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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
6 Seven Samurai 1954 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
22 Star Wars: Episode IV -
A New Hope
1977 Lucas, George USA DS
63 Apocalypse Now 1979 Coppola, Francis Ford USA DS
66 The Wild Bunch 1969 Peckinpah, Sam USA DB
76 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
97 Blade Runner 1982 Scott, Ridley USA DBUPS
116 The General 1927 Keaton, Buster / Bruckman, Clyde USA DU
119 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
120 Throne of Blood 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
130 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Curtiz, Michael / Keighley, William USA DBS
148 Stagecoach 1939 Ford, John USA D
176 The French Connection 1971 Friedkin, William USA D
197 Red River 1948 Hawks, Howard / Rosson, Arthur USA DUPS
201 Goldfinger 1964 Hamilton, Guy UK DS
222 The Lord of the Rings:
Return of the King
2003 Jackson, Peter USA / New Zealand DS
224 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 1966 Leone, Sergio Italy / Spain DUPS
260 Ben-Hur 1959 Wyler, William USA DUS
261 Yojimbo 1961 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
279 The Public Enemy 1931 Wellman, William A. USA D
280 Star Wars: Episode V -
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 Kershner, Irvin USA DS
286 The Lord of the Rings:
Fellowship of the Ring
2001 Jackson, Peter New Zealand / USA DUS
293 Spartacus 1960 Kubrick, Stanley USA YS
306 The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers
2002 Jackson, Peter USA / New Zealand / Germany DS
307 The Crying Game 1992 Jordan, Neil UK / Japan Y
324 The Wages of Fear 1953 Clouzot, Henri-Georges France / Italy D
344 Platoon 1986 Stone, Oliver USA DUPS
347 Thelma & Louise 1991 Scott, Ridley USA DS
354 The Defiant Ones 1958 Kramer, Stanley USA Y
369 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Lee, Ang Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China YU
387 Gladiator 2000 Scott, Ridley UK / USA DS
405 Die Hard 1988 McTiernan, John USA DBU
413 The Big Red One 1980 Fuller, Samuel USA YU
413 The Great Escape 1963 Sturges, John USA DUS
415 Hud 1963 Ritt, Martin USA YUP
427 The Thin Red Line 1998 Malick, Terrence Canada / USA YUS
450 The Thief of Bagdad 1924 Walsh, Raoul USA DU
460 Aliens 1986 Cameron, James USA / UK DUPS
461 Dirty Harry 1971 Siegel, Don USA DBUPS
465 Planet of the Apes 1968 Schaffner, Franklin J. USA DBS
490 Glory 1989 Zwick, Edward USA DUS
510 The Road Warrior 1981 Miller, George Australia DBU
522 Braveheart 1995 Gibson, Mel USA DUS
535 The Matrix 1999 Wachowski, Andy / Wachowski, Larry USA DBU
537 Alexander Nevsky 1938 Eisenstein, Sergei M. / Vasilyev, Dmitri Soviet Union Y
543 Point Blank 1967 Boorman, John USA YU
546 Diva 1981 Beineix, Jean-Jacques France DS
553 Bullitt 1968 Yates, Peter USA DBUPS
566 A Night to Remember 1958 Baker, Roy Ward UK Y
578 From Russia with Love 1963 Young, Terence UK / USA DS
587 Three Kings 1999 Russell, David O. USA YU
592 Enter the Dragon 1973 Clouse, Robert Hong Kong / USA DBUS
594 The Longest Day 1962 Annakin, Ken / Marton, Andrew / Wicki, Bernhard / Zanuck, Darryl F. USA DBUS
665 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 Cameron, James France / USA DBU
672 Get Carter 1971 Hodges, Mike UK YU
695 Henry V 1989 Branagh, Kenneth UK Y
705 Forbidden Planet 1956 Wilcox, Fred M. USA D
721 Batman 1989 Burton, Tim USA / UK DUPS
733 Captain Blood 1935 Curtiz, Michael USA YUS
734 Run Lola Run 1998 Tykwer, Tom Germany DB
