# The best Columbia Pictures films

Anatomy of a Murder, On the Waterfront, Dr. Strangelove, The Last Picture Show, It Happened One Night and The Bridge on the River Kwai: the best-rated of Rotten Tomatoes' 100 essential Columbia Pictures films.

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- Dec 23, 2025 · valise_sherbrooke
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## Top 20

1. **The Last Picture Show (1971)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **Major Dundee (1965)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **Anatomy of a Murder (1959)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **On the Waterfront (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **It Happened One Night (1934)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **Sense and Sensibility (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **Born Yesterday (1950)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **All the King's Men (1949)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **The Social Network (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **The Remains of the Day (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **Boyz N the Hood (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
16. **Little Women (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
17. **Ghostbusters (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
18. **Funny Girl (1968)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
19. **The Caine Mutiny (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
20. **Groundhog Day (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 94% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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