IMDB Top 250 movies (list on 11/27/2008)

Submitted by dashforcover on Thu, 11/27/2008 - 11:31
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  1. Rank Title Rating
  2. 1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1
  3. 2 The Godfather (1972) 9.1
  4. 3 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9
  5. 4 The Dark Knight (2008) 9
  6. 5 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il [Good, the bad, the ugly] (1966) 8.9
  7. 6 Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.9
  8. 7 Schindler's List (1993) 8.8
  9. 8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8
  10. 9 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8
  11. 10 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.8
  12. 11 Casablanca (1942) 8.8
  13. 12 Star Wars (1977) 8.8
  14. 13 Shichinin no samurai [Seven Samurai] (1954) 8.8
  15. 14 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8
  16. 15 Goodfellas (1990) 8.7
  17. 16 Rear Window (1954) 8.7
  18. 17 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7
  19. 18 Cidade de Deus [City of God] (2002) 8.7
  20. 19 C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West] (1968) 8.7
  21. 20 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7
  22. 21 The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.7
  23. 22 Psycho (1960) 8.7
  24. 23 Fight Club (1999) 8.7 Q
  25. 24 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.6
  26. 25 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6
  27. 26 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.6
  28. 27 North by Northwest (1959) 8.6
  29. 28 Memento (2000) 8.6
  30. 29 Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6
  31. 30 The Matrix (1999) 8.6
  32. 31 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6
  33. 32 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.6
  34. 33 WALL•E (2008) 8.6
  35. 34 Se7en (1995) 8.6
  36. 35 Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5
  37. 36 Léon (1994) 8.5 AVQ (11/09)
  38. 37 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5
  39. 38 Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5
  40. 39 American Beauty (1999) 8.5
  41. 40 American History X (1998) 8.5
  42. 41 Vertigo (1958) 8.5
  43. 42 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le [Amelie] (2001) 8.5 Q
  44. 43 Paths of Glory (1957) 8.5 Q
  45. 44 M (1931) 8.5
  46. 45 Forrest Gump (1994) 8.5
  47. 46 The Departed (2006) 8.5
  48. 47 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.5
  49. 48 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.5 IQ
  50. 49 Alien (1979) 8.5
  51. 50 Double Indemnity (1944) 8.5
  52. 51 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.4
  53. 52 Leben der Anderen, Das [The Lives of Others] (2006) 8.4 Q
  54. 53 Chinatown (1974) 8.4
  55. 54 The Third Man (1949) 8.4
  56. 55 The Shining (1980) 8.4
  57. 56 The Pianist (2002) 8.4
  58. 57 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.4
  59. 58 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4
  60. 59 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [Spirited Away] (2001) 8.4 Q
  61. 60 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4
  62. 61 Laberinto del fauno, El [Pan's Labyrinth] (2006) 8.4
  63. 62 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.4
  64. 63 L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4
  65. 64 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.4 AVQ (11/09)
  66. 65 Aliens (1986) 8.4
  67. 66 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.4
  68. 67 Boot, Das (1981) 8.4
  69. 68 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.4
  70. 69 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.4
  71. 70 Raging Bull (1980) 8.4
  72. 71 Rashômon (1950) 8.4
  73. 72 City Lights (1931) 8.4
  74. 73 Metropolis (1927) 8.4
  75. 74 Untergang, Der [Downfall] (2004) 8.4 AVQ (11/09)
  76. 75 All About Eve (1950) 8.3
  77. 76 Modern Times (1936) 8.3 Q
  78. 77 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3
  79. 78 Rebecca (1940) 8.3
  80. 79 Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3
  81. 80 Amadeus (1984) 8.3
  82. 81 The Prestige (2006) 8.3
  83. 82 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3
  84. 83 Vita è bella, La [Life Is Beautiful] (1997) 8.3 AVQ (11/09)
  85. 84 The Elephant Man (1980) 8.3
  86. 85 Sin City (2005) 8.3
