And here's the rest of the list. I hadn't seen enough movies from the 1910s and 1920s to make proper top ten lists for every year so I've done lists for groupings of years.
A lot of years were really tough to narrow down to a list of ten. Some years, particularly in the late 50s and early 60s, had an uncanny number of great films. Anyway, here's the list:
1914 - 1920
10. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
9. Mickey (1918)
8. Intolerance (1916)
7. Shoulder Arms (1918)
6. The Mark of Zorro (1920)
5. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
4. The Rink (1916)
3. Sunnyside (1919)
2. The Golem (1915)
1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Honourable mention: The Tramp
1921 - 1925
10. A Woman of Paris (1923)
9. Ben-Hur (1925)
8. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
7. The Idle Class (1921)
6. Phantom of the Opera (1925)
5. The Gold Rush (1925)
4. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
3. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924)
2. The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
1. The Kid (1921)
Honourable mention: The Love Light (1921)
1926 - 1929
10. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
9. The Circus (1928)
8. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
7. Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
6. Woman in the Moon (1929)
5. The Man Who Laughs (1928)
4. The General (1926)
3. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
2. Pandora's Box (1929)
1. Metropolis (1927)
Honourable mentions: Un Chien Andalou (1929), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), The Black Pirate (1926)
1930
10. Sunny
9. Paid
8. Hell's Angels
7. Anna Christie
6. Feet First
5. Animal Crackers
4. L'Age d'Or
3. The Blue Angel
2. The Blood of a Poet
1. Morocco
1931
10. Dance, Fools, Dance
9. Night Nurse
8. Mata Hari
7. The Public Enemy
6. Dracula
5. Little Caesar
4. The Smiling Lieutenant
3. Frankenstein
2. M
1. City Lights
Honourable mention: The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Safe in Hell
1932
10. Blonde Venus
9. The Sign of the Cross
8. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
7. Million Dollar Legs
6. Island of Lost Souls
5. Grand Hotel
4. Trouble in Paradise
3. Scarface
2. Shanghai Express
1. Vampyr
Honourable mentions: Freaks, The Mummy, White Zombie
1933
10. Alice in Wonderland
9. The Private Life of Henry VIII
8. Apart From You
7. Baby Face
6. Dancing Lady
5. Queen Christina
4. She Done Him Wrong
3. Design for Living
2. Duck Soup
1. King Kong
Honourably mentioned for Hedy Lamarr's nude scene and historic first non-pornographic on screen orgasm: Ecstasy
