I’ve been compiling a list on IMDb over the past several years and have come close (enough) to ranking every movie I’ve seen. Of course there are ones I saw when I was younger or in school that I’ve forgotten but that’s fine, I’ll continue to add as I remember or watch.
Personal Top 25 of All Time:...
[Ordered by year of initial release/alphabetically]
1898
A Trip to the Moon
1903
The Great Train Robbery
1914
Gertie the Dinosaur
1915
Birth of a Nation
1916
One AM
1920
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1921
The Goat
1922
Nanook of the North
Nosferatu
1925
Battleship Potemkin *
The Gold Rush
1927
The Jazz Singer
Metropolis
1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Steamboat Willie
1929
Man with a Movie Camera
Un Chien Andalou
1931
Enthusiasm
M
1932
Scarface
1933
King Kong
1934
Triumph des Willens
1935
The Bride of Frankenstein *
1936
Modern Times
1937
La grande illusion
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1939
Gone with the Wind
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Wizard of Oz
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Pinocchio
1941
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
1942
Casablanca
1943
Lassie come Home
1946
The Big Sleep
Heures de la vie d'un clown *
Notorious
1947
Miracle on 34th St.
1948
Bicycle Thieves
1949
Late Spring
Le Silence de la mer *
1950
Rashomon
Sunset Blvd.
1951
Alice in Wonderland
1952
High Noon
Monkey Business
Singing in the Rain
1953
Peter Pan
1954
La Strada
On the Waterfront
Rear Window
The Road
1955
Lady and the Tramp
1956
Bob le Flambeur *
La Strada
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1957
12 Angry Men
Cranes are Flying
1958
Mon Oncle
1959
The 400 Blows
North by Northwest
Sleeping Beauty
Some Like it Hot
1960
Breathless
Letter Never Sent
Psycho
Shoot the Piano Player
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Hustler
Un femme est un femme
1962
Jules et Jim
To Kill a Mockingbird
Vivre Sa Vie
1963
Charade
From Russia With Love
The Great Escape
Mahanagar
Le Mepris
Le Petit Soldat
1964
Bande à part
Dr. Strangelove
A Fistful of Dollars
A Hard Day's Night
1965
For a Few Dollars More
Help!
Pierrot Le Fou
The Sound of Music
1966
Death of a Bureaucrat *
Django
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
How to Steal a Million
Le deuxième souffle *
Made in USA
Persona
1967
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Barefoot in the Park
Bonnie and Clyde
La Chinoise *
Cool Hand Luke
The Dirty Dozen
The Graduate
Le Samourai
Playtime
1968
Bullitt
Once Upon a Time in the West
Stolen Kisses
The Thomas Crown Affair
Yellow Submarine
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1970
Le Cercle Rouge *
The Conformist
Patton
They Call Me Trinity
1971
The Big Boss
A Clockwork Orange
The French Connection
Shaft
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
1972
The Chinese Connection
The Godfather
Un Flic
1973
Badlands
Live and Let Die
Mean Streets
Serpico
The Wicker Man
Young Tiger
1974
Chinatown
The Conversation
The Godfather Part II
The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
1975
Dog Day Afternoon
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One of our Dinosaurs is Missing
Salo, or the 120 days of Sodom
1976
All the Presidents Men
Network
Rocky
Taxi Driver
1977
Annie Hall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Star Wars
1978
Animal House
Grease
Jubilee
Straight Time *
1979
Manhattan
The Muppet Movie
The Warriors
1980
Airplane!
The Elephant Man
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Raging Bull
The Shining
Shogun Assassin
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
1981
Escape From New York
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982
Blade Runner
E.T.
