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 | 23 |
| 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | Steven Spielberg | 27 |
| 3 | Schindler's List | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 28 |
| 4 | Back to the Future | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis | 45 |
| 5 | Touch of Evil1 | 1958 | Orson Welles | 55 |
| 6 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2 | 2004 | Michel Gondry | 76 |
| 7 | To Kill a Mockingbird1 | 1962 | Robert Mulligan | 100 |
| 8 | The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | 106 |
| 9 | The Deer Hunter | 1978 | Michael Cimino | 110 |
| 10 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 111 |
| 11 | Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 132 |
| 12 | Gladiator | 2000 | Ridley Scott | 137 |
| 13 | Frankenstein | 1931 | James Whale | 152 |
| 14 | Brokeback Mountain2 | 2005 | Ang Lee | 153 |
| 15 | Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | James Whale | 155 |
| 16 | Lost in Translation2 | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | 161 |
| 17 | Scarface | 1983 | Brian De Palma | 202 |
| 18 | All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930 | Lewis Milestone | 225 |
| 19 | The Birds | 1963 | Alfred Hitchcock | 251 |
| 20 | Children of Men | 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | 258 |
| 21 | Inglourious Basterds | 2009 | Quentin Tarantino | 272 |
| 22 | The Sting | 1973 | George Roy Hill | 294 |
| 23 | The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 343 |
| 24 | Twelve Monkeys | 1995 | Terry Gilliam | 354 |
| 25 | Animal House | 1978 | John Landis | 360 |
| 26 | American Graffiti | 1973 | George Lucas | 362 |
| 27 | The Bourne Ultimatum | 2007 | Paul Greengrass | 384 |
| 28 | Casino | 1995 | Martin Scorsese | 398 |
| 29 | Breaking the Waves3 | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 418 |
| 30 | Shadow of a Doubt | 1943 | Alfred Hitchcock | 432 |
| 31 | The Breakfast Club | 1985 | John Hughes | 456 |
| 32 | Babe | 1995 | Chris Noonan | 492 |
| 33 | Imitation of Life1 | 1959 | Douglas Sirk | 519 |
| 34 | A Beautiful Mind | 2001 | Ron Howard | 524 |
| 35 | Dracula | 1931 | Tod Browning | 530 |
| 36 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1982 | Amy Heckerling | 536 |
| 37 | Shakespeare in Love | 1998 | John Madden | 592 |
| 38 | Hot Fuzz | 2007 | Edgar Wright | 608 |
| 39 | The 40 Year Old Virgin | 2005 | Judd Apatow | 609 |
| 40 | Love Actually | 2003 | Richard Curtis | 636 |
| 41 | Winchester '731 | 1950 | Anthony Mann | 668 |
| 42 | The Killers | 1946 | Robert Siodmak | 686 |
| 43 | Two-Lane Blacktop | 1971 | Monte Hellman | 716 |
| 44 | Coraline2 | 2009 | Henry Selick | 717 |
| 45 | Bridesmaids | 2011 | Paul Feig | 724 |
| 46 | The Bourne Supremacy | 2004 | Paul Greengrass | 737 |
| 47 | The Invisible Man | 1933 | James Whale | 743 |
| 48 | All That Heaven Allows1 | 1955 | Douglas Sirk | 744 |
| 49 | Atonement | 2007 | Joe Wright | 771 |
| 50 | Midnight Run | 1988 | Martin Brest | 773 |
| 51 | Apollo 13 | 1995 | Ron Howard | 776 |
| 52 | The Incredible Shrinking Man1 | 1957 | Jack Arnold | 783 |
| 53 | My Man Godfrey | 1936 | Gregory La Cava | 788 |
| 54 | Lost Highway3 | 1997 | David Lynch | 793 |
| 55 | Slap Shot | 1977 | George Roy Hill | 801 |
