This list appeared on a recent poll over at Reddit. Just one sampling, naturally, but I liked the results and thought I’d share them over here.

1. El laberinto del fauno – Pan’s Labyrinth  2006
2. Oldeuboi – Oldboy  2003
3. Cidade de Deus – City of God  2002
4. Shichinin no samurai – Seven Samurai  1954
5. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain – Amélie  2001
6. Låt den rätte komma in – Let The Right One In  2008
7. Das Leben der Anderen – The Lives of Others  2006
8. Det sjunde inseglet – The Seventh Seal  1957
9. Rashômon – Rashomon  1950
10. M  1931
11. Batoru Rowaiaru – Battle Royale 2000
12. 8½ 1963
13. Das Boot – The Boat 1981
14. Lola Rennt – Run Lola Run
15. Der Untergang – Downfall 2004
16. Ladri di biciclette – Bicycle Thieves 1948
17. La Haine 1995
18. Yôjinbô – Yojimbo 1961
19. Stalker 1979
20. La vita è bella – Life is Beautiful 1997
21. Ran (1985)
22. Fa yeung nin wa – In the Mood for Love 2000
23. Kung fu – Kung Fu Hustle 2004
24. Persona 1966
25. Wo hu cang long – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000
26. Solyaris – Solaris 1972
27. À bout de souffle – Breathless 1960
28. Yip Man – Ip Man 2008
29. La battaglia di Algeri – The Battle of Algiers 1966
30. Smultronstället – Wild Strawberries 1957
31. Y Tu Mamá También 2001
32. Fanny och Alexander – Fanny and Alexander 1982
33. Les quatre cents coups – The 400 Blows 1959
34. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes – Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972
35. La Dolce Vita 1960
36. Ikiru 1952
37. Bronenosets Potyomkin – Battleship Potemkin 1925
38. Serbuan maut – The Raid: Redemption 2011
39. Jodaeiye Nader az Simin – A Separation 2011
40. Chungking Express 1994
41. Vals Im Bashir – Waltz with Bashir 2008
42. Mou gaan dou – Infernal Affairs 2002
43. Amores Perros 2000
44. Trois couleurs: Rouge – Three Colors: Red 1994
45. [Rec] 2007
46. Män som hatar kvinnor – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 2009
47. Delicatessen 1991
48. The Intouchables 2011
49. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)
50. Tôkyô Monogatari – Tokyo Story 1953
51. Amour 2012
52. Yīngxióng – Hero 2002
53. Un prophète – A Prophet 2009
54. Trois couleurs: Bleu – Three Colors: Blue 1993
55. Andrey Rublyov – Andrei Rublev 1966
56. Good Bye Lenin! 2003
57. La Règle du Jeu – The Rules of the Game 1939
58. Persépolis – 2007
59. Ong-bak 2003
60. Akmareul boatda – I Saw The Devil 2010
61. Pierrot le Fou 1965
62. El Orfanato – The Orphanage 2007
63. Lat sau san taam – Hard Boiled 1992
64. Trois couleurs: Blanc – Three Colors: White 1994
65. Das weiße Band – The White Ribbon 2009
66. Le Samouraï – The Samurai (1967)
67. Der Himmel über Berlin – Wings of Desire 1987
68. Irréversible – Irreversible 2002
69. Caché – Hidden 2005
70. Salinui Chueok – Memories of Murder 2003
71. La cité des enfants perdus – City of Lost Children 1995
72. La Strada 1954
73. Le scaphandre et le papillon – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
74. Idi i smotri – Come and See 1985
75. Los cronocrímenes – Timecrimes 2007
76. El secreto de sus ojos – The Secret In Their Eyes 2010
77. Hiroshima mon amour 1959
78. Les Diaboliques – Diabolique 1955
79. Tengoku to jigoku – High and Low 1963
80. Le Salaire de la peur – The Wages of Fear 1953
81. Goemul – The Host 2006
82. harakiri – 1962
83. Festen – The Celebration 1998
84. Kumonosu-jô – Throne of Blood 1957
85. La Grande Illusion – Grand Illusion 1937
86. Jungfrukällan – The Virgin Spring 1960
87. L’Armees des ombres – Army of Shadows 1969
88. Jo-eun nom nappeun nom isanghan nom – The Good, The Bad, The Weird 2008
89. Kakushi-toride no san-akunin – The Hidden Fortress 1958
90. Tropa de Elite 2 – O Inimigo Agora É Outro – Elite Squad 2 -The Enemy Within 2010
91. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
92. Jui kuen II – Legend of Drunken Master 1994
93. Diarios de motocicleta – The Motorcycle Diaries 2004
94. 2046 (2004)
95. Belle de Jour 1967
96. Tsubaki Sanjûrô – Sanjuro 1962
97. Roma, città aperta – Rome, Open City 1945
98. Boksuneun Naui Geot – Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002
99. Zerkalo – The Mirror 1975
100. Dekalog – The Decalogue 1989

I’ve seen a number of these, but most of them look fascinating. I’ll be keeping my eye out.

The Old Wolf has spoken.