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Tom's 5th Annual Best Picture Rankings

  • Writer: Thomas Duncan
    Thomas Duncan
  • Mar 16
  • 2 min read

All-Time Classics

Great Movies

  1. No Country for Old Men (2007)

  2. The Apartment (1960)*

  3. Rebecca (1940)

  4. The Departed (2006)

  5. Spotlight (2015)* 

  6. Gladiator (2000)*

  7. Parasite (2019)*

  8. Moonlight (2016)

  9. On the Waterfront (1954)* 

  10. West Side Story (1961)

  11. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

  12. A Man for All Seasons (1966)

  13. The Sting (1972)* 

  14. American Beauty (1999)

  15. Rocky (1976)*

Just Plain Mid

  1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)*

  2. The Deer Hunter (1978)

  3. The French Connection (1971)

  4. Platoon (1986)

  5. Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

  6. Amadeus (1984)* 

  7. Titanic (1997)

  8. Unforgiven (1992)*

  9. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)*

Personal Favorites

  1. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

  2. Forrest Gump (1994)*

  3. Anora (2024)

  4. Braveheart (1995)

  5. Gandhi (1982)

  6. Marty (1955)

  7. My Fair Lady (1964)* 

  8. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)*

  9. It Happened One Night (1934)*

  10. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

  11. Going My Way (1944)

  12. Patton (1970)*

  13. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

  14. Shakespeare in Love (1998)

  15. The King's Speech (2010)

  16. Gentlemen's Agreement (1947)* 

  17. CODA (2021)

Aggressively Fine

  1. Argo (2013)

  2. One Battle After Another (2025)

  3. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

  4. Rain Man (1988)*

  5. In the Heat of the Night (1967)*

  6. The Shape of Water (2017)

  7. Green Book (2018)

  8. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

  9. The Artist (2011)* 

  10. Chicago (2002)

  11. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

  12. The Hurt Locker (2009)

  13. Terms of Endearment (1983)

  14. Mrs. Miniver (1942)

  15. Nomadland (2020)

  16. Oliver! (1968)

  17. You Can't Take It With You (1938)

  18. Grand Hotel (1932)

The Bad

  1. Crash (2005)

  2. Annie Hall (1977)

Dull and Bloated

  1. An American in Paris (1951)

  2. Dances with Wolves (1990)

  3. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

  4. Out of Africa (1985)

  5. The English Patient (1996)

  6. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

  7. Wings (1927)

  8. Gigi (1958)

  9. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

  10. The Last Emperor (1987)

  11. The Broadway Melody (1929)

  12. Hamlet (1948)

  13. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)* 

  14. Cavalcade (1933)

Those that Actively Anger Me

  1. Chariots of Fire (1981)

  2. Tom Jones (1963)

  3. Cimarron (1931)

  4. All the King's Men (1949)


* Covered already on Greatest Movie of All-Time podcast.

2 Comments

Steven Burgees
Steven Burgees
Jun 12

The movie ranking discussion shows how personal opinion and analysis can shape interpretation of films. I related to it because I once struggled to compare different viewpoints in an assignment. I found myself using Do My University Assignment during that time to understand how to structure comparisons better. It made me realize that clear reasoning matters more than just listing opinions. nice post makes me smile

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melica john
melica john
May 18

I enjoyed reading these Best Picture rankings because it is always fun to see how different movies connect with people in different ways. I liked how each film was explained with personal thoughts instead of just scores and lists. During a busy nursing semester, I sometimes watched movies to relax while using Do My Nursing Assignment support to keep my coursework organized. Good films and good study balance can really help reduce stress after long days.


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