1934
10. Zouzou
9. Twentieth Century
8. We're Not Dressing
7. The Gay Divorcee
6. The Black Cat
5. The Thin Man
4. A Story of Floating Weeds
3. The Scarlet Empress
2. Crime Without Passion
1. It Happened One Night
Honourable mentions: Cleopatra, Gambling Lady
1935
10. Naughty Marietta
9. Roberta
8. Princess Tam Tam
7. Werewolf of London
6. The Ghost Goes West
5. Captain Blood
4. A Night at the Opera
3. Bride of Frankenstein
2. Top Hat
1. The 39 Steps
1936
10. Follow the Fleet
9. Camille
8. Osaka Elegy
7. Mary of Scotland
6. Dodsworth
5. The Charge of the Light Brigade
4. Dracula's Daughter
3. My Man Godfrey
2. Swing Time
1. Modern Times
Honourable mention: Rembrandt
1937
10. Nothing Sacred
9. Conquest
8. Kid Galahad
7. Marked Woman
6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
5. Dead End
4. The Old Mill
3. A Day at the Races
2. Lost Horizon
1. Shall We Dance?
Honourable mention: Stella Dallas
1938
10. Four Daughters
9. Angels with Dirty Faces
8. Carefree
7. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
6. Room Service
5. Jezebel
4. Holiday
3. The Lady Vanishes
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood
1. Bringing up Baby
1939
10. Ninotchka
9. Gone with the Wind
8. Five Came Back
7. Only Angels Have Wings
6. Stagecoach
5. Gunga Din
4. Jamaica Inn
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
2. The Wizard of Oz
1. The Rules of the Game
Honourable mentions: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, Each Dawn I Die, Destry Rides Again, Beau Geste
1940
10. Rebecca
9. They Drive by Night
8. The Shop Around the Corner
7. The Sea Hawk
6. Fantasia
5. The Grapes of Wrath
4. The Thief of Bagdad
3. The Great Dictator
2. His Girl Friday
1. The Philadelphia Story
Honourable mentions: The Mark of Zorro, Strange Cargo
1941
10. Dumbo
9. Sullivan's Travels
8. How Green Was My Valley
7. Cottage to Let
6. High Sierra
5. Suspicion
4. Ball of Fire
3. The Maltese Falcon
2. The Lady Eve
1. Citizen Kane
Honourable mentions: Genroku chushingura, You'll Never Get Rich, 49th Parallel
1942
10. To Be or Not to Be
9. Yankee Doodle Dandy
8. Bambi
7. The Black Swan
6. Johnny Eager
5. The Male Animal
4. Saboteur
3. The Magnificent Ambersons
2. Cat People
1. Casablanca
Honourable mentions: In This Our Life, Son of Fury
1943
10. The Outlaw
9. Background to Danger
8. Watch on the Rhine
7. Sanshiro Sugata
6. The Leopard Man
5. I Walked with a Zombie
4. Ossessione
3. Day of Wrath
2. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1. Shadow of a Doubt
1944
10. A Canterbury Tale
9. The Woman in the Window
8. Gaslight
7. The Uninvited
6. Ivan the Terrible, Part One
5. Meet Me in St. Louis
4. Phantom Lady
3. Laura
2. Arsenic and Old Lace
1. Double Indemnity
Honourable mentions: The Curse of the Cat People, The Three Caballeros, The Most Beautiful
1945
10. The Men who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
9. The Lost Weekend
8. Brief Encounter
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray
6. Isle of the Dead
5. Spellbound
4. I Know Where I'm Going!
3. The Body Snatcher
2. Dead of Night
1. Detour
Honourable mention: Rome, Open City
1946
10. No Regrets for Our Youth
9. My Darling Clementine
8. The Big Sleep
7. Black Angel
6. Paisan
5. Gilda
4. Green for Danger
3. The Stranger
2. Beauty and the Beast
1. Notorious
Honourable mentions: A Matter of Life and Death, Duel in the Sun
1947
10. Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman
9. Brighton Rock
8. Hue and Cry
7. Body and Soul
6. Nightmare Alley
5. Monsieur Verdoux
4. Kiss of Death
3. The Lady from Shanghai
2. Out of the Past
1. Black Narcissus
Honourable mentions: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Possessed
1948
10. Spring in a Small Town
9. The Woman in White
8. London Belongs to Me
7. Fort Apache
6. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
5. Macbeth
4. Key Largo
3. Drunken Angel
2. Bicycle Thieves
1. The Red Shoes
Honourable mentions: They Live By Night, Portrait of Jennie, Rope, Kiss the Blood off My Hands, The Naked City, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1949
10. Gun Crazy
9. The Heiress
8. On the Town
7. Le Silence de la mer
6. Bitter Rice
5. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
4. Kind Hearts and Coronets
3. Stray Dog
2. The Third Man
1. Late Spring
Honourable mentions: White Heat, Samson and Delilah
1950
10. Treasure Island
9. In a Lonely Place
8. Harvey
7. Orphée
6. Night and the City
5. All About Eve
4. The Asphalt Jungle
3. Sunset Boulevard
2. Stage Fright
1. Rashomon
Honourable mention: King Solomon's Mines, Caged, Stromboli, The Furies
1951
10. On Dangerous Ground
9. Laughter in Paradise
8. The Thing from Another World
7. Ace in the Hole
6. Strangers on a Train
5. An American in Paris
4. The African Queen
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still
2. The Tales of Hoffmann
1. Meshi
Honourable mentions: Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Anne of the Indies, David and Bathsheba, Susana, Alice in Wonderland
1952
10. The Lusty Men
9. Moulin Rouge
8. Pat and Mike
7. Monkey Business
6. Subida al cielo
5. The Life of Oharu
4. High Noon
3. Singin' in the Rain
