Every year, newest first

1. 2025
   One Battle After Another 2025WinnerPaul Thomas Anderson turns Thomas Pynchon into a chase film, and it is the fastest, funniest thing he has made. It runs 162 minutes and earns most of them; the villains are cartoons.Fi1m 87

   • Hamnet 2025Fi1m 76
   • Marty Supreme 2025Fi1m 82
   • Sentimental Value 2025Fi1m 79
   • Sinners 2025Fi1m 79
2. 2024
   Conclave 2024WinnerEdward Berger’s papal election thriller is handsome, quick and well acted, with Ralph Fiennes doing careful work as the cardinal who has to run it. It is a potboiler that wants to be taken for a meditation, and the ending gives the game away.Fi1m 76

   • Anora 2024Fi1m 84
   • The Brutalist 2024Fi1m 76
   • A Complete Unknown 2024Fi1m 68
   • Emilia Pérez 2024Fi1m 58
3. 2023
   Oppenheimer 2023WinnerChristopher Nolan’s three-hour life of the man who built the bomb is his most disciplined film, and Cillian Murphy carries it without raising his voice. The hearings of the last hour grip less than the desert, and the sound swallows too many lines.Fi1m 84

   All Quiet on the Western Front 2022WinnerEdward Berger’s German-language return to Remarque is superbly made and hard to sit through in the way it means to be. But it has cut the novel’s people down to bodies in mud and added a cabinet drama it did not need.Fi1m 71

   • Anatomy of a Fall 2023Fi1m 86
   • The Holdovers 2023Fi1m 81
   • Killers of the Flower Moon 2023Fi1m 86
   • Poor Things 2023Fi1m 76
4. 2022
   All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)WinnerNot reviewed yet

   • The Banshees of Inisherin 2022Fi1m 84
   • Elvis 2022Fi1m 66
   • Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022Fi1m 77
   • TÁR 2022Fi1m 84
5. 2021
   The Power of the Dog 2021WinnerJane Campion’s first film since *Bright Star* is a slow, cruel western about a rancher who sets out to break his brother’s new wife, shot and cut with great care. Cumberbatch’s Phil is frightening, and once or twice you can see him deciding to be.Fi1m 84

   • Belfast 2021Fi1m 66
   • Don't Look Up 2021Fi1m 52
   • Dune 2021Fi1m 76
   • Licorice Pizza 2021Fi1m 80
6. 2020
   Nomadland 2021WinnerChloé Zhao puts Frances McDormand among real van-dwellers in the American West and mostly lets them talk, and the result is patient, plain and often moving. It is gentler on the warehouse than the people in it deserve.Fi1m 83

   • The Father 2020Fi1m 89
   • The MauritanianNot reviewed yet
   • Promising Young Woman 2020Fi1m 72
   • The Trial of the Chicago 7Not reviewed yet
7. 2019
   1917 2019WinnerSam Mendes makes a gripping war thriller, though the camera movement sometimes holds our attention more firmly than the soldiers do. George MacKay gives us someone to worry about.Fi1m 78

   • The Irishman 2019Fi1m 86
   • Joker 2019Fi1m 63
   • Once Upon a Time in HollywoodNot reviewed yet
   • Parasite 2019Fi1m 91
8. 2018
   Roma 2018WinnerAlfonso Cuarón’s patient domestic drama is worth the time it asks for, chiefly for Yalitza Aparicio. Its careful compositions sometimes keep us at a distance, but the housekeeper at its centre never disappears into the scenery.Fi1m 86

   • BlacKkKlansman 2018Fi1m 78
   • The Favourite 2018Fi1m 87
   • Green Book 2018Fi1m 64
   • A Star Is Born 2018Fi1m 82
9. 2017
   Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017WinnerFrances McDormand makes Martin McDonagh’s uneven black comedy worth seeing. The dialogue is sharp and the cast persuasive, but the script sometimes hurries us towards sympathy its characters have not earned.Fi1m 74

   • Call Me by Your Name 2017Fi1m 86
   • Darkest Hour 2017Fi1m 66
   • Dunkirk 2017Fi1m 86
   • The Shape of Water 2017Fi1m 83
10. 2016
    La La Land 2016WinnerDamien Chazelle’s musical is worth seeing for Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling and the pleasure of watching romance turn into dance. The characters are thinly written, but the songs linger and the affection between the leads is easy to believe.Fi1m 81

    • Arrival 2016Fi1m 86
    • I, Daniel Blake 2016Fi1m 82
    • Manchester by the Sea 2016Fi1m 89
    • Moonlight 2016Fi1m 89
11. 2015
    The Revenant 2015WinnerAlejandro G. Iñárritu makes a gripping survival Western, with Leonardo DiCaprio carrying its physical weight. Its 157 minutes include too much solemn reflection, but the bear attack earns every flinch.Fi1m 74

