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NYT Best 1000 Movies

NYT Best 1000 Movies is an unranked selection published in 2004 — one of the 31 sources behind the film canon, weighted as critics' canon. 159 of its 1002 entries appear in the aggregated canon. Its scope (1927–1998) is calibrated against unrestricted lists before scoring.

·'Round Midnight (1986)
·10 (1979)
·12 Angry Men (1957)Canon #137
·1900 (1976)
·2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Canon #4
·7 Plus Seven (1970)
·81⁄2 (1963)Canon #27
·A Brief History of Time (1991)
·A Clockwork Orange (1971)Canon #119
·A Face in the Crowd (1957)
·A Foreign Affair (1948)
·A Geisha (1953)
·A Good Marriage (1982)
·A Hard Day's Night (1964)Canon #217
·A Hatful of Rain (1957)
·A League of Their Own (1992)
·A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
·A Love in Germany (1983)
·A Man for All Seasons (1966)
·A Matter of Life and Death (1946)Canon #136
·A Night to Remember (1958)
·A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
·A Passage to India (1984)
·A Place in the Sun (1951)
·A Room with a View (1986)
·A Shot in the Dark (1964)
·A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
·A Star Is Born (1937)
·A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
·A Taste of Honey (1961)
·A Taxing Woman (1987)
·A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
·A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
·A Walk in the Sun (1945)
·A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
·About Schmidt (2002)
·Absence of Malice (1981)
·Adam's Rib (1949)
·Adaptation. (2002)
·Affliction (1997)
·Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)Canon #120
·Airplane! (1980)
·Aladdin (1992)
·Alexander Nevsky (1938)
·Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
·Alice's Restaurant (1969)
·Aliens (1986)
·All About Eve (1950)Canon #46
·All About My Mother (1999)
·All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
·All That Heaven Allows (1955)
·All the King's Men (1949)
·All the President's Men (1976)
·Amadeus (1984)Canon #115
·Amarcord (1973)Canon #177
·America America (1963)
·American Graffiti (1973)
·American Movie (1999)
·Amores Perros (2000)
·Amélie (2001)
·An American in Paris (1951)
·Anastasia (1956)
·Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
·Animal House (1978)
·Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
·Anna Christie (1930)
·Annie Hall (1977)Canon #38
·Apocalypse Now (1979)Canon #6
·Apollo 13 (1995)
·Apur Sansar (1959)Canon #191
·Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
·Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
·Atlantic City (1980)
·Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
·Babette's Feast (1987)
·Baby Doll (1956)
·Back to the Future (1985)Canon #174
·Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
·Badlands (1973)Canon #215
·Ball of Fire (1941)
·Bambi (1942)
·Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
·Barfly (1987)
·Barry Lyndon (1975)Canon #51
·Barton Fink (1991)
·Beautiful People (1999)
·Beauty and the Beast (1946)Canon #205
·Beauty and the Beast (1991)
·Bed and Board (1970)
·Beetlejuice (1988)
·Before Night Falls (2000)
·Before the Rain (1994)
·Being John Malkovich (1999)
·Being There (1979)Canon #237
·Belle de Jour (1967)Canon #240
·Ben-Hur (1959)
·Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
·Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
·Bicycle Thieves (1948)Canon #40
·Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
·Big Night (1996)
·Billy Liar (1963)
·Biloxi Blues (1988)
·Birdy (1984)
·Black Narcissus (1947)
·Black Orpheus (1959)
·Black Robe (1991)
·Blazing Saddles (1974)
·Bloody Sunday (2002)
·Blow-Up (1966)
·Blue Collar (1978)
·Blue Velvet (1986)Canon #102
·Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
·Bob le Flambeur (1956)
·Body Heat (1981)
·Bonnie and Clyde (1967)Canon #131
·Boogie Nights (1997)
·Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
·Born Yesterday (1950)
·Bound for Glory (1976)
·Boys Don't Cry (1999)
·Boyz n the Hood (1991)
·Brazil (1985)
·Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
·Breaker Morant (1980)
·Breaking Away (1979)
·Breaking the Waves (1996)
·Breathless (1960)Canon #42
·Brief Encounter (1945)Canon #219
·Bringing Up Baby (1938)Canon #158
·Broadcast News (1987)
·Brother's Keeper (1992)
