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I've been getting into watching movies recently, but there are so many "Top Movies" lists out there that it's hard to know what to follow.

Movies probably have the most interesting "ranking" scene I've seen, as the rankings created by movie critics (e.g. Sight and Sound) are dramtically different from the rankings you'd see from cinephiles (letterboxd) or casual watchers (imdb).

This is my attempt at creating a single list that aggregates the entire range of perspectives and rankings into one place. (although finding a balance is hard)

This list doesn't necessarily reflect what the "best" films are (that's extremely subjective), but rather what films are most likely to be well-recieved in spite of any one person's relationship with movies.

My own ranking and opinion has no sway over this list. But you can see what I'd call my favorites here.

the movies i've watched have

I'll be re-doing this soon, this is my old top movies list.

Xeno's Aggregate Top Movies of All Time

Rank Title Year Director Sources Score
501
Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 2 33
502
Children of Heaven 1997 Majid Majidi 2 33
503
Marketa Lazarová 1967 František Vláčil 2 33
504
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One 1971 William Greaves 2 33
505
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 1965 Sergei Parajanov 2 33
506
Oppenheimer 2023 Christopher Nolan 2 32
507
Flowers of Shanghai 1998 Hou Hsiao-hsien 2 32
508
By the Bluest of Seas 1936 Boris Barnet 2 32
509
The Wild Robot 2024 Chris Sanders 2 32
510
La Belle Noiseuse 1991 Jacques Rivette 2 32
511
Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger 3 32
512
Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 2 32
513
The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 3 31
514
Klaus 2019 Sergio Pablos 2 31
515
A Silent Voice: The Movie 2016 Naoko Yamada 2 31
516
Phantom Thread 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson 2 31
517
Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 2 31
518
Macario 1960 Roberto Gavaldón 2 31
519
Fallen Angels 1995 Wong Kar-Wai 2 31
520
3 Women 1977 Robert Altman 3 31
521
The Lovers on the Bridge 1991 Leos Carax 2 30
522
L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 2 30
523
Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott 2 30
524
In Vanda's Room 2001 Pedro Costa 2 30
525
Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 2 30
526
Time of the Gypsies 1988 Emir Kusturica 3 29
527
Crash 1996 David Cronenberg 2 29
528
Chikamatsu Monogatari 1954 Kenji Mizoguchi 2 28
529
Millennium Actress 2002 Satoshi Kon 2 28
530
Y Tu Mamá También 2001 Alfonso Cuarón 2 27
531
Barton Fink 1991 Joel Coen, Ethan Coen 2 27
532
In the Name of the Father 1993 Jim Sheridan 2 27
533
The Hustler 1961 Robert Rossen 2 27
534
Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 3 27
535
After Life 1999 Hirokazu Kore-eda 2 27
536
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 3 26
537
Inland Empire 2006 David Lynch 2 26
538
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 2 26
539
A Face in the Crowd 1957 Elia Kazan 2 26
540
Warriors of the Wind 1984 Hayao Miyazaki 2 26
541
Je Tu Il Elle 1974 Chantal Akerman 2 26
542
Persepolis 2007 Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud 2 26
543
Morvern Callar 2002 Lynne Ramsay 2 26
544
Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 3 26
545
Nostalgia for the Light 2010 Patricio Guzmán 2 25
546
The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 2 25
547
Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 2 25
548
Dial M for Murder 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 2 25
549
Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 2 25
550
Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 2 24
551
Mind Game 2004 Masaaki Yuasa 2 24
552
The Piano Teacher 2001 Michael Haneke 2 24
553
Alice in the Cities 1974 Wim Wenders 2 23
554
Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee 2 23
555
Good Morning 1959 Yasujirō Ozu 2 23
556
Aftersun 2022 Charlotte Wells 2 23
557
A Prophet 2009 Jacques Audiard 2 23
558
One Way or Another 1977 Sara Gómez 2 23
559
All About Lily Chou-Chou 2001 Shunji Iwai 2 23
560
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Peter Greenaway 3 23
561
Shame 1968 Ingmar Bergman 3 23
562
12 Years a Slave 2013 Steve McQueen 2 22
563
The Best of Youth 2003 Marco Tullio Giordana 2 21
564
After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese 2 21
565
Coraline 2009 Henry Selick 2 21
566
Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 2 20
567
Cria! 1976 Carlos Saura 3 20
568
Hard Boiled 1992 John Woo 2 20
569
The Servant 1963 Joseph Losey 2 20
570
How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois 2 19
571
Big Deal on Madonna Street 1958 Mario Monicelli 2 19
572
Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 2 19
573
Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 2 18
574
Tale of Tales 1979 Yuri Norstein 2 18
575
L'Intrus 2004 Claire Denis 2 18
576
The Virgin Spring 1960 Ingmar Bergman 2 18
577
The Straight Story 1999 David Lynch 2 18
578
The Phantom Carriage 1921 Victor Sjöström 2 17
579
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler 1922 Fritz Lang 2 17
580
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 Lewis Milestone 2 17
581
Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock 3 17
582
Amores Perros 2000 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 2 16
583
Soleil O 1973 Med Hondo 2 16
584
Petite Maman 2021 Céline Sciamma 2 16
585
The Killer 1989 John Woo 3 16
586
Born in Flames 1983 Lizzie Borden 2 15
587
Il Posto 1961 Ermanno Olmi 2 15
588
Wild Tales 2014 Damián Szifron 2 15
589
The Fly 1986 David Cronenberg 2 14
590
Dog Star Man 1965 Stan Brakhage 2 14
591
The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang 2 13
592
Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton 2 13
593
Phantom of the Paradise 1974 Brian De Palma 2 13
594
Stroszek 1977 Werner Herzog 2 12
595
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring 2003 Kim Ki-duk 2 12
596
Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer 2 12
597
Spider-Man: Brand New Day 2026 Destin Daniel Cretton 2 12
598
Through a Glass Darkly 1961 Ingmar Bergman 2 12
599
Vive L'Amour 1995 Tsai Ming-liang 2 12
600
Hundreds of Beavers 2024 Mike Cheslik 2 11