• Invariably listed as the # 1 greatest film of all time by film critics
• ranked # 1 for over 40 years by Sight & Sound
• ranked # 1 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'
• ranked # 1 in Time Out's Centenary Critics' Poll taken in 1995
• ranked # 1 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
• ranked # 1 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
• ranked # 2 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
• ranked # 19 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"

• Both Battleship Potemkin (1925, Soviet Union) and La Regle du Jeu (1939, Fr.) have regularly appeared in the top 10 of almost every Sight & Sound polling
• Battleship Potemkin - voted the greatest film ever by a panel of experts at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair
• La Regle du Jeu - ranked # 2 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of the 20th Century'; ranked # 58 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
• Ladri di Biciclette (1948, It.) - ranked # 1 in the 1952 Sight & Sound polling
• Rashomon (1950, Jp.) - the highest-ranked Japanese film (ranked # 10) in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of the 20th Century'
• The Seven Samurai (1954, Jp.) - consistently the highest-rated foreign-language film in IMDb's top 250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors
• Pather Panchali (1955, India) - the only Indian film to appear on Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll (ranked # 6 in 1992)

• Casablanca (1942)
  the # 4 best movie of all time in ABC-TV's "The Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time" in 2011
  ranked # 1 by Los Angeles Daily News' Readers' Poll of "Greatest American Films"
  described as "the best Hollywood movie of all time" in critic Leonard Maltin's movie guide listing of the "100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century"
  ranked # 1 as the "Greatest American Love Story" in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002
  ranked # 1 by Mr. Showbiz.com's (Internet website) Critics' Picks of "100 Best Movies of All Time"
  ranked # 2 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 3 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
  ranked # 16 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"
  voted WGA's # 1 of the 101 Greatest Screenplays of All-Time (2005)

• Star Wars (1977)
  ranked # 1 by Mr. Showbiz.com's (Internet website) Readers' Picks of "100 Best Movies of All Time"
  ranked # 1 by Empire Magazine's "Ultimate Movie Poll" of the 50 Best Films in late 2001
  ranked # 1 by Empire Magazine's polling of "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" in 1999; ranked # 2 in a similar 2003 polling
  ranked # 13 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 15 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 1 (along with The Empire Strikes Back (1980)) in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time" in 2001
  ranked # 1 in Phobos Entertainment's listing of the "50 Science Fiction Films You Just Have to See"
  ranked # 3 in Guardian Newspapers Limited's listing of the "Top 10 Sci-Fi Films" taken in 2004
  ranked # 16 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
  the # 1 science-fiction film in ABC-TV's "The Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time" in 2011

• The Godfather (1972)
  the # 3 best movie of all time in ABC-TV's "The Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time" in 2011
  ranked # 2 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 1 in Time Out's Readers' Top 100 Poll taken in 1998
  ranked # 1 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
  ranked # 1 (long-time ranking) in IMDb's top 250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors
  ranked # 2 in the Men's Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time" taken in 2003
  ranked # 2 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time" in 2001
  ranked # 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
• The Godfather, Part II (1974)
  ranked # 32 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 1 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest Movies (on TV and Video)" selected in 1998
  ranked # 2 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"
  ranked # 7 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
  ranked # 31 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'
  ranked # 32 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies

• Gone with the Wind (1939)
  the # 1 best movie of all time in ABC-TV's "The Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time" in 2011
  ranked # 6 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 2 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002
  ranked # 4 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 8 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999

• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  ranked # 72 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  ranked # 1 (long-time ranking) in IMDb's top 250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors
  voted the best film never to have won "Best Picture" in a 2005 BBC poll
  ranked # 2 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time" in 2001

• Gone With the Wind (1939) - with 13 nominations and 8 Oscar wins - both records for the time, and it was the first color film to win Best Picture
• From Here to Eternity (1953) - tied the record with 8 Oscar wins
• On the Waterfront (1954) - tied the record again with 8 Oscar wins
• Gigi (1958) - won a record-breaking 9 Oscars

• The first film to win eleven Oscars, a record it held until tied 38 years later

