Monday, June 2, 2025

Film Affinity: Best Movies in the History of Film

Film Affinity

Best Movies in the History of Film: Top 100

FilmAffinity.com was launched in 2002. They claim that their 177 million votes from over a million users makes them the leading site for movie recommendations. They have more than a million registered users in more than 90 countries.

The only explanation of how the list was put together is that it is the 1000 top rated movies on the website with 1000 or more votes. There is no indication when this list was last updated or how often.

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather Part II (1974)
3. 12 Angry Men (1957)
4. Schindler’s List (1939)
5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
6. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
7. City Lights (1931)
8. The Great Dictator (1940)
9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
10. Modern Times (1936)

11. The Sting (1973)
12. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
13. Harakiri (aka “Seppuka”) (1962)
14. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
15. Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è Bella) (1997)
16. Paths of Glory (1957)
17. All About Eve (1950)
18. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
19. High and Low (Tengoku to Jigoku) (1963)
20. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

21. Double Indemnity (1944)
22. The Apartment (1960)
23. City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
24. The Kid (1921)
25. Psycho (1960)
26. The Hole (Le Trou) (1960)
27. Goodfellas (1990)
28. The Gold Rush (1925)
29. Casablanca (1942)
30. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
32. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
33. American History X (1998)
34. The Young and the Damned (Los Olvidados) (1950)
35. Red Beard (Akahige) (1965)
36. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
37. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
38. Dersu Uzala (1974)
39. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
40. Once Upon a Time in America (1983)

41. M, the Vampire of Dusseldorf (M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder) (1931)
42. Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948)
43. Some Like It Hot (1959)
44. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
45. A Night at the Opera (1935)
46. Se7en (1995)
47. Sansho the Bailiff (Sanshô Dayû) (1954)
48. The General (1927)
49. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
50. The Pianist (2002)

51. North by Northwest (1959)
52. Limelight (1952)
53. Metropolis (1927)
54. The Executioner (El Verdugo) (1963)
55. Apocalypse Now (1979)
56. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
57. Vertigo (1958)
58. Unforgiven (1992)
59. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
60. The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)

61. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
62. Rebecca (1940)
63. The Third Man (1949)
64. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
65. Rear Window (1954)
66. Scarface (1983)
67. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
68. The Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (1957)
69. Rocco and His Brothers (“Rocco e i suoi Fratelli” or “Rocco et Ses Freres”) (1960)
70. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

71. Forrest Gump (1994)
72. The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann) (1924)
73. Scarlet Street (1945)
74. Freaks (1932)
75. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
76. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
77. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
78. Dial M for Murder (1954)
79. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
80. Samurai Rebellion (Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimaatsu) (1967)

81. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
82. The Hustler (1961)
83. The Great Escape (1963)
84. Gran Tarino (2008)
85. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
86. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
87. One, Two, Three (1961)
88. Touch of Evil (1958)
89. Citizen Kane (1941)
90. In the Name of the Father (1993)

91. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
92. The Shining (1980)
93. A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) (1956)
94. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Monogatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon after the Rain”) (1953)
95. 1900 (Novecento) (1976)
96. Captain Courageous (1937)
97. The Road (La Strada) (1954)
98. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
99. Rome, Open City (Roma Città Aperta) (1945)
100. The Holy Innocents (1984)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
FilmAffinity.com “Best Movies in the History of Film” (top 1000 list)

Originally posted 6/3/2025.

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Films 101: "The 100 Best Movies of All Time"

Films 101:

The 100 Best Movies of All Time

The home page for Films101.com says, “the best movies of all time, picked by critics and filmmakers.” On their about page, it offers slightly more detail, saying that the Films 101 database “comes from all-time best movie lists and movie awards.” There’s no indication when the list was initially posted and how often or when it has been updated but the most recent movies in their top 1000 are from 2024.