    • The Big Short 2015Fi1m 80
    • Bridge of Spies 2015Fi1m 75
    • Carol 2015Fi1m 88
    • Spotlight 2015Fi1m 85
12. 2014
    Boyhood 2014WinnerRichard Linklater’s twelve-year family drama is tender, funny and moving without pressing for tears. Its 165 minutes sometimes drift, but the changing faces of Recognising Coltrane, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke give ordinary moments an unusual force.Fi1m 88

    • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014Fi1m 82
    • The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014Fi1m 86
    • The Imitation Game 2014Fi1m 73
    • The Theory of Everything 2014Fi1m 72
13. 2013
    12 Years a Slave 2013WinnerSteve McQueen’s account of Solomon Northup’s enslavement is a film we would urge anyone prepared for its violence to see. Chiwetel Ejiofor makes the suffering personal, even when the music presses harder than it needs to.Fi1m 91

    • American Hustle 2013Fi1m 72
    • Captain Phillips 2013Fi1m 83
    • Gravity 2013Fi1m 85
    • Philomena 2013Fi1m 82
14. 2012
    Argo 2012WinnerBen Affleck’s *Argo* is a tense, funny espionage thriller with an underwritten hero. Alan Arkin and John Goodman supply the life, while the rescue plot supplies enough suspense to forgive some conspicuous contrivance.Fi1m 79

    • Les Misérables 2012Fi1m 62
    • Life of Pi 2012Fi1m 78
    • Lincoln 2012Fi1m 82
    • Zero Dark Thirty 2012Fi1m 80
15. 2011
    The Artist 2011WinnerMichel Hazanavicius makes silent-film storytelling feel easy to enjoy, with Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo giving the romance warmth and mischief. The middle dwells too long on wounded pride, but the pleasure is considerable.Fi1m 82

    • The Descendants 2011Fi1m 80
    • Drive 2011Fi1m 83
    • The Help 2011Fi1m 66
    • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011Fi1m 84
16. 2010
    The King's Speech 2010WinnerColin Firth and Geoffrey Rush make *The King’s Speech* a warm, funny and affecting drama. Its view of royalty is too comfortable, but the difficult business of speaking gives it real emotional weight.Fi1m 82

    • Black Swan 2010Fi1m 82
    • Inception 2010Fi1m 80
    • The Social Network 2010Fi1m 91
    • True Grit 2010Fi1m 84
17. 2009
    The Hurt Locker 2008WinnerKathryn Bigelow makes bomb disposal frighteningly clear, with Jeremy Renner giving the danger a troubling appeal. We recommend this tense, forceful war thriller, though its supporting soldiers deserve more of the attention given to their work.Fi1m 86

    • Avatar 2009Fi1m 70
    • An Education 2009Fi1m 82
    • PreciousNot reviewed yet
    • Up in the Air 2009Fi1m 74
18. 2008
    Slumdog Millionaire 2008WinnerDanny Boyle’s Mumbai romance is quick, warm and hard to resist, even when its coincidences become conspicuous. Dev Patel gives it a human centre, though the rush from poverty to pleasure can leave us uneasy.Fi1m 78

    • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008Fi1m 64
    • Frost/Nixon 2008Fi1m 81
    • Milk 2008Fi1m 83
    • The Reader 2008Fi1m 56
19. 2007
    Atonement 2007WinnerJoe Wright’s *Atonement* is a moving, sharply acted romance, strongest when a glance can do real harm. Its war scenes occasionally advertise the effort behind them, but the people remain worth caring about.Fi1m 83

    • American GangsterNot reviewed yet
    • The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)Not reviewed yet
    • No Country for Old Men 2007Fi1m 91
    • There Will Be Blood 2007Fi1m 88
20. 2006
    The Queen 2006WinnerStephen Frears’s royal drama is funny, humane and worth seeing for Helen Mirren’s tightly controlled performance. Peter Morgan’s script sometimes makes the disagreement too tidy, but the struggle over duty and public feeling has real force.Fi1m 84

    • Babel 2006Fi1m 64
    • The Departed 2006Fi1m 84
    • The Last King of ScotlandNot reviewed yet
    • Little Miss Sunshine 2006Fi1m 78
21. 2005
    Brokeback Mountain 2005WinnerWe would recommend Ang Lee’s love story to almost anyone. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal make hidden desire painfully convincing, though a few passages outstay their welcome.Fi1m 92

    • Capote 2005Fi1m 84
    • The Constant Gardener 2005Fi1m 82
    • Crash 2005Fi1m 54
    • Good Night, and Good LuckNot reviewed yet
22. 2004
    The Aviator 2004WinnerScorsese’s Howard Hughes film is big, fast and beautifully dressed, with a Cate Blanchett who steals every scene she is in. It explains its subject in one childhood scene and then keeps pointing at it, and at 170 minutes the last hour drags.Fi1m 74

    • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004Fi1m 88
    • Finding Neverland 2004Fi1m 64
    • The Motorcycle Diaries 2004Fi1m 77
    • Vera Drake 2004Fi1m 84
23. 2003
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003WinnerPeter Jackson’s fantasy finale is thrilling and moving, with Elijah Wood and Sean Astin keeping the vast battles from taking over. It deserves the long evening, though several stretches could be shorter.Fi1m 88

