My Favorite Movie For Each Year
For this list I have chosen the movie I like the most for each year. I have also given a list of all the movies within that year I consider great.
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- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt DamonThe story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsJessie BuckleyRory KinnearPaapa EssieduA young woman goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside following the death of her ex-husband.
- DirectorJóhann JóhannssonStarsTilda SwintonTwo billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsNoémie MerlantAdèle HaenelLuàna BajramiOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
- DirectorBi GanStarsTang WeiJue HuangSylvia ChangA man went back to Guizhou, found the tracks of a mysterious woman. He recalls the summer he spent with her twenty years ago.Other Strong Contenders
Suspiria (2018)
Climax (2018)
Burning (2018)
Roma (2018)
Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
First Man (2018)
Ash Is Purest White (2018)
Museo (2018)
Birds of Passage (2018)
Sunday's Illness (2018)
Shoplifters (2018)
The Guilty (2018)
Never Look Away (2018)
The Favourite (2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
The Hate U Give (2018)
An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHarrison FordRyan GoslingAna de ArmasYoung Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.Other Strong Contenders
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Loveless (2017)
Phantom Thread (2017)
On Body and Soul (2017)
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
Mother! (2017)
Happy End (2017)
Foxtrot (2017)
My Happy Family (2017)
Darkland (2017)
It Comes at Night (2017)
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
First Reformed (2017)
Angels Wear White (2017)
The Rider (2017)
Sweet Country (2017)
A Ghost Story (2017)
Yet to Watch
Ivan and the Dogs (2017)
One Cut of the Dead (2017) - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.Other Strong Contenders
La La Land (2016)
The Handmaiden (2016)
Toni Erdmann (2016)
Moonlight (2016)
Your Name. (2016)
A Monster Calls (2016)
Graduation (2016)
The Salesman (2016)
The Wailing (2016)
Clash (2016)
Silence (2016)
Julieta (2016)
San Junipero (2016)
Always Shine (2016)
Hush (2016)
Yet to Watch
After the Storm (2016) - DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio BolívarThe story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.Other Strong Contenders
Inside Out (2015)
The Revenant (2015)
The Big Short (2015)
Son of Saul (2015)
Sicario (2015)
Carol (2015)
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Tangerine (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Spotlight (2015)
Anomalisa (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Youth (2015)
Land of Mine (2015)
Our Little Sister (2015)
The Witch (2015)
Krisha (2015)
Yet to Watch
James White (2015) - DirectorXavier DolanStarsAnne DorvalAntoine Olivier PilonSuzanne ClémentA widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
- DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsMiyu IrinoKana HanazawaFumi HiranoOn a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenAnnika WedderkoppA teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
- DirectorRon FrickeStarsBalinese Tari Legong DancersNi Made Megahadi PratiwiPuti Sri Candra DewiFilmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsLubna AzabalMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinMaxim GaudetteTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.Other Strong Contenders
Inception (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
Certified Copy (2010)
Yet to Watch
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) - DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKatie JarvisMichael FassbenderKierston WareingEverything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderLiam CunninghamStuart GrahamIrish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.Other Strong Contenders
The Dark Knight (2008)
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
WALL·E (2008)
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Taken (2008)
Gran Torino (2008)
Yet to Watch
Still Walking (2008)
Three Monkeys (2008)
The Class (2008)
35 Shots of Rum (2008) - DirectorRichard SchenkmanStarsDavid Lee SmithTony ToddJohn BillingsleyAn impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett JohanssonAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsDaniel AuteuilJuliette BinocheMaurice BénichouA married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsChieko BaishôTakuya KimuraTatsuya GashûinWhen an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsJet LiTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungA defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.Other Strong Contenders
Mulholland Drive (2001)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Spirited Away (2001)
Band of Brothers (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Experiment (2001)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Yet to Watch
Gosford Park (2001)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
The Swamp (2001)
My Sassy Girl (2001)
Millennium Mambo (2001) - DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsJim CaviezelSean PennNick NolteAdaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsEmily WatsonStellan SkarsgårdKatrin CartlidgeOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.Other Strong Contenders
Fargo (1996)
Yet to Watch
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Hard Eight (1996)
The Promise (1996) - DirectorBryan SingerStarsKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriThe sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
- DirectorRon FrickeStarsPatrick DisantoA collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.Other Strong Contenders
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Yet to Watch
Porco Rosso (1992)
Benny's Video (1992)
The Best Intentions (1992) - DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobWladyslaw KowalskiHalina GryglaszewskaTwo parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsLeslie CheungMaggie CheungAndy LauA man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.Other Strong Contenders:
Close-Up (1990)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Yet to Watch
Ju Dou (1990)
Life Is Sweet (1990) - DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAxel JodorowskyBlanca GuerraGuy StockwellA former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsMiroslaw BakaKrzysztof GlobiszJan TesarzA soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.Other Strong Contenders
Rain Man (1988)
Yet to Watch
Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Dead Ringers (1988) - DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto SanderAn angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.Other Strong Contenders
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Predator (1987)
Yet to Watch
Babette's Feast (1987)
The Untouchables (1987) - DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.Other Strong Contenders
The Mission (1986)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Yet to Watch
Down by Law (1986) - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Other Strong Contenders
Brazil (1985)
Shoah (1985)
Angel's Egg (1985)
No End (1985)
Yet to Watch
A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985)
After Hours (1985) - DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsAl PacinoMichelle PfeifferSteven BauerIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.Other Strong Contenders
Sans Soleil (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Yet to Watch
The Ballad of Narayama (1983) - DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsIngrid BergmanLiv UllmannLena NymanA devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young.
- DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsJohn CassavetesBen GazzaraA renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.Other Strong Contenders
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
The Ascent (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Suspiria (1977)
Yet to Watch
Providence (1977)
The Devil, Probably (1977)
House (1977)
A Grin Without A Cat (1977)
The Serpent's Egg (1977) - DirectorSidney LumetStarsFaye DunawayWilliam HoldenPeter FinchA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsMargarita TerekhovaFilipp YankovskiyIgnat DaniltsevA dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation.Other Strong Contenders
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Jaws (1975)
The Passenger (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Deep Red (1975)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Yet to Watch
The Magic Flute (1975)
Nashville (1975)
The Travelling Players (1975) - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyHoracio SalinasZamira SaundersIn a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.Other Strong Conternders
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
F for Fake (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Amarcord (1973)
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
American Graffiti (1973)
Soylent Green (1973)
The Sting (1973)
Yet to Watch
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Papillon (1973) - DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri JärvetA psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.Other Strong Contenders
The Emigrants (1971)
Yet to Watch
The French Connection (1971)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Duel (1971) - DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJean-Louis TrintignantStefania SandrelliGastone MoschinA weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.Other Strong Contenders
Tristana (1970)
The Red Circle (1970)
Yet to Watch
Patton (1970)
Claire's Knee (1970)
El Topo (1970)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsLiv UllmannBibi AnderssonMax von SydowA recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair.Other Strong Contenders
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Yet to Watch
Z (1969)
Army of Shadows (1969)
The Damned (1969)
A Gentle Woman (1969) - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsCatherine DeneuveJean SorelMichel PiccoliA frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.Other Strong Contenders
Playtime (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Yet to Watch
Mouchette (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha KrookA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.Other strong contenders
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Blow-Up (1966)
Daisies (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Chelsea Girls (1966)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Seconds (1966)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Yet to Watch
The Face of Another (1966)
War and Peace (1965)
Masculine Feminine (1966)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Black Girl (1966) - DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoAnna KarinaGraziella GalvaniPierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
- 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsBrigitte BardotJack PalanceMichel PiccoliA French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsGregory PeckJohn MegnaFrank OvertonAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsDelphine SeyrigGiorgio AlbertazziSacha PitoëffIn a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsGabriele FerzettiMonica VittiLea MassariA woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.Other Strong Contenders
Psycho (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Breathless (1960)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Time Machine (1960)
The Last Flight (1960)
A Nice Place to Visit (1960)
Eye of the Beholder (1960)
A Stop at Willoughby (1960)
Yet to Watch
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Late Autumn (1960)
The Hole (1960) - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Other Strong Contenders
North by Northwest (1959)
Pickpocket (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Bridge (1959)
Time Enough at Last (1959)
What You Need (1959)
Yet to Watch
Nazarin (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The World of Apu (1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsTyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles LaughtonA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsMichel BouquetReinhard HeydrichHeinrich HimmlerThe history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsHenrik MalbergEmil Hass ChristensenPreben Lerdorff RyeFollows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.Other Strong Contenders:
Seven Samurai (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Road (1954)
Yet to Watch
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
A Lesson in Love (1954) - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi HimoriA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.Other Strong Contenders
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Life of Oharu (1952)
Yet to Watch
Umberto D. (1952)
Limelight (1952)
High Noon (1952)
Le Plaisir (1952)
Europe '51 (1952) - DirectorRobert WiseStarsMichael RenniePatricia NealHugh MarloweAn alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.Other Strong Contenders
Rashomon (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
La Ronde (1950)
Yet to Watch
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Orpheus (1950) - DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida ValliPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartJohn DallFarley GrangerTwo men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDeborah KerrDavid FarrarFlora RobsonA group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsCelia JohnsonTrevor HowardStanley HollowayMeeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.Other Strong Contenders
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
Yet to Watch
Mildred Pierce (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945) - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Other Strong Contenders
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Laura (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Yet to Watch
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Lifeboat (1944) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald CareyA teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.Other Strong Contenders
Day of Wrath (1943)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Yet to Watch
Obsession (1943) - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Other Strong Contenders
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Yet to Watch
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940) - DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
- DirectorMichael CurtizWilliam KeighleyStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandBasil RathboneWhen Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinDita ParloPierre FresnayDuring WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry BergmanThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.Other Strong Contenders
A Day in the Country (1946)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Yet to Watch
Fury (1936)
The Only Son (1936) - DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeOtto WernickeThomy BourdelleA criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.Other Strong Contenders
The Invisible Man (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Yet to Watch
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933) - DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena MandelA drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.Other Strong Contenders
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Yet to Watch
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
Comradeship (1931) - DirectorAleksandr DovzhenkoStarsStepan ShkuratSemyon SvashenkoYuliya SolntsevaIn the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.Other Strong Contenders
L'Age d'Or (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Yet to Watch
The Blue Angel (1930) - DirectorDziga VertovStarsMikhail KaufmanElizaveta SvilovaA man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.Other Strong Contenders
Un chien andalou (1929)
Arsenal (1929)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
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Pandora's Box (1929) - DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré BerleyIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.Other Strong Contenders
The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
Yet to Watch
The Circus (1928)
The Crowd (1928)
Zvenigora (1928)
The Wind (1928) - DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.Other Strong Contenders
Sunrise (1927)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1927)
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Napoleon (1927) - DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla HornThe demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.Other Strong Contenders
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
The General (1926)
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The Scarlet Letter (1926) - DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsAleksandr AntonovVladimir BarskiyGrigoriy AleksandrovIn the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.Other Strong Contenders
Strike (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Yet to Watch
Master of the House (1925)
The Big Parade (1925) - DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsEmil JanningsMaly DelschaftMax HillerAn aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.