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Best 250 movies

BGARLICK (Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 03:38

I checked this list and I can only come up with 60 movies I do not own. How do you fare.

Bob

Top 250 movies as voted by our users on http://www.imdb.com

1 Godfather, The (1972) 9.0/10 (82330 votes)
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.9/10 (103647 votes)
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.8/10 (47703 votes)
4 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.8/10 (62273 votes)
5 Schindler`s List (1993) 8.7/10 (71442 votes)
6 Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (48336 votes)
7 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (20050 votes)
8 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (108170 votes)
9 Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (45319 votes)
10 Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (102748 votes)
11 One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest (1975) 8.6/10 (50681 votes)
12 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (46015 votes)
13 Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (29567 votes)
14 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.6/10 (79115 votes)
15 Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (61170 votes)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (69588 votes)
17 Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.6/10 (76789 votes)
18 Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.6/10 (92621 votes)
19 North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (26345 votes)
20 Fabuleux destin d`Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (37836 votes)
21 Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (40199 votes)
22 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.5/10 (20073 votes)
23 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (22633 votes)
24 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5/10 (68828 votes)
25 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.5/10 (17860 votes)
26 It`s a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (30738 votes)
27 Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (47843 votes)
28 American Beauty (1999) 8.4/10 (81537 votes)
29 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.4/10 (11018 votes)
30 Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (25074 votes)
31 Pianist, The (2002) 8.4/10 (14806 votes)
32 Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (46390 votes)
33 Matrix, The (1999) 8.4/10 (105558 votes)
34 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (21686 votes)
35 Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (18042 votes)
36 Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (33525 votes)
37 Third Man, The (1949) 8.3/10 (13335 votes)
38 Paths of Glory (1957) 8.3/10 (10006 votes)
39 Fight Club (1999) 8.3/10 (75286 votes)
40 C`era una volta il West (1968) 8.3/10 (9133 votes)
41 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (11403 votes)
42 Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (20964 votes)
43 Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (8381 votes)
44 L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (52871 votes)
45 Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (18462 votes)
46 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (28611 votes)
47 Singin` in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (14937 votes)
48 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.3/10 (14700 votes)
49 All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (9533 votes)
50 M (1931) 8.3/10 (8288 votes)
51 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.3/10 (16479 votes)
52 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (43855 votes)
53 Se7en (1995) 8.3/10 (62244 votes)
54 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.2/10 (74482 votes)
55 Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.2/10 (6887 votes)
56 Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (18609 votes)
57 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (28440 votes)
58 Rashômon (1950) 8.2/10 (7723 votes)
59 Sting, The (1973) 8.2/10 (17445 votes)
60 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (8448 votes)
61 American History X (1998) 8.2/10 (39355 votes)
62 Alien (1979) 8.2/10 (45793 votes)
63 Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (28238 votes)
64 Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (8709 votes)
65 Léon (1994) 8.2/10 (35127 votes)
66 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (49526 votes)
67 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.2/10 (9606 votes)
68 Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.2/10 (39665 votes)
69 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.2/10 (7505 votes)
70 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.2/10 (47261 votes)
71 Great Escape, The (1963) 8.2/10 (13931 votes)
72 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.2/10 (47173 votes)
73 Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (15251 votes)
74 Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (8186 votes)
75 Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (27511 votes)
76 Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (34424 votes)
77 On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (8742 votes)
78 Modern Times (1936) 8.1/10 (6922 votes)
79 High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (8864 votes)
80 Braveheart (1995) 8.1/10 (68508 votes)
81 Apartment, The (1960) 8.1/10 (7896 votes)
82 Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.1/10 (70875 votes)
83 Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (49494 votes)
84 Shining, The (1980) 8.1/10 (35608 votes)
85 Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (57888 votes)
86 Aliens (1986) 8.1/10 (47946 votes)
87 Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.1/10 (7350 votes)
88 Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (7199 votes)
89 Metropolis (1927) 8.1/10 (8197 votes)
90 Donnie Darko (2001) 8.1/10 (23090 votes)
91 Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (14998 votes)
92 Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.1/10 (29183 votes)
93 General, The (1927) 8.1/10 (4786 votes)
94 Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.1/10 (41132 votes)
95 City Lights (1931) 8.1/10 (5347 votes)
96 Lola rennt (1998) 8.1/10 (23130 votes)
97 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.0/10 (20187 votes)
98 Notorious (1946) 8.0/10 (7405 votes)
99 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.0/10 (6290 votes)
100 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.0/10 (33653 votes)

