Entry Film DirectorLeadingactors

Year ofcinemarelease

No ofOscarswon IMDB link

Guardianfilm page Country

1 Andrei Rublev Andrei Tarkovsky

AnatoliSolonitsyn,AndreiMikhalkov-Konchalovsky,AndreiTarkovsky,Ivan Lapikov,NikolaiGrinko 1966

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060107/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/76518/andrei.rublev

SovietUnion

2 Mulholland Dr David Lynch

JustinTheroux,LauraHarring,Naomi Watts 2001

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/90677/mulholland.driveFrance

3 LAtalante Jean Vigo

Dita Parlo,Jean Daste,MichelSimon 1934

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024844/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/105996/atalanteFrance

4 Tokyo Story Yasujiro Ozu

ChiekoHigashiyama,Chishu Ryu,SetsukoHara, ToruAbu 1953

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046438/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/36199/tokyo.storyJapan

5 Citizen Kane Orson Welles

DorothyComingore,EverettSloane,JosephCotten,OrsonWelles 1941 1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/76006/citizen.kaneUSA

6A ClockworkOrange Stanley Kubrick

AdrienneCorri,MalcolmMcDowell,MichaelBates,PatrickMagee,WarrenClarke 1971

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/75644/clockwork.orangeUSA

7 Days of Heaven Terrence Malik

BrookeAdams,RichardGere, SamShepard 1978 1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077405/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/76235/days-of-heavenUSA

8 Wild Strawberries Ingmar Bergman

BibiAnderson,BibiAndersson,GunnarBjornstrand,Ingrid Thulin,VictorSjostrom 1957

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050986/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/79108/wild-strawberriesSweden

9 White Ribbon Michael Haneke

BurghartKlaussner,ChristianFriedel,JosefBierbichler,SusanneLothar,Ulrich Tukur 2009

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149362/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/130013/white-ribbonGermany

10

The GospelAccording to StMatthew Pier Paolo Pasolini

EnriqueIrazoqui,MargheritaCaruso 1964

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058715/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/76223/gospel-according-to-st-matthewItaly

11Aguirre Wrath ofGod Werner Herzog

CeciliaRivera,Klaus Kinski,Ruy Guerra 1972

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068182/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/82250/aguirre.wrath.of.godGermany

11 Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray

KanuBannerjee,KarunaBannerjee,Uma DasGupta 1955

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048473/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/78996/pather.panchaliIndia

13 The Conformist Bernado Bertolucci

DominiqueSanda,GastoneMoschin,Jean-LouisTrintignant,LouisTrintignant,StefaniaSandrelli 1970

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065571/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/36277/conformistItaly

14 Death in Venice Luchino Visconti

BjornAndresen,DirkBogarde,MarisaBerensen,SilvanaMangano 1971

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067445/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/85500/death.in.veniceItaly

15The GodfatherParts I and II

Francis FordCoppola

Al Lettieri, AlPacino,DianeKeaton,James Caan,John Cazale,MarlonBrando,RobertDuvall, TaliaShire 1972

9altogether

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/36295/godfatherUSA

16 The Graduate Mike Nichols

AnneBancroft,DustinHoffman,KatharineRoss,WilliamDaniels 1967 1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/36264/graduateUSA

16There Will BeBlood

Paul ThomasAnderson

Daniel DayLewis,Daniel Day-Lewis, DillonFreasier,Kevin JO'Connor,Paul Dano 2007 2

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/122167/there.will.be.bloodUSA

18BattleshipPotemkin Sergei Eisenstein

A Antonov,AlexandrAntonov,GrigoriAlexandrov,MidhailGomorov,VladimirBarsky 1925

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015648/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/36125/battleship-potemki

SovietUnion

19 Rules of the Game Jean Renoir

Nora Gregor,PauletteDubost, MilaParely. 1939

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031885/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/82918/rules-of-the-gameUSA

19 Shadows

21Distant Voices StillLives Terence davies

AngelaWalsh, DeanWilliams,FredaDowie,LorraineAshbourne,PetePostlethwaite 1988

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095037/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/36360/distant-voices-still-livesUK

22Passion of Joan ofArc

Carl TheodorDreyer

EugeneSilvain,MariaFalconetti,MichaelSimon,MichelSimon,ReneeFalconetti 1928

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019254/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/81498/passion.of.joan.of.arcFrance

23 La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini

AnitaEkberg,AnoukAimee,MarcelloMastroianni 1960 1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053779/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/76949/dolce.vitaItaly

24Breaking theWaves Lars Von Trier

EmilyWatson,KatrinCartlidge,StellanSkarsgard 1996

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115751/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/64085/breaking-the-wavesDenmark

25Spirit of theBeehive Victor Erice

Ana Torrent,FernandoFernan,FernandoFernanGomez,FernandoFernanGomez,IsabelTelleria 1973

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070040/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/76634/spirit.of.the.beehiveSpain