France
5.
The 400 Blows
François Truffaut
France
6.
Rio Bravo
Howard Hawks
US
7.
Wild Strawberries
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
8.
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock
US
9.
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan
10.
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Fritz Lang
West Germany
1960s [ ]
1960
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Sansho the Bailiff
Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan
2.
L'Avventura
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy
3.
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard
France
4.
Shoot the Piano Player
François Truffaut
France
5.
Poem of the Sea
Alexander Dovzhenko & Yuliya Solntseva
Soviet Union
6.
Les Bonnes Femmes
Claude Chabrol
France
Nazarin
Luis Buñuel
Spain, Mexico
8.
Moonfleet
Fritz Lang
US
9.
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock
US
10.
Le Trou
Jacques Becker
France
1961
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Lola
Jacques Demy
France
2.
A Woman Is a Woman
Jean-Luc Godard
France
3.
Paris Belongs to Us
Jacques Rivette
France
4.
Rocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti
Italy
5.
Shin Heike Monogatari
Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan
6.
At Great Cost
Mark Donskoy
Soviet Union
7.
La Notte
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy
8.
Last Year at Marienbad
Alain Resnais
France
9.
Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks
US
10.
Two Rode Together
John Ford
US
1963
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Contempt
Jean-Luc Godard
France
2.
The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock
US
3.
The Exterminating Angel
Luis Buñuel
Mexico
4.
Adieu Philippine
Jacques Rozier
France
5.
The Trial of Joan of Arc
Robert Bresson
France
6.
Muriel
Alain Resnais
France
7.
The Nutty Professor
Jerry Lewis
US
8.
The Carabineers
Jean-Luc Godard
France
9.
Salvatore Giuliano
Francesco Rosi
Italy
10.
8½
Federico Fellini
Italy
1964
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Band of Outsiders
Jean-Luc Godard
France
2.
Gertrud
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Denmark
3.
Marnie
Alfred Hitchcock
US
4.
A Married Woman
Jean-Luc Godard
France
5.
Man's Favourite Sport?
Howard Hawks
US
6.
Red Desert
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy
7.
America, America
Elia Kazan
US
8.
The Silence
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
9.
Now About These Women
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
10.
The Servant
Joseph Losey
UK
1965
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Pierrot le Fou
Jean-Luc Godard
France
2.
Sandra
Luchino Visconti
Italy
3.
Winter Light
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
4.
Six in Paris: "Gare du Nord" segment
Jean Rouch
France
5.
Alphaville
Jean-Luc Godard
France
6.
Lilith
Robert Rossen
US
7.
Shock Corridor
Sam Fuller
US
8.
The Family Jewels
Jerry Lewis
US
9.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Italy
10.
Le Bonheur
Agnès Varda
France
1966
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Au Hasard Balthazar
Robert Bresson
France
2.
Walkover
Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland
3.
Not Reconciled
Jean-Marie Straub
West Germany
4.
Masculin Féminin
Jean-Luc Godard
France
5.
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short
André Delvaux
Belgium
6.
Seven Women
John Ford
US
7.
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Roberto Rossellini
Italy
8.
Torn Curtain
Alfred Hitchcock
US
9.
Red Line 7000
Howard Hawks
US
10.
Fists in the Pocket
Marco Bellochio
Italy
1967
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Persona
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
2.
Belle de Jour
Luis Buñuel
France
3.
Weekend
Jean-Luc Godard
France
4.
Lion Hunting with Bow and Arrow
Jean Rouch
France
5.
Playtime
Jacques Tati
France
6.
The Big Mouth
Jerry Lewis
US
7.
Daisies
Vera Chytilova
Czechoslovakia
The Nun
Jacques Rivette
France
9.
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Jean-Luc Godard
France
10.
La Chinoise
Jean-Luc Godard
France
No list for 1969.
1970s [ ]
No lists for the 1970s.
1980s [ ]
No list for 1980.
1983
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
À Nos Amours
Maurice Pialat
France
L'Argent
Robert Bresson
France
3.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Nagisa Oshima
UK Japan
Un jeu Brutal
Jean-Claude Brisseau
France
5.
