1. Badlands Terrence Malick (1973)
2. The Maltese Falcon John Huston (1941)
3. The Great McGinty Preston Sturges (1940)
4. Story of a Love Affair Michelangelo Antonioni (1950)
5. Force of Evil Abraham Polonsky (1948)
6. Blue Collar Paul Schrader (1978)
7. Accattone Pier Paolo Pasolini (1961)
8. I Shot Jesse James Samuel Fuller (1949)
9. Variety Lights Federico Fellini (1950)
10. Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks (1983)
11. Say Anything… Cameron Crowe (1989)
12. Mauvaise Graine Billy Wilder & Alexander Esway (1934)
13. The Road to Glory Howard Hawks (1926)
14. Fingers James Toback (1978)
15. Lord Love a Duck George Axelrod (1966)
16. You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
17. Hard Times Walter Hill (1975)
18. The Iron Giant Brad Bird (1999)
19. Sixteen Candles John Hughes (1984)
20. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Michael Cimino (1974)
