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Top American Films (#1601-1893)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1601 Dog Star Man: Part IV 1964 Stan Brakhage 2368
1602 The Emperor's New Groove 2000 Mark Dindal 2369
1603 Dogma 1999 Kevin Smith 2371
1604 John Wick 2014 Chad Stahelski 2372
1605 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings 1976 John Badham 2373
1606 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story 1988 Todd Haynes 2374
1607 The Barefoot Contessa3 1954 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2375
1608 Sands of Iwo Jima 1949 Allan Dwan 2376
1609 Kissing Jessica Stein 2001 Charles Herman-Wurmfeld 2377
1610 Waitress 2007 Adrienne Shelly 2381
1611 The Wild One 1953 László Benedek 2382
1612 Pariah 2011 Dee Rees 2383
1613 I Am Legend 2007 Francis Lawrence 2385
1614 Play Misty for Me 1971 Clint Eastwood 2387
1615 The Mummy 1999 Stephen Sommers 2388
1616 High Art 1998 Lisa Cholodenko 2389
1617 Green Book 2018 Peter Farrelly 2390
1618 The Sure Thing 1985 Rob Reiner 2393
1619 Radio Days 1987 Woody Allen 2396
1620 Flirting with Disaster 1996 David O. Russell 2398
1621 One Hour with You 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 2399
1622 Cocoon 1985 Ron Howard 2400
1623 Holiday Inn 1942 Mark Sandrich 2401
1624 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 Ronald Neame 2402
1625 An American Tail 1986 Don Bluth 2406
1626 Coach Carter4 2005 Thomas Carter 2407
1627 Husbands and Wives 1992 Woody Allen 2408
1628 Becket1 1964 Peter Glenville 2409
1629 The World According to Garp 1982 George Roy Hill 2411
1630 The Hitch-Hiker 1953 Ida Lupino 2415
1631 David Holzman's Diary 1967 Jim McBride 2416
1632 Shortbus 2006 John Cameron Mitchell 2419
1633 Brother's Keeper 1992 Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky 2420
1634 America, America 1963 Elia Kazan 2421
1635 Carnal Knowledge 1971 Mike Nichols 2423
1636 Deep Throat 1972 Gerard Damiano 2424
1637 The Spiral Staircase 1946 Robert Siodmak 2425
1638 The Goodbye Girl 1977 Herbert Ross 2426
1639 Sicko 2007 Michael Moore 2427
1640 Parenthood 1989 Ron Howard 2428
1641 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes1 9 2014 Matt Reeves 2429
1642 Yentl1 1983 Barbra Streisand 2433
1643 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation7 13 15 17 2015 Christopher McQuarrie 2435
1644 Cutter's Way 1981 Ivan Passer 2436
1645 Raw Deal 1948 Anthony Mann 2439
1646 The Joy Luck Club15 1993 Wayne Wang 2440
1647 Wild Style 1983 Charlie Ahearn 2444
1648 The Hidden 1987 Jack Sholder 2447
1649 Arlington Road 1999 Mark Pellington 2449
1650 The Immigrant 1917 Charles Chaplin 2450
1651 Design for Living 1933 Ernst Lubitsch 2451
1652 The Florida Project 2017 Sean Baker 2452
1653 My Favorite Year 1982 Richard Benjamin 2453
1654 Mission: Impossible III3 4 15 2006 J.J. Abrams 2454
1655 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 Gore Verbinski 2455
1656 Enemy at the Gates1 4 5 44 2001 Jean-Jacques Annaud 2456
1657 Hell or High Water 2016 David Mackenzie 2457
1658 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 Milos Forman 2459
1659 Bring It on 2000 Peyton Reed 2460
1660 Lars and the Real Girl9 2007 Craig Gillespie 2461
1661 The Great McGinty 1940 Preston Sturges 2462
1662 Brave1 2012 Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman 2463
1663 Bend of the River 1952 Anthony Mann 2464
1664 The Last Boy Scout 1991 Tony Scott 2466
1665 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 Nicholas Meyer 2468
1666 Live Free or Die Hard1 2007 Len Wiseman 2469
1667 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 2470
1668 We Need to Talk about Kevin1 2011 Lynne Ramsay 2471
1669 The Master 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson 2472
