All-Time Favorite Films (work in progress)
A list of my all-time favorite films, unranked because they're all special…
A Life in Film
Curt Pennington’s all-time stats
Top films
Top 20 of 2021
My favorite films of 2020, ranked according to personal preference.
Top 20 of 2020
My favorite films of 2020, ranked according to personal preference.
Top 20 of 2019
My favorite films of 2019, ranked according to personal preference.
By release year
1929
2022
Genres, countries & languages
List progress
Collections
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
John Wick Collection 3 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
Annabelle Collection 3 watched
Austin Powers Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Bad Ass Collection 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 3 watched
Blade Collection 3 watched
Blair Witch Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
The Conjuring Collection 3 watched
Critters Collection 5 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
Die Hard Collection 5 watched
Dumb and Dumber Collection 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 4 watched
The Expendables Collection 3 watched
The Fast and the Furious Collection 9 watched
Fear Street Collection 3 watched
Final Destination Collection 5 watched
Firefly Collection 3 watched
Friday the 13th Collection 11 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 3 watched
G.I. Joe (Live-Action) Collection 3 watched
Godzilla Collection 3 watched
Halloween Collection 10 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 4 watched
Harold & Kumar Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Has Fallen Collection 3 watched
Hostel Collection 3 watched
The Human Centipede Collection 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 4 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Jaws Collection 4 watched
John Wick Collection 3 watched
Jumanji Collection 3 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
Mariachi Collection 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 6 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
Pirates of the Caribbean Collection 5 watched
Predator Collection 4 watched
The Punisher Collection 3 watched
The Purge Collection 5 watched
Rambo Collection 5 watched
The Ring Collection 3 watched
The Robert Langdon Collection 3 watched
RoboCop Collection 3 watched
Saw Collection 8 watched
Scream Collection 5 watched
Sharknado Collection 6 watched
Shrek Collection 4 watched
The Slumber Party Massacre Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collection 3 watched
The Terminator Collection 6 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Unnamed collection 4 watched
Unnamed collection 7 watched
Urban Legend Collection 3 watched
V/H/S Collection 4 watched
The ABCs of Death Collection 2 of 3 watched
Ace Ventura Collection 2 of 3 watched
Before... Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Brady Bunch Collection 2 of 3 watched
Creepshow Collection 2 of 3 watched
Dead River Collection 2 of 3 watched
Fantastic Beasts Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Hangover Collection 2 of 3 watched
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Collection 2 of 3 watched
Jurassic Park Collection 5 of 6 watched
Kingsman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Leprechaun Collection 6 of 8 watched
Men In Black Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Mummy Collection 2 of 3 watched
Naked Gun Collection 2 of 3 watched
National Lampoon's Vacation Collection 3 of 4 watched
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection 5 of 7 watched
Rampage Collection 2 of 3 watched
Taken Collection 2 of 3 watched
Tales from the Crypt Collection 2 of 3 watched
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Collection 5 of 7 watched
