The highest-grossing movies ever: #1-50
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Only eight movies have grossed more than $1 billion (inflation-adjusted) at the domestic office, all of which were released before the 21st century. As expected, the ranking is riddled with franchises, sequels and big-budget blockbusters â perhaps none as successful as the Star Wars franchise.
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Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Productions
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $551,112,700
Smart Rating: 90.99
Release year: 1942
Starring: Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Peter Behn
In a classic Disney animation, a fawn named Bambi joins his new friends, a young rabbit named Thumper and a skunk kit named Flower in happily exploring the woods. Bambi is captivated with a young doe named Faline, and he learns from his doting mother and his father â the Great Prince of the Forest â that besides the delights of the forest, there is danger in open meadows where hunters can see them. Though fear and tragedy touch Bambi's life, another spring brings renewal.
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United Artists
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $558,923,100
Smart Rating: 82.84
Release year: 1956
Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine
Victorian-era Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven) proclaims before his fellow members of a London gentleman's club that he can circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days, further boasting that he will bet the princely sum of 20,000 pounds on the success of his endeavor. With his stalwart manservant Passepartout (Cantinflas) alongside, he goes forth on his adventure, pursued by a dogged Police Inspector (Robert Newton) who suspects Fogg of chicanery.
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Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $559,035,400
Smart Rating: 80.85
Release year: 2006
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
When ghostly pirate Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) comes to collect a blood debt, Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) must find a way to avoid his fate lest his soul be damned for all time. Nevertheless, the wily ghost manages to interrupt the wedding plans of Jack's friends Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley).
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20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $566,181,800
Smart Rating: 65.86
Release year: 1953
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature
In this biblical epic, a drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton), wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius (Victor Mature), but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius â and discovers his Christian faith along the way.
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Lucasfilm Ltd. / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $568,428,600
Smart Rating: 94
Release year: 1973
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ron Howard), Terry (Charles Martin Smith) and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California while a mysterious disc jockey (Wolfman Jack) spins classic rock'n'roll tunes. It's the last night before their grown-up lives begin, and Steve's high-school sweetheart, a hot-to-trot blonde, a bratty adolescent and a disappearing angel in a Thunderbird provide all the excitement they can handle.
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Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $571,862,600
Smart Rating: 85.05
Release year: 1970
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset
In this large ensemble disaster movie, Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster), the general manager of a Chicago-area airport, must contend with a massive snowstorm and other issues, both work-related and personal, while the troubled D.O. Guerrero (Van Heflin) threatens to blow up an airliner. As pilot Vernon Demerest (Dean Martin) attempts to calm Guerrero down and dissuade him from setting off explosives on the plane, tensions increase in the air and on the ground, and danger is imminent.
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Eon Productions / United Artists
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $573,495,000
Smart Rating: 94.77
Release year: 1964
Starring: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman
Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
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Eddie Murphy Productions / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $580,847,700
Smart Rating: 86.1
Release year: 1984
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton
After his childhood buddy is murdered while visiting Detroit, rebellious cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) follows the leads to Beverly Hills, California, under the auspices of a vacation. He checks in with old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and starts to believe her boss, art dealer Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), might somehow be involved in the murder. However, Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox) of the Beverly Hills Police Department does not trust Foley, and hinders his search for evidence.
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20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $581,136,900
Smart Rating: 81.39
Release year: 1963
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
"Cleopatra" is a lengthy, sprawling, spectacular love story, helmed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, depicting Cleopatra's manipulation of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony in her ill-fated attempt to save the Egyptian empire.
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Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $583,038,800
Smart Rating: 92.37
Release year: 1940
Starring: Don Brodie, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro
When the woodworker Geppetto (Christian Rub) sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just finished, Pinocchio (Dickie Jones), could become a real boy. In the night, the Blue Fairy (Evelyn Venable) grants Geppetto's wish and asks Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards) to serve as the wooden boy's conscience. But the naive and trusting Pinocchio falls into the clutches of the wicked Honest John (Walter Catlett), who leads him astray to the sinful Pleasure Island.
