Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists
The following is a list of the top 10 films chosen annually by the critics of Cahiers du Cinéma , a French film magazine. The magazine started the lists in 1951, but did not publish a list from 1952 to 1953 and from 1969 to 1980 and 2003.[ 1]
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
#
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
No list for 1980
1981
1.
The Aviator's Wife
La Femme de l'aviateur
Éric Rohmer
France
Francisca
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
3.
Hotel America
Hôtel des Amériques
André Téchiné
France
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo
Bernardo Bertolucci
Italy
5.
Germany, Pale Mother
Deutschland bleiche Mutter
Helma Sanders-Brahms
West Germany
The Woman Next Door
La Femme d'à côté
François Truffaut
France
7.
Stalker
Сталкер
Andrei Tarkovsky
Soviet Union
8.
Jalsaghar
জলসাঘর
Satyajit Ray
India
Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese
United States
10.
Gloria
John Cassavetes
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
Guy Debord
France
Palermo or Wolfsburg
Palermo oder Wolfsburg
Werner Schroeter
West Germany
The Wings of the Dove
Les Ailes de la colombe
Benoît Jacquot
France
1982
1.
A Room in Town
Une chambre en ville
Jacques Demy
France
2.
Moonlighting
Jerzy Skolimowski
United Kingdom
Passion
Jean-Luc Godard
France
4.
White Dog
Sam Fuller
United States
5.
The Color of Pomegranates
Նռան գույնը
Sergei Parajanov
Soviet Union
Identification of a Woman
Identificazione di una donna
Michaelangelo Antonioni
Italy
Le Pont du Nord
Jacques Rivette
France
8.
Parsifal
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
West Germany
9.
Three Crowns of the Sailor
Les trois couronnes du matelot
Raúl Ruiz
France
10.
Le Beau Mariage
Éric Rohmer
1983
1.
À Nos Amours
Maurice Pialat
France
L'Argent
Robert Bresson
3.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
戦場のメリークリスマス
Nagisa Oshima
United Kingdom, Japan
A Brutal Game
Un Jeu Brutal
Jean-Claude Brisseau
France
5.
The King of Comedy
Martin Scorsese
United States
Pauline at the Beach
Pauline à la plage
Éric Rohmer
France
7.
L'Enfant Secret
Philippe Garrel
Faux-Fuyants
Alain Bergala & Jean-Pierre Limosin
Three Crowns of the Sailor
Les trois couronnes du matelot
Raúl Ruiz
10.
Cracking Up
Jerry Lewis
United States
Fanny and Alexander
Fanny och Alexander
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
1984
1.
Full Moon in Paris
Les nuits de la pleine lune
Éric Rohmer
France
2.
Class Relations
Klassenverhältnisse
Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet
West Germany
3.
Biquefarre
Georges Rouquier
France
First Name: Carmen
Prénom Carmen
Jean-Luc Godard
Liberté, la nuit
Philippe Garrel
6.
Rumble Fish
Francis Ford Coppola
United States
7.
And the Ship Sails On
E la nave va
Federico Fellini
Italy
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders
West Germany
The Right Stuff
Philip Kaufman
United States
10.
Once Upon a Time in America
C'era una volta in America
Sergio Leone
Italy, United States
1985
1.
Hail Mary
Je vous salue, Marie
Jean-Luc Godard
France
2.
Détective
Jean-Luc Godard
3.
Year of the Dragon
Michael Cimino
United States
4.
After the Rehearsal
Efter repetitionen
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
5.
Love Streams
John Cassavetes
United States
6.
The Home and the World
Ghare Baire
Satyajit Ray
India
7.
Les Amants terribles
Danièle Dubroux
France
8.
The Children
Les Enfants
Marguerite Duras
9.
Ran
乱
Akira Kurosawa
Japan
10.
Favorites of the Moon
Les Favoris de la lune
Otar Iosseliani
France
Rendez-vous
André Téchiné
1986
1.
