The Riker Scale

Updated Feb. 2023

99 Rating 

  1. The Incredibles (2004), PG, Directed by Brad Bird
  2. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), PG-13, Directed by George Lucas
  3. The Godfather (1972), R, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  4. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), PG, Directed by Irvin Kershner

98 Rating

  1. Jurassic Park (1993), PG-13, Directed by Steven Spielberg
  2. The Dark Knight (2008), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan

97 Rating

  1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001), PG-13, Directed by Steven Soderberg
  2. The Sandlot (1993), G, Directed by David Mickey Evans

96 Rating

  1. Monsters Inc. (2001), G, Directed by Pete Docter
  2. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), PG, Directed by Steven Spielberg

95 Rating

  1. La La Land (2016), PG-13, Directed by Damien Chazelle
  2. Count of Monte Cristo (2002), PG-13, Directed by Kevin Reynolds
  3. Ford v. Ferrari (2019), PG-13, Directed by James Mangold

93 Rating

  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), PG, Directed by Chris Columbus
  2. Us (2019), R, Directed by Jordan Peele
  3. Get Out (2017), R, Directed by Jordan Peele
  4. The Departed (2006), R, Directed by Martin Scorsese
  5. Toy Story (1995), G, Directed by John Lasseter

92 Rating

  1. Titanic (1997), PG-13, Directed by James Cameron
  2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), PG-13, Directed by John Hughes
  3. Back to the Future (1985), PG, Directed by Robert Zemeckis
  4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), PG, Directed by Chris Columbus
  5. The Batman (2022), PG-13, Directed by Matt Reeves

91 Rating

  1. Spiderman 2 (2003), PG-13, Directed by Sam Raimi
  2. The Godfather Part II (1974), R, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  3. Batman Begins (2005), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan
  4. Heat (1995), R, Directed by Michael Mann

90 Rating

  1. Rogue One (2016), PG-13, Directed by Gareth Edwards
  2. Scarface (1983), R, Directed by Brian De Palma
  3. Tenet (2020), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan
  4. Black Panther (2018), PG-13, Directed by Ryan Coogler
  5. Miami Vice (2006), R, Directed by Michael Mann

89 Rating

  1. The Blind Side (2009), PG-13, Directed by John Lee Hancock
  2. Die Hard (1988), R, Directed by John McTiernan
  3. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), PG-13, Directed by J.J. Abrams
  4. Adventures of Tin-Tin (2011), PG, Directed by Steven Spielberg
  5. The Martian (2015), PG-13, Directed by Ridley Scott
  6. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), PG, Directed by George Lucas
  7. Life is Beautiful (1997), PG-13, Directed by Roberto Benigni

88 Rating

  1. Casino Royale (2006), PG-13, Directed by Martin Campbell
  2. Madagascar (2005), PG, Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
  3. Spiderman: No Way Home (2021), PG-13, Directed by Jon Watts
  4. The Shawshank Redemption (1994), R, Directed by Frank Darabont
  5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), PG, Directed by Alfonso Cuaron

87 Rating

  1. Memento (2000), R, Directed by Christopher Nolan
  2. The Social Network (2010), PG-13, Directed by David Fincher
  3. Ratatouille (2007), G, Directed by Brad Bird
  4. Spiderman: Homecoming (2017), PG-13, Directed by Jon Watts

86 Rating

  1. Parasite (2019), R, Directed by Bong-Joon Ho
  2. Top Gun: Maverick (2022), PG-13, Directed by Joseph Kosinski
  3. Knives Out (2019), PG-13, Directed by Rian Johnson
  4. Shrek (2001), PG, Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson

85 Rating

  1. Toy Story 3 (2010), G, Directed by Lee Unkrich
  2. Into the Spider-Verse (2018), PG, Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
  3. Death on the Nile (2022), PG-13, Directed by Kenneth Branagh

84 Rating

  1. Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018),  PG-13, Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
  2. 42 (2013), PG-13, Directed by Brian Helgeland
  3. The Prestige (2006), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan
  4. The Godfather Part III (1990), R, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  5. Collateral (2004), R, Directed by Michael Mann
  6. Coco (2017), PG, Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
  7. Rocky (1976), PG, Directed by John G. Avildsen
  8. Sound of Music (1965), G, Directed by Robert Wise
  9. Spiderman (2001), PG-13, Directed by Sam Raimi

83 Rating

  1. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), PG-13, Directed by Rian Johnson
  2. Toy Story 2 (1999), G, Directed by John Lasseter and Ash Brannon
  3. Minority Report (2003), PG-13, Directed by Steven Spielberg
  4. Mission Impossible IV: Ghost Protocol (2011), PG-13, Directed by Brad Bird
  5. Mission Impossible (1996), PG-13, Directed by Brian De Palma
  6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), PG-13, Directed by David Yates
  7. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015), PG-13, Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
  8. Good Will Hunting (1997), R, Directed by Gus Van Sant
  9. When Harry Met Sally (1989), R, Directed by Rob Reiner
  10. Superbad (2007), R, Directed by Greg Mottola

82 Rating

  1. Aladdin (1992), G, Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker
  2. No Time to Die (2021), R, Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
  3. Romeo + Juliet (1996), PG-13, Directed by Baz Luhrmann
  4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), R, Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  5. Uncut Gems (2019), R, Directed by the Safdie Brothers
  6. Inception (2010), PG-13, Directed by Christopher Nolan
  7. A Time to Kill (1996), R, Directed by Joel Schumaker
  8. Up (2009), PG, Directed by Pete Docter
  9. Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade (1989), PG-13, Directed by Steven Spielberg
  10. McFarland, USA (2015), PG, Directed by Niki Caro
  11. Casablanca (1942), G, Directed by Michael Curtiz

81 Rating

  1. Lion King (1994), G, Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
  2. Finding Nemo (2003), G, Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
  3. First Blood (1982), R, Directed by Ted Kotcheff
  4. Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones (2002), PG, Directed by George Lucas
  5. Sleepless in Seattle (1993), PG, Directed by Nora Ephron
  6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), PG-13, Directed by Destin Daniel Crettin
  7. Love & Basketball (2000), PG-13, Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
  8. The Hangover (2009), R, Directed by Todd Phillips
  9. Searching (2018), PG-13, Directed by Aneesh Chaganty
  10. The Insider (1999), R, Directed by Michael Mann
  11. Wall-E (2008), G, Directed by Andrew Stanton

80 Rating

  1. Lilo and Stitch (2002), G, Directed by Chris Sanders
  2. 21 Jump Street (2012), R, Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller
  3. Top Gun (1986), PG, Directed by Tony Scott
  4. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988), PG-13, Directed by David Zucker