IMDB Top 250 Films

This is a list of the top 250 films as voted for by visitors to the IMDB, which is ever-changing as new films come and go, making the challenge even more difficult. My film-watching time is now pretty much non-existent since becoming a father, but one day I hope to be able to continue ticking off films on this list.

I have found this challenge very worthwhile, as without the list it’s very unlikely I would have watched such brilliant films as 12 Angry Men or Casabalanca. Of course, as with any list where the public is involved, there is never going to be total agreement (The Dark Knight shouldn’t be anywhere near the top 10, and Pirates of the Caribbean shouldn’t be anywhere the near list at all!)

So far I have seen 121 of the top 250 films, which is 48.4%.

  1. The Shawshank Redemption
  2. The Godfather
  3. The Godfather: Part II
  4. Pulp Fiction
  5. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il
  6. 12 Angry Men
  7. Schindler's List
  8. The Dark Knight
  9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  11. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  12. Fight Club
  13. Shichinin no samurai
  14. Inception
  15. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  16. Goodfellas
  17. Star Wars
  18. Cidade de Deus
  19. Casablanca
  20. The Matrix
  21. C'era una volta il West
  22. Rear Window
  23. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  24. The Silence of the Lambs
  25. The Usual Suspects
  26. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  27. Se7en
  28. Forrest Gump
  29. Psycho
  30. It's a Wonderful Life
  31. Léon
  32. Avengers Assemble
  33. Sunset Blvd.
  34. Memento
  35. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  36. Apocalypse Now
  37. American History X
  38. North by Northwest
  39. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  40. Citizen Kane
  41. Saving Private Ryan
  42. Alien
  43. City Lights
  44. American Beauty
  45. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
  46. Toy Story 3
  47. Taxi Driver
  48. The Shining
  49. Vertigo
  50. M
  51. Paths of Glory
  52. The Pianist
  53. Modern Times
  54. The Departed
  55. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le
  56. Double Indemnity
  57. WALL·E
  58. Leben der Anderen, Das
  59. Aliens
  60. A Clockwork Orange
  61. Vita è bella, La
  62. Back to the Future
  63. To Kill a Mockingbird
  64. Lawrence of Arabia
  65. Boot, Das
  66. Requiem for a Dream
  67. Reservoir Dogs
  68. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  69. The Third Man
  70. A Separation
  71. The Prestige
  72. The Green Mile
  73. Nuovo cinema Paradiso
  74. Chinatown
  75. The Great Dictator
  76. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  77. L.A. Confidential
  78. Gladiator
  79. Once Upon a Time in America
  80. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  81. Rashômon
  82. Full Metal Jacket
  83. Ladri di biciclette
  84. Singin' in the Rain
  85. Some Like It Hot
  86. Amadeus
  87. All About Eve
  88. Raging Bull
  89. Metropolis
  90. Braveheart
  91. Oldboy
  92. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  93. The Bridge on the River Kwai
  94. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
  95. The Apartment
  96. Untouchable
  97. Unforgiven
  98. Laberinto del Fauno, El
  99. Mononoke-hime
  100. The Sting
  101. Untergang, Der
  102. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  103. The Lion King
  104. Inglourious Basterds
  105. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  106. Die Hard
  107. Hotaru no haka
  108. Sjunde inseglet, Det
  109. Up
  110. On the Waterfront
  111. The Elephant Man
  112. Yojimbo
  113. The Maltese Falcon
  114. The Great Escape
  115. Gran Torino
  116. Batman Begins
  117. Rebecca
  118. Witness for the Prosecution
  119. Snatch.
  120. Per qualche dollaro in più
  121. The General
  122. Heat
  123. Blade Runner
  124. Fargo
  125. Smultronstället
  126. Ran
  127. Sin City
  128. Toy Story
  129. Touch of Evil
  130. The Big Lebowski
  131. The Deer Hunter
  132. Jaws
  133. Ikiru
  134. No Country for Old Men
  135. Hotel Rwanda
  136. Cool Hand Luke
  137. It Happened One Night
  138. Scarface
  139. The Wizard of Oz
  140. The Sixth Sense
  141. The King's Speech
  142. The Artist
  143. Strangers on a Train
  144. The Kid
  145. Black Swan
  146. Salaire de la peur, Le
  147. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  148. Annie Hall
  149. The Gold Rush
  150. High Noon
  151. Platoon
  152. Warrior
  153. Trainspotting
  154. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
  155. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  156. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  157. Into the Wild
  158. The Grapes of Wrath
  159. El secreto de sus ojos
  160. Donnie Darko
  161. The Thing
  162. Notorious
  163. Gone with the Wind
  164. Casino
  165. Million Dollar Baby
  166. Diaboliques, Les
  167. There Will Be Blood
  168. Life of Brian
  169. Tonari no Totoro
  170. Amores perros
  171. Finding Nemo
  172. Ben-Hur
  173. How to Train Your Dragon
  174. Slumdog Millionaire
  175. Groundhog Day
  176. The Terminator
  177. The Big Sleep
  178. V for Vendetta
  179. Good Will Hunting
  180. The Best Years of Our Lives
  181. Stand by Me
  182. Judgment at Nuremberg
  183. Dog Day Afternoon
  184. The Graduate
  185. Twelve Monkeys
  186. Network
  187. The Bourne Ultimatum
  188. The Manchurian Candidate
  189. The Night of the Hunter
  190. Seppuku
  191. Quatre cents coups, Les
  192. Mary and Max
  193. Gandhi
  194. District 9
  195. Dial M for Murder
  196. Persona
  197. Battaglia di Algeri, La
  198. The Princess Bride
  199. The Killing
  200. Strada, La
  201. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  202. The Hustler
  203. The Passion of Joan of Arc
  204. Hauru no ugoku shiro
  205. Sherlock Jr.
  206. Ratatouille
  207. The Wrestler
  208. The Exorcist
  209. Fanny och Alexander
  210. The Wild Bunch
  211. Scaphandre et le papillon, Le
  212. Kind Hearts and Coronets
  213. Rocky
  214. Stalag 17
  215. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  216. Barry Lyndon
  217. A Streetcar Named Desire
  218. Notti di Cabiria, Le
  219. Star Trek
  220. All Quiet on the Western Front
  221. A Beautiful Mind
  222. The Truman Show
  223. Ip Man
  224. Tokyo Story
  225. Idi i smotri
  226. Rope
  227. Mou gaan dou
  228. Roman Holiday
  229. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  230. Tengoku to jigoku
  231. Stalker
  232. Rosemary's Baby
  233. Mystic River
  234. Festen
  235. Låt den rätte komma in
  236. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  237. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  238. Beauty and the Beast
  239. Monsters, Inc.
  240. Anatomy of a Murder
  241. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
  242. Manhattan
  243. Magnolia
  244. Samouraï, Le
  245. Kumonosu jô
  246. Haine, La
  247. Big Fish
  248. Shutter Island
  249. Fa yeung nin wa
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