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Most Popular Films (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 71
2 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 47
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 43
4 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 79
5 Seven 1995 David Fincher 102
6 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 48
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 67
8 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 52
9 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 138
10 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 253
11 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 107
12 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 128
13 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 137
14 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 80
15 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
16 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 238
17 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 139
18 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 112
19 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 185
20 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 31
21 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 250
22 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 44
23 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 421
24 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 142
25 Oldboy 2003 Chan-wook Park 190
26 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 428
27 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 83
28 The Pianist 2002 Roman Polanski 269
29 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 77
30 Inception 2010 Christopher Nolan 158
31 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 265
32 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 274
33 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 236
34 The Matrix 1999 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 35
35 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino 272
36 12 Angry Men 1957 Sidney Lumet 73
37 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 157
38 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Stanley Kubrick 226
39 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 41
40 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 380
41 Up 2009 Pete Docter 188
42 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 230
43 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 Guillermo del Toro 146
44 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 202
45 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 167
46 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman 38
47 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 261
48 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 28
49 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9
50 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 259
51 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 66
52 WALL•E 2008 Andrew Stanton 82
53 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Isao Takahata 329
54 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 168
55 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone 133
56 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 108
57 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 189
58 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 26
59 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
60 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 61
61 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 36
62 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 187
63 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 414
64 Cinema Paradiso 1988 Giuseppe Tornatore 217
65 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 344
66 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 176
67 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 127
68 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 45
69 Das Boot 1981 Wolfgang Petersen 247
70 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 58
71 Django Unchained 2012 Quentin Tarantino 579
72 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 17
73 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 398
74 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 673
75 How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 502
76 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 Guy Ritchie 556
77 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 203
78 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Christopher Nolan 614
79 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 50
80 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 495
81 The Intouchables 2011 Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano 802
82 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 96
83 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 David Yates 484
84 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 18
85 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 325
86 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 397
87 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Paul Greengrass 384
88 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 515
89 The Lives of Others 2006 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 218
90 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 242
91 The Nightmare before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 297
92 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 76
93 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki 573
94 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 205
95 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 524
96 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 431
97 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 294
98 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 111
99 For a Few Dollars More 1965 Sergio Leone 468
100 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 439
101 Gran Torino 2008 Clint Eastwood 577
102 Interstellar 2014 Christopher Nolan 638
103 There Will Be Blood 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson 147
104 Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood 331
105 The Elephant Man 1980 David Lynch 368
106 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 353
107 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 234
108 Amores perros 2000 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 457
109 V for Vendetta 2005 James McTeigue 705
110 Dead Poets Society 1989 Peter Weir 433
111 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 129
112 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 154
113 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 711
114 Mary and Max 2009 Adam Elliot 837
115 Downfall 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 424
116 Into the Wild 2007 Sean Penn 870
117 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 200
118 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 1083
119 Hotel Rwanda 2004 Terry George 789
120 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 16
121 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Alfonso Cuarón 449
122 Whiplash 2014 Damien Chazelle 583
123 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 292
124 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 156
125 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 101
126 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 412
127 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon 540
128 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 75
129 Black Swan 2010 Darren Aronofsky 676
130 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 535
131 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 191
132 Hate 1995 Mathieu Kassovitz 485
133 Amadeus 1984 Milos Forman 163
134 Come and See 1985 Elem Klimov 277
135 Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton 435
136 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson 479
137 The Hunt 2012 Thomas Vinterberg 1077
138 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 480
139 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 125
140 Before Sunrise 1995 Richard Linklater 373
141 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 310
142 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 444
143 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 531
144 Drive 2011 Nicolas Winding Refn 659
145 300 2006 Zack Snyder 666
146 Iron Man 2008 Jon Favreau 537
147 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 695
148 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 369
149 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese 1160
150 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
151 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 161
152 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Steven Spielberg 988
153 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter 494
154 The Help 2011 Tate Taylor 1177
155 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson 319
156 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 768
157 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 307
158 Dances with Wolves 1990 Kevin Costner 318
159 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus 503
160 The Great Dictator 1940 Charles Chaplin 183
161 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
162 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 260
163 Persepolis 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 472
164 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 132
165 Coco 2017 Lee Unkrich 809
166 The Wages of Fear 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot 210
167 Let the Right One in 2008 Tomas Alfredson 395
168 The Bourne Supremacy 2004 Paul Greengrass 737
169 Back to the Future Part II 1989 Robert Zemeckis 1095
170 The Bourne Identity 2002 Doug Liman 854
171 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 296
172 The Kid 1921 Charles Chaplin 338
173 Infernal Affairs 2002 Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak 685
174 Papillon 1973 Franklin J. Schaffner 948
175 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma 471
176 The Notebook 2004 Nick Cassavetes 732
177 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 204
178 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven 342
179 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma 804
180 Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 22
181 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 George Miller 377
182 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 653
183 Coraline 2009 Henry Selick 717
184 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 262
185 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 694
186 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 364
187 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 124
188 Warrior 2011 Gavin O'Connor 1156
189 Unforgiven 1992 Clint Eastwood 95
190 Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa 197
191 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 759
192 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle 394
193 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 8
194 Hot Fuzz 2007 Edgar Wright 608
195 The King's Speech 2010 Tom Hooper 696
196 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 Mike Newell 827
197 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 106
198 Lethal Weapon 1987 Richard Donner 763
199 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes 456
200 Zootopia 2016 Byron Howard and Rich Moore 1039
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