The List

IMDb's 250 Films

1. Shawshank Redemption (1994)

2. The Godfather (1972)

3. The Godfather Pt. 2 (1974

4. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)

5. Pulp Fiction (1994)

6. Schindler's List (1993)

7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

8. 12 Angry Men (1957)

9. The Dark Knight (2008)

10. Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

11. Lord of the Rings : Return of the King (2003)

12. Star Wars (1977)

13. Casablanca (1942)

14. Goodfellas (1990)

15. The Seven Samurai (1954)

16. City of God (2002)

17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

18. Fight Club (1999)

19. Rear Window (1954)

20. The Lord of the Rings : Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

21. The Usual Suspects (1995)

22. Psycho (1960)

23. Once Upon A Time In the West (1968)

24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

25. The Matrix (1999)

26. Memento (2000)

27. Se7en (1995)

28. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

29. The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers (2002)

30. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)

31. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

32. North by Northwest (1959)

33. Citizen Kane (1941)

34. Leon (1994)

35. Apocalypse Now (1979)

36. American Beauty (1999)

37. American History X (1998)

38. Forrest Gump (1994)

39. Taxi Driver (1976)

40. Vertigo (1958)

41. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

42. WALL-E (2008)

43. Amelie (2001)

44. Alien (1979)

45. Terminator 2 : Judgment Day (1991)

46. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

47. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

48. The Shining (1980)

49. The Departed (2006)

50. Paths of Glory (1957)

51. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

52. The Pianist (2002)

53. Aliens (1986)

54. The Lives of Others (2006)

55. Spirited Away (2001)

56. Inglorious Basterds (2009)

57. M (1931)

58. Double Indemnity (1944)

59. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

60. Chinatown (1974)

61. The Third Man (1949)

62. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

63. L.A. Confidential (1997)

64. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

65. Up (2009)

66. Das Boot (1981)

67. The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948)

68. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

69. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

70. City Lights (1931)

71. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

72. Raging Bull (1980)

73. The Prestige (2006)

74. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

75. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

76. 2001 : A Space Odyssey

77. Some Like It Hot (1959)

78. The Maltese Falcon

79. Life is Beautiful (1997)

80. Downfall (2004)

81. Back to the Future (1985)

82. Gran Torino (2008)

83. Amadeus (1984)

84. Rashomon (1950)

85. Modern Times (1936)

86. All About Eve (1950)

87. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

88. Cinema Paradiso (1988)

89. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

90. Braveheart (1995)

91. District 9 (2009)

92. Sin City (2005)

93. The Elephant Man (1980)

94. Metropolis (1927)

95. Rebecca (1940)

96. The Green Mile (1999)

97. the Great Dictator (1940)

98. The Sting (1973)

99. The Apartment (1960)

100. The Great Escape (1963)

101. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

102. Batman Begins (2005)

103. Jaws (1975)

104. Star Wars : Return of the Jedi (1983)

105. Gladiator (2000)

106. Unforgiven (1992)

107. The Bicycle Thief (1948)

108. Hotel Rwanda (2004)

109. Blade Runner (1982)

110. No Country For Old Men (2007)

111. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

112. On the Waterfront (1954)

113. Touch of Evil (1958)

114. Die Hard (1988)

115. The Seventh Seal (1957)

116. Oldboy (2003)

117. Fargo (1996)

118. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

119. Princess Mononoke (1997)

120. Strangers on a Train (1951)

121. The Wrestler (2008)

122. For a Few Dollars More (1965)

123. Heat (1995)

124. Donnie Darko (2001)

125. Cool Hand Luke (1967)

126. High Noon (1952)

127. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

128. There Will Be Blood (2007)

129. Notorious (1946)

130. The Sixth Sense (1999)

131. Annie Hall (1977)

132. The Deer Hunter (1978)

133. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

134. Star Trek (2009)

135. The Big Sleep (1946)

136. Platoon (1986)

137. Ben-Hur (1959)

138. The General (1926)

139. Snatch (2000)

140. Into the Wild (2007)

141. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

142. Ran (1985)

143. The Big Lebowski (1998)

144. Yojimbo (1961)

145. It Happened One Night (1934)

146. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

147. Life of Brian (1979)

148. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

149. Wild Strawberries (1957)

150. Finding Nemo (2003)

151. The Lion King (1994)

152. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

153. The Graduate (1967)

154. Stand By Me (1986)

155. Trainspotting (1996)

156. Ratatouille (2007)

157. Toy Story (1995)

158. Gone With the Wind (1939)

159. The Terminator (1984)

160. Groundhog Day (1993)

161. Scarface (1983)

162. Amores Perros (2000)

163. The Thing (1982)

164. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

165. V for Vendetta (2005)

166. Gandhi (1982)

167. 8 1/2 (1963)

168. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

169. The Gold Rush (1925)

170. Twelve Monkeys (1995)

171. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

172. Les Diaboliques (1955)

173. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

174. The Princess Bride (1987)

175. The Incredibles (2004)

176. The Wages of Fear (1953)

177. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

178. Casino (1995)

179. Children of Men (2006)

180. The Wild Bunch (1969)

181. The Killing (1956)

182. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

183. In Bruges (2008)

184. Grave of the Fireflies ( 1988)

185. The Exorcist (1973)

186. Nights of Cabiria (1957)

187. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

188. The Hustler (1961)

189. Harvey (1950)

190. Sunrise : A Song of Two Humans (1927)

191. King Kong (1931)

192. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

193. Ed Wood (1994)

194. Letters of Iwo Jima (2006)

195. The Kid (1921)

196. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

197. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

198. Brief Encounter (1945)

199. Good Will Hunting (1997)

200. Big Fish (2003)

201. Crash (2004)

202. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

203. Dial M for Murder (1954)

204. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

205. Let the Right One In (2008)

206. Duck Soup (1933)

207. The African Queen (1951)

208. Sleuth (1972)

209. Magnolia (1999)

210. Stalag 17 (1953)

211. Rocky (1976)

212. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

213. Mystic River (2003)

214. (500) Days of Summer (2009)

215. Manhattan (1979)

216. Rope (1948)

217. La Strada (1954)

218. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

219. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

220. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

221. Pirates of the Caribbean : Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

222. Network (1976)

223. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

224. The Conversation (1974)

225. Patton (1970)

226. Changeling (2008)

227. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

228. Planet of the Apes (1968)

229. Shaun of the Dead (2004)

230. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

231. Glory (1989)

232. The Lady Vanishes (1938)

233. Spartacus (1960)

234. His Girl Friday

235. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

236. Mulholland Dr. (2001)

237. Barry Lyndon (1975)

238. The Battle of Algiers (1966)

239. Brazil (1985)

240. Monsters Inc. (2001)

241. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

242. Toy Story 2 (1999)

243. Casino Royale (2006)

244. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

245. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

246. Blood Diamond (2006)

247. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

248. Infernal Affairs (2002)

249. Nosferatu (1922)

250. Frankenstein (1931)

*as voted on by the users of IMDb. List is of the day 11/29/2009.