IMDB 250 Changes Since 2009

We last recorded the IMDB 250 for our Top Ranked 1000 films in late 2009.. I just started updating the list, starting with the latest IMDB all-time top 250. These are the changes in the poll since that time.. it's obvious that we're losing classic films off the list annually, while newer films, of course, will move in, but in this case so did a lot of animation and anime films..

These are the major changes in the IMDB over the last year, from mid 2010 to now..

Inception is the highest addition to the list, now

at No. 9, so it'll fall over time but will likely

remain on the list for good

New On the List
400 Blows (59)
Avatar (09)
Barry Lyndon (75)
Beauty and the Beast (91)*
Black Swan (10)
Castle in the Sky (1986)*
Celebration (1998)
District 9 (2009) 
Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)*
Ikiru (1952)
Inception (2010)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
King's Speech (2010) [AA]
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)*
Mary and Max (2009)
Monsters, Inc. (2001) *
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 
Persona (1966) 19,513
Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl (2003)*
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Rain Man (1988)*
Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)*
Shutter Island (2010)*
Social Network (2010)
Spirited Away (2001)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)*
Three Colors: Red (1994)*
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Truman Show (1998)
X-Men: First Class (2011)

* = low on list, unlikely to remain

It's encouraging that some older classics are moving back up, notably 400 Blows, Truffaut's first film. Passion of Joan of Arc, a silent film, finally got enough votes to get listed. What the heck is up with all the animation? Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, How to Train Your Dragon, Monsters Inc. - these are not all that good. Spring, Summer.. is a great film, too bad it's so low that it won't likely remain. It's a Korean zen drama, we need more of those.

Harold Lloyd's Safety Last is now off the list

Now off the list:
Adventures of Robin Hood (38)
African Queen (51) [AA]
Bonnie and Clyde (67)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Changeling (2008)
Crash (2004/I) [AA]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Dolce Vita, La (1960)
Frankenstein (1931)
Glory (1989)
Great Expectations (1946)
Hangover (2009)
Harold and Maude (1971)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
King Kong (1933)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Laura (1944)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Red Shoes (1956)
Safety Last! (1923)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Spartacus (1960)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Umberto D. (1952)

Sad to lose so many real classics: My Man Godfrey, Lloyd's Safety Last! (ironic they added Sherlock Jr of Keaton's), Umberto D (the worst loss to me, this is a top 20 film), The Philadelphia Story, The Lady Vanishes, Great Expectations, The Ox-Box Incident, La Dolca Vita, The Sweet Smell of Success, Laura, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Red Shoes. Not really sad to see Bonnie and Clyde or Benjamin Button or Crash go however (this is the wrong Crash anyway)

Moving Up
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Green Mile (1999)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
The Kid (1921)
La Strada (1954)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Mystic River (2003)
Network (1976)
Rocky (1976)
Scarface (1983)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

I don't get some of these going up, like Green Mile, Rocky, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Kid, Life Is Beautiful, Scarface (this is a terrible film). Glad to see Network and Virginia Woolf moving up, both classics. Ironic that La Strada is moving up, while La Dolce Vita and Umberto D both fell off the list.

Falling:
8½ (1963)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)*
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)*
The Big Sleep (1946)
Children of Men (2006)
Harvey (1950)*
His Girl Friday (1940)*
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Killing (1956)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Let the Right One In (2008)*
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)*
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)*
Notorious (1946)
Patton (1970)
Ratatouille (2007)
Sleuth (1972)*
Star Trek (2009)*
Strangers on a Train (1951)*
Touch of Evil (1958)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Up (2009)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Wrestler (2008)

* = won't likely last long
Some of these are falling and are getting low as well, so they'll likely be gone next year.
[Newer films are falling faster: Up, The Wrestler, Star Trek fell the most positions]

Foreign Films in the IMDB 250

These are all the foreign films that made the IMDB top 250 list
(Link to the complete IMDB 250)


1. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, Japan, 1954) No. 13
2. City of God (Meirelles, Brazil, 2002) No. 19
3. Amelie (Jeunet, France, 2001) No. 46
4. M (Lang, Germany, 1931) No. 55
5. The Lives of Others (von Donnersmarck, Germany, 2006) No. 57
6. Das Boot (Peterson, Germany, 1981) No. 63
7. Life is Beautiful (Benigni, Italy, 1997) No. 69
8. Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore, Italy, 1988) No. 74
9. Pan's Labyrinth (del Toro, Spain, 2006) No. 76
10. Rashomon (Kurosawa, Japan, 1950) No. 81
11. Bicycle Thief (De Sica, Italy, 1948) No. 87
12. Metropolis (Land, Germany, 1927) No. 94
13. Downfall (Hirschbiegel, Germany, 2004) No. 95
14. Oldboy (Park, Korea, 2003) No. 97
15. Princess Mononoke (Miyayaki, Japan, 1997) No. 109
16. The Seventh Seal (Bergman, Sweden, 1957) No. 113
17. Yojimbo (Kurosawa, Japan, 1961) No. 123
18. Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, Japan, 1988) No. 125
19. Ran (Kurosawa, Japan, 1985) No. 126
20. Wild Strawberries (Bergman, Sweden, 1957) No. 131
21. Amores Perros (Inarritu, Mexico, 2000) No. 159
22. The Wages of Fear (Clouzot, France, 1953) No. 166
23. Ikiru (Kurosawa, Japan, 1952) No. 167
24. Diabolique (Clouzot, France, 1955) No. 182
25. Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (Fellini, Italy, 1963) No. 187
26. The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo, Italy, 1966) No. 194
27. The 400 Blows (Truffaut, France, 1959) No. 195
28. La Strada (Fellini, Italy, 1954) No. 197
29. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Schnabel, France, 2007) No. 201
30. Persona (Bergman, Sweden, 1966) No. 202
31. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, France, 1928) No. 210
32. Let the Right One In (Alfredson, Sweden, 2008) No. 214
33. Fanny and Alexander (Bergman, Sweden, 1982) No. 215
34. Nights of Cabiria (Fellini, Italy, 1957) No. 225
35. The Celebration (Vinterberg, Denmark-Sweden, 1998) No. 226
36. Infernal Affairs (Lau and Mak, Hong Kong, 2002) No. 227
37. A Separation (Farhadi, Iran, 2011) No. 228
38. Howl's Moving Castle (Miyazaki, Japan, 2004) No. 229
39. Three Colors: Red (Kieslowski, Fr-Switz-Poland, 1994) No. 245
40. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.. and Spring (Kim, Korea, 2003) No. 247

Note: one film I left off is Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima, which is a U.S. film but is mostly in Japanese, as it's based on letters sent home by Japanese soldiers there, and tells that side of the battle for Iwo Jima.

Some of these at the top are cinema masterpieces, notably Seven Samurai, City of God, The Lives of Others, and Cinema Paradiso. Many think Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is the best film ever made.

I'm not sure why Amelie gets ranked so high, personally I like two other Jean-Pierre Jeunet films more: A Very Long Engagement and Micmacs - check them out, they are both excellent. Also, where the heck are John Salles' two excellent films from Brazil, Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries - that's totally baffling. Also missing is Twilight Samurai, which not only won numerous awards (37) but won 12 Japanese academy awards out of 14 nominations.

The films here that I reviewed I think are excellent. Some that I didn't review are worthy films, I just haven't gotten around to reviewing them yet, such as M, Passion of Joan of Arc, Diabolique, Bicycle Thief, Rashomon, Yojimbo, Wild Strawberries, and Fanny and Alexander.

Others I didn't review because I didn't think they were worthy - among these are Nights of Cabiria, Pan's Labyrinth, Ran, Life Is Beautiful, Persona, and Infernal Affairs. These are all good films, just not great, imo. Amores Perros is a good film, but is very tough to watch, especially some scenes involving dogs, watch that one at your own risk if you love animals.