The website also offers ratings (again, with no explanation of where they come from), yearly top tens, and links for blockbusters, award winners, foreign films, genres, and more.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. The Godfather (1972)
5. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
6. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
7. Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948)
8. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
9. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
10. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)

11. Rashômon (1950)
12. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
13. The Searchers (1956)
14. Psycho (1960)
15. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
16. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
17. Casablanca (1942)
18. Raging Bull (1980)
19. Pulp Fiction (1994)
20. Taxi Driver (1976)

21. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
22. Apocalypse Now (1979)
23. Chinatown (1974)
24. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
25. Some Like It Hot (1959)
26. Metropolis (1927)
27. Goodfellas (1990)
28. Annie Hall (1977)
29. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
30. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

31. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
32. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
33. The Godfather Part II (1974)
34. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
35. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
36. Schindler’s List (1939)
37. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
38. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
39. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
40. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

41. Gone with the Wind (1939)
42. On the Waterfront (1954)
43. Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)
44. All About Eve (1950)
45. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
46. Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967)
47. The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)
48. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
49. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
50. Ran (1985)

51. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
52. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
53. Double Indemnity (1944)
54. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
55. Nashville (1975)
56. Do the Right Thing (1989)
57. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
58. The Graduate (1967)
59. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
60. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)

61. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka “Nosferatu, the Vampire”) (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
62. North by Northwest (1959)
63. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
64. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
65. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
66. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
67. L.A. Confidential (1997)
68. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
69. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
70. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)

71. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
72. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
73. King Kong (1933)
74. Unforgiven (1992)
75. The Third Man (1949)
76. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
77. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
78. It Happened One Night (1934)
79. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
80. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)

81. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
82. Mulholland Drive (2001)
83. The Apartment (1960)
84. The Wild Bunch (1969)
85. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
86. Blade Runner (1982)
87. Fargo (1996)
88. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
89. Rear Window (1954)
90. Rome, Open City (Roma Città Aperta) (1945)

91. Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól I Diament) (1958)
92. The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena) (1973)
93. Touch of Evil (1958)
94. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
95. City Lights (1931)
96. Playtime (1967)
97. Jaws (1975)
98. Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) (1946)
99. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
100. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
Films101.com “The Best Movies of All Time”

Originally posted 8/11/2019; last updated 6/1/2025.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Dave’s Movie Database: Best Rated Movies

Dave’s Movie Database:

Best-Rated Movies

This is a list of the best-rated movies according to Dave’s Movie Database. Go to the “Ratings/Reviews” page on this site to see what movie ratings have been aggregated to create this list. All the movies on this list averaged at least 4.5 out of 5 stars and had to be rated by 10 or more sources.

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. 12 Angry Men (1957)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. Casablanca (1942)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Rear Window (1954)
7. All About Eve (1950)
8. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
9. Apocalypse Now (1979)
10. Schindler’s List (1993)

11. City Lights (1931)
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
13. Goodfellas (1990)
14. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
15. Toy Story (1995)
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
17. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
18. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
19. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
20. Citizen Kane (1941)

21. Psycho (1960)
22. Double Indemnity (1944)
23. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
26. Gone with the Wind (1939)
27. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
28. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
29. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
30. The Dark Knight (2008)

31. Modern Times (1936)
32. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
33. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
34. Some Like It Hot (1959)
35. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
36. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
37. Rashômon (1950)
38. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
39. Vertigo (1958)
40. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

41. Chinatown (1974)
42. Raging Bull (1980)
43. North by Northwest (1959)
44. High Noon (1952)
45. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
46. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
47. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019)
48. Alien (1979)
49. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
50. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)

51. On the Waterfront (1954)
52. Network (1976)
53. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
54. Rebecca (1940)
55. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
56. The Decalogue (Dekalog) (1988)
57. Paths of Glory (1957)
58. The Deer Hunter (1978)
59. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
60. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

61. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
62. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
63. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
64. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
65. Taxi Driver (1976)
66. The Hustler (1961)
67. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
68. The Wild Bunch (1969)
69. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
70. Finding Nemo (2003)

71. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
72. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
73. All the President’s Men (1976)
74. The Apartment (1960)
75. Amadeus (1984)
76. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
77. It Happened One Night (1934)
78. Jaws (1975)
79. Touch of Evil (1958)
80. Unforgiven (1992)

81. Metropolis (1927)
82. Annie Hall (1977)
83. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
84. Forrest Gump (1994)
85. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
86. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
87. Ran (1985)
88. L.A. Confidential (1997)
89. Back to the Future (1985)
90. Patton (1970)

91. Wall-E (2008)
92. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
93. The Gold Rush (1925)
94. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
95. The Great Dictator (1940)
96. West Side Story (1961)
97. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
98. Inception (2010)
99. The Princess Bride (1987)
100. The Sting (1973)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
DavesMovieDatabase.com “Ratings/Reviews”

Originally posted 8/15/2019; last updated 5/21/2025.

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Dave’s Movie Database: Best Rated Movies by Year (1913-2024)

Dave’s Movie Database:

Best-Rated Movies by Year,
1913-2024

These are the best-rated movies of each year based on an aggregate of the sources at the Ratings and Reviews” page on this site.

2024: Dune: Part Two
2023: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2021: CODA
2020: Nomadland
2019: Parasite (Gisaengchung)
2018: Roma
2017: Coco
2016: La La Land
2015: Spotlight
2014: Boyhood
2013: 12 Years a Slave
2012: Argo
2011: A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
2010: Inception (2010)
2009: Up
2008: The Dark Knight
2007: No Country for Old Men
2006: Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2003: The Return of the King
2002: The Two Towers
2001: The Fellowship of the Ring
2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
1999: Being John Malkovich
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1997: L.A. Confidential
1996: Fargo
1995: Toy Story
1994: Pulp Fiction
1993: Schindler’s List
1992: Unforgiven
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1990: Goodfellas
1989: Do the Right Thing
1988: The Decalogue (Dekalog)
1987: The Princess Bride
1986: Platoon
1985: Back to the Future
1984: Amadeus
1983: The Right Stuff
1982: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
1979: Apocalypse Now
1978: The Deer Hunter
1977: Episode IV: A New Hope
1976: Network
1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1974: The Godfather Part II (1974)
1973: American Graffiti
1972: The Godfather (1972)
1971: The French Connection
1970: Patton
1969: The Wild Bunch
1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey
1967: Playtime
1966: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
1965: The Sound of Music
1964: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1963: 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo)
1962: Lawrence of Arabia
1961: West Side Story
1960: Psycho
1959: Some Like It Hot
1958: Vertigo
1957: 12 Angry Men
1956: The Searchers
1955: Rififi (Du Rififi Chez les Hommes)
1954: Rear Window
1953: Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari)
1952: Singin’ in the Rain
1951: Strangers on a Train
1950: All About Eve
1949: The Third Man
1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1947: Out of the Past
1946: It’s a Wonderful Life
1945: Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis)
1944: Double Indemnity
1943: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1942: Casablanca
1941: Citizen Kane
1940: The Philadelphia Story
1939: The Wizard of Oz
1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood
1937: Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion)
1936: Modern Times
1935: Bride of Frankenstein
1934: The Thin Man
1933: Duck Soup
1932: Trouble in Paradise
1931: City Lights
1930: All Quiet on the Western Front
1929: Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom)
1928: The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)
1927: Metropolis
1926: The General
1925: Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin)
1924: Greed
1923: Safety Last!
1922: Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka “Nosferatu, the Vampire”) (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)
1921: The Kid
1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari)
1919: Broken Blossoms
1918: The Blue Bird
1917: The Poor Little Rich Girl
1916: Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages
1915: The Vampires (or the Arch Criminals of Paris) (Les Vampires)
1914: Cabiria
1913: Traffic in Souls

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
DavesMovieDatabase.com page for “Ratings and Reviews”

Originally posted 8/15/2019; last updated 3/9/2025.

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Top Movies of the 1950s

This page offers lists of the top movies of the decade as determined by two different metrics. The first list is based on box office and the second is based on critics’ picks.

Box Office:

Top 20 of the 1950s

These are the top 20 movies of the decade as determined by worldwide box office gross adjusted for inflation. The first number indicates dollars made in millions. See sources for box office figures here.

