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To keep some stability to this project, I'm working from the Top 250 as listed at IMDb on the day I made a copy of the entire list. Naturally there have been changes since, though the list does stay remarkably stable.
I've kept an eye open for changes and have noticed that the following films have made the list, if only briefly. Some quickly left it again while others have found a firm home there. Because of their often transitory nature I can't guarantee that these are all the new entries but they are all the ones I have noticed.
They seem to fit easily into three categories: recent English language films (made no earlier than 2003), foreign language films both new and old, and a smattering of classics.
All three categories are understandable. Great films aren't exclusive to the past and there are future classics being released all the time. Many of these are now coming from other countries, as many believe that Hollywood has almost entirely lost the plot nowadays. Finally some of the older classics are finally getting enough votes to qualify for inclusion in this list.
Rating System | 1 - Abysmal | 2 - Bad | 3 - Poor | 4 - OK | 5 - Good | 6 - Excellent | 7 - Classic
English Language Classics | |||||
Title |
Year |
H |
D |
Director |
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Sherlock, Jr |
1924 |
7 |
Buster Keaton |
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Frankenstein |
1931 |
7 |
7 |
James Whale |
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The Lady Vanishes |
1938 |
7 |
6 |
Alfred Hitchcock |
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The Ox-Bow Incident |
1943 |
7 |
William A Wellman |
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To Have and Have Not |
1944 |
7 |
7 |
Howard Hawks |
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Brief Encounter |
1945 |
7 |
David Lean |
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The Lost Weekend |
1945 |
7 |
Billy Wilder |
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Great Expectations |
1946 |
David Lean |
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Out of the Past |
1947 |
7 |
7 |
Jacques Tourneur |
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Rope |
1948 |
4 |
5 |
Alfred Hitchcock |
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Ace in the Hole |
1951 |
6 |
Billy Wilder |
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Dial M for Murder |
1954 |
7 |
7 |
Alfred Hitchcock |
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Sweet Smell of Success |
1957 |
7 |
7 |
Alexander Mackendrick |
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Anatomy of a Murder |
1959 |
6 |
6 |
Otto Preminger |
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Inherit the Wind |
1960 |
Stanley Kramer |
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Doctor Zhivago |
1965 |
David Lean |
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A Man for All Seasons |
1966 |
7 |
Fred Zinnemann |
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In Cold Blood |
1967 |
7 |
7 |
Richard Brooks |
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Rosemary's Baby |
1968 |
Roman Polanski |
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Harold and Maude |
1971 |
7 |
Hal Ashby |
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Barry Lyndon |
1975 |
6 |
Stanley Kubrick |
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The Man Who Would Be King |
1975 |
John Huston |
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The Thing |
1982 |
7 |
7 |
John Carpenter |
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Scarface |
1983 |
5 |
Brian De Palma |
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Recent English Language Films | |||||
Title |
Year |
H |
D |
Director |
|
The Last Samurai |
2003 |
6 |
5 |
Edward Zwick |
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Touching the Void |
2003 |
Kevin Macdonald |
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Before Sunset |
2004 |
Richard Linklater |
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Crash |
2004 |
Paul Haggis |
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Finding Neverland |
2004 |
5 |
6 |
Marc Forster |
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Garden State |
2004 |
Zach Braff |
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Hotel Rwanda |
2004 |
Terry George |
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The Incredibles |
2004 |
7 |
6 |
Brad Bird |
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Million Dollar Baby |
2004 |
Clint Eastwood |
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Shaun of the Dead |
2004 |
6 |
6 |
Edgar Wright |
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Sideways |
2004 |
Alexander Payne |
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Batman Begins |
2005 |
6 |
6 |
Christopher Nolan |
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Brokeback Mountain |
2005 |
Ang Lee |
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Cinderella Man |
2005 |
Ron Howard |
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King Kong |
2005 |
7 |
7 |
Peter Jackson |
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Serenity |
2005 |
7 |
6 |
Joss Whedon |
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Sin City |
2005 |
7 |
7 |
Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller & Quentin Tarantino |
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
2005 |
4 |
5 |
George Lucas |
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Walk the Line |
2005 |
6 |
6 |
James Mangold |
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Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
2005 |
Steve Box & Nick Park |
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300 |
2006 |
6 |
7 |
Zack Snyder |
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Blood Diamond |
2006 |
6 |
Edward Zwick |
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Borat |
2006 |
Larry Charles |
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Casino Royale |
2006 |
Martin Campbell |
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Children of Men |
2006 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
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The Departed |
2006 |
7 |
6 |
Martin Scorsese |
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Little Miss Sunshine |
2006 |
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris |
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The Prestige |
2006 |
7 |
7 |
Christopher Nolan |
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United 93 |
2006 |
Paul Greengrass |
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V for Vendetta |
2006 |
7 |
6 |
