Films of the year:
1915: The Birth of a Nation
1916:
1917:
1918:
1919:
1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1921:
1922: Nosferatu
1923:
1924: Greed, Sherlock Jr
1925: The Gold Rush
1926: The General
1927: Sunrise, Metropolis
1928: The Fall of the House of Usher
1929: Un Chien Andalou
1930:
1931: City Lights, Dracula, Frankenstein
1932: The Mummy, The Most Dangerous Game
1933: King Kong
1934: It Happened One Night, The Man Who Knew Too Much
1935: The 39 Steps, The Bride of Frankenstein
1936: Modern Times
1937: The Awful Truth, The Prisoner of Zenda
1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Lady Vanishes, Bringing Up Baby
1939: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Gunga Din, Only Angels Have Wings
1940: The Great Dictator, Pinocchio, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Foreign Correspondent,
1941: Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon
1942: Casablanca, The Magnificent Ambersons, Cat People, Saboteur
1943: Shadow of a Doubt
1944: Double Indemnity, To Have and Have Not, Laura, Arsenic and Old Lace
1945: Detour, Spellbound
1946: Notorious, A Matter of Life and Death, The Big Sleep,
1947: Out of the Past, The Lady From Shanghai
1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Rope, Drunken Angel, Bicycle Thieves
1949: The Third Man, Stray Dog,
1950: Sunset Blvd., In a Lonely Place, Rashoman, Gun Crazy
1951: Ace in the Hole, Strangers on a Train
1952: Ikiru
1953:
1954: The Seven Samurai, Rear Window, On the Waterfront, Dial M For Murder, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
1955: To Catch a Thief, The Trouble With Harry, Rififi, Killer's Kiss
1956: The Killing, The Man Who Knew Too Much
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Paths of Glory, The Curse of Frankenstein
1958: Vertigo
1959: The 400 Blows, North By Northwest
1960: The Apartment, Psycho, Shoot the Piano Player, Breathless, Peeping Tom, Spartacus
1961: Yojimbo
1962: Lawrence of Arabia, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, Dr. No, Jules and Jim, Liberty Valence
1963: From Russia With Love, 8½, Charade
1964: Dr. Strangelove, Goldfinger, A Fistful of Dollars, A Shot in the Dark, Marnie, The Pink Panther
1965: For a Few Dollars More, The Hill, The I.P.C.R.E.S.S. File, Doctor Zhivago, Thunderball
1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1967: You Only Live Twice, Bonnie and Clyde, Belle De Jour, Casino Royale, Le Samourai, Point Blank
1968: 2001, Once Upon a Time in the West, Bullitt, Planet of the Apes, Witchfinder General
1969: The Wild Bunch, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
1970: Ryan's Daughter, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Conformist
1971: A Clockwork Orange, THX-1138, Once Upon a Time…the Revolution, Duel, The French Connection, Straw Dogs, Get Carter, The Last Picture Show
1972: The Godfather, Solaris, Frenzy
1973: Live and Let Die, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Mean Streets, Don’t Look Now, The Wicker Man
1974: Chinatown, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Parallax View
1975: Barry Lyndon, Jaws, The Man Who Would Be King, The Yakuza, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976: Taxi Driver, Network
1977: Star Wars, The Spy Who Loved Me
1978: Superman
1979: Apocalypse Now, Being There, Life of Brian, Manhattan
1980: The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Road Warrior
1982: Blade Runner, The Verdict
1983: Return of the Jedi, The King of Comedy
1984: Once Upon a Time in America, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985: To Live and Die in L.A., After Hours
1986: Hannah and Her Sisters
1987: Full Metal Jacket, The Living Daylights
1988: Grave of the Fireflies
1989: The Killer, Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990: The Hunt For Red October
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1992: Batman Returns, Hard Boiled
1993: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, The Age of Innocence
1994: The Shawshank Redemption
1995: Casino, Batman Forever, GoldenEye
1996: Hamlet, Mission Impossible
1997: Jackie Brown, Hana-bi
1998: Ronin, Dark City, Croupier
1999: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead, The Matrix, The World Is Not Enough
2000: Gladiator is the most well made of the bunch.
2001:
2002: The Quiet American
2003:
2004:
2005: Kingdom of Heaven, The Constant Gardener, Good Night and Good Luck
2006: Tell No One
2007: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
2008: In Bruges
2009:
2010: The American, The Ghost Writer
2011: