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.

Metacritic: Top 100 Movies

Metacritic: Top 100 Movies

This is a list of the top 100 movies based on Metascore’s ratings. There’s no indication of when this list was put together or how multiple ties were broken. To qualify, movies had to have at least 7 ratings. 1. The Decalogue (Dekalog) (1988) 2. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970) 3. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994) 4. Boyhood (2014) 5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 6. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963) 7. The Godfather (1972) 8. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953) 9. Citizen Kane (1941) 10. Rear Window (1954) 11. Casablanca (1942) 12. Notorious (1946) 13. Vertigo (1958) 14. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982) 15. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 16. Playtime (1967) 17. Touch of Evil (1958) 18. Army of Shadows (L'Armée des Ombres) (1969) 19. City Lights (1931) 20. Moonlight (2016) 21. Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) 22. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939) 23. Pinocchio (1940) 24. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954) 25. The Wild Bunch (1969) 26. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) 27. The Lady Vanishes (1938) 28. Pépé le Moko (1937) 29. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 30. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006) 31. Some Like It Hot (1959) 32. North by Northwest (1959) 33. Hoop Dreams (1994) 34. Rashômon (1950) 35. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928) 36. All About Eve (1950) 37. Metropolis (1927) 38. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961) 39. My Left Foot (1989) 40. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 41. Ran (1985) 42. Gone with the Wind (1939) 43. The Third Man (1949) 44. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 45. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021) 46. Rififi (Du Rififi Chez les Hommes) (1955) 47. Psycho (1960) 48. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) 49. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019) 50. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925) 51. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 52. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 53. American Graffiti (1973) 54. 12 Angry Men (1957) 55. Dumbo (1941) 56. Roma (2018) 57. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929) 58. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001) 59. Toy Story (1995) 60. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) 61. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 62. 12 Years a Slave (2013) 63. Manchester by the Sea (2016) 64. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966) 65. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) 66. Killer of Sheep (1977) 67. Nashville (1975) 68. Red River (1948) 69. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) 70. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 71. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954) 72. Ratatouille (2007) 73. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 74. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 75. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945) 76. Mean Streets (1973) 77. The Lady Eve (1941) 78. Gravity (2013) 79. Fantasia (1940) 80. Beauty and the Beast (1991) 81. Small Axe: Lovers Rock (2020) 82. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 83. Don’t Look Now (1973) 84. The Social Network (2010) 85. My Fair Lady (1964) 86. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) 87. I Am Not Your Negro (2016) 88. Woodstock (1970) 89. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2024) 90. Aftersun (2022) 91. Rocks (2021) 92. Amour (2012) 93. The Hurt Locker (2009) 94. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 95. Pulp Fiction (1994) 96. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 97. Collective (2020) 98. A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (2011) 99. Double Indemnity (1944) 100. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists Metacritic.com “Best Movies of All Time” Originally posted 9/13/2019; last updated 2/26/2025.

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie of the Year

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie of the Year, 1919-2024

These are the top movies for each year from 1915 to 2024 based on their overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database. You can also click on a year to see the top ten movies for that year. 2024: Anora 2023: Oppenheimer 2022: Avatar: The Way of Water 2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home 2020: Nomadland 2019: Avengers: Endgame 2018: Black Panther 2017: Get Out 2016: Moonlight 2015: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens 2014: Boyhood 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2012: The Avengers 2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2010: Inception 2009: Avatar 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 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2000: Gladiator 1999: The Matrix 1998: Saving Private Ryan 1997: Titanic 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: Die Hard 1987: The Princess Bride 1986: Blue Velvet 1985: Back to the Future 1984: Amadeus 1983: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1980: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1979: Apocalypse Now 1978: The Deer Hunter 1977: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope 1976: Taxi Driver 1975: Jaws 1974: The Godfather Part II 1973: The Exorcist 1972: The Godfather 1971: A Clockwork Orange 1970: Patton 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey 1967: The Graduate 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: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956: The Searchers 1955: The Night of the Hunter 1954: Rear Window 1953: Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) 1952: Singin’ in the Rain 1951: A Streetcar Named Desire 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: Shadow of a Doubt 1942: Casablanca 1941: Citizen Kane 1940: The Philadelphia Story 1939: Gone with the Wind 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1936: Modern Times 1935: Bride of Frankenstein 1934: It Happened One Night 1933: King Kong 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 1915: The Birth of a Nation Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists Originally posted 7/26/2019; last updated 3/2/2025.

