J
- J. Edgar (Clint Eastwood, 2011)
- Jackie (Pablo Larrain, 2016)
- Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
- Jane Eyre (Cary Fukunaga, 2011)
- Jarhead (Sam Mendes, 2005)
- Jason Bourne (Paul Greengrass, 2016)
- Jinpa (Pema Tseden, 2018)
- Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi, 2019)
- Joker (Todd Phillips, 2019)
- Jose (Li Cheng, 2018)
- Jour de fete (Jacques Tati, 1949) – Criterion Collection
- Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou, 1990)
- Julieta (Pedro Almodovar, 2016)
- Junun (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2015)
K
- Katzelmacher (R.W. Fassbinder, 1969) – Criterion Collection
- Kes (Ken Loach, 1970) – Criterion Collection
- Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach, 1995) – Criterion Collection
- Kid, The (Charles Chaplin, 1921) – Criterion Collection
- Kid with a Bike, The (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2011) – Criterion Collection
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
- Killer, The (John Woo, 1989) – Criterion Collection
- Killing, The (Stanley Kubrick, 1956) – Criterion Collection
- Killing of a Sacred Deer, The (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017)
- Kingmaker, The (Lauren Greenfield, 2019)
- Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019)
- Kuei Mei, a Woman (Chang Yi, 1985)
- Kundun (Martin Scorsese, 1997)
- Kuroneko (Kaneto Shindo, 1968) – Criterion Collection
L
- La ceremonie (Claude Chabrol, 1995)
- La promesse (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 1996) – Criterion Collection
- La strada (Federico Fellini, 1954) – Criterion Collection
- La Veronica (Leonardo Medel, 2020)
- Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)
- Land and Freedom (Ken Loach, 1995)
- Land Imagined, AÂ (Yeo Siew Hua, 2018)
- Last and First Men (Johann Johannsson, 2020)
- Last Laugh, The (F.W. Murnau, 1924)
- Last Samurai, The (Edward Zwick, 2003)
- Last Stand, The (Kim Jee-woon, 2013)
- Last Temptation of Christ, The (Martin Scorsese, 1988) – Criterion Collection
- Last Waltz, The (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
- Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949) – Criterion Collection
- Laurence Anyways (Xavier Dolan, 2012)
- Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
- Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)
- Les bonnes femmes (Claude Chabrol, 1960)
- Les miserables (Ladj Ly, 2019)
- Liberte (Albert Serra, 2019)
- Life During Wartime (Todd Solondz, 2009) – Criterion Collection
- Life Is a Bed of Roses (Alain Resnais, 1983)
- Life of Oharu, The (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1952) – Criterion Collection
- Life Without Principle (Johnnie To, 2011)
- Light Sleeper (Paul Schrader, 1992)
- Lights in the Dusk (Aki Kaurismäki, 2006)
- Lighthouse, The (Robert Eggers, 2019)
- Like Father, Like Son (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2013)
- Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami, 2012) – Criterion Collection
- Lion King, The (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994)
- Lion King, The (Jon Favreau, 2019)
- Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994)
- Little Women (Greta Gerwig, 2019)
- Lobster, The (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015)
- Lola (R.W. Fassbinder, 1981) – Criterion Collection
- Lolita (Stanley Kubrick, 1962)
- Lone Wolf and Cub – Criterion Collection
- #1: Sword of Vengeance (Kenji Misumi, 1972)
- #2: Baby Cart at the River Styx (Kenji Misumi, 1972)
- #3: Baby Cart to Hades (Kenji Misumi, 1972)
- #4: Baby Cart in Peril (Buichi Saito, 1972)
- #5: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (Kenji Misumi, 1973)
- #6: White Heaven in Hell (Yoshiyuki Kuroda, 1974)
- Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Bi Gan, 2018)
- Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012)
- Lord of the Rings, The (Peter Jackson, 2001-2003)
- Lost City of Z, The (James Gray, 2016)
- Louder Than Bombs (Joachim Trier, 2015)
- Love & Other Drugs (Edward Zwick, 2010)
- Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008)
- Love in a Fallen City (Ann Hui, 1984)
- Love Is Colder Than Death (R.W. Fassbinder, 1969) – Criterion Collection
- Lovely Bones, The (Peter Jackson, 2009)
- Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Pawo Choyning Dorji, 2019)