This is a list of movies that have been recommended by people who claim to be students of Objectivism. While such a recommendation does not mean you'll like the movie (you might even hate it), it’s a shortlist from which you might be able to make a shortlist of your own.
Top Favorites (recommended by more than 5 Objectivists):
African Queen
Amadeus
Apollo 13
Ben Hur
Braveheart
Bridge on the River Kwai, The
Casablanca
Chocolat
Contact
Count of Monte Cristo, The
Cyrano de Begerac
Few Good Men, A
Flight of The Phoenix
Fountainhead, The
Godfather , The
Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, The
High Noon
In the Heat of the Night
Last of the Mohicans
Lawrence of Arabia
Life is Beautiful
Lord of the Rings
Love Letters
Matrix I
Miracle Worker, The
Name of the Rose, The
North by Northwest
Patton
Princess Bride, The
Ransom
Scarlet Pimpernel, The
Seven Samurai, The
Shall We Dance? (Japanese)
Shane
Shawshank Redemption
Singin' in the Rain
Sound of Music, The
Star Wars
Titanic
"V" for Vendetta
We the living
Other Favorites (recommended by fewer Objectivists):
The Edge (with Anthony Hopkins)
Aviator (great except for the end)
12 Angry Men
1984
Adventures of Robin Hood, The
Airplane!
All About Eve
Amistad
An American in Paris
As Good As It Gets
Back to the Future (part 1 & 3)
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
Beverly Hills Cop
Big Country, The
Big Easy, The
Big Trouble In Little China
Blade Runner
Boondock Saints
Born On The Fourth of July
Bridge Too Far, A
Bridges of Madison County
Brief encounter
Camille
Citizen Kane (Comment: Powerful acting)
Citizen X
City Slickers
Clockwork Orange, A
Crimson Tide"
Crying Game, The
Dangerous Beauty
Dead Poet's Society
Desparado
Dial "M" For Murder
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Double Indemnity
Dr No
Dr. Strangelove
Dr. Zhivago
Dragon
E.T.
Enter the Dragon
Fantasia 2000
Finding Neverland
Forrest Gump
From Russia With Love
Fugitive, The
Funny Girl
General (1927)., The
Gettysburg
Gigi
Gladiator
Glory
Good Fellas
Good Will Hunting
Gone With The Wind
Great Escape, The
Groundhog Day
Guns Of Navarone , The
Henry V
Hot Shots
Incredibles, The
Inherit the Wind
Jaws
Killer, The
King and I, The
King Arthur
Laura
Les Miserables
Liar Liar
Little Mermaid, The
Magnificent Seven, The
Man for All Seasons, A
Man From Snowy River, The
Man Who Would Be King, The
Memento
Men in Black
Minority Report
Miracle
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mr. Blanding's Builds His Dreamhouse
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Much Ado About Nothing (Branaugh's)
Murder on the Orient Express
My Cousin Vinny
My Fair Lady
Naked Gun series, The
Natural, The
Ninotchka
October Sky
Othello
Out of Africa
Outlaw Josey Wales, The
Phantom of the Opera, The
Phenomenon
Philadelphia Story, The
Pink Panther movie
Planet of the Apes
Pleasantville
Pretty Woman
Prisoner of Zenda, The
Queen Christina
Quigley Down Under
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rear Window
Regarding Henry
Remember the Titans
Rob Roy
Romeo and Juliet (Zeferelli)
Sabrina
Scent of a Woman
Schindler's List
Sea Hawk, The
Serpico
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
South Pacific
Spartacus
Spirited Away
Sting, The
Strictly Ballroom
Swing Kids
Tale Of Two Cities, A
Terminator, The
To Catch a Thief
To Have and Have Not
To kill a mocking bird
Tombstone," Kurt Russell
Top Gun
Truman Show, The
Unconquered
Undercover Blues
Vanilla Sky
War Wagon, The
When Harry met Sally
Where Eagles Dare
Whose Life Is It, Anyway"
Wicker Park
Winslow Boy, The
Yes, minister and Yes, Prime Minister
Yojimbo
Also rans (recommended by a single Objectivist):
2001:A Space Odysey /*COME ON PEOPLE!!*/
12 Monkeys /*THis is a GOOD MOVIE... better than most on the top rated crap list*/
12 O'Clock High
28 Days Later
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
A Taxing Woman (Marusa no Onna) and A Taxing
A.I.
About a Boy
Adams Rib
Addicted to Love
Affair to Remember
Age of Innocence, The
Agony and the Ecstacy, The
Akira Kurosawa's films with Toshiro Mifune
Aliens
Almost any Mel Brooks movie
American Beauty
American History X
Americanization of Emily
An Affair To Remember (1956)
Anatomy of a Murder (unparalleled courtroom
Angel
Anne of a Thousand Days
Annie Hall
Antigone
Antz
Apartment, The
Around The World In 80 Days
Arsenic and Old Lace
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Aviator, The
Awakenings
Awful Truth, The
Before Sunrise
Being There (1979)
Best in the Show
Bugs Bunny
Babe Ruth Story, The
Babe
Bad Day at Black Rock
Bandwagon -- for the dancing, The
Battlestar Galactica
Beau Geste
Beautiful Mind, A
Bedford Incident
Big Clock, The
Big Fish
Big Sleep, The
Bill of Divorcement, A
Birdcage, The
Blues Brothers--Just nutty.
