Updated October 2026

The 50 best movies of all time, ranked

From The Godfather to Parasite, these are the all-time great films that critics and audiences keep coming back to. If you’re looking for must-watch movies, start here, and see where each one is streaming right now.

Track your movies — free The top 10 movies of all time

Lists of the best films of all time never fully agree, but the same titles appear again and again: in critics’ polls like Sight and Sound, in the most-rated films on TMDB and IMDb, and in the films people recommend to each other for decades. This list brings those together. It mixes Hollywood classics, world cinema and modern masterpieces, with something for every taste, from crime epics and science fiction to animation and romance.

Each film below includes who made it, how audiences rate it, and where you can stream it in the US and UK as of October 2026. Tick off what you’ve seen as you go and save the rest to your watchlist on haveseen, a free movie tracker.

The top 10 movies of all time

#	Film	Year	Rating
1	The Godfather	1972	★ 8.7
2	The Shawshank Redemption	1994	★ 8.7
3	Citizen Kane	1941	★ 8.0
4	Casablanca	1943	★ 8.1
5	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	★ 8.0
6	Pulp Fiction	1994	★ 8.5
7	Schindler's List	1993	★ 8.6
8	Seven Samurai	1954	★ 8.5
9	The Dark Knight	2008	★ 8.5
10	Spirited Away	2001	★ 8.5

The full list

1. The Godfather (1972)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 2h 55m · Drama, Crime

★ 8.7/10 from 23,672 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: MGM+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential (US) · Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium (UK)

Francis Ford Coppola’s crime saga about the Corleone family is the rare film that’s both an epic and an intimate family drama. Marlon Brando and Al Pacino anchor a story about power passing from father to son, and almost every scene has become part of movie history.

Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

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2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Directed by Frank Darabont · 2h 22m · Drama, Crime

★ 8.7/10 from 31,471 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel (US) · HBO Max Amazon Channel, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema (UK)

Two prisoners build a friendship over decades inside Shawshank State Penitentiary. It flopped in cinemas, then became one of the most loved films ever on home video, and its ending still lands like a deep breath of fresh air.

Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton

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3. Citizen Kane (1941)

Directed by Orson Welles · 1h 59m · Mystery, Drama

★ 8.0/10 from 6,250 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: BFI Player, BFI Player Amazon Channel, BFI Player Apple TV Channel (UK)

Orson Welles was 25 when he directed, co-wrote and starred in this portrait of a newspaper tycoon, told through the people who knew him. Its deep-focus photography and fractured structure changed how films were made, and it still feels modern.

Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore

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4. Casablanca (1943)

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 42m · Drama, Romance

★ 8.1/10 from 6,253 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max (US) · HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max (UK)

A cynical American nightclub owner in wartime Morocco has to choose between the woman he loves and the right thing. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, endlessly quotable dialogue, and an ending that’s been copied for eighty years.

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

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5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 2h 29m · Science Fiction, Mystery, Adventure

★ 8.0/10 from 12,992 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, HBO Max (US) · Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Now TV Cinema (UK)

Stanley Kubrick’s journey from the dawn of humanity to the edge of the universe is more experience than plot. Its effects still hold up today, HAL 9000 is still unsettling, and the final act remains one of cinema’s great mysteries.

Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

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6. Pulp Fiction (1994)

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 34m · Thriller, Crime, Comedy

★ 8.5/10 from 30,989 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium (US) · Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, ITVX Premium (UK)

Quentin Tarantino’s interlocking tales of hitmen, a boxer and a mob boss’s wife rewired 1990s cinema. Out-of-order storytelling, unforgettable dialogue and a soundtrack people still play make it endlessly rewatchable.

Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman

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7. Schindler's List (1993)

Directed by Steven Spielberg · 3h 15m · Drama, History, War

★ 8.6/10 from 17,979 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads (UK)

Steven Spielberg’s black-and-white account of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved more than a thousand Jewish workers during the Holocaust. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes give career-best performances in a film that’s devastating and essential.

Starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes

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8. Seven Samurai (1954)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · 3h 27m · Action, Drama

★ 8.5/10 from 4,390 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max (US) · BFI Player, BFI Player Amazon Channel, BFI Player Apple TV Channel (UK)

A poor village hires seven masterless samurai to defend it from bandits. Akira Kurosawa’s epic invented much of the modern action film, from assembling the team to the final rain-soaked battle, and its three and a half hours fly by.

Starring Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba

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9. The Dark Knight (2008)

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 2h 32m · Action, Thriller, Crime

★ 8.5/10 from 36,860 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, TNT (US) · Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel (UK)

Christopher Nolan’s Batman sequel plays like a crime epic, with Heath Ledger’s Joker turning Gotham into a test of everyone’s principles. It’s the superhero film other superhero films are still measured against.

Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

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10. Spirited Away (2001)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · 2h 5m · Animation, Family, Fantasy

★ 8.5/10 from 18,971 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max (US) · Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads (UK)

A girl wanders into a world of spirits and has to work in a bathhouse for the gods to save her parents. Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and is packed with images you won’t forget.

Starring Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki

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11. The Godfather Part II (1974)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 3h 22m · Drama, Crime

★ 8.6/10 from 14,399 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: MGM+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential (US) · Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium (UK)

The rare sequel that’s argued to beat the original. Coppola tells two stories side by side: Michael Corleone tightening his grip on the family business, and a young Vito Corleone, played by Robert De Niro, building it from nothing.

Starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton

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12. Vertigo (1958)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 2h 8m · Mystery, Romance, Thriller

★ 8.1/10 from 6,524 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: YouTube TV, TCM (US)

A retired detective with a fear of heights becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman. Alfred Hitchcock’s haunting thriller topped the Sight and Sound critics’ poll in 2012, and its twists still unsettle on every rewatch.

Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes

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13. GoodFellas (1990)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · 2h 25m · Drama, Crime

★ 8.4/10 from 14,815 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Sky Go, Now TV Cinema (UK)

Martin Scorsese’s fast, funny and frightening account of Henry Hill’s life in the mob, from wide-eyed kid to paranoid informant. Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci are electric, and the editing never stops moving.

Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci

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14. Parasite (2019)

Directed by Bong Joon Ho · 2h 13m · Comedy, Thriller, Drama

★ 8.5/10 from 21,406 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: MUBI, BFI Player, BFI Player Amazon Channel (UK)

Bong Joon-ho’s story of a poor family slowly infiltrating a wealthy household starts as a comedy and turns into something far darker. It became the first non-English-language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong

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15. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Directed by Peter Jackson · 3h 21m · Adventure, Fantasy, Action

★ 8.5/10 from 27,468 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max (US) · HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max (UK)

The final chapter of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy brings huge battles and an emotional ending to Frodo and Sam’s journey. It won all eleven Oscars it was nominated for, including Best Picture.

Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen

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16. Star Wars (1977)

Directed by George Lucas · 2h 1m · Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

★ 8.2/10 from 22,943 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Disney Plus (US) · Disney Plus (UK)

A farm boy, a smuggler, a princess and a wise old knight take on the Empire. George Lucas’s space adventure created the modern blockbuster and a universe that’s still expanding almost fifty years later.

Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

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17. Apocalypse Now (1979)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 2h 27m · Drama, War

★ 8.3/10 from 9,414 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel (US) · Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel (UK)

A US Army captain travels up a river in Vietnam to find a colonel who has gone rogue. Francis Ford Coppola’s war film is a hallucinatory descent into madness, famous for its helicopter attack and Marlon Brando’s haunting final act.

Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest

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18. Psycho (1960)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 49m · Horror, Thriller, Mystery

★ 8.4/10 from 11,295 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Peacock Premium, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel (US)

A woman on the run checks into a quiet motel run by a polite young man and his mother. Alfred Hitchcock broke every rule of the thriller here, including killing his star halfway through, and the shower scene is still shocking.

Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

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19. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Directed by Sidney Lumet · 1h 37m · Drama

★ 8.6/10 from 10,421 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Hulu, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel (US) · MGM Plus Amazon Channel (UK)

Twelve jurors, one room, and a murder verdict that seems certain until one man raises a doubt. Sidney Lumet’s courtroom drama with Henry Fonda proves you don’t need spectacle to keep an audience on the edge of their seats.

