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Top Films from 20th Century Fox

This list includes films from Fox Film Corporation, 20th Century Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios.

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 6
2 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 16
3 All about Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 56
4 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 61
5 Sunrise1 1927 F.W. Murnau 81
6 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 83
7 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 129
8 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 144
9 Planet of the Apes 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner 166
10 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 203
11 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 John Ford 209
12 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Robert Wise 245
13 M*A*S*H 1970 Robert Altman 248
14 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 262
15 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 279
16 Patton 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner 291
17 The Hustler 1961 Robert Rossen 301
18 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 347
19 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
20 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 363
21 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman 386
22 Slumdog Millionaire2 2008 Danny Boyle 394
23 The Innocents 1961 Jack Clayton 442
24 There's Something about Mary 1998 Bobby and Peter Farrelly 455
25 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 466
26 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 473
27 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse 486
28 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 501
29 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 516
30 Juno2 2007 Jason Reitman 522
31 Say Anything… 1989 Cameron Crowe 526
32 The Ox-Bow Incident 1942 William A. Wellman 539
33 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 542
34 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 544
35 Office Space 1999 Mike Judge 570
36 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 588
37 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 595
38 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 604
39 Sideways2 2004 Alexander Payne 606
40 Little Miss Sunshine2 2006 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 607
41 Breaking Away 1979 Peter Yates 622
42 The Omen 1976 Richard Donner 637
43 Point Break 1991 Kathryn Bigelow 661
44 Black Swan2 2010 Darren Aronofsky 676
45 Napoleon Dynamite2 2004 Jared Hess 690
46 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 694
47 How Green Was My Valley 1941 John Ford 708
48 X2 2003 Bryan Singer 736
49 Home Alone 1990 Chris Columbus 822
50 Night and the City 1950 Jules Dassin 834
51 Boys Don't Cry2 1999 Kimberly Peirce 859
52 Wall Street 1987 Oliver Stone 868
53 Romeo + Juliet 1996 Baz Luhrmann 901
54 The Grand Budapest Hotel2 2014 Wes Anderson 917
55 The Longest Day 1962 Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki 923
56 The Abyss 1989 James Cameron 952
57 Waking Life2 2001 Richard Linklater 970
58 Broadcast News 1987 James L. Brooks 972
59 Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 John Ford 975
60 The Full Monty 1997 Peter Cattaneo 995
61 The King and I 1956 Walter Lang 997
62 The Verdict 1982 Sidney Lumet 1075
63 The Gunfighter 1950 Henry King 1104
64 (500) Days of Summer2 2009 Marc Webb 1106
65 True Lies 1994 James Cameron 1107
66 Life of Pi3 2012 Ang Lee 1111
67 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 Peter Weir 1130
68 Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes 1149
69 Ice Age4 5 2002 Chris Wedge 1163
70 X-Men 2000 Bryan Singer 1167
71 The Ice Storm2 1997 Ang Lee 1182
72 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 Henry King 1185
73 The Sandlot 1993 David M. Evans 1206
74 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 Chris Columbus 1241
75 Bigger than Life 1956 Nicholas Ray 1282
76 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2004 Rawson Marshall Thurber 1356
77 Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995 John McTiernan 1390
78 Cast Away 2000 Robert Zemeckis 1395
79 Kagemusha 1980 Akira Kurosawa 1416
80 The Seven Year Itch 1955 Billy Wilder 1425
81 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 John M. Stahl 1448
82 X-Men: First Class 2011 Matthew Vaughn 1449
83 The Fly 1958 Kurt Neumann 1482
84 Fantastic Voyage 1966 Richard Fleischer 1500
85 Logan 2017 James Mangold 1505
86 Working Girl 1988 Mike Nichols 1515
87 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1528
88 Gone Girl 2014 David Fincher 1542
89 Kiss of Death 1947 Henry Hathaway 1555
90 My Cousin Vinny 1992 Jonathan Lynn 1557
91 X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014 Bryan Singer 1575
92 Norma Rae 1979 Martin Ritt 1578
93 White Men Can't Jump 1992 Ron Shelton 1612
94 Cleopatra 1963 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1654
95 Big Trouble in Little China 1986 John Carpenter 1699
96 Deadpool 2016 Tim Miller 1700
97 Highlander 1986 Russell Mulcahy 1714
98 Nine to Five 1980 Colin Higgins 1731
99 127 Hours2 2010 Danny Boyle 1738
100 The Girl Can't Help It 1956 Frank Tashlin 1812
101 Man on Fire3 2004 Tony Scott 1813
102 Lincoln 2012 Steven Spielberg 1814
103 Seventh Heaven1 1927 Frank Borzage 1928
104 Idiocracy 2006 Mike Judge 1953
105 The Iron Horse1 1924 John Ford 1956
106 The Driver 1978 Walter Hill 1959
107 Die Hard 2 1990 Renny Harlin 2022
108 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 Russ Meyer 2055
109 The Shape of Water2 2017 Guillermo del Toro 2064
110 The Robe 1953 Henry Koster 2065
111 Unfaithfully Yours 1948 Preston Sturges 2084
112 The Last King of Scotland2 2006 Kevin Macdonald 2128
113 Nightmare Alley 1947 Edmund Goulding 2139
114 South Pacific 1958 Joshua Logan 2143
115 Gentleman's Agreement 1947 Elia Kazan 2150
116 Solaris 2002 Steven Soderbergh 2161
117 Romancing the Stone 1984 Robert Zemeckis 2167
118 Heaven Can Wait 1943 Ernst Lubitsch 2168
119 Stormy Weather 1943 Andrew L. Stone 2204
120 Hombre 1967 Martin Ritt 2205
121 The Stunt Man 1980 Richard Rush 2267
122 The Towering Inferno 1974 John Guillermin and Irwin Allen 2306
123 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 Rupert Wyatt 2334
124 Kissing Jessica Stein2 2001 Charles Herman-Wurmfeld 2377
125 Cocoon 1985 Ron Howard 2400
126 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 Ronald Neame 2402
127 Live Free or Die Hard 2007 Len Wiseman 2469
128 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 Elia Kazan 2517
129 Anastasia4 1997 Don Bluth and Gary Goldman 2530
130 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2558
131 Zorba the Greek 1964 Michael Cacoyannis 2569
132 Ladyhawke 1985 Richard Donner 2614
133 Enemy Mine 1985 Wolfgang Petersen 2648
134 Carousel 1956 Henry King 2651
135 The Devil Wears Prada3 2006 David Frankel 2675
136 The Descendants2 2011 Alexander Payne 2684
137 Wild River 1960 Elia Kazan 2696
138 The Simpsons Movie4 2007 David Silverman 2711
139 Julia 1977 Fred Zinnemann 2713
140 How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 Jean Negulesco 2716
141 The Darjeeling Limited2 2007 Wes Anderson 2741
142 Isle of Dogs4 2018 Wes Anderson 2757
143 The Mark of Zorro 1940 Rouben Mamoulian 2763
144 Margaret2 2011 Kenneth Lonergan 2782
145 Silver Streak 1976 Arthur Hiller 2791
146 Love, Simon3 2018 Greg Berlanti 2807

1 Produced by Fox Film Corporation.
2 Produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
3 Produced by Fox 2000 Pictures.
4 Produced by Twentieth Century Fox Animation/Fox Animation Studios.
5 Produced by Blue Sky Studios.

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