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Top American Films (#1001-1200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
In colaboration with
1001 Force of Evil 1948 Abraham Polonsky 1354
1002 What We Do in the Shadows 2014 Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi 1356 New Zealand
1003 The Hateful Eight 2015 Quentin Tarantino 1357
1004 The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan 1359 United Kingdom
1005 Sunshine 2007 Danny Boyle 1360 United Kingdom
1006 Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008 Guillermo del Toro 1361 Germany, Hungary
1007 Sicario 2015 Denis Villeneuve 1362 Mexico, Hong Kong
1008 A Star Is Born 2018 Bradley Cooper 1364
1009 Hachiko: A Dog's Story 2009 Lasse Hallström 1367 United Kingdom
1010 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 Adam McKay 1368
1011 Paranormal Activity 2007 Oren Peli 1369
1012 X-Men: First Class 2011 Matthew Vaughn 1370 United Kingdom
1013 Rollerball 1975 Norman Jewison 1371 United Kingdom, Canada
1014 Blade II 2002 Guillermo del Toro 1372 Germany
1015 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 Gabriele Muccino 1374
1016 The Time Machine 1960 George Pal 1375
1017 Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Stephen Frears 1376 United Kingdom
1018 Little Women 1994 Gillian Armstrong 1377
1019 Showgirls 1995 Paul Verhoeven 1378 France
1020 Monster 2003 Patty Jenkins 1379 Germany
1021 United 93 2006 Paul Greengrass 1380 United Kingdom, France
1022 The King of Kong 2007 Seth Gordon 1381
1023 The Big Parade 1925 King Vidor 1382
1024 The Bank Dick 1940 Edward F. Cline 1383
1025 Duel 1971 Steven Spielberg 1384
1026 March of the Penguins 2005 Luc Jacquet 1385 France
1027 How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014 Dean DeBlois 1386 India
1028 Cast Away 2000 Robert Zemeckis 1387
1029 National Velvet 1944 Clarence Brown 1388
1030 Sixteen Candles 1984 John Hughes 1389
1031 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 David Fincher 1390 Sweden
1032 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 1392
1033 Blue Valentine 2010 Derek Cianfrance 1395
1034 The Guns of Navarone 1961 J. Lee Thompson 1399 United Kingdom
1035 Mysterious Skin 2004 Gregg Araki 1401 Netherlands
1036 Love and Death 1975 Woody Allen 1403
1037 Working Girl 1988 Mike Nichols 1405
1038 Capote 2005 Bennett Miller 1406 Canada
1039 The Last House on the Left 1972 Wes Craven 1408
1040 The Cameraman 1928 Edward Sedgwick 1409
1041 Conan the Barbarian 1982 John Milius 1410 Mexico
1042 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 1411
1043 Easy A 2010 Will Gluck 1412
1044 Fat City 1972 John Huston 1413
1045 The Party 1968 Blake Edwards 1414
1046 Steel Magnolias 1989 Herbert Ross 1415
1047 Walk the Line 2005 James Mangold 1416 Germany
1048 Bad Lieutenant 1992 Abel Ferrara 1418
1049 Wings 1927 William A. Wellman 1419
1050 American Splendor 2003 Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini 1420
1051 Major League 1989 David S. Ward 1422
1052 Cinderella Man 2005 Ron Howard 1423
1053 Hellboy 2004 Guillermo del Toro 1426
1054 Blade 1998 Stephen Norrington 1428
1055 Hairspray 2007 Adam Shankman 1429 United Kingdom, Canada
1056 Inherit the Wind 1960 Stanley Kramer 1430
1057 Hell or High Water 2016 David Mackenzie 1432
1058 In the Name of the Father 1993 Jim Sheridan 1433 Ireland, United Kingdom
1059 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 1434
1060 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014 Matt Reeves 1435 United Kingdom, Canada
1061 While You Were Sleeping 1995 Jon Turteltaub 1436
1062 Carmen Jones 1954 Otto Preminger 1438
1063 American Movie 1999 Chris Smith 1439
1064 The Music Man 1962 Morton DaCosta 1440
1065 Sleepy Hollow 1999 Tim Burton 1441 Germany, United Kingdom
1066 Ford v Ferrari 2019 James Mangold 1442
1067 To All the Boys I've Loved Before 2018 Susan Johnson 1444
1068 The Hours 2002 Stephen Daldry 1445
1069 Oppenheimer 2023 Christopher Nolan 1446 United Kingdom
1070 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 James Gunn 1447
1071 Toy Story 4 2019 Josh Cooley 1448
1072 A Scanner Darkly 2006 Richard Linklater 1449
1073 Old Yeller 1957 Robert Stevenson 1450
1074 The Caine Mutiny 1954 Edward Dmytryk 1451
1075 Midnight in Paris 2011 Woody Allen 1452 Spain, France
1076 Tin Cup 1996 Ron Shelton 1453
1077 The Fog 1980 John Carpenter 1455
1078 Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood 2019 Quentin Tarantino 1456 United Kingdom, People's Republic of China
1079 Elephant 2003 Gus Van Sant 1457
1080 Fast Five 2011 Justin Lin 1458 Japan, Brazil
1081 Girls Trip 2017 Malcolm D. Lee 1459 Canada, People's Republic of China
1082 3:10 to Yuma 1957 Delmer Daves 1460
1083 The Decline of Western Civilization 1981 Penelope Spheeris 1461
1084 Seven Men from Now 1956 Budd Boetticher 1462
1085 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1465
1086 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 Andrew Adamson 1467 United Kingdom
1087 Logan's Run 1976 Michael Anderson 1468
1088 Something's Gotta Give 2003 Nancy Meyers 1470
1089 Captain Phillips 2013 Paul Greengrass 1471
1090 They Live by Night 1948 Nicholas Ray 1472
1091 Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 Joe Johnston 1473
1092 Crash 2004 Paul Haggis 1474 Germany
1093 Only Yesterday 1991 Isao Takahata 1477 Japan
1094 Legally Blonde 2001 Robert Luketic 1479
1095 The Mist 2007 Frank Darabont 1480
1096 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008 Mark Herman 1481 United Kingdom
1097 Only Angels Have Wings 1939 Howard Hawks 1482
1098 Plan 9 from Outer Space 1957 Edward D. Wood Jr. 1484
1099 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 Francis Lawrence 1485
1100 Key Largo 1948 John Huston 1486
1101 Inside Job 2010 Charles Ferguson 1489
1102 The Longest Yard 1974 Robert Aldrich 1490
1103 Top Secret! 1984 Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker 1492 United Kingdom
1104 Zelig 1983 Woody Allen 1493
1105 Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 Jon Watts 1494
1106 Matilda 1996 Danny DeVito 1495
1107 On Golden Pond 1981 Mark Rydell 1497
1108 Desert Hearts 1985 Donna Deitch 1498
1109 Lost Horizon 1937 Frank Capra 1500
1110 The Professionals 1966 Richard Brooks 1501
1111 Back to the Future Part III 1990 Robert Zemeckis 1502
1112 Thief 1981 Michael Mann 1506
1113 One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando 1507
1114 Flash Gordon 1980 Mike Hodges 1508 United Kingdom, Netherlands, Italy
1115 National Lampoon's Vacation 1983 Harold Ramis 1509
1116 Faces 1968 John Cassavetes 1510
1117 Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995 John McTiernan 1511
1118 The Mummy 1932 Karl Freund 1512
1119 Meet the Parents 2000 Jay Roach 1513
1120 Waking Life 2001 Richard Linklater 1514
1121 The Fly 1958 Kurt Neumann 1515
1122 The Skin I Live In 2011 Pedro Almodóvar 1516 Spain
1123 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 Stanley Kramer 1517
1124 Eve's Bayou 1997 Kasi Lemmons 1518
1125 How the West Was Won 1962 John Ford, Henry Hathaway, and George Marshall 1519
1126 The Princess and the Frog 2009 Ron Clements and John Musker 1520 Brazil, Canada
1127 American Gangster 2007 Ridley Scott 1523 United Kingdom
1128 Hercules 1997 Ron Clements and John Musker 1524
1129 A Shot in the Dark 1964 Blake Edwards 1525 United Kingdom
1130 Desperately Seeking Susan 1985 Susan Seidelman 1526
1131 The Mummy 1999 Stephen Sommers 1529
1132 Wendy and Lucy 2008 Kelly Reichardt 1530
1133 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese 1532 Italy
1134 The Lobster 2015 Yorgos Lanthimos 1534 Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, Belgium
1135 Meek's Cutoff 2010 Kelly Reichardt 1536
