This list includes films from Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, Castle Rock Entertainment, Seven Arts Productions (Pictures), First National Pictures, and Warner Independent Pictures.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Casablanca | 1942 | Michael Curtiz | 5 |
| 2 | Goodfellas | 1990 | Martin Scorsese | 14 |
| 3 | The Dark Knight | 2008 | Christopher Nolan | 18 |
| 4 | The Shining | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick | 22 |
| 5 | The Matrix | 1999 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 26 |
| 6 | A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | Stanley Kubrick | 36 |
| 7 | The Shawshank Redemption1 | 1994 | Frank Darabont | 45 |
| 8 | The Searchers | 1956 | John Ford | 53 |
| 9 | Inception | 2010 | Christopher Nolan | 74 |
| 10 | The Maltese Falcon | 1941 | John Huston | 81 |
| 11 | The Wild Bunch2 | 1969 | Sam Peckinpah | 88 |
| 12 | Bonnie and Clyde2 | 1967 | Arthur Penn | 116 |
| 13 | Unforgiven | 1992 | Clint Eastwood | 120 |
| 14 | When Harry Met Sally…1 | 1989 | Rob Reiner | 130 |
| 15 | L.A. Confidential | 1997 | Curtis Hanson | 139 |
| 16 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 1948 | John Huston | 142 |
| 17 | West Side Story3 | 1961 | Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise | 146 |
| 18 | The Departed | 2006 | Martin Scorsese | 153 |
| 19 | Once Upon a Time in America | 1984 | Sergio Leone | 157 |
| 20 | The Iron Giant4 | 1999 | Brad Bird | 173 |
| 21 | Heat | 1995 | Michael Mann | 182 |
| 22 | Full Metal Jacket | 1987 | Stanley Kubrick | 198 |
| 23 | The Big Sleep | 1946 | Howard Hawks | 215 |
| 24 | Blazing Saddles | 1974 | Mel Brooks | 232 |
| 25 | A Streetcar Named Desire | 1951 | Elia Kazan | 237 |
| 26 | Rebel without a Cause | 1955 | Nicholas Ray | 252 |
| 27 | Before Sunrise1 | 1995 | Richard Linklater | 263 |
| 28 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1938 | Michael Curtiz and William Keighley | 265 |
| 29 | Interstellar | 2014 | Christopher Nolan | 266 |
| 30 | All the President's Men | 1976 | Alan J. Pakula | 282 |
| 31 | Strangers on a Train | 1951 | Alfred Hitchcock | 286 |
| 32 | The Green Mile1 | 1999 | Frank Darabont | 296 |
| 33 | Dirty Harry | 1971 | Don Siegel | 300 |
| 34 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Alfonso Cuarón | 305 |
| 35 | Before Sunset1 5 | 2004 | Richard Linklater | 314 |
| 36 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001 | Chris Columbus | 333 |
| 37 | The Goonies | 1985 | Richard Donner | 335 |
| 38 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | 1971 | Robert Altman | 337 |
| 39 | Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | Clint Eastwood | 341 |
| 40 | My Fair Lady | 1964 | George Cukor | 348 |
| 41 | Gravity | 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | 371 |
| 42 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | 2011 | David Yates | 375 |
| 43 | Batman Begins | 2005 | Christopher Nolan | 384 |
| 44 | The Prestige | 2006 | Christopher Nolan | 392 |
| 45 | Slumdog Millionaire | 2008 | Danny Boyle | 403 |
| 46 | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | Christopher Nolan | 438 |
| 47 | White Heat | 1949 | Raoul Walsh | 447 |
| 48 | A Star Is Born | 1954 | George Cukor | 453 |
| 49 | Mildred Pierce | 1945 | Michael Curtiz | 454 |
| 50 | Dunkirk | 2017 | Christopher Nolan | 460 |
| 51 | Letters from Iwo Jima | 2006 | Clint Eastwood | 475 |
| 52 | Batman | 1989 | Tim Burton | 486 |
| 53 | Zodiac | 2007 | David Fincher | 507 |
| 54 | The Fugitive | 1993 | Andrew Davis | 519 |
| 55 | Enter the Dragon | 1973 | Robert Clouse | 520 |
| 56 | V for Vendetta | 2005 | James McTeigue | 524 |
| 57 | The Lego Movie4 | 2014 | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | 532 |
| 58 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Mike Newell | 534 |
| 59 | The Dirty Dozen3 | 1967 | Robert Aldrich | 537 |
| 60 | Deliverance | 1972 | John Boorman | 556 |
| 61 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 1966 | Mike Nichols | 559 |
| 62 | Batman Returns | 1992 | Tim Burton | 560 |
| 63 | South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut | 1999 | Trey Parker | 578 |
| 64 | Edge of Tomorrow | 2014 | Doug Liman | 582 |
| 65 | Misery1 | 1990 | Rob Reiner | 585 |
| 66 | Eyes Wide Shut | 1999 | Stanley Kubrick | 595 |
| 67 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | David Yates | 635 |
| 68 | Wonder Woman | 2017 | Patty Jenkins | 643 |
| 69 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 2009 | David Yates | 653 |
| 70 | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | Steven Spielberg | 655 |
| 71 | Arsenic and Old Lace | 1944 | Frank Capra | 656 |
| 72 | The NeverEnding Story | 1984 | Wolfgang Petersen | 672 |
| 73 | Gran Torino | 2008 | Clint Eastwood | 699 |
| 74 | Mystic River | 2003 | Clint Eastwood | 707 |
| 75 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | 2007 | Andrew Dominik | 713 |
| 76 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | 2010 | David Yates | 718 |
| 77 | The Color Purple | 1985 | Steven Spielberg | 719 |
| 78 | Superman II | 1980 | Richard Lester | 723 |
| 79 | 300 | 2006 | Zack Snyder | 726 |
| 80 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | Chris Columbus | 731 |
| 81 | 42nd Street | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | 734 |
| 82 | Bullitt2 | 1968 | Peter Yates | 741 |
| 83 | JFK | 1991 | Oliver Stone | 745 |
| 84 | You've Got Mail | 1998 | Nora Ephron | 768 |
| 85 | The Hangover | 2009 | Todd Phillips | 774 |
| 86 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | Michael Curtiz | 820 |
| 87 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 2008 | David Fincher | 824 |
| 88 | Giant | 1956 | George Stevens | 829 |
| 89 | East of Eden | 1955 | Elia Kazan | 830 |
| 90 | Gremlins | 1984 | Joe Dante | 840 |
| 91 | Before Midnight1 | 2013 | Richard Linklater | 844 |
| 92 | THX-1138 | 1971 | George Lucas | 854 |
| 93 | Rope | 1948 | Alfred Hitchcock | 856 |
| 94 | Lethal Weapon | 1987 | Richard Donner | 862 |
| 95 | Empire of the Sun | 1987 | Steven Spielberg | 876 |
| 96 | Joker | 2019 | Todd Phillips | 893 |
| 97 | To Have and Have Not | 1944 | Howard Hawks | 907 |
| 98 | Ocean's Eleven | 2001 | Steven Soderbergh | 962 |
| 99 | Creed | 2015 | Ryan Coogler | 985 |
| 100 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 2007 | Tim Burton | 998 |
| 101 | Argo | 2012 | Ben Affleck | 1002 |
| 102 | Crazy Rich Asians | 2018 | Jon M. Chu | 1004 |
| 103 | Now, Voyager | 1942 | Irving Rapper | 1012 |
| 104 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | 1985 | Tim Burton | 1017 |
| 105 | Klute | 1971 | Alan J. Pakula | 1035 |
| 106 | Watchmen | 2009 | Zack Snyder | 1054 |
| 107 | Sergeant York | 1941 | Howard Hawks | 1056 |
| 108 | The Lost Boys | 1987 | Joel Schumacher | 1059 |
| 109 | Dune | 2021 | Denis Villeneuve | 1062 |
| 110 | The Public Enemy | 1931 | William A. Wellman | 1068 |
| 111 | Waiting for Guffman1 | 1996 | Christopher Guest | 1081 |
| 112 | Best in Show1 | 2000 | Christopher Guest | 1095 |
| 113 | Dial M for Murder | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock | 1101 |
| 114 | The Bridges of Madison County | 1995 | Clint Eastwood | 1103 |
| 115 | The Jazz Singer | 1927 | Alan Crosland | 1132 |
| 116 | Roger & Me | 1989 | Michael Moore | 1149 |
| 117 | Little Caesar6 | 1931 | Mervyn LeRoy | 1177 |
| 118 | Lone Star1 | 1996 | John Sayles | 1179 |
| 119 | Purple Rain | 1984 | Albert Magnoli | 1186 |
