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The Dark Knight1442

The worldwide ranking generated by 10.1k votes

137 / 137

The Dark Knight1442

Joker1434

Interstellar1431

Django Unchained1413

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King1401

Finding Nemo1366

The Matrix1360

Fight Club1359

Spirited Away1352

#10

The Two Towers1349

#11

The Fellowship of the Ring1341

#12

No Country for Old Men1340

#13

Oldboy1336

#14

The Green Mile1335

#15

Revenge of the Sith1332

#16

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood1327

#17

La La Land1323

#18

Kill Bill: Volume 11321

#19

Mad Max: Fury Road1320

Inception1306

Whiplash1298

Shutter Island1295

#24

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish1290

#25

Prisoners1289

#26

Inglourious Basterds1288

#27

Get Out1278

#28

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra1277

#29

Your Name1274

#30

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse1274

#31

Big Fish1267

#32

How to Train Your Dragon1266

#33

Catch Me If You Can1265

#34

Blade Runner 20491264

#35

Toy Story 31261

#36

Parasite1259

#37

The Sixth Sense1256

#38

Drive1255

#39

Midsommar1255

#40

Zodiac1254

#41

The Hateful Eight1251

#42

Memento1250

#43

Mulholland Drive1249

#44

Killers of the Flower Moon1245

#45

Kill Bill: Volume 21244

#46

Gladiator1242

#47

The Grand Budapest Hotel1242

#48

Avatar1239

#49

The Departed1238

#50

Eyes Wide Shut1235

Black Swan1235

Dune1234

Gran Torino1234

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind1234

King Kong1231

Birdman1228

Howl's Moving Castle1228

#59

Memories of Murder1227

#60

Pan's Labyrinth1223

Gone Girl1221

There Will Be Blood1221

#64

The Phantom Menace1220

#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

The Dark Knight leads with an ELO of 1,442, ahead of Joker (1,434) and Interstellar (1,431). Ranked over 10,058 duels between 137 contenders, last updated September 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.