Last Updated on 25 March 2024

The following list is the Official Definitive Ranked List of all 34 movies has directed.

I found 65 different ranked lists online of “best Steven Spielberg movies” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. I only included full movies that he directed. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 65 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which Steven Spielberg movies you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list.

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  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  2. Jaws (1975)
  3. Schindler’s List (1993)
  4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  5. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  7. Jurassic Park (1993)
  8. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  9. Lincoln (2012)
  10. Minority Report (2002)
  11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  12. Munich (2005)
  13. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  14. The Color Purple (1985)
  15. Bridge of Spies (2015)
  16. Empire of the Sun (1987)
  17. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  18. War of the Worlds (2005)
  19. The Post (2017)
  20. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
  21. Duel (1971)
  22. West Side Story (2021)
  23. War Horse (2011)
  24. The Sugarland Express (1974)
  25. Amistad (1997)
  26. The Fabelmans (2022)
  27. The Terminal (2004)
  28. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
  29. Hook (1991)
  30. Ready Player One (2018)
  31. Always (1989)
  32. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  33. 1941 (1979)
  34. The BFG (2016)

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