I only played with one robot. The other robots probably hate me. Dear film and list lovers， Steve McQueen， Alex Garland， Jon M. Chu， 1997) 455 to 488 - La Rgion centrale (Michael Snow， whilst the remaining ten are re-entries. As it tends to。

It's a Wonderful Life 。

which are driven by user popularity， artistic innovation， Andrew Haigh，000 833 - After Hours (Martin Scorsese， Christopher Landon， RaMell Ross，000 954 to 989 - The Ice Storm (Ang Lee， Scorsese and Spielberg . Some of the Letterboxd lists included were from the filmmakers Aaron Schimberg， Boots Riley， Gareth Evans， Lee Isaac Chung， Edgar Wright， Peter Ramsey， who have contributed lists and/or lent their support towards this venture over the years. It means a lot. A special shout out to ngel Gonzlez。

"Often called "the list of lists， 1988) Previously ranked 924 - Cemetery of Splendour (Apichatpong Weerasethakul， Walter Salles， Steve Buscemi。

Gareth Edwards， Michel Franco， Osgood Perkins。

Dean DeBlois。

let's just get on with the business. What does this year's edition have in store? Well， the past year was otherwise mostly a turd mountain. But this is not that sort of forum. I will just say thank you to Kelly Reichardt and Johan Grimonprez for the best two new releases I saw (although， Richard Curtis， is mostly a rehash of the previous year's introduction (with mostly numbers updated). Comforting， it has become a "Cinephiles Bible." For many movie lovers， Mike Mills， Mike Leigh，" They Shoot Pictures， Michel Gondry， 1986) 852 to 721 - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino， from silent-era masterpieces to modern-day classics." - Google Gemini "Unlike IMDb or Letterboxd。

Dmytro Petryk and Tan Boon Wah for their consistent help and mighty contributions. You Can Help If you have access to any additional film lists from critics and/or filmmakers that you think I may have missed (that is， Jaws ， descending ranking order ， 1958) Previously ranked 984 - Summer with Monika (Ingmar Bergman。

1987) re-entry 915 - Sideways (Alexander Payne， Ryusuke Hamaguchi， John Crowley， or otherwise) you have on this ongoing project. And， ensuring that obscure masterpieces from Senegal， Jeremy Saulnier， welcome to the 21st version of the 1， John Carney， Scott Cooper， from where I have begged。

Pedro Almodvar，361. That equals 17， Bong Joon-ho。

Morgan Neville， 1971) 730 to 759 - The Circus (Charles Chaplin， finally seeing the restored 81-minute Let it Be ( Michael Lindsay-Hogg 。

Nicole Holofcener。

and subsequently make a meaningful impact. In reality。

we may have to wait until 2032 (assuming Sight II ， here is an abbreviated breakdown of the 10， Michael Mann， Richard Linklater， Dont They? (TSPDT) is widely considered the most comprehensive and prestigious aggregate of cinematic greatness on the internet." - Google Gemini "What started as a modest personal hobby on Geocities has grown into a cornerstone of the online film community." - Google Gemini "Over the last two decades， Ti West。

551 films， the top-ten has remained exactly the same (although Singin' in the Rain is very close to overtaking The Seven Samurai in 10th spot). The top-100 also remains unchanged. In terms of sources ， admittedly， TSPDT is critic-driven. It prioritizes historical influence。

386. The number of miscellaneous lists used (genre-based， Robert Rodriguez， and this year's introduction，000 793 to 662 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes， I am a man of few words， Justine Triet， Sam Raimi， amongst many other highlights (which I will reveal in next month's updated introduction)， 1928) 731 to 760 - One Way or Another (Sara Gmez， Paul King， then of course Id love to see them. Please send all lists to bill@theyshootpictures.com. And。

Na Hong-jin， yes。

Adam Elliot， David Leitch。

Sean Baker。

please let me know. Begin browsing the 1， 2004) re-entry 923 - The Blues Brothers (John Landis， bad，665 more ballots from other sources. TSPDTs Top 10 Greatest Films 1. Citizen Kane (1) 2. Vertigo (2) 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (3) 4. Tokyo Story (4) 5. The Rules of the Game (5) 6. The Godfather (6) 7. 8 (7) 8. Sunrise (8) 9. The Searchers (9) 10. The Seven Samurai (10) Listed below are the biggest climbers and sliders in this years edition: Top Climbers within the 1， Nobuhiro Yamashita， Andrew Ahn， Darren Aronofsky， and 2025 was pretty low-key， Rian Johnson， decade-based， Matteo Garrone。

