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johnmason's Top 250 Favorite Movies of All Time
Global
Ranking |
Movie Title |
Release
Year |
Director |
MPAA
Rating |
Your
Ranking |
| 8 |
Back to the Future |
1985 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG |
- |
| 40 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
| 21 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
1989 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG13 |
- |
| 226 |
Finding Nemo |
2003 |
Andrew Stanton |
G |
- |
| 372 |
Apollo 13 |
1995 |
Ron Howard |
PG |
- |
| 56 |
Jurassic Park |
1993 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG13 |
- |
| 50 |
Aliens |
1986 |
James Cameron |
R |
- |
| 356 |
Up |
2009 |
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson |
PG |
- |
| 1264 |
Life of Pi |
2012 |
Ang Lee |
PG13 |
- |
| 2381 |
Lilo & Stitch |
2002 |
Dean DeBlois |
PG |
- |
| 915 |
Collateral |
2004 |
Michael Mann |
R |
- |
| 256 |
Heat |
1995 |
Michael Mann |
R |
- |
| 2160 |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
1991 |
Kevin Reynolds |
PG13 |
- |
| 133 |
The Lion King |
1994 |
Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff |
G |
- |
| 867 |
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 |
2017 |
James Gunn |
PG13 |
- |
| 45 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
1991 |
James Cameron |
R |
- |
| 11 |
The Dark Knight |
2008 |
Christopher Nolan |
PG13 |
- |
| 331 |
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
1982 |
Nicholas Meyer |
PG |
- |
| 608 |
A Few Good Men |
1992 |
Rob Reiner |
R |
- |
| 243 |
Children of Men |
2006 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
R |
- |
| 49 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2003 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
| 1207 |
Galaxy Quest |
1999 |
Dean Parisot |
PG |
- |
| 881 |
Speed |
1994 |
Jan de Bont |
R |
- |
| 954 |
The Rock |
1996 |
Michael Bay |
R |
- |
| 4 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
1981 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 1742 |
Star Trek: First Contact |
1996 |
Jonathan Frakes |
PG13 |
- |
| 3645 |
Chicken Run |
2000 |
Peter Lord, Nick Park |
G |
- |
| 23 |
Se7en |
1995 |
David Fincher |
R |
- |
| 27 |
The Matrix |
1999 |
The Wachowskis |
R |
- |
| 236 |
Predator |
1987 |
John McTiernan |
R |
- |
| 3194 |
Grumpy Old Men |
1993 |
Donald Petrie |
PG13 |
- |
| 1361 |
A Simple Plan |
1998 |
Sam Raimi |
R |
- |
| 524 |
District 9 |
2009 |
Neill Blomkamp |
R |
- |
| 1842 |
Liar Liar |
1997 |
Tom Shadyac |
PG13 |
- |
| 18 |
Alien |
1979 |
Ridley Scott |
R |
- |
| 3686 |
The Mask of Zorro |
1998 |
Martin Campbell |
PG13 |
- |
| 726 |
Back to the Future Part III |
1990 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG |
- |
| 630 |
Independence Day |
1996 |
Roland Emmerich |
PG13 |
- |
| 211 |
The Incredibles |
2004 |
Brad Bird |
PG |
- |
| 1265 |
Robin Hood |
1973 |
Wolfgang Reitherman |
G |
- |
| 654 |
Gremlins |
1984 |
Joe Dante |
PG |
- |
| 179 |
Back to the Future Part II |
1989 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG |
- |
| 414 |
Men in Black |
1997 |
Barry Sonnenfeld |
PG13 |
- |
| 1185 |
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
2014 |
Matt Reeves |
PG13 |
- |
| 895 |
Gravity |
2013 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
PG13 |
- |
| 136 |
Gladiator |
2000 |
Ridley Scott |
R |
- |
| 1998 |
The Rocketeer |
1991 |
Joe Johnston |
