Top 100 English Movies/TV Shows

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for top 100 english movies/tv shows.

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1 The Godfather(1972)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Italian
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | New Zealand, USA | English, Quenya
3 Schindler's List(1993)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, Hebrew
4 Pulp Fiction(1994)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
5 Breaking Bad(2008)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
6 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | New Zealand, USA | English, Sindarin
7 Star Warsaka Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope(1977)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English
8 12 Angry Men(1957)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
9 The Godfather Part II(1974)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Italian
10 The Dark Knight(2008)
Movie | Action, Crime | USA, UK | English, Mandarin
11 The Silence of the Lambs(1991)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Latin
12 Game of Thrones(2011)
TV | Action, Adventure | USA, UK | English
13 GoodFellas(1990)
Movie | Biography, Crime | USA | English, Italian
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | New Zealand, USA | English, Sindarin
15 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English, German
17 Better Call Saul(2015)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
18 Toy Story(1995)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
19 Casablanca(1942)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, French
20 Apocalypse Now(1979)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English, French
21 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English
22 American Beauty(1999)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
23 Saving Private Ryan(1998)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, French
24 The Shawshank Redemption(1994)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
25 Jaws(1975)
Movie | Adventure, Horror | USA | English
26 Back to the Future(1985)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | USA | English
27 Chernobyl(2019)
TV | Drama, History | USA, UK | English, Russian
28 The Departed(2006)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA, Hong Kong | English, Cantonese
29 Rear Window(1954)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English
30 Ratatouille(2007)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English, French
31 Psycho(1960)
Movie | Drama, Horror | USA | English
32 Inception(2010)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA, UK | English, Japanese
33 It's a Wonderful Life(1946)
Movie | Drama, Family | USA | English, French
34 Inside Out(2015)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English, Portuguese
35 Django Unchained(2012)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English, German
36 The Pianist(2002)
Movie | Biography, Drama | France, Poland | English, German
37 No Country for Old Men(2007)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
38 Alien(1979)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English
39 Up(2009)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
40 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)
Movie | Comedy, War | UK, USA | English, Russian
41 The Sopranos(1999)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Italian
42 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)
Movie | Adventure, Sci-Fi | UK, USA | English, Russian
43 Band of Brothers(2001)
TV | Action, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
44 Finding Nemo(2003)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA, Japan | English, Japanese
45 Fargo(1996)
Movie | Crime, Drama | UK, USA | English
46 WALL E(2008)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA, Japan | English
47 Toy Story 3(2010)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English, Spanish
48 Singin' in the Rain(1952)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English
49 Titanic(1997)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English, Swedish
50 Whiplash(2014)
Movie | Drama, Music | USA | English
51 Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA, France | English, Spanish
52 L.A. Confidential(1997)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
53 The Terminator(1984)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Spanish
54 Top Gun: Maverick(2022)
Movie | Action, Drama | USA | English
55 Seinfeld(1989)
TV | Comedy | USA | English, Spanish
56 Avengers: Endgame(2019)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English, Japanese
57 Lawrence of Arabia(1962)
Movie | Adventure, Biography | UK, USA | English, Arabic
58 To Kill a Mockingbird(1962)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
59 Gone with the Wind(1939)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
60 Stranger Things(2016)
TV | Drama, Fantasy | USA | English
61 Oppenheimer(2023)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English, German
62 Taxi Driver(1976)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
63 Dune: Part Two(2024)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA, Canada | English
64 Citizen Kane(1941)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English, Italian
65 Modern Times(1936)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
66 Mad Max: Fury Road(2015)
Movie | Action, Adventure | Australia, USA | English, Russian
67 The Queen's Gambit(2020)
TV | Drama | USA | English, French
68 Fargo(2014)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, German
69 The Exorcist(1973)
Movie | Horror | USA | English, Latin
70 The Social Network(2010)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, French
71 The Wizard of Oz(1939)
Movie | Adventure, Family | USA | English
72 Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975)
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | UK | English, French
73 Friends(1994)
TV | Comedy, Romance | USA | English, Spanish
74 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2(2011)
Movie | Adventure, Family | UK, USA | English, Latin
75 Rocky(1976)
Movie | Drama, Sport | USA | English, Spanish
76 The King's Speech(2010)
Movie | Biography, Drama | USA, UK | English
77 Spider-Man: No Way Home(2021)
Movie | Action, Adventure | USA | English, Tagalog
78 12 Years a Slave(2013)
Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English
79 City Lights(1931)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
80 In the Name of the Father(1993)
Movie | Biography, Crime | Ireland, UK | English
81 Aliens(1986)
Movie | Action, Adventure | UK, USA | English, Spanish
82 Sunset Boulevard(1950)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English
83 Chinatown(1974)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English, Cantonese
84 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
85 Before Sunset(2004)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France, USA | English, French
86 North by Northwest(1959)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English, French
87 Gran Torino(2008)
Movie | Drama | Germany, USA | English, Hmong
88 Avatar: The Last Airbender(2005)
TV | Animation, Action | USA, South Korea | English
89 The Artist(2011)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Belgium | English, French
90 Leonaka L on: The Professional(1994)
Movie | Action, Crime | France, USA | English, Italian
91 The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK, USA | English, Japanese
92 The Graduate(1967)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English
93 The Wire(2002)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Greek
94 Vertigo(1958)
Movie | Mystery, Romance | USA | English
95 Get Out(2017)
Movie | Horror, Mystery | Japan, USA | English, Swahili
96 Room(2015)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | Ireland, Canada | English
97 The Great Dictator(1940)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Esperanto
98 Some Like It Hot(1959)
Movie | Comedy, Music | USA | English, French
99 Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Italy, USA | English, Italian
100 Rosemary's Baby(1968)
Movie | Drama, Horror | USA | English

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Updated November 29, 2025 · FlickRatings