The First Movie Ratings List
Chuck Musciano
participants for creating such an extensive list of films.
In order to fan the flames, the posting following this will be a
template, allowing you to vote on each of these films.
For information on the list format, and on submitting your ratings,
see the end of this posting.
New Distribution Votes Rank Title
* ...*...... 1 4.0 10
* ........*. 1 9.0 2001: A Space Odyssey
* ......*... 1 7.0 2010: Odyssey Two
* ......*... 1 7.0 28 Up
* ..5.5..... 2 4.0 36 Fillette
* .......*.. 1 8.0 48 Hours
* .........* 1 10.0 A Clockwork Orange
* ...*...... 1 4.0 A Cry In The Dark
* .......55. 2 8.5 A Fish Called Wanda
* .........* 1 10.0 A Man For All Seasons
* ........*. 1 9.0 A Matter Of Life And Death
* ........*. 1 9.0 A Night At The Opera
* .......*.. 1 8.0 A Passage To India
* .......*.. 1 8.0 A Room With A View
* ........*. 1 9.0 A Short Film About Love
* .........* 1 10.0 A Shot In The Dark
* ......*... 1 7.0 A Tale Of Two Cities
* ..*....... 1 3.0 A View To A Kill
* .......6.3 3 8.7 Accidental Tourist, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Accused, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Adam's Rib
* .2.4..22.. 5 5.0 Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Adventures Of Robin Hood
* ........55 2 9.5 African Queen, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 After Hours
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Against All Flags
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Airplane
* .........* 1 10.0 Alien
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Aliens
* ........*. 1 9.0 All About Eve
* .......*.. 1 8.0 All Of Me
* ...*...... 1 4.0 All The Right Moves
* ......*... 1 7.0 Altered States
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Amadeus
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Amazon Women On The Moon
* ......*... 1 7.0 American Flyers
* .......*.. 1 8.0 American Graffiti
* .........* 1 10.0 Americanization Of Emily, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 An Officer And A Gentleman
* ......5.5. 2 8.0 Animal House
* ......5.5. 2 8.0 Annie Hall
* ......*... 1 7.0 Apartment, The
* ........36 3 9.7 Apocalypse Now
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Arsenic And Old Lace
* ........*. 1 9.0 Asik Kerib
* ......*... 1 7.0 At Close Range
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Au Revoir Les Enfants
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Baby Boom
* .....2..62 5 8.6 Back To The Future
* ....5..5.. 2 6.5 Bagdad Cafe
* ......*... 1 7.0 Bang The Drum Slowly
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Bat-21
* .....5.5.. 2 7.0 Being There
* ......*... 1 7.0 Belizare The Cajun
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Beverly Hills Cop
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Beverly Hills Cop II
* ...3...33. 3 7.0 Big
* ......*... 1 7.0 Big Chill, The
* ..5....5.. 2 5.5 Big Easy, The
* ...333.... 3 5.0 Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure
* ......*... 1 7.0 Biloxi Blues
* ........*. 1 9.0 Bird
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Birds, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Black Stallion, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Blade Runner
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Bloodsport
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Blow Out
* ........*. 1 9.0 Blue Velvet
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Blues Brothers, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Body Double
* ........55 2 9.5 Body Heat
* .........* 1 10.0 Born Yesterday
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Breakfast Club, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Breaking Away
* ......*... 1 7.0 Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Bringing Up Baby
* ......55.. 2 7.5 Broadcast News
* ........*. 1 9.0 Brother From Another Planet, The
* 2.....422. 5 6.4 Bull Durham
* ........*. 1 9.0 Bye Bye Brazil
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Caddyshack
* ......*... 1 7.0 Candidate, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Carrie
* ........36 3 9.7 Casablanca
* *......... 1 1.0 Cat Women Of The Moon
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Chances Are
* ......*... 1 7.0 Cheap Detective, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Checking Out
* ......*... 1 7.0 Child's Play
* .........* 1 10.0 Chinatown
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Chinese Connection, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Chocolat
* .........* 2 10.0 Citizen Kane
* ........*. 1 9.0 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
* ......*... 1 7.0 Coal Miner's Daughter
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Cocktail
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Color Of Money, The
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Color Purple, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Colors
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Coming Home
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Commissar, The
* .*........ 1 2.0 Conan The Barbarian
* ......*... 1 7.0 Continental Divide
* ........*. 1 9.0 Conversation, The
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Cotton Club, The
* ....5.22.. 4 6.3 Cousins
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Crossing Delancy