PG |
- |
| 30 |
Die Hard |
1988 |
John McTiernan |
R |
- |
| 378 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
1988 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG |
- |
| 1040 |
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
1986 |
Leonard Nimoy |
PG |
- |
| 73 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
2002 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
| 13 |
Fight Club |
1999 |
David Fincher |
R |
- |
| 1563 |
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1991 |
Nicholas Meyer |
PG |
- |
| 271 |
The Fugitive |
1993 |
Andrew Davis |
PG13 |
- |
| 902 |
How to Train Your Dragon |
2010 |
Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders |
PG |
- |
| 2618 |
Cool Runnings |
1993 |
Jon Turteltaub |
PG |
- |
| 1936 |
Pitch Black |
2000 |
David Twohy |
R |
- |
| 312 |
Aladdin |
1992 |
Ron Clements, John Musker |
G |
- |
| 3254 |
Frequency |
2000 |
Gregory Hoblit |
PG13 |
- |
| 242 |
The Green Mile |
1999 |
Frank Darabont |
R |
- |
| 173 |
The Prestige |
2006 |
Christopher Nolan |
PG13 |
- |
| 2868 |
The Edge |
1997 |
Lee Tamahori |
R |
- |
| 43 |
The Princess Bride |
1987 |
Rob Reiner |
PG |
- |
| 280 |
Catch Me If You Can |
2002 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG13 |
- |
| 1334 |
A Quiet Place |
2018 |
John Krasinski |
PG13 |
- |
| 114 |
Groundhog Day |
1993 |
Harold Ramis |
PG |
- |
| 1249 |
As Good As It Gets |
1997 |
James L. Brooks |
PG13 |
- |
| 900 |
Paddington 2 |
2017 |
Paul King |
PG |
- |
| 9159 |
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book |
1994 |
Stephen Sommers |
PG |
- |
| 2 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
1980 |
Irvin Kershner |
PG |
- |
| 4141 |
Ransom |
1996 |
Ron Howard |
R |
- |
| 199 |
WALL·E |
2008 |
Andrew Stanton |
PG |
- |
| 532 |
Edge of Tomorrow |
2014 |
Doug Liman |
PG13 |
- |
| 794 |
Mission: Impossible - Fallout |
2018 |
Christopher McQuarrie |
PG13 |
- |
| 556 |
Ratatouille |
2007 |
Brad Bird |
G |
- |
| 4647 |
Dragonheart |
1996 |
Rob Cohen |
PG13 |
- |
| 799 |
The Abyss |
1989 |
James Cameron |
PG13 |
- |
| 3427 |
Babe |
1995 |
Chris Noonan |
NR |
- |
| 647 |
Beauty and the Beast |
1991 |
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise |
G |
- |
| 4501 |
Tomorrow Never Dies |
1997 |
Roger Spottiswoode |
PG13 |
- |
| 272 |
Monsters, Inc. |
2001 |
Pete Docter |
G |
- |
| 277 |
Guardians of the Galaxy |
2014 |
James Gunn |
PG13 |
- |
| 2584 |
The Mitchells vs. the Machines |
2021 |
Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe |
PG |
- |
| 216 |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
2015 |
George Miller |
R |
- |
| 2849 |
Star Trek Beyond |
2016 |
Justin Lin |
PG13 |
- |
| 80 |
The Terminator |
1984 |
James Cameron |
R |
- |
| 72 |
Memento |
2000 |
Christopher Nolan |
R |
- |
| 3026 |
Panic Room |
2002 |
David Fincher |
R |
- |
| 534 |
Lethal Weapon |
1987 |
Richard Donner |
R |
- |
| 3072 |
The Negotiator |
1998 |
F. Gary Gray |
R |
- |
| 2067 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
1990 |
Steve Barron |
PG |
- |
| 1442 |
Hacksaw Ridge |
2016 |
Mel Gibson |
R |
- |
| 1450 |
Face/Off |
1997 |
John Woo |
R |
- |
| 54 |
12 Angry Men |
1957 |
Sidney Lumet |
NR |
- |
| 717 |
Top Gun: Maverick |
2022 |
Joseph Kosinski |
PG13 |
- |
| 1027 |
Captain America: The First Avenger |
2011 |
Joe Johnston |
PG13 |
- |
| 1213 |
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation |
2015 |
Christopher McQuarrie |
