Community Favourites: Every Feature Film* on Letterboxd with a 4.0 Rating or Higher [Updated for 2026]
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<p><b>2026 UPDATE</b>: I have fully rebuilt this list from scratch in January 2026 and it is now updated through to 2025's films.</p><p>*As with the last full update, I have had to raise the minimum view count in order for a film to qualify for this list, however I have introduced a sliding scale that allows older films to qualify with fewer views than more recent releases. I've decided to implement this change to stop this list from getting much larger than it already is whilst still preventing too many older favourites from falling away.</p><p>Starting with a 25k minimum view count for films released in 1920s, it raises by 5k each decade until we hit the 1970s with 50k. It then rises by 10k each decade (e.g. 60k for the 1980s, 70k for the 1990s), until we hit the 2020s where 100k views are required. As with prior updates, this list does not include documentaries, TV shows or TV movies, short films, and I have also excluded straight to home video releases this time around.</p><p><b>2023 UPDATE</b>: Another apology is due from myself to this community as I have let this sit idle for far too long (again). I'm back on Letterboxd now and have updated this list for 2023.</p><p>As I mentioned in 2020, the growth of this site required me raise the minimum view count from 2k to 4k. I think we need to bump that again, so I'm now setting a minimum view count of 15k for feature films to be eligible to make this list in order to prevent it from becoming too bloated. </p><p>The same rules apply regarding film length (40 mins or above), and documentaries, concert films, and TV shows remain excluded. The film still requires a 4.0 rating, which included movies rated 3.95 and above if Letterboxd rounds this number up to 4.00.</p><p><b>2020 UPDATE</b>: I'm sorry to have left this sit idle for so long! Given that I've not updated this for well over 3 years, I'm going to be going through the original process of cataloging all of these movies and make sure this list is as accurate and as up-to-date as possible. Whilst I'm doing this the list will be heavily edited down and up again as I start from scratch again. I'll be deleting and re-adding movies decade-by-decade.</p><p>I've decided to make a few changes, which will be reflected in the revised list:</p><p>* TV shows and comedy specials have now been excluded from the list, as have short films (40 mins or less, as per the Academy's guidelines).<br />* I've also decided to omit documentaries as some can be multi-episode affairs and I wanted to keep this list relatively streamlined.<br />* I have upped the minimum viewing requirement from 2k to 4k, to reflect the large increase in Letterboxd's userbase since the day I started this list. It is supposed to be the Community's Favourites, after all.</p><p>Decade-by-decade breakdown, with changes in numbers from last update at the end of 2016:</p><p><b>1920s</b>: 17 (no change)<br /><b>1930s</b> 19 (up 1)<br /><b>1940s</b>: 39 (no change)<br /><b>1950s</b> 70 (up 9)<br /><b>1960s</b>: 93 (up 22)<br /><b>1970s</b>: 79 (up 13)<br /><b>1980s</b> 72 (up 16)<br /><b>1990s</b> 89 (up 13)</p><p>---</p><p><b>ORIGINAL POST</b></p><p><i>This is what happens when your car breaks down on a Sunday morning and you have nothing else to do for the rest of the day.</i></p><p>The following is a comprehensive list of every film currently holding an average rating of at least 4.0 (out of 5) on Letterboxd that has also been viewed by at least 2000 members of the site. I've gone through each decade and added all films that apply to this list. If this gets enough interest and/ or I can be bothered, I will seek to update it on a semi-regular basis.</p><p>You can see the breakdown of the films in terms of the decades in which they were released below.</p><p><b>1920s</b>: 17<br /><b>1930s</b>: 18<br /><b>1940s</b>: 39<br /><b>1950s</b>: 61<br /><b>1960s</b>: 71<br /><b>1970s</b>: 66<br /><b>1980s</b>: 56<br /><b>1990s</b>: 76<br /><b>2000s</b>: 74<br /><b>2010s</b>: 53</p>
Number of Movies
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10 Things I Hate About You
12 Angry Men
12 Years a Slave
1917
2001: A Space Odyssey
2046
20th Century Girl
20th Century Women
3 Idiots
3-Iron
3 Women
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days
The 400 Blows
8½
About Time
Ace in the Hole
Adaptation.
