Best Classic Movies 20+ Years Old by Rank
2783
2466
1913
D.W. Griffith
Walter Miller, Lillian Gish, Kate Bruce, Viola Barry, Charles West
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2783
2466
1975
Jean-Pierre Dikongue-Pipa
Philippe Abia, Arlette Din Beli, Gisèle Dikongue-Pipa
Drama
Cameroon
French
2783
2466
1949
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2783
2466
1955
Edgar G. Ulmer
Arthur Kennedy, Betta St. John, Eugene Iglesias, Charlita
Crime / Drama / Western / Action / Romance
USA
English
2783
2466
1989
Tracey Moffatt
Akira Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gentle, Agnes Hardwick, Marcia Langton
Short / Drama
Australia
English
2783
2466
1991
David Greene
Richard Chamberlain, Diana Scarwid, Amy Bebout, Reid Binion
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery
USA
English
2783
2466
1949
Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino
Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn, Dorothy Adams
Drama
USA
English
2783
2466
1912
D.W. Griffith
W. Chrystie Miller, Kate Bruce, Mary Pickford, Edwin August
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2783
2466
1944
Veit Harlan
Carl Raddatz, Kristina Söderbaum, Irene von Meyendorff
Romance / Drama
Germany
German
2783
2466
1952
Sidney Salkow
George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Jay Silverheels, Walter Kingsford
Western / Action / Adventure
USA
English
2783
2466
1982
Jane Campion
Tim Pye, Katie Pye, Ben Martin
Short / Comedy / Drama
Australia
English
2783
2466
1970
Manoj Kumar
Ashok Kumar, Saira Banu, Manoj Kumar, Pran, Bharti, Nirupa Roy
Drama / Musical / Romance
India
Hindi
2783
2466
1995
Tong Wang
Tao shu, Lu zhi, Shi jun, Zhang Shi
Drama / Documentary
Taiwan
Mandarin
2783
2466
1977
John Flynn
William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best
Action / Drama / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
2783
2466
1935
Sadao Yamanaka
Denjirô Ôkôchi, Kiyozo, Kunitaro Sawamura
Comedy
Japan
Japanese
2783
2466
1933
Phil Goldstone
Zita Johann, Paul Cavanagh, Alan Dinehart, Claire Du Brey
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2783
2466
2000
Guy Ritchie
Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Alan Ford, Vinnie Jones, Ewen Bremner
Crime / Comedy / Caper / Gangster
UK / USA
English
2783
2466
1990
Ann Hui
Maggie Cheung, Tan Lang Jachi Tian, Waise Lee, Zi Xiong Li
Drama
Hong Kong / Taiwan
Cantonese
2783
2466
1954
Mikio Naruse
Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi, Sô Yamamura
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2783
2466
1937
Kenji Mizoguchi
Ichiro Sugai, Haruo Tanaka, Kumeko Urabe, Masao Shimizu
Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2783
2466
1956
Yuzo Kawashima
Michiyo Aratama, Yukiko Todoroki, Seizaburô Kawazu
Drama / Comedy
Japan
Japanese
2783
2466
1971
John G. Avildsen
Bob Brady, Gordon Felio, Roz Kelly, Nancy Salmon
Romance / Drama
USA
English
2783
2466
1924
Lupu Pick
Edith Posca, Eugen Klöpfer, Frieda Richard, Karl Harbacher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2783
2466
1956
Douglas Sirk
Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, William Reynolds
Drama
USA
English
2783
2466
1981
Peter Bogdanovich
Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Patti Hansen, John Ritter
Comedy / Romance / Detective
USA
English
2783
2466
1983
Raoul Ruiz
Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Jean Badin
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Adventure
France
French
2783
2466
1997
John Greyson
Michael Achtman, Matthew Ferguson, Damon D'Oliveira
Comedy / Drama / Experimental
Canada
English
2783
2466
1965
Ken Loach
Geraldine Sherman, Carol White, Vickery Turner, Michael Standing
Drama / Documentary
UK
English
2783
2466
1991
Maurice Pialat
Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France
French
2783
2466
1980
Slobodan Sijan
Pavle Vujisic, Dragan Nikolic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic
Comedy / Drama / War
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2783
2466
1962
Riccardo Freda
Kirk Morris, Hélène Chanel, Vira Silenti
Adventure / Fantasy / Horror
Italy
Italian
2783
2466
1978
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn
Drama
Poland / France
Polish
2783
2466
1974
Lino Brocka
Lolita Rodriguez, Christopher De Leon, Eddie Garcia
Romance / Drama
Philippines
English
2785
2467
1987
Eric Rohmer
Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury, Eric Viellard
Comedy / Romance
France
French
NR
-
1966
Vittorio De Sica
Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam, Akim Tamiroff
Comedy / Crime / Caper
Italy / USA / UK
English
NR
-
1997
Wolfgang Petersen
Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews
Action / Thriller / Drama
USA / Germany
English
NR
-
1943
Edward Sedgwick
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Stephen McNally
Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
1962
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Patrick Auffay, Rosy Varte
Drama / Romance
France
French
NR
-
1939
Edward Buzzell
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice
Comedy / Family / Musical
USA
English
NR
-
1999
Jay Roach
Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Spy
USA
English
NR
-
1989
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
NR
-
1995
Joel Schumacher
Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell
Action / Crime / Fantasy / Thriller / Comic
USA / UK
English
NR
-
1987
Tony Scott
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1988
Luc Besson
Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto
Adventure / Drama / Romance
France / USA / Italy
English
NR
-
1941
Charles Reisner
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin, Virginia Grey
Comedy / Musical / Family
USA
English
NR
-
1967
Robert Parrish
Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
2003
Tom Shadyac
Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall, Catherine Bell
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Religion
USA
English
NR
-
1917
J. Gordon Edwards
Theda Bara, Fritz Leiber, Thurston Hall, Alan Roscoe, Herschel Mayall
Biography / Drama / History / Epic
USA
English (Silent)
NR
-
2005
Hans Canosa
Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter, Yury Tsykun, Brian Geraghty, Brianna Brown
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK / USA
English
NR
-
1983
Blake Edwards
Ted Wass, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Capucine, Joanna Lumley
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
NR
-
1978
E.W. Swackhamer
James Coburn, Hector Elizondo, Jason Miller, Jean Simmons, Paul Stewart
Mystery / Drama / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1968
Bryan Forbes
Michael Caine, Vladek Sheybal, Emilio Rodríguez, David Buck, Carmen Dene
Crime / Drama / Caper
UK
English
NR
-
1998
Mimi Leder
Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2005
Neil Marshall
Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder
Adventure / Horror / Thriller / Drama
UK
English
NR
-
1995
John McTiernan
Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp
Action / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2000
Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere
Animation / Action / Adventure / Family / Thriller / Fantasy
USA
English
NR
-
2000
Ron Howard
Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin
Family / Fantasy / Comedy / Drama / Comic
USA / Germany
English
NR
-
1971
Steven Spielberg
Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Gene Dynarski, Tim Herbert, Charles Seel
Action / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
1940
Clarence Brown
Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
NR
-
1975
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy, Heidi Brühl
Action / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
1996
Diarmuid Lawrence
Kate Beckinsale, Bernard Hepton, Mark Strong, Samantha Bond, James Hazeldine
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
NR
-
1982
Ted Kotcheff
Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Cult / Comic
USA
English
NR
-
1995
Jerry Zucker
Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
NR
-
1994
Brian Levant
John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan
Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Adventure / Comic
USA
English
NR
-
2004
Deborah Koons
Percy Schmeiser, Andrew Kimbrell, Dr. Ignacio Chapela, Dr. Charles Benbrook
Documentary
USA
English
NR
-
1940
Edward Buzzell
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis
Comedy / Musical / Western / Family
USA
English
NR
-
1998
Roland Emmerich
Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror
USA
English
NR
-
1959
Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas, Molly McCarthy
Crime / Drama / Caper
USA
English
NR
-
1979
Michael Crichton
Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Malcolm Terris
Drama / Action / Comedy / Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Caper / Period Film
UK
English
NR
-
1968
Ted Post
Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Ben Johnson, Charles McGraw
Western / Crime / Drama
USA
English
NR
-
2001
Ridley Scott
Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie Faison
Crime / Thriller
UK / USA
English
NR
-
2005
Andy Tennant
Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta, Julie Ann Emery
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
1991
Steven Spielberg
Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
NR
-
1926
Dick Smith
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Jobyna Ralston
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
NR
-
1967
Gordon Douglas
James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale, Andrew Duggan, Anna Lee, Hanna Landy
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Spy / Cult
USA
English
NR
-
1968
Bud Yorkin
Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Delia Boccardo, Patrick Cargill, Beryl Reid, Barry Foster
Comedy / Crime / Detective
UK
English
NR
-
2005
Philip Gröning
Documentary / Religion
France / Switzerland / Germany
French
NR
-
2001
Joe Johnston
Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2001
Simon West
Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller
USA / UK / Japan / Germany
English
NR
-
2001
Dover Koshashvili
Lior Ashkenazi, Ronit Elkabetz, Moni Moshonov, Lili Koshashvili, Aya Steinovitz
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Israel / France
Hebrew
NR
-
1971
Lee H. Katzin
Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Fred Haltiner
Action / Adventure / Sports / Drama / Cult
USA
English
NR
-
1992
Richard Donner
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
NR
-
1997
Tom Shadyac
Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes, Anne Haney
Comedy / Fantasy
USA
