The World's Greatest Films
The 1000 Most Recommended Films
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Following is a fairly self-explanatory list of the 1000 films I have loved the most, or connected with the strongest,
as a reviewer. In 2021, I updated the list as best I could, adding new titles and discarding some
older ones that didn't make the cut, and finally getting the number to exactly 1000... but this is always a work in progress. Enjoy!
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- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Adaptation (2002)
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- An Affair to Remember (1957)
- After Hours (1985)
- After Life (1998)
- L'Age d'Or (1930)
- Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Airplane! (1980)
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
- Alien (1979)
- Aliens (1986)
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- All About Eve (1950)
- All That Heaven Allows (1955)
- All the President's Men (1976)
- Alphaville (1965)
- Amarcord (1974)
- An American in Paris (1951)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- And Life Goes On (1992)
- Andrei Rublev (1966)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Apple (1998)
- L'Argent (1983)
- Army of Darkness (1993)
- Army of Shadows (1969)
- Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
- Ashes of Time (1994)
- The Assassin (2015)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
- L'Atalante (1934)
- Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
- Audition (2001)
- An Autumn Afternoon (1961)
- Autumn Sonata (1978)
- Autumn Tale (1998)
- L'Avventura (1960)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
-B-
- Babe (1995)
- Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
- Babette's Feast (1987)
- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
- Badlands (1973)
- Bad Santa (2003)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Bambi (1942)
- Band of Outsiders (1964)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- The Bank Dick (1940)
- Barfly (1987)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- Barton Fink (1991)
- Basket Case (1982)
- The Battle of Algiers (1965)
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- Beat the Devil (1954)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Beau Travail (1999)
- Before Sunset (2004)
- The Beguiled (1971)
- Being John Malkovich (1999)
- The Bellboy (1960)
- Belle de Jour (1967)
- La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
- Bend of the River (1952)
- A Better Tomorrow (1986)
- A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
- Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
- Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- Bigger Than Life (1956)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- The Big Heat (1953)
- The Big Red One (1980)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Bird (1988)
- The Birds (1963)
- The Black Cat (1934)
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Black Girl (1966)
- Black Narcissus (1947)
- Black Panther (2018)
- Black Sunday (1960)
- Blade Runner (1982) / Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2007)
- Blood and Black Lace (1964)
- Blow Out (1981)
- Blow-Up (1966)
- Bluebeard (1944)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Bob le Flambeur (1955)
- The Body Snatcher (1945)
- Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
- Boyhood (2014)
- Brazil (1985)
- Breathless (1960)
- Brick (2006)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
- Brief Encounter (1945)
- Bright Star (2009)
- A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
- Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
- Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- Broken Blossoms (1919)
- Broken Flowers (2005)
- The Brood (1979)
- Bullet in the Head (1990)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
- Burning (2018)
- The Butcher Boy (1998)
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- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
- The Cameraman (1928)
- Cape Fear (1991)
- Capote (2005)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- Carlito's Way (1993)
- Carnival of Souls (1962)
- Carrie (1976)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Casino (1995)
- Casque d'or (1952)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- Cat People (1942)
- Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
- Cememtery of Splendor (2015)
- Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
- La cérémonie (1995)
- Certain Women (2016)
- Certified Copy (2010)
- Charade (1963)
- Un Chien Andalou (1928)
- La Chienne (1931)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Children of Paradise (1945)
- Chimes at Midnight (1966)
- Chinatown (1974)
- A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
- Chloe in the Afternoon (1972)
- Christmas in July (1940)
- Chungking Express (1994)
- Cinema Paradiso (1989)
- The Circle (2001)
- The Circus (1928)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- City Lights (1931)
- Claire's Knee (1971)
- Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
- The Clock (1945)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Closely Watched Trains (1966)
- Close-Up (1990)
- Comanche Station (1960)
- Come and See (1985)
- The Conformist (1970)
- Contempt (1963)
- The Conversation (1974)
- Coogan's Bluff (1968)
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990)
- Coraline (2009)
- Crash (1996)
- Creed (2015)
- Cries and Whispers (1972)
- The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1935)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- Crime Wave (1954)
