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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1972
    Francis Ford Coppola
    Drama, Period piece, Crime Fiction, Gangster, Film adaptation, New Hollywood More
    Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Alex Rocco, Robert Duvall, Richard Bright, Rudy Bond, John Martino, Joe Spinell, Victor Rendina, Lenny Montana, Richard S. Castellano, Gianni Russo, Louis Guss, Al Lettieri, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conte, Morgana King, Gabriele Torrei, Tom Rosqui, John Marley, Sofia Coppola, Al Martino, Talia Shire, Abe Vigoda, Simonetta Stefanelli, James Caan, John Cazale, Diane Keaton More
  2. 2
    1939
    Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor, Victor Fleming
    Drama, Black-and-white, Fantasy, Family, Musical, Adventure, Coming of age, Technicolor, Star vehicle More
    Charles Grapewin, Margaret Hamilton, Meinhardt Raabe, Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Terry, Clara Blandick, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Bert Lahr, Pat Walshe, Ray Bolger, Adriana Caselotti More
  3. 3
    Peter Jackson
    Drama, Fantasy, Adaptation, War
  4. 4
    1994
    Frank Darabont
    Drama, Period piece, Crime, Crime Fiction, Prison film
    William Sadler, Joseph Ragno, Larry Brandenburg, Bob Gunton, Jeffrey DeMunn, Brian Libby, Mark Rolston, Tim Robbins, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Renee Blaine, Neil Giuntoli, David Proval, Paul McCrane, Jude Ciccolella, Morgan Freeman More
  5. 5
    1965
    David Lean
    Drama, Period piece, Romance Film, War, Romantic drama, Epic, Roadshow theatrical release More
    Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Omar Sharif, Geraldine Chaplin, Siobhán McKenna, Jeffrey Rockland More
  6. 6
    2000
    Jonathan Demme
    Drama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Horror, LGBT, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Suspense More
    Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Diane Baker, Darla, Dan Butler, Charles Napier, Brooke Smith, Anthony Heald, Kasi Lemmons, Ted Levine, Scott Glenn, Frankie Faison More
  7. 7
    1987
    Rob Reiner
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Action, Romance Film
    Peter Cook, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Fred Savage, Annie Dyson, Peter Falk, Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Mel Smith, Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Malcolm Storry, Margery Mason More
  8. 8
    1993
    Steven Spielberg
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Horror, Film adaptation, Monster, Natural horror films More
    Samuel L. Jackson, Bob Peck, Miguel Sandoval, Whitby Hertford, Sam Neill, Cameron Thor, Wayne Knight, Joseph Mazzello, Christopher John Fields, B.D. Wong, Martin Ferrero, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, Richard Attenborough, Ariana Richards More
  9. 9
    1989
    Phil Alden Robinson
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Sports, Baseball, Film adaptation, Family Drama More
    Dwier Brown, Kelly Coffield Park, Steve Eastin, Burt Lancaster, Fern Persons, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Frank Whaley, Anne Seymour More
  10. 10
    1972
    Conrad Rooks
    Drama, Period piece, Mystery, Film adaptation
    Shashi Kapoor, Romesh Sharma, Shanti Hiranand, Zul Vilani, Amrik Singh, Pinchoo Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Kunal Kapoor More
  11. 11
    1990
    Martin Scorsese
    Drama, Thriller, Biographical film, Crime Fiction, Gangster, Film adaptation More
    Mike Starr, Tony Darrow, Henny Youngman, Debi Mazar, Ray Liotta, Charles Scorsese, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Imperioli, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Frank Vincent, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Frank Sivero, Catherine Scorsese, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Gina Mastrogiacomo More
  12. 12

