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Top American Films (#201-400)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
201 The Magnificent Seven 1960 John Sturges 273
202 Kill Bill: Vol. 110 2003 Quentin Tarantino 274
203 Superman1 9 16 1978 Richard Donner 275
204 Carrie 1976 Brian De Palma 278
205 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 279
206 To Be or Not to Be 1942 Ernst Lubitsch 280
207 The Blair Witch Project 1999 Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez 281
208 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 283
209 Hoop Dreams 1994 Steve James 284
210 Cool Hand Luke 1967 Stuart Rosenberg 285
211 The African Queen1 1951 John Huston 286
212 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich 287
213 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Robert Altman 288
214 Out of the Past 1947 Jacques Tourneur 289
215 All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula 290
216 Patton 1970 Franklin J. Schaffner 291
217 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 292
218 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 294
219 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 296
220 The Nightmare before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 297
221 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 299
222 The Hustler 1961 Robert Rossen 301
223 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 303
224 Dawn of the Dead3 1978 George A. Romero 307
225 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 308
226 The Producers 1967 Mel Brooks 309
227 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 310
228 Bambi 1942 David Hand 311
229 The Birth of a Nation 1915 D.W. Griffith 312
230 Intolerance 1916 D.W. Griffith 314
231 Before Sunset5 2004 Richard Linklater 315
232 Dances with Wolves1 1990 Kevin Costner 318
233 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson 319
234 Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 320
235 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 321
236 My Fair Lady 1964 George Cukor 322
237 Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson 323
238 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 325
239 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 330
240 Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood 331
241 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 333
242 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 334
243 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Robert Aldrich 335
244 White Heat 1949 Raoul Walsh 336
245 The Kid 1921 Charles Chaplin 338
246 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 340
247 Shane 1953 George Stevens 341
248 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven 342
249 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 343
250 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 344
251 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 345
252 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 346
253 Predator6 1987 John McTiernan 347
254 Forbidden Planet 1956 Fred M. Wilcox 351
255 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 353
256 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 354
257 A Woman under the Influence 1974 John Cassavetes 356
258 Moulin Rouge!12 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
259 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 359
260 Animal House 1978 John Landis 360
261 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 361
262 American Graffiti 1973 George Lucas 362
263 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 363
264 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 364
265 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 365
266 The Elephant Man1 1980 David Lynch 368
267 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 369
268 Killer of Sheep 1978 Charles Burnett 370
269 From Here to Eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 372
270 Before Sunrise16 17 1995 Richard Linklater 373
271 Mad Max: Fury Road12 18 2015 George Miller 377
272 The Thin Red Line 1998 Terrence Malick 378
273 Thelma & Louise1 5 1991 Ridley Scott 379
274 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 380
275 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 381
276 Jerry Maguire 1996 Cameron Crowe 382
277 The Bourne Ultimatum4 5 19 2007 Paul Greengrass 384
278 Field of Dreams 1989 Phil Alden Robinson 385
279 The Rocky Horror Picture Show1 1975 Jim Sharman 386
280 Dazed and Confused 1993 Richard Linklater 389
281 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 391
282 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer 393
283 A Star Is Born 1954 George Cukor 396
284 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 397
285 Casino5 1995 Martin Scorsese 398
286 The Hurt Locker 2008 Kathryn Bigelow 399
287 Waltz with Bashir4 5 12 16 20 21 22 2008 Ari Folman 400
288 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 401
289 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman 404
290 The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 Orson Welles 405
291 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 407
292 Nanook of the North5 1922 Robert J. Flaherty 411
293 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 412
294 Batman Begins1 2005 Christopher Nolan 414
295 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory4 20 23 1971 Mel Stuart 416
296 The Evil Dead 1981 Sam Raimi 417
297 Johnny Guitar 1954 Nicholas Ray 419
298 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 421
299 Ace in the Hole 1951 Billy Wilder 423
300 Doctor Zhivago3 1965 David Lean 425
301 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 428
302 The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang 429
303 Casino Royale1 4 11 24 2006 Martin Campbell 431
304 Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Alfred Hitchcock 432
305 Dead Poets Society 1989 Peter Weir 433
306 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson 434
307 Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton 435
308 An American Werewolf in London1 1981 John Landis 436
309 The Thin Blue Line 1988 Errol Morris 438
310 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 439
311 Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz 440
312 Bull Durham 1988 Ron Shelton 441
313 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 444
314 A Fish Called Wanda1 1988 Charles Crichton 446
315 The Killing 1956 Stanley Kubrick 447
316 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966 Mike Nichols 448
317 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban1 2004 Alfonso Cuarón 449
