The 150 Greatest Films

By: Chris CS

In my opinion, the greatest films ever made listed in descending order.

Latest 5 Additions:

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring by Kim Ki-duk
Kiki’s Delivery Service by Hayao Miyazaki
Turtles Can Fly by Bahman Ghobadi
Scene by the Sea by Takeshi Kitano
Floating Weeds by Yasujiro Ozu

• 01
  Seven Samurai
  Akira Kurosawa
• 02
  Fitzcarraldo
  Werner Herzog
• 03
  Citizen Kane
  Orson Welles
• 04
  Close-Up
  Abbas Kiarostami
• 05
  Man With a Movie Camera
  Dziga Vertov
• 06
  Rashômon
  Akira Kurosawa
• 07
  Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  Werner Herzog
• 08
  The Mirror
  Andrei Tarkovsky
• 09
  The Rules of the Game
  Jean Renoir
• 10
  An Autumn Afternoon
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 11
  The Passion of Joan of Arc
  Carl Theodor Dreyer
• 12
  Land of Silence and Darkness
  Werner Herzog
• 13
  Dersu Uzala
  Akira Kurosawa
• 14
  Rome, Open City
  Roberto Rossellini
• 15
  Sansho the Bailiff
  Kenji Mizoguchi
• 16
  F for Fake
  Orson Welles
• 17
  Mouchette
  Robert Bresson
• 18
  Ran
  Akira Kurosawa
• 19
  Bicycle Thieves
  Vittorio De Sica
• 20
  Stalker
  Andrei Tarkovsky
• 21
  Ikiru
  Akira Kurosawa
• 22
  Tokyo Story
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 23
  Taste of Cherry
  Abbas Kiarostami
• 24
  Andrei Rublev
  Andrei Tarkovsky
• 25
  Nanook of the North
  Robert J. Flaherty
• 26
  Turtles Can Fly
  Bahman Ghobadi
• 27
  Amarcord
  Federico Fellini
• 28
  Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• 29
  L'argent
  Robert Bresson
• 30
  Grand Illusion
  Jean Renoir
• 31
  The Leopard
  Luchino Visconti
• 32
  Sans soleil
  Chris Marker
• 33
  Little Dieter Needs to Fly
  Werner Herzog
• 34
  Kings of the Road
  Wim Wenders
• 35
  La bête humaine
  Jean Renoir
• 36
  The Seventh Seal
  Ingmar Bergman
• 37
  The White Sheik
  Federico Fellini
• 38
  Sunrise
  F.W. Murnau
• 39
  Floating Weeds
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 40
  The Passenger
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 41
  Paris, Texas
  Wim Wenders
• 42
  A Scene at the Sea
  Takeshi Kitano
• 43
  Touch of Evil
  Orson Welles
• 44
  8½
  Federico Fellini
• 45
  Sunset Boulevard
  Billy Wilder
• 46
  Battleship Potemkin
  Sergei Eisenstein
• 47
  The Wind Will Carry Us
  Abbas Kiarostami
• 48
  Fireworks
  Takeshi Kitano
• 49
  Fata Morgana
  Werner Herzog
• 50
  Ordet
  Carl Theodor Dreyer
• 51
  Shoeshine
  Vittorio De Sica
• 52
  The Hidden Fortress
  Akira Kurosawa
• 53
  The Lady from Shanghai
  Orson Welles
• 54
  Blow-Up
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 55
  Viridiana
  Luis Buñuel
• 56
  The Sacrifice
  Andrei Tarkovsky
• 57
  Wild Strawberries
  Ingmar Bergman
• 58
  Jules and Jim
  François Truffaut
• 59
  Barry Lyndon
  Stanley Kubrick
• 60
  I vitelloni
  Federico Fellini
• 61
  Au revoir les enfants
  Louis Malle
• 62
  Lancelot du Lac
  Robert Bresson
• 63
  Rocco and His Brothers
  Luchino Visconti
• 64
  A Man Escaped
  Robert Bresson
• 65
  The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
  Werner Herzog
• 66
  Red Desert
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 67
  The River
  Jean Renoir
• 68
  Au hasard Balthazar
  Robert Bresson
• 69
  Pierrot le fou
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 70
  Tokyo Twilight
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 71
  Miracle in Milan
  Vittorio De Sica
• 72
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 73
  Late Spring
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 74
  Pather Panchali
  Satyajit Ray
• 75
  Madadayo
  Akira Kurosawa
• 76
  The Flowers of St. Francis
