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This is a compilation of American movie lists. The top movies are the movies that hit the most "best of" or "top movie" lists. Each movie got a point for each list that it was on.

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YEAR SCORE  
Godfather, The197210The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Citizen Kane19419Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
On the Waterfront19549An ex-prize fighter struggling against union corruption along the New York waterfront.
Schindler's List19939This epic film traces the history of the Holocaust through the lives of Jews in a Polish ghetto and how an unlikely, avaricious businessman came to save many of their lives.
Annie Hall19778A Brooklyn comedian wistfully recalling his bygone relationship with a midwestern, flighty, adorable woman.
Casablanca19428 
Godfather, The Part II19748 
Vertigo19588A detective and his psychological troubles with fear of heights and obsession over a woman.
2001: A Space Odyssey19867 
All About Eve19507 
Best Years Of Our Lives, The19467 
Bonnie and Clyde19677 
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial19827A ten-year-old boy befriends a lost alien who was accidentally left behind.
Gone With the Wind19397A manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Pulp Fiction19947A violent, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the less "classic" side of filmmaking--the potboilers and capers, the Blaxploitation flicks and gangster movies.
Raging Bull19807 
Searchers, The19567 
Singin' In the Rain19527 
Star Wars19777A futuristic tale in which the fighters for good, relying on the force of righteous belief, battle the overwhelming power of an evil empire.
Wizard Of Oz, The19397Young Dorothy lives on a farm in Kansas where a large tornado picks her house, and her dog up and deposits them in the beautiful and strange land of Oz.
Bridge On the River Kwai, The19576 
Bringing Up Baby19386 
Chinatown19746A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
Deer Hunter, The19786 
Duck Soup19336 
Graduate, The19676Seduced by an older friend of the family, a young man carries on an affair with a married woman even as he chases his heart's desire with her engaged daughter.
High Noon19626 
Lawrence Of Arabia19626 
Modern Times19366 
Nashville19756 
Psycho19606The gripping tale of an embezzler who checks into the wrong motel, which is managed by mama's boy Norman Bates.
Sunset Boulevard19506 
Ben-Hur19595 
Double Indemnity19445 
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb19645Set in the Cold War, the American president must deal with gung-ho military brass, bureaucratic bumbling, a drunken Soviet premier, and a twisted German rocket scientist.
Exorcist, The19735 
Gold Rush, The19255 
Goodfellas19905 
Greed19255 
Intolerance19165 
It's a Wonderful Life19465A fable of finding sustenance in the humdrum of everyday life is a surprisingly dark vision for such a Christmas icon.
King Kong19335 
Kramer Vs. Kramer19795 
Maltese Falcon, The19415 
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest19755Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on an oppressive nurse.
Rebel Without a Cause19555 
Silence Of the Lambs, The19915An ambitious FBI agent enlists the aid of a criminally insane ex-psychiatrist to help track down a vicious serial killer.
Some Like It Hot19595 
Sunrise19275 
Terms Of Endearment19835Dramatic film with bold flashes of humor follows mother and daughter, through their individual lives traveling through valleys of sadness and peaks of laughter.
Unforgiven19925 
Wild Bunch, The19695 
Adventures Of Robin Hood, The19384 
All Quiet On the Western Front19304 
Amadeus19844 
Apartment, The19604 
Around the World In 80 Days19564 
Battleship Potemkin19254 
Birth of a Nation, The19154 
Bride Of Frankenstein, The19354 
City Lights19314 
Do the Right Thing19894On the hottest day of the year on a street in Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
English Patient, The19964 
Fargo19964A no-nonsense, pregnant police chief in rural Minnesota unravels a series of murders centering on a car salesman who has been scamming money.
Frankenstein19314 
French Connection, The19714 
From Here To Eternity19534 
General, The19274 
In the Heat Of the Night19674 
It Happened One Night19344 
Jaws19754A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers.
Life Of Émile Zola, The19374 
Lost Weekend, The19454 
Marty19554 
Midnight Cowboy19694 
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington19394An idealistic, yet naive, politician sent to Washington as junior senator who runs afoul of the political corruption in his state.
North By Northwest19594 
Ordinary People19804 
Saving Private Ryan19984Grisly, realistic account of a squad of D-Day survivors sent behind enemy lines on a PR mission to rescue the last son of a devastated Iowa family.
Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai)19544 
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs19374Disney's first full-length animated film features all the elements of a classic fairy tale--a beautiful heroine, an evil queen, Prince Charming...and whistling dwarfs.
