Lists
- ranked 8 in My Favourite Film
- ranked 37 in Cinema Fusion Movie Bloggers' Top 100 Movies
- ranked 84 in WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays
- ranked 88 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions
- ranked 113 in The IMDb Top 250
- ranked 122 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- ranked 654 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 673 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 807 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions Nominees
- one of Guardian 1,000 films to see before you die
Enough of a fairytale to be magical and enough of a fairytale-parody to be hilarious, The Princess Bride is nigh-on perfect.