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Top Films from Paramount Pictures (#1-100)

This list includes films from Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, and Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 3
2 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 10
3 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 15
4 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 19
5 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 30
6 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 32
7 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 34
8 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 40
9 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 56
10 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 67
11 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 70
12 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 75
13 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 79
14 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 94
15 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 113
16 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 125
17 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 136
18 Shane 1953 George Stevens 146
19 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 176
20 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 201
21 Airplane! 1980 Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker 206
22 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 256
23 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 262
24 Terms of Endearment 1983 James L. Brooks 268
25 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 294
26 Days of Heaven 1978 Terrence Malick 295
27 A Place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 313
28 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 323
29 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 330
30 The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder 341
31 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 347
32 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 360
33 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 366
34 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 379
35 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 387
36 Ordinary People 1980 Robert Redford 389
37 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 409
38 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 Preston Sturges 433
39 It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z. McLeod 450
40 Reds 1981 Warren Beatty 452
41 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 461
42 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 464
43 Fatal Attraction 1987 Adrian Lyne 499
44 Broken Blossoms 1919 D.W. Griffith 501
45 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 505
46 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 508
47 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 514
48 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 531
49 Witness 1985 Peter Weir 532
50 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 546
51 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 608
52 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 617
53 The Heiress 1949 William Wyler 650
54 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 664
55 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 673
56 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 682
57 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Rouben Mamoulian 686
58 The Nutty Professor 1963 Jerry Lewis 693
59 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 711
60 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer 727
61 Love Story 1970 Arthur Hiller 755
62 Horse Feathers 1932 Norman Z. McLeod 800
63 Morocco 1930 Josef von Sternberg 828
64 The Big Carnival 1951 Billy Wilder 830
65 Road to Morocco 1942 David Butler 872
66 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee 893
67 The Longest Yard 1974 Robert Aldrich 897
68 The Bad News Bears 1976 Michael Ritchie 921
69 She Done Him Wrong 1933 Lowell Sherman 922
70 Wings1 1927 William A. Wellman 934
71 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Preston Sturges 938
72 Trading Places 1983 John Landis 951
73 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 959
74 The Odd Couple 1968 Gene Saks 972
75 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 999
76 Sabrina 1954 Billy Wilder 1016
77 Friday the 13th 1980 Sean S. Cunningham 1034
78 The Hours 2002 Stephen Daldry 1044
79 Midnight 1939 Mitchell Leisen 1059
80 Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer 1068
81 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Martin Brest 1080
82 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1090
83 True Grit 1969 Henry Hathaway 1108
84 Catch-22 1970 Mike Nichols 1135
85 North Dallas Forty 1979 Ted Kotcheff 1161
86 What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 Lasse Hallström 1199
87 Going My Way 1944 Leo McCarey 1200
88 48 Hrs. 1982 Walter Hill 1201
89 Flashdance 1983 Adrian Lyne 1202
90 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess 1237
91 Zoolander 2001 Ben Stiller 1244
92 Wayne's World 1992 Penelope Spheeris 1280
93 Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger 1286
94 Mission: Impossible 1996 Brian De Palma 1298
95 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Anthony Minghella 1307
96 Children of a Lesser God 1986 Randa Haines 1338
97 The School of Rock 2003 Richard Linklater 1339
98 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 John Hughes 1340
99 The Parallax View 1974 Alan J. Pakula 1346
100 Shanghai Express 1932 Josef von Sternberg 1383

1 Produced by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.
2 Produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
3 Produced by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.

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