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The 18 Best Searchlight Pictures Films

By YPB Team

Oscar-sweeping prestige dramas sit beside scrappy indie breakouts and offbeat cult comedies from the boldest specialty studio around. Where do you stand?

  1. The Grand Budapest Hotel — ranked #11
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson's whimsical, symmetrically styled 2014 caper at a fictional European hotel.
    1000pts
  2. (500) Days of Summer — ranked #22
    (500) Days of Summer
    The 2009 non-linear romantic comedy about love and heartbreak in Los Angeles.
    943pts
  3. Juno — ranked #33
    Juno
    The 2007 indie comedy about a sharp-tongued pregnant teenager navigating adoption.
    800pts
  4. Slumdog Millionaire — ranked #44
    Slumdog Millionaire
    Danny Boyle's 2008 Mumbai-set rags-to-riches story that swept the Oscars including Best Picture.
    771pts
  5. The Shape of Water — ranked #55
    The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro's 2017 monster romance that won Best Picture and Best Director.
    771pts
  6. Sideways — ranked #66
    Sideways
    Alexander Payne's 2004 wine-country comedy about two friends on a road trip.
    771pts
  7. Nomadland — ranked #77
    Nomadland
    Chloe Zhao's 2020 meditative road drama starring Frances McDormand, a Best Picture winner.
    692pts
  8. The Banshees of Inisherin — ranked #88
    The Banshees of Inisherin
    Martin McDonagh's 2022 tragicomedy about a friendship abruptly ending on an Irish isle.
    692pts
  9. The Favourite — ranked #99
    The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos's 2018 period dark comedy of court intrigue under Queen Anne.
    600pts
  10. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — ranked #1010
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Martin McDonagh's 2017 dark comedy-drama about a grieving mother's crusade for justice.
    491pts
  11. Birdman — ranked #1111
    Birdman
    Alejandro G. Inarritu's 2014 one-shot-style backstage drama and Best Picture winner.
    491pts
  12. Jojo Rabbit — ranked #1212
    Jojo Rabbit
    Taika Waititi's 2019 anti-hate satire about a boy with an imaginary Hitler.
    360pts
  13. 12 Years a Slave — ranked #1313
    12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen's harrowing 2013 drama that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
    360pts
  14. The Wrestler — ranked #1414
    The Wrestler
    Darren Aronofsky's gritty 2008 drama starring Mickey Rourke as a faded pro wrestler.
    360pts
  15. Napoleon Dynamite — ranked #1515
    Napoleon Dynamite
    The 2004 deadpan cult comedy about an awkward teen in small-town Idaho.
    360pts
  16. Black Swan — ranked #1616
    Black Swan
    Darren Aronofsky's 2010 psychological ballet thriller that won Natalie Portman an Oscar.
    0pts
  17. Poor Things — ranked #1717
    Poor Things
    Yorgos Lanthimos's 2023 surreal Frankenstein-tinged odyssey starring Emma Stone.
    0pts
  18. Little Miss Sunshine — ranked #1818
    Little Miss Sunshine
    The 2006 road-trip comedy about a dysfunctional family chasing a beauty pageant.
    0pts

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