Body Heat: Magnificent Noir style.
Bond movies
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Broken Arrow (w/ Jimmy Stewart)
Bronx Tale, A
Brothers Karamozov, The
Browning Version, The (original)
Buddy Holly Story, The
Bull Durham
Buster Keetonalamity Jane (Doris Day and Howard Keel)
Caine Mutiny, The
Captain Blood
Cat Ballou
Charge Of The Light Brigade, The
Chariots of Fire
Children of Dune (miniseries)
Christmas Carol, A (w/ Alistair Simm)
Christmas Story, A
Cinema Paradiso
City of Angels
Clear and Present Danger
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cocoon
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Mountain
Columbo (TV Series)
Commanding Heights on PBS
Coming to America
Conan the Barbarian
Conquest
Conspiracy Theory
Contender,The
Counterfeit Traitor, The
Courage Under Fire
Cousins
Crazies, The
Crossing Delancy
Damn The Defiant
Dances with Wolves
Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Minds
Dark Victory
Dawn of the Dead
Day after Tomorrow, The
Deadline - USA
Deliverance
Demolition Man
Desperate Journey
Destination Tokyo
Destry Rides Again
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
Hercules (Disney)
Hunchback of Notredame, The (Disney)
Donnie Darko
Dr. Erlich's Magic Bullett
Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde (W/ Spencer Tracy)
Duck Soup
Edge, The
Educating Rita
Elephant Man , The
Elizabeth Rex (mini series)
Empire Strikes Back, The
Enchanted Cottage, The
Enemy Below, The
Enemy at the Gates
Envy
Equilibrium
Erin Brockovich
Escape From New York
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Excalibur
Face Off. (dir. John Woo)
Far and Away
Far country, The
Fate of Lee Khan , The
Father Goose
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Fiddler on the Roof
Field of Dreams
Fifth Element, The
Fight Club /*WHY IS THIS NOT ON THE TOP RATED LIST?*/
Finding Forrester
Firefly, The
Fist Full of Dollars
Fistful of Dollars, A
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (series)
Flashdance
For Love of the Game
For Love or Money (1993)
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Forbidden Planet, The
Four Feathers
From Earth to the Moon
GWTW
Gaslight
Gattaca /* This should be on the top-rated list -- it was recommended by at least five members */
Gentleman's Agreement
Ghost and the Darkness
Ghostbusters
Ghosts in the Shell
Giant
Girl Shy (1926)
Girl, Interrupted
Godfather Part I
Gods Must Be Crazy, II
Golden Eye
Good Earth, The
Good Luck
Goodbye Lenin
Goodbye Mister Chips
Grand Hotel
Great Waltz, The
Grosse Pointe Blank
Guess who's coming to dinner
Gunga Din
Guns of Navarone
HANGING TREE, The
Halloween
Hamlet (Branagh, or Zeffirelli, 1990)
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hard Day's Night, A
Harder They Fall, The
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
Heny VIII
High Plains Drifter
High and Low
High and the Mighty, The
Hobson's Choice (Susan Gless)
Holiday Inn (Fred Astaire)
Hombre
Home of the Brave
Hopscotch
Horseman on the roof
Hours, The
House II
Houseboat (Cary Grant, Sophia Loren)
How To Marry A Millionaire
How to Steal A Million
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hustler, The
I Claudius
Icicle Thief, The
Immortal Beloved
Impromtu
In Country
In-Laws, The
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones movies
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Iron Monkey
It Happened One Night
Ivanhoe
Jackie Chan movie
Jefferson in Paris
Jingle All the Way
Joe vs. the Volcano
John Paul Jones
John Wayne's westerns
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Jungle Book, The (Disney's cartoon version)
Jurassic Park
Key Largo
Kill Bill 1 & 2
Killing Fields, The
Kim
Kind Hearts And Coronets
King Solomon's Mines
King's Whore, The
Kino's Journey
Kiss Me Kate
Knight Riders
Knute Rockne Story, The
Lady Eye, The
Lady Hamilton
Lady Vanishes, The
Legends of Fall, The
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Les Paul: The Wizard Of Waukesha
Life of Brian, The
Life of Emile Zola, The
Lifeboat
Little Boy 10 Feet Tall , The
Little Princess, A (1995 version)
Little Romance, A
Lonely are the Braveâ€
Longest Day, The
Lost Horizon
Lost in Translation
M (An open door into that fatal German world--I can smell it)
Magic Christian, The
Magnum Force
Maltese Falcon, The
Man Hunt
Man Who Laughs, The (1928)
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Man on Five
Man who shot Liberty Valance, The (John Wayne)
Mark Of Zorro, The
Martin
Masada - Great drama
Mask of Zorro, The
Master & Commander
Maytime
Meet Joe Black
Men of Honor
Michael Collins
Mifune.