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Crusoe
* *......... 1 1.0 Cyborg
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Daddy's Delicate Condition
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Dangerous Liaisons
* ........*. 1 9.0 Dangerous Liasons
* .....5.5.. 2 7.0 Das Boot
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Dead Calm
* .*........ 1 2.0 Dead Heat
* ..5..5.... 2 4.5 Dead Ringers
* ......55.. 2 7.5 Dead Zone, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Death Race 2000
* ........36 3 9.7 Deer Hunter, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Diamonds Are Forever
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Dirty Dancing
* ........*. 1 9.0 Dirty Harry
* ..5....5.. 2 5.5 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
* ......*... 1 7.0 Diva
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Dr. No
* ........*. 1 9.0 Dr. Zhivago
* ..5...5... 2 5.0 Dream Team, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Dressed To Kill
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Dressmaker, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Duck Soup
* 2......5.2 4 6.8 E.T. The Extraterrestrial
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Earth Girls Are Easy
* ......*... 1 7.0 Eight Men Out
* ...*...... 1 4.0 El Norte
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Emperor Of The North
* ......2.52 4 8.8 Empire Strikes Back, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Enforcer, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Entity, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Exorcist, The
* .*........ 1 2.0 Eyes Of Laura Mars, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Eyewitness
* ........*. 1 9.0 Fahrenheit 451
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Falcon And The Snowman, The
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Falling In Love
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Fan Dango
* .........* 1 10.0 Fantasia
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Farewell To The King
* .......*.. 2 8.0 Fatal Attraction
* .....5...5 2 8.0 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Festival Of Animation 1989
* .....11231 8 8.3 Field Of Dreams
* .....55... 2 6.5 First Blood
* .*........ 1 2.0 Five Million Years To Earth
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Flamingo Kid, The
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Flashdance
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Fletch Lives
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Fly (1986), The
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Footsteps In The Dark
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Force 10 From Navarone
* .......*.. 1 8.0 French Lieutenent's Woman, The
* *......... 1 1.0 Fresh Horses
* ......*... 1 7.0 Friday The 13th
* *......... 1 1.0 Friday The 13th: Part Five
* *......... 1 1.0 Friday The 13th: Part Four
* *......... 1 1.0 Friday The 13th: Part Seven
* *......... 1 1.0 Friday The 13th: Part Six
* *......... 1 1.0 Friday The 13th: Part Three
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Friday The 13th: Part Two
* ......*... 1 7.0 From Russia With Love
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Full Metal Jacket
* *......... 1 1.0 Futureworld
* ........*. 1 9.0 Gallipoli
* ........*. 1 9.0 Getaway, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Ghost Story
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Ghostbusters
* ........*. 1 9.0 Godfather Part II, The
* .........* 1 10.0 Godfather, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Goin' South
* ........*. 1 9.0 Goldfinger
* ........55 2 9.5 Gone With The Wind
* ......*... 1 7.0 Good Morning Vietnam
* ......55.. 2 7.5 Gorillas In The Mist
* ........*. 1 9.0 Graduate, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Great Escape, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Gremlins
* ........*. 1 9.0 Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
* .........* 1 10.0 Guns Of Navarone, The
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Hair
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Halloween
* .........* 1 10.0 Hang 'em High
* ........*. 2 9.0 Hannah And Her Sisters
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Hanoi Hilton, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Harrad Experiment, The
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Harvey
* *......... 1 1.0 Heat And Sunlight
* ......2222 4 8.5 Heathers
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Heaven Can Wait
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Hidden, The
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Hiding Out
* .......55. 2 8.5 High Hopes
* .........* 1 10.0 High Noon
* .......*.. 2 8.0 High Plains Drifter
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Hoosiers
* ........*. 2 9.0 House Of Games
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Ice Station Zebra
* .....5...5 2 8.0 In-Laws, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
* *......... 1 1.0 Island (1980), The
* .........* 1 10.0 It Happened One Night
* ......*... 1 7.0 It Should Happen To You
* .........* 1 10.0 It's A Wonderful Life
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Jack's Back
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Jacknife