Thor Collection 2 of 3 watched
Tremors Collection 5 of 7 watched
Unnamed collection 2 of 3 watched
Unnamed collection 3 of 4 watched
The Wolverine Collection 2 of 3 watched
X-Men Collection 6 of 7 watched
Stars
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Directors
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Crew & studios
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Co-Directors
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Producers
Stan Lee 51
Jason Blum 40
Scott Rudin 34
Kevin Feige 31
Thomas Tull 30
Joel Silver 29
Avi Arad 29
Bruce Berman 25
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Writers
Stephen King 20
Joel Coen 20
Ethan Coen 19
David Koepp 16
John Hughes 12
Terry Rossio 12
James Gunn 10
George Lucas 10
J.K. Rowling 10
Ted Elliott 10
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Editors
Michael Kahn 22
Joel Coen 15
Ethan Coen 14
Bob Ducsay 13
Lee Smith 13
Paul Hirsch 12
Sally Menke 12
Paul Rubell 11
Jeffrey Ford 10
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Cinematography
Dean Cundey 19
Peter Deming 16
Bill Pope 15
Oliver Wood 13
Mark Irwin 11
Don Burgess 10
Dan Mindel 10
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Production Design
Rick Carter 15
Jess Gonchor 11
Carol Spier 11
Bo Welch 10
David Wasco 10
Stuart Craig 10
Martin Whist 10
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Art Direction
Gary Tomkins 14
Ravi Bansal 13
John Dexter 12
Helen Jarvis 12
Greg Papalia 12
Brad Ricker 12
Peter Dorme 12
Tom Reta 11
Tony Fanning 10
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 23
Robert Gould 15
Jay Hart 14
Larry Dias 11
Tim Croshaw 11
Gene Serdena 10
Anna Pinnock 10
Lauri Gaffin 10
Kevin Cross 10
Anne Porter 10
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Visual Effects
Craig Barron 19
John Knoll 17
Brian Adler 14
Tim Burke 12
Allan Magled 12
Phil Tippett 11
Scott Farrar 11
David Sanger 11
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Composers
Danny Elfman 39
Hans Zimmer 37
Brian Tyler 28
Tyler Bates 24
David Newman 17
Mark Isham 16
John Powell 15
James Horner 15
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Sound
Skip Lievsay 46
Andy Nelson 33
Dino Dimuro 31
Scott Millan 31
Jon Title 30
Paul Massey 29
Ron Bartlett 27
Anna Behlmer 27
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Costumes
Mary Zophres 23
Mark Bridges 14
Nick Scarano 14
Kym Barrett 11
Jany Temime 11
Dan Grace 11
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Make-Up
Bill Corso 28
Ve Neill 24
Rick Baker 19
Donald Mowat 18
Jeff Dawn 14
John Blake 14
Sian Grigg 13
Luisa Abel 11
Judy Chin 10
Naomi Donne 10
Gerald Quist 10
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Studios
Paramount 117
20th Century Fox 107
Lionsgate 48
Miramax 36
Canal+ 31
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Co-Directors
Lee Unkrich 3.7
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Producers
Tom Jacobson 5.0
Gary Kurtz 5.0
Edward Saxon 5.0
Sam Mendes 5.0
Gilly Ruben 5.0
Patrice Ledoux 5.0
Craig Markey 5.0
Álvaro Augustín 5.0
Kent Alterman 5.0
Joss Whedon 5.0
Donna Sloan 5.0
Robin Cowie 5.0
John McTiernan 5.0
John Cameron 5.0
Gabriel Roth 5.0
Christopher Ball 4.7
William Tyrer 4.7
Vincent Landay 4.7
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Writers
Harold Ramis 5.0
John Davies 5.0
Hawk Ostby 5.0
Mark Fergus 5.0
Francis Glebas 5.0
Larry Leker 5.0
Kim Krizan 5.0
Warren Skaaren 5.0
Roderick Thorp 5.0
Larry Wilson 5.0
Sam Hamm 5.0
Jason Eisener 5.0
Jeff Rendell 5.0
Burny Mattinson 4.7
Kevin Harkey 4.7
Daniel Waters 4.7
Gareth Evans 4.7
Rian Johnson 4.5
Jim Capobianco 4.5
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Editors
Marcia Lucas 5.0
Sylvie Landra 5.0
Robert Gordon 5.0
Jill Bilcock 5.0
Eric Zumbrunnen 4.7
Tricia Cooke 4.7
Paul Rogers 4.5
Alfonso Cuarón 4.5