Gandhi
1983
The Outsiders
Scarface
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
1984
Blood Simple
Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Karate Kid
The Natural
Paris, Texas
The Terminator
This is Spinal Tap
1985
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club
God's Country *
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Hoosiers
Top Gun
1987
Full Metal Jacket
House of Games
Raising Arizona
RoboCop
The Princess Bride
1988
Beetlejuice
Cinema Paradiso
Stand and Deliver *
1989
Batman
Christmas Vacation
Dead Poets Society
Do the Right Thing
Field of Dreams
Glory
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990
Goodfellas
Edward Scissorhands
Home Alone
Miller's Crossing
1991
Barton Fink
Beauty and the Beast
Hook
The Silence of the Lambs
Slacker
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992
Aladdin
American Me *
A Few Good Men
Glengarry Glen Ross
Home Alone 2
Malcolm X
Resevoir Dogs
Super Cop
1993
Blue
A Bronx Tale
Cool Runnings
Falling Down
The Fugitive
Groundhog Day
Mrs. Doubtfire
Jurassic Park
Rudy
The Sandlot
Schindler's List
1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Angels in the Outfield
Clerks
Dumb and Dumber
Forrest Gump
The Legend of the Drunken Master
Leon: the Professional
The Lion King
Pulp Fiction
Richie Rich
The Santa Clause
The Shawshank Redemption
1995
12 Monkeys
Apollo 13
Bad Boys
Casino
Friday
Goldeneye
Heat
The Indian in the Cupboard
Jumanji
Kicking and Screaming
Rumble in the Bronx
Se7en
Toy Story
The Usual Suspects
1996
Fargo
Happy Gilmore
James and the Giant Peach
Jerry Maguire
Mission: Impossible
Primal Fear
Shiloh
Space Jam
Trainspotting
1997
Beverly Hills Ninja
Boogie Nights
Donnie Brasco
Flubber
The Game
Gattaca
Good Will Hunting
Hercules
Jackie Brown
L.A. Confidential
Liar Liar
Men in Black
The Rainmaker
Selena *
Titanic
Tomorrow Never Dies
1998
American History X
Antz
The Big Lebowski
A Bug's Life
Enemy of the State
Following
Halloweentown
He Got Game
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Lola Rennt
Pi
Rounders
Rush Hour
Rushmore
The Truman Show
1999
American Beauty
American Pie
Big Daddy
The Blair Witch Project
Entrapment
Eyes Wide Shut
Fight Club
Inspector Gadget
The King and I
Magnolia
The Matrix
Office Space
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
The Sixth Sense
Stuart Little
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tarzan
Three Kings
Toy Story 2
The World is Not Enough
2000
American Psycho
Battle Royale
The Boondock Saints
Cast Away
Chicken Run
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *
The Emperor's New Groove
Gladiator
High Fidelity
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Meet the Parents
Memento
Mission: Impossible II
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Pay It Forward
Remember the Titans
Road Trip
Snatch
Unbreakable
What Women Want
Wonder Boys
2001
Amelie
American Pie 2
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Atlantis: Lost Empire
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
Das Experiment
The Fast and the Furious
Hannibal
Hardball
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
In the Mood for Love
Legally Blonde
The Luck of the Irish
Monsters Inc
Ocean's Eleven
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rush Hour 2
Shrek
Training Day
Y Tu Mamá También
2002
25th Hour
8 Mile
Adaptation
Barbershop *
The Bourne Identity
Bowling for Columbine
Catch Me If You Can
City of God
Dirty Pretty Things
Equlibrium
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Ice Age
Infernal Affairs
Insomnia
Lilo and Stitch
Like Mike
Minority Report *
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
John Q
Punch-Drunk Love
Red Dragon
Scooby Doo
Spiderman
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Van Wilder
Whale Rider *
2003
Bad Boys 2
Brother Bear
Bruce Almighty
The Core
Daddy Day Care
Elf
Finding Nemo
Holes
The Incredible Hulk
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Matrix Reloaded
Mystic River
Oldboy
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Radio
The Room
School of Rock
Tupac: Resurrection
2004
13 Going on 30
Anchorman
The Bourne Supremacy
Collateral
Crash
Dodgeball
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fahrenheit 9/11
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Hellboy
Hotel Rwanda
I, Robot
The Incredibles
Kill Bill: Vol 2
Layer Cake
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Lion King 1 ½
The Machinist
The Manchurian Candidate
Mean Girls
Meet the Fockers
Miracle
Mr. 3000
Napolean Dynamite
National Treasure
Ocean's Twelve
The Polar Express
Shaun of the Dead
Shrek 2
Sideways
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spanglish *
Spiderman 2
Supersize Me
Troy
White Chicks *
You Got Served *
2005
The 40-Year Old Virgin
Batman Begins
Cache
Capote
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Cinderella Man
Coach Carter
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Fever Pitch
Glory Road
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Just Friends
Kicking and Screaming
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Longest Yard
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Mr. and Ms. Smith
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Pride and Prejudice
The Puffy Chair
The Squid and the Whale
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Thank You For Smoking
V for Vendetta
Why We Fight
2006
Apocalypto
Babel
Borat
Cars
Casino Royale
Children of Men
Click
The Da Vinci Code
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada *
Eight Below
Flags of our Fathers
The Fountain
An Inconvenient Truth
Inside Man
Invincible
Das Leben der Anderen
Madea's Family Reunion
Mission: Impossible III
Night at the Museum
Over the Hedge
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Prestige
The Pursuit of Happyness
Snakes on a Plane
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
We Are Marshall
2007
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bucket List
Cashback
Death Proof
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Fracture
Freedom Writers
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Hot Fuzz
I Am Legend
Into the Wild
Juno
Michael Clayton
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
No Country For Old Men
Ocean's Thirteen
Persepolis
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Priceless
Shooter
Shrek the Third
Spiderman 3
Superbad
There Will Be Blood
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Running Down a Dream
Transformers
Zodiac
2008
21
Burn After Reading
The Dark Knight
Food Inc.