PG13 |
- |
| 2388 |
A Time to Kill |
1996 |
Joel Schumacher |
R |
- |
| 7 |
Return of the Jedi |
1983 |
Richard Marquand |
PG |
- |
| 2846 |
Twister |
1996 |
Jan de Bont |
PG13 |
- |
| 2725 |
The Ghost and the Darkness |
1996 |
Stephen Hopkins |
R |
- |
| 707 |
Inside Out |
2015 |
Pete Docter |
PG |
- |
| 754 |
Home Alone |
1990 |
Chris Columbus |
PG |
- |
| 1396 |
In the Line of Fire |
1993 |
Wolfgang Petersen |
R |
- |
| 4161 |
The River Wild |
1994 |
Curtis Hanson |
PG13 |
- |
| 2340 |
Incredibles 2 |
2018 |
Brad Bird |
PG |
- |
| 1924 |
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers |
1993 |
Nick Park |
NR |
- |
| 323 |
Star Trek |
2009 |
J.J. Abrams |
PG13 |
- |
| 1593 |
Big Hero 6 |
2014 |
Don Hall, Chris Williams |
PG |
- |
| 549 |
Die Hard With a Vengeance |
1995 |
John McTiernan |
R |
- |
| 3758 |
The Rescuers Down Under |
1990 |
Hendel Butoy |
G |
- |
| 1389 |
10 Cloverfield Lane |
2016 |
Dan Trachtenberg |
PG13 |
- |
| 1422 |
Tangled |
2010 |
Nathan Greno, Byron Howard |
PG |
- |
| 3712 |
Outbreak |
1995 |
Wolfgang Petersen |
R |
- |
| 497 |
Minority Report |
2002 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG13 |
- |
| 6083 |
Grumpier Old Men |
1995 |
Howard Deutch |
PG13 |
- |
| 685 |
John Wick |
2014 |
Chad Stahelski |
R |
- |
| 1076 |
3:10 to Yuma |
2007 |
James Mangold |
R |
- |
| 82 |
Inception |
2010 |
Christopher Nolan |
PG13 |
- |
| 469 |
The Bourne Supremacy |
2004 |
Paul Greengrass |
PG13 |
- |
| 2905 |
All Is Lost |
2013 |
J.C. Chandor |
PG13 |
- |
| 255 |
Rain Man |
1988 |
Barry Levinson |
R |
- |
| 6079 |
Batman Forever |
1995 |
Joel Schumacher |
PG13 |
- |
| 244 |
Pan's Labyrinth |
2006 |
Guillermo del Toro |
R |
- |
| 95 |
Batman Begins |
2005 |
Christopher Nolan |
PG13 |
- |
| 930 |
The Little Mermaid |
1989 |
Ron Clements, John Musker |
G |
- |
| 810 |
The Batman |
2022 |
Matt Reeves |
PG13 |
- |
| 916 |
Tropic Thunder |
2008 |
Ben Stiller |
R |
- |
| 2734 |
The Fox and the Hound |
1981 |
Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Art Stevens |
G |
- |
| 942 |
About Time |
2013 |
Richard Curtis |
R |
- |
| 309 |
The Social Network |
2010 |
David Fincher |
PG13 |
- |
| 3640 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
2009 |
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller |
PG |
- |
| 422 |
Being John Malkovich |
1999 |
Spike Jonze |
R |
- |
| 2765 |
Mission: Impossible III |
2006 |
J.J. Abrams |
PG13 |
- |
| 426 |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier |
2014 |
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo |
PG13 |
- |
| 1282 |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
2011 |
Rupert Wyatt |
PG13 |
- |
| 693 |
Spider-Man 2 |
2004 |
Sam Raimi |
PG13 |
- |
| 66 |
Jaws |
1975 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 541 |
Thor: Ragnarok |
2017 |
Taika Waititi |
PG13 |
- |
| 1503 |
Mulan |
1998 |
Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook |
G |
- |
| 2803 |
Flight |
2012 |
Robert Zemeckis |
R |
- |
| 1637 |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
1984 |
Leonard Nimoy |
PG |
- |
| 773 |
Planet of the Apes |
1968 |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
G |
- |
| 1590 |
Crazy, Stupid, Love. |
2011 |
Glenn Ficarra, John Requa |
PG13 |
- |
| 1934 |
Paddington |
2014 |
Paul King |
PG |
- |
| 602 |
Warrior |
2011 |
Gavin O'Connor |
PG13 |
- |
| 4098 |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
2001 |
