Published in Film Comment; the introduction is online. I found the list itself at Cinematical.
This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.
Rank | Title | Year | Rating |
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1 | Rules of the Game, The aka Régle du jeu, La | 1939 | |
2 | Tokyo Story aka Tokyo monogatari | 1953 | |
3 | City Lights | 1931 |
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4 | Pickpocket | 1959 | |
5 | Metropolis | 1927 |
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6 | Citizen Kane | 1941 |
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7 | Orphée | 1950 | |
8 | Masculine, Feminine aka Masculin, féminin: 15 faits précis | 1966 | |
9 | Persona | 1966 |
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10 | Vertigo | 1958 |
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11 | Sunrise aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | 1927 |
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12 | Searchers, The | 1956 |
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13 | Lady Eve, The | 1941 | |
14 | Conformist, The aka Conformista, Il | 1970 | |
15 | 8½ aka 8 1/2 | 1963 |
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16 | Godfather, The | 1972 |
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17 | In the Mood for Love aka Fa yeung nin wa | 2000 |
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18 | Third Man, The | 1949 |
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19 | Performance | 1970 | |
20 | Notte, La | 1961 | |
21 | Mother and Son aka Mat i syn | 1997 | |
22 | Leopard, The aka Gattopardo, Il | 1963 | |
23 | Dead, The | 1987 | |
24 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | |
25 | Last Year in Marienbad aka Année dernière à Marienbad, L' | 1961 | |
26 | Passion of Joan of Arc, The aka Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La | 1928 | |
27 | Jules et Jim | 1962 | |
28 | Wild Bunch, The | 1969 |
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29 | All That Jazz | 1979 | |
30 | Life of Oharu, The aka Saikaku ichidai onna | 1952 | |
31 | High and Low aka Tengoku to jigoku | 1963 | |
32 | Sweet Smell of Success | 1957 |
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33 | That Obscure Object of Desire aka Cet obscur objet du désir | 1977 |
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34 | An American in Paris | 1951 | |
35 | Battle of Algiers, The aka Battaglia di Algeri, La | 1965 | |
36 | Taxi Driver | 1976 |
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37 | Fear Eats the Soul aka Angst essen Seele auf | 1974 | |
38 | Blue Velvet | 1986 | |
39 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | 1989 | |
40 | Big Lebowski, The | 1998 |
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41 | Red Shoes, The | 1948 |
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42 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 |
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43 | Chinatown | 1974 |
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44 | Crowd, The | 1928 | |
45 | Sunset Boulevard | 1950 |
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46 | Talk to Her aka Hable con ella | 2002 | |
47 | Shanghai Express | 1932 | |
48 | Letter from an Unknown Woman | 1948 | |
49 | Once Upon a Time in the West aka C'era una volta il West | 1968 |
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50 | Salvatore Giuliano | 1962 | |
51 | Nostalghia | 1983 | |
52 | Seven Men from Now | 1956 | |
53 | Genou de Claire, Le aka Claire's Knee | 1970 | |
54 | Zemlya aka Earth | 1930 | |
55 | Gun Crazy aka Deadly Is the Female | 1949 |
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56 | Out of the Past | 1947 |
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57 | Enfants du paradis, Les aka Children of Paradise | 1945 |
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58 | Naked Spur, The | 1953 | |
59 | A Place in the Sun | 1951 | |
60 | General, The | 1927 |
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