# top250 movie data from imdb.com
# count. score/10.0 title (votes) year
1. 8.5/10.0 12 Angry Men (21330) 1957
2. 8.2/10.0 2001: A Space Odyssey (51829) 1968
3. 7.8/10.0 39 Steps, The (5721) 1935
4. 7.8/10.0 8 1/2 (5732) 1963
5. 7.8/10.0 Adaptation. (14926) 2002
6. 7.9/10.0 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (5272) 1938
7. 8.0/10.0 African Queen, The (11026) 1951
8. 8.2/10.0 Alien (48385) 1979
9. 8.1/10.0 Aliens (50241) 1986
10. 8.3/10.0 All About Eve (10062) 1950
11. 7.9/10.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (5022) 1930
12. 7.9/10.0 All the President's Men (9738) 1976
13. 7.9/10.0 Almost Famous (28689) 2000
14. 8.2/10.0 Amadeus (28881) 1984
15. 8.4/10.0 American Beauty (85545) 1999
16. 8.2/10.0 American History X (42234) 1998
17. 7.9/10.0 Amores perros (9325) 2000
18. 8.2/10.0 Annie Hall (16065) 1977
19. 8.1/10.0 Apartment, The (8334) 1960
20. 8.4/10.0 Apocalypse Now (49043) 1979
21. 8.0/10.0 Arsenic and Old Lace (8736) 1944
22. 7.9/10.0 Back to the Future (52799) 1985
23. 7.7/10.0 Beautiful Mind, A (31270) 2001
24. 7.7/10.0 Beauty and the Beast (19245) 1991
25. 7.9/10.0 Being John Malkovich (41403) 1999
26. 7.7/10.0 Being There (8044) 1979
27. 8.0/10.0 Ben-Hur (16191) 1959
28. 8.0/10.0 Best Years of Our Lives, The (4619) 1946
29. 7.7/10.0 Big Fish (7383) 2003
30. 7.7/10.0 Big Lebowski, The (35394) 1998
31. 8.0/10.0 Big Sleep, The (7652) 1946
32. 8.1/10.0 Blade Runner (60370) 1982
33. 7.8/10.0 Bonnie and Clyde (9461) 1967
34. 8.3/10.0 Boot, Das (22153) 1981
35. 8.1/10.0 Braveheart (71981) 1995
36. 7.9/10.0 Brazil (24095) 1985
37. 7.7/10.0 Bride of Frankenstein (3125) 1935
38. 8.3/10.0 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (17399) 1957
39. 8.0/10.0 Bringing Up Baby (7003) 1938
40. 7.9/10.0 Bronenosets Potyomkin (4185) 1925
41. 8.5/10.0 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (19179) 1966
42. 8.0/10.0 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (15501) 1969
43. 8.3/10.0 C'era una volta il West (10303) 1968
44. 8.7/10.0 Casablanca (51153) 1942
45. 7.9/10.0 Charade (6550) 1963
46. 8.3/10.0 Chinatown (19416) 1974
47. 7.9/10.0 Christmas Story, A (15257) 1983
48. 8.3/10.0 Cidade de Deus (8888) 2002
49. 8.7/10.0 Citizen Kane (47698) 1941
50. 8.1/10.0 City Lights (5659) 1931
51. 7.7/10.0 Clerks. (31450) 1994
52. 8.2/10.0 Clockwork Orange, A (49712) 1971
53. 7.9/10.0 Conversation, The (7498) 1974
54. 8.0/10.0 Cool Hand Luke (10873) 1967
55. 7.9/10.0 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (7793) 1951
56. 8.0/10.0 Deer Hunter, The (21115) 1978
57. 7.9/10.0 Die Hard (45800) 1988
58. 7.7/10.0 Die xue shuang xiong (6822) 1989
59. 7.8/10.0 Dog Day Afternoon (10672) 1975
60. 7.9/10.0 Dogville (4045) 2003
61. 8.1/10.0 Donnie Darko (26586) 2001
62. 8.3/10.0 Double Indemnity (8857) 1944
63. 8.6/10.0 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (48416) 1964
64. 8.1/10.0 Duck Soup (7531) 1933
65. 7.7/10.0 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (34895) 1982
66. 7.8/10.0 Ed Wood (15821) 1994
67. 7.9/10.0 Elephant Man, The (12124) 1980
68. 7.8/10.0 Exorcist, The (24959) 1973
69. 8.5/10.0 Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, Le (41179) 2001
70. 7.7/10.0 Fantasia (11965) 1940
71. 8.1/10.0 Fargo (51878) 1996
72. 7.9/10.0 Festen (9095) 1998
73. 8.3/10.0 Fight Club (80359) 1999  # People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden.
