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The 2004 Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films

The list is in alphabetical order by original (often foreign) title
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	Selected in first voting round
	Special jury selection

	The Addiction, 1995, Abel Ferrara
	Amadeus, 1984, Milos Forman
	American Beauty, 1999, Sam Mendes
	Andrei Rublev, 1969, Andrei Tarkovsky
	The Apostle, 1997, Robert Duv
	Au Hasard Balthazar, 1966, Robert Bresson
	Babettes Gæstebud ("Babette's Feast"), 1987, Gabriel Axel
	Bad Lieutenant, 1987, Abel Ferrara
	Bad ma ra khahad bord ("The Wind Will Carry Us"), 1999, Abbas Kiarostami
	The Big Kahuna, 1999, John Swanbeck
	Blade Runner, 1982, Ridley Scott
	Breaking The Waves, 1996, Lars von Trier
	Changing Lanes, 2002, Roger Michell
	Chariots of Fire, 1981, Hugh Hudson
	Code inconnu ("Code Unknown"), 2000, Michael Haneke
	Crimes And Misdemeanors, 1989, Woody Allen
	Days of Heaven, 1978, Terrence Malick
	Dead Man Walking, 1995, Tim Robbins
	Dekalog ("The Decalogue"), 1987, Krzysztof Kieslowski
	Dersu Uzala, 1975, Akira Kurosawa
	Dogma, 1999, Kevin Smith
	Dogville, 2003, Lars von Trier
	La Dolce vita, 1960, Federico Fellini
	The Elephant Man, 1980, David Lynch
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004, Michel Gondry
	Fearless, 1993, Peter Weir
	Fight Club, 1999, David Fincher
	Le Fils ("The Son"), 2002, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
	Fuori dal mondo ("Not of This World"), 1999, Giuseppe Piccioni
	Grand Canyon, 1991, Lawrence Kasdan
	Groundhog Day, 1993, Harold Ramis
	Hell House, 2001, George Ratliff
	Henry V, 1989, Kenneth Branagh
	Der Himmel über Berlin ("Wings of Desire"), 1987, Wim Wenders
	Ikiru ("To Live"), 1952, Akira Kurosawa
	It's A Wonderful Life, 1946, Frank Capra
	Jean de Florette, Manon des sources, 1986, Claude Berri
	Jésus De Montréal ("Jesus of Montreal"), 1989, Denys Arcand
	Jesus Of Nazareth, 1977, Franco Zeffirelli
	Le Journal D'un Curé De Campagne ("The Diary of a Country Priest"), 1951, Robert Bresson
	Ladri di biciclette ("The Bicycle Thief"), 1948, Vittorio De Sica
	The Last Days of Disco, 1998, Whit Stillman
	The Last Temptation Of Christ, 1988, Martin Scorsese
	Life of Brian, 1979, Terry Jones
	The Lord of the Rings, 2001-2003, Peter Jackson
	Ma nuit chez Maud ("My Night At Maud's"), 1969, Eric Rohmer
	Magnolia, 1999, Paul Thomas Anderson
	A Man For All Seasons, 1966, Fred Zinnemann
	The Matrix, 1999, Andy & Larry Wachowski
	Mies vailla menneisyyttä ("The Man Without A Past"), 2002, Aki Kaurismäki
	The Miracle Maker, 2000, Derek W. Hayes & Stanislav Sokolov
	The Mission, 1986, Roland Joffé
	Nema-ye Nazdik ("Close-Up"), 1990, Abbas Kiarostami
	The Night Of The Hunter, 1955, Charles Laughton
	Offret - Sacrificatio ("The Sacrifice"), 1986, Andrei Tarkovsky
	On The Waterfront, 1954, Elia Kazan
	Ordet ("The Word"), 1955, Carl Theodor Dreyer
	La Passion De Jeanne D'arc ("The Passion of Joan of Arc"), 1928, C. Dreyer
	The Passion Of The Christ, 2004, Mel Gibson
	Peter and Paul, 1981, Robert Day
	Ponette, 1996, Jacques Doillon
	The Prince Of Egypt, 1998, Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
	La Promesse, 1996, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
	Punch-Drunk Love, 2002, P.T. Anderson
	Roma, città aperta ("Open City"), 1945, Roberto Rossellini
	Sanshô dayû ("Sansho the Bailiff"), 1954, Kenji Mizoguchi
	Schindler's List, 1993, Steven Spielberg
	Secrets & Lies, 1996, Mike Leigh
	Shadowlands, 1993, Richard Attenborough
	The Shawshank Redemption, 1994, Frank Darabont
	Signs, 2002, M. Night Shyamalan
	The Sixth Sense, 1999, M. Night Shyamalan
	Det Sjunde Inseglet ("The Seventh Seal"), 1957, Ingmar Bergman
	Smultronstället ("Wild Strawberries"), 1957, Ingmar Bergman
	Solyaris ("Solaris"), 1972, Andrei Tarkovsky
	Stalker, 1979, Andrei Tarkovsky
	Star Wars trilogy 1977, 1980, 1983, George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand
	Stevie, 2002, Steve James
	The Straight Story, 1999, David Lynch
	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927, F.W. Murnau
	Sånger från andra våningen ("Songs From the Second Floor"), 2000, Roy Andersson
	The Sweet Hereafter, 1997, Atom Egoyan
	Tender Mercies, 1983, Bruce Beresford
	13 Conversations About One Thing, 2001, Jill Sprecher
	Three Colors trilogy, 1993, 1994, 1994, Krzysztof Kieslowski
	Tokyo Monogatari ("Tokyo Story"), 1953, Yasujiro Ozu
	The Truman Show, 1998, Peter Weir
	2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, Stanley Kubrick
	Unforgiven, 1992, Clint Eastwood
	Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo ("The Gospel According to Matthew"), 1964, Pier Paolo Pasolini
	Vanya on 42nd Street, 1994, Louis Malle
	Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ("A Man Escaped"), 1956, Robert Bresson
	La Vita è bella ("Life is Beautiful"), 1997, Roberto Benigni
	Vredens dag ("Day of Wrath"), 1943, Carl Theodor Dreyer
	Waking Life, 2001, Richard Linklater
	Werckmeister harmóniák ("Werckmeister Harmonies"), 2000, Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky
	Witness, 1985, Peter Weir
	The Year Of Living Dangerously, 1982, Peter Weir
	Yi yi ("Yi Yi: A One and a Two"), 2000, Edward Yang
	Zerkalo ("The Mirror"), 1975, Andrei Tarkovsky

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