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. 153 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 131 -

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    2013, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 231 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  4. 66 -

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 42 -

    Whiplash

    2014, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 176 -

    Warrior

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 59 -

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 27 -

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 105 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  10. 164 -

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 46 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  12. 113 -

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 127 -

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 147 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 138 -

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 152 -1

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 170 -

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 92 -

    Toy Story 3

    2010, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 77 -

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 139 -

    Top Gun: Maverick

    2022, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 179 -

    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 211 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 114 -

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 239 +1

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 169 -

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    2017, in 10 top lists
    Check
  26. 202 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 150 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 141 -

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 29 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 219 +1

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 86 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 126 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  33. 120 -

    Taare Zameen Par

    2007 — a.k.a. Like Stars on Earth, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 62 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  35. 115 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 93 +1

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 15 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 30 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  39. 230 -

    Stand by Me

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 217 -

    Spotlight

    2015, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 172 -

    Spider-Man: No Way Home

    2021, in 9 top lists
    Check
  42. 65 -

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    2018, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 36 -

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    2023, in 9 top lists
    Check
  44. 237 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 132 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  46. 121 -

    Snatch

    2000, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 206 -2

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 145 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 88 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  50. 24 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
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