Perintis

• Land Without Bread (1933, Spanyol)
• 1860 (1934, Italia)
• An Inn in Tokyo (1935, Jepang)
• Toni (1935, Prancis)
• Aniki-Bóbó (1942, Portugal)
• Ossessione (1943, Italia)
• Saltimbancos (1951, Portugal)

Italia

• Roma, città aperta (1945)
• Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (1946)
• Paisà (1946)
• Germania anno zero (1948)
• Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948)
• La terra trema (1948)
• Bitter Rice (1949)
• Stromboli (1950)
• Miracle in Milan (1951)
• Umberto D. (1952)
• La strada (1954)
• Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
• Il Posto (1961)

Negara lain

• Lowly City (1946, India)
• Drunken Angel (1948, Jepang)
• The French Connection (1971, Amerika Serikat)
• Amores perros (2000, Meksiko)
• Stray Dog (1949, Jepang)
• Los Olvidados (1950, Meksiko)
• Surcos (1951, Spanyol)
• Ikiru (1952, Jepang)
• Nagarik (1952, India)
• Tokyo Story (1953, Jepang)
• Two Acres of Land (1953, India)
• Salt of the Earth (1954, Amerika Serikat)
• Newspaper Boy (1955, India)
• The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959, India)
• Death of a Cyclist (1955, Spanyol)
• The Runaway (1958, India)
• The 400 Blows (1959, Prancis)
• The Hustler (film) (1961, Amerika Serikat)
• Blowup (1966, Inggris)
• Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976, Belgia)
• Killer of Sheep (1977, Amerika Serikat)
• Pixote (1981, Brasil)
• The Stolen Children (1982, Italia)
• Yol (1982, Turki)
• Salaam Bombay! (1988, India)
• Veronico Cruz (1988, Argentina)
• American Me (1992, Amerika Serikat)
• Children of Heaven (1997, Iran)
• Satya (1998, India)
• The City (La Ciudad) (1998, Amerika Serikat)
• Not One Less (1999, China)
• Rosetta (1999, Prancis)
• The Circle (Dayereh) (2000, Iran)
• Bolivia (2001, Argentina)
• Lilja 4-Ever (2002, Swedia)
• Cidade de Deus (2002, Brasil)
• Carandiru (2003, Brasil / Argentina)
• Familia rodante (2004, Argentina, et al.)
• Machuca (2004, Chile)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (2004, Argentina, et al.)
• The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005, Rumania)
• L'Enfant (2005, Belgia / Prancis)
• Man Push Cart (2005, Amerika Serikat)
• Children of Men (2006, Britania Raya)
• Half Nelson (2006, Amerika Serikat)
• Still Life (2006, China)
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007, Rumania)
• Chop Shop (2007, Amerika Serikat)
• Ballast (2008, Amerika Serikat)
• Frozen River (2008, Amerika Serikat)
• Involuntary (2008, Swedia)
• Lorna's Silence (2008, Belgia)
• Wendy and Lucy (2008, Amerika Serikat)
• The Wrestler (2008, Amerika Serikat)
• Fish Tank (2009, Britania Raya)
• Goodbye Solo (2009, Amerika Serikat)
• Sin Nombre (2009, Amerika Serikat / Meksiko)
• Treeless Mountain (2009, Amerika Serikat / Korea Selatan)
• Winter's Bone (2010, Amerika Serikat