Movies | Top 100 English

The last fifteen years have seen streaming rise, franchises dominate, and auteurism thrive in surprising places.

  • Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Miller’s two-hour car chase. A feminist action masterpiece wrapped in chrome.
  • Get Out (2017) – Peele’s social thriller. The "Sunken Place" entered the lexicon overnight.
  • Whiplash (2014) – Chazelle’s blood-sport jazz drama. "Not my tempo."
  • Birdman (2014) – Iñárritu’s single-shot illusion. A howl about ego and relevance.
  • La La Land (2016) – Chazelle’s bittersweet musical. The ending subverts the entire genre.
  • 1917 (2019) – Mendes’ continuous-shot WWI thriller. A visceral walk through no-man’s-land.
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – Tarantino’s hangout movie. A love letter to 1969 LA and a cathartic rewrite of history.
  • Joker (2019) – Phillips’ Scorsese-lite (Taxi Driver/King of Comedy) that became a billion-dollar phenomenon.
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – The Daniels’ multiverse of madness. Hot dog fingers, googly eyes, and a message of kindness.

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  • 13. Fight Club (1999) – The first rule is we talk about it constantly.
  • 14. Seven Samurai (1954) – Yes, it’s Japanese, but the English dub and its DNA in every Western action film earn it a guest spot. (Honorable mention).
  • 15. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – Thriller, horror, romance? Clarice.
  • 16. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – The ultimate existential crisis Christmas movie.
  • 17. The Matrix (1999) – The red pill (before the internet ruined the term).
  • 18. City of God (2002) – Brazilian but English subtitles; too powerful to ignore.
  • 19. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – Tarantino’s love letter to a lost era.
  • 20. Se7en (1995) – “What’s in the box!?”
  • 21. The Social Network (2010) – The birth of Facebook as a Greek tragedy.
  • 22. Saving Private Ryan (1998) – The first 27 minutes are the greatest war cinema ever.
  • 23. Interstellar (2014) – Love is the one thing we’re capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions.
  • 24. The Green Mile (1999) – Please bring tissues.
  • 25. Gladiator (2000) – Are you not entertained?
  • 26. Toy Story (1995) – The film that launched Pixar and the CGI revolution.
  • 27. Psycho (1960) – The shower scene invented the slasher genre.
  • 28. The Lion King (1994) – Hamlet with fur and better music.
  • 29. Whiplash (2014) – Not quite my tempo. (It’s brilliant).
  • 30. The Departed (2006) – Scorsese finally got his Oscar.

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