The 2004 Top100 Spiritually Significant Films
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The list is in alphabetical order by original (often foreign) title
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The Addiction, 1995, Abel Ferrara |
| Amadeus, 1984, Milos Forman | |
| American Beauty, 1999, Sam Mendes | |
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Andrei Rublev, 1969, Andrei Tarkovsky |
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The Apostle, 1997, Robert Duv |
| Au Hasard Balthazar, 1966, Robert Bresson | |
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Babettes Gæstebud ("Babette's Feast"), 1987, Gabriel Axel |
| Bad Lieutenant, 1987, Abel Ferrara | |
| Bad ma ra khahad bord ("The Wind Will Carry Us"), 1999, Abbas Kiarostami | |
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The Big Kahuna, 1999, John Swanbeck |
| Blade Runner, 1982, Ridley Scott | |
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Breaking The Waves, 1996, Lars von Trier |
| Changing Lanes, 2002, Roger Michell | |
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Chariots of Fire, 1981, Hugh Hudson |
| Code inconnu ("Code Unknown"), 2000, Michael Haneke | |
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Crimes And Misdemeanors, 1989, Woody Allen |
| Days of Heaven, 1978, Terrence Malick | |
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Dead Man Walking, 1995, Tim Robbins |
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Dekalog ("The Decalogue"), 1987, Krzysztof Kieslowski |
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Dersu Uzala, 1975, Akira Kurosawa |
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Dogma, 1999, Kevin Smith |
| Dogville, 2003, Lars von Trier | |
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La Dolce vita, 1960, Federico Fellini |
| The Elephant Man, 1980, David Lynch | |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004, Michel Gondry | |
| Fearless, 1993, Peter Weir | |
| Fight Club, 1999, David Fincher | |
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Le Fils ("The Son"), 2002, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne |
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Fuori dal mondo ("Not of This World"), 1999, Giuseppe Piccioni |
| Grand Canyon, 1991, Lawrence Kasdan | |
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Groundhog Day, 1993, Harold Ramis |
| Hell House, 2001, George Ratliff | |
| Henry V, 1989, Kenneth Branagh | |
| Der Himmel über Berlin ("Wings of Desire"), 1987, Wim Wenders | |
| Ikiru ("To Live"), 1952, Akira Kurosawa | |
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It's A Wonderful Life, 1946, Frank Capra |
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Jean de Florette, Manon des sources, 1986, Claude Berri |
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Jésus De Montréal ("Jesus of Montreal"), 1989, Denys Arcand |
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Jesus Of Nazareth, 1977, Franco Zeffirelli |
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Le Journal D'un Curé De Campagne ("The Diary of a Country Priest"), 1951, Robert Bresson |
| Ladri di biciclette ("The Bicycle Thief"), 1948, Vittorio De Sica | |
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The Last Days of Disco, 1998, Whit Stillman |
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The Last Temptation Of Christ, 1988, Martin Scorsese |
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Life of Brian, 1979, Terry Jones |
| The Lord of the Rings, 2001-2003, Peter Jackson | |
| Ma nuit chez Maud ("My Night At Maud's"), 1969, Eric Rohmer | |
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Magnolia, 1999, Paul Thomas Anderson |
| A Man For All Seasons, 1966, Fred Zinnemann | |
| The Matrix, 1999, Andy & Larry Wachowski | |
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Mies vailla menneisyyttä ("The Man Without A Past"), 2002, Aki Kaurismäki |
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The Miracle Maker, 2000, Derek W. Hayes & Stanislav Sokolov |
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The Mission, 1986, Roland Joffé |
| Nema-ye Nazdik ("Close-Up"), 1990, Abbas Kiarostami | |
| The Night Of The Hunter, 1955, Charles Laughton | |
| Offret - Sacrificatio ("The Sacrifice"), 1986, Andrei Tarkovsky | |
| On The Waterfront, 1954, Elia Kazan | |
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Ordet ("The Word"), 1955, Carl Theodor Dreyer |
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La Passion De Jeanne D'arc ("The Passion of Joan of Arc"), 1928, C. Dreyer |
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The Passion Of The Christ, 2004, Mel Gibson |
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Peter and Paul, 1981, Robert Day |
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Ponette, 1996, Jacques Doillon |
| The Prince Of Egypt, 1998, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells | |
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La Promesse, 1996, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne |
| Punch-Drunk Love, 2002, P.T. Anderson | |
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Roma, città aperta ("Open City"), 1945, Roberto Rossellini |
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Sanshô dayû ("Sansho the Bailiff"), 1954, Kenji Mizoguchi |
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Schindler's List, 1993, Steven Spielberg |
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Secrets & Lies, 1996, Mike Leigh |
| Shadowlands, 1993, Richard Attenborough | |
| The Shawshank Redemption, 1994, Frank Darabont | |
| Signs, 2002, M. Night Shyamalan | |
| The Sixth Sense, 1999, M. Night Shyamalan | |
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Det Sjunde Inseglet ("The Seventh Seal"), 1957, Ingmar Bergman |
| Smultronstället ("Wild Strawberries"), 1957, Ingmar Bergman | |
| Solyaris ("Solaris"), 1972, Andrei Tarkovsky | |
| Stalker, 1979, Andrei Tarkovsky | |
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Star Wars trilogy 1977, 1980, 1983, George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand |
| Stevie, 2002, Steve James | |
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The Straight Story, 1999, David Lynch |
| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927, F.W. Murnau | |
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Sånger från andra våningen ("Songs From the Second Floor"), 2000, Roy Andersson |
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The Sweet Hereafter, 1997, Atom Egoyan |
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Tender Mercies, 1983, Bruce Beresford |
| 13 Conversations About One Thing, 2001, Jill Sprecher | |
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Three Colors trilogy, 1993, 1994, 1994, Krzysztof Kieslowski |
| Tokyo Monogatari ("Tokyo Story"), 1953, Yasujiro Ozu | |
| The Truman Show, 1998, Peter Weir | |
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2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, Stanley Kubrick |
| Unforgiven, 1992, Clint Eastwood | |
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Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo ("The Gospel According to Matthew"), 1964, Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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Vanya on 42nd Street, 1994, Louis Malle |
| Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ("A Man Escaped"), 1956, Robert Bresson | |
| La Vita è bella ("Life is Beautiful"), 1997, Roberto Benigni | |
| Vredens dag ("Day of Wrath"), 1943, Carl Theodor Dreyer | |
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Waking Life, 2001, Richard Linklater |
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Werckmeister harmóniák ("Werckmeister Harmonies"), 2000, Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky |
| Witness, 1985, Peter Weir | |
| The Year Of Living Dangerously, 1982, Peter Weir | |
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Yi yi ("Yi Yi: A One and a Two"), 2000, Edward Yang |
| Zerkalo ("The Mirror"), 1975, Andrei Tarkovsky |