• The second film to win eleven Oscars

• The third film in Academy history to win eleven Academy Awards, and had the biggest sweep (11 of 11) in history as well
• The earlier film in the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), was the pick of readers in a "Greatest Films" poll by Empire magazine in 2003

• The most-nominated films in Oscars history, each with 14 nominations

La Voyage Dans La Lune (1902)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Godfather (1972)
Jaws (1975)
Star Wars (1977)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Titanic (1997)
Avatar (2009)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Other Top Box-Office Films

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Finding Dory (2016)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011)
Skyfall (2012)
Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Black Panther (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

• The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Highest-grossing film until 1925
• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) - Highest grossing silent film, closely followed by The Big Parade (1925)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - Highest grossing until 1939
• Gone With the Wind (1939) - Highest grossing until 1966
• The Sound of Music (1965) - Highest grossing from August 1966 until the re-issue of Gone With The Wind in 1971
• The Godfather (1972) - Highest grossing until 1975
• Jaws (1975) - Highest grossing until 1977
• Star Wars (1977) - Highest grossing until January, 1983
• E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Highest grossing until 1993
• Jurassic Park (1993) - Highest grossing until 1997
• Titanic (1997) - Highest grossing and most successful US film ever (unadjusted for inflation) - its worldwide gross was $1.835 billion, and it was the first movie to gross $1 billion
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Highest grossing Star Wars film to date
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Highest grossing Lord of the Rings/Middle Earth film to date
• Shrek 2 (2004) - Highest grossing (domestic) animated film to date, but then surpassed by Finding Dory (2016)
• The Dark Knight (2008) - Highest grossing Batman film to date
• Avatar (2009) - Highest grossing and most successful film ever (US and worldwide), surpassing Titanic (1997)
• Toy Story 3 (2010) - the Highest grossing film (domestic) in the year 2010 and the highest grossing animated film of all-time (worldwide), surpassing Shrek 2 (2004); but then was surpassed by Frozen (2013) as the highest grossing animated film of all-time (worldwide); Toy Story 3 (2010) was the first animated film in history to gross over $1 billion (worldwide)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011) - Highest grossing Harry Potter film to date
• Skyfall (2012) - Highest grossing James Bond film to date
• Marvel's The Avengers (2012) - for six years, the Highest grossing (domestic) Super-Hero film (and Marvel's Cinematic Universe film) and Comic-Book Adaptation - until surpassed in 2019 by another Marvel film, Avengers: Endgame (2019)
• Black Panther (2018) - at one time, one of the Highest-grossing (domestic) Super-Hero films and # 1 Comic-Book Adaptation. It was Marvel's first black superhero standalone film, and an historic achievement that a film in Marvel's Cinematic Universe had now won its first three Oscars
• Avengers: Endgame (2019)
• Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) - Highest grossing and most successful (domestic) film ever; Highest Grossing Star Wars film to date

• The highest grossing US films ever (adjusted for inflation), currently ranked (the top 5)

• The Top Film of Each Decade (unadjusted for inflation, domestic)

• The top Greatest Film Franchises or Series, based on box-office grosses, all over $1,000 million (or $1 billion) (domestic)

• ranked as the # 1 director in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment Weekly in 1996
• ranked as the # 1 director in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker Magazine in 2002
• ranked as the # 2 director in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire Magazine in 2005

• ranked as the # 2 director in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker Magazine in 2002
• ranked as the # 15 director in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment Weekly in 1996

• ranked as the # 2 director in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment Weekly in 1996
• ranked as the # 3 director in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker Magazine in 2002
• ranked as the # 9 director in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire Magazine in 2005

• ranked as the # 4 director in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker Magazine in 2002
• ranked as the # 31 director in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment Weekly in 1996

• ranked as the # 3 director in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment Weekly in 1996
• ranked as the # 5 director in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker Magazine in 2002
• ranked as the # 18 director in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire Magazine in 2005

• ranked as the # 4 director in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment Weekly in 1996
• ranked as the # 18 director in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker Magazine in 2002
• ranked as the # 21 director in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire Magazine in 2005

• ranked as the # 4 director in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire Magazine in 2005
• ranked as the # 6 director in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker Magazine in 2002
• ranked as the # 23 director in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment Weekly in 1996