Canonical List

⏰Time Out's 100 Best Films of All Time

Time Out's poll of world-renowned critics and filmmakers — a ranked 100

88 matched films

#1
2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

19688.3

Stanley Kubrick

AdventureSci-FiAuteur
8.3
#2
The Godfather

The Godfather

19729.2

Francis Ford Coppola

CrimeDramaAuteur
9.2
#3
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

19418.2

Orson Welles

DramaMystery
8.2
#4
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

19757.5

Chantal Akerman

DramaAuteur
7.5
#5
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

19818.4

Steven Spielberg

ActionAdventure
8.4
#6
La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita

La dolce vita

19608.0

Federico Fellini

ComedyDramaAuteur
8.0
#7
Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

Shichinin no samurai

19548.6

Akira Kurosawa

ActionDramaAuteur
8.6
#8
In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love

Fa yeung nin wah

20008.0

Wong Kar-Wai

DramaRomanceAuteur
8.0
#9
There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

20078.2

Paul Thomas Anderson

DramaAuteur
8.2
#10
Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

19528.3

Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

ComedyMusicalRomance
8.3
#11
GoodFellas

GoodFellas

19908.7

Martin Scorsese

BiographyCrimeDramaAuteur
Prime
Prime
8.7
#12
North by Northwest

North by Northwest

19598.3

Alfred Hitchcock

AdventureDramaMystery
8.3
#13
Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Dr.

20017.9

David Lynch

DramaMysteryThrillerAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
7.9
#14
Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves

Ladri di biciclette

19488.2

Vittorio De Sica

DramaAuteur
8.2
#15
The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

20089.1

Christopher Nolan

ActionCrimeDrama
NFXMax
NFXMax
9.1
#16
City Lights

City Lights

19318.5

Charles Chaplin

ComedyDramaRomance
Max
Max
8.5
#17
Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion

La grande illusion

19378.1

Jean Renoir

DramaWar
8.1
#18
His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

19407.8

Howard Hawks

ComedyDramaRomance
7.8
#19
The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

19488.1

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

DramaMusicRomance
8.1
#20
Vertigo

Vertigo

19588.2

Alfred Hitchcock

MysteryRomanceThriller
8.2
#22
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

19557.6

John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan

ComedyDramaWar
7.6
#23
Persona

Persona

19668.0

Ingmar Bergman

DramaThrillerAuteur
8.0
#24
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

19897.9

Spike Lee

ComedyDramaAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
7.9
#25
Rashomon

Rashomon

Rashômon

19508.1

Akira Kurosawa

CrimeDramaMysteryAuteur
8.1
#26
The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game

La règle du jeu

19397.9

Jean Renoir

ComedyDrama
7.9
#27
Jaws

Jaws

19758.1

Steven Spielberg

AdventureHorrorThriller
8.1
#28
Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

19448.3

Billy Wilder

CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
8.3
#29
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

Les quatre cents coups

19598.0

François Truffaut

CrimeDramaAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
8.0
#30
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars

19778.6

George Lucas

ActionAdventureFantasy
D+
D+
8.6
#31
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

19288.1

Carl Theodor Dreyer

BiographyDramaHistoryAuteur
8.1
#32
Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

C'era una volta il West

19688.5

Sergio Leone

DramaWestern
8.5
#33
Alien

Alien

19798.5

Ridley Scott

HorrorSci-FiAuteur
D+
D+
8.5
#34
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

Tôkyô monogatari

19538.1

Yasujirô Ozu

Drama
8.1
#35
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

19948.8
CrimeDrama
8.8
#36
The Truman Show

The Truman Show

19988.2

Peter Weir

ComedyDrama
NFX
NFX
8.2
#37
Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

19628.3

David Lean

AdventureBiographyDrama
MUBI
MUBI
8.3
#38
Psycho

Psycho

19608.5

Alfred Hitchcock

DramaHorrorMystery
8.5
#39
Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

Sanshô dayû

19548.3

Kenji Mizoguchi

Drama
8.3
#40
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

Andrey Rublyov

19668.0

Andrei Tarkovsky

BiographyDramaHistoryAuteur
8.0
#41
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Les parapluies de Cherbourg

19647.8

Jacques Demy

DramaMusicalRomance
7.8
#42
Chinatown

Chinatown

19748.1

Roman Polanski

DramaMysteryThriller
8.1
#43
The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal

Det sjunde inseglet

19578.1

Ingmar Bergman

DramaFantasyAuteur
8.1
#44
Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

20037.7

Sofia Coppola

ComedyDramaAuteur
NFX
NFX
7.7
#45
Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

