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. 20 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 35 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 42 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  4. 51 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  5. 57 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 66 -

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 75 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  8. 84 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 97 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 44 top lists Check
  10. 101 -

    Incendies

    2010, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 105 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 107 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 110 -1

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  14. 115 -

    Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

    2011 — a.k.a. A Separation, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 123 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 138 -

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 143 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 148 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 154 -

    Prisoners

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 162 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 164 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 165 -

    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 192 -

    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 193 -

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 212 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 248 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
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