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%.
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Godfather
- The Godfather: Part II
- Pulp Fiction
- Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il
- 12 Angry Men
- Schindler's List
- The Dark Knight
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
- Fight Club
- Shichinin no samurai
- Inception
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Goodfellas
- Star Wars
- Cidade de Deus
- Casablanca
- The Matrix
- C'era una volta il West
- Rear Window
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Silence of the Lambs
- The Usual Suspects
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Se7en
- Forrest Gump
- Psycho
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Léon
- Avengers Assemble
- Sunset Blvd.
- Memento
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Apocalypse Now
- American History X
- North by Northwest
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Citizen Kane
- Saving Private Ryan
- Alien
- City Lights
- American Beauty
- Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
- Toy Story 3
- Taxi Driver
- The Shining
- Vertigo
- M
- Paths of Glory
- The Pianist
- Modern Times
- The Departed
- Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le
- Double Indemnity
- WALL·E
- Leben der Anderen, Das
- Aliens
- A Clockwork Orange
- Vita è bella, La
- Back to the Future
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Boot, Das
- Requiem for a Dream
- Reservoir Dogs
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- The Third Man
- A Separation
- The Prestige
- The Green Mile
- Nuovo cinema Paradiso
- Chinatown
- The Great Dictator
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- L.A. Confidential
- Gladiator
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Rashômon
- Full Metal Jacket
- Ladri di biciclette
- Singin' in the Rain
- Some Like It Hot
- Amadeus
- All About Eve
- Raging Bull
- Metropolis
- Braveheart
- Oldboy
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
- The Apartment
- Untouchable
- Unforgiven
- Laberinto del Fauno, El
- Mononoke-hime
- The Sting
- Untergang, Der
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The Lion King
- Inglourious Basterds
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Die Hard
- Hotaru no haka
- Sjunde inseglet, Det
- Up
- On the Waterfront
- The Elephant Man
- Yojimbo
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Great Escape
- Gran Torino
- Batman Begins
- Rebecca
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Snatch.
- Per qualche dollaro in più
- The General
- Heat
- Blade Runner
- Fargo
- Smultronstället
- Ran
- Sin City
- Toy Story
- Touch of Evil
- The Big Lebowski
- The Deer Hunter
- Jaws
- Ikiru
- No Country for Old Men
- Hotel Rwanda
- Cool Hand Luke
- It Happened One Night
- Scarface
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Sixth Sense
- The King's Speech
- The Artist
- Strangers on a Train
- The Kid
- Black Swan
- Salaire de la peur, Le
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1
- Annie Hall
- The Gold Rush
- High Noon
- Platoon
- Warrior
- Trainspotting
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
- Into the Wild
- The Grapes of Wrath
- El secreto de sus ojos
- Donnie Darko
- The Thing
- Notorious
- Gone with the Wind
- Casino
- Million Dollar Baby
- Diaboliques, Les
- There Will Be Blood
- Life of Brian
- Tonari no Totoro
- Amores perros
- Finding Nemo
- Ben-Hur
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Groundhog Day
- The Terminator
- The Big Sleep
- V for Vendetta
- Good Will Hunting
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- Stand by Me
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- Dog Day Afternoon
- The Graduate
- Twelve Monkeys
- Network
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- The Manchurian Candidate
- The Night of the Hunter
- Seppuku
- Quatre cents coups, Les
- Mary and Max
- Gandhi
- District 9
- Dial M for Murder
- Persona
- Battaglia di Algeri, La
- The Princess Bride
- The Killing
- 8½
- Strada, La
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- The Hustler
- The Passion of Joan of Arc
- Hauru no ugoku shiro
- Sherlock Jr.
- Ratatouille
- The Wrestler
- The Exorcist
- Fanny och Alexander
- The Wild Bunch
- Scaphandre et le papillon, Le
- Kind Hearts and Coronets
- Rocky
- Stalag 17
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Barry Lyndon
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Notti di Cabiria, Le
- Star Trek
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- A Beautiful Mind
- The Truman Show
- Ip Man
- Tokyo Story
- Idi i smotri
- Rope
- Mou gaan dou
- Roman Holiday
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Tengoku to jigoku
- Stalker
- Rosemary's Baby
- Mystic River
- Festen
- Låt den rätte komma in
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Beauty and the Beast
- Monsters, Inc.
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
- Manhattan
- Magnolia
- Samouraï, Le
- Kumonosu jô
- Haine, La
- Big Fish
- Shutter Island
- Fa yeung nin wa