My personal 10 favorites that made their list:
1. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)
2. Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore)
3. City of God (Meirelles and Lund)
4. The Lives of Others (von Donnersmarck)
5. Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo)
6. The 400 Blows (Truffaut)
7. Das Boot (Peterson)
8. Oldboy (Park)
9. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.. and Spring (Kim Ki-Duk)

10. The Seventh Seal (Bergman)

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IMDB Top 250 Movies

Internet Movie Database Top 250
Updated 12/10/10

The original list at IMDB itself

[Click those with links for our review at 1000 DVDs to See]

Rank- Rating – Film – Year – Total votes
1. 9.2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 540,743
2. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 424,506
3. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 255,123
4. 8.9 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 168,061
5. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 432,509
6. 8.9 Inception (2010) 249,695
7. 8.9 Schindler's List (1993) 286,490
8. 8.9 12 Angry Men (1957) 125,358
9. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 223,218
10. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008) 483,218
11. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 287,028
12. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 377,097
13. 8.8 Seven Samurai (1954) 100,116
14. 8.7 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) 330,165
15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) 237,848
16. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 172,749
17. 8.7 Fight Club (1999) 397,798
18. 8.7 City of God (2002) 174,270
19. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 400,231
20. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 122,825
21. 8.7 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 77,421
22. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 250,010
23. 8.7 Toy Story 3 (2010) 88,911
24. 8.7 Psycho (1960) 148,964
25. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995) 275,322
26. 8.7 The Matrix (1999) 394,883
27. 8.6 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 255,133
28. 8.6 Se7en (1995) 290,940
29. 8.6 Memento (2000) 285,345
30. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 104,750
31. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 338,202
32. 8.6 Sunset Boulevard (1950) 56,802
33. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 160,193
34. 8.6 Forrest Gump (1994) 313,852
35. 8.6 The Professional (1994) 208,304
36. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941) 141,924
37. 8.6 Apocalypse Now (1979) 178,661
38. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) 96,258
39. 8.6 American Beauty (1999) 302,138
40. 8.5 American History X (1998) 234,131
41. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 162,019
42. 8.5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 246,737
43. 8.5 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 279,259
44. 8.5 Vertigo (1958) 94,762
45. 8.5 Amélie (2001) 188,403
46. 8.5 Alien (1979) 186,886
47. 8.5 WALL·E (2008) 191,899
48. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 81,803
49. 8.5 The Shining (1980) 184,875
50. 8.5 Spirited Away (2001) 105,943
51. 8.5 Paths of Glory (1957) 46,499
52. 8.5 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 199,998
53. 8.5 Double Indemnity (1944) 38,428
54. 8.5 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 85,392
55. 8.5 The Pianist (2002) 140,285
56. 8.4 The Lives of Others (2006) 78,852
57. 8.4 The Departed (2006) 274,920
58. 8.4 M (1931) 41,403
59. 8.4 City Lights (1931) 28,841
60. 8.4 Aliens (1986) 175,567
61. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 227,990
62. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 192,323
63. 8.4 Das Boot (1981) 72,230
64. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 52,380
65. 8.4 L.A. Confidential (1997) 169,794
66. 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 219,934
67. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 81,685
68. 8.4 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 34,358
69. 8.4 Modern Times (1936) 37,311
70. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 159,429
71. 8.4 Life Is Beautiful (1997) 113,386