737 Star Wars: Episode VI -
Return of the Jedi
1983 Marquand, Richard USA DS
757 The Terminator 1984 Cameron, James USA DBUP
779 Dawn of the Dead 1978 Romero, George A. Italy / USA D
784 Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World
2003 Weir, Peter USA DBU
788 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 Brest, Martin USA YUP
867 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935 Hathaway, Henry USA Y
868 The Train 1964 Frankenheimer, John / Penn, Arthur USA / France / Italy DUP
873 The Fugitive 1993 Davis, Andrew USA DBUPS
874 Peking Opera Blues 1986 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong
876 Spider-Man 2 2004 Raimi, Sam USA DBUS
902 The Killer 1989 Woo, John Hong Kong D
910 Safety Last! 1923 Newmeyer, Fred C. / Taylor, Sam USA D
913 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
950 Oldboy 2003 Park, Chan-wook South Korea DB
962 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 Peckinpah, Sam Mexico / USA Y
979 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 Van Peebles, Melvin USA Y
1010 Dr. No 1962 Young, Terence UK / USA DS
1013 A Touch of Zen 1969 Hu, King Taiwan Y
1023 Speed 1994 de Bont, Jan USA DBUS
1033 Kill Bill: Volume 1 2003 Tarantino, Quentin USA DBS
1035 Jurassic Park 1993 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
1040 Charley Varrick 1973 Siegel, Don USA Y
1041 Hero 2002 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China DS
1044 The Tarnished Angels 1958 Sirk, Douglas USA Y
1050 Viva Villa! 1934 Conway, Jack / Hawks, Howard / Wellman, William A. USA Y
1051 The Guns of Navarone 1961 Thompson, J. Lee USA DS
1106 Assault on Precinct 13 1976 Carpenter, John USA DBU
1127 Airport 1970 Seaton, George / Hathaway, Henry USA YS
1132 Mad Max 1979 Miller, George Australia YU
1139 Total Recall 1990 Verhoeven, Paul USA DBUS
1146 Minority Report 2002 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
1164 The Stunt Man 1980 Rush, Richard USA Y
1169 The Three Musketeers 1973 Lester, Richard USA / UK YS
1171 Shaft 1971 Parks, Gordon USA YU
1179 The Incredibles 2004 Bird, Brad USA D
1183 House of Flying Daggers 2004 Zhang, Yimou China / Hong Kong DBU
1185 Superman 1978 Donner, Richard UK DBUPS
1193 Storm Over Asia 1928 Pudovkin, Vsevolod Soviet Union YU
1227 Flash Gordon 1936 Stephani, Frederick / Taylor, Ray USA Y
1239 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Leone, Sergio West Germany / Spain / Italy DUS
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1265 King Solomon's Mines 1950 Bennett, Compton / Marton, Andrew USA YU
1273 The High and the Mighty 1954 Wellman, William A. USA DS
1276 The Great Train Robbery 1903 Porter, Edwin S. USA YU
1283 Princess Mononoke 1997 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
1289 Ben-Hur 1925 Niblo, Fred / Brabin, Charles / Cabanne, Christy / Cohn, J.J. / Ingram, Rex USA DU
1345 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 Neame, Ronald USA DUS
1347 The Three Musketeers 1948 Sidney, George USA D
1354 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Chaffey, Don UK / USA YS
1360 Where Eagles Dare 1968 Hutton, Brian G. UK / USA D
1367 Superfly 1972 Parks, Gordon Jr. USA DUS
1372 Operation Crossbow 1965 Anderson, Michael UK D
1372 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Sargent, Joseph USA YU
1381 Apocalypto 2006 Gibson, Mel USA DB
1387 Flags of Our Fathers 2006 Eastwood, Clint Iceland / USA DBU
1406 Guadalcanal Diary 1943 Seiler, Lewis USA D
1411 The Hurricane 1937 Ford, John / Heisler, Stuart USA
