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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)

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Originally posted 3/8/2025.
 
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Friday, March 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)

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