Every Steven Spielberg Movie, Including Disclosure Day, Ranked

Steven Spielberg is one of the auteur filmmakers who defined Hollywood blockbusters for modern cinema. He rose to popularity with the summer blockbuster Jaws and has helmed 37 feature films, including his new alien movie, Disclosure Day. In over five decades of his filmmaking career, Spielberg has rarely had really bad outings. Sure, fans were disappointed that some of his movies didn’t live up to his reputation, but he has a knack for tapping into our collective imagination like nobody else.

His masterful visual storytelling has given us some of the greatest sci-fi and fantasy movies, including E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Jurassic Park. It isn’t just his technical brilliance that makes his films great. He has the uncanny ability to connect with the audience, which has come true even in his latest theatrical outing. Here are all the movies of Steven Spielberg, ranked from worst to best.

37. Firelight (1964)

Technically, Steven Spielberg’s first theatrical movie and feature film debut would have been Firelight, an alien invasion movie that he shot at his home, neighborhood, and school at the age of 17. The movie premiered at his local theater, the Phoenix Little Theatre, in Phoenix, Arizona. Many students of Arcadia High School’s productions of Guys and Dolls and I Remember Mama joined Spielberg’s movie as actors, with his sister being one of the lead actors.

Unfortunately, we only have a little over three minutes of footage of the movie left of this movie. The rest of the movie was lost over the years. Spielberg considered it one of his worst works, so he isn’t keen to revive it. Interestingly, Firelight served as the basis for his movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

36. The BFG (2016)

Steven Spielberg’s much-awaited Disney movie could have been much, much better. Instead, what we got was an adaptation of a Roald Dahl story that we didn’t need a screen adaptation for. In the last decade, no one really talked about this big Spielberg-Disney collaboration. The BFG just faded out, just like countless other Hollywood movies. Just not what we expected from a Spielberg movie.

35. Hook (1991)

While Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman‘s performances saved the movie at the box office, Hook just doesn’t stand the test of time. When adapting the Peter Pan story to the screen, Spielberg missed the mark and made a lousy movie. In the filmmaker’s defense, he was pulled into a troublesome production, which probably reflected on his work. The movie was a critical disaster, as many found it difficult to make sense of its conceptual retelling of the old tale.

34. Kick the Can in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Fans were truly excited to see a segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie, directed by Spielberg. He had the perfect episode in mind to adapt from the original series. However, an on-set tragedy made him change plans, and he brought Kick the Can to the screen in the movie he also produced. His segment turned out to be the most dull and forgettable one in the whole movie. Nevertheless, the movie also has bangers like George Miller’s Nightmare at 20,000 Feet and Joe Dante’s It’s a Good Life.

33. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Steven Spielberg fumbled on this first sequel to Jurassic Park, which didn’t have any of the elements that made his first movie great. Spielberg stepped up the scale of the movie, producing sequences like T-Rex rampaging through San Diego. But he didn’t put nearly as much effort into the story arc or the characters.

The result was a movie that forced the filmmaker to step down from the helm of this fantasy franchise. Even with Jeff Goldblum‘s returning presence, the movie struggled to keep the viewers hooked. What felt magical in the first movie began to feel really tiresome in this sequel.

32. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is one of the most polarizing films in the franchise. While it was the top-grossing film in the franchise, amassing $790 million, the movie fell short of expectations for a Spielberg movie. The collaboration between Harrison Ford, Spielberg, and Lucas, three of the biggest names in Hollywood, had raised the stakes for the film.

However, upon its release, the film largely departed from the themes of the first three films that fans had come to appreciate in the franchise. The over-reliance on CGI also didn’t work in favor of the film, especially because many scenes looked artificial. Audiences struggled to accept some of the fantasy elements in the film, such as aliens and the nuclear explosion scene. Fans also found that Indiana Jones’ action sequences were fewer in the film, probably owing to Ford’s age.

31. War Horse (2011)

Even an ensemble cast featuring Jeremy Irvine, Tom Hiddleston, and Benedict Cumberbatch couldn’t stop this movie from being another dud in the director’s filmography. Spielberg’s Oscar-bait movie isn’t widely popular, and very few fans talk about it a decade and a half later. The movie centers around a boy, Albert, and his horse, Joey. After Joey is sold to the British cavalry during World War I, Albert also enlists to serve in the war in hopes of reuniting with his beloved horse.

