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. 86 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 250 -

    Drishyam

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  3. 45 -

    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 136 -

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 234 -

    Ah-ga-ssi

    2016 — a.k.a. The Handmaiden, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 182 -

    Bacheha-Ye aseman

    1997 — a.k.a. Children of Heaven, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 193 -1

    In the Name of the Father

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 195 -

    Relatos salvajes

    2014 — a.k.a. Wild Tales, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 66 -

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 236 -

    Babam ve Oglum

    2005 — a.k.a. My Father and My Son, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 192 +1

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 224 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 134 -

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 213 -

    Room

    2015, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 203 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 99 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 217 -

    Spotlight

    2015, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 153 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 96 -

    Jagten

    2012 — a.k.a. The Hunt, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 240 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 223 -

    La haine

    1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 91 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 107 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  24. 137 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 104 -

    Incendies

    2010, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 152 -1

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 243 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 227 -

    Rush

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 115 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 116 -

    Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

    2011 — a.k.a. A Separation, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 54 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 63 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  33. 245 -

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 155 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 144 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 211 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 171 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  38. 101 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  39. 191 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 106 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  41. 50 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 208 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 78 -

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 206 -2

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 221 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 120 -

    Taare Zameen Par

    2007 — a.k.a. Like Stars on Earth, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 160 -

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 199 -2

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  49. 68 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 62 -

    Sunset Blvd.

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