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The IMDb top 250 is probably the most well-known movie list in the world. It has earned this reputation through the fact that it has been composed by aggregating the votes of many normal moviegoers. In other words, this is a list by and for the people and not some elite movie-critics list.

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    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Godfather: Part II

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
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    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 26 top lists Check
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    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 18 top lists Check
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    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 24 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 26 top lists Check
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    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 18 top lists Check
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    Fight Club

    1999, in 13 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. The Seven Samurai, in 26 top lists Check
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    Inception

    2010, in 16 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 22 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 24 top lists Check
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    Star Wars

    1977, in 29 top lists Check
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    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 17 top lists Check
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Matrix

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
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    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 19 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
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    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 17 top lists Check
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    Se7en

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
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    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 22 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 27 top lists Check
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Avengers

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
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    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. The Professional, in 15 top lists Check
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    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 26 top lists Check
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    Memento

    2000, in 18 top lists Check
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    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 27 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 29 top lists Check
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    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 23 top lists Check
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
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    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 22 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 19 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 20 top lists Check
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    American Beauty

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
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    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 24 top lists Check
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    Toy Story 3

    2010, in 15 top lists Check
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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Shining

    1980, in 20 top lists Check
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    Vertigo

    1958, in 29 top lists Check
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    M

    1931, in 28 top lists Check
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