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The Dark Knight1419

The worldwide ranking generated by 10.1k votes

137 / 137

The Dark Knight1419

Joker1414

Django Unchained1410

The Green Mile1390

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King1367

No Country for Old Men1365

Interstellar1364

Mulholland Drive1362

Revenge of the Sith1360

#10

Finding Nemo1358

#11

The Fellowship of the Ring1354

#12

Mad Max: Fury Road1349

#13

Spirited Away1339

#14

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood1337

#15

Fight Club1335

#16

La La Land1334

#17

The Two Towers1327

#18

Inglourious Basterds1324

Inception1316

Oldboy1308

The Matrix1300

Eyes Wide Shut1296

#23

A History of Violence1295

#24

Kill Bill: Volume 11287

#25

Zodiac1286

#26

Big Fish1285

#27

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra1279

Shutter Island1277

#31

The Sixth Sense1277

#32

Black Swan1276

#33

Prisoners1272

#34

The Fabelmans1269

#35

Drive1269

#36

Whiplash1268

#37

Get Out1263

#38

Anatomy of a Fall1261

#39

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish1259

#40

How to Train Your Dragon1259

#41

American Beauty1256

#42

Catch Me If You Can1256

#43

Up1255

#44

The Last King of Scotland1254

#45

City of God1253

#46

The Departed1253

#47

Toy Story 31253

#48

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse1252

#49

Memento1249

#50

Gran Torino1247

#51

Killers of the Flower Moon1244

#52

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind1243

#53

King Kong1243

#54

Blade Runner 20491238

#55

The Hateful Eight1234

#56

Dune1232

#57

Midsommar1232

#58

The Wolf of Wall Street1228

#59

Gladiator1226

#60

Only Lovers Left Alive1222

#61

The Force Awakens1216

#62

Avatar1216

#63

Children of Men1215

#64

Gone Girl1214

#65

Parasite1214

#66

There Will Be Blood1213

#67

Another Round1213

#68

Pan's Labyrinth1210

#69

Memories of Murder1208

#70

Train to Busan1208

#71

The Grand Budapest Hotel1207

#72

Lost in Translation1204

#73

The Pianist1203

#74

The Phantom Menace1203

#75

Green Book1201

#76

Your Name1200

#77

Birdman1198

#78

Elephant1197

#79

Arrival1197

#80

Howl's Moving Castle1197

#81

The Artist1192

#82

Shaun of the Dead1189

#83

Good Bye Lenin!1189

#84

WALL-E1188

#85

Being John Malkovich1186

#86

Million Dollar Baby1186

#87

Kill Bill: Volume 21186

#88

Into the Wild1181

#89

12 Years a Slave1179

#90

Soul1178

#91

Let the Right One In1175

#92

Mommy1175

#93

Incendies1174

#94

The Virgin Suicides1172

#95

Troy1167

#96

Coco1165

#97

Mystic River1162

#98

The King's Speech1162

#99

I, Daniel Blake1161

#100

Snatch1161

#101

The Great Beauty1149

#102

Inside Out1143

#103

Billy Elliot1140

#104

Her1136

#105

The Tree of Life1133

#106

Hacksaw Ridge1127

#107

Lord of War1127

#108

Little Miss Sunshine1126

#109

Dark Waters1126

#110

The Iron Giant1124

#111

The Boat That Rocked1120

#112

This Is England1112

#113

A Prophet1111

#114

The Last of the Mohicans1084

#115

I Saw the Devil1062

#116

Interstella 55551060

#117

The Skin I Live In1060

#118

The Wrestler1060

#119

Call Me by Your Name1057

#120

The Boy and the Beast1052

#121

The Lives of Others1049

#122

Downfall1049

#123

Boyhood1049

#124

Society of the Snow1041

#125

In the Mood for Love1041

#126

The Handmaiden1038

#127

Paprika1032

#128

Let Me In1015

#129

All About My Mother1015

#130

25th Hour994

#131

The Chaser991

#132

The Red Turtle988

#133

The Broken Circle Breakdown982

#134

Hope980

#135

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance972

#136

The Help921

#137

The Strangers917

What the community says

The Dark Knight leads with an ELO of 1,419, ahead of Joker (1,414) and Django Unchained (1,410). Ranked over 10,132 duels between 137 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

Rank the best films from the last 25 years (1999-2025).

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.