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Top Films from Paramount Pictures

This list includes films from Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
2 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 13
3 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 18
4 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 21
5 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 25
6 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 26
7 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
8 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 42
9 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 58
10 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 77
11 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 85
12 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 107
13 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 121
14 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 129
15 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 162
16 Airplane! 1980 Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker 164
17 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 178
18 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 193
19 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 199
20 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 213
21 Days of Heaven 1978 Terrence Malick 221
22 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 242
23 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 252
24 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 333
25 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 334
26 Shane 1953 George Stevens 341
27 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 365
28 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 380
29 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 381
30 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer 393
31 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 407
32 Ace in the Hole 1951 Billy Wilder 423
33 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 471
34 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 493
35 Iron Man 2008 Jon Favreau 537
36 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon 540
37 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 546
38 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 565
39 Star Trek 2009 J.J. Abrams 623
40 Trading Places 1983 John Landis 632
41 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 633
42 Interstellar 2014 Christopher Nolan 638
43 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess 690
44 The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder 691
45 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 693
46 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 695
47 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill 720
48 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 721
49 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 John Hughes 726
50 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 740
51 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 774
52 A Place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 786
53 The Odd Couple 1968 Gene Saks 798
54 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 803
55 Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters 815
56 Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer 817
57 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 845
58 Witness 1985 Peter Weir 857
59 Zoolander 2001 Ben Stiller 866
60 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 871
61 Fatal Attraction 1987 Adrian Lyne 879
62 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1943 Preston Sturges 884
63 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 899
64 Broken Blossoms 1919 D.W. Griffith 900
65 Terms of Endearment 1983 James L. Brooks 905
66 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 911
67 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 913
68 True Grit 2010 Ethan and Joel Coen 934
69 Team America: World Police 2004 Trey Parker 936
70 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Leo McCarey 949
71 Ordinary People 1980 Robert Redford 959
72 The Bad News Bears 1976 Michael Ritchie 976
73 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Anthony Minghella 979
74 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 David Fincher 1029
75 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher 1037
76 Coming to America 1988 John Landis 1042
77 Murderball 2005 Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro 1051
78 It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z. McLeod 1068
79 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 1083
80 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 1115
81 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Martin Brest 1119
82 Hugo 2011 Martin Scorsese 1120
83 Pretty in Pink 1986 Howard Deutch 1128
84 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Rouben Mamoulian 1134