The Green Ray
Le Rayon vert
Éric Rohmer
France
2.
The Legend of Suram Fortress
ამბავი სურამის ციხისა
Sergei Parajanov
Soviet Union
The Sacrifice
Offret
Andrei Tarkovsky
Sweden
4.
Double Messieurs
Jean-François Stévenin
France
5.
Mauvais Sang
Leos Carax
Maine-Ocean Express
Maine Océan
Jacques Rozier
7.
Thérèse
Alain Cavalier
8.
Scene of the Crime
Le Lieu du crime
André Téchiné
9.
After Hours
Martin Scorsese
United States
Alpine Fire
Höhenfeuer
Fredi M. Murer
Switzerland
Disorder
Olivier Assayas
France
Gardien de la nuit
Jean-Pierre Limosin
Rise and Fall of a Small Cinema Company
Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
Jean-Luc Godard
1987
1.
Under the Sun of Satan
Sous le soleil de Satan
Maurice Pialat
France
2.
The Death of Empedocles
Der Tod des Empedokles
Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet
West Germany
Intervista
Federico Fellini
Italy
Wings of Desire
Der Himmel über Berlin
Wim Wenders
West Germany
5.
The Last Emperor
L'ultimo imperatore
Bernardo Bertolucci
China, United Kingdom, Italy
6.
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle
Éric Rohmer
France
Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick
United Kingdom, United States
Yeelen
Souleymane Cissé
Mali
9.
The Mass Is Ended
La messa è finita
Nanni Moretti
Italy
10.
Blue Velvet
David Lynch
United States
The Color of Money
Martin Scorsese
King Lear
Jean-Luc Godard
A Portuguese Goodbye
Um Adeus Português
João Botelho
Portugal
Wedding in Galilee
عرس الجليل
Michel Khleifi
Palestine
1988
1.
A Short Film About Killing
Krótki film o zabijaniu
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Poland
2.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Philip Kaufman
United States
3.
The Dead
John Huston
4.
Urgences
Raymond Depardon
France
5.
Bird
Clint Eastwood
United States
6.
Landscape in the Mist
Τοπίο στην ομίχλη
Theo Angelopoulos
Greece
7.
Sound and Fury
De bruit et de fureur
Jean-Claude Brisseau
France
8.
The Last Temptation of Christ
Martin Scorsese
United States
9.
Les Innocents
André Téchiné
France
10.
Story of Women
Une affaire de femmes
Claude Chabrol
1989
1.
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
United States
Red Wood Pigeon
Palombella rossa
Nanni Moretti
Italy
3.
Gang of Four
La bande des quatre
Jacques Rivette
France
Dead Ringers
David Cronenberg
Canada
5.
The Cannibals
Os Canibais
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
Yaaba
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Burkina Faso
7.
Black Rain
黒い雨
Shohei Imamura
Japan
Thick Skinned
Peaux de vaches
Patricia Mazuy
France
Little Vera
Маленькая Вера
Vasili Pichul
Soviet Union
10.
The Accidental Tourist
Lawrence Kasdan
United States
I Want to Go Home
Alain Resnais
France
Time of the Gypsies
Дом за вешање
Emir Kusturica
Yugoslavia
1990s
#
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
1990
1.
Freeze Die Come to Life
Замри, умри, воскресни!
Vitali Kanevsky
Soviet Union
The Little Gangster
Le Petit Criminel
Jacques Doillon
France
3.
Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese
United States
Nouvelle Vague
Jean-Luc Godard
France
5.
Alexandria Again and Forever
إسكندريه كمان وكمان
Youssef Chahine
Egypt
Meghe Dhaka Tara
মেঘে ঢাকা তারা
Ritwik Ghatak
India
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
8.
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
United States
La Désenchantée
Benoît Jacquot
France
Dreams
夢
Akira Kurosawa
Japan
1991
1.
