1. The Godfather (Coppola)
Magnolia (P.T. Anderson)
The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
Contempt (Godard)
Leon (Besson)
Le Samourai (Melville)
Taxi Driver (Scorsese)
Bob Le Flambeur (Melville)
Irreversible (Noe)

This list is in no way difinitive .