top 250 films of all time
... as rated by the good folks over at IMDb. Bold if seen, Italic if on the must-see list, ** if partly seen.
1. Godfather, The (1972)
2. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
4. Godfather: Part II, The (1974)** (I always catch the scene in the boat with the Hail Mary's and miss most everything else.)
5. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
6. Schindler's List (1993) Once is all you need, IMHO.
7. Casablanca (1942) And you can never, ever, ever watch this too many times.
8. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
9. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
10. Star Wars (1977)
11. Citizen Kane (1941)
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. Pulp Fiction (1994)
15. Rear Window (1954) **
16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) **
17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
18. Usual Suspects, The (1995)
19. Memento (2000)
20. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
21. 12 Angry Men (1957)
22. North by Northwest (1959)
23. Cidade de Deus (2002)
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25. Psycho (1960) **
26. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) Loooove it.
27. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
28. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
29. Goodfellas (1990)
30. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31. American Beauty (1999)
32. C'era una volta il West (1968)
33. Vertigo (1958) **
34. Matrix, The (1999)
35. Apocalypse Now (1979)
36. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
37. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
38. Pianist, The (2002) **
39. Fight Club (1999)
40. Third Man, The (1949) Looooove it too.
41. Paths of Glory (1957)
42. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
43. Taxi Driver (1976)
44. Some Like It Hot (1959)
45. Double Indemnity (1944)
46. Singin' in the Rain (1952) Incomparable. The best feel-good movie EVER.
47. Boot, Das (1981)
48. Chinatown (1974)
49. L.A. Confidential (1997)
50. M (1931)
51. Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
52. All About Eve (1950)
53. Requiem for a Dream (2000) ** Every one talks about the editing of this film as if it was revolutional. Dudes, check out Pi. It's better and it still is off-limits to epileptics.
54. Se7en (1995)
55. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
56. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
57. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
58. Rashômon (1950)
59. Saving Private Ryan (1998) Another one of those films you should see once and never again.
60. Raging Bull (1980) **
61. Alien (1979) **
62. American History X (1998)
63. Léon (1994)
64. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
65. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
66. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
67. Sting, The (1973) Best caper movie EVER. 'Nuff said.
68. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
69. Modern Times (1936)
70. Reservoir Dogs (1992) **
71. Vita è bella, La (1997)
72. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
73. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
74. Touch of Evil (1958)
75. Ran (1985)
76. On the Waterfront (1954)
77. Amadeus (1984)
78. Great Escape, The (1963)
79. Finding Nemo (2003)
80. Apartment, The (1960)
81. Annie Hall (1977) **
82. Jaws (1975)
83. Wo hu cang long (2000)
84. Braveheart (1995) Ugh. Worst three hours of my life.
85. High Noon (1952)
86. Aliens (1986)
87. Metropolis (1927)
88. Shining, The (1980)
89. City Lights (1931) Someone explain to me why Modern Times outranks this??
90. Fargo (1996)
91. Donnie Darko (2001)
92. Strangers on a Train (1951)
93. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
94. Blade Runner (1982) **
95. General, The (1927)
96. Sixth Sense, The (1999)
97. Great Dictator, The (1940)
98. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)
99. Mononoke-hime (1997)
100. Duck Soup (1933)
101. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
102. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
103. Princess Bride, The (1987)
104. Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
105. Yojimbo (1961)
106. Rebecca (1940)
107. Big Sleep, The (1946)
108. Notorious (1946)
109. Lola rennt (1998)
110. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
111. Forrest Gump (1994)
112. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
113. Patton (1970)
114. It Happened One Night (1934)
115. Toy Story 2 (1999)
116. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
117. Graduate, The (1967) **
118. Deer Hunter, The (1978)
119. Ying xiong (2002)
120. Glory (1989)
121. Cool Hand Luke (1967) **
122. Manhattan (1979)
123. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) **
124. Unforgiven (1992)
125. Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
126. Mystic River (2003)
127. Ben-Hur (1959)
128. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
129. Elephant Man, The (1980)
130. African Queen, The (1951)
131. Searchers, The (1956)
132. Green Mile, The (1999)
133. Hable con ella (2002)
134. Dogville (2003)
135. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
136. Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
137. Stalag 17 (1953)
138. Amores perros (2000)
139. Smultronstället (1957)
140. Shrek (2001)
141. Back to the Future (1985)
142. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
143. Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
144. Platoon (1986)
145. Christmas Story, A (1983)
146. Straight Story, The (1999)
147. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
148. 8.0 Gold Rush, The (1925) 5,510
149. Gone with the Wind (1939)
150. Hustler, The (1961) **
151. Lost in Translation (2003)
152. Wild Bunch, The (1969)
153. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
154. Young Frankenstein (1974)
155. Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) **
156. Die Hard (1988)
157. Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
158. His Girl Friday (1940)
159. Life of Brian (1979)
160. Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)
