Ultimate Ranks

What hundreds of critics rank highest

Fair comparisons and corrections for uneven article coverage over time. How it works.

Movies

2,278 ranked
Rank Title Year
1
Citizen Kane
1941
2
The Godfather
1972
3
The Rules of the Game
1939
4
The Searchers
1956
5
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968

TV

387 ranked
Rank Title Year
1
The Sopranos
1999
2
Breaking Bad
2008
3
The Wire
2002
4
Mad Men
2007
5
The Simpsons
1989

Songs

10,239 ranked
Rank Title, Artist Year
1
Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
1958
2
Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
1991
3
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers
1964
4
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley and His Comets
1954
5
Anarchy in the U.K. Sex Pistols
1976

Albums

1,483 ranked
Rank Title, Artist Year
1
Nevermind Nirvana
1991
2
What's Going On Marvin Gaye
1971
3
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys
1966
4
Revolver The Beatles
1966
5
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground & Nico
1967

Games

1,295 ranked
Rank Title Year
1
Tetris
1984
2
The Last of Us
2013
3
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1998
4
Half-Life 2
2004
5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2015
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Books

261 ranked
Rank Title, Author Year
1
In Search of Lost Time Marcel Proust
2000
2
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes
1605
3
One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez
1967
4
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
1869
5
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
1925