Top Hat19354 
Touch Of Evil19584 
Treasure Of the Sierra Madre, The19484 
West Side Story19614A highly stylized modern-day Romeo and Juliet musical set in New York’s Upper West Side in the 1950s,
8 1/219633 
African Queen, The19513 
All the King's Men19493 
American Graffiti19733 
American In Paris, An19513 
Apocalypse Now19793 
Bicycle Thief, The19493 
Blow-Up19663 
Dances With Wolves19903Sickened by Civil War carnage, a heroic Union officer opts for a new assignment at the farthest reaches of the frontier, in the unsettled Dakota plains.
Dolce Vita, La19593 
Easy Rider19693Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America.
Fantasia19403 
Forrest Gump19943An American fable, tells the story of a man with limited intellectual abilities but limitless luck.
Gandhi19823 
Gentleman's Agreement, The19473 
Gigi19583 
Going My Way19443 
Grapes Of Wrath, The19403The story follows an Oklahoma family's escape from the Dustbowl to join the migration to California's fruit harvest.
Greatest Show On Earth, The19523 
How Green Was My Valley19413At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Invasion Of the Body Snatchers19563 
L.A. Confidential19973 
Lady Eve, The19413 
Last Emperor, The19873 
Leaving Las Vegas19953 
Lord Of the Rings: The Return Of the King, The20033
Love Story19703 
M19313 
Magnificent Ambersons, The19423 
Man For All Seasons, A19663 
Manchurian Candidate, The19623 
Mean Streets19733 
Mutiny On the Bounty19353 
My Fair Lady19643 
Out Of Africa19853 
Philadelphia Story, The19403 
Pinocchio19403A puppet that is brought to life by a fairy wants more than anything to become a real boy.
Place In the Sun, A19513 
Platoon19863 
Raiders Of the Lost Ark19813Archeologist and university professor Indiana Jones must retrieve the mythic Lost Ark of the Covenant before it gets into the hands of Adolf Hitler.
Rain Man19883After an autistic savant inherits three million dollars from his deceased father, his younger brother, in an attempt to trick him out of the money, learns some valuable lessons of life.
Rocky19763The stand-up-and-cheer saga of an underdog boxer who gets his million-to-one shot at love, self-respect, and the world heavyweight title.
Rules Of the Game, The (La Regle du Jeu)19393 
Sense and Sensibility19953 
Seventh Seal, The (Det Sjunde Inseglet)19573 
Sound Of Music, The19653A former nun leaves the convent to become a governess for the seven children of a wealthy, Austrian widower who has grown into a cold disciplinarian.
Stagecoach19393 
Swing Time19363 
Taxi Driver19763 
Titanic19973An undersea expedition searching for a valuable diamond aboard the wreckage of the Titanic instead finds a drawing of seventeen-year-old, on the way to her wedding to a wealthy tycoon.
To Kill a Mockingbird19623Seen through the eyes of a young southern girl, when her father defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman, the town's heroes and bigots are revealed.
Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari)19533 
Tom Jones19633 
Trouble In Paradise19323 
39 Steps, The19352 
400 Blows, The19592 
42nd Street19332 
Airplane!19802A spoof comedy, where a rogue pilot must cooperate with his ex-girlfriend turned stewardess to bring the plane to a safe landing.
Aliens19862Ripley returns to the alien’s planet, where no survivors can be found except for a little girl. The aliens attack in what quickly becomes a one-sided battle for sheer survival.
American Beauty19992A biting, penetrating and often humorous take on contemporary life in suburban America, Lester Burnham becomes intrigued by a young girl, and this fascination sparks him to make major changes in his life.
Apollo 1319952The aborted 1970 Apollo 13 moon mission with nail-biting detail and spectacular visual integrity.
Atlantic City19812 
Babe19952A piglet is raised by a sheepdog, and proves so adept, that he is entered in the world sheepdog championship.
Badlands19732 
Bambi19422A fawn named Bambi encounters a number of life's lessons in the woods, including the death of Bambi's mother.
Bank Dick, The19402 
Batman19892A Gothic, Wagnerian treatment of the Batman mythos that explains the origins of Batman and his nemesis, the maniacal Joker
Beautiful Mind, A20012A brilliant mathematician whose early prodigiousness declined into paranoid schizophrenia, only to reemerge into stability years later.
Beauty and the Beast19912Animated adaptation of the classic fairy tale.
Big Parade, The19252 
Blade Runner19822 
Blazing Saddles19742 
Blue Velvet19862 
Born On the Fourth Of July19892A patriotic All-American marine whose his life is annihilated after a sniper's bullet paralyzes him from the chest down.