74. 8.1/10.0 Finding Nemo (21303) 2003
75. 8.0/10.0 Forrest Gump (67662) 1994
76. 8.0/10.0 Full Metal Jacket (35608) 1987
77. 7.8/10.0 Gandhi (12057) 1982
78. 8.1/10.0 General, The (5007) 1927
79. 7.9/10.0 Gladiator (70413) 2000
80. 8.0/10.0 Glory (17253) 1989
81. 9.0/10.0 Godfather, The (88320) 1972
82. 8.8/10.0 Godfather: Part II, The (51751) 1974
83. 7.9/10.0 Gold Rush, The (4670) 1925
84. 7.9/10.0 Gone with the Wind (22327) 1939
85. 7.7/10.0 Good Will Hunting (48614) 1997
86. 8.5/10.0 Goodfellas (50701) 1990
87. 8.0/10.0 Graduate, The (21225) 1967
88. 7.9/10.0 Grande illusion, La (3788) 1937
89. 7.9/10.0 Grapes of Wrath, The (5879) 1940
90. 8.1/10.0 Great Dictator, The (7275) 1940
91. 8.2/10.0 Great Escape, The (14817) 1963
92. 8.0/10.0 Green Mile, The (43799) 1999
93. 7.8/10.0 Groundhog Day (33111) 1993
94. 8.0/10.0 Hable con ella (7858) 2002
95. 7.8/10.0 Harvey (5901) 1950
96. 7.7/10.0 Heat (32586) 1995
97. 7.7/10.0 Henry V (6887) 1989
98. 8.1/10.0 High Noon (9305) 1952
99. 7.9/10.0 His Girl Friday (4956) 1940
100. 7.8/10.0 Hotaru no haka (4098) 1988
101. 7.9/10.0 Hustler, The (6208) 1961
102. 7.7/10.0 Ikiru (2434) 1952
103. 7.7/10.0 In the Heat of the Night (4830) 1967
104. 7.9/10.0 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (47560) 1989
105. 7.9/10.0 Insider, The (21903) 1999
106. 8.0/10.0 It Happened One Night (5855) 1934
107. 8.5/10.0 It's a Wonderful Life (32620) 1946
108. 7.7/10.0 JFK (20923) 1991
109. 8.2/10.0 Jaws (36195) 1975
110. 8.1/10.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (26644) 2003
111. 7.8/10.0 Killing, The (4866) 1956
112. 7.8/10.0 King Kong (7547) 1933
113. 8.3/10.0 L.A. Confidential (55554) 1997
114. 8.0/10.0 Ladri di biciclette (5363) 1948
115. 7.8/10.0 Laura (3483) 1944
116. 8.5/10.0 Lawrence of Arabia (24009) 1962
117. 8.2/10.0 Leon (37363) 1994
118. 7.9/10.0 Life of Brian (25010) 1979
119. 7.8/10.0 Lion in Winter, The (4402) 1968
120. 7.8/10.0 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (24508) 1998
121. 8.0/10.0 Lola rennt (24622) 1998  # should be ranked much higher

122. 8.7/10.0 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (118490) 2001
123. 8.8/10.0 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (49475) 2003
124. 8.8/10.0 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (74781) 2002

125. 7.9/10.0 Lost in Translation (13271) 2003
126. 8.3/10.0 M (8794) 1931
127. 7.7/10.0 MASH (12168) 1970
128. 7.9/10.0 Magnolia (34230) 1999
129. 8.3/10.0 Maltese Falcon, The (15347) 1941
130. 7.9/10.0 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (5351) 1962
131. 7.7/10.0 Man Who Would Be King, The (6497) 1975
132. 7.7/10.0 Man for All Seasons, A (3497) 1966
133. 8.2/10.0 Manchurian Candidate, The (10054) 1962
134. 8.0/10.0 Manhattan (9574) 1979
135. 8.4/10.0 Matrix, The (111407) 1999
136. 8.6/10.0 Memento (65560) 2000
137. 8.1/10.0 Metropolis (8740) 1927
138. 7.8/10.0 Midnight Cowboy (9834) 1969
139. 7.8/10.0 Miller's Crossing (10404) 1990
140. 7.8/10.0 Minority Report (36299) 2002
141. 8.2/10.0 Modern Times (7419) 1936
142. 8.0/10.0 Mononoke-hime (13317) 1997
143. 7.9/10.0 Monsters, Inc. (26989) 2001
144. 8.3/10.0 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (46257) 1975  # nee!
