Timeless classics like The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, The Empire Strikes Back, and 12 Angry Men all rank among the very best American movies ever made.. Every country has certain cultural markers that help define its national identity, and in the United States, cinema is one of the most visible. American films often reflect the country's values.
Lists of American films. This is a list of films produced by the American film industry from the earliest films of the 1890s to the present.. Stacker ranked the 100 greatest American movies of all time using a weighted index split evenly between IMDb and Metacritic ratings.