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Django Unchained1440

The worldwide ranking generated by 10.1k votes

137 / 137

Django Unchained1440

Joker1439

The Dark Knight1438

Interstellar1433

The Green Mile1402

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King1391

Fight Club1357

Finding Nemo1355

The Matrix1352

#10

The Two Towers1347

#11

Spirited Away1342

#12

La La Land1336

#13

Oldboy1334

#14

The Fellowship of the Ring1331

#15

Revenge of the Sith1331

#16

No Country for Old Men1330

#17

Inception1329

#18

Kill Bill: Volume 11319

#19

Mad Max: Fury Road1318

#20

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood1317

#21

Inglourious Basterds1312

Whiplash1304

Shutter Island1294

#25

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish1289

#26

Prisoners1288

#27

The Prestige1285

#28

Get Out1285

#29

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra1283

#30

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse1272

#31

The Hateful Eight1263

#32

Catch Me If You Can1261

#33

Blade Runner 20491260

#34

Your Name1259

#35

Mulholland Drive1259

#36

Big Fish1258

#37

Drive1258

#38

How to Train Your Dragon1257

#39

Parasite1257

#40

Toy Story 31257

#41

The Sixth Sense1251

#42

Midsommar1249

#43

Zodiac1248

#44

Killers of the Flower Moon1247

#45

Memento1245

#46

Avatar1241

#47

Kill Bill: Volume 21238

#48

Gladiator1236

#49

The Grand Budapest Hotel1236

#50

The Departed1232

#51

Eyes Wide Shut1229

Black Swan1229

Dune1228

Gran Torino1227

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind1227

King Kong1224

Birdman1222

Howl's Moving Castle1221

#60

Memories of Murder1220

#61

There Will Be Blood1219

#62

Pan's Labyrinth1217

#63

Gone Girl1214

#64

The Phantom Menace1214

#65

City of God1214

#66

Arrival1212

#67

Million Dollar Baby1212

#68

Green Book1212

#69

The Wolf of Wall Street1212

#70

WALL-E1205

#71

Coco1202

#72

Shaun of the Dead1200

#73

12 Years a Slave1199

#74

The Pianist1197

#75

Into the Wild1193

#76

Inside Out1191

#77

Lord of War1190

#78

Another Round1189

#79

Lost in Translation1189

#80

Train to Busan1186

#81

A History of Violence1186

#82

Snatch1185

#83

The Iron Giant1184

#84

Mommy1183

#85

Mystic River1183

#86

Hacksaw Ridge1181

#87

American Beauty1176

#88

The Artist1176

#89

Anatomy of a Fall1171

#90

Children of Men1163

#91

The Last King of Scotland1162

#92

Incendies1161

#93

A Prophet1160

#94

Billy Elliot1159

#95

The Tree of Life1156

#96

Troy1153

#97

Good Bye Lenin!1151

#98

The Force Awakens1151

#99

I Saw the Devil1149

#100

Soul1146

#101

I, Daniel Blake1145

#102

Only Lovers Left Alive1143

#103

Elephant1138

#104

The Fabelmans1138

#105

Her1135

#106

Dark Waters1135

#107

The King's Speech1123

#108

Let the Right One In1120

#109

This Is England1118

#110

Being John Malkovich1116

#111

The Boat That Rocked1114

#112

The Skin I Live In1112

#113

The Virgin Suicides1109

#114

Downfall1105

#115

The Last of the Mohicans1101

#116

Little Miss Sunshine1098

#117

The Handmaiden1095

#118

The Great Beauty1085

#119

The Wrestler1082

#120

Boyhood1078

#121

Society of the Snow1076

#122

Paprika1065

#123

Let Me In1063

#124

Call Me by Your Name1062

#125

The Boy and the Beast1055

#126

In the Mood for Love1048

#127

The Chaser1047

#128

The Red Turtle1033

#129

The Lives of Others1019

#130

25th Hour1019

#131

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance997

#132

The Strangers995

#133

Interstella 5555993

#134

Hope982

#135

All About My Mother975

#136

The Help936

#137

The Broken Circle Breakdown915

What the community says

Django Unchained leads with an ELO of 1,440, ahead of Joker (1,439) and The Dark Knight (1,438). Ranked over 10,132 duels between 137 contenders, last updated September 15, 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.