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THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)1525
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The worldwide ranking generated by 6.9k votes

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)1525
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HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001)HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001)1490
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)1480
#4
SPIDER-MAN (2002) – SAM RAIMI TRILOGYSPIDER-MAN (2002) – SAM RAIMI TRILOGY1432
#5
THE AVENGERS (2012) – MCUTHE AVENGERS (2012) – MCU1409
#6
STAR WARS EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) – PREQUEL TRILOGYSTAR WARS EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) – PREQUEL TRILOGY1406
#7
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)1396
#8
IRON MAN (2008) – MCU INFINITY SAGAIRON MAN (2008) – MCU INFINITY SAGA1366
#9
JOKER (2019)JOKER (2019)1361
#10
MEN IN BLACK (1997)MEN IN BLACK (1997)1361
#11
PREDATOR (1987)PREDATOR (1987)1360
#12
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)1345
#13
GLADIATOR (2000)GLADIATOR (2000)1343
#14
CAPTAIN AMERICA – THE FIRST AVENGER (2011) – MCUCAPTAIN AMERICA – THE FIRST AVENGER (2011) – MCU1341
#15
AVATAR (2009)AVATAR (2009)1335
#16
THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002)THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002)1335
#17
BLACK WIDOW (2021) – MCU MULTIVERSE SAGABLACK WIDOW (2021) – MCU MULTIVERSE SAGA1332
#18
THE GODFATHER (1972)THE GODFATHER (1972)1328
#19
JURASSIC PARK (1993)JURASSIC PARK (1993)1326
#20
BEETLEJUICE (1988)BEETLEJUICE (1988)1317
#21
STAR WARS (1977)STAR WARS (1977)1316
#22
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996)MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996)1313
#23
BATMAN BEGINS (2005) – NOLAN TRILOGYBATMAN BEGINS (2005) – NOLAN TRILOGY1311
#24
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015) – SEQUEL TRILOGYSTAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015) – SEQUEL TRILOGY1303
#25
BLACK PANTHER (2018) – MCUBLACK PANTHER (2018) – MCU1303
#26
THE BATMAN (2022) – MATT REEVES REBOOTTHE BATMAN (2022) – MATT REEVES REBOOT1299
#27
BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)1294
#28
SAW (2004)SAW (2004)1294
#29
CARRIE (1976)CARRIE (1976)1293
#30
BLADE RUNNER (1982)BLADE RUNNER (1982)1291
#31
IT (2017)IT (2017)1289
#32
28 DAYS LATER (2002)28 DAYS LATER (2002)1286
#33
DEADPOOL (2016) – 8TH X-MEN FILMDEADPOOL (2016) – 8TH X-MEN FILM1285
#34
CASINO ROYALE (2006) – DANIEL CRAIGCASINO ROYALE (2006) – DANIEL CRAIG1282
#35
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012) – MARC WEBB DUOLOGYTHE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012) – MARC WEBB DUOLOGY1279
#36
DUNE (2021)DUNE (2021)1278
#37
THE EXORCIST (1973)THE EXORCIST (1973)1278
#38
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006)NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006)1276
#39
ALIEN (1979)ALIEN (1979)1275
#40
X-MEN (2000)X-MEN (2000)1275
#41
TREMORS (1990)TREMORS (1990)1270
#42
THE HUNGER GAMES (2012)THE HUNGER GAMES (2012)1269
#43
HELLBOY (2004)HELLBOY (2004)1268
#44
ROCKY (1976)ROCKY (1976)1265
#45
HALLOWEEN (2018) – DAVID GORDON GREENHALLOWEEN (2018) – DAVID GORDON GREEN1264
#46
OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001)OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001)1262
#47
VENOM (2018) – SSU SONY'S SPIDER-MAN UNIVERSEVENOM (2018) – SSU SONY'S SPIDER-MAN UNIVERSE1259
#48
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)1259
#49
DIE HARD (1988)DIE HARD (1988)1258
#50
THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)1257
#51
THOR (2011) – MCUTHOR (2011) – MCU1254
#52
DOCTOR STRANGE (2016) – MCUDOCTOR STRANGE (2016) – MCU1253
#53
NATIONAL TREASURE (2004)NATIONAL TREASURE (2004)1251
#54
JAWS (1975)JAWS (1975)1249
#55
TAKEN (2008)TAKEN (2008)1248
#56
JURASSIC WORLD (2015) – JURASSIC PARK SEQUELJURASSIC WORLD (2015) – JURASSIC PARK SEQUEL1246
#57
REBEL MOON PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE (2023)REBEL MOON PART ONE – A CHILD OF FIRE (2023)1246
#58
THE EVIL DEAD (1981)THE EVIL DEAD (1981)1242
#59
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011) – X-MEN PREQUEL, CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERX-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011) – X-MEN PREQUEL, CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER1241
#60
FIRST BLOOD (1982)FIRST BLOOD (1982)1241
#61
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (2010)PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (2010)1239
#62
BLADE (1998)BLADE (1998)1237
#63
THE CONJURING (2013)THE CONJURING (2013)1236
#64
THE MUMMY (1999)THE MUMMY (1999)1236
#65
SUICIDE SQUAD (2016) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSESUICIDE SQUAD (2016) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE1235
#66
JOHN WICK (2014)JOHN WICK (2014)1235
#67
WONDER WOMAN (2017) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSEWONDER WOMAN (2017) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE1233
#68
TRANSFORMERS (2007)TRANSFORMERS (2007)1231
#69
THE TERMINATOR (1984)THE TERMINATOR (1984)1227
#70
FINAL DESTINATION (2000)FINAL DESTINATION (2000)1226
#71
101 DALMATIANS (1996)101 DALMATIANS (1996)1223
#72
THE MEG (2018)THE MEG (2018)1218
#73
THE GRUDGE (2004)THE GRUDGE (2004)1216
#74
KNIVES OUT (2019)KNIVES OUT (2019)1215
#75
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA – THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (2005)THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA – THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (2005)1215
#76
SUPERMAN (2025) – DC UNIVERSESUPERMAN (2025) – DC UNIVERSE1214
#77
THE MATRIX (1999)THE MATRIX (1999)1212
#78
ALIEN VS PREDATOR (2004)ALIEN VS PREDATOR (2004)1212
#79
HELLRAISER (1987)HELLRAISER (1987)1208
#80
GOLDENEYE (1995) – PIERCE BROSNANGOLDENEYE (1995) – PIERCE BROSNAN1208
#81
THE HOBBIT – AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (2012) – LORD OF THE RINGS PREQUELTHE HOBBIT – AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (2012) – LORD OF THE RINGS PREQUEL1204
#82
JUMANJI (1995)JUMANJI (1995)1197
#83
CHILD'S PLAY (1988)CHILD'S PLAY (1988)1197
#84
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2011) – PLANET OF THE APES REBOOTRISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2011) – PLANET OF THE APES REBOOT1196
#85
THE BLUE LAGOON (1980)THE BLUE LAGOON (1980)1196
#86
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) – TIMOTHY DALTONTHE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) – TIMOTHY DALTON1192
#87
UNBREAKABLE (2000)UNBREAKABLE (2000)1190
#88
THE NAKED GUN (1988)THE NAKED GUN (1988)1189
#89
HOME ALONE (1990)HOME ALONE (1990)1183
#90
GARFIELD: THE MOVIE (2004)GARFIELD: THE MOVIE (2004)1182
#91
SCARY MOVIE (2000)SCARY MOVIE (2000)1179
#92
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014) – MCUGUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014) – MCU1178
#93
AQUAMAN (2018) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSEAQUAMAN (2018) – DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE1176
#94
CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019) – MCUCAPTAIN MARVEL (2019) – MCU1173
#95
HALLOWEEN (1978)HALLOWEEN (1978)1171
#96
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999)THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999)1170
#97
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) – DOLLARS TRILOGYA FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) – DOLLARS TRILOGY1170
#98
SUPERMAN (1978)SUPERMAN (1978)1169
#99
THE SMURFS (2011)THE SMURFS (2011)1166
#100
CREED (2015) – ROCKY SPIN-OFFCREED (2015) – ROCKY SPIN-OFF1163

