The IMDb's most favorite movies by year of release: 120 years of crowd-pleasers
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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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12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
75 new
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
86 new
Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
93 new
Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
37 new
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
92 new
Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
112 new
Batman Begins
2005, in 11 top lists Check -
14 new
Ben Hur
1907, in 0 top lists Check -
22 new
The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
89 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
68 new
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961, in 9 top lists Check -
42 new
Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
52 new
Brief Encounter
1945, in 22 top lists Check -
45 new
Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
26 new
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 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 -
76 new
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969, in 21 top lists Check -
49 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
36 new
Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
48 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
38 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
78 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
115 new
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
119 new
The Dark Knight Rises
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
27 new
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
123 new
Deadpool
2016, in 2 top lists Check -
85 new
The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check -
4 new
Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer
1897, in 2 top lists Check -
113 new
The Departed
2006, in 20 top lists Check -
12 new
Le diable noir
1905 — a.k.a. The Black Imp, in 1 top list Check -
95 new
Die Hard
1988, in 21 top lists Check -
25 new
A Dog's Life
1918, in 4 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 -
13 new
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906, in 5 top lists Check -
1 new
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894, in 1 top list Check -
111 new
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004, in 28 top lists Check -
80 new
The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
15 new
Fantasmagorie
1908 — a.k.a. A Fantasy, in 2 top lists Check -
20 new
Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine
1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check -
106 new
Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
17 new
Frankenstein
1910, in 3 top lists Check -
39 new
Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
94 new
Full Metal Jacket
1987, in 18 top lists Check -
33 new
The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
79 new
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
81 new
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
32 new
The Gold Rush
1925, in 30 top lists Check -
97 new
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
74 new
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 31, 2014; source