·Bull Durham (1988)
·Bullitt (1968)
·Bus Stop (1956)
·Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)Canon #144
·Bye Bye Brazil (1980)
·Cabaret (1972)
·California Suite (1978)
·Calle 54 (2000)
·Camelot (1967)
·Camille (1936)
·Captains Courageous (1937)
·Carmen Jones (1954)
·Carnal Knowledge (1971)
·Casablanca (1942)Canon #17
·Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
·Catch-22 (1970)
·Cavalcade (1933)
·Chan Is Missing (1982)
·Chariots of Fire (1981)
·Charley Varrick (1973)
·Chicago (2002)
·Chicken Run (2000)
·Children of Paradise (1945)Canon #68
·Chinatown (1974)Canon #9
·Chocolat (1988)
·Citizen Kane (1941)Canon #1
·Citizens Band (1977)
·Claire's Knee (1970)
·Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
·Close-Up (1990)Canon #109
·Clueless (1995)
·Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
·Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
·Coming Home (1978)
·Contempt (1963)Canon #74
·Cool Hand Luke (1967)
·Cries and Whispers (1972)Canon #238
·Crossfire (1947)
·Crumb (1994)
·Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
·Damn Yankees (1958)
·Dance with a Stranger (1985)
·Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
·Dangerous Love Affairs (1959)
·Daniel (1983)
·Danton (1983)
·Dark Eyes (1987)
·Dark Victory (1939)
·Darling (1965)
·David Copperfield (1935)
·David Holzman's Diary (1967)
·Dawn of the Dead (1978)
·Day for Night (1973)Canon #229
·Days of Heaven (1978)Canon #197
·Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
·Dead Calm (1989)
·Dead End (1937)
·Dead Man Walking (1995)
·Dead of Night (1945)
·Dead Ringers (1988)
·Death in Venice (1971)
·Death of a Salesman (1951)
·Deep End (1970)
·Dekalog (1989)
·Deliverance (1972)
·Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
·Destry Rides Again (1939)
·Diabolique (1955)
·Dial M for Murder (1954)
·Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
·Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
·Die Hard (1988)
·Diner (1982)
·Dinner at Eight (1933)
·Dirty Harry (1971)
·Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
·Disraeli (1929)
·Distant Thunder (1973)
·Diva (1981)
·Divorce Italian Style (1961)
·Do the Right Thing (1989)Canon #52
·Doctor Zhivago (1965)
·Dodsworth (1936)
·Donnie Brasco (1997)
·Dont Look Back (1967)
·Double Indemnity (1944)Canon #62
·Down by Law (1986)
·Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
·Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)Canon #47
·Dracula (1931)
·Dressed to Kill (1980)
·Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
·Drowning by Numbers (1988)
·Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
·Duck Soup (1933)Canon #106
·Dumbo (1941)
·E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Canon #63
·East of Eden (1955)
·Easy Living (1937)
·Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
·Effi Briest (1974)
·Eight Men Out (1988)
·Elmer Gantry (1960)
·Empire of the Sun (1987)
·Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
·Entre Nous (1983)
·Europa Europa (1990)
·Every Man for Himself (1980)
·Face to Face (1976)
·Faces (1968)
·Fanny and Alexander (1982)Canon #91
·Fantasia (1940)
·Far from Heaven (2002)
·Farewell My Concubine (1993)
·Fargo (1996)Canon #92
·Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
·Fat City (1972)
·Fatal Attraction (1987)
·Father of the Bride (1950)
·Fists in the Pocket (1965)
·Fitzcarraldo (1982)Canon #184
·Five Easy Pieces (1970)
·For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
·Forbidden Games (1952)
·Force of Evil (1948)
·Frankenstein (1931)
·Frenzy (1972)
·Friendly Persuasion (1956)
·From Here to Eternity (1953)
·Full Metal Jacket (1987)
·Funny Face (1957)
·Funny Girl (1968)
·Fury (1936)
·Gallipoli (1981)
·Gandhi (1982)
·Gangs of New York (2002)
·Gas Food Lodging (1992)
·Gaslight (1944)
·Gate of Hell (1953)
·General Della Rovere (1959)
·Genevieve (1953)
·Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
·Georgy Girl (1966)
·Get Carter (1971)
·Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
·Ghost World (2001)
·Giant (1956)
·Gigi (1958)
·Gimme Shelter (1970)
·Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
·Going My Way (1944)
·Goldfinger (1964)Canon #223
·Gone with the Wind (1939)Canon #37
·Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
·GoodFellas (1990)Canon #12
·Gosford Park (2001)