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
- Crimson Gold (2003)
- Crumb (1995)
- The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
-D-
- Daisies (1966)
- Danger: Diabolik (1968)
- Dark City (1998)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Darkman (1990)
- Dark Passage (1947)
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Day of the Dead (1985)
- Day of Wrath (1943)
- Days of Being Wild (1991)
- Days of Heaven (1978)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- The Dead (1987)
- Dead Man (1996)
- Dead Man Walking (1995)
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Dead of Night (1945)
- Dead Ringers (1988)
- The Decalogue (1988)
- Deep Red (1975)
- The Departed (2006)
- Detour (1945)
- The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
- The Devil's Backbone (2001)
- Diary of a Country Priest (1950)
- Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
- Django (1966)
- The Docks of New York (1928)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Down by Law (1986)
- Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Dracula (1931)
- Drag Me to Hell (2009)
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
- Drunken Master II (1994)
- Duck Amuck (1953)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- Duel (1971)
- Dumbo (1941)
-E-
- Early Summer (1951)
- The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
- Earth (1930)
- Eastern Promises (2007)
- Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl (2009)
- L'eclisse (1962)
- Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Ed Wood (1994)
- 8 ½ (1963)
- El Dorado (1967)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
- Enter the Dragon (1973)
- Eraserhead (1977)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Eureka (2000)
- Eve's Bayou (1997)
- The Evil Dead (1983)
- Evil Dead II (1987)
- eXistenZ (1999)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
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- Face/Off (1997)
- Fallen Angels (1995)
- Fanny and Alexander (1983)
- Fantasia (1940)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
- Fantômas (1913)
- The Far Country (1955)
- Far from Heaven (2002)
- Fargo (1996)
- Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
- Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
- Fat City (1972)
- Faust (1926)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- Fearless (1993)
- F for Fake (1973)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Fingers (1978)
- The Firemen's Ball (1967)
- First Cow (2020)
- First Reformed (2018)
- The Fisher King (1991)
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- Fists in the Pocket (1965)
- The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952)
- Un Flic (1972)
- Flight of the Red Balloon (2008)
- Floating Weeds (1959)
- Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
- The Fly (1986)
- The Fog (1980)
- The Fog of War (2003)
- Foolish Wives (1922)
- For a Few Dollars More (1965)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- Forty Guns (1957)
- 42nd Street (1933)
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Freaks (1932)
- The French Connection (1971)
- Frenzy (1972)
- The Freshman (1925)
- Friday Night (2003)
- Fruitvale Station (2013)
- The Fugitive (1947)
- The Fugitive (1993)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Funny Face (1957)
-G-
- Gates of Heaven (1978)
- The General (1927)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- George Washington (2000)
- Gertrud (1964)
- Get Out (2017)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- Ghost World (2001)
- The Ghost Writer (2010)
- Gilda (1946)
- The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
- The Gleaners and I (2000)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- The Godfather Part III (1990) / The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020)
- Gods and Monsters (1998)
- Godzilla (1954)
- Goldfinger (1964)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Goodbye Dragon Inn (2003)
- GoodFellas (1990)
- Good Morning (1959)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- The Goonies (1985)
- Go West (1925)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
- La Grande Illusion (1937)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
- Gravity (2013)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- Great Expectations (1946)
- The Great Silence (1968)
- Greed (1924)
- Gremlins (1984)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Gummo (1997)
- Gun Crazy (1949)
-H-
- Halloween (1978)
- Hamlet (1996)
- Hana-bi (1998)
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Happy Together (1997)
- Hard-Boiled (1992)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Hatari! (1962)
- The Hateful Eight (2015)
- Häxan (1922)
- The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
- The Heart of the World (2000)
- Heathers (1989)
- Hellraiser (1987)
- Her (2013)
- Hereafter (2010)
- Hereditary (2018)
- Hero (2002)
- The Heroic Trio (1993)
- He Walked by Night (1948)
- The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- High and Low (1963)
- High Fidelity (2000)
- High Plains Drifter (1973)
- High Sierra (1941)
- The Hired Hand (1971)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- Histoire(s) du Cinema (1998)
- A History of Violence (2005)
- The Hole (1998)
- Holiday (1938)
- Horror of Dracula (1958)
- The Horse Thief (1986)
- The Host (2006)
- Hour of the Wolf (1968)
- The House Is Black (1962)
- The House of the Devil (2009)
- House of Wax (1953)
- How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
- Hugo (2011)
- The Hurt Locker (2009)
- Husbands and Wives (1992)
- The Hustler (1961)
