Sunday, December 31, 2023

Top 10 Movies of 2023

Dave’s Movie Database:

Top 10 Movies of 2023

These are the top 10 movies of the year based on their overall status in Dave’s Movie Database.

#1: Oppenheimer

IMDB.com: “A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.” Won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.). Winner of the British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for Best Picture, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Golden Globe for Best Drama, Producers Guild of America – Best Picture, Screen Actors Guild – Outstanding Cast. See DMDB page.

#2: Barbie

IMDB.com: “Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.” Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling portray the famous dolls. Directed by Greta Gerwig. 2023 box office champ. Oscar-nominated for Best Picture.

#3: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Animated movie based on the classic video game. IMDB.com: “Brooklyn plumbers Mario and Luigi are warped to the magical Mushroom Kingdom, and Mario must team up with Princess Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong to save Luigi from the evil Bowser.” Voice work from Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy.

#4: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

IMDB.com: “Traveling across the multiverse, Miles Morales meets a new team of Spider-People, made up of heroes from different dimensions. But when the heroes clash over how to deal with a new threat, Miles finds himself at a crossroads.” Sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

#5: Poor Things

IMDB.com: “An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.” A reimagining of the classic Frankenstein tale. Golden Globe winner for Best Comedy or Musical. Oscar-nominated for Best Picture. Emma Stone won an Oscar for Best Actress.

#6: Killers of the Flower Moon

IMDB.com: “When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.” Directed by Martin Scorese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, and Lily Gladstone. Winner of National Board of Review – Best Picture. 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.

#7: The Holdovers

IMDB.com: “A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.” Winner for Writers Guild of America – Best Original Screenplay. Oscar-nominated for Best Picture. Da'Vine Joy Randolph won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

#8: Wonka

IMDB.com: “With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.” Timothée Chalamet plays a young Willy Wonka in this prequel to the movies Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based on the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.

#9: Guardians of the Galaxy 3

IMDB.com: “Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own – a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.”

#10: Past Lives

IMDB.com: “Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.” Oscar-nominated for Best Picture.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Oppenheimer, an eventual Best Picture Oscar winner, opens in theaters

Oppenheimer

Released: July 11, 2023

Studio: Universal Pictures

Genre: drama/biopic

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 329.86 Worldwide: 976.80

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: -- Worldwide: --

Directing: Christopher Nolan

Screenwriting: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Review:

Oppenheimer is a biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who led the research effort to develop the first atomic bomb. It is based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus.

Even at a three-hour running time, director Christopher Nolan’s “skill in telling the story is such that it never seems to drag.” AT “Nolan has gifted us a truly unique, unflinching, nuanced portrait of the enigmatic, complicated man who spearheaded the Manhattan Project.” AT The bombs developed by the project and dropped on Japan “killed between 100,000 and 200,000 people,” AT an act for which “Oppenheimer never publicly expressed regret for.” AT “As he says in the film, his thinking was that it would be better to make dropping the first nuclear weapon so horrifying that nobody would ever want to use them again.” AT

The movie shows Oppenheimer’s early years as a graduate student and college professor and his subsequent role in leading the Manhattan project. However, the movie also shows his downfall when his early Communist connections make him a victim of the McCarthy era.

Robert Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss who, as the former chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, was instrumental in stripping Oppenheimer of his security clearance. His controversial role in taking down Oppenheimer led to the Senate rejected his nomination for Secretary of Commerce under Eisenhower. Emily Blunt “shines in a relatively small role as Kitty Oppenheimer, who suffered from depression and had a volatile relationship with her philandering husband, but remained fiercely loyal to him.” AT

It became both the highest-grossing World War II-related film and highest-grossing biographical film of all time. WK It garnered thirteen Oscar nominations (winning 7), won five Golden Globe Awards, and seven British Academy Film Awards.

