My Top 101

1. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
4. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
5. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
6. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
7. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
8. Kill Bill vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
9. Kill Bill vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)


10. My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant, 1991)
11. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970)
12. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
13. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)
14. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
15. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
16. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
17. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
18. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
19. The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976)


20. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
21. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
22. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
23. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Werner Herzog, 1979)
24. Jules and Jim (Francois Truffaut, 1962)
25. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
26. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
27. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, 1988)
28. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
29. The Fly (David Cronenberg, 1986)


30. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
31. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
32. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1979)
33. Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
34. Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
35. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
36. 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)
37. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1996)
38. Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
39. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)


40. Aguirre the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)
41. Sid and Nancy (Alex Cox, 1986)
42. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
43. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
44. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
45. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
46. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
47. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
48. Fargo (Joel Coen, 1996)
49. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)


50. Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972)
51. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
52. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
53. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
54. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
55. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
56. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
57. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994)
58. Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972)
59. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)


60. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
61. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
62. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
63. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
64. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
65. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920)
66. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
67. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
68. Barton Fink (Joel Coen, 1991)
69. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)


70. Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998)
71. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
72. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman, 1978)
73. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
74. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
75. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
76. City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)
77. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
78. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
79. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)


80. Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beneix, 1986)
81. Superman (Richard Donner, 1978)
82. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
83. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
84. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
85. Phantom of the Paradise (Brian De Palma, 1974)
86. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
87. Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977)
88. Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)
89. Macbeth (Roman Polanski, 1971)


90. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001)
91. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
92. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
93. Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)
94. 3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)
95. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
96. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998)
97. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
98. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron, 2001)
99. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
100. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
101. Popeye (Robert Altman, 1980)