The IMDb's most favorite movies by year of release: 120 years of crowd-pleasers
Created by CC Baxter.
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This year marks the 120th anniversary of the public projection of cinema. In honor of that, I've compiled the films for each year that have accumulated the most 9 and 10 ratings on IMDb. The result makes for a nice primer on film history: the movies throughout time that modern viewers most love.
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75 new
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
79 new
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
65 new
Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
69 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
84 new
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
49 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
48 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
67 new
Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
46 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
78 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
51 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
71 new
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
59 new
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
56 new
The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
89 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
55 new
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
34 new
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
61 new
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
98 new
The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
82 new
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
100 new
Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
57 new
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
38 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
33 new
The General
1926, in 34 top lists Check -
62 new
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
83 new
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
53 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
81 new
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
97 new
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
108 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
64 new
12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
86 new
Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
27 new
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
43 new
Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
66 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
32 new
The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
74 new
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
41 new
It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
110 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
88 new
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
102 new
Se7en
1995, in 29 top lists Check -
73 new
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check -
111 new
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004, in 28 top lists Check -
29 new
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
105 new
Saving Private Ryan
1998, in 28 top lists Check -
115 new
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
80 new
The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
107 new
Memento
2000, in 27 top lists Check -
35 new
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
85 new
The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 31, 2014; source