·Grand Hotel (1932)
·Grand Illusion (1937)Canon #77
·Great Expectations (1946)
·Green for Danger (1946)
·Gregory's Girl (1980)
·Groundhog Day (1993)Canon #213
·Gunga Din (1939)
·Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
·Hair (1979)
·Hamlet (1948)
·Hamlet (2000)
·Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
·Happiness (1998)
·Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
·Harry and Tonto (1974)
·Heartland (1979)
·Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
·Heat and Dust (1983)
·Heathers (1989)
·Heavy Traffic (1973)
·Heimat (1984)
·Henry Fool (1997)
·Henry V (1944)
·Henry V (1989)
·Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
·High and Low (1963)
·High Art (1998)
·High Hopes (1988)
·High Noon (1952)
·High Sierra (1941)
·Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)Canon #186
·His Girl Friday (1940)Canon #76
·Hoop Dreams (1994)
·Hope and Glory (1987)
·House of Games (1987)
·Household Saints (1993)
·How Green Was My Valley (1941)
·How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
·Howards End (1992)
·Hud (1963)
·Huey Long (1985)
·Husbands and Wives (1992)
·Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
·I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
·I Remember Mama (1948)
·I Want to Live! (1958)
·I'm All Right Jack (1959)
·if.... (1968)
·Ikiru (1952)Canon #139
·Imitation of Life (1959)
·In Cold Blood (1967)
·In the Bedroom (2001)
·In the Heat of the Night (1967)
·Inherit the Wind (1960)
·Internal Affairs (1990)
·It Happened One Night (1934)Canon #170
·It's a Gift (1934)
·It's a Wonderful Life (1946)Canon #36
·Jailhouse Rock (1957)
·Jaws (1975)Canon #35
·Jean de Florette (1986)
·Jerry Maguire (1996)
·Johnny Guitar (1954)Canon #160
·Ju Dou (1990)
·Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
·Jules and Jim (1962)Canon #236
·Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
·Junior Bonner (1972)
·Kagemusha (1980)
·Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)Canon #201
·King Kong (1933)Canon #84
·King Lear (1970)
·Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
·Klute (1971)
·Knife in the Water (1962)
·Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
·L'Argent (1983)
·L'Atalante (1934)Canon #30
·L'Avventura (1960)Canon #59
·L'Âge d'or (1930)
·L.A. Confidential (1997)
·La Chienne (1931)
·La Cérémonie (1995)
·La Dolce Vita (1960)Canon #57
·La Strada (1954)Canon #227
·La Terra Trema (1948)
·Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
·Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
·Lamerica (1994)
·Last Tango in Paris (1972)
·Laura (1944)
·Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Canon #11
·Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
·Les Misérables (1935)
·Life Is Sweet (1990)
·Life with Father (1947)
·Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
·Lili (1953)
·Little Big Man (1970)
·Little Caesar (1931)
·Little Fugitive (1953)
·Little Vera (1988)
·Little Women (1933)
·Little Women (1994)
·Living in Oblivion (1995)
·Local Hero (1983)
·Lola (1981)
·Lola Montès (1955)
·Lolita (1962)
·Lone Star (1996)
·Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
·Look Back in Anger (1959)
·Lost Horizon (1937)
·Lost in America (1985)
·Love (1971)
·Love Affair (1939)
·Love and Death (1975)
·Love in the Afternoon (1972)
·Love in the Afternoon (1957)
·Love on the Run (1979)
·Lovely & Amazing (2001)
·Lover Come Back (1961)
·Loves of a Blonde (1965)
·Loving (1970)
·Lust for Life (1956)
·M (1931)Canon #39
·M*A*S*H (1970)
·Mad Max (1979)
·Mad Max 2 (1981)
·Major Barbara (1941)
·Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
·Malcolm X (1992)
·Man Hunt (1941)
·Manhattan (1979)Canon #121
·Manon of the Spring (1986)
·Marriage Italian Style (1964)
·Married to the Mob (1988)
·Marty (1955)
·Mary Poppins (1964)
·Mayerling (1936)
·McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
·Mean Streets (1973)Canon #149
·Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
·Melvin and Howard (1980)
·Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
·Metropolitan (1990)
·Midnight (1939)
·Midnight Cowboy (1969)Canon #212
·Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
·Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
·Missing (1982)
·Mister Roberts (1955)
·Mon Oncle (1958)
·Mona Lisa (1986)
·Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)Canon #224
·Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
·Monsters, Inc. (2001)
·Moonlighting (1982)
·Moonstruck (1987)
·Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
·Mother (1996)
·Moulin Rouge (1952)
·Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
·Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
·Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
·Mrs. Miniver (1942)
·Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
·Mulholland Drive (2001)Canon #28
·Murmur of the Heart (1971)
·Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
·My American Uncle (1980)
·My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
·My Darling Clementine (1946)
·My Dinner with Andre (1981)
·My Fair Lady (1964)
·My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
·My Life as a Dog (1985)
·My Man Godfrey (1936)
·My Night at Maud's (1969)
·My Own Private Idaho (1991)
·My Twentieth Century (1989)
·Ménage (1986)
·Nashville (1975)Canon #94
·National Velvet (1944)
·Network (1976)Canon #72
·Never on Sunday (1960)
·Night Moves (1975)
·Night of the Living Dead (1968)
·Nikita (1990)
·Ninotchka (1939)
·Nobody's Fool (1994)
·Norma Rae (1979)
·North by Northwest (1959)Canon #26
·Nothing But the Best (1964)
·Notorious (1946)Canon #75
·Now, Voyager (1942)
·Obsession (1943)
·Odd Man Out (1947)
·Of Mice and Men (1939)
·Oklahoma! (1955)
·Oliver Twist (1948)
·On the Beach (1959)
·On the Town (1949)
·On the Waterfront (1954)Canon #64
·One False Move (1991)
·One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)Canon #154
·One Foot in Heaven (1941)
·One Hour with You (1932)
·One Night of Love (1934)
·One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
·One, Two, Three (1961)
·Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
·Operation Crossbow (1965)
·Ordinary People (1980)
·Othello (1951)
·Our Town (1940)
·Out of the Past (1947)
·Paint Your Wagon (1969)
·Paisan (1946)
·Pather Panchali (1955)Canon #43
·Paths of Glory (1957)Canon #199
·Patton (1970)
·Payday (1973)
·Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
·Persona (1966)Canon #31
·Persuasion (1995)
·Petulia (1968)
·Pickup on South Street (1953)
·Pillow Talk (1959)
·Pinocchio (1940)
·Pixote (1980)
·Places in the Heart (1984)
·Platoon (1986)
·Play Misty for Me (1971)
·PlayTime (1967)Canon #90
·Point Blank (1967)
·Poltergeist (1982)
·Ponette (1996)
·Pretty Baby (1978)
·Pride and Prejudice (1940)
·Prince of the City (1981)
·Prizzi's Honor (1985)
·Psycho (1960)Canon #13
·Pulp Fiction (1994)Canon #22
·Pygmalion (1938)
·Quadrophenia (1979)
·Raging Bull (1980)Canon #32
·Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Canon #54
·Rain Man (1988)
·Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
·Raising Arizona (1987)
·Ran (1985)Canon #187
·Rashomon (1950)Canon #29
·Re-Animator (1985)
·Rear Window (1954)Canon #49
·Rebecca (1940)
·Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
·Red River (1948)
·Reds (1981)
·Repo Man (1984)
·Repulsion (1965)
·Reservoir Dogs (1992)
·Reuben, Reuben (1983)
·Reversal of Fortune (1990)
·Richard III (1955)
·Ride the High Country (1962)
·Rififi (1955)
·Risky Business (1983)
·River's Edge (1986)
·RoboCop (1987)
·Rocco and His Brothers (1960)Canon #245
·Roger & Me (1989)
·Roman Holiday (1953)
·Rome, Open City (1945)Canon #228
·Romeo and Juliet (1968)
·Romeo and Juliet (1936)
·Room at the Top (1958)
·Rosemary's Baby (1968)
·Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
·Rushmore (1998)
·Ruthless People (1986)
·Sahara (1943)
·Salaam Bombay! (1988)
·Salesman (1969)
·Sanjuro (1962)
·Sansho the Bailiff (1954)Canon #107
·Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
·Saturday Night Fever (1977)
·Satyricon (1969)
·Saving Private Ryan (1998)Canon #118
·Say Anything... (1989)
·Sayonara (1957)
·Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
·Schindler's List (1993)Canon #133
·Secret Honor (1984)
·Secrets & Lies (1996)
·Sense and Sensibility (1995)
·Sergeant York (1941)
·Serpico (1973)
·Seven Beauties (1975)
·Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
·Seven Days to Noon (1950)
·Seven Samurai (1954)Canon #5
·sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
·Sexy Beast (2000)
·Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
·Shaft (1971)
·Shakespeare in Love (1998)
·Shane (1953)
·She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