85 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese 1160
86 Paper Moon 1973 Peter Bogdanovich 1200
87 Reds 1981 Warren Beatty 1204
88 Love Story 1970 Arthur Hiller 1209
89 The Longest Yard 1974 Robert Aldrich 1214
90 The School of Rock 2003 Richard Linklater 1256
91 Heaven Can Wait 1978 Warren Beatty and Buck Henry 1262
92 Friday the 13th 1980 Sean S. Cunningham 1267
93 The Nutty Professor 1963 Jerry Lewis 1269
94 Wings1 1927 William A. Wellman 1283
95 True Grit 1969 Henry Hathaway 1293
96 What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 Lasse Hallström 1299
97 Wayne's World 1992 Penelope Spheeris 1312
98 The Hours 2002 Stephen Daldry 1334
99 Watchmen 2009 Zack Snyder 1355
100 Three Days of the Condor 1975 Sydney Pollack 1378
101 The Heiress 1949 William Wyler 1391
102 Sabrina 1954 Billy Wilder 1394
103 Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger 1403
104 Babel 2006 Alejandro G. Ińárritu 1420
105 Mission: Impossible 1996 Brian De Palma 1435
106 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1463
107 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Preston Sturges 1497
108 Horse Feathers 1932 Norman Z. McLeod 1533
109 Bang the Drum Slowly 1973 John D. Hancock 1554
110 Primal Fear 1996 Gregory Hoblit 1558
111 North Dallas Forty 1979 Ted Kotcheff 1570
112 Island of Lost Souls 1932 Erle C. Kenton 1638
113 Morocco 1930 Josef von Sternberg 1642
114 Collateral 2004 Michael Mann 1645
115 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 Leo McCarey 1651
116 Star Trek: First Contact 1996 Jonathan Frakes 1672
117 War of the Worlds 2005 Steven Spielberg 1684
118 Shanghai Express 1932 Josef von Sternberg 1741
119 Sorcerer 1977 William Friedkin 1747
120 Play It Again, Sam 1972 Herbert Ross 1754
121 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1756
122 Sleepy Hollow 1999 Tim Burton 1764
123 Catch-22 1970 Mike Nichols 1796
124 Midnight 1939 Mitchell Leisen 1832
125 Thor 2011 Kenneth Branagh 1864
126 White Christmas 1954 Michael Curtiz 1873
127 Going My Way 1944 Leo McCarey 1876
128 48 Hrs. 1982 Walter Hill 1919
129 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986 Leonard Nimoy 1973
130 Death Wish 1974 Michael Winner 1991
131 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 John Sturges 2026
132 The Last Command 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2036
133 Anomalisa2 2015 Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman 2061
134 She Done Him Wrong 1933 Lowell Sherman 2069
135 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011 Brad Bird 2080
136 Star Trek into Darkness 2013 J.J. Abrams 2089
137 Animal Crackers 1930 Victor Heerman 2104
138 Escape from Alcatraz 1979 Don Siegel 2107
139 Stardust 2007 Matthew Vaughn 2126
140 Up in the Air 2009 Jason Reitman 2160
141 Rango 2011 Gore Verbinski 2164
142 El Dorado 1967 Howard Hawks 2172
143 Road to Morocco 1942 David Butler 2208
144 Cloverfield 2008 Matt Reeves 2214
145 The Docks of New York 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2225
146 The Hunt for Red October 1990 John McTiernan 2229
147 Monkey Business 1931 Norman Z. McLeod 2234
148 When Worlds Collide 1951 Rudolph Maté 2254
149 Transformers 2007 Michael Bay 2309
150 A Quiet Place 2018 John Krasinski 2344
151 Underworld3 1927 Josef von Sternberg 2364
152 One Hour with You 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 2399
153 Holiday Inn 1942 Mark Sandrich 2401
154 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015 Christopher McQuarrie 2435
155 Design for Living 1933 Ernst Lubitsch 2451
156 Mission: Impossible III 2006 J.J. Abrams 2454
157 Enemy at the Gates 2001 Jean-Jacques Annaud 2456
158 The Great McGinty 1940 Preston Sturges 2462
159 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 Nicholas Meyer 2468
160 Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018 Christopher McQuarrie 2474
161 Varsity Blues 1999 Brian Robbins 2480
162 A Simple Plan 1998 Sam Raimi 2523
163 Annihilation 2018 Alex Garland 2570
164 Nebraska 2013 Alexander Payne 2574
165 Iron Man 3 2013 Shane Black 2583
166 Tommy Boy 1995 Peter Segal 2585
167 The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 Peter Yates 2606
168 Dreamgirls 2006 Bill Condon 2609
169 Blue Chips 1994 William Friedkin 2617
170 Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 Joe Johnston 2620
171 The Love Parade 1929 Ernst Lubitsch 2637
172 The Italian Job 2003 F. Gary Gray 2656
173 Mommie Dearest 1981 Frank Perry 2702
174 Event Horizon 1997 Paul W.S. Anderson 2720
175 The Accused 1988 Jonathan Kaplan 2721
176 Vanilla Sky 2001 Cameron Crowe 2767
177 Blonde Venus 1932 Josef von Sternberg 2785
178 Clear and Present Danger 1994 Phillip Noyce 2786
179 Will Penny 1967 Tom Gries 2794
180 The Ten Commandments3 1923 Cecil B. DeMille 2796

1 Produced by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation.
2 Produced by Paramount Animation.
3 Produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.

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