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THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)1531

The worldwide ranking generated by 6.8k votes

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)1531

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)1492

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001)1487

THE AVENGERS (2012) – MCU1412

STAR WARS EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) – PREQUEL TRILOGY1399

SPIDER-MAN (2002) – SAM RAIMI TRILOGY1397

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)1395

IRON MAN (2008) – MCU INFINITY SAGA1376

MEN IN BLACK (1997)1374

#10

JOKER (2019)1372

#11

PREDATOR (1987)1370

#12

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)1346

#13

GLADIATOR (2000)1345

#14

AVATAR (2009)1345

#15

THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002)1345

#16

THE GODFATHER (1972)1330

#17

STAR WARS (1977)1325

#18

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996)1322

#19

BATMAN BEGINS (2005) – NOLAN TRILOGY1320

#20

BLACK WIDOW (2021) – MCU MULTIVERSE SAGA1318

#21

BEETLEJUICE (1988)1318

#22

BLACK PANTHER (2018) – MCU1314

#23

JURASSIC PARK (1993)1306

#24

SAW (2004)1303

#25

CARRIE (1976)1302

#26

BLADE RUNNER (1982)1301

#27

THE BATMAN (2022) – MATT REEVES REBOOT1300

#28

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015) – SEQUEL TRILOGY1296

#29

CASINO ROYALE (2006) – DANIEL CRAIG1291

#30

28 DAYS LATER (2002)1287

#31

THE EXORCIST (1973)1287

#32

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006)1285

#33

DUNE (2021)1281

#34

DEADPOOL (2016) – 8TH X-MEN FILM1280

#35

ALIEN (1979)1279

#36

TREMORS (1990)1275

#37

HELLBOY (2004)1273

#38

BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)1272

#39

ROCKY (1976)1270

#40

IT (2017)1269

#41

HALLOWEEN (2018) – DAVID GORDON GREEN1269

#42

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012) – MARC WEBB DUOLOGY1269

#43

THE HUNGER GAMES (2012)1267

#44

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)1265

#45

DIE HARD (1988)1265

#46

DOCTOR STRANGE (2016) – MCU1259

#47

X-MEN (2000)1258

#48

NATIONAL TREASURE (2004)1258

#49

VENOM (2018) – SSU SONY'S SPIDER-MAN UNIVERSE1258

#50

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)1255

#51

OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001)1253

#52

JURASSIC WORLD (2015) – JURASSIC PARK SEQUEL1252

#53

REBEL MOON PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE (2023)1252

#54

CAPTAIN AMERICA – THE FIRST AVENGER (2011) – MCU1251

#55

THE EVIL DEAD (1981)1249

#56

FIRST BLOOD (1982)1247

#57

TAKEN (2008)1246

#58

THOR (2011) – MCU1244

#59

THE CONJURING (2013)1243

#60

THE MUMMY (1999)1242

#61

JAWS (1975)1242

#62

JOHN WICK (2014)1242

#63

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011) – X-MEN PREQUEL, CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER1239

#64

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (2010)1238

#65

BLADE (1998)1237

#66

SUICIDE SQUAD (2016) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE1235

#67

WONDER WOMAN (2017) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE1233

#68

TRANSFORMERS (2007)1231

#69

THE TERMINATOR (1984)1227

#70

FINAL DESTINATION (2000)1226

#71

101 DALMATIANS (1996)1223

#72

THE MEG (2018)1218

#73

THE GRUDGE (2004)1216

#74

KNIVES OUT (2019)1215

#75

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA – THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (2005)1215

#76

SUPERMAN (2025) – DC UNIVERSE1214

#77

THE MATRIX (1999)1212

#78

ALIEN VS PREDATOR (2004)1212

#79

HELLRAISER (1987)1208

#80

GOLDENEYE (1995) – PIERCE BROSNAN1208

#81

THE HOBBIT – AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (2012) – LORD OF THE RINGS PREQUEL1204

#82

JUMANJI (1995)1197

#83

CHILD'S PLAY (1988)1197

#84

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2011) – PLANET OF THE APES REBOOT1196