72. 8.4 Back to the Future (1985) 210,765
73. 8.4 The Prestige (2006) 217,850
74. 8.4 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 160,995
75. 8.4 Raging Bull (1980) 92,969
76. 8.3 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 47,455
77. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 57,157
78. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 69,623
79. 8.3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 60,564
80. 8.3 Rashomon (1950) 40,432
81. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 35,928
82. 8.3 Amadeus (1984) 100,445
83. 8.3 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 74,899
84. 8.3 The Green Mile (1999) 207,547
85. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 157,810
86. 8.3 Inglourious Basterds (2009) 191,948
87. 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 165,137
88. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940) 38,694
89. 8.3 Braveheart (1995) 249,024
90. 8.3 Bicycle Thieves (1948) 28,748
91. 8.3 The Apartment (1960) 37,846
92. 8.3 Up (2009) 120,661
93. 8.3 Downfall (2004) 85,874
94. 8.3 Gran Torino (2008) 137,508
95. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 41,455
96. 8.3 The Sting (1973) 68,107
97. 8.3 Gladiator (2000) 290,301
98. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 52,980
99. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992) 102,698
100. 8.3 The Elephant Man (1980) 60,501
101. 8.3 Sin City (2005) 264,268
102. 8.3 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 34,392
103. 8.3 Oldboy (2003) 102,152
104. 8.3 On the Waterfront (1954) 42,536
105. 8.3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 177,128
106. 8.3 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 217,542
107. 8.3 Rebecca (1940) 36,539
108. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963) 64,286
109. 8.3 Die Hard (1988) 187,970
110. 8.3 Batman Begins (2005) 279,808
111. 8.3 Princess Mononoke (1997) 68,312
112. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 142,867
113. 8.2 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 95,808
114. 8.2 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 185,131
115. 8.2 The Seventh Seal (1957) 38,438
116. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982) 190,769
117. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 169,978
118. 8.2 No Country for Old Men (2007) 205,672
119. 8.2 Heat (1995) 150,050
120. 8.2 The General (1926) 20,779
121. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 106,393
122. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 33,697
123. 8.2 For a Few Dollars More (1965) 46,513
124. 8.2 Ran (1985) 35,639
125. 8.2 Yojimbo (1961) 30,327
126. 8.2 District 9 (2009) 162,058
127. 8.2 The Sixth Sense (1999) 247,419
128. 8.2 Snatch. (2000) 180,856
129. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 67,713
130. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 217,960
131. 8.2 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 18,836
132. 8.2 Wild Strawberries (1957) 22,206
133. 8.2 The Deer Hunter (1978) 90,962
134. 8.2 Avatar (2009) 278,058
135. 8.2 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 47,168
136. 8.2 The Social Network (2010) 47,589
137. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 35,704
138. 8.2 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 36,389
139. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 35,254
140. 8.2 The Big Lebowski (1998) 184,710
141. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 241,028
142. 8.2 It Happened One Night (1934) 25,949
143. 8.2 Platoon (1986) 112,277
144. 8.2 The Lion King (1994) 144,110
145. 8.2 Into the Wild (2007) 105,812
146. 8.2 There Will Be Blood (2007) 136,311
147. 8.1 Notorious (1946) 32,472
148. 8.1 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 147,393
149. 8.1 Toy Story (1995) 159,312
150. 8.1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 59,517
151. 8.1 Gone with the Wind (1939) 81,821
152. 8.1 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 11,883
153. 8.1 The Wrestler (2008) 98,625
154. 8.1 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 35,641
155. 8.1 Trainspotting (1996) 155,811
156. 8.1 Ben-Hur (1959) 60,708
157. 8.1 Scarface (1983) 158,016
158. 8.1 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 24,163
159. 8.1 The Graduate (1967) 80,744
160. 8.1 The Big Sleep (1946) 29,891
