🎦 for cinephiles: MUBI's top 1000 films

highest rated films of all time on MUBI. the list is compiled of 1000 films worldwide, and the total live action films from all MDL countries is just under 100. they are ordered here by their ranking on MUBI when added then readjusted occasionally. (anime at the end!)

► some titles link to kanopy and/or hoopla, which are free streaming services with no ads accessible through participating public libraries and universities. they have titles that can't be found elsewhere but there's a limit to "borrowing" (i've seen 4 titles per month for each service but ymmv). this is meant to be a last resort because it's only free for the end user - the library is still being charged. (film quarterly article about this) ◄

source: The MUBI Top 1000 {that list is updated weekly, this list is updated periodically (last checked on 12-25-2023). notes reflect ranking at some point in the past.}

also see ~ MUBI's top 50 films 1990-2023 | IFF LGBT films | more of my custom lists

cw: for warnings on anything you may find disturbing or offensive (depictions of queerphobias, discrimination, shaming, violence, or other triggering content), please check tags* on the title's page, user reviews, and/or Does the Dog Die (although not all titles are there). [*click "Vote or add tags" to see all - but this will include spoilers.]

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1. In the Mood for Love

Hong Kong Movie - 2000

8.0
2. Seven Samurai

Japanese Movie - 1954

10
3. So Long, My Son

Chinese Movie - 2019

12=
♦ directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
4. Drive My Car

Japanese Movie - 2021

10
5. Chungking Express

Hong Kong Movie - 1994

10
6. Ran

Japanese Movie - 1985

4.0

36/
7. Tokyo Story

Japanese Movie - 1953

10
8. Harakiri

Japanese Movie - 1962

42/
9. Parasite

Korean Movie - 2019

9.0
10. Sweet Bean

Japanese Movie - 2015
11. Happy Together

Hong Kong Movie - 1997

9.0
12. The Handmaiden

Korean Movie - 2016
13. Rashomon

Japanese Movie - 1950
14. The Recorder Exam

Korean Movie - 2011

103=
28m short film
15. Ikiru

Japanese Movie - 1952

6.0
16. Woman in the Dunes

Japanese Movie - 1964

111/
► kanopy (w/library card) | youtube (multiple) ◄
17. Sansho the Bailiff

Japanese Movie - 1954

113/
18. Fallen Angels

Hong Kong Movie - 1995
19. Memories of Murder

Korean Movie - 2003

138=
20. Shoplifters

Japanese Movie - 2018

10
21. Funeral Parade of Roses

Japanese Movie - 1969

156/
22. Ugetsu Monogatari

Japanese Movie - 1953
23. High and Low

Japanese Movie - 1963

171/
24. Late Spring

Japanese Movie - 1949

8.0

172/
♦ written by Ozu Yasujiro & Noda Kogo | directed by Ozu Yasujiro
► max | youtube | kanopy (w/library card) | amazon (fandor sub, rent, or buy) | youtube (fandor sub) ◄
25. Yi Yi

Taiwanese Movie - 2000

4.0

173/
26. Old Boy

Korean Movie - 2003

190=
27. Decision to Leave

Korean Movie - 2022
28. Microhabitat

Korean Movie - 2018
29. Yojimbo

Japanese Movie - 1961

8.0
30. Like Father, Like Son

Japanese Movie - 2013
31. The Bacchus Lady

Korean Movie - 2016

250/
32. A Brighter Summer Day

Taiwanese Movie - 1991

263/
33. 2046

Hong Kong Movie - 2004

8.0
34. Tokyo Sonata

Japanese Movie - 2008

307/
35. Throne of Blood

Japanese Movie - 1957
36. Nobody Knows

Japanese Movie - 2004

10
37. Eat Drink Man Woman

Taiwanese Movie - 1994
38. Burning

Korean Movie - 2018

7.0
39. 3-Iron

Korean Movie - 2004

10
40. The Terrorizers

Taiwanese Movie - 1986
41. Mother

Korean Movie - 2009
42. Hana-Bi

Japanese Movie - 1997
43. Eros: The Hand

Hong Kong Movie - 2004
44. Our Little Sister

Japanese Movie - 2015

447/
45. Still Walking

Japanese Movie - 2008
46. Good Morning

Japanese Movie - 1959

450/
47. Onibaba

Japanese Movie - 1964
48. Happy Hour

Japanese Movie - 2015

508/
49. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Japanese Movie - 2021