Braveheart19952The real-life story of William Wallace, the 13th-century Scot who led his countrymen in a revolt against the British colonizers.
Brazil19852 
Breathless (A Bout de Souffle)19602 
Broadway Melody, The19292 
Bugsy19912 
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid19692 
Cabaret19722 
Cavalcade19332 
Chariots Of Fire19812 
Children Of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis)19452 
Cimarron19312 
Clockwork Orange, A19712 
Close Encounters Of the Third Kind19772 
Coming Home19782 
Conversation, The19742 
Crowd, The19282 
Dangerous Liasons19882 
Defiant Ones, The19582 
Die Hard19882 
Dirty Harry19712 
Doctor Zhivago19652 
Dodsworth19362 
Dog Day Afternoon19752 
Driving Miss Daisy19892Subtly chronicling a 25-year period of race relations in the United States, the film follows the relationship of a rich Jewish widow and her African-American chauffeur.
East Of Eden19552 
Empire Strikes Back, The19802Luke Skywalker, now a seasoned warrior, seeks the counsel of the wise Yoda as he heads towards a climactic showdown with Darth Vader
Gladiator20002Maximus, a Roman general, is betrayed by the scheming Emperor Commodus, and returns to Rome as an enslaved gladiator to seek revenge.
Goldfinger19642 
Grand Hotel19322 
Grease19782A rock 'n' roll celebration of growing up and falling in love.
Great Expectations19462 
Great Ziegfeld, The19362 
Gun Crazy19492 
Guns Of Navarone, The19612 
Hannah and Her Sisters19862 
His Girl Friday19402 
It's a Gift19342 
Jazz Singer, The19272 
Jungle Book, The19672 
L'Atalante19342 
Laura19442 
Lion King, The19942 
M*A*S*H19702 
Mary Poppins19642A flying governess takes over the house of a turn-of-the-century London banker and wins the hearts of his two children.
Metropolis19272 
Miracle Of Morgan's Creek, The19442 
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town19362A Vermont hayseed that inherits a fortune and his encounters with the cynical, heartless metropolis.
Mrs. Miniver19422 
My Darling Clementine19462 
Network19762 
Night At the Opera, A19352 
Night Of the Hunter, The19552 
Night Of the Living Dead19682 
Ninotchka19392 
Nosferatu19222 
Notorious19462 
Now, Voyager19422 
Oliver!19682 
On Golden Pond19812 
Ox-Bow Incident, The19432 
Palm Beach Story, The19422 
Pandora's Box19282 
Passion Of Joan Of Arc, The19282 
Pather Panchali19552 
Paths Of Glory19572 
Patton19702 
Piano, The19932 
Pink Panther, The19632 
Producers, The19682 
Public Enemy, The19312 
Quiet Man, The19522 
Rashomon19502 
Rear Window19542 
Rebecca19402 
Reds19812 
Saturday Night Fever19772 
Scarface19322 
Sideways20042Two men reaching middle age, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
Sons Of the Desert19332 
Spartacus19602 
Sting, The19732 
Strangers On a Train19512 
Streetcar Named Desire, A19512The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law.
Sullivan's Travels19412 
Terminator 2: Judgment Day19912 
Thief Of Bagdad, The19242 
Third Man, The19492 
To Be or Not To Be19422 
Tootsie19822 
Toy Story19952A little boy's toys are thrown into chaos when a new Space Ranger arrives to vie for supremacy with the boy's old favorite.
Ugetsu Monogatori19532 
Untouchables, The19872 
White Heat19492 
Winchester '7319502 
Wind, The19282 
Wings19272 
Wuthering Heights19392 
Yankee Doodle Dandy19422 
You Can't Take It With You19382 
101 Dalmations19611When the wicked Cruella de Vil and her henchmen kidnap Dalmatian puppies for their cherished spotted fur, it is up to the puppies' parents and some brave farm animals, to free the caged canines.
12 Angry Men19571 
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea19541 
About Schmidt20021Warren Schmidt is forced to deal with an ambiguous future as he enters retirement.
Adam's Rib19491 
Affair To Remember, An19571 
Airport19701 
Alien19791A ship sent to investigate an SOS distress call encounters an alien that begins to kill the crewmembers one by one.
All That Jazz19791 
All the President's Men19761 
Amarcord19741 
American Splendour20031 
Americanization Of Emily, The19641 
Anatomy Of a Murder19591 
Anne Of the Thousand Days19691 
Aparajito19581 
Armageddon19981A roughneck oil driller takes his merry band of misfits into outer space to save the world from a giant asteroid on a collision course with it.