19768.2

Martin Scorsese

CrimeDramaAuteur
8.2
#46
Spirited Away

Spirited Away

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

20018.6
AdventureAnimationFamily
NFX
NFX
8.6
#48
Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin

Bronenosets Potyomkin

19257.9

Sergei Eisenstein

DramaHistoryThrillerAuteur
7.9
#49
Modern Times

Modern Times

19368.5

Charles Chaplin

ComedyDramaRomance
Max
Max
8.5
#50
Breathless

Breathless

À bout de souffle

19607.6

Jean-Luc Godard

CrimeDramaAuteur
7.6
#51
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

19648.3

Stanley Kubrick

ComedyWarAuteur
8.3
#52
M

M

M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

19318.3

Fritz Lang

CrimeMysteryThriller
8.3
#53
Blade Runner

Blade Runner

19828.1

Ridley Scott

ActionDramaSci-FiAuteur
PrimeMax
PrimeMax
8.1
#54
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant

19727.5

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

DramaRomanceAuteur
7.5
#55
Rome, Open City

Rome, Open City

Roma città aperta

19458.0

Roberto Rossellini

DramaThrillerWar
8.0
#58
Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road

20158.1

George Miller

ActionAdventureSci-Fi
Prime
Prime
8.1
#59
Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

19798.4

Francis Ford Coppola

DramaMysteryWarAuteur
MUBI
MUBI
8.4
#60
Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

20057.7

Ang Lee

DramaRomance
7.7
#63
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

19767.9

Alan J. Pakula

DramaHistoryThriller
7.9
#64
Pather Panchali

Pather Panchali

19558.2

Satyajit Ray

DramaHistoryAuteur
8.2
#65
The General

The General

19268.1

Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

ActionAdventureComedy
8.1
#66
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

20048.3

Michel Gondry

DramaRomanceSci-Fi
Prime
Prime
8.3
#68
Come and See

Come and See

Idi i smotri

19858.3

Elem Klimov

DramaThrillerWarAuteur
8.3
#69
Heat

Heat

19958.3

Michael Mann

ActionCrimeDrama
NFX
NFX
8.3
#70
The Shining

The Shining

19808.4

Stanley Kubrick

DramaHorrorAuteur
8.4
#71
Toy Story

Toy Story

19958.3
AdventureAnimationComedy
D+
D+
8.3
#73
A Woman Under the Influence

A Woman Under the Influence

19748.0

John Cassavetes

DramaRomance
8.0
#75
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

19598.2

Billy Wilder

ComedyMusicRomance
Prime
Prime
8.2
#76
Metropolis

Metropolis

19278.2

Fritz Lang

DramaSci-Fi
MUBI
MUBI
8.2
#77
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

19417.9

John Huston

CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
7.9
#78
This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

19847.9
ComedyMusic
7.9
#79
It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

19348.1

Frank Capra

ComedyRomance
8.1
#80
Die Hard

Die Hard

19888.2

John McTiernan

ActionThriller
D+
D+
8.2
#81
The Conformist

The Conformist

Il conformista

19707.9

Bernardo Bertolucci

Drama
7.9
#82
The Thing

The Thing

19828.2
HorrorMysterySci-Fi
8.2
#85
Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

19758.1

Stanley Kubrick

AdventureDramaWarAuteur
8.1
#86
Raging Bull

Raging Bull

19808.1

Martin Scorsese

BiographyDramaSportAuteur
8.1
#87
Seven

Seven

Se7en

19958.6

David Fincher

CrimeDramaMystery
8.6
#88
Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

19727.8

Werner Herzog

ActionAdventureBiographyAuteur
7.8
#89
The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers

La battaglia di Algeri

19668.1

Gillo Pontecorvo

DramaWar
8.1
#90
No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

20078.2

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

CrimeDramaThriller
8.2
#91
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

19887.5

Pedro Almodóvar

ComedyDramaAuteur
7.5
#92
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie

19727.7

Luis Buñuel

ComedyDramaFantasyAuteur
7.7
#93
Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

19578.4

Stanley Kubrick

DramaWarAuteur
8.4
#94
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

19968.0

Mike Leigh

ComedyDramaAuteur
8.0
#95
Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

19578.0

Alexander Mackendrick

DramaFilm-Noir
8.0
#96
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

19208.0

Robert Wiene

HorrorMysteryThriller
MUBI
MUBI
8.0
#97
Nashville

Nashville

19757.6

Robert Altman

ComedyDramaMusic
7.6
#99
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

19677.7

Arthur Penn

ActionBiographyCrime
7.7
#100
Get Out

Get Out

20177.8

Jordan Peele

HorrorMysteryThriller
Prime
Prime
7.8