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. 8 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 96 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 35 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 9 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  6. 183 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 67 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 104 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 112 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 30 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  11. 126 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 56 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 53 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 108 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  15. 3 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 7 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  17. 23 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 13 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 47 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  20. 16 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 32 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  22. 17 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  23. 4 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 14 -

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 15 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 72 -

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 51 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 202 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 6 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 22 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 31 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  32. 94 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 12 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  34. 1 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 18 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  36. 88 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  37. 19 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 62 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  39. 10 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 60 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 5 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 173 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 161 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  44. 57 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  45. 146 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  46. 98 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 148 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 100 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  49. 229 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  50. 120 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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