Every ranked film list on this site, 85 in all across 129 pages, covering 2,521 entries. Runs that span several parts are listed once and link to the first part. The number on the right is how many films the list covers.
The Genre Rankings
The long-form runs, ranked from the masterpieces down to the failures. · 6 lists, 906 films
Horror and the Supernatural
Monsters, hauntings, and the films that earn their scares. · 9 lists, 197 films
- ►Blood, Myth, and the Undying Dark23
- ►Greatest Serial Killer Films and TV Episodes22
- ►Horror for People Who Do Not Like Horror20
- ►Masters of Terror and Suspense20
- ►The Greatest Creature Features23
- ►The Greatest Supernatural Horror Films17
- ►The Greatest Vampire Films32
- ►The Greatest Zombie Films20
- ►Things That Go Bump and Mean It20
Crime, Noir and the Underworld
Heists, mobsters, detectives, and cities that eat their own. · 9 lists, 173 films
- ►Best Heist Movies – The Perfect Crime22
- ►Greatest Mafia Movies – Blood and Family22
- ►The Greatest Assassin Films21
- ►The Greatest Courtroom Dramas14
- ►The Greatest Film Noir25
- ►The Greatest Prison Films20
- ►The Greatest Spy Films20
- ►The Greatest Vigilante Films8
- ►Vice Noir Movies – Where the City Eats Its Own21
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Time
Invented worlds, and the films that bend how time works. · 5 lists, 75 films
War and History
Combat, empire, and the past on screen. · 7 lists, 118 films
Comedy, Romance and Feeling
Laughs, love, and the films that go straight for the chest. · 9 lists, 175 films
- ►Films Only Men Seem to Love20
- ►Greatest Romance Films – Love Stories That Transcend Time20
- ►Greatest Romantic Comedies11
- ►Love Stories That Transcend Time20
- ►Movies Women Love (And Men Roll Their Eyes At)20
- ►The Greatest Comedies Ever Made25
- ►The Greatest Coming of Age Films26
- ►The Greatest Satires13
- ►The Most Seductive Films Ever Made20
Craft: What Writers Can Steal
Pages built around technique and not genre. · 10 lists, 203 films
- ►Films Every Fiction Writer Should Study20
- ►Films That Nailed the Book Adaptation20
- ►Films With Unreliable Narrators Done Right21
- ►Films With the Best Dialogue20
- ►Films With the Best Endings20
- ►Films With the Best Opening Scenes20
- ►Films With the Best Villains20
- ►Films With the Best Worldbuilding20
- ►Frame by Frame20
- ►The Films With the Strongest Characters Ever Written22
Arguments and Corrections
Where the consensus is wrong, and where good films went wrong. · 10 lists, 224 films
- ►Films That Blew Their Ending25
- ►Films That Couldn’t Be Made Today25
- ►Films That Needed Someone to Say No20
- ►Films That Ruined the Book20
- ►Films That Would Have Been Great If the Studio Had Stayed Out20
- ►Modern Movie Slop21
- ►Movies Rotten Tomatoes Got Dead Wrong21
- ►Oscar Winners That Should Have Lost30
- ►Remakes, Ranked27
- ►When the Message Overrode Common Sense15
Settings and Subjects
Lists organized by where a film happens or what it is about. · 14 lists, 302 films
- ►Foreign Action & Adventure – Beyond Hollywood22
- ►Greatest Westerns – The Lawless and the Just23
- ►Midnight Movies and the Films That Found Their People20
- ►More Great Christmas Films18
- ►Overlooked Genre Films20
- ►The Greatest Christmas Films20
- ►The Greatest Cruise Ship and Ocean Liner Films20
- ►The Greatest Disaster Films20
- ►The Greatest Foreign Language Films31
- ►The Greatest Guilty Pleasure Films20
- ►The Greatest Independent Films22
- ►The Greatest James Bond Films26
- ►The Greatest Road Movies20
- ►The Greatest Sports Films20
Animation, Documentary and Television
Everything that is not a live-action feature. · 5 lists, 128 films
Books
The one list here that is not about film. · 1 lists, 20 films