Top Ten Film Lists 2010-2014 (Alphabetical)

2014

• BEGIN AGAIN  (John Carney)

• BIRDMAN  (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu)

• BOYHOOD  (Richard Linklater)

• GONE GIRL  (David Fincher)

• THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL  (Wes Anderson)

• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY  (James Gunn)

• THE LEGO MOVIE  (Peter Lord & Christopher Miller)

• NIGHTCRAWLER  (Dan Gilroy)

• SELMA  (Ava Duvernay)

• WHIPLASH  (Damian Chazelle)

2013

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE  (Steve McQueen)

• CAPTAIN PHILLIPS  (Paul Greengrass)

• DALLAS BUYERS CLUB  (Jean-Marc Vallee)

• FRUITVALE STATION  (Ryan Coogler)

• GRAVITY  (Alfonso Cuaron)

• PHILOMENA  (Stephen Frears)

• RUSH  (Ron Howard)

• SHORT TERM 12  (Destin Daniel Cretton)

• THE SPECTACULAR NOW  (James Ponsoldt)

• THE WOLF OF WALL STREET  (Martin Scorsese)

2012

 

• AMOUR  (Michael Hanake)

• ARGO  (Ben Affleck)

• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES  (Christopher Nolan) 

• LES MISERABLES  (Tom Hooper)

• LINCOLN  (Steven Spielberg)

• LOOPER  (Rian Johnson)

• MOONRISE KINGDOM  (Wes Anderson)

• THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER  (Stephen Chbosky) 

• SKYFALL  (Sam Mendes)

• ZERO DARK THIRTY  (Kathryn Bigelow) 

2011

• 50/50  (Jonathan Levine)

• THE ARTIST  (Michel Hazanavicius)

• BEGINNERS  (Mike Mills)

• CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.  (Glenn Ficarra & John Requa)

• THE DESCENDANTS  (Alexander Payne)

• DRIVE  (Nicolas Winding Refn)

• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2  (David Yates)

• HUGO  (Martin Scorsese)

• MIDNIGHT IN PARIS  (Woody Allen)

• MONEYBALL  (Bennett Miller)

2010

• BLACK SWAN  (Darren Aronofsky)

• THE GHOST WRITER  (Roman Polanski)

• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON  (Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders)

• INCEPTION  (Christopher Nolan)

• KICK-ASS  (Matthew Vaughn)

• NOWHERE BOY  (Sam Taylor-Wood)

• SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD  (Edgar Wright)

• THE SOCIAL NETWORK  (David Fincher)

• THE TOWN  (Ben Affleck)

• TRUE GRIT  (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen)

Top Ten Film Lists 2005-2009 (Alphabetical)

2009

• (500) DAYS OF SUMMER  (Marc Webb)

• AVATAR  (James Cameron)

• DISTRICT 9  (Neill Blomkamp)

• THE HURT LOCKER  (Kathryn Bigelow)

• I LOVE YOU, MAN  (John Hamburg)

• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS  (Quentin Tarantino)

• MOON  (Duncan Jones)

• STAR TREK  (J.J. Abrams)

• UP  (Pete Docter & Bob Peterson)

• UP IN THE AIR  (Jason Reitman)

2008

• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  (David Fincher)

• THE DARK KNIGHT  (Christopher Nolan)

• FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL  (Nicholas Stoller)

• FROST/NIXON  (Ron Howard)

• IRON MAN  (Jon Favreau)

• MAN ON WIRE  (James Marsh)

• REVOLUTIONARY ROAD  (Sam Mendes)

• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  (Danny Boyle)

• VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA  (Woody Allen)

• WALL-E  (Andrew Stanton)

2007

• ATONEMENT  (Joe Wright)

• THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM  (Paul Greengrass)

• THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY  (Julian Schnabel)

• GONE BABY GONE  (Ben Affleck)

• HOT FUZZ  (Edgar Wright)

• INTO THE WILD  (Sean Penn)

• KNOCKED UP  (Judd Apatow)

• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN  (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen)

• RATATOUILLE  (Brad Bird)

• SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET  (Tim Burton)

2006

• CASINO ROYALE  (Martin Campbell)

• CHILDREN OF MEN  (Alfonso Cuaron)

• THE DEPARTED  (Martin Scorsese)

• THE ILLUSIONIST  (Neil Burger)

• LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA / FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS  (Clint Eastwood)

• LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE  (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris)

• PAN'S LABYRINTH  (Guillermo Del Toro)

• THE QUEEN  (Stephen Frears)

• THANK YOU FOR SMOKING  (Jason Reitman)

• UNITED 93  (Paul Greengrass)

2005

• BATMAN BEGINS  (Christopher Nolan)

• CINDERELLA MAN  (Ron Howard)

• CRASH  (Paul Haggis)

• GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.  (George Clooney)

• A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE  (David Cronenberg)

• MATCH POINT  (Woody Allen)

• MUNICH  (Steven Spielberg)

• PRIDE & PREJUDICE  (Joe Wright)

• RENT  (Chris Columbus)

• SYRIANA  (Stephen Gaghan)

Top Ten Film Lists 2000-2004 (Alphabetical)

2004

• THE AVIATOR  (Martin Scorsese)

• COLLATERAL  (Michael Mann)

• ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND  (Michel Gondry)

• GARDEN STATE  (Zach Braff)

• HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS  (Zhang Yimou)

• THE INCREDIBLES  (Brad Bird)

• MILLION DOLLAR BABY  (Clint Eastwood)

• THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST  (Mel Gibson)

• THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA  (Joel Schumacher)

• SIDEWAYS  (Alexander Payne)

2003

• BIG FISH  (Tim Burton)

• CITY OF GOD  (Fernando Meirelles)

• FINDING NEMO  (Andrew Stanton)

• IN AMERICA  (Jim Sheridan)

• THE LAST SAMURAI  (Edward Zwick)

• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING  (Peter Jackson)

• MYSTIC RIVER  (Clint Eastwood)

• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL  (Gore Verbinski)

• SHATTERED GLASS  (Billy Ray)

• THIRTEEN  (Catherine Hardwicke)

2002

• 25TH HOUR  (Spike Lee)

• ADAPTATION  (Spike Jonze)

• CHICAGO  (Rob Marshall)

• GANGS OF NEW YORK  (Martin Scorsese)

• LILO & STITCH  (Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders)

• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS  (Peter Jackson)

• MINORITY REPORT  (Steven Spielberg)

• THE PIANIST  (Roman Polanski)

• ROAD TO PERDITION  (Sam Mendes)

• Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN  (Alfonso Cuaron)

2001

• A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  (Steven Spielberg)

• AMELIE  (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

• A BEAUTIFUL MIND  (Ron Howard)

• LIFE AS A HOUSE  (Irwin Winkler)

• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING  (Peter Jackson)

• MEMENTO  (Christopher Nolan)

• MOULIN ROUGE  (Baz Luhrmann)

• MULHOLLAND DR.  (David Lynch)

• OCEAN'S ELEVEN  (Steven Soderbergh)

• SHREK  (Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson)

2000

• ALMOST FAMOUS  (Cameron Crowe)

• CAST AWAY  (Robert Zemeckis)

• CHOCOLAT  (Lasse Hallstrom)

• THE CONTENDER  (Rod Lurie)

• CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON  (Ang Lee)

• THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE  (Mark Dindal)

• GLADIATOR  (Ridley Scott)

• THE PATRIOT  (Roland Emmerich)

• REQUIEM FOR A DREAM  (Darren Aronofsky)

• TRAFFIC  (Steven Soderbergh)

Top Ten Film Lists 1995-1999 (Alphabetical)

1999

• ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER  (Pedro Almodovar)

• AMERICAN BEAUTY  (Sam Mendes)

• BEING JOHN MALKOVICH  (Spike Jonze)

• THE GREEN MILE  (Frank Darabont)

• THE INSIDER  (Michael Mann)

• MAN ON THE MOON  (Milos Forman)

• THE MATRIX  (Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski)

• THE SIXTH SENSE  (M. Night Shyamalan)

• THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY  (Anthony Minghella)

• TOY STORY 2  (John Lasseter, Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich)

1998

• AMERICAN HISTORY X  (Tony Kaye)

• ELIZABETH  (Shekhar Kapur)

• LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL  (Roberto Benigni)

• OUT OF SIGHT  (Steven Soderbergh)

• THE PRINCE OF EGYPT  (Brenda Chapman, Steven Hickner & Simon Wells)

• RUN, LOLA, RUN  (Tom Tykwer)

• SAVING PRIVATE RYAN  (Steven Spielberg)

• SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE  (John Madden)

