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The Letterboxd Top 500 ranks the 500 highest-rated narrative feature films on the site by weighted average rating, with a 25,000-rating minimum to qualify. Documentaries and shorts are excluded — documentaries get their own Top 250. The list below is pulled straight from Letterboxd and refreshed regularly, so it matches the current ranking rather than a months-old snapshot.

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1.Harakiri (1962)
2.The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
3.12 Angry Men (1957)
4.Come and See (1985)
5.High and Low (1963)
6.Seven Samurai (1954)
7.The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
8.The Godfather Part II (1974)
9.City of God (2002)
10.The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
11.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
12.Schindler's List (1993)
13.Yi Yi (2000)
14.Parasite (2019)
15.Ikiru (1952)
16.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
17.Cinema Paradiso (1988)
18.The Godfather (1972)
19.Ran (1985)
20.La Haine (1995)
21.Le Trou (1960)
22.The Dark Knight (2008)
23.Autumn Sonata (1978)
24.A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
25.The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
26.Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
27.Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
28.The Battle of Algiers (1966)
29.I Am Cuba (1964)
30.GoodFellas (1990)
31.The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
32.There Will Be Blood (2007)
33.Interstellar (2014)
34.Incendies (2010)
35.Woman in the Dunes (1964)
36.Paths of Glory (1957)
37.It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
38.Andrei Rublev (1966)
39.Sunset Boulevard (1950)
40.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
41.Apocalypse Now (1979)
42.Spirited Away (2001)
43.The Ascent (1977)
44.Tokyo Story (1953)
45.The Apartment (1960)
46.Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
47.Whiplash (2014)
48.Memories of Murder (2003)
49.The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
50.Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
51.Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
52.Nobody Knows (2004)
53.Life Is Beautiful (1997)
54.Barry Lyndon (1975)
55.Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
56.The Red Shoes (1948)
57.Swing Girls (2004)
58.The Pianist (2002)
59.The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)
60.The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
61.Close-Up (1990)
62.Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
63.Farewell My Concubine (1993)
64.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
65.Fanny and Alexander (1982)
66.A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
67.A Separation (2011)
68.Do the Right Thing (1989)
69.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
70.Princess Mononoke (1997)
71.The Handmaiden (2016)
72.Love Exposure (2008)
73.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
74.Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
75.Good Will Hunting (1997)
76.Stalker (1979)
77.Paper Moon (1973)
78.Nights of Cabiria (1957)
79.Se7en (1995)
80.An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
81.Red Beard (1965)
82.Perfect Blue (1997)
83.Dune: Part Two (2024)
84.Z (1969)
85.Apur Sansar (1959)
86.In the Mood for Love (2000)
87.Persona (1966)
88.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
89.How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024)
90.Amadeus (1984)
91.The Odyssey (2026)
92.Inglourious Basterds (2009)
93.Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
94.All About Eve (1950)
95.Rear Window (1954)
96.Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
97.Where Is the Friend's House? (1987)
98.Paris, Texas (1984)
99.The Wages of Fear (1953)
100.Oldboy (2003)
101.Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
102.Sherlock Jr. (1924)
103.Satantango (1994)
104.It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
105.Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)
106.Dead Poets Society (1989)
107.Monster (2023)
108.The Thing (1982)
109.The Departed (2006)
110.Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
111.Singin' in the Rain (1952)
112.Central Station (1998)
113.Army of Shadows (1969)
114.A Man Escaped (1956)
115.Django Unchained (2012)
116.Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
117.All That Jazz (1979)
118.Prisoners (2013)
119.Eternity and a Day (1998)
120.Still Walking (2008)
121.The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
122.I'm Still Here (2024)
123.A Special Day (1977)
124.Three Colours: Red (1994)
125.Das Boot (1981)
126.Ordet (1955)
127.The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
128.To Be or Not to Be (1942)
129.The Great Dictator (1940)
130.Perfect Days (2023)
131.The Celebration (1998)
132.Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion (2013)
133.Late Spring (1949)
134.Heat (1995)
135.Taste of Cherry (1997)
136.Mommy (2014)
137.Brief Encounter (1945)
138.Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
139.Wild Strawberries (1957)
140.Pather Panchali (1955)
141.Project Hail Mary (2026)
142.The Elephant Man (1980)
143.The Seventh Seal (1957)
144.Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
145.Shoplifters (2018)
146.City Lights (1931)
147.Before Sunset (2004)
148.Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
149.Mirror (1975)
150.Psycho (1960)
151.Landscape in the Mist (1988)
152.No Country for Old Men (2007)
153.The Prestige (2006)
154.Chinatown (1974)
155.Wings of Desire (1987)
156.The Green Mile (1999)
157.Children of Men (2006)
158.Yojimbo (1961)
159.Tampopo (1985)
160.The Father (2020)
161.Sing Sing (2023)
162.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
163.Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
