Beyond the Canon (2009)

Beyond the Canon is essentially a greatest films poll, only without the greatest films. I challenged a number of dedicated film-lovers – critics, bloggers, filmmakers, IMDbers; professional, amateur, and in-between – to select up to 100 films that they believed to have been under-represented by film history, that meant more to them than the established, well-exposed classics. The full results (including individual lists) can be found here.

The top 100:
  1. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  2. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
  3. The Killing (1956)
  4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  5. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
  6. In the Mood for Love (2000)
  7. The Thin Red Line (1998)
  8. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
  9. F for Fake (1974)
  10. Pickup on South Street (1953)
  11. The King of Comedy (1982)
  12. Groundhog Day (1993)
  13. Laura (1944)
  14. Cat People (1942)
  15. The Long Goodbye (1973)
  16. Ace in the Hole (1951)
  17. Suspiria (1977)
  18. Eraserhead (1977)
  19. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
  20. Gun Crazy (1950)
  21. The Tenant (1976)
  22. Marnie (1964)
  23. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  24. Detour (1945)
  25. Faust (1926)
  26. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
  27. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
  28. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
  29. Miller's Crossing (1990)
  30. Jackie Brown (1997)
  31. Magnolia (1999)
  32. Memento (2000)
  33. The Green Ray (1986)
  34. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
  35. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
  36. Faces (1968)
  37. The Army in the Shadows (1969)
  38. The Innocents (1961)
  39. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  40. All the President's Men (1976)
  41. Ed Wood (1994)
  42. Being John Malkovich (1999)
  43. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
  44. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
  45. Alice in the Cities (1974)
  46. Killer of Sheep (1977)
  47. A Blonde in Love (1965)
  48. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
  49. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
  50. Love and Death (1975)
  51. Dead Ringers (1988)
  52. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
  53. Videodrome (1983)
  54. Breaking the Waves (1996)
  55. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  56. Mad Max 2 (1981)
  57. The Big Lebowski (1998)
  58. Edvard Munch (1974)
  59. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
  60. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
  61. Beau Travail (1999)
  62. Branded to Kill (1967)
  63. The Black Cat (1934)
  64. Theorem (1968)
  65. Cure (1997)
  66. The Red Desert (1964)
  67. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
  68. Nostalgia (1983)
  69. Seconds (1966)
  70. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
  71. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
  72. Bande à Part (1964)
  73. High and Low (1963)
  74. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
  75. Les Diaboliques (1955)
  76. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  77. The 39 Steps (1935)
  78. The Player (1992)
  79. My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
  80. Rope (1948)
  81. Talk to Her (2002)
  82. Before Sunrise (1995)
  83. Lost Highway (1997)
  84. Halloween (1978)
  85. Starship Troopers (1997)
  86. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
  87. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
  88. Shock Corridor (1963)
  89. Written on the Wind (1956)
  90. 3 Women (1977)
  91. The Band Wagon (1953)
  92. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
  93. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
  94. Night and Fog (1955)
  95. Shoot the Pianist (1960)
  96. Point Blank (1967)
  97. The Big Heat (1953)
  98. Top Hat (1935)
  99. Walkabout (1971)
  100. Stardust Memories (1980)
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