Skip to content
CineRank

Best American Movies of All Time

This collection ranks 124,055 american movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is The Shawshank Redemption.

124,055 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  4. 104

    Blade Runner

    1982· 1h 58m· en

    7.915.3K
  7. 107

    Inside Out

    2015· 1h 35m· en

    7.923.8K
  8. 108

    V for Vendetta

    2006· 2h 12m· en

    7.915.8K
  10. 110

    Gone Girl

    2014· 2h 29m· en

    7.920.3K
  11. 111

    Finding Nemo

    2003· 1h 40m· en

    7.820.9K
  13. 113

    Die Hard

    1988· 2h 12m· en

    7.812.5K
  17. 117

    1917

    2019· 1h 59m· en

    8.013.8K
  19. 119

    Monsters, Inc.

    2001· 1h 32m· en

    7.920.1K
  20. 120

    Ratatouille

    2007· 1h 51m· en

    7.818.8K
  23. 123

    Titanic

    1997· 3h 14m· en

    7.927.6K
  25. 125

    La La Land

    2016· 2h 9m· en

    7.918.4K
  28. 128

    Logan

    2017· 2h 17m· en

    7.820.7K
  30. 130

    Batman Begins

    2005· 2h 20m· en

    7.723.0K
  31. 131

    Vertigo

    1958· 2h 8m· en

    8.16.5K
  34. 134

    Amadeus

    1984· 2h 40m· en

    8.04.9K
  35. 135

    Jurassic Park

    1993· 2h 7m· en

    8.018.2K
  42. 142

    Dune

    2021· 2h 35m· en

    7.815.4K
  43. 143

    Coraline

    2009· 1h 40m· en

    7.99.3K
  45. 145

    Fargo

    1996· 1h 38m· en

    7.99.3K
  46. 146

    Casino

    1995· 2h 59m· en

    8.06.7K
  47. 147

    Knives Out

    2019· 2h 11m· en

    7.814.4K
  49. 149

    Zootopia

    2016· 1h 49m· en

    7.818.4K

Related collections

Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

124,055 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

The Shawshank Redemption currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.