·She's Gotta Have It (1986)
·Sherman's March (1985)
·Ship of Fools (1965)
·Shoah (1985)Canon #108
·Shock Corridor (1963)
·Shoeshine (1946)
·Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
·Shrek (2001)
·Sid and Nancy (1986)
·Silk Stockings (1957)
·Silkwood (1983)
·Singin' in the Rain (1952)Canon #8
·Sitting Pretty (1948)
·Sleeper (1973)
·Smash Palace (1981)
·Smile (1975)
·Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
·Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
·Some Like It Hot (1959)Canon #16
·South Pacific (1958)
·Spartacus (1960)
·Spellbound (1945)
·Spirited Away (2001)Canon #55
·Splendor in the Grass (1961)
·Stage Door (1937)
·Stagecoach (1939)Canon #209
·Stalag 17 (1953)
·Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
·Star Wars (1977)
·Starman (1984)
·State Fair (1933)
·Stevie (1978)
·Stolen Kisses (1968)
·Stop Making Sense (1984)
·Stormy Monday (1988)
·Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
·Story of Women (1988)
·Storytelling (2001)
·Straight Time (1978)
·Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
·Strangers on a Train (1951)
·Straw Dogs (1971)
·Stroszek (1977)
·Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
·Sullivan's Travels (1941)
·Summertime (1955)
·Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
·Sundays and Cybele (1962)
·Sunset Boulevard (1950)Canon #33
·Suspicion (1941)
·Sweet Smell of Success (1957)Canon #128
·Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
·Swept Away (1974)
·Swing Time (1936)
·Talk to Her (2002)
·Tampopo (1985)
·Taste of Cherry (1997)
·Taxi Driver (1976)Canon #14
·Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
·Tender Mercies (1983)
·Terms of Endearment (1983)
·Tess (1979)
·That Night of Varennes (1982)
·That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
·That's Life! (1986)
·The 39 Steps (1935)
·The 400 Blows (1959)Canon #24
·The Adjuster (1991)
·The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)Canon #249
·The African Queen (1951)
·The American Friend (1977)
·The Americanization of Emily (1964)
·The Angry Silence (1960)
·The Apartment (1960)Canon #50
·The Apostle (1997)
·The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
·The Awful Truth (1937)
·The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
·The Baker's Wife (1938)
·The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
·The Band Wagon (1953)
·The Bank Dick (1940)
·The Battle of Algiers (1966)Canon #61
·The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)Canon #110
·The Big Chill (1983)
·The Big Clock (1948)
·The Big Heat (1953)
·The Big Red One (1980)Canon #242
·The Big Sky (1952)
·The Big Sleep (1946)
·The Birds (1963)
·The Breakfast Club (1985)
·The Bride Wore Black (1968)
·The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Canon #101
·The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
·The Butcher (1970)
·The Butcher Boy (1997)
·The Caine Mutiny (1954)
·The Celebration (1998)
·The Cider House Rules (1999)
·The Citadel (1938)
·The Color of Money (1986)
·The Conformist (1970)Canon #87
·The Conquest of Everest (1953)
·The Conversation (1974)Canon #183
·The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
·The Country Girl (1954)
·The Cousins (1959)
·The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
·The Crying Game (1992)
·The Damned (1969)
·The Day of the Jackal (1973)
·The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
·The Dead (1987)
·The Deer Hunter (1978)Canon #150
·The Defiant Ones (1958)
·The Dirty Dozen (1967)
·The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)Canon #234
·The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
·The Dresser (1983)
·The Duellists (1977)
·The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)Canon #112
·The Elephant Man (1980)
·The English Patient (1996)
·The Entertainer (1960)
·The Exorcist (1973)
·The Exterminating Angel (1962)Canon #225
·The Family Game (1983)
·The Fisher King (1991)
·The Flamingo Kid (1984)
·The Fly (1958)
·The Fortune Cookie (1966)
·The French Connection (1971)
·The Fugitive (1947)
·The Full Monty (1997)
·The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
·The General (1998)
·The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
·The Gleaners and I (2000)
·The Go-Between (1971)
·The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)
