The Riker Scale

Updated Oct. 2021

99 Rating 

1. The Incredibles (2004), PG, Directed by Brad Bird
2. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), PG, Directed by Irvin Kershner

98 Rating

3. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), PG-13, Directed by George Lucas
4. The Godfather (1972), R, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
5. The Dark Knight (2008), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan
6. Jurassic Park (1993), PG-13, Directed by Steven Spielberg

95 Rating

7. The Sandlot (1993), G, Directed by David Mickey Evans
8. Toy Story (1995), G, Directed by John Lasseter
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), PG, Directed by Chris Columbus

94 Rating

10. Monsters Inc. (2001), G, Directed by Pete Docter
11. Ocean’s Eleven (2001), PG-13, Directed by Steven Soderberg
12. Batman Begins (2005), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan
13. Count of Monte Cristo (2002), PG-13, Directed by Kevin Reynolds

93 Rating

14. Ford v. Ferrari (2019), PG-13, Directed by James Mangold
15. Heat (1995), R, Directed by Michael Mann
16. La La Land (2016), PG-13, Directed by Damien Chazelle
17. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), PG, Directed by George Lucas

92 Rating

18. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), PG, Directed by Chris Columbus
19. Back to the Future (1985), PG, Directed by Robert Zemeckis
20. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), PG, Directed by Steven Spielberg
21. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), PG-13, Directed by J.J. Abrams

91 Rating

22. The Shawshank Redemption (1994), R, Directed by Frank Darabont
23. Titanic (1997), PG-13, Directed by James Cameron
24. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), PG-13, Directed by John Hughes
25. The Blind Side (2009), PG-13, Directed by John Lee Hancock

90 Rating

26. Spiderman 2 (2003), PG-13, Directed by Sam Raimi 
27. Black Panther (2018), PG-13, Directed by Ryan Coogler
28. Us (2019), R, Directed by Jordan Peele
29. Get Out (2017), R, Directed by Jordan Peele
30. Rogue One (2016), PG-13, Directed by Gareth Edwards

89 Rating

31. Die Hard (1988), R, Directed by John McTiernan
32. Adventures of Tin-Tin (2011), PG, Directed by Steven Spielberg
33. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), R, Directed by Quentin Tarantino
34. The Martian (2015), PG-13, Directed by Ridley Scott
35. Life is Beautiful (1997), PG-13, Directed by Roberto Benigni

88 Rating

36. Casino Royale (2006), PG-13, Directed by Martin Campbell
37. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), PG-13, Directed by Destin Daniel Crettin
38. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), PG, Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
39. Madagascar (2005), PG, Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
40. Miami Vice — “My Brother’s Keeper” (1984), TV-14, Directed by Thomas Carter
41. Scarface (1983), R, Directed by Brian De Palma

87 Rating

42. Memento (2000), R, Directed by Christopher Nolan
43. No Time to Die (2021), R, Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
44. Tenet (2020), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan
45. Sound of Music (1965), G, Directed by Robert Wise
46. Spiderman: Homecoming (2017), PG-13, Directed by Jon Watts

86 Rating

47. Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018),  PG-13, Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
48. Parasite (2019), R, Directed by Bong-Joon Ho
49. Knives Out (2019), PG-13, Directed by Rian Johnson
50. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), PG-13, Directed by David Yates
51. Miami Vice (2006), R, Directed by Michael Mann

85 Rating

52. Minority Report (2003), PG-13, Directed by Steven Spielberg
53. Toy Story 3 (2010), G, Directed by Lee Unkrich
54. Into the Spider-Verse (2018), PG, Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
55. Ratatouille (2007), G, Directed by Brad Bird
56. Shrek (2001), PG, Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
57. 42 (2013), PG-13, Directed by Brian Helgeland
58. Inception (2010), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan

84 Rating

59. Toy Story 2 (1999), G, Directed by John Lasseter and Ash Brannon
60. Incredibles 2 (2018), PG, Directed by Brad Bird
61. Coco (2017), PG, Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
62. Rocky (1976), PG, Directed by John G. Avildsen
63. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017), PG-13, Directed by Rian Johnson
64. Spiderman (2001), PG-13, Directed by Sam Raimi

83 Rating

65. Aladdin (1992), G, Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker
66. The Godfather Part II (1974), R, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
67. Mission Impossible IV: Ghost Protocol (2011), PG-13, Directed by Brad Bird
68. Uncut Gems (2019), R, Directed by the Safdie Brothers
69. The Social Network (2010), PG-13, Directed by David Fincher
70. Up (2009), PG, Directed by Pete Docter
71. Eight Men Out (1988), PG, Directed by John Sayles

82 Rating

72. Mission Impossible (1996), PG-13, Directed by Brian De Palma
73. Captain America: Civil War (2016), PG-13, Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
74. I, Robot (2004), PG-13, Directed by Alex Proyas
75. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015), PG-13, Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
76. Finding Nemo (2003), G, Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich 
77. Good Will Hunting (1997), R, Directed by Gus Van Sant
78. Avengers: Endgame (2019), PG-13, Directed by Joe Russo
79. A Time to Kill (1996), R, Directed by Joel Schumaker
80. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade (1989), PG-13, Directed by Steven Spielberg
81. McFarland, USA (2015), PG, Directed by Niki Caro
82. Lion King (1994), G, Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
83. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988), PG-13, Directed by David Zucker

81 Rating

84. The Dark Knight Rises (2012), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan
85. Any Given Sunday (1999), R, Directed by Oliver Stone
86. The Matrix (1999), R, Directed by the Wachowskis
87. Jaws (1975), PG, Directed by Steven Spielberg
88. Searching (2018), PG-13, Directed by Aneesh Chaganty
89. The Godfather Part III (1990), R, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
90. Superbad (2007), R, Directed by Greg Mottola
91. Wall-E (2008), G, Directed by Andrew Stanton
92. A Scanner Darkly (2006), R, Directed by Richard Linklater

80 Rating

93. Saturday Night Fever (1977), R, Directed by John Badham 
94. Do the Right Thing (1989), R, Directed by Spike Lee
95. Point Break (1991), R, Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
96. Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones (2002), PG, Directed by George Lucas
97. Lilo and Stitch (2002), G, Directed by Chris Sanders
98. Soul (2020), PG, Directed by Pete Docter
99. Catch Me If You Can (2002), PG, Directed by Steven Spielberg
100. Minari (2020), PG-13, Directed by Lee Isaac Chung