-I-
- I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
- I'm Going Home (2001)
- I'm Not There (2007)
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
- I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
- I Was Born, But... (1932)
- Ikiru (1952)
- Images (1972)
- Imitation of Life (1959)
- The Immortal Story (1968)
- In a Lonely Place (1950)
- In the Mood for Love (2001)
- Infernal Affairs (2002)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- Inland Empire (2006)
- Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
- Inside Out (2015)
- Into Great Silence (2007)
- Intolerance (1916)
- The Intruder (2005)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Irishman (2019)
- Irma Vep (1996)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- It's a Gift (1934)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
-J-
- Jackie Brown (1997)
- Jaws (1975)
- Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
- Joan the Maid (1994)
- Johnny Guitar (1954)
- The Joy of Life (2005)
- Judex (1917)
- Judge Priest (1934)
-K-
- Kagemusha (1980)
- Kes (1969)
- The Kid (1921)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
- Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)
- Kill Bill - Vol. 1 (2003)
- Kill Bill - Vol. 2 (2004)
- The Killer (1989)
- Killer of Sheep (1977)
- The Killing (1956)
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- A King in New York (1956)
- King Kong (1933)
- The King of Comedy (1983)
- King of New York (1990)
- Kiss Me Deadly
- Knife in the Water (1962)
- Kundun (1997)
- Kwaidan (1964)
-L-
- Labyrinth (1985)
- The Ladies Man (1961)
- Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
- The Lady Vanishes (1938)
- The Lady with the Dog (1960)
- Lancelot du Lac (1974)
- The Last Laugh (1924)
- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
- The Last Waltz (1978)
- Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
- Late Spring (1949)
- Laura (1944)
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- The Leopard (1963)
- The Leopard Man (1943)
- Lessons of Darkness (1992)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- Let the Right One In (2008)
- Leviathan (2012)
- Like Someone in Love (2012)
- Limelight (1952)
- The Lineup (1958)
- Little Fugitive (1953)
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- The Long Goodbye (1973)
- The Long Voyage Home (1940)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- Lost in Translation (2003)
- Louisiana Story (1948)
- Love Streams (1984)
- The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
-M-
- M (1931)
- Macbeth (1948)
- Madadayo (1993)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- Magnolia (1999)
- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
- Malcolm X (1992)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- The Man from Laramie (1955)
- Man of the West (1958)
- The Man Who Laughs (1928)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
- Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Manhattan (1979)
- Manhunter (1986)
- Margaret (2011)
- Marnie (1964)
- Martin (1978)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Masculine Feminine (1966)
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
- Matinee (1993)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- Mauvais sang (1986)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- Mean Streets (1973)
- Meek's Cutoff (2011)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- Memento (2001)
- Memories of Murder (2003)
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
- Mikey & Nicky (1977)
- Millennium Mambo (2001)
- Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Minority Report (2002)
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Mirror (1975)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Mogambo (1953)
- A Moment of Innocence (1996)
- Mona Lisa (1986)
- Mon Oncle (1958)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Moolaadé (2004)
- Moonlight (2016)
- Moonrise (1948)
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
- Morocco (1930)
- Morvern Callar (2002)
- Mother and Son (1997)
- Mouchette (1967)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955)
- Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
- Ms. 45 (1981)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Muppet Movie (1979)
- Murder by Contract (1958)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- My Dinner with Andre (1981)
- My Favorite Year (1982)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- My Own Private Idaho (1991)
- Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
- Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
- Mysterious Skin (2005)
- Mystery Train (1989)
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- The Naked Dawn (1955)
- Naked Lunch (1991)
- The Naked Spur (1953)
- Nanook of the North (1922)
- Napoleon (1927)
- National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
- The Navigator (1924)
- Nazarin (1959)
- Near Dark (1987)
- A New Leaf (1971)
- The New World (2005)
- Die Nibelungen (1924)
- A Night at the Opera (1935)
- Nightmare Alley (1947)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- Night of the Demon (1957)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Nights of Cabiria (1957)
- 99 River Street (1953)
- Ninotchka (1939)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Notorious (1946)
- La Notte (1961)
- The Nutty Professor (1963)
-O-
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- Oldboy (2003)
- The Old Dark House (1932)
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- Los Olvidados (1950)
- On Dangerous Ground (1952)
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
