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Top Films from Medium-Sized Studios in North America

The lists below sometimes incorporate more than one entity with the same name.

DreamWorks

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 77
2 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 137
3 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 142
4 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 353
5 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 491
6 How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 502
7 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 516
8 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 524
9 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 531
10 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 563
11 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 593
12 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Clint Eastwood 748
13 Galaxy Quest 1999 Dean Parisot 810
14 Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord and Nick Park 962
15 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Steven Spielberg 988
16 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 Tim Burton 1006
17 Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes 1149
18 The Help 2011 Tate Taylor 1177
19 The Ring 2002 Gore Verbinski 1234
20 Shrek 2 2004 Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon 1287
21 Kung Fu Panda1 2008 Mark Osborne and John Stevenson 1327
22 Cast Away 2000 Robert Zemeckis 1395
23 Old School 2003 Todd Phillips 1408
24 Seabiscuit 2003 Gary Ross 1474
25 Meet the Parents 2000 Jay Roach 1588
26 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg 1624
27 Collateral 2004 Michael Mann 1645
28 War of the Worlds 2005 Steven Spielberg 1684
29 Lincoln 2012 Steven Spielberg 1814
30 How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014 Dean DeBlois 1988
31 Flags of Our Fathers 2006 Clint Eastwood 2149
32 Antz 1998 Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson 2155
33 Up in the Air 2009 Jason Reitman 2160
34 Transformers 2007 Michael Bay 2309
35 Tropic Thunder 2008 Ben Stiller 2321
36 Green Book 2018 Peter Farrelly 2390
37 The Terminal 2004 Steven Spielberg 2575
38 Band of Brothers 2001 David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, and Tony To 2591
39 Dreamgirls 2006 Bill Condon 2609

1 Produced or co-produced by Dreamworks Animation.

Miramax Films

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9
2 There Will Be Blood 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson 147
3 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 189
4 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 274
5 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 364
6 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 439
7 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 495
8 The English Patient 1996 Anthony Minghella 510
9 Sin City1 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 515
10 Scream1 1996 Wes Craven 527
11 Shakespeare in Love 1998 John Madden 592
12 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall 617
13 Jackie Brown 1997 Quentin Tarantino 722
14 The Others1 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 902
15 Kids 1995 Larry Clark 922
16 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Anthony Minghella 979
17 The Crow 1994 Alex Proyas 1005
18 Cinderella Man 2005 Ron Howard 1126
19 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 Peter Weir 1130
20 Sling Blade 1996 Billy Bob Thornton 1165
21 Finding Neverland 2004 Marc Forster 1313
22 The Hours 2002 Stephen Daldry 1334
23 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese 1605
24 Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 Michael Moore 1615
25 From Dusk Till Dawn1 1996 Robert Rodriguez 1648
26 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese 1774
27 Bad Santa1 2003 Terry Zwigoff 1925
28 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008 Mark Herman 1971
29 Gone Baby Gone 2007 Ben Affleck 1977
30 The Mist1 2007 Frank Darabont 2002
31 Frida 2002 Julie Taymor 2031
32 Chocolat 2000 Lasse Hallström 2077
33 Equilibrium1 2002 Kurt Wimmer 2091
34 Smoke 1995 Wayne Wang 2273
35 Velvet Goldmine 1998 Todd Haynes 2307
36 The Road1 2009 John Hillcoat 2326
37 Flirting with Disaster 1996 David O. Russell 2398
38 Exotica 1994 Atom Egoyan 2467
39 Citizen Ruth 1996 Alexander Payne 2664
40 Adventureland 2009 Greg Mottola 2808

