IMDb's Top 250

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The IMDb top 250 is probably the most well-known movie list in the world. It has earned this reputation through the fact that it has been composed by aggregating the votes of many normal moviegoers. In other words, this is a list by and for the people and not some elite movie-critics list.

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  1. 11 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 105 -1

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 71 -1

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 160 -1

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 91 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 3 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 37 -1

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 87 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 149 -1

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 224 -1

    Into the Wild

    2007, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 76 -1

    Braveheart

    1995, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 8 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  13. 68 -1

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 12 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 139 -1

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 140 -1

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  17. 176 -1

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 173 -1

    Gran Torino

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 181 -1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 2 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  21. 107 -1

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 40 -1

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 161 -1

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 24 -1

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 97 -1

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  26. 206 -1

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 42 -1

    The Prestige

    2006, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 145 -1

    A Beautiful Mind

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 1 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 27 -1

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 169 -2

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 143 -1

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  33. 26 -1

    Interstellar

    2014, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 171 -1

    Fargo

    1996, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 54 -1

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  36. 20 -1

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 95 -1

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 28 -1

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 213 -1

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 242 -1

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 119 -1

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  42. 72 -1

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 43 -1

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 138 -1

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 38 -1

    The Lion King

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  46. 81 -1

    Good Will Hunting

    1997, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 250 -1

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 202 -1

    Dead Poets Society

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 21 -1

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  50. 44 -1

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
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