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Top Films from Columbia Pictures

This list includes films from TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, and Screen Gems Television.

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 8
2 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 16
3 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 29
4 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 David Lean 52
5 It Happened One Night 1934 Frank Capra 53
6 His Girl Friday 1940 Howard Hawks 86
7 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 103
8 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 109
9 From Here to Eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 152
10 Easy Rider 1969 Dennis Hopper 161
11 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 186
12 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 187
13 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon1 2000 Ang Lee 205
14 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich 239
15 Jerry Maguire2 1996 Cameron Crowe 308
16 Five Easy Pieces 1970 Bob Rafelson 320
17 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 336
18 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Ang Lee 357
19 Glory2 1989 Edward Zwick 358
20 The Awful Truth 1937 Leo McCarey 393
21 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 429
22 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979 Robert Benton 448
23 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 453
24 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 509
25 Funny Girl 1968 William Wyler 516
26 Boyz N the Hood 1991 John Singleton 520
27 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 Frank Capra 530
28 Sleepless in Seattle2 1993 Nora Ephron 539
29 Born Yesterday 1950 George Cukor 541
30 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 547
31 As Good as It Gets2 1997 James L. Brooks 554
32 The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang 558
33 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 Stanley Kramer 564
34 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 574
35 Starship Troopers2 1997 Paul Verhoeven 588
36 The Remains of the Day 1993 James Ivory 591
37 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 609
38 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 610
39 Gilda 1946 Charles Vidor 614
40 A League of Their Own 1992 Penny Marshall 621
41 The Way We Were 1973 Sydney Pollack 647
42 Lone Star 1996 John Sayles 667
43 Lost Horizon 1937 Frank Capra 690
44 Little Women 1994 Gillian Armstrong 715
45 All the King's Men 1949 Robert Rossen 721
46 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse 732
47 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 738
48 Basic Instinct2 1992 Paul Verhoeven 762
49 Philadelphia2 1993 Jonathan Demme 777
50 In Cold Blood 1967 Richard Brooks 781
51 Fat City 1972 John Huston 795
52 Before Sunrise 1995 Richard Linklater 796
53 Roxanne 1987 Fred Schepisi 798
54 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Orson Welles 801
55 The Guns of Navarone 1961 J. Lee Thompson 885
56 The Big Chill 1983 Lawrence Kasdan 886
57 Curse of the Demon 1957 Jacques Tourneur 888
58 Shampoo 1975 Hal Ashby 928
59 Spider-Man 2 2004 Sam Raimi 940
60 My Best Friend's Wedding2 1997 P.J. Hogan 958
61 Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 Alexander Hall 965
62 Only Angels Have Wings 1939 Howard Hawks 984
63 Hope and Glory 1987 John Boorman 994
64 Twentieth Century 1934 Howard Hawks 1008
65 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner 1033
66 Total Recall2 1990 Paul Verhoeven 1036
67 Holiday 1938 George Cukor 1052
68 Waiting for Guffman1 1996 Christopher Guest 1057
69 A Raisin in the Sun 1961 Daniel Petrie 1082
70 Donnie Brasco2 1997 Mike Newell 1099
71 You Can't Take It with You 1938 Frank Capra 1141
72 Brian's Song3 1971 Buzz Kulik 1150
73 The Natural2 1984 Barry Levinson 1167
74 The Karate Kid 1984 John G. Avildsen 1170
75 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 1176
76 Gattaca 1997 Andrew Niccol 1180
77 The Fisher King 1991 Terry Gilliam 1182
78 Places in the Heart2 1984 Robert Benton 1193
79 The American President 1995 Rob Reiner 1218
80 Bottle Rocket 1996 Wes Anderson 1236
81 In the Line of Fire 1993 Wolfgang Petersen 1283
82 Husbands and Wives2 1992 Woody Allen 1291
83 The Last Detail 1973 Hal Ashby 1304
84 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 Milos Forman 1329
85 Cat Ballou 1965 Elliot Silverstein 1332
86 Rudy2 1993 David Anspaugh 1359
87 Labyrinth2 1986 Jim Henson 1386
88 Fly Away Home 1996 Carroll Ballard 1393
89 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 Francis Ford Coppola 1401
90 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 1473
91 Cruel Intentions 1999 Roger Kumble 1510
92 The Go-Between 1970 Joseph Losey 1517
93 Bye Bye Birdie 1963 George Sidney 1521
94 Fail-Safe 1964 Sidney Lumet 1523
95 Picnic 1955 Joshua Logan 1529
96 Gloria 1980 John Cassavetes 1531
97 City Slickers 1991 Ron Underwood 1534
98 Bugsy2 1991 Barry Levinson 1614
99 To Die For 1995 Gus Van Sant 1617
100 Stuart Little 1999 Rob Minkoff 1625
101 El Mariachi 1992 Robert Rodriguez 1630
102 Stepmom2 1998 Chris Columbus 1647
103 1941 1979 Steven Spielberg 1663
104 The Talk of the Town 1942 George Stevens 1722
105 Legends of the Fall2 1994 Edward Zwick 1725
106 Stripes 1981 Ivan Reitman 1746
107 Air Force One 1997 Wolfgang Petersen 1779
108 A Soldier's Story 1984 Norman Jewison 1791
109 The Mask of Zorro2 1998 Martin Campbell 1804
110 Housekeeping 1987 Bill Forsyth 1854
111 Devil in a Blue Dress2 1995 Carl Franklin 1856
112 Starman 1984 John Carpenter 1866
113 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 1869
114 The Tall T 1957 Budd Boetticher 1926
115 Go2 1999 Doug Liman 2011
116 Ali 2001 Michael Mann 2017
117 Requiem for a Heavyweight 1962 Ralph Nelson 2026
118 Casualties of War 1989 Brian De Palma 2028
119 Annie 1982 John Huston 2032
120 The Reckless Moment 1949 Max Ophüls 2065
121 Desperado 1995 Robert Rodriguez 2067
122 Something's Gotta Give 2003 Nancy Meyers 2073
123 Peggy Sue Got Married2 1986 Francis Ford Coppola 2080
124 Awakenings 1990 Penny Marshall 2087
125 Charlie's Angels 2000 McG 2121
126 Postcards from the Edge 1990 Mike Nichols 2134
127 Birdy2 1984 Alan Parker 2141
128 The More the Merrier 1943 George Stevens 2144
129 The Bitter Tea of General Yen 1933 Frank Capra 2153
130 Girl, Interrupted 1999 James Mangold 2176
131 The Patriot 2000 Roland Emmerich 2181
132 Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2186
133 Born Free 1966 James Hill 2202
134 When a Stranger Calls 1979 Fred Walton 2207
135 The Professionals 1966 Richard Brooks 2230
136 The End of the Affair 1999 Neil Jordan 2252
137 St. Elmo's Fire 1985 Joel Schumacher 2280
138 The Harder They Fall 1956 Mark Robson 2308
139 Robin and Marian 1976 Richard Lester 2358
140 Fright Night 1985 Tom Holland 2449
141 I Know What You Did Last Summer 1997 Jim Gillespie 2459
142 About Last Night…2 1986 Edward Zwick 2465
143 The Front 1976 Martin Ritt 2472
144 A Knight’s Tale 2001 Brian Helgeland 2486
145 Jagged Edge 1985 Richard Marquand 2495
146 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara1 2003 Errol Morris 2502
147 Used Cars 1980 Robert Zemeckis 2505
148 2046 2004 Kar Wai Wong 2517

1 Produced by Sony Pictures Classics.
2 Produced by TriStar Pictures.
3 Produced by Screen Gems Television.

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