161. 8.1 Groundhog Day (1993) 140,881
162. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) 97,463
163. 8.1 The Gold Rush (1925) 21,873
164. 8.1 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 152,625
165. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003) 172,520
166. 8.1 Amores Perros (2000) 63,272
167. 8.1 The Terminator (1984) 186,088
168. 8.1 Stand by Me (1986) 93,267
169. 8.1 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 46,016
170. 8.1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 17,914
171. 8.1 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 131,033
172. 8.1 The Thing (1982) 82,172
173. 8.1 The Kid (1921) 15,153
174. 8.1 Casino (1995) 112,847
175. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2006) 233,790
176. 8.1 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 175,536
177. 8.1 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 61,949
178. 8.1 Ratatouille (2007) 138,367
179. 8.1 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) 22,035
180. 8.1 Gandhi (1982) 52,921
181. 8.1 Star Trek (2009) 141,101
182. 8.1 Ikiru (1952) 16,834
183. 8.1 The Wages of Fear (1953) 14,771
184. 8.1 Diabolique (1955) 15,374
185. 8.1 8½ (1963) 30,883
186. 8.1 The Princess Bride (1987) 126,416
187. 8.1 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 26,573
188. 8.0 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 14,876
189. 8.0 The Incredibles (2004) 165,798
190. 8.0 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 32,810
191. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 26,184
192. 8.0 Good Will Hunting (1997) 156,826
193. 8.0 The Killing (1956) 25,616
194. 8.0 In Bruges (2008) 103,127
195. 8.0 The Wild Bunch (1969) 32,145
196. 8.0 Network (1976) 35,207
197. 8.0 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 35,013
198. 8.0 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 32,875
199. 8.0 La Strada (1954) 18,449
200. 8.0 The 400 Blows (1959) 24,913
201. 8.0 The Exorcist (1973) 108,151
202. 8.0 Children of Men (2006) 164,607
203. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 21,394
204. 8.0 Persona (1966) 16,379
205. 8.0 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 20,586
206. 8.0 Ed Wood (1994) 76,564
207. 8.0 Dial M for Murder (1954) 31,381
208. 8.0 The Battle of Algiers (1966) 14,570
209. 8.0 Let the Right One In (2008) 62,308
210. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 22,259
211. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 146,282
212. 8.0 Magnolia (1999) 124,693
213. 8.0 Rocky (1976) 101,969
214. 8.0 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 11,146
215. 8.0 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 13,598
216. 8.0 Fanny and Alexander (1982) 14,794
217. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 124,336
218. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 40,019
219. 8.0 Barry Lyndon (1975) 41,085
220. 8.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 190,233
221. 8.0 Mary and Max (2009) 13,954
222. 8.0 Patton (1970) 40,725
223. 8.0 Duck Soup (1933) 27,449
224. 8.0 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 53,132
225. 8.0 The Celebration (1998) 27,504
226. 8.0 Kick-Ass (2010) 104,839
227. 8.0 In the Mood for Love (2000) 25,968
228. 8.0 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 59,483
229. 8.0 Roman Holiday (1953) 32,364
230. 8.0 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 241,810
231. 8.0 The Truman Show (1998) 163,841
232. 8.0 Infernal Affairs (2002) 37,058
233. 8.0 Crash (2004/I) 176,222
234. 8.0 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 47,232
235. 8.0 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 30,797
236. 8.0 His Girl Friday (1940) 21,235
237. 8.0 Harvey (1950) 24,059
238. 8.0 Three Colors: Red (1994) 24,687
239. 8.0 Nights of Cabiria (1957) 11,445
240. 8.0 The Philadelphia Story (1940) 28,451
241. 8.0 A Christmas Story (1983) 53,073
242. 8.0 Sleuth (1972) 18,134
243. 8.0 King Kong (1933) 40,591
244. 8.0 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) 18,663
245. 8.0 Rope (1948) 32,852
246. 8.0 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 122,634
247. 8.0 Castle in the Sky (1986) 22,044
248. 8.0 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 23,166
249. 8.0 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 107,553
250. 8.0 Toy Story 2 (1999) 126,069