Starring Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb

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20. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Directed by Steven Spielberg · 1h 55m · Adventure, Action

★ 7.9/10 from 14,045 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, fuboTV (US) · Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Channel 4 Plus (UK)

Archaeologist Indiana Jones races the Nazis to find the Ark of the Covenant. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’s tribute to adventure serials is pure fun from the rolling boulder onwards, with Harrison Ford at his most charming.

Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman

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21. Jaws (1975)

Directed by Steven Spielberg · 2h 4m · Horror, Thriller, Adventure

★ 7.7/10 from 11,900 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Netflix, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads (US) · Sky Go, Now TV Cinema (UK)

A police chief, a marine biologist and a grizzled fisherman go after the great white shark terrorising a beach town. Spielberg’s thriller invented the summer blockbuster, and John Williams’s two-note score still makes people nervous in the sea.

Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

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22. Alien (1979)

Directed by Ridley Scott · 1h 57m · Horror, Science Fiction

★ 8.2/10 from 16,907 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads (US) · Disney Plus (UK)

The crew of a cargo ship answers a distress call and brings something deadly on board. Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror is a masterclass in slow-building dread, with Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley becoming one of cinema’s great heroes.

Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright

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23. Back to the Future (1985)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 1h 56m · Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

★ 8.3/10 from 22,489 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads (UK)

Teenager Marty McFly is sent back to 1955 in a time-travelling DeLorean and accidentally stops his parents from meeting. Robert Zemeckis’s comedy is about as perfectly built as a Hollywood film gets, and it’s fun for every age.

Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover

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24. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Directed by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly · 1h 43m · Comedy, Romance

★ 8.1/10 from 3,633 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max (US) · HBO Max Amazon Channel, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema (UK)

Hollywood’s switch from silent films to talkies, told as a joyful musical. Gene Kelly’s title number in the rain is one of the most famous scenes ever filmed, and the whole thing is bursting with energy and wit.

Starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

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25. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Directed by David Lean · 3h 48m · Adventure, History, War

★ 8.0/10 from 3,600 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Netflix, Philo, Netflix Standard with Ads (US)

The true story of T. E. Lawrence, a British officer who united Arab tribes against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. David Lean’s desert epic is so vast it practically demands the biggest screen you can find.

Starring Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif

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26. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Directed by Sergio Leone · 2h 41m · Western

★ 8.5/10 from 9,986 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo (US) · MGM Plus Amazon Channel (UK)

Three gunslingers race to find buried Confederate gold during the American Civil War. Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western with Clint Eastwood has an iconic Ennio Morricone score and a three-way standoff that’s pure cinema.

Starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef

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27. Chinatown (1974)

Directed by Roman Polanski · 2h 10m · Crime, Mystery, Thriller

★ 7.9/10 from 4,419 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel (US) · Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium (UK)

A private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles takes a routine case that leads to murder, corruption and the city’s water supply. Roman Polanski’s neo-noir with Jack Nicholson has one of the most famous final lines in film.

Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston

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28. Taxi Driver (1976)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · 1h 54m · Crime, Drama

★ 8.1/10 from 13,838 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel (UK)

Robert De Niro plays Travis Bickle, a lonely New York cab driver drifting towards violence. Martin Scorsese’s portrait of isolation and the city at night is as tense and uncomfortable now as it was in 1976.

Starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd

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29. Rear Window (1954)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 53m · Thriller, Mystery, Drama

★ 8.3/10 from 7,391 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: YouTube TV (US)

Stuck in his apartment with a broken leg, a photographer starts watching his neighbours through the window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. Hitchcock turns a single courtyard into one of the most suspenseful films ever made.

Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey

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30. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Directed by Jonathan Demme · 1h 59m · Crime, Thriller, Drama

★ 8.3/10 from 18,581 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus (US) · Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads (UK)

A young FBI trainee asks the imprisoned cannibal Dr Hannibal Lecter for help catching a serial killer. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins are unforgettable, and it’s one of only three films to win all five major Oscars.

Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn

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31. Se7en (1995)

Directed by David Fincher · 2h 7m · Crime, Mystery, Thriller

★ 8.4/10 from 23,883 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential (US) · Now TV Cinema (UK)

Two detectives, one weary and one hot-headed, hunt a killer whose murders are based on the seven deadly sins. David Fincher’s rain-soaked thriller is grim, gripping, and has an ending people still talk about.

Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow

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32. Fight Club (1999)

Directed by David Fincher · 2h 19m · Drama, Thriller

★ 8.4/10 from 32,956 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel (UK)

An insomniac office worker and a reckless soap salesman start an underground fight club that grows into something much bigger. David Fincher’s satire is dark, funny and packed with a twist that rewards a second watch.

Starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter

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33. Inception (2010)

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 2h 28m · Action, Science Fiction, Adventure

★ 8.4/10 from 40,311 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: ViX Premium Amazon Channel (US) · Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Now TV Cinema (UK)

A thief who steals secrets from people’s dreams is offered a chance to plant an idea instead. Christopher Nolan’s heist film folds cities in half and stacks dreams inside dreams, and it’s still debated over a decade later.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe

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34. Forrest Gump (1994)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 2h 22m · Comedy, Drama, Romance

★ 8.5/10 from 30,564 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel (US) · Netflix, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel (UK)

Tom Hanks plays a kind man with a low IQ who drifts through decades of American history, always in the right place at the right time. Funny, sentimental and hugely popular, it won six Oscars including Best Picture.

Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise

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35. City of God (2002)

Directed by Fernando Meirelles · 2h 9m · Drama, Crime

★ 8.4/10 from 8,478 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Paramount Plus Essential (US)

Two boys grow up in a violent Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood, one becoming a photographer and the other a drug lord. Fernando Meirelles’s film is breathless, brutal and based on real events, and its energy is unforgettable.

Starring Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen

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36. Amélie (2001)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet · 2h 2m · Comedy, Romance

★ 7.9/10 from 12,696 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Curzon Amazon Channel, BFI Player Apple TV Channel, ITVX Premium (UK)

A shy waitress in Montmartre decides to secretly improve the lives of the people around her. Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s whimsical romantic comedy, with Audrey Tautou, is one of the most charming films ever made.

Starring Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus

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37. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Directed by George Miller · 2h 1m · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

★ 7.6/10 from 24,691 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Now TV Cinema, HBO Max (UK)

In a desert wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrant and flees with his wives, with Max dragged along for the ride. George Miller’s near-nonstop chase is a two-hour action masterpiece built on real stunts.

Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult

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38. Whiplash (2014)

Directed by Damien Chazelle · 1h 47m · Drama, Music, Thriller

★ 8.4/10 from 17,156 ratings on TMDB

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A young jazz drummer joins an elite music school and falls under the control of a brutal teacher. Damien Chazelle’s drama plays like a thriller, and J. K. Simmons won an Oscar for one of the scariest performances in recent memory.

Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser

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39. Get Out (2017)

Directed by Jordan Peele · 1h 44m · Mystery, Thriller, Horror

★ 7.6/10 from 19,403 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: fuboTV, Peacock Premium, YouTube TV (US) · Amazon Prime Video, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema (UK)

A young Black man visits his white girlfriend’s family for the weekend and realises something is very wrong. Jordan Peele’s debut is a sharp horror satire that won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener

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40. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Directed by Daniel Scheinert & Daniel Kwan · 2h 20m · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

★ 7.7/10 from 8,470 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Hulu (US)

A laundromat owner discovers she can access the skills of her versions in other universes, just as reality starts to fall apart. Funny, strange, moving and full of kung fu, it won seven Oscars including Best Picture.

Starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan

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41. In the Mood for Love (2000)

Directed by Wong Kar-Wai · 1h 39m · Drama, Romance

★ 8.1/10 from 3,393 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo, HBO Max (US)

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbours discover their spouses are having an affair and slowly fall for each other. Wong Kar-wai’s romance is all longing, beautiful colours and the things people can’t say out loud.

Starring Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Siu Ping-Lam

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42. Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Directed by Vittorio De Sica · 1h 29m · Drama

★ 8.2/10 from 2,763 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel (US) · Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads (UK)

A poor man in post-war Rome searches the city with his young son after the bicycle he needs for work is stolen. Vittorio De Sica’s simple, heartbreaking story is a landmark of Italian neorealism.

Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

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43. Some Like It Hot (1959)

Directed by Billy Wilder · 2h 3m · Comedy, Romance, Crime

★ 8.1/10 from 4,008 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo (US) · MGM Plus Amazon Channel (UK)

Two musicians who witness a gangland killing escape by disguising themselves as women in an all-female band. Billy Wilder’s comedy with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis has one of the best closing lines in film.

Starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe

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44. The Shining (1980)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 2h 24m · Horror, Thriller

★ 8.2/10 from 19,450 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC, TCM (US) · HBO Max Amazon Channel, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema (UK)

A writer takes his family to look after an isolated hotel over the winter, and the hotel starts to get inside his head. Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King, with Jack Nicholson, is one of the scariest films ever made.

Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd

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45. Toy Story (1995)

Directed by John Lasseter · 1h 21m · Family, Comedy, Animation

★ 8.0/10 from 20,595 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Hulu, Disney Plus (US) · Disney Plus (UK)

A cowboy doll feels threatened when a flashy space ranger becomes his owner’s new favourite toy. The first fully computer-animated feature film is also one of the funniest and warmest family films ever made.

Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles

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46. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Directed by Frank Capra · 2h 11m · Drama, Family, Fantasy

★ 8.3/10 from 5,080 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads (US)

A despairing man is shown what his town would look like if he’d never been born. Frank Capra’s film with James Stewart is a Christmas classic, but its message about one ordinary life’s value works any time of year.

Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore

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47. There Will Be Blood (2007)

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 2h 38m · Drama

★ 8.1/10 from 7,745 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel (US) · Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel (UK)

An oil prospector in early 20th-century California builds an empire and loses his soul doing it. Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic features one of the greatest screen performances ever, from Daniel Day-Lewis.

Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor

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48. No Country for Old Men (2007)

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen · 2h 2m · Crime, Thriller, Western

★ 8.0/10 from 13,831 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential (US) · Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus, Sky Go (UK)

A hunter finds a case of drug money in the Texas desert and is pursued by a relentless killer. The Coen brothers’ thriller won four Oscars, and Javier Bardem’s Anton Chigurh is one of film’s most chilling villains.

Starring Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin

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49. Tokyo Story (1953)

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · 2h 17m · Drama

★ 8.1/10 from 1,267 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max (US) · BFI Player, BFI Player Amazon Channel, BFI Player Apple TV Channel (UK)

An elderly couple travel to Tokyo to visit their grown-up children, who are too busy to make time for them. Yasujirō Ozu’s quiet, gentle drama is regularly voted among the greatest films ever made.

Starring Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara

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50. Oppenheimer (2023)

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 3h 1m · Drama, History

★ 8.0/10 from 12,591 ratings on TMDB

Streaming now: Peacock Premium, YouTube TV, Peacock Premium Plus (US)

Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist behind the atomic bomb, plays like a thriller and a tragedy at once. Cillian Murphy leads a huge cast, and it won seven Oscars including Best Picture.

Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon

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How we picked

We started from films that appear most often in major critics’ polls and on the most-rated lists of TMDB and IMDb, then balanced decades, countries and genres so the list works as a watchlist, not just a ranking. Ratings are from TMDB users. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch via TMDB and was checked on 2 October 2026.

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What is the best movie of all time?

There’s no single answer, but The Godfather (1972) is the film that tops the most lists, combining critical acclaim with huge audience love. Citizen Kane, Vertigo and 2001: A Space Odyssey regularly top critics’ polls, while The Shawshank Redemption is often the audience favourite.

What are the top 10 movies of all time?

Our top 10 are The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Pulp Fiction, Schindler’s List, Seven Samurai, The Dark Knight and Spirited Away.

What movies should everyone watch at least once?

Start with the films that shaped cinema: The Godfather, Casablanca, Psycho, Star Wars, Jaws, Pulp Fiction and Spirited Away. Each one changed how films were made, and they’re all still hugely entertaining.

Where can I stream the best movies of all time?

It changes often. Each film above shows where it’s streaming in the US and UK as of October 2026. On haveseen, every film’s page shows the current streaming, rent and buy options for your country.

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