Top 101 - 250

101 Great Dictator, The (1940) 8.0/10 (6631 votes)
102 Rebecca (1940) 8.0/10 (8063 votes)
103 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.0/10 (10118 votes)
104 Big Sleep, The (1946) 8.0/10 (7283 votes)
105 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (14796 votes)
106 Graduate, The (1967) 8.0/10 (20234 votes)
107 Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.0/10 (12401 votes)
108 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8.0/10 (4396 votes)
109 Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (9143 votes)
110 Searchers, The (1956) 8.0/10 (7425 votes)
111 Deer Hunter, The (1978) 8.0/10 (19948 votes)
112 Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (10261 votes)
113 Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (16422 votes)
114 It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (5536 votes)
115 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.0/10 (57320 votes)
116 Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (5098 votes)
117 African Queen, The (1951) 8.0/10 (10580 votes)
118 Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8.0/10 (7771 votes)
119 Yojimbo (1961) 8.0/10 (5615 votes)
120 Bringing Up Baby (1938) 8.0/10 (6616 votes)
121 Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (15375 votes)
122 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.0/10 (10347 votes)
123 Forrest Gump (1994) 8.0/10 (64246 votes)
124 Shrek (2001) 8.0/10 (41577 votes)
125 Green Mile, The (1999) 8.0/10 (40820 votes)
126 Hable con ella (2002) 8.0/10 (7124 votes)
127 Unforgiven (1992) 8.0/10 (22056 votes)
128 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.0/10 (12038 votes)
129 Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 8.0/10 (5596 votes)
130 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.0/10 (61786 votes)
131 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (8275 votes)
132 Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (21268 votes)
133 Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (4953 votes)
134 Wild Bunch, The (1969) 7.9/10 (7854 votes)
135 Straight Story, The (1999) 7.9/10 (10043 votes)
136 Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 7.9/10 (5295 votes)
137 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (4768 votes)
138 Elephant Man, The (1980) 7.9/10 (11471 votes)
139 Christmas Story, A (1983) 7.9/10 (14173 votes)
140 Hustler, The (1961) 7.9/10 (5887 votes)
141 Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (16062 votes)
142 Platoon (1986) 7.9/10 (24788 votes)
143 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 7.9/10 (44915 votes)
144 Back to the Future (1985) 7.9/10 (50192 votes)
145 His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (4683 votes)
146 Die Hard (1988) 7.9/10 (43590 votes)
147 Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (3594 votes)
148 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (24893 votes)
149 Amores perros (2000) 7.9/10 (8511 votes)
150 Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (26996 votes)
151 Conversation, The (1974) 7.9/10 (7119 votes)
152 Gold Rush, The (1925) 7.9/10 (4423 votes)
153 Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (12033 votes)
154 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 7.9/10 (4951 votes)
155 Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (8663 votes)
156 Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (6190 votes)
157 Life of Brian (1979) 7.9/10 (23789 votes)
158 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (3957 votes)
159 Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (66828 votes)
160 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 7.9/10 (5070 votes)
161 Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.9/10 (39038 votes)
162 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.9/10 (22252 votes)
163 Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (32124 votes)
164 Insider, The (1999) 7.9/10 (20662 votes)
165 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (3580 votes)
166 Smultronstället (1957) 7.9/10 (3264 votes)
167 Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (15743 votes)
168 Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (33967 votes)
169 Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (22974 votes)
170 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 7.8/10 (6749 votes)
171 Roman Holiday (1953) 7.8/10 (6604 votes)
172 Night at the Opera, A (1935) 7.8/10 (4267 votes)
173 Who`s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (5177 votes)
174 Exorcist, The (1973) 7.8/10 (23658 votes)
175 All the President`s Men (1976) 7.8/10 (9306 votes)
176 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 7.8/10 (7409 votes)
177 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.8/10 (4238 votes)
178 Adaptation. (2002) 7.8/10 (12820 votes)
179 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.8/10 (3737 votes)
180 Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.8/10 (7586 votes)
181 Killing, The (1956) 7.8/10 (4596 votes)
182 To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.8/10 (2459 votes)
183 Ed Wood (1994) 7.8/10 (14872 votes)
184 Terminator, The (1984) 7.8/10 (43688 votes)
185 Stand by Me (1986) 7.8/10 (22474 votes)
186 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.8/10 (10081 votes)
187 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.8/10 (46498 votes)
188 Lost in Translation (2003) 7.8/10 (4918 votes)
189 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.8/10 (5521 votes)
190 Harvey (1950) 7.8/10 (5576 votes)
191 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (14071 votes)
192 Right Stuff, The (1983) 7.8/10 (9917 votes)
193 Lion in Winter, The (1968) 7.8/10 (4177 votes)
194 Network (1976) 7.8/10 (6659 votes)
195 Minority Report (2002) 7.8/10 (33425 votes)
196 Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.8/10 (9368 votes)
197 Trainspotting (1996) 7.8/10 (37824 votes)
198 Others, The (2001) 7.8/10 (24571 votes)
199 Gandhi (1982) 7.8/10 (11479 votes)
200 Miller`s Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (9768 votes)
201 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (8990 votes)
202 Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (3344 votes)
203 Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (31400 votes)
204 Groundhog Day (1993) 7.8/10 (31153 votes)
205 Stagecoach (1939) 7.8/10 (3953 votes)
206 8½ (1963) 7.8/10 (5456 votes)
207 Mystic River (2003) 7.8/10 (5277 votes)
208 Traffic (2000) 7.8/10 (30957 votes)
209 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.8/10 (23006 votes)
210 Snatch. (2000) 7.8/10 (28567 votes)
211 Ying xiong (2002) 7.8/10 (4675 votes)
212 39 Steps, The (1935) 7.8/10 (5400 votes)
213 King Kong (1933) 7.8/10 (7156 votes)
214 Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.8/10 (3714 votes)
215 Whale Rider (2002) 7.8/10 (3392 votes)
216 Strada, La (1954) 7.8/10 (3328 votes)
217 Untouchables, The (1987) 7.7/10 (22219 votes)
218 Henry V (1989) 7.7/10 (6652 votes)
219 Rio Bravo (1959) 7.7/10 (5087 votes)
220 Todo sobre mi madre (1999) 7.7/10 (9420 votes)
221 Passion de Jeanne d`Arc, La (1928) 7.7/10 (2088 votes)
222 Big Lebowski, The (1998) 7.7/10 (33110 votes)
223 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.7/10 (4614 votes)
224 Beauty and the Beast (1991) 7.7/10 (18290 votes)
225 Die xue shuang xiong (1989) 7.7/10 (6487 votes)
226 Thin Man, The (1934) 7.7/10 (3305 votes)
227 Fantasia (1940) 7.7/10 (11412 votes)
228 Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.7/10 (14605 votes)
229 Being There (1979) 7.7/10 (7699 votes)
230 Good Will Hunting (1997) 7.7/10 (46450 votes)
231 Red River (1948) 7.7/10 (2592 votes)
232 Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 7.7/10 (29097 votes)
233 Clerks. (1994) 7.7/10 (29977 votes)
234 Quiet Man, The (1952) 7.7/10 (5306 votes)
235 Road to Perdition (2002) 7.7/10 (19921 votes)
236 MASH (1970) 7.7/10 (11612 votes)
237 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.7/10 (33149 votes)
238 Sleuth (1972) 7.7/10 (3438 votes)
239 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.7/10 (2905 votes)
240 Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) 7.7/10 (6120 votes)
241 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 7.7/10 (27272 votes)
242 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.7/10 (26858 votes)
243 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 7.7/10 (10486 votes)
244 JFK (1991) 7.7/10 (19806 votes)
245 Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) 7.7/10 (7666 votes)
246 Man for All Seasons, A (1966) 7.7/10 (3341 votes)
247 Birds, The (1963) 7.7/10 (14800 votes)
248 From Here to Eternity (1953) 7.7/10 (4463 votes)
249 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 7.7/10 (20360 votes)
250 Deliverance (1972) 7.7/10 (10864 votes)

