Best Ensemble Movies of All Time

Last Updated on 9 February 2025

The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of the 300 best ensemble movies of all time. Ensemble movies are movies that have many principal characters rather than just one or two, and they share roughly equal amounts of screen time.

I found 18 different ranked lists online of “best ensemble movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 18 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

Best Ensemble Movies – Viewing Checklist Download

Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Departed (2006)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Magnolia (1999)
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
Knives Out (2019)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Spotlight (2015)
Inception (2010)
The Godfather (1972)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Boogie Nights (1997)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Avengers (2012)
Short Cuts (1993)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
New Year’s Eve (2011)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Heat (1995)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
The Outsiders (1983)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Love Actually (2003)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Great Escape (1963)
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
True Romance (1993)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Sin City (2005)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Women (1939)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Airplane! (1980)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Traffic (2000)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Gosford Park (2001)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Tombstone (1993)
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Dune: Part One (2021)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
Dogma (1999)
Goodfellas (1990)
Titanic (1997)
Valentine’s Day (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
The French Dispatch (2021)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
JFK (1991)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Crash (2004)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Alien (1979)
Boyhood (2014)
Nashville (1975)
Threads (1984)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Ice Storm (1997)
The Help (2011)
The Hours (2002)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Expendables (2010)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Stand by Me (1986)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
Babel (2006)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Amsterdam (2022)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The King’s Speech (2010)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Glass Onion (2022)
The Big Chill (1983)
Silverado (1985)
Young Guns (1988)
The Social Network (2010)
Who’s Singin’ Over There? (1980)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Player (1992)
American Graffiti (1973)
Star Trek (2009)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
8½ (1963)
Cold Mountain (2003)
The Artist (2011)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Big Short (2015)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Grand Hotel (1932)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
August: Osage County (2013)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Saw II (2005)
Les Misérables (2012)
Murder By Death (1976)
Bobby (2006)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Argo (2012)
Playing by Heart (1998)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Watchmen (2009)
Amores Perros (2000)
Another Round (2020)
Amarcord (1973)
Selma (2014)
The Sandlot (1993)
Dunkirk (2017)
I’m Not There (2007)
Ocean’s Eight (2018)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Armageddon (1998)
Sideways (2004)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Elephant (2003)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Milk (2008)
The Counselor (2013)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Jackie Brown (1997)
United 93 (2006)
The Full Monty (1997)
A Mighty Wind (2003)
Wild Tales (2014)
Lifeboat (1944)
X-Men (2000)
Happiness (1998)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Lincoln (2012)
X2: X-Men United (2003)
Mystic River (2003)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
El Dorado (1966)
Best in Show (2000)
Juno (2007)
Oppenheimer (2023)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Mystery Men (1999)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
How the West Was Won (1962)
M*A*S*H (1970)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Nebraska (2013)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
The Gentlemen (2019)
Get on the Bus (1996)
The Fighter (2010)
And Then There Were None (1945)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Imitation Game (2014)
A League of Their Own (1992)
The Butler (2013)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
Snatch (2000)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
American Hustle (2013)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
9 to 5 (1980)
Up in the Air (2009)
Catch-22 (1970)
Widows (2018)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Life Is Sweet (1990)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
The Descendants (2011)
Bullet Train (2022)
Go (1999)
Paris, Je T’aime (2006)
A Separation (2011)
Men in Black (1997)
Out of Sight (1998)
Precious (2009)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Shadows (1958)
Chicago (2002)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
A Soldier’s Story (1984)
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
Clue (1985)
State of Play (2009)
Casino Royale (2006)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Almost Famous (2000)
Dogville (2003)
Platoon (1986)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Dekalog (1989)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Town (2010)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Hairspray (2007)
Mean Girls (2004)
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Day for Night (1973)
Independence Day (1996)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Omkara (2006)
Yi Yi (2000)
The Haunting (1963)
Vizontele (2001)
Red Dawn (1984)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Doubt (2008)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
The Ides of March (2011)
True Grit (2010)
Trumbo (2015)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Zombieland (2009)
Closer (2004)
The Big Country (1958)
The Sting (1973)
Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Syriana (2005)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Gangs of New York (2002)
On Board (1998)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Little Women (2019)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Fight Club (1999)
Mister Roberts (1955)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Snowpiercer (2013)
Rent (2005)
All About My Mother (1999)
Heathers (1988)
Into the Woods (2014)
13 Assassins (2010)
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
A Bug’s Life (1998)