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Top American Films (#601-800)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
In colaboration with
601 Daughters of the Dust 1991 Julie Dash 814 Germany
602 They Live 1988 John Carpenter 815
603 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 816
604 Cinderella 1950 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 817
605 Trading Places 1983 John Landis 818
606 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 Michael Curtiz 820
607 Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid 823
608 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 David Fincher 824
609 Serpico 1973 Sidney Lumet 825 Italy
610 Romeo + Juliet 1996 Baz Luhrmann 826 Mexico, Australia, Canada
611 The Awful Truth 1937 Leo McCarey 827
612 Saw 2004 James Wan 828
613 Giant 1956 George Stevens 829
614 East of Eden 1955 Elia Kazan 830
615 The Big Sick 2017 Michael Showalter 832
616 Lady and the Tramp 1955 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 836
617 Black Hawk Down 2001 Ridley Scott 837 United Kingdom
618 Dark City 1998 Alex Proyas 839 Australia
619 Gremlins 1984 Joe Dante 840
620 Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill 841
621 (500) Days of Summer 2009 Marc Webb 842
622 The Thing from Another World 1951 Christian Nyby 843
623 Before Midnight 2013 Richard Linklater 844 Greece
624 Remember the Titans 2000 Boaz Yakin 846
625 Sleeping Beauty 1959 Clyde Geronimi 847
626 The Quiet Man 1952 John Ford 848
627 Annihilation 2018 Alex Garland 849 United Kingdom
628 THX-1138 1971 George Lucas 854
629 Zootopia 2016 Byron Howard and Rich Moore 855
630 Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock 856
631 Apollo 13 1995 Ron Howard 857
632 Woodstock 1970 Michael Wadleigh 858 United Kingdom
633 The Train 1964 John Frankenheimer 860 France, Italy
634 The Wind 1928 Victor Sjöström 861
635 Lethal Weapon 1987 Richard Donner 862
636 The Big Red One 1980 Samuel Fuller 863
637 The Longest Day 1962 Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki 864
638 Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks 866
639 Captain America: Civil War 2016 Anthony and Joe Russo 867 Germany, Puerto Rico
640 Booksmart 2019 Olivia Wilde 868
641 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning 870 United Kingdom
642 The Insider 1999 Michael Mann 871
643 Blow Out 1981 Brian De Palma 872
644 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 875
645 Empire of the Sun 1987 Steven Spielberg 876
646 The Bourne Supremacy 2004 Paul Greengrass 878 Germany, India, Russia
647 The Revenant 2015 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 879 Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
648 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 880
649 The Fighter 2010 David O. Russell 881
650 Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018 Christopher McQuarrie 882 People's Republic of China, France, Norway
651 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 883
652 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979 Robert Benton 884
653 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wolfgang Reitherman 885
654 Once 2006 John Carney 886 Ireland
655 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005 George Lucas 887 Italy, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom
656 Deadpool 2016 Tim Miller 888
657 From Russia with Love 1963 Terence Young 889 United Kingdom
658 The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder 892
659 Joker 2019 Todd Phillips 893 Canada, Australia
660 Terms of Endearment 1983 James L. Brooks 894
661 How Green Was My Valley 1941 John Ford 895
662 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Stephen Chow 897 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
663 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 898
664 The Jerk 1979 Carl Reiner 899
665 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 900
666 Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer 901
667 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 Julian Schnabel 902 France
668 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Woody Allen 904
669 Barton Fink 1991 Joel Coen 905 United Kingdom
670 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 907
671 Midnight Run 1988 Martin Brest 908
672 Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989 Steven Soderbergh 909
673 Dont Look Back 1967 D.A. Pennebaker 910
674 The Artist 2011 Michel Hazanavicius 911 France, Belgium
675 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Joseph Sargent 912
676 The Sandlot 1993 David Mickey Evans 913
677 Gimme Shelter 1970 Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin 914
678 Silver Linings Playbook 2012 David O. Russell 915
679 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 916
680 Mulan 1998 Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook 917
681 The Martian 2015 Ridley Scott 918 United Kingdom, Hungary, Jordan
682 Hugo 2011 Martin Scorsese 919 United Kingdom
683 The Natural 1984 Barry Levinson 920
684 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 921 United Kingdom
685 The Hunger Games 2012 Gary Ross 923
686 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 925 France
687 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 931 United Kingdom
688 Crumb 1994 Terry Zwigoff 932
689 Life of Pi 2012 Ang Lee 934 Taiwan, United Kingdom, Canada, India, France
690 The Last Waltz 1978 Martin Scorsese 935
691 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 Stanley Kramer 936
692 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi 2017 Rian Johnson 938
693 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 939
694 Lost Highway 1997 David Lynch 940 France
695 The Birdcage 1996 Mike Nichols 941
