The Greatest Movie Soundtracks Of All Time
The best soundtracks ever are more than just a collection of songs in a particular order; they evoke and accentuates the feelings of a movie during, and long after, it has been viewed. This is a list of the greatest soundtracks ever recorded, as ranked by the Ranker Community. Sometimes a great soundtrack can elevate a mediocre movie into something that makes it iconic. Top Gun, Footloose, Grease... (best soundtracks ever!) these are great soundtrack albums that you listened to over and over, making the songs themselves so ingrained with the movie that they BECAME the movie in your head.
So if you've ever asked yourself: What are the top soundtracks ever? You're in the right spot, because you can help determine the greatest soundtrack of all time with your votes. Vote on this list of the best soundtracks of all time, pick your faves and vote them to the top of the list!
- 1Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista
- Released: 2014
- Directed by: James Gunn
Brash space adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the quarry of relentless bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced ...more - 2Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: John Hughes
"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
"Waiting"
"Fire in the Twilight"
- 3John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
"Let's Stay Together"
"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"
"Son of a Preacher Man"
- 4Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Tony Scott
"Danger Zone"
"Take My Breath Away"
"Great Balls of Fire"
- 5Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
"The Power of Love"
"Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)"
"Johnny B. Goode"
- 6Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Emile Ardolino
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
"She's Like the Wind"
"Hungry Eyes"
- 7Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
"Let the Good Times Roll"
"Great Balls of Fire"
"Stand by Me"
- 8Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Herbert Ross
"Footloose"
"Almost Paradise"
"Dancing In The Sheets"
- 9John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller
- Released: 1977
- Directed by: John Badham
"Stayin' Alive"
"More Than a Woman"
"Boogie Shoes"
- 10Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: James Mangold
"Ring of Fire"
"I Walk the Line"
"Wildwood Flower"
- 11Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
"Hound Dog"
"California Dreamin'"
"On the Road Again"
- 12Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in northern California. While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in ...more - 13Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
"Hooked on a Feeling"
"Stuck in the Middle with You"
"Coconut"
- 14The Beatles, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron
- Released: 1965
- Directed by: Richard Lester
"The Night Before"
"Ticket to Ride"
"Yesterday"
- 15Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
- Released: 1967
- Directed by: Mike Nichols
"The Sound of Silence"
"Mrs. Robinson"
"April Come She Will"
- 16Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Luis Valdez
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend (Danielle von ...more - 17Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Ivan Reitman
"Ghostbusters"
"In the Name of Love"
"I Can Wait Forever"
- 18Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Albert Magnoli
"When Doves Cry"
"Let's Go Crazy"
"Purple Rain"
Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince, released on June 25, 1984, by Warner Bros. Records and the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. Purple Rain was ...more - 19Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Cameron Crowe
"Sparks"
"Tiny Dancer"
"Something in the Air"
- 20Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Cynthia Rhodes
- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Adrian Lyne
"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
"Maniac"
"Romeo"
- 21Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Mick Jackson
"I Will Always Love You"
"I'm Every Woman"
"Queen of the Night"
- 22Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
- Released: 1973
- Directed by: George Lucas
"At the Hop"
"Almost Grown"
"The Great Pretender"
- 23Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his ...more - 24Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Howard Deutch
"If You Leave"
"Pretty in Pink"
"Wouldn't It Be Good"
- 25Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: John Hughes
This belongs way, way , way up the list.. I do hope there is a way for it to make it self higher up the list than this. should come right after or maybe even before Pretty in PinkWith the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha (Molly Ringwald) faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older ...more
