De populariteit van films verandert regelmatig en er zijn verschillende manieren om te meten wat ‘populair’ betekent. Hier is echter een lijst van 50 populaire films op basis van beoordelingen, kijkcijfers en box office-opbrengsten, in willekeurige volgorde:
- The Godfather
- The Dark Knight
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Forrest Gump
- Titanic
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- Avengers: Endgame
- Jurassic Park
- Jaws
- The Silence of the Lambs
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Matrix
- The Lion King
- Back to the Future
- Rocky
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- The Terminator
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Pulp Fiction
- Fight Club
- The Departed
- The Godfather: Part II
- Goodfellas
- Braveheart
- Gladiator
- The Social Network
- Inception
- Interstellar
- Dunkirk
- Blade Runner
- Blade Runner 2049
- A Star is Born
- The Revenant
- La La Land
- Get Out
- Black Panther
- Wonder Woman
- The Shape of Water
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Big Lebowski
- Die Hard
- Ghostbusters
- The Princess Bride
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Dirty Dancing
- The Breakfast Club
- The Goonies
- Home Alone
- Titanic
- The Grand Budapest Hotel