AND THE OTHER 275...

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 1.0%

Withnail & I
(1987) 2.1%

Un Chien Andalou
(1929) 2.3%

Brother’s Keeper
(1992) 2.4%

Coffy
(1973) 2.6%

Bloody Mama
(1970) 2.6%

The 400 Blows
(1959) 2.7%

Glen or Glenda?
(1953) 2.7%

The Long Good Friday (1980) 2.8%

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
(1971) 2.8%

Don’t Look Back
(1967) 2.9%

La Dolce Vita
(1960) 3.3%

Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 3.5%

The Night of the Hunter (1955) 4.0%

The Bicycle Thief
(1948) 4.1%

The Last Detail (1973) 4.3%

Atlantic City (1980) 4.7%

White Heat (1949) 4.8%

The Third Man (1949) 5.3%

Gimme Shelter (1970) 5.4%

Badlands (1973) 5.5%

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
(1974) 5.5%

Modern Times (1936) 5.7%

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987) 5.7%

Carnal Knowledge
(1971) 5.8%

The Conversation
(1974) 5.9%

Double Indemnity
(1944) 6.3%

Touch of Evil (1958) 6.4%

Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989) 6.4%

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) 7.3%

Bananas (1971) 7.8%

Metropolis (1927) 8.0%

Super Fly (1972) 8.0%

The Boys From Brazil
(1978) 8.3%

The Last Picture Show
(1971) 8.4%

In Cold Blood (1967) 8.6%

River’s Edge (1986) 9.3%

The Seventh Seal
(1957) 9.4%

Bad Lieutenant (1992) 9.7%

Three Days of the Condor (1975) 9.9%

Gallipoli (1981) 10.1%

Hard Boiled (1992) 10.1%

Duck Soup (1933) 10.2%

The King of Comedy
(1983) 10.3%

Battle Royale (2000) 10.4%

Sexy Beast (2000) 10.4%

Short Cuts (1993) 10.8%

The Searchers (1956) 11.0%

Mean Streets (1973) 11.3%

The Getaway (1972) 11.7%

Billy Jack (1971) 11.9%

Death Race 2000
(1975) 12.0%

Sid & Nancy (1986) 12.0%

The Wild Bunch
(1969) 12.5%

True Gift (1969) 12.6%

Pumping Iron (1977) 12.8%

Jeremiah Johnson
(1972) 13.0%

Brazil (1985) 13.1%

Angel Heart (1987) 13.4%

Reefer Madness
(1936) 13.5%

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) 13.6%

The Bear (1988) 13.8%

Network (1976) 13.8%

Annie Hall (1977) 14.2%

On the Waterfront
(1954) 14.6%

Bride of Frankenstein
(1935) 14.7%

Seven Samurai (1954) 14.7%

Get Carter (1971) 15.6%

Breaking Away (1979) 15.7%

Wet Hot American Summer (2001) 15.8%

High Noon (1952) 16.0%

Akira (1988) 16.0%

Blue Velvet (1986) 16.1%

When We Were Kings
(1996) 16.6%

Midnight Express
(1978) 17.2%

Airport 1975 (1974) 17.5%

City of God (2002) 17.5%

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 17.5%

Barbarella (1968) 17.6%

Midnight Cowboy
(1969) 17.9%

The Hustler (1961) 18.0%

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mostSeenMovies_PulpFiction_s.jpg25. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Percentage of Maxim readers who have seen it: 81.4%
This goes out to the 18.6 percent who have not seen Pulp Fiction: "Huh?" How did you avoid a movie that became a nearly instant cultural phenomenon? Do you have any tips on how to avoid creditors and ex-girlfriends?

 

 

 


mostSeenMovies_TopGun_s.jpg24. Top Gun (1986)
Reader percentage: 82.1%
Tom Cruise cemented his superstar status in this slick, fist-pumping blockbuster about fighter pilots named Maverick, Goose, and Ice competing for air supremacy. Oh, and the greased-up volleyball montage scored by Kenny Loggins’ “Playing With the Boys” just might be the most inadvertently gay scene in mainstream Hollywood history.

 

 


mostSeenMovies_WeddingCrashers_s.jpg23. Wedding Crashers (2005)
Reader percentage: 82.4%
The combined nonchalance of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson was enough to raise Wedding Crashers above typical rom-com slush. And the world also learns that they like future Borat baby bearer Isla Fisher when she's crazy.

 

 

 


mostSeenMovies_SavingPrivateRyan_s.jpg22. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Reader percentage: 83.2%
Steven Spielberg's WWII epic became an undisputed classic in its first 10 minutes, with a knock-you-on-your-ass depiction of American G.I.s storming the beaches at Normandy. We were so dazed, we barely even noticed when Ted Danson showed up.

 

 


mostSeenMovies_RaidersoftheLostArk_s.jpg21. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Reader percentage: 83.3%
Forget your crystal skulls and your doom-laden temples, Raiders is the first and best Indiana Jones adventure. There is no substitute. Indy travels the globe in search of the mystical Ark of the Covenant, while beating up Nazis and blowing up Frenchmen.

 

 


mostSeenMovies_The40YearOldVirgin_s.jpg20. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Reader percentage: 83.9%
Steve Carell successfully makes the jump from Daily Show anchor to movie star by abstaining from sex, despite constant harassment from Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, and Romany Malco. This movie was so funny, it officially signaled the anointment of director Judd Apatow as Hollywood's go-to comedy guy.

 

 


mostSeenMovies_BatmanBegins_s.jpg19. Batman Begins (2005)
Reader percentage: 84.1%
People still had painful memories of the fake nipples and cheese into which Batman sank after 1997's Batman & Robin, when Christian Bale and director Christopher Nolan started from scratch to remake the Dark Knight leaner, meaner and 100 times cooler.

 

 


mostSeenMovies_XMen_s.jpg18. X-Men (2000)
Reader percentage: 84.4%
Hollywood's first-ever real comic book movie, X-Men optic-blasted the hole through which new franchises like Spider-Man, Batman, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Fantastic Four would follow. It also made Anna Paquin the superhero we'd been clamoring to see her play since The Piano.


 


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