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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Westerns: Top 25

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Foreign Films: Top 25

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Top 25 Movies

This list of the best foreign-language (i.e. non-English) films of all time was compiled by aggregating multiple best-of lists (see resources at bottom of page) along with films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database and movie ratings.

1. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
2. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
3. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
4. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
5. Rashômon (1950)

6. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
7. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
8. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
9. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
10. Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)

11. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
12. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
13. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
14. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
15. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)

16. Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain) (2001)
17. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
18. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (1988)
19. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
20. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)

21. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
22. City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
23. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
24. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long) (2000)
25. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)

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Film Noir Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Film Noir Movies

“Film noir” is a term originally applied by French critics to American detective films and thrillers made in the ‘40s and ‘50s by noted directors such as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, and Fritz Lang. The films in this genre are generally marked by a low-key, black-and-white visual style rooted in German expressionism.

1. Double Indemnity (1944)
2. Out of the Past (1947)
3. Touch of Evil (1958)
4. The Big Sleep (1946)
5. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

6. In a Lonely Place (1950)
7. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
8. The Killers (1946)
9. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
10. The Third Man (1949)

11. Laura (1944)
12. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
13. The Killing (1956)
14. Detour (1945)
15. Nightmare Alley (1947)

16. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
17. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
18. The Big Heat (1953)
19. They Live by Night (1948)
20. Night and the City (1950)

21. White Heat (1949)
22. Gun Crazy (1950)
23. Criss Cross (1949)
24. Gilda (1946)
25. Mildred Pierce (1945)

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Fantasy Films: Top 25

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Top 25 Fantasy Films

These are the top 25 fantasy films 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. In cases where more than one movie from a series ranked in the top 25 (such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy), they were consolidated into one entry.

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
2. The Lord of the Rings: 3. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
4. The Princess Bride (1987)
5. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

6. Harry Potter:

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
7. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
8. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
9. Mary Poppins (1964)
10. Labyrinth (1986)

11. Pirates of the Caribbean:

  • The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  • Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
  • At World’s End (2007)
  • On Stranger Tides (2011)
  • Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
12. The Never Ending Story (1984)
13. The Dark Crystal (1982)
14. Groundhog Day (1993)
15. Time Bandits (1981)

16. Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) (1946)
17. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
18. The Hobbit:

  • An Unexpected Journey (2012)
  • The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
  • The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
19. Star Wars: 20. Avatar (2009)

21. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
22. Excalibur (1981)
23. King Kong (1933)
24. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
25. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

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Epic Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Epic Movies

Wikipedia defines an epic film as “a style of filmmaking with large scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle…It is often focused on a heroic character…[They may] take a historical or a mythical event and add an extravagant setting and lavish costumes, accompanied by an expansive musical score with an ensemble cast, which would make them among the most expensive of films to produce.”

This list of the top 25 epic films of all-time has been assembled by aggregating the resources at the bottom of this page along with overall ranking in Dave’s Movie Database. Movies with sequels that also rated in the top 50 have been consolidated into one entry.

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
3. Ben-Hur (1959)
4. The Lord of the Rings: 5. Titanic (1997)

6. Spartacus (1960)
7. Gladiator (2000)
8. Schindler’s List (1993)
9. The Ten Commandments (1956)
10. Braveheart (1995)

11. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
12. Dances with Wolves (1990)
13. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
14. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
15. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)

16. The Godfather (1972) / The Godfather Part II (1974)
17. Forrest Gump (1994):
18. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957):
19. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
20. Apocalypse Now (1979)

21. Reds (1981)
22. Gandhi (1982)
23. Cleopatra (1963)
24. Patton (1970)
25. Glory (1989)

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

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Top 25 Comedies

20 lists (resources listed at bottom of page) were aggregated to create this list of the top 25 comedy films of all time.

1. Airplane! (1980)
2. Some Like It Hot (1959)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
4. Duck Soup (1933)
5. Blazing Saddles (1974)

6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
7. Young Frankenstein (1974)
8. This is Spinal Top (1984)
9. Ghostbusters (1984)
10. Groundhog Day (1993)

11. Annie Hall (1977)
12. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
13. Raising Arizona (1987)
14. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
15. The Jerk (1979)

16. The Producers (1967)
17. The Big Lebowski (1998)
18. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
19. Office Space (1999)
20. It Happened One Night (1934)

21. The General (1927)
22. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
23. Caddyshack (1980)
24. His Girl Friday (1940)
25. The Princess Bride (1987)

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Originally posted 8/30/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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Animated Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Animated Movies

20 lists (resources listed at bottom of page) were aggregated to create this list of the top 25 animated films of all time.

1. Toy Story (1995)
2. Wall-E (2008)
3. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
4. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

6. The Lion King (1994)
7. Up (2009)
8. Toy Story 3 (2010)
9. The Incredibles (2004)
10. Pinocchio (1940)

11. Fantasia (1940)
12. Finding Nemo (2003)
13. The Iron Giant (1999)
14. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
15. Ratatouille (2007)

16. Bambi (1942)
17. Coraline (2009)
18. Inside Out (2015)
19. South Park: Bigge, Longer & Uncut (1999)
20. Toy Story 2 (1999)

21. Aladdin (1992)
22. The Little Mermaid (1989)
23. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
24. My Neighbour Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988)
25. Monsters, Inc. (2001)

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Action/Adventure Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Action/Adventure Movies

These are the top 25 action films as determined by an aggregate of sixteen lists focused on action, adventure, spy, and swashbuckler films. See the bottom of the page for links to the individual lists.

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981):
2. Die Hard (1988)
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
4. Aliens (1986)
5. The Matrix (1999)

6. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
7. The Dark Knight (2008)
8. Gladiator (2000)
9. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
10. Goldfinger (1964)

11. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long) (2000)
12. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
13. First Blood (1982)
14. Predator (1987)
15. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

16. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
17. John Wick (2014)
18. Lethal Weapon (1987)
19. Robocop (1987)
20. Enter the Dragon (1973)

21. Speed (1994)
22. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
23. Casino Royale (2006)
24. The Fugitive (1993)
25. The Wild Bunch (1969)

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Originally posted 8/29/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.
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