Van Gogh
Maurice Pialat
France
2.
Miller's Crossing
Coen brothers
United States
3.
Barton Fink
4.
The Godfather Part III
Francis Ford Coppola
5.
Close-Up
کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
6.
I Don't Hear the Guitar Anymore
J'entends plus la guitare
Philippe Garrel
France
7.
Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton
United States
8.
Rhapsody in August
八月の狂詩曲
Akira Kurosawa
Japan
9.
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
Leos Carax
France
10.
Paris Awakens
Paris s'éveille
Olivier Assayas
1992
1.
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
United States
2.
Agantuk
Satyajit Ray
India
3.
And Life Goes On
زندگی و دیگر هیچ
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
4.
Husbands and Wives
Woody Allen
United States
5.
Border Line
Danièle Dubroux
France
Savage Nights
Les Nuits Fauves
Cyril Collard
The Sentinel
La sentinelle
Arnaud Desplechin
8.
La Chasse aux papillons
Otar Iosseliani
A Tale of Winter
Conte d'hiver
Éric Rohmer
10.
A Brighter Summer Day
牯嶺街少年殺人事件
Edward Yang
Taiwan
The House of Smiles
La casa del sorriso
Marco Ferreri
Italy
Le mirage
Jean-Claude Guiguet
France
The Oak
Balanța
Lucian Pintilie
Romania
1993
1.
A Perfect World
Clint Eastwood
United States
2.
Abraham's Valley
Vale Abraão
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
3.
The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque
L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
Éric Rohmer
France
4.
Smoking/No Smoking
Alain Resnais
5.
In the Land of the Deaf
Le Pays Des Sourds
Nicolas Philibert
6.
Aranyer Din Ratri
অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি
Satyajit Ray
India
7.
Mad Dog and Glory
John McNaughton
United States
8.
Innocent Blood
John Landis
9.
Bad Lieutenant
Abel Ferrara
10.
Hélas pour moi
Jean-Luc Godard
France
1994
1.
Caro diario
Nanni Moretti
Italy
2.
I Can't Sleep
J'ai pas sommeil
Claire Denis
France
3.
Carlito's Way
Brian De Palma
United States
4.
Wild Reeds
Les Roseaux sauvages
André Téchiné
France
5.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Henry Selick
United States
6.
Travolta and Me
Patricia Mazuy
France
7.
Hell
L'Enfer
Claude Chabrol
8.
Joan the Maid
Jeanne la pucelle
Jacques Rivette
9.
US Go Home
Claire Denis
10.
Coming to Terms with the Dead
Petits arrangements avec les morts
Pascale Ferran
M. Butterfly
David Cronenberg
United States
1995
1.
La Cérémonie
Claude Chabrol
France
2.
Le Garçu
Maurice Pialat
3.
Waati
Souleymane Cissé
Mali
4.
The Bridges of Madison County
Clint Eastwood
United States
5.
Oublie-moi
Noémie Lvovsky
France
6.
The Flower of My Secret
La flor de mi secreto
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
7.
Sonatine
ソナチネ
Takeshi Kitano
Japan
8.
Ed Wood
Tim Burton
United States
9.
Through the Olive Trees
زیر درختان زیتون
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
10.
In the Mouth of Madness
John Carpenter
United States
1996
1.
Crash
David Cronenberg
Canada
2.
For Ever Mozart
Jean-Luc Godard
France
3.
Casino
Martin Scorsese
United States
4.
My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument
Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle)
Arnaud Desplechin
France
5.
God's Comedy
A Comédia de Deus
João César Monteiro
Portugal
6.
Dead Man
Jim Jarmusch
United States
7.
Thieves
Les Voleurs
André Téchiné
France
8.
Mission: Impossible
Brian De Palma
United States
9.
Encore
Pascal Bonitzer
France
Perfect Love
Parfait amour!
