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Top American Films (#2001-2173)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
In colaboration with
2001 The Stunt Man 1980 Richard Rush 2829
2002 Blue Jasmine 2013 Woody Allen 2831
2003 Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021 Zack Snyder 2832
2004 On the Beach 1959 Stanley Kramer 2833
2005 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021 Destin Daniel Cretton 2834
2006 The Half of It 2020 Alice Wu 2835
2007 The Docks of New York 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2837
2008 Ms. 45 1981 Abel Ferrara 2838
2009 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 Jake Kasdan 2841 Australia, Canada, Mexico, India, United Kingdom
2010 Rocketman 2019 Dexter Fletcher 2842 United Kingdom, Canada
2011 Vanishing Point 1971 Richard C. Sarafian 2843
2012 Away from Her 2006 Sarah Polley 2844 Canada, United Kingdom
2013 Let Me in 2010 Matt Reeves 2846 United Kingdom, Sweden
2014 Gods and Monsters 1998 Bill Condon 2847 United Kingdom
2015 The Immigrant 1917 Charles Chaplin 2848
2016 Suspense 1913 Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber 2851
2017 About Schmidt 2002 Alexander Payne 2852
2018 Constantine 2005 Francis Lawrence 2853 Germany
2019 The Imposter 2012 Bart Layton 2854 United Kingdom
2020 Mystic Pizza 1988 Donald Petrie 2855
2021 Onward 2020 Dan Scanlon 2856 Japan
2022 The Quiet American 2002 Phillip Noyce 2857 United Kingdom, Germany, Vietnam, France
2023 The Man Who Wasn't There 2001 Joel Coen 2858 United Kingdom
2024 Philomena 2013 Stephen Frears 2859 United Kingdom, France
2025 It Came from Outer Space 1953 Jack Arnold 2861
2026 Prizzi's Honor 1985 John Huston 2863
2027 The Pit and the Pendulum 1961 Roger Corman 2864
2028 Big Fan 2009 Robert Siegel 2865
2029 The Darjeeling Limited 2007 Wes Anderson 2867 India
2030 Dark Days 2000 Marc Singer 2868
2031 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 1953 Eugène Lourié 2869
2032 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966 Chuck Jones 2870
2033 El Cid 1961 Anthony Mann 2872 Italy
2034 The Man with Two Brains 1983 Carl Reiner 2873
2035 Silence 2016 Martin Scorsese 2874 United Kingdom, Italy, Taiwan, Mexico, Japan
2036 Love Affair 1939 Leo McCarey 2875
2037 Blow 2001 Ted Demme 2876
2038 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 Jay Roach 2877
2039 Summertime 1955 David Lean 2878 United Kingdom, Italy
2040 Picnic 1955 Joshua Logan 2879
2041 Johnny Got His Gun 1971 Dalton Trumbo 2881
2042 Outrage 1950 Ida Lupino 2882
2043 The Simpsons Movie 2007 David Silverman 2884
2044 The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 Marc Webb 2885
2045 Overboard 1987 Garry Marshall 2887
2046 The Children's Hour 1961 William Wyler 2888
2047 Destination Moon 1950 Irving Pichel 2889
2048 Mudbound 2017 Dee Rees 2891
2049 We Are Marshall 2006 McG 2893
2050 Cloud Atlas 2012 Tom Tykwer and Lana & Lilly Wachowski 2894 Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, Spain
2051 Of Mice and Men 1939 Lewis Milestone 2895
2052 I Spit on Your Grave 1978 Meir Zarchi 2896
2053 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 Jonas Mekas 2897
2054 Bloody Sunday 2002 Paul Greengrass 2898 Ireland, United Kingdom
2055 This Island Earth 1955 Joseph M. Newman 2899
2056 The Ten Commandments 1923 Cecil B. DeMille 2900
2057 Thirst 2009 Park Chan-wook 2901 South Korea
2058 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings 1976 John Badham 2902
2059 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 2018 Ol Parker 2903 United Kingdom, Japan, People's Republic of China, Croatia
2060 Food Inc. 2008 Robert Kenner 2905
2061 Ladyhawke 1985 Richard Donner 2906 Italy, United Kingdom
2062 Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 Norman Jewison 2907
2063 The Souvenir 2019 Joanna Hogg 2908 United Kingdom
2064 Legend 1985 Ridley Scott 2909 United Kingdom
2065 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 Kevin Reynolds 2910
2066 The Illusionist 2006 Neil Burger 2911 Czechia
2067 The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017 Yorgos Lanthimos 2912 Ireland, United Kingdom
2068 Night on Earth 1991 Jim Jarmusch 2914 United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
2069 Society 1989 Brian Yuzna 2915 Japan
2070 The Gay Divorcee 1934 Mark Sandrich 2916
2071 Raya and the Last Dragon 2021 Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada 2920
2072 Flee 2021 Jonas Poher Rasmussen 2921 Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Finland, Spain, Estonia, Slovenia, Belgium
2073 Chronicle 2012 Josh Trank 2922
2074 Demolition Man 1993 Marco Brambilla 2923
2075 One Week 1920 Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton 2925
2076 Death Wish 1974 Michael Winner 2926 United Kingdom, Italy
2077 Von Ryan's Express 1965 Mark Robson 2927
2078 Crossing Delancey 1988 Joan Micklin Silver 2928
2079 That Thing You Do! 1996 Tom Hanks 2931
2080 Dope 2015 Rick Famuyiwa 2932
2081 The Americanization of Emily 1964 Arthur Hiller 2933
2082 Mud 2012 Jeff Nichols 2934
2083 Viva Las Vegas 1964 George Sidney 2935
2084 Quo Vadis 1951 Mervyn LeRoy 2936
2085 How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 Jean Negulesco 2937
2086 Boomerang 1992 Reginald Hudlin 2938
2087 Portrait of Jennie 1948 William Dieterle 2939
2088 The Cheat 1915 Cecil B. DeMille 2941
2089 Dark Victory 1939 Edmund Goulding 2942
2090 Now and Then 1995 Lesli Linka Glatter 2943
2091 Bound for Glory 1976 Hal Ashby 2944
2092 Addams Family Values 1993 Barry Sonnenfeld 2945
2093 Smoke 1995 Wayne Wang 2947 Germany, Japan
2094 City Slickers 1991 Ron Underwood 2948
2095 Mask 1985 Peter Bogdanovich 2949
2096 Happiest Season 2020 Clea DuVall 2953 Canada
2097 American Honey 2016 Andrea Arnold 2954 United Kingdom
2098 Past Lives 2023 Celine Song 2956 South Korea
2099 Radio Days 1987 Woody Allen 2957
2100 No End in Sight 2007 Charles Ferguson 2958
2101 Finding Dory 2016 Andrew Stanton 2959
2102 The Princess Diaries 2001 Garry Marshall 2960 United Kingdom
2103 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014 Peter Jackson 2961 New Zealand
2104 Paterson 2016 Jim Jarmusch 2962 France, Germany
2105 The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970 Sam Peckinpah 2963
2106 Cameraperson 2016 Kirsten Johnson 2965
2107 Polyester 1981 John Waters 2966
2108 Punishment Park 1971 Peter Watkins 2968
2109 Dick Tracy 1990 Warren Beatty 2969
2110 Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 George Roy Hill 2971
2111 Waitress 2007 Adrienne Shelly 2972
2112 Rent 2005 Chris Columbus 2973
2113 I Am Sam 2001 Jessie Nelson 2975
2114 Before Night Falls 2000 Julian Schnabel 2976 Mexico
2115 Saving Face 2004 Alice Wu 2977
2116 The Brave Little Toaster 1987 Jerry Rees 2978 Taiwan, Japan
