| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 1966 | Sergio Leone | 44 |
| 2 | Unforgiven | 1992 | Clint Eastwood | 95 |
| 3 | Dirty Harry | 1971 | Don Siegel | 206 |
| 4 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | 331 |
| 5 | A Fistful of Dollars | 1964 | Sergio Leone | 383 |
| 6 | For a Few Dollars More | 1965 | Sergio Leone | 468 |
| 7 | The Outlaw Josey Wales | 1976 | Clint Eastwood | 558 |
| 8 | Gran Torino | 2008 | Clint Eastwood | 577 |
| 9 | High Plains Drifter | 1973 | Clint Eastwood | 1017 |
| 10 | Where Eagles Dare | 1968 | Brian G. Hutton | 1033 |
| 11 | The Bridges of Madison County | 1995 | Clint Eastwood | 1347 |
| 12 | Pale Rider | 1985 | Clint Eastwood | 1877 |
| 13 | Escape from Alcatraz | 1979 | Don Siegel | 2107 |
| 14 | Kelly's Heroes | 1970 | Brian G. Hutton | 2135 |
| 15 | American Sniper | 2014 | Clint Eastwood | 2281 |
| 16 | In the Line of Fire | 1993 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2350 |
| 17 | Play Misty for Me | 1971 | Clint Eastwood | 2387 |
| 18 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | 1974 | Michael Cimino | 2734 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | Roman Polanski | 78 |
| 2 | Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 | Woody Allen | 459 |
| 3 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | 1989 | Woody Allen | 647 |
| 4 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | 1985 | Woody Allen | 848 |
| 5 | Zelig | 1983 | Woody Allen | 1328 |
| 6 | Broadway Danny Rose | 1984 | Woody Allen | 1461 |
| 7 | Radio Days | 1987 | Woody Allen | 2396 |
| 8 | Husbands and Wives | 1992 | Woody Allen | 2408 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Schindler's List | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 28 |
| 2 | The Hurt Locker | 2008 | Kathryn Bigelow | 399 |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | 2011 | David Yates | 484 |
| 4 | The English Patient | 1996 | Anthony Minghella | 510 |
| 5 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 2005 | Steve Box and Nick Park | 563 |
| 6 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Mike Newell | 827 |
| 7 | In Bruges | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | 846 |
| 8 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | 2014 | Wes Anderson | 917 |
| 9 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | David Yates | 1030 |
| 10 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | 2010 | David Yates | 1087 |
| 11 | Skyfall | 2012 | Sam Mendes | 1259 |
| 12 | Strange Days | 1995 | Kathryn Bigelow | 1417 |
| 13 | The Constant Gardner | 2005 | Fernando Meirelles | 1963 |
| 14 | Kubo and the Two Strings | 2016 | Travis Knight | 1995 |
| 15 | The Reader | 2008 | Stephen Daldry | 2056 |
| 16 | Quiz Show | 1994 | Robert Redford | 2265 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Bourne Ultimatum | 2007 | Paul Greengrass | 384 |
| 2 | Miller's Crossing | 1990 | Joel Coen | 466 |
| 3 | Big Fish | 2003 | Tim Burton | 711 |
| 4 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | 1960 | Karel Reisz | 982 |
| 5 | Tom Jones | 1963 | Tony Richardson | 1043 |
| 6 | Erin Brockovich | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | 1046 |
| 7 | Skyfall | 2012 | Sam Mendes | 1259 |
| 8 | Traffic | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | 1452 |
| 9 | Corpse Bride | 2005 | Tim Burton and Mike Johnson | 1989 |
| 10 | Annie | 1982 | John Huston | 2097 |
| 11 | Murder on the Orient Express | 1974 | Sidney Lumet | 2597 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Apocalypse Now | 1979 | Francis Ford Coppola | 8 |
| 2 | The Matrix | 1999 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 35 |
| 3 | Boyz N the Hood | 1991 | John Singleton | 649 |
| 4 | Mystic River | 2003 | Clint Eastwood | 759 |
| 5 | The Color Purple | 1985 | Steven Spielberg | 862 |
| 6 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | 1991 | Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola, and George Hickenlooper | 1062 |
| 7 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 2005 | Shane Black | 1101 |
| 8 | King of New York | 1990 | Abel Ferrara | 1255 |
| 9 | Rumble Fish | 1983 | Francis Ford Coppola | 1529 |
| 10 | The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 1901 |
| 11 | Mission: Impossible III | 2006 | J.J. Abrams | 2454 |
| 12 | The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 2507 |
| 13 | Man of Steel | 2013 | Zack Snyder | 2589 |
| 14 | Event Horizon | 1997 | Paul W.S. Anderson | 2720 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Star Wars | 1977 | George Lucas | 6 |
| 2 | The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Irvin Kershner | 36 |
| 3 | When Harry Met Sally… | 1989 | Rob Reiner | 149 |
| 4 | Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Richard Marquand | 236 |
| 5 | The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 343 |