The King of Comedy
Martin Scorsese
US
Pauline at the Beach
Éric Rohmer
France
7.
L'Enfant Secret
Philippe Garrel
France
Faux-Fuyants
Alain Bergala & Jean-Pierre Limosin
France
Three Crowns of the Sailor
Raúl Ruiz
France
10.
Cracking Up
Jerry Lewis
US
Fanny And Alexander
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
1984
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Full Moon in Paris
Éric Rohmer
France
2.
Class Relations
Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet
West Germany
3.
Biquefarre
Georges Rouquier
France
First Name: Carmen
Jean-Luc Godard
France
Liberté, la nuit
Philippe Garrel
France
6.
Rumble Fish
Francis Ford Coppola
US
7.
And the Ship Sails On
Federico Fellini
Italy
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders
West Germany
The Right Stuff
Philip Kaufman
US
10.
Once Upon a Time in America
Sergio Leone
Italy US
1985
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Hail Mary
Jean-Luc Godard
France
2.
Détective
Jean-Luc Godard
France
3.
Year of the Dragon
Michael Cimino
US
4.
After the Rehearsal
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
5.
Love Streams
John Cassavetes
US
6.
The Home and the World
Satyajit Ray
India
7.
Les Amants terribles
Danièle Dubroux
France
8.
The Children
Marguerite Duras
France
9.
Ran
Akira Kurosawa
Japan
10.
Favorites of the Moon
Otar Iosseliani
France
Rendez-vous
André Téchiné
France
1986
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
The Green Ray
Éric Rohmer
France
2.
Legend of Suram Fortress
Sergei Parajanov
Soviet Union
The Sacrifice
Andrei Tarkovsky
Sweden
4.
Double Messieurs
Jean-François Stévenin
France
5.
Bad Blood
Leos Carax
France
Maine-Ocean Express
Jacques Rozier
France
7.
Thérèse
Alain Cavalier
France
8.
Scene of the Crime
André Téchiné
France
9.
After Hours
Martin Scorsese
US
Alpine Fire
Fredi M. Murer
Switzerland
Disorder
Olivier Assayas
France
Gardien de la nuit
Jean-Pierre Limosin
France
Rise and Fall of a Small Cinema Company
Jean-Luc Godard
France
1987
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Under the Sun of Satan
Maurice Pialat
France
2.
The Death of Empedocles
Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet
West Germany
Intervista
Federico Fellini
Italy
Wings Of Desire
Wim Wenders
West Germany
5.
The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci
China UK Italy
6.
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Éric Rohmer
France
Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick
UK US
Yeelen
Souleymane Cissé
Mali
9.
The Mass Is Ended
Nanni Moretti
Italy
10.
Blue Velvet
David Lynch
US
The Color of Money
Martin Scorsese
US
King Lear
Jean-Luc Godard
US
Um Adeus Português
João Botelho
Portugal
Wedding in Galilee
Michel Khleifi
Palestine
1988
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
A Short Film About Killing
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Poland
2.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Philip Kaufman
US
3.
The Dead
John Huston
US
4.
Urgences
Raymond Depardon
France
5.
Bird
Clint Eastwood
US
6.
Landscape in the Mist
Theo Angelopoulos
Greece
7.
De bruit et de fureur
Jean-Claude Brisseau
France
8.
The Last Temptation of Christ
Martin Scorsese
US
9.
Les Innocents
André Téchiné
France
10.
Story of Women
Claude Chabrol
France
1990s [ ]
1991
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Van Gogh
Maurice Pialat
France
2.
Miller's Crossing
Coen Brothers
US
3.
Barton Fink
Coen Brothers
US
4.
The Godfather Part III
Francis Ford Coppola
US
5.
Close-Up
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
6.
J'entends plus la guitare
Philippe Garrel
France
7.
Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton
US
8.
Rhapsody in August
Akira Kurosawa
Japan
9.
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
Leos Carax
France
10.
Paris s'éveille
Olivier Assayas
France
1994
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Caro diario
Nanni Moretti
Italy
2.
I Can't Sleep
Claire Denis
France
3.
Carlito's Way
Brian De Palma
US
4.
Wild Reeds
André Téchiné
France
5.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Henry Selick
US
6.
