2004 IMDB Top 250 movies (list on 10/7/2004)

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  1. 1. The Godfather (1972; Francis Ford Coppola)
  2. 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003; Peter Jackson)
  3. 3. The Shawshank Redemption (1994; Frank Darabont)
  4. 4. The Godfather: Part II (1974; Francis Ford Coppola)
  5. 5. Seven Samurai [Shichinin no samurai] (1954; Akira Kurosoawa)
  6. 6. Schindler's List (1993; Steven Spielberg)
  7. 7. Casablanca (1942; Michael Curtiz)
  8. 8. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001; Peter Jackson)
  9. 9. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002; Peter Jackson)
  10. 10. Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977; George Lucas)
  11. 11. Citizen Kane (1941; Orson Welles)
  12. 12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975; Milos Forman)
  13. 13. Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980; Irvin Kershner)
  14. 14. Pulp Fiction (1994; Quentin Tarantino)
  15. 15. Rear Window (1954; Alfred Hitchcock)
  16. 16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964; Stanley Kubrick)
  17. 17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981; Steven Speilberg)
  18. 18. The Usual Suspects (1995; Bryan Singer)
  19. 19. Memento (2000; Christopher Nolan)
  20. 20. The Good, the bad, and the ugly [Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo] (1966; Sergio Leone)
  21. 21. 12 Angry Men (1957; Sidney Lumet)
  22. 22. North By Northwest (1959; Alfred Hitchcock)
  23. 23. City of God [Cidade de Deus] (2002; Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund)
  24. 24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962; David Lean)
  25. 25. Psycho (1960; Alfred Hitchcock)
  26. 26. It's a Wonderful Life (1946; Frank Capra)
  27. 27. Amelie [Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain] (2001; JeanPierre Jeunet)
  28. 28. The Silence of the Lambs (1991; Jonathan Demme)
  29. 29. Goodfellas (1990; Martin Scorcese)
  30. 30. Once Upon a Time in the West [C'era una volta il West] (1968; Sergio Leone)
  31. 31. Sunset Blvd. (1950; Billy Wilder)
  32. 32. American Beauty (1999; Sam Mendes)
  33. 33. Vertigo (1958; Alfred Hitchcock)
  34. 34. The Matrix (1999; Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski)
  35. 35. Apocalypse Now (1979; Francis Ford Coppola)
  36. 36. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962; Robert Mulligan)
  37. 37. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004; Michel Gondry)
  38. 38. The Pianist (2002; Roman Polanski)
  39. 39. The Third Man (1949; Carol Reed)
  40. 40. Fight Club (1999; David Fincher)
  41. 41. Paths of Glory (1957; Stanley Kubrick)
  42. 42. Spirited Away [Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi] (2001; Hayao Miyazaki)
  43. 43. Taxi Driver (1976; Martin Scorcese)
  44. 44. Singin' in the Rain (1952; Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly)
  45. 45. Some Like It Hot (1959; Billy Wilder)
  46. 46. Double Indemnity (1944; Billy Wilder)
  47. 47. Das Boot (1981; Wolfgang Petersen)
  48. 48. Chinatown (1974; Roman Polanski)
  49. 49. M (1931; Fritz Lang)
  50. 50. L.A. Confidential (1997; Curtis Hanson)
  51. 51. Se7en (1995; David Fincher)
  52. 52. All About Eve (1950; Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
  53. 53. The Maltese Falcon (1941; John Huston)
  54. 54. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957; David Lean)
  55. 55. Rashomon (1950; Akira Kurosawa)
  56. 56. Requiem for a Dream (2000; Darren Aronofsky)
  57. 57. Kill Bill, Vol.1 (2003; Quentin Tarantino)
  58. 58. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975; Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones)
