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I think there are a few reasons that it doesn't appear on "best of" lists all that regularly.
Firstly, it is a foreign film. I'm not saying that foreign films never make it to "best of" lists, but these lists do tend to be American film dominated.
Also, it is a highly atmospheric film, arty in its construction. This limits its audience somewhat.
And, it is at its core a Dracula film. It certainly brings something new to this sub-genre, however when compiling "best of" lists, the "Dracula" category is usually dominated by those films that broke ground - the original Nosferatu, Lugosi's Dracula, and Horror of Dracula.
I do think that Nosferatu (1979) is a great film, and it is a very classy reconstruction of Dracula (and the original Nosferatu), however I can see why it would be overlooked in a lot of "best of" lists.
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