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Hughes Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $585,900,800
Smart Rating: 83.19
Release year: 1990
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.
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Centropolis Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $599,175,800
Smart Rating: 82.09
Release year: 1996
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
In the epic adventure film "Independence Day," strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite and terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived; its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
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Marvel Enterprises / Columbia Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $601,043,100
Smart Rating: 86.71
Release year: 2002
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst
"Spider-Man" centers on student Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) who, after being bitten by a genetically-altered spider, gains superhuman strength and the spider-like ability to cling to any surface. He vows to use his abilities to fight crime, coming to understand the words of his beloved Uncle Ben: "With great power comes great responsibility."
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Love Story Company / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $605,484,000
Smart Rating: 81
Release year: 1970
Starring: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland
When wealthy Harvard University law student Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) meets Jenny Cavilleri (Ali MacGraw), a middle-class girl who is studying music at Radcliffe College, it's love at first sight. Despite the protests of Oliver's father (Ray Milland), the young couple marry. Oliver finds a job at a legal firm in New York City, but their happy life comes crashing down when it's discovered that Jenny has a terminal illness. Together, they try to cope with the situation as best they can.
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Campanile Productions / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $610,325,400
Smart Rating: 91.8
Release year: 1969
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
This film follows the true story of fast-draws and wild rides, battles with posses, train and bank robberies, a torrid love affair and a new lease on outlaw life in far away Bolivia. It is also a character study of a remarkable friendship between Butch -- possibly the most likeable outlaw in frontier history -- and his closest associate, the fabled, ever-dangerous Sundance Kid.
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Pacific Data Images / DreamWorks Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $614,590,500
Smart Rating: 86.96
Release year: 2004
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
After returning from their honeymoon and showing home movies to their friends, Shrek and Fiona learn that her parents have heard that she has married her true love and wish to invite him to their kingdom, called Far Far Away. The catch is: Fiona's parents are unaware of the curse that struck their daughter and have assumed she married Prince Charming, not a 700-pound ogre with horrible hygiene and a talking donkey pal.
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Black Rhino / Columbia Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $615,652,700
Smart Rating: 92.27
Release year: 1984
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
After the members of a team of scientists (Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to become "ghostbusters" to wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. They stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction.
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Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $628,647,900
Smart Rating: 91.77
Release year: 1959
Starring: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley
Filled with jealousy, the evil witch Maleficent (Eleanor Audley) curses Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) to die on her 16th birthday. Thanks to Aurora's guardian fairies (Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen, Barbara Luddy), she only falls into a deep sleep that can be ended with a kiss from her betrothed, Prince Phillip (Bill Shirley). To prevent Phillip from rescuing Aurora, Maleficent kidnaps and imprisons him. The good fairies are the last hope to free Phillip so that he can awaken Aurora.
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Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $637,331,300
Smart Rating: 91.94
Release year: 1967
Starring: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima
In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling's book, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of the man-eating tiger Shere Khan (George Sanders). Facing certain death, Mowgli must overcome his reluctance to leave his wolf family and return to the "man village." But he is not alone on his quest: Aided by Bagheera the panther, and later by the carefree bear Balloo (Phil Harris), he braves the jungle's many perils.
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Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros.
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $644,109,300
Smart Rating: 96.43
Release year: 2008
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
With the help of allies Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman (Christian Bale) has been able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a vile young criminal calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) suddenly throws the town into chaos, the Caped Crusader begins to tread a fine line between heroism and vigilantism.
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Eon Productions / United Artists
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $647,020,000
Smart Rating: 86.44
Release year: 1965
Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi
Led by one-eyed evil mastermind Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), the terrorist group SPECTRE hijacks two warheads from a NATO plane and threatens widespread nuclear destruction to extort 100 million pounds. The dashing Agent 007, James Bond (Sean Connery), is sent to recover the warheads from the heart of Largo's lair in the Bahamas, facing underwater attacks from sharks and men alike. He must also convince the enchanting Domino (Claudine Auger), Largo's mistress, to become a key ally.
