1. A Prayer Before Dawn, 2017 (violent)

2. American Sniper, 2014

3. Arrival, 2016

4. Atomic Blonde, 2017

5. Before Sunrise (trilogy), 1995–2013

6. Birdman, 2014

7. Blade Runner 2049, 2017

8. Casino Royale, 2006

9. Children of Men, 2006

10. The Diving Bell & Butterfly, 2007

11. Eastern Promises, 2007

12. End of Watch, 2012

13. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004

14. Ex Machina, 2014

15. Fury, 2014

16. Her, 2013

17. Inglourious Basterds, 2009

18. The Killer, 2023

19. Layer Cake, 2004

20. Lost in Translation, 2003

21. Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015

22. Margin Call, 2011

23. Moneyball, 2011

24. My Octopus Teacher, 2020

25. No Country for Old Men, 2007

26. Perfect Sense, 2011

27. Prisoners, 2013

28. The Dark Knight, 2008

29. The Knight of Cups, 2015

30. The Prestige, 2006

31. The Revenant, 2015

32. Secretary, 2002

33. Sicario, 2015

34. The Social Network, 2010

35. Southpaw, 2015

36. Spy Game, 2001

37. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006

38. Up, 2009

39. The Wolf of Wall Street, 2013

40. The Wrestler, 2008

41. Zero Dark Thirty, 2012

42. Zodiac, 2007

Honorable mention: 

The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2005; A Good Year, 2006; El Secreto de Sus Ojos, 2009; Find Me Guilty, 2006; Hell or High Water, 2016; Ocean’s Eleven, 2001: Oldboy, 2005; Stranger Than Fiction, 2006; The Departed, 2006; The Dreamers, 2003; The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2013; The Master, 2012: The Nice Guys, 2016; The Tree of Life, 2011; Whiplash, 2013