    • Big Fish 2003Fi1m 78
    • Cold MountainNot reviewed yet
    • Lost in Translation 2003Fi1m 86
    • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003Fi1m 86
24. 2002
    The Pianist 2002WinnerRoman Polanski’s Holocaust drama is powerful and patient, with Adrien Brody making the effort of staying alive painfully visible. The early family dialogue is stiff, but the film’s restraint makes its violence harder to bear.Fi1m 87

    • Chicago 2002Fi1m 73
    • Gangs of New York 2002Fi1m 74
    • The Hours 2002Fi1m 72
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002Fi1m 85
25. 2001
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001WinnerPeter Jackson’s fantasy adventure is absorbing, frightening and worth the time even for those unmoved by hobbits. The battles occasionally crowd out the people, but Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood give us ample reason to care.Fi1m 90

    • Stanley KubrickNot reviewed yet
    • Oliver!Not reviewed yet
    • Closely Observed TrainsNot reviewed yet
    • Amélie 2001Fi1m 82
    • A Beautiful Mind 2001Fi1m 62
    • Moulin Rouge! 2001Fi1m 75
    • Shrek 2001Fi1m 80
26. 2000
    Gladiator 2000WinnerRidley Scott’s *Gladiator* is stirring, bloody entertainment, held together by Russell Crowe’s conviction. The politics can be blunt and the fighting occasionally hard to follow, but there is someone worth caring about beneath the armour.Fi1m 84

    • Almost Famous 2000Fi1m 82
    • Billy Elliot 2000Fi1m 81
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000Fi1m 90
    • Erin Brockovich 2000Fi1m 78
27. 1999
    American Beauty 1999WinnerSam Mendes’s suburban satire is funny and well acted, especially by Annette Bening. We recommend it for the performances, with a reservation: Alan Ball’s screenplay treats familiar complaints about middle-class life as discoveries.Fi1m 76

    • East Is East 1999Fi1m 74
    • The End of the AffairNot reviewed yet
    • The Sixth Sense 1999Fi1m 84
    • The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999Fi1m 80
28. 1998
    Shakespeare in Love 1998WinnerJohn Madden’s *Shakespeare in Love* is a witty, affectionate period comedy, strongest when the theatre people take charge. The romance feels too neatly arranged, but the writing and the company make it worth an evening.Fi1m 79

    • Elizabeth 1998Fi1m 82
    • Saving Private Ryan 1998Fi1m 84
    • The Truman Show 1998Fi1m 88
29. 1997
    The Full Monty 1997WinnerPeter Cattaneo’s comedy is warm, funny and unusually considerate of its unemployed would-be strippers, with Robert Carlyle leading a deft ensemble. It is too quick to cheer us up about hardship, but the affection feels earned.Fi1m 81

    • L.A. Confidential 1997Fi1m 88
    • Mrs BrownNot reviewed yet
    • Titanic 1997Fi1m 84
30. 1996
    The English Patient 1996WinnerAnthony Minghella’s wartime romance is moving, carefully made and sometimes too slow. Kristin Scott Thomas gives it the urgency it needs, though the desert occasionally holds our attention more firmly than the lovers.Fi1m 78

    • Fargo 1996Fi1m 91
    • Secrets & Lies 1996Fi1m 88
    • Shine 1996Fi1m 82
31. 1995
    Sense and Sensibility 1995WinnerAng Lee’s Austen adaptation is funny, moving and worth an evening for Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet alone. The setting sometimes looks too comfortable for the characters’ difficulties, but the performances keep their feelings awkward and recognisable.Fi1m 85

    • Babe 1995Fi1m 88
    • The Madness of King George 1994Fi1m 83
    • The Usual Suspects 1995Fi1m 82
32. 1994
    Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994WinnerMike Newell and Richard Curtis make a warm, sharply timed comedy out of ceremonial embarrassment. Hugh Grant and the supporting cast are a pleasure, though the central romance never quite earns the attention it receives.Fi1m 80

    • Forrest Gump 1994Fi1m 66
    • Pulp Fiction 1994Fi1m 82
    • Quiz Show 1994Fi1m 84
33. 1993
    Schindler's List 1993WinnerSteven Spielberg’s Holocaust drama is harrowing, humane and worth the ordeal. Its acting and restless images carry an enormous force, despite occasional stretches that press too hard for our tears.Fi1m 91

    • The Piano 1993Fi1m 88
    • The Remains of the Day 1993Fi1m 88
    • Shadowlands 1993Fi1m 79
34. 1992
    Howards End 1992WinnerEmma Thompson gives James Ivory’s adaptation of E.M. Forster’s warmth, wit and a reason to care about every social slight. We recommend it warmly, despite some hurried relationships and pauses that make the storytelling feel more episodic than it should.Fi1m 84