164.The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
165.Malcolm X (1992)
166.Before Sunrise (1995)
167.Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
168.Fail Safe (1964)
169.Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
170.Song of the Sea (2014)
171.The Cremator (1969)
172.Underground (1995)
173.The 400 Blows (1959)
174.Life, and Nothing More… (1992)
175.Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
176.The Lives of Others (2006)
177.Dersu Uzala (1975)
178.M (1931)
179.Secrets & Lies (1996)
180.The Iron Giant (1999)
181.The Hunt (2012)
182.Look Back (2024)
183.Some Like It Hot (1959)
184.Akira (1988)
185.Cure (1997)
186.Bicycle Thieves (1948)
187.Casablanca (1942)
188.Ritual (2000)
189.Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
190.Opening Night (1977)
191.The Fall (2006)
192.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
193.The Sacrifice (1986)
194.Children of Paradise (1945)
195.Ace in the Hole (1951)
196.Chungking Express (1994)
197.Sorcerer (1977)
198.Fight Club (1999)
199.Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
200.Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu (2017)
201.Mary and Max (2009)
202.Throne of Blood (1957)
203.A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
204.La Notte (1961)
205.Network (1976)
206.The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
207.Saving Private Ryan (1998)
208.The Holdovers (2023)
209.Rififi (1955)
210.Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
211.Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
212.Double Indemnity (1944)
213.I Swear (2025)
214.Kamikaze Girls (2004)
215.Mulholland Drive (2001)
216.We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
217.Nostalgia (1983)
218.Aparajito (1956)
219.8½ (1963)
220.The Night of the Hunter (1955)
221.La Dolce Vita (1960)
222.The First Slam Dunk (2022)
223.The Sound of Music (1965)
224.4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
225.A Moment of Innocence (1996)
226.For a Few Dollars More (1965)
227.Ugetsu (1953)
228.The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
229.Alien (1979)
230.Better Days (2019)
231.Vada Chennai (2018)
232.Wolfwalkers (2020)
233.Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
234.Il Sorpasso (1962)
235.Modern Times (1936)
236.The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
237.The Face of Another (1966)
238.Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
239.WALL·E (2008)
240.Umberto D. (1952)
241.Hope (2013)
242.Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
243.Dreams (1990)
244.The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
245.Metropolis (1927)
246.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
247.Inception (2010)
248.The Third Man (1949)
249.Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
250.Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
251.The King of Comedy (1982)
252.Millennium Actress (2001)
253.The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
254.Your Name. (2016)
255.Amour (2012)
256.Kes (1969)
257.Macario (1960)
258.Magnolia (1999)
259.Capernaum (2018)
260.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
261.A Taxi Driver (2017)
262.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
263.Son of the White Mare (1981)
264.Fireworks (1997)
265.A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
266.Winter Light (1963)
267.Pulp Fiction (1994)
268.Joint Security Area (2000)
269.The Devils (1971)
270.Children of Heaven (1997)
271.Trainspotting (1996)
272.Poetry (2010)
273.Persepolis (2007)
274.The Lion King (1994)
275.Mysterious Skin (2004)
276.To Live (1994)
277.Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)
278.Ratatouille (2007)
279.Thelma & Louise (1991)
280.Kagemusha (1980)
281.Kwaidan (1964)
282.Turtles Can Fly (2004)
283.The Deer Hunter (1978)
284.Casino (1995)
285.Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
286.Meiyazhagan (2024)
287.The Truman Show (1998)
288.Dancer in the Dark (2000)
289.Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
290.Solaris (1972)
291.Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
292.Le Samouraï (1967)
293.Back to the Future (1985)
294.Sound of Metal (2019)
295.Vertigo (1958)
296.The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
297.They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
298.The Shining (1980)
299.The Young and the Damned (1950)
300.Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
301.An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
302.Aftersun (2022)
303.The Wild Robot (2024)
304.HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle (2024)
305.Unforgiven (1992)
306.Happy Together (1997)
307.The Sting (1973)
308.Kumbalangi Nights (2019)
309.The White Ribbon (2009)
310.In the Name of the Father (1993)
311.Linda Linda Linda (2005)
312.Drive My Car (2021)
313.Time of the Gypsies (1988)
314.RRR (2022)
315.Raging Bull (1980)
316.Rosemary's Baby (1968)
317.Boogie Nights (1997)
318.Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)
319.Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
320.Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)
321.The Last Picture Show (1971)
322.Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
323.Shame (1968)
324.Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
325.Roman Holiday (1953)
326.Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
327.The Children's Hour (1961)
328.Gladiator (2000)
329.The Man Who Sleeps (1974)
330.Shutter Island (2010)
331.Amélie (2001)
332.The Straight Story (1999)
333.A Face in the Crowd (1957)
334.Hard Boiled (1992)
335.The Taste of Tea (2004)
336.Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 (2012)
337.North by Northwest (1959)
338.Hamnet (2025)
339.Good Morning (1959)
340.Cria! (1976)
341.Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
342.The Kid (1921)
343.What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
