25. Blade Runner (1982)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (338,132 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (121 reviews)
> Worldwide box office, adj. for inflation: $123.2 million (13.4 million tickets)
> Est. production budget, adj. for inflation: $87.2 million
Ridley Scott’s arthouse answer to “Star Wars” initially received mixed reviews in addition to suffering an underwhelming box office performance. The story follows a futuristic bounty hunter (Harrison Ford) as he tracks down a group of rogue synthetic humans. Multiple versions exist, including a so-called director’s cut and “The Final Cut” – a 2007 version, and the only one over which Scott had complete control.
24. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 75% (98,282 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 76% (176 reviews)
> Worldwide box office, adj. for inflation: $20.4 million (2.2 million tickets)
> Est. production budget, adj. for inflation: $39.9 million
Brad Pitt co-produced and stars in this arty Western drama, which sums up its plot in the overlong title. After it bombed, a loyal cult following helped bring it back into theaters for a series of revival screenings.
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23. The Wild Bunch (1969)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (34,261 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (63 reviews)
> Worldwide box office, adj. for inflation: $3.3 million (358,749 tickets)
> Est. production budget, adj. for inflation: $38.7 million
Sam Peckinpah’s gritty Western tells the story of aging outlaw, who enact one final job against the backdrop of a waning era. It was originally edited down by the studio and then later restored and re-released in its full runtime.
22. Brazil (1985)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (103,103 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (49 reviews)
> Worldwide box office, adj. for inflation: $25.6 million (2.8 million tickets)
> Est. production budget, adj. for inflation: $38.7 million
From Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam comes this dystopian comic fantasy with loose ties to Orwell’s “1984.” Set in an oppressive future, it follows a low-level bureaucrat (Jonathan Pryce) on a liberating adventure. Critic Roger Ebert was among its earliest detractors, claiming the story was “hard to follow.”
21. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (75,039 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (54 reviews)
> Worldwide box office, adj. for inflation: $15.2 million (1.7 million tickets)
> Est. production budget, adj. for inflation: $81.8 million
This sprawling historical drama centers on a group of young criminals who drift apart in their later years. It was heavily recut and restructured for American theaters and thereby butchered without director Sergio Leone’s consent. Longer versions have since been restored to widespread acclaim.
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