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Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $665,022,500
Smart Rating: 93.35
Release year: 2012
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo
When Thor's evil brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), gains access to the unlimited power of the energy cube called the Tesseract, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), director of S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a superhero recruitment effort to defeat the unprecedented threat to Earth. Joining Fury's "dream team" are Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).
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RSO Records / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $665,783,600
Smart Rating: 86.57
Release year: 1978
Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of "Grease," the most successful movie musical of all time. A wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John) and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta) have a summer romance, but will it cross clique lines?
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Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $676,272,700
Smart Rating: 95.47
Release year: 1964
Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews). Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents (David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns).
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Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $680,016,600
Smart Rating: 93.68
Release year: 1994
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism. But one person Forrest cares about most may be the most difficult to save â his childhood love, the sweet but troubled Jenny (Robin Wright).
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Alfran Productions / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $682,680,200
Smart Rating: 100
Release year: 1972
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal. Although Michael tries to maintain a normal relationship with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), he is drawn deeper into the family business.
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Legendary Pictures / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $683,775,600
Smart Rating: 84.05
Release year: 2015
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irrfan Khan
Located off the coast of Costa Rica, the Jurassic World luxury resort provides a habitat for an array of genetically engineered dinosaurs, including the vicious and intelligent Indominus rex. When the massive creature escapes, it sets off a chain reaction that causes the other dinos to run amok. Now, it's up to a former military man and animal expert (Chris Pratt) to use his special skills to save two young brothers and the rest of the tourists from an all-out, prehistoric assault.
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Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Productions
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $718,326,100
Smart Rating: 93.95
Release year: 1940
Starring: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Walt Disney
Released in 1940, "Fantasia" represented Disney's boldest experiment to date. What had begun as a vehicle to enhance Mickey Mouse's career blossomed into a full-blown feature that remains unique in the history of animation.
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Lawrence Turman / Embassy Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $740,239,500
Smart Rating: 92.96
Release year: 1967
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has just finished college and, back at his parents' house, he's trying to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking: What does he want to do with his life? An unexpected diversion crops up when he is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a bored housewife and friend of his parents. But what begins as a fun tryst turns complicated when Benjamin falls for the one woman Mrs. Robinson demanded he stay away from: her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross).
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Lucasfilm Ltd. / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $765,756,700
Smart Rating: 96.49
Release year: 1981
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy and his ex-flame Marion escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo.
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Zanus/Brown Productions / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $771,085,700
Smart Rating: 95.36
Release year: 1973
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don't go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo.
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Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $771,116,600
Smart Rating: 95.71
Release year: 1994
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Matthew Broderick, Niketa Calame
This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simba's wicked uncle, Scar (Jeremy Irons), plots to usurp Mufasa's throne by luring father and son into a stampede of wildebeests. But Simba escapes, and only Mufasa is killed. Simba returns as an adult (Matthew Broderick) to take back his homeland from Scar with the help of his friends Timon (Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella).
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Lucas Film Ltd. / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $781,199,400
Smart Rating: 58.07
Release year: 1999
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a 9-year-old boy. When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are assigned to settle the matter.
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Amblin Entertainment / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $795,124,900
Smart Rating: 93.37
Release year: 1993
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. While the park's mastermind, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.
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Lucas Film Ltd. / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $813,613,900
Smart Rating: 90.9
Release year: 1983
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) battles horrible Jabba the Hut and cruel Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) reaffirm their love and team with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), the Ewoks and the androids C-3PO and R2-D2 to aid in the disruption of the Dark Side and the defeat of the evil emperor.