Travolta and Me
Patricia Mazuy
France
7.
L'Enfer
Claude Chabrol
France
8.
Joan the Maiden
Jacques Rivette
France
9.
US Go Home
Claire Denis
France
10.
Coming to Terms with the Dead
Pascale Ferran
France
M. Butterfly
David Cronenberg
US
1997
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Hana-bi
Takeshi Kitano
Japan
2.
Goodbye South, Goodbye
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan
3.
Lost Highway
David Lynch
US
4.
The Eel
Shohei Imamura
Japan
The River
Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan
6.
Same Old Song
Alain Resnais
France
Seventh Heaven
Benoît Jacquot
France
Taste of Cherry
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
9.
Face/Off
John Woo
US
Happy Together
Wong Kar-wai
Hong Kong
Scream
Wes Craven
US
1998
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Flowers of Shanghai
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan
2.
Dr. Akagi
Shohei Imamura
Japan
3.
Autumn Tale
Éric Rohmer
France
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Clint Eastwood
US
5.
Anxiety
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
Sue Lost in Manhattan
Amos Kollek
US
7.
L'Ennui
Cédric Kahn
France
Velvet Goldmine
Todd Haynes
US
9.
Snake Eyes
Brian De Palma
US
10.
L'arrière-pays
Jacques Nolot
France
Jackie Brown
Quentin Tarantino
US
Ossos
Pedro Costa
Portugal
Titanic
James Cameron
US
1999
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick
US
2.
The Wind Will Carry Us
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
3.
Sicilia!
Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet
Italy
4.
eXistenZ
David Cronenberg
Canada
5.
Le vent de la nuit
Philippe Garrel
France
6.
True Crime
Clint Eastwood
US
7.
The Letter
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
8.
The Straight Story
David Lynch
US
9.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Jim Jarmusch
US
10.
As Bodas de Deus
João César Monteiro
Portugal
1990s (1990–1999)
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
The Bridges of Madison County
Clint Eastwood
US
Carlito's Way
Brian De Palma
US
Goodbye South, Goodbye
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan
4.
Close-Up
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick
US
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
David Lynch
US
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
US
8.
Crash
David Cronenberg
Canada
Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton
US
The River
Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan
2000s [ ]
2000
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Esther Kahn
Arnaud Desplechin
France
2.
The Captive
Chantal Akerman
Belgium
3.
Man on the Moon
Miloš Forman
US
4.
Mission to Mars
Brian De Palma
US
5.
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-wai
Hong Kong
6.
M/Other
Nobuhiro Suwa
Japan
7.
The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola
US
Yi Yi
Edward Yang
Taiwan
9.
Space Cowboys
Clint Eastwood
US
10.
Workers for the Good Lord
Jean-Claude Brisseau
France
2002
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Secret Things
Jean-Claude Brisseau
France
Ten
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
3.
Blissfully Yours
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
4.
From the Other Side
Chantal Akerman
Belgium
5.
The Uncertainty Principle
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
6.
My Mother's Smile
Marco Bellocchio
Italy
7.
Talk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
8.
Spider
David Cronenberg
Canada
Spirited Away
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan
10.
24
N/A
US
Gerry
Gus Van Sant
US
2004
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Tropical Malady
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
2.
S-21
Rithy Panh
Cambodia
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Wang Bing
China
The Village
M. Night Shyamalan
US
5.
Shara
Naomi Kawase
Japan
6.
The Brown Bunny
Vincent Gallo
US
Gerry
Gus Van Sant
US
Kings and Queen
Arnaud Desplechin
France
9.
Café Lumière
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Japan Taiwan
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Quentin Tarantino
US
Saraband
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
2005
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Last Days
Gus Van Sant
US
2.
A History of Violence
David Cronenberg
US
Regular Lovers
Philippe Garrel
France
4.
1/3 of the Eyes
Olivier Zabat
France
Three Times
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan
The World
Jia Zhangke
China
The Young Lieutenant
Xavier Beauvois
France
8.
Be with Me
Eric Khoo
Singapore
Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog
US
Sin City
Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez
US
Tale of Cinema
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
2006
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Private Fears in Public Places
Alain Resnais
France
The Sun
Alexander Sokurov
Russia
3.