I haven't seen these films yet, hence no reviews or opinions:
50. 8.5 Spirited Away (2001)
55. 8.5 The Pianist (2002)
111. 8.3 Princess Mononoke (1997)
169. 8.1 How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
190. 8.0 My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
198. 8.0 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
209. 8.0 Let the Right One In (2008)
221. 8.0 Mary and Max (2009)
226. 8.0 Kick-Ass (2010)
234. 8.0 Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
238. 8.0 Three Colors: Red (1994)
247. 8.0 Castle in the Sky (1986)

Comments
Hey, they got Star Wars right.. Empire Strikes Back is easily the best of the entire six films, the only one with a good science fiction story as well as special effects Far too many Tarentino films; really, are Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill really that good? And Sergio Leone - they included his best here, Once Upon a Time in America, but is Good, Bad, and the Ugly really any good? It's major boredom for me, a mockery of good, serious westerns.. Any old John Ford western is better than any Leone one.. unless you just prefer satires of serious works Does anyone know why "Snatch." has a period after it? Why does "Se7en" have the numeral in the middle and not the beginning (7even)? (originally it was just "Seven") or why it isn't just known as "7", like Fellini's "8 ½", which you never see as "Eight and a half"

These films I didn’t like very much, will likely never include them in my blog "1000 DVDs to See"
66. 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992) - slow, excessive
70. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)- silly, excessive
89. 8.3 Braveheart (1995) -mock heroics, unrealistic, unengrossing
140. 8.2 The Big Lebowski (1998) -what the F was that all about? If not for Barton Fink, this would be the worst Coen Bros. film. I want my money back for each one..
142. 8.2 It Happened One Night (1934) -silly, not funny
150. 8.1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) -silly, bad western, bicycles and BJ Thomas songs? and Katherine Ross? c'mon..
157. 8.1 Scarface (1983) -excessive, slow, overwrought, bad acting
162. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) -silly, excessive, unfunny (and if you can't find humor in mocking the Bible, find a new line of work)
201. 8.0 The Exorcist (1973) -slow, excessive, repulsive
213. 8.0 Rocky (1976) -mock heroics, predictable, unrealistic boxing, and there are about 10 better boxing films (Cinderella Man, Raging Bull, Rocco and His Brothers, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Million Dollar Baby to name a few)
219. 8.0 Barry Lyndon (1975) -slow, unengrossing, not even a good classic novel
232. 8.0 Infernal Affairs (2002) -a mess, hence The Departed was made to improve it
233. 8.0 Crash (2004/I) -the awful one, Cronenberg's SM one is better with James Spader getting it on with Debra Kara Unger, Roseanna Arquette, and Holly Hunter (a lap ride in the front seat!)
249. 8.0 Mulholland Dr. (2001) -so boring I can't remember it, unlike most Lynch films

Black and White films on the list
8. 8.9 12 Angry Men (1957) 125,358
13. 8.8 Seven Samurai (1954) 100,116
16. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 172,749
24. 8.7 Psycho (1960) 148,964
30. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 104,750
32. 8.6 Sunset Boulevard (1950) 56,802
33. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 160,193
36. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941) 141,924
51. 8.5 Paths of Glory (1957) 46,499
53. 8.5 Double Indemnity (1944) 38,428
54. 8.5 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 85,392
58. 8.4 M (1931) 41,403
59. 8.4 City Lights (1931) 28,841
64. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 52,380
68. 8.4 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 34,358
69. 8.4 Modern Times (1936) 37,311
75. 8.4 Raging Bull (1980) 92,969
78. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 69,623
80. 8.3 Rashomon (1950) 40,432
81. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 35,928
88. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940) 38,694
90. 8.3 Bicycle Thieves (1948) 28,748
91. 8.3 The Apartment (1960) 37,846
95. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 41,455
98. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 52,980
100. 8.3 The Elephant Man (1980) 60,501
101. 8.3 Sin City (2005) 264,268
102. 8.3 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 34,392
104. 8.3 On the Waterfront (1954) 42,536
107. 8.3 Rebecca (1940) 36,539
115. 8.2 The Seventh Seal (1957) 38,438
120. 8.2 The General (1926) 20,779
122. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 33,697
124. 8.2 Ran (1985) 35,639
125. 8.2 Yojimbo (1961) 30,327
131. 8.2 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 18,836
132. 8.2 Wild Strawberries (1957) 22,206
137. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 35,704
139. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 35,254
142. 8.2 It Happened One Night (1934) 25,949
147. 8.1 Notorious (1946) 32,472
152. 8.1 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 11,883
154. 8.1 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 35,641
158. 8.1 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 24,163
160. 8.1 The Big Sleep (1946) 29,891
163. 8.1 The Gold Rush (1925) 21,873
170. 8.1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 17,914
173. 8.1 The Kid (1921) 15,153
182. 8.1 Ikiru (1952) 16,834
183. 8.1 The Wages of Fear (1953) 14,771
185. 8.1 8½ (1963) 30,883
187. 8.1 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 26,573
188. 8.0 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 14,876
191. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 26,184
193. 8.0 The Killing (1956) 25,616
197. 8.0 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 35,013
199. 8.0 La Strada (1954) 18,449
200. 8.0 The 400 Blows (1959) 24,913
203. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 21,394
204. 8.0 Persona (1966) 16,379
205. 8.0 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 20,586
206. 8.0 Ed Wood (1994) 76,564
208. 8.0 The Battle of Algiers (1966) 14,570
210. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 22,259
214. 8.0 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 11,146
215. 8.0 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 13,598
218. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 40,019
223. 8.0 Duck Soup (1933) 27,449
229. 8.0 Roman Holiday (1953) 32,364
235. 8.0 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 30,797
236. 8.0 His Girl Friday (1940) 21,235
237. 8.0 Harvey (1950) 24,059
239. 8.0 Nights of Cabiria (1957) 11,445
240. 8.0 The Philadelphia Story (1940) 28,451
243. 8.0 King Kong (1933) 40,591
248. 8.0 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 23,166

