100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1950s

1. Vertigo (1958)
2. The Searchers (1956)
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
4. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
5. Tokyo Story (1953)
6. Rashomon (1950)
7. Touch of Evil (1958)
8. Some Like It Hot (1959)
9. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
10. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
11. Rear Window (1954)
12. The Four Hundred Blows (1959)
13. Ordet (1955)
14. The Seventh Seal (1957)
15. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
16. La Strada (1954)
17. Wild Strawberries (1957)
18. North by Northwest (1959)
19. Rio Bravo (1959)
20. Pather Panchali (1955)
21. All About Eve (1950)
22. Ikiru (1952)
23. Pickpocket (1959)
24. Madame de... (1953)
25. Sansho Dayu (1954)
26. On the Waterfront (1954)
27. Viaggio in Italia (1954)
28. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
29. Los Olvidados (1950)
30. Umberto D. (1952)
31. A Man Escaped (1956)
32. The Band Wagon (1953)
33. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
34. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
35. Paths of Glory (1957)
36. The Quiet Man (1952)
37. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
38. The River (1951)
39. The World of Apu (1959)
40. The Music Room (1958)
41. Throne of Blood (1957)
42. Written on the Wind (1956)
43. Johnny Guitar (1954)
44. The Wages of Fear (1953)
45. High Noon (1952)
46. Night and Fog (1955)
47. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
48. Imitation of Life (1959)
49. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
50. A Star Is Born (1954)
51. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
52. Orpheus (1950)
53. The Life of Oharu (1952)
54. Shane (1953)
55. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
56. Lola Montes (1955)
57. The African Queen (1951)
58. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
59. Le Plaisir (1952)
60. Senso (1954)
61. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
62. Casque d'Or (1952)
63. Floating Clouds (1955)
64. In a Lonely Place (1950)
65. Miracle in Milan (1951)
66. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
67. Strangers on a Train (1951)
68. The Killing (1956)
69. 12 Angry Men (1957)
70. Mon Oncle (1958)
71. Some Came Running (1958)
72. Ace in the Hole (1951)
73. Ben-Hur (1959)
74. El (1953)
75. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
76. Aparajito (1956)
77. I Vitelloni (1953)
78. The Big Heat (1953)
79. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
80. Shadows (1959)
81. Forbidden Games (1952)
82. Gun Crazy (1950)
83. Bigger Than Life (1956)
84. Early Summer (1951)
85. East of Eden (1955)
86. Pickup on South Street (1953)
87. Pyaasa (1957)
88. An Affair to Remember (1957)
89. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
90. Les Diaboliques (1955)
91. Saint Francis, God's Jester (1950)
92. Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
93. Stromboli (1950)
94. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
95. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
96. Bob le Flambeur (1956)
97. Limelight (1952)
98. The Red Balloon (1956)
99. A Place in the Sun (1951)
100. Un Chant d'Amour (1950)

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100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1970s

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. Apocalypse Now (1979)
5. Chinatown (1974)
6. The Conformist (1970)
7. Mirror (1975)
8. Nashville (1975)
9. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
10. Barry Lyndon (1975)
11. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
12. Amarcord (1973)
13. Annie Hall (1977)
14. Jaws (1975)
15. Star Wars (1977)
16. Stalker (1979)
17. Manhattan (1979)
18. The Conversation (1974)
19. Days of Heaven (1978)
20. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
21. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
22. Don't Look Now (1973)
23. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
24. Mean Streets (1973)
25. Badlands (1973)
26. Jeanne Dielman (1975)
27. Cries and Whispers (1972)
28. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
29. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
30. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
31. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
32. The Exorcist (1973)
33. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
34. Alien (1979)
35. Death in Venice (1971)
36. Performance (1970)
37. The Travelling Players (1975)
38. Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
39. Solaris (1972)
40. Eraserhead (1977)
41. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
42. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
43. F for Fake (1974)
44. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
45. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
46. The Passenger (1975)
47. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
48. The Deer Hunter (1978)
49. Cabaret (1972)
50. Killer of Sheep (1977)
51. The Last Picture Show (1971)
52. Day for Night (1973)
53. Halloween (1978)
54. The Long Goodbye (1973)
55. Harold and Maude (1971)
56. Suspiria (1977)
57. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
58. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
59. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
60. Network (1976)
61. All the President's Men (1976)
62. Alice in the Cities (1974)
63. All That Jazz (1979)
64. Claire's Knee (1970)
65. MASH (1970)
66. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
67. 1900 (1976)
68. Carrie (1976)
69. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
70. American Graffiti (1973)
71. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
72. Deliverance (1972)
73. Kings of the Road (1976)
74. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
75. India Song (1975)
76. Providence (1977)
77. Dersu Uzala (1975)
78. In the Year of the 13 Moons (1978)
79. Lancelot du Lac (1974)
80. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
81. The Tin Drum (1979)
82. Being There (1979)
83. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
84. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
85. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
86. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
87. Young Frankenstein (1974)
88. O Lucky Man! (1973)
89. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
90. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
91. Dirty Harry (1971)
92. Husbands (1970)
93. Rocky (1976)
94. 3 Women (1977)
95. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
96. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
97. Tristana (1970)
98. Casanova (1976)
99. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
100. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