1437 48 HRS. 1982 Hill, Walter USA DUP
1451 The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 Aldrich, Robert USA Y
1453 Collateral 2004 Mann, Michael USA YS
1454 Courage Under Fire 1996 Zwick, Edward USA DBU
1457 Robocop 1987 Verhoeven, Paul USA DBUP
1467 Natural Born Killers 1994 Stone, Oliver USA DBU
1474 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004 Conran, Kerry USA / UK / Italy DBUS
1475 Lethal Weapon 1987 Donner, Richard USA DBUP
1484 The Black Pirate 1926 Parker, Albert USA D
1488 Fantastic Voyage 1966 Fleischer, Richard USA D
1500 Zulu 1964 Endfield, Cy UK YS
1506 The Last Samurai 2003 Zwick, Edward USA / New Zealand / Japan DBUPS
1509 King Kong 2005 Jackson, Peter / Singer, Bryan New Zealand / USA DUS
1518 Independence Day 1996 Emmerich, Roland USA DBS
1519 Sands of Iwo Jima 1949 Dwan, Allan USA D
1542 Once Upon a Time in China 1991 Tsui, Hark Hong Kong D
1545 Heavy Traffic 1973 Bakshi, Ralph USA Y
1551 Wings 1927 Wellman, William A. USA Y
1552 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 Dominik, Andrew USA DBUP
1571 La Femme Nikita 1990 Besson, Luc France / Italy YB
1572 Son of Paleface 1952 Tashlin, Frank USA D
1579 Midnight Run 1988 Brest, Martin USA YUS
1582 Decision Before Dawn 1951 Litvak, Anatole USA D
1583 The Wanderers 1979 Kaufman, Philip USA DUS
1599 Tol'able David 1921 King, Henry USA DU
1601 The Great Race 1965 Edwards, Blake USA Y
1619 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Meyer, Nicholas USA YUS
1620 The Towering Inferno 1974 Allen, Irwin / Guillermin, John USA DS
1629 The Sound Barrier 1952 Lean, David UK S
1636 Hombre 1967 Ritt, Martin USA DU
1639 In Old Chicago 1938 King, Henry USA Y
1641 Bulldog Drummond 1929 Jones, F. Richard / Howard, Sidney USA Y
1645 Battleground 1949 Wellman, William A. USA Y
1657 Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939 Litvak, Anatole USA
1680 Tarzan the Ape Man 1932 Van Dyke, W.S. USA Y
1687 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999 Jarmusch, Jim France / Germany / USA / Japan Y
1688 The Italian Job 1969 Collinson, Peter UK YUS
1708 Go 1999 Liman, Doug USA DUS
1710 Zatôichi 2003 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
1711 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 Hunt, Peter R. UK / USA DS
1713 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Greengrass, Paul USA DU
1715 Sink the Bismarck! 1960 Gilbert, Lewis UK D
1735 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Chow, Stephen China / Hong Kong DBU
1749 The 47 Ronin 1941 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
1763 The Legend of Drunken Master 1994 Liu, Chia-Liang / Chan, Jackie Hong Kong Y
1768 The Harder They Come 1972 Henzell, Perry Jamaica DS
1775 My Son John 1952 McCarey, Leo USA
1780 The Blue Lamp 1950 Dearden, Basil UK
1783 The Lusty Men 1952 Ray, Nicholas USA
1785 Romeo + Juliet 1996 Luhrmann, Baz USA DU
1792 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963 Kramer, Stanley USA YU
1792 Tarzan and His Mate 1934 Gibbons, Cedric / Conway, Jack / McKay, James C. USA Y
1795 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
1799 The Bourne Identity 2002 Liman, Doug USA / Germany / Czech Republic DUS
1801 Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto 1954 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1807 The Duellists 1977 Scott, Ridley UK D
1807 Sanjuro 1962 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1811 Smokey and the Bandit 1977 Needham, Hal USA DS
1814 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
