John Davies' Top 200 (**Top 10, *Top 100)

(Note from John: The scarcity of African and Latin American films, and certain admired international classics from neglected countries and directors, is due in part to their inaccessibility here in Wales.)

• 1922 "Nosferatu" (Murnau)
• 1924 "Sherlock Jnr" (Keaton)
           "Strike" (Eisenstein)
• 1925 "Battleship Potemkin" (Eisenstein)*
           "The Gold Rush" (Chaplin)*
• 1926 "The General" (Keaton, Bruckmann)*
           "Metropolis" (Lang)*
• 1927 "The Chess Player" (Bernard)
           "Sunrise" (Murnau)**
• 1928 "Man with a Movie Camera" (Vertov)*
           "Pandora's Box" (Pabst)
           "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (Dreyer)*
• 1929 "People on Sunday" (Siodmak, Ulmer)
• 1930 "Morocco" (Von Sternberg)
• 1931 "Madchen in Uniform" (Sagan)
           "Marius" (Korda)
• 1932 "Boudu Sauve des Eaux" (Renoir)
           "Fanny" (Allegret)
• 1933 "Duck Soup" (McCarey)*
           "King Kong" (Cooper,Schoedsack)*
• 1934 "L'Atalante" (Vigo)*
           "It Happened One Night" (Capra)*
           "The Mascot" (Starewicz)
           "The Scarlet Empress" (Von Sternberg)*
• 1935 "Bride of Frankenstein" (Whale)
           "David Copperfield" (Cukor)
           "The Devil is a Woman" (Von Sternberg)
           "A Night at the Opera" (Wood)
           "The 39 Steps" (Hitchcock)*
           "Top Hat" (Sandrich)*
• 1936 "Cesar" (Pagnol)
           "Partie de Campagne" (Renoir)*
           "Swing Time" (Stevens)
• 1937 "La Grande Illusion" (Renoir)
• 1938 "Alexander Nevsky" (Eisenstein)*
           "Bringing up Baby" (Hawks)
• 1939 "La Regle du Jeu" (Renoir)*
• 1940 "The Thief of Baghdad" (Berger,Powell,Whelan)*
• 1941 "Citizen Kane" (Welles)*
           "Dumbo" (Disney)
           "The Lady Eve" (P.Sturges)
           "The Maltese Falcon" (Huston)*
• 1942 "Casablanca" (Curtiz)*
           "To Be or Not to Be" (Lubitsch)*
• 1943 "Day of Wrath" (Dreyer)
• 1944 "Double Indemnity" (Wilder)
• 1945 "Les Enfants du Paradis" (Carne)*
• 1946 "The Big Sleep" (Hawks)*
           "Great Expectations" (Lean)
           "It's a Wonderful Life" (Capra)*
           "A Matter of Life and Death" (Powell, Pressburger)
• 1948 "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (Ophuls)*
           "The Red Shoes" (Powell, Pressburger)*
• 1949 "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (Hamer)*
           "The Third Man" (Reed)
• 1950 "Orphee" (Cocteau)*
           "Sunset Boulevard" (Wilder)
• 1952 "The Golden Coach" (Renoir)
           "The Life of Oharu" (Mizoguchi)
           "The Quiet Man" (Ford)
           "Le Plaisir" (Ophuls)
           "Singin in the Rain" (Kelly,Donen)*
• 1953 "The Band Wagon" (Minnelli)*
           "Madame de" (Ophuls)*
           "Tokyo Story" (Ozu)*
           "Ugetsu Monogatari" (Mizoguchi)*
           "Voyage to Italy" (Rossellini)
• 1954 "Chikamatsu Monogatari" (Mizoguchi)
           "Johnny Guitar" (N.Ray)
           "Rear Window" (Hitchcock)*
           "Sansho the Bailiff" (Mizoguchi)**
           "Senso" (Visconti)
           "Seven Samurai" (Kurosawa)**
• 1955 "East of Eden" (Kazan)
           "Kiss me Deadly" (Aldrich)*
           "Lola Montes" (Ophuls)
           "The Night of the Hunter" (Laughton)*
           "Ordet" (Dreyer)*
           "Pather Panchali" (S.Ray)*
           "Tales of the Taira Clan" (Mizoguchi)*
• 1956 "Aparajito" (S.Ray)
           "A Man Escaped" (Bresson)
           "The Searchers" (Ford)*
• 1957 "Funny Face" (Donen)
• 1958 "The Hidden Fortress" (Kurosawa)*
           "Touch of Evil" (Welles)
           "Vertigo" (Hitchcock)*
           "The World of Apu" (S.Ray)
• 1959 "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Resnais)*
           "North by North West" (Hitchcock)**
           "Some Like it Hot" (Wilder)**
• 1960 "The Apartment" (Wilder)*
           "L'Avventura" (Antonioni)*
           "La Dolce Vita" (Fellini)
           "The Human Condition" (Kobayashi)
           "Le Trou" (Becker)
• 1961 "El Cid" (A.Mann)*
           "The Innocents" (Clayton)
           "One-Eyed Jacks" (Brando)
• 1962 "Lawrence of Arabia" (Lean)*
           "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" (Ford)
• 1963 "Contempt" (Godard)
           "Dr Strangelove" (Kubrick)*
           "8 ½" (Fellini)*
           "The Great Escape" (J.Sturges)*
           "The Leopard" (Visconti)*
• 1964 "Charulata" (S.Ray)
           "Goldfinger" (Hamilton)
           "The Gospel According to St Matthew" (Pasolini)
           "Kwaidan" (Kobayashi)
           "Marnie" (Hitchcock)*
• 1965 "Pierrot le Fou" (Godard)*
