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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 2
2 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 15
3 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 23
4 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 28
5 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 34
6 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 37
7 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 41
8 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 51
9 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 60
10 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 72
11 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 76
12 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 96
13 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 129
14 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 156
15 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 161
16 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 185
17 Airplane! 1980 Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker 196
18 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 203
19 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 207
20 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 230
21 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 236
22 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 239
23 Days of Heaven 1978 Terrence Malick 243
24 Interstellar 2014 Christopher Nolan 266
25 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 270
26 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon 313
27 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer 317
28 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 355
29 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 370
30 Iron Man 2008 Jon Favreau 376
31 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 389
32 Shane 1953 George Stevens 410
33 Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters 499
34 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher 507
35 Ace in the Hole 1951 Billy Wilder 510
36 Star Trek 2009 J.J. Abrams 522
37 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 533
38 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess 535
39 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 540
40 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 543
41 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 544
42 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 578
43 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 603
44 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese 613
45 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 638
46 The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill 666
47 Coming to America 1988 John Landis 681
48 True Grit 2010 Ethan and Joel Coen 685
49 A Quiet Place 2018 John Krasinski 705
50 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 721
51 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 722
52 Friday the 13th 1980 Sean S. Cunningham 738
53 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 744
54 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 798
55 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 816
56 Trading Places 1983 John Landis 818
57 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 David Fincher 824
58 Annihilation 2018 Alex Garland 849
59 Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018 Christopher McQuarrie 882
60 The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder 892
61 Terms of Endearment 1983 James L. Brooks 894
62 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 898
63 Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer 901
64 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 916
65 Hugo 2011 Martin Scorsese 919
66 Murderball 2005 Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro 973
67 The School of Rock 2003 Richard Linklater 977
68 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 John Hughes 979
69 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Anthony Minghella 980
70 Pretty in Pink 1986 Howard Deutch 986
71 The Bad News Bears 1976 Michael Ritchie 993
72 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 1037
73 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 1053
74 Watchmen 2009 Zack Snyder 1054
75 Mission: Impossible 1996 Brian De Palma 1055
76 Wayne's World 1992 Penelope Spheeris 1071
77 The Odd Couple 1968 Gene Saks 1091
78 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 1119
79 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Martin Brest 1143
80 Paper Moon 1973 Peter Bogdanovich 1192
81 Sabrina 1954 Billy Wilder 1240
82 Ordinary People 1980 Robert Redford 1249
83 A Place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 1258
84 Broken Blossoms 1919 D.W. Griffith 1275
85 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Leo McCarey 1279
86 Team America: World Police 2004 Trey Parker 1288
87 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Rouben Mamoulian 1289
88 Zoolander 2001 Ben Stiller 1305
89 Fatal Attraction 1987 Adrian Lyne 1312
90 Star Trek: First Contact 1996 Jonathan Frakes 1327
