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Update: There are a total of 200 films here, compiled and condensed from all previous Top100 lists (2004, 2005, 2006).

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• The Addiction , 1995, Abel Ferrara
• After Life (“Wandafuru raifu”) , 1999, Hirokazu Koreeda
• Amadeus , 1984, Milos Forman
• American Beauty , 1999, Sam Mendes
• Amistad , 1997, Steven Spielberg
• Andrei Rublev (“Andrey Rublyov") , 1969, Andrei Tarkovsky
• Angels in America , 2003, Mike Nichols
• The Apostle , 1997, Robert Duvall
• The Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apu Sansar) , 1955, 1956, 1959, Satyajit Ray
• Au Hasard Balthazar , 1966, Robert Bresson
• An Autumn Afternoon (“Sanma no aji”) , 1962, Yasujiro Ozu
• Babette’s Feast (“Babettes Gaestebud”) , 1987, Gabriel Axel
• Bad Lieutenant , 1987, Abel Ferrara
• Baraka , 1992, Ron Fricke
• Becket , 1964, Peter Glenville
• Before Sunset , 2004, Richard Linklater
• The Believer , 2001, Henry Bean
• The Best Years of Our Lives , 1946, William Wyler
• The Bicycle Thief (“Ladri di biciclette”) , 1948, Vittorio De Sica
• The Big Kahuna , 1999, John Swankbeck
• Black Narcissus , 1947, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
• The Black Robe , 1991, Bruce Beresford
• Blade Runner , 1982, Ridley Scott
• Breaking the Waves , 1996, Lars von Trier
• Bruce Almighty , 2003, Tom Shadyac
• A Canterbury Tale , 1944, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
• Changing Lanes , 2002, Roger Michell
• Chariots of Fire , 1981, Hugh Hudson
• A Christmas Carol , 1951, Brian Desmond Hurst
• Close-Up (“Nema-ye Nazdik”) , 1990, Abbas Kiarostami
• Code Unknown (“Code inconnu”) , 2000, Michael Haneke
• Colors of Paradise (“Rang-e khoda”) , 1999, Majid Majidi
• Cries and Whispers (“Viskningar och rop”) , 1973, Ingmar Bergman
• Crimes and Misdemeanors , 1989, Woody Allen
• Cry the Beloved Country , 1951, Zoltan Korda
• Day of Wrath (“Vredens dag”) , 1943, Carl Theodor Dreyer
• Days of Heaven , 1978, Terrence Malick
• Dead Man Walking , 1995, Tim Robbins
• The Decalogue (“Dekalog”) , 1987, Krzysztof Kieslowski
• Derzu Uzala , 1975, Akira Kurosawa
• The Devil and Daniel Walker , 1941, William Dieterle
• Devil’s Playground , 2002, Lucy Walker
• The Diary of a Country Priest (“Le Journal D’un Cure De Campagne”) , 1951, Robert Bresson
• Dogma , 1999, Kevin Smith
• Dogville , 2003, Lars von Trier
• La Dolce Vita , 1960, Federico Fellini
• Donnie Darko , 2001, Richard Kelly
• Dream of Light (“El Sol del membrillo”) , 1992, Victor Erice
• The Elephant Man , 1980, David Lynch
• The End of the Affair , 1999, Neil Jordan
• Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story , 1996, Michael Ray Rhodes
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , 2004, Michel Gondry
• Eureka , 2000, Shinji Aoyama
• Faust , 1926, F.W. Murnau
• Fearless , 1993, Peter Weir
• Fiddler on the Roof , 1971, Norman Jewison
• Field of Dreams , 1989, Phil Alden Robinson
• Fight Club , 1999, David Fincher
• The Fisher King , 1991, Terry Gilliam
• Flowers of St. Francis (“Francesco, guillare de Dio”) , 1950, Roberto Rossellini
• Forgiveness , 2004, Ian Gabriel
• For Those Who Will Follow , 1963, Michel Brault, Marcel Carriére, Pierre Perrault
• Frailty , 2001, Bill Paxton
• Gates of Heaven , 1980, Errol Morris
• Godspell , 1973, David Greene
• The Gospel According to Matthew (“Il vangelo second Matteo”) , 1964, Pier Paolo Pasolini
• The Gospel of John , 2003, Philip Saville
• Grand Canyon , 1991, Lawrence Kasdan
• The Grapes of Wrath , 1940, John Ford
• Grave of the Fireflies (“Hotaru no haka”) , 1988, Isao Takahata
