the List

This was the list of the IMDb Top 250 movies on January 1st, 2011 when I started this quest to watch the best films ever.  The list has since been updated.  Once I have completed this list, I will go back and catch up on the new additions that have been made.

  1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  2. The Godfather (1972)
  3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  6. Inception (2010)
  7. Schindler's List (1993)
  8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  10. The Dark Knight (2008)
  11. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  13. Seven Samurai (1954)
  14. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
  15. Goodfellas (1990)
  16. Casablanca (1942)
  17. Fight Club (1999)
  18. City of God (2002)
  19. The Lord of the Rings:: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  20. Rear Window (1954)
  21. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  23. Toy Story 3 (2010)
  24. Psycho (1960)
  25. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  26. The Matrix (1999)
  27. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  28. Se7en (1995)
  29. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  30. Memento (2000)
  31. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  32. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  33. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  34. Forrest Gump (1994)
  35. The Professional (1994)
  36. Citizen Kane (1941)
  37. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  38. North by Northwest (1959)
  39. American Beauty (1999)
  40. American History X (1998)
  41. Taxi Driver (1976)
  42. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  43. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  44. Vertigo (1958)
  45. Amelie (2001)
  46. Alien (1979)
  47. WALL-E (2008)
  48. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  49. The Shining (1980)
  50. Spirited Away (2001)
  51. Paths of Glory (1957)
  52. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  53. Double Indemnity (1944)
  54. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  55. The Pianist (2002)
  56. The Lives of Others (2006)
  57. The Departed (2006)
  58. M (1931)
  59. City Lights (1931)
  60. Aliens (1986)
  61. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  62. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  63. Das Boot (1981)
  64. The Third Man (1949)
  65. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  66. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  67. Chinatown (1974)
  68. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  69. Modern Times (1936)
  70. Life is Beautiful (1997)
  71. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  72. Back to the Future (1985)
  73. The Prestige (2006)
  74. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  75. Raging Bull (1980)
  76. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  77. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  78. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  79. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  80. Rashomon (1950)
  81. All About Eve (1950)
  82. Amadeus (1984)
  83. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  84. The Green Mile (1999)
  85. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  86. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  87. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  88. The Great Dictator (1940)
  89. Braveheart (1995)
  90. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
  91. The Apartment (1960)
  92. Up (2009)
  93. Downfall (2004)
  94. Gran Torino (2008)
  95. Metropolis (1927)
  96. The Sting (1973)
  97. Gladiator (2000)
  98. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  99. Unforgiven (1992)
  100. The Elephant Man (1980)
  101. Sin City (2005)
  102. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  103. Oldboy (2003)
  104. On the Waterfront (1954)
  105. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  106. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
  107. Rebecca (1940)
  108. The Great Escape (1963)
  109. Die Hard (1988)
  110. Batman Begins (2005)
  111. Princess Mononoke (1997)
  112. Jaws (1975)
  113. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  114. Slumdog Millionare (2008)
  115. The Seventh Seal (1957)
  116. Blade Runner (1982)
  117. Fargo (1996)
  118. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  119. Heat (1995)
  120. The General (1926)
  121. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  122. Touch of Evil (1958)
  123. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
  124. Ran (1985)
  125. Yojimbo (1961)
  126. District 9 (2009)
  127. Snatch. (2000)
  128. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  129. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  130. Annie Hall (1977)
  131. Donnie Darko (2001)
  132. Wild Strawberries (1957)
  133. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  134. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
  135. Avatar (2009)
  136. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  137. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  138. The Big Lebowski (1998)
  139. High Noon (1952)
  140. The Social Network (2010)
  141. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  142. It Happened One Night (1934)
  143. Platoon (1986)
  144. The Lion King (1994)
  145. Into the Wild (2007)
  146. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  147. Notorious (1946)
  148. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  149. Toy Story (1995)
  150. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  151. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  152. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1969)
  153. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  154. The Wrestler (2008)
  155. Trainspotting (1996)
  156. Ben-Hur (1959)
  157. Scarface (1983)
  158. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  159. The Graduate (1967)
  160. The Big Sleep (1946)
  161. Groundhog Day (1993)
  162. Black Swan (2010)
  163. The Gold Rush (1925)
  164. Life of Brian (1979)
  165. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  166. Amores Perros (2000)
  167. Finding Nemo (2003)
  168. The Terminator (1984)
  169. Stand by Me (1986)
  170. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
  171. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  172. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  173. The Thing (1982)
  174. Casino (1995)
  175. The Kid (1921)
  176. V for Vendetta (2006)
  177. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
  178. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  179. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
  180. Ratatouille (2007)
  181. Ikiru (1952)
  182. The Wages of Fear (1953)
  183. Gandhi (1982)
  184. Star Trek (2009)
  185. Diabolique (1955)
  186. 81/2 (1963)
  187. The Princess Bride (1987)
  188. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  189. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
  190. The Incredibles (2004)
  191. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  192. The Hustler (1961)
  193. Good Will Hunting (1997)
  194. The Killing (1956)
  195. In Bruges (2008)
  196. The Wild Bunch (1969)
  197. Network (1976)
  198. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
  199. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  200. La Strada (1954)
  201. The 400 Blows (1959)
  202. The Exorcist (1973)
  203. Children of Men (2006)
  204. Stalag 17 (1953)
  205. Persona (1966)
  206. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  207. Ed Wood (1994)
  208. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
  209. Dial M for Murder (1954)
  210. Let the Right One In (2008)
  211. Big Fish (2003)
  212. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
  213. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  214. Magnolia (1999)
  215. Rocky (1976)
  216. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
  217. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  218. Mystic River (2003)
  219. Mary and Max (2009)
  220. Barry Lyndon (1975)
  221. Manhattan (1979)
  222. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
  223. Patton (1970)
  224. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  225. Duck Soup (1933)
  226. The Celebration (1998)
  227. Kick-Ass (2010)
  228. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
  229. Roman Holiday (1953)
  230. In the Mood for Love (2000)
  231. The Truman Show (1998)
  232. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  233. Infernal Affairs (2002)
  234. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
  235. Crash (2004)
  236. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  237. Harvey (1950)
  238. Three Colors: Red (1994)
  239. His Girl Friday (1940)
  240. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  241. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  242. A Christmas Story (1983)
  243. Sleuth (1972)
  244. King Kong (1933)
  245. Rope (1948)
  246. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (2003)
  247. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  248. Castle in the Sky (1986)
  249. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  250. Mulholland Dr. (2001)

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