1136 White Men Can't Jump 1992 Ron Shelton 1537
1137 Marriage Story 2019 Noah Baumbach 1539 United Kingdom
1138 What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 Lasse Hallström 1540
1139 Knocked Up 2007 Judd Apatow 1542
1140 Lust, Caution 2007 Ang Lee 1543 Taiwan, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
1141 Mrs. Miniver 1942 William Wyler 1546
1142 Safe 1995 Todd Haynes 1547 United Kingdom
1143 He Got Game 1998 Spike Lee 1549
1144 Sorcerer 1977 William Friedkin 1550 Mexico
1145 Mister Roberts 1955 John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy 1551
1146 Coal Miner's Daughter 1980 Michael Apted 1552
1147 Buena Vista Social Club 1999 Wim Wenders 1554 Germany, United Kingdom, France, Cuba
1148 Ant-Man 2015 Peyton Reed 1556
1149 The Heiress 1949 William Wyler 1557
1150 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner 1558
1151 Nine to Five 1980 Colin Higgins 1559
1152 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1560
1153 Forty Guns 1957 Samuel Fuller 1561
1154 American Sniper 2014 Clint Eastwood 1562
1155 Duel in the Sun 1946 King Vidor 1564
1156 Jumanji 1995 Joe Johnston 1567
1157 King of New York 1990 Abel Ferrara 1568 Italy
1158 Scent of a Woman 1992 Martin Brest 1572
1159 Topsy-Turvy 1999 Mike Leigh 1573 United Kingdom
1160 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm 1575
1161 Slacker 1990 Richard Linklater 1577
1162 The Master 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson 1578
1163 A Raisin in the Sun 1961 Daniel Petrie 1579
1164 The Blob 1958 Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. 1580
1165 Signs 2002 M. Night Shyamalan 1581
1166 Incredibles 2 2018 Brad Bird 1582 Japan
1167 127 Hours 2010 Danny Boyle 1585 United Kingdom, France
1168 Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 Michael Curtiz 1586
1169 The Parallax View 1974 Alan J. Pakula 1587
1170 Monsoon Wedding 2001 Mira Nair 1588 India, Italy, Germany, France, United Kingdom
1171 The River 1951 Jean Renoir 1589 France, India
1172 Collateral 2004 Michael Mann 1590
1173 Ronin 1998 John Frankenheimer 1592 United Kingdom
1174 An Angel at My Table 1990 Jane Campion 1593 New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom
1175 Good Morning, Vietnam 1987 Barry Levinson 1594
1176 The Endless Summer 1966 Bruce Brown 1595
1177 The Lion in Winter 1968 Anthony Harvey 1596 United Kingdom
1178 The Miracle Worker 1962 Arthur Penn 1597
1179 Gunga Din 1939 George Stevens 1598
1180 Love, Simon 2018 Greg Berlanti 1604
1181 The Constant Gardner 2005 Fernando Meirelles 1605 United Kingdom, Germany, Kenya, France, Switzerland
1182 Chasing Amy 1997 Kevin Smith 1606
1183 Legends of the Fall 1994 Edward Zwick 1607
1184 Howards End 1992 James Ivory 1608 United Kingdom, Japan
1185 The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 Martin Scorsese 1609 Canada
1186 White Christmas 1954 Michael Curtiz 1610
1187 Phantom Thread 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson 1612 People's Republic of China
1188 Star Trek into Darkness 2013 J.J. Abrams 1613
1189 Swingers 1996 Doug Liman 1614
1190 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011 Brad Bird 1615 United Arab Emirates, Czechia, Russia, India, Canada
1191 Three Days of the Condor 1975 Sydney Pollack 1617
1192 Fail-Safe 1964 Sidney Lumet 1618
1193 A Walk to Remember 2002 Adam Shankman 1619
1194 Love Story 1970 Arthur Hiller 1621
1195 War of the Worlds 2005 Steven Spielberg 1623
1196 Shock Corridor 1963 Samuel Fuller 1624
1197 Manhunter 1986 Michael Mann 1626
1198 Dune: Part Two 2024 Denis Villeneuve 1629 Canada, United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Jordan, Gambia
1199 The New World 2005 Terrence Malick 1630 United Kingdom
1200 The LEGO Batman Movie 2017 Chris McKay 1632 Denmark, Australia
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