1670 Mission: Impossible - Fallout1 5 15 28 2018 Christopher McQuarrie 2474
1671 Broken Arrow 1950 Delmer Daves 2475
1672 Splash 1984 Ron Howard 2476
1673 Marie Antoinette5 10 2006 Sofia Coppola 2479
1674 Varsity Blues 1999 Brian Robbins 2480
1675 Dog Star Man: Part II 1963 Stan Brakhage 2482
1676 21 Jump Street 2012 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 2483
1677 They Died with Their Boots on 1941 Raoul Walsh 2487
1678 A Time to Kill 1996 Joel Schumacher 2488
1679 Desert Hearts 1985 Donna Deitch 2489
1680 Pitch Black12 2000 David Twohy 2490
1681 Attack! 1956 Robert Aldrich 2491
1682 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 Michael Curtiz 2493
1683 Baby Driver1 2017 Edgar Wright 2495
1684 Portrait of Jason 1967 Shirley Clarke 2496
1685 The Fisher King 1991 Terry Gilliam 2497
1686 Dog Star Man: Part I 1962 Stan Brakhage 2499
1687 Show People 1928 King Vidor 2500
1688 The Toxic Avenger 1984 Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman 2501
1689 Richard III1 1995 Richard Loncraine 2503
1690 Incredibles 2 2018 Brad Bird 2505
1691 Dog Star Man: Part III 1964 Stan Brakhage 2506
1692 The Matrix Revolutions 2003 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 2507
1693 Falling Down5 1993 Joel Schumacher 2511
1694 Foxy Brown 1974 Jack Hill 2512
1695 This Island Earth 1955 Joseph M. Newman 2513
1696 Mystery Men 1999 Kinka Usher 2514
1697 Charley Varrick 1973 Don Siegel 2515
1698 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Richard Thorpe 2516
1699 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 Elia Kazan 2517
1700 Criss Cross 1949 Robert Siodmak 2518
1701 Before Night Falls6 2000 Julian Schnabel 2519
1702 The Pajama Game 1957 George Abbott and Stanley Donen 2520
1703 Twilight 2008 Catherine Hardwicke 2521
1704 DiG! 2004 Ondi Timoner 2522
1705 A Simple Plan1 4 5 10 1998 Sam Raimi 2523
1706 Space Jam 1996 Joe Pytka 2525
1707 Wait until Dark 1967 Terence Young 2526
1708 The Muppet Christmas Carol1 1992 Brian Henson 2527
1709 Sherlock Holmes1 4 2009 Guy Ritchie 2528
1710 Anastasia 1997 Don Bluth and Gary Goldman 2530
1711 Sleepers 1996 Barry Levinson 2533
1712 The Howling 1981 Joe Dante 2536
1713 Reversal of Fortune1 10 1990 Barbet Schroeder 2538
1714 Defending Your Life 1991 Albert Brooks 2539
1715 Dodge City 1939 Michael Curtiz 2540
1716 The Big Sick 2017 Michael Showalter 2541
1717 Billy Madison 1995 Tamra Davis 2543
1718 El Cid3 1961 Anthony Mann 2544
1719 Dance, Girl, Dance 1940 Dorothy Arzner 2547
1720 In the Year of the Pig 1968 Emile de Antonio 2548
1721 Hercules5 1997 Ron Clements and John Musker 2549
1722 Baby Face 1933 Alfred E. Green 2551
1723 The Last Starfighter 1984 Nick Castle 2552
1724 Blow 2001 Ted Demme 2553
1725 Blood Feast 1963 Herschell Gordon Lewis 2554
1726 Batman 1966 Leslie H. Martinson 2556
1727 The Patriot4 2000 Roland Emmerich 2557
1728 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2558
1729 Gloria 1980 John Cassavetes 2560
1730 Wake in Fright1 12 1971 Ted Kotcheff 2561
1731 Saboteur 1942 Alfred Hitchcock 2562
1732 Black Sabbath3 5 1963 Mario Bava and Salvatore Billitteri 2564
1733 River's Edge 1986 Tim Hunter 2565
1734 The Mighty Ducks 1992 Stephen Herek 2567
1735 David Copperfield 1935 George Cukor 2568
1736 Zorba the Greek37 1964 Michael Cacoyannis 2569
1737 Annihilation1 2018 Alex Garland 2570
1738 Living in Oblivion 1995 Tom DiCillo 2571
1739 Salt of the Earth 1954 Herbert J. Biberman 2572
1740 Nebraska 2013 Alexander Payne 2574
1741 The Terminal 2004 Steven Spielberg 2575
1742 The Trouble with Harry 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 2578
1743 It's Always Fair Weather 1955 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 2579
1744 The Fast and the Furious4 2001 Rob Cohen 2580
1745 Ant-Man 2015 Peyton Reed 2581
1746 Iron Man 3 2013 Shane Black 2583
1747 The In-Laws 1979 Arthur Hiller 2584
1748 Tommy Boy 1995 Peter Segal 2585
1749 The Rescuers 1977 John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Art Stevens 2586
1750 Sisters 1972 Brian De Palma 2587
1751 The China Syndrome 1979 James Bridges 2588
1752 Man of Steel1 2013 Zack Snyder 2589
1753 The Broadway Melody 1929 Harry Beaumont 2590
1754 Band of Brothers1 2001 David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, and Tony To 2591
1755 The Heartbreak Kid 1972 Elaine May 2592
1756 Restrepo 2010 Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger 2594
1757 Murder on the Orient Express1 1974 Sidney Lumet 2597
1758 El Norte1 1983 Gregory Nava 2598
1759 The Lord of the Rings1 19 1978 Ralph Bakshi 2599
1760 Casualties of War 1989 Brian De Palma 2600
1761 Across the Universe1 2007 Julie Taymor 2604
1762 The Hudsucker Proxy1 4 1994 Joel Coen 2605
1763 The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 Peter Yates 2606
1764 The American President 1995 Rob Reiner 2607
1765 Rent 2005 Chris Columbus 2608
1766 Dreamgirls 2006 Bill Condon 2609
1767 Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 1988 Marcel Ophüls 2610
1768 Beginners 2010 Mike Mills 2611
1769 The Hunchback of Notre Dame5 1996 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 2613
1770 Ladyhawke3 1985 Richard Donner 2614
1771 Husbands 1970 John Cassavetes 2615
1772 ˇThree Amigos! 1986 John Landis 2616
1773 Blue Chips 1994 William Friedkin 2617
1774 A Movie 1958 Bruce Conner 2618
1775 Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 Joe Johnston 2620
1776 Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 Norman Jewison 2622
1777 Jesus Camp 2006 Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady 2623
1778 Zabriskie Point 1970 Michelangelo Antonioni 2624
1779 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977 John Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman 2625
1780 Stir Crazy 1980 Sidney Poitier 2629
1781 Knute Rockne, All American 1940 Lloyd Bacon 2630
1782 The Jungle Book1 2016 Jon Favreau 2631
1783 Walking and Talking1 3 4 5 1996 Nicole Holofcener 2632
1784 Away from Her1 9 2006 Sarah Polley 2635
1785 The Love Parade 1929 Ernst Lubitsch 2637
1786 61* 2001 Billy Crystal 2638
1787 Mamma Mia!1 4 2008 Phyllida Lloyd 2639
1788 A Charlie Brown Christmas 1965 Bill Melendez 2640
1789 Green Street Hooligans1 2005 Lexi Alexander 2642
1790 Saved!9 2004 Brian Dannelly 2644
1791 Rush Hour 1998 Brett Ratner 2645
1792 Pat and Mike 1952 George Cukor 2646
1793 Enemy Mine1 4 1985 Wolfgang Petersen 2648
1794 Pina1 4 5 2011 Wim Wenders 2649
1795 Carousel 1956 Henry King 2651
1796 Hamlet1 1996 Kenneth Branagh 2652
1797 Ministry of Fear 1944 Fritz Lang 2653
1798 Nothing but a Man 1964 Michael Roemer 2654
1799 Enemy of the State 1998 Tony Scott 2655
1800 The Italian Job1 3 4 5 2003 F. Gary Gray 2656
1801 Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011 Glenn Ficarra and John Requa 2657
1802 Lonesome Dove 1989 Simon Wincer 2658
1803 The Conjuring 2013 James Wan 2661
1804 Citizen Ruth 1996 Alexander Payne 2664
1805 Torch Song Trilogy 1988 Paul Bogart 2665
1806 Hereditary 2018 Ari Aster 2667
1807 The Lusty Men 1952 Nicholas Ray 2668
1808 Bridge to Terabithia 2007 Gabor Csupo 2669
1809 Anchors Aweigh 1945 George Sidney 2670
1810 The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 Roger Corman 2671
1811 Birth1 4 5 2004 Jonathan Glazer 2672
1812 The Devil Wears Prada5 2006 David Frankel 2675
1813 Sita Sings the Blues 2008 Nina Paley 2676
1814 Crazy Rich Asians 2018 Jon M. Chu 2678
1815 Monterey Pop 1968 D.A. Pennebaker 2680
1816 A Day at the Races 1937 Sam Wood 2681
1817 The Descendants 2011 Alexander Payne 2684
1818 The Brave Little Toaster9 10 14 15 1987 Jerry Rees 2685