- One from the Heart (1982)
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- Ordet (1955)
- Ossessione (1943)
- Othello (1952)
- The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
- Out of Sight (1998)
- Out of the Past (1947)
-P-
- Pale Rider (1985)
- The Palm Beach Story (1942)
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
- Pandora's Box (1929)
- Paprika (2006)
- Parasite (2019)
- Paris Is Burning (1990)
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- Park Row (1952)
- Partie de campagne (1936)
- The Passenger (1975)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- Past Lives (2023)
- Paterson (2016)
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
- Pather Panchali (1955) / Apu Trilogy (1955-59)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Pauline at the Beach (1983)
- Peeping Tom (1960)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- People on Sunday (1930)
- A Perfect World (1993)
- Persona (1966)
- The Phantom Carriage (1920)
- The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- The Phenix City Story (1955)
- Phenomena (1985)
- Pi (π) (1998)
- The Pianist (2002)
- The Piano (1993)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- Pickup on South Street (1953)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Pierrot le Fou (1965)
- Pinocchio (1940)
- Le Plaisir (1952)
- Planet of the Vampires (1965)
- Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
- Platform (2000)
- The Player (1992)
- Play Misty for Me (1971)
- Playtime (1967)
- Point Blank (1967)
- Point Break (1991)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- Porco Rosso (1992)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- The Producers (1968)
- The Professional (1994)
- Psycho (1960)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Pulse (2001)
- Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
-Q-
- Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
- Queen Christina (1933)
- Queimada (Burn!) (1969)
- The Quiet Man (1952)
- The Quince Tree Sun (1992)
-R-
- Radio Days (1987)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Ran (1985)
- Rancho Notorious (1952)
- Rango (2011)
- Rashomon (1950)
- Ratcatcher (1999)
- Raw Deal (1948)
- Le Rayon vert (1986)
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Red Beard (1965)
- Red Desert (1964)
- Red River (1948)
- Red Rock West (1992)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- Repo Man (1984)
- Repulsion (1965)
- Requiem for a Dream (2000)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Richard III (1995)
- Ride in the Whirlwind (1965)
- Ride Lonesome (1959)
- Ride the High Country (1962)
- Rififi (1955)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
- Rio Bravo (1959)
- Rio Grande (1950)
- The River (1951)
- The Road Warrior (1981)
- Robin Hood (1922)
- Robocop (1987)
- Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
- Roma (2018)
- Roman Holiday (1953)
- La Ronde (1950)
- Rope (1948)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- The Rules of the Game (1939)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- Run Lola Run (1999)
- Rushmore (1998)
- Russian Ark (2002)
- Ruthless (1948)
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- The Sacrifice (1986)
- Safe (1995)
- Safety Last! (1923)
- Le Samourai (1967)
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
- Sans Soleil (1983)
- Saraband (2005)
- Sátántangó (1994)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Scarface (1932)
- Scarface (1983)
- The Scarlet Empress (1934)
- Scarlet Street (1945)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Scream (1996)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
- Secret Honor (1984)
- Senso (1954)
- Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
- The Servant (1963)
- The Set-Up (1949)
- Seven (1995)
- Seven Chances (1925)
- Seven Men from Now (1956)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- 7 Women (1966)
- Seventh Heaven (1927)
- The Seventh Victim (1943)
- sex, lies & videotape (1989)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- Shanghai Express (1932)
- The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The Shining (1980)
- Shivers (1975)
- Shoah (1985)
- Shock Corridor (1963)
- Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
- The Shooting (1967)
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Show Boat (1936)
- Sid & Nancy (1986)
- Signs of Life (1968)
- Silence (2016)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Silver Lode (1954)
- Simon of the Desert (1964)
- A Simple Plan (1998)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- Sisters (1973)
- Skyfall (2012)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Slightly Scarlet (1956)
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- The Social Network (2010)
- Solaris (1972)
- Some Came Running (1958)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Somewhere (2010)
- Sonatine (1993)
- Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
- Sorcerer (1977)
- The Southerner (1945)
- Spartacus (1960)
- Speed (1994)
- Spider (2002)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- The Spiders (1919)
- Spider Baby (1964)
- Spies (1928)
- Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
- Spirited Away (2002)
- Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Stalker (1979)
- Stand by Me (1986)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
- Stolen Kisses (1968)
- Stop Making Sense (1984)
- Stories We Tell (2012)
- Story of a Love Affair (1950)
- A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
- The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
- La Strada (1954)
- The Straight Story (1999)