1820 Cartouche 1962 de Broca, Philippe France / Italy D
1820 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 Hamilton, Guy UK / USA DS
1820 Emperor of the North 1973 Aldrich, Robert USA D
1820 The Great K & A Train Robbery 1926 Seiler, Lewis USA
1820 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Gilbert, Lewis UK / USA DS
1820 Viva María! 1965 Malle, Louis France / Italy D
1821 Bite the Bullet 1975 Brooks, Richard USA D
1824 Kill Bill: Volume 2 2004 Tarantino, Quentin USA YB
1824 Pirates of the Caribbean:
The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 Verbinski, Gore USA DBS
1828 El Dorado 1967 Hawks, Howard USA DUP
1830 Spider-Man 2002 Raimi, Sam USA DBUPS
1834 The Last American Hero 1973 Johnson, Lamont USA Y
1835 The Alamo 1960 Wayne, John USA YS
1842 The Thing 1982 Carpenter, John USA DUS
1844 Pathfinder 1987 Gaup, Nils Norway Y
1845 The Dam Busters 1954 Anderson, Michael UK D
1845 Simba 1955 Hurst, Brian Desmond UK
1847 Batman Begins 2005 Nolan, Christopher USA DBUPS
1854 Black Sunday 1977 Frankenheimer, John USA DUP
1854 Captain from Castile 1947 King, Henry USA D
1854 Exodus 1960 Preminger, Otto USA D
1854 For a Few Dollars More 1965 Leone, Sergio Italy / Spain / West Germany / Monaco DS
1854 The Jungle Book 1942 Korda, Zoltan USA D
1860 The Dark Knight 2008 Nolan, Christopher USA DBUS
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1871 The Karate Kid 1984 Avildsen, John G. USA DUS
1874 La Balance 1982 Swaim, Bob France D
1878 True Lies 1994 Cameron, James USA Y
1888 The Bowery 1933 Walsh, Raoul USA
1889 The Hunt for Red October 1990 McTiernan, John USA DBUS
1889 In the Line of Fire 1993 Petersen, Wolfgang USA DBU
1894 Casino Royale 2006 Campbell, Martin USA / UK / Czech Republic DBUS
1896 Black Hawk Down 2001 Scott, Ridley USA DBUS
1901 Southern Comfort 1981 Hill, Walter USA / Switzerland / UK D
1903 Sin City 2005 Rodriguez, Robert / Miller, Frank / Tarantino, Quentin USA DBS
1908 Troy 2004 Petersen, Wolfgang USA / Malta / UK DBUPS
1927 Comanche Station 1960 Boetticher, Budd USA D
1935 Star Wars: Episode II -
Attack of the Clones
2002 Lucas, George USA DS
1938 Akira 1988 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan DS
1944 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 Curtiz, Michael USA DS
1947 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Roach, Jay USA / Germany DBUPS
1947 Beau Geste 1939 Wellman, William A. USA YS
1947 Run Silent, Run Deep 1958 Wise, Robert USA D
1949 Castle in the Sky 1986 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
1949 Confessions of an Opium Eater 1962 Zugsmith, Albert USA
1952 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965 Meyer, Russ USA D
1958 Silver Streak 1976 Hiller, Arthur USA DU
1958 That Man from Rio 1964 de Broca, Philippe Italy / France YS
1958 Too Late the Hero 1970 Aldrich, Robert USA D
1964 Chinese Ghost Story 1987 Ching, Siu-Tung Hong Kong
1964 Come Drink with Me 1966 Hu, King Hong Kong D
1964 Deewaar 1975 Chopra, Yash India
1964 Five Deadly Venoms 1978 Chang, Cheh Hong Kong D
1964 Jackie Chan's Project A2 1987 Chan, Jackie Hong Kong D
1964 King of New York 1990 Ferrara, Abel Italy / USA / UK DU
1964 Romper Stomper 1992 Wright, Geoffrey Australia DS
1964 Shaolin Master Killer 1978 Liu, Chia-Liang Hong Kong U
1964 Tetsuo: The Iron Man 1988 Tsukamoto, Shinya Japan D
1964 Top Gun 1986 Scott, Tony USA DBUPS
1974 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Fleischer, Richard / Fukasaku, Kinji / Masuda, Toshio USA / Japan DS
1979 El Mariachi 1992 Rodriguez, Robert Mexico / USA DU
