This list includes films from Universal International Pictures, Focus Features, Illumination Entertainment, October Films, USA Films, Universal Film Manufacturing Company, and Universal TV.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Jaws | 1975 | Steven Spielberg | 13 |
| 2 | Schindler's List | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 21 |
| 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | Steven Spielberg | 27 |
| 4 | Back to the Future | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis | 30 |
| 5 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind1 | 2004 | Michel Gondry | 56 |
| 6 | The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | 63 |
| 7 | Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 83 |
| 8 | Touch of Evil2 | 1958 | Orson Welles | 87 |
| 9 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 105 |
| 10 | Brokeback Mountain1 | 2005 | Ang Lee | 111 |
| 11 | The Deer Hunter | 1978 | Michael Cimino | 121 |
| 12 | Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | James Whale | 123 |
| 13 | Gladiator | 2000 | Ridley Scott | 137 |
| 14 | Inglourious Basterds | 2009 | Quentin Tarantino | 164 |
| 15 | Lost in Translation1 | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | 172 |
| 16 | Frankenstein | 1931 | James Whale | 177 |
| 17 | Children of Men | 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | 193 |
| 18 | Scarface | 1983 | Brian De Palma | 220 |
| 19 | The Birds | 1963 | Alfred Hitchcock | 226 |
| 20 | All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930 | Lewis Milestone | 234 |
| 21 | The Bourne Ultimatum | 2007 | Paul Greengrass | 315 |
| 22 | Twelve Monkeys | 1995 | Terry Gilliam | 331 |
| 23 | The Sting | 1973 | George Roy Hill | 343 |
| 24 | The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 351 |
| 25 | American Graffiti | 1973 | George Lucas | 395 |
| 26 | Casino | 1995 | Martin Scorsese | 404 |
| 27 | The Breakfast Club | 1985 | John Hughes | 418 |
| 28 | Shadow of a Doubt | 1943 | Alfred Hitchcock | 425 |
| 29 | Animal House | 1978 | John Landis | 489 |
| 30 | American Psycho | 2000 | Mary Harron | 493 |
| 31 | Love Actually | 2003 | Richard Curtis | 503 |
| 32 | Bridesmaids | 2011 | Paul Feig | 513 |
| 33 | Dracula | 1931 | Tod Browning | 517 |
| 34 | Coraline1 | 2009 | Henry Selick | 552 |
| 35 | Hot Fuzz | 2007 | Edgar Wright | 561 |
| 36 | Imitation of Life2 | 1959 | Douglas Sirk | 571 |
| 37 | A Beautiful Mind | 2001 | Ron Howard | 572 |
| 38 | Breaking the Waves3 | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 580 |
| 39 | Atonement | 2007 | Joe Wright | 588 |
| 40 | The Invisible Man | 1933 | James Whale | 627 |
| 41 | In Bruges1 | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | 631 |
| 42 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1982 | Amy Heckerling | 640 |
| 43 | Babe | 1995 | Chris Noonan | 650 |
| 44 | Ex Machina | 2014 | Alex Garland | 686 |
| 45 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 2010 | Edgar Wright | 691 |
| 46 | Serenity | 2005 | Joss Whedon | 755 |
| 47 | The 40 Year Old Virgin | 2005 | Judd Apatow | 767 |
| 48 | All That Heaven Allows2 | 1955 | Douglas Sirk | 782 |
| 49 | Winchester '732 | 1950 | Anthony Mann | 786 |
| 50 | The Bourne Identity | 2002 | Doug Liman | 790 |
| 51 | Milk1 | 2008 | Gus Van Sant | 811 |
| 52 | Slap Shot | 1977 | George Roy Hill | 841 |
| 53 | Apollo 13 | 1995 | Ron Howard | 857 |
| 54 | The Bourne Supremacy | 2004 | Paul Greengrass | 878 |
| 55 | Midnight Run | 1988 | Martin Brest | 908 |
| 56 | Lost Highway3 | 1997 | David Lynch | 940 |
| 57 | Carlito's Way | 1993 | Brian De Palma | 945 |
| 58 | Senna | 2010 | Asif Kapadia | 949 |
| 59 | Pride & Prejudice1 | 2005 | Joe Wright | 968 |
| 60 | Two-Lane Blacktop | 1971 | Monte Hellman | 984 |
