20 Must-See Billion Dollar Movies

At the start of the 21st century, only Titanic had grossed more than a billion dollars. At the end of the 2000s, that number had risen to five. Now, a staggering 46 films are part of the billion-dollar club.

With the summer season on hold for obvious reasons, it's a great time to look back at all the billion-dollar movies and it's wonderful to see that most of the films that have achieved this stunning level of success largely deserved it.

Yes, the club has some duds - Avatar, The Lion King (2019), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Transformers 3 and 4, and Alice in Wonderland, looking at all of you. Additionally, a fair few of them are pretty mediocre, such as Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Captain Marvel, The Phantom Menace and An Unexpected Journey, but for the most part the billion-dollar club represents the best of contemporary Hollywood film-making.

In these uncertain times, joyous viewing experiences like these couldn't be more welcome. If you haven't seen some of these movies yet, give them a watch. You won't regret it.

Gross: $1,236,005,118 (#19 of All Time)

Ever since the superb Fast Five in 2011, The Fast and the Furious franchise has delivered one awesome blockbuster after another and The Fate of the Furious is one of the best yet.

There are several genuinely Perfect set-pieces in this movie that are among some of the best things the franchise has ever done and although the film sags in the middle, the final 45 minutes are glorious, golden action movie perfection and that brushes aside any complaints.

Meanwhile, the cast - especially Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who fronted the equally strong spin-off movie Hobbs and Shaw - are their usual awesome selves, Vin Diesel gives his best Fast and Furious performance to date and the film has a surprisingly clever and suspenseful plot too.

In general, if you're looking for a great time, you can't do much better than this.