    • The Crying Game 1992Fi1m 82
    • The Player 1992Fi1m 85
    • Strictly Ballroom 1992Fi1m 83
    • Unforgiven 1992Fi1m 92
35. 1991
    The Commitments 1991WinnerAlan Parker’s Dublin soul-band comedy is funny, warm and carried by performances that make the music matter. A little too much polish creeps in, but we recommend it for the songs and the unruly company.Fi1m 82

    • Dances with Wolves 1990Fi1m 80
    • The Silence of the Lambs 1991Fi1m 91
    • Thelma & Louise 1991Fi1m 85
36. 1990
    GoodFellas 1990WinnerMartin Scorsese’s *GoodFellas* is a crime film we would recommend to almost anyone. Its gangsters are appalling company, but the performances make it hard to leave, despite some repetition and too little room for Karen’s perspective.Fi1m 93

    • Crimes and MisdemeanorsNot reviewed yet
    • Driving Miss DaisyNot reviewed yet
    • Pretty Woman 1990Fi1m 77
37. 1989
    Dead Poets Society 1989WinnerPeter Weir’s school drama is moving enough to earn its sentiment, with Robin Williams and the young cast doing the difficult work. The moral lessons are too tidy, but we recommend it for the performances.Fi1m 80

    • My Left FootNot reviewed yet
    • Shirley ValentineNot reviewed yet
    • When Harry Met Sally... 1989Fi1m 84
38. 1988
    The Last Emperor 1987WinnerBernardo Bertolucci’s *The Last Emperor* makes imperial ceremony both fascinating and painfully lonely. It is a richly made, absorbing historical drama, though its adult protagonist can remain frustratingly remote.Fi1m 80

    • Au Revoir les Enfants 1987Fi1m 90
    • Babette's FeastNot reviewed yet
    • A Fish Called Wanda 1988Fi1m 83
39. 1987
    Jean de FloretteWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • Cry FreedomNot reviewed yet
    • Hope and Glory 1987Fi1m 82
    • Radio DaysNot reviewed yet
40. 1986
    A Room with a View 1986WinnerJames Ivory’s Edwardian romance is warm, funny and more alert to desire than its well-mannered surface suggests. Helena Bonham Carter and Maggie Smith make it worth the occasional slow stretch; we recommend it with pleasure.Fi1m 84

    • Hannah and Her Sisters 1986Fi1m 88
    • The Mission 1986Fi1m 64
    • Mona Lisa 1986Fi1m 83
41. 1985
    The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985WinnerWoody Allen’s fantasy comedy is funny, tender and worth taking seriously, with Mia Farrow making its impossible romance matter. The people around her can feel thinly written, but her need to escape is painfully convincing.Fi1m 84

    • Amadeus 1984Fi1m 91
    • Back to the Future 1985Fi1m 92
    • A Passage to India 1984Fi1m 71
    • Witness 1985Fi1m 84
42. 1984
    The Killing Fields 1984WinnerRoland Joffé’s Cambodian war drama is harrowing and worth the ordeal, chiefly for Haing S. Ngor’s performance. Bruce Robinson’s script occasionally labours the friendship, while Mike Oldfield’s music presses feelings that the images have already earned.Fi1m 82

    • The Dresser 1983Fi1m 80
    • Paris, Texas 1984Fi1m 88
    • A Private FunctionNot reviewed yet
43. 1983
    Educating Rita 1983WinnerJulie Walters and Michael Caine make *Educating Rita* worth an evening. Lewis Gilbert’s direction can be plodding and the lessons are thin, but the actors make Rita’s wish to learn matter.Fi1m 71

    • Heat and DustNot reviewed yet
    • Local Hero 1983Fi1m 86
    • Tootsie 1982Fi1m 85
44. 1982
    Gandhi 1982WinnerRichard Attenborough’s *Gandhi* is respectful to a fault, but Ben Kingsley gives it enough life to justify the long evening. We recommend it for the performance, with patience required for the thin supporting roles and stately pace.Fi1m 73

    • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982Fi1m 91
    • Missing 1982Fi1m 80
    • On Golden Pond 1981Fi1m 72
45. 1981
    Chariots of Fire 1981WinnerHugh Hudson’s *Chariots of Fire* gives its runners convictions worth caring about and races worth watching. The stately passages can drag, but Ben Cross, Ian Charleson and Vangelis keep this sports drama from becoming merely dutiful.Fi1m 78

    • Atlantic City 1980Fi1m 86
    • The French Lieutenant's WomanNot reviewed yet
    • Gregory's GirlNot reviewed yet
    • Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981Fi1m 93
46. 1980
    The Elephant Man 1980WinnerDavid Lynch’s historical drama is compassionate, unsettling and well worth the tears, with John Hurt giving Merrick a life beyond other people’s pity. Its faith in good manners can be too simple; the performances make the sympathy convincing.Fi1m 84

    • Being There 1979Fi1m 84
    • KagemushaNot reviewed yet
    • Kramer vs. Kramer 1979Fi1m 82
47. 1979
    Manhattan 1979WinnerWoody Allen’s New York comedy earns its warmth through Diane Keaton and Mariel Hemingway, with Gordon Willis’s black-and-white photography doing plenty of persuading. The jokes hold up better than the increasingly solemn romance.Fi1m 78

