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The #1 Movie of Every Decade

According to real audience scores — not critics, not box office, not awards. The top 5 films of each decade based on what everyday people actually think.

1960s
🥇Harakiri
1962 · Action, Drama · 1,175 votes
92%
🥈The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 · Western · 9,483 votes
91%
🥉High and Low
1963 · Drama, Crime · 1,093 votes
91%
Psycho
1960 · Horror, Thriller · 10,861 votes
85%
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Drama, Western · 4,810 votes
82%
1970s
🥇One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Drama · 11,277 votes
91%
🥈The Godfather
1972 · Drama, Crime · 22,611 votes
90%
🥉The Godfather Part II
1974 · Drama, Crime · 13,693 votes
89%
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Drama, War · 8,942 votes
89%
Star Wars
1977 · Adventure, Action · 22,049 votes
89%
1980s
🥇Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Animation, Drama · 6,403 votes
96%
🥈The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Adventure, Action · 18,164 votes
94%
🥉Cinema Paradiso
1988 · Drama, Romance · 4,756 votes
93%
Back to the Future
1985 · Adventure, Comedy · 21,488 votes
92%
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Drama, Crime · 5,936 votes
88%
1990s
🥇The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama, Crime · 29,923 votes
95%
🥈Forrest Gump
1994 · Comedy, Drama · 29,379 votes
94%
🥉Schindler's List
1993 · Drama, History · 17,214 votes
93%
Pulp Fiction
1994 · Thriller, Crime · 29,835 votes
91%
The Green Mile
1999 · Fantasy, Drama · 18,953 votes
91%
2000s
🥇Spirited Away
2001 · Animation, Family · 18,061 votes
95%
🥈The Dark Knight
2008 · Action, Crime · 35,332 votes
92%
🥉The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Adventure, Fantasy · 27,159 votes
86%
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Adventure, Fantasy · 26,174 votes
85%
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Adventure, Fantasy · 23,562 votes
85%
2010s
🥇Your Name.
2016 · Animation, Romance · 12,351 votes
95%
🥈Interstellar
2014 · Adventure, Drama · 39,138 votes
92%
🥉Parasite
2019 · Comedy, Thriller · 20,279 votes
89%
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011 · Action, Crime · 1,174 votes
88%
Inception
2010 · Action, Science Fiction · 38,846 votes
87%
2020s
🥇The Wild Robot
2024 · Animation, Science Fiction · 5,810 votes
86%
🥈Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Animation, Action · 8,347 votes
85%
🥉Gabriel's Inferno: Part III
2020 · Romance, Drama · 1,073 votes
84%
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022 · Animation, Adventure · 8,673 votes
83%
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · Action, Drama · 10,668 votes
81%
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