IMDB 250 - Alphabetical

[Internet Movie Database 250 - Alphabetical List] Voted by Site Regulars, rankings/voted removed (updated 1/25/09) I used the English film title for foreign films like The Seven Samurai, City of God, Cinema Paradiso,The Bicycle Thief, unless the film was released with its foreign title like La Dolce Vita, Rashomon, or anime films. You can see the IMDB 250 list ranked by ratings averages at their site here: Internet Movie Database Top 250 I highlighted those from my Top 100 (78 so far) 12 Angry Men (1957) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8½ (1963) A Clockwork Orange (1971) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Ace in the Hole (1951) Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) All About Eve (1950) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Amadeus (1984) American Beauty (1999) American History X (1998) Amores perros (2000) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Annie Hall (1977) Apocalypse Now (1979) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Back to the Future (1985) Batman Begins (2005) Beauty and the Beast (1946) Ben-Hur (1959) Big Fish (2003) Blade Runner (1982) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Braveheart (1995) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Brief Encounter (1945) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Casablanca (1942) Casino (1995) Children of Men (2006) Chinatown (1974) Cinema Paradiso (1988) Citizen Kane (1941) City Lights (1931) City of God (2002) Cool Hand Luke (1967) Crash (2004/I) Crazy Class Wakes Up (1976) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Das Boot (1981) Diaboliques, Les (1955) Dial M for Murder (1954) Die Hard (1988) Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Dolce vita, La (1960) Donnie Darko (2001) Double Indemnity (1944) Downfall (2004) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Duck Soup (1933) Ed Wood (1994) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) – anime Fargo (1996) Fight Club (1999) Finding Nemo (2003) For a Few Dollars More (1965) Forrest Gump (1994) Frankenstein (1931) Frost/Nixon (2008) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Gandhi (1982) Gladiator (2000) Glory (1989) Gone with the Wind (1939) Goodfellas (1990) Gran Torino (2008) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) - animated Great Expectations (1946) Groundhog Day (1993) Harold and Maude (1971) Harvey (1950) Heat (1995) High Noon (1952) His Girl Friday (1940) Hotel Rwanda (2004) In Bruges (2008) In the Heat of the Night (1967) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Into the Wild (2007) It Happened One Night (1934) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Jaws (1975) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) King Kong (1933) L.A. Confidential (1997) Laura (1944) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Léon (1994) Let the Right One In (2008) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Life is Beautiful (1997) Life of Brian (1979) Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) M (1931) Magnolia (1999) Manhattan (1979) Memento (2000) Metropolis (1927) Milk (2008) Million Dollar Baby (2004) Modern Times (1936) Mononoke-hime (1997) - anime Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Mystic River (2003) Network (1976) Nights of Cabiria (1957) No Country for Old Men (2007) North by Northwest (1959) Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) Notorious (1946) Oldboy (2003) On the Waterfront (1954) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Paths of Glory (1957) Patton (1970) Planet of the Apes (1968) Platoon (1986) Psycho (1960) Pulp Fiction (1994) Raging Bull (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Ran (1985) Rashômon (1950) Ratatouille (2007) Rear Window (1954) Rebecca (1940) Requiem for a Dream (2000) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Rocky (1976) Roman Holiday (1953) Rope (1948) Rosemary's Baby (1968) Safety