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IMDb Top 250 [Official]

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People who added this item 1755  Average listal rating (1231 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating 9.2 
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
(1994) Frank Darabont
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Review: Perfect by Uber
List: Cinema's Biggest Weasels by GemLil
List: Stephen King Media Works (film) by Raven
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People who added this item 1757  Average listal rating (1143 ratings) 8.6  IMDB Rating 9.2 
2. The Godfather (1972)
(1972) Francis Ford Coppola
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Review: Don't Forget To Love It by GemLil
List: Favorite Death Scenes by DaNameless
List: Mamma Mia by GemLil
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People who added this item 1226  Average listal rating (773 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
(1974) Francis Ford Coppola
The early life & career of Vito Corleone is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate.
List: Great Movie Villains by coroner
Review: none! - Please Post a Review

People who added this item 743  Average listal rating (467 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
(1966) Sergio Leone
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Review: Western Perfection by Prelude
List: Smoking Shootouts by coroner
List: Top Movie Body Counts by Kryptic Centurion
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People who added this item 2671  Average listal rating (1773 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.9 
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
(1994) Quentin Tarantino
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
List: Anger in Monologue by GemLil
List: Hardcore Drugs by Prelude
Review: A Powerful Pulp of Persuasion by Alexander
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People who added this item 1774  Average listal rating (1140 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.9 
6. Schindler's List (1993)
(1993) Stephen Spielberg
Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them.
Review: Spielberg's Eternal Masterpiece by SJMJ
Review: Spielberg's Most Powerful Film by PvtCaboose
List: Recent Movies in Black & White by Harp
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People who added this item 480  Average listal rating (311 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.9 
7. 12 Angry Men (1957)
(1957) Sidney Lumet
A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.
List: Remakes & Originals by Manling
Review: Moving, powerful, engrossing, wordy drama by PvtCaboose
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People who added this item 1193  Average listal rating (798 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.9 
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
(1975) Milos Forman
Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched.
List: Great Movie Villains by coroner
List: Mental Illness Movies by GemLil
Review: nothing worthy - Please Post a Review
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People who added this item 1644  Average listal rating (1081 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating 8.9 
9. The Dark Knight (2008)
(2008) Christopher Nolan
Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker.
Review: A Knight's Tale by Grand Assault
Review: A Phenomenal Superhero Adventure by PvtCaboose
Review: The Godfather of Comic Book Heroes by SJMJ
List: Listal's 50 Infamous Villains of Cinema by Kryptic Centurion
List: Scarred and Dangerous by GemLil
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People who added this item 2020  Average listal rating (1435 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.8 
10. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Ba... (1980)
(1980) George Lucas
While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader.
Review: Dark Side Rising by Alexander
List: FIGHT!! Cool Fight Scenes by DaNameless
List: Robots, Cyborgs & Androids by KCenturion
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People who added this item 926  Average listal rating (557 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.8 
11. Casablanca (1942)
(1942) Classic film set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

People who added this item 2180  Average listal rating (1511 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 8.8 
12. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
(1977) Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.
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People who added this item 3217  Average listal rating (2080 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.8 
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kin... (2003)
(2003) The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.
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People who added this item 595  Average listal rating (326 ratings) 8.6  IMDB Rating 8.8 
14. Seven Samurai (1954)
(1954) A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.

People who added this item 1113  Average listal rating (723 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.8 
15. GoodFellas (1990)
(1990) "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." -- Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955.
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People who added this item 690  Average listal rating (469 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating 8.8 
16. Rear Window (1954)
(1954) Through his rear window and the eye of his powerful camera he watched a great city tell on itself, expose its cheating ways...and Murder!
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People who added this item 997  Average listal rating (659 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.8 
17. City of God (2002)
(2002) Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths - one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.

People who added this item 1808  Average listal rating (1280 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.7 
18. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ar... (1981)
(1981) Renowned archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. Government to find the Ark of the Covenant.
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People who added this item 2875  Average listal rating (1916 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.8 
19. Fight Club (1999)
(1999) An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
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People who added this item 3508  Average listal rating (2209 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 8.7 
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the... (2001)
(2001) In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.
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People who added this item 401  Average listal rating (262 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.8 
21. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
(1968) A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin.
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People who added this item 1060  Average listal rating (720 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.7 
22. The Usual Suspects (1995)
(1995) A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story.
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People who added this item 954  Average listal rating (618 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.7 
23. Psycho (1960)
(1960) A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
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People who added this item 1997  Average listal rating (1413 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.7 
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
(1991) A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
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People who added this item 333  Average listal rating (207 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating 8.7 
25. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
(1950) A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

People who added this item 3729  Average listal rating (2260 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.7 
26. The Matrix (1999)
(1999) A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.
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People who added this item 1431  Average listal rating (974 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.6 
27. Memento (2000)
(2000) A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
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People who added this item 899  Average listal rating (546 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.7 
28. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop W... (1964)
(1964) An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
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People who added this item 478  Average listal rating (313 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.6 
29. North by Northwest (1959)
(1959) A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country.