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Dune Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $841,258,100
Smart Rating: 92.76
Release year: 2009
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman (Zoe Saldana). As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $847,700,000
Smart Rating: 94.12
Release year: 1959
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
Charlton Heston plays a Palestinian Jew who is battling the Roman empire at the time of Christ. His actions send him and his family into slavery, but an inspirational encounter with Jesus changes everything. Heston finally meets his rival in a justly famous chariot race and rescues his suffering family.
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Lucas Film Ltd. / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $849,262,500
Smart Rating: 96.71
Release year: 1980
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
The adventure continues in this "Star Wars" sequel. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi master's help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader (David Prowse).
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Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $864,284,200
Smart Rating: 92.66
Release year: 1961
Starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer
In a Disney animation classic, Dalmatian Pongo is tired of his bachelor-dog life. He spies lovely Perdita and maneuvers his master, Roger, into meeting Perdita's owner, Anita. The owners fall in love and marry, keeping Pongo and Perdita together too. After Perdita gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies, Anita's old school friend Cruella De Vil wants to buy them all. Roger declines her offer, so Cruella hires the criminal Badun brothers to steal them â so she can have a fur coat.
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Lucas Film Ltd. / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $935,195,600
Smart Rating: 94.85
Release year: 2015
Starring: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the First Order. When a defector named Finn crash-lands on a desert planet, he meets Rey (Daisy Ridley), a tough scavenger whose droid contains a top-secret map. Together, the young duo joins forces with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to make sure the Resistance receives the intelligence concerning the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the last of the Jedi Knights.
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Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Productions
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $942,850,000
Smart Rating: 90.79
Release year: 1937
Starring: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne
The Grimm fairy tale gets a Technicolor treatment in Disney's first animated feature. Jealous of Snow White's beauty, the wicked queen orders the murder of her innocent stepdaughter, but later discovers that Snow White is still alive and hiding in a cottage with seven friendly little miners. Disguising herself as a hag, the queen brings a poisoned apple to Snow White, who falls into a death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince.
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Hoya Productions / Warner Bros.
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $956,682,800
Smart Rating: 94.27
Release year: 1973
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow
One of the most profitable horror movies ever made, this tale of an exorcism is based loosely on actual events. When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd â levitating, speaking in tongues â her worried mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest (Jason Miller), however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil. The priest makes a request to perform an exorcism, and the church sends in an expert (Max von Sydow) to help with the difficult job.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,073,771,700
Smart Rating: 92.35
Release year: 1965
Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin
During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar (Julie Christie), who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, however, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites.
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Zanus/Brown Productions / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,107,881,800
Smart Rating: 97.35
Release year: 1975
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
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Cecil B DeMille Production / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,133,150,000
Smart Rating: 95.31
Release year: 1956
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson
Enjoying a life of ease in the court of Egypt's pharaoh, Moses (Charlton Heston) discovers his Hebrew heritage and, later, God's expectations of him. He dedicates himself to liberating his people from captivity and -- with the aid of plagues and divine intervention -- manages to lead them out of Egypt and across the Red Sea. A greater challenge comes in the form of the golden calf idol, however, and it takes an unforgettable visitation by God on Mount Sinai for Moses' mission to prevail.
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20th Century Fox / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,171,854,200
Smart Rating: 90.82
Release year: 1997
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
James Cameron's "Titanic" is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic: the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest moving object ever built. She was the most luxurious liner of her era -- the "ship of dreams" -- which ultimately carried over 1,500 people to their death in the ice cold waters of the North Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 1912.
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Amblin Entertainment / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,227,040,000
Smart Rating: 94.65
Release year: 1982
Starring: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.
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20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,231,893,000
Smart Rating: 93.36
Release year: 1965
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
A tuneful, heartwarming story, "The Sound of Music" is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
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Lucasfilm Ltd. / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,540,734,500
Smart Rating: 98.75
Release year: 1977
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
The Imperial Forces -- under orders from cruel Darth Vader (David Prowse) -- hold Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) hostage, in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford), captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy.
