The 100 Best Films Ever (ordered by year)

1. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

"If your faith in humanity needs a little pick-me-up, there's no better place to start." - Tom Huddleston in Time Out

2. City Lights (1931)

3. A Canção de Lisboa (1933)

4. Modern Times (1936)

5. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

6. The Women (1939)

7. Gone With the Wind (1939)

8. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

9. The Great Dictator (1940)

10. Citizen Kane (1941)

"It can be classified as, in a number of aspects, one of the most arresting pictures ever produced." - Edwin Schallert in Los Angeles Times

11. Casablanca (1942)

12. To Have and Have Not (1944)

13. Ladri di biciclette (1948)

14. Key Largo (1948)

15. All About Eve (1950)

16. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

17. Three Little Words (1950)

18. Rashomon (1950)

19. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

20. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

"Compounded generously of music, dance, color, spectacle and a riotous abundance of Gene Kelly, Jean Hagen and Donald O'Connor on the screen, all elements in this rainbow program are carefuly contrived and guaranteed to...put you in a buttercup mood." - Bosley Crowther in New York Times

21. La Strada (1954)

22. East of Eden (1955)

23. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

24. Vertigo (1958)

25. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

26. Some Like It Hot (1959)

27. Psycho (1960)

28. La dolce vita (1960)

29. The Apartment (1960)

30. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

"Enduringly enjoyable romantic comedy always worth a revisit. Tone and performances are delicately judged, and Hepburn is radiant throughout." - Film4

31. 8 1/2 (1963)

32. Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964)

33. Woman in the Dunes (1964)

34. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

35. Harper (1966)

36. Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (1966)

37. The Graduate (1967)

38. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

39. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

40. Cactus Flower (1969)

"It really is Matthau, Miss Bergman and (with a marvelously expressive face) Miss Hawn who make "Cactus Flower" a success." - Roger Ebert in Chicago Sun-Times

41. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

42. Viskningar och rop (1972)

43. Sleuth (1972)

44. The Godfather (1972)

45. The Godfather: Part 2 (1974)

46. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

47. Alice in den Städten (1974)

48. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

49. Taxi Driver (1976)

50. Rocky (1976)

"Like the movies of Frank Capra, Rocky is a glowing tribute to the human spirit - a chin-up reminder that the decent, little guys of the world often accomplish the impossible if only because they try so hard." - Kathleen Carroll in New York Daily News

51. Annie Hall (1977)

52. Una giornata particolare (1977)

53. The Deer Hunter (1978)

54. Manhattan (1979)

55. Kramer Vs Kramer (1979)

56. The Last Metro (1980)

57. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

58. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

59. Otac na službenom putu (1985)

60. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

"It's a sweet, lyrically funny, multi- layered work that again demonstrates that Woody Allen is our premier film maker who, standing something over 5 feet tall in his sneakers, towers above all others." - Vincent Canby in New York Times

61. Out of Africa (1985)

62. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

63. The Color of Money (1986)

64. The Last Emperor (1987)

65. Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

66. The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)

67. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

68. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

69. Thelma & Louise (1991)

70. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

"A brash, brutal crime-caper film, Reservoir Dogs has enough raw energy for 10 motion pictures and more than enough rough stuff to traumatize the sensitive. But not only does Dogs have teeth, it has brains." - Jay Boyar in Orlando Sentinel

71. Schindler's List (1993)

72. Pulp Fiction (1994)

73. The Lion King (1994)

74. La reine Margot (1994)

75. Seven (1995)

76. Before Sunrise (1995)

77. Trainspotting (1996)

78. La vita è bella (1997)

79. Good Will Hunting (1997)

80. American Beauty (1999)

"American Beauty is deeply disturbing, acerbically funny, brilliantly acted, breathtakingly original and highly sophisticated." - Paul Clinton in CNN.com

81. Bein John Malkovich (1999)

82. Fight Club (1999)

83. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

84. Almost Famous (2000)

85. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

86. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)

87. Moulin Rouge! (2001)

88. The Hours (2002)

89. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001 / 2002 / 2003)

90. Lost in Translation (2003)

"Very much a mood piece, the film's deft balance of humor and poignancy makes it both a pleasurable and melancholy experience." - David Rooney in Variety

91. The Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004)

92. Das Leben der Anderen (2006)

93. Atonement (2007)

94. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

95. The Dark Knight (2008)

96. The Hurt Locker (2009)

97. Inception (2010)

98. Her (2013)

99. Under the Skin (2014)

100. Moonlight (2016)