Top 100 Most Popular VHS Tapes

We all knew Jurassic Park and Titanic would be on the list of the most popular VHS tapes, but did you think an X-rated movie would take the top 1 and 2 spots of most popular VHS tape? See what else surprises you on the list of Top 100 VHS Movies.

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#1.

The Godfather (1972)

X175 minCrime, Drama

9.2

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son.

Gross: $134.97M

#2.

Goodfellas (1990)

18145 minBiography, Crime, Drama

8.7

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

Gross: $46.84M

#3.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

12A143 minAction, Adventure, Fantasy

8.1

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate “Captain” Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor’s daughter, from Jack’s former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Gross: $305.41M

#4.

Jurassic Park (1993)

PG127 minAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi

8.2

A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park’s cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Gross: $402.45M

#5.

Star Wars (1977)

U121 minAction, Adventure, Fantasy

8.6

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

Gross: $322.74M

#6.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

15142 minDrama

9.3

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Gross: $28.34M

#7.

Forrest Gump (1994)

12142 minDrama, Romance

8.8

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Gross: $330.25M

#8.

The Dark Knight (2008)

12A152 minAction, Crime, Drama

9.0

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

Gross: $534.86M

#9.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

15169 minDrama, War

8.6

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Gross: $216.54M

#10.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

18154 minCrime, Drama

8.9

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Gross: $107.93M

#11.

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

18102 minDrama

8.3

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Gross: $3.64M

#12.

Back to the Future (1985)

PG116 minAdventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

8.5

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.

Gross: $210.61M

#13.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

PG178 minAction, Adventure, Drama

8.8

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Gross: $315.54M

#14.

The Departed (2006)

18151 minCrime, Drama, Thriller

8.5

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Gross: $132.38M

#15.

Fight Club (1999)

18139 minDrama

8.8

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

Gross: $37.03M

#16.

Alien (1979)

X117 minHorror, Sci-Fi

8.5

The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounter a deadly lifeform after investigating an unknown transmission.

Gross: $78.90M

#17.

Taxi Driver (1976)

X114 minCrime, Drama

8.2

A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.

Gross: $28.26M

#18.

Seven (1995)

18127 minCrime, Drama, Mystery

8.6

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

Gross: $100.13M

#19.

The Godfather Part II (1974)

X202 minCrime, Drama

9.0

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

Gross: $57.30M

#20.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

U131 minAction, Adventure, Fantasy

8.3

After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor’s trap.

Gross: $309.13M

#21.

Apocalypse Now (1979)

X147 minDrama, Mystery, War

8.5

A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Gross: $83.47M

#22.

The Green Mile (1999)

18189 minCrime, Drama, Fantasy

8.6

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

Gross: $136.80M

#23.

Schindler’s List (1993)

15195 minBiography, Drama, History

9.0

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

Gross: $96.90M

#24.

Dead Poets Society (1989)

PG128 minComedy, Drama

8.1

Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.

Gross: $95.86M

#25.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

18118 minCrime, Drama, Thriller

8.6

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Gross: $130.74M

#26.

Heat (1995)

15170 minAction, Crime, Drama

8.3

A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.

Gross: $67.44M

#27.

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

U124 minAction, Adventure, Fantasy

8.7

After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Gross: $290.48M

#28.

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

18116 minDrama, War

8.3

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Gross: $46.36M

#29.

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

18229 minCrime, Drama

8.3

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Gross: $5.32M

#30.

Gladiator (2000)

15155 minAction, Adventure, Drama

8.5

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

Gross: $187.71M

#31.

Leon (1994)

18110 minAction, Crime, Drama

8.5

12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin’s trade.

Gross: $19.50M

#32.

The Matrix (1999)

15136 minAction, Sci-Fi

8.7

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth–the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Gross: $171.48M

#33.

Platoon (1986)

15120 minDrama, War

8.1

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.

Gross: $138.53M

#34.

Blade Runner (1982)

AA117 minAction, Drama, Sci-Fi

8.1

A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Gross: $32.87M

#35.

