This list was published in Movieline magazine in 1996; its official home on the web is here. Read more about it at filmsite.org.
The list is not ranked.
This list is not ranked and is shown by release year.
| Title | Year | Rating |
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| Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler aka Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit | 1922 | |
| Nosferatu aka Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | 1922 |
 
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| Wheel, The aka Roue, La | 1923 | |
| Stachka | 1925 | |
| Metropolis | 1927 |
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| Napoléon | 1927 | |
| Passion of Joan of Arc, The aka Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La | 1928 | |
| Pandora's Box aka Büchse der Pandora, Die | 1929 |
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| Un chien andalou | 1929 |
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| Blue Angel, The aka Blaue Engel, Der | 1930 | |
| L'âge d'or aka Golden Age, The | 1930 | |
| Zemlya aka Earth | 1930 | |
| À nous la liberté aka Freedom for Us | 1931 | |
| Chienne, La | 1931 | |
| M | 1931 | |
| Million, Le | 1931 | |
| Boudu Saved From Drowning aka Boudu sauvé des eaux | 1932 |
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| Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey aka Strange Adventure of David Gray, The | 1932 | |
| Zero for Conduct aka Zéro de conduite | 1933 | |
| Atalante, L' aka L'Atalante | 1934 |
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| Daybreak aka Le jour se lève | 1939 | |
| Rules of the Game, The aka Régle du jeu, La | 1939 | |
| Enfants du paradis, Les aka Children of Paradise | 1945 |
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| Beauty and the Beast aka Belle et la bête, La | 1946 |
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| Bicycle Thief, The aka Ladri di biciclette | 1948 | |
| Rashômon | 1950 |
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| Diary of a Country Priest aka Journal d'un curé de campagne | 1951 | |
| Europa '51 | 1952 | |
| Forbidden Games aka Jeux interdits | 1952 | |
| Ikiru | 1952 | |
| Golden Coach, The aka Carrosse d'or, Le | 1953 | |
| Madame de... aka The Earrings of Madame de... | 1953 | |
| Tales of Ugetsu aka Ugetsu monogatari | 1953 |
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| Tokyo Story aka Tokyo monogatari | 1953 | |
| Sansho the Bailiff aka Sanshô dayû | 1954 | |
| Seven Samurai aka Shichinin no samurai | 1954 |
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| Wanton Contessa, The aka Senso | 1954 | |
| Diaboliques, Les aka Diabolique | 1955 | |
| Lola Montès | 1955 | |
| Night and Fog aka Nuit et brouillard | 1955 |
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| Smiles of a Summer Night aka Sommarnattens leende | 1955 | |
| Burmese Harp, The aka Biruma no tategoto | 1956 | |
| Throne of Blood aka Kumonosu jô | 1957 | |
| Ashes and Diamonds aka Popiól i diament | 1958 | |
| 400 Blows, The aka Quatre cents coups, Les | 1959 |
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| Eyes Without a Face aka Yeux sans visage, Les | 1959 | |
| Floating Weeds aka Ukigusa | 1959 | |
| World of Apu, The aka Apur Sansar | 1959 | |
| Avventura, L' | 1960 | |
| Breathless aka À bout de souffle | 1960 |
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| Dolce vita, La | 1960 | |
| Rocco and His Brothers aka Rocco e i suoi fratelli | 1960 | |
| Last Year in Marienbad aka Année dernière à Marienbad, L' | 1961 | |
| Notte, La | 1961 | |
| Through a Glass Darkly aka SÃ¥som i en spegel | 1961 | |
| Viridiana | 1961 | |
| Eclipse aka Eclisse, L' | 1962 | |
| Jules et Jim | 1962 | |
| 8½ aka 8 1/2 | 1963 |
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| Contempt aka Mépris, Le | 1963 | |
| Gertrud | 1964 | |
| Gospel According to St. Matthew, The aka Vangelo secondo Matteo, Il | 1964 | |
| Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les | 1964 | |
| Red Desert, The aka Deserto rosso, Il | 1964 | |
| Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors aka Tini zabutykh predkiv | 1964 | |
| Pierrot le fou | 1965 | |
| Repulsion | 1965 |
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| Masculine, Feminine aka Masculin, féminin: 15 faits précis | 1966 | |
| Persona | 1966 |
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| Belle de jour | 1967 | |
| Playtime | 1967 | |
| Red and the White, The aka Csillagosok, katonák | 1967 | |
| Week End aka Weekend | 1967 | |
| Shame aka Skammen | 1968 | |
| Boucher, Le aka The Butcher | 1970 | |
| Conformist, The aka Conformista, Il | 1970 | |
| The, Spider's Stratagem aka Strategia del ragno | 1970 | |
| Tristana | 1970 |
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| Deux anglaises et le continent, Les aka Two English Girls and the Continent | 1971 | |
| Murmur of the Heart aka Souffle au coeur, Le | 1971 | |
| Aguirre: The Wrath of God aka Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes | 1972 |
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| Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The aka Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant, Die | 1972 | |
| Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The aka Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Le | 1972 |
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| Solaris aka Solyaris | 1972 | |
| Spirit of the Beehive, The aka EspÃritu de la colmena, El | 1973 |
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| Celine and Julie Go Boating aka Céline et Julie vont en bateau | 1974 | |
| 1900 | 1976 | |
| Cria! aka CrÃa cuervos | 1976 | |
| American Friend, The aka Amerikanische Freund, Der | 1977 |
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| Lola | 1981 | |
| Fanny and Alexander aka Fanny och Alexander | 1982 | |
| Night of the Shooting Stars aka Notte di San Lorenzo, La | 1982 | |
| Ran | 1985 | |
| Shoah | 1985 | |
| Wings of Desire aka Himmel über Berlin, Der | 1987 | |
| Landscape in the Mist aka Topio stin omichli | 1988 | |
| Dekalog aka Decalogue | 1989 | |
| Double vie de Véronique, La | 1991 | |
| Raise the Red Lantern aka Da hong deng long gao gao gua | 1991 | |
| Kingdom, The aka Riget | 1994 | |
| Lamerica | 1994 |