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100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1960s

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. 8½ (1963)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4. Psycho (1960)
5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
6. La Dolce Vita (1960)
7. À Bout de Souffle (1960)
8. Persona (1966)
9. L'Avventura (1960)
10. The Wild Bunch (1969)
11. Andrei Rublev (1966)
12. Jules and Jim (1962)
13. Contempt (1963)
14. The Apartment (1960)
15. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
16. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
17. The Leopard (1963)
18. Viridiana (1961)
19. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
20. Playtime (1967)
21. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
22. Last Year in Marienbad (1961)
23. Pierrot le Fou (1965)
24. Gertrud (1964)
25. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
26. Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
27. La Jetée (1962)
28. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
29. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
30. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
31. Belle de Jour (1967)
32. The Graduate (1967)
33. Blow Up (1966)
34. L'Eclisse (1962)
35. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
36. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
37. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
38. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
39. Shoot the Pianist (1960)
40. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
41. The Birds (1963)
42. Peeping Tom (1960)
43. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
44. La Notte (1961)
45. Le Samourai (1967)
46. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
47. The Red Desert (1964)
48. Weekend (1967)
49. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
50. High and Low (1963)
51. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
52. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)
53. The Hustler (1961)
54. Mouchette (1967)
55. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
56. Marnie (1964)
57. Yojimbo (1961)
58. My Night with Maud (1969)
59. The Innocents (1961)
60. West Side Story (1961)
61. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
62. Point Blank (1967)
63. Easy Rider (1969)
64. Faces (1968)
65. A Blonde in Love (1965)
66. El Verdugo (1963)
67. The Army in the Shadows (1969)
68. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
69. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
70. Muriel ou Le Temps d'un Retour (1963)
71. Repulsion (1965)
72. The Colour of Pomegranates (1968)
73. Bande à Part (1964)
74. I Am Cuba (1964)
75. Closely Observed Trains (1966)
76. If.... (1968)
77. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
78. Black God, White Devil (1964)
79. Spartacus (1960)
80. Charulata - The Lonely Wife (1964)
81. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
82. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
83. The Servant (1963)
84. The Sound of Music (1965)
85. Wavelength (1967)
86. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
87. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
88. Theorem (1968)
89. Winter Light (1962)
90. Fellini-Satyricon (1969)
91. Ride the High Country (1962)
92. Accattone (1961)
93. Chelsea Girls (1966)
94. Cleo from 5-7 (1962)
95. Masculine, Feminine (1966)
96. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
97. Lola (1961)
98. The Producers (1968)
99. The Silence (1963)
100. Woman of the Dunes (1964)

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100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1980s

