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Least Highbrow Films

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 27
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 26
3 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 6
4 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 45
5 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 125
6 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 129
7 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 107
8 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 52
9 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 15
10 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 28
11 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 144
12 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 132
13 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 77
14 The Matrix 1999 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 35
15 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 31
16 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 47
17 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 43
18 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 36
19 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 23
20 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 32
21 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 96
22 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 83
23 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 169
24 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 185
25 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 137
26 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Robert Mulligan 100
27 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 48
28 When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Rob Reiner 149
29 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 59
30 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 159
31 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 16
32 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 66
33 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman 38
34 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 17
35 Dirty Dancing 1987 Emile Ardolino 477
36 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 67
37 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 275
38 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 112
39 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 50
40 Airplane! 1980 Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker 164
41 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 101
42 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks 192
43 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 154
44 Animal House 1978 John Landis 360
45 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 365
46 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 138
47 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 61
48 Jerry Maguire 1996 Cameron Crowe 382
49 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9
50 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 521
51 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 120
52 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 136
53 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 262
54 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus 503
55 Inception 2010 Christopher Nolan 158
56 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 71
57 Mary Poppins 1964 Robert Stevenson 267
58 West Side Story 1961 Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise 118
59 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 98
60 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 236
61 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 James Gunn 648
62 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 693
63 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 5
64 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 344
65 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 735
66 Bridesmaids 2011 Paul Feig 724
67 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 David Lean 94
68 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 444
69 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 740
70 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 George Miller 377
71 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Nora Ephron 738
72 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes 456
73 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 325
74 Caddyshack 1980 Harold Ramis 528
75 Field of Dreams 1989 Phil Alden Robinson 385
76 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 168
77 The Notebook 2004 Nick Cassavetes 732
78 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 491
79 The Karate Kid 1984 John G. Avildsen 678
80 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon 540
81 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 347
82 Labyrinth 1986 Jim Henson 876
83 The Muppet Movie 1979 James Frawley 723
84 Zoolander 2001 Ben Stiller 866
85 Wall Street 1987 Oliver Stone 868
86 Apollo 13 1995 Ron Howard 776
87 A League of Their Own 1992 Penny Marshall 591
88 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 200
89 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 2015 J.J. Abrams 925
90 Elf 2003 Jon Favreau 1154
91 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 655
92 Home Alone 1990 Chris Columbus 822
93 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 142
94 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 Chris Columbus 1241
95 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 742
96 Coming to America 1988 John Landis 1042
97 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 334
98 Dumb & Dumber 1994 Peter Farrelly 939
99 Happy Gilmore 1996 Dennis Dugan 968
100 12 Years a Slave 2013 Steve McQueen 543
101 Captain America: Civil War 2016 Anthony and Joe Russo 1289
102 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 495
103 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 636
104 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 33
105 The Fifth Element 1997 Luc Besson 599
106 There's Something about Mary 1998 Bobby and Peter Farrelly 455
107 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner 1335
108 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart 416
109 Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay 1748
110 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess 690
111 The Seven Year Itch 1955 Billy Wilder 1425
112 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 88
113 Lady and the Tramp 1955 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 811
114 Old School 2003 Todd Phillips 1408
115 300 2006 Zack Snyder 666
116 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 380
117 Spotlight 2015 Tom McCarthy 1373
118 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 501
119 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 187
120 Babe 1995 Chris Noonan 492
121 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 588
122 Hoosiers 1986 David Anspaugh 701
123 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 Judd Apatow 609
124 Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill 801
125 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 462
126 La La Land 2016 Damien Chazelle 1016
127 Rocky II 1979 Sylvester Stallone 1686
128 Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters 815
129 Rudy 1993 David Anspaugh 1194
130 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 David Yates 484
131 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005 George Lucas 1139
132 Whiplash 2014 Damien Chazelle 583
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