| 6 | Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 | Woody Allen | 459 |
| 7 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | 1997 | Jay Roach | 735 |
| 8 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | 2015 | J.J. Abrams | 925 |
| 9 | Shampoo | 1975 | Hal Ashby | 1871 |
| 10 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 2016 | Gareth Edwards | 2060 |
| 11 | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi | 2017 | Rian Johnson | 2072 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 | Sergio Leone | 58 |
| 2 | 12 Angry Men | 1957 | Sidney Lumet | 73 |
| 3 | The Lady Eve | 1941 | Preston Sturges | 193 |
| 4 | The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | John Ford | 209 |
| 5 | My Darling Clementine | 1946 | John Ford | 363 |
| 6 | The Ox-Bow Incident | 1942 | William A. Wellman | 539 |
| 7 | The Longest Day | 1962 | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki | 923 |
| 8 | Fort Apache | 1948 | John Ford | 951 |
| 9 | Young Mr. Lincoln | 1939 | John Ford | 975 |
| 10 | Fail-Safe | 1964 | Sidney Lumet | 1520 |
| 11 | How the West Was Won | 1962 | John Ford, Henry Hathaway, and George Marshall | 1530 |
| 12 | Mister Roberts | 1955 | John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy | 1627 |
| 13 | On Golden Pond | 1981 | Mark Rydell | 1773 |
| 14 | Jezebel | 1938 | William Wyler | 1824 |
| 15 | Advise & Consent | 1962 | Otto Preminger | 1981 |
| 16 | The Wrong Man | 1956 | Alfred Hitchcock | 2165 |
| 17 | You Only Live Once | 1937 | Fritz Lang | 2802 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Star Wars | 1977 | George Lucas | 6 |
| 2 | Apocalypse Now | 1979 | Francis Ford Coppola | 8 |
| 3 | Blade Runner | 1982 | Ridley Scott | 11 |
| 4 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | Steven Spielberg | 26 |
| 5 | The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Irvin Kershner | 36 |
| 6 | The Conversation | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola | 162 |
| 7 | Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Richard Marquand | 236 |
| 8 | American Graffiti | 1973 | George Lucas | 362 |
| 9 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | Steven Spielberg | 380 |
| 10 | The Fugitive | 1993 | Andrew Davis | 677 |
| 11 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 1984 | Steven Spielberg | 695 |
| 12 | Witness | 1985 | Peter Weir | 857 |
| 13 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | 2015 | J.J. Abrams | 925 |
| 14 | Working Girl | 1988 | Mike Nichols | 1515 |
| 15 | Blade Runner 2049 | 2017 | Denis Villeneuve | 1647 |
| 16 | Air Force One | 1997 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2347 |
| 17 | Zabriskie Point | 1970 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 2624 |
| 18 | Clear and Present Danger | 1994 | Phillip Noyce | 2786 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Taxi Driver | 1976 | Martin Scorsese | 14 |
| 2 | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | Jonathan Demme | 31 |
| 3 | Contact | 1997 | Robert Zemeckis | 1222 |
| 4 | Bugsy Malone | 1976 | Alan Parker | 1649 |
| 5 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | 1974 | Martin Scorsese | 1792 |
| 6 | A Very Long Engagement | 2004 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 1885 |
| 7 | Inside Man | 2006 | Spike Lee | 2119 |
| 8 | The Accused | 1988 | Jonathan Kaplan | 2721 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Back to the Future | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis | 45 |
| 2 | Back to the Future Part II | 1989 | Robert Zemeckis | 1095 |
| 3 | Back to the Future Part III | 1990 | Robert Zemeckis | 1697 |
| 4 | Mars Attacks! | 1996 | Tim Burton | 1807 |
| 5 | Casualties of War | 1989 | Brian De Palma | 2600 |
| 6 | The American President | 1995 | Rob Reiner | 2607 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Dark Knight | 2008 | Christopher Nolan | 47 |
| 2 | The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | Frank Darabont | 52 |
| 3 | Unforgiven | 1992 | Clint Eastwood | 95 |
| 4 | Seven | 1995 | David Fincher | 102 |
| 5 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | 331 |
| 6 | Batman Begins | 2005 | Christopher Nolan | 414 |
| 7 | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | Christopher Nolan | 614 |
| 8 | Glory | 1989 | Edward Zwick | 625 |
| 9 | Gone Baby Gone | 2007 | Ben Affleck | 1977 |
| 10 | The Lego Movie | 2014 | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | 918 |
| 11 | March of the Penguins | 2005 | Luc Jacquet | 1252 |
| 12 | War of the Worlds | 2005 | Steven Spielberg | 1684 |
| 13 | Driving Miss Daisy | 1989 | Bruce Beresford | 1945 |
| 14 | Lucky Number Slevin | 2006 | Paul McGuigan | 1992 |
| 15 | The Pawnbroker | 1964 | Sidney Lumet | 2052 |
| 16 | Invictus | 2009 | Clint Eastwood | 2215 |
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | James Cameron | 66 |
| 2 | American History X | 1998 | Tony Kaye | 428 |
