Roughly alphabetically by title:
- 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), directed by Cristian Mungiu
- 35 rhums (35 Shots of Rum), dir. Claire Denis
- 36 vues du Pic Saint Loup (Around a Small Mountain), dir. Jacques Rivette
- 42nd Street, dir. Lloyd Bacon
- 7915 km, dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- Adam’s Rib, dir. George Cukor
- Age of Consent, dir. Michael Powell
- Al di là delle nuvole (Beyond the Clouds), dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
- Les amants (The Lovers), dir. Louis Malle
- Amor pedestre (Love Afoot), dir. Marcel Fabre
- An Education, dir. Lone Scherfig
- Anvil! The Story of Anvil, dir. Sacha Gervasi
- ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- Avatar, dir. James Cameron
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (The Baader Meinhof Complex), dir. Uli Edel
- Baby Face, dir. Alfred E. Green
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, dir. Werner Herzog
- The Bad Seed, dir. Mervyn LeRoy
- Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (Ballad of the Little Soldier), dir. Werner Herzog
- Berlin Alexanderplatz, dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Berlin Alexanderplatz, dir. Phil Jutzi
- Boom, dir. Joseph Losey
- The Breakfast Club, dir. John Hughes
- Brüno, dir. Larry Charles
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, dir. John Krasinski
- By Candlelight, dir. James Whale
- Cerný Petr (Black Peter), dir Miloš Forman
- The Charge of the Light Brigade, dir. Tony Richardson
- La cifra impar (Odd Number), dir. Manuel Antin
- Cold Souls, dir. Sophie Barthes
- Cortázar (Celestial Clockwork), dir. Tristán Bauer
- Dames, dir. Ray Enright
- Des pieds et des mains (Feet and Hands), dir. Jacques Feyder & Gaston Ravel
- Desk Set, dir. Walter Lang
- Detour, dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
- Les diaboliques, dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
- District 9, dir. Neill Blomkamp
- Il divo, dir. Paolo Sorrentino
- The Divorcée, dir. Robert Z. Leonard
- Donald Judd’s Marfa, Texas, dir. Christopher Felver
- Dracula, dir. Tod Browning
- L’École des facteurs, dir. Jacques Tati
- ゆきゆきて、神軍 (The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On), dir. Kazuo Hara
- Entre les murs (The Class), dir. Laurent Cantet
- Excelsior, dir. Luca Comerio
- Fados, dir. Carlos Saura
- Fait-divers (A Collection of Facts), dir. Claude Autant-Lara
- Fantômas – À l’ombre de la guillotine, dir. Louis Feuillade
- Fast, Cheap & out of Control, dir. Errol Morris
- La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- Food, Inc., dir. Robert Kenner
- Footlight Parade, dir. Lloyd Bacon
- Frauennot – Frauenglück (Misery and Fortune of Women), dir. Sergei M. Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov
- A Free Soul, dir. Clarence Brown
- The Gang’s All Here, dir. Busby Berkeley
- Gasherbrum – Der leuchtende Berg (The Dark Glow of the Mountains), dir. Werner Herzog
- Gods and Monsters, dir. Bill Condon
- Gold Diggers in Paris, dir. Busby Berkeley
- Gold Diggers of 1933, dir. Mervyn LeRoy
- Gold Diggers of 1935, dir. Busby Berkeley
- Gold Diggers of 1937, dir. Lloyd Bacon
- Gomorra, dir. Matteo Garrone
- Hallelujah, I’m a Bum!, dir. Lewis Milestone
- The Hangover, dir. Todd Phillips
- Hapax Legomenon I: (nostalgia), dir. Hollis Frampton
- Hapax Legomenon II: Poetic Justice, dir. Hollis Frampton
- Hapax Legomenon III: Critical Mass, dir. Hollis Frampton
- Hapax Legomenon IV: Traveling Matte, dir. Hollis Frampton
- Hapax Legomenon V: Ordinary Matter, dir. Hollis Frampton
- Hapax Legomenon VI: Remote Control, dir. Hollis Frampton
- Hapax Legomenon VII: Special Effects, dir. Hollis Frampton
- Happy-Go-Lucky, dir. Mike Leigh
- Hollywood Hotel, dir. Busby Berkeley
- The Impatient Maiden, dir. James Whale
- In a Lonely Place, dir. Nicholas Ray
- In the Loop, dir. Armando Iannucci
- The Informant!, dir. Steven Soderbergh
- The Invisible Man, dir. James Whale
- It Happened One Night, dir. Frank Captra
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, dir. Chantal Akerman
- Jerichow, dir. Christian Petzold
- Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring), dir. Ingmar Bergman
- Kika, dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- Kiss of the Spider Woman, dir. Hector Babenco
- Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), dir. Tomas Alfredson
- La ley del deseo (Law of Desire), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- Libeled Lady, dir. Jack Conway
- Love Story 2050, dir. Harry Baweja
- Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl (The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl), dir. Ray Müller
- Made in U.S.A., dir. Jean-Luc Godard
- Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker (Precautions against Fanatics), dir. Werner Herzog
- Medicine for Melancholy, dir. Barry Jenkins
- Mentiras piadosas (Made Up Memories), dir. Diego Sabanés
- Model Shop, dir. Jacques Demy
- Mon oncle, dir. Jacques Tati
- La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman), dir. Lucrecia Martel
- Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- My Dinner with Andre, dir. Louis Malle
- My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, dir. Werner Herzog
- Night Nurse, dir. William A. Wellman
- The Nightmare before Christmas, dir. Henry Selick
- Nosotros, los pobres, dir. Ismael Rodríguez
- Now, Voyager, dir. Irving Rapper
- Of Time and the City, dir. Terrence Davies
- The Old Dark House, dir. James Whale
- Olympia, dir. Leni Riefenstahl
- Out of the Past, dir. Jacques Tourneur
- La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, dir. Tim Burton
- Le plaisir, dir. Max Ophuls
- Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea, dir. Chris Metzler & Jeff Springer
- Plastic Bag, dir. Ramin Bahrani
- The Postman Always Rings Twice, dir. Tay Garnett
- Pretty in Pink, dir. Howard Deutch
- The Public Enemy, dir. William A. Wellman
- Pull My Daisy, dir. Robert Frank & Alfred Leslie
- ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (What Have I Done to Deserve This?), dir. Pedro Almodóvar
- ¡Que viva México!, dir. Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei M. Eisenstein
- Rebel without a Cause, dir. Nicholas Ray
- Red-Headed Woman, dir. Jack Conway
- Return to Oz, dir. Walter Murch
- Revolutionary Road, dir. Sam Mendes
- Ricky, dir. François Ozon
- Romance sentimentale, dir. Sergei M. Eisenstein
- Salesman, dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin
- Sarabande & Winter, dir. Nathaniel Dorsky
- A Serious Man, dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
- Singin’ in the Rain, dir. Stanley Donen
- Sinners in Paradise, dir. James Whale
- Sixteen Candles, dir. John Hughes
- Standard Operating Procedure, dir. Errol Morris
- Stramilano, dir. Corrado D’Errico
- Taking Off, dir Miloš Forman
- Thaïs, dir. Anton Giulio Bragaglia
- The Third Generation (Die dritte Generation), dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- The Times of Harvey Milk, dir. Rob Epstein
- The Toe Tactic, dir. Emily Hubley
- The Wrestler, dir. Darren Aronofsky
- Theater of War, dir. John Walter
- Tokyo!, dir. Michel Gondry, Leos Carax & Bong Joon-Ho
- Tony Manero, dir. Pablo Larrain
- Tout la mémoire du monde, dir. Alain Resnais
- Two-Lane Blacktop, dir. Monte Hellman
- Uncle Buck, dir. John Hughes
- Up in the Air, dir. Jason Reitman
- Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holiday), dir. Jacques Tati
- Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders), dir. Jaromil Jireš
- Vampyr, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Varsity Show, dir. William Keighley
- Velocità, dir. Tina Cordero, Guido Martina & Pippo Oriani
- Vivre sa vie, dir. Jean-Luc Godard
- Waterloo Bridge, dir. James Whale
- Wendy and Lucy, dir. Kelly Reichardt
- Where the Boys Are, dir. Henry Levin
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dir. Mike Nichols
- Wife Versus Secretary, dir. Clarence Brown
- Wonder Bar, dir. Lloyd Bacon
- Wristcutters: A Love Story, dir. Goran Dukić
- Y tu mamá también, dir. Alfonso Cuarón
- Year One, dir. Harold Ramis
- You Can’t Take It with You, dir. Frank Capra
- Zazie dans le métro, dir. Louis Malle
- Ziegfeld Follies, dir. Lemuel Ayers et al.
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