• THE THIN RED LINE  (Terrence Malick)

• THE TRUMAN SHOW  (Peter Weir)

1997

• AMISTAD  (Steven Spielberg)

• AS GOOD AS IT GETS  (James L. Brooks)

• CONTACT  (Robert Zemeckis)

• DONNIE BRASCO  (Mike Newell)

• THE FIFTH ELEMENT  (Luc Besson)

• THE FULL MONTY  (Peter Cattaneo)

• GOOD WILL HUNTING  (Gus Van Sant)

• L.A. CONFIDENTIAL  (Curtis Hanson)

• PRINCESS MONONOKE  (Hayao Miyazaki)

• TITANIC  (James Cameron)

1996

• BREAKING THE WAVES  (Lars von Trier)

• THE ENGLISH PATIENT  (Anthony Minghella)

• FARGO  (Joel Coen)

• HAMLET  (Kenneth Branagh)

• THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME  (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise)

• JERRY MAGUIRE  (Cameron Crowe)

• SHINE  (Scott Hicks)

• SLING BLADE  (Billy Bob Thornton)

• TRAINSPOTTING  (Danny Boyle)

• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET  (Baz Luhrmann)

1995

• APOLLO 13  (Ron Howard)

• BABE  (Chris Noonan)

• BRAVEHEART  (Mel Gibson)

• CASINO  (Martin Scorsese)

• DEAD MAN WALKING  (Tim Robbins)

• HEAT  (Michael Mann)

• SENSE AND SENSIBILITY  (Ang Lee)

• SE7EN  (David Fincher)

• TOY STORY  (John Lasseter)

• THE USUAL SUSPECTS  (Bryan Singer)

Top Ten Film Lists 1990-1994 (Alphabetical)

1994

• ED WOOD  (Tim Burton)

• FORREST GUMP  (Robert Zemeckis)

• FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL  (Mike Newell)

• HOOP DREAMS  (Steve James)

• LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL  (Luc Besson)

• THE LION KING  (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff)

• PULP FICTION  (Quentin Tarantino)

• QUIZ SHOW  (Robert Redford)

• RED  (Krzysztof Kieslowski)

• THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION  (Frank Darabont)

1993

• THE FUGITIVE  (Andrew Davis)

• GROUNDHOG DAY  (Harold Ramis)

• IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER  (Jim Sheridan)

• JURASSIC PARK  (Steven Spielberg)

• PHILADELPHIA  (Jonathan Demme)

• THE PIANO  (Jane Campion)

• THE REMAINS OF THE DAY  (James Ivory)

• RUDY  (David Anspaugh)

• SCHINDLER'S LIST  (Steven Spielberg)

• TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS  (Henry Selick)

1992

• ALADDIN  (Ron Clements & John Musker)

• CHAPLIN  (Richard Attenborough)

• THE CRYING GAME  (Neil Jordan)

• A FEW GOOD MEN  (Rob Reiner)

• GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS  (James Foley)

• THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS  (Michael Mann)

• MALCOLM X  (Spike Lee)

• THE PLAYER  (Robert Altman)

• SCENT OF A WOMAN  (Martin Brest)

• UNFORGIVEN  (Clint Eastwood)

1991

• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST  (Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise)

• BOYZ N THE HOOD  (John Singleton)

• BUGSY  (Barry Levinson)

• DELICATESSEN  (Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

• THE FISHER KING  (Terry Gilliam)

• JFK  (Oliver Stone)

• RAISE THE RED LANTERN  (Zhang Yimou)

• THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS  (Jonathan Demme)

• TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY  (James Cameron)

• THELMA & LOUISE  (Ridley Scott)

1990

• AWAKENINGS  (Penny Marshall)

• DANCES WITH WOLVES  (Kevin Costner)

• DICK TRACY  (Warren Beatty)

• GHOST  (Jerry Zucker)

• THE GODFATHER, PART III  (Francis Ford Coppola)

• GOODFELLAS  (Martin Scorsese)

• THE GRIFTERS  (Stephen Frears)

• THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER  (John McTiernan)

• MILLER'S CROSSING  (Joen Coen)

• REVERSAL OF FORTUNE  (Barbet Schroeder)

Top Ten Film Lists 1985-1989 (Alphabetical)

1989

• BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY  (Oliver Stone)

• CINEMA PARADISO  (Giuseppe Tornatore)

• DEAD POETS SOCIETY  (Peter Weir)