    • Apocalypse Now 1979Fi1m 92
    • The China SyndromeNot reviewed yet
    • The Deer Hunter 1978Fi1m 84
48. 1978
    Julia 1977WinnerFred Zinnemann’s film of Lillian Hellman’s memoir is beautifully lit, carefully dressed and full of good actors, and it keeps its central friendship at arm’s length. One train journey and one scene across a table are worth the wait; the rest is respectful.Fi1m 60

    • Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977Fi1m 85
    • Midnight Express 1978Fi1m 61
    • Star Wars 1977Fi1m 88
49. 1977
    Annie Hall 1977WinnerWoody Allen’s *Annie Hall* is a funny, tender romance, with Diane Keaton giving its constant self-examination a welcome warmth. The jokes are plentiful and often excellent, though they sometimes interrupt feelings the film ought to stay with.Fi1m 86

    • A Bridge Too FarNot reviewed yet
    • Network 1976Fi1m 86
    • Rocky 1976Fi1m 85
50. 1976
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975WinnerJack Nicholson and Give Fletcher make Miloš Forman’s drama funny, frightening and worth an evening. Its account of mental illness is too simple, but the performances keep the men on the ward from becoming merely a cause.Fi1m 86

    • All the President's Men 1976Fi1m 90
    • Bugsy MaloneNot reviewed yet
    • Taxi Driver 1976Fi1m 92
51. 1975
    Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • Barry Lyndon 1975Fi1m 85
    • Dog Day Afternoon 1975Fi1m 90
    • Jaws 1975Fi1m 93
52. 1974
    Lacombe, LucienWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • Chinatown 1974Fi1m 93
    • The Last DetailNot reviewed yet
    • Murder on the Orient ExpressNot reviewed yet
53. 1973
    Day for NightWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • The Day of the Jackal 1973Fi1m 84
    • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie)Not reviewed yet
    • Don't Look Now 1973Fi1m 90
54. 1972
    Cabaret 1972WinnerBob Fosse’s film of the stage musical keeps the songs on a tiny club stage and lets Berlin turn brown outside the door. Minnelli and Grey are extraordinary; the scenes between the numbers are not, and we do not much mind.Fi1m 88

    • A Clockwork Orange 1971Fi1m 78
    • The French Connection 1971Fi1m 85
    • The Last Picture Show 1971Fi1m 89
55. 1971
    Sunday Bloody SundayWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • The Go-BetweenNot reviewed yet
    • Death in VeniceNot reviewed yet
    • Taking OffNot reviewed yet
56. 1970
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969WinnerGeorge Roy Hill’s outlaw comedy is as easy to like as its reputation says, and Newman and Redford make it look like no work at all. It is padded in places and knows exactly how charming it is, but the chase and the ending land regardless.Fi1m 84

    • Kes 1970Fi1m 88
    • M*A*S*H 1970Fi1m 72
    • Ryan's DaughterNot reviewed yet
57. 1969
    Midnight Cowboy 1969WinnerSchlesinger’s New York is as sour as it was in 1969, and Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman make a friendship out of two men the city has no use for. The flashbacks that looked modern then have aged worst.Fi1m 85

    • Oh! What a Lovely WarNot reviewed yet
    • Women in LoveNot reviewed yet
    • Z 1969Fi1m 84
    • 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968Fi1m 92
58. 1968
    The Graduate 1967WinnerMike Nichols’s comedy about a graduate who drifts into an affair with a family friend is still funny and still sharp, and Anne Bancroft is the best thing in it. It goes softer once it stops being about her, though not by enough to spoil it.Fi1m 86
59. 1967
    A Man for All Seasons 1966WinnerFred Zinnemann’s film of Robert Bolt’s play about Thomas More and the oath he would not swear is handsome, stately and a little too sure that its hero is right. Paul Scofield keeps it honest with a performance so quiet you lean forward.Fi1m 81

    • Bonnie and Clyde 1967Fi1m 88
    • In the Heat of the Night 1967Fi1m 85
    • A Man and a WomanNot reviewed yet
    • Best FilmNot reviewed yet
60. 1966
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966WinnerMike Nichols’s first film keeps Edward Albee’s play almost whole and points Haskell Wexler’s camera at four faces for 131 minutes. It is exhausting on purpose, Elizabeth Taylor is remarkable, and it is still worth your evening, provided you have nowhere else to be.Fi1m 86

    • Doctor Zhivago 1965Fi1m 70
    • Morgan – A Suitable Case for TreatmentNot reviewed yet
    • The Spy Who Came in From The ColdNot reviewed yet
61. 1965
    My Fair Lady 1964WinnerCukor films the Lerner and Loewe musical much as it stood on stage, dressed by Cecil Beaton, with Rex Harrison exact as Higgins. It is handsome and civilised, half an hour too long, and Audrey Hepburn’s Cockney is a problem it never solves.Fi1m 76