  59. 59. Saving Private Ryan (1998; Steven Speilberg)
  60. 60. Raging Bull (1980; Martin Scorcese)
  61. 61. Alien (1979; Ridley Scott)
  62. 62. American History X (1998; Tony Kaye)
  63. 63. Léon: The Professional [Léon] (1994; Luc Besson)
  64. 64. The Wizard of Oz [1939; Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor)
  65. 65. The Manchurian Candidate (1962; John Frankenheimer)
  66. 66. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939; Frank Capra)
  67. 67. Modern Times (1936; Charles Chaplin)
  68. 68. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948; John Houston)
  69. 69. The Sting (1973; George Roy Hill)
  70. 70. Touch Of Evil (1958; Orson Welles)
  71. 71. Life Is Beautiful [La Vita è bella] (1997; Roberto Benigni)
  72. 72. A Clockwork Orange (1971; Stanley Kubrick)
  73. 73. On the Waterfront (1954; Elia Kazan)
  74. 74. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968; Stanley Kubrick)
  75. 75. Reservoir Dogs (1992; Quentin Tarantino)
  76. 76. Ran (1985; Akira Kurosawa)
  77. 77. Amadeus (1984; Milos Forman)
  78. 78. The Great Escape (1963; John Sturges)
  79. 79. Finding Nemo (2003; Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich)
  80. 80. The Apartment (1960; Billy Wilder)
  81. 81. Annie Hall (1977; Woody Allen)
  82. 82. Jaws (1975; Steven Speilberg)
  83. 83. Metropolis (1927; Fritz Lang)
  84. 84. City Lights (1931; Charles Chaplin)
  85. 85. High Noon (1952; Fred Zinnemann)
  86. 86. Aliens (1986; James Cameron)
  87. 87. Braveheart (1995; Mel Gibson)
  88. 88. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Wo hu cang long] (2000; Ang Lee)
  89. 89. The Shining (1980; Stanley Kubrick)
  90. 90. Fargo (1996; Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
  91. 91. Donnie Darko (2001; Richard Kelly)
  92. 92. Strangers on a Train (1951; Alfred Hitchcock)
  93. 93. The Seventh Seal [Det sjunde inseglet] (1957; Ingmar Bergman)
  94. 94. Blade Runner (1982; Ridley Scott)
  95. 95. The General (1926; Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton)
  96. 96. Cinema Paradiso [Nuovo cinema Paradiso] (1988; Giuseppe Tornatore)
  97. 97. The Great Dictator (1940; Charles Chaplin)
  98. 98. The Sixth Sense (1999; M Night Shalyman)
  99. 99. Princess Mononoke [Mononoke-hime] (1997; Hayao Miyazaki)
  100. 100. Duck Soup (1933; Leo McCarey)
  101. 101. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946; William Wyler)
  102. 102. Bicycle Thieves [Ladri di biciclette] (1948; Vittorio De Sica)
  103. 103. Yojimbo [Yôjinbô] (1961; Akira Kurosawa)
  104. 104. Full Metal Jacket (1987; Stanley Kubrick)
  105. 105. The Princess Bride (1987; Rob Reiner)
  106. 106. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004; Quentin Tarantino)
  107. 107. Rebecca (1940; Alfred Hitchcock)
  108. 108. The Big Sleep (1946; Howard Hawks)
  109. 109. Notorious (1946; Alfred Hitchcock)
  110. 110. Forrest Gump (1994; Robert Zemeckis)
  111. 111. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991; James Cameron)
  112. 112. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969; George Roy Hill)
  113. 113. Patton (1970; Franklin J. Schaffner)
  114. 114. It Happened One Night (1934; Frank Capra)
  115. 115. Run Lola Run [Lola rennt] (1998; Tom Tykwer)
  116. 116. Toy Story 2 (1999; John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich)
  117. 117. The Graduate (1967; Mike Nichols)
  118. 118. The Deer Hunter (1978; Michael Cimino)
  119. 119. The Incredibles (2004; Brad Bird)
  120. 120. Once Upon a Time in America (1984; Sergio Leone)
  121. 121. Hero [Yīng xióng] (2002; Yimou Zhang)
  122. 122. Cool Hand Luke (1967; Stuart Rosenberg)
  123. 123. Glory (1989; Edward Zwick)