| 61 | Out of Sight | 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | 1001 |
| 62 | The Phantom of the Opera | 1925 | Rupert Julian | 1003 |
| 63 | Charade | 1963 | Stanley Donen | 1009 |
| 64 | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | John Madden | 1026 |
| 65 | King Kong | 2005 | Peter Jackson | 1038 |
| 66 | The Wolf Man | 1941 | George Waggner | 1047 |
| 67 | Kubo and the Two Strings1 | 2016 | Travis Knight | 1058 |
| 68 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | Joel Coen | 1090 |
| 69 | Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Dennis Dugan | 1104 |
| 70 | Destry Rides Again | 1939 | George Marshall | 1105 |
| 71 | Silent Running | 1972 | Douglas Trumbull | 1117 |
| 72 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | Peter Weir | 1129 |
| 73 | Back to the Future Part II | 1989 | Robert Zemeckis | 1133 |
| 74 | The Incredible Shrinking Man2 | 1957 | Jack Arnold | 1145 |
| 75 | Traffic4 | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | 1188 |
| 76 | American Pie | 1999 | Paul Weitz | 1196 |
| 77 | Us | 2019 | Jordan Peele | 1200 |
| 78 | The Kids Are All Right1 | 2010 | Lisa Cholodenko | 1201 |
| 79 | A Serious Man1 | 2009 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 1203 |
| 80 | The Killers | 1946 | Robert Siodmak | 1207 |
| 81 | My Man Godfrey | 1936 | Gregory La Cava | 1216 |
| 82 | Mamma Mia! | 2008 | Phyllida Lloyd | 1229 |
| 83 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 2008 | Nicholas Stoller | 1236 |
| 84 | Out of Africa | 1985 | Sydney Pollack | 1259 |
| 85 | Eastern Promises1 | 2007 | David Cronenberg | 1266 |
| 86 | Written on the Wind2 | 1956 | Douglas Sirk | 1278 |
| 87 | Despicable Me5 | 2010 | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud | 1285 |
| 88 | Army of Darkness | 1992 | Sam Raimi | 1318 |
| 89 | Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Peter Berg | 1350 |
| 90 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1998 | Terry Gilliam | 1353 |
| 91 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | 2008 | Guillermo del Toro | 1361 |
| 92 | United 93 | 2006 | Paul Greengrass | 1380 |
| 93 | The Bank Dick | 1940 | Edward F. Cline | 1383 |
| 94 | Duel6 | 1971 | Steven Spielberg | 1384 |
| 95 | Sixteen Candles | 1984 | John Hughes | 1389 |
| 96 | Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | John Milius | 1410 |
| 97 | Cinderella Man | 2005 | Ron Howard | 1423 |
| 98 | In the Name of the Father | 1993 | Jim Sheridan | 1433 |
| 99 | Oppenheimer | 2023 | Christopher Nolan | 1446 |
| 100 | Fast Five | 2011 | Justin Lin | 1458 |
| 101 | Girls Trip | 2017 | Malcolm D. Lee | 1459 |
| 102 | On Golden Pond | 1981 | Mark Rydell | 1497 |
| 103 | Back to the Future Part III | 1990 | Robert Zemeckis | 1502 |
| 104 | The Mummy | 1932 | Karl Freund | 1512 |
| 105 | Meet the Parents | 2000 | Jay Roach | 1513 |
| 106 | American Gangster | 2007 | Ridley Scott | 1523 |
| 107 | The Mummy | 1999 | Stephen Sommers | 1529 |
| 108 | Knocked Up | 2007 | Judd Apatow | 1542 |
| 109 | Lust, Caution1 | 2007 | Ang Lee | 1543 |
| 110 | Sorcerer | 1977 | William Friedkin | 1550 |
| 111 | Coal Miner's Daughter | 1980 | Michael Apted | 1552 |
| 112 | Scent of a Woman | 1992 | Martin Brest | 1572 |
| 113 | The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | Martin Scorsese | 1609 |
| 114 | Phantom Thread1 | 2017 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1612 |
| 115 | Seabiscuit | 2003 | Gary Ross | 1639 |
| 116 | Harvey2 | 1950 | Henry Koster | 1672 |
| 117 | The Invisible Man | 2020 | Leigh Whannell | 1687 |
| 118 | Les Misérables | 2012 | Tom Hooper | 1695 |
| 119 | BlacKkKlansman1 | 2018 | Spike Lee | 1719 |
| 120 | Far from Heaven1 4 | 2002 | Todd Haynes | 1768 |
| 121 | Marnie | 1964 | Alfred Hitchcock | 1785 |
| 122 | Nope | 2022 | Jordan Peele | 1789 |
| 123 | Fried Green Tomatoes | 1991 | Jon Avnet | 1824 |
| 124 | October Sky | 1999 | Joe Johnston | 1833 |
| 125 | Gosford Park4 | 2001 | Robert Altman | 1835 |
| 126 | Ulzana's Raid | 1972 | Robert Aldrich | 1856 |
| 127 | Creature from the Black Lagoon2 | 1954 | Jack Arnold | 1859 |
| 128 | Munich | 2005 | Steven Spielberg | 1883 |
| 129 | Drag Me to Hell | 2009 | Sam Raimi | 1891 |
| 130 | The Black Cat | 1934 | Edgar G. Ulmer | 1930 |
| 131 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Norman Jewison | 1977 |
| 132 | Straight Outta Compton | 2015 | F. Gary Gray | 1986 |
| 133 | The World's End1 | 2013 | Edgar Wright | 2021 |
| 134 | The Andromeda Strain | 1971 | Robert Wise | 2075 |
| 135 | High Art3 | 1998 | Lisa Cholodenko | 2078 |
| 136 | The Land before Time | 1988 | Don Bluth | 2136 |
| 137 | Mystery Men | 1999 | Kinka Usher | 2144 |
| 138 | Public Enemies | 2009 | Michael Mann | 2188 |
| 139 | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein2 | 1948 | Charles Barton | 2220 |
| 140 | Promising Young Woman1 | 2020 | Emerald Fennell | 2229 |
| 141 | The Holiday | 2006 | Nancy Meyers | 2238 |
| 142 | Rosetta3 | 1999 | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 2245 |
| 143 | Frenzy | 1972 | Alfred Hitchcock | 2254 |
| 144 | Atomic Blonde1 | 2017 | David Leitch | 2255 |
| 145 | Tremors | 1990 | Ron Underwood | 2312 |
| 146 | Burn after Reading1 | 2008 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 2326 |
| 147 | Lacombe Lucien | 1974 | Louis Malle | 2348 |
| 148 | The Old Dark House | 1932 | James Whale | 2349 |
| 149 | Crooklyn | 1994 | Spike Lee | 2363 |
| 150 | Inside Man | 2006 | Spike Lee | 2384 |
| 151 | Frost/Nixon | 2008 | Ron Howard | 2402 |
| 152 | The Fast and the Furious | 2001 | Rob Cohen | 2408 |
| 153 | The Wiz | 1978 | Sidney Lumet | 2423 |
| 154 | Show Boat | 1936 | James Whale | 2453 |
| 155 | Darkman | 1990 | Sam Raimi | 2464 |
| 156 | Missing | 1982 | Costa-Gavras | 2477 |
| 157 | An American Tail | 1986 | Don Bluth | 2478 |
| 158 | Bend of the River2 | 1952 | Anthony Mann | 2494 |
| 159 | The Naked City2 | 1948 | Jules Dassin | 2542 |
| 160 | Reality Bites | 1994 | Ben Stiller | 2572 |
| 161 | Despicable Me 25 | 2013 | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud | 2600 |
| 162 | Licorice Pizza1 | 2021 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2648 |
| 163 | Foolish Wives7 | 1922 | Erich von Stroheim | 2668 |
| 164 | Nocturnal Animals1 | 2016 | Tom Ford | 2701 |
| 165 | Cry-Baby | 1990 | John Waters | 2720 |
| 166 | The American President | 1995 | Rob Reiner | 2729 |
| 167 | Billy Madison | 1995 | Tamra Davis | 2733 |
| 168 | Charley Varrick | 1973 | Don Siegel | 2780 |
| 169 | The Last Starfighter | 1984 | Nick Castle | 2783 |
| 170 | The Man Who Laughs | 1928 | Paul Leni | 2816 |
| 171 | Session 93 4 | 2001 | Brad Anderson | 2823 |
| 172 | It Came from Outer Space2 | 1953 | Jack Arnold | 2861 |
| 173 | This Island Earth2 | 1955 | Joseph M. Newman | 2899 |
| 174 | Thirst1 | 2009 | Park Chan-wook | 2901 |
| 175 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | 1976 | John Badham | 2902 |
| 176 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | 2018 | Ol Parker | 2903 |
| 177 | Jesus Christ Superstar | 1973 | Norman Jewison | 2907 |
| 178 | Mask | 1985 | Peter Bogdanovich | 2949 |
| 179 | Slaughterhouse-Five | 1972 | George Roy Hill | 2971 |
| 180 | Mr. Turner1 | 2014 | Mike Leigh | 3031 |
| 181 | Jarhead | 2005 | Sam Mendes | 3058 |
| 182 | Man on the Moon | 1999 | Milos Forman | 3060 |
1 Produced by Focus Features.
2 Produced by Universal International Pictures.
3 Produced by October Films.
4 Produced by USA Films.
5 Produced by Illumination Entertainment.
6 Produced by Universal Television.
7 Produced by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.