A Top 100 Films for the Moment
Last updated: 1/2/2025
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100. Terrorizers
Edward Yang
1986 -

99. Notes on an Appearance
Ricky D’Ambrose
2018 -

98. Police, Adjective
Corneliu Porumboiu
2009 -

97. Persona
Ingmar Bergman
1966 -

96. Killer of Sheep
Charles Burnett
1978 -

95. Her Socialist Smile
John Gianvito
2020 -

94. Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Tsai Ming-Liang
2003 -

93. The Tarnished Angels
Douglas Sirk
1957 -

92. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee
2000 -

91. Jours de France
Jérôme Reybaud
2017 -

90. Challengers 🆕
Luca Guadagnino
2024 -

89. Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2021 -

88. Les Amours d’Astrée et de Céladon
Éric Rohmer
2007 -

87. No Regrets for Our Youth
Akira Kurosawa
1946 -

86. BPM
Robin Campillo
2017 -

85. Me and My Gal
Raoul Walsh
1932 -

84. How Green Was My Valley
John Ford
1941 -

83. Ordet
Carl Theodor Dreyer
1955 -

82. The Headless Woman
Lucrecia Martel
2009 -

81. Silverlake Life: The View from Here
Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman
1993 -

80. Jane B. par Agnès V.
Agnès Varda
1988 -

79. Andrei Rublev
Andrei Tarkovsky
1966 -

78. Kiev Frescoes
Sergei Parajanov
1965 -

77. Apparition
Isabel Sandoval
2012 -

76. A Serious Man
Joel and Ethan Coen
2009
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75. Tropical Malady
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2004 -

74. Black Girl
Ousmane Sembène
1966 -

73. Marie Antoinette
Sofia Coppola
2006 -

72. Duelle
Jacques Rivette
1976 -

71. Change of Life
Paulo Rocha
1966 -

70. Original Cast Album: Company
D.A. Pennebaker
1970 -

69. Drive My Car
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2021 -

68. Raise the Red Lantern
Zhang Yimou
1991 -

67. On the Beach at Night Alone
Hong Sang-soo
2017 -

66. Cat People
Jacques Tourneur
1942 -

65. Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson
2017 -

64. Amour Fou
Jessica Hausner
2014 -

63. Madonna and Child
Terence Davies
1980 -

62. News from Home
Chantal Akerman
1976 -

61. Thanos and Despina
Nikos Papatakis
1967 -

60. The Irishman
Martin Scorsese
2019 -

59. Cure 🆕
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1997 -

58. Stalker
Andrei Tarkovsky
1979 -

57. Welfare
Frederick Wiseman
1975 -

56. The Long Day Closes
Terence Davies
1992 -

55. The New World
Terrence Malick
2005 -

54. Ma nuit chez Maud
Éric Rohmer
1969 -

53. Tokyo Story
Yasujiro Ozu
1953 -

52. A Special Day
Ettore Scola
1977 -

51. The Social Network
David Fincher
2010 -

50. Twenty-Four Eyes
Keisuke Kinoshita
1954 -

49. Les Vampires
Louis Feuillade
1915–1916 -

48. Sense and Sensibility
Ang Lee
1995 -

47. The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
1966 -

46. By the Time It Gets Dark
Anocha Suwichakornpong
2016 -

45. My Neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki
1988 -

44. Le Fils
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
2002 -

43. Cameraperson
Kirsten Johnson
2016 -

42. Sansho the Bailiff
Kenji Mizoguchi
1954 -

41. Cemetery of Splendour
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2016 -

40. Only Yesterday
Isao Takahata
1991 -

39. City Lights
Charlie Chaplin
1923 -

38. A Separation
Asghar Farhadi
2011 -

37. Funeral Parade of Roses
Toshio Matsumoto
1969 -

36. The Passion of Joan of Arc
Carl Theodor Dreyer
1928 -

35. Rebecca
Alfred Hitchcock
1940 -

34. Beau Travail
Claire Denis
1999 -

33. La Collectionneuse
Éric Rohmer
1967 -

32. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Marielle Heller
2018 -

31. Meshes of the Afternoon
Maya Deren and Alexander Hamid
1943 -

30. Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
1989 -

29. Johnny Guitar
Nicholas Ray
1954 -

28. The Age of Innocence
Martin Scorsese
1993 -

27. Pather Panchali
Satyajit Ray
1955 -

26. Godland
Hlynur Pálmason
2022 -

25. Late Spring
Yasujiro Ozu
1949 -

24. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
David Lynch
1992 -

23. Singin’ in the Rain
Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
1952 -

22. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Cristian Mungiu
2007 -

21. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata
2014 -

20. The Last Days of Disco
Whit Stillman
1998 -

19. Rosetta
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
1999 -

18. Sieranevada
Cristi Puiu
2016 -

17. Cries and Whispers
Ingmar Bergman
1972 -

16. Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock
1954 -

15. Mysteries of Lisbon
Raul Ruíz
2010 -

14. Rite of Spring 🆕
Manoel de Oliveira
1963 -

13. Le Rayon Vert
Éric Rohmer
1986 -

12. La Belle Noiseuse
Jacques Rivette
1991 -

11. Cléo de 5 à 7
Agnès Varda
1962 -

10. Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders
1987 -

9. In a Lonely Place
Nicholas Ray
1950 -

8. Red Psalm
Miklós Jancsó
1972 -

7. L’avenir
Mia Hansen-Løve
2016 -

6. Trois Couleurs: Rouge
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1994 -

5. The Day After
Hong Sang-soo
2017 -

4. Infinite Football
Corneliu Porumboiu
2018 -

3. Conte d’Été
Éric Rohmer
1996 -

2. The Color of Pomegranates
Sergei Parajanov
1969 -

1. His Girl Friday
Howard Hawks
1940
Banner image: Red Psalm (1972)