War Horse was based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel, but the author wasn’t a fan of the movie. He told The Guardian, “What can I say? They could have been better.” He further accused the movie of being poorly written, filled with “cliches of war, cliches of people.” The movie seriously lacks authentic emotional depth for a war movie, and that is unacceptable from a filmmaker who made Saving Private Ryan.

30. The Terminal (2004)

Spielberg’s The Terminal reunited the filmmaker with Tom Hanks once again, but this collaboration was way off. The movie was based on the true story of the late Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian national who spent 18 years in France’s Charles de Gaulle airport. Hanks played a fictional version, Viktor Navorski, who hailed from the fictional nation of Krakhozia that ceases to exist as he passes through immigration at JFK.

The tragicomedy had a great premise to go on with, but fumbled in its execution. Spielberg needed a tighter script, instead of dragging the story for 118 minutes. While these factors brought down the movie, you can still watch it for performances from Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, and Diego Luna.

29. Amistad (1997)

Spielberg’s historical drama recounts the 1839 revolt aboard a Spanish slave ship and the subsequent legal battle over the captives’ freedom. Within Spielberg’s filmography, Amistad represents his earnest historical mode, sometimes sacrificing narrative momentum for message. While many admired the movie’s moral seriousness, the uneven storytelling makes this movie a mid-tier entry.

Djimon Hounsou delivers a ferocious, breakout performance as Cinqué, while Anthony Hopkins earned an Oscar nomination playing John Quincy Adams. Matthew McConaughey and Morgan Freeman deliver solid supporting performances, though the script underserves Freeman’s character considerably.

28. Ready Player One (2018)

Ready Player One was one ambitious project, and with Spielberg at its helm, fans expected nothing short of a great adaptation of Ernest Cline’s 2011 sci-fi novel. These sky-high expectations fell apart completely once the movie hit the theaters. In the movie, Tye Sheridan‘s Wade Watts and his friends try to win a contest that earns them ownership of the OASIS, a virtual reality simulation used by much of humanity. They have to beat an evil corporation to win the ownership and save humanity’s future.

While Spielberg’s direction and Sheridan’s performance earned praise, the weak story and lack of depth in character arcs made it one of Spielberg’s inferior sci-fi movies. While the overwhelming action and pop culture references worked for some fans, others found it rather disappointing.

27. Empire of the Sun (1987)

Adapted from J.G. Ballard’s autobiographical novel, this World War II epic follows a privileged British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. He survives the ordeal through resilience and imagination. The movie was a box-office disappointment with mixed reviews, but it has since been reappraised as a good movie, with stunning visuals and an emotionally complex storyline.

Empire of the Sun continued his transition toward mature, darker storytelling, which began with The Color Purple. A thirteen-year-old Christian Bale gives an astonishing, career-launching performance, carrying nearly every scene. John Malkovich adds a morally ambiguous texture as the opportunistic Basie. John Williams’ choral score remains hauntingly beautiful.

26. 1941 (1979)

Spielberg’s big-budget comedy imagines Los Angeles going into full panic mode after Pearl Harbor, fearing a Japanese invasion. The movie, which followed critical hits like Jaws and Close Encounters, was torn apart by critics when it came out and is considered Spielberg’s first real flop. The comedy rarely lands, and the chaos gets exhausting. In his filmography, it stands as proof that comedy was never really Spielberg’s thing.

Nevertheless, you have to admire the impressive practical effects and miniature work. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd brought plenty of energy to 1941, but it was not enough to save the movie. Even legends like Robert Stack and Toshiro Mifune got lost in the noise.

25. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade returned to the franchise’s fun, campy tone after a much more serious second installment. Sean Connery, who was just 12 years older than Harrison Ford, was brought in to play Indy’s dad, Henry Jones Sr. Connery was great in the role and had a great father-son dynamic with Ford. The movie became a box office hit, becoming the highest-grossing movie of 1989.

But somehow the whole ‘return to being funny’ aspect didn’t make everyone happy. Those who loved Temple of Doom‘s dark adventure possibly considered this movie inferior to its prequels. However, there’s spectacular action in this movie, including desert chases and air chases. It was Indy’s Mission: Impossible adventure.

24. Always (1989)

Spielberg’s romantic fantasy is a remake of 1943’s A Guy Named Joe, following a firefighter pilot who dies in a crash and comes back as a spirit to guide his grieving girlfriend. It was the director’s first attempt at making a romance movie. It got a lukewarm response, as the audience found it too sentimental and mostly skipped it.