Catherine Breillat
10.
Don't Forget You're Going to Die
N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir
Xavier Beauvois
1997
1.
Hana-bi
Takeshi Kitano
Japan
2.
Goodbye South, Goodbye
南國再見,南國
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan
3.
Lost Highway
David Lynch
United States
4.
The Eel
うなぎ
Shohei Imamura
Japan
The River
河流
Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan
6.
Same Old Song
On connaît la chanson
Alain Resnais
France
Seventh Heaven
Le Septième Ciel
Benoît Jacquot
Taste of Cherry
طعم گیلاس...
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
9.
Face/Off
John Woo
United States
Happy Together
春光乍洩
Wong Kar-wai
Hong Kong
Scream
Wes Craven
United States
1998
1.
Flowers of Shanghai
海上花
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan
2.
Dr. Akagi
カンゾー先生
Shohei Imamura
Japan
3.
Autumn Tale
Conte d'automne
Éric Rohmer
France
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Clint Eastwood
United States
5.
Anxiety
Inquietude
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
Sue Lost in Manhattan
Amos Kollek
United States
7.
L'Ennui
Cédric Kahn
France
Velvet Goldmine
Todd Haynes
United States
9.
Snake Eyes
Brian De Palma
10.
Hinterland
L'arrière-pays
Jacques Nolot
France
Jackie Brown
Quentin Tarantino
United States
Ossos
Pedro Costa
Portugal
Titanic
James Cameron
United States
1999
1.
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick
United States
2.
The Wind Will Carry Us
باد ما را خواهد برد
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
3.
Sicilia!
Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet
Italy
4.
eXistenZ
David Cronenberg
Canada
5.
Night Wind
Le vent de la nuit
Philippe Garrel
France
6.
True Crime
Clint Eastwood
United States
7.
The Letter
A Carta
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
8.
The Straight Story
David Lynch
United States
9.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Jim Jarmusch
10.
As Bodas de Deus
João César Monteiro
Portugal
1990s (1990–1999)
1.
The Bridges of Madison County
Clint Eastwood
United States
Carlito's Way
Brian De Palma
Goodbye South, Goodbye
南國再見,南國
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan
4.
Close-Up
کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick
United States
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
David Lynch
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
8.
Crash
David Cronenberg
Canada
Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton
United States
The River
河流
Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan
2000s
2010s
#
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
2010[ 2] [ 3]
1.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
2.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Werner Herzog
United States
3.
Film Socialisme
Socialisme
Jean-Luc Godard
France
4.
Toy Story 3
Lee Unkrich
United States
5.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson
6.
A Serious Man
Coen Brothers
7.
To Die like a Man
Morrer Como Um Homem
João Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal
8.
The Social Network
David Fincher
United States
9.
Chouga
Shuga
Darezhan Omirbaev
Kazakhstan
10.
Mother
마더
Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
2011[ 4]
1.
We Have a Pope
Habemus Papam
Nanni Moretti
Italy
2.
The Strange Case of Angelica
O Estranho Caso de Angélica
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick
United States
4.
Essential Killing
Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland
Outside Satan
Hors Satan
Bruno Dumont
France
6.
A Burning Hot Summer
Un été brûlant
Philippe Garrel
Melancholia
Lars von Trier
Denmark
8.
House of Tolerance
L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close
Bertrand Bonello
France
Meek's Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt
United States
Super 8
J. J. Abrams
2012[ 5]
1.
Holy Motors
Leos Carax
France
2.
Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg
Canada
3.
Twixt
Francis Ford Coppola
United States
4.
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Abel Ferrara
5.
In Another Country
다른 나라에서
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
6.
Take Shelter
Jeff Nichols
United States
7.
Go Go Tales
Abel Ferrara
8.
Tabu
Miguel Gomes
Portugal
9.
Faust
Фауст
Alexander Sokurov
Russia
10.
