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Top Films from Medium Sized Studios in North America

DreamWorks

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 67
2 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 123
3 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 138
4 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 289
5 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 645
6 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 648
7 Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord and Nick Park 707
8 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 738
9 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 817
10 Meet the Parents 2000 Jay Roach 1095
11 Cast Away 2000 Robert Zemeckis 1125
12 Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes 1190
13 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Clint Eastwood 1482
14 Old School 2003 Todd Phillips 1571
15 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 1618
16 Seabiscuit 2003 Gary Ross 1684
17 The Ring 2002 Gore Verbinski 1757
18 Collateral 2004 Michael Mann 1759
19 Shrek 2 2004 Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon 1826
20 Antz 1998 Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson 1873
21 Band of Brothers 2001 David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, and Tony To 1956
22 House of Sand and Fog 2003 Vadim Perelman 2035
23 Amistad 1997 Steven Spielberg 2092
24 The Prince of Egypt 1998 Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells 2105
25 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg 2113
26 Galaxy Quest 1999 Dean Parisot 2167
27 The Contender 2000 Rod Lurie 2426

Miramax Films

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 20
2 The English Patient 1996 Anthony Minghella 214
3 Shakespeare in Love 1998 John Madden 229
4 Scream1 1996 Wes Craven 305
5 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 361
6 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 474
7 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 492
8 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall 680
9 Sin City1 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 765
10 The Crow 1994 Alex Proyas 847
11 Muriel's Wedding 1994 P.J. Hogan 862
12 The Others1 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 915
13 Chocolat 2000 Lasse Hallström 937
14 From Dusk Till Dawn1 1996 Robert Rodriguez 1010
15 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 1019
16 Flirting with Disaster 1996 David O. Russell 1035
17 The Hours 2002 Stephen Daldry 1044
18 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 Peter Weir 1121
19 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese 1209
20 Exotica 1994 Atom Egoyan 1271
21 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Anthony Minghella 1307
22 Jackie Brown 1997 Quentin Tarantino 1341
23 Everyone Says I Love You 1996 Woody Allen 1452
24 Spy Kids1 2001 Robert Rodriguez 1602
25 Finding Neverland 2004 Marc Forster 1613
26 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese 1662
27 Brassed Off 1996 Mark Herman 1666
28 Bullets over Broadway 1994 Woody Allen 1683
29 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 1799
30 Smoke 1995 Wayne Wang 1862
31 Cinderella Man 2005 Ron Howard 1928
32 Scream 21 1997 Wes Craven 1939
33 Queen Margot 1994 Patrice Chéreau 1954
34 Emma 1996 Douglas McGrath 1970
35 Velvet Goldmine 1998 Todd Haynes 2103
36 The Cider House Rules 1999 Lasse Hallström 2109
37 Citizen Ruth 1996 Alexander Payne 2115
38 A Walk on the Moon 1999 Tony Goldwyn 2189
39 Welcome to Sarajevo 1997 Michael Winterbottom 2249
40 Bob Roberts 1992 Tim Robbins 2278
41 Frida 2002 Julie Taymor 2304
42 Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 Michael Moore 2347
43 Kids 1995 Larry Clark 2360
44 Cop Land 1997 James Mangold 2419
45 Scary Movie1 2000 Keenan Ivory Wayans 2489
46 Cold Mountain 2003 Anthony Minghella 2507

1 Produced or co-produced by Dimension Films.

New Line Cinema

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 104
2 Seven 1995 David Fincher 143
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 166
4 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 191
5 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 267
6 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson 430
7 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven 451
8 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 469
9 Short Cuts1 1993 Robert Altman 594
10 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 James Foley 700
11 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 868
12 My Own Private Idaho 1991 Gus Van Sant 996
13 Dancer in the Dark1 2000 Lars von Trier 1021
14 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner 1033
15 The Mask 1994 Chuck Russell 1055
16 Dark City 1998 Alex Proyas 1072
17 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 John Cameron Mitchell 1140
18 Hairspray 1988 John Waters 1196
19 Wag the Dog 1997 Barry Levinson 1217
20 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 1314
21 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 David Lynch 1356
22 Pleasantville 1998 Gary Ross 1368
23 Blade 1998 Stephen Norrington 1451
24 The Wedding Singer 1998 Frank Coraci 1470
25 About Schmidt 2002 Alexander Payne 1543
26 Wedding Crashers 2005 David Dobkin 1674
27 Dumb & Dumber 1994 Peter Farrelly 1676
28 The Notebook 2004 Nick Cassavetes 1762
29 Pump Up the Volume 1990 Allan Moyle 1806
30 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 Jay Roach 1820
31 The Rapture 1991 Michael Tolkin 2156
32 Elephant1 2003 Gus Van Sant 2292
33 Menace II Society 1993 Albert and Allen Hughes 2377
34 The Hidden 1987 Jack Sholder 2418
35 Friday 1995 F. Gary Gray 2422