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise |
PG |
- |
| 371 |
Arrival |
2016 |
Denis Villeneuve |
PG13 |
- |
| 6772 |
Hard Rain |
1998 |
Mikael Salomon |
R |
- |
| 1746 |
Rush Hour |
1998 |
Brett Ratner |
PG13 |
- |
| 1698 |
Kung Fu Panda |
2008 |
John Stevenson |
PG |
- |
| 64 |
Forrest Gump |
1994 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG13 |
- |
| 3568 |
Finding Dory |
2016 |
Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane |
PG |
- |
| 165 |
Iron Man |
2008 |
Jon Favreau |
PG13 |
- |
| 843 |
Looper |
2012 |
Rian Johnson |
R |
- |
| 1583 |
War for the Planet of the Apes |
2017 |
Matt Reeves |
PG13 |
- |
| 769 |
Juno |
2007 |
Jason Reitman |
PG13 |
- |
| 607 |
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang |
2005 |
Shane Black |
R |
- |
| 53008 |
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget |
2023 |
Sam Fell |
PG |
- |
| 249 |
Ocean's Eleven |
2001 |
Steven Soderbergh |
PG13 |
- |
| 1 |
Star Wars |
1977 |
George Lucas |
PG |
- |
| 1771 |
The Father |
2020 |
Florian Zeller |
NR |
- |
| 1414 |
Mrs. Doubtfire |
1993 |
Chris Columbus |
PG13 |
- |
| 2995 |
Don't Breathe |
2016 |
Fede Alvarez |
R |
- |
| 786 |
Deadpool |
2016 |
Tim Miller |
R |
- |
| 2065 |
Robin Hood: Men in Tights |
1993 |
Mel Brooks |
PG13 |
- |
| 37 |
Ghostbusters |
1984 |
Ivan Reitman |
PG |
- |
| 1255 |
Hook |
1991 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 339 |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
2018 |
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman |
PG |
- |
| 289 |
Toy Story 2 |
1999 |
John Lasseter |
G |
- |
| 103 |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
1984 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG |
- |
| 570 |
The Martian |
2015 |
Ridley Scott |
PG13 |
- |
| 3212 |
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle |
2017 |
Jake Kasdan |
PG13 |
- |
| 4237 |
U.S. Marshals |
1998 |
Stuart Baird |
PG13 |
- |
| 2415 |
Split |
2016 |
M. Night Shyamalan |
PG13 |
- |
| 313 |
Casino Royale |
2006 |
Martin Campbell |
PG13 |
- |
| 2887 |
Buried |
2010 |
Rodrigo Cortés |
R |
- |
| 2923 |
Hot Shots! |
1991 |
Jim Abrahams |
PG13 |
- |
| 2673 |
ParaNorman |
2012 |
Chris Butler, Sam Fell |
PG |
- |
| 2573 |
King Kong |
2005 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
| 3288 |
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes |
1972 |
J. Lee Thompson |
PG |
- |
| 2450 |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army |
2008 |
Guillermo del Toro |
PG13 |
- |
| 282 |
The Fifth Element |
1997 |
Luc Besson |
PG13 |
- |
| 5015 |
Reign of Fire |
2002 |
Rob Bowman |
PG13 |
- |
| 466 |
The Bourne Ultimatum |
2007 |
Paul Greengrass |
PG13 |
- |
| 2793 |
Insomnia |
2002 |
Christopher Nolan |
R |
- |
| 673 |
(500) Days of Summer |
2009 |
Marc Webb |
PG13 |
- |
| 9368 |
Mad City |
1997 |
Costa-Gavras |
PG13 |
- |
| 763 |
RoboCop |
1987 |
Paul Verhoeven |
R |
- |
| 4072 |
The Three Musketeers |
1993 |
Stephen Herek |
PG |
- |
| 1944 |
The Italian Job |
2003 |
F. Gary Gray |
PG13 |
- |
| 2906 |
A Quiet Place Part II |
2020 |
John Krasinski |
PG13 |
- |
| 478 |
Prisoners |
2013 |
Denis Villeneuve |
R |
- |
| 1912 |
The Mist |
2007 |
Frank Darabont |
R |
- |
| 2820 |
Breakdown |
1997 |
Jonathan Mostow |
R |
- |
| 635 |
Room |
2015 |
Lenny Abrahamson |
R |
- |
| 17892 |
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon |
2019 |
Will Becher, Richard Phelan |
G |
- |
| 1714 |
Zootopia |
