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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 9
2 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 12
3 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 19
4 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 40
5 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 David Lean 57
6 It Happened One Night 1934 Frank Capra 69
7 His Girl Friday 1940 Howard Hawks 72
8 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 103
9 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 130
10 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 156
11 Easy Rider 1969 Dennis Hopper 160
12 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon1 2000 Ang Lee 165
13 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 197
14 From Here to Eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 220
15 Gandhi 1982 Richard Attenborough 251
16 Jerry Maguire2 1996 Cameron Crowe 304
17 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 314
18 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 315
19 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich 325
20 Five Easy Pieces 1970 Bob Rafelson 352
21 Glory2 1989 Edward Zwick 395
22 Sense and Sensibility 1995 Ang Lee 405
23 Starship Troopers2 1997 Paul Verhoeven 441
24 The Awful Truth 1937 Leo McCarey 469
25 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 486
26 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 501
27 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979 Robert Benton 535
28 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 562
29 The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang 566
30 Boyz N the Hood 1991 John Singleton 568
31 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 570
32 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 571
33 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse 577
34 The Remains of the Day 1993 James Ivory 594
35 Funny Girl 1968 William Wyler 628
36 As Good as It Gets2 1997 James L. Brooks 635
37 A League of Their Own 1992 Penny Marshall 641
38 Gilda 1946 Charles Vidor 643
39 Sleepless in Seattle2 1993 Nora Ephron 652
40 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 Frank Capra 654
41 Lone Star 1996 John Sayles 659
42 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 665
43 Before Sunrise 1995 Richard Linklater 679
44 Born Yesterday 1950 George Cukor 690
45 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 715
46 Fat City 1972 John Huston 761
47 Spider-Man 2 2004 Sam Raimi 765
48 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 Stanley Kramer 778
49 The Guns of Navarone 1961 J. Lee Thompson 783
50 Hope and Glory 1987 John Boorman 786
51 Curse of the Demon 1957 Jacques Tourneur 833
52 The Way We Were 1973 Sydney Pollack 842
53 Total Recall2 1990 Paul Verhoeven 846
54 Donnie Brasco2 1997 Mike Newell 869
55 All the King's Men 1949 Robert Rossen 873
56 Little Women 1994 Gillian Armstrong 894
57 Philadelphia2 1993 Jonathan Demme 898
58 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Orson Welles 904
59 The Natural2 1984 Barry Levinson 908
60 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 917
61 In Cold Blood 1967 Richard Brooks 932
62 Gattaca 1997 Andrew Niccol 950
63 Roxanne 1987 Fred Schepisi 993
64 Waiting for Guffman1 1996 Christopher Guest 998
65 The Karate Kid 1984 John G. Avildsen 1003
66 Brian's Song3 1971 Buzz Kulik 1006
67 The Big Chill 1983 Lawrence Kasdan 1029
68 Holiday 1938 George Cukor 1034
69 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 1088
70 Twentieth Century 1934 Howard Hawks 1116
71 Lost Horizon 1937 Frank Capra 1128
72 Only Angels Have Wings 1939 Howard Hawks 1154
73 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner 1183
74 Shampoo 1975 Hal Ashby 1200
75 Cruel Intentions 1999 Roger Kumble 1230
76 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 1258
77 My Best Friend's Wedding2 1997 P.J. Hogan 1270
78 Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 Alexander Hall 1283
79 Bottle Rocket 1996 Wes Anderson 1286
80 Rudy2 1993 David Anspaugh 1295
81 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 Francis Ford Coppola 1320
82 Places in the Heart2 1984 Robert Benton 1350
83 Fail-Safe 1964 Sidney Lumet 1368
84 You Can't Take It with You 1938 Frank Capra 1389
85 In the Line of Fire 1993 Wolfgang Petersen 1402
86 The Last Detail 1973 Hal Ashby 1442
87 The Fisher King 1991 Terry Gilliam 1455
88 Desperado 1995 Robert Rodriguez 1459
89 Air Force One 1997 Wolfgang Petersen 1488
90 Cat Ballou 1965 Elliot Silverstein 1510
91 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara1 2003 Errol Morris 1537
92 Labyrinth2 1986 Jim Henson 1545
93 Husbands and Wives2 1992 Woody Allen 1581
94 City Slickers 1991 Ron Underwood 1614
95 Stuart Little 1999 Rob Minkoff 1616
96 Persepolis1 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 1651
97 A Raisin in the Sun 1961 Daniel Petrie 1652
98 Ali 2001 Michael Mann 1657
99 Requiem for a Heavyweight 1962 Ralph Nelson 1658
100 The American President 1995 Rob Reiner 1674
101 To Die For 1995 Gus Van Sant 1690
102 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 Milos Forman 1695
103 Fly Away Home 1996 Carroll Ballard 1696
104 The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T 1953 Roy Rowland 1703
105 Stripes 1981 Ivan Reitman 1730
106 Gloria 1980 John Cassavetes 1752
107 Bugsy2 1991 Barry Levinson 1770
108 Picnic 1955 Joshua Logan 1775
109 The Reckless Moment 1949 Max Ophüls 1799
110 Devil in a Blue Dress2 1995 Carl Franklin 1832
111 Fright Night 1985 Tom Holland 1840
112 The Go-Between 1970 Joseph Losey 1843
113 El Mariachi 1992 Robert Rodriguez 1889
114 Bye Bye Birdie 1963 George Sidney 1917
115 The Harder They Fall 1956 Mark Robson 1926
116 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988 Terry Gilliam 1927
117 The More the Merrier 1943 George Stevens 1945
118 Superbad 2007 Greg Mottola 1959
119 1941 1979 Steven Spielberg 1973
120 The Talk of the Town 1942 George Stevens 2015
121 The Professionals 1966 Richard Brooks 2021
122 District 92 2009 Neill Blomkamp 2070
123 Stepmom2 1998 Chris Columbus 2073
124 Legends of the Fall2 1994 Edward Zwick 2092
125 Annie 1982 John Huston 2110
126 Starman 1984 John Carpenter 2121
127 Birdy2 1984 Alan Parker 2122
128 The Front 1976 Martin Ritt 2174
129 The Damned 1963 Joseph Losey 2179
130 The Man from Laramie 1955 Anthony Mann 2205
131 The Mask of Zorro2 1998 Martin Campbell 2228
132 Awakenings 1990 Penny Marshall 2232
133 The Patriot 2000 Roland Emmerich 2239
134 A Soldier's Story 1984 Norman Jewison 2241
135 2046 2004 Kar Wai Wong 2244
136 Girl, Interrupted 1999 James Mangold 2250
137 Stir Crazy 1980 Sidney Poitier 2265
138 Casualties of War 1989 Brian De Palma 2300
139 The Swimmer 1968 Frank Perry 2322
140 Ride Lonesome 1959 Budd Boetticher 2338
141 Go2 1999 Doug Liman 2383

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

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