Frost/Nixon *
Get Smart
Gran Torino
Hunger
I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store
In Bruges
The Incredible Hulk
Inkheart
Leatherheads
The Other Boleyn Girl
Pineapple Express
Quantum of Solace
Religulous
Righteous Kill
Role Models
Seven Pounds
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York
Taken *
Traitor
Twilight *
Valkyrie
Vantage Point
WALL-E
Die Welle
2009
3 Idiots
500 Days of Summer
Adventureland
Avatar
The Blind Side
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince
The House of the Devil
The Informant!
Inglorious Basterds
The Invention of Lying
Law Abiding Citizen
The Lovely Bones *
Mother *
A Serious Man
Sherlock Holmes
State of Play
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Unbelievers
Up
2010
The A-Team
Alice in Wonderland
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
Black Swan
The Book of Eli
Chasing Legends
Despicable Me *
DMT: The Spirit Molecule
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Four Lions
Freakonomics
The Ghost Writer
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Green Zone
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1
I Am
Inception
Inside Job
Jordan Rides the Bus
The King's Speech
The Man From Nowhere
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
Once Brothers
The Parking Lot Movie
Pony Excess
Run Ricky, Run
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Shutter Island
The Social Network
Submarine
Tabloid
Tangled
The Town
The U
Unstoppable
Toy Story 3
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Waste Land
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
The Wish List
2011
50/50
The Adjustment Bureau
Catching Hell
Cowboys and Aliens
Detachment
Drive
The Eagle
The Fab Five
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Hall Pass
The Help
Horrible Bosses
Hugo
The Ides of March
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Johnny English Reborn
Limitless
Madea's Big Happy Family *
Midnight in Paris
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Moneyball
Our Idiot Brother *
Precious Knowledge *
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Road Uphill
A Separation *
Shame
Source Code
Super 8
Surviving Progress
Unguarded
X-Men: First Class
Your Highness
Your Sister's Sister
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Announcement
Argo
The Avengers
The Bourne Legacy
Broke
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dictator
Django Unchained
End of Watch
Four Horsemen
Frances Ha
The Hunger Games
The Hunt
The Intouchables
Jack Reacher
Knuckleball!
Life of Pi
Looper
Man on a Ledge
The Man With the Iron Fists
Mud
Moonrise Kingdom
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Place Beyond the Pines
Rising from Ashes
Ruby Sparks
Safety Not Guaranteed
Samsara
Searching for Sugar Man
Seven Psychopaths
The Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Snow White and the Huntsman
Spring Breakers
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Wreck-It Ralph
You Don't Know Bo
Zero Dark Thirty
2013
42
American Hustle
The Armstrong Lie
Assault on El Capitan
Begin Again
Blue is the Warmest Color
Broken
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes *
Don Jon
The Double
Drinking Buddies
Frozen
Fruitvale Station
Gangster Squad
The Great Gatsby
Good Ol' Freda
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire *
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Kings of Summer
Locke *
Man of Steel
Monsters University
Nebraska
Now You See Me
Oldboy
Olympus Has Fallen
Pacific Rim
Prisoners
Snowpiercer
Twelve Years A Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
World War Z
2014
American Sniper
Backcountry *
Bicycle
Birdman
Black or White *
Brothers in Exile
Boyhood
Citizenfour *
Edge of Tomorrow
Ex Machina
Force Majeure
Frank
Gone Girl
Goodbye to Language
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Happy Christmas
Horrible Bosses 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 *
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Interview
John Wick
Life Itself
Little White Lie
Nightcrawler
The November Man
The One I Love
Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton
Playing for the Mob
Selma
Slaying the Badger (30 for 30)
Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story
The Theory of Everything
Valley Uprising
When the Garden was Eden
Whiplash
2015
Almacenados *
The Big Short
Bikes vs. Cars
Experimenter
The Gift
The Hammer
The Hateful Eight
I Hate Christian Laettner
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 *
Inherent Vice
The Invitation *
Ixcanul *
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Meru
Mississippi Grind
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
No Escape
The Program
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Soaked in Bleach
Sole Man
Spectre
Spotlight
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Trainwreck