1984 The Fifth Element 1997 Besson, Luc France DBUPS
1991 Armageddon 1998 Bay, Michael USA Y
1991 Con Air 1997 West, Simon USA DB
1991 The Man in the Iron Mask 1998 Wallace, Randall UK YU
1991 Mission: Impossible 1996 De Palma, Brian USA DBUPS
1991 Twister 1996 de Bont, Jan USA DB
1991 V for Vendetta 2005 McTeigue, James USA / Germany DBU
1993 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple 1955 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1993 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1994 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985 Ogilvie, George / Miller, George Australia / USA DUPS
1996 Star Wars: Episode III -
Revenge of the Sith
2005 Lucas, George USA DS
2006 The Warriors 1979 Hill, Walter USA DBU
2011 Plan 9 from Outer Space 1959 Wood, Edward D. Jr. USA DUS
2014 Starship Troopers 1997 Verhoeven, Paul USA DBUS
2017 Back to the Future Part III 1990 Zemeckis, Robert USA DS
2017 Backroads 1977 Noyce, Phillip Australia
2017 Barbary Coast 1935 Hawks, Howard / Wyler, William USA D
2017 Bullfighter and the Lady 1951 Boetticher, Budd USA
2017 Command Decision 1948 Wood, Sam USA D
2017 Countdown 1968 Altman, Robert / Conrad, William USA V
2017 The Crimson Pirate 1952 Siodmak, Robert USA DUS
2017 The Cross of Lorraine 1943 Garnett, Tay USA
2017 Dragons Forever 1988 Hung Kam-Bo, Sammo / Yuen, Corey Hong Kong
2017 The Eagle and the Hawk 1933 Walker, Stuart USA
2017 Fingers 1978 Toback, James USA D
2017 Go Tell the Spartans 1978 Post, Ted USA D
2017 The Great Chase 1962 Killiam, Paul / Cort, Harvey / Turell, Saul J. USA V
2017 Hidalgo 2004 Johnston, Joe USA DBS
2017 Kim 1950 Saville, Victor USA D
2017 Law and Order 1932 Cahn, Edward L. USA
2017 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972 Misumi, Kenji Japan D
2017 Man on the Roof 1976 Widerberg, Bo Sweden
2017 Octopussy 1983 Glen, John UK / USA DS
2017 The Satan Bug 1965 Sturges, John USA
2017 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958 Juran, Nathan USA DBS
2017 Shogun Assassin 1980 Houston, Robert / Misumi, Kenji / Weisman, David Japan / USA
2017 Stir 1980 Wallace, Stephen Australia
2017 The Super Cops 1974 Parks, Gordon USA V
2017 Tokyo Drifter 1966 Suzuki, Seijun Japan D
2017 Warning Shot 1967 Kulik, Buzz USA D
2027 Superman Returns 2006 Singer, Bryan Australia / USA DBU
2029 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 1965 Annakin, Ken UK D
2030 The Crow 1994 Proyas, Alex USA DS
2030 The Negotiator 1998 Gray, F. Gary Germany / USA VS
2030 The Rundown 2003 Berg, Peter USA D
2032 The Nut 1921 Reed, Theodore USA V
2032 When the Clouds Roll by 1919 Fleming, Victor / Reed, Theodore USA
2034 Bitter Victory 1957 Ray, Nicholas France / USA Y
2047 The Emerald Forest 1985 Boorman, John UK DS
2047 The Gods Must Be Crazy 1980 Uys, Jamie Botswana DU
2047 The Green Man 1956 Day, Robert / Dearden, Basil UK
2047 The Man in the Iron Mask 1939 Whale, James USA D
2047 Pork Chop Hill 1959 Milestone, Lewis USA D
2051 Dishonored 1931 von Sternberg, Josef USA Y
2052 Wichita 1955 Tourneur, Jacques USA
2058 The Exploits of Elaine 1914 Gasnier, Louis J. / Seitz, George B. / Wharton, Leopold USA
2058 Hands Up! 1926 Badger, Clarence G. USA
2058 Sky High 1922 Reynolds, Lynn USA
2063 Air Force 1943 Hawks, Howard USA D
2063 Runaway Train 1985 Konchalovsky, Andrei USA / Israel Y
2074 The Wild Angels 1966 Corman, Roger USA Y
2077 Deep Cover 1992 Duke, Bill USA Y
2093 Kingdom of Heaven 2005 Scott, Ridley Spain / Germany DBU
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