The Adventures Of Prince Achmed
After Hours
After Life
Aftersun
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Akira
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Alice
Alice In The Cities
Alien
Aliens
All About Eve
All About Lily Chou-Chou
All About My Mother
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
All That Heaven Allows
All That Jazz
All the President's Men
Almost Famous
Amadeus
Amarcord
Amélie
The American Friend
American History X
Amores Perros
Amour
Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomy of a Murder
Andrei Rublev
Angel's Egg
Annie Hall
Another Round
Aparajito
The Apartment
Apocalypse Now
The World of Apu
Argentina, 1985
Arrival
Army of Shadows
Arsenic And Old Lace
The Ascent
Ashes and Diamonds
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
L'Atalante
Atonement
Au hasard Balthazar
An Autumn Afternoon
Autumn Sonata
Avengers: Infinity War
L'Avventura
Awakenings
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
Back to the Future
Bad Education
Badlands
Ball of Fire
The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Lyndon
Barton Fink
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
The Batman
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
The Battle Of Algiers
Battleship Potemkin
The Beasts
Beasts of No Nation
Beautiful Boy
Beauty and the Beast
Beau Travail
Before Midnight
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Beginners
Being John Malkovich
Being There
Belle de Jour
Ben-Hur
The Best Years of Our Lives
Better Days
Bicycle Thieves
The Big Heat
The Big Lebowski
The Big Sleep
Billy Elliot
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Black Dynamite
Black Girl
Black Narcissus
Black Swan
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Blindspotting
Blow Out
Blue Velvet
The Blues Brothers
Boiling Point
Happiness
Boogie Nights
Das Boot
Bound
Boy
Boyz n the Hood
Brazil
The Breadwinner
Breaking the Waves
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridges of Madison County
Brief Encounter
A Brighter Summer Day
Bringing Up Baby
Broadcast News
Brokeback Mountain
A Bronx Tale
Burning
But I'm a Cheerleader
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cabaret
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Caché (Hidden)
The Cameraman
Capernaum
Carandiru
Carlito's Way
Carol
Casablanca
Casino
Casino Royale
Castle in the Sky
Lupin the III: The Castle of Cagliostro
Catch Me If You Can
The Celebration
Central Station
Le Cercle Rouge
Certified Copy
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
Charade
The Chaser
Chicago
Children of Heaven
Children of Men
Children of Paradise
The Children's Hour
La Chimera
Chinatown
The Chorus
Chungking Express
Cinema Paradiso
The Circus
Citizen Kane
City Lights
City of God
Cléo from 5 to 7
A Clockwork Orange
Close
Close-Up
C'mon C'mon
Coco
Cold War
The Color of Pomegranates
Columbus
Come and See
The Conformist
The Conversation
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Cool Hand Luke
Coraline
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
The Cranes are Flying
The Cremator
Cries and Whispers
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Cure
Daisies
Dallas Buyers Club
Dancer in the Dark
The Dark Knight
Dawn of the Dead
Day for Night
Days of Heaven
Dead Poets Society
Decision to Leave
The Deer Hunter
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Infinity Castle
The Departed
Dersu Uzala
The Devils
Diabolique
Dial M for Murder
Diary of a Country Priest
Dìdi
Die Hard
The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride
Dinner in America
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Django Unchained
Do the Right Thing
Doctor Zhivago
Dog Day Afternoon
A Dog's Will
Dogville
La Dolce Vita
Donkey Skin
Donnie Darko
La Grande Vadrouille
Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates
Double Indemnity
The Double Life of Veronique
Down by Law
Downfall
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Dreams
Drive My Car
Dune: Part Two
L'Eclisse
Ed Wood
The Elephant Man
Elevator to the Gallows
Elite Squad
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Estomago: A Gastronomic Story
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Evil Dead II
Ex Machina
The Exorcist
The Exterminating Angel
Eyes Wide Shut
The Fabelmans
A Face in the Crowd
The Face of Another
The Fall
Fallen Angels
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Planet
Fanny and Alexander
The Farewell
Farewell My Concubine
Fargo
The Father
Faust
The Favourite
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
For a Few Dollars More
A Few Good Men
Fiddler on the Roof
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Hana-bi
First Reformed
A Fistful of Dollars
Fitzcarraldo
The Florida Project
Flow
The Fly
Ford v. Ferrari
Forrest Gump
Frances Ha
The French Connection
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fruitvale Station
Full Metal Jacket
Les Funérailles des roses
Funny Girl
Gaslight
The General
Germany Year Zero
Get Out
Ghost Dog
Ghost in the Shell
Gladiator
God's Own Country
The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
Godzilla
Godzilla Minus One
The Gold Rush
Gone Girl
Good Morning
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Good Will Hunting
Good Time
Goodfellas
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
The Graduate
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Grand Illusion
The Grapes of Wrath
Grave of the Fireflies
The Great Beauty
The Great Dictator
The Great Escape
The Great Silence
The Green Mile
Summer
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Pinocchio
Hacksaw Ridge
La Haine
Hamnet
The Handmaiden
Hannah and Her Sisters
Happiness
Happy as Lazzaro
Happy Together
Harakiri
Hard Boiled
Harold and Maude
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harvey
The Hateful Eight
Heat
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Her
Hero
The Hidden Fortress
A Hidden Life
High and Low
High Noon