- The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
- Strange Days (1995)
- Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Street Angel (1928)
- The Stunt Man (1980)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
- Sunrise (1927)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Supercop (1992)
- Superman (1941)
- Superman (1978)
- Superman II (1981) / Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
- Suspiria (1977)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- Sweetie (1989)
- The Swindle (1955)
- The Swindle (1997)
- Swing Time (1936)
- Swordsman II (1992)
- Syndromes and a Century (2006)
-T-
- Tabu (1931)
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
- The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
- Talk to Her (2002)
- The Tall T (1957)
- Tampopo (1985)
- Targets (1968)
- The Tarnished Angels (1957)
- Tartuffe (1925)
- Tarzan and His Mate (1932)
- Taste of Cherry (1997)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- The Tenant (1976)
- Tenebre (1982)
- The Terminator (1984)
- La Terra Trema (1948)
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
- Thelma and Louise (1991)
- They Live (1988)
- They Live by Night (1949)
- They Were Expendable (1945)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- Thieves' Highway (1949)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- The Thing (1982)
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
- The Third Man (1949)
- 35 Shots of Rum (2009)
- This is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Three Colors Trilogy (1994)
- Three's a Crowd (1927)
- Three Times (2005)
- 3 Women (1977)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Through the Olive Trees (1994)
- The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) & The Indian Tomb (1959)
- Time After Time (1979)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Timecrimes (2008)
- Time Regained (1999)
- The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
- T-Men (1947)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- To Sleep with Anger (1990)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- A Touch of Zen (1969)
- Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
- Touki Bouki (1973)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- The Tree of Life (2011)
- The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
- The Trial (1962)
- The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
- Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992)
- Tropical Malady (2004)
- Le Trou (1960)
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- The Trouble with Harry (1955)
- True Grit (2010)
- True Romance (1993)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- The Turin Horse (2012)
- 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- 12 Monkeys (1995)
- Twentieth Century (1934)
- 25th Hour (2002)
- Twin Peaks (1990)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
- Two for the Road (1967)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- 2046 (2004)
- Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
-U-
- Ugetsu (1953)
- Umberto D. (1952)
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
- Un Chien Andalou (1929)
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
- Under the Skin (2013)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- The Unholy Three (1925)
- The Unknown (1927)
- Unknown Pleasures (2003)
- Up (2009)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
-V-
- Vagabond (1985)
- Les Vampires (1915)
- Vampyr (1932)
- The Vanishing (1988)
- Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
- Variety Lights (1950)
- Va Savoir (2001)
- The Vast of Night (2020)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
- Videodrome (1983)
- The Virgin Spring (1960)
- The Virgin Suicides (2000)
- Viridiana (1961)
- Vitalina Varela (2019)
- Vivre sa vie (1962)
- Voyage to Italy (1953)
- Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)
-W-
- Wages of Fear (1953)
- Wagon Master (1950)
- Waking Life (2001)
- Walkabout (1971)
- WALL·E (2008)
- The Warriors (1979)
- Way Down East (1920)
- The Wedding March (1928)
- Weekend (1967)
- Wendy and Lucy (2008)
- Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
- What Time Is It There? (2001)
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
- Where Is the Friend's Home? (1987)
- While the City Sleeps (1956)
- Whisper of the Heart (1995)
- The White Balloon (1995)
- The White Diamond (2004)
- White Dog (1982)
- White Heat (1949)
- White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
- White Material (2009)
- The White Sheik (1952)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- The Wicker Man (1973)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- The Wildcat (1921)
- The Wild Child (1970)
- Wild Strawberries (1957)
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
- Winchester '73 (1950)
- The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
- Wings of Desire (1987)
- Winter Light (1962)
- The Witch (2016)
- Withnail & I (1987)
- Witness (1985)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- Woman in the Moon (1929)
- The Woman in the Window (1944)
- A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
- A Woman of Paris (1923)
- Wonder Boys (2000)
- The World (2004)
- The World's End (2013)
- Written on the Wind (1956)
- The Wrong Man (1957)
-XYZ-
- Y tu mamá también (2001)
- Yi Yi (2000)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- You Only Live Once (1937)
- You, the Living (2007)
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- The Young Girls of Rochefort (1965)
- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
- Zero for Conduct (1933)
- Zodiac (2007)