·The Godfather (1972)Canon #2
·The Godfather Part II (1974)Canon #7
·The Good Earth (1937)
·The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)Canon #130
·The Graduate (1967)Canon #82
·The Grapes of Wrath (1940)Canon #168
·The Great Dictator (1940)
·The Great Man (1956)
·The Great McGinty (1940)
·The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
·The Green Ray (1986)
·The Grifters (1990)
·The Gunfighter (1950)
·The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
·The Heiress (1949)
·The High and the Mighty (1954)
·The Hill (1965)
·The Homecoming (1973)
·The Hours (2002)
·The Hustler (1961)Canon #232
·The Informer (1935)
·The Insider (1999)
·The Ipcress File (1965)
·The Jazz Singer (1927)
·The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
·The Kidnappers (1953)
·The Killers (1946)
·The Killing Fields (1984)
·The King and I (1956)
·The King of Comedy (1982)
·The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
·The Lady Eve (1941)Canon #162
·The Lady Vanishes (1938)
·The Last American Hero (1973)
·The Last Emperor (1987)
·The Last Metro (1980)
·The Last Picture Show (1971)Canon #235
·The Last Seduction (1994)
·The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
·The Last Waltz (1978)
·The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
·The Leopard (1963)Canon #81
·The Letter (1940)
·The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)Canon #188
·The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
·The Little Foxes (1941)
·The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970)
·The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
·The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
·The Long Good Friday (1980)
·The Long Goodbye (1973)
·The Long Voyage Home (1940)
·The Longest Day (1962)
·The Lost Weekend (1945)
·The Lovers (1958)
·The Madness of King George (1994)
·The Magic Flute (1975)
·The Major and the Minor (1942)
·The Maltese Falcon (1941)Canon #140
·The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
·The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
·The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
·The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
·The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
·The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
·The Marrying Kind (1952)
·The Match Factory Girl (1990)
·The Memory of Justice (1976)
·The Men (1950)
·The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943)
·The Miracle Worker (1962)
·The Misfits (1961)
·The More the Merrier (1943)
·The Mortal Storm (1940)
·The Mouthpiece (1932)
·The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
·The Night of the Hunter (1955)Canon #34
·The Nun's Story (1959)
·The Opposite of Sex (1998)
·The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
·The Overlanders (1946)
·The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
·The Palm Beach Story (1942)
·The Parallax View (1974)
·The Passion of Anna (1969)
·The Pawnbroker (1964)
·The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
·The Philadelphia Story (1940)Canon #241
·The Pianist (2002)
·The Piano (1993)Canon #129
·The Pillow Book (1995)
·The Pink Panther (1963)
·The Player (1992)
·The Postman (1994)
·The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
·The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
·The Prisoner (1955)
·The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
·The Producers (1967)
·The Public Enemy (1931)
·The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
·The Quiet Man (1952)
·The Rapture (1991)
·The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
·The Red Shoes (1948)Canon #78
·The Remains of the Day (1993)
·The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
·The Right Stuff (1983)
·The Rose Tattoo (1955)
·The Rules of the Game (1939)Canon #15
·The Ruling Class (1972)
·The Scoundrel (1935)
·The Search (1948)
·The Searchers (1956)Canon #19
·The Servant (1963)
·The Set-Up (1949)
·The Seven Year Itch (1955)
·The Seventh Seal (1957)Canon #73
·The Shining (1980)Canon #71
·The Shooting Party (1985)
·The Shootist (1976)
·The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
·The Shop on Main Street (1965)
·The Silence (1963)
·The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Canon #83
·The Silent World (1956)
·The Snake Pit (1948)
·The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