English
NR
-
1934
Alfred E. Green, Phil Rosen
Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan, Ricardo Cortez, Lyle Talbot, Phillip Reed
Drama / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
1997
Steven Spielberg
Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Attenborough
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2005
Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family
USA
English
NR
-
1953
Carol Reed
James Mason, Claire Bloom, Geoffrey Toone, Hildegard Knef, Aribert Wäscher
Drama / Thriller / Action / Spy
UK
English
NR
-
1994
Chuck Russell
Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni
Action / Comedy / Crime / Fantasy
USA
English
NR
-
2003
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2004
Jay Roach
Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner
Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
1970
Martin Ritt
Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay, Anthony Zerbe
Drama / History / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1999
Stephen Sommers
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2001
Stephen Sommers
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, The Rock
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
1966
Henry Hathaway
Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette
Western
USA
English
NR
-
1971
László Benedek
Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Liv Ullmann, Per Oscarsson, Rupert Davies
Crime / Thriller / Horror
USA / Sweden
English
NR
-
1960
Lewis Milestone
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson
Comedy / Crime / Caper / Cult
USA
English
NR
-
2004
Steven Soderbergh
Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, George Clooney, Ed Kross, Julia Roberts
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Caper
USA / Australia
English
NR
-
1996
Stephen Herek
Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie
Family / Comedy / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
1970
Arthur Hiller
Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron, Anne Meara, Robert Nichols
Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
1983
Eric Rohmer
Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory, Féodor Atkine
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France
French
NR
-
2001
Tim Burton
Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan
Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Drama
USA
English
NR
-
1943
Dave Fleischer, Dan Gordon, Isadore Sparber, Seymour Kneitel
Jack Mercer, Margie Hines, Dave Barry, William Pennell, Tedd Pierce, Gilbert Mack
Animation / Short / Musical / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Comic / Documentary / Serial
USA
English
NR
-
1947
Curtis Bernhardt
Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
1974
Richard A. Colla
Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon, Lew Ayres, James Shigeta
Sci-Fi
USA
English
NR
-
1966
Michael Anderson
George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger, George Sanders
Thriller / Spy / Action
UK
English
NR
-
1996
Ron Howard
Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
1978
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber, Tony Beckley
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
NR
-
1991
Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
1985
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen
Action / Drama / Sports
USA
English
NR
-
1938
William A. Seiter
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson
Comedy / Family
USA
English
NR
-
1999
Garry Marshall
Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
2001
Brett Ratner
Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang, Roselyn Sanchez
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
NR
-
1941
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
NR
-
1980
Jeannot Szwarc
Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin
Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Cult
USA
English
NR
-
1993
Blake Edwards
Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale, Shabana Azmi, Debrah Farentino
Comedy / Detective / Crime / Family
Italy / USA
English
NR
-
1957
Irwin Allen
Ronald Colman, Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Virginia Mayo
Drama / Fantasy / History / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
NR
-
1983
Richard Lester
Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic
UK
English
NR
-
1987
Sidney J. Furie
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic
UK
English
NR
-
1985
Jack Haley Jr.
Liza Minnelli, Shirley Temple, Gene Kelly, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Travolta
Documentary / Musical
USA
English
NR
-
1980
William Wiard
Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush, Slim Pickens
Western / Biography
USA
English
NR
-
1982
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Lumley
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
NR
-
2001
Antoine Fuqua
Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA / Australia
English
NR
-
1970
Don Siegel
Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood, Manuel Fábregas, Alberto Morin
Comedy / War / Western
USA / Mexico
English
NR
-
1960
Robert Day
Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Maurice Denham
Comedy / Crime / Caper
UK
English
NR
-
2000
Nancy Meyers
Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