1819 Legally Blonde 2001 Robert Luketic 2686
1820 The Good Earth 1937 Sidney Franklin 2689
1821 What Dreams May Come2 1998 Vincent Ward 2690
1822 The Harvey Girls 1946 George Sidney 2691
1823 Frost/Nixon1 5 2008 Ron Howard 2692
1824 The Curse of the Cat People 1944 Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch 2693
1825 Fright Night 1985 Tom Holland 2695
1826 Wild River 1960 Elia Kazan 2696
1827 Tender Mercies 1983 Bruce Beresford 2698
1828 The Bad Seed 1956 Mervyn LeRoy 2701
1829 Mommie Dearest 1981 Frank Perry 2702
1830 Crime Wave 1953 André De Toth 2707
1831 The Kiss 1896 William Heise 2709
1832 The Simpsons Movie 2007 David Silverman 2711
1833 Julia 1977 Fred Zinnemann 2713
1834 The Postman Always Rings Twice4 1981 Bob Rafelson 2714
1835 Father of the Bride 1950 Vincente Minnelli 2715
1836 How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 Jean Negulesco 2716
1837 Event Horizon1 1997 Paul W.S. Anderson 2720
1838 The Accused9 1988 Jonathan Kaplan 2721
1839 A Boy and His Dog 1975 L.Q. Jones 2722
1840 The Westerner 1940 William Wyler 2724
1841 Liquid Sky 1982 Slava Tsukerman 2725
1842 Glory Road 2006 James Gartner 2727
1843 Training Day 2001 Antoine Fuqua 2728
1844 How to Survive a Plague 2012 David France 2729
1845 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974 Michael Cimino 2734
1846 Crossfire 1947 Edward Dmytryk 2736
1847 Stargate5 1994 Roland Emmerich 2739
1848 In the Bedroom 2001 Todd Field 2740
1849 The Darjeeling Limited 2007 Wes Anderson 2741
1850 Man on the Moon1 4 10 1999 Milos Forman 2742
1851 While the City Sleeps 1956 Fritz Lang 2743
1852 What's Opera, Doc? 1957 Chuck Jones 2744
1853 Frances Ha 2012 Noah Baumbach 2745
1854 The Imposter1 2012 Bart Layton 2747
1855 Shut Up & Sing 2006 Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck 2751
1856 All Is Lost 2013 J.C. Chandor 2754
1857 Punishment Park 1971 Peter Watkins 2756
1858 Isle of Dogs4 2018 Wes Anderson 2757
1859 Pocahontas 1995 Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg 2758
1860 Run Silent Run Deep 1958 Robert Wise 2760
1861 The Mark of Zorro 1940 Rouben Mamoulian 2763
1862 Citizenfour1 4 2014 Laura Poitras 2764
1863 The Petrified Forest 1936 Archie Mayo 2765
1864 Vanilla Sky19 2001 Cameron Crowe 2767
1865 The Fall of the House of Usher 1960 Roger Corman 2768
1866 The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 John McTiernan 2769
1867 Chaplin1 3 5 10 1992 Richard Attenborough 2770
1868 The Illusionist11 2006 Neil Burger 2771
1869 A New Leaf 1971 Elaine May 2772
1870 A River Runs Through It 1992 Robert Redford 2773
1871 Way Down East 1920 D.W. Griffith 2774
1872 Dark Days 2000 Marc Singer 2775
1873 Gertie the Dinosaur 1914 Winsor McCay 2776
1874 The Sea Hawk 1940 Michael Curtiz 2778
1875 The Turin Horse4 5 16 32 2011 Béla Tarr 2779
1876 O.J.: Made in America 2016 Ezra Edelman 2780
1877 Margaret 2011 Kenneth Lonergan 2782
1878 Blonde Venus 1932 Josef von Sternberg 2785
1879 Clear and Present Danger6 1994 Phillip Noyce 2786
1880 Of Mice and Men 1939 Lewis Milestone 2789
1881 Silver Streak 1976 Arthur Hiller 2791
1882 Smokey and the Bandit 1977 Hal Needham 2792
1883 Will Penny 1967 Tom Gries 2794
1884 Fletch 1985 Michael Ritchie 2795
1885 The Ten Commandments 1923 Cecil B. DeMille 2796
1886 Society10 1989 Brian Yuzna 2798
1887 You Only Live Once 1937 Fritz Lang 2802
1888 Jazz on a Summer's Day 1959 Aram Avakian and Bert Stern 2804
1889 The Doors5 1991 Oliver Stone 2805
1890 Love, Simon 2018 Greg Berlanti 2807
1891 Adventureland 2009 Greg Mottola 2808
1892 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969 Sydney Pollack 2809
1893 Fury1 15 2014 David Ayer 2811

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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