1. Raging Bull (1980)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
6. Ran (1985)
7. The Shining (1980)
8. Brazil (1985)
9. Dekalog (1989)
10. Do the Right Thing (1989)
11. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
12. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
13. Shoah (1985)
14. Sans Soleil (1983)
15. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
16. Paris, Texas (1984)
17. L'Argent (1983)
18. Wings of Desire (1987)
19. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
20. The Terminator (1984)
21. A City of Sadness (1989)
22. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
23. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
24. The Green Ray (1986)
25. Back to the Future (1985)
26. The King of Comedy (1982)
27. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
28. Aliens (1986)
29. Love Streams (1984)
30. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
31. Videodrome (1983)
32. Come and See (1985)
33. Amadeus (1984)
34. Mad Max 2 (1981)
35. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
36. My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
37. Dead Ringers (1988)
38. The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
39. Tootsie (1982)
40. Local Hero (1983)
41. Nostalgia (1983)
42. The Dead (1987)
43. Die Hard (1988)
44. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
45. The Sacrifice (1986)
46. Vagabond (1985)
47. Ballad of Narayama (1983)
48. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
49. Kagemusha (1980)
50. Blood Simple. (1984)
51. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
52. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
53. Blow Out (1981)
54. Where Is My Friend's House? (1987)
55. Evil Dead II (1987)
56. The Killer (1989)
57. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
58. The Elephant Man (1980)
59. The Right Stuff (1983)
60. Veronika Voss (1982)
61. Down by Law (1986)
62. The Fly (1986)
63. Heaven's Gate (1980)
64. Red Sorghum (1987)
65. Scarface (1983)
66. The Princess Bride (1987)
67. Reds (1981)
68. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
69. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
70. My Life as a Dog (1985)
71. Missing (1982)
72. Raising Arizona (1987)
73. Atlantic City (1980)
74. Midnight Run (1988)
75. Zelig (1983)
76. Gandhi (1982)
77. My American Uncle (1980)
78. Passion (1982)
79. Robocop (1987)
80. Slow Motion (1980)
81. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
82. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
83. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
84. Diner (1982)
85. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
86. The Verdict (1982)
87. Airplane! (1980)
88. Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
89. El Sur (1983)
90. Excalibur (1981)
91. Heimat (1984)
92. Hôtel Terminus (1988)
93. Man of Iron (1981)
94. Ordinary People (1980)
95. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
96. Stardust Memories (1980)
97. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
98. The German Sisters (1981)
99. The State of Things (1982)
100. The Woman Next Door (1981)

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100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1990s

1. Goodfellas (1990)
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. Close-Up (1990)
4. Sátántangó (1994)
5. Unforgiven (1992)
6. Chungking Express (1994)
7. The Thin Red Line (1998)
8. Breaking the Waves (1996)
9. And Life Goes On... (1991)
10. Through the Olive Trees (1994)
11. Taste of Cherry (1997)
12. Fargo (1996)
13. Schindler's List (1993)
14. Three Colours: Red (1994)
15. Hana-Bi (1997)
16. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
17. The Quince Tree Sun (1992)
18. Safe (1995)
19. Beau Travail (1999)
20. Dead Man (1995)
21. Histoire(s) du Cinema (1989-1998)
22. A Moment of Innocence (1996)
23. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
24. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
25. Naked (1993)
26. The Piano (1993)
27. Vive l'Amour (1994)
28. Sonatine (1993)
29. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
30. Drifting Clouds (1996)
31. Abraham Valley (1993)
32. Three Colours: Blue (1993)
33. Van Gogh (1991)
34. Exotica (1994)
35. Mother and Son (1997)
36. L'Eau Froide (1994)
37. The Puppetmaster (1993)
38. Groundhog Day (1993)
39. Nouvelle Vague (1990)
40. Crumb (1994)
41. Caro Diario (1993)
42. The Big Lebowski (1998)
43. Barton Fink (1991)
44. Heat (1995)
45. JFK (1991)
46. Maborosi (1995)
47. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
48. La Vie de Jésus (1997)
49. The Age of Innocence (1993)
50. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
51. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
52. Short Cuts (1993)
53. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
54. Toy Story (1995)
55. The Last Bolshevik (1993)
56. Fight Club (1999)
57. Underground (1995)
58. Goodbye, South, Goodbye (1996)
59. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
60. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
61. L.A. Confidential (1997)
62. Sicilia! (1999)
63. The Player (1992)
64. Three Colours: White (1994)
65. Magnolia (1999)
66. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
67. Boogie Nights (1997)
68. Ed Wood (1994)
69. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
70. Miller's Crossing (1990)
71. Rushmore (1998)
72. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
73. Thelma & Louise (1991)
74. The Usual Suspects (1995)
75. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
76. Trainspotting (1996)
77. Forrest Gump (1994)
78. The Matrix (1999)
79. All About My Mother (1999)
80. Casino (1995)
81. Dazed and Confused (1993)
82. Lost Highway (1997)
83. Wild at Heart (1990)
84. Eternity and a Day (1998)
85. Rosetta (1999)
86. Starship Troopers (1997)
87. Crash (1996)
88. Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
89. Orlando (1992)
90. American Beauty (1999)
91. Before Sunrise (1995)
92. Central Station (1998)
93. Jackie Brown (1997)
94. Se7en (1995)
95. Being John Malkovich (1999)
96. To Live (1994)
97. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
98. Husbands and Wives (1992)
99. Lone Star (1996)
100. The Long Day Closes (1992)

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