* .........* 1 10.0 Jaws
* *......... 1 1.0 Jaws 3d
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Jaws II
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Jerk, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Jules And Jim
* ..*....... 1 3.0 K-9
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Karate Kid Part II, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Karate Kid, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Key Largo
* ........*. 1 9.0 King Of The Children
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Komitas
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Kramer Vs. Kramer
* ......*... 1 7.0 La Cage Aux Folles
* ......*... 1 7.0 Lair Of The White Worm
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Last Emperor, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Last Starfighter, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Last Temptation Of Christ, The
* .........* 4 10.0 Lawrence Of Arabia
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Lawrence Of Arabia (restored)
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Lethal Weapon
* .5.5...... 2 3.0 Leviathan
* ........*. 1 9.0 Lifeboat
* .........* 1 10.0 Little Dorrit
* ......*... 1 7.0 Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)
* ......*... 1 7.0 Live And Let Die
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Living Daylights, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Logan's Run
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Loos
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Lost Angels
* ........*. 1 9.0 Lost Horizon (1937)
* *......... 1 1.0 Lost Horizon (1973)
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Lost In America
* ......*... 1 7.0 Lucas
* .......*.. 1 8.0 M*A*S*H
* ......*... 1 7.0 Macao, Oder Die Rueckseite Des Meeres
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Magnum Force
* ...52.2... 4 5.0 Major League
* .........* 1 10.0 Man Who Would Be King, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Man With The Golden Gun, The
* .......55. 2 8.5 Manchurian Candidate, The
* ........*. 2 9.0 Manhattan
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Manhunter
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Married To The Mob
* ........*. 1 9.0 Mask
* .........* 1 10.0 Matador
* ........*. 1 9.0 Matewan
* ......*... 1 7.0 Meet John Doe
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Middle-Age Crazy
* ........*. 1 9.0 Midnight Cowboy
* .....5.5.. 2 7.0 Midnight Run
* ......*... 1 7.0 Mighty Quinn, The
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Milagro Beanfield War, The
* ...5.5.... 2 5.0 Miss Firecracker
* .5..5..... 2 3.5 Mississippi Burning
* .*........ 1 2.0 Mona Lisa
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Monkey Business
* ........*. 1 9.0 Monty Python's Meaning Of Life
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Moonraker
* .........* 1 10.0 Moonstruck
* ........*. 1 9.0 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Murder By Death
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Murder On The Orient Express
* .......*.. 1 8.0 My Dinner With Andre
* .....5.5.. 2 7.0 My Life As A Dog
* ..*....... 1 3.0 National Lampoon's European Vacation
* ..*....... 1 3.0 National Lampoon's Vacation
* ......*... 1 7.0 Natural, The
* .5....5... 2 4.5 Navigator, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Network
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Never Say Never Again
* ......*... 2 7.0 New York Stories
* .........* 1 10.0 No Way Out
* ........*. 1 9.0 No Way Out (1987)
* .........* 1 10.0 Notorious
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Noujoum A 'hanar
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Octopussy
* .....*.... 1 6.0 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
* .......6.3 3 8.7 On The Waterfront
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Ordinary People
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Out Of Africa
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Paper Moon
* .*........ 1 2.0 Paperhouse
* ........*. 1 9.0 Papillon
* ......*... 1 7.0 Parents
* ...5...5.. 2 6.0 Peggy Sue Got Married
* ......333. 3 8.0 Pelle The Conqueror
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Pennies From Heaven (1983)
* 5....5.... 2 3.5 Pet Sematary
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Pet Semetary
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Philadelphia Experiment, The
* .........* 1 10.0 Philadelphia Story, The
* .*........ 1 2.0 Pick-Up Artist, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Places In The Heart
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Planes, Trains, And Automobiles
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Platoon
* *......... 1 1.0 Police Academy V
* .*........ 1 2.0 Pope Of Greenwich Village, The
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Porky's
* .*........ 1 2.0 Pretty In Pink
* .........* 1 10.0 Princess Bride
* ......*... 1 7.0 Prisoner Of St. Petersburg, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Prizzi's Honor
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Project X
* ........*. 1 9.0 Psycho
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Purple Rose Of Cairo
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Quiet Earth