    Harry Potter The Complete Collection

  13. 13
    2008
    Danny Boyle
    Drama, Thriller, Romance Film, Crime Fiction, Indie, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Coming of age More
    Tanay Chheda, Dev Patel, Mahesh Manjrekar, Himanshu Tyagi, Rajendranath Zutshi, Sanchita Choudhary, Anil Kapoor, Ankur Vikal, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Rubina Ali, Sharib Hashmi, Freida Pinto, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Sitaram Panchal, Sarfaraz Khan, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Sunil Kumar Agrawal, Saurabh Shukla, Irrfan Khan, Feroze Khan, Madhur Mittal, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Shruti Seth, Imran Hasnee, Jeneva Talwar, Anand Tiwari More
  14. 14
    1971
    William Friedkin
    Thriller, Action, Crime Fiction
    Harold Gary, Patrick McDermott, Frédéric de Pasquale, Ann Rebbot, Eddie Egan, Arlene Farber, Sonny Grosso, Al Fann, Tony Lo Bianco, Roy Scheider, Bill Hickman, Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Marcel Bozzuffi More
  15. 15
    1973
    Fred Zinnemann
    Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Political thriller
    Delphine Seyrig, Maurice Denham, Michel Auclair, Cyril Cusack, Barrie Ingham, Michael Lonsdale, Olga Georges-Picot, Eric Porter, Edward Fox, Denis Carey, Derek Jacobi, Tony Britton, Vernon Dobtcheff, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Jean Sorel, Anton Rodgers, Alan Badel, Terence Alexander More
  16. 16
    1999
    David Fincher
    Drama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Black comedy, Cult, Satire, Airplanes and airports, Existentialism More
    Rachel Singer, Edward Norton, Richmond Arquette, George Maguire, Meat Loaf, Ezra Buzzington, Jared Leto, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Eugenie Bondurant, Zach Grenier, David Andrews, Christina Cabot, Bob Stephenson, Tim De Zarn More
  17. 17
    1974
    Ronald Neame
    Drama, Thriller, World cinema, Political thriller
    Hannes Messemer, Klaus Löwitsch, Mary Tamm, Garfield Morgan, Derek Jacobi, Maria Schell, Maximilian Schell, Kurt Meisel, Jon Voight, Peter Jeffrey More
  18. 18
    2006
    Martin Campbell
    Drama, Crime, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Reboot, Parkour in popular culture More
    Daniel Craig, Joseph Millson, Daud Shah, Malcolm Sinclair, Giancarlo Giannini, Simon Abkarian, Jeffrey Wright, Claudio Santamaria, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Miličević, Isaach De Bankolé, Eva Green, Sebastien Foucan, Judi Dench, Ludger Pistor, Richard Sammel, Mads Mikkelsen, Jesper Christensen, Caterina Murino, Clemens Schick More
  19. 19
    1987
    John Mackenzie
    Mystery, Thriller, Action, Film adaptation, Spy
    Pierce Brosnan, Julian Glover, Caroline Blakiston, Joanna Cassidy, Betsy Brantley, Michael Caine, Ian Richardson, Matt Frewer, Sean Chapman, Ned Beatty, Michael Gough, Ray McAnally, Anton Rodgers More
  20. 20
    2007
    Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
    Drama, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Suspense, Gangster, Film adaptation More
    Josh Brolin, Rodger Boyce, Woody Harrelson, Barry Corbin, Javier Bardem, Kelly Macdonald, Beth Grant, Tommy Lee Jones, Tess Harper, Stephen Root, Garret Dillahunt, Ana Reeder More
  21. 21
    1967
    Gene Saks
    Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy
    Mabel Albertson, Mildred Natwick, Fritz Feld, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Charles Boyer, Herb Edelman More
  22. 22
    1971
    Mike Hodges
    Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Gangster
    Dorothy White, Geraldine Moffat, Tony Beckley, John Bindon, Britt Ekland, Michael Caine, Alun Armstrong, Bryan Mosley, George Sewell, Glynn Edwards, Terence Rigby, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Bernard Hepton, Rosemarie Dunham, Petra Markham More
  23. 23
    1975
    Steven Spielberg
    Psychological thriller, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Horror, Monster movie, New Hollywood, Natural horror films More
    Carl Gottlieb, Susan Backlinie, Jeffrey Voorhees, Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton, Ted Grossman, Chris Rebello, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Roy Scheider, Jonathan Filley, Jeffrey Kramer, Craig Kingsbury, Jay Mello, Lee Fierro, Steven Spielberg More
  24. 24
    1965
    Sidney J. Furie
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Political thriller, Spy
    Michael Caine, Guy Doleman, Thomas Baptiste, Sue Lloyd, Gordon Jackson, Oliver MacGreevy, Aubrey Richards , Nigel Green More
  25. 25
    1983
    Michael Apted
    Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Political drama, Political thriller More
    Ian Bannen, Tusse Silberg, Henry Woolf, Elsa Salamas, Rikki Fulton, Brian Dennehy, Patrick Field, Joanna Pacula, Richard Griffiths, Anatoli Davydov, Alexei Sayle, Michael Elphick, Niall O'Brien, Ian McDiarmid, Lee Marvin, William Hurt, Lauri Törhönen, Alexander Knox More

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