·The Sound of Music (1965)Canon #123
·The Spiral Staircase (1946)
·The Stars Look Down (1940)
·The Story of Adèle H. (1975)
·The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
·The Straight Story (1999)
·The Sugarland Express (1974)
·The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
·The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
·The Ten Commandments (1956)
·The Tender Trap (1955)
·The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
·The Thin Blue Line (1988)
·The Thin Man (1934)
·The Thin Red Line (1998)
·The Third Generation (1979)
·The Third Man (1949)Canon #44
·The Tin Drum (1979)
·The Train (1964)
·The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Canon #134
·The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
·The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
·The Trouble with Harry (1955)
·The Two of Us (1967)
·The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
·The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
·The Usual Suspects (1995)Canon #178
·The Verdict (1982)
·The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
·The Wages of Fear (1953)Canon #243
·The War Game (1966)
·The War of the Roses (1989)
·The Warriors (1979)
·The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
·The Waterdance (1992)
·The Way We Were (1973)
·The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940)
·The Whales of August (1987)
·The Wild Bunch (1969)Canon #79
·The Wild Child (1970)
·The Wizard of Oz (1939)Canon #23
·The Women (1939)
·The World of Henry Orient (1964)
·The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
·The Yearling (1946)
·The Young and the Damned (1950)
·Thelma & Louise (1991)
·These Three (1936)
·They Live by Night (1948)
·They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
·They Were Expendable (1945)
·They Won't Forget (1937)
·Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
·This Is Spinal Tap (1984)Canon #204
·This Man Must Die (1969)
·This Sporting Life (1963)
·Three Colours: Red (1994)Canon #250
·Three Comrades (1938)
·Three Days of the Condor (1975)
·Throne of Blood (1957)
·To Be or Not to Be (1942)Canon #88
·To Catch a Thief (1955)
·To Have and Have Not (1944)
·To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)Canon #132
·To Live (1994)
·Tokyo Story (1953)Canon #10
·Tom Jones (1963)
·Tootsie (1982)Canon #246
·Top Hat (1935)
·Topaz (1969)
·Topkapi (1964)
·Total Recall (1990)
·Touch of Evil (1958)Canon #48
·Toy Story (1995)Canon #210
·Traffic (2000)
·Trainspotting (1996)
·Tristana (1970)
·Trouble in Paradise (1932)Canon #145
·True Grit (1969)
·True Love (1989)
·Trust (1990)
·Tunes of Glory (1960)
·Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
·Twentieth Century (1934)
·Two English Girls (1971)
·Two Women (1960)
·Ugetsu (1953)Canon #66
·Ulzana's Raid (1972)
·Umberto D. (1952)Canon #239
·Unforgiven (1992)Canon #122
·Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
·Vertigo (1958)Canon #3
·Videodrome (1983)
·Violette Nozière (1978)
·Viridiana (1961)Canon #153
·Viva Zapata! (1952)
·Waking Life (2001)
·Walkabout (1971)
·Watch on the Rhine (1943)
·Weekend (1967)
·Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
·West Side Story (1961)Canon #141
·What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
·What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
·What's Up, Doc? (1972)
·When Harry Met Sally... (1989)Canon #207
·Whisky Galore! (1949)
·White Heat (1949)
·Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
·Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
·Wild Reeds (1994)
·Wild Strawberries (1957)Canon #169
·Wilson (1944)
·Wings of Desire (1987)Canon #182
·Wise Blood (1979)
·Woman in the Dunes (1964)
·Woman of the Year (1942)
·Women in Love (1969)
·Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
·Woodstock (1970)
·Working Girl (1988)
·Written on the Wind (1956)
·Wuthering Heights (1939)
·Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
·Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
·Yellow Submarine (1968)
·Yi Yi (2000)
·Yojimbo (1961)Canon #221
·You Can Count on Me (2000)
·You Only Live Once (1937)
·Young Frankenstein (1974)
·Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
·Z (1969)
·Zero for Conduct (1933)
·À Nous la Liberté (1931)

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.