RANK

FILMS

COUNTRY

YEAR

1

M

Germany

1931

2

Rules of the Game

France

1939

3

Seven Samurai

Japan

1954

4

Sansho the Bailiff

Japan

1954

5

Breathless

France

1960

6

81/2

Italy

1963

7

Au Hasard Balthazar

France

1966

8

Persona

Sweden

1966

9

La Dolce Vita

Italy

1960

10

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Germany

1974

11

Rashomon

Japan

1950

12

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

France / Italy / Spain

1972

13

Tokyo Story

Japan

1953

14

Celine and Julie Go Boating

France

1974

15

Playtime

France / Italy

1967

16

Aguirre: The Wrath of God

Germany

1972

17

The Conformist

France / Italy / Germany

1970

18

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

France / Belgium

1975

19

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

France / Germany

1964

20

The Earrings of Madame De…

France / Italy

1953

21

Rome, Open City

Italy

1945

22

Le Grande Illusion

France

1937

23

The Battle of Algiers

Italy / Algeria

1966

24

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Germany

1972

25

In the Mood for Love

Hong Kong

2000

26

L’Avventura

Italy

1960

27

Hiroshima Mon Amour

France / Japan

1959

28

Andrei Rublev

Soviet Union

1966

29

Viridiana

Spain / Mexico

1961

30

Day of Wrath

Denmark

1943

31

Pierrot le Fou

France

1965

32

Pather Panchali

India

1955

33

The 400 Blows

France

1959

34

The Seventh Seal

Sweden

1957

35

La Jetée

France

1962

36

Yojimbo

Japan

1961

37

Close-Up

Iran

1990

38

Parasite

South Korea

2019

39

My Night at Maud’s

France

1969

40

A Touch of Zen

Hong Kong / Taiwan

1969

41

Shoah

France

1985

42

Wild Strawberries

Sweden

1957

43

The Spirit of the Beehive

Spain

1973

44

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Japan

1960

45

Russian Ark

Russia / Germany / Canada / Finland

2002

46

The Dekalog

Poland

1988

47

Flowers of Shanghai

Taiwan

1998

48

The Power of Kangwon Province

South Korea

1989

49

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Romania

2005

50

The Killer

Hong Kong

1989