Teen Movies: Top 25

image from The Breakfast Club

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) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Genre Lists BestLifeOnline.com (9/12/2018). “The 40 Greatest Teen Movies Ever – Ranked” BuzzFeed.com (5/19/2016). “23 Movies Everyone Needs to See in Their Teens” CafeMom.com (2/7/2019). “24 of the Most Unforgettable Teen Romance Movies” Complex.com (8/2/2013). “The Best Coming-of-Age Movies of All Time” Cosmopolitan.com (1/3/2019). “48 of the best teen movies delivering all the high school feels” Esquire.com (9/1/2018). “The 25 Best High School Movies Ever” GirlsLife.com (3/11/2018). “The 20 best teen movies of all time” Hypable.com (9/14/2017). “The 20 best high school movies of all time” Internet Movie Database (9/11/2011). “Best Teen Movies of All Time” Internet Movie Database (1/22/2011). “100 greatest teen movies ever” IndieWire.com (3/12/2013). “15 Classic Teen Rebellion Movies” MomJunction.com (7/12/2019). “25 Best Movies For Teens” ThePlaylist.com (11/15/2016). “The 50 Best Teen Movies of All Time” PureWow.com (4/25/2018). “The 23 Best Teen Movies of All Time” Ranker.com “The Best Coming of Age Movies” Ranker.com “The Best Teen Movies of All Time” TheRinger.com (5/23/2019). “The 25 Best High School Movies” ScreenRant.com (8/7/2019). “10 Pre-Breakfast Club Teen Movies That Are Still Worth Watching” Seventeen.com (9/3/2019). “31 Best Teen Movies You Can’t Grow Up Without Watching” TheTopTens.com “Best Teen Movies” UsMagazine.com (1/6/2017). “The 10 Best Teen Movies of All Time…” Originally posted 9/7/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.

Musicals: Top 25

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Top 25 Musicals This is a list of the best musicals ever put on film. The list was compiled by aggregating multiple best-of lists (see resources at bottom of page) along with films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database. 1. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 2. West Side Story (1961) 3. The Sound of Music (1965) 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Grease (1978) 6. Cabaret (1972) 7. Chicago (2002) 8. Mary Poppins (1964) 9. My Fair Lady (1964) 10. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 11. La La Land (2016) 12. Moulin Rouge! (2001) 13. A Star Is Born (1954) 14. An American in Paris (1951) 15. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) (1964) 16. Top Hat (1935) 17. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) 18. Guys and Dolls (1955) 19. Dreamgirls (2006) 20. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 21. All That Jazz (1979) 22. Funny Girl (1968) 23. The Band Wagon (1953) 24. 42nd Street (1933) 25. On the Town (1949) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Genre Lists ABC News/People Magazine (3/22/2011). “Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time” (includes top 5 musicals) American Film Institute (2006). “25 Greatest Movie Musicals of All TIme” Ambient-Mixer.com “20 of the Best Musical Movies of All Time” Glamour magazine (7/29/2019). “Incredible movie musicals that will spark joy in your life” TheGuardian.com (12/3/2013). “Top 10 musicals” Guinness Book of Film (1999). “The Top 100 Films by Genre Type” (includes top 5 musicals) Independent.co.uk (4/6/2019). “The 20 greatest movie musicals of all time” IndieWire.com (12/15/2017). “Ranking the 20 Best Movie Musicals of All Time…” Internet Movie Database (1/25/2016). “The 57 best musical films of all time” LiveAbout.com (10/3/2017). “8 Classic Musicals You Have to See” MarieClaire.com (8/27/2019). “The 40 Best Musical Movies to Get You Singing” Newsweek (8/8/2018). “The Best Movie Musicals of All Time, According to Critics” NYTimes.com “Classic Musicals” Norman, Barry (1993). “100 Greatest Films of All Time” (includes top 10 musicals) ThePlaylist.net (1/10/2017). “The 50 Best Movie Musicals of All Time” Ranker.com “The Best Musical Movies of All Time” Reader’s Digest “The 10 Best-Ever Movie Musicals You Need to Watch Again” RottenTomatoes.com “100 Best Musical Movies of All Time” TeenVogue.com (2/15/2018). “The 30 Best Movie Musicals for Teens” TheTopTens.com “Best Musical Movies of All Time” Time Out (3/30/2016). “The 30 best musical movies of all time” Vulture.com (4/2/2018). “The 25 Best Golden-Age Movie Musicals” WhatCulture.com (7/22/2018). “10 Greatest Ever Musical Movies” Originally posted 9/2/2019; last updated 5/25/2023.

Top Movies of the 1970s

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 1970s These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by worldwide box office gross. The first number indicates dollars made in millions. See sources for box office figures here.

1) 3753.70: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 2) 2712.00: Jaws (1975) 3) 2680.60: The Exorcist (1973) 4) 1938.60: Grease (1978) 5) 1851.00: The Sting (1973) 6) 1820.00: Enter the Dragon (1973) 7) 1730.00: The Godfather (1972) 8) 1560.10: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 9) 1507.90: Superman: The Movie (1978) 10) 1240.10: Rocky (1976) 11) 1132.89: Airport (1970) 12) 1060.28: Blazing Saddles (1974) 13) 1012.40: American Graffiti (1973) 14) 984.50: Moonraker (1979) 15) 977.10: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 16) 937.10: Rocky II (1979) 17) 823.55: Robin Hood (1973) 18) 640.52: Love Story (1970) 19) 561.49: The Towering Inferno (1974) 20) 547.90: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) 21) 519.93: Smokey and the Bandit (1977) 22) 514.37: Saturday Night Fever (1977) 23) 503.80: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 24) 502.26: The Poseidon Adventure (1972) 25) 491.26: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Critics’ Picks: Top 25 of the 1970s These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by a combination of the movies’ ratings points and awards points.

1) The Godfather (1972) 2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 3) The Godfather Part II (1974) 4) Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 5) Apocalypse Now (1979) 6) The Deer Hunter (1978) 7) Annie Hall (1977) 8) Chinatown (1974) 9) Patton (1970) 10) Taxi Driver (1976) 11) Rocky (1976) 12) Jaws (1975) 13) The Sting (1973) 14) The French Connection (1971) 15) The Exorcist (1973) 16) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 17) Nashville (1975) 18) All the President’s Men (1976) 19) Network (1976) 20) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 21) American Graffiti (1973) 22) A Clockwork Orange (1971) 23) M*A*S*H (1970) 24) Alien (1979) 25) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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.