| 56 | Carlito's Way | 1993 | Brian De Palma | 804 |
| 57 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | Joel Coen | 806 |
| 58 | Destry Rides Again | 1939 | George Marshall | 836 |
| 59 | In Bruges2 | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | 846 |
| 60 | The Bourne Identity | 2002 | Doug Liman | 854 |
| 61 | American Psycho | 2000 | Mary Harron | 855 |
| 62 | Out of Sight | 1998 | Steven Soderbergh | 860 |
| 63 | Milk2 | 2008 | Gus Van Sant | 886 |
| 64 | Serenity | 2005 | Joss Whedon | 891 |
| 65 | Harvey1 | 1950 | Henry Koster | 907 |
| 66 | Out of Africa | 1985 | Sydney Pollack | 930 |
| 67 | Duel4 | 1971 | Steven Spielberg | 953 |
| 68 | Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Dennis Dugan | 968 |
| 69 | Written on the Wind1 | 1956 | Douglas Sirk | 978 |
| 70 | Charade | 1963 | Stanley Donen | 1007 |
| 71 | United 93 | 2006 | Paul Greengrass | 1012 |
| 72 | The Phantom of the Opera | 1925 | Rupert Julian | 1020 |
| 73 | American Pie | 1999 | Paul Weitz | 1026 |
| 74 | King Kong | 2005 | Peter Jackson | 1027 |
| 75 | The Bank Dick | 1940 | Edward F. Cline | 1028 |
| 76 | Silent Running | 1972 | Douglas Trumbull | 1056 |
| 77 | Sixteen Candles | 1984 | John Hughes | 1057 |
| 78 | The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | Martin Scorsese | 1067 |
| 79 | Back to the Future Part II | 1989 | Robert Zemeckis | 1095 |
| 80 | Far from Heaven2 4 | 2002 | Todd Haynes | 1099 |
| 81 | Cinderella Man | 2005 | Ron Howard | 1126 |
| 82 | Senna | 2010 | Asif Kapadia | 1127 |
| 83 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | Peter Weir | 1130 |
| 84 | The Wolf Man | 1941 | George Waggner | 1192 |
| 85 | Pride & Prejudice2 | 2005 | Joe Wright | 1208 |
| 86 | Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Peter Berg and Josh Pate | 1249 |
| 87 | Scent of a Woman | 1992 | Martin Brest | 1260 |
| 88 | Despicable Me5 | 2010 | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud | 1324 |
| 89 | Coal Miner's Daughter | 1980 | Michael Apted | 1326 |
| 90 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 2010 | Edgar Wright | 1330 |
| 91 | In the Name of the Father | 1993 | Jim Sheridan | 1333 |
| 92 | A Serious Man2 | 2009 | Ethan and Joel Coen | 1387 |
| 93 | Army of Darkness | 1992 | Sam Raimi | 1399 |
| 94 | Marnie | 1964 | Alfred Hitchcock | 1401 |
| 95 | Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | John Milius | 1433 |
| 96 | Traffic6 | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | 1452 |
| 97 | Eastern Promises2 | 2007 | David Cronenberg | 1459 |
| 98 | Seabiscuit | 2003 | Gary Ross | 1474 |
| 99 | Knocked Up | 2007 | Judd Apatow | 1488 |
| 100 | Rosetta3 | 1999 | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 1512 |
| 101 | The Black Cat | 1934 | Edgar G. Ulmer | 1518 |
| 102 | The Mummy | 1932 | Karl Freund | 1527 |
| 103 | Fried Green Tomatoes | 1991 | Jon Avnet | 1556 |
| 104 | Meet the Parents | 2000 | Jay Roach | 1588 |
| 105 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 1998 | Terry Gilliam | 1598 |
| 106 | October Sky | 1999 | Joe Johnston | 1611 |
| 107 | The Kids Are All Right2 | 2010 | Lisa Cholodenko | 1619 |
| 108 | Munich | 2005 | Steven Spielberg | 1624 |
| 109 | The Hurricane | 1999 | Norman Jewison | 1646 |
| 110 | The Idiots3 | 1998 | Lars von Trier | 1677 |