  124. 124. Unforgiven (1992; Clint Eastwood)
  125. 125. Manhattan (1979; Woody Allen)
  126. 126. The Philadelphia Story (1940; George Cukor)
  127. 127. The Elephant Man (1980; David Lynch)
  128. 128. Ben-Hur (1959; William Wyler)
  129. 129. Mystic River (2003; Clint Eastwood)
  130. 130. Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983; Richard Marquand)
  131. 131. The African Queen (1951; John Houston)
  132. 132. The Searchers (1956; John Ford)
  133. 133. The Green Mile (1999; Frank Darabont)
  134. 134. Amores perros (2000; Alejandro González Iñárritu)
  135. 135. The Grapes of Wrath (1940; John Ford)
  136. 136. Talk to Her [Hable con ella] (2002; Pedro Almodóvar)
  137. 137. Bringing Up Baby (1938; Howard Hawks)
  138. 138. Stalag 17 (1953; Billy Wilder)
  139. 139. Wild Strawberries [Smultronstället] (1957; Ingmar Bergman)
  140. 140. Back to the Future (1985; Robert Zemeckis)
  141. 141. Shrek (2001; Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson)
  142. 142. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989; Steven Speilberg)
  143. 143. Gone with the Wind (1939; Victor Flemming, George Cukor, Sam Wood)
  144. 144. The Night of the Hunter (1955; Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum)
  145. 145. Platoon (1986; Oliver Stone)
  146. 146. The Hustler (1961; Robert Rossen)
  147. 147. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930; Lewis Milestone)
  148. 148. The Gold Rush (1925; Charles Chaplin)
  149. 149. The Straight Story (1999; David Lynch)
  150. 150. A Christmas Story (1983; Bob Clark)
  151. 151. The Wild Bunch (1969; Sam Peckinpah)
  152. 152. Big Fish (2003; Tim Burton)
  153. 153. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944; Frank Capra)
  154. 154. Dogville (2003; Lars von Trier)
  155. 155. Battleship Potemkin [Bronenosets Potyomkin] (1925; Sergei M. Eisenstein)
  156. 156. Lost in Translation (2003; Sofia Coppola)
  157. 157. Oldboy [Oldeuboi] (2003; Chan-wook Park)
  158. 158. Young Frankenstein (1974; Mel Brooks)
  159. 159. Die Hard (1988; John McTiernan)
  160. 160. Life of Brian (1979; Terry Jones)
  161. 161. His Girl Friday (1940; Howard Hawks)
  162. 162. The 400 Blows [Les quatre cents coups] (1959; Francois Truffaut)
  163. 163. La Grande Illusion (1937; Jean Renoir)
  164. 164. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938; Michael Curtiz, William Keighley)
  165. 165. Monsters, Inc (2001; Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich)
  166. 166. Spartacus (1960; Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann)
  167. 167. Witness for the Prosecution (1957; Billy Wilder)
  168. 168. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962; John Ford)
  169. 169 Garden State (2004; Zach Braff)
  170. 170. Grave of the Fireflies [Hotaru no haka] (1988; Isao Takahata)
  171. 171. The Celebration [Festen] (1998; Thomas Vinterberg)
  172. 172. Gladiator (2000; Ridley Scott)
  173. 173. Roman Holiday (1953; William Wyler)
  174. 174. Sling Blade (1996; Billy Bob Thornton)
  175. 175. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951; Robert Wise)
  176. 176. Charade (1963; Stanley Donen)
  177. 177. The Conversation (1974; Francis Ford Coppola)
  178. 178. Ed Wood (1994; Tim Burton)
  179. 179. Magnolia (1999; Paul Thomas Anderson)
  180. 180. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951; Elia Kazan)
  181. 181. Toy Story (1995; John Lasseter)
  182. 182. Ikiru (1952; Akira Kurosawa)
  183. 183. Before Sunset (2004; Richard Linklater)
  184. 184. The Killing (1956; Stanley Kubrick)
  185. 185. Three Colors: Red [Trois couleurs: Rouge] (1994; Krzysztof Kieslowski)
  186. 186. All the President's Men (1976; Alan J. Pakula)
  187. 187. Brazil (1985; Terry Gilliam)
