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. 3 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 11 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 38 -

    The Lion King

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 13 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 8 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  6. 70 -

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 1 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 37 -

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 24 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 20 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 164 -

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 138 -

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 145 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 25 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 73 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 95 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  17. 2 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  18. 40 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 98 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 43 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 205 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 28 -

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 6 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 112 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 80 -1

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 175 -

    Catch Me If You Can

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 41 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 181 -

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 148 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 83 -

    Good Will Hunting

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 90 -

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 19 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  33. 149 -

    A Beautiful Mind

    2001, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 18 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  35. 170 -

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 4 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  37. 146 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  38. 46 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 39 -

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 215 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 126 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  42. 110 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 33 -

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 178 -

    Gran Torino

    2008, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 173 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 108 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 55 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
  48. 56 -

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 180 -

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 235 -

    Into the Wild

    2007, in 10 top lists Check
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