  Roberto Rossellini
• 77
  Smiles of a Summer Night
  Ingmar Bergman
• 78
  Throne of Blood
  Akira Kurosawa
• 79
  Theorem
  Pier Paolo Pasolini
• 80
  Days of Heaven
  Terrence Malick
• 81
  La jetée
  Chris Marker
• 82
  L'avventura
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 83
  Contempt
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 84
  The Wrong Move
  Wim Wenders
• 85
  Fanny and Alexander — The Theatrical Version
  Ingmar Bergman
• 86
  The Gospel According to St. Matthew
  Pier Paolo Pasolini
• 87
  Zabriskie Point
  Michelangelo Antonioni
• 88
  Yojimbo
  Akira Kurosawa
• 89
  Closely Watched Trains
  Jiří Menzel
• 90
  Tokyo-Ga
  Wim Wenders
• 91
  Ashes and Diamonds
  Andrzej Wajda
• 92
  L'Atalante
  Jean Vigo
• 93
  Dead Man
  Jim Jarmusch
• 94
  Ivan's Childhood
  Andrei Tarkovsky
• 95
  City Lights
  Charlie Chaplin
• 96
  Even Dwarfs Started Small
  Werner Herzog
• 97
  Stroszek
  Werner Herzog
• 98
  The Magician
  Ingmar Bergman
• 99
  Ugetsu
  Kenji Mizoguchi
• 100
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Julian Schnabel
• 101
  The State of Things
  Wim Wenders
• 102
  The Third Man
  Carol Reed
• 103
  The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
  John Cassavetes
• 104
  Burden of Dreams
  Les Blank
• 105
  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
  Kim Ki-duk
• 106
  Lightning Over Water
  Nicholas Ray
• 107
  The 400 Blows
  François Truffaut
• 108
  Heart of Glass
  Werner Herzog
• 109
  Rhapsody in August
  Akira Kurosawa
• 110
  The Fog of War
  Errol Morris
• 111
  Kagemusha
  Akira Kurosawa
• 112
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  Harmony Korine
• 113
  Nostalghia
  Andrei Tarkovsky
• 114
  Knife in the Water
  Roman Polanski
• 115
  Querelle
  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• 116
  Aparajito
  Satyajit Ray
• 117
  I Live in Fear
  Akira Kurosawa
• 118
  Fox and His Friends
  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• 119
  Siddhartha
  Conrad Rooks
• 120
  Where Is the Friend's Home?
  Abbas Kiarostami
• 121
  Stray Dog
  Akira Kurosawa
• 122
  Death in Venice
  Luchino Visconti
• 123
  The End of Summer
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 124
  La soufrière
  Werner Herzog
• 125
  The Straight Story
  David Lynch
• 126
  Hoop Dreams
  Steve James
• 127
  Nights of Cabiria
  Federico Fellini
• 128
  Mamma Roma
  Pier Paolo Pasolini
• 129
  Late Autumn
  Yasujirô Ozu
• 130
  Wings of Hope
  Werner Herzog
• 131
  North by Northwest
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 132
  The Exterminating Angel
  Luis Buñuel
• 133
  Stranger Than Paradise
  Jim Jarmusch
• 134
  God's Country
  Louis Malle
• 135
  Kiki's Delivery Service
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 136
  The Apartment
  Billy Wilder
• 137
  Sonatine
  Takeshi Kitano
• 138
  My Neighbor Totoro
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 139
  Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• 140
  Umberto D.
  Vittorio De Sica
• 141
  Happy Together
  Wong Kar-wai
• 142
  The Thin Red Line
  Terrence Malick
• 143
  Humain, trop humain
  Louis Malle
• 144
  Modern Times
  Charlie Chaplin
• 145
  Lessons of Darkness
  Werner Herzog
• 146
  The Roof
  Vittorio De Sica
• 147
  La strada
  Federico Fellini
• 148
  Gummo
  Harmony Korine
• 149
  A Woman Under the Influence
  John Cassavetes
• 150
  Chinatown
  Roman Polanski
• 151
  Annie Hall
  Woody Allen
• 152
  Pina
  Wim Wenders
• 153
  ...And the Pursuit of Happiness
  Louis Malle
• 154
  Do the Right Thing
  Spike Lee
• 155
  Badlands
  Terrence Malick
• 156
  The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick