IMDb List

IMDb Top 250 Movies

250 ranked titles

IMDb Top 250 movies of all time. List is updated and complete as of June 2018.

Rank Title Rating
#1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.2 #2 The Godfather (1972) 9.2 #3 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.0 #4 The Dark Knight (2008) 9.0 #5 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.9 #6 Schindler’s List (1993) 8.9 #7 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 8.9 #8 Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.9 #9 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 8.8 #10 Fight Club (1999) 8.8 #11 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.8 #12 Forrest Gump (1994) 8.7 #13 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7 #14 Inception (2010) 8.7 #15 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.7 #16 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7 #17 Goodfellas (1990) 8.7 #18 The Matrix (1999) 8.6 #19 Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 8.6 #20 Seven Samurai (1954) 8.6 #21 City of God (2002) 8.6 #22 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) 8.6 #23 Se7en (1995) 8.6 #24 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.6 #25 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.6 #26 Life Is Beautiful (1997) 8.6 #27 The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6 #28 Spirited Away (2001) 8.5 #29 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.5 #30 Léon: The Professional (1994) 8.5 #31 The Green Mile (1999) 8.5 #32 Interstellar (2014) 8.5 #33 American History X (1998) 8.5 #34 Psycho (1960) 8.5 #35 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 8.5 #36 City Lights (1931) 8.5 #37 Casablanca (1942) 8.5 #38 Modern Times (1936) 8.5 #39 The Intouchables (2011) 8.5 #40 The Pianist (2002) 8.5 #41 The Departed (2006) 8.5 #42 Terminator 2 (1991) 8.5 #43 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.5 #44 Back to the Future (1985) 8.5 #45 Rear Window (1954) 8.5 #46 Whiplash (2014) 8.5 #47 Gladiator (2000) 8.5 #48 The Lion King (1994) 8.5 #49 The Prestige (2006) 8.5 #50 Memento (2000) 8.4 #51 Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4 #52 Alien (1979) 8.4 #53 The Great Dictator (1940) 8.4 #54 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.4 #55 Sunset Boulevard (1950) 8.4 #56 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 8.4 #57 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.4 #58 The Lives of Others (2006) 8.4 #59 Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4 #60 The Shining (1980) 8.4 #61 Django Unchained (2012) 8.4 #62 WALL·E (2008) 8.4 #63 Coco (2017) 8.4 #64 Princess Mononoke (1997) 8.4 #65 American Beauty (1999) 8.4 #66 The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 8.4 #67 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.4 #68 Oldboy (2003) 8.4 #69 Aliens (1986) 8.4 #70 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.3 #71 Das Boot (1981) 8.3 #72 Citizen Kane (1941) 8.3 #73 Vertigo (1958) 8.3 #74 North by Northwest (1959) 8.3 #75 Braveheart (1995) 8.3 #76 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3 #77 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.3 #78 Your Name (2016) 8.3 #79 M (1931) 8.3 #80 Dangal (2016) 8.3 #81 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3 #82 Amadeus (1984) 8.3 #83 Like Stars on Earth (2007) (Taare Zameen Par) 8.3 #84 Amélie (2001) 8.3 #85 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3 #86 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.3 #87 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.3 #88 Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3 #89 Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3 #90 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3 #91 3 Idiots (2009) 8.3 #92 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3 #93 Toy Story (1995) 8.3 #94 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.3 #95 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.3 #96 Inglourious Basterds (2009) 8.3 #97 Bicycle Thieves (1948) 8.3 #98 The Sting (1973) 8.3 #99 The Kid (1921) 99 #100 Toy Story 3 (2010) 8.3 #101 Snatch (2000) 8.3 #102 Good Will Hunting (1997) 8.3 #103 The Hunt (2012) 8.3 #104 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3 #105 For a Few Dollars More (1965) 8.2 #106 Scarface (1983) 8.2 #107 L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.2 #108 The Apartment (1960) 8.2 #109 Metropolis (1927) 8.2 #110 A Separation (2011) 8.2 #111 Rashomon (1950) 8.2 #112 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.2 #113 Up (2009) 8.2 #114 Yojimbo (1961) 8.2 #115 All About Eve (1950) 8.2 #116 Batman Begins (2005) 8.2 #117 Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.2 #118 Unforgiven (1992) 8.2 #119 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.2 #120 Downfall (2004) 8.2 #121 Die Hard (1988) 8.2 #122 Heat (1995) 8.2 #123 My Father and My Son (2005) 8.2 #124 Raging Bull (1980) 8.2 #125 Ikiru (1952) 8.2 #126 The Great Escape (1963) 8.2 #127 The Third Man (1949) 8.2 #128 Children of Heaven (1997) 8.2 #129 Incendies (2010) 8.2 #130 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 8.2 #131 Chinatown (1974) 8.2 #132 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 8.2 #133 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 8.2 #134 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.2 #135 Ran (1985) 8.2 #136 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) 8.2 #137 The Gold Rush (1925) 8.2 #138 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 8.2 #139 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.2 #140 On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2 #141 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 8.2 #142 Inside Out (2015) 8.2 #143 A Beautiful Mind (2001) 8.2 #144 The Seventh Seal (1957) 8.2 #145 Casino (1995) 8.2 #146 Room (2015) 8.2 #147 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.1 #148 The Elephant Man (1980) 8.1 #149 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 8.1 #150 V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1 #151 Blade Runner (1982) 8.1 #152 Warrior (2011) 8.1 #153 Wild Strawberries (1957) 8.1 #154 The General (1926) 8.1 #155 Dial M for Murder (1954) 8.1 #156 Trainspotting (1996) 8.1 #157 Sherlock Jr. (1924) 8.1 #158 Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.1 #159 No Country for Old Men (2007) 8.1 #160 The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1 #161 Gran Torino (2008) 8.1 #162 There Will Be Blood (2007) 8.1 #163 Fargo (1996) 8.1 #164 The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.1 #165 The Thing (1982) 8.1 #166 Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1 #167 The Big Lebowski (1998) 8.1 #168 Come and See (1985) 8.1 #169 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1 #170 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.1 #171 Rebecca (1940) 8.1 #172 Shutter Island (2010) 8.1 #173 Sunrise (1927) 8.1 #174 Tokyo Story (1953) 8.1 #175 Hacksaw Ridge (2016) 8.1 #176 Mary and Max (2009) 8.1 #177 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 8.1 #178 Gone Girl (2014) 8.1 #179 The Bandit (1996) 8.1 #180 Into the Wild (2007) 8.1 #181 Wild Tales (2014) 8.1 #182 Life of Brian (1979) 8.1 #183 Andrei Rublev (1966) 8.1 #184 It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1 #185 Platoon (1986) 8.1 #186 Rang De Basanti (2006) 8.1 #187 In the Name of the Father (1993) 8.1 #188 Stand by Me (1986) 8.1 #189 Network (1976) 8.1 #190 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 8.1 #191 Jurassic Park (1993) 8.1 #192 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.1 #193 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 8.1 #194 Stalker (1979) 8.1 #195 Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1 #196 The Wages of Fear (1953) 8.1 #197 Persona (1966) 8.1 #198 Rush (2013) 8.1 #199 The Truman Show (1998) 8.1 #200 Memories of Murder (2003) 8.1 #201 12 Years a Slave (2013) 8.1 #202 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.1 #203 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 8.1 #204 Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 8.1 #205 The 400 Blows (1959) 8.1 #206 Spotlight (2015) 8.1 #207 Logan (2017) 8.1 #208 Before Sunrise (1995) 8.1 #209 Amores Perros (2000) 8.1 #210 Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) 8.1 #211 Prisoners (2013) 8.1 #212 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1 #213 The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1 #214 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 8.0 #215 Catch Me If You Can (2002) 8.0 #216 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 8.0 #217 La La Land (2016) 8.0 #218 Rocky (1976) 8.0 #219 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.0 #220 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0 #221 Barry Lyndon (1975) 8.0 #222 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 8.0 #223 A Wednesday (2008) 8.0 #224 The Nights of Cabiria (1957) 8.0 #225 Donnie Darko (2001) 8.0 #226 Diabolique (1955) 8.0 #227 Gandhi (1982) 8.0 #228 The Terminator (1984) 8.0 #229 Paper Moon (1973) 8.0 #230 La Haine (1995) 8.0 #231 Groundhog Day (1993) 8.0 #232 Touch of Evil (1958) 8.0 #233 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.0 #234 Deadpool 2 (2018) 8.0 #235 Dead Poets Society (1989) 8.0 #236 Jaws (1975) 8.0 #237 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 8.0 #238 In the Mood for Love (2000) 8.0 #239 The Help (2011) 8.0 #240 Annie Hall (1977) 8.0 #241 8½ (1963) 8.0 #242 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.0 #243 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 8.0 #244 Paris, Texas (1984) 8.0 #245 Before Sunset (2004) 8.0 #246 Tangerines (2013) 8.0 #247 Infernal Affairs (2002) 8.0 #248 Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) 8.0 #249 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 8.0 #250 The Handmaiden (2016) 8.0