| 120 | Splendor in the Grass | 1961 | Elia Kazan | 1189 |
| 121 | Them! | 1954 | Gordon Douglas | 1217 |
| 122 | Three Kings | 1999 | David O. Russell | 1238 |
| 123 | Jeremiah Johnson | 1972 | Sydney Pollack | 1243 |
| 124 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 2005 | Shane Black | 1254 |
| 125 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | 1932 | Mervyn LeRoy | 1260 |
| 126 | Contact | 1997 | Robert Zemeckis | 1262 |
| 127 | The Misfits3 | 1961 | John Huston | 1311 |
| 128 | Natural Born Killers | 1994 | Oliver Stone | 1344 |
| 129 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | 1933 | Mervyn LeRoy | 1351 |
| 130 | A Star Is Born | 2018 | Bradley Cooper | 1364 |
| 131 | Dangerous Liaisons | 1988 | Stephen Frears | 1376 |
| 132 | March of the Penguins5 | 2005 | Luc Jacquet | 1385 |
| 133 | The Music Man | 1962 | Morton DaCosta | 1440 |
| 134 | A Scanner Darkly5 | 2006 | Richard Linklater | 1449 |
| 135 | Tin Cup | 1996 | Ron Shelton | 1453 |
| 136 | Something's Gotta Give | 2003 | Nancy Meyers | 1470 |
| 137 | Key Largo | 1948 | John Huston | 1486 |
| 138 | National Lampoon's Vacation | 1983 | Harold Ramis | 1509 |
| 139 | A Few Good Men1 | 1992 | Rob Reiner | 1558 |
| 140 | American Sniper | 2014 | Clint Eastwood | 1562 |
| 141 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm4 7 | 1993 | Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm | 1575 |
| 142 | Angels with Dirty Faces6 | 1938 | Michael Curtiz | 1586 |
| 143 | A Walk to Remember | 2002 | Adam Shankman | 1619 |
| 144 | Dune: Part Two | 2024 | Denis Villeneuve | 1629 |
| 145 | The LEGO Batman Movie4 | 2017 | Chris McKay | 1632 |
| 146 | Blood Diamond | 2006 | Edward Zwick | 1657 |
| 147 | Corpse Bride | 2005 | Tim Burton and Mike Johnson | 1665 |
| 148 | The Aviator | 2004 | Martin Scorsese | 1704 |
| 149 | The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 1705 |
| 150 | Super Fly | 1972 | Gordon Parks Jr. | 1714 |
| 151 | Any Given Sunday | 1999 | Oliver Stone | 1729 |
| 152 | Wait until Dark | 1967 | Terence Young | 1737 |
| 153 | Space Jam4 7 | 1996 | Joe Pytka | 1765 |
| 154 | Invictus | 2009 | Clint Eastwood | 1771 |
| 155 | Duck Amuck | 1953 | Chuck Jones | 1783 |
| 156 | House of Wax | 1953 | André De Toth | 1807 |
| 157 | Flags of Our Fathers | 2006 | Clint Eastwood | 1819 |
| 158 | Training Day | 2001 | Antoine Fuqua | 1826 |
| 159 | Where the Wild Things Are | 2009 | Spike Jonze | 1880 |
| 160 | The Batman | 2022 | Matt Reeves | 1885 |
| 161 | The Secret Garden | 1993 | Agnieszka Holland | 1938 |
| 162 | The Last Samurai | 2003 | Edward Zwick | 1949 |
| 163 | A Very Long Engagement | 2004 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 1963 |
| 164 | Footlight Parade | 1933 | Lloyd Bacon | 2002 |
| 165 | Good Night, and Good Luck.5 | 2005 | George Clooney | 2012 |
| 166 | Captain Blood6 | 1935 | Michael Curtiz | 2016 |
| 167 | A Little Princess | 1995 | Alfonso Cuarón | 2018 |
| 168 | Damn Yankees! | 1958 | George Abbott and Stanley Donen | 2033 |
| 169 | High Sierra | 1940 | Raoul Walsh | 2044 |
| 170 | The Mission | 1986 | Roland Joffé | 2060 |
| 171 | Altered States | 1980 | Ken Russell | 2064 |
| 172 | Mars Attacks! | 1996 | Tim Burton | 2083 |
| 173 | The Suicide Squad | 2021 | James Gunn | 2093 |
| 174 | Man of Steel | 2013 | Zack Snyder | 2125 |
| 175 | The Fountain | 2006 | Darren Aronofsky | 2155 |
| 176 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | 1974 | Martin Scorsese | 2182 |
| 177 | Calamity Jane | 1953 | David Butler | 2197 |
| 178 | I Am Legend | 2007 | Francis Lawrence | 2253 |
| 179 | Lethal Weapon 2 | 1989 | Richard Donner | 2258 |
| 180 | Night Moves | 1975 | Arthur Penn | 2259 |
