| 1 | The Godfather Francis Ford Coppola (1972) DramaCrime | | | | | | | |
| 2 | 12 Angry Men Sidney Lumet (1957) Drama | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa (1954) ActionDrama | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Schindler's List Steven Spielberg (1993) DramaHistoryWar | | | | | | | |
| 5 | The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola (1974) DramaCrime | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock (1954) ThrillerMystery | | | | | | | |
| 7 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Sergio Leone (1966) Western | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Grave of the Fireflies Isao Takahata (1988) AnimationDramaWar | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki (2001) AnimationFamilyFantasy | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Casablanca Michael Curtiz (1943) DramaRomance | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Singin' in the Rain Stanley Donen (1952) ComedyRomance | | | | | | | |
| 12 | GoodFellas Martin Scorsese (1990) DramaCrime | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Psycho Alfred Hitchcock (1960) HorrorThrillerMystery | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Parasite Bong Joon Ho (2019) ComedyThrillerDrama | | | | | | | |
| 15 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson (2001) AdventureFantasyAction | | | | | | | |
| 16 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson (2003) AdventureFantasyAction | | | | | | | |
| 17 | The Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont (1994) DramaCrime | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Modern Times Charlie Chaplin (1936) ComedyDramaRomance | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino (1994) ThrillerCrimeComedyDrama | | | | | | | |
| 20 | City Lights Charlie Chaplin (1931) ComedyRomanceDrama | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman (1982) FantasyDramaMystery | | | | | | | |
| 22 | M Fritz Lang (1931) DramaThrillerCrime | | | | | - | - | |
| 23 | Ikiru Akira Kurosawa (1952) Drama | | | | | | | |
| 24 | All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950) Drama | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Ran Akira Kurosawa (1985) ActionDramaHistory | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé (2023) MusicDocumentary | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Fax Bahr (1991) Documentary | | | | | | - | |
| 28 | The Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo (1966) DramaWarHistory | | | | | | | |
| 29 | A Separation Asghar Farhadi (2011) Drama | | | | | | | |
| 30 | The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan (2008) DramaActionCrimeThriller | | | | | | | |
| 31 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson (2002) AdventureFantasyAction | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Sunset Boulevard Billy Wilder (1950) Drama | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Nights of Cabiria Federico Fellini (1957) Drama | | | | | - | - | |
| 34 | La Haine Mathieu Kassovitz (1995) Drama | | | | | - | - | |
| 35 | Double Indemnity Billy Wilder (1944) CrimeThriller | | | | | | | |
| 36 | Lawrence of Arabia David Lean (1962) AdventureHistoryWar | | | | | | | |
| 37 | The Passion of Joan of Arc Carl Theodor Dreyer (1928) DramaHistory | | | | | | | |
| 38 | Bicycle Thieves Vittorio De Sica (1948) Drama | | | | | - | - | |
| 39 | Toy Story John Lasseter (1995) AnimationAdventureFamilyComedy | | | | | | | |
| 40 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Stanley Kubrick (1964) ComedyWar | | | | | | | |
| 41 | On the Waterfront Elia Kazan (1954) CrimeDramaRomance | | | | | | | |
| 42 | It's a Wonderful Life Frank Capra (1946) DramaFamilyFantasy | | | | | | | |
| 43 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston (1948) AdventureDramaWestern | | | | | | | |
| 44 | Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick (1957) WarDramaHistory | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Metropolis Fritz Lang (1927) DramaScience Fiction | | | | | | | |
| 46 | North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock (1959) MysteryThrillerAdventure | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Hoop Dreams Steve James (1994) Documentary | | | | | | | |
| 48 | The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner (1980) AdventureActionScience Fiction | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Rashomon Akira Kurosawa (1950) CrimeDramaMystery | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro (2006) FantasyDramaWar | | | | | | | |