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Top American Films (#1201-1400)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
In colaboration with
1201 The Hunt for Red October 1990 John McTiernan 1633
1202 Opening Night 1977 John Cassavetes 1634
1203 GoldenEye 1995 Martin Campbell 1635 United Kingdom
1204 Victor/Victoria 1982 Blake Edwards 1636 United Kingdom
1205 Eat Drink Man Woman 1994 Ang Lee 1637 Taiwan
1206 My Cousin Vinny 1992 Jonathan Lynn 1638
1207 Seabiscuit 2003 Gary Ross 1639
1208 Dawn of the Dead 2004 Zack Snyder 1640 Canada, Japan, France
1209 Fame 1980 Alan Parker 1641
1210 They Were Expendable 1945 John Ford 1642
1211 The Butterfly Effect 2004 Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber 1643 Canada
1212 Sherman's March 1985 Ross McElwee 1644
1213 Sons of the Desert 1933 William A. Seiter 1645
1214 Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011 Glenn Ficarra and John Requa 1647
1215 The Rider 2017 Chloé Zhao 1648
1216 Our Hospitality 1923 John G. Blystone and Buster Keaton 1649
1217 The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 Otto Preminger 1653
1218 Nomadland 2020 Chloé Zhao 1654
1219 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 2014 Ana Lily Amirpour 1655
1220 The Big Chill 1983 Lawrence Kasdan 1656
1221 Blood Diamond 2006 Edward Zwick 1657 Germany, United Kingdom
1222 Monsieur Verdoux 1947 Charles Chaplin 1658
1223 Hearts and Minds 1974 Peter Davis 1659
1224 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Lewis Gilbert 1660 United Kingdom
1225 Pumping Iron 1977 George Butler and Robert Fiore 1661
1226 Grand Hotel 1932 Edmund Goulding 1662
1227 Corpse Bride 2005 Tim Burton and Mike Johnson 1665
1228 Stardust 2007 Matthew Vaughn 1667 United Kingdom, Iceland
1229 Heaven Can Wait 1978 Warren Beatty and Buck Henry 1668
1230 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 1669
1231 Highlander 1986 Russell Mulcahy 1671 United Kingdom
1232 Harvey 1950 Henry Koster 1672
1233 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 Frank Capra 1673
1234 The Blind Side 2009 John Lee Hancock 1674
1235 Lost in America 1985 Albert Brooks 1675
1236 Mississippi Burning 1988 Alan Parker 1676
1237 Diner 1982 Barry Levinson 1677
1238 Wild Things 1998 John McNaughton 1678
1239 About Time 2013 Richard Curtis 1680 United Kingdom
1240 Salaam Bombay! 1988 Mira Nair 1683 India, France, United Kingdom
1241 The Invisible Man 2020 Leigh Whannell 1687 Australia
1242 Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012 Benh Zeitlin 1688
1243 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2004 Rawson Marshall Thurber 1690 Germany
1244 Drugstore Cowboy 1989 Gus Van Sant 1691
1245 Frances Ha 2012 Noah Baumbach 1693 Brazil
1246 Pleasantville 1998 Gary Ross 1694
1247 Les Misérables 2012 Tom Hooper 1695 United Kingdom
1248 Queen Christina 1933 Rouben Mamoulian 1701
1249 Holiday 1938 George Cukor 1702
1250 Bang the Drum Slowly 1973 John D. Hancock 1703
1251 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese 1704 Germany
1252 The Matrix Reloaded 2003 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 1705
1253 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang 1708
1254 Metropolitan 1989 Whit Stillman 1709 Spain
1255 The Mighty Ducks 1992 Stephen Herek 1710
1256 Primal Fear 1996 Gregory Hoblit 1711
1257 Apocalypto 2006 Mel Gibson 1712 Mexico
1258 The Descendants 2011 Alexander Payne 1713
1259 Super Fly 1972 Gordon Parks Jr. 1714
1260 The Parent Trap 1998 Nancy Meyers 1715 United Kingdom
1261 Touching the Void 2003 Kevin Macdonald 1717 United Kingdom
1262 BlacKkKlansman 2018 Spike Lee 1719 People's Republic of China
1263 The Passion of the Christ 2004 Mel Gibson 1720
1264 An Officer and a Gentleman 1982 Taylor Hackford 1721
1265 The Damned United 2009 Tom Hooper 1724 United Kingdom
1266 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988 Terry Gilliam 1726 United Kingdom, West Germany