145. 8.2/10.0 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (8883) 1939
146. 7.8/10.0 Mulholland Dr. (24212) 2001
147. 7.9/10.0 Mystic River (8726) 2003
148. 7.8/10.0 Network (7019) 1976
149. 7.9/10.0 Night at the Opera, A (4533) 1935
150. 7.9/10.0 Night of the Hunter, The (5612) 1955
151. 8.5/10.0 North by Northwest (27782) 1959
152. 7.8/10.0 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (5900) 1922
153. 8.1/10.0 Notorious (7876) 1946
154. 8.1/10.0 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (10574) 1989
155. 8.2/10.0 On the Waterfront (9216) 1954
156. 8.0/10.0 Once Upon a Time in America (13023) 1984
157. 8.6/10.0 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (53541) 1975
158. 7.8/10.0 Others, The (26287) 2001
159. 7.7/10.0 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (2245) 1928
160. 8.3/10.0 Paths of Glory (10555) 1957
161. 8.0/10.0 Patton (10802) 1970
162. 8.0/10.0 Philadelphia Story, The (8164) 1940
163. 8.4/10.0 Pianist, The (17137) 2002
164. 7.7/10.0 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (34461) 2003
165. 7.7/10.0 Planet of the Apes (15468) 1968
166. 7.9/10.0 Platoon (26110) 1986
# You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
167. 8.1/10.0 Princess Bride, The (42962) 1987
168. 8.5/10.0 Psycho (42378) 1960
169. 8.6/10.0 Pulp Fiction (97618) 1994
170. 7.8/10.0 Quatre cents coups, Les (4469) 1959
171. 7.7/10.0 Quiet Man, The (5597) 1952
172. 8.2/10.0 Raging Bull (19583) 1980
173. 8.6/10.0 Raiders of the Lost Ark (73574) 1981
174. 7.8/10.0 Rain Man (32835) 1988
175. 8.2/10.0 Ran (8641) 1985
176. 8.2/10.0 Rashomon (8134) 1950
177. 8.6/10.0 Rear Window (31178) 1954
178. 8.0/10.0 Rebecca (8522) 1940
179. 7.7/10.0 Red River (2758) 1948
180. 8.3/10.0 Requiem for a Dream (31257) 2000
181. 8.2/10.0 Reservoir Dogs (50071) 1992
182. 7.8/10.0 Right Stuff, The (10378) 1983
183. 7.7/10.0 Rio Bravo (5323) 1959
184. 7.7/10.0 Road to Perdition (21903) 2002
185. 7.9/10.0 Roman Holiday (6953) 1953
186. 8.2/10.0 Saving Private Ryan (78289) 1998
187. 8.7/10.0 Schindler's List (75101) 1993
188. 8.3/10.0 Se7en (65960) 1995
189. 8.0/10.0 Searchers, The (7823) 1956
190. 8.3/10.0 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (13205) 2001
191. 7.8/10.0 Shadow of a Doubt (3957) 1943
192. 8.9/10.0 Shawshank Redemption, The (110165) 1994
193. 8.7/10.0 Shichinin no samurai (21643) 1954
194. 8.1/10.0 Shining, The (37701) 1980
195. 8.0/10.0 Shrek (44635) 2001
196. 8.5/10.0 Silence of the Lambs, The (72345) 1991
