Notes:
-This is not a list of the 100 greatest films
-
The Decalogue, had it been eligible, would've been #1 (in fact, I like the shorter version,
Decalogue 5, better than
A Short Film About Killing; both are masterpieces and the longer one includes great additional scenes)
-Will update with more pics and maybe a few capsules
-Will update with #s 101-200 in the next few weeks
1.
A Short Film About Killing (1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
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2.
A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Edward Yang)
3.
Il Posto (1961, Ermanno Olmi)
4. The Cool World (1964, Shirley Clarke)
5. The Godfather Part 2 (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
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6.
La Jetee (1962, Chris Marker)
7.
The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
8. Taipei Story (1985, Edward Yang)
9. Early Spring (1956, Yasujiro Ozu)
10. The Rules of the game (1939, Jean Renoir)
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11. Welfare (1975, Frederick Wiseman)
12. Army of Shadows (1969, Jean-Pierre Melville)
13. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Dreyer)
14.
A Man Escaped (1956, Robert Bresson)
15. Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937, Sadao Yamanaka)
16. After Life (1998, Hirokazu Kore-eda)
17. Warrendale (1967, Allan King)
18. Titicut Follies (1967, Frederick Wiseman)
19. High School (1968, Frederick Wiseman)
20. Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007, Kim Longinotto)
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21. Late Spring (1949, Yasujiro Ozu)
22.
35 Shots of Rum (2008, Claire Denis)
23. Friday Night a/k/a Vendredi Soir (2002, Claire Denis)
24.
The Long Day Closes (1992, Terence Davies)
25.
Death and Transfiguration (1983, Terence Davies)
26. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
27. Lovers and Lollipops (1956, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin)
28. Tokyo Twilight (1957, Yasujiro Ozu)
29.
In the Mood For Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)
30. Rififi (1955, Jules Dassin)
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31. Le Trou (1960, Jacques Becker)
32. Diamonds of the Night (1964, Jan Nemec)
33.
The Wages of Fear (1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
34.
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974, Jacques Rivette)
35.
The Mirror (1975, Andrei Tarkovsky)
36. Jeanne Dielman… (1975, Chantal Akerman)
37. Nostalgia a/k/a Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971, Hollis Frampton)
38. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936, Jean Renoir)
39.
Gregory’s Girl (1981, Bill Forsyth)
40.
The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)
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41. Night and Fog (1955, Alain Resnais)
42. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976, Barbara Kopple)
43. Three Colors: Blue (1993, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
44.
The Assassination of Jesse James… (2007, Andrew Dominik)
45.
Happy Together (1997, Wong Kar-wai)
46.
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973, Victor Erice)
47. Heat (1995, Michael Mann)
48.
La Haine (1995, Mathieu Kassovitz)
49. Sink or Swim (1990, Su Friedrich)
50.
Three Times (2005, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
51. I Fidanzati a/k/a The Fiances (1963, Ermanno Olmi)
52. Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau)
53. The Round-Up (1966, Miklos Jancso)
54. City of Sadness (1989, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
55. Ratcatcher (1999, Lynne Ramsay)
56. In a Lonely Place (1950, Nicholas Ray)
57.
The Loves of a Blonde (1965, Milos Forman)
58. The Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947, Yasujiro Ozu)
59. Shadows (1959, John Cassavetes)
60. The Son a/k/a Le Fils (2002, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
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61. Salesman (1968, Albert and David Maysles; Charlotte Zwerin)
62. Gimme Shelter (1970, Albert and David Maysles; Charlotte Zwerin)
63. Le Jour Se Leve a/k/a Daybreak (1939, Marcel Carne)
64. Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Alexander Mackendrick)
65. Toni (1935, Jean Renoir)
66. Black Peter (1964, Milos Forman)
67. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960, Ritwik Ghatak)
68. Aparajito (1956, Satyajit Ray)
69. Umberto D. (1952, Vittorio De Sica)
70. My Night at Maud’s (1969, Eric Rohmer)
71. Port of Shadows a/k/a Le Quai Des Brumes (1938, Marcel Carne)
72. Killer of Sheep (1977, Charles Burnett)
73. The Heartbreak Kid (1972, Elaine May)
74. Vampyr (1932, Carl Dreyer)
75. Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)
76. Die Hard (1988, John McTiernan)
77. The Browning Version (1951, Anthony Asquith)
78. An Angel At My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
79. A Whole Night (1982, Chantal Akerman)
80. The 400 Blows (1959, Francois Truffaut)
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81. Landscape in the Mist (1988, Theo Angelopoulos)
82. News From Home (1977, Chantal Akerman)
83. M (1931, Fritz Lang)
84. The Man Without a Past (2002, Aki Kaurismaki)
85. Jacquot de Nantes (1991, Agnes Varda)
86. Stalker (1979, Andrei Tarkovsky)
87. Je, Tu, Il, Elle a/k/a I, You, She, He (1974, Chantal Akerman)
88. Ugetsu (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi)
89. Tale of Tales (1979, Yuri Norstein)
90. Office Space (1999, Mike Judge)
91. Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis)
92. Duck Amuck (1953, Chuck Jones)
93. The World of Apu (1959, Satyajit Ray)
94. Wendy and Lucy (2008, Kelly Reichardt)
95. Persona (1966, Ingmar Bergman)
96.
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988, Terence Davies)
97. Children of Paradise (1945, Marcel Carne)
98. To Sleep With Anger (1990, Charles Burnett)
99. Kings of the Road a/k/a In the Course of Time (1976, Wim Wenders)
100. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, Jean Epstein)