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Selznick International Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,747,686,000
Smart Rating: 99.84
Release year: 1939
Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard
This epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh). Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable).
Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Productions
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $551,112,700
Smart Rating: 90.99
Release year: 1942
Starring: Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Peter Behn
In a classic Disney animation, a fawn named Bambi joins his new friends, a young rabbit named Thumper and a skunk kit named Flower in happily exploring the woods. Bambi is captivated with a young doe named Faline, and he learns from his doting mother and his father â the Great Prince of the Forest â that besides the delights of the forest, there is danger in open meadows where hunters can see them. Though fear and tragedy touch Bambi's life, another spring brings renewal.
United Artists
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $558,923,100
Smart Rating: 82.84
Release year: 1956
Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine
Victorian-era Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven) proclaims before his fellow members of a London gentleman's club that he can circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days, further boasting that he will bet the princely sum of 20,000 pounds on the success of his endeavor. With his stalwart manservant Passepartout (Cantinflas) alongside, he goes forth on his adventure, pursued by a dogged Police Inspector (Robert Newton) who suspects Fogg of chicanery.
Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $559,035,400
Smart Rating: 80.85
Release year: 2006
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
When ghostly pirate Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) comes to collect a blood debt, Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) must find a way to avoid his fate lest his soul be damned for all time. Nevertheless, the wily ghost manages to interrupt the wedding plans of Jack's friends Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley).
20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $566,181,800
Smart Rating: 65.86
Release year: 1953
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature
In this biblical epic, a drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton), wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius (Victor Mature), but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius â and discovers his Christian faith along the way.
Lucasfilm Ltd. / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $568,428,600
Smart Rating: 94
Release year: 1973
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ron Howard), Terry (Charles Martin Smith) and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California while a mysterious disc jockey (Wolfman Jack) spins classic rock'n'roll tunes. It's the last night before their grown-up lives begin, and Steve's high-school sweetheart, a hot-to-trot blonde, a bratty adolescent and a disappearing angel in a Thunderbird provide all the excitement they can handle.
Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $571,862,600
Smart Rating: 85.05
Release year: 1970
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset
In this large ensemble disaster movie, Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster), the general manager of a Chicago-area airport, must contend with a massive snowstorm and other issues, both work-related and personal, while the troubled D.O. Guerrero (Van Heflin) threatens to blow up an airliner. As pilot Vernon Demerest (Dean Martin) attempts to calm Guerrero down and dissuade him from setting off explosives on the plane, tensions increase in the air and on the ground, and danger is imminent.
Eon Productions / United Artists
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $573,495,000
Smart Rating: 94.77
Release year: 1964
Starring: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman
Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
Eddie Murphy Productions / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $580,847,700
Smart Rating: 86.1
Release year: 1984
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton
After his childhood buddy is murdered while visiting Detroit, rebellious cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) follows the leads to Beverly Hills, California, under the auspices of a vacation. He checks in with old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and starts to believe her boss, art dealer Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), might somehow be involved in the murder. However, Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox) of the Beverly Hills Police Department does not trust Foley, and hinders his search for evidence.
20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $581,136,900
Smart Rating: 81.39
Release year: 1963
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
"Cleopatra" is a lengthy, sprawling, spectacular love story, helmed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, depicting Cleopatra's manipulation of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony in her ill-fated attempt to save the Egyptian empire.
Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $583,038,800
Smart Rating: 92.37
Release year: 1940
Starring: Don Brodie, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro
When the woodworker Geppetto (Christian Rub) sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just finished, Pinocchio (Dickie Jones), could become a real boy. In the night, the Blue Fairy (Evelyn Venable) grants Geppetto's wish and asks Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards) to serve as the wooden boy's conscience. But the naive and trusting Pinocchio falls into the clutches of the wicked Honest John (Walter Catlett), who leads him astray to the sinful Pleasure Island.
Hughes Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $585,900,800
Smart Rating: 83.19
Release year: 1990
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.
Centropolis Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $599,175,800
Smart Rating: 82.09
Release year: 1996
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
In the epic adventure film "Independence Day," strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite and terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived; its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Marvel Enterprises / Columbia Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $601,043,100
Smart Rating: 86.71
Release year: 2002
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst
"Spider-Man" centers on student Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) who, after being bitten by a genetically-altered spider, gains superhuman strength and the spider-like ability to cling to any surface. He vows to use his abilities to fight crime, coming to understand the words of his beloved Uncle Ben: "With great power comes great responsibility."
Love Story Company / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $605,484,000
Smart Rating: 81
Release year: 1970
Starring: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland
When wealthy Harvard University law student Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) meets Jenny Cavilleri (Ali MacGraw), a middle-class girl who is studying music at Radcliffe College, it's love at first sight. Despite the protests of Oliver's father (Ray Milland), the young couple marry. Oliver finds a job at a legal firm in New York City, but their happy life comes crashing down when it's discovered that Jenny has a terminal illness. Together, they try to cope with the situation as best they can.
Campanile Productions / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $610,325,400
Smart Rating: 91.8
Release year: 1969
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
This film follows the true story of fast-draws and wild rides, battles with posses, train and bank robberies, a torrid love affair and a new lease on outlaw life in far away Bolivia. It is also a character study of a remarkable friendship between Butch -- possibly the most likeable outlaw in frontier history -- and his closest associate, the fabled, ever-dangerous Sundance Kid.
Pacific Data Images / DreamWorks Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $614,590,500
Smart Rating: 86.96
Release year: 2004
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
After returning from their honeymoon and showing home movies to their friends, Shrek and Fiona learn that her parents have heard that she has married her true love and wish to invite him to their kingdom, called Far Far Away. The catch is: Fiona's parents are unaware of the curse that struck their daughter and have assumed she married Prince Charming, not a 700-pound ogre with horrible hygiene and a talking donkey pal.
Black Rhino / Columbia Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $615,652,700
Smart Rating: 92.27
Release year: 1984
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
After the members of a team of scientists (Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to become "ghostbusters" to wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. They stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction.
Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $628,647,900
Smart Rating: 91.77
Release year: 1959
Starring: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley
Filled with jealousy, the evil witch Maleficent (Eleanor Audley) curses Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) to die on her 16th birthday. Thanks to Aurora's guardian fairies (Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen, Barbara Luddy), she only falls into a deep sleep that can be ended with a kiss from her betrothed, Prince Phillip (Bill Shirley). To prevent Phillip from rescuing Aurora, Maleficent kidnaps and imprisons him. The good fairies are the last hope to free Phillip so that he can awaken Aurora.
Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $637,331,300
Smart Rating: 91.94
Release year: 1967
Starring: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima
In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling's book, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of the man-eating tiger Shere Khan (George Sanders). Facing certain death, Mowgli must overcome his reluctance to leave his wolf family and return to the "man village." But he is not alone on his quest: Aided by Bagheera the panther, and later by the carefree bear Balloo (Phil Harris), he braves the jungle's many perils.
Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros.
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $644,109,300
Smart Rating: 96.43
Release year: 2008
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
With the help of allies Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman (Christian Bale) has been able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a vile young criminal calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) suddenly throws the town into chaos, the Caped Crusader begins to tread a fine line between heroism and vigilantism.
Eon Productions / United Artists
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $647,020,000
Smart Rating: 86.44
Release year: 1965
Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi
Led by one-eyed evil mastermind Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), the terrorist group SPECTRE hijacks two warheads from a NATO plane and threatens widespread nuclear destruction to extort 100 million pounds. The dashing Agent 007, James Bond (Sean Connery), is sent to recover the warheads from the heart of Largo's lair in the Bahamas, facing underwater attacks from sharks and men alike. He must also convince the enchanting Domino (Claudine Auger), Largo's mistress, to become a key ally.
Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $665,022,500
Smart Rating: 93.35
Release year: 2012
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo
When Thor's evil brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), gains access to the unlimited power of the energy cube called the Tesseract, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), director of S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a superhero recruitment effort to defeat the unprecedented threat to Earth. Joining Fury's "dream team" are Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).
RSO Records / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $665,783,600
Smart Rating: 86.57
Release year: 1978
Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of "Grease," the most successful movie musical of all time. A wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John) and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta) have a summer romance, but will it cross clique lines?
Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $676,272,700
Smart Rating: 95.47
Release year: 1964
Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews). Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents (David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns).
Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $680,016,600
Smart Rating: 93.68
Release year: 1994
Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism. But one person Forrest cares about most may be the most difficult to save â his childhood love, the sweet but troubled Jenny (Robin Wright).
Alfran Productions / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $682,680,200
Smart Rating: 100
Release year: 1972
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don's youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal. Although Michael tries to maintain a normal relationship with his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton), he is drawn deeper into the family business.
Legendary Pictures / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $683,775,600
Smart Rating: 84.05
Release year: 2015
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irrfan Khan
Located off the coast of Costa Rica, the Jurassic World luxury resort provides a habitat for an array of genetically engineered dinosaurs, including the vicious and intelligent Indominus rex. When the massive creature escapes, it sets off a chain reaction that causes the other dinos to run amok. Now, it's up to a former military man and animal expert (Chris Pratt) to use his special skills to save two young brothers and the rest of the tourists from an all-out, prehistoric assault.
Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Productions
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $718,326,100
Smart Rating: 93.95
Release year: 1940
Starring: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Walt Disney
Released in 1940, "Fantasia" represented Disney's boldest experiment to date. What had begun as a vehicle to enhance Mickey Mouse's career blossomed into a full-blown feature that remains unique in the history of animation.
Lawrence Turman / Embassy Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $740,239,500
Smart Rating: 92.96
Release year: 1967
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has just finished college and, back at his parents' house, he's trying to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking: What does he want to do with his life? An unexpected diversion crops up when he is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a bored housewife and friend of his parents. But what begins as a fun tryst turns complicated when Benjamin falls for the one woman Mrs. Robinson demanded he stay away from: her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross).
Lucasfilm Ltd. / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $765,756,700
Smart Rating: 96.49
Release year: 1981
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy and his ex-flame Marion escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo.
Zanus/Brown Productions / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $771,085,700
Smart Rating: 95.36
Release year: 1973
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don't go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo.
Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $771,116,600
Smart Rating: 95.71
Release year: 1994
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Matthew Broderick, Niketa Calame
This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simba's wicked uncle, Scar (Jeremy Irons), plots to usurp Mufasa's throne by luring father and son into a stampede of wildebeests. But Simba escapes, and only Mufasa is killed. Simba returns as an adult (Matthew Broderick) to take back his homeland from Scar with the help of his friends Timon (Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella).
Lucas Film Ltd. / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $781,199,400
Smart Rating: 58.07
Release year: 1999
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a 9-year-old boy. When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are assigned to settle the matter.
Amblin Entertainment / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $795,124,900
Smart Rating: 93.37
Release year: 1993
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. While the park's mastermind, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.
Lucas Film Ltd. / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $813,613,900
Smart Rating: 90.9
Release year: 1983
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) battles horrible Jabba the Hut and cruel Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) reaffirm their love and team with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), the Ewoks and the androids C-3PO and R2-D2 to aid in the disruption of the Dark Side and the defeat of the evil emperor.
Dune Entertainment / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $841,258,100
Smart Rating: 92.76
Release year: 2009
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman (Zoe Saldana). As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $847,700,000
Smart Rating: 94.12
Release year: 1959
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd
Charlton Heston plays a Palestinian Jew who is battling the Roman empire at the time of Christ. His actions send him and his family into slavery, but an inspirational encounter with Jesus changes everything. Heston finally meets his rival in a justly famous chariot race and rescues his suffering family.