• DRIVING MISS DAISY  (Bruce Beresford)

• FIELD OF DREAMS  (Phil Alden Robinson)

• GLORY  (Edward Zwick)

• INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE  (Steven Spielberg)

• THE LITTLE MERMAID  (Ron Clements & John Musker)

• MY LEFT FOOT  (Jim Sheridan)

• WHEN HARRY MET SALLY  (Rob Reiner)

1988

• BIG  (Penny Marshall)

• BULL DURHAM  (Ron Shelton)

• DANGEROUS LIAISONS  (Stephen Frears)

• DIE HARD  (John McTiernan)

• A FISH CALLED WANDA  (Charles Crichton)

• GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES  (Isao Takahata)

• MISSISSIPPI BURNING  (Alan Parker)

• RAIN MAN  (Barry Levinson)

• WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Robert Zemeckis)

• WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN  (Pedro Almodovar)

1987

• BROADCAST NEWS  (James L. Brooks)

• EMPIRE OF THE SUN  (Steven Spielberg)

• FULL METAL JACKET  (Stanley Kubrick)

• GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM  (Barry Levinson)

• THE LAST EMPEROR  (Bernardo Bertolucci)

• MOONSTRUCK  (Norman Jewison)

• THE PRINCESS BRIDE  (Rob Reiner)

• THE UNTOUCHABLES  (Brian De Palma)

• WALL STREET  (Oliver Stone)

• WINGS OF DESIRE  (Wim Wenders)

1986

• ALIENS  (James Cameron)

• BLUE VELVET  (David Lynch)

• CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD  (Randa Haines)

• THE COLOR OF MONEY  (Martin Scorsese)

• FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF  (John Hughes)

• HANNAH AND HER SISTERS  (Woody Allen)

• THE MISSION  (Roland Joffe)

• PLATOON  (Oliver Stone)

• SID & NANCY  (Alex Cox)

• STAND BY ME  (Rob Reiner)

1985

• BACK TO THE FUTURE  (Robert Zemeckis)

• BRAZIL  (Terry Gilliam)

• THE COLOR PURPLE  (Steven Spielberg)

• THE OFFICIAL STORY  (Luis Puenzo)

• OUT OF AFRICA  (Sydney Pollack)

• PRIZZI'S HONOR  (John Huston)

• THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO  (Woody Allen)

• RAN  (Akira Kurosawa)

• SHOAH  (Claude Lanzmann)

• WITNESS  (Peter Weir)

Top Ten Film Lists 1980-1984 (Alphabetical)

1984

• AMADEUS  (Milos Forman)

• BROADWAY DANNY ROSE  (Woody Allen)

• GHOSTBUSTERS  (Ivan Reitman)

• THE KILLING FIELDS  (Roland Joffe)

• THE NATURAL  (Barry Levinson)

• ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA  (Sergio Leone)

• PARIS, TEXAS  (Wim Wenders)

• A PASSAGE TO INDIA  (David Lean)

• THE TERMINATOR  (James Cameron)

• THIS IS SPINAL TAP  (Rob Reiner)

1983

• THE BIG CHILL  (Lawrence Kasdan)

• A CHRISTMAS STORY  (Bob Clark)

• THE DRESSER  (Peter Yates)

• THE KING OF COMEDY  (Martin Scorsese)

• L'ARGENT  (Robert Bresson)

• THE RIGHT STUFF  (Philip Kaufman)

• SCARFACE  (Brian De Palma)

• SILKWOOD  (Mike Nichols)

• STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI  (Richard Marquand)

• TERMS OF ENDEARMENT  (James L. Brooks)

 
1982

• BLADE RUNNER  (Ridley Scott)

• DAS BOOT  (Wolfgang Petersen)

• DINER  (Barry Levinson)

• E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL  (Steven Spielberg)

• FANNY & ALEXANDER  (Ingmar Bergman)

• GANDHI  (Richard Attenborough)

• MISSING  (Costa-Gavras)

• SOPHIE'S CHOICE  (Alan J. Pakula)

• TOOTSIE  (Sydney Pollack)

• THE VERDICT  (Sidney Lumet)

1981

• ARTHUR  (Steve Gordon)

• ATLANTIC CITY  (Louis Malle)

• CHARIOTS OF FIRE  (Hugh Hudson)

• GALLIPOLI  (Peter Weir)

• MEPHISTO  (Istvan Szabo)