Ashes and Diamonds19581 
Awful Truth, The19371 
Babel20051Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.
Babes in Arms19391 
Back To the Future19851With the help of a wacky scientist, a young teen travels back to 1955 in a Delorean turned time machine.
Band Wagon, The19531 
Barbarella19681 
Barefoot In the Park19671 
Bataan19431 
Beau Geste19391 
Ben-Hur19261 
Beverly Hills Cop19841A comedy about a streetwise young Detroit cop, who heads off to Beverly Hills in an effort to track down his best friend’s killer. Often operating just outside the law, he finds himself repeatedly clashing with the local authorities.
Big19881A boy asks a mechanical swami at a fair to grant his wish to be grown up. And the next morning he wakes up all grown up.
Big Chill, The19831 
Big Sleep, The19461 
Birds, The19631A flock of birds terrorize a small town.
Blackboard Jungle, The19551 
Boys Town19381 
Breakfast At Tiffany's19611Sparkling and, at times, poignant comedy about a free-spirited young woman from the hinterlands redefining herself in New York City, and her relationship with an aspiring writer.
Breaking Away19791The rivalry between townies and college kids sets the scene for the story of four friends who pull together for a climactic bicycle race.
Brief Encounter19451 
Broadcast News19871 
Brokeback Mountain20051A forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years.
Bullitt19681 
Cabin In the Sky19431 
Caine Mutiny, The19541 
Cameraman, The19291 
Camille19371 
Captain Blood19351 
Cardinal, The19631 
Carmen Jones19541 
Carrie19521 
Carrie19761A young teenage girl wreaks telekinetic vengeance on her high school tormentors and religious-nut mother.
Casino19951 
Cat Ballou19651 
Cat People19421 
Celine & Julie Go Boating19741 
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The19781 
Cheat, The19151 
Chicago20021Musical satire about showbiz rivals and murderesses, who will stop at nothing to propel themselves to the top of the celebrity heap during the Roaring '20s.
Children Of a Lesser God19861 
Cid, El19671 
Cinderella19501Walt Disney animated classic based on the fable about a poor stepdaughter transformed into a vision of beauty and sent to the royal ball by her Fairy Godmother to meet her Prince Charming and live happily ever after.
Cleopatra19631 
Close-up19901 
Closely Watched Trains19671 
Color Purple, The19851A young black girl's tough life growing up in the early 1900's.
Con Air19971A newly released ex con and former U.S. Ranger finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the other prisoners sieze control.
Conformist, The19701 
Cool Hand Luke19671 
Crash20051Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon20001 
Dance, Girl, Dance19401 
David Copperfield19351 
Day the Earth Stood Still, The19511Beginning with a documentary style that immediately hooks the viewer, a human interest story as well as a sci-fi B-movie classic.
Days Of Heaven19781 
Days Of Wine and Roses19621 
Dead Poet's Society19891A professor inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day.
Decalogue, The19881 
Deliverance19721 
Destry Rides Again19391 
Diabolique (Les Diaboliques)19551 
Diary Of a Country Priest19511 
Diary Of Anne Frank, The19591 
Diner19821 
Dr. No19621 
Dracula19311 
Elmer Gantry19601 
Enter the Dragon19731 
Entertainer, The19601 
Evita19961The musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Faces19681 
Fanny and Alexander19831 
Fantastic Voyage19661 
Far From Heaven20021 
Fast Times At Ridgemont High19821 
Fatal Attraction19871 
Ferris Bueller's Day Off19861A tricky, fast-talking high school student embarks on raucous downtown Chicago adventures with his friends.
Fiddler On the Roof19711In pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish peasant must contend with marrying off his three daughters while antisemitic sentiment threatens his home.
Field Of Dreams19891In response to the mysterious voices he hears on his Iowa farm, a man plows away his failing crops and builds a baseball diamond.
Five Easy Pieces19701 
Forbidden Planet19561 
Force Of Evil19481 
Four Horsemen Of the Apocalypse19211 
Freaks19321 
Freshman, The19251 
From Russia With Love19631 
Fugitive, The19931Suspenseful thriller about a doctor on the run from police, who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife.
Full Monty, The19971 
Funny Face19571 
Funny Girl19681 
Fury19361 
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes19531 
Ghost19901After he's murdered, a young executive attempts to communicate with his girlfriend through a phony psychic.
