IMDb Top Movies at Most Recent Highest Rank
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This is NOT a list stating the order of greatest films.
This list is NOT based upon my personal opinions, it is a list that is accumulated from all films that have appeared on IMDb's Top 250, the order of the list is based upon the most recent highest rank of films. This is why The Dark Knight takes first place, as it is the most recent film to take place at #1. Films for example, Inception was ranked #3 and therefore is placed above The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (the previous placeholder for #3). High rated films that have never appeared on IMDb's Top 250 follow those that did in order of their rank.
Before commenting please note once again this is not based on my personal opinions, but the world's average opinions.
This is NOT a list stating the order of greatest films.
This list is NOT based upon my personal opinions, it is a list that is accumulated from all films that have appeared on IMDb's Top 250, the order of the list is based upon the most recent highest rank of films. This is why The Dark Knight takes first place, as it is the most recent film to take place at #1. Films for example, Inception was ranked #3 and therefore is placed above The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (the previous placeholder for #3). High rated films that have never appeared on IMDb's Top 250 follow those that did in order of their rank.
Before commenting please note once again this is not based on my personal opinions, but the world's average opinions.
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1.
The Dark Knight
(2008)
When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level. (152 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
2.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001)
A meek hobbit of The Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring and the dark lord Sauron. (178 mins.)
Director: Peter Jackson
3.
Inception
(2010)
A skilled extractor is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible. (148 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
4.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003)
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. (201 mins.)
Director: Peter Jackson
5.
The Godfather
(1972)
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. (175 mins.)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
6.
American Beauty
(1999)
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend. (122 mins.)
Director: Sam Mendes
7.
Toy Story 3
(2010)
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home. (103 mins.)
Director: Lee Unkrich
8.
WALL·E
(2008)
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. (98 mins.)
Director: Andrew Stanton
9.
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Eight years on, a new evil rises from where the Batman and Commissioner Gordon tried to bury it, causing the Batman to resurface and fight to protect Gotham City... the very city which brands him an enemy. (165 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
10.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002)
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. (179 mins.)
Director: Peter Jackson
11.
Shine
(1996)
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim. (105 mins.)
Director: Scott Hicks
12.
Trainspotting
(1996)
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. (94 mins.)
Director: Danny Boyle
13.
Saving Private Ryan
(1998)
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. (169 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
14.
Up
(2009)
By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway. (96 mins.)
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
15.
Titanic
(1997)
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat, expecting to be married to a rich claimant by her mother, falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (194 mins.)
Director: James Cameron
16.
The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)
Director: Frank Darabont
17.
Memento
(2000)
A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. (113 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
18.
Amélie
(2001)
Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. (122 mins.)
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
19.
There Will Be Blood
(2007)
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business. (158 mins.)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
20.
No Country for Old Men
(2007)
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. (122 mins.)
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
21.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000)
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life. (120 mins.)
Director: Ang Lee
22.
The English Patient
(1996)
At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. (162 mins.)
Director: Anthony Minghella
23.
The Godfather: Part II
(1974)
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba. (200 mins.)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
24.
Avatar
(2009)
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. (162 mins.)
Director: James Cameron
25.
City of God
(2002)
Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. (130 mins.)
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
26.
The Avengers
(2012)
Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army. (143 mins.)
Director: Joss Whedon
27.
Fight Club
(1999)
An insomniac office worker looking for a way to change his life crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker and they form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more... (139 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
28.
Life Is Beautiful
(1997)
A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp. (116 mins.)
Director: Roberto Benigni, Rod Dean
29.
Star Trek: First Contact
(1996)
Captain Picard and his crew pursue the Borg back in time to stop them from preventing Earth from initiating first contact with alien life. (111 mins.)
Director: Jonathan Frakes
30.
Schindler's List
(1993)
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. (195 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
31.
District 9
(2009)
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. (112 mins.)
Director: Neill Blomkamp
32.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(1966)
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. (161 mins.)
Director: Sergio Leone
33.
Toy Story 2
(1999)
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting. (92 mins.)
Director: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon
34.
Seven Samurai
(1954)
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. (207 mins.)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
35.
12 Angry Men
(1957)
A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court. (96 mins.)
Director: Sidney Lumet
36.
Being John Malkovich
(1999)
A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich. (112 mins.)
Director: Spike Jonze
37.
Django Unchained
(2012)
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. (165 mins.)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
38.
The Sixth Sense
(1999)
A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. (107 mins.)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
39.
Citizen Kane
(1941)
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. (119 mins.)
Director: Orson Welles
40.
L.A. Confidential
(1997)
As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - the straight-laced, the brutal, and the sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. (138 mins.)
Director: Curtis Hanson
41.
Inglourious Basterds
(2009)
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. (153 mins.)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
42.
Shakespeare in Love
(1998)
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. (123 mins.)
Director: John Madden
43.
Slumdog Millionaire
(2008)
A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers. (120 mins.)
Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
44.
The Matrix
(1999)
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. (136 mins.)
Director: The Wachowski Brothers, The Wachowski Brothers
45.
Ratatouille
(2007)
With dreams of becoming a chef, a culinary genius in the form of a rat, makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famed restaurant. (111 mins.)
Director: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
46.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(2004)
A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with. (108 mins.)