The U Part 2
Warehoused
2016
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail *
Arrival
Barakah Meets Barakah *
Believeland
Betting on Zero *
The Boy *
Captain America: Civil War
Captain Fantastic
Catholics vs. Convicts
Chi-Raq
Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith *
Dirty Grandpa
Doc & Darryl
Equity
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Lies
Fences
Finding Dory
First Contact: Lost Tribes of the Amazon *
The Founder
Genius of the World: Marx
The Good Neighbor *
Hail Caesar
I Am Not Your Negro
Imperium
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
The Man With a Thousand Faces
Me Before You
Miss Sloane
Money Monster
Moonlight
Oasis: Supersonic
One and Done
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sand Storm *
Shubert in Love *
Snowden
Sour Grapes *
Standoff
This Magic Moment
Train to Busan
Zootopia
2017
All For One
American Made
Baby Driver *
The Big Sick
Blade Runner: 2049 *
Blood Road
The Breadwinner *
The Chase *
The Crash
The Dawn Wall
The Death of Stalin
The Disaster Artist
Dismissed *
Disobedience *
Dolores *
Dunkirk
The Florida Project *
Gerald's Game
Get Me Roger Stone
Get Out
Good Time
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
I, Tonya
I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore
Icarus
It Comes at Night
John Wick 2
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower *
Lady Bird *
Logan Lucky
Long Shot *
The Meyerowitz Stories
Mudbound
Mustang Island
Mr. Roosevelt
The Nile Hilton Incident *
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Okja *
The Only Living Boy in New York
Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much
Phantom Thread *
Roman J. Israel Esq. *
Ruby Ridge
Rumble *
The Shape of Water *
Spiderman: Homecoming *
Split
Star Wars: The Last Jedi *
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri *
Toc Toc *
Voyeur
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste *
What Will People Say? *
Wheelman
White Right: Meeting the Enemy
Wilson
Wind River
Win it All
2018
Annihilation *
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch *
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Behind the Curve *
Bird Box *
BlacKKKlansman *
Black Panther *
Burning *
El Club de los Insomnes
Delerium *
The Devil We Know *
Eighth Grade
Everybody Knows *
First Reformed
Free Solo
Hereditary *
If Beale Street Could Talk *
Isle of Dogs *
Joy *
The Land of Steady Habits
Leave No Trace
Love Per Square Foot *
Minding the Gap
Mission Impossible: Fallout *
Nappily Ever After *
Of Fathers and Sons *
The Old Man and the Gun
A Quiet Place *
The Rachel Divide *
Ralph Breaks the Internet *
Roma *
Second Act *
Shirkers *
Shoplifters *
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sorry to Bother You *
Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse *
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Time Share *
The Trader
Vice
Widows *
A Wrinkle in Time *
You Were Never Really Here
2019
American Factory *
American Son *
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind *
Doctor Sleep *
Earthquake Bird *
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
Greta *
The Hell of the North County
High Flying Bird
The Irishman *
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks *
Joker *
Just Mercy
A Kid From Coney Island
Knives Out *
Knock Down the House *
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Murder In Law *
My Stepfather's Secret *
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
Parasite *
School of Life *
Secret Obsession
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker *
Swallow *
Tell Me Who I Am *
The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
The Two Popes *
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
Uncut Gems *
Us *
Velvet Buzzsaw
What Men Want *
2020
Blood and Money *
Cuties *
Da 5 Bloods *
Enola Holmes *
A Fall From Grace *
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich *
The Hater *
Hillbilly Elegy *
Horse Girl
I Care a Lot *
I'm Thinking of Ending Things *
Jasper Mall *
Lance
The Last Dance
Long Gone Summer *
McMillion$ *
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado *
The Night Clerk *
Rebecca *
Run
Tenet
Tigertail *
Tread
Uncorked *
2021
The Guilty
The Lost Daughter *
Mother/Android *
No Time to Die
Saving Paradise *
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings *
The Unforgivable *
Untold: The Malice at the Palace
2022
The Adam Project *
All Hail *
Bullet Train
Everything Everywhere All at Once *
Glass Onion
The Good Nurse
Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul *
Hustle *
Jurassic World Dominion
The Ledge *
The Menu
Noel Next Door *
Nope *
Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul *
Vengeance
Watcher *
The Wonder
2023
Old Dads
You People
2024
Every Single Movie Watched was written by BennySwoons.