A Top 100 Films for the Moment

Last updated: 1/2/2025

  • 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

  • 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)

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