1997

1. Nous sommes tours encore ici / We're Still Here - Anne-Marie Miéville added 11/18/04
2. He liu / The River - Ming-Liang Tsai ; Taiwan added 02/27/06
3. Hana-bi / Fireworks - Takeshi Kitano ; Japan
4. Mononoke-hime / Princess Mononoke - Hayao Miyazaki ; Japan
5. Lost Highway - David Lynch ; U.S.
6. Kyua / Cure - Kiyoshi Kurosawa ; Japan added 7/22/05
7. Grosse Point Blank - George Armitage ; U.S.
8. Funny Games - Michael Haneke ; Austria added Jan. 08
9. Ta'm e guilass / Taste of Cherry - Abbas Kiarostami ; Iran
10. Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson ; U.S.
11. Cinéma de notre temps: Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman - Chantal Akerman ; France (tv) added 06/01/06
12. Cheun gwong tsa sit / Happy Together - Wong Kar-Wai ; Hong Kong
13. The Ice Storm - Ang Lee ; U.S.
14. Unagi / The Eel - Shohei Imamura ; Japan
15. Jackie Brown - Quentin Tarantino ; U.S.
16. Mr. Jealousy - Noah Baumbach ; U.S.
17. Bacheha-Ye aseman / Children of Heaven - Majid Majidi ; Iran added 05/31/06
18. Gattaca - Andrew Niccol ; U.S.
19. End of Evangelion - Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki ; Japan
20. Evangelion: Death & Rebirth - Hideaki Anno ; Japan
21. The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan ; U.S.
22. Little Dieter Needs to Fly - Werner Herzog ; Germany/U.S.
23. The Swindle - Claude Chabrol ; France
24. L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson ; U.S.
25. Starship Troopers - Paul Verhoeven ; U.S.
26. The Man Who Knew Too Little - Jon Amiel ; U.S./Germany
27. The Game - David Fincher ; U.S.
28. The Big One - Michael Moore ; U.S.
29. Face/Off - John Woo ; U.S.
30. Contact - Robert Zemeckis ; U.S.
31. L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson ; U.S.
32. Cop Land - James Mangold ; U.S.
33. Alien: Resurrection - Jean-Pierre Jeunet ; U.S.
34. Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch - Toby Keeler ; U.S. added 03/06/06
35. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - Clint Eastwood ; U.S.
36. Cube - Vincenzo Natali ; Canada
37. Absolute Power - Clint Eastwood ; U.S.
38. The Fifth Element - Luc Besson ; France/U.S.
39. Mimic - Guillermo Del Toro ; U.S.
40. Good Will Hunting - Gus Van Sant ; U.S>
41. Nightwatch - Ole Bordenal ; U.S.
42. Wag the Dog - Barry Levinson ; U.S.
43. The Rainmaker - Francis Ford Coppolla ; U.S.
44. La Vita e bella / Life is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni ; Italy
45. The Saint - Phillip Noyce ; U.S.
46. Air Force One - Wolfgang Petersen ; Germany/U.S.
47. Con Air - Simon West ; U.S.
48. Men in Black - Barry Sonnenfeld ; U.S.
49. Scream 2 - Wes Craven ; U.S.
50. Nowhere - Gregg Araki ; U.S./France
51. The Devil's Own - Alan J. Pakula ; U.S.
52. As Good As It Get's - James L. Brooks ; U.S.
53. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Jay Roach ; U.S.
54. Tomorrow Never Dies - Roger Spottiswoode ; UK/U.S.
55. Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith ; U.S.
56. Conspiracy Theory - Richard Donner ; U.S.
57. Titanic - James Cameron ; U.S.
58. Breakdown - Jonathan Mostow ; U.S.
59. The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Steven Spielberg ; U.S.
60. The Devil's Advocate - Taylor Hackford ; U.S.