344.Like Father, Like Son (2013)
345.Grand Illusion (1937)
346.Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
347.Full Metal Jacket (1987)
348.Stand by Me (1986)
349.Moonlight (2016)
350.All About My Mother (1999)
351.Joyland (2022)
352.Coraline (2009)
353.My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
354.PlayTime (1967)
355.Rashomon (1950)
356.Klaus (2019)
357.Diabolique (1955)
358.Little Women (2019)
359.Ivan's Childhood (1962)
360.The Conformist (1970)
361.The Turin Horse (2011)
362.All the President's Men (1976)
363.Threads (1984)
364.Whisper of the Heart (1995)
365.Citizen Kane (1941)
366.My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
367.Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
368.It Happened One Night (1934)
369.Pixote (1980)
370.The Long Goodbye (1973)
371.Tokyo Sonata (2008)
372.Forrest Gump (1994)
373.Amores Perros (2000)
374.Mind Game (2004)
375.Ernest & Celestine (2012)
376.Memento (2000)
377.A Prophet (2009)
378.Winter Sleep (2014)
379.All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
380.Blue Giant (2023)
381.The Matrix (1999)
382.The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
383.The General (1926)
384.Memoir of a Snail (2024)
385.In a Lonely Place (1950)
386.Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
387.Lilya 4-ever (2002)
388.Cabaret (1972)
389.Day for Night (1973)
390.Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
391.Cries and Whispers (1972)
392.The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
393.Dogville (2003)
394.The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
395.Silenced (2011)
396.12 Years a Slave (2013)
397.3 Idiots (2009)
398.Mother (2009)
399.Big World (2024)
400.Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
401.Touch of Evil (1958)
402.Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
403.Mulan (1998)
404.All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
405.The Killer (1989)
406.Short Term 12 (2013)
407.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
408.Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
409.American History X (1998)
410.The Green Ray (1986)
411.Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
412.Rome, Open City (1945)
413.The Great Escape (1963)
414.Love Streams (1984)
415.Black Swan (2010)
416.Phantom Thread (2017)
417.Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
418.Through the Olive Trees (1994)
419.Rio Bravo (1959)
420.Cool Hand Luke (1967)
421.Carandiru (2003)
422.On the Waterfront (1954)
423.Güeros (2014)
424.Brokeback Mountain (2005)
425.Star Wars (1977)
426.The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
427.Mustang (2015)
428.Fallen Angels (1995)
429.After Life (1998)
430.La Strada (1954)
431.A Bronx Tale (1993)
432.The Fire Within (1963)
433.Past Lives (2023)
434.Pride (2014)
435.Oppenheimer (2023)
436.To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
437.Society of the Snow (2023)
438.Dial M for Murder (1954)
439.How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
440.The Intouchables (2011)
441.Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
442.Nashville (1975)
443.Synecdoche, New York (2008)
444.Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
445.Scarface (1983)
446.The Great Silence (1968)
447.The Virgin Spring (1960)
448.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
449.Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
450.Sentimental Value (2025)
451.The Return (2003)
452.The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
453.12th Fail (2023)
454.I Dream in Another Language (2017)
455.Midnight Cowboy (1969)
456.Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
457.Punishment Park (1971)
458.The Second Mother (2015)
459.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
460.A Dog's Will (2000)
461.Le Bonheur (1965)
462.Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
463.Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
464.The Hidden Fortress (1958)
465.The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
466.Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
467.Pride & Prejudice (2005)
468.Seconds (1966)
469.Love Letter (1995)
470.Redline (2009)
471.The Conversation (1974)
472.The Exterminating Angel (1962)
473.Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
474.My Night at Maud's (1969)
475.My Father's Shadow (2025)
476.Rope (1948)
477.Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
478.Arrival (2016)
479.The Sword of Doom (1966)
480.Alice in the Cities (1974)
481.Sanjuro (1962)
482.Princes and Princesses (2000)
483.Hundreds of Beavers (2022)
484.The Leopard (1963)
485.The Wolf House (2018)
486.3 Women (1977)
487.The Gold Rush (1925)
488.Us and Them (2018)
489.There's Still Tomorrow (2023)
490.Reservoir Dogs (1992)
491.About Elly (2009)
492.Close (2022)
493.Fargo (1996)
494.Wild Tales (2014)
495.Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
496.Our Little Sister (2015)
497.Little Fish (2020)
498.Manchester by the Sea (2016)
499.Fitzcarraldo (1982)
500.Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

About the Top 500

What is the Letterboxd Top 500?

It's Letterboxd's official ranked list of the 500 highest-rated narrative feature films on the site, published by Letterboxd's Official Lists account and updated every few weeks as ratings shift.

How does the Letterboxd Top 500 work?

Letterboxd ranks films by average member rating, with a 25,000-rating minimum so a handful of enthusiastic ratings can't put an obscure film on the chart. Documentaries and shorts are excluded — documentaries have their own Top 250.

How often does the Top 500 change?

Letterboxd republishes it every few weeks, and films drift in and out at the bottom and swap positions higher up between updates. This page re-pulls the list from Letterboxd regularly rather than serving a fixed snapshot.