THR Hollywood's 100 Favorite

THR Hollywood's 100 Favorite is a ranked list published in 2014 — one of the 31 sources behind the film canon, weighted as critics' canon. 66 of its 100 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

1. 1The Godfather (1972)Canon #2
2. 2The Wizard of Oz (1939)Canon #23
3. 3Citizen Kane (1941)Canon #1
4. 4The Shawshank Redemption (1994)Canon #95
5. 5Pulp Fiction (1994)Canon #22
6. 6Casablanca (1942)Canon #17
7. 7The Godfather: Part II (1974)Canon #7
8. 8E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Canon #63
9. 92001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Canon #4
10. 10Schindler's List (1993)Canon #133
11. 11Star Wars (1977)
12. 12Back to the Future (1985)Canon #174
13. 13Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Canon #54
14. 14Forrest Gump (1994)Canon #248
15. 15Gone With the Wind (1939)Canon #37
16. 16To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)Canon #132
17. 17Apocalypse Now (1979)Canon #6
18. 18Annie Hall (1977)Canon #38
19. 19Goodfellas (1990)Canon #12
20. 20It's a Wonderful Life (1946)Canon #36
21. 21Chinatown (1974)Canon #9
22. 22The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Canon #83
23. 23Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Canon #11
24. 24Jaws (1975)Canon #35
25. 25The Sound of Music (1965)Canon #123
26. 26Singin' in the Rain (1952)Canon #8
27. 27The Breakfast Club (1985)
28. 28The Graduate (1967)Canon #82
29. 29Blade Runner (1982)Canon #45
30. 30One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)Canon #154
31. 31The Princess Bride (1987)
32. 32The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
33. 33Fargo (1996)Canon #92
34. 34American Beauty (1999)
35. 35A Clockwork Orange (1971)Canon #119
36. 36Ferris Bueller's Day off (1986)
37. 37Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)Canon #47
38. 38When Harry Met Sally... (1989)Canon #207
39. 39The Shining (1980)Canon #71
40. 40Fight Club (1999)
41. 41Psycho (1960)Canon #13
42. 42Alien (1979)Canon #69
43. 43Toy Story (1995)Canon #210
44. 44The Matrix (1999)Canon #200
45. 45Titanic (1997)Canon #206
46. 46Saving Private Ryan (1998)Canon #118
47. 47Some Like It Hot (1959)Canon #16
48. 48The Usual Suspects (1995)Canon #178
49. 49Rear Window (1954)Canon #49
50. 50Jurassic Park (1993)
51. 51The Big Lebowski (1998)
52. 52All About Eve (1950)Canon #46
53. 53Good Will Hunting (1997)
54. 54Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)Canon #144
55. 55Taxi Driver (1976)Canon #14
56. 56Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)Canon #97
57. 57The Dark Knight (2008)Canon #85
58. 58Sunset Boulevard (1950)Canon #33
59. 59Thelma & Louise (1991)
60. 60Amélie (2001)
61. 61West Side Story (1961)Canon #141
62. 62North by Northwest (1959)Canon #26
63. 63Groundhog Day (1993)Canon #213
64. 64Mary Poppins (1964)
65. 65Raging Bull (1980)Canon #32
66. 66The Lion King (1994)
67. 67Avatar (2009)
68. 68Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
69. 69Gladiator (2000)
70. 70Vertigo (1958)Canon #3
71. 71Almost Famous (2000)
72. 72Young Frankenstein (1974)
73. 73All the President's Men (1976)
74. 74Blazing Saddles (1974)
75. 75The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Canon #101
76. 76Brokeback Mountain (2005)Canon #173
77. 77Ghostbusters (1984)
78. 7812 Angry Men (1957)Canon #137
79. 79WALL·E (2008)
80. 80On the Waterfront (1954)Canon #64
81. 81Amadeus (1984)Canon #115
82. 82The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Canon #148
83. 83Die Hard (1988)
84. 84Inception (2010)Canon #247
85. 85Se7en (1995)
86. 86Beauty and the Beast (1991)
87. 87The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)Canon #218
88. 88Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
89. 89Braveheart (1995)
90. 90Memento (2000)Canon #179
91. 91Rocky (1976)
92. 92Up (2009)
93. 93Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
94. 94The Deer Hunter (1978)Canon #150
95. 95Doctor Zhivago (1965)
96. 96Pan's Labyrinth (2006)Canon #226
97. 97Airplane! (1980)
98. 98Reservoir Dogs (1992)
99. 99Bonnie and Clyde (1967)Canon #131
100. 100Seven Samurai (1954)Canon #5

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.