Always remains one of Spielberg’s most forgotten films, though it was clearly a passion project showing his love for old Hollywood. While the story feels dated, Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter share genuine chemistry. The movie is also special as it features Audrey Hepburn in her final screen role.

23. The Color Purple (1985)

Steven Spielberg handled a serious subject for the first time through this movie adaptation of Alice Walker’s hit novel, The Color Purple. The very controversial nature of the novel’s themes saw Spielberg pulling his punches in this movie. The filmmaker admitted to downplaying Celie and Shug’s homosexual relationship, sharing with EW, “I took something that was extremely erotic and very intentional, and I reduced it to a simple kiss.”

However, there were still elements that worked in the movie. Spielberg handled Celie’s journey from abuse to independence with genuine compassion. He discovered the amazing talent of Whoopi Goldberg and showed us why Oprah was a force to be reckoned with. The film’s handling of topics such as racism, sexism, and domestic violence marked a turning point in Spielberg’s career.

22. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Spielberg’s first animated movie brought Hergé’s beloved Belgian comics to life using motion-capture technology, sending the young reporter on a treasure hunt across the globe. The Adventures of Tintin received critical praise, especially for one jaw-dropping chase sequence done in a single shot. However, some felt the digital characters in the movie lacked warmth. It proves Spielberg never lost his touch for action set-pieces, essentially giving fans Indiana Jones energy in animated form. Jamie Bell voiced Tintin well, but it was Andy Serkis who stole the show as Captain Haddock.

21. Lincoln (2012)

Daniel Day-Lewis collaborated with Spielberg to take us back to the final months of President Abraham Lincoln’s life, when he fought to pass the Thirteenth Amendment and end slavery. Lincoln earned twelve Oscar nominations and is considered one of the best late-career works of the filmmaker. However, it also had one major issue that plagued Spielberg’s historical movies.

He often traded narrative momentum for historical accuracy, so the movie felt a bit dry, especially in the scenes with all the political talk. Day-Lewis won his third Oscar for completely disappearing into the role. Tommy Lee Jones was brilliant as Thaddeus Stevens, and Sally Field impressed as Mary Todd Lincoln.

20. West Side Story (2021)

West Side Story was an Oscar darling that introduced talents like Ariana DeBose and Rachel Zegler to Hollywood. However, Spielberg’s musical movie was a flop in theaters. It was sad that audiences showed no appreciation for musicals during the pandemic, and Spielberg knew this trend after the failure of In the Heights. However, it doesn’t mean that Spielberg made the perfect musical.

While the representation and the costuming works are admirable aspects of the movie, Spielberg’s work was still inferior to the quality of the original stage production. While he nailed the casting of female characters, the same wasn’t true for the male characters, especially Ansel Elgort’s Tony. However, these were no reason to skip the movie entirely, as it still had Spielberg’s signature elements to it.

19. The Sugarland Express (1974)

Spielberg’s first professional studio feature follows a desperate Texas couple who take a cop hostage while racing to get their baby back from foster care, with a huge police convoy chasing them. While it received critical acclaim, it wasn’t a theatrical hit. However, he had already landed the Jaws director role before this movie hit theaters.

The Sugarland Express holds a special place in his filmography as the foundation of everything that came after, showing the camerawork and chase skills he would perfect in Jaws. Goldie Hawn surprised everyone by going beyond her comedic image and delivering real emotional depth, while Ben Johnson impressed as the sympathetic police captain.

18. The Post (2017)

One of the riskier Spielberg movies, The Post tells the story of The Washington Post’s risky 1971 decision to publish the Pentagon Papers and expose government lies about Vietnam. This journalism drama earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Actress for Meryl Streep, though some dismissed it as standard awards-season material.

Spielberg made it as a statement about press freedom, and it shows his old-school professionalism, solid rather than groundbreaking. Streep delivered exceptionally as publisher Katharine Graham, transforming from a hesitant socialite into a fearless leader. Watching her share the screen with Tom Hanks’ gruff Ben Bradlee is worth it alone.

17. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas took a risk with their second Indiana Jones film, making it too violent and gory. Harrison Ford had to film several more action sequences in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom than in the first film. He followed an intense training regimen under Jake Steinfeld for his part. Interestingly, the filmmaker himself expressed a certain dislike toward the franchise’s second installment.