| 111 | American Gangster | 2007 | Ridley Scott | 1692 |
| 112 | Back to the Future Part III | 1990 | Robert Zemeckis | 1697 |
| 113 | Sorcerer | 1977 | William Friedkin | 1747 |
| 114 | The Naked City1 | 1948 | Jules Dassin | 1749 |
| 115 | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein1 | 1948 | Charles Barton | 1751 |
| 116 | Gosford Park6 | 2001 | Robert Altman | 1753 |
| 117 | Ulzana's Raid | 1972 | Robert Aldrich | 1760 |
| 118 | On Golden Pond | 1981 | Mark Rydell | 1773 |
| 119 | The Old Dark House | 1932 | James Whale | 1797 |
| 120 | Creature from the Black Lagoon1 | 1954 | Jack Arnold | 1849 |
| 121 | Fast Five | 2011 | Justin Lin | 1882 |
| 122 | Foolish Wives7 | 1922 | Erich von Stroheim | 1897 |
| 123 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | 2008 | Guillermo del Toro | 1966 |
| 124 | Ex Machina | 2014 | Alex Garland | 1983 |
| 125 | Kubo and the Two Strings2 | 2016 | Travis Knight | 1995 |
| 126 | The Andromeda Strain | 1971 | Robert Wise | 2011 |
| 127 | Pillow Talk1 | 1959 | Michael Gordon | 2014 |
| 128 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 2008 | Nicholas Stoller | 2049 |
| 129 | Frenzy | 1972 | Alfred Hitchcock | 2062 |
| 130 | Les Misérables | 2012 | Tom Hooper | 2067 |
| 131 | Show Boat | 1936 | James Whale | 2083 |
| 132 | Lacombe Lucien | 1974 | Louis Malle | 2116 |
| 133 | Inside Man | 2006 | Spike Lee | 2119 |
| 134 | The Land before Time | 1988 | Don Bluth | 2120 |
| 135 | Lust, Caution2 | 2007 | Ang Lee | 2218 |
| 136 | Tremors | 1990 | Ron Underwood | 2276 |
| 137 | Slaughterhouse-Five | 1972 | George Roy Hill | 2286 |
| 138 | Missing | 1982 | Costa-Gavras | 2295 |
| 139 | It Came from Outer Space1 | 1953 | Jack Arnold | 2313 |
| 140 | Session 93 6 | 2001 | Brad Anderson | 2319 |
| 141 | Drag Me to Hell | 2009 | Sam Raimi | 2324 |
| 142 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | 1976 | John Badham | 2373 |
| 143 | Play Misty for Me | 1971 | Clint Eastwood | 2387 |
| 144 | The Mummy | 1999 | Stephen Sommers | 2388 |
| 145 | High Art3 | 1998 | Lisa Cholodenko | 2389 |
| 146 | An American Tail | 1986 | Don Bluth | 2406 |
| 147 | Parenthood | 1989 | Ron Howard | 2428 |
| 148 | Bend of the River1 | 1952 | Anthony Mann | 2464 |
| 149 | This Island Earth1 | 1955 | Joseph M. Newman | 2513 |
| 150 | Mystery Men | 1999 | Kinka Usher | 2514 |
| 151 | Charley Varrick | 1973 | Don Siegel | 2515 |
| 152 | Criss Cross1 | 1949 | Robert Siodmak | 2518 |
| 153 | Billy Madison | 1995 | Tamra Davis | 2543 |
| 154 | The Last Starfighter | 1984 | Nick Castle | 2552 |
| 155 | Saboteur | 1942 | Alfred Hitchcock | 2562 |
| 156 | The Fast and the Furious | 2001 | Rob Cohen | 2580 |
| 157 | The American President | 1995 | Rob Reiner | 2607 |
| 158 | Jesus Christ Superstar | 1973 | Norman Jewison | 2622 |
| 159 | Mamma Mia! | 2008 | Phyllida Lloyd | 2639 |
| 160 | Frost/Nixon | 2008 | Ron Howard | 2692 |
| 161 | Man on the Moon | 1999 | Milos Forman | 2742 |
| 162 | Smokey and the Bandit | 1977 | Hal Needham | 2792 |
| 163 | Fletch | 1985 | Michael Ritchie | 2795 |
1 Produced by Universal International Pictures.
2 Produced by Focus Features.
3 Produced by October Films.
4 Produced by Universal TV.
5 Produced by Illumination Entertainment.
6 Produced by USA Films.
7 Produced by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.