This is the list we’re working from for our top 250 films project. It was taken from IMDB on the day we started in July 2008.
1 The Dark Knight (2008)
2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3 The Godfather (1972)
4 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
5 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966) The Good, the bad, and the ugly
6 Pulp Fiction (1994)
7 Schindler’s List (1993)
8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
9 Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10 Casablanca (1942)
11 12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Shichinin no samurai (1954) Seven Samurai
13 Star Wars (1977)
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
15 Goodfellas (1990)
16 Rear Window (1954)
17 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
18 Cidade de Deus (2002) City of God
19 C’era una volta il West (1968) Once upon a time in the west
20 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
21 The Usual Suspects (1995)
22 Psycho (1960)
23 Fight Club (1999)
24 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
25 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
26 WALL·E (2008)
27 North by Northwest (1959)
28 Citizen Kane (1941)
29 Memento (2000)
30 Sunset Blvd. (1950)
31 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
32 The Matrix (1999)
33 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
34 Se7en (1995)
35 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
36 Apocalypse Now (1979)
37 Taxi Driver (1976)
38 American Beauty (1999)
39 Léon (1994)
40 Vertigo (1958)
41 American History X (1998)
42 Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) Amelie
43 Paths of Glory (1957)
44 The Departed (2006)
45 M (1931)
46 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
47 The Third Man (1949)
48 Chinatown (1974)
49 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
50 Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) The Lives of Others
51 Alien (1979)
52 Forrest Gump (1994)
53 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
54 Double Indemnity (1944)
55 The Shining (1980)
56 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
57 The Pianist (2002)
58 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) Spirited Away
59 Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) Pans Labyrinth
60 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
61 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
62 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
63 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
64 L.A. Confidential (1997)
65 Boot, Das (1981)
66 Aliens (1986)
67 Reservoir Dogs (1992)
68 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
69 Rashômon (1950)
70 The Maltese Falcon (1941)
71 Untergang, Der (2004) Downfall
72 Raging Bull (1980)
73 Metropolis (1927)
74 No Country for Old Men (2007)
75 Modern Times (1936)
76 There Will Be Blood (2007)
77 Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
78 Rebecca (1940)
79 City Lights (1931)
80 All About Eve (1950)
81 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
82 Vita è bella, La (1997) Life is Beautiful
83 Sin City (2005)
84 Amadeus (1984)
85 Some Like It Hot (1959)
86 The Prestige (2006)
87 Hotel Rwanda (2004)
88 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) The Seventh Seal
89 The Great Escape (1963)
90 The Elephant Man (1980)
91 On the Waterfront (1954)
92 Touch of Evil (1958)
93 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) Cinema Paradiso
94 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95 The Sting (1973)
96 The Apartment (1960)
97 Jaws (1975)
98 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
99 The Great Dictator (1940)
100 Batman Begins (2005)
101 Braveheart (1995)
102 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
103 Blade Runner (1982)
104 Strangers on a Train (1951)
105 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
106 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
107 Back to the Future (1985)
108 Ladri di biciclette (1948)
109 Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
110 High Noon (1952)
111 Notorious (1946)
112 The Big Sleep (1946)
113 Unforgiven (1992)
114 Oldboy (2003)
115 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
116 Fargo (1996)
117 Ran (1985)
118 Mononoke-hime (1997) Princess Mononoke
119 Cool Hand Luke (1967)
120 Yojimbo (1961)
121 The Green Mile (1999)
122 Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) For a Few Dollars More
123 Donnie Darko (2001)
124 Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) The Wages of Fear
125 Gladiator (2000)
126 Die Hard (1988)
127 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
128 Annie Hall (1977)
129 Into the Wild (2007)
130 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
131 It Happened One Night (1934)
132 Million Dollar Baby (2004)
133 The General (1927)
134 Ratatouille (2007)
135 Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) Nights of Cabiria
136 Ben-Hur (1959)
137 The Deer Hunter (1978)
138 The Sixth Sense (1999)
139 Platoon (1986)
140 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
141 Smultronstället (1957) Wild Strawberries
142 Heat (1995)
143 Life of Brian (1979)
144 Diaboliques, Les (1955)
145 The Killing (1956)
146 Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) The Battle of Algiers
147 Amores perros (2000)
148 Finding Nemo (2003)
149 Brief Encounter (1945)
150 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
151 8½ (1963)
152 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
153 V for Vendetta (2005)
154 The Wild Bunch (1969)
155 The Incredibles (2004)
156 The Big Lebowski (1998)
157 The Graduate (1967)
158 The Night of the Hunter (1955)
159 The Princess Bride (1987)
160 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
161 Stand by Me (1986)
162 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
163 Children of Men (2006)
164 Gandhi (1982)
165 Iron Man (2008)
166 Snatch. (2000)
167 Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
168 The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
169 The Gold Rush (1925)
170 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
171 Harvey (1950)
172 Gone with the Wind (1939)
173 Trainspotting (1996)
174 The Thing (1982)
175 Scarface (1983)
176 Groundhog Day (1993)
177 Crash (2004/I)
178 The African Queen (1951)
179 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
180 Duck Soup (1933)
181 Toy Story (1995)
182 The Conversation (1974)
183 Sleuth (1972)
184 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
185 The Terminator (1984)
186 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
187 The Lion King (1994)
188 Twelve Monkeys (1995)
189 The Hustler (1961)
190 Belle et la bête, La (1946) Beauty and the Beast
191 Wo hu cang long (2000) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
192 Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
193 Patton (1970)
194 The Lady Vanishes (1938)
195 Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
196 King Kong (1933)
197 The Lost Weekend (1945)
198 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
199 Hotaru no haka (1988) Grave of the Fireflys
200 Umberto D. (1952)
201 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
202 Ed Wood (1994)
203 The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
204 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
205 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
206 Stalag 17 (1953)
207 The Exorcist (1973)
208 Glory (1989)
209 Spartacus (1960)
210 Frankenstein (1931)
211 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
212 Magnolia (1999)
213 Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920)
214 Casino (1995)
215 The Philadelphia Story (1940)
216 Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
217 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
218 Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
219 Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
220 Dial M for Murder (1954)
221 Rope (1948)
222 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
223 In the Heat of the Night (1967)
224 The Kid (1921)
225 Big Fish (2003)
226 Stalker (1979)
227 Mystic River (2003)
228 Roman Holiday (1953)
229 Manhattan (1979)
230 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
231 American Gangster (2007)
232 Dolce vita, La (1960)
233 Strada, La (1954)
234 The Searchers (1956)
235 Lola rennt (1998)
236 Network (1976)
237 His Girl Friday (1940)
238 Mou gaan dou (2002) Infernal Affairs
239 Young Frankenstein (1974)
240 Ace in the Hole (1951)
241 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
242 Barry Lyndon (1975)
243 In Cold Blood (1967)
244 Harold and Maude (1971)
245 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
246 Shaun of the Dead (2004)
247 Great Expectations (1946)
248 Haine, La (1995)
249 Eskiya (1996)
250 Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) Howls Moving Castle
