The Arts & Faith Top 100 — 2011 List

In 2011, voters at Arts & Faith updated its list of Top 100 “Spiritually Significant” films. This was the fifth iteration of the list. It excluded short films and limited the list to no more than three films by the same director. This list included one television series and counted a trilogy (Three Colors) as one film. Click on a title below for an appreciation of the film by a voter.

  1. The Passion of Joan of Arc
  2. Andrei Rublev
  3. Ordet
  4. Dekalog
  5. Au hasard Balthasar
  6. Make Way for Tomorrow
  7. The Gospel According to St. Matthew
  8. The Son
  9. Ikiru
  10. Babette’s Feast
  11. Mirror
  12. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  13. The Seventh Seal
  14. Three Colors: Blue
  15. Stalker
  16. Magnolia
  17. Winter Light
  18. The Searchers
  19. Tokyo Story
  20. The Promise
  21. Tender Mercies
  22. The Apostle
  23. Diary of a Country Priest
  24. Bicycle Thieves
  25. A Man for All Seasons
  26. The Miracle Maker
  27. Paths of Glory
  28. Grave of the Fireflies
  29. Wild Strawberries
  30. Into Great Silence
  31. Munyurangabo
  32. The Apu Trilogy
  33. The Flowers of St. Francis
  34. Nights of Cabiria
  35. The Night of the Hunter
  36. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  37. Chariots of Fire
  38. The Straight Story
  39. Touch of Evil
  40. It’s a Wonderful Life
  41. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
  42. Apocalypse Now
  43. Code Unknown
  44. Black Narcissus
  45. Day of Wrath
  46. The Child
  47. Close-Up
  48. Yi-Yi: A One and a Two…
  49. Ponette
  50. The Burmese Harp
  51. Stroszek
  52. Places in the Heart
  53. The New World
  54. Still Life
  55. Jesus of Montreal
  56. The Death of Mr. Lazerescu
  57. Eureka
  58. Heartbeat Detector
  59. Summer Hours
  60. Playtime
  61. Ran
  62. Rashomon
  63. The Double Life of Véronique
  64. My Night at Maud’s
  65. Becket
  66. Silent Light
  67. Wings of Desire
  68. A Man Escaped
  69. Faust
  70. Lawrence of Arabia
  71. Koyaanisqatsi
  72. Paris, Texas
  73. Vivre Sa Vie
  74. How Green Was My Valley
  75. The Return
  76. M
  77. The Island
  78. Days of Heaven
  79. Crimes and Misdemeanors
  80. Paprika
  81. Floating Weeds
  82. Born Into Brothels
  83. Veritgo
  84. Syndromes and a Century
  85. After Life
  86. Spirited Away
  87. The Trial
  88. The Rules of the Game
  89. Sullivan’s Travels
  90. Schindler’s List
  91. Dogville
  92. There Will Be Blood
  93. The Spirit of the Beehive
  94. Early Summer
  95. Amadeus
  96. Fiddler on the Roof
  97. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
  98. Ratcatcher
  99. The Iron Giant
  100. The Story of the Weeping Camel