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Awards:

Oscars:

Wins: 7: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Downey Jr.), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score

Nominations: 13: Best Supporting Actress (Blunt), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Sound

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Critics’ Picks: Top 100 Movies

Critics’ Picks:

Top 100 Movies

These are the top 100 movies based on more than 20 lists from individuals in the movie industries, including critics such as Robert Ebert and Leonard Maltin, and directors such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. See links to sources at bottom of page.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Raging Bull (1980)
6. Vertigo (1958)
7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. The Third Man (1949)
10. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

11. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
12. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
13. Goodfellas (1990)
14. Schindler’s List (1993)
15. City Lights (1931)
16. The Wild Bunch (1969)
17. The Godfather Part II (1974)
18. Casablanca (1942)
19. Chinatown (1974)
20. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

21. Paths of Glory (1957)
22. Jaws (1975)
23. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25. North by Northwest (1959)
26. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
27. All About Eve (1950)
28. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
29. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
30. Rear Window (1954)

31. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
32. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
33. Fargo (1996)
34. Double Indemnity (1944)
35. Nashville (1975)
36. On the Waterfront (1954)
37. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
38. Pulp Fiction (1994)
39. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
40. The Apartment (1960)

41. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
42. Greed (1925)
43. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
44. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
45. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
46. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
47. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
48. High Noon (1952)
49. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
50. The General (1927)

51. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
52. Manhattan (1979)
53. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
54. The Shining (1980)
55. Duck Soup (1933)
56. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
57. Gone with the Wind (1939)
58. Annie Hall (1977)
59. American Beauty (1999)
60. Some Like It Hot (1959)

61. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
62. King Kong (1933)
63. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
64. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
65. Blue Velvet (1986)
66. Modern Times (1936)
67. Amadeus (1984)
68. Metropolis (1927)
69. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
70. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

71. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
72. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
73. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
74. Rashômon (1950)
75. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
76. Toy Story (1995)
77. The Searchers (1956)
78. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
79. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
80. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

81. Forrest Gump (1994)
82. Crumb (1994)
83. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
84. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
85. Stagecoach (1939)
86. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
87. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
88. Glory (1989)
89. Platoon (1986)
90. Pinocchio (1940)

91. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
92. The Lady Eve (1941)
93. Fantasia (1940)
94. Do the Right Thing (1989)
95. The Graduate (1967)
96. Blade Runner (1982)
97. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
98. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
99. Rocky (1976)
100. Se7en (1995)

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Saturday, June 3, 2023

Dave’s Movie Database: Movies Appearing on the Most Lists

Dave’s Movie Database:

Movies Appearing on the Most Lists

These are the movies which appear on the most lists. Not surprisingly, most of these movies show up on the DMDB list of the top 100 movies of all time. Ties are broken by movies’ overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database.

99 lists:

1. The Godfather (1972)

88 lists:

2. Citizen Kane (1941)

82 lists:

3. Casablanca (1942)

81 lists:

4. Schindler’s List (1993)

75 lists:

5. Psycho (1960)
6. The Godfather Part II (1974)

73 lists:

7. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

72 lists:

8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
9. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
10. Apocalypse Now (1979)
11. Vertigo (1958)

70 lists:

12. Pulp Fiction (1994)

69 lists:

13. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

68 lists:

14. Taxi Driver (1976)

67 lists:

15. Goodfellas (1990)

66 lists:

16. Gone with the Wind (1939)

65 lists:

17. Raging Bull (1980)

64 lists:

18. Chinatown (1974)
19. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

62 lists:

20. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
21. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

61 lists:

22. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

60 lists:

23. Some Like It Hot (1959)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

57 lists:

26. Jaws (1975)
27. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
28. All About Eve (1950)
29. On the Waterfront (1954)

55 lists:

30. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
31. Rear Window (1954)
32. Annie Hall (1977)
33. North by Northwest (1959)
34. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

54 lists:

35. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
36. Double Indemnity (1944)
37. The Searchers (1956)

53 lists:

38. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
39. The Third Man (1949)

51 lists:

40. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

50 lists:

41. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

48 lists:

42. The Graduate (1967)
43. Fargo (1996)

47 lists:

44. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
45. City Lights (1931)

46 lists:

46. Forrest Gump (1994)
47. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
48. Modern Times (1936)

45 lists:

49. Blade Runner (1982)

44 lists:

50. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

43 lists:

51. Titanic (1997)
52. The Apartment (1960)
53. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
54. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)

42 lists:

55. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
56. American Beauty (1999)

41 lists:

57. The Sound of Music (1965)
58. The Dark Knight (2008)
59. West Side Story (1961)
60. Touch of Evil (1958)

40 lists:

61. 12 Angry Men (1957)
62. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)

39 lists:

63. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
64. King Kong (1933)
65. Unforgiven (1992)
66. L.A. Confidential (1997)
67. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
68. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

38 lists:

69. Alien (1979)
70. Metropolis (1927)
71. The Deer Hunter (1978)
72. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
73. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

37 lists:

74. Ben-Hur (1959)
75. Toy Story (1995)
76. Gladiator (2000)
77. Rocky (1976)
78. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
79. The Shining (1980)

36 lists:

80. It Happened One Night (1934)
81. The Wild Bunch (1969)
82. Nashville (1975)

34 lists:

83. Back to the Future (1985)
84. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
85. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
86. The General (1927)
87. No Country for Old Men (2007)

33 lists:

88. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
89. Amadeus (1984)
90. Rashômon (1950)
91. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
92. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

32 lists:

93. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
94. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
95. Blue Velvet (1986)
96. Do the Right Thing (1989)

31 lists:

97. The Exorcist (1973)
98. The Matrix (1999)
99. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
100. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

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Originally posted 9/14/2019; last updated 6/3/2023.
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Friday, May 26, 2023

The Greatest Films: Top 100

TheGreatestFilms.com:

Top 100 Films

This is a personal website created by Thomas Evenson around 2015. As it says on the site, this list was created “by aggregating the ratings of over 930 movies from 40 movie lists.” Lists are weighted based on various criteria, such as lists by critics favored over lists by the general public.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
5. Casablanca (1942)
6. Schindler’s List (1993)
7. Annie Hall (1977)
8. Taxi Driver (1976)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. Pulp Fiction (1994)

11. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
12. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
13. The Godfather Part II (1974)
14. Apocalypse Now (1979)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Chinatown (1974)
17. The Searchers (1956)
18. Psycho (1960)
19. Some Like It Hot (1959)
20. All About Eve (1950)

21. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
22. On the Waterfront (1954)
23. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
24. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
25. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
26. Gone with the Wind (1939)
27. The Third Man (1949)
28. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
29. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
30. North by Northwest (1959)

31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
32. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
33. Raging Bull (1980)
34. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
35. Jaws (1975)
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
37. The Hurt Locker (2009)
38. The Graduate (1967)
39. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
40. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

41. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
42. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
43. The Apartment (1960)
44. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
45. Rear Window (1954)
46. City Lights (1931)
47. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
48. The Gold Rush (1925)
49. Forrest Gump (1994)
50. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)

51. Nashville (1975)
52. Rashômon (1950)
53. The Shining (1980)
54. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
55. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
56. Blade Runner (1982)
57. It Happened One Night (1934)
58. West Side Story (1961)
59. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
60. Modern Times (1936)

61. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
62. Fargo (1996)
63. American Beauty (1999)
64. Boyhood (2014)
65. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
66. There Will Be Blood (2007)
67. All the President’s Men (1976)
68. The Wild Bunch (1969)
69. L.A. Confidential (1997)
70. Mean Streets (1973)

71. Double Indemnity (1944)
72. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
73. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
74. Touch of Evil (1958)
75. The Sound of Music (1965)
76. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
77. King Kong (1933)
78. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
79. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
80. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

81. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
82. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
83. Do the Right Thing (1989)
84. Mulholland Drive (2001)
85. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
86. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
87. Gandhi (1982)
88. The Deer Hunter (1978)
89. Toy Story (1995)
90. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

91. Notorious (1946)
92. Duck Soup (1933)
93. Ben-Hur (1959)
94. Gladiator (2000)
95. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
96. The Social Network (2010)
97. The Dark Knight (2008)
98. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
99. The General (1927)
100. Amadeus (1984)

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Originally posted 8/21/2019; last updated 5/26/2023.
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Thursday, May 25, 2023

Domestic Box Office: Estimated Tickets Sold

Domestic Box Office:

Estimated Tickets Sold

These are the top 100 movies when domestic sales are converted into estimated number of tickets sold. The number is in millions.

1. 202.29: Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. 178.12: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
3. 142.49: The Sound of Music (1965)
4. 141.85: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. 135.55: Titanic (1997)
6. 131.00: The Ten Commandments (1956)
7. 128.16: Jaws (1975)
8. 124.14: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
9. 110.60: The Exorcist (1973)
10. 109.00: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

11. 108.12: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
12. 99.92: 101 Dalmatians (1961)
13. 98.11: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. 98.05: Ben-Hur (1959)
15. 97.31: Avatar (2009)
16. 95.27: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
17. 94.06: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
18. 91.66: Jurassic Park (1993)
19. 90.31: Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
20. 89.15: The Lion King (1994)

21. 89.14: The Sting (1973)
22. 88.54: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
23. 85.58: The Graduate (1967)
24. 83.04: Fantasia (1941)
25. 82.04: Spider Man: No Way Home (2021)
26. 78.92: The Godfather (1972)
27. 78.64: Forrest Gump (1994)
28. 78.18: Mary Poppins (1964)
29. 77.10: Grease (1978)
30. 76.88: The Avengers (2012)

31. 76.79: Jurassic World (2015)
32. 76.27: Black Panther (2018)
33. 74.80: Thunderball (1965)
34. 74.51: The Dark Knight (2008)
35. 73.68: The Jungle Book (1967)
36. 72.68: Sleeping Beauty (1959)
37. 72.42: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
38. 72.10: Shrek 2 (2004)
39. 71.14: Ghostbusters (1984)
40. 70.63: Spider-Man (2002)

41. 70.56: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
42. 70.00: Love Story (1970)
43. 69.27: Independence Day (1996)
44. 67.73: Home Alone (1990)
45. 67.59: Star Wars – Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
46. 67.40: Pinocchio (1940)
47. 67.18: Cleopatra (1963)
48. 67.15: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
49. 66.30: Goldfinger (1964)
50. 66.30: The Incredibles 2 (2018)

51. 66.11: Airport (1970)
52. 65.71: American Graffiti (1973)
53. 65.60: Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
54. 64.45: The Robe (1953)
55. 64.63: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
56. 64.62: Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
57. 63.71: Bambi (1942)
58. 63.24: Blazing Saddles (1974)
59. 62.97: Batman (1989)
60. 62.75: The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)

61. 62.47: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
62. 61.64: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
63. 61.59: Finding Nemo (2003)
64. 61.40: Aladdin (1992)
65. 61.38: The Towering Inferno (1974)
66. 60.44: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
67. 60.32: The Lion King (2019)
68. 60.30: Cinderella (1950)
69. 60.16: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
70. 60.06: My Fair Lady (1964)

71. 60.00: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
72. 59.89: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978): 59.89
73. 59.70: The Passion of the Christ (2004)
74. 59.32: Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
75. 59.27: Back to the Future (1985)
76. 58.60: Superman: The Movie (1978)
77. 57.73: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
78. 57.58: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
79. 57.58: The Sixth Sense (1999)
80. 56.90: Tootsie (1982)

