Welcome to the Top 50 Most-Watched Movies of All Time! This collection features some of the most iconic, beloved, and widely viewed films across different generations.
| Rank | Title | Year | Runtime | Synopsis | Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grease | 1978 | 1h 50m | A high school romance set in the 1950s with unforgettable musical numbers. | John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John |
| 2 | Back to the Future | 1985 | 1h 56m | A teenager travels back in time, changing history in unexpected ways. | Michael J. Fox |
| 3 | Dirty Dancing | 1987 | 1h 40m | A coming-of-age love story set during a summer vacation filled with dance and drama. | Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey |
| 4 | Home Alone | 1990 | 1h 43m | An eight-year-old boy defends his home from burglars during Christmas. | Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern |
| 5 | Love Actually | 2003 | 2h 15m | Intertwined stories of love during the holiday season in London. | Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy |
| 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | 1h 55m | An adventurous archaeologist races to recover a sacred artifact before it falls into the wrong hands. | Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, Ronald Lacey, Terry Richards |
| 7 | Titanic | 1997 | 3h 14m | A tragic romance unfolds aboard the ill-fated luxury liner. | Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher |
| 8 | Jurassic Park | 1993 | 2h 7m | Dinosaurs are brought back to life on an isolated island, leading to thrilling and dangerous encounters. | Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, Bob Peck |
| 9 | Mary Poppins | 1964 | 2h 19m | A magical nanny transforms the lives of a troubled family with whimsy and song. | Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke |
| 10 | Toy Story | 1995 | 1h 21m | Toys come to life and embark on adventures when humans aren’t around. | Tom Hanks, R. Lee Ermey, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, Don Rickles |
| 11 | The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | 2h 22m | A man forms an unlikely friendship in prison, finding hope and redemption. | Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman |
| 12 | Bridget Jones's Diary | 2001 | 1h 37m | A single woman humorously chronicles her romantic misadventures. | Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant |
| 13 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001 | 2h 32m | A young boy discovers he’s a wizard and attends a magical school. | Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson |
| 14 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | 1h 42m | A young girl is swept away to a magical land and embarks on a quest to return home. | Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan |
| 15 | Forrest Gump | 1994 | 2h 22m | An extraordinary man’s life unfolds against the backdrop of historical events. | Tom Hanks |
| 16 | Die Hard | 1988 | 2h 12m | A New York cop battles terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper during Christmas. | Bruce Willis |
| 17 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | 1h 55m | A young boy befriends an alien stranded on Earth, sparking a heartwarming adventure. | Henry Thomas, Pat Welsh |
| 18 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 2003 | 2h 23m | A swashbuckling adventure where a pirate battles supernatural curses. | Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley |
| 19 | The Goonies | 1985 | 1h 54m | A group of kids embarks on a treasure hunt to save their homes from foreclosure. | Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green, Ke Huy Quan |
| 20 | Ghostbusters | 1984 | 1h 45m | A team of eccentric scientists start a ghost-catching business in New York City. | Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis |
| 21 | Jaws | 1975 | 2h 4m | A great white shark terrorizes a beach community, prompting a suspenseful hunt. | Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss |
| 22 | The Terminator | 1984 | 1h 47m | A cyborg assassin is sent back in time to alter the future. | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 23 | Top Gun | 1986 | 1h 49m | A talented fighter pilot competes to be the best while confronting personal demons. | Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis |
| 24 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | 1977 | 2h 1m | A young farm boy embarks on an epic adventure to rescue a princess and battle an oppressive empire. | Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker |
| 25 | The Lion King | 1994 | 1h 28m | A young lion prince faces loss and grows into his destiny to become king. | Matthew Broderick |
| 26 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | 2h 58m | A group of heroes embarks on a perilous quest to destroy a powerful ring. | Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davies |
| 27 | Finding Nemo | 2003 | 1h 40m | A timid clownfish journeys across the ocean to rescue his missing son. | Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Barry Humphries |
| 28 | Elf | 2003 | 1h 37m | A man raised as an elf at the North Pole travels to New York City to discover his true identity. | Will Ferrell |
| 29 | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | 1h 58m | An FBI trainee seeks the insight of a cannibalistic serial killer to capture another murderer. | Jodie Foster |
| 30 | Alien | 1979 | 1h 57m | A commercial spaceship encounters a deadly extraterrestrial creature. | Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt |
| 31 | Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | 1h 32m | Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children until an unexpected friendship changes everything. | Billy Crystal, John Goodman |
| 32 | The Matrix | 1999 | 2h 16m | A computer hacker discovers the truth about his reality and his role in a war against its controllers. | Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie-Anne Moss |
| 33 | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 | 2h 10m | A man is shown what life would be like if he had never been born. | James Stewart, Donna Reed |
| 34 | Avatar | 2009 | 2h 42m | A paraplegic marine becomes immersed in a battle on an alien world. | Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington |
| 35 | Gladiator | 2000 | 2h 35m | A betrayed Roman general seeks vengeance while fighting for justice in ancient Rome. | Russell Crowe |
| 36 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 | 1h 34m | A satirical look at biblical times through the misadventures of an ordinary man mistaken for the Messiah. | John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Monty Python |
| 37 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | 1h 31m | A comedic retelling of King Arthur’s quest for the Holy Grail. | John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Monty Python |
| 38 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 1966 | 2h 58m | Three gunslingers hunt for a fortune in buried gold during the Civil War. | Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach |
| 39 | Edward Scissorhands | 1990 | 1h 45m | An artificial man with scissors for hands navigates love and isolation in a suburban community. | Johnny Depp |
| 40 | Groundhog Day | 1993 | 1h 41m | A weatherman relives the same day repeatedly, learning valuable lessons along the way. | Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell |
| 41 | The Godfather | 1972 | 2h 55m | An aging crime lord transfers control of his empire to his reluctant son. | Marlon Brando, Al Pacino |
| 42 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 | 2h 34m | Interwoven stories of crime and redemption told in a non-linear narrative. | Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson |
| 43 | Rocky | 1976 | 2h | A small-time boxer gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot at the heavyweight championship. | Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire |
| 44 | The Dark Knight | 2008 | 2h 32m | Batman faces his greatest nemesis, the Joker, in a battle for Gotham's soul. | Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart |
| 45 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | 1h 43m | A light-hearted depiction of Hollywood's transition from silent films to talkies. | Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor |
| 46 | Casablanca | 1942 | 1h 42m | A cynical expatriate struggles with a choice between love and duty in wartime Morocco. | Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, Conrad Veidt |
| 47 | Mean Girls | 2004 | 1h 37m | A teenage girl navigates the complex social hierarchy of high school after moving to a new country. | Lacey Chabert, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried |
| 48 | Psycho | 1960 | 1h 49m | A secretary encounters terrifying events at a secluded motel. | Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles |
| 49 | Romeo and Juliet | 1968 | 2h 18m | A tragic love story between two young lovers from feuding families. | Olivia Hussey |
| 50 | Romeo + Juliet | 1996 | 2h | A modern adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy set in a contemporary world. | Claire Danes, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo, Jamie Kennedy, Dash Mihok, Harold Perrineau |