IMDb Top 250 - ones Vera's Seen

Submitted by vera on Thu, 05/19/2005 - 12:52
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  1. The Godfather (1972)
  2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  4. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  5. The Seven Samurai (1954)
  6. Schindler's List (1993)
  7. Casablanca (1942)
  8. Star Wars (1977)
  9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  10. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  11. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  12. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  14. Citizen Kane (1941)
  15. Rear Window (1954)
  16. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  17. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  19. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  20. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  21. Memento (2000)
  22. City of God (2002)
  23. North by Northwest (1959)
  24. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  25. Psycho (1960)
  26. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  27. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  28. Amelie (2001)
  29. Goodfellas (1990)
  30. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  31. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  32. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  33. American Beauty (1999)
  34. Vertigo (1958)
  35. The Matrix (1999)
  36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  37. Fight Club (1999)
  38. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  39. Paths of Glory (1957)
  40. The Pianist (2002)
  41. The Third Man (1949)
  42. Spirited Away (2001)
  43. Taxi Driver (1976)
  44. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  45. Das Boot (1981)
  46. Double Indemnity (1944)
  47. M (1931)
  48. Se7en (1995)
  49. Chinatown (1974)
  50. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  51. Rashomon (1950)
  52. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  53. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  54. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  55. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  56. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  57. All About Eve (1950)
  58. The Professional (1994)
  59. Raging Bull (1980)
  60. Modern Times (1936)
  61. American History X (1998)
  62. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  63. Alien (1979)
  64. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  65. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  66. The Sting (1973)
  67. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  68. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  69. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  70. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  71. On the Waterfront (1954)
  72. Amadeus (1984)
  73. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  74. Ran (1985)
  75. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
  76. The Great Escape (1963)
  77. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  78. Touch of Evil (1958)
  79. City Lights (1931)
  80. The Apartment (1960)
  81. Metropolis (1927)
  82. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
  83. The Shining (1980)
  84. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  85. The Seventh Seal (1957)
  86. Aliens (1986)
  87. Jaws (1975)
  88. The Great Dictator (1940)
  89. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  90. Braveheart (1995)
  91. Finding Nemo (2003)
  92. High Noon (1952)
  93. Cinema Paradiso (1989)
  94. Annie Hall (1977)
  95. The General (1927)
  96. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  97. Fargo (1996)
  98. The Incredibles (2004)
  99. Donnie Darko (2001)
  100. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  101. Blade Runner (1982)
  102. Oldboy (2003)
  103. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
  104. Princess Mononoke (1997)
  105. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  106. Yojimbo (1961)
  107. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  108. Forrest Gump (1994)
  109. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  110. Rebecca (1940)
  111. The Big Sleep (1946)
  112. Duck Soup (1933)
  113. The Princess Bride (1987)
  114. Notorious (1946)
  115. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  116. Before Sunset (2004)
  117. Downfall (2004)
  118. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  119. It Happened One Night (1934)
  120. Patton (1970)
  121. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  122. The Graduate (1967)
  123. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
  124. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  125. Unforgiven (1992)
  126. The Elephant Man (1980)
  127. Run Lola Run (1998)
  128. Sin City (2005)
  129. Wild Strawberries (1957)
  130. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  131. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
  132. Glory (1989)
  133. Toy Story 2 (1999)
  134. Ben-Hur (1959)
  135. Back to the Future (1985)
  136. Manhattan (1979)
  137. Amores perros (2000)
  138. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
  139. Hero (2002)
  140. The Green Mile (1999)
  141. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  142. The Gold Rush (1925)
  143. Stalag 17 (1953)
  144. The African Queen (1951)
  145. Platoon (1986)
  146. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  147. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  148. The Wild Bunch (1969)
  149. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
  150. A Christmas Story (1983)
  151. The Searchers (1956)
  152. Talk to Her (2002)
  153. The 400 Blows (1959)
  154. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  155. Mystic River (2003)
  156. The Hustler (1961)
  157. Life of Brian (1979)
  158. Ikiru (1952)
  159. Shrek (2001)
  160. The Straight Story (1999)
  161. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  162. Big Fish (2003)
  163. Die Hard (1988)
  164. The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
  165. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  166. His Girl Friday (1940)
  167. Young Frankenstein (1974)
  168. Grand Illusion (1937)
  169. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  170. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  171. Roman Holiday (1953)
  172. Gladiator (2000)
  173. The Celebration (1998)
  174. The Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  175. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  176. Sling Blade (1996)
  177. Ed Wood (1994)
  178. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  179. Spartacus (1960)
  180. Charade (1963)
  181. Finding Neverland (2004)
  182. Red (1994)
  183. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  184. Magnolia (1999)
  185. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  186. All the President's Men (1976)
  187. The Conversation (1974)
  188. Lost in Translation (2003)
  189. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
  190. A Night at the Opera (1935)
  191. The Killing (1956)
  192. Sideways (2004)
  193. La strada (1954)
  194. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
  195. Brazil (1985)
  196. Groundhog Day (1993)
  197. Gandhi (1982)
  198. Toy Story (1995)
  199. Nosferatu (1922)
  200. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
  201. Trainspotting (1996)
  202. The Insider (1999)
  203. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  204. Almost Famous (2000)
  205. Harvey (1950)
  206. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  207. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
  208. Stand by Me (1986)
  209. Dogville (2003)
  210. The Lion in Winter (1968)
  211. 8½ (1963)
  212. Garden State (2004)
  213. In America (2002)
  214. The Exorcist (1973)
  215. The Terminator (1984)
  216. 21 Grams (2003)
  217. Laura (1944)
  218. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
  219. Fanny & Alexander (1982)
  220. The Station Agent (2003)
  221. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  222. Miller's Crossing (1990)
  223. The Big Lebowski (1998)
  224. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  225. Rain Man (1988)
  226. Network (1976)
  227. Persona (1966)
  228. Being John Malkovich (1999)
  229. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
  230. Snatch. (2000)
  231. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  232. The 39 Steps (1935)
  233. Fistfull of Dollars (1965)
  234. The Right Stuff (1983)
  235. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  236. Heat (1995)
  237. King Kong (1933)
  238. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  239. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  240. Being There (1979)
  241. The Thin Man (1934)
  242. Rio Bravo (1959)
  243. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  244. The Sea Inside (2004)
  245. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  246. The Untouchables (1987)
  247. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
  248. The Battle of Algiers (1965)
  249. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
  250. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Author Comments: 

This list is mostly an excercise for myself, a little inventory. Conclusion: I'm not in the majority (good) - I've not heard of some of these (ok) - Some of these I've seen clearly aren't the best, just a blip on the radar of "bests" and clearly delineates IMDb's demographic.