People who added this item 586  Average listal rating (365 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.7 
30. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
(1946) An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed.
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People who added this item 1917  Average listal rating (1371 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.6 
31. Seven (1995)
(1995) Police drama about two cops, one new and one about to retire, after a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his motive.
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People who added this item 3306  Average listal rating (2110 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.6 
32. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
(2002) Hobbits Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring.
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People who added this item 734  Average listal rating (430 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.6 
33. Citizen Kane (1941)
(1941) Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
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People who added this item 1189  Average listal rating (853 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.6 
34. Léon: The Professional (1994)
(1994) Professional assassin Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.
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People who added this item 1105  Average listal rating (676 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.6 
35. Apocalypse Now (1979)
(1979) During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.
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People who added this item 2275  Average listal rating (1561 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 8.6 
36. American Beauty (1999)
(1999) Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.
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People who added this item 1196  Average listal rating (757 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.6 
37. Taxi Driver (1976)
(1976) A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
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People who added this item 1379  Average listal rating (958 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.6 
38. American History X (1998)
(1998) A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.
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People who added this item 427  Average listal rating (234 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.5 
39. Up (2009)

People who added this item 3187  Average listal rating (2103 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.6 
40. Forrest Gump (1994)
(1994) Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.
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People who added this item 705  Average listal rating (449 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.6 
41. Vertigo (1958)
(1958) A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
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People who added this item 373  Average listal rating (211 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.6 
42. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
(1962) Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service.

People who added this item 1066  Average listal rating (709 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.6 
43. WALL-E (2008)
(2008) In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
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People who added this item 265  Average listal rating (157 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating 8.6 
44. Paths of Glory (1957)
(1957) When soldiers in WWI refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them.

People who added this item 1760  Average listal rating (1245 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.6 
45. Amélie (2001)
(2001) Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.

People who added this item 335  Average listal rating (171 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating 8.6 
46. M (1931)
(1931) When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
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People who added this item 242  Average listal rating (149 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.6 
47. Double Indemnity (1944)
(1944) An insurance agent lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.

People who added this item 484  Average listal rating (287 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 8.5 
48. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
(1962) Atticus Finch (Peck), a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.

People who added this item 1312  Average listal rating (949 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.5 
49. Alien (1979)
(1979) A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
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People who added this item 1747  Average listal rating (1157 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.5 
50. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
(1971) In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy.
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Comments

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago at Jan 21 15:41
Great job putting all these together in order. How often do you update? :?
Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Jan 26 14:02
Best list on listal.

Keep up the good work!
Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 2 18:52
Update: The Dark Knight is now #1 on IMDB...

just a heads-up ;D
Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 5 9:09
updated Aug 5th - and yes, I do plan on eventually having a description for all of the entries and trailer for most of them, but it is quite time consuming :P
Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 17 13:53
Updated Sep. 17th, 2008. No major additions, though Dark Knight is no longer at the top. I think there was 4 or 5 deletions and additions, but only in the last dozen or so titles on this list, as it usually expected.
Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 25 9:27
Updated Feb. 25th, 2009. A half dozen 2008 films added, as is typical around Oscars time. If you're curious about which titles got the axe off this latest update, see this tag:
http://www.listal.com/movies/formerly%20on%20imdb%20top250
Posted : 8 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 27 10:42
Now have over 100+ trailers and images linked, as well as 200 descriptions. One day, will have all 250 done, but what a task! I need a break.
Posted : 6 months, 2 weeks ago at May 4 14:14
Good Work putting all of the movies together in a single list!!
I agree with Manling; Best list on listal!
Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 1 12:12
June 1st update. Only 2 big entries, 'Star Trek' and 'Up'.
Posted : 3 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 29 16:18
Star Trek was pretty good though! :P

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IMDb Top 250 List of Highest Rated Movies

Last update: June 1st, 2009

Source: IMDb Top 250

I will try to keep this list fresh and up-to-date as often as possible.

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