1) 3731.10: The Ten Commandments (1956)
2) 2970.20: Ben-Hur (1959)
3) 1575.00: Cinderella (1950)
4) 1326.00: The Robe (1953)
5) 1278.20: Quo Vadis? (1951)

6) 664.86: Sleeping Beauty (1959)
7) 591.12: Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
8) 548.90: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
9) 519.40: From Here to Eternity (1953)
10) 509.88: Lady and the Tramp (1955)

11) 497.67: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
12) 481.70: Giant (1956)
13) 462.28: House of Wax (1953)
14) 460.66: Rear Window (1954)
15) 417.38: Peter Pan (1953)

16) 406.07: The Caine Mutiny (1954)
17) 293.90: Gigi (1958)
18) 231.20: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
19) 219.90 :On the Waterfront (1954)
20) 202.90: An American in Paris (1951)

Critics’ Picks:

Top 25 of the 1950s

These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by a combination of the movies’ ratings points and awards points.

1) All About Eve (1950)
2) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
3) On the Waterfront (1954)
4) Ben-Hur (1959)
5) Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

6) Sunset Boulevard (1950)
7) 12 Angry Men (1957)
8) From Here to Eternity (1953)
9) Rear Window (1954)
10) Some Like It Hot (1959)

11) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
12) Vertigo (1958)
13) The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
14) North by Northwest (1959)
15) Touch of Evil (1958)

16) Rashômon (1950)
17) An American in Paris (1951)
18) Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
19) High Noon (1952)
20) The Searchers (1956)

21) Paths of Glory (1957)
22) Gigi (1958)
23) The Ten Commandments (1956)
24) The Night of the Hunter (1955)
25) Marty (1955)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Eras
Dave’s Movie Database: Movies of the Year
Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office
Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page
Dave’s Movie Database: Ratings Page

Originally posted 3/8/2025.

Top Movies of the 1940s

This page offers lists of the top movies of the decade as determined by two different metrics. The first list is based on box office and the second is based on critics’ picks.

Box Office:

Top 20 of the 1940s

1) Bambi (1942)
2) Pinocchio (1940)
3) This Is the Army (1943)
4) Fantasia (1940)
5) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

6) Mrs. Miniver (1942)
7) Random Harvest (1942)
8) The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
9) Going My Way (1944)
10) Duel in the Sun (1946)

11) Sergeant York (1941)
12) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
13) Casablanca (1942)
14) The Great Dictator (1940)
15) How Green Was My Valley (1941)

16) Rebecca (1940)
17) Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
18) The Lost Weekend (1945)
19) Song of the South (1946)
20) The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Critics’ Picks:

Top 25 of the Decade

These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by a combination of the movies’ ratings points and awards points.

1) Citizen Kane (1941)
2) Casablanca (1942)
3) The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
4) 55.00: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
5) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

6) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
7) Double Indemnity (1944)
8) The Philadelphia Story (1940)
9) The Lost Weekend (1945)
10) Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948)

11) The Third Man (1949)
12) The Maltese Falcon (1941)
13) Rebecca (1940)
14) Going My Way (1944)
15) How Green Was My Valley (1941)

16) All the King’s Men (1949)
17) Pinocchio (1940)
18) Children of Paris (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
19) Bambi (1942)
20) Notorious (1946)

21) Laura (1944)
22) His Girl Friday (1940)
23) Fantasia (1940)
24) Mrs. Miniver (1942)
25) The Red Shoes (1948)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Eras
Dave’s Movie Database: Movies of the Year
Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office
Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page
Dave’s Movie Database: Ratings Page

Originally posted 3/8/2025.

Friday, March 7, 2025

Top Movies of the 1910s

1910s:

Top 10 of the Decade

These are the top 10 movies of the decade as determined by overall points in Dave’s Movie Database.

1) The Birth of a Nation (1915)
2) Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
3) Broken Blossoms (1919)
4) Cabiria (1914)
5) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)

6) Les Vampires (1915)
7) Traffic in Souls (1913)
8) The Blue Bird (1918)
9) Richard III (1912)
10) The Cheat (1915)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Eras
Dave’s Movie Database: Movies of the Year
Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office
Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page
Dave’s Movie Database: Ratings Page

Originally posted 3/7/2025.