Keep the Lights On
Ira Sachs
United States
2013[ 6]
1.
Stranger by the Lake
L'Inconnu du lac
Alain Guiraudie
France
2.
Spring Breakers
Harmony Korine
United States
3.
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2
Abdellatif Kechiche
France
4.
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón
United Kingdom, United States
5.
A Touch of Sin
天注定
Jia Zhangke
China
6.
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg
United States
7.
Jealousy
La Jalousie
Philippe Garrel
France
8.
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
누구의 딸도 아닌 해원
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
9.
You and the Night
Les Rencontres d'après minuit
Yann Gonzalez
France
10.
Age of Panic
La Bataille de Solférino
Justine Triet
2014[ 7]
1.
Li'l Quinquin
P'tit Quinquin
Bruno Dumont
France
2.
Goodbye to Language
Adieu au Langage
Jean-Luc Godard
France, Switzerland
3.
Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer
United Kingdom
4.
Maps to the Stars
David Cronenberg
Canada
5.
The Wind Rises
風立ちぬ
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan
6.
Nymphomaniac
Lars von Trier
Denmark, United Kingdom
7.
Mommy
Xavier Dolan
Canada
8.
Love Is Strange
Ira Sachs
United States
9.
Paradise
Le Paradis
Alain Cavalier
France
10.
Our Sunhi
우리 선희
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
2015[ 8]
1.
Mia Madre
Nanni Moretti
France, Italy
2.
Cemetery of Splendour
รักที่ขอนแก่น
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
3.
In the Shadow of Women
L'Ombre des femmes
Philippe Garrel
France, Switzerland
4.
The Smell of Us
Larry Clark
France
5.
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
Australia, United States
6.
Jauja
Lisandro Alonso
Argentina, Denmark
7.
Inherent Vice
Paul Thomas Anderson
United States
8.
Arabian Nights
As Mil e uma Noites
Miguel Gomes
Portugal
9.
The Summer of Sangailė
Sangailės vasara
Alantė Kavaitė
Lithuania
10.
Journey to the Shore
岸辺の旅
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japan
2016[ 9]
1.
Toni Erdmann
Maren Ade
Germany, Austria
2.
Elle
Paul Verhoeven
France
3.
The Neon Demon
Nicolas Winding Refn
Denmark, France, United States
4.
Aquarius
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Brazil
5.
Slack Bay
Ma Loute
Bruno Dumont
France
6.
Julieta
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
7.
Staying Vertical
Rester vertical
Alain Guiraudie
France
8.
La Loi de la jungle
Antonin Peretjatko
9.
Carol
Todd Haynes
United States, United Kingdom
10.
The Woods Dreams Are Made of
Le Bois Dont Les Rêves Sont Faits
Claire Simon
France
2017[ 10]
1.
Twin Peaks: The Return
David Lynch
United States
2.
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Jeannette, l’enfance de Jeanne d’Arc
Bruno Dumont
France
3.
Certain Women
Kelly Reichardt
United States
4.
Get Out
Jordan Peele
5.
The Day After
그 후
Hong Sang-Soo
South Korea
6.
Lover for a Day
L'Amant d'un jour
Philippe Garrel
France
7.
Good Time
Ben and Josh Safdie
United States
8.
Split
M. Night Shyamalan
9.
Jackie
Pablo Larraín
United States, Chile, France
10.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ang Lee
Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States
2018[ 11] [ 12]
1.
The Wild Boys
les garçons sauvages
Bertrand Mandico
France
2.
Coincoin and the Extra-Humans
Coincoin et les z'inhumains
Bruno Dumont
3.
Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson
United States
4.
Burning
버닝
Lee Chang-dong
South Korea
5.
Paul Sanchez est revenu!
Patricia Mazuy
France
6.
The Post
Steven Spielberg
United States
7.
On the Beach at Night Alone
밤의 해변에서 혼자
Hong Sang-Soo
South Korea
8.
