IMDb most favorite movies by year
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A collection of the movies with the most 9 or 10 ratings on IMDb for each year since the dawn of public film projection in 1894. These are not necessarily the "best" movies, but each is the most beloved for its year by modern audiences.
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75 new
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
79 new
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
65 new
Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
69 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
84 new
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
49 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
48 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
67 new
Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
46 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
78 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 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 -
59 new
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
56 new
The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
89 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
55 new
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
34 new
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
61 new
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
98 new
The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
82 new
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
100 new
Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
57 new
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
38 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
62 new
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
83 new
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
33 new
The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
53 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
81 new
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
97 new
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
108 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
64 new
12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
86 new
Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
27 new
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
32 new
The Gold Rush
1925, in 30 top lists Check -
43 new
Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
66 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
74 new
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
41 new
It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
110 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
88 new
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
102 new
Se7en
1995, in 29 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 -
111 new
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004, in 28 top lists Check -
29 new
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
105 new
Saving Private Ryan
1998, in 28 top lists Check -
115 new
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
80 new
The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
107 new
Memento
2000, in 27 top lists Check -
35 new
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
85 new
The Deer Hunter
1978, in 26 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2014;