• 1966 "Andrei Rublev" (Tarkovsky)**
           "The Battle of Algiers" (Pontecorvo)
           "Persona" (Bergman)*
• 1967 "Bonnie and Clyde" (Penn)
           "The Graduate" (Nichols)
           "Mouchette" (Bresson)
• 1968 "My Night with Maud" (Rohmer)
           "Once Upon a Time in the West" (Leone)*
           "2001:A Space Odyssey" (Kubrick)**
• 1969 "The Colour of Pomegranates" (Paradjanov)*
           "The Wild Bunch" (Peckinpah)*
• 1970 "Claire's Knee" (Rohmer)*
           "The Conformist" (Bertolucci)
• 1972 "Aguirre Wrath of God" (Herzog)*
           "Deliverance" (Boorman)
           "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (Bunuel)
           "The Godfather" (Coppola)
• 1973 "The Spirit of the Beehive" (Erice)*
           "The Wicker Man" (Hardy)
           "Badlands" (Malick)
• 1974 "Alice in the Cities" (Wenders)**
           "Celine and Julie go Boating" (Rivette)*
           "Chinatown" (Polanski)
           "The Godfather 2" (Coppola)*
           "Mirror" (Tarkovsky)*
• 1975 "Barry Lyndon" (Kubrick)
• 1976 "Ai No Corrida" (Oshima)*
           "The Ascent" (Shepitko)
           "Kings of the Road" (Wenders)*
           "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (Eastwood)
           "Suspiria" (Argento)
• 1978 "The Deer Hunter" (Cimino)*
• 1979 "Apocalypse Now" (Coppola)*
           "Manhattan" (Allen)*
           "Stalker" (Tarkovsky)
• 1980 "Raging Bull" (Scorsese)*
           "The Shining" (Kubrick)*
• 1982 "Blade Runner" (Scott)
           "The Draughtsman's Contract" (Greenaway)
           "Night of the Shooting Stars" (Tavianis)
           "Yol" (Guney)
• 1983 "Fanny and Alexander" (Bergman)
           "Local Hero" (Forsyth)
• 1984 "Once Upon a Time in America" (Leone)*
           "Paris Texas" (Wenders)**
• 1985 "Brazil" (Gilliam)*
           "Street of Crocodiles" (Quays)
• 1986 "Blue Velvet" (Lynch)*
           "The Green Ray" (Rohmer)**
           "Hannah and her Sisters" (Allen)
           "The Sacrifice" (Tarkovsky)
           "The Time to Live and the Time to Die" (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
• 1987 "The Dead" (Huston)
           "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" (Rohmer)*
           "The Untouchables" (De Palma)
           "Wings of Desire" (Wenders)
           "Yeelen" (Cisse)
• 1988 "Red Sorghum" (Zhang Yimou)*
           "Women on the Verge... "" (Almodovar)
• 1989 "A Short Film about Love" (Kieslowski)
• 1990 "Close-Up" (Kiarostami)*
           "Edward Scizzorhands" (Burton)
           "Goodfellas" (Scorsese)*
           "Miller's Crossing" (Coen)*
           "The Sheltering Sky" (Bertolucci)
• 1991 "The Double Life of Veronique" (Kieslowski)*
           "Raise the Red Lantern" (Zhang Yimou)
           "The Silence of the Lambs" (Demme)
• 1992 "Abraham Valley" (Oliveira)*
• 1993 "The Age of Innocence" (Scorsese)*
           "Groundhog Day" (Ramis)*
           "The Piano" (Campion)
           "Schindler's List" (Spielberg)*
           "Short Cuts" (Altman)
           "The Wrong Trousers" (Park)
• 1994 "Chungking Express" (Wong Kar-Wai)*
           "Pulp Fiction" (Tarantino)
• 1995 "Maborosi" (Kore-eda)*
           "Ulysses' Gaze" (Angelopoulos)*
           "The White Balloon" (Panahi)*
• 1996 "The English Patient" (Minghella)
           "Gabbeh" (M.Makhmalbaf)
• 1997 "The Taste of Cherry" (Kiarostami)
• 1998 "Eternity and a Day" (Angelopoulos)*
• 1999 "Rosetta" (Dardennes)*
• 2000 "Amores Perros" (Inarritu)
           "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Ang Lee)*
• 2001 "The Fellowship of the Ring" (Jackson)

50 Famous omissions: "Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back, Gladiator, The Seventh Seal, Bicycle Thieves, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Ben Hur, The Sound of Music, M, Intolerance, The Shawshank Redemption, Nashville, Jaws, E.T., One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Brief Encounter, Cinema Paradiso, Three Colours Red, Titanic, American Beauty, Saving Private Ryan, Taxi Driver, Alien/Aliens, Annie Hall, Jules et Jim, A Bout de Souffle, All About Eve, The Grapes of Wrath, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, City Lights, All Quiet on the Western Front, Life is Beautiful, Jean de Florette, The Matrix, Toy Story, Rashomon, Un Chien Andalou, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Terminator, All About my Mother, The 400 Blows, Wild Strawberries, The African Queen, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Stagecoach, Birth of a Nation, Psycho, The Usual Suspects"

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