Top Movies of the 1920s

1920s:

Top 25 of the Decade

These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by overall points in Dave’s Movie Database.

1) Metropolis (1927)
2) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
3) The General (1926)
4) The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
5) Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)

6) The Gold Rush (1925)
7) Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka "Nosferatu, the Vampire") (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
8) Greed (1924)
9) Sherlock Jr. (1924)
10) Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)

11) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari) (1920)
12) The Kid (1921)
13) The Crowd (1928)
14) Napoléon (1927)
15) Pandora’s Box (aka “Lulu”) (Die Büchse der Pandora) (1929)

16) Safety Last! (1923)
17) Wings (1927)
18) The Big Parade (1925)
19) An Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou) (1928)
20) Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

21) Nanook of the North (1922)
22) The Jazz Singer (1927)
23) The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
24) The Wind (1928)
25) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Eras
Dave’s Movie Database: Movies of the Year
Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office
Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page
Dave’s Movie Database: Ratings Page

Originally posted 3/7/2025.

Top Movies of the 1930s

1930s:

Top 25 of the Decade

These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by overall points in Dave’s Movie Database.

1) Gone with the Wind (1939)
2) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
3) City Lights (1931)
4) King Kong (1933)
5) Modern Times (1936)

6) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
7) It Happened One Night (1934)
8) The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
9) M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
10) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

11) Grand Illusion (La Grand Illusion) (1937)
12) Stagecoach (1939)
13) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
14) Duck Soup (1933)
15) Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

16) Frankenstein (1931)
17) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
18) Bringing Up Baby (1938)
19) Top Hat (1935)
20) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

21) L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe) (1934)
22) Trouble in Paradise (1932)
23) A Night at the Opera (1935)
24) The Thin Man (1934)
25) Swing Time (1936)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Eras
Dave’s Movie Database: Movies of the Year
Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office
Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page
Dave’s Movie Database: Ratings Page

Originally posted 3/7/2025.

Worldwide Box Office – Adjusted for Inflation

Worldwide Box Office, Adjusted for Inflation:

Top 100

These are the top films of all-time based on worldwide box office after being adjusted for inflation. The number right before the movie title indicates the adjusted worldwide box office numbers in millions. See the bottom of the page for resources used to compile this list.

1) 5192.10: Titanic (1997)
2) 4349.40: Avatar (2009)
3) 4341.00: Gone with the Wind (1939)
4) 3753.70: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
5) 3731.10: The Ten Commandments (1956)
6) 3589.90: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
7) 3095.40: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
8) 3093.10: The Sound of Music (1965)
9) 2980.22: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
10) 2970.22: Ben-Hur (1959)

11) 2860.20: Jurassic Park (1993)
12) 2846.50: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
13) 2712.00: Jaws (1975)
14) 2680.60: The Exorcist (1973)
15) 2634.30: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
16) 2625.10: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
17) 2588.80: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
18) 2384.50: The Lion King (1994)
19) 2349.50: Jurassic World (2015)
20) 2344.40: Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

21) 1736.00: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
22) 2231.60: The Avengers (2012)
23) 2179.40: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
24) 2173.00: Independence Day (1996)
25) 2169.00: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
26) 2140.00: 101 Dalmatians (1961)
27) 2124.90: The Lion King (2019)
28) 2103.40: Furious 7 (The Fast and the Furious 7) (2015)
29) 2025.10: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (aka “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”) (2001)
30) 2020.00: The Jungle Book (1967)

31) 1999.00: Ne Zha 2 (2025)
32) 1987.70: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part II (2011)
33) 1980.40: Mary Poppins (1964)
34) 1947.70: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
35) 1938.60: Grease (1978)
36) 1924.90: Forrest Gump (1994)
37) 1904.10: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
38) 1878.80: The Graduate (1967)
39) 1860.00: Frozen II (2019)
40) 1858.70: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