81. 56.83: Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
82. 56.80: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
83. 56.16: Finding Dory (2016)
84. 56.14: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
85. 56.01: West Side Story (1961)
86. 55.92: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
87. 55.73: Lady and the Tramp (1955)
88. 55.38: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
89. 55.07: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
90. 55.04: Rocky (1976)

91. 55.00: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
92. 54.97: Star Wars – Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
93. 54.90: The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
94. 54.80: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
95. 54.69: Twister (1996)
96. 54.62: Men in Black (1997): 54.62
97. 54.40: Saturday Night Fever (1977)
98. 54.40: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
99. 53.90: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
100. 53.88: It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

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Originally posted 7/18/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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Westerns: Top 25

image from Unforgiven

Top 25 Westerns

This list of the best Westerns ever made was compiled by aggregating multiple best-of lists (see resources at bottom of page) along with films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database. Note: True Grit appears twice on this list – the 1969 original and the 2010 remake – so they are listed as one entry.

1. Unforgiven (1992)
2. High Moon (1952)
3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
4. The Searchers (1956)
5. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

6. The Wild Bunch (1969)
7. Red River (1948)
8. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta Il West) (1968)
9. Stagecoach (1939)
10. The Magnificent Seven (1960)

11. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
12. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
13. Shane (1953)
14. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
15. Rio Bravo (1959)

16. True Grit (1969) / True Grit (2010)
17. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
18. Dances with Wolves (1990)
19. My Darling Clementine (1946)
20. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

21. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
22. Blazing Saddles (1974)
23. Tombstone (1993)
24. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
25. No Country for Old Men (2007)

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Originally posted 9/2/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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War Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 War Movies

These are the top 25 war movies of all time, as determined by aggregating multiple lists (see resources at bottom of page) and factoring in the films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database.

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
3. The Hurt Locker (2009)
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957):
5. The Great Escape (1963)

6. Paths of Glory (1957)
7. Platoon (1986)
8. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
9. The Boat (Das Boot) (1981)
10. The Deer Hunter (1978)

11. Patton (1970)
12. Schindler’s List (1993)
13. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
14. The Thin Red Line (1998)
15. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

16. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
17. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
18. Casablanca (1942)
19. Dunkirk (2017)
20. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)

21. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
22. Ran (1985)
23. M*A*S*H (1970)
24. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
25. Black Hawk Down (2001)

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Originally posted 9/4/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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Thrillers: Top 25

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Top 25 Thrillers

This is a list of the top 25 thrillers of all time. Included in the mix are suspense, mystery, horror, and film noir. The list was created by aggregating the resources at the bottom of this page.

1. Vertigo (1958)
2. Rear Window (1954)
3. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
4. Psycho (1960)
5. North by Northwest (1959)

6. Chinatown (1974)
7. Se7en (1995)
8. Memento (2001)
9. L.A. Confidential (1997)
10. No Country for Old Men (2007)

11. The Third Man (1949)
12. Blue Velvet (1986)
13. The Usual Suspects (1995)
14. Zodiac (2007)
15. Dial M for Murder (1954)

16. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
17. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
18. The Sixth Sense (1999)
19. Strangers on a Train (1951)
20. Double Indemnity (1944)

21. The Conversation (1974)
22. Rebecca (1940)
23. Shutter Island (2010)
24. The French Connection (1971)
25. The Shining (1980)

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Originally posted 8/31/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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Teen Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Teen Movies

These are the top 25 teen movies of all time, as determined by aggregating multiple lists (see resources at bottom of page) and factoring in the films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database.

