Top 250

Alright, people, here is a new series I will be doing on some Fridays by looking at the list of the iMDB Top 250 films and reviewing each one. Here we go (subject to adjustments):

*This List is Updated on a Yearly Basis. Films may not be in the exact place as they adjust on a daily basis.*

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Godfather
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Godfather Part II
5. 12 Angry Men
6. Schindler’s List
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
8. Pulp Fiction
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
11. Forrest Gump
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
13. Fight Club
14. Inception
15. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
16. The Matrix
17. Goodfellas
18. Once Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
19. Se7en
20. Interstellar (2014)
21. It’s a Wonderful Life
22. Seven Samurai
23. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
24. Saving Private Ryan
25. City of God
26. Dune: Part Two (2024)
27. Life is Beautiful
28. The Green Mile
29. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
30. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
31. Back to the Future (1985)
32. Spirited Away
33. The Pianist
34. Parasite (2019)
35. Psycho (1960)
36. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
37. Gladiator
38. The Lion King
39. The Departed (2006)
40. Leon: The Professional
41. American History X
42. Whiplash (2014)
43. The Prestige
44. Grave of the Fireflies
45. Harakiri
46. The Usual Suspects
47. Casablanca
48. The Intouchables
49. Cinema Paradiso
50. Modern Times
51. Rear Window
52. Once Upon a Time in the West
53. Alien (1979)
54. City Lights
55. Django Unchained
56. Apocalypse Now
57. Memento
58. 12th Fail
59. Wall-E
60. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
61. The Lives of Others
62. Sunset Boulevard
63. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
64. Paths of Glory
65. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
66. Witness for the Prosecution
67. The Shining (1980)
68. The Great Dictator
69. Aliens
70. Inglourious Basterds

1. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Princess Mononoke
4. Oldboy
5. Witness for the Prosecution
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Once Upon a Time in America
8. Aliens
9. Coco
10. American Beauty
11. Your Name.
12. Braveheart
13. Das Boot
14. 3 Idiots
15. Like Stars on Earth
16. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
17. Reservoir Dogs
18. Toy Story
19. Amadeus
20. Dangal
21. M
22. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
23. Good Will Hunting
24. Vertigo
25. Inglourious Basterds
26. 2001: A Space Odyssey
27. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
28. Citizen Kane (1941)
29. Full Metal Jacket
30. The Hunt
31. North by Northwest
32. A Clockwork Orange
33. Snatch
34. Amelie
35. The Kid
36. Bicycle Thieves
37. Scarface
38. Lawrence of Arabia
39. Singin’ in the Rain
40. Toy Story 3
41. The Sting
42. Taxi Driver
43. Metropolis
44. For a Few Dollars More
45. Double Indemnity
46. A Separation
47. Ikiru
48. To Kill a Mockingbird
49. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
50. The Apartment
51. Up
52. L.A. Confidential
53. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
54. Incendies
55. Capernaum
56. Heat
57. Rashomon
58. Yojimbo
59. Batman Begins (2005)
60. Die Hard
61. Green Book (2018)
62. Unforgiven
63. Downfall
64. Children of Heaven
65. Some Like It Hot
66. Howl’s Moving Castle
67. The Great Escape
68. My Neighbor Totoro
69. All About Eve
70. A Beautiful Mind
71. Ran
72. Pan’s Labyrinth
73. Casino
74. The Secret in Their Eyes
75. Come and See
76. Raging Bull
77. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
78. My Father and My Son
79. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
80. The Wolf of Wall Street
81. Judgment at Nuremberg
82. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
83. Chinatown
84. The Gold Rush (1925)
85. Inside Out (2015)
86. Dial M for Murder
87. V for Vendetta
88. The Seventh Seal
89. Warrior
90. There Will Be Blood
91. Room
92. Trainspotting
93. No Country for Old Men (2007)
94. The Elephant Man
95. Andhadhun
96. The Sixth Sense
97. Shutter Island
98. The Thing (1982)
99. The Bandit
100. The Bridge on the River Kwai
101. Gone with the Wind
102. The Third Man
103. On the Waterfront
104. Blade Runner
105. Wild Strawberries
106. Finding Nemo
107. Jurassic Park (1993)
108. Gran Torino
109. Fargo
110. Kill Bill vol. 1
111. The Deer Huner
112. Tokyo Story
113. The Big Lebowski
114. Stalker
115. The Truman Show
116. Wild Tales
117. Mary and Max
118. Hacksaw Ridge
119. Gone Girl (2014)
120. In the Name of the Father
121. Sherlock Jr.
122. The General
123. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
124. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
125. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
126. Memories of Murder
127. Persona
128. Before Sunrise
129. Catch Me If You Can
130. Into the Wild
131. Cool Hand Luke
132. The Wages of Fear
133. 12 Years a Slave
134. Network
135. Monty Python’s Life of Brian
136. The Passion of Joan of Arc
137. Prisoners
138. Andrei Rublev
139. Rang De Basanti
140. Toy Story 4 (2019)
141. Stand By Me
142. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
143. Platoon
144. Rush
145. Million Dollar Baby
146. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
147. Logan (2017)
148. Ben-Hur
149. Barry Lyndon
150. Hotel Rwanda
151. Amores Perros
152. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
153. Spotlight (2015)
154. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
155. The 400 Blows
156. Dead Poets Society
157. Rebecca
158. Rocky (1976)
159. Gangs of Wasseypur
160. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
161. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
162. It Happened One Night
163. La Haine
164. The Exterminating Angel
165. The Handmaiden
166. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
167. The Princess Bride
168. Swades
169. PK
170. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
171. The Help
172. Drishyam
173. Before Sunset
174. Paris, Texas
175. The Terminator
176. Akira
177. A Wednesday
178. In the Mood for Love
179. The Battle of Algiers
180. Infernal Affairs
181. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
182. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
183. Sholay
184. The Legend of 1900
185. Winter Sleep
186. Aladdin
187. Throne of Blood

(Updated: 11/21/2019)