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The Cinema Legacy Poll

  • Writer: Thomas Duncan
    Thomas Duncan
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • 3 min read

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)


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

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

  3. Mulholland Drive (2001) - 222 points

  4. Double Indemnity (1944) - 216 points

  5. Oppenheimer (2023) - 210 points

  6. Die Hard (1988) - 209 points

  7. Fargo (1996) - 198 points

  8. The Princess Bride (1987) - 196 points

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

  10. The Searchers (1956) - 194 points

  11. Rocky (1976) - 189 points

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

  13. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - 183 points

  14. Interstellar (2014) - 179 points

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

  16. Tie - 174 points

    1. The Graduate (1967)

    2. The Exorcist (1973)


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

  2. Good Will Hunting (1997) - 167 points

  3. Tie - 166 points

    1. Whiplash (2014)

    2. Saving Private Ryan (1998)


  1. Tie - 163 points

    1. The Thing (1982)

    2. Ikiru (1952)


  1. Tie - 162 points

    1. Memento (2001)

    2. Unforgiven (1992)


  1. Tie - 161 points

    1. Spirited Away (2001)

    2. Children of Men (2006)


  1. Ordinary People (1980) - 159 points

  2. Tie - 158 points

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

    2. Beauty and the Beast (1991)


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

  2. Modern Times (1936) - 154 points

  3. La La Land (2016) - 153 points

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

  5. The Red Shoes (1948) - 148 points

  6. Tie - 147 points

    1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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


  1. Ben-Hur (1959) - 146 points

  2. Rashomon (1950) - 144 points

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

  4. Tie - 141 points

    1. Titanic (1997)

    2. The Social Network (2010)


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

  2. Boogie Nights (1997) - 138 points

  3. Tie - 134 points

    1. Moonlight (2015)

    2. Chinatown (1974)

    3. Wall-E (2008)


  1. The Conversation (1974) - 132 points

  2. Nosferatu (1922) - 130 points

  3. Malcolm X (1992) - 129 points

  4. Tie - 128 points

    1. All That Jazz (1979)

    2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    3. Toy Story (1995)


  1. Tie - 125 points

    1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    2. West Side Story (1961)

    3. Fight Club (1999)



  1. Magnolia (1999) - 122 points

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

  3. Rebecca (1940) - 120 points

  4. Tie - 119 points

    1. Raging Bull (1980)

    2. Se7en (1995)


  1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) - 118 points

  2. Ran (1985) - 116 points

  3. The Third Man (1949) - 115 points

  4. The Apartment (1960) - 111 points

  5. Cabaret (1972) - 110 points

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

  7. Arrival (2016) - 106 points

  8. Nashville (1975) - 105 points

  9. Tie - 104 points

    1. Train to Busan (2016)

    2. Wings (1927)


  1. Tie - 102 points

    1. High and Low (1963)

    2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)


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

  2. Tie - 100 points

    1. Jackie Brown (1997)

    2. King Kong (1933)

    3. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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