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Top Films from Warner Bros.

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.

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