197. 8.3/10.0 Singin' in the Rain (15720) 1952
198. 8.1/10.0 Sixth Sense, The (74816) 1999
199. 8.1/10.0 Sjunde inseglet, Det (6691) 1957
200. 7.7/10.0 Sleuth (3615) 1972
201. 7.9/10.0 Sling Blade (16392) 1996
202. 7.9/10.0 Smultronstallet (3452) 1957
203. 7.8/10.0 Snatch. (30640) 2000
204. 7.7/10.0 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (11101) 1937
205. 8.3/10.0 Some Like It Hot (19171) 1959
206. 7.9/10.0 Spartacus (12675) 1960
207. 7.8/10.0 Stagecoach (4171) 1939
208. 8.0/10.0 Stalag 17 (5230) 1953
209. 7.8/10.0 Stand by Me (23530) 1986

# no Star Trek, a crime!   Khaaaaaaan!

210. 8.7/10.0 Star Wars (107201) 1977
211. 8.6/10.0 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (82544) 1980
212. 8.0/10.0 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (64632) 1983

213. 8.2/10.0 Sting, The (18301) 1973
214. 7.8/10.0 Strada, La (3534) 1954
215. 7.9/10.0 Straight Story, The (10781) 1999
216. 8.1/10.0 Strangers on a Train (7758) 1951
217. 7.9/10.0 Streetcar Named Desire, A (7125) 1951
218. 8.4/10.0 Sunset Blvd. (11745) 1950
219. 8.3/10.0 Taxi Driver (35430) 1976
220. 8.0/10.0 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (60404) 1991
221. 7.8/10.0 Terminator, The (46108) 1984
222. 7.7/10.0 Thin Man, The (3511) 1934
223. 8.3/10.0 Third Man, The (14082) 1949
224. 7.8/10.0 This Is Spinal Tap (14874) 1984
225. 7.8/10.0 To Be or Not to Be (2600) 1942
226. 8.4/10.0 To Kill a Mockingbird (22959) 1962
227. 7.7/10.0 Todo sobre mi madre (9973) 1999
228. 8.2/10.0 Touch of Evil (9115) 1958
229. 7.9/10.0 Toy Story (35649) 1995
230. 8.1/10.0 Toy Story 2 (30945) 1999
231. 7.7/10.0 Traffic (32693) 2000
232. 7.8/10.0 Trainspotting (39792) 1996
233. 8.2/10.0 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (7905) 1948
234. 7.8/10.0 Trois couleurs: Rouge (7977) 1994
235. 7.8/10.0 Twelve Monkeys (48697) 1995
236. 8.0/10.0 Unforgiven (23201) 1992
237. 7.7/10.0 Untouchables, The (23414) 1987
238. 8.6/10.0 Usual Suspects, The (80786) 1995
239. 8.4/10.0 Vertigo (26350) 1958
240. 8.2/10.0 Vita e bella, La (29556) 1997
241. 7.8/10.0 Whale Rider (4909) 2002
242. 7.8/10.0 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (5408) 1966
243. 7.9/10.0 Wild Bunch, The (8220) 1969
244. 7.9/10.0 Witness for the Prosecution (3772) 1957
245. 8.2/10.0 Wizard of Oz, The (29929) 1939
246. 8.2/10.0 Wo hu cang long (41456) 2000
247. 7.7/10.0 X2 (24301) 2003
248. 7.8/10.0 Ying xiong (5712) 2002
249. 8.0/10.0 Yojimbo (6029) 1961
250. 7.9/10.0 Young Frankenstein (16967) 1974