Scarface (1983)

18170 minCrime, Drama

8.3

In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

Gross: $45.60M

#36.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

15122 minCrime, Drama, Thriller

8.2

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Gross: $74.28M

#37.

The Shining (1980)

15146 minDrama, Horror

8.4

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

Gross: $44.02M

#38.

Aliens (1986)

R137 minAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi

8.4

Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.

Gross: $85.16M

#39.

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

12135 minBiography, Drama

8.2

After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

Gross: $170.74M

#40.

Batman Begins (2005)

12A140 minAction, Crime, Drama

8.2

After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption.

Gross: $206.85M

#41.

Casino (1995)

18178 minCrime, Drama

8.2

A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite.

Gross: $42.44M

#42.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

A115 minAction, Adventure

8.4

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler’s Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

Gross: $248.16M

#43.

Stand by Me (1986)

1589 minAdventure, Drama

8.1

After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

Gross: $52.29M

#44.

American Beauty (1999)

18122 minDrama

8.4

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter’s best friend.

Gross: $130.10M

#45.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

12A201 minAction, Adventure, Drama

9.0

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron’s army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Gross: $377.85M

#46.

The Lion King (1994)

U88 minAnimation, Adventure, Drama

8.5

Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.

Gross: $422.78M

#47.

Oldboy (2003)

18120 minAction, Drama, Mystery

8.4

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.

Gross: $0.71M

#48.

The Prestige (2006)

12A130 minDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

8.5

After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

Gross: $53.09M

#49.

The Usual Suspects (1995)

18106 minCrime, Drama, Mystery

8.5

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

Gross: $23.34M

#50.

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

X136 minCrime, Sci-Fi

8.3

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn’t go as planned.

Gross: $6.21M

#51.

Good Will Hunting (1997)

15126 minDrama, Romance

8.3

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Gross: $138.43M

#52.

Trainspotting (1996)

1893 minDrama

8.1

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.

Gross: $16.50M

#53.

Jaws (1975)

A124 minAdventure, Thriller

8.1

When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it’s up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

Gross: $260.00M

#54.

Braveheart (1995)

15178 minBiography, Drama, History

8.4

Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.

Gross: $75.60M

#55.

The Truman Show (1998)

PG103 minComedy, Drama

8.2

An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.

Gross: $125.62M

#56.

Spirited Away (2001)

PG125 minAnimation, Adventure, Family

8.6

During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Gross: $10.06M

#57.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

15133 minDrama

8.7

A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

Gross: $112.00M

#58.

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

12A141 minBiography, Crime, Drama

8.1

Barely 21 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.

Gross: $164.62M

#59.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

15108 minDrama, Romance, Sci-Fi

8.3

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.

Gross: $34.40M

#60.

American History X (1998)

18119 minCrime, Drama

8.5

A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

Gross: $6.72M

#61.

The Sixth Sense (1999)

15107 minDrama, Mystery, Thriller

8.2

A frightened, withdrawn Philadelphia boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

Gross: $293.51M

#62.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

18117 minComedy, Crime

8.1

Ultimate L.A. slacker Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for a rug ruined by debt collectors, enlisting his bowling buddies for help while trying to find the millionaire’s missing wife.

Gross: $17.50M

#63.

The Exorcist (1973)

X122 minHorror

8.1

When a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her.

Gross: $232.91M

#64.

Memento (2000)

15113 minMystery, Thriller

8.4

A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife’s murderer.

Gross: $25.54M

#65.

Die Hard (1988)

18132 minAction, Thriller

8.2

An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Gross: $83.01M

#66.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

15137 minAction, Sci-Fi

8.6

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Gross: $204.84M

#67.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

18111 minAction, Crime, Drama

8.2

After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Gross: $70.10M

#68.

City of God (2002)

18130 minCrime, Drama

8.6

In the slums of Rio, two kids’ paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Gross: $7.56M

#69.