Last! (1923) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Scarface (1983) Schindler's List (1993) Se7en (1995) Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) -anime Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Sin City (2005) Singin' in the Rain (1952) Sleuth (1972) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Snatch (2000) Some Like It Hot (1959) Spartacus (1960) Stalag 17 (1953) Stand by Me (1986) Star Wars (1977) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Strada, La (1954) Strangers on a Train (1951) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Taxi Driver (1976) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) The African Queen (1951) The Apartment (1960) The Battle of Algiers (1966) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) The Bicycle Thief (1948) The Big Lebowski (1998) The Big Sleep (1946) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) The Conversation (1974) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) The Dark Knight (2008) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Deer Hunter (1978) The Departed (2006) The Elephant Man (1980) The Exorcist (1973) The General (1927) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather: Part II (1974) The Gold Rush (1925) The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1966) The Graduate (1967) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Great Dictator (1940) The Great Escape (1963) The Green Mile (1999) The Hustler (1961) The Incredibles (2004) The Kid (1921) The Killing (1956) The Lady Vanishes (1938) The Lion King (1994) The Lives of Others (2006) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lost Weekend (1945) The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) The Matrix (1999) The Night of the Hunter (1955) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) The Philadelphia Story (1940) The Pianist (2002) The Prestige (2006) The Princess Bride (1987) The Seven Samurai (1954) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Shining (1980) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) The Sixth Sense (1999) The Sting (1973) The Terminator (1984) The Thing (1982) The Third Man (1949) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) The Usual Suspects (1994) The Wages of Fear (1953) The Wild Bunch (1969) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Wrestler (2008) There Will Be Blood (2007) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Touch of Evil (1958) Toy Story (1995) Trainspotting (1996) Twelve Monkeys (1995) Umberto D. (1952) Unforgiven (1992) V for Vendetta (2005) Vertigo (1958) WALL·E (2008) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Wild Strawberries (1957) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Yojimbo (1961) [Notable Omissions: E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, My Fair Lady, Open Range, Babe, Hannah and Her Sisters, Parenthood, The Last Emperor, The King and I, Auntie Mame, Ronin, Winged Migration, Fly Away Home, Never Cry Wolf, Beauty and the Beast (animated, 91), In Cold Blood, The Game, Dances With Wolves, Field of Dreams, House of Games, The Grifters, Chicago, Out of the Past, Traffic Notable Foreign Omissions: The Conformist, Yimou's 'Hero' (China), Chungking Express/Fallen Angels (Hong Kong), Diva (France), Fitzcarraldo (Germany), Run Lola Run (Germany), To Live (China), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Italy) C'mon, really, people! r.u. kidding? Life of Brian, Rosemary's Baby, Snatch, Exorcist, The Shining, Pan's Labyrinth, Magnolia, Heat, The Big Lebowski, The Green Mile, Elephant Man, Nights of Cabiria, For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, Crash (04), The Thing remake ?? (Life of Brian, Snatch, and The Thing are better than Traffic?) When I checked, Hero's avg would have it tied for 185th-250th but it was ranked just below those decimally. A few 10 votes and it'll be on the list. Babe as well, best children's film ever.