    • HamletNot reviewed yet
    • The HillNot reviewed yet
    • The Knack ...and How to Get ItNot reviewed yet
    • Zorba the Greek 1964Fi1m 67
62. 1964
    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964WinnerStanley Kubrick’s nuclear satire is ruthlessly funny and properly frightening, with Peter Sellers finding three distinct ways to be absurd. The broadest clowning sometimes crowds the sharper jokes, but the people in charge remain horribly recognisable.Fi1m 93

    • Becket 1964Fi1m 79
    • The Pumpkin EaterNot reviewed yet
    • The TrainNot reviewed yet
63. 1963
    Tom Jones 1963WinnerTony Richardson takes Fielding’s 1749 novel and films it as though the eighteenth century were a party he had just crashed. It is lively, often funny and beautifully lit by Walter Lassally, and it runs out of puff in London.Fi1m 74

    • 8½ 1963Fi1m 86
    • Billy LiarNot reviewed yet
    • David and LisaNot reviewed yet
    • Days of Wine and RosesNot reviewed yet
    • Divorce Italian StyleNot reviewed yet
    • HudNot reviewed yet
    • Knife in the WaterNot reviewed yet
    • The Four Days of NaplesNot reviewed yet
    • The ServantNot reviewed yet
    • This Sporting LifeNot reviewed yet
    • To Kill a Mockingbird 1962Fi1m 84
64. 1962
    Lawrence of Arabia 1962WinnerDavid Lean’s desert adventure earns its length through Peter O’Toole’s unsettling performance and an extraordinary command of scale. A few speeches explain too much, but we recommend surrendering an evening to its patience and nerve.Fi1m 90

    The Hustler 1961WinnerRobert Rossen’s pool-hall drama is nearly as good as its reputation: Paul Newman has rarely been this alive, George C. Scott is quietly poisonous, and Eugen Schüfftan’s black-and-white halls look like real rooms. It says the word loser out loud a little too often.Fi1m 88

    • Last Year at MarienbadNot reviewed yet
    • Billy BuddNot reviewed yet
    • The Elusive CorporalNot reviewed yet
    • The Lady with the DogNot reviewed yet
    • The Naked IslandNot reviewed yet
    • Jules and JimNot reviewed yet
    • A Kind of LovingNot reviewed yet
    • The L-Shaped RoomNot reviewed yet
    • LolaNot reviewed yet
    • The Manchurian CandidateNot reviewed yet
    • The Miracle WorkerNot reviewed yet
    • Only Two Can PlayNot reviewed yet
    • PhaedraNot reviewed yet
    • Through a Glass DarklyNot reviewed yet
    • Thou Shalt Not KillNot reviewed yet
    • The Long AbsenceNot reviewed yet
    • West Side Story 1961Fi1m 80
65. 1961
    Ballad of a Soldier (Баллада о солдате, Ballada o soldate)WinnerNot reviewed yet

    • The Hustler 1961Fi1m 88
    • The World of ApuNot reviewed yet
    • The InnocentsNot reviewed yet
    • Judgment at Nuremberg 1961Fi1m 82
    • The Long and the Short and the TallNot reviewed yet
    • Rocco and His BrothersNot reviewed yet
    • The Sundowners 1960Fi1m 74
    • A Taste of HoneyNot reviewed yet
    • The Hole (Le Trou; US: The Night Watch)Not reviewed yet
    • Whistle Down the WindNot reviewed yet
66. 1960
    The Apartment 1960WinnerBilly Wilder’s office romance is funny, sad and unusually patient with people who ought to know better. Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine make its unhappiness matter, even when the second half takes longer than it needs.Fi1m 91

    • The 400 Blows 1959Fi1m 91
    • The Angry SilenceNot reviewed yet
    • The Adventure (L'avventura)Not reviewed yet
    • La Dolce VitaNot reviewed yet
    • Elmer Gantry 1960Fi1m 78
    • Hiroshima mon amourNot reviewed yet
    • Inherit the WindNot reviewed yet
    • Let's Make LoveNot reviewed yet
    • Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)Not reviewed yet
    • Never on SundayNot reviewed yet
    • Saturday Night and Sunday MorningNot reviewed yet
    • ShadowsNot reviewed yet
    • SpartacusNot reviewed yet
    • The Testament of OrpheusNot reviewed yet
    • The Trials of Oscar WildeNot reviewed yet
    • Tunes of GloryNot reviewed yet
67. 1959
    Ben-Hur 1959WinnerWilliam Wyler’s *Ben-Hur* earns its long evening through the chariot race and the tension between Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd. The solemn instruction needs more patience than the action ever does.Fi1m 76

