BFI Lists Breakdown Key CRITICS DIRECTORS Movie appears twice, highest ranking 1. Vertigo (1958) 1. Tokyo Story (1953) Movie appears only once 2. Citizen Kane (1941) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Movie appears twice, lowest ranking 3. Tokyo Story (1953) 3. Citizen Kane (1941) 4. The Rules of the Game (1939) 4. 8½ (1963) 5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 5. Taxi Driver (1976) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 6. Apocalypse Now (1979) 7. The Searchers (1956) 7. The Godfather (1972) 8. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) 8. Vertigo (1958) 9. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 9. Mirror (1975) 10. 8½ (1963) 10. The Bicycle Thieves (1948) 11. Battleship Potemkin (1925) 11. Breathless (1960) 12. L'Atalante (1934) 12. Raging Bull (1980) 13. Breathless (1960) 13. Persona (1966) 14. Apocalypse Now (1979) 14. The 400 Blows (1959) 15. Late Spring (1949) 15. Andrei Rublev (1966) 16. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) 16. Fanny and Alexander (1982) 17. Seven Samurai (1954) 17. Seven Samurai (1954) 18. Persona (1966) 18. Rashomon (1950) 19. Mirror (1975) 19. Barry Lyndon (1975) 20. Singin' in the Rain (1952) 20. Ordet (1955) 21. L'Avventura (1960) 21. Au Hasard Balthazar (1955) 22. Le Mépris (1963) 22. Modern Times (1955) 23. The Godfather (1972) 23. L'Atalante (1955) 24. Ordet (1955) 24. Sunrise (1955) 25. In the Mood for Love (2000) 25. La règle du jeu (1955) 26. Rashomon (1950) 26. Touch of Evil (1958) 27. Andrei Rublev (1966) 27. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 28. Mulholland Dr. (2001) 28. The Battle of Algiers (1966) 29. Stalker (1979) 29. La strada (1954) 30. Shoah (1985) 30. Stalker (1979) 31. The Godfather Part II (1974) 31. City Lights (1931) 32. Taxi Driver (1976) 32. L'Avventura (1960) 33. Bicycle Thieves (1948) 33. Amarcord (1972) 34. The General (1926) 34. The Gospel According to St. Matthew(1964) 35. Metropolis (1927) 35. The Godfather Part II (1974) 36. Psycho (1960) 36. Come And See (1985) 37. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) 37. Close‐Up (1989) 38. Sátántangó (1994) 38. Some Like It Hot (1959) 39. The 400 Blows (1959) 39. La dolce vita (1960) 40. La Dolce Vita (1960) 40. Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) 41. Journey to Italy (1954) 41. Playtime (1967) 42. Pather Panchali (1955) 42. A Man Escaped (1956) 43. Some Like It Hot (1959) 43. Viridiana (1961) 44. Gertrud (1964) 44. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 45. Pierrot le Fou (1965) 45. Le mépris (1963) 46. Playtime (1967) 46. The Apartment (1960) 47. Close‐Up (1990) 47. Hour of the Wolf (1968) 48. The Battle of Algiers (1966) 48. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 49. Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988‐1998) 49. The Searchers (1956) 50. City Lights (1931) 50. Psycho (1960) 51. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) 51. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) 52. La Jetée (1962) 52. Shoah (1985) 53. North by Northwest (1959) 53. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 54. Rear Window (1954) 54. L'eclisse (1962) 55. Raging Bull (1980) 55. Pickpocket (1959) 56. M (1931) 56. Pather Panchali (1955) 57. The Leopard (1963) 57. Rear Window (1954) 58. Touch of Evil (1958) 58. Goodfellas (1990) 59. Sherlock Jr. (1924) 59. Blow Up (1966) 60. Barry Lyndon (1975) 60. The Conformist (1970) 61. La maman et la putain (1973) 61. Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) 62. Sansho Dayu (1954) 62. Gertrud (1964) 63. Wild Strawberries (1957) 63. A Woman Under the Influence (1974) 64. Modern Times (1936) 64. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 65. Sunset Blvd. (1950) 65. Blue Velvet (1986) 66. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 66. La grande illusion (1937) 67. Pickpocket (1959) 67. Badlands (1973) 68. Rio Bravo (1958) 68. Blade Runner (1982) 69. Blade Runner (1982) 69. Sunset Blvd. (1950) 70. Blue Velvet (1986) 70. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) 71. Sans Soleil (1982) 71. Singin' in the Rain (1951) 72. A Man Escaped (1956) 72. In The Mood For Love (2000) 73. The Third Man (1949) 73. Journey to Italy (1954) 74. L'eclisse (1962) 74. Vivre Sa Vie (1962) 75. Les enfants du paradis (1945) 75. The Seventh Seal (1957) 76. La grande illusion (1962) 76. Hidden (2004) 77. Nashville (1962) 77. Battleship Potemkin (1925) 78. Chinatown (1974) 78. M (1931) 79. Beau Travail (1998) 79. There Will Be Blood (2007) 80. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 80. The Shining (1980) 81. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) 81. The General (1926) 82. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 82. Mulholland Dr (2001) 83. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) 83. A Clockwork Orange (1971) 84. Fanny and Alexander (1984) 84. Fear Eats the Soul (1974) 85. Casablanca (1942) 85. Kes (1969) 86. The Colour of Pomegranates (1968) 86. Husbands (1970) 87. Greed (1924) 87. The Wild Bunch (1969) 88. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) 88. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) 89. The Wild Bunch (1969) 89. Jaws (1975) 90. Partie de campagne (1936) 90. Los Olvidados (1950) 91. Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) 91. Pierrot le Fou (1965) 92. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) 92. Un chien andalou (1928) 93. The Seventh Seal (1957) 93. Chinatown (1974) 94. Un chien andalou (1928) 94. La maman et la putain (1973) 95. Intolerance (1916) 95. Beau Travail (1998) 96. A One and a Two (1999) 96. Opening Night (1977) 97. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1957) 97. The Gold Rush (1925) 98. Touki Bouki (1973) 98. Zero de Conduite (1933) 99. Fear Eats the Soul (1974) 99. The Deer Hunter (1977) 100. Imitation of Life (1959) 100. L'argent (1983) 101. Madame de... (1953) 101. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) 102. Sans Soleil (1982) 103. Don't Look Now (1973) 104. I am Cuba (1964) 105. Last Year At Marienbad (1961) 106. Le Samouraï (1973)