The Host
Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
4.
Lady Chatterley
Pascale Ferran
France
5.
A Perfect Couple
Nobuhiro Suwa
Japan France
6.
Capote
Bennett Miller
US
These Encounters of Theirs
Straub–Huillet
France Italy
Lady in the Water
M. Night Shyamalan
US
9.
The Departed
Martin Scorsese
US
10.
Flags of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood
US
The New World
Terrence Malick
US
2008
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Redacted
Brian De Palma
US
2.
Colossal Youth
Pedro Costa
Portugal
3.
Cloverfield
Matt Reeves
US
4.
No Country for Old Men
Coen Brothers
US
5.
Two Lovers
James Gray
US
6.
Waltz with Bashir
Ari Folman
Israel
7.
Dernier maquis
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Algeria France
8.
Hunger
Steve McQueen
UK
9.
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
Raya Martin
Philippines
10.
On War
Bertrand Bonello
France
2009
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Wild Grass
Alain Resnais
France
2.
Vincere
Marco Bellocchio
Italy
3.
Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino
US
4.
Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood
US
5.
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
6.
Tetro
Francis Ford Coppola
US
7.
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
US
8.
King of Escape
Alain Guiraudie
France
9.
Tokyo Sonata
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japan
10.
Hadewijch
Bruno Dumont
France
2000s (2000–2009)
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Mulholland Drive
David Lynch
US
2.
Elephant
Gus Van Sant
US
3.
Tropical Malady
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
4.
The Host
Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
5.
A History of Violence
David Cronenberg
US
6.
The Secret of the Grain
Abdellatif Kechiche
France
7.
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Wang Bing
China
8.
War of the Worlds
Steven Spielberg
US
9.
The New World
Terrence Malick
US
10.
Ten
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
2010s [ ]
2010[2] [3]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
2.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Werner Herzog
US
3.
Film Socialisme
Jean-Luc Godard
France
4.
Toy Story 3
Lee Unkrich
US
5.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson
US
6.
A Serious Man
Coen Brothers
US
7.
To Die Like a Man
João Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal
8.
The Social Network
David Fincher
US
9.
Chouga
Darezhan Omirbayev
Kazakhstan
10.
Mother
Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
2011[4]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
We Have a Pope
Nanni Moretti
Italy
2.
The Strange Case of Angelica
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick
US
4.
Essential Killing
Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland
Outside Satan
Bruno Dumont
France
6.
A Burning Hot Summer
Philippe Garrel
France
Melancholia
Lars von Trier
Denmark
8.
House of Tolerance
Bertrand Bonello
France
Meek's Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt
US
Super 8
J. J. Abrams
US
2012[5]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Holy Motors
Leos Carax
France
2.
Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg
Canada
3.
Twixt
Francis Ford Coppola
US
4.
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Abel Ferrara
US
5.
In Another Country
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
6.
Take Shelter
Jeff Nichols
US
7.
Go Go Tales
Abel Ferrara
US
8.
Tabu
Miguel Gomes
Portugal
9.
Faust
Alexander Sokurov
Russia
10.
Keep the Lights On
Ira Sachs
US
2014[7]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Li'l Quinquin
Bruno Dumont
France
2.
Goodbye to Language
Jean-Luc Godard
France Switzerland
3.
Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer
UK
4.
Maps to the Stars
David Cronenberg
Canada
5.
The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan
6.
Nymphomaniac
Lars von Trier
Denmark UK
7.
Mommy
Xavier Dolan
Canada
8.
Love Is Strange
Ira Sachs
US
9.
Paradise
Alain Cavalier
France
10.
Our Sunhi
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
2016[9]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Toni Erdmann
Maren Ade
Germany Austria
2.
Elle
Paul Verhoeven
France
3.
The Neon Demon
Nicolas Winding Refn
Denmark France US
4.
Aquarius
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Brazil
5.
Slack Bay
Bruno Dumont
France
6.
Julieta
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
7.
Staying Vertical
Alain Guiraudie
France
8.
La Loi de la jungle
Antonin Peretjatko
France
9.
Carol
Todd Haynes
US UK
10.