He once shared, “Temple of Doom is my least favorite of the trilogy. I look back, and I say, ‘Well, the greatest thing that I got out of that was I met Kate Capshaw.’” Spielberg was unhappy with the movie’s tone, calling it dark, subterranean, and horrific. Nevertheless, many fans loved this dark take.

16. War of the Worlds (2005)

War of the Worlds was Spielberg’s third film exploring the subject of alien invasion. In the film, Tom Cruise starred as a dock worker and a father who struggles to protect his two children after aliens invade Earth. It also starred Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins. The movie saw Spielberg’s masterful direction, Cruise’s star power, and horrific aliens as villains.

Despite the movie’s huge box office success, it wasn’t an audience favorite. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has a Tomatometer score of 76% and an audience rating of 42%. It is perhaps one of the lowest audience scores for a Steven Spielberg movie. However, it was far from an epic alien invasion movie. The dusty skies, collapsing buildings, and panicking crowds were too much for fans to handle, who were reminded of the 9/11 attacks.

15. Munich (2005)

Steven Spielberg created one hell of a revenge movie in 2005’s Munich, which was based on George Jonas’s book Vengeance. The film (and the book) was a fictionalized version of the real-life assassinations that followed the killing of Israeli athletes in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It was one of Spielberg’s most controversial films, as Mossad condemned the portrayal of their assassins in the film.

The film made $131 million, but its US gross was one of the lowest for a Spielberg film, with just $47 million. The movie had powerful performances from the likes of Eric Bana and Daniel Craig, who played the assassins. Besides showing just the assassinations carried out by Mossad agents, the film also showed the human side of these assassins. In the movie, the assassins eventually develop a revulsion to the killings, which Mossad later claimed to be inaccurate.

14. The Fabelmans (2022)

Spielberg’s most personal movie tells his own story through young Sammy Fabelman, played by Gabriel LaBelle, who falls in love with filmmaking while watching his parents’ marriage fall apart. Critics embraced The Fabelmans warmly, and it earned seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, though it sadly flopped at the box office. Sean Boleman of FandomWire called it “one of Steven Spielberg’s most tender films yet” in our review of The Fabelmans.

For fans, it is essential viewing, as it reveals where all his recurring themes of divorce, suburbia, and obsession came from. Michelle Williams delivered a bold performance as the restless mother, while Paul Dano impressed as the quiet father. Judd Hirsch stole the entire movie with just one unforgettable scene.

13. Minority Report (2002)

Minority Report is Spielberg’s most technologically savvy movie, and he had one of the biggest movie stars leading it. The movie, based on Phillip K. Dick’s story, has a complicated sci-fi story, which is grounded by Tom Cruise’s performance. Colin Farrell plays one of his earliest popular roles as a villain in this movie.

In 2054 AD, the Precrime police predict crime before it happens with the help of precogs, who work pretty much like psychics. Cruise’s character, John Anderton, is the chief of the Precrime police. However, things go wrong for him when he is accused of a future murder. John tries to prove his innocence and find out why he was framed. It is a thought-provoking thriller that poses a big question about the crackdown on crime with its sci-fi premise.

12. Bridge of Spies (2015)

Spielberg’s Cold War era movie, in collaboration with Tom Hanks, is one of the best spy thriller movies. Bridge of Spies tells a prisoner exchange story between Russia and the U.S., which really happened in the late ’50s. Hanks plays a lawyer who represents Rudolf Abel, played by Mark Rylance, a Russian spy who is forced to help with the exchange.

The screenplay has a touch from the Coen Brothers, which explains how the movie maintained the thrilling narrative while delivering the story with historical accuracy. The movie impressed viewers with its return to classic American cinema style. Rylance won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the movie.

11. Duel (1971)

Originally made for television before getting a theatrical release, Spielberg’s lean thriller pits an ordinary salesman against a menacing tanker truck that stalks him across desert highways. Duel earned immediate acclaim and announced a twenty-four-year-old prodigy to the world.

Fans consider it the blueprint for everything Spielberg would become, essentially Jaws on wheels, proving he could create unbearable suspense with almost nothing. Dennis Weaver carried the movie almost single-handedly, making his character’s growing paranoia completely believable. The truck driver, who is never shown on screen, remains one of cinema’s greatest faceless villains.

10. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan is set in World War II, where a squad is assigned to locate and bring home Private James Ryan. While on the mission, the soldiers move deep into enemy territory, which makes them question the true cost of war and duty. Spielberg changed the way Hollywood perceived war movies with his 1998 movie. The movie featured a lot of painful moments that deeply impacted the audience.

