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Top Films According to Regular Film Fans (M-R)

Fans'
Rank
Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
111 M 1931 Fritz Lang 75
223 M*A*S*H 1970 Robert Altman 128
355 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Orson Welles 201
346 The Magnificent Seven 1960 John Sturges 318
79 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 202
368 Malcolm X 1992 Spike Lee 582
57 The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston 44
305 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 288
92 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 John Frankenheimer 124
109 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen 135
343 Mary Poppins 1964 Robert Stevenson 252
34 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 42
509 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Robert Altman 290
176 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese 190
59 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 136
429 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 562
126 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 53
99 Midnight Cowboy 1969 John Schlesinger 142
225 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 460
297 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 796
485 The Mirror 1975 Andrei Tarkovsky 887
513 Misery 1990 Rob Reiner 1202
131 Modern Times 1936 Charles Chaplin 108
440 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 607
62 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 133
177 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 219
122 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 156
123 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 310
507 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 447
279 My Fair Lady 1964 George Cukor 164
384 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 1511
247 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 86
261 Natural Born Killers 1994 Oliver Stone 759
481 The Natural 1984 Barry Levinson 908
117 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 221
364 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 253
164 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton 61
229 Night of the Living Dead 1968 George A. Romero 139
314 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 419
391 Nights of Cabiria 1957 Federico Fellini 440
31 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 31
219 Nosferatu 1922 F.W. Murnau 105
168 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 104
232 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Joel Coen 776
283 Office Space 1999 Mike Judge 774
51 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 40
159 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone 207
86 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 107
18 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman 35
399 Ordinary People 1980 Robert Redford 481
496 The Others 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 803
463 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 242
448 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood 645
199 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 Carl Theodor Dreyer 143
387 Pather Panchali 1955 Satyajit Ray 159
114 Paths of Glory 1957 Stanley Kubrick 152
151 Patton 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner 241
506 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 258
197 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman 158
471 Philadelphia 1993 Jonathan Demme 898
155 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 109
476 Pi 1998 Darren Aronofsky 945
287 The Pianist 2002 Roman Polanski 470
307 The Piano 1993 Jane Campion 247
435 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 217
357 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 379
328 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 John Hughes 1017
184 Planet of the Apes 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner 240
67 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 122
289 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 492
415 Pleasantville 1998 Gary Ross 1260
341 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 814
96 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 132
358 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 537
258 The Producers 1968 Mel Brooks 184
136 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 282
14 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 7
2 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 15
426 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 1131
405 The Quiet Man 1952 John Ford 307
502 Quiz Show 1994 Robert Redford 1012
24 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 18
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 29
118 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson 347
427 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 Yimou Zhang 363
162 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 528
121 Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa 185
104 Rashômon 1950 Akira Kurosawa 84
21 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
171 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 225
143 Rebel without a Cause 1955 Nicholas Ray 115
337 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 234
475 The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 204
436 The Remains of the Day 1993 James Ivory 594
428 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 350
115 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 434
32 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 66
58 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 178
316 The Right Stuff 1983 Philip Kaufman 371
408 Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks 279
392 Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes 1224
262 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 306
421 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 495
433 The Rock 1996 Michael Bay 1058
97 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 101
467 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman 301
356 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 300
367 Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock 1055
210 Rosemary's Baby 1968 Roman Polanski 193
266 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson 516
192 The Rules of the Game 1939 Jean Renoir 70
191 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 494
238 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson 286
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