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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. 23 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 25 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 175 -

    Catch Me If You Can

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 168 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 108 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 4 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  7. 197 +1

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 142 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 111 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 138 -

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 234 -

    Ah-ga-ssi

    2016 — a.k.a. The Handmaiden, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 223 -

    La haine

    1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 45 -

    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 217 -

    Spotlight

    2015, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 199 -2

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  16. 213 -

    Room

    2015, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 42 -

    Whiplash

    2014, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 37 -

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 56 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 21 -

    Interstellar

    2014, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 189 -

    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 221 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 192 +1

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 187 -

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    2014, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 183 -

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 222 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 96 -

    Jagten

    2012 — a.k.a. The Hunt, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 160 -

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 158 -

    Prisoners

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 110 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 224 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 55 -

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 206 -2

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 63 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 152 -1

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 86 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 166 -

    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 48 -

    Intouchables

    2011 — a.k.a. The Intouchables, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 214 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 203 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 185 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 230 -

    Stand by Me

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 233 -

    Hachi: A Dog's Tale

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 123 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  45. 61 -

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  46. 208 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 215 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  48. 68 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 141 -

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  50. 17 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
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