IMDb's Top 250 Movies as voted by its users

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The Internet Movie Database invites its users to rate movies, then compiles a list of those with the highest average weighted rating. For a movie to appear on the list, there must be at least 1300 ratings for it given by “regular IMDb voters” (the definition of which is kept secret). Also, the list is restricted to theatrical releases; it does not include shorts, TV movies, straight-to-video releases, TV series or miniseries, or any documentaries (for the IMDB top 50 documentaries, see http://www.listsofbests.com/list/11635 ).

Last Updated – 5/8/2008

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  1. 1.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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  2. 2.
    The Shawshank Redemption
    by Frank Darabont

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  3. 3.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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  4. 4.
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    by Sergio Leone

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  5. 5.
    Pulp Fiction

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  6. 6.
    Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  7. 7.
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    by Milos Forman

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  9. 9.
    Casablanca
    by Michael Curtiz

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  10. 10.
    Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  12. 12.
    12 Angry Men
    by Sidney Lumet

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  14. 14.
    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)

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  15. 15.
    Goodfellas
    by Martin Scorsese

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  16. 16.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles

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  17. 17.
    Raiders of the Lost Ark - Widescreen Version (1981)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  18. 18.
    Once Upon a Time in the West
    by Sergio Leone

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  20. 20.
    The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
    by Bryan Singer

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  21. 21.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)

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  23. 23.
    Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by David Fincher

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  24. 24.
    The Silence of the Lambs (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Jonathan Demme

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  25. 25.
    Citizen Kane
    by Orson Welles

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  26. 26.
    North by Northwest

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  27. 27.
    Memento

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  28. 28.
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

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  30. 30.
    It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)
    by Frank Capra

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  31. 31.
    The Matrix
    by Larry Wachowski

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    Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Fincher

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  34. 34.
    Apocalypse Now

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  36. 36.
    American Beauty

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  37. 37.
    Leon - The Professional (Uncut International Version)
    by Luc Besson

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  38. 38.
    Vertigo (Collector's Edition)

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  39. 39.
    American History X
    by Tony Kaye

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  40. 40.
    Amelie
    by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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  41. 41.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  42. 42.
    The Departed (Widescreen Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

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  43. 43.
    M - Criterion Collection
    by Fritz Lang

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  44. 44.
    To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Robert Mulligan

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  46. 46.
    Chinatown

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  47. 47.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  48. 48.
    The Lives of Others

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  49. 49.
    Alien
    by Ridley Scott

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  50. 50.
    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)
    by Michel Gondry

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Created by fox woods on Mar 18, 2006.
 

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Slushmier
Denver

Updated — 9 weeks ago

Seems like we were about due for an update.

Mar 05, 02:31PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

CitizenKing

It is what it is — 10 weeks ago

The primary fault with IMDB top 250 is that the raters have a tendency to overpraise recent movies. Not that they are not good, just that the status of say, Eternal Sunshine compared to the rank of The Third Man is out of whack. Still, if one were to guide their viewing by this list they wouldn’t be in bad shape. Just remember that there is more out there and it may take some effort to find less mainstream fare.

It is an imposing task to keep this up to date, kudos to anyone who does so.

Feb 29, 06:29AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Larry Gilbert
San Diego

Update: IMDb movies that are available on-line — 13 weeks ago

I’ve done some more work on my cross-referenced list of movies on IMDb charts that are available on-line.

Visit the current list!

I’ve decided to move it off of Google Docs in favor of a personal wiki. I’m no longer making any special notations for newly-added movies. In fact, I was chagrined to find that I had to take some movies off the list because Netflix apparently took them off-line! (This included Chinatown, Jaws, the Matrix, North by Northwest, Run Lola Run, 12 Angry Men, and 12 Monkeys.)

Since it is on a wiki, I’d like to let interested parties help keep it maintained, but because I am paranoid of spammers, I would ask that you get in touch with me directly if you want editing access. Thanks in advance.

Feb 08, 04:39PM | 2 comments | Reply to this

Chris
Denver

The bicycle thief — 18 weeks ago

Wonderful film! I am not much of a foreign film watcheer but this was very good! The ending(Trying not to spoil it) was very appropriate to real life!

Dec 30, 06:20PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

Rachael
Bristol

TCM — 28 weeks ago

If you get this channel, it’s worth checking to see if some of the classic films are here. One day I managed to record Gone with the Wind, The Searchers and Cool Hand Luke, all were on TCM, one after the other. Well worth checking if you don’t want to rent/buy films you might not like.

Edit: To whoever commented, the listsofbests site won’t let me read the comment. If it was a question, please contact me through the people site. I don’t know why it’s doing this, I can see other people’s comments, just not this latest one. Thanks

Oct 23, 03:19AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

rickyclark

rejects? — 41 weeks ago

what about ones that have been in and dropped out, as the list changes all the time…

Jul 26, 02:08AM | 5 comments | Reply to this

Melissa B.
Oklahoma City

List Accurate as of 6-15-07 — 47 weeks ago

Someone did a decent hack job on this list. While fixing it, I noticed that most of the removed movies were popular films like Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather I & II, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Matrix.

I added back the deleted films and put them in their correct spots. While I was at it, I put in the newest additions to the Top 250 and took out the movies that have fallen off the list.

As far as I can tell, the list is accurate as of 6-15-07.

Jun 15, 11:48AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

rooklyn

Where is the list? — 47 weeks ago

The godfather???????? Where?????

This is completely ridiculous. This is not even IMDB top 250.

Jun 14, 06:18PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Hogg

Missing Movies — 47 weeks ago

What happened to some of the movies on the list?

Jun 14, 10:28AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

McTrain

Untitled — 1 year ago

Planet of the Apes should be the 1968 version by Franklin Schaffner, not the recent Tim Burton movie.

Apr 23, 09:28AM | 1 comment | Reply to this


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