• The Greatest Love (“Europa ’51”) , 1954, Roberto Rossellini
• The Green Mile , 1999, Frank Darabont
• Groundhog Day , 1993, Harold Ramis
• Hail Mary (“Je vous salue, Marie”) , 1985, Jean-Luc Godard
• The Heart is a Lonely Hunter , 1968, Robert Ellis Miller
• Heaven , 2002, Tom Tykwer
• Hell House , 2001, George Ratliff
• Henry V , 1989, Kenneth Branaugh
• He Who Must Die (“Celui qui doit mourir”) , 1957, Jules Dassin
• The Hiding Place , 1975, James F. Collier
• Hotel Rwanda , 2004, Terry George
• In America , 2002, Jim Sheridan
• In the Name of the Father , 1993, Jim Sheridan
• The Iron Giant , 1999, Brad Bird
• Italian for Beginners , 2000, Lone Scherfig
• It’s A Wonderful Life , 1946, Frank Capra
• Jean de Florette, Manon des sources , 1986, Claude Berri
• Jesus of Montreal (“Jesus De Montreal”) , 1989, Denys Arcand
• Jesus Of Nazareth , 1977, Franco Zeffirelli
• Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (“Koyaanisqatsi”), 1982, Godfrey Reggio
• The Last Days of Disco, 1998, Whit Stillman
• The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988, Martin Scorses
• The Last Wave, 1977, Peter Weir
• Late Spring (“Banshun”) , 1972, Yasujiro Osu
• Les Miserables , 1998, Billie August
• Life, and Nothing More (“Zendegi va digar hich”) , 1991, Abbas Kiarostami
• Life is Beautiful (“La Vita e bella”) , 1997, Roberto Benigni
• Life of Brian , 1979, Terry Jones
• Lilies of the Field , 1963, Ralph Nelson
• The Lord of the Rings , 2001-2003, Peter Jackson
• Luther , 2003, Eric Till
• Magnolia , 1999, Paul Thomas Anderson
• Make Way for Tomorrow , 1937, Leo McCarey
• A Man Escaped (“Un condamne a mort s’est echappe ou Le vent soufflé ou il veut”) , 1956, Robert Bresson
• A Man for All Seasons , 1966, Fred Zinnemann
• The Man Without a Past (“Wies vailla menneisyytta”) , 2002, Aki Kaurismaki
• The Matrix , 1999, Andry & Larry Wachowski
• A Midnight Clear , 1992, Keith Gordon
• The Mirror (“Zerkalo”) , 1975, Andrei Trakovsky
• A Moment of Innocence (“Nun va Goldoon”) , 1997, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Millions , 2004, Danny Boyle
• The Miracle Maker : The Story of Jesus , 2000, Derek W. Hayes & Stanislav Sokolov
• The Mission , 1986, Roland Joffe
• Molokai: The Story of Father Damian , 1999, Paul Cox
• Money (“L’Argent”) , 1983, Robert Bresson
• Mother and Son (“Mat i syn”) , 1997, Aleksandr Sokurov
• The Music Room (“Jalsaghar”) , 1958, Satyajit Ray
• My Dinner with Andre , 1981, Louis Malle
• My Flesh and Blood , 2003, Jonathan Karsh
• My Night at Maud’s (“Ma nuit chez Maud”) , 1969, Eric Rohmer
• Nazarin , 1959, Luis Buñuel
• The Night (“La Notte”) , 1961, Michaelangelo Antonioni
• The Night of the Hunter , 1955, Charles Laughton
• Nights of Cabiria , 1957, Federico Fellini
• Nostalghia , 1983, Andrei Tarkovsky
• Not of This World (“Fuori dal mondo”) , 1999, Giuseppe Piccioni
• Not One Less (“Yi ge dou bu neng shao”) , 1999, Yimou Zhang
• On the Waterfront , 1954, Elia Kazan
• Open City (“Roma, citta apera”) , 1945, Roberto Rossellini
• The Passion of Joan of Arc (“La Passion De Jeanne D’arc”) , 1928 C. Dreyer
• The Passion of the Christ , 2004, Mel Gibson
• Perceval , 1978, Eric Rohmer
• Peter and Paul , 1981, Robert Day
• Places in the Heart , 1984, Robert Benton
• The Pianist , 2002, Roman Polanski
• Pickpocket , 1959, Robert Bresson
• Pieces of April , 2003, Peter Hedges
• Ponette , 1996, Jacques Doillon
• The Prince of Egypt , 1998, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
• La Promesse , 1996, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Punch-Drunk Love , 2002, P.T.Anderson
• Rashômon , 1950, Akira Kurosawa
• Red Beard , 1985, Akira Kurosawa
• The River , 1951, Jean Renoir
• Rivers and Tides , 2001, Thomas Riedelsheimer
• Romero , 1989, John Duigan
• Rosetta , 1999, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• The Sacrifice (“Offret-Sacrificatio , 1986, Andrei Tarkovsky
• Safe , 1995, Todd Haynes
• Saints and Soldiers, 2003, Ryan Little
• Sansho the Bailiff (“Sanshô dayû”), 1954, Kenji Mizoguchi
• Schindler’s List, 1993, Steven Spielberg
• Secrets & Lies, 1996, Mike Leigh
• The Seventh Seal (“Det Sjunde Inseglet”), 1957, Ingmar Bergman
• Shadowlands, 1993, Richard Attenborough
• The Shawshank Redemption, 1994, Frank Darabont
• Shoah, 1985, Claude Lanzmann
• Signs, 2002, M. Night Shyamalan
• The Silence (“Tystnaden”), 1963, Ingmar Bergman
• The Sixth Sense, 1999, M.Night Shyamalan
• Solaris (“Solyaris”), 1972, Andrei Tarkovsky
• The Son (“Le Fils”), 2002, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Song of Bernadette, 1943, Henry King
• Songs from the Second Floor (“Sånger från andra våningen”), 2000, Roy Andersson
• Spirited Away[/font], 2001, Hayao Miyazaki
• The Spitfire Grill, 1996, Lee David Zlotoff
• Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (“Bom yeorum gaeul Gyeoul geurigo bom”), 2003, Ki-duk Kim
• Stairway to Heaven (“A Matter of Life and Death”), 1946, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
• Stalker, 1979, Andrei Tarkovsky
• Star Wars Trilogy, 1977, 1980, 1983, George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand
• Stevie, 2002, Steve James
• The Straight Story, 1999, David Lynch
• Stromboli, 1950, Roberto Rossellini
• Summer/ The Green Ray (“Le Rayon vert”), 1986, Eric Rohmer
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927, F.W. Murnau
• The Sweet Hereafter, 1997 Atom Egoyan
• Tales of Ugetsu (“Ugetsu monogatari”), 1954, Kenji Mizoguchi
• A Taste of Cherry (“Ta’m e guilass”), 1997, Abbas Kiarostami
• The Ten Commandments, 1956, Cecil B. DeMille
• Tender Mercies, 1983, Bruce Beresford
• Therese, 1986, Alain Cavalier
• The Third Miracle, 1999, Agnieszka Holland
• 13 Conversations About One Thing, 2001, Jill Sprecher
• Three Colors Trilogy (“Trois couleurs”), 1993, 1994, 1994, Kryzysztof Kieslowski
• To End All Wars, 2001, David L. Cunningham
• To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962, Robert Mulligan
• Tokyo Story (“Tokyo monogatari”), 1953, Yasujiro Ozu
• To Live (“Ikiru”), 1952, Akira Kurosawa
• The Tree of Wooden Clogs (“L’Albero degli zoccoli”), 1978, Ermanno Olmi
• Trembling Before G-d, 2001, Sandi Simcha Dubowski
• The Trial of Joan of Arc (“Proces de Jeanne d’Arc”), 1962, Robert Bresson
• The Trip to Bountiful, 1985, Peter Masterson
• The Truman Show, 1998, Peter Weir
• 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, Stanley Kubrick
• Unforgiven, 1992, Clint Eastwood
• Vanya on 42nd Street, 1994, Louis Malle
• The Virgin Spring (“Jungfrukallan”), 1960, Ingmar Bergman
• Waking Life[font="Georgia"], 2001, Richard Linklater
• Werckmeister Harmonies (“Werckmeister harmoniak”), 2000, Bela Tarr and Agnes Hranitzky
• Wild Strawberries (“Smultronstallet”), 1957, Ingmar Bergman
• The Wind Will Carry Us (“Bad ma ra khahad bord”), 1999, Abbas Kiarostami
• Wings of Desire (“Der Himmel über Berlin”), 1987, Wim Wenders
• Winter Light (“Nattvardsgasterna”), 1963, Ingmar Bergman
• Wit, 2001, Mike Nichols
• Witness, 1985, Peter Weir
• The Word (“Ordet”), 1955, Carl Theodor Dreyer
• The Year of Living Dangerously, 1982, Peter Weir
• Yi Yi: A One and a Two (“Yi yi), 2000, Edward Yang
• You Can Count on Me, 2000, Kenneth Lonergan