What the community says

THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) leads with an ELO of 1,525, ahead of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (2001) (1,490) and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003) (1,480). Ranked over 6,894 duels between 160 contenders, last updated October 24, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

How our rankings are made →

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How other members ranked this list.

alanaMembre du staff
level-5Niveau · CygnelamaRôle · Membre du staff
Full
clapperMovie Sagas – Cinema

What's your favorite first chapter of a saga?

  1. #1
    S.O.S FANTOME (1984)
  2. #2
    LE SEIGNEUR DES ANNEAUX – LA COMMUNAUTE DE L’ANNEAUX (2001)
  3. #3
    HARRY POTTER A L’ECOLE DES SORCIERS (2001)
baptlamenaceCréateur
level-4Niveau · Dindoncreator-medalRôle · Créateur
Full
clapperMovie Sagas – Cinema

What's your favorite first chapter of a saga?

  1. #1
    LE HOBBIT – UN VOYAGE INATTENDU (2012) – PREQUEL DE LE SEIGNEUR DES ANNEAUX
  2. #2
    STAR WARS EPISODE 1 – LA MENACE FANTOME (1999) – PREALOGIE
  3. #3
    THE BATMAN (2022) – RELANCE DE MATT REEVS
ratelUtilisateur
level-3Niveau · Coq
Full
clapperMovie Sagas – Cinema

What's your favorite first chapter of a saga?

  1. #1
    LE SEIGNEUR DES ANNEAUX – LA COMMUNAUTE DE L’ANNEAUX (2001)
  2. #2
    LE PARRAIN (1972)
  3. #3
    DIE HARD (1988)
gm-super-marioCréateur
level-4Niveau · Dindoncreator-medalRôle · Créateur
Full
clapperMovie Sagas – Cinema

What's your favorite first chapter of a saga?

  1. #1
    LE SEIGNEUR DES ANNEAUX – LA COMMUNAUTE DE L’ANNEAUX (2001)
  2. #2
    SPIDER MAN (2002) – TRILOGIE DE SAM RAIMI
  3. #3
    THE MATRIX (1999)
harkothCréateur
level-4Niveau · Dindoncreator-medalRôle · Créateur
Top 3
clapperMovie Sagas – Cinema

What's your favorite first chapter of a saga?

  1. #1
    BLADE RUNNER (1982)
  2. #2
    LES DENTS DE LA MER (1975)
  3. #3
    MASSACRE A LA TRONCONNEUSE (1974)
rafael-ogierUtilisateur
level-4Niveau · Dindon
Full
clapperMovie Sagas – Cinema

What's your favorite first chapter of a saga?

  1. #1
    SCREAM (1996)
  2. #2
    ROCKY (1976)
  3. #3
    MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (1996)

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