91 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 1333
92 Witness 1985 Peter Weir 1335
93 Top Gun: Maverick 2022 Joseph Kosinski 1339
94 True Grit 1969 Henry Hathaway 1343
95 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 1349
96 Wings1 1927 William A. Wellman 1419
97 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 1434
98 Sleepy Hollow 1999 Tim Burton 1441
99 The Hours 2002 Stephen Daldry 1445
100 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1465
101 Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 Joe Johnston 1473
102 The Longest Yard 1974 Robert Aldrich 1490
103 What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 Lasse Hallström 1540
104 Sorcerer 1977 William Friedkin 1550
105 The Heiress 1949 William Wyler 1557
106 Collateral 2004 Michael Mann 1590
107 White Christmas 1954 Michael Curtiz 1610
108 Star Trek into Darkness 2013 J.J. Abrams 1613
109 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011 Brad Bird 1615
110 Three Days of the Condor 1975 Sydney Pollack 1617
111 Love Story 1970 Arthur Hiller 1621
112 War of the Worlds 2005 Steven Spielberg 1623
113 The Hunt for Red October 1990 John McTiernan 1633
114 Stardust 2007 Matthew Vaughn 1667
115 Heaven Can Wait 1978 Warren Beatty and Buck Henry 1668
116 Bang the Drum Slowly 1973 John D. Hancock 1703
117 Primal Fear 1996 Gregory Hoblit 1711
118 Thor 2011 Kenneth Branagh 1732
119 Island of Lost Souls 1932 Erle C. Kenton 1735
120 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1743
121 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015 Christopher McQuarrie 1755
122 It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z. McLeod 1777
123 Clue 1985 Jonathan Lynn 1778
124 North Dallas Forty 1979 Ted Kotcheff 1781
125 Shanghai Express 1932 Josef von Sternberg 1827
126 Reds 1981 Warren Beatty 1837
127 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1943 Preston Sturges 1843
128 Morocco 1930 Josef von Sternberg 1852
129 Dreamgirls 2006 Bill Condon 1908
130 Iron Man 3 2013 Shane Black 1934
131 Rango 2011 Gore Verbinski 1964
132 Transformers 2007 Michael Bay 1983
133 Up in the Air 2009 Jason Reitman 2049
134 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 Leo McCarey 2057
135 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986 Leonard Nimoy 2068
136 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2003 Donald Petrie 2073
137 Babel 2006 Alejandro G. Ińárritu 2077
138 Cloverfield 2008 Matt Reeves 2108
139 Footloose 1984 Herbert Ross 2117
140 The Nutty Professor 1963 Jerry Lewis 2138
141 Catch-22 1970 Mike Nichols 2152
142 Horse Feathers 1932 Norman Z. McLeod 2184
143 Mikey and Nicky 1976 Elaine May 2206
144 Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger 2209
145 Animal Crackers 1930 Victor Heerman 2224
146 Monkey Business 1931 Norman Z. McLeod 2231
147 Anomalisa2 2015 Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman 2247
148 10 Cloverfield Lane 2016 Dan Trachtenberg 2263
149 Design for Living 1933 Ernst Lubitsch 2304
150 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Preston Sturges 2340
151 Enemy at the Gates 2001 Jean-Jacques Annaud 2392
152 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 John Sturges 2403
153 The Last Command 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2405
154 The Uninvited 1944 Lewis Allen 2410
155 Super 8 2011 J.J. Abrams 2451
156 Tommy Boy 1995 Peter Segal 2483
157 Clear and Present Danger 1994 Phillip Noyce 2488
158 Play It Again, Sam 1972 Herbert Ross 2490
159 Pet Sematary 1989 Mary Lambert 2495
160 Mission: Impossible III 2006 J.J. Abrams 2521
161 Road to Morocco 1942 David Butler 2561
162 A Simple Plan 1998 Sam Raimi 2587
163 Nebraska 2013 Alexander Payne 2589
164 Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 1982 Lou Adler 2606
165 Mommie Dearest 1981 Frank Perry 2608
166 When Worlds Collide 1951 Rudolph Maté 2613
167 Mother! 2017 Darren Aronofsky 2629
168 The Addams Family 1991 Barry Sonnenfeld 2631
169 El Dorado 1966 Howard Hawks 2643
170 Going My Way 1944 Leo McCarey 2671
171 Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 Robert Wise 2706
172 The Italian Job 2003 F. Gary Gray 2715
173 The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 Peter Yates 2716
174 Escape from Alcatraz 1979 Don Siegel 2738
175 Iron Man 2 2010 Jon Favreau 2741
176 She Done Him Wrong 1933 Lowell Sherman 2766
177 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 Nicholas Meyer 2771
178 Holiday Inn 1942 Mark Sandrich 2777
179 Midnight 1939 Mitchell Leisen 2802
180 48 Hrs. 1982 Walter Hill 2821
181 The Docks of New York 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2837
182 Rocketman 2019 Dexter Fletcher 2842
183 The Ten Commandments 1923 Cecil B. DeMille 2900
184 Death Wish 1974 Michael Winner 2926
185 Boomerang 1992 Reginald Hudlin 2938
186 The Cheat3 1915 Cecil B. DeMille 2941
187 Addams Family Values 1993 Barry Sonnenfeld 2945
188 Blue Chips 1994 William Friedkin 3002
189 Blonde Venus 1932 Josef von Sternberg 3034
190 One Hour with You 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 3046

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

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