41) 1851.00: The Sting (1973)
42) 1840.60: Frozen (2013)
43) 1820.00: Enter the Dragon (1973)
44) 1797.50: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
45) 1778.30: Finding Nemo (2003)
46) 1776.60: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
47) 1745.70: Star Wars – Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
48) 1741.70: Thunderball (1965)
49) 1741.10: Goldfinger (1964)
50) 1740.40: Shrek 2 (2004)

51) 1736.70: Iron Man 3 (2013)
52) 1730.00: The Godfather (1972)
53) 1730.00: Bambi (1942)
54) 1727.50: Black Panther (2018)
55) 1723.70: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
56) 1696.20: Inside Out 2 (2024)
57) 1673.70: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
58) 1666.50: Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
59) 1664.70: Spider-Man (2002)
60) 1663.70: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

61) 1661.70: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
62) 1645.40: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
63) 1644.80: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
64) 1641.50: The Dark Knight (2008)
65) 1639.60: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
66) 1636.40: Skyfall (2012)
67) 1621.60: Minions (2015)
68) 1618.80: The Fate of the Furious (Fast and the Furious 8) (2017)
69) 1615.50: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
70) 1592.50: The Incredibles 2 (2018)

71) 1590.80: Toy Story 3 (2010)
72) 1587.80: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
73) 1583.70: Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997)
74) 1575.00: Cinderella (1950)
75) 1565.10: Barbie (2023)
76) 1562.60: Captain America: Civil War (2016)
77) 1560.10: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
78) 1558.30: Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
79) 1557.70: The Sixth Sense (1999)
80) 1549.40: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

81) 1522.70: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
82) 1521.50: Spider-Man 3 (2007)
83) 1508.80: Men in Black (1997)
84) 1507.90: Superman: The Movie (1978)
85) 1507.40: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
86) 1501.20: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
87) 1483.00: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
88) 1483.00: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
89) 1471.50: Aquaman (2018)
90) 1463.90: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

91) 1450.90: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
92) 1447.30: Captain Marvel (2019)
93) 1446.10: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
94) 1430.10: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
95) 1427.10: Aladdin (1992)
96) 1420.90: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
97) 1420.40: Despicable Me 2 (2013)
98) 1404.70: Ghost (1990)
99) 1400.40: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
100) 1397.20: Finding Dory (2016)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office Lists
Box Office Mojo (7/18/2019). “All Time Worldwide Grosses”
Games Radar (1/6/2023). “The 30 highest-grossing movies of all time, adjusted for inflation”
Internet Movie Database (2025). “Highest Grossing Blockbusters of All Time, Adjusted for Inflation”
Reddit (2017). “The Highest Grossing Movies of All Time Adjusted for Inflation”
Rotten Tomatoes (12/12/2023). “The 50 Highest-Grossing Movies of All Time: Your Top Box Office Earners Ever Worldwide”
TheStreet.com (6/24/2019). “Top 30 Highest-Grossing Movies of All Time Adjusted for Inflation”
UltimateMovingRankings.com (2024). “All Time Top Worldwide Box Office Grossing Movies…”
Wikipedia (2023). “Highest-Grossing Films Worldwide”
Wikipedia (2023). “Highest-Grossing Films Worldwide, adjusted for inflation”

Originally posted 7/19/2019; last updated 3/7/2025.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Dave’s Movie Database: “The Top 100 Movies of All Time”

Dave’s Movie Database:

Top 100 Movies of All Time

At the turn of the century, I was enamored with all the best-of lists floating around. Being particularly interested in music, I created a database to accumulate as many music-focused lists as I could find. I ended up aggregating hundreds of lists to make “definitive” lists of the best songs, albums, and acts of all time – and more. I created a website – DavesMusicDatabase.com – to gather and publish those lists.

This endeavor is based on the same concept. Gather and aggregate multiple lists focused on the best movies of all time. The anchor list is this one – The Top 100 Movies of All Time. It was created by aggregating more than 50 lists (see those lists here) along with box office figures (sources here), ratings (sources here), and awards (sources here).

Note to Members of the Film Fanatics Movie Club: This is a revised version of the 2019 list we use for our group. You can check out the original list on which our group is based here.

Here’s the list: