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Top American Films (#1501-1627)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1501 The Man from Laramie 1955 Anthony Mann 2205
1502 A New Leaf 1971 Elaine May 2206
1503 The Lord of the Rings 1978 Ralph Bakshi 2208
1504 Love Affair 1939 Leo McCarey 2209
1505 Valley Girl 1983 Martha Coolidge 2211
1506 Baraka 1992 Ron Fricke 2213
1507 The Three Musketeers1 11 31 1973 Richard Lester 2216
1508 Straight Time 1978 Ulu Grosbard 2217
1509 Dead Again 1991 Kenneth Branagh 2220
1510 Monster4 2003 Patty Jenkins 2221
1511 Frida12 13 2002 Julie Taymor 2222
1512 Fear Strikes Out 1957 Robert Mulligan 2223
1513 Becket1 1964 Peter Glenville 2224
1514 The Spanish Prisoner 1997 David Mamet 2226
1515 Big Business 1929 James W. Horne and Leo McCarey 2227
1516 The Mask of Zorro4 1998 Martin Campbell 2228
1517 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964 Robert Aldrich 2230
1518 Lilo & Stitch 2002 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 2231
1519 Awakenings 1990 Penny Marshall 2232
1520 The Patriot4 2000 Roland Emmerich 2239
1521 American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron 2240
1522 A Soldier's Story 1984 Norman Jewison 2241
1523 Coraline 2009 Henry Selick 2242
1524 Never Been Kissed 1999 Raja Gosnell 2246
1525 Love & Basketball 2000 Gina Prince-Bythewood 2248
1526 I Spit on Your Grave 1978 Meir Zarchi 2249
1527 Girl, Interrupted4 1999 James Mangold 2250
1528 Christopher Strong 1933 Dorothy Arzner 2251
1529 The Naked City 1948 Jules Dassin 2252
1530 The Accused13 1988 Jonathan Kaplan 2254
1531 Samson and Delilah 1949 Cecil B. DeMille 2255
1532 The Alamo 1960 John Wayne 2258
1533 The Letter 1940 William Wyler 2259
1534 Ulzana's Raid 1972 Robert Aldrich 2260
1535 Schizopolis 1996 Steven Soderbergh 2261
1536 Bird 1988 Clint Eastwood 2263
1537 Stir Crazy 1980 Sidney Poitier 2265
1538 Lovely & Amazing 2001 Nicole Holofcener 2266
1539 Will Penny 1968 Tom Gries 2267
1540 The Hidden 1987 Jack Sholder 2268
1541 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004 Stephen Hillenburg 2269
1542 The Butterfly Effect13 2004 Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber 2270
1543 Blood Feast 1963 Herschell Gordon Lewis 2271
1544 Lilies of the Field 1963 Ralph Nelson 2274
1545 The Fountain 2006 Darren Aronofsky 2278
1546 The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear 1991 David Zucker 2279
1547 Pit and the Pendulum 1961 Roger Corman 2281
1548 Seventh Heaven 1927 Frank Borzage 2282
1549 Thirty Seconds over Tokyo 1944 Mervyn LeRoy 2284
1550 The Love Parade 1929 Ernst Lubitsch 2285
1551 T-Men 1947 Anthony Mann 2286
1552 The Toxic Avenger 1984 Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman 2287
1553 The Docks of New York 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2288
1554 Much Ado about Nothing1 1993 Kenneth Branagh 2289
1555 King of the Hill 1993 Steven Soderbergh 2291
1556 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix1 2007 David Yates 2292
1557 Ruby in Paradise 1993 Victor Nunez 2293
1558 The Curse of the Cat People 1944 Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch 2294
1559 My Bodyguard 1980 Tony Bill 2295
1560 The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941 William Dieterle 2296
1561 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters10 1985 Paul Schrader 2297
1562 The Driver1 1978 Walter Hill 2298
1563 Sisters 1973 Brian De Palma 2299
1564 Casualties of War 1989 Brian De Palma 2300
1565 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 Sidney Lanfield 2301
1566 America, America 1963 Elia Kazan 2303
1567 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 Frank Oz 2305
1568 The Champ 1931 King Vidor 2307
1569 The Birdcage 1996 Mike Nichols 2308
1570 Tremors 1990 Ron Underwood 2309
1571 Something Wild 1986 Jonathan Demme 2310
1572 Naughty Marietta 1935 Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke 2311
1573 Pollock 2000 Ed Harris 2312
1574 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster 2004 Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky 2313
1575 The Gang's All Here 1943 Busby Berkeley 2314
1576 The Buddy Holly Story 1978 Steve Rash 2315
1577 Why We Fight 1: Prelude to War 1942 Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak 2316
1578 Vanilla Sky11 2001 Cameron Crowe 2317
1579 Time after Time 1979 Nicholas Meyer 2320
1580 Zabriskie Point 1970 Michelangelo Antonioni 2321
1581 The Swimmer 1968 Frank Perry 2322
1582 Grand Prix 1966 John Frankenheimer 2324
1583 Bound for Glory 1976 Hal Ashby 2325
1584 Rocky IV 1985 Sylvester Stallone 2327
1585 Tarzan and His Mate 1934 Cedric Gibbons 2328
1586 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm 2331
1587 My Favorite Wife 1940 Garson Kanin 2332
1588 Troy1 32 2004 Wolfgang Petersen 2333
1589 The Bellboy 1960 Jerry Lewis 2336
1590 Super Size Me 2004 Morgan Spurlock 2337
1591 Ride Lonesome 1959 Budd Boetticher 2338
1592 The Stepfather1 1987 Joseph Ruben 2339
1593 Flaming Creatures 1963 Jack Smith 2340
1594 Gas Food Lodging 1992 Allison Anders 2342
1595 Cabin in the Sky 1943 Vincente Minnelli 2344
1596 Pitch Black 2000 David Twohy 2346
1597 Event Horizon1 1997 Paul W.S. Anderson 2347
1598 Applause 1929 Rouben Mamoulian 2350
1599 Revenge of the Nerds 1984 Jeff Kanew 2351
1600 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005 Shane Black 2352
1601 Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 Norman Jewison 2353
1602 Follow the Fleet 1936 Mark Sandrich 2354
1603 Lethal Weapon 2 1989 Richard Donner 2355
1604 DiG! 2004 Ondi Timoner 2357
1605 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within10 2001 Hironobu Sakaguchi 2358
1606 61* 2001 Billy Crystal 2359
1607 The Incredible Journey13 1963 Fletcher Markle 2360
1608 The Last Command 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2363
1609 Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey 1988 Michael Apted 2364
1610 El Dorado 1966 Howard Hawks 2365
1611 The Pink Panther Strikes Again1 1976 Blake Edwards 2367
1612 Mississippi Burning 1988 Alan Parker 2368
1613 The Cheat 1915 Cecil B. DeMille 2371
1614 Singles 1992 Cameron Crowe 2372
1615 The Accidental Tourist 1988 Lawrence Kasdan 2376
1616 Glen or Glenda 1953 Edward D. Wood Jr. 2377
1617 Jane Eyre 1943 Robert Stevenson 2378
1618 Murderball 2005 Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro 2379
1619 Birdman of Alcatraz 1962 John Frankenheimer 2382
1620 Go 1999 Doug Liman 2383
1621 The World According to Garp 1982 George Roy Hill 2384
1622 The Search15 1948 Fred Zinnemann 2385
1623 Angels in the Outfield 1951 Clarence Brown 2386
1624 Wise Blood4 1979 John Huston 2387
1625 The Winslow Boy1 1999 David Mamet 2388
1626 Frailty4 7 2001 Bill Paxton 2389
1627 Love Me or Leave Me 1955 Charles Vidor 2392

1 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
2 Joint production with Hong Kong.
3 Joint production with Australia.
4 Joint production with (West) Germany.
5 Joint production with New Zealand.
6 Joint production with France.
7 Joint production with Italy.
8 Joint production with Taiwan.
9 Joint production with the People's Republic of China.
10 Joint production with Japan.
11 Joint production with Spain.
12 Joint production with Mexico.
13 Joint production with Canada.
14 Joint production with Austria.
15 Joint production with Switzerland.
16 Joint production with Argentina.
17 Joint production with Finland.
18 Joint production with Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
19 Joint production with Ireland.
20 Joint production with the Czech Republic.
21 Joint production with the Bahamas.
22 Joint production with India.
23 Joint production with South Africa.
24 Joint production with Cuba.
25 Joint production with Greece.
26 Joint production with Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
27 Joint production with Morocco.
28 Joint production with Yugoslavia.
29 Joint production with Belgium and Israel.
30 Joint production with Iran.
31 Joint production with Panama.
32 Joint production with Malta.

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