The Best Movies Of All Time
Best Movies of All Time, ranked by movie experts and film fans alike. This list of the top movies of all time was created by taking best movie suggestions from Ranker users, and then holding an open vote on which selected films were, in fact, the top films ever made.
The list includes a wide range of films, from art house European cinema to dance movies to established, highly-regarded classics of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Included are movies that were recognized in their own time - including a number of Academy Award recipients and even Best Picture selections - as well as cult movies or sleeper hits that took time to find an audience. ("Shawshank Redemption," for example, was not highly regarded or popular in theaters when it first opened, but has since risen to the top of Best Movies lists such as this one across the Web.)
If your favorite movies still aren't included with this group of the Best Movies of All Time, add them by making your own list. Or just vote for the titles below that are most worthy of the Greatest Movie Ever title.
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The Master List
- 11972Francis Ford CoppolaDrama, Period piece, Crime fiction, Gangster, Film adaptation, New Hollywood MoreMost Listed
- 21994Frank DarabontDrama, Period piece, Crime, Crime fiction, Prison film
- 31994Quentin TarantinoDrama, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Black comedy, Indie, GangsterControversial
- 41994Robert ZemeckisDrama, Comedy, Period piece, Romance film, War, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Comedy-drama, Coming of age More
- 5George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand
- 61974Francis Ford CoppolaDrama, Period piece, Crime fiction, Gangster, Film adaptation, New Hollywood More
- 71990Martin ScorseseDrama, Biographical film, Crime fiction, Gangster, Film adaptation
- 82000Ridley ScottDrama, Costume drama, Movies About Gladiators, War, Historical drama, Epic, Tragedy More
- 91993Steven SpielbergDrama, Black-and-white, History, Period piece, Biography, Biographical film, Film adaptation, Tragedy More
- 101991Jonathan DemmeDrama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Horror, LGBT, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Suspense More
- 111998Steven SpielbergDrama, Action, War
- 121942Michael CurtizDrama, Black-and-white, Romance film, War, Romantic drama, Drama film, Airplanes and airports More
- 131980Irvin KershnerFantasy, Family, Science fiction, Adventure, Stop motion
- 142008Christopher NolanDrama, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime fiction, Superhero, Evil clown More
- 151999Andy Wachowski, Larry WachowskiThriller, Science fiction, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Doomsday film, Existentialism MoreControversial
- 161981Steven SpielbergAction, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Airplanes and airports, New Hollywood More
- 171995Mel GibsonDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, War More
- 181999David FincherDrama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Black comedy, Cult, Satire, Airplanes and airports, Existentialism More
- 192003Peter JacksonDrama, Fantasy, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation
- 201985Robert ZemeckisComedy, Family, Science fiction, Adventure, Time travel, Humour
- 211966Sergio LeoneAction, Action/Adventure, War, World cinema, Western, Spaghetti Western More
- 221941Orson WellesDrama, Black-and-white, Period piece, Political drama, Epic
- 231979Francis Ford CoppolaWar, Cult, Existentialism, New Hollywood
- 241975Miloš FormanDrama, Comedy, Indie, Film adaptation, Existentialism, Tragedy
- 252001Peter JacksonDrama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Sword and sorcery More
- 261975Steven SpielbergPsychological thriller, Thriller, Horror, Monster movie, New Hollywood, Natural horror films More
- 272010Christopher NolanPsychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Science fiction, Action
- 281988John McTiernanThriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime fiction
- 291968Stanley KubrickThriller, Science fiction, Adventure, Surrealism, Roadshow theatrical release, Airplanes and airports More
- 302002Peter JacksonDrama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation
- 311979Ridley ScottScience fiction, Adventure, Horror, New Hollywood
- 321980Stanley KubrickPsychological thriller, Horror, Surrealism, Supernatural, Slasher, Film adaptation, New Hollywood More
- 331982Ridley ScottThriller, Science fiction, Crime Thriller, Dystopia, Cult, Film noir, Existentialism, Future noir, Cyberpunk, Neo-noir More
- 341946Frank CapraDrama, Comedy, Black-and-white, Fantasy, Family, Time travel, Romance film, Christmas movie More
- 351991James CameronThriller, Science fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Time travel, Doomsday film More
- 361976Martin ScorseseDrama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Crime fiction, Drama film, Existentialism, New Hollywood More
- 37Peter JacksonDrama, Fantasy, Adaptation, WarNiche
- 381984James CameronThriller, Science fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Time travel, Indie, Stop motion, Doomsday film More
- 391982Steven SpielbergDrama, Fantasy, Family, Science fiction, Children's, Family Drama
- 401983Brian De PalmaDrama, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Gangster MoreNiche
- 411995Bryan SingerMystery, Thriller, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Neo-noir
- 421999M. Night ShyamalanDrama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Horror, Supernatural, Suspense More
- 431971Stanley KubrickDrama, Science fiction, Crime fiction, Black comedy, Dystopia, Cult, Satire, New Hollywood More
- 441999Frank DarabontDrama, Fantasy, Period piece, Crime fiction, Film adaptationNiche
- 451976John G. AvildsenDrama, Boxing, Sports, New Hollywood
- 461960Alfred HitchcockBlack-and-white, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Horror, Slasher, Cult More
- 472008Danny Boyle, Loveleen TandanDrama, Romance film, Indie, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Coming of age MoreControversial
- 481964Stanley KubrickComedy, Black-and-white, Cold War, Black comedy, War, Parody, Political cinema, Satire, Airplanes and airports, Nuclear warfare More
- 491939Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, George CukorDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Romance film, Roadshow theatrical release, War, Romantic drama, Epic, Film adaptation More
- 501995David FincherPsychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Indie More