Spielberg understood the profound impact of wars on different people before diving into the subject. For the research of the movie, Spielberg visited several US war veterans who gave insights into the realities of warfare and its effects on soldiers. It is considered one of the biggest Oscar snubs ever, and understandably so. Almost three decades later, Saving Private Ryan still remains one of the greatest war movies ever made.

9. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

It is hard to believe that Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg have collaborated on only one movie. It is even more surprising, considering the fact that Catch Me If You Can was one of the best movies of the 2000s. It followed DiCaprio’s teenage runaway, Frank Abagnale Jr., who lives a life of fraud and is pursued by Tom Hanks’s FBI agent Carl Hanratty.

The movie was an important and personal one to Spielberg, as he shared during an interview with Blackfilm.com. He shared, “Some of this picture is important to me because it deals with what Frank and I both share, which is broken homes.” Spielberg’s filmmaking was surprisingly stylish, and DiCaprio’s charm just elevated the whole movie. Even after years, this true crime drama remains one of the most rewatchable among the director’s filmography.

8. Disclosure Day (2026)

Steven Spielberg penned the original concept of Disclosure Day, which is his latest sci-fi flick. Starring Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Josh O’Connor, Wyatt Russell, and Colman Domingo, the movie follows the global revelation that extraterrestrial lifeforms are real and how people react to this information. Spielberg has always been fascinated with subjects where humanity faces the unknown. David Koepp wrote the screenplay for the movie.

It promises Spielberg’s glorious return to the world of aliens after the divisive response to War of the Worlds. The early reception has been largely positive, with the themes receiving praise. However, the movie also seems to have stumbled on certain other themes, often coming across as silly unintentionally. In FandomWire’s review of Disclosure Day, Joshua Ryan shared that the movie “at times feels like classic Spielberg, and at others it feels like a mishandled overcorrection.”

7. AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, starring Haley Joel Osment, is an emotionally devastating exploration of machine consciousness. The film follows David, an android child programmed to love, on a journey to become “real.” It wrestles with questions of identity, sentience, and what it means to feel in a world that refuses to acknowledge your inner life.

The movie started out as a Stanley Kubrick project, but it eventually fell into the hands of Spielberg to tell a heartfelt tale. He stayed close to Ian Watson’s screen story that Kubrick had been working on and paid tribute to the filmmaker in the movie. While it isn’t as talked about as the rest of Spielberg’s films, the movie’s subject has been revisited ever since the recent AI boom.

6. Jurassic Park (1993)

Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park is undoubtedly a brilliant work. However, Steven Spielberg’s movie adaptation is nothing short of cinematic magic. Both the book and the film highlight the misguided human notions about meddling with nature. Even three decades and several monsters later, seeing the Brachiosaurus or the Velociraptors on the screen hits differently.

Spielberg used the right talents to expertly build the tension in the tale. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough were all brilliant additions to the movie. It had great pacing in its storytelling and some landmark visual effects that defined how Hollywood produced modern blockbusters. It also remains surprisingly emotional, even with all the thrilling action sequences.

Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial went on to become an immediate success in theaters in 1982 and became the highest-grossing film of all time. Spielberg struck emotional gold with this sci-fi fantasy movie that surprisingly had great practical effects to bring an alien to life. The central character, a stranded alien, is able to establish a good friendship with young Elliot in the movie.

Spielberg achieved the impossible when he was able to convince the audience of this friendship. It is hard to find any movie that captured the magic of childhood friendship better. The bicycle flight across the moon is simply a visual masterpiece, but it’s the goodbye scene that wrecks us every time. The film won four Oscars for Best Original Score, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing.

4. Schindler’s List (1993)

Liam Neeson and Steven Spielberg came together for this classic movie. Interestingly, Spielberg was never supposed to direct this movie. However, he was unwilling to let the opportunity slide. It was one of Spielberg’s best decisions as the film went on to grab him the Best Director Award at the 66th Academy Awards. The film received critical acclaim for its performances and Spielberg’s direction.

The movie tells the emotional story of Austrian industrialist Oskar Schindler, who employed Jewish workers during World War II to save them from concentration camps. Neeson gives one of his best performances, playing a noble yet helpless character. His gentle approach to the character made audiences sympathize with Schindler. Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth is genuinely terrifying in how casual his cruelty is. Many people left the theaters with tears after this movie.