| 181 | Troy | 2004 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2308 |
| 182 | Akira Kurosawa's Dreams | 1990 | Akira Kurosawa | 2328 |
| 183 | The Towering Inferno | 1974 | John Guillermin | 2336 |
| 184 | The Last Days of Disco1 | 1998 | Whit Stillman | 2347 |
| 185 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | Tim Burton | 2354 |
| 186 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | 1989 | Jeremiah S. Chechik | 2404 |
| 187 | Pacific Rim | 2013 | Guillermo del Toro | 2418 |
| 188 | Inherent Vice | 2014 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2431 |
| 189 | The Devil's Advocate | 1997 | Taylor Hackford | 2436 |
| 190 | In the Line of Fire1 | 1993 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2442 |
| 191 | Hamlet1 | 1996 | Kenneth Branagh | 2444 |
| 192 | Jezebel | 1938 | William Wyler | 2445 |
| 193 | The Roaring Twenties | 1939 | Raoul Walsh | 2455 |
| 194 | Auntie Mame | 1958 | Morton DaCosta | 2463 |
| 195 | Michael Clayton1 | 2007 | Tony Gilroy | 2539 |
| 196 | The Letter | 1940 | William Wyler | 2543 |
| 197 | America, America | 1963 | Elia Kazan | 2546 |
| 198 | Shazam! | 2019 | David F. Sandberg | 2548 |
| 199 | The World According to Garp | 1982 | George Roy Hill | 2559 |
| 200 | The Life of Emile Zola | 1937 | William Dieterle | 2575 |
| 201 | A Time to Kill | 1996 | Joel Schumacher | 2595 |
| 202 | Singles | 1992 | Cameron Crowe | 2618 |
| 203 | The Hudsucker Proxy | 1994 | Joel Coen | 2694 |
| 204 | The Wrong Man | 1956 | Alfred Hitchcock | 2707 |
| 205 | The American President1 | 1995 | Rob Reiner | 2729 |
| 206 | The Town | 2010 | Ben Affleck | 2745 |
| 207 | Happy Feet | 2006 | George Miller | 2747 |
| 208 | The Perfect Storm | 2000 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2750 |
| 209 | The Last Boy Scout | 1991 | Tony Scott | 2755 |
| 210 | Dodge City | 1939 | Michael Curtiz | 2761 |
| 211 | Falling Down | 1993 | Joel Schumacher | 2769 |
| 212 | Seven Days in May3 | 1964 | John Frankenheimer | 2776 |
| 213 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | 1990 | Joe Dante | 2800 |
| 214 | In the Heights | 2021 | Jon M. Chu | 2801 |
| 215 | What's Opera, Doc? | 1957 | Chuck Jones | 2825 |
| 216 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | 2021 | Zack Snyder | 2832 |
| 217 | Constantine | 2005 | Francis Lawrence | 2853 |
| 218 | The Man with Two Brains | 1983 | Carl Reiner | 2873 |
| 219 | We Are Marshall | 2006 | McG | 2893 |
| 220 | Ladyhawke | 1985 | Richard Donner | 2906 |
| 221 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | 1991 | Kevin Reynolds | 2910 |
| 222 | Demolition Man | 1993 | Marco Brambilla | 2923 |
| 223 | Crossing Delancey | 1988 | Joan Micklin Silver | 2928 |
| 224 | Dark Victory | 1939 | Edmund Goulding | 2942 |
| 225 | City Slickers1 | 1991 | Ron Underwood | 2948 |
| 226 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | 1970 | Sam Peckinpah | 2963 |
| 227 | Sleepers | 1996 | Barry Levinson | 2982 |
| 228 | The Goodbye Girl | 1977 | Herbert Ross | 2994 |
| 229 | Sherlock Holmes | 2009 | Guy Ritchie | 3012 |
| 230 | The Phantom of the Opera | 2004 | Joel Schumacher | 3023 |
| 231 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | 1994 | Tom Shadyac | 3027 |
| 232 | The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 3044 |
| 233 | 42 | 2013 | Brian Helgeland | 3056 |
1 Produced or co-produced by Castle Rock Entertainment
2 Produced or co-produced by Warner Brothers/Seven Arts.
3 Produced or co-produced by Seven Arts Productions.
5 Produced or co-produced by Warner Bros. (Pictures) Animation.
4 Produced or co-produced by Warner Independent Pictures.
6 Produced or co-produced by First National Pictures.
7 Produced or co-produced by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.