2. The Quiet Man
1. Ikiru
Honourable mentions: Clash by Night, Lightning, Don't Bother to Knock, The Holly and the Ivy
1953
10. The Naked Spur
9. The Big Heat
8. The Bigamist
7. Gate of Hell
6. The Wild One
5. Pickup on South Street
4. Ugetsu Monogatari
3. Roman Holiday
2. Summer with Monika
1. Tokyo Story
Honourable mentions: Older Brother, Younger Sister, Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1954
10. The Belles of St Trinian's
9. Johnny Guitar
8. Rear Window
7. Late Chrysanthemums
6. Robinson Crusoe
5. Secret of the Incas
4. On the Waterfront
3. Dial M for Murder
2. Sabrina
1. Seven Samurai
Honourable mentions: Journey to Italy, Sound of the Mountain, Gojira, Sansho the Bailiff, Naked Alibi, French Cancan
1955
10. It Came from Beneath the Sea
9. The Trouble with Harry
8. Rebel Without a Cause
7. Taira Clan Saga
6. Kiss Me Deadly
5. Death of a Cyclist
4. Floating Clouds
3. The Night of the Hunter
2. Les Diaboliques
1. To Catch a Thief
Honourable mentions: Lola Montes, I Live in Fear
1956
10. Street of Shame
9. The Wrong Man
8. Lust for Life
7. Baby Doll
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
5. Yield to the Night
4. The Man Who Knew Too Much
3. Forbidden Planet
2. The Killing
1. The Searchers
Honourable mentions: War and Peace, Giant, Back from Eternity, The Green Man
1957
10. Funny Face
9. Wild Strawberries
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai
7. Night of the Demon
6. The Long Haul
5. Nights of Cabiria
4. Love in the Afternoon
3. Throne of Blood
2. The Lower Depths
1. The Seventh Seal
Honourable mentions: Paths of Glory, Witness for the Prosecution, The Prince and the Showgirl
1958
10. Gigi
9. Tread Softly Stranger
8. The Ballad of Narayama
7. Passport to Shame
6. En cas de malheur
5. Ivan the Terrible, Part Two
4. Touch of Evil
3. Ashes and Diamonds
2. The Hidden Fortress
1. Vertigo
Honourable mentions: King Creole, Equinox Flower, Bell, Book, and Candle
1959
10. Rio Bravo
9. Floating Weeds
8. Too Many Crooks
7. Sleeping Beauty
6. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
5. Suddenly, Last Summer
4. Pickpocket
3. Some Like It Hot
2. The 400 Blows
1. North by Northwest
Honourable mentions: The Nun's Story, Ben-Hur, Anatomy of a Murder
1960
10. Jigoku
9. The Apartment
8. Eyes Without a Face
7. The Naked Island
6. The Bad Sleep Well
5. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
4. L'Avventura
3. Breathless
2. La Dolce Vita
1. Psycho
Honourable mentions: Ocean's 11, Peeping Tom, Spartacus, Daughters, Wives, and a Mother, Black Sunday, Little Shop of Horrors, Testament of Orpheus
1961
10. West Side Story
9. A Woman is a Woman
8. La Notte
7. Last Year at Marienbad
6. Mother Joan of the Angels
5. Viridiana
4. Through a Glass Darkly
3. Breakfast at Tiffany's
2. Yojimbo
1. The Misfits
Honourable mentions: Accattone, The Children's Hour, Taste of Fear
1962
10. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
9. Sanjuro
8. Eclipse
7. Winter Light
6. Lawrence of Arabia
5. Lolita
4. Vivre sa vie
3. The Exterminating Angel
2. Carnival of Souls
1. Jules and Jim
Honourable mentions: The L-Shaped Room, Ride the High Country, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
1963
10. Youth of the Beast
9. The Haunting
8. Billy Liar
7. The Pink Panther
6. Charade
5. Nippon konchūki
4. Contempt
3. 8 and a Half
2. The Birds
1. High and Low
Honourable mentions: The Sword in the Stone, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
1964
10. A Hard Day's Night
9. Diary of a Chambermaid
8. Kwaidan
7. Onibaba
6. Band of Outsiders
5. Daydream
4. Pale Flower
3. Gate of Flesh
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1. Mary Poppins
Honourable mentions: The Woman in the Dunes, Cheyenne Autumn
1965
10. Cat Ballou
9. Red Line 7000
8. She
7. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
6. Alphaville
5. Doctor Zhivago
4. I Knew Her Well
3. Repulsion
2. Pierrot le Fou
1. Red Beard
1966
10. Spur der Stein
9. Django
8. Black Girl
7. The Stranger Within a Woman
6. Blowup
5. Tokyo Drifter
4. The Face of Another
3. Chimes at Midnight
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1. Persona
Honourable mentions: Alice in Wonderland, How To Steal a Million, Georgy Girl, 7 Women
1967
10. Two or Three Things I Know About Her
9. Bonnie and Clyde
8. Frankenstein Created Woman
7. In Cold Blood
6. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
5. Two for the Road
4. Branded to Kill
3. Cool Hand Luke
2. The Fearless Vampire Killers
1. Le Samourai
Honourable mentions: Wait Until Dark, Commissar, Belle de jour
1968
10. The Lion in Winter
9. Rosemary's Baby
8. The Odd Couple
7. A Midsummer Night's Dream
6. Kuroneko
5. Night of the Living Dead
4. The Great Silence
3. Bullitt
2. Once Upon a Time in the West
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Honourable mentions: Barbarella, The Devil Rides Out, Witchfinder General
1969
10. The Magic Christian
9. Audmi Aur Insaan
8. Love Is Colder Than Death
7. The Oblong Box
6. Do Raaste
5. Midnight Cowboy
4. La Piscine
3. Take the Money and Run
2. Age of Consent
1. Kes
Honourable mention: The Cow
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