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Top Popular Films (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9
2 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
3 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 52
4 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 43
5 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 71
6 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 48
7 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 28
8 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 18
9 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 17
10 The Matrix 1999 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 35
11 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 31
12 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 47
13 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 36
14 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 6
15 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman 38
16 Seven 1995 David Fincher 102
17 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 67
18 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 107
19 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 44
20 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 2
21 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 8
22 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 45
23 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 26
24 12 Angry Men 1957 Sidney Lumet 73
25 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 16
26 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 77
27 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 5
28 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 41
29 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 142
30 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 14
31 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 80
32 Inception 2010 Christopher Nolan 158
33 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 66
34 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 3
35 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 128
36 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
37 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 112
38 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 137
39 Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 22
40 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
41 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 139
42 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 253
43 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 24
44 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 138
45 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 79
46 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 238
47 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 11
48 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 76
49 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 58
50 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 61
51 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 83
52 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 185
53 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 236
54 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 33
55 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 108
56 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone 133
57 Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 4
58 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 250
59 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 421
60 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 75
61 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 428
62 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 127
63 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 12
64 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 13
65 The Pianist 2002 Roman Polanski 269
66 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 157
67 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Stanley Kubrick 226
68 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 202
69 Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder 10
70 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 19
71 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 259
72 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 167
73 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 23
74 WALL•E 2008 Andrew Stanton 82
75 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 40
76 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino 272
77 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 50
78 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 111
79 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 Guillermo del Toro 146
80 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 29
81 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 274
82 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 176
83 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 21
84 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 189
85 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 380
86 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 32
87 Oldboy 2003 Chan-wook Park 190
88 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 187
89 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 101
90 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 132
91 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 25
92 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
93 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 7
94 Titanic 1997 James Cameron 129
95 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 265
96 There Will Be Blood 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson 147
97 Cinema Paradiso 1988 Giuseppe Tornatore 217
98 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 125
99 City Lights 1931 Charles Chaplin 46
100 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 242
101 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 344
102 Amadeus 1984 Milos Forman 163
103 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 414
104 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 398
105 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 96
106 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 261
107 Modern Times 1936 Charles Chaplin 53
108 Unforgiven 1992 Clint Eastwood 95
109 Django Unchained 2012 Quentin Tarantino 579
110 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 495
111 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 294
112 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 30
113 Paths of Glory 1957 Stanley Kubrick 114
114 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 15
115 The Lives of Others 2006 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 218
116 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Robert Mulligan 100
117 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 673
118 The Deer Hunter 1978 Michael Cimino 110
119 Das Boot 1981 Wolfgang Petersen 247
120 Up 2009 Pete Docter 188
121 The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder 62
122 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 27
123 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 156
124 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 Guy Ritchie 556
125 The Intouchables 2011 Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano 802
126 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 230
127 The Great Dictator 1940 Charles Chaplin 183
128 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 203
129 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 106
130 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 200
131 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 325
132 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 524
133 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Isao Takahata 329
134 M 1931 Fritz Lang 69
135 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 515
136 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Christopher Nolan 614
137 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 168
138 The Bicycle Thief 1948 Vittorio De Sica 57
139 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 64
140 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 59
141 Interstellar 2014 Christopher Nolan 638
142 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 39
143 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 124
144 The Seventh Seal 1957 Ingmar Bergman 93
145 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 262
146 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 161
147 Rashômon 1950 Akira Kurosawa 72
148 Gran Torino 2008 Clint Eastwood 577
149 For a Few Dollars More 1965 Sergio Leone 468
150 Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood 331
151 The Elephant Man 1980 David Lynch 368
152 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 292
153 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen 20
154 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 159
155 All about Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 56
156 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 David Lean 94
157 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 98
158 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 David Yates 484
159 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 42
160 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson 479
161 V for Vendetta 2005 James McTeigue 705
162 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 711
163 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 234
164 Amores perros 2000 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 457
165 Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky 222
166 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman 105
167 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 136
168 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 439
169 Wild Strawberries 1957 Ingmar Bergman 170
170 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 88
171 Whiplash 2014 Damien Chazelle 583
172 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 354
173 Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuarón 258
174 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 431
175 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 1083
176 Dances with Wolves 1990 Kevin Costner 318
177 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 480
178 The 400 Blows 1959 François Truffaut 60
179 Into the Wild 2007 Sean Penn 870
180 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Paul Greengrass 384
181 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 353
182 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 169
183 Hotel Rwanda 2004 Terry George 789
184 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 260
185 Dead Poets Society 1989 Peter Weir 433
186 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki 573
187 Black Swan 2010 Darren Aronofsky 676
188 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
189 The Kid 1921 Charles Chaplin 338
190 In the Mood for Love 2000 Kar-Wai Wong 135
191 Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa 197
192 How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 502
193 8 1/2 1963 Federico Fellini 74
194 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee 153
195 Barry Lyndon 1975 Stanley Kubrick 231
196 Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton 435
197 Andrei Rublev 1966 Andrei Tarkovsky 160
198 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 182
199 Before Sunrise 1995 Richard Linklater 373
200 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 347
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