161. Grande illusion, La (1937)
162. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
163. Big Fish (2003)
164. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
165. Spartacus (1960)
166. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
167. Gladiator (2000) ** So over-rated.
168. Roman Holiday (1953)
169. Hotaru no haka (1988)
170. Festen (1998)
171. Charade (1963)
172. Sling Blade (1996)
173. 7.9 Magnolia (1999)
174. Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
175. Ed Wood (1994)
176. Conversation, The (1974)
177. Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) **
178. Killing, The (1956)
179. Toy Story (1995)
180. All the President's Men (1976)
181. Almost Famous (2000)
182. Brazil (1985)
183. Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) Actually, I still haven't seen any of the Three Colors Trilogy. One day ... *sigh*
184. Insider, The (1999)
185. Night at the Opera, A (1935)
186. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
187. Ikiru (1952)
188. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
189. In America (2002)
190. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
191. 21 Grams (2003)
192. 7.8 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
193. Gandhi (1982)
194. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
195. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
196. Harvey (1950)
197. Stand by Me (1986)
198. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
199. Exorcist, The (1973)
200. Trainspotting (1996)
201. Being John Malkovich (1999)
202. Groundhog Day (1993)
203. Terminator, The (1984)
204. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
205. 7.8 Garden State (2004)
206. Miller's Crossing (1990)
207. Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)
208. 7.8 Lion in Winter, The (1968)
209. Strada, La (1954)
210. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) **
211. Laura (1944) **
212. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
213. Right Stuff, The (1983)
214. Rain Man (1988)
215. Network (1976)
216. 8 1/2 (1963)
217. King Kong (1933) **
218. 39 Steps, The (1935)
219. Whale Rider (2002)
220. Big Lebowski, The (1998)
221. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
222. Snatch (2000)
223. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 11,376
224. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) So much better and considerably more underappreciated than Snatch.
225. Adaptation. (2002)
226. Stagecoach (1939)
227. Station Agent, The (2003)
228. Rio Bravo (1959)
229. Thin Man, The (1934)
230. Untouchables, The (1987) **
231. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
232. X2 (2003)
233. Persona (1966)
234. Planet of the Apes (1968) **
235. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
236. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
237. Others, The (2001)
238. Die xue shuang xiong (1989)
239. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
240. Being There (1979)
241. Heat (1995)
242. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
243. 7Fanny och Alexander (1982)
244. Enfants du paradis, Les (1945)
245. Red River (1948)
246. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
247. Last Samurai, The (2003)
248. Sleuth (1972)
249. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
250. Traffic (2000)
So much better on this than on the BBC Book List. I. Am. So. Sad. ;)
1. Godfather, The (1972)
2. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
4. Godfather: Part II, The (1974)** (I always catch the scene in the boat with the Hail Mary's and miss most everything else.)
5. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
6. Schindler's List (1993) Once is all you need, IMHO.
7. Casablanca (1942) And you can never, ever, ever watch this too many times.
8. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
9. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
10. Star Wars (1977)
11. Citizen Kane (1941)
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. Pulp Fiction (1994)
15. Rear Window (1954) **
16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) **
17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
18. Usual Suspects, The (1995)
19. Memento (2000)
20. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
21. 12 Angry Men (1957)
22. North by Northwest (1959)
23. Cidade de Deus (2002)
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25. Psycho (1960) **
26. Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) Loooove it.
27. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
28. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
29. Goodfellas (1990)
30. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31. American Beauty (1999)
32. C'era una volta il West (1968)
33. Vertigo (1958) **
34. Matrix, The (1999)
35. Apocalypse Now (1979)
36. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
37. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
38. Pianist, The (2002) **
39. Fight Club (1999)
40. Third Man, The (1949) Looooove it too.
41. Paths of Glory (1957)
42. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
43. Taxi Driver (1976)
44. Some Like It Hot (1959)
45. Double Indemnity (1944)
46. Singin' in the Rain (1952) Incomparable. The best feel-good movie EVER.
47. Boot, Das (1981)
48. Chinatown (1974)
49. L.A. Confidential (1997)
50. M (1931)
51. Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
52. All About Eve (1950)
53. Requiem for a Dream (2000) ** Every one talks about the editing of this film as if it was revolutional. Dudes, check out Pi. It's better and it still is off-limits to epileptics.