Lucas Film Ltd. / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $849,262,500
Smart Rating: 96.71
Release year: 1980
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
The adventure continues in this "Star Wars" sequel. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi master's help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader (David Prowse).
Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $864,284,200
Smart Rating: 92.66
Release year: 1961
Starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, Cate Bauer
In a Disney animation classic, Dalmatian Pongo is tired of his bachelor-dog life. He spies lovely Perdita and maneuvers his master, Roger, into meeting Perdita's owner, Anita. The owners fall in love and marry, keeping Pongo and Perdita together too. After Perdita gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies, Anita's old school friend Cruella De Vil wants to buy them all. Roger declines her offer, so Cruella hires the criminal Badun brothers to steal them â so she can have a fur coat.
Lucas Film Ltd. / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $935,195,600
Smart Rating: 94.85
Release year: 2015
Starring: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the First Order. When a defector named Finn crash-lands on a desert planet, he meets Rey (Daisy Ridley), a tough scavenger whose droid contains a top-secret map. Together, the young duo joins forces with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to make sure the Resistance receives the intelligence concerning the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the last of the Jedi Knights.
Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Productions
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $942,850,000
Smart Rating: 90.79
Release year: 1937
Starring: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne
The Grimm fairy tale gets a Technicolor treatment in Disney's first animated feature. Jealous of Snow White's beauty, the wicked queen orders the murder of her innocent stepdaughter, but later discovers that Snow White is still alive and hiding in a cottage with seven friendly little miners. Disguising herself as a hag, the queen brings a poisoned apple to Snow White, who falls into a death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince.
Hoya Productions / Warner Bros.
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $956,682,800
Smart Rating: 94.27
Release year: 1973
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow
One of the most profitable horror movies ever made, this tale of an exorcism is based loosely on actual events. When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd â levitating, speaking in tongues â her worried mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest (Jason Miller), however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil. The priest makes a request to perform an exorcism, and the church sends in an expert (Max von Sydow) to help with the difficult job.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,073,771,700
Smart Rating: 92.35
Release year: 1965
Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin
During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar (Julie Christie), who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, however, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites.
Zanus/Brown Productions / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,107,881,800
Smart Rating: 97.35
Release year: 1975
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.
Cecil B DeMille Production / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,133,150,000
Smart Rating: 95.31
Release year: 1956
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson
Enjoying a life of ease in the court of Egypt's pharaoh, Moses (Charlton Heston) discovers his Hebrew heritage and, later, God's expectations of him. He dedicates himself to liberating his people from captivity and -- with the aid of plagues and divine intervention -- manages to lead them out of Egypt and across the Red Sea. A greater challenge comes in the form of the golden calf idol, however, and it takes an unforgettable visitation by God on Mount Sinai for Moses' mission to prevail.
20th Century Fox / Paramount Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,171,854,200
Smart Rating: 90.82
Release year: 1997
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
James Cameron's "Titanic" is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic: the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest moving object ever built. She was the most luxurious liner of her era -- the "ship of dreams" -- which ultimately carried over 1,500 people to their death in the ice cold waters of the North Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 1912.
Amblin Entertainment / Universal Pictures
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,227,040,000
Smart Rating: 94.65
Release year: 1982
Starring: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.
20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,231,893,000
Smart Rating: 93.36
Release year: 1965
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
A tuneful, heartwarming story, "The Sound of Music" is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Lucasfilm Ltd. / 20th Century Fox
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,540,734,500
Smart Rating: 98.75
Release year: 1977
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
The Imperial Forces -- under orders from cruel Darth Vader (David Prowse) -- hold Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) hostage, in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford), captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy.
Selznick International Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $1,747,686,000
Smart Rating: 99.84
Release year: 1939
Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard
This epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh). Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable).
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