The House That Jack Built
Lars von Trier
Denmark
9.
Leto
Лето
Kirill Serebrennikov
Russia
10.
Treasure Island
L'île au trésor
Guillaume Brac
France
2019[ 13] [ 14]
1.
The Image Book
Le Livre d'image
Jean-Luc Godard
France, Switzerland
2.
Parasite
기생충
Bong Joon-Ho
South Korea
3.
Synonyms
Synonymes
Nadav Lapid
France, Israel
4.
Bacurau
Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles
Brazil
5.
Joan of Arc
Jeanne
Bruno Dumont
France
6.
Pain and Glory
Dolor y gloria
Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
7.
Les Misérables
Ladj Ly
France
8.
The Mule
Clint Eastwood
United States
9.
Joker
Todd Phillips
10.
The Irishman
Martin Scorsese
2010s (2010–2019)[ 15]
1.
Twin Peaks: The Return
David Lynch
United States
2.
Holy Motors
Leos Carax
France
3.
Li'l Quinquin
P'tit Quinquin
Bruno Dumont
4.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
5.
The Image Book
Le Livre d'image
Jean-Luc Godard
France, Switzerland
6.
Toni Erdmann
Maren Ade
Germany, Austria
7.
Mia Madre
Nanni Moretti
Italy
8.
Melancholia
Lars von Trier
Denmark
9.
Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer
United Kingdom
10.
The Strange Case of Angelica
O Estranho Caso de Angélica
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
2020s
#
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
2020[ 16]
1.
City Hall
Frederick Wiseman
United States
2.
The Woman Who Ran
도망친 여자
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
3.
Uncut Gems
Benny Safdie and Joshua Safdie
United States
4.
Malmkrog
Cristi Puiu
Romania
5.
Love Affair(s)
Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait
Emmanuel Mouret
France
6.
Hotel by the River
강변 호텔
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
7.
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
春江水暖
Gu Xiaogang
China
8.
The Salt of Tears
Le Sel des larmes
Philippe Garrel
France, Switzerland
9.
Enormous
Sophie Letourneur
France
10.
The August Virgin
La virgen de agosto
Jonás Trueba
Spain
2021[ 17]
1.
First Cow
Kelly Reichardt
United States
2.
Annette
Leos Carax
France
3.
Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Colombia
4.
Drive My Car
ドライブ・マイ・カー
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japan
5.
France
Bruno Dumont
France
6.
The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson
United States
7.
All Hands on Deck
À L'abordage
Guillaume Brac
France
8.
The Girl and the Spider
Das Mädchen und die Spinne
Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher
Switzerland
9.
The Card Counter
Paul Schrader
United States
10.
Benedetta
Paul Verhoeven
France
2022[ 18]
1.
Pacifiction
Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles
Albert Serra
France, Spain, Germany, Portugal
2.
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson
United States, Canada
3.
Nope
Jordan Peele
United States
4.
EO
IO
Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland, Italy
5.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
偶然と想像
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japan
6.
Saturn Bowling
Patricia Mazuy
France, Belgium
7.
Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
Richard Linklater
United States
8.
Introduction
인트로덕션
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
9.
Nobody's Hero
Viens je t'emmène
Alain Guiraudie
France
10.
Who's Stopping Us
Quién lo impide
Jonás Trueba
Spain
2023[ 19] [ 20]
1.
Trenque Lauquen
Laura Citarella
Argentina, Germany
2.
Close Your Eyes
Cerrar los ojos
Víctor Erice
Spain, Argentina
3.
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomie d'une chute
Justine Triet
France
4.
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg
United States
5.
Fallen Leaves
Kuolleet lehdet
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland, Germany
6.
Unrest
Cyril Schäublin
Switzerland
7.
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii
Radu Jude
Romania, Croatia, France, Luxembourg
8.
The Temple Woods Gang
Le Gang des bois du temple
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
France
9.