• ON GOLDEN POND  (Mark Rydell)

• PIXOTE  (Hector Babenco)

• RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK  (Steven Spielberg)

• REDS  (Warren Beatty)

• TIME BANDITS  (Terry Gilliam)

1980

• AIRPLANE!  (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker)

• THE BIG RED ONE  (Samuel Fuller)

• THE ELEPHANT MAN  (David Lynch)

• KAGEMUSHA  (Akira Kurosawa)

• THE LAST METRO  (Francois Truffaut)

• MELVIN AND HOWARD  (Jonathan Demme)

• ORDINARY PEOPLE  (Robert Redford)

• RAGING BULL  (Martin Scorsese)

• THE SHINING  (Stanley Kubrick)

• STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK  (Irvin Kershner)

Top Ten Film Lists 1975-1979 (Alphabetical)

1979

• ALIEN  (Ridley Scott)

• ALL THAT JAZZ  (Bob Fosse)

• APOCALYPSE NOW  (Francis Ford Coppola)

• BEING THERE  (Hal Ashby)

• BREAKING AWAY  (Peter Yates)

• THE CHINA SYNDROME  (James Bridges)

• KRAMER VS. KRAMER  (Robert Benton)

• MANHATTAN  (Woody Allen)

• THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN  (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

• THE TIN DRUM  (Volker Schlondorff)

1978

• AUTUMN SONATA  (Ingmar Bergman)

• COMING HOME  (Hal Ashby)

• DAWN OF THE DEAD  (George A. Romero)

• DAYS OF HEAVEN  (Terrence Malick)

• THE DEER HUNTER  (Michael Cimino)

• GREASE  (Randal Kleiser)

• HEAVEN CAN WAIT  (Warren Beatty & Buck Henry)

• INTERIORS  (Woody Allen)

• THE LAST WALTZ  (Martin Scorsese)

• MIDNIGHT EXPRESS  (Alan Parker)

1977

• ANNIE HALL  (Woody Allen)

• CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND  (Steven Spielberg)

• THE GOODBYE GIRL  (Herbert Ross)

• JULIA  (Fred Zinnemann)

• KILLER OF SHEEP  (Charles Burnett)

• THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE  (Luis Bunuel)

• SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER  (John Badham)

• THE SPY WHO LOVED ME  (Lewis GIlbert)

• STAR WARS  (George Lucas)

• THE TURNING POINT  (Herbert Ross)

1976

• 1900  (Bernardo Bertolucci)

• ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN  (Alan J. Pakula)

• BOUND FOR GLORY  (Hal Ashby)

• CRIA CUERVOS  (Carlos Saura)

• FACE TO FACE  (Ingmar Bergman)

• NETWORK  (Sidney Lumet)

• THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES  (Clint Eastwood)

• ROCKY  (John G. Avildsen)

• THE SHOOTIST  (Don Siegel)

• TAXI DRIVER  (Martin Scorsese)

1975

• BARRY LYNDON  (Stanley Kubrick)

• DOG DAY AFTERNOON  (Sidney Lumet)

• THE ENIGMA OF KASPER HAUSER  (Werner Herzog)

• JAWS  (Steven Spielberg)

• THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING  (John Huston)

• NASHVILLE  (Robert Altman)

• NIGHT MOVES  (Arthur Penn)

• ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST  (Milos Forman)

• PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK  (Peter Weir)

• SEVEN BEAUTIES  (Lina Wertmuller)

Top Ten Film Lists 1970-1974 (Alphabetical)

1974

• ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE  (Martin Scorsese)

• BLAZING SADDLES  (Mel Brooks)

• CHINATOWN  (Roman Polanski)

• THE CONVERSATION  (Francis Ford Coppola)

• THE GODFATHER, PART II  (Francis Ford Coppola)

• LACOMBE, LUCIEN  (Louis Malle)

• MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL  (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones)

• MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS  (Sidney Lumet)

• A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE  (John Cassavetes)

• YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN  (Mel Brooks)

1973

• AMARCORD  (Federico Fellini)

• AMERICAN GRAFFITI  (George Lucas)

• CRIES AND WHISPERS  (Ingmar Bergman)

• DAY FOR NIGHT  (Francois Truffaut)

• ENTER THE DRAGON  (Robert Clouse)

• THE EXORCIST  (William Friedkin)

• MEAN STREETS  (Martin Scorsese)