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

After the horror flick Jaws, Steven Spielberg moved to the sci-fi genre that truly made him an auteur in the industry with Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It was this movie that first explored Spielberg’s fascination with extraterrestrials. He was awed by them rather than seeing them as villains, and the movie showed a common man’s obsession with alien contact.

The visuals of the movie were just brilliant, especially the jaw-dropping mothership reveal toward the end of the movie. Richard Dreyfuss delivered an emotional performance. For some fans, E.T. would be the peak of his sci-fi filmmaking. However, we believe that he achieved perfection in his first attempt at the genre.

2. Jaws (1975)

Steven Spielberg became a household name with his 1975 film, Jaws. It is the movie that invented the cultural phenomenon of summer blockbusters as we know it. Spielberg made generations of moviegoers scared of sharks while using a mechanical shark in his movie. To be fair, he showed very little of the shark in the movie and more of the implied danger, playing some kind of psychological game with our minds.

This is exactly what made him a brilliant filmmaker. Besides the crazy creature terrorizing people in the waters, the movie also addressed issues like government corruption. It wasn’t an easy job for Spielberg, who would’ve been kicked out of Hollywood if the film hadn’t achieved the success it did. The production was a tumultuous affair, with script rewrites and an extended shoot period. However, it all paid off massively.

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

For us, Raiders of the Lost Ark is the perfect adventure movie ever made. It created an iconic character out of the fedora-wearing, bullwhipping archaeology professor. Harrison Ford was not the first choice for the Indiana Jones role, but he proved that no one could have done it better than him. The movie’s premise hooked us right into the adventure, where the stakes are really high.

Now, the very first sequence proves that the professor isn’t afraid to put himself in danger to achieve his goal. What follows is Indy confronting an old rival and the Nazis he is working with, while reuniting with an old flame. Along the way, we see him fighting off snakes, engaging in a dangerous truck chase, and standing up to the Nazis. The movie has one of the best executed action choreographies of the time, elevating the adventure further.

Steven Spielberg movies	Box Office (As of June 11, 2026)	RT Score (As of June 11, 2026)
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	$389.9 million	94% | 96%
2. Jaws (1975)	$490.7 million	97% | 98%
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)	$306.9 million	91% | 85%
4. Schindler’s List (1993)	$322.2 million	98% | 97%
5. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)	$797.3 million	99% | 72%
6. Jurassic Park (1993)	$1.1 billion	91% | 91%
7. AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001)	$235.9 million	76% | 64%
8. Disclosure Day (2026)	–	82%
9. Catch Me If You Can (2002)	$352.1 million	96% | 89%
10. Saving Private Ryan (1998)	$482.3 million	94% | 95%
11. Duel (1971)	–	90% | 84%
12. Bridge of Spies (2015)	$165.5 million	91% | 87%
13. Minority Report (2002)	$358.4 million	89% | 80%
14. The Fabelmans (2022)	$45.6 million	92% | 83%
15. Munich (2005)	$131 million	79% | 83%
16. War of the Worlds (2005)	$603.9 million	76% | 42%
17. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)	$333.1 million	77% | 82%
18. The Post (2017)	$193.7 million	88% | 74%
19. The Sugarland Express (1974)	$12 million	87% | 66%
20. West Side Story (2021)	$76 million	91% | 93%
21. Lincoln (2012)	$275.2 million	89% | 80%
22. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)	$374 million	75% | 74%
23. The Color Purple (1985)	$98.4 million	72% | 94%
24. Always (1989)	$74.1 million	70% | 58%
25. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	$474.2 million	84% | 94%
26. 1941 (1979)	$94.9 million	39% | 48%
27. Empire of the Sun (1987)	$66.7 million	75% | 90%
28. Ready Player One (2018)	$607.9 million	71% | 77%
29. Amistad (1997)	$58.3 million	78% | 79%
30. The Terminal (2004)	$219.1 million	61% | 73%
31. War Horse (2011)	$177.6 million	74% | 74%
32. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)	$786.6 million	77% | 53%
33. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)	$618.6 million	57% | 52%
34. Kick the Can in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)	$42 million	57% | 55%
35. Hook (1991)	$300.9 million	37% | 76%
36. The BFG (2016)	$195.2 million	74% | 57%
37. Firelight (1964)	–	–

Which of these movies will you pick up for a rewatch? Do you have any picks from here that you are excited to watch for the first time? Are you excited to catch Disclosure Day in theaters? Let us know in the comments below!

Disclosure Day will be released in the U.S. theaters on June 12, 2026.