Peter Weatherley 4.5
Jane Kurson 4.5
David Lynch 4.5
Joe Bini 4.5
Gareth Evans 4.5
Dede Allen 4.3
George A. Romero 4.3
Ray Lovejoy 4.2
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Cinematography
Conrad L. Hall 5.0
John Alcott 5.0
Lee Daniel 4.7
Douglas Milsome 4.5
Nick McLean 4.5
Matt Flannery 4.5
Munn Powell 4.5
Karim Hussain 4.5
Antonio Calvache 4.5
Wally Pfister 4.4
Greig Fraser 4.3
Lance Acord 4.3
Milan Chadima 4.2
Jeff Cronenweth 4.2
Rodrigo Prieto 4.2
Emmanuel Lubezki 4.2
Robert Rodriguez 4.0
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Production Design
Anthony Tremblay 5.0
John Barry 5.0
Anton Furst 5.0
Ken Adam 5.0
Martin Martinec 5.0
James Chinlund 4.4
Mark Digby 4.3
John W. Corso 4.3
Dan Weil 4.3
Terence Marsh 4.3
Elliot Scott 4.3
Richard Sylbert 4.3
Tom Duffield 4.3
Yohei Taneda 4.2
William Arnold 4.2
K.K. Barrett 4.2
Norman Reynolds 4.2
David Wasco 4.0
Nathan Crowley 4.0
Jackson De Govia 4.0
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Art Direction
Lauren Rockman 5.0
Cao Juiping 5.0
Jean Giraud 5.0
Nigel Phelps 5.0
Rick Heinrichs 5.0
Lauren Cory 4.7
Harold Michelson 4.7
Ralph Eggleston 4.5
Peter Popken 4.5
Gary Wissner 4.5
Frederic Evard 4.5
Paul Kirby 4.5
Andrew Gaskill 4.5
Peter Andrus 4.5
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Set Decoration
Peter J. Kelly 5.0
Theo Sena 5.0
Guy Pigeon 5.0
Brad Ricker 5.0
Michael Ford 4.7
Michele Poulik 4.7
Tessa Posnansky 4.7
Peter Davidson 4.5
Louis M. Mann 4.5
Chris Sanford 4.5
Fred M. Ortiz 4.5
Michael Mestas 4.5
Mary Saisselin 4.5
Lahcen Elyazidi 4.5
Jennifer Polito 4.5
Lori Rowbotham 4.5
Jacinta Leong 4.5
Leah Wiebe 4.5
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Visual Effects
Janet Healy 5.0
Andrew Kalicki 5.0
Carlo Rambaldi 5.0
Robert Short 5.0
Chad Malbon 5.0
Richard Williams 5.0
Robert Skotak 4.8
Doug Chiang 4.7
Brice R. Parker 4.5
Cody Stoof 4.5
Lorna Paterson 4.5
Frankie Chung 4.5
Colleen Bachman 4.5
Ben Pickering 4.5
Lucy Killick 4.5
Andrew Morley 4.5
Charlie Mullen 4.5
John Stewart 4.5
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Composers
Wendy Carlos 5.0
Joel J. Richard 4.7
Aria Prayogi 4.7
Fajar Yuskemal 4.7
David Lynch 4.5
Anne Dudley 4.5
Mike Shields 4.5
Goblin 4.3
Robert Rodriguez 4.2
Brad Fiedel 4.2
Jon Brion 4.1
David Julyan 4.1
Jonny Greenwood 4.0
Marc Shaiman 4.0
Nathan Johnson 4.0
Douglas Pipes 4.0
Ben Salisbury 4.0
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Sound
Bill Rowe 5.0
James Fritch 5.0
Stan Gilbert 5.0
Gene Corso 5.0
Mary Andrews 5.0
Catherine Shorr 5.0
Samuel Lehmer 5.0
Dean G. Manly 5.0
Paul A. Sharpe 5.0
Tim Philben 5.0
Kevin Hearst 4.7
Greg Dillon 4.7
Jon Mete 4.7
Susan Kurtz 4.7
Chuck Neely 4.6
David J. Hudson 4.6
Louis L. Edemann 4.6
Vern Poore 4.5
Dave Paterson 4.5
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Costumes
Adolfo Ramírez 5.0
Erick Martinez 5.0
Jean Rosone 5.0
Alix Hester 5.0
G. Tony Scarano 5.0
Kumiko Ogawa 4.7
John Mollo 4.5
Casey Storm 4.5
Nancy McArdle 4.5
Heather Moore 4.5
Nancy Duggan 4.5
Patricia Bercsi 4.5
Nicci Schinman 4.5
Annie Hardinge 4.5
Patricia Norris 4.5
Janey Temime 4.5
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Make-Up
Barbara Daly 5.0
Deborah K. Dee 5.0
Graham Freeborn 5.0
Kay Freeborn 5.0
Melanie Levitt 5.0
Fern Buchner 5.0
Natalie Wood 5.0
Tom Smith 4.7
Kevin Haney 4.5
Maggie Elliott 4.5
Samantha Denyer 4.5
Marianne Bobet 4.5
Bart Mixon 4.5
Neal Martz 4.5
Dania Simental 4.5
Jim Gillespie 4.5
Tamsin Dorling 4.5
Candice Banks 4.5
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Studios
Hawk Films 5.0
Telecinco Cinema 5.0
Eskwad 5.0
Walt Disney Feature Animation 4.5
Cinema 84 4.5
Producers Circle 4.5
Esperanto Filmoj 4.5
StudioCanal 4.5
Nervous Tick 4.5
SKA Films 4.5
Memfis Film 4.5
SVT 4.5
World map
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