James McTeague |
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3:10 to Yuma |
2007 |
James Mangold |
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American Gangster |
2007 |
5 |
5 |
Ridley Scott |
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The Bourne Ultimatum |
2007 |
Paul Greengrass |
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Grindhouse |
2007 |
Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino et al |
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Hot Fuzz |
2007 |
6 |
6 |
Edgar Wright |
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Into the Wild |
2007 |
Sean Penn |
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Juno |
2007 |
Jason Reitman |
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No Country for Old Men |
2007 |
Ethan & Joel Coen |
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Ratatouille |
2007 |
6 |
6 |
Brad Bird |
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The Simpsons Movie |
2007 |
5 |
David Silverman |
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Stardust |
2007 |
7 |
7 |
Matthew Vaughn |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
2007 |
5 |
6 |
Matthew Vaughn |
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Superbad |
2007 |
Greg Mottola |
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There Will Be Blood |
2007 |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
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Transformers |
2007 |
Michael Bay |
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Zodiac |
2007 |
David Fincher |
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Iron Man |
2008 |
6 |
6 |
Jon Favreau |
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Foreign Language Films | |||||
Title |
Year |
H |
D |
Director |
English Title |
Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari |
1920 |
7 |
Robert Wiene |
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari |
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La Belle et la Bete |
1945 |
7 |
7 |
Jean Cocteau |
Beauty and the Beast |
Umberto D |
1952 |
7 |
6 |
Vittorio De Sica |
Umberto D |
Le Salaire de la peur |
1953 |
7 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
The Wages of Fear |
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Du rififi chez les hommes |
1955 |
7 |
7 |
Jules Dassin |
Rififi |
Les Diaboliques |
1955 |
7 |
7 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
The Devils |
Kumonosu Jo |
1957 |
5 |
5 |
Akira Kurosawa |
Throne of Blood |
La Notti di Cabiria |
1957 |
Federico Fellini |
Nights of Cabiria |
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Kakushi-toride no san-akunin |
1958 |
Akira Kurosawa |
The Hidden Fortress |
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A Bout de Souffle |
1960 |
5 |
Jean Luc Godard |
Breathless |
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El Angel Exterminador |
1962 |
7 |
Luis Bunuel |
The Exterminating Angel |
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Seppuku |
1962 |
Masaki Kobayashi |
Harikiri |
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Tengoku to Jigoku |
1963 |
Akira Kurosawa |
High and Low |
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La Battaglia di Algeri |
1965 |
7 |
Gillo Pontecorvo |
The Battle of Algiers |
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Per Qualche Dollar in Piu |
1965 |
Sergio Leone |
For a Few Dollars More |
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Z |
1969 |
Costa-Gavras |
Z |
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Aguirre, der zorn Gottes |
1972 |
7 |
7 |
Werner Herzog |
Aguirre, the Wrath of God |
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie |
1972 |
Luis Bunuel |
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie |
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Solyaris |
1972 |
Andrei Tarkovsky |
Solaris |
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Stalker |
1979 |
Andrei Tarkovsky |
Stalker |
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Idi i Smotri |
1985 |
Elem Klimov |
Come and See |
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Tenku No Shiro Rapyuta |
1986 |
7 |
7 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
Castle in the Sky |
Der Himmel Uber Berlin |
1987 |
7 |
7 |
Werner Herzog |
Wings of Desire |
Tonari No Totoro |
1988 |
7 |
7 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
My Neighbour Totoro |
La Haine |
1995 |
7 |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
Hate |
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Central do Brasil |
1998 |
Walter Salles |
Central Station |
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Fa Yeung Nin Wa |
2000 |
6 |
6 |
Wong Kar Wai |
In the Mood for Love |
No Man's Land |
2001 |
Danis Tanovic |
No Man's Land |
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Lilja 4-ever |
2002 |
Lukas Moodysson |
Lilya 4-ever |
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Mou gaan dou |
2002 |
7 |
7 |
Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak |
Infernal Affairs |
Bon Yeoreum Gaeul Gyeoul Geurigo Bom |
2003 |
Ki-Duk Kim |
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring |
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Oldboy |
2003 |
Chan-Wook Park |
Oldboy |
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Diarios de Motocicleta |
2004 |
Walter Salles |
The Motorcycle Diaries |
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Hauru no ugoku shiro |
2004 |
7 |
7 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
Howl's Moving Castle |
Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles |
2004 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
A Very Long Engagement |
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Mar Adentro |
2004 |
Alejandro Amenabar |
The Sea Inside |
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La Meglio Gioventu |
2004 |
Marco Tullio Giordana |
The Best of Youth |
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Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo |
2004 |
6 |
Je-Gyu Kang |
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War |
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Der Untergang |
2004 |
Oliver Hirschbiegel |
Downfall |
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El Laberinto del Fauno |
2006 |
7 |
7 |
Guillermo del Toro |
Pan's Labyrinth |
Das Leben der Anderen |
2006 |
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
The Lives of Others |
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Letters from Iwo Jima |
2006 |
Clint Eastwood |
Letters from Iwo Jima |
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Last updated: 12 Jun 2008
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