Top Movies of the 2010s

This page offers lists of the top 25 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 25 of the 2010s These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by worldwide box office gross. The first number indicates dollars made in millions.

1. 2799.44: Avengers: Endgame (2019) 2. 2071.31: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) 3. 2052.42: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 4. 1671.54: Jurassic World (2015) 5. 1663.08: The Lion King (2019) 6. 1520.54: The Avengers (2012) 7. 1515.34: Furious 7 (The Fast and the Furious 7) (2015) 8. 1453.68: Frozen II (2019) 9. 1405.02: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 10. 1355.70: Beauty and the Beast (2017) 11. 1349.93: Black Panther (2018) 12. 1342.36: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) 13. 1334.41: Star Wars – Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) 14. 1310.47: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) 15. 1284.54: Frozen (2013) 16. 1266.15: Iron Man 3 (2013) 17. 1243.23: The Incredibles 2 (2018) 18. 1236.01: The Fate of the Furious (Fast and the Furious 8) (2017) 19. 1159.44: Minions (2015) 20. 1155.05: Captain America: Civil War (2016) 21. 1148.53: Aquaman (2018) 22. 1132.71: Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) 23. 1131.42: Captain Marvel (2019) 24. 1123.79: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 25. 1114.98: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019) 2. The Social Network (2010) 3. Boyhood (2014) 4. 12 Years a Slave (2013) 5. Moonlight (2016) 6. La La Land (2016) 7. Spotlight (2015) 8. Argo (2012) 9. The Artist (2011) 10. Roma (2018) 11. Inception (2010) 12. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 13. Gravity (2013) 14. The Shape of Water (2017) 15. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 16. The King’s Speech (2010) 17. 1917 (2019) 18. Lady Bird (2017) 19. Toy Story 3 (2010) 20. Black Panther (2018) 21. Get Out (2017) 22. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 23. The Irishman (2019) 24. The Descendants (2011) 25. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

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 3/3/2025.

Boyhood released

Boyhood Released: July 11, 2014 Studio: IFC Films Genre: coming-of-age drama Box Office (numbers in millions): Domestic: 25.38 Worldwide: 48.17 Adjusted for Inflation: Domestic: -- Worldwide: --

Directing: Richard Linklater Screenwriting: Richard Linklater Starring: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater Review: Boyhood was an ambitious coming-of-age film built on an idea that could easily have derailed. Director and writer Richard Linklater follows the life of Mason Evans, Jr. (Coltrane) from age six to eighteen. The story also follows his divorced parents (Arquette, Hawke) and his sister (Linklater). The challenge was that Linklater used the same actors throughout the more-than-decade long project, filming from 2002 through 2013. Because of the nature of the project, Linklater had only vague script ideas to guide the project and from year to year would incorporate changes into the script based on each actor. Along the journey, the family – and Mason in particular – is confronted with divorce, alcoholism, abuse, drug use, adolescence, and relationships. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw called Boyhood “one of the great films of the decade.” GN He goes to far as to say that the movie “is so ambitious and passionate that I can’t imagine anyone cranking out another conventional ‘coming-of-age’ picture. That genre now looks to be obsolete.” GN “Boyhood ins touch with a simple, urgent truth: life is terrifying short. While our childhood in progress seems like an aeon, to our parents it flashes past in a dreamlike instant.” GN “The movie invites us to see Mason from an estranged-dad’s-eye-view…But the point is that all parents are estranged, continually and suddenly waking up to how their children are growing, progressively assuming the separateness and privacy of adulthood.” GN Sources: GN The Guardian review by Peter Bradshaw WK Wikipedia

Awards/Honors/Lists: Dave’s Movie Database Lists: Eras: Awards: Oscars: Wins: 1: Best Supporting Actress (Arquette) Nominations: 6: Best Movie, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Hawke), Best Editing Hall of Fames: Lists: First posted 3/4/2/25.