THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) leads with an ELO of 1,444, ahead of STAR WARS EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) – PREQUEL TRILOGY (1,434) and BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990) (1,344). Ranked over 1,909 duels between 117 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.
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How this ranking is computed
Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.