The Cinema Legacy Poll (2025)

A new kind of film poll by your favorite cinepodcasters....

1. The Godfather (1972) - 1016 points

2. Jaws (1975) - 1005 points

3. Casablanca (1942) - 776 points

4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) - 724 points

5. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - 690 points

6. Singin' in the Rain (1952) - 686 points

7. Psycho (1960) - 660 points

8. 12 Angry Men (1957) - 646 points

9. Schindler's List (1993) - 643 points

10. Pulp Fiction (1994) - 636 points

11. The Godfather - Part II (1974) - 635 points

12. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 629 points

13. Goodfellas (1990) - 588 points

14. Alien (1979) - 536 points

15. Citizen Kane (1941) - 510 points

16. The Matrix (1999) - 507 points

17. Parasite (2019) - 500 points

18. Vertigo (1958) - 488 points

19. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 475 points

20. Sunset Boulevard (1950) - 472 points

21. There Will Be Blood (2007) - 468 points

22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - 466 points

23. Jurassic Park (1993) - 464 points

24. All About Eve (1950) - 439 points

25. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - 425 points

26. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 423 points

27. Back to the Future (1985) - 409 points

28. Star Wars (1977) - 382 points

29. The Shining (1980) - 380 points

30. Taxi Driver (1976) - 360 points

31. Heat (1995) - 355 points

32. Rear Window (1954) - 346 points

33. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - 342 points

34. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - 332 points

35. Do the Right Thing (1989) - 328 points

36. No Country for Old Men (2007) - 324 points

37. The Dark Knight (2008) - 303 points

38. Blade Runner (1982) - 291 points

39. Network (1976) - 280 points

40. Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - 275 points

41. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - 273 points

42. Tie - 261 points

    1. Some Like It Hot (1959)

    2. Seven Samurai (1954)

44. Gone with the Wind (1939) - 251 points

45. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) - 239 points

46. Mulholland Drive (2001) - 222 points

47. Double Indemnity (1944) - 216 points

48. Oppenheimer (2023) - 210 points

49. Die Hard (1988) - 209 points

50. Fargo (1996) - 198 points

51. The Princess Bride (1987) - 196 points

52. The Sound of Music (1965) - 195 points

53. The Searchers (1956) - 194 points

54. Rocky (1976) - 189 points

55. It Happened One Night (1934) - 187 points

56. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - 183 points

57. Interstellar (2014) - 179 points

58. In the Mood for Love (2000) - 177 points

59. Tie - 174 points

    1. The Graduate (1967)

    2. The Exorcist (1973)

61. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - 173.67 points

62. Good Will Hunting (1997) - 167 points

63. Tie - 166 points

    1. Whiplash (2014)

    2. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

65. Tie - 163 points

    1. The Thing (1982)

    2. Ikiru (1952)

67. Tie - 162 points

    1. Memento (2001)

    2. Unforgiven (1992)

69. Tie - 161 points

    1. Spirited Away (2001)

    2. Children of Men (2006)

71. Ordinary People (1980) - 159 points

72. Tie - 158 points

    1. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)

    2. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

74. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - 155 points

75. Modern Times (1936) - 154 points

76. La La Land (2016) - 153 points

77. All the President's Men (1976) - 151 points

78. The Red Shoes (1948) - 148 points

79. Tie - 147 points

    1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

81. Ben-Hur (1959) - 146 points

82. Rashomon (1950) - 144 points

83. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) - 143 points

84. Tie - 141 points

    1. Titanic (1997)

    2. The Social Network (2010)

86. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - 140 points

87. Boogie Nights (1997) - 138 points

88. Tie - 134 points

    1. Moonlight (2015)

    2. Chinatown (1974)

    3. Wall-E (2008)

91. The Conversation (1974) - 132 points

92. Nosferatu (1922) - 130 points

93. Malcolm X (1992) - 129 points

94. Tie - 128 points

    1. All That Jazz (1979)

    2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    3. Toy Story (1995)

97. Tie - 125 points

    1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    2. West Side Story (1961)

    3. Fight Club (1999)

100. Tie - 123 points

     1. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

     2. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

102. Magnolia (1999) - 122 points

103. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) - 121 points

104. Rebecca (1940) - 120 points

105. Tie - 119 points

     1. Raging Bull (1980)

     2. Se7en (1995)

107. Inglourious Basterds (2009) - 118 points

108. Ran (1985) - 116 points

109. The Third Man (1949) - 115 points

110. The Apartment (1960) - 111 points

111. Cabaret (1972) - 110 points

112. Sherlock, Jr. (1924) - 108 points

113. Arrival (2016) - 106 points

114. Nashville (1975) - 105 points

115. Tie - 104 points

     1. Train to Busan (2016)

     2. Wings (1927)

117. Tie - 102 points

     1. High and Low (1963)

     2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

119. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - 101.67 points

120. Tie - 100 points

     1. Jackie Brown (1997)

     2. King Kong (1933)

     3. Reservoir Dogs (1992)