• SAVE THE TIGER  (John G. Avildsen)

• SERPICO  (Sidney Lumet)

• THE STING  (George Roy Hill)

1972

• 1776  (Peter H. Hunt)

• AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD  (Werner Herzog)

• CABARET  (Bob Fosse)

• DELIVERANCE  (John Boorman)

• THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE  (Luis Bunuel)

• FAT CITY  (John Huston)

• THE GODFATHER  (Francis Ford Coppola)

• HAROLD AND MAUDE  (Hal Ashby)

• SLEUTH  (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

• SOLARIS  (Andrey Tarkovskiy)

1971

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE  (Stanley Kubrick)

• DIRTY HARRY  (Don Siegel)

• FIDDLER ON THE ROOF  (Norman Jewison)

• THE FRENCH CONNECTION  (William Friedkin)

• THE HOSPITAL  (Arthur Hiller)

• KLUTE  (Alan J. Pakula)

• THE LAST PICTURE SHOW  (Peter Bogdanovich)

• MCCABE & MRS. MILLER  (Robert Altman)

• SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY  (John Schlesinger)

• WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY  (Mel Stuart)

1970

• AIRPORT  (George Seaton)

• THE CONFORMIST  (Bernardo Bertolucci)

• FIVE EASY PIECES  (Bob Rafelson)

• THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS  (Vittorio De Sica)

• LE BOUCHER  (Claude Chabrol)

• LITTLE BIG MAN  (Arthur Penn)

• LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS  (Cy Howard)

• M.A.S.H  (Robert Altman)

• PATTON  (Franklin J. Schaffner)

• WOODSTOCK (Michael Wadleigh)

Top Ten Films List 1965-1969 (Alphabetical)

1969

• ANDREI ROUBLEV  (Andrey Takovskiy)

• ARMY OF SHADOWS  (Jean-Pierre Melville)

• BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID  (George Roy Hill)

• EASY RIDER  (Dennis Hopper)

• HELLO, DOLLY!  (Gene Kelly)

• MIDNIGHT COWBOY  (John Schlesinger)

• ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST  (Sergio Leone)

• THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?  (Sydney Pollack)

• THE WILD BUNCH  (Sam Peckinpah)

• Z  (Costa-Gavras)

1968

• 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY  (Stanley Kubrick)

• BULLITT  (Peter Yates)

• FACES  (John Cassavetes)

• FUNNY GIRL  (William Wyler)

• THE LION IN WINTER  (Anthony Harvey)

• OLIVER!  (Carol Reed)

• PLANET OF THE APES  (Franklin J. Schaffner)

• THE PRODUCERS  (Mel Brooks)

• ROMEO AND JULIET  (Franco Zeffirelli)

• WAR AND PEACE  (SERGEY BONDARCHUK)

1967

• BELLE DE JOUR  (Luis Bunuel)

• BONNIE AND CLYDE  (Arthur Penn)

• COOL HAND LUKE  (Stuart Rosenberg)

• THE DIRTY DOZEN  (Robert Aldrich)

• THE GRADUATE  (Mike Nichols)

• GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER  (Stanley Kramer)

• IN COLD BLOOD  (Richard Brooks)

• IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT  (Norman Jewison)

• THE JUNGLE BOOK  (Wolfgang Reitherman)

• TWO FOR THE ROAD  (Stanley Donen)

1966

• ALFIE  (Lewis Gilbert)

• BLOW-UP  (Michelangelo Antonioni)

• CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS  (Jiri Menzel)

• THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY  (Sergio Leone)

• A MAN AND A WOMAN  (Claude Lelouch)

• A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS  (Fred Zinnemann)

• PERSONA  (Ingmar Bergman)

• THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING  (Norman Jewison)

• THE SAND PEBBLES  (Robert Wise)

• WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?  (Mike Nichols)

1965

• THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS  (Gillo Pontecorvo)

• CAT BALLOU  (Elliot Silverstein)

• DARLING  (John Schlesinger)

• DOCTOR ZHIVAGO  (David Lean)

• JULIET OF THE SPIRITS  (Federico Fellini)

• LOVES OF A BLONDE  (Milos Forman)

• REPULSION  (Roman Polanski)

• SHIP OF FOOLS  (Stanley Kramer)

• THE SOUND OF MUSIC  (Robert Wise)

• THUNDERBALL  (Terence Young)