Methodology: If you were to start at the top of this list and watch the films from beginning to end, every subsequent film should get a little worse. They are recommended less.
- Films within the same franchise are represented by the highest ranked film in the franchise.
- The Bond Films’ franchises are differentiated by which actor is playing Bond.
This list is both a living document and absolutely definitive.
- The Mummy (1999)
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Spirited Away (2002)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Memento (2001)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Road to Perdition (2002)
- Fargo (1996)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- Aladdin (1992)
- WALL-E (2008)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Stardust (2007)
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Tangled (2010)
- Princes Mononoke (1997)
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
- The Producers (2005)
- Hercules (1997)
- The Lion King (1994)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Nightcrawler (2014)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- 12 Monkeys (1995)
- The Princess and the Frog (2009)
- Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- The Crazies (2010)
- Obsession (2026)
- Backrooms (2026)
- Project Hail Mary (2026)