#85

THE BLUE LAGOON (1980)1196

#86

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) – TIMOTHY DALTON1192

#87

UNBREAKABLE (2000)1190

#88

THE NAKED GUN (1988)1189

#89

HOME ALONE (1990)1183

#90

GARFIELD: THE MOVIE (2004)1182

#91

SCARY MOVIE (2000)1179

#92

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014) – MCU1178

#93

AQUAMAN (2018) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE1176

#94

CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019) – MCU1173

#95

HALLOWEEN (1978)1171

#96

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999)1170

#97

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) – DOLLARS TRILOGY1170

#98

SUPERMAN (1978)1169

#99

THE SMURFS (2011)1166

#100

CREED (2015) – ROCKY SPIN-OFF1163

#101

PLANET OF THE APES (1968)1161

#102

MAD MAX (1979)1161

#103

PREY (2022) – PREDATOR PREQUEL1159

#104

SCREAM (1996)1158

#105

ANT-MAN (2015) – MCU1157

#106

PITCH BLACK (2000)1153

#107

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (2009)1151

#108

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (2017) – JON WATTS TRILOGY1151

#109

EVIL DEAD (2013) – EVIL DEAD REMAKE1150

#110

MORTAL KOMBAT (1995)1147

#111

DRAGONS (2025)1141

#112

STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (1996) – NEXT GENERATION1140

#113

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001)1139

#114

DONNIE DARKO (2001)1138

#115

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)1138

#116

TOP GUN (1986)1136

#117

HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER (1998)1135

#118

ASTERIX & OBELIX VS. CAESAR (1999)1134

#119

FANTOZZI (1975)1131

#120

MAN OF STEEL (2013) – START OF DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE1130

#121

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997)1130

#122

ANNABELLE (2014) – CONJURING UNIVERSE1130

#123

THE CROW (1994)1128

#124

LIVE AND LET DIE (1973) – ROGER MOORE1126

#125

THE NUN (2018) – CONJURING SPIN-OFF1125

#126

THE EXPENDABLES (2010)1120

#127

THE PURGE (2013)1119

#128

THE LION KING (2019)1117

#129

BUMBLEBEE (2018) – TRANSFORMERS PREQUEL1115

#130

INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)1108

#131

FERRY (2021)1108

#132

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2020)1107

#133

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979)1104

#134

M3GAN (2023)1103

#135

TERRIFIER (2016)1101

#136

DR. NO (1962) – SEAN CONNERY1095

#137

SHAZAM! (2019)1086

#138

THE HANGOVER (2009)1085

#139

BATMAN (1989) – QUADRILOGY1083

#140

FANTASTIC BEASTS (2016) – HARRY POTTER SPIN-OFF PREQUEL1078

#141

GODZILLA (2014) – MONSTERVERSE1071

#142

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH (2025) – JURASSIC WORLD REBOOT1065

#143

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (2002)1054

#144

I SOLITI IDIOTI – IL FILM (2011)1053

#145

HALLOWEEN (2007) – ROB ZOMBIE1052

#146

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS (2007)1052

#147

RESIDENT EVIL (2002)1039

#148

HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (2004)1038

#149

TWILIGHT (2008)1036

#150

COME UN GATTO IN TANGENZIALE (2017)1036

#151

NON CI RESTA CHE IL CRIMINE (2019)1032

#152

AMERICAN PIE (1999)1020

#153

THE SCORPION KING (2002) – THE MUMMY PREQUEL1019

#154

XXX (2002)1019

#155

PROMETHEUS (2012) – ALIEN PREQUEL DUOLOGY, CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER1011

#156

STAR TREK (2009) – KELVIN TIMELINE991

#157

DIABOLIK (2021)982

#158

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (2006)937

#159

I ME CONTRO TE – LA VENDETTA DEL SIGNOR S (2020)937

#160

AFTER (2019)925

What the community says

THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) leads with an ELO of 1,531, ahead of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003) (1,492) and HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001) (1,487). Ranked over 6,815 duels between 160 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.