Mirror Has Two Faces, The
Misery
Mission Impossible
Moby Dick (Peck)
Modern Times (Chaplin)
Momento
Moonstruck
More the Merrier, The
Movies of Fred Astaire
Mr. Majestyk
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Murder Most Foul
Murder She Said
Music Man, The
Music Teacher, The
My Favorite Wife
My Name is Nobody
National Velvet
Network
Night of the Living Dead
Ninja Scroll (Japanese Animation)
Ninja Turtles movies,
No Highway in the Sky
Notorius
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Oliver! (1968)
Olympia (1938-39?)
Objective Burma
Oceans Eleven
Odd Couple, The
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
One two three
Only angels have wings
Only the Valiant
Ordinary People
Other People's Money
Our Man Flint
Out of the Past
Outbreak
Paths of Glory (1957).
Paint Your Wagon
Palmetto
Papillon
Paradine Case, The
Passage to Marseilles
Passion of Joan of Arc
Paths of Gloryâ€
Pearl Harbor
Piano, The
Pianist, The
Plan Nine From Outer Space
Pleasantville
Polar Express, The
Poltergheist
Possession
Pride and Prejudice (BBC, A&E)
Primer
Prince of Tides *
Prince of Foxes
Princess Caraboo
Princess Monoke
Private Parts
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Qatsi Trilogy, The
Quo Vadis
Rudy (1994)
Raging Bull
Rain Man
Ran
Rashamon
Rebecca
Rebel Without a Cause
Red Beard
Red Dawn
Red October
Red Violin, The
Renaissance Man
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Richard III (Olivier)
Ridicule
Right Stuff, The
Rikki and Pete
Ring, The
Rio Bravo
Rise and fall of Reginald Perin, The (British TV comedy)
River Runs Through it, A
Road Warrior, The
Rock, The
Rocketeer
Rocky I, II & III
Roman Holiday
Ronin
Roots (TV series)
Rope, The
Royal Tenenbaums, The
Rudy
Ruggles Of Red Gap
Running Scared
Running on Empty
Russia House
Strangers on a Train (1951).
Saber Marionette J
Saint Joan
Samson And Delilah
Samura X
Samurai Trilogy
Sandbaggers, The
Sands of Iwo Jima
Sanjuro
Saw
Scarface
Scarlet Empress, The
Se7en
Secondhand Lions
Seven Days In May
Seven Samurai
Ship of Foolsâ€
Shot in the Dark, A
Shrek
Silence of the Lambs
Silverado
Sinbad the Sailor
Singleton is my ideal!
Sister Kenny
Sixth Sense, The
Slap Shot--Goofy
Sleeper
Sleuth
Some Like It Hot
Son of Paleface
Sorcerer (1977)
Spiderman
Spiral
Spitfire
Spotless Mind
Spy Game
Stealing Heaven
Story of Louis Pasteur, The
Strangers on a Train
Stray dog
Sunset Boulevard
Superman
Swingers
Swiss Family Robinson
THX1138 (1971)
Tamarind Seed, The
Team America: World Police
Ten Commandments, The
The 39 Steps-- A real thriller.
They Died With Their Boots On
Thief of Bagdad, The (1924 Silent)
Third Man, The
Thirty-Nine Steps, The
This is Spinal Tap
Thomas Crown Affair, The
Three Musketeers, The (w/ Gene Kelly)
Tin Cup," Kevin Costner
Tin Star, The
To Sir, With Love
Touching the Void
Town like Alice, A
Trainspotting
Tremors & Tremors 2
True Lies
Truth about cats and dogs , The
Tucker
Two Women
Untouchables
Upstairs/Downstairs
Usual Suspects
Verdict, The
Vertigo
Victory
View to Kill, A
Volunteers
WHITE NIGHTS
WORKING GIRLS
Wait Until Dark
Walk In The Clouds, A
We Were Soldiers
Wedding Singer, The
West Side Story
What Dreams May Come
What Lies Beneath
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When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Whispering Smith
Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Willy Wonka and the Chocalate Factory
Without Limits
Without love
Witness for the Prosecution
Wizard of Oz
Woman of the year
Wrath of Khan
X-Men
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yearling, The
You Came Along
Young Frankenstein
Young Man with a Hornâ€
Your Show of Shows
Zardoz
Zelig
Zorro
Zulu
DONT WATCH or EXTREMELY MIXED REVIEWS
Blair Witch Project, The
Luther
Magnolia
Mystery Men
Napoleon Dynamite
Notebook, The
Pulp Fiction