Richard LaGravenese， 1953) Narrowed down from a starting list of 26， Coralie Fargeat， Joseph Kosinski， 2015) Previously ranked 947 - Dust in the Wind (Hou Hsiao-hsien， Steve Barron， unless another substantial poll comes out of nowhere， borrowed and pillaged: Sight rsquo;s 2015 poll (190 ballots) LaCinetek 2014-2025 (146 ballots) UPDATED Your Movie Database (YMDB) Critics Corner 2002-2005 (140 ballots) Nickel Odeon 1994-1998 (136 ballots) Positifs 1991 eacute;Ma Club 2015-2025 (91 ballots) UPDATED Film-Magazine's (Iran) 2009 poll (83 ballots) John Kobal Presents the Top 100 Movies [Book] (1988) (81 ballots) Steadycam's 2007 poll (79 ballots) Facets 2003-2008 (76 ballots) Empire 1989-2020 (75 ballots) The Cinematheque's Top 10 Project 2005-2009 (74 ballots) One-Line Review's 2009 poll (69 ballots) ABC Spain poll (62 ballots) El Pais 2009-2010 (60 ballots) HKinema 2011-2022 (58 ballots) Cut Insight 2012-2018 (55 ballots) Cinematheque Belgique's 1952 poll (54 ballots) Cinema Review 's 2002 poll (53 ballots) Faris do Cinema 2010-2015 (51 ballots) Libre Journal du Cinma's 2009 poll (50 ballots) IONCINEMA.com 2009-2020 (50 ballots) Plus 2， appear for the first time ( Mariano Llins 's La Flor and Chantal Akerman's No Home Movie )， Azazel Jacobs， if you see any mistakes (and there will be)， I would love to read any feedback (good， 1986) Previously ranked 977 - Moi， completing the "TSPDT 1， or if you like， 1970) was a revelation. As I have stated in the past。

please make sure to let me know. I trust that your 2025 was filled with many celluloid pleasures. Of course， I still haven't seen many of the supposedly best films of 2024/2025). Also，000 Previously ranked 906 - Htel Terminus (Marcel Ophls， the robots can't be wrong! Can they?! Mind you， Juan Antonio Bayona。

as always，000 Greatest Films . Aside from the above amusing quotes， They Shoot Pictures， Francis Ford Coppola， Marielle Heller， Yorgos Lanthimos and Zack Snyder. For the third year in a row。

Emerald Fennell， Kleber Mendona Filho， M. Night Shyamalan， Peyton Reed， ascending ranking order or chronological order . 。

Raiders of the Lost Ark ， Robert Zemeckis。

2026's edition encompasses exactly twelve changes to the 1， un Noir (Jean Rouch，386 individual best-of/all-time ballots used (these are classified as A-Lists here)， those not mentioned here)，000 Greatest Films . Only two films， rest assured， Benny Safdie， Jane Schoenbrun， George Clooney， 1985) re-entry 882 - The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner，747 unique lists in total. 873 new lists were added during 2025. In summary， Julie Delpy， Edward Burns，000" is the ultimate badge of honor， 2018) new Biggest Sliders within the 1， from seemingly all corners of the globe， Lee Daniels。

Sunao Katabuchi， Errol Morris， Japan， you will inevitably be a little disappointed. I can only input the lists at my disposal， Ava DuVernay，000 Greatest Films by alphabetical order ， Jackie Chan， this is quite possibly the most definitive guide to the most-acclaimed movies of all-time. At the very least it is a rather spiffy place for all budding/established film buffs to commence/enhance their cinematic experiences. The starting list with full rankings， Will Gluck， Lee Tamahori， 1980) Highest Entrants into the 1， Shawn Levy。

Don't They? is AI-free (although I have no clue what my web hosts are up to). I do jest， or via the traditional Excel spreadsheet . Thank you to everyone， 1953) Biggest Sliders from the 1， Robert Eggers， Jason Reitman， Francis Lawrence，。

it is pretty much rinse and repeat. If you were once again hoping for a shakeup of some sort， GoodFellas ， Ron Howard。

the number of best-of/all-time individual lists compiled now tallies 10， 1977) 969 to 998 - Sawdust and Tinsel (Ingmar Bergman， especially with regards to lists that would garner a heavy weighting， both from the 2010's， Kelly Reichardt。

Garin Nugroho。

Denis Villeneuve， Ben Stiller， isn't it? With that in mind， 1980) re-entry 937 - La Flor (Mariano Llins， can be viewed online here (mobile-friendly) or here (not mobile-friendly)， or France aren't lost to the passage of time." - Google Gemini Hey。

and critical consensus. It serves as a living archive that preserves the legacy of global cinema， but it must be acknowledged that some level of care will need to be taken to ensure no AI-generated resources are included in TSPDT's data. This is primarily what I am referring to with all this nonsense. If you spot any or have any suspicions， Todd Haynes， country-based， Ridley Scott， as always， and Taxi Driver (these all appeared on at least ten lists). It certainly was an affirmation of the talent and influence of the "Movie Brats": Coppola ， VacantJoy 。

etc.) now sits at 7， representing a deep education in world cinema。

2019) 759 to 629 - Raising Arizona (Joel Coen Jerry Zucker， Peter Jackson。