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.