The Arts & Faith Top 100 — 2010 List

The 2010 version of the Arts & Faith Top 100 was the fourth version of the list, and it was the first made during the period when the Arts & Faith discussion board was owned and operated by Image Journal. It came four years after the previous listing of the Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films, so we do see some turnover in the list’s content and order, but mostly we see the A&F canon beginning to solidify. For an appreciation written by a current or former A&F participant, click on the title below. — Kenneth R. Morefield (2023)

  1. Ordet
  2. Dekalog
  3. Babette’s Feast
  4. The Passion of Joan of Arc
  5. The Son
  6. Au hasard Balthazar
  7. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  8. Andrei Rublev
  9. Early Summer
  10. The Gospel According to St. Matthew
  11. Diary of a Country Priest
  12. Wings of Desire
  13. The Seventh Seal
  14. Ikiru
  15. Three Colors: Blue (was originally Three Colors Trilogy)
  16. Mirror
  17. Apu Trilogy
  18. Floating Weeds
  19. Munyorangabo
  20. The Burmese Harp
  21. Tokyo Story
  22. A Serious Man
  23. My Night at Maud’s
  24. Into Great Silence
  25. Nostalghia
  26. Still Life
  27. The Child
  28. Bicycle Thieves
  29. A Man Escaped
  30. Stalker
  31. A Man for All Seasons
  32. The Apostle
  33. The Island
  34. Close-Up
  35. Wild Strawberries
  36. Days of Heaven
  37. Playtime
  38. Winter Light
  39. Through a Glass Darkly
  40. The House is Black
  41. The Green Ray
  42. Day of Wrath
  43. Silent Light
  44. The Promise
  45. It’s a Wonderful Life
  46. M
  47. Late Spring
  48. Killer of Sheep
  49. Solaris
  50. The Cyclist
  51. The Spirit of the Beehive
  52. Cries and Whispers
  53. Vivre Sa Vie
  54. The Straight Story
  55. The Flowers of St. Francis
  56. Ponette
  57. The Wind Will Carry Us
  58. Magnolia
  59. Faust
  60. Fanny and Alexander
  61. Paris, Texas
  62. A Moment of Innocence
  63. The Trial of Joan of Arc
  64. Beau Travail
  65. After Life
  66. By Brakhage: An Anthology
  67. Lorna’s Silence
  68. Chariot’s of Fire
  69. Dersu Uzala
  70. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
  71. An Autumn Afternoon
  72. Heartbeat Detector
  73. Tender Mercies
  74. Summer Hours
  75. Rashomon
  76. Becket
  77. Black Narcissus
  78. Eureka
  79. Meshes of the Afternoon
  80. Rome, Open City
  81. Syndromes and a Century
  82. Rosetta
  83. Yi Yi: A One and a Two…
  84. Pickpocket
  85. Punch-Drunk Love
  86. The Sacrifice
  87. Stroszek
  88. Jesus of Montreal
  89. Ushpizin
  90. Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher
  91. Au Revoir Les Enfants
  92. Son of Man
  93. The Virgin Spring
  94. In Praise of Love
  95. Crimes and Misdemeanors
  96. The New World
  97. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday
  98. The Return
  99. Breaking the Waves
  100. The Song of Bernadette