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99 films
| # | Film | 1M | 2M | 3M | 4M | 5M | 6M | 7M | 8M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Battle After Another2025Paul Thomas Anderson | 39d16 Oct '25 | 89d13 Jan '26 | 143d5 Jun '26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Anora2024Sean Baker | 254d29 Jan '25 | 106d15 May '25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Oppenheimer2023Christopher Nolan | 34d13 Aug '23 | 173d2 Feb '24 | 260d19 Oct '24 | 268d14 Jul '25 | 224d23 Feb '26 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Everything Everywhere All at Once2022Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan | 292d27 Dec '22 | 236d20 Aug '23 | 322d7 Jul '24 | 364d6 Jul '25 | 347d18 Jun '26 | — | — | — |
| 5 | The Power of the Dog2021 | ||||||||
| 6 | Nomadland2020 | ||||||||
| 7 | Parasite2019Bong Joon Ho | 692d11 Apr '21 | 557d20 Oct '22 | 372d27 Oct '23 | 287d9 Aug '24 | 238d4 Apr '25 | 246d6 Dec '25 | 173d28 May '26 | — |
| 8 | Roma2018 | ||||||||
| 9 | The Shape of Water2017Guillermo del Toro | 2,227d5 Oct '23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | La La Land2016Damien Chazelle | 1,862d5 Oct '21 | 635d2 Jul '23 | 268d26 Mar '24 | 289d9 Jan '25 | 252d18 Sept '25 | 196d2 Apr '26 | — | — |
| 11 | The Revenant2015Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 2,672d9 Apr '23 | 1,030d2 Feb '26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)2014Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 3,202d2 Jun '23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Gravity2013Alfonso Cuarón | 3,761d14 Dec '23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Life of Pi2012Ang Lee | 4,128d16 Jan '24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | The Artist2011 | ||||||||
| 16 | The King's Speech2010 | ||||||||
| 17 | The Hurt Locker2008 | ||||||||
| 18 | Slumdog Millionaire2008Danny Boyle | 5,005d25 Jun '25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | No Country for Old Men2007Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | 4,113d15 Jan '23 | 774d27 Feb '25 | 479d21 Jun '26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | The Departed2006Martin Scorsese | 4,336d26 Aug '23 | 877d19 Jan '26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Brokeback Mountain2005Ang Lee | 4,613d29 May '24 | 619d7 Feb '26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Million Dollar Baby2004 | ||||||||
| 23 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003Peter Jackson | 3,917d3 Jul '22 | 764d5 Aug '24 | 483d1 Dec '25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | The Pianist2002Roman Polanski | 4,661d16 Jul '24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | A Beautiful Mind2001Ron Howard | 5,213d19 Jan '26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Traffic2000 | ||||||||
| 27 | American Beauty1999Sam Mendes | 4,331d21 Aug '23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Saving Private Ryan1998Steven Spielberg | 4,304d25 Jul '23 | 859d30 Nov '25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Titanic1997James Cameron | 3,735d2 Jan '22 | 616d10 Sept '23 | 371d15 Sept '24 | 297d9 Jul '25 | 226d20 Feb '26 | — | — | — |
| 30 | The English Patient1996 | ||||||||
| 31 | Braveheart1995 | ||||||||
| 32 | Forrest Gump1994Robert Zemeckis | 3,582d2 Aug '21 | 611d5 Apr '23 | 354d24 Mar '24 | 316d3 Feb '25 | 273d3 Nov '25 | 177d29 Apr '26 | — | — |
| 33 | Schindler's List1993Steven Spielberg | 4,415d13 Nov '23 | 794d15 Jan '26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Unforgiven1992 | ||||||||
| 35 | The Silence Of The Lambs1991Jonathan Demme | 3,753d20 Jan '22 | 716d6 Jan '24 | 435d16 Mar '25 | 324d3 Feb '26 | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Dances with Wolves1990 | ||||||||
| 37 | Born on the Fourth of July1989 | ||||||||
| 38 | Rain Man1988 | ||||||||
| 39 | The Last Emperor1987 | ||||||||
| 40 | Platoon1986 | ||||||||
| 41 | Out of Africa1985 | ||||||||
| 42 | Amadeus1984 | ||||||||
| 43 | Terms of Endearment1983 | ||||||||
| 44 | Gandhi1982 | ||||||||
| 45 | Reds1981 | ||||||||
| 46 | Ordinary People1980 | ||||||||
| 47 | Kramer vs. Kramer1979 | ||||||||
| 48 | The Deer Hunter1978 | ||||||||
| 49 | Annie Hall1977 | ||||||||
| 50 | Rocky1976John G. Avildsen | 4,825d27 Dec '24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 51 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest1975Miloš Forman | 4,803d5 Dec '24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 52 | The Godfather Part II1974Francis Ford Coppola | 4,491d28 Jan '24 | 812d19 Apr '26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 53 | The Sting1973 | ||||||||
| 54 | Cabaret1972 | ||||||||
| 55 | The French Connection1971 | ||||||||
| 56 | Patton1970 | ||||||||
| 57 | Midnight Cowboy1969 | ||||||||
| 58 | Oliver!1968 | ||||||||
| 59 | The Graduate1967 | ||||||||
| 60 | A Man for All Seasons1966 | ||||||||
| 61 | The Sound of Music1965Robert Wise | 5,122d20 Oct '25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 62 | My Fair Lady1964 | ||||||||
| 63 | Tom Jones1963 | ||||||||
| 64 | Lawrence of Arabia1962 | ||||||||
| 65 | West Side Story1961 | ||||||||
| 66 | The Apartment1960 | ||||||||
| 67 | Ben-Hur1959 | ||||||||
| 68 | Gigi1958 | ||||||||
| 69 | The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 | ||||||||
| 70 | Giant1956 | ||||||||
| 71 | Marty1955 | ||||||||
| 72 | On the Waterfront1954 | ||||||||
| 73 | From Here to Eternity1953 | ||||||||
| 74 | The Quiet Man1952 | ||||||||
| 75 | A Place in the Sun1951 | ||||||||
| 76 | All About Eve1950 | ||||||||
| 77 | A Letter to Three Wives1949 | ||||||||
| 78 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948 | ||||||||
| 79 | Gentleman's Agreement1947 | ||||||||
| 80 | The Best Years of Our Lives1946 | ||||||||
| 81 | The Lost Weekend1945 | ||||||||
| 82 | Going My Way1944 | ||||||||
| 83 | Casablanca1942Michael Curtiz | 5,053d12 Aug '25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Mrs. Miniver1942 | ||||||||
| 85 | How Green Was My Valley1941 | ||||||||
| 86 | The Grapes of Wrath1940 | ||||||||
| 87 | Gone with the Wind1939 | ||||||||
| 88 | You Can't Take It with You1938 | ||||||||
| 89 | The Awful Truth1937 | ||||||||
| 90 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936 | ||||||||
| 91 | The Informer1935 | ||||||||
| 92 | It Happened One Night1934 | ||||||||
| 93 | Cavalcade1933 | ||||||||
| 94 | Bad Girl1931 | ||||||||
| 95 | Skippy1931 | ||||||||
| 96 | All Quiet on the Western Front1930 | ||||||||
| 97 | The Divine Lady1928 | ||||||||
| 98 | Two Arabian Knights1927 | ||||||||
| 99 | 7th Heaven1927 |
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