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Most Popular Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 59
2 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 25
3 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 20
4 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 7
5 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 64
6 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 54
7 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 46
8 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 48
9 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 31
10 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 88
11 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 90
12 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 118
13 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 32
14 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 126
15 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 39
16 Seven 1995 David Fincher 143
17 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 131
18 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 17
19 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 27
20 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 4
21 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 3
22 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 128
23 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 110
24 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 67
25 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 94
26 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 104
27 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 79
28 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 137
29 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 21
30 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 124
31 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 43
32 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 138
33 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 129
34 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 75
35 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 16
36 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 22
37 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 123
38 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 105
39 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 50
40 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman 37
41 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 145
42 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 180
43 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 102
44 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 97
45 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 2
46 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 83
47 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 199
48 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 191
49 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 166
50 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 8
51 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 140
52 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 15
53 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 208
54 Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 1
55 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 196
56 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 312
57 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 9
58 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 149
59 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 13
60 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 269
61 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 227
62 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 201
63 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 235
64 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 175
65 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter 160
66 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 230
67 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 103
68 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 6
69 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 205
70 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 283
71 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 267
72 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 11
73 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 305
74 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 336
75 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 26
76 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 111
77 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 260
78 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 215
79 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 18
80 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 273
81 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 Rob Reiner 127
82 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 14
83 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 276
84 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 62
85 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 136
86 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 345
87 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 61
88 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 278
89 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 394
90 The Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 36
91 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 213
92 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 440
93 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 314
94 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 107
95 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 398
96 The Deer Hunter 1978 Michael Cimino 72
97 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 492
98 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes 381
99 When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Rob Reiner 172
100 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 361
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