Hiroshima Mon Amour
His Girl Friday
The Holdovers
Holiday
The Holy Mountain
Hot Fuzz
Hour of the Wolf
House
How Green Was My Valley
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
How to Train Your Dragon
Howl's Moving Castle
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Hundreds of Beavers
Hunger
The Hunt
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Hustler
I Am Cuba
I, Daniel Blake
I Saw The Devil
I'm Still Here
Ida
Ikiru
Imitation of Life
In a Lonely Place
In Bruges
In the Heat of the Night
In the Mood for Love
In the Name of the Father
Incendies
Inception
The Incredibles
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Infernal Affairs
Inglourious Basterds
The Innocents
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Insider
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Interstellar
The Intouchables
The Iron Claw
The Iron Giant
??? (Isle of Dogs)
It Happened One Night
It's a Wonderful Life
It's Such A Beautiful Day
It Was Just an Accident
Ivan's Childhood
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
JFK
Johnny Guitar
J.S.A. - Joint Security Area
Jojo Rabbit
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judgment at Nuremberg
Jurassic Park
Kagemusha
Kes
The Kid
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kill Bill Volume 1
Kill Bill Volume 2
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Killing
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The King of Comedy
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Kiss Me Deadly
Klaus
Knives Out
Kramer vs. Kramer
Kung Fu Hustle
Kwaidan
L.A. Confidential
La La Land
The Lady Eve
Lady Snowblood: Blizzard From the Netherworld
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Last Laugh
The Last Picture Show
Last Year In Marienbad
Late Spring
Latin Blood: The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso
Laura
Laurence Anyways
Lawrence of Arabia
Léon: The Professional
The Leopard
Let the Right One In
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Life Is Beautiful
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Lighthouse
Like Stars on Earth
Lilya 4-Ever
Lilo & Stitch
The Lion King
Little Miss Sunshine
Little Women
The Lives of Others
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Logan
The Long Goodbye
Look Back
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lost Highway
The Lost Weekend
Love Exposure
Love in the Afternoon
The Lovers on the Bridge
Loving Vincent
The Lunchbox
M
Mad Max: Fury Road
Magnolia
Malcolm X
A Man Escaped
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Sleeps
Manchester by the Sea
The Manchurian Candidate
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Marriage Story
Marty Supreme
Mary and Max
Mass
The Master
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Matrix
A Matter of Life and Death
McCabe & Mrs Miller
Memento
Memoir of a Snail
Memories
Memories of Murder
Metropolis
Midnight Cowboy
Mikey and Nicky
Mildred Pierce
Millennium Actress
Miller's Crossing
Million Dollar Baby
Minari
Mirror
Misery
Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters
Mission: Impossible: Fallout
Modern Times
Mommy
Mon Oncle
Monster
Monsters, Inc.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Moonlight
Moonrise Kingdom
Mother
Mulan
Mulholland Drive
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Movie
Mustang
My Darling Clementine
My Dinner with André
My Life as a Zucchini
My Night at Maud’s
My Neighbor Totoro
Mysterious Skin
Mystery Train
Naked
Napoleon
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Nashville
Nebraska
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Network
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nickel Boys
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
The Night of the Hunter
Night on Earth
Nightcrawler
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Nights Of Cabiria
Nimona
Nine Queens
Ninotchka
No Country for Old Men
No Other Choice
Nobody Knows
North by Northwest
Nostalgia
La Notte
Notorious
Nowhere
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Oldboy
Om Shanti Om
On the Waterfront
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in the West
One Battle After Another
One Cut Of The Dead
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Onibaba
Only Angels Have Wings
Opening Night
Oppenheimer
Ordet
Ordinary People
Orpheus
Oslo, August 31st
Out of the Past
Paddington 2
Pain & Glory
Pan's Labyrinth
Papillon
Paper Moon
Paprika
Parasite
The Passenger
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Past Lives
Paris, Texas
Pather Panchali
Paths of Glory
Peeping Tom
Perfect Blue
Perfect Days
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Persepolis
Persona
Petite Maman
The Phantom Carriage
Phantom of the Paradise
Phantom Thread
The Philadelphia Story
The Pianist
The Piano Teacher
Pierrot le Fou
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pixote
Planet of the Apes
Platoon
The Player
PlayTime
Police Story
Ponyo
Porco Rosso
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Possession
The Prestige
Pride
Pride & Prejudice
Primal Fear
The Prince Of Egypt
The Princess Bride
Princess Mononoke
Prisoners
A Prophet
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Punch-Drunk Love
Purple Noon
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Pursuit of Happyness
Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Quiet Girl
Raging Bull
The Raid
The Raid 2
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raise the Red Lantern
Ran
Rashomon
Ratatouille
Rear Window
Rebecca
Red Beard
Red Desert
Red River
The Red Shoes
Redline
The Remains of the Day
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Rififi
The Right Stuff
Rio Bravo
Robot Dreams
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocky
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Roma
Roman Holiday
Rome, Open City
Room
Rope
Rosemary's Baby
The Royal Tenenbaums
RRR
The Rules of the Game
The Sacrifice
Safe
Safety Last!