- 511995John LasseterComedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Computer Animation, Buddy film More
- 521993Steven SpielbergThriller, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Horror, Film adaptation, Monster, Natural horror films More
- 531994Rob Minkoff, Roger AllersDrama, Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Musical, Adventure, Music, Children's, Coming of age More
- 541977George LucasFantasy, Family, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Coming of age, Space western More
- 551997James CameronDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Disaster, Action/Adventure, Romance film, Romantic drama, Tragedy More
- 561998Ethan Coen, Joel CoenComedy, Crime, Crime fiction, Indie, Screwball comedy, Cult, Buddy film, Stoner film More
- 572006Martin ScorseseDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Gangster, Remake More
- 582007Ethan Coen, Joel CoenDrama, Thriller, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Suspense, Gangster, Film adaptation More
- 591998Tony KayeDrama, Action, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Indie, Coming of age
- 602009James CameronThriller, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Computer Animation, Epic, Nature More
- 611986Oliver StoneDrama, Action, Indie, War
- 621986James CameronThriller, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Horror, Stop motion More
- 632002Steven SpielbergDrama, Comedy, Period piece, Biography, Biographical film, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Black comedy, Comedy-drama, Airplanes and airports More
- 642008Timur BekmambetovThriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Superhero
- 651977Steven SpielbergDrama, Science fiction, New Hollywood
- 662005Christopher NolanThriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Superhero, Reboot
- 671980Martin ScorseseDrama, Black-and-white, Boxing, Period piece, Biography, Sports, Biographical film, New Hollywood, Neo-noir More
- 681962David Lean, Sam SpiegelDrama, Costume drama, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, LGBT, Roadshow theatrical release, War, Epic More
- 692003Quentin TarantinoThriller, Martial arts, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Thriller, Spaghetti Western More
- 702009Pete Docter, Bob PetersonDrama, Comedy, Family, Animation, Adventure
- 711992Quentin TarantinoDrama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Indie, Gangster More
- 722007Paul GreengrassDrama, Mystery, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation, Spy More
- 731987Stanley KubrickDrama, Period piece, Action, War, Film adaptation
- 741974Roman PolanskiDrama, Period piece, Mystery, Thriller, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Film noir, Detective, Tragedy, New Hollywood, Neo-noir MoreControversial
- 751998Peter WeirDrama, Comedy, Fantasy, Parody, Comedy-drama, Existentialism
- 761957Sidney Lumet, William FriedkinDrama, Black-and-white, Courtroom Drama, Legal drama
- 771987Rob ReinerComedy, Costume drama, Fantasy, Family, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Romance film, Romantic comedy, Cult, Satire, Swashbuckler films, Albino bias More
- 781955Alfred HitchcockPsychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Suspense
- 792004Brad BirdComedy, Family, Animation, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Computer Animation, Superhero More
- 801992Clint EastwoodDrama, Costume drama, Action/Adventure, Western, Revisionist Western
- 811958Alfred HitchcockDrama, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Romance film, Crime Thriller, Suspense, Film adaptation, Film noir, Detective More
- 822009Todd PhillipsComedy, Screwball comedy
- 831965Robert WiseDrama, Family, Musical, Romance film, Biographical film, Roadshow theatrical release MoreNiche
- 841983Richard MarquandFantasy, Family, Science fiction, Adventure
- 851985John HughesDrama, Comedy, Teen, Black comedy, Cult, Coming of age
- 861999Sam MendesDrama, Comedy, LGBT, Black comedy, Satire, Existentialism
- 872000Darren AronofskyDrama, Indie, Tragedy
- 882004Michel GondryDrama, Comedy, Fantasy, Science fiction, Romance film, Romantic comedy, Surrealism, Romantic drama, Comedy-drama, Cult, Existentialism More
- 892006James McTeigueDrama, Thriller, Science fiction, Action/Adventure, LGBT, Superhero, Film adaptation, Dystopia, Political thriller, Future noir More
- 901987Brian De PalmaDrama, Period piece, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Gangster More
- 911959Alfred HitchcockDrama, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Romance film, Suspense, Airplanes and airports, Spy More
- 921975Terry Jones, Terry GilliamComedy, Costume drama, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Parody, Humour, Cult More
- 931963John SturgesDrama, Action, War
- 941978Michael CiminoDrama, War, New Hollywood
- 952002Doug LimanDrama, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Film adaptation More
- 961939Mervyn LeRoy, Richard Thorpe, Norman Taurog, King Vidor, Victor Fleming, George Cukor MoreDrama, Black-and-white, Fantasy, Family, Musical, Adventure, Coming of age, Technicolor, Star vehicle More
- 972010Lee UnkrichComedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure, Computer Animation
- 981984Miloš FormanDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Biography, Music, Biographical film, Drama film More
- 991995Ron HowardDrama, Period piece, Disaster, Science fiction, Adventure, Historical drama MoreControversial
- 1002008Jon FavreauThriller, Science fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Superhero, War
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The Godfather at 4/06/2011 7:08 PM
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The Best Movies Of All Time at 6/20/2011 12:29 PM
My problem is in differentiating between my favorites and 'the best'. Expect a bit of both.
The Best Movies Of All Time at 7/12/2011 12:09 PM
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The Best Movies Of All Time at 7/28/2011 6:15 PM
check out mine:
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On the bright side, at least it wasn't Sex and the City 2 . . .
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Rosebud, and I heard it, was a sled. It was a symbol of his childhood. He simply hated growing old, and didn't want to die. He wanted to be 10 forever.
The Best Movies Of All Time at 8/21/2010 8:45 PM
Crazy.
The Best Movies Of All Time at 10/16/2010 6:57 PM
Why do people consider "Gone With the Wind" a great movie? It is over acted, over directed, over produced, and over written!
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