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 43
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 48
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 67
4 Seven 1995 David Fincher 102
5 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 292
6 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson 319
7 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven 342
8 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 428
9 Dancer in the Dark1 2000 Lars von Trier 532
10 Short Cuts1 1993 Robert Altman 675
11 The Notebook 2004 Nick Cassavetes 732
12 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 735
13 My Own Private Idaho 1991 Gus Van Sant 769
14 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 John Cameron Mitchell 779
15 Dark City 1998 Alex Proyas 814
16 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 829
17 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 James Foley 914
18 Dumb & Dumber 1994 Peter Farrelly 939
19 Elf 2003 Jon Favreau 1154
20 Elephant1 2003 Gus Van Sant 1170
21 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 David Lynch 1189
22 Hairspray 1988 John Waters 1210
23 Pleasantville 1998 Gary Ross 1245
24 The Wedding Singer 1998 Frank Coraci 1284
25 Blade 1998 Stephen Norrington 1484
26 The New World 2005 Terrence Malick 1494
27 Friday 1995 F. Gary Gray 1560
28 The Mask 1994 Chuck Russell 1585
29 Menace II Society 1993 Albert and Allen Hughes 1586
30 Hairspray 2007 Adam Shankman 1637
31 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 Peter Jackson 1679
32 Little Children 2006 Todd Field 1724
33 Gummo1 1997 Harmony Korine 1828
34 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 2004 Danny Leiner 1865
35 The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996 Renny Harlin 2130
36 Blade II 2002 Guillermo del Toro 2190
37 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013 Peter Jackson 2198
38 Creed 2015 Ryan Coogler 2231
39 I Am Sam 2001 Jessie Nelson 2315
40 The Hidden 1987 Jack Sholder 2447
41 Blow 2001 Ted Demme 2553
42 Rush Hour1 1998 Brett Ratner 2645
43 The Conjuring 2013 James Wan 2661
44 Torch Song Trilogy 1988 Paul Bogart 2665
45 Birth1 2004 Jonathan Glazer 2672

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 31
2 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 308
3 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen 459
4 Caddyshack 1980 Harold Ramis 528
5 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Woody Allen 848
6 Eight Men Out 1988 John Sayles 1032
7 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 Frank Oz 1227
8 Zelig 1983 Woody Allen 1328
9 Arthur 1981 Steve Gordon 1690
10 Desperately Seeking Susan 1985 Susan Seidelman 1745
11 Mississippi Burning 1988 Alan Parker 1833
12 Excalibur 1981 John Boorman 1923
13 Radio Days 1987 Woody Allen 2396

RKO Radio Pictures

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 4
2 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 51
3 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Howard Hawks 91
4 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 126
5 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 289
6 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 330
7 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Orson Welles 405
8 Cat People 1942 Jacques Tourneur 452
9 Swing Time 1936 George Stevens 772
10 I Walked with a Zombie 1943 Jacques Tourneur 864
11 They Live by Night 1948 Nicholas Ray 991
12 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 John Ford 1009
13 Gunga Din 1939 George Stevens 1213
14 Murder, My Sweet 1944 Edward Dmytryk 1413
15 The Set-Up 1949 Robert Wise 1437
16 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939 William Dieterle 1656
17 The Informer 1935 John Ford 1868
18 Little Women 1933 George Cukor 2096
19 Stromboli 1950 Roberto Rossellini 2132
20 Stage Door 1937 Gregory La Cava 2186
21 The Narrow Margin 1952 Richard Fleischer 2216
22 Suspicion 1941 Alfred Hitchcock 2312
23 The Gay Divorcee 1934 Mark Sandrich 2348
24 The Seventh Victim 1943 Mark Robson 2351
25 The Spiral Staircase 1946 Robert Siodmak 2425
26 Dance, Girl, Dance 1940 Dorothy Arzner 2547
27 The Curse of the Cat People 1944 Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch 2693
28 Crossfire 1947 Edward Dmytryk 2736

Samuel Goldwyn Company

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 William Wyler 184
2 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Sam Wood 1014
3 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 Peter Weir 1130
4 Wuthering Heights 1939 William Wyler 1136
5 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 1212
6 Ball of Fire 1941 Howard Hawks 1446
7 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1470
8 The Squid and the Whale 2005 Noah Baumbach 1696
9 The Little Foxes 1941 William Wyler 1755
10 Stella Dallas 1937 King Vidor 1913
11 Longtime Companion 1989 Norman René 2223
12 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 2470
13 The Westerner 1940 William Wyler 2724

United Artists

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 182
2 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 431
3 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson 479
4 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 505
5 Hotel Rwanda 2004 Terry George 789
6 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff 797
7 The Secret of NIMH 1982 Don Bluth 1203
8 The Birdcage 1996 Mike Nichols 1253
9 Showgirls 1995 Paul Verhoeven 1634
10 Ronin 1998 John Frankenheimer 1784
11 Rocky IV 1985 Sylvester Stallone 2044
12 Rocky III 1982 Sylvester Stallone 2108
13 Fame 1980 Alan Parker 2174
14 The Cabin in the Woods 2011 Drew Goddard 2184
15 GoldenEye 1995 Martin Campbell 2242
16 Yentl 1983 Barbra Streisand 2433
17 Richard III 1995 Richard Loncraine 2503
18 Saved! 2004 Brian Dannelly 2644
19 The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 John McTiernan 2769
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