2117 In the Shadow of the Moon 2007 David Sington 2979 United Kingdom
2118 Sleepers 1996 Barry Levinson 2982
2119 Caught 1949 Max Ophüls 2984
2120 Stage Door 1937 Gregory La Cava 2985
2121 Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 James Cameron 2986
2122 Minari 2020 Lee Isaac Chung 2989
2123 The Last Unicorn 1982 Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. 2990 United Kingdom, Japan
2124 The Good Earth 1937 Sidney Franklin 2992
2125 Big Wednesday 1978 John Milius 2993
2126 The Goodbye Girl 1977 Herbert Ross 2994
2127 Cocoon 1985 Ron Howard 2996
2128 Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) 2020 Cathy Yan 2997 United Kingdom
2129 Never Been Kissed 1999 Raja Gosnell 3000
2130 Tarnation 2003 Jonathan Caouette 3001
2131 Blue Chips 1994 William Friedkin 3002
2132 The Westerner 1940 William Wyler 3005
2133 Story of G.I. Joe 1945 William A. Wellman 3006
2134 The Last Dragon 1985 Michael Schultz 3007
2135 Ganja & Hess 1973 Bill Gunn 3009
2136 Enough Said 2013 Nicole Holofcener 3010
2137 Widows 2018 Steve McQueen 3011 United Kingdom
2138 Sherlock Holmes 2009 Guy Ritchie 3012 Germany
2139 The Narrow Margin 1952 Richard Fleischer 3013
2140 Cold Mountain 2003 Anthony Minghella 3014 Italy, Romania
2141 You Only Live Once 1937 Fritz Lang 3016
2142 The Fall of the House of Usher 1960 Roger Corman 3017
2143 San Francisco 1936 W.S. Van Dyke 3018
2144 Whip It 2009 Drew Barrymore 3021
2145 Bill Cunningham New York 2010 Richard Press 3022
2146 The Phantom of the Opera 2004 Joel Schumacher 3023 United Kingdom
2147 Arthur 1981 Steve Gordon 3025
2148 The Fox and the Hound 1981 Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens 3026
2149 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994 Tom Shadyac 3027
2150 Submarine 2010 Richard Ayoade 3028 United Kingdom
2151 Mr. Turner 2014 Mike Leigh 3031 United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium
2152 Poor Things 2023 Yorgos Lanthimos 3032 Ireland, United Kingdom, Hungary
2153 Foxcatcher 2014 Bennett Miller 3033
2154 Blonde Venus 1932 Josef von Sternberg 3034
2155 P.S. I Love You 2007 Richard LaGravenese 3035
2156 In the Mouth of Madness 1994 John Carpenter 3036 Canada
2157 Blades of Glory 2007 Josh Gordon and Will Speck 3038
2158 The Last King of Scotland 2006 Kevin Macdonald 3040 United Kingdom, Germany
2159 The Death of Stalin 2017 Armando Iannucci 3042 United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Canada
2160 Road House 1989 Rowdy Herrington 3043
2161 The Matrix Revolutions 2003 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 3044 Australia
2162 Live Free or Die Hard 2007 Len Wiseman 3045 United Kingdom
2163 One Hour with You 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 3046
2164 Sleepaway Camp 1983 Robert Hiltzik 3049
2165 Riding Giants 2004 Stacy Peralta 3050 France
2166 All Is Lost 2013 J.C. Chandor 3052 Canada, Mexico
2167 Bad Timing 1980 Nicolas Roeg 3053 United Kingdom
2168 Happy-Go-Lucky 2008 Mike Leigh 3055 United Kingdom
2169 42 2013 Brian Helgeland 3056
2170 Jarhead 2005 Sam Mendes 3058 United Kingdom, Germany
2171 Outland 1981 Peter Hyams 3059 United Kingdom
2172 Man on the Moon 1999 Milos Forman 3060 United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
2173 Wonder 2017 Stephen Chbosky 3061 Hong Kong, Canada
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