Le Samouraï
Sanjuro
Sansho the Bailiff
Santa Sangre
Saving Face
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Scarlet Street
Schindler's List
Scream
Seconds
The Secret In Their Eyes
Secrets & Lies
The Second Mother
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Sentimental Value
A Separation
Se7en
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Shadow of a Doubt
The Shawshank Redemption
Sherlock Jr
The Shining
Shop Around the Corner, The
Shoplifters
A Short Film About Killing
A Short Film About Love
Short Term 12
Shrek
Shrek 2
Shutter Island
Sicario
Silence
The Silence
The Silence of the Lambs
Silenced
A Silent Voice
Sing Sing
Sing Street
Singin' In The Rain
Sinners
The Sixth Sense
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Snatch
Society of the Snow
Solaris
Some Like It Hot
Sonatine
Song of the Sea
Sorcerer
Il Sorpasso
Sorry, Baby
Sound of Metal
The Sound of Music
A Special Day
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Spirit of the Beehive
Spirited Away
Spotlight
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Stagecoach
Stalker
Stand By Me
Star Wars IV: A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Still Walking
The Sting
La Strada
The Straight Story
Strangers on a Train
Stray Dog
A Streetcar Named Desire
Sullivan's Travels
A Summer's Tale
Sunrise
Sunset Boulevard
Sweet Smell Of Success
The Swimmer
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Synecdoche, New York
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Tampopo
Tangled
Targets
Taste of Cherry
The Taste of Things
Taxi Driver
A Taxi Driver
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
That Obscure Object of Desire
Thelma & Louise
There Will Be Blood
There's Still Tomorrow
Thief
The Thin Man
The Thin Red Line
The Thing
The Third Man
This Is England
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Colors: Blue
Three Colors: Red
Throne of Blood
Through A Glass Darkly
To Be or Not to Be
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Live and Die in L.A.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Tokyo Godfathers
Tokyo Story
Tomboy
Toni Erdmann
Top Gun: Maverick
Touch of Evil
Toy Story
Toy Story 3
Train Dreams
Wusanahani
Training Day
Trainspotting
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
The Trial
The Triplets of Belleville
Le Trou
Trouble in Paradise
The Truman Show
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Ugetsu
Umberto D
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Unforgiven
Up
Uptown Girls
The Usual Suspects
Vagabond
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
The Vanishing
The Verdict
Vertigo
The Virgin Spring
Viridiana
I Vitelloni
Vivre sa vie
Volver
The Wages of Fear
The Wailing
Wake in Fright
Walkabout
Wall·E
Warrior
The Watermelon Woman
Waves
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
What We Do In The Shadows
What's Up, Doc?
When Harry Met Sally
Where Is the Friend's House?
Whiplash
Whisper of the Heart
White Heat
The White Ribbon
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Wicker Man
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Robot
Wild Strawberries
Wild Tales
The Wind Rises
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Wings of Desire
Winter Light
Withnail and I
Witness for the Prosecution
Wolf Children
The Wolf of Wall Street
Wolfwalkers
The Worst Person in the World
The Wrestler
Woman in the Dunes
A Woman Under the Influence
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Y tu mamá también
Yi Yi
Yojimbo
Los Olvidados
Young Frankenstein
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Your Name
Your Name Engraved Herein
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