54. Se7en (1995)
55. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
56. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
57. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
58. Rashômon (1950)
59. Saving Private Ryan (1998) Another one of those films you should see once and never again.
60. Raging Bull (1980) **
61. Alien (1979) **
62. American History X (1998)
63. Léon (1994)
64. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
65. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
66. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
67. Sting, The (1973) Best caper movie EVER. 'Nuff said.
68. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
69. Modern Times (1936)
70. Reservoir Dogs (1992) **
71. Vita è bella, La (1997)
72. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
73. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
74. Touch of Evil (1958)
75. Ran (1985)
76. On the Waterfront (1954)
77. Amadeus (1984)
78. Great Escape, The (1963)
79. Finding Nemo (2003)
80. Apartment, The (1960)
81. Annie Hall (1977) **
82. Jaws (1975)
83. Wo hu cang long (2000)
84. Braveheart (1995) Ugh. Worst three hours of my life.
85. High Noon (1952)
86. Aliens (1986)
87. Metropolis (1927)
88. Shining, The (1980)
89. City Lights (1931) Someone explain to me why Modern Times outranks this??
90. Fargo (1996)
91. Donnie Darko (2001)
92. Strangers on a Train (1951)
93. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
94. Blade Runner (1982) **
95. General, The (1927)
96. Sixth Sense, The (1999)
97. Great Dictator, The (1940)
98. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)
99. Mononoke-hime (1997)
100. Duck Soup (1933)
101. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
102. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
103. Princess Bride, The (1987)
104. Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
105. Yojimbo (1961)
106. Rebecca (1940)
107. Big Sleep, The (1946)
108. Notorious (1946)
109. Lola rennt (1998)
110. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
111. Forrest Gump (1994)
112. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
113. Patton (1970)
114. It Happened One Night (1934)
115. Toy Story 2 (1999)
116. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
117. Graduate, The (1967) **
118. Deer Hunter, The (1978)
119. Ying xiong (2002)
120. Glory (1989)
121. Cool Hand Luke (1967) **
122. Manhattan (1979)
123. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) **
124. Unforgiven (1992)
125. Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
126. Mystic River (2003)
127. Ben-Hur (1959)
128. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
129. Elephant Man, The (1980)
130. African Queen, The (1951)
131. Searchers, The (1956)
132. Green Mile, The (1999)
133. Hable con ella (2002)
134. Dogville (2003)
135. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
136. Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
137. Stalag 17 (1953)
138. Amores perros (2000)
139. Smultronstället (1957)
140. Shrek (2001)
141. Back to the Future (1985)
142. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
143. Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
144. Platoon (1986)
145. Christmas Story, A (1983)
146. Straight Story, The (1999)
147. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
148. 8.0 Gold Rush, The (1925) 5,510
149. Gone with the Wind (1939)
150. Hustler, The (1961) **
151. Lost in Translation (2003)
152. Wild Bunch, The (1969)
153. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
154. Young Frankenstein (1974)
155. Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) **
156. Die Hard (1988)
157. Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
158. His Girl Friday (1940)
159. Life of Brian (1979)
160. Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)
161. Grande illusion, La (1937)
162. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
163. Big Fish (2003)
164. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
165. Spartacus (1960)
166. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
167. Gladiator (2000) ** So over-rated.
168. Roman Holiday (1953)
169. Hotaru no haka (1988)
170. Festen (1998)
171. Charade (1963)
172. Sling Blade (1996)
173. 7.9 Magnolia (1999)
174. Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
175. Ed Wood (1994)
176. Conversation, The (1974)
177. Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) **
178. Killing, The (1956)
179. Toy Story (1995)
180. All the President's Men (1976)
181. Almost Famous (2000)
182. Brazil (1985)
183. Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) Actually, I still haven't seen any of the Three Colors Trilogy. One day ... *sigh*
184. Insider, The (1999)
185. Night at the Opera, A (1935)
186. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
187. Ikiru (1952)
188. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
189. In America (2002)
190. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
191. 21 Grams (2003)
192. 7.8 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
193. Gandhi (1982)
194. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
195. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
196. Harvey (1950)
197. Stand by Me (1986)
198. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
199. Exorcist, The (1973)
200. Trainspotting (1996)
201. Being John Malkovich (1999)
202. Groundhog Day (1993)
203. Terminator, The (1984)
204. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
205. 7.8 Garden State (2004)
206. Miller's Crossing (1990)
207. Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)
208. 7.8 Lion in Winter, The (1968)
209. Strada, La (1954)
210. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) **
211. Laura (1944) **
212. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
213. Right Stuff, The (1983)
214. Rain Man (1988)
215. Network (1976)
216. 8 1/2 (1963)
217. King Kong (1933) **
218. 39 Steps, The (1935)
219. Whale Rider (2002)
220. Big Lebowski, The (1998)
221. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
222. Snatch (2000)
223. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 11,376
224. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) So much better and considerably more underappreciated than Snatch.
225. Adaptation. (2002)
226. Stagecoach (1939)
227. Station Agent, The (2003)
228. Rio Bravo (1959)
229. Thin Man, The (1934)
230. Untouchables, The (1987) **
231. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
232. X2 (2003)
233. Persona (1966)
234. Planet of the Apes (1968) **
235. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
236. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
237. Others, The (2001)
238. Die xue shuang xiong (1989)
239. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
240. Being There (1979)
241. Heat (1995)
242. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
243. 7Fanny och Alexander (1982)
244. Enfants du paradis, Les (1945)
245. Red River (1948)
246. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
247. Last Samurai, The (2003)
248. Sleuth (1972)
249. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
250. Traffic (2000)
So much better on this than on the BBC Book List. I. Am. So. Sad. ;)
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