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*Unreleased in the U.S. till mid-1997, when the list was compiled by the magazine. Many of these films are now available stateside, though many still aren't. (Needless to say, I don't agree with all of the rankings and selections.) 
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PART ONE 

1. NOUVELLE VAGUE 
Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland/France 90 439 points 

2. LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF 
Leos Carax, France 91 433 

3. AND LIFE GOES ON 
Abbas Kiarostami, Iran 92 425 

4. COLD WATER 
Olivier Assayas, France 94 386 

5. DRIFTING CLOUDS 
Aki Kaurismaki, Finland 96 385 

6. BEYOND THE CLOUDS 
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy/France/Germany 95 341 

7. CLOSE-UP 
Abbas Kiarostami, Iran 90 337 

8. THE PUPPET MASTER 
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan 93 327 

9. QUINCE TREE SUN/DREAM OF LIGHT 
Victor Erice, Spain, 92 322 

10. THE VALLEY OF ABRAHAM 
Manuel de Oliveira, Portugal 93 306 

11. GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE 
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japan/Taiwan 96 255 

12. BULLET IN THE HEAD 
John Woo, Hong Kong 90 253 

13. THE SUSPENDED STEP OF THE STORK 
Theo Angelopoulos, Greece 91 236 

14. A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY 
Edward Yang, Taiwan 91 226 

15. ASHES OF TIME 
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong 94 204 

16. A SUMMER'S TALE 
Eric Rohmer, France 96 196 

17. DAYS OF BEING WILD 
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong 91 187 

18. VOICES OF THE MOON 
Federico Fellini, Italy 90 184 

19. ACTRESS 
Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong 91 175 

20. MADADAYO 
Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 93 174 

21. LE GARÇU 
Maurice Pialat, France 95 171 

22. FALLEN ANGELS 
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong 96 167 

23. PETITS ARRANGEMENTS AVEC LES MORTS 
Pascale Ferran, France 94 153 

24. SMOKING/NO SMOKING 
Alain Resnais, France 94 146 

25. A MOMENT OF INNOCENCE 
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran 96 145 

26. SALAAM CINEMA 
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran 95 145 

27. D'EST 
Chantal Akerman, France/Belgium/Portugal 93 141 

28. LISBON STORY 
Wim Wenders, Germany 94 138 

29. WHISPERING PAGES 
Alexandr Sokurov, Russia/Germany 135 

30. THE TROUBLES WE'VE SEEN 
Marcel Ophuls, France 94 133 

31. BOILING POINT 
Takeshi Kitano, Japan 90 129 

32. GOOD MEN, GOOD WOMEN 
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan 95 126 

33. ON THE BEAT 
Ning Ying, China 95 126 

34. THE WOMAN OF THE PORT 
Arturo Ripstein, Mexico 91 125 

35. JEANNE LA PUCELLE 
Jacques Rivette, France 94 122 

36. A NEW LIFE 
Olivier Assayas, France 93 115 

37. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL AT THE END OF THE 1960s 
Chantal Akerman, France 94 109 

38. REBELS OF THE NEON GOD 
Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan 93 105 

39. FRESH BAIT 
Bertrand Tavernier, France 94 104 

40. I DON'T KISS 
André Téchiné, France 92 104 

41. AUTUMN MOON 
Clara Law, Hong Kong/Japan 92 97 

42. DARK SIDE OF THE HEART 
Eliseo Subiela, Argentina 92 97 

43. PRETTY VILLAGE, PRETTY FLAMES 
Srdjan Dragojevic, Serbia 96 93 

44. MAHJONG 
Edward Yang, Taiwan 96 90 

45. GOD'S COMEDY 
Joao César Monteiro, Portugal 95 88 

46. DEATH OF A NEOPOLITAN MATHEMATICIAN 
Mario Martone, Italy 92 85 

47. THE BRANCHES OF THE TREE 
Satyajit Ray, India 90 83 

48. NO, OR THE VAIN GLORY OF COMMAND 
Manuel de Oliveira, Portugal 90 83 

49. A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION 
Edward Yang, Taiwan 95 80 

50. QUEEN OF THE NIGHT 
Arturo Ripstein, Mexico 94 79