10
50. Poetry

Korean Movie - 2010
51. One Cut of the Dead

Japanese Movie - 2018

604/
52. An Autumn Afternoon

Japanese Movie - 1962
53. Raise the Red Lantern

Chinese Movie - 1991

632=
54. Red Beard

Japanese Movie - 1965

642/
55. Eureka

Japanese Movie - 2000

658/
56. Early Summer

Japanese Movie - 1951
57. The Crucified Lovers

Japanese Movie - 1954

665/
58. An Elephant Sitting Still

Chinese Movie - 2018

674=
59. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring

Korean Movie - 2003

8.0
60. Lust, Caution

Chinese Movie - 2007

752=
61. Cure

Japanese Movie - 1997

753/
62. Kwaidan

Japanese Movie - 1964

789/
► max ◄

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◘ Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
United States / Japanese Movie - 1985
{MDL does not add titles if country of origin is split with any non-MDL countries}
793/
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63. The Face of Another

Japanese Movie - 1966

798/
64. Love Exposure

Japanese Movie - 2009

808/
♦ written and directed by Sono Sion
► dramacool | youtube ◄ -prefer dc because on yt eng subs overlap w/por subs-
65. Syndromes and a Century

Thai Movie - 2006

809/
66. Perfumed Nightmare

Filipino Movie - 1979
67. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Hong Kong Movie - 1978

838=
68. House of Hummingbird

Korean Movie - 2018
69. The Life of Oharu

Japanese Movie - 1952

849/
70. Aloners

Korean Movie - 2021

887/
71. A Short Story

Chinese Movie - 2022

10
72. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Korean Movie - 2002
73. House

Japanese Movie - 1977
74. Taipei Suicide Story

Taiwanese Movie - 2020

919/
75. Dreams

Japanese Movie - 1990

4.0

945/
76. Tropical Malady

Thai Movie - 2004
77. Joint Security Area

Korean Movie - 2000
78. Kikujiro

Japanese Movie - 1999

963/ ~~/ no longer on Top 1000 /~~
79. The Hidden Fortress

Japanese Movie - 1958
80. Kagemusha

Japanese Movie - 1980

971/
81. Sanjuro

Japanese Movie - 1962

973/
82. Still Life

Chinese Movie - 2006

974=
83. After Life

Japanese Movie - 1998

10
84. Tampopo

Japanese Movie - 1985
85. Vive L'Amour

Taiwanese Movie - 1994

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
86. A Page of Madness

Japanese Movie - 1926

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
87. Floating Weeds

Japanese Movie - 1959

8.0
88. Street of Shame

Japanese Movie - 1956

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
89. A Touch of Zen

Taiwanese Movie - 1971

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
90. Oasis

Korean Movie - 2002

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
91. Late Autumn

Japanese Movie - 1960
92. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Japanese Movie - 1960

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
93. Inland Sea

Japanese Movie - 2018
94. Pickpocket

Chinese Movie - 1997

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
95. Moving On

Korean Movie - 2020

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
96. 24 City

Chinese Movie - 2009

/ no longer on Top 1000 /
# documentary
♦ directed by Jia Zhang Ke
97. What Time Is It There?

Taiwanese Movie - 2001
98. Susaki Paradise - Red Light District

Japanese Movie - 1956

/ no longer on Top 1000 /

══════ anime (cont.) ══════
Perfect Blue (1997) 434/
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 533/
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 568/
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2012) 618/
The End of Evangelion (1997) 648/
Paprika (2006) 721/ ► mubi ◄
Your Name (2016) 754/
Mind Game (2004) 845/ ► mubi ◄
Castle in the Sky (1986) 908/
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) / no longer on Top 1000 /
Whisper of the Heart (1995) / no longer on Top 1000 /
Millennium Actress (2001) / no longer on Top 1000 /
Only Yesterday (1991) / no longer on Top 1000 /