696 The Conjuring 2013 James Wan 942
697 Midsommar 2019 Ari Aster 943 Sweden
698 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma 945
699 Senna 2010 Asif Kapadia 949 United Kingdom, France
700 20,000 Leagues under the Sea 1954 Richard Fleischer 950
701 Tangled 2010 Nathan Greno and Byron Howard 952 Japan
702 Dallas Buyers Club 2013 Jean-Marc Vallée 954
703 Funny Girl 1968 William Wyler 955
704 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 Melvin Van Peebles 956
705 Body Heat 1981 Lawrence Kasdan 957
706 It Follows 2014 David Robert Mitchell 958
707 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara 2003 Errol Morris 959
708 I Walked with a Zombie 1943 Jacques Tourneur 960
709 Down by Law 1986 Jim Jarmusch 961 West Germany
710 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Steven Soderbergh 962
711 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 David Lynch 963 France
712 The Raid: Redemption 2011 Gareth Evans 965 Indonesia, France
713 Swing Time 1936 George Stevens 966
714 What's Up, Doc? 1972 Peter Bogdanovich 967
715 Pride & Prejudice 2005 Joe Wright 968 France, United Kingdom
716 The Help 2011 Tate Taylor 969 India
717 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff 970 United Kingdom, Germany
718 Westworld 1973 Michael Crichton 971
719 Hacksaw Ridge 2016 Mel Gibson 972
720 Murderball 2005 Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro 973
721 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 Charles Reisner 974
722 Elf 2003 Jon Favreau 975
723 The Irishman 2019 Martin Scorsese 976
724 The School of Rock 2003 Richard Linklater 977 Germany
725 The Rock 1996 Michael Bay 978
726 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 John Hughes 979
727 The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 Anthony Minghella 980
728 Walkabout 1971 Nicolas Roeg 981 United Kingdom, Australia
729 Five Easy Pieces 1970 Bob Rafelson 982
730 Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 Monte Hellman 984
731 Creed 2015 Ryan Coogler 985
732 Pretty in Pink 1986 Howard Deutch 986
733 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1973 Sam Peckinpah 988 Mexico
734 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Woody Allen 990
735 The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012 Stephen Chbosky 991
736 The Bad News Bears 1976 Michael Ritchie 993
737 Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord and Nick Park 995 United Kingdom, France
738 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 Tim Burton 998 United Kingdom
739 The Remains of the Day 1993 James Ivory 999
740 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh 1001
741 Argo 2012 Ben Affleck 1002 United Kingdom
742 The Phantom of the Opera 1925 Rupert Julian 1003
743 Crazy Rich Asians 2018 Jon M. Chu 1004 People's Republic of China
744 Pi 1998 Darren Aronofsky 1005
745 A Face in the Crowd 1957 Elia Kazan 1006
746 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 1008 Germany
747 Charade 1963 Stanley Donen 1009
748 The Devils 1971 Ken Russell 1010 United Kingdom
749 First Blood 1982 Ted Kotcheff 1011
750 Now, Voyager 1942 Irving Rapper 1012
751 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 John Ford 1013
752 Dumb & Dumber 1994 Peter Farrelly 1014
753 True Lies 1994 James Cameron 1016
754 Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985 Tim Burton 1017
755 In Cold Blood 1967 Richard Brooks 1020
756 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese 1021
757 The Lighthouse 2019 Robert Eggers 1022 Canada
758 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 1023
759 Shakespeare in Love 1998 John Madden 1026 United Kingdom
760 High Fidelity 2000 Stephen Frears 1027 United Kingdom
761 The Times of Harvey Milk 1984 Rob Epstein 1028
762 Capturing the Friedmans 2003 Andrew Jarecki 1031
763 Short Cuts 1993 Robert Altman 1032
764 Klute 1971 Alan J. Pakula 1035
765 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 1037
766 King Kong 2005 Peter Jackson 1038 New Zealand, Germany
767 The Naked Spur 1953 Anthony Mann 1042
768 A Room with a View 1985 James Ivory 1043 United Kingdom
769 The Abyss 1989 James Cameron 1045
770 The Ring 2002 Gore Verbinski 1046 Japan
771 The Wolf Man 1941 George Waggner 1047
772 Taken 2008 Pierre Morel 1048 France, United Kingdom
773 Enchanted 2007 Kevin Lima 1049 Algeria, New Zealand
774 Adaptation. 2002 Spike Jonze 1050
775 25th Hour 2002 Spike Lee 1051 United Kingdom
776 The Cabin in the Woods 2011 Drew Goddard 1052 Canada
777 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 1053
778 Watchmen 2009 Zack Snyder 1054
779 Mission: Impossible 1996 Brian De Palma 1055
780 Sergeant York 1941 Howard Hawks 1056
781 Assault on Precinct 13 1976 John Carpenter 1057
782 Kubo and the Two Strings 2016 Travis Knight 1058 United Kingdom
783 The Lost Boys 1987 Joel Schumacher 1059
784 Soylent Green 1973 Richard Fleischer 1061
785 Dune 2021 Denis Villeneuve 1062 Canada
786 Unbreakable 2000 M. Night Shyamalan 1065
787 Titicut Follies 1967 Frederick Wiseman 1066
788 Fiddler on the Roof 1971 Norman Jewison 1067
789 The Public Enemy 1931 William A. Wellman 1068
790 Wayne's World 1992 Penelope Spheeris 1071
791 Uncut Gems 2019 Benny and Josh Safdie 1073
792 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Orson Welles 1074
793 Sophie's Choice 1982 Alan J. Pakula 1075 United Kingdom
794 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 Frank Oz 1076
795 Synecdoche, New York 2008 Charlie Kaufman 1078
796 Kids 1995 Larry Clark 1080
797 Waiting for Guffman 1996 Christopher Guest 1081
798 Village of the Damned 1960 Wolf Rilla 1085 United Kingdom
799 She's Gotta Have It 1986 Spike Lee 1087
800 Lolita 1962 Stanley Kubrick 1089 United Kingdom
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