🏆 The Exemplary Films Rankings
Discover cinema's greatest achievements through data-driven authority
Ranked films
Black Orpheus
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Fargo
Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He t...
The Departed
In this crime-action tour de force, the South Boston state police force is waging war on Irish-Ameri...
From Here to Eternity
It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii...
The Wrestler
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dis...
Pan's Labyrinth
In 1944 Francoist Spain, an imaginative young girl meets a faun who tells her she's a princess and t...
Braveheart
William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the...
Friendly Persuasion
The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
Get Out
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering ...
Bicycle Thieves
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He...
All Quiet on the Western Front
The story follows teenagers Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, who voluntarily enlist in...
Lust, Caution
During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional ...
The English Patient
October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana (Juliette Binoche), a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile...
A History of Violence
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions th...
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Marty
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and...
M*A*S*H
The personnel at the 4077 MASH unit deal with the horrors of the Korean War and the stresses faced i...
Inside Out
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions, Joy, F...
Still Life
A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.
Modern Times
Chaplin's last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talk...
Mary Poppins
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected chi...
Shakespeare in Love
William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is a known but struggling poet, playwright, and actor, who not ...
Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the...
The General
After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian r...