Ghostbusters19841Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
Giant19561 
Gilda19461 
Glory19891A troop of free black Civil War soldiers fight to help win liberty for their enslaved brothers.
Goodbye Girl, The19771 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips19391 
Gospel According to St. Matthew, The19641 
Grand Illusion19371 
Great Escape, The19631 
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner19671 
Gunfighter, The19501 
Gunga Din19391 
Hail the Conquering Hero19441 
Halloween19781A mad killer escapes from a mental hospital and returns to his hometown to continue his killing spree.
Hamlet19481 
Happy Together19971 
Heiress, The19491 
Henry V19891 
Hope and Glory19871World War II through the eyes of a young boy.
Hours, The20021 
Hud19631 
Hustler, The19611 
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang19321 
Imitation of Life19591 
In Cold Blood19671 
In the Bedroom20011 
Insider, The19991 
Intruder In the Dust19491 
Ipcress File, The19651 
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World19631 
Ivan the Terrible19431 
Jailhouse Rock19571 
Jason and the Argonauts19631 
Jerry Maguire19961A slick, high-living sports agent, is tired of the shallowness of his profession and wants to live a more fulfilling, ethical life.
Johnny Belinda19481 
Jour se leve, Le19391 
Joy Luck Club, The19931A multigenerational story connected by the universal desire for one generation of women to pass on their hopes for a better life to their daughters.
Ju Dou19901 
Judgement At Nuremburg19611 
Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim)19611 
Jurassic Park19931A dinosaur theme park spirals into disaster.
Kid, The19211 
Killer Of Sheep19771 
Killing Fields, The19841 
L'Age d'Or19301 
L'Avventura19601 
Lady and the Tramp19551A romantic adventure of a pedigreed Cocker Spaniel and a freedom-loving mongrel from the wrong side of the tracks.
Lady Vanishes, The19381 
Landscape in the Mist19881 
Last Of the Mohicans, The19921Romantic adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel about frontier battles in early America among the British and French colonists and Native Americans.
Last Picture Show, The19711 
Last Tango In Paris19721 
Last Temptation Of Christ, The19881 
Les Vampires19151 
Lethal Weapon19871An emotionally off-balanced undercover cop and his partner, a good valued family man, become embroiled in a series of tense and exciting situations.
Letter To Three Wives, A19491 
Letters from Iwo Jima20061The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the U.S. and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Lion In Winter, The19681 
Little Big Man19701 
Little Caesar19301 
Little Colonel, The19351 
Little Dorrit19881 
Little Foxes, The19411 
Local Hero19831 
Longest Day, The19621 
Los Olvidados19501 
Lost Horizon19371 
Louisiana Story19481 
Lust for Life19561 
Malcolm X19921The life of African-American leader Malcolm X, who became one of the most militant leaders and charismatic spokesmen of the black liberation movement before his assassination in 1965.
Man In the Iron Mask, The19981 
Man Who Would Be King, The19751 
Man With a Movie Camera, The19291 
Manhattan19791 
Mark of Zorro, The19401 
Marriage of Maria Braun, The19781 
Mccabe and Mrs. Miller19711 
Medium Cool19691 
Meet Me In St. Louis19441 
Melvin and Howard19801 
Midnight Express19781 
Mildred Pierce19451 
Million Dollar Baby20041A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer.
Million, Le19301 
Miracle On 34th Street19471 
Missing19821 
Mission: Impossible19961Remake of the spy television show.
Mister Roberts19551 
Monkey Business19311 
Moonstruck19871A middle-aged widow decides to marry an older man for security, but realizes her true love is his younger brother.
Morocco19301 
Mulholland Drive20011 
My Man Godfrey19361 
Napoleon19271 
National Lampoon's Animal House19781A motley crew of misfits bent on disrupting the status quo, engage in various illegalities that land them in hot water with both the college dean and the neighboring jock fraternity.
Nights Of Cabiria, The19571 
Norte, El19831 
Oklahoma!19551A 19-year-old woman must choose a suitor to accompany her to a social, the riotous cowboy or the brooding farm hand.
On the Beach19591 
On the Town19491 
Only Angels Have Wings19391 
Open City19451 
Our Hospitality19231 
Out Of the Past19471 
Outlaw Josey Wales, The19761 
Persona19671 
Phantom Of the Opera, The19251 
Philadelphia19931A hotshot lawyer who has been keeping his homosexuality, and his AIDS, hidden is inexplicably fired. His attorney must first overcome his own homophobia and fears.
Pickup On South Street