  188. 188. Almost Famous (2000; Cameron Crowe)
  189. 189. The Insider (1999; Michael Mann)
  190. 190. To Be or Not To Be (1942; Ernst Lubitsch)
  191. 191. A Night at the Opera (1935; Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding)
  192. 192. Gandhi (1982; Richard Attenboroug)
  193. 193. Nosferatu [Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens] (1922; FW Murnau)
  194. 194. In America (2002; Jim Sheridan)
  195. 195. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966; Mike Nichols)
  196. 196. Shadow of a Doubt (1943; Alfred Hitchcock)
  197. 197. Dog Day Afternoon (1975; Sidney Lumet)
  198. 198. 21 Grams (2003; Alejandro González Iñárritu)
  199. 199. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003; Gore Verbinski)
  200. 200. Twelve Monkeys (1995; Terry Gilliam)
  201. 201. Harvey (1950; Henry Koster)
  202. 202. Stand by Me (1986; Rob Reiner)
  203. 203. Groundhog Day (1993; Harold Ramis)
  204. 204. Trainspotting (1996; Danny Boyle)
  205. 205. The Exorcist (1973; William Friedkin)
  206. 206. The Terminator (1984; James Cameron)
  207. 207. Being John Malkovich (1999; Spike Jonze)
  208. 208. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927; F.W. Murnau)
  209. 209. Mulholland Dr. (2001; David Lynch)
  210. 210. Miller's Crossing (1990; Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
  211. 211. The Passion of Joan of Arc [La passion de Jeanne d'Arc] (1928; Carl Theodor Dreyer)
  212. 212. La Strada (1954; Federico Fellini)
  213. 213. The Lion in Winter (1968; Anthony Harvey)
  214. 214. This Is Spinal Tap (1984; Rob Reiner)
  215. 215. Laura (1944; Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian)
  216. 216. Network (1976; Sidney Lumet)
  217. 217. Rain Man (1988; Barry Levinson)
  218. 218. The Station Agent (2003; Thomas McCarthy)
  219. 219. 8½ (1963; Federico Fellini)
  220. 220. The Right Stuff (1983; Philip Kaufman)
  221. 221. King Kong (1933; Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack)
  222. 222. Midnight Cowboy (1969; John Schlesinger)
  223. 223. The Big Lebowski (1998; Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
  224. 224. Bonnie and Clyde (1967; Arthur Penn)
  225. 225. The 39 Steps (1935; Alfred Hitchcock)
  226. 226. Snatch (2000; Guy Ritchie)
  227. 227. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998; Guy Ritchie)
  228. 228. Whale Rider (2002; Niki Caro)
  229. 229. Stagecoach (1939; John Ford)
  230. 230. Rio Bravo (1959; Howard Hawks)
  231. 231. The Thin Man (1934; W.S. Van Dyke)
  232. 232. Adaptation (2002; Spike Jonze)
  233. 233. The Untouchables (1987; Brian De Palma)
  234. 234. Persona (1966; Ingmar Bergman)
  235. 235. The Last Samurai (2003; Edward Zwick)
  236. 236. In the Heat of the Night (1967; Norman Jewison)
  237. 237. The Planet of the Apes (1968; Franklin J. Schaffner)
  238. 238. Bride of Frankenstein (1935; James Whale)
  239. 239. Sullivan's Travels (1941; Preston Sturges)
  240. 240. Being There (1979; Hal Ashby)
  241. 241. X2 (2003; Bryan Singer)
  242. 242. Fanny and Alexander [Fanny och Alexander] (1982; Ingmar Bergen)
  243. 243. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961; Stanley Kramer)
  244. 244. The Killer [Dip huet seung hung] (1989; John Woo)
  245. 245. The Others (2001; Alejandro Amenábar)
  246. 246. Heat (1995; Michael Mann)
  247. 247. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949; Robert Hamer)
  248. 248. Children of Paradise [Les enfants du paradis] (1945; Marcel Carné)
  249. 249. Castle in the Sky [Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta] (1986; Hayao Miyazaki)
  250. 250. Barry Lyndon (1975; Stanley Kubrick)
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