1 Produced by Fine Line Features.

Orion Pictures Corporation

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 39
2 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen 372
3 Caddyshack 1980 Harold Ramis 549
4 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 589
5 Eight Men Out 1988 John Sayles 852
6 Excalibur 1981 John Boorman 976
7 Arthur 1981 Steve Gordon 1160
8 Zelig 1983 Woody Allen 1311
9 Prince of the City 1981 Sidney Lumet 1622
10 10 1979 Blake Edwards 1916
11 Radio Days 1987 Woody Allen 2150
12 Mississippi Burning 1988 Alan Parker 2296
13 Time after Time 1979 Nicholas Meyer 2379

RKO Radio Pictures

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 1
2 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Howard Hawks 44
3 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 47
4 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 121
5 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 132
6 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Orson Welles 142
7 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 222
8 Swing Time 1936 George Stevens 307
9 Cat People 1942 Jacques Tourneur 338
10 Gunga Din 1939 George Stevens 388
11 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939 William Dieterle 759
12 Stage Door 1937 Gregory La Cava 839
13 I Walked with a Zombie 1943 Jacques Tourneur 849
14 Little Women 1933 George Cukor 863
15 They Live by Night 1948 Nicholas Ray 957
16 Murder, My Sweet 1944 Edward Dmytryk 991
17 The Informer 1935 John Ford 1133
18 The Set-Up 1949 Robert Wise 1420
19 The Gay Divorcee 1934 Mark Sandrich 1462
20 Shall We Dance 1937 Mark Sandrich 1520
21 Suspicion 1941 Alfred Hitchcock 1522
22 The Spiral Staircase 1945 Robert Siodmak 1579
23 Love Affair 1939 Leo McCarey 1778
24 Christopher Strong 1933 Dorothy Arzner 1920
25 Dance, Girl, Dance 1940 Dorothy Arzner 1923
26 Crossfire 1947 Edward Dmytryk 1930
27 The Narrow Margin 1952 Richard Fleischer 1946
28 Follow the Fleet 1936 Mark Sandrich 1991
29 The Curse of the Cat People 1944 Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise 2070
30 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948 H.C. Potter 2376
31 I Remember Mama 1948 George Stevens 2518

Samuel Goldwyn Company

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 William Wyler 96
2 Wuthering Heights 1939 William Wyler 299
3 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 578
4 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Sam Wood 665
5 Stella Dallas 1937 King Vidor 787
6 Ball of Fire 1941 Howard Hawks 890
7 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 971
8 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World1 2003 Peter Weir 1121
9 The Little Foxes 1941 William Wyler 1308
10 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 1487
11 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould 1993 François Girard 1488
12 City of Hope 1991 John Sayles 1660
13 The Madness of King George 1994 Nicholas Hytner 1673
14 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 1802
15 Porgy and Bess 1959 Otto Preminger 1891
16 The Bishop's Wife 1947 Henry Koster 2190
17 Longtime Companion 1990 Norman René 2284
18 Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 1988 Marcel Ophüls 2356

1 Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

United Artists

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 202
2 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson 296
3 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 434
4 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff 967
5 Hotel Rwanda 2004 Terry George 1028
6 Ronin 1998 John Frankenheimer 1460
7 Showgirls 1995 Paul Verhoeven 1503
8 Pieces of April 2003 Peter Hedges 1626
9 Richard III 1995 Richard Loncraine 1704
10 GoldenEye 1995 Martin Campbell 1860
11 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 1869
12 The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 John McTiernan 2170
13 Capote 2005 Bennett Miller 2367
14 The Birdcage 1996 Mike Nichols 2373
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