Snatch (2000)

18104 minComedy, Crime

8.3

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Gross: $30.33M

#70.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

12A179 minAction, Adventure, Drama

8.8

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron’s new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

Gross: $342.55M

#71.

Ratatouille (2007)

U111 minAnimation, Adventure, Comedy

8.1

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.

Gross: $206.45M

#72.

There Will Be Blood (2007)

12A158 minDrama

8.2

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Gross: $40.22M

#73.

Toy Story (1995)

PG81 minAnimation, Adventure, Comedy

8.3

A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy’s room.

Gross: $191.80M

#74.

The Terminator (1984)

18107 minAction, Sci-Fi

8.1

A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity’s future salvation.

Gross: $38.40M

#75.

Into the Wild (2007)

15148 minAdventure, Biography, Drama

8.1

After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Gross: $18.35M

#76.

Chinatown (1974)

X130 minDrama, Mystery, Thriller

8.2

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Gross: $8.49M

#77.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

1899 minCrime, Drama, Thriller

8.3

When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Gross: $2.83M

#78.

Unforgiven (1992)

15130 minDrama, Western

8.2

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The “Schofield Kid.”

Gross: $101.16M

#79.

L.A. Confidential (1997)

18138 minCrime, Drama, Mystery

8.2

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen – one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy – investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Gross: $64.62M

#80.

Come and See (1985)

15142 minDrama, Thriller, War

8.4

After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.

Gross: #102

#81.

Dances with Wolves (1990)

12181 minAdventure, Drama, Western

8.0

Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Native Americans, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.

Gross: $184.21M

#82.

Fargo (1996)

1898 minCrime, Thriller

8.1

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard’s inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen’s bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Gross: $24.61M

#83.

The Incredibles (2004)

U115 minAnimation, Action, Adventure

8.0

While trying to lead a quiet suburban life, a family of undercover superheroes are forced into action to save the world.

Gross: $261.44M

#84.

Finding Nemo (2003)

U100 minAnimation, Adventure, Comedy

8.2

After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.

Gross: $380.84M

#85.

The Pianist (2002)

15150 minBiography, Drama, Music

8.5

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

Gross: $32.57M

#86.

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

PG116 minComedy, Drama, Romance

8.6

When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

Gross: $57.60M

#87.

The Thing (1982)

X109 minHorror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

8.2

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Gross: $13.78M

#88.

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

15118 minDrama, Fantasy, War

8.2

In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Gross: $37.63M

#89.

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

U119 minAnimation, Adventure, Family

8.2

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

Gross: $4.71M

#90.

Rocky (1976)

12120 minDrama, Sport

8.1

A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Gross: $117.24M

#91.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

PG127 minAction, Adventure

8.2

In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Professor Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr. finds himself up against Adolf Hitler’s Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.

Gross: $197.17M

#92.

The Deer Hunter (1978)

X183 minDrama, War

8.1

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.

Gross: $48.98M

#93.

Memories of Murder (2003)

15131 minCrime, Drama, Mystery

8.1

In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.

Gross: $0.01M

#94.

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

U84 minAnimation, Family, Fantasy

8.0

A prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman’s love.

Gross: $218.97M

#95.

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

U92 minAnimation, Adventure, Comedy

8.1

In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.

Gross: $289.92M

#96.

V for Vendetta (2005)

15132 minAction, Drama, Sci-Fi

8.2

In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of “V”, plots to overthrow the tyrannical government – with the help of a young woman.

Gross: $70.51M

#97.

Groundhog Day (1993)

PG101 minComedy, Drama, Fantasy

8.1

A self-centered Pittsburgh weatherman finds himself inexplicably trapped in a small town as he lives the same day over and over again.

Gross: $70.91M

#98.

Amélie (2001)

15122 minComedy, Romance

8.3

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.

Gross: $33.23M

#99.

Amadeus (1984)

PG160 minBiography, Drama, Music

8.4

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart’s talent and claimed to have murdered him.

Gross: $51.97M

#100.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

18107 minAction, Comedy, Crime

8.2

Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.

Gross: $3.90M