Go to the home page Go to the master list sorted by rank Go to the master list sorted alphabetically Go to the top films as determined by each taste Go to the master list sorted by director Go to the master list sorted by actor Go to the master list sorted by year of release Go to the master list sorted by genre Go to the master list sorted by nation of origin Go to more lists of films Find alternate titles of master list films Go to lists of top films as determined by normal film fans Go to the FAQ and other essays Go to the links page Go to the site map

Most Popular Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 15
2 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 42
3 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 8
4 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 46
5 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 21
6 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 43
7 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 26
8 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 13
9 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 55
10 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
11 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 83
12 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 29
13 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 22
14 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 4
15 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 38
16 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 65
17 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman 35
18 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 3
19 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 30
20 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 60
21 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 19
22 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 66
23 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 50
24 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 14
25 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 93
26 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 63
27 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 98
28 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 116
29 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 113
30 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 36
31 Seven 1995 David Fincher 112
32 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 91
33 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 94
34 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 111
35 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 9
36 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 23
37 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 24
38 Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 2
39 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 96
40 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 123
41 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 49
42 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 117
43 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 16
44 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 149
45 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 17
46 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 82
47 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 178
48 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 95
49 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 18
50 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 118
51 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 132
52 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 5
53 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 136
54 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 150
55 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 282
56 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 147
57 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 182
58 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 202
59 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 87
60 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 212
61 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 219
62 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 64
63 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 173
64 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 77
65 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 176
66 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 7
67 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 315
68 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Steven Spielberg 103
69 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 122
70 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 351
71 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 239
72 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 165
73 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
74 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 79
75 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 12
76 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 133
77 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 187
78 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 11
79 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 166
80 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 183
81 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 227
82 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 238
83 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 107
84 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 379
85 The Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 32
86 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 27
87 The Deer Hunter 1978 Michael Cimino 85
88 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 101
89 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 76
90 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes 346
91 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Robert Mulligan 62
92 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 298
93 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 430
94 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 575
95 Cinema Paradiso 1988 Giuseppe Tornatore 192
96 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 203
97 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 6
98 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 450
99 Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder 10
100 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 20
Go to the next 100 most popular films
This page was last modified on June 20, 2011