Le Bois Dont Les Rêves Sont Faits
Claire Simon
France
2018[11] [12]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
The Wild Boys
Bertrand Mandico
France
2.
Coincoin and the Extra-Humans
Bruno Dumont
France
3.
Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson
US
4.
Burning
Lee Chang-dong
South Korea
5.
Paul Sanchez est revenu!
Patricia Mazuy
France
6.
The Post
Steven Spielberg
US
7.
On the Beach at Night Alone
Hong Sang-Soo
South Korea
8.
The House That Jack Built
Lars von Trier
Denmark
9.
Leto
Kirill Serebrennikov
Russia
10.
Treasure Island
Guillaume Brac
France
2019[13] [14]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
The Image Book
Jean-Luc Godard
France Switzerland
2.
Parasite
Bong Joon-Ho
South Korea
3.
Synonyms
Nadav Lapid
France Israel
4.
Bacurau
Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles
Brazil
5.
Jeanne
Bruno Dumont
France
6.
Pain and Glory
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
7.
Les Misérables
Ladj Ly
France
8.
The Mule
Clint Eastwood
US
9.
Joker
Todd Phillips
US
10.
The Irishman
Martin Scorsese
US
2010s (2010–2019)[15]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
Twin Peaks: The Return
David Lynch
US
2.
Holy Motors
Leos Carax
France
3.
Li'l Quinquin
Bruno Dumont
France
4.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
5.
The Image Book
Jean-Luc Godard
France Switzerland
6.
Toni Erdmann
Maren Ade
Germany Austria
7.
Mia Madre
Nanni Moretti
Italy
8.
Melancholia
Lars von Trier
Denmark
9.
Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer
United Kingdom
10.
The Strange Case of Angelica
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
2020s [ ]
2020[16]
#
Film
Director
Country
1.
City Hall
Frederick Wiseman
US
2.
The Woman Who Ran
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
3.
Uncut Gems
Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
US
4.
Malmkrog
Cristi Puiu
Romania
5.
The Things We Say, the Things We Do
Emmanuel Mouret
France
6.
Hotel by the River
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
7.
China
8.
The Salt of Tears
Philippe Garrel
France Switzerland
9.
France
10.
Spain
Filmmakers with three or more works on the lists [ ]
Jean-Luc Godard - 26
Ingmar Bergman - 14
Clint Eastwood - 12
Éric Rohmer - 12
Philippe Garrel - 11
Manoel de Oliveira - 11
David Cronenberg - 10
David Lynch - 9
Martin Scorsese - 9
Bruno Dumont - 8
Alain Resnais - 8
Hong Sang-soo - 8
Federico Fellini - 7
Alfred Hitchcock - 7
Nanni Moretti - 7
Apichatpong Weerasethakul - 7
Michelangelo Antonioni - 6
Robert Bresson - 6
Luis Buñuel - 6
Brian De Palma - 6
Hou Hsiao-Hsien - 6
Abbas Kiarostami - 6
Jacques Rivette - 6
Roberto Rossellini - 6
François Truffaut - 6
André Téchiné - 6
Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet - 6
Pedro Almodóvar - 4
Jean-Claude Brisseau - 4
Bong Joon-Ho - 4
Leos Carax - 4
Coen Brothers - 4
Francis Ford Coppola - 4
Claude Chabrol - 4
Arnaud Desplechin - 4
Abel Ferrara - 4
Howard Hawks - 4
Jia Zhangke - 4
Jerry Lewis - 4
Kenji Mizoguchi - 4
Maurice Pialat - 4
Satyajit Ray - 4
Jerzy Skolimowski - 4
Quentin Tarantino - 4
Lars von Trier - 4
Gus Van Sant - 4
Luchino Visconti - 4
Marco Bellocchio - 3
Bernardo Bertolucci - 3
Tim Burton - 3
Alain Guiraudie - 3
Shohei Imamura - 3
Benoît Jacquot - 3
Akira Kurosawa - 3
Stanley Kubrick - 3
Fritz Lang - 3
Terrence Malick - 3
Patricia Mazuy - 3
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 3
Nicholas Ray - 3
Jean Renoir - 3
Steven Spielberg - 3
M. Night Shyamalan - 3
Orson Welles - 3
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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