2016 |
Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush |
PG |
- |
| 1342 |
Wreck-It Ralph |
2012 |
Rich Moore |
PG |
- |
| 1429 |
Jumanji |
1995 |
Joe Johnston |
PG |
- |
| 4029 |
Phone Booth |
2003 |
Joel Schumacher |
R |
- |
| 98 |
Rocky |
1976 |
John G. Avildsen |
PG |
- |
| 2684 |
Amistad |
1997 |
Steven Spielberg |
R |
- |
| 1819 |
Air Force One |
1997 |
Wolfgang Petersen |
R |
- |
| 1199 |
The World's End |
2013 |
Edgar Wright |
R |
- |
| 738 |
Spider-Man: Homecoming |
2017 |
Jon Watts |
PG13 |
- |
| 3295 |
A Monster Calls |
2016 |
J.A. Bayona |
PG13 |
- |
| 1510 |
A Bug's Life |
1998 |
John Lasseter |
G |
- |
| 1747 |
Lady and the Tramp |
1955 |
Clyde Geronimi |
NR |
- |
| 68 |
Toy Story |
1995 |
John Lasseter |
G |
- |
| 6417 |
Get Smart |
2008 |
Peter Segal |
PG13 |
- |
| 273 |
L.A. Confidential |
1997 |
Curtis Hanson |
R |
- |
| 1297 |
Tootsie |
1982 |
Sydney Pollack |
PG |
- |
| 1472 |
Source Code |
2011 |
Duncan Jones |
PG13 |
- |
| 3523 |
Crank |
2006 |
Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor |
R |
- |
| 508 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
2004 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
PG |
- |
| 4885 |
Wild Things |
1998 |
John McNaughton |
R |
- |
| 1853 |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
1997 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG13 |
- |
| 1616 |
Deadpool 2 |
2018 |
David Leitch |
R |
- |
| 781 |
X2 |
2003 |
Bryan Singer |
PG13 |
- |
| 5404 |
John Carter |
2012 |
Andrew Stanton |
PG13 |
- |
| 2953 |
Tarzan |
1999 |
Chris Buck |
G |
- |
| 2815 |
Escape from the Planet of the Apes |
1971 |
Don Taylor |
G |
- |
| 3931 |
Hot Shots! Part Deux |
1993 |
Jim Abrahams |
PG13 |
- |
| 908 |
X-Men: Days of Future Past |
2014 |
Bryan Singer |
PG13 |
- |
| 3011 |
World's Greatest Dad |
2009 |
Bobcat Goldthwait |
R |
- |
| 3680 |
Onward |
2020 |
Dan Scanlon |
PG |
- |
| 1101 |
GoldenEye |
1995 |
Martin Campbell |
PG13 |
- |
| 203 |
12 Monkeys |
1995 |
Terry Gilliam |
R |
- |
| 4666 |
The Jackal |
1997 |
Michael Caton-Jones |
R |
- |
| 4309 |
Kong: Skull Island |
2017 |
Jordan Vogt-Roberts |
PG13 |
- |
| 15 |
Rear Window |
1954 |
Alfred Hitchcock |
PG |
- |
| 3713 |
Monsters University |
2013 |
Dan Scanlon |
PG |
- |
| 1668 |
I, Tonya |
2017 |
Craig Gillespie |
R |
- |
| 988 |
Snowpiercer |
2013 |
Bong Joon Ho |
R |
- |
| 1102 |
The Lego Movie |
2014 |
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller |
PG |
- |
| 980 |
Gone Baby Gone |
2007 |
Ben Affleck |
R |
- |
| 232 |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind |
1984 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG |
- |
| 1426 |
Rush |
2013 |
Ron Howard |
R |
- |
| 5011 |
Nick of Time |
1995 |
John Badham |
R |
- |
| 2037 |
The American President |
1995 |
Rob Reiner |
PG13 |
- |
| 1147 |
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol |
2011 |
Brad Bird |
PG13 |
- |
| 4764 |
Disturbia |
2007 |
D.J. Caruso |
PG13 |
- |
| 6749 |
Over the Hedge |
2006 |
Tim Johnson |
PG |
- |
| 2322 |
Frozen |
2013 |
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee |
PG |
- |
| 5077 |
A Perfect Getaway |
2009 |
David Twohy |
R |
- |
| 5523 |
Men in Black III |
2012 |
Barry Sonnenfeld |
PG13 |
- |
| 2557 |
Live Free or Die Hard |
2007 |
Len Wiseman |
PG13 |
- |
| 1601 |
Super 8 |
2011 |
J.J. Abrams |
PG13 |
- |
| 689 |
Shrek |
2001 |
Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson |
PG |
- |