    • Anatomy of a Murder 1959Fi1m 87
    • The Magician (Ansiktet)Not reviewed yet
    • The Big CountryNot reviewed yet
    • CompulsionNot reviewed yet
    • GigiNot reviewed yet
    • Look Back in AngerNot reviewed yet
    • Maigret Sets a TrapNot reviewed yet
    • North West FrontierNot reviewed yet
    • The Nun's Story 1959Fi1m 84
    • Ashes and DiamondsNot reviewed yet
    • SapphireNot reviewed yet
    • Some Like It Hot 1959Fi1m 92
    • Tiger BayNot reviewed yet
    • Yesterday's EnemyNot reviewed yet
68. 1958
    Room at the Top 1958WinnerJack Clayton’s first feature is a hard, unhurried film about a clerk who wants the boss’s daughter and falls for a married woman instead. Simone Signoret is the reason to watch it, and Laurence Harvey is the reason it is not better than very good.Fi1m 82

    Pather Panchali 1955WinnerSatyajit Ray’s rural family drama is patient, funny and deeply moving, with performances that make every generation matter. Its loose pace occasionally drifts, but the attention given to this poor household makes the time feel well spent.Fi1m 93

    • AparajitoNot reviewed yet
    • Cat on a Hot Tin RoofNot reviewed yet
    • The Defiant Ones 1958Fi1m 74
    • Ice Cold in AlexNot reviewed yet
    • IndiscreetNot reviewed yet
    • The Cranes Are FlyingNot reviewed yet
    • No Down PaymentNot reviewed yet
    • Nights of CabiriaNot reviewed yet
    • Orders to KillNot reviewed yet
    • Sea of SandNot reviewed yet
    • The SheepmanNot reviewed yet
    • Wild StrawberriesNot reviewed yet
    • The Young LionsNot reviewed yet
69. 1957
    The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957WinnerDavid Lean’s war drama earns its long running time through Alec Guinness’s quietly alarming Colonel Nicholson and patient, well-built suspense. The detours are less compelling, but the central performance is reason enough to give it an evening.Fi1m 88

    • 12 Angry Men 1957Fi1m 91
    • 3:10 to YumaNot reviewed yet
    • The Bachelor PartyNot reviewed yet
    • He Who Must DieNot reviewed yet
    • Edge of the CityNot reviewed yet
    • Heaven Knows, Mr. AllisonNot reviewed yet
    • Pather PanchaliNot reviewed yet
    • Paths of Glory 1957Fi1m 93
    • Gates of ParisNot reviewed yet
    • The Prince and the ShowgirlNot reviewed yet
    • The ShiraleeNot reviewed yet
    • That Night!Not reviewed yet
    • The Tin StarNot reviewed yet
    • A Man EscapedNot reviewed yet
    • Windom's WayNot reviewed yet
70. 1956
    GervaiseWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • Friends for LifeNot reviewed yet
    • Baby DollNot reviewed yet
    • The Battle of the River PlateNot reviewed yet
    • The Unfrocked OneNot reviewed yet
    • Guys and DollsNot reviewed yet
    • The KillingNot reviewed yet
    • The Man Who Never WasNot reviewed yet
    • The Man with the Golden ArmNot reviewed yet
    • Picnic 1955Fi1m 63
    • The GrasshopperNot reviewed yet
    • Reach for the SkyNot reviewed yet
    • Rebel Without a Cause 1955Fi1m 84
    • ShadowNot reviewed yet
    • Smiles of a Summer NightNot reviewed yet
    • A Town Like AliceNot reviewed yet
    • The Trouble with HarryNot reviewed yet
    • War and PeaceNot reviewed yet
    • Yield to the NightNot reviewed yet
71. 1955
    Richard IIIWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • Bad Day at Black RockNot reviewed yet
    • Carmen JonesNot reviewed yet
    • The Colditz StoryNot reviewed yet
    • The Dam BustersNot reviewed yet
    • East of EdenNot reviewed yet
    • The LadykillersNot reviewed yet
    • MartyNot reviewed yet
    • The Night My Number Came UpNot reviewed yet
    • The PrisonerNot reviewed yet
    • Seven Samurai 1954Fi1m 95
    • SimbaNot reviewed yet
    • La StradaNot reviewed yet
    • SummertimeNot reviewed yet
72. 1954
    The Wages of Fear 1953WinnerHenri-Georges Clouzot makes a truckload of nitroglycerine frightening enough to justify every cautious mile. We recommend this hard, patient thriller, though its long wait in town tests the nerves rather differently from the journey.Fi1m 90