Last Summer
L'Été dernier
Catherine Breillat
10.
A Prince
Un prince
Pierre Creton
Showing Up
Kelly Reichardt
United States
2024[ 21] [ 22]
1.
Misericordia
Miséricorde
Alain Guiraudie
France, Spain, Portugal
2.
May December
Todd Haynes
United States
3.
In Water
물안에서
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
4.
The Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer
United Kingdom, Poland, United States
5.
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy
6.
The Delinquents
Los delincuentes
Rodrigo Moreno
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxenbourg
7.
Evil Does Not Exist
悪は存在しない
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japan
8.
This Life of Mine
Ma vie ma gueule
Sophie Fillières
France
9.
Trap
M. Night Shyamalan
United States
10.
The Other Way Around
Volveréis
Jonás Trueba
Spain, France
Filmmakers with multiple works on the lists
Filmmakers
Nº of Films
Jean-Luc Godard
25
Ingmar Bergman
14
Clint Eastwood
13
Éric Rohmer
12
Philippe Garrel and Manoel de Oliveira
11
David Cronenberg
10
Hong Sang-soo , Martin Scorsese and David Lynch
9
Luis Buñuel , Alain Resnais , Bruno Dumont , Federico Fellini and Apichatpong Weerasethakul
8
Alfred Hitchcock
7
Abbas Kiarostami , André Téchiné , François Truffaut , Jacques Rivette , Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet , Michelangelo Antonioni , Nanni Moretti , Robert Bresson and Roberto Rossellini
6
Brian De Palma , Hou Hsiao-Hsien , Howard Hawks , and Jerzy Skolimowski
5
Pedro Almodóvar , Jean-Claude Brisseau , Leos Carax , Coen Brothers , Francis Ford Coppola , Claude Chabrol , Arnaud Desplechin , Abel Ferrara , Alain Guiraudie , Ryusuke Hamaguchi , Jia Zhangke , Jerry Lewis , Patricia Mazuy , Kenji Mizoguchi , Maurice Pialat , Satyajit Ray , Kelly Reichardt , M. Night Shyamalan , Steven Spielberg , Quentin Tarantino , Gus Van Sant , Luchino Visconti and Fritz Lang
4
Todd Haynes , Paul Thomas Anderson , Bong Joon-Ho , Marco Bellocchio , Bernardo Bertolucci , Shohei Imamura , Jacques Becker , Jonás Trueba , Benoît Jacquot , Akira Kurosawa , Joseph L. Mankiewicz , Nicholas Ray , Jean Renoir , Lars von Trier and Orson Welles
3
Jonathan Glazer , Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, Catherine Breillat , Justine Triet , Tim Burton , Miguel Gomes , Pedro Costa , João César Monteiro , Takeshi Kitano , Wes Anderson , Jordan Peele , Kleber Mendonça Filho , Abdellatif Kechiche , Alain Cavalier , Albert Serra , Alexander Sokurov , Alexandre Astruc , Andrei Tarkovsky , Bertrand Bonello , Carl Theodor Dreyer , Chantal Akerman , Claire Denis , Danièle Dubroux , David Fincher , Edward Yang , Elia Kazan , Frank Tashlin , Guillaume Brac , Hayao Miyazaki , Ira Sachs , Jacques Demy , Jacques Nolot , Jacques Rozier , Jacques Tati , Jean Rouch , Jim Jarmusch , John Cassavetes , John Ford , Kiyoshi Kurosawa , Nobuhiro Suwa , Olivier Assayas , Otar Iosseliani , Pascale Ferran , Paul Verhoeven , Philip Kaufman , Raúl Ruiz , Robert Aldrich , Sam Fuller , Sergei Parajanov , Souleymane Cissé , Stanley Kubrick , Terrence Malick , Tsai Ming-liang , Werner Herzog , Wong Kar-wai , Woody Allen , and Xavier Beauvois
2
See also
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