Director: Michel Gondry
47.
The Pianist
(2002)
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. (150 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski
48.
The Departed
(2006)
An undercover state cop who infiltrated a Mafia clan and a mole in the police force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before being exposed to the enemy, after both sides realize their outfit has a rat. (151 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
49.
Beautiful Thing
(1996)
In a suburb of London, young Jamie is escaping sport hours, to avoid being the victim of his comrades. Young Ste, his neighbor, is beaten by his father, and comes to sleep overnight. They discover new feelings, sleeping in the same bed. (90 mins.)
Director: Hettie Macdonald
50.
Good Will Hunting
(1997)
Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. (126 mins.)
Director: Gus Van Sant
51.
Black Swan
(2010)
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan. (108 mins.)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
52.
Star Wars
(1977)
Luke Skywalker, a spirited farm boy, joins rebel forces to save Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader, and the galaxy from the Empire's planet-destroying Death Star. (121 mins.)
Director: George Lucas
53.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
As Luke trains with Master Yoda to become a Jedi Knight, his friends evade the Imperial fleet under the command of Darth Vader who is obsessed with turning Skywalker to the Dark Side of the Force. (124 mins.)
Director: Irvin Kershner
54.
Pulp Fiction
(1994)
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. (154 mins.)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
55.
The Green Mile
(1999)
The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. (189 mins.)
Director: Frank Darabont
56.
Downfall
(2004)
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. (156 mins.)
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
57.
The Wrestler
(2008)
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle. (109 mins.)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
58.
The Simpsons Movie
(2007)
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons family are declared fugitives. (87 mins.)
Director: David Silverman
59.
Pan's Labyrinth
(2006)
In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. (118 mins.)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
60.
American History X
(1998)
A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did. (119 mins.)
Director: Tony Kaye
61.
Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave
(1995 Short Film)
Wallace falls for Wendolene, a wool shop owner, while Gromit is framed for the sheep rustling. (30 mins.)
Director: Nick Park
Stars: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid
“ Highest Rated Short Film ” - Buttongoo
62.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(1975)
Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse, a woman he views as more dictator than nurse. (133 mins.)
Director: Milos Forman
63.
Spirited Away
(2001)
In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures. (125 mins.)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
64.
Superbad
(2007)
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. (113 mins.)
Director: Greg Mottola
65.
Hotel Rwanda
(2004)
The true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. (121 mins.)
Director: Terry George
66.
The Lives of Others
(2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. (137 mins.)
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
67.
Lone Star
(1996)
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town. (135 mins.)
Director: John Sayles
68.
Star Trek
(2009)
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful, time-traveling Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. (127 mins.)
Director: J.J. Abrams
69.
Requiem for a Dream
(2000)
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger. (102 mins.)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
70.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
(2011)
Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord. (130 mins.)
Director: David Yates
71.
Crash
(2004)
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption. (112 mins.)
Director: Paul Haggis
72.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(2008)
Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. (166 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
73.
The Bourne Ultimatum
(2007)
Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer. (115 mins.)
Director: Paul Greengrass
74.
Rear Window
(1954)
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. (112 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
75.
Million Dollar Baby
(2004)
A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. (132 mins.)
Director: Clint Eastwood
76.
Jerry Maguire
(1996)
When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him. (139 mins.)
Director: Cameron Crowe
77.
Goodfellas
(1990)
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. (146 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
78.
Fargo
(1996)
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. (98 mins.)
Director: Joel Coen
79.
Magnolia
(1999)
An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. (188 mins.)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
80.
The Truman Show
(1998)
An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a TV show. (103 mins.)
Director: Peter Weir
81.
Grindhouse
(2007)
Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies. (191 mins.)
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth
82.
Romeo + Juliet
(1996)
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. (120 mins.)
Director: Baz Luhrmann
83.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(2012)
A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug. (169 mins.)
Director: Peter Jackson
84.
Traffic
(2000)
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is an addict. (147 mins.)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
85.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981)
Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. (115 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
86.
Sin City
(2005)
A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption. (124 mins.)
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
87.
A Separation
(2011)
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease. (123 mins.)
Director: Asghar Farhadi
88.
Up in Smoke
(1978)
Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail. (86 mins.)
Director: Lou Adler
89.
Gran Torino
(2008)
Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino. (116 mins.)
Director: Clint Eastwood
90.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
(2003)
The Bride wakes up after a long coma. The baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. (111 mins.)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
91.
Psycho
(1960)
A thirty-something secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother. (109 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
92.
Forrest Gump
(1994)
Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. (142 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
93.
Paths of Glory
(1957)
When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them. (88 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
94.
Batman Begins
(2005)
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it. (140 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
95.
Almost Famous
(2000)
A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on their concert tour. (122 mins.)
Director: Cameron Crowe
96.
Casablanca
(1942)
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. (102 mins.)
Director: Michael Curtiz
97.
Once Upon a Time in the West
(1968)
Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. (175 mins.)
Director: Sergio Leone
98.
Gladiator
(2000)
When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. (155 mins.)
Director: Ridley Scott
99.
M
(1931)
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. (117 mins.)
Director: Fritz Lang
100.
The King's Speech
(2010)
The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. (118 mins.)
Director: Tom Hooper
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