  87. 86 The Great Escape (1963) 8.3
  88. 87 No Country for Old Men (2007) 8.3
  89. 88 Nuovo cinema Paradiso [Cinema Paradiso: The New Version] (1988) 8.3 AVQ (11/09)
  90. 89 The Apartment (1960) 8.3
  91. 90 Sjunde inseglet, Det [The Seventh Seal] (1957) 8.3 Q
  92. 91 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3 Q
  93. 92 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.3
  94. 93 The Sting (1973) 8.3
  95. 94 On the Waterfront (1954) 8.3 4/19
  96. 95 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.3
  97. 96 Touch of Evil (1958) 8.3
  98. 97 Batman Begins (2005) 8.3
  99. 98 The Great Dictator (1940) 8.3 Q
  100. 99 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.3
  101. 100 Jaws (1975) 8.3
  102. 101 Braveheart (1995) 8.3
  103. 102 Back to the Future (1985) 8.3
  104. 103 Blade Runner (1982) 8.3
  105. 104 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.3
  106. 105 There Will Be Blood (2007) 8.3
  107. 106 Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.3
  108. 107 Ladri di biciclette [Bicycle Thieves] (1948) 8.3 IQ
  109. 108 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3
  110. 109 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.3
  111. 110 Unforgiven (1992) 8.2
  112. 111 Notorious (1946) 8.2
  113. 112 High Noon (1952) 8.2
  114. 113 The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2
  115. 114 The Green Mile (1999) 8.2
  116. 115 Fargo (1996) 8.2
  117. 116 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2
  118. 117 Oldboy (2003) 8.2 IQ
  119. 118 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2
  120. 119 Per qualche dollaro in più [A Few Dollars More] (1965) 8.2
  121. 120 Gladiator (2000) 8.2
  122. 121 Die Hard (1988) 8.2
  123. 122 Mononoke-hime [Princess Mononoke] (1997) 8.2 Q
  124. 123 Yojimbo [The Bodyguard] (1961) 8.2 Q
  125. 124 Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2 Q
  126. 125 Ran (1985) 8.2 Q
  127. 126 Salaire de la peur, Le [Wages of Fear] (1953) 8.2 Q
  128. 127 Annie Hall (1977) 8.2
  129. 128 Smultronstället [Wild Strawberries](1957) 8.2
  130. 129 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2
  131. 130 It Happened One Night (1934) 8.2
  132. 131 Heat (1995) 8.2
  133. 132 The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.2
  134. 133 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.2 Q
  135. 134 The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.2
  136. 135 The General (1927) 8.2 IQ
  137. 136 Into the Wild (2007) 8.2 AVQ (11/09)
  138. 137 Ben-Hur (1959) 8.2
  139. 138 Platoon (1986) 8.2
  140. 139 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 8.2
  141. 140 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2 Q
  142. 141 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.1
  143. 142 Notti di Cabiria, Le [Nights of Cabiria](1957) 8.1
  144. 143 Life of Brian (1979) 8.1
  145. 144 Ratatouille (2007) 8.1
  146. 145 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.1
  147. 146 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1
  148. 147 Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.1
  149. 148 The Killing (1956) 8.1 AVQ (11/09)
  150. 149 The Big Lebowski (1998) 8.1 IQ
  151. 150 Amores perros [Love's a Bitch] (2000) 8.1 Q
  152. 151 8½ (1963) 8.1 Q
  153. 152 Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1 Q
  154. 153 The Graduate (1967) 8.1
  155. 154 Brief Encounter (1945) 8.1 AVQ (11/09)
  156. 155 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.1
  157. 156 Stand by Me (1986) 8.1 Q
  158. 157 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.1
  159. 158 Snatch (2000) 8.1 AVQ (11/09)
  160. 159 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.1
  161. 160 The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.1
  162. 161 V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1
  163. 162 Gandhi (1982) 8.1
  164. 163 The Incredibles (2004) 8.1 AVQ (11/09)
  165. 164 The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1
  166. 165 The Gold Rush (1925) 8.1 Q
  167. 166 Trainspotting (1996) 8.1
  168. 167 Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.1
  169. 168 Thing, The (1982) 8.1
  170. 169 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.1
  171. 170 Battaglia di Algeri, La [Battle of Algiers, The] (1965) 8.1
  172. 171 Children of Men (2006) 8.1 Q