1. The Breakfast Club (1985)
2. Ferris Beuller’s Day Off (1986)
3. Mean Girls (2004)
4. Clueless (1995)
5. Heathers (1988)

6. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
7. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
8. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
9. Grease (1978)
10. The Outsiders (1983)

11. Dazed and Confused (1993)
12. Sixteen Candles (1984)
13. Bring It On (2000)
14. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
15. Say Anything (1989)

16. Superbad (2007)
17. Juno (2007)
18. Easy A (2010)
19. American Graffiti (1973)
20. The Last Picture Show (1971)

21. American Pie (1999)
22. Dead Poets Society (1989)
23. Pretty in Pink (2002)
24. She’s All That (1999)
25. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

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Originally posted 9/7/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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Super Hero Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Super Hero Movies

This list of the top 25 super hero movies of all time was created by aggregating the resources at the bottom of this page along with box office, movie ratings, and overall ranking in Dave’s Movie Database.

1. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Logan (2017)
3. Iron Man (2008)
4. Wonder Woman (2017)
5. The Avengers (2012)

6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
7. Superman: The Movie (1978)
8. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
9. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
10. The Incredibles (2004)

11. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
12. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
13. Black Panther (2018)
14. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
15. Batman Begins (2005)

16. Deadpool (2016)
17. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
18. Thor: Ragnorak (2017)
19. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
20. X2: X-Men United (2003)

21. Batman (1989)
22. Unbreakable (2000)
23. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
24. Spider-Man (2002)
25. Avengers: Endgame (2019)

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Originally posted 8/31/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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Sports Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Sports Movies

This list of the top 25 sports movies of all time was created by aggregating the resources at the bottom of this page along with overall ranking in Dave’s Movie Database.

1. Raging Bull (1980)
2. Hoosiers (1986)
3. Rocky (1976)
4. Bull Durham (1988)
5. Caddyshack (1980)

6. Field of Dreams (1989)
7. Chariots of Fire (1981)
8. Hoop Dreams (1994)
9. The Wrestler (2008)
10. The Hustler (1961)

11. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
12. The Bad News Bears (1976)
13. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
14. Rudy (1993)
15. Jerry Maguire (1996)

16. The Natural (1984)
17. Slap Shot (1977)
18. Breaking Away (1979)
19. Miracle (2004)
20. The Fighter (2010)

21. Remember the Titans (2000)
22. A League of Their Own (1992)
23. Major League (1989)
24. Creed (2015)
25. The Karate Kid (1984)

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Originally posted 9/12/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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Silent Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Movies

This list of the top 25 silent movies of all time was compiled by aggregating the lists at the bottom of this page along with the films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database.

1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
2. Metropolis (1927)
3. The General (1927)
4. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
5. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka “Nosferatu, the Vampire”) (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)

6. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari) (1920)
7. City Lights (1931)
8. The Gold Rush (1925)
9. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
10. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)

11. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
12. The Kid (1921)
13. The Wind (1928)
14. An Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou) (1928)
15. Modern Times (1936)

16. Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
17. Greed (1924)
18. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
19. Safety Last! (1923)
20. Pandora's Box (aka “Lulu”) (Die Büchse der Pandora) (1929)

21. The Cameraman (1928)
22. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
23. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
24. The Big Parade (1925)
25. Napoléon (1927)

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Originally posted 9/3/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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Sci-Fi Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Sci-Fi Movies

18 lists (resources listed at bottom of page) were aggregated to create this list of the top 25 sci-fi films of all time. Movies and sequels have been listed together if each movie earned enough points indvidually to rank in the top 50.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. Alien (1979) / Aliens (1986)
4. Star Wars:

5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
7. Metropolis (1927)
8. Back to the Future (1985)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. The Terminator (1984) / The Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

11. The Matrix (1999)
12. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
13. Brazil (1985)
14. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
15. Forbidden Planet (1956)

16. Solaris (Solyaris) (1971)
17. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
18. The Fly (1986)
19. Planet of the Apes (1968)
20. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

21. Robocop (1987)
22. Wall-E (2008)
23. The Thing (1982)
24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
25. Avatar (2009)

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Originally posted 8/30/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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