RE: Best 250 movies

Mark Oates (Reviewer) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 04:00

I only have 31/250 (!)

J Mark Oates



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RE: Best 250 movies

Chris Gould (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 07:26

56 out of 250, but some of the films on that list are s***e. I have many others that are loads better ;)

RE: Best 250 movies

marksparks999 (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 08:12

only 87, but chris is right there is a lot of $h1t on this list!!!

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RE: Best 250 movies

Alan Titherington (Reviewer) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 08:24

Got 80 of these on DVD, but quite a few more still on vid, and quite a few more recorded onto vid from TV, so I`m not doing badly I suppose :-).

My collection

RE: Best 250 movies

Gareth Williams (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 09:11

Some of them are not available on DVD either.... like Kill Bill and Mystic River.

Expect the worst and you won`t be disappointed!

RE: Best 250 movies

555 (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 11:49

Mark snap! i have 31 of them as well

You say pyscho like its a bad thing

RE: Best 250 movies

hairyhaggler (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 12:01

oh dear i only have 14 of em..!!!
But seeing as most of are pants i guess my collection is really great then..!! ;)
I do own about 130 dvd`s by the way , i am not sad and only own 14. and the list is growing...




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RE: Best 250 movies

DP (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 12:26

Have 81 but some are taped from the TV

RE: Best 250 movies

the eggman (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 9th December 2003, 16:13

61 of them



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