318 Cat People 1942 Jacques Tourneur 452
319 There's Something about Mary 1998 Bobby and Peter Farrelly 455
320 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes 456
321 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan1 2006 Larry Charles 458
322 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen 459
323 Shadows 1958 John Cassavetes 460
324 Batman1 1989 Tim Burton 462
325 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 Michael Mann 463
326 In the Heat of the Night 1967 Norman Jewison 464
327 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 466
328 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 471
329 Persepolis5 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 472
330 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 473
331 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 474
332 The Wrestler5 2008 Darren Aronofsky 475
333 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 476
334 Dirty Dancing 1987 Emile Ardolino 477
335 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson 479
336 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 480
337 Enter the Dragon13 1973 Robert Clouse 481
338 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 Philip Kaufman 483
339 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 21 2011 David Yates 484
340 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse 486
341 Total Recall6 1990 Paul Verhoeven 487
342 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 Robert Aldrich 488
343 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman 489
344 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 491
345 Babe12 1995 Chris Noonan 492
346 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 493
347 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter 494
348 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 495
349 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen 499
350 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 501
351 How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 502
352 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone1 2001 Chris Columbus 503
353 Gun Crazy 1950 Joseph H. Lewis 505
354 Blood Simple 1984 Joel Coen 506
355 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman 508
356 A History of Violence4 9 2005 David Cronenberg 509
357 The English Patient1 1996 Anthony Minghella 510
358 Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger 513
359 The Social Network 2010 David Fincher 514
360 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 515
361 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 516
362 District 92 9 18 2009 Neill Blomkamp 518
363 Imitation of Life 1959 Douglas Sirk 519
364 Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 520
365 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 521
366 Juno 2007 Jason Reitman 522
367 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 524
368 Say Anything… 1989 Cameron Crowe 526
369 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 527
370 Caddyshack 1980 Harold Ramis 528
371 JFK5 1991 Oliver Stone 529
372 Dracula 1931 Tod Browning 530
373 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 531
374 Dancer in the Dark1 3 4 5 14 20 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 2000 Lars von Trier 532
375 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra 533
376 Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks 534
377 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 535
378 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 Amy Heckerling 536
379 Iron Man 2008 Jon Favreau 537
380 Koyaanisqatsi 1982 Godfrey Reggio 538
381 The Ox-Bow Incident 1942 William A. Wellman 539
382 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon 540
383 Dead Man4 10 1995 Jim Jarmusch 541
384 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 542
385 12 Years a Slave1 2013 Steve McQueen 543
386 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 544
387 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 546
388 A Christmas Story9 1983 Bob Clark 548
389 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 549
390 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 551
391 Being There4 1979 Hal Ashby 554
392 The Prestige1 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
393 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood 558
394 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 560
395 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 562
396 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit1 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 563
397 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 565
398 The Dirty Dozen1 1967 Robert Aldrich 566
399 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 568
400 When We Were Kings 1996 Leon Gast 569

1 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
2 Joint production with New Zealand.
3 Joint production with Italy.
4 Joint production with (West) Germany.
5 Joint production with France.
6 Joint production with Mexico.
7 Joint production with Morocco.
8 Joint production with Malta.
9 Joint production with Canada.
10 Joint production with Japan.
11 Joint production with Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic.
12 Joint production with Australia.
13 Joint production with Hong Kong.
14 Joint production with Taiwan.
15 Joint production with the People's Republic of China.
16 Joint production with Switzerland.
17 Joint production with Austria.
18 Joint production with South Africa.
19 Joint production with Spain.
20 Joint production with Belgium.
21 Joint production with Finland.
22 Joint production with Israel.
23 Joint production with East Germany.
24 Joint production with the Bahamas.
25 Joint production with Denmark.
26 Joint production with the Netherlands.
27 Joint production with Argentina.
28 Joint production with Norway.
29 Joint production with Sweden.
30 Joint production with Iceland.
31 Joint production with Latvia.
32 Joint production with Hungary.
33 Joint production with Bulgaria.
34 Joint production with Yugoslavia.
35 Joint production with India.
36 Joint production with Indonesia.
37 Joint production with Greece.
38 Joint production with Poland.
39 Joint production with the United Arab Emirates.
40 Joint production with Cuba.
41 Joint production with Brazil.
42 Joint production with Chile and Peru.
43 Joint production with Kenya.
44 Joint production with Ireland.
45 Joint production with the Dominican Republic.
46 Joint production with Vietnam.

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