IMDb's Top 250

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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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  1. 134 -

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 222 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 54 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 50 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 38 -

    The Lion King

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 63 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 157 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  8. 182 -

    Bacheha-Ye aseman

    1997 — a.k.a. Children of Heaven, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 44 -

    Hotaru no haka

    1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 125 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 230 -

    Stand by Me

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 206 -2

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 207 -

    Mary and Max.

    2009 — a.k.a. Mary and Max, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 233 -

    Hachi: A Dog's Tale

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 170 -

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 191 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 5 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 214 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 173 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 223 -

    La haine

    1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 187 -

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    2014, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 106 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 98 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  24. 185 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 47 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  26. 90 -

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 138 -

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 46 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 42 -

    Whiplash

    2014, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 107 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  31. 145 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  32. 95 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 199 -2

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  34. 39 -

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 62 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  36. 153 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 236 -

    Babam ve Oglum

    2005 — a.k.a. My Father and My Son, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 48 -

    Intouchables

    2011 — a.k.a. The Intouchables, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 221 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 126 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  41. 96 -

    Jagten

    2012 — a.k.a. The Hunt, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 110 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 178 -

    Gran Torino

    2008, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 27 -

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 66 -

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 146 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  47. 213 -

    Room

    2015, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 24 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  49. 41 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 103 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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