* .....5.5.. 2 7.0 Radio Days
* .........* 1 10.0 Raging Bull
* ......*... 1 7.0 Ragtime
* ......33.3 3 8.3 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
* ......*... 1 7.0 Rain Man
* 5..5...... 2 2.5 Raising Arizona
* ........*. 1 9.0 Rambo III
* ...5...5.. 2 6.0 Rambo: First Blood Part II
* ........*. 1 9.0 Rear Window
* .........* 1 10.0 Rebel Without A Cause
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Red Dawn
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Red Sorghum
* ......*... 1 7.0 Repo Man
* ........*. 1 9.0 Return Of The Dragon
* ......5.5. 2 8.0 Return Of The Jedi
* ........55 2 9.5 Right Stuff, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Rikky And Pete
* ........*. 1 9.0 Risky Business
* .....5.5.. 2 7.0 Rocky
* .....6..3. 3 7.0 Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Rocky II
* .....55... 2 6.5 Rocky III
* ...5...5.. 2 6.0 Rocky IV
* ........*. 1 9.0 Rosemary's Baby
* ........*. 1 9.0 Roxanne
* ......*... 1 7.0 Salaam Bombay
* .*........ 1 2.0 Salome's Last Dance
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Sammy And Rosie Get Laid
* *......... 1 1.0 Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
* .....2.52. 4 7.8 Say Anything
* ....3.6... 3 6.3 Scandal
* .....*.... 1 6.0 See You In The Morning
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Shadow Of A Doubt
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Shenandoah
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Sherlock Holmes And The Woman In Green
* .........* 1 10.0 Ship Of Fools
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Short Circuit
* ........*. 1 9.0 Silent Running
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Silkwood
* ......*... 1 7.0 Sixteen Candles
* .6.3...... 3 2.7 Skin Deep
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Slamdance
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Slaves Of New York
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Sleeper
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Some Like It Hot
* ......*... 1 7.0 Something Wild
* ......*... 1 7.0 Sophie's Choice
* ......*... 1 7.0 Splash
* ........*. 1 9.0 Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Spy Who Loved Me, The
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Stand And Deliver
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Star 80
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Star Trek : The Motion Picture
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Star Trek II : The Wrath Of Khan
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Star Trek III : The Search For Spock
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home
* .......3.6 3 9.3 Star Wars
* ........*. 1 9.0 Start The Revolution Without Me
* .........* 1 10.0 Static
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Sting, The
* .........* 1 10.0 Stranger Than Paradise
* ........*. 1 9.0 Stuntman, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 Suitors, The
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Sunset Boulevard
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Superman
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Superman II
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Superman III
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Superman IV
* .........* 1 10.0 Tampopo
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Taps
* ........*. 1 9.0 Taxi Driver
* .*........ 1 2.0 Tequila Sunrise
* ........*. 1 9.0 Terminator, The
* ......*... 2 7.0 Terms Of Endearment
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Tess
* ........*. 1 9.0 Thin Blue Line, The
* .........* 1 10.0 Third Man, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 This Is Spinal Tap
* ........*. 1 9.0 Thou Shalt Not Kill
* ......*... 1 7.0 Three Men And A Baby
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Thunderball
* ......*... 1 7.0 Tightrope
* ........*. 1 9.0 Time After Time
* .*........ 1 2.0 Tin Men
* .......*.. 1 8.0 To Catch A Thief
* ........*. 1 9.0 To Live And Die In La
* .......55. 2 8.5 Tootsie
* ......*... 1 7.0 Top Gun
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Torch Song Trilogy
* ........55 2 9.5 Track 29
* ......5.5. 2 8.0 Trading Places
* ........*. 2 9.0 Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
* .....*.... 1 6.0 True Believer
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Tucker
* .....333.. 3 7.0 Unbearable Lightness Of Being, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Untouchables, The
* *......... 1 1.0 Up The Academy
* .....*.... 1 6.0 Verdict, The
* ......5.5. 2 8.0 Vertigo
* ...*...... 1 4.0 Vincent
* ......*... 1 7.0 Volunteers
* .......*.. 1 8.0 Wages Of Fear
* *......... 2 1.0 Wall Street
* ........*. 1 9.0 Wanderers, The
* ......*... 1 7.0 War Games
* ......*... 1 7.0 Where Eagles Dare
* .........* 1 10.0 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
* .5.5...... 2 3.0 Willow
* ....*..... 1 5.0 Wish You Were Here
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Witches Of Eastwick, The
* .......*.. 2 8.0 Witness
* .........* 2 10.0 Wizard Of Oz, The
* .....5..5. 2 7.5 Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
* .......55. 2 8.5 Working Girl
* ..*....... 1 3.0 Wraith, The
* ......5.5. 2 8.0 Year Of Living Dangerously, The
* ........*. 1 9.0 Z
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