    • The Caine Mutiny 1954Fi1m 76
    • Carrington V.C.Not reviewed yet
    • The Divided HeartNot reviewed yet
    • Doctor in the HouseNot reviewed yet
    • Executive SuiteNot reviewed yet
    • For Better, for WorseNot reviewed yet
    • Hobson's ChoiceNot reviewed yet
    • How to Marry a MillionaireNot reviewed yet
    • Gate of HellNot reviewed yet
    • The MaggieNot reviewed yet
    • The Moon Is BlueNot reviewed yet
    • On the Waterfront 1954Fi1m 89
    • Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia)Not reviewed yet
    • The Purple PlainNot reviewed yet
    • Rear Window 1954Fi1m 94
    • Riot in Cell Block 11Not reviewed yet
    • Robinson CrusoeNot reviewed yet
    • Romeo and JulietNot reviewed yet
    • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954Fi1m 76
73. 1953
    Forbidden GamesWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • The Bad and the BeautifulNot reviewed yet
    • Come Back, Little ShebaNot reviewed yet
    • The Cruel SeaNot reviewed yet
    • Two Cents Worth of HopeNot reviewed yet
    • From Here to Eternity 1953Fi1m 83
    • GenevieveNot reviewed yet
    • The Heart of the MatterNot reviewed yet
    • Julius Caesar 1953Fi1m 76
    • The Kidnappers (US: The Little Kidnappers)Not reviewed yet
    • LiliNot reviewed yet
    • The MediumNot reviewed yet
    • MogamboNot reviewed yet
    • Moulin Rouge 1952Fi1m 64
    • Are We All Murderers?Not reviewed yet
    • Little World of Don Camillo (Don Camillo)Not reviewed yet
    • Roman Holiday 1953Fi1m 88
    • Shane 1953Fi1m 83
    • The Sun Shines BrightNot reviewed yet
74. 1952
    The Sound BarrierWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • The African Queen 1952Fi1m 84
    • Angels One FiveNot reviewed yet
    • The Boy KumasenuNot reviewed yet
    • CarrieNot reviewed yet
    • Casque d'OrNot reviewed yet
    • Cry, the Beloved CountryNot reviewed yet
    • Death of a SalesmanNot reviewed yet
    • LimelightNot reviewed yet
    • MandyNot reviewed yet
    • Miracle in MilanNot reviewed yet
    • The Young and the DamnedNot reviewed yet
    • Outcast of the IslandsNot reviewed yet
    • RashomonNot reviewed yet
    • The RiverNot reviewed yet
    • Singin' in the Rain 1952Fi1m 93
    • A Streetcar Named Desire 1951Fi1m 88
    • Viva Zapata!Not reviewed yet
75. 1951
    La RondeWinnerNot reviewed yet

    • An American in Paris 1951Fi1m 76
    • The Browning VersionNot reviewed yet
    • Detective StoryNot reviewed yet
    • Sunday in AugustNot reviewed yet
    • Fourteen HoursNot reviewed yet
    • Miss JulieNot reviewed yet
    • The Lavender Hill MobNot reviewed yet
    • The Magic Box (1951)Not reviewed yet
    • The Magic GardenNot reviewed yet
    • The Man in the White SuitNot reviewed yet
    • No Resting PlaceNot reviewed yet
    • The Red Badge of CourageNot reviewed yet
    • The Small MiracleNot reviewed yet
    • The Sound of FuryNot reviewed yet
    • A Walk in the SunNot reviewed yet
    • White CorridorsNot reviewed yet
    • Edward and CarolineNot reviewed yet
76. 1950
    All About Eve 1950WinnerJoseph L. Mankiewicz’s theatre satire is cruelly funny, with Bette Davis making Margo Channing’s vanity unexpectedly moving. The flashback structure can feel stiff, but the writing and performances make this company worth keeping for 139 minutes.Fi1m 90

    • The Asphalt JungleNot reviewed yet
    • Beauty and the DevilNot reviewed yet
    • Intruder in the DustNot reviewed yet
    • The MenNot reviewed yet
    • On the TownNot reviewed yet
    • Orphée (US: Orpheus)Not reviewed yet
    • Bicycle Thieves 1948Fi1m 92
77. 1949
    Bicycle Thieves 1948WinnerVittorio De Sica’s drama about a father and son searching for a stolen bicycle is painfully affecting. The music presses too hard, but the performances make its account of poverty difficult to shake.Fi1m 92

    The Best Years of Our Lives 1946WinnerWilliam Wyler’s drama about three servicemen coming home to one small town is long, patient and as good as anything Hollywood made about the war it had just fought. The wife written as a villain is its one cheap note.Fi1m 90

    • The Berliner (Berliner Ballade)Not reviewed yet
    • The Last StageNot reviewed yet
    • The Set-UpNot reviewed yet
    • The Third Man 1949Fi1m 92
    • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948Fi1m 88
    • The WindowNot reviewed yet
78. 1948
    Hamlet 1948WinnerOlivier’s black-and-white Hamlet strips the play to a family in a castle and sends Desmond Dickinson’s camera prowling through it. It is handsome, chilling and superbly spoken; it is a prince of forty in a film that insists he cannot make up his mind.Fi1m 84

    • Crossfire 1947Fi1m 77
    • The Fallen IdolNot reviewed yet
    • Monsieur VincentNot reviewed yet
    • The Naked CityNot reviewed yet
    • PaisanNot reviewed yet
    • Four Steps in the CloudsNot reviewed yet
79. 1947
    The Best Years of Our Lives 1946WinnerWilliam Wyler’s drama about three servicemen coming home to one small town is long, patient and as good as anything Hollywood made about the war it had just fought. The wife written as a villain is its one cheap note.Fi1m 90