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Top Films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

This list includes films from Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Metro Pictures Corporation, and Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation.

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 4
2 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 5
3 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 6
4 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 11
5 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 28
6 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 81
7 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 101
8 Greed1 1924 Erich von Stroheim 162
9 Doctor Zhivago 1965 David Lean 167
10 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 169
11 Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott 188
12 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 190
13 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 202
14 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 204
15 The Producers 1968 Mel Brooks 217
16 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 232
17 The Crowd 1928 King Vidor 258
18 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 270
19 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 300
20 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 306
21 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 335
22 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 337
23 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 344
24 Moonstruck 1987 Norman Jewison 349
25 A Fish Called Wanda 1988 Charles Crichton 378
26 The Wind 1928 Victor Sjöström 410
27 Gigi 1958 Vincente Minnelli 426
28 Forbidden Planet 1956 Fred M. Wilcox 427
29 Camille 1936 George Cukor 437
30 The Big Parade 1925 King Vidor 444
31 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 468
32 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 471
33 Goodbye Mr. Chips 1939 Sam Wood 527
34 Queen Christina 1933 Rouben Mamoulian 529
35 The Haunting 1963 Robert Wise 538
36 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 555
37 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 557
38 Woman of the Year 1942 George Stevens 566
39 A Christmas Story 1983 Bob Clark 625
40 National Velvet 1944 Clarence Brown 629
41 The Dirty Dozen 1967 Robert Aldrich 632
42 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 633
43 The Women 1939 George Cukor 668
44 Ride the High Country 1962 Sam Peckinpah 672
45 Grand Hotel 1932 Edmund Goulding 677
46 Diner 1982 Barry Levinson 683
47 Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks 685
48 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 688
49 Dinner at Eight 1933 George Cukor 692
50 Mrs. Miniver 1942 William Wyler 701
51 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman 710
52 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 719
53 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 760
54 David Copperfield 1935 George Cukor 778
55 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang 823
56 Ben-Hur 1925 Fred Niblo 861
57 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming 865
58 Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 Michael Curtiz 898
59 Pride and Prejudice 1940 Robert Z. Leonard 917
60 Pat and Mike 1952 George Cukor 1024
61 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Richard Thorpe 1065
62 Legally Blonde 2001 Robert Luketic 1074
63 Lust for Life 1956 Vincente Minnelli 1086
64 Father of the Bride 1950 Vincente Minnelli 1096
65 Victor/Victoria 1982 Blake Edwards 1104
66 My Favorite Year 1982 Richard Benjamin 1119
67 They Were Expendable 1945 John Ford 1129
68 The Cameraman 1928 Edward Sedgwick 1166
69 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 Vincente Minnelli 1172
70 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 Sam Peckinpah 1175
71 Get Shorty 1995 Barry Sonnenfeld 1179
72 The Goodbye Girl 1977 Herbert Ross 1185
73 A Day at the Races 1937 Sam Wood 1211
74 Village of the Damned 1960 Wolf Rilla 1234
75 The Red Badge of Courage 1951 John Huston 1284
76 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1296
77 Soylent Green 1973 Richard Fleischer 1299
78 Battleground 1949 William A. Wellman 1309
79 San Francisco 1936 W.S. Van Dyke 1310
80 Quo Vadis 1951 Mervyn LeRoy 1317
81 Easter Parade 1948 Charles Walters 1327
82 Pennies from Heaven 1981 Herbert Ross 1355
83 Pink Floyd the Wall 1982 Alan Parker 1366
84 Cabin in the Sky 1943 Vincente Minnelli 1404
85 The Naked Spur 1953 Anthony Mann 1406
86 Kingpin 1996 Bobby and Peter Farrelly 1418
87 The Good Earth 1937 Sidney Franklin 1448
88 Random Harvest 1942 Mervyn LeRoy 1457
89 9 1/2 Weeks 1986 Adrian Lyne 1483
90 How the West Was Won 1962 John Ford, Henry Hathaway, and George Marshall 1489
91 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 1526
92 Anna Karenina 1935 Clarence Brown 1530
93 Fame 1980 Alan Parker 1572
94 Blackboard Jungle 1955 Richard Brooks 1607
95 The Great Ziegfeld 1936 Robert Z. Leonard 1631
96 Westworld 1973 Michael Crichton 1643
97 The Year of Living Dangerously 1982 Peter Weir 1707
98 Lassie Come Home 1943 Fred M. Wilcox 1730
99 Thirty Seconds over Tokyo 1944 Mervyn LeRoy 1770
100 The Merry Widow 1934 Ernst Lubitsch 1771
101 Where Eagles Dare 1968 Brian G. Hutton 1786
102 Red Dust 1932 Victor Fleming 1816
103 The Pirate 1948 Vincente Minnelli 1825
104 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 Richard Brooks 1837
105 The Sunshine Boys 1975 Herbert Ross 1845
106 GoldenEye 1995 Martin Campbell 1860
107 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 1869
108 The Broadway Melody 1929 Harry Beaumont 1877
109 Show People 1928 King Vidor 1901
110 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse2 1921 Rex Ingram 1919
111 Brigadoon 1954 Vincente Minnelli 1950
112 Tarzan and His Mate 1934 Cedric Gibbons 1963
113 The Unknown 1927 Tod Browning 1980
114 Boys Town 1938 Norman Taurog 1996
115 Tarzan the Ape Man 1932 W.S. Van Dyke 2007
116 Julius Caesar 1953 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2009
117 Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956 Robert Wise 2010
118 The Americanization of Emily 1964 Arthur Hiller 2025
119 That's Entertainment! 1974 Jack Haley Jr. 2060
120 A Tale of Two Cities 1935 Jack Conway 2071
121 Intruder in the Dust 1949 Clarence Brown 2074
122 Black Robe3 1991 Bruce Beresford 2076
123 Kelly's Heroes 1970 Brian G. Hutton 2098
124 The Hunger 1983 Tony Scott 2114
125 Northwest Passage 1940 King Vidor 2123
126 Some Came Running 1958 Vincente Minnelli 2135
127 King Solomon's Mines 1950 Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton 2142
128 The Search 1948 Fred Zinnemann 2149
129 The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 John McTiernan 2170
130 Topper 1937 Norman Z. McLeod 2179
131 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg 1927 Ernst Lubitsch 2197
132 Show Boat 1951 George Sidney 2226
133 Hannibal 2001 Ridley Scott 2291
134 Flesh and the Devil 1926 Clarence Brown 2325
135 Libeled Lady 1936 Jack Conway 2345
136 Six Degrees of Separation 1993 Fred Schepisi 2348
137 Willow 1988 Ron Howard 2354
138 Naughty Marietta 1935 Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke 2362
139 Royal Wedding 1951 Stanley Donen 2372
140 Lili 1953 Charles Walters 2394
141 Annie Get Your Gun 1950 George Sidney 2400
142 Babes in Arms 1939 Busby Berkeley 2404
143 Silk Stockings 1957 Rouben Mamoulian 2413
144 Love Finds Andy Hardy 1938 George B. Seitz 2420
145 The Man in the Moon 1991 Robert Mulligan 2430
146 Clash of the Titans 1981 Desmond Davis 2434
147 Love Me or Leave Me 1955 Charles Vidor 2476
148 Three Comrades 1938 Frank Borzage 2477
149 The Clock 1945 Vincente Minnelli 2482

1 Produced by Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation.
2 Produced by Metro Pictures Corporation.
3 Produced by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation.

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