  173. 172 Scarface (1983) 8.1
  174. 173 Harvey (1950) 8.1
  175. 174 Groundhog Day (1993) 8.1
  176. 175 Lion King, The (1994) 8.1 NYAG (11/09)
  177. 176 Toy Story (1995) 8.1
  178. 177 Sleuth (1972) 8.1
  179. 178 Terminator, The (1984) 8
  180. 179 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8
  181. 180 Hustler, The (1961) 8
  182. 181 African Queen, The (1951) 8
  183. 182 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 8
  184. 183 Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) 8 IQ
  185. 184 Conversation, The (1974) 8
  186. 185 Umberto D. (1952) 8
  187. 186 Duck Soup (1933) 8
  188. 187 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 8
  189. 188 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 8 IQ
  190. 189 Crash (2004/I) 8
  191. 190 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8
  192. 191 Scaphandre et le papillon, Le [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly] (2007) 8 Q
  193. 192 King Kong (1933) 8
  194. 193 Hotaru no haka [Grave of the Fireflies] (1988) 8 AVQ (11/09)
  195. 194 Låt den rätte komma in [Let the Right One In](2008) 8 IQ
  196. 195 Ed Wood (1994) 8
  197. 196 Lady Vanishes, The (1938) 8
  198. 197 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8 Q
  199. 198 Casino (1995) 8
  200. 199 Belle et la bête, La [Beauty and the Beast] (1946) 8 AVQ (11/09)
  201. 200 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 8 Q
  202. 201 Stalag 17 (1953) 8
  203. 202 Dial M for Murder (1954) 8
  204. 203 Exorcist, The (1973) 8
  205. 204 Wo hu cang long [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon] (2000) 8
  206. 205 Kid, The (1921) 8 Q
  207. 206 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 8
  208. 207 Lost Weekend, The (1945) 8
  209. 208 Patton (1970) 8
  210. 209 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8 AVQ (11/09)
  211. 210 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8
  212. 211 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 8
  213. 212 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 8 Q
  214. 213 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens [Nosferatu] (1922) 8 IQ
  215. 214 Glory (1989) 8
  216. 215 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 8
  217. 216 Rope (1948) 8
  218. 217 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 8
  219. 218 Frankenstein (1931) 8
  220. 219 Magnolia (1999) 8 AVQ (11/09)
  221. 220 Spartacus (1960) 8
  222. 221 Roman Holiday (1953) 8
  223. 222 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 8
  224. 223 Big Fish (2003) 8
  225. 224 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8
  226. 225 Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8
  227. 226 His Girl Friday (1940) 8
  228. 227 Network (1976) 8
  229. 228 Manhattan (1979) 8
  230. 229 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 8 IQ
  231. 230 Mystic River (2003) 8
  232. 231 In Bruges (2008) 8 AVQ (11/09)
  233. 232 Strada, La [The Road] (1954) 8 Q
  234. 233 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 8
  235. 234 Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 8
  236. 235 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 8
  237. 236 Rocky (1976) 8
  238. 237 Mou gaan dou [Infernal Affairs] (2002) 8 NYL (11/09)
  239. 238 Casino Royale (2006) 8 Q
  240. 239 Young Frankenstein (1974) 8
  241. 240 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 8
  242. 241 Planet of the Apes (1968) 8
  243. 242 Hauru no ugoku shiro [Howl's Moving Castle] (2004) 8
  244. 243 Iron Man (2008) 8 AVQ (11/09)
  245. 244 Ace in the Hole (1951) 8 AVQ (11/09)
  246. 245 Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993) 8
  247. 246 Laura (1944) 8 IQ
  248. 247 Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 7.9
  249. 248 Harold and Maude (1971) 7.9
  250. 249 Great Expectations (1946) 7.9
  251. 250 Quatre cents coups, Les [The 400 Blows] (1959) 7.9
Author Comments: 

IMDB says: "Top 250 movies as voted by our users. For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered."

I have no idea when the votes occur and changes are made. Certainly it is not a static list. This list was copied from the site on 11/27/2008.

Also, the proper titles are shown and, where translation into English was needed, I consulted IMDb to get the proper English International or USA title as available.