1954

1. Chikamatsu monogatari / Tale of the Crucified Lovers - Kenji Mizoguchi ; Japan
2. Johnny Guitar - Nicholas Ray ; U.S.
3. Sansho dayu / Sansho the Bailiff - Kenji Mizoguchi ; Japan
4. Shichinin no samurai / The Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa ; Japan
5. Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock ; U.S.
6. Las Aventures de Robinson Crusoe - Luis Buñuel ; Mexico added 1/18/05
7. Bangiku / Late Crysanthemums - Mikio Naruse ; Japan added 4/19/05
8. Human Desire - Fritz Lang ; U.S. added 4/12/05
9. Abismos de pasion / Wuthering Heights - Luis Buñuel ; Mexico
10. La Strada - Federico Fellini ; Italy
11. The Long, Long, Trailer - Vincent Minnelli ; U.S. added 4/08/05
12. The Barefoot Contessa - Joseph Mankiewicz ; Italy/U.S.
13. The Far Country - Anthony Mann ; U.S.
14. Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai I - Hiroshi Inagaki ; Japan
15. Magnificent Obsession - Douglas Sirk ; U.S.
16. A Star is Born - George Cukor ; U.S.
17. Dial 'M' for Murder - Alfred Hitchcock ; U.S.
18. The Caine Mutiny - Edward Dmytryk ; U.S.
19. Sabrina - Billy Wilder ; U.S.
20. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Richard Fleischer ; U.S.
21. Vera Cruz - Robert Aldrich ; U.S.
22. Creature from the Black Lagoon - Jack Arnold ; U.S.