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. 14 -

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 92 -2

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  3. 11 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 105 -1

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 71 -1

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 160 -1

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 91 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 3 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 150 -1

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 9 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 17 -1

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 7 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 37 -1

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 87 -1

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 208 -1

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 149 -1

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  17. 224 -1

    Into the Wild

    2007, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 76 -1

    Braveheart

    1995, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 103 -1

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 231 -1

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 179 -2

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 8 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  23. 68 -1

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 13 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 12 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 142 -1

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 70 -1

    The Dark Knight Rises

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 58 -1

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 139 -1

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 140 -1

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  31. 176 -1

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 226 -1

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 29 -1

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  34. 148 -1

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 173 -1

    Gran Torino

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 55 -1

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 181 -1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 15 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 128 -1

    Batman Begins

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 2 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  41. 107 -1

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 40 -1

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 161 -1

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  44. 24 -1

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 97 -1

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  46. 62 -1

    The Shining

    1980, in 29 top lists Check
  47. 111 -1

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 132 -1

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    2013, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 206 -1

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  50. 42 -1

    The Prestige

    2006, in 14 top lists Check
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