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This is the list I submitted in August. In the top 15, would only make one change which is to move
up one spot. The rest of the rankings was done while rushing in order to get my list in before the deadline.....I see major oversights (
, for example, being much lower than where I would've put them had I been drunk and started much earlier.
100. Quince Tree of the Sun (1992, Victor Erice)
99. Nenette and Boni (1996, Claire Denis)
98. Titicut Follies (1967, Frederick Wiseman)
97. The Travelling Players (1975, Theodoros Angelopoulos)
96. Taipei Story (1985, Edward Yang)
95. Du cote d’Orouet (1973, Jacques Rozier)94. Life, and Nothing More (1991, Abbas Kiarostami)
93. Jacquot de Nantes (1991, Agnes Varda)
92. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005, Michael Winterbottom)
91. Orpheus (1950, Jean Cocteau)
90. Flowing (1956, Mikio Naruse)
89. Like Father, Like Son (2013, Hirokazu Kore-eda)88. The Holy Girl (2004, Lucrecia Martel)
87. A Short Film About Killing (1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
86. Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis)
85. Come Rain, Come Shine (2011, Lee Yoon-ki)84. Best in Show (2000, Christopher Guest)
83. The Neon Bible (1995, Terence Davies)
82. Children of Paradise (1945, Marcel Carne)
81. Intimate Lighting (1965, Ivan Passer)
80. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965, Martin Ritt)
79. Henry Fool (1997, Hal Hartley)
78. Surviving Desire (1991, Hal Hartley)
77. Bus 174 (2002, Jose Padilha, Felipe Lacerda)
76. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005, Cristi Puiu)
75. The Wages of Fear (1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
74. My Night at Maud’s (1969, Eric Rohmer)
73. Early Summer (1951, Yasujiro Ozu)
72. A Married Couple (1969, Allan King)
71. A New Leaf (1971, Elaine May)
70. Die Hard (1988, John McTiernan)
69. Casque d’or (1952, Jacques Becker)
68. All the President’s Men (1972, Alan J. Pakula)
67. The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)
66. Heat (1995, Michael Mann)
65. What Time Is It Over There? (2001, Tsai Ming-liang)
64. Memories of Murder (2003, Bong Joon-ho)
63. Happy Together (1997, Wong Kar-wai)
62. The Tree of Life (2011, Terrence Malick)
61. Gaea Girls (2000, Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams)
60. Warrendale (1967, Allan King)
59. Games of Love and Chance (2003, Abdellatif Kechiche)
58. Zodiac (2007, David Fincher)
57. The Rules of the Game (1939, Jean Renoir)
56. The Ref (1994, Ted Demme)
55. Gregory’s Girl (1981, Bill Forsyth)
54. Black Peter (1964, Milos Forman)
53. Office Space (1999, Mike Judge)
52. Dazed and Confused (1993, Richard Linklater)
51. Poltergeist (1982, Tobe Hooper)
50. Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000, Anh Hung Tran)
49. 35 Shots of Rum (2008, Claire Denis)
48. The Secret of the Grain (2007, Abdellatif Kechiche)
47. In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)
46. Gimme Shelter (1970, Albert and David Maysles; Charlotte Zwerin)
45. Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Alexander Mackendrick)
44. Three Times (2005, Hou Hsiao-hsien)
43. Ratcatcher (1999, Lynne Ramsay)
42. Children of the Fields (1973, Robert M. Young)41. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988, Terence Davies)
40. Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007, Kim Longinotto)
39. An Angel At My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
38. Tale of Tales (1979, Yuri Norstein)
37. Only Yesterday (1991, Isao Takahata)
36. Death and Transfiguration (1983, Terence Davies)
35. The Intruder / L'intrus (2004, Claire Denis)
34. The Round-Up (1966, Miklos Jancso)
33. Platform (2000, Jia Zhang-ke)
32. Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee)
31. Red Psalm (1972, Miklos Jancso)
30. Il Posto (1961, Ermanno Olmi)
29. Lovers and Lollipops (1956, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin)
28. Wonderland (1999, Michael Winterbottom)
27. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Chantal Akerman)
26. NY Export: Opus Jazz (2010, Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes)
25. The Kid With a Bike (2011, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
24. The Son (2002, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
23. La Haine (1995, Mathieu Kassovitz)
22. The Castaways of Turtle Island (1976, Jacques Rozier)21. The Murmuring (1995, Byun Young-joo)20. My Own Breathing (1999, Byun Young-joo)19. Habitual Sadness (1997, Byun Young-joo)18. Domestic Violence (2001, Frederick Wiseman)
17. Night and Fog (1955, Alain Resnais)
16. Welfare (1975, Frederick Wiseman)
15. La Jetee (1962, Chris Marker)
14. Edvard Munch (1974, Peter Watkins)
13. Still Walking (2008, Hirokazu Kore-eda)
12. La France (2007, Serge Bozon)
11. Linda Linda Linda (2005, Nobuhiro Yamashita)
10. I Fidanzati (1963, Ermanno Olmi)
09. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, Andrew Dominik)
08. The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
07. Friday Night / Vendredi Soir (2002, Claire Denis)
06. A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Edward Yang)
05. Comrades (1986, Bill Douglas)
04. Army of Shadows (1969, Jean-Pierre Melville)
03. The Godfather Part 2 (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
02. The Long Day Closes (1992, Terence Davies)
01. This Charming Girl (2004, Lee Yoon-ki)