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Top American Films (#1401-1600)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
In colaboration with
1401 Battleground 1949 William A. Wellman 1926
1402 The Invitation 2015 Karyn Kusama 1928
1403 Ray 2004 Taylor Hackford 1929
1404 The Black Cat 1934 Edgar G. Ulmer 1930
1405 The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 Brian Henson 1933 United Kingdom
1406 Iron Man 3 2013 Shane Black 1934
1407 Annie 1982 John Huston 1935
1408 Pillow Talk 1959 Michael Gordon 1936
1409 Hair 1979 Milos Forman 1937 West Germany
1410 The Secret Garden 1993 Agnieszka Holland 1938
1411 Casualties of War 1989 Brian De Palma 1940
1412 The Boondock Saints 1999 Troy Duffy 1941 Canada
1413 Blackboard Jungle 1955 Richard Brooks 1942
1414 The Favourite 2018 Yorgos Lanthimos 1946 Ireland, United Kingdom
1415 Ernest & Celestine 2012 Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner 1947 France, Belgium, Luxembourg
1416 The Last Samurai 2003 Edward Zwick 1949 New Zealand, Japan
1417 Gone Baby Gone 2007 Ben Affleck 1950
1418 West Side Story 2021 Steven Spielberg 1951 Canada, United Kingdom
1419 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 John M. Stahl 1954
1420 James and the Giant Peach 1996 Henry Selick 1955 United Kingdom
1421 Quiz Show 1994 Robert Redford 1956
1422 Ball of Fire 1941 Howard Hawks 1960
1423 Portrait of Jason 1967 Shirley Clarke 1962
1424 A Very Long Engagement 2004 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1963 France
1425 Rango 2011 Gore Verbinski 1964 United Kingdom
1426 Finding Neverland 2004 Marc Forster 1965 United Kingdom
1427 To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 William Friedkin 1967
1428 War for the Planet of the Apes 2017 Matt Reeves 1968 Canada
1429 Hallelujah! 1929 King Vidor 1969
1430 Cabin in the Sky 1943 Vincente Minnelli 1970
1431 The Look of Silence 2014 Joshua Oppenheimer 1971 Denmark, Indonesia, Finland, Norway, United Kingdom, Israel, France, Germany, Netherlands
1432 Menace II Society 1993 Albert and Allen Hughes 1974
1433 Sorry to Bother You 2018 Boots Riley 1975
1434 The Hurricane 1999 Norman Jewison 1977
1435 Female Trouble 1974 John Waters 1978
1436 Secretary 2002 Steven Shainberg 1981
1437 Personal Best 1982 Robert Towne 1982
1438 Transformers 2007 Michael Bay 1983
1439 Dogtown and Z-Boys 2001 Stacy Peralta 1984
1440 Straight Outta Compton 2015 F. Gary Gray 1986 Japan
1441 The Dead Zone 1983 David Cronenberg 1990
1442 The Muppets 2011 James Bobin 1991 Japan, United Kingdom
1443 21 Jump Street 2012 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 1992
1444 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976 John Cassavetes 1993
1445 The Fault in Our Stars 2014 Josh Boone 1994
1446 You Can't Take It with You 1938 Frank Capra 1995
1447 The Fall 2006 Tarsem Singh 1996 India, South Africa
1448 The Heartbreak Kid 1972 Elaine May 1998
1449 High School 1968 Frederick Wiseman 1999
1450 Gettysburg 1993 Ron Maxwell 2000
1451 All the King's Men 1949 Robert Rossen 2001
1452 Footlight Parade 1933 Lloyd Bacon 2002
1453 21 Grams 2003 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 2003
1454 The Last Detail 1973 Hal Ashby 2004
1455 Wanda 1970 Barbara Loden 2006
1456 Salvador 1986 Oliver Stone 2009 Mexico, United Kingdom
1457 Roxanne 1987 Fred Schepisi 2010
1458 Twentieth Century 1934 Howard Hawks 2011
1459 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 George Clooney 2012 France, United Kingdom, Japan
1460 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999 George Lucas 2013 United Kingdom
1461 Beasts of No Nation 2015 Cary Joji Fukunaga 2014
1462 Captain Blood 1935 Michael Curtiz 2016
1463 Ride Lonesome 1959 Budd Boetticher 2017
1464 A Little Princess 1995 Alfonso Cuarón 2018
1465 The Emperor's New Groove 2000 Mark Dindal 2019 Japan, France
1466 The World's End 2013 Edgar Wright 2021 United Kingdom, Japan
1467 Stella Dallas 1937 King Vidor 2022
1468 Freaky Friday 2003 Mark Waters 2023
1469 Some Came Running 1958 Vincente Minnelli 2025
1470 Easter Parade 1948 Charles Walters 2026
1471 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977 John Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman 2027
1472 Bigger than Life 1956 Nicholas Ray 2028
1473 Fury 2014 David Ayer 2029 People's Republic of China
1474 Othello 1951 Orson Welles 2031 Italy
1475 Damn Yankees! 1958 George Abbott and Stanley Donen 2033
1476 Elizabeth 1998 Shekhar Kapur 2034 United Kingdom
1477 Wolfwalkers 2020 Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart 2035 Ireland, Luxembourg, France, People's Republic of China
1478 Wavelength 1967 Michael Snow 2036 Canada
1479 Lifeboat 1944 Alfred Hitchcock 2038
1480 Cruel Intentions 1999 Roger Kumble 2041
1481 High Sierra 1940 Raoul Walsh 2044
1482 Capernaum 2018 Nadine Labaki 2045 Lebanon, France, Cyprus, Qatar, United Kingdom
1483 Sisters 1972 Brian De Palma 2047
1484 Up in the Air 2009 Jason Reitman 2049
1485 L.A. Story 1991 Mick Jackson 2051
1486 The Grifters 1990 Stephen Frears 2052 Canada
1487 Go Fish 1994 Rose Troche 2054
1488 Sands of Iwo Jima 1949 Allan Dwan 2055
1489 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 Leo McCarey 2057
1490 House Party 1990 Reginald Hudlin 2058
1491 The Mission 1986 Roland Joffé 2060 United Kingdom, France
1492 Man on Fire 2004 Tony Scott 2062 United Kingdom, Mexico, Switzerland
1493 The House of the Devil 2009 Ti West 2063
1494 Altered States 1980 Ken Russell 2064
1495 Blackfish 2013 Gabriela Cowperthwaite 2065
1496 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986 Leonard Nimoy 2068
1497 Rocky II 1979 Sylvester Stallone 2069
1498 Invaders from Mars 1953 William Cameron Menzies 2071
1499 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2003 Donald Petrie 2073 Germany
1500 The Andromeda Strain 1971 Robert Wise 2075
1501 Stormy Weather 1943 Andrew L. Stone 2076
1502 Babel 2006 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 2077 Mexico, France, Japan
1503 High Art 1998 Lisa Cholodenko 2078 Canada
1504 Goodbye Mr. Chips 1939 Sam Wood 2079 United Kingdom
1505 Mars Attacks! 1996 Tim Burton 2083 Japan, United Kingdom
1506 Sing Street 2016 John Carney 2084 Ireland, United Kingdom
1507 Eighth Grade 2018 Bo Burnham 2088
1508 Changeling 2008 Clint Eastwood 2089
1509 Fantastic Voyage 1966 Richard Fleischer 2090
1510 A Fantastic Woman 2017 Sebastián Lelio 2092 Chile, Spain, Germany
1511 The Suicide Squad 2021 James Gunn 2093
1512 How to Survive a Plague 2012 David France 2094
1513 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 Richard Brooks 2095
1514 Wadjda 2012 Haifaa Al-Mansour 2096 Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Germany, Jordan, United Arab Emirates
1515 Spellbound 2002 Jeffrey Blitz 2097
1516 Return to Oz 1985 Walter Murch 2098 United Kingdom
1517 Spellbound 1945 Alfred Hitchcock 2099
1518 The Dark Crystal 1982 Jim Henson and Frank Oz 2100 United Kingdom
1519 Hope and Glory 1987 John Boorman 2101 United Kingdom
1520 Encanto 2021 Jared Bush and Byron Howard 2102
1521 Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 Joss Whedon 2103
1522 Cat Ballou 1965 Elliot Silverstein 2104
1523 Love Streams 1984 John Cassavetes 2105
1524 The Tall T 1957 Budd Boetticher 2107
1525 Cloverfield 2008 Matt Reeves 2108
1526 Kingsman: The Secret Service 2014 Matthew Vaughn 2110 United Kingdom
1527 Silkwood 1983 Mike Nichols 2112
1528 Control 2007 Anton Corbijn 2113 United Kingdom, France, Australia, Japan
1529 The Merry Widow 1934 Ernst Lubitsch 2114
1530 Girlfight 2000 Karyn Kusama 2116
1531 Footloose 1984 Herbert Ross 2117
1532 The Road 2009 John Hillcoat 2118
1533 Woman of the Year 1942 George Stevens 2119
1534 Man of Steel 2013 Zack Snyder 2125 United Kingdom
1535 The Hitch-Hiker 1953 Ida Lupino 2126
1536 Man of the West 1958 Anthony Mann 2127
1537 The Reader 2008 Stephen Daldry 2128 Germany
1538 The Brother from Another Planet 1984 John Sayles 2130
1539 Buffalo '66 1998 Vincent Gallo 2132 Canada
1540 Dog Star Man 1964 Stan Brakhage 2133
1541 Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2018 Marielle Heller 2135
1542 The Land before Time 1988 Don Bluth 2136 Ireland
1543 For Sama 2019 Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts 2137 United Kingdom, Syria
1544 The Nutty Professor 1963 Jerry Lewis 2138
1545 Cooley High 1975 Michael Schultz 2140
1546 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Richard Attenborough 2141 United Kingdom
1547 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 Russ Meyer 2142
1548 Mystery Men 1999 Kinka Usher 2144
1549 Jojo Rabbit 2019 Taika Waititi 2147 Czechia, New Zealand, Germany
1550 Free Solo 2018 Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi 2149
1551 One False Move 1991 Carl Franklin 2150
1552 Catch-22 1970 Mike Nichols 2152
1553 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 2153
1554 Spaceballs 1987 Mel Brooks 2154
1555 The Fountain 2006 Darren Aronofsky 2155 Canada
1556 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 Gore Verbinski 2156
1557 Super Size Me 2004 Morgan Spurlock 2157 Bulgaria
1558 Baraka 1992 Ron Fricke 2158
1559 Vera Cruz 1954 Robert Aldrich 2159
1560 Twilight 2008 Catherine Hardwicke 2165 United Kingdom
1561 Yentl 1983 Barbra Streisand 2168 United Kingdom
1562 The Strangers 2008 Bryan Bertino 2170
1563 Midnight Express 1978 Alan Parker 2171 United Kingdom
1564 Won't You Be My Neighbor? 2018 Morgan Neville 2172
1565 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 W.D. Richter 2174
1566 About a Boy 2002 Chris and Paul Weitz 2175 United Kingdom, France
1567 Doubt 2008 John Patrick Shanley 2176
1568 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 Rupert Wyatt 2177 United Kingdom, Canada
1569 The Defiant Ones 1958 Stanley Kramer 2179
1570 Thunderball 1965 Terence Young 2181 United Kingdom
1571 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 Martin Scorsese 2182
1572 Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 Michael Moore 2183
1573 Horse Feathers 1932 Norman Z. McLeod 2184
1574 Dinner at Eight 1933 George Cukor 2186
1575 Public Enemies 2009 Michael Mann 2188 Japan
1576 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 2004 Danny Leiner 2189 Canada, Germany
1577 The Howling 1981 Joe Dante 2191
1578 My Dinner with Andre 1981 Louis Malle 2192
1579 The Station Agent 2003 Tom McCarthy 2193
1580 Death Proof 2007 Quentin Tarantino 2194
1581 50 First Dates 2004 Peter Segal 2196
1582 Calamity Jane 1953 David Butler 2197
1583 Hamilton 2020 Thomas Kail 2199
1584 The Squid and the Whale 2005 Noah Baumbach 2202
1585 Set It Off 1996 F. Gary Gray 2203
1586 How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 Kevin Rodney Sullivan 2204
1587 Way Out West 1937 James W. Horne 2205
1588 Mikey and Nicky 1976 Elaine May 2206
1589 Splash 1983 Ron Howard 2208
1590 Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger 2209
1591 Kissing Jessica Stein 2001 Charles Herman-Wurmfeld 2212
1592 Bridge of Spies 2015 Steven Spielberg 2216 India, Germany
1593 Poison 1991 Todd Haynes 2217
1594 Sugar 2008 Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck 2219
1595 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948 Charles Barton 2220
1596 George Washington 2000 David Gordon Green 2223
1597 Animal Crackers 1930 Victor Heerman 2224
1598 Monterey Pop 1968 D.A. Pennebaker 2225
1599 Promising Young Woman 2020 Emerald Fennell 2229 United Kingdom
1600 Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 George P. Cosmatos 2230 Mexico
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