1267 Any Given Sunday 1999 Oliver Stone 1729
1268 Thor 2011 Kenneth Branagh 1732
1269 The Wedding Banquet 1993 Ang Lee 1734 Taiwan
1270 Island of Lost Souls 1932 Erle C. Kenton 1735
1271 Excalibur 1981 John Boorman 1736 United Kingdom
1272 Wait until Dark 1967 Terence Young 1737
1273 Child's Play 1988 Tom Holland 1738
1274 Devil in a Blue Dress 1995 Carl Franklin 1740
1275 An Education 2009 Lone Scherfig 1741 United Kingdom
1276 Isle of Dogs 2018 Wes Anderson 1742 United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
1277 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1743
1278 The Mask 1994 Chuck Russell 1744
1279 The Raid 2 2014 Gareth Evans 1745 Indonesia
1280 Sleuth 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1747 United Kingdom
1281 Big Trouble in Little China 1986 John Carpenter 1748
1282 The Devil Wears Prada 2006 David Frankel 1751 France
1283 Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about His Father 2008 Kurt Kuenne 1752
1284 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015 Christopher McQuarrie 1755 People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, Austria, Morocco, Hong Kong
1285 Matewan 1987 John Sayles 1757
1286 The Power of the Dog 2021 Jane Campion 1758 New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
1287 Born in Flames 1983 Lizzie Borden 1759
1288 Idiocracy 2006 Mike Judge 1761
1289 Space Jam 1996 Joe Pytka 1765
1290 24 Hour Party People 2002 Michael Winterbottom 1767 United Kingdom
1291 Far from Heaven 2002 Todd Haynes 1768 France
1292 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 Frank Oz 1770
1293 Invictus 2009 Clint Eastwood 1771
1294 Con Air 1997 Simon West 1772
1295 Limelight 1952 Charles Chaplin 1773
1296 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965 Russ Meyer 1774
1297 Open Range 2003 Kevin Costner 1776
1298 It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z. McLeod 1777
1299 Clue 1985 Jonathan Lynn 1778
1300 El Mariachi 1992 Robert Rodriguez 1779 Mexico
1301 Zombieland 2009 Ruben Fleischer 1780
1302 North Dallas Forty 1979 Ted Kotcheff 1781
1303 Bring It on 2000 Peyton Reed 1782
1304 Duck Amuck 1953 Chuck Jones 1783
1305 Rumble Fish 1983 Francis Ford Coppola 1784
1306 Marnie 1964 Alfred Hitchcock 1785
1307 The Hate U Give 2018 George Tillman Jr. 1786
1308 Nope 2022 Jordan Peele 1789 Canada, Japan
1309 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1791
1310 Marie Antoinette 2006 Sofia Coppola 1793 France, Japan
1311 The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2021 Michael Rianda 1794 Hong Kong, Canada
1312 A New Leaf 1971 Elaine May 1796
1313 The Black Stallion 1979 Carroll Ballard 1797
1314 Ben-Hur 1925 Fred Niblo 1798
1315 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming 1799
1316 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts 2006 Spike Lee 1800
1317 The Set-Up 1949 Robert Wise 1801
1318 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004 Wes Anderson 1802
1319 13th 2016 Ava DuVernay 1803
1320 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963 Stanley Kramer 1806
1321 House of Wax 1953 André De Toth 1807
1322 Brave 2012 Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman 1808 Japan, United Kingdom
1323 13 Going on 30 2004 Gary Winick 1809
1324 Doctor Strange 2016 Scott Derrickson 1810 Hong Kong, Nepal
1325 My Girl 1991 Howard Zieff 1811
1326 Foreign Correspondent 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 1813
1327 The Masque of the Red Death 1964 Roger Corman 1816 United Kingdom
1328 The Dreamers 2003 Bernardo Bertolucci 1817 United Kingdom, France, Italy
1329 Flags of Our Fathers 2006 Clint Eastwood 1819
1330 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2021 Questlove 1820
1331 Born Yesterday 1950 George Cukor 1821
1332 The Edge of Seventeen 2016 Kelly Fremon Craig 1823 People's Republic of China
1333 Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 Jon Avnet 1824
1334 Pale Rider 1985 Clint Eastwood 1825
1335 Training Day 2001 Antoine Fuqua 1826
1336 Shanghai Express 1932 Josef von Sternberg 1827
1337 From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Robert Rodriguez 1828 Mexico
1338 Step Brothers 2008 Adam McKay 1832
1339 October Sky 1999 Joe Johnston 1833
1340 Bottle Rocket 1996 Wes Anderson 1834
1341 Gosford Park 2001 Robert Altman 1835 United Kingdom, Italy
1342 Gates of Heaven 1978 Errol Morris 1836
1343 Reds 1981 Warren Beatty 1837
1344 Bananas 1971 Woody Allen 1838
1345 A Single Man 2009 Tom Ford 1839
1346 A Bug's Life 1998 John Lasseter 1841
1347 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1943 Preston Sturges 1843
1348 Nightmare Alley 1947 Edmund Goulding 1844
1349 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939 William Dieterle 1846
1350 Match Point 2005 Woody Allen 1849 United Kingdom, Luxembourg
1351 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013 Peter Jackson 1850 New Zealand
1352 Bad Boys 1995 Michael Bay 1851
1353 Morocco 1930 Josef von Sternberg 1852
1354 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996 Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky 1854
1355 Murder, My Sweet 1944 Edward Dmytryk 1855
1356 Ulzana's Raid 1972 Robert Aldrich 1856
1357 The Man from Laramie 1955 Anthony Mann 1858
1358 Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954 Jack Arnold 1859
1359 Pride 2014 Matthew Warchus 1864 United Kingdom, France
1360 One, Two, Three 1961 Billy Wilder 1865
1361 Burden of Dreams 1982 Les Blank 1866 West Germany
1362 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 Gore Verbinski 1867
1363 The Joy Luck Club 1993 Wayne Wang 1868
1364 Lilo & Stitch 2002 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 1869 Japan
1365 Captain Marvel 2019 Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck 1871 Australia
1366 The Boys in the Band 1970 William Friedkin 1873
1367 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988 Philip Kaufman 1878
1368 Within Our Gates 1920 Oscar Micheaux 1879
1369 Where the Wild Things Are 2009 Spike Jonze 1880 Germany, Australia
1370 Silverado 1985 Lawrence Kasdan 1881
1371 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg 1883 Canada, France
1372 Tabu 1931 F.W. Murnau 1884
1373 The Batman 2022 Matt Reeves 1885
1374 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 George Armitage 1886
1375 The Shooting 1966 Monte Hellman 1887
1376 The Cove 2009 Louie Psihoyos 1889 Japan, Germany, Chile, Canada, United Kingdom
1377 The Witches 1990 Nicolas Roeg 1890 United Kingdom
1378 Drag Me to Hell 2009 Sam Raimi 1891 India
1379 The Florida Project 2017 Sean Baker 1892
1380 Angel Heart 1987 Alan Parker 1894 Canada, United Kingdom
1381 The Parent Trap 1961 David Swift 1896
1382 Sounder 1972 Martin Ritt 1897
1383 Dead Man Walking 1995 Tim Robbins 1898 United Kingdom
1384 Romancing the Stone 1984 Robert Zemeckis 1899 Mexico
1385 Victory 1981 John Huston 1901 United Kingdom, Italy
1386 Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay 1903
1387 Cleopatra 1963 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1904 Switzerland
1388 Bridge to Terabithia 2007 Gabor Csupo 1905 New Zealand
1389 Risky Business 1983 Paul Brickman 1907
1390 Dreamgirls 2006 Bill Condon 1908
1391 The Steel Helmet 1951 Samuel Fuller 1909
1392 Tarzan 1999 Chris Buck and Kevin Lima 1911 Japan
1393 The Return of the Living Dead 1985 Dan O'Bannon 1913
1394 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011 Tomas Alfredson 1914 United Kingdom, France, Germany
1395 Chelsea Girls 1966 Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol 1915
1396 Rio Grande 1950 John Ford 1916
1397 Commando 1985 Mark L. Lester 1918
1398 The Rookie 2002 John Lee Hancock 1919
1399 Green Book 2018 Peter Farrelly 1920 People's Republic of China
1400 Palm Springs 2020 Max Barbakow 1922 Hong Kong
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