IMDb: Top 250 watched - a list by clrohi

1.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.3/10 X

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)

Director: Frank Darabont

Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

2.

12 Angry Men (1957)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.9/10 X

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

Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler

3.

The Dark Knight (2008)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9.0/10 X

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

Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine

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4.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.9/10 X

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

Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

5.

Fight Club (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.9/10 X

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

Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf

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6.

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.8/10 X

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

Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean

7.

The Matrix (1999)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X

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

Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

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8.

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X

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

Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom

9.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X

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

Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies

10.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10 X

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

Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman

11.

Toy Story 3 (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X

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

Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty

12.

WALL·E (2008)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X

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

Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard

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13.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X

When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must follow in his father's footsteps and stop the Nazis. (127 mins.)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott

14.

Batman Begins (2005)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X

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

Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson

15.

Up (2009)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X

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

Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer

16.

Toy Story (1995)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X

A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. (81 mins.)

Director: John Lasseter

Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney

17.

Jaws (1975)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X

When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. (124 mins.)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary

18.

The Avengers (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X

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

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner

19.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. (101 mins.)

Director: Victor Fleming

Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr

20.

Finding Nemo (2003)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X

After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home. (100 mins.)

Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe

21.

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X

A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. (98 mins.)

Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson

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22.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X

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

Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis

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23.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. (143 mins.)

Director: Gore Verbinski

Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

24.

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted. (92 mins.)

Director: Pete Docter, David Silverman

Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi

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25.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X

Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord. (130 mins.)

Director: David Yates

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon

26.

Ratatouille (2007)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

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

Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm

27.

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince. (84 mins.)

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Stars: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach

28.

Shutter Island (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X

Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby. (138 mins.)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley