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Critical Response - IMDb

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Highest-Rated Movies Of All Time

This list features movies that are included in IMDB’s list of the top 250 ranked movies.

RANK

FILMS

RATING

REVIEWS

YEAR

1

The Shawshank Redemption

9.3

3,100,000

1994

2

The Godfather

9.2

2,200,000

1972

3

The Dark Knight

9.1

3,100,000

2008

4

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

9.0

2,100,000

2003

5

Schindler’s List

9.0

1,500,000

1993

6

The Godfather Part II

9.0

1,400,000

1974

7

12 Angry Men

9.0

944,000

1957

8

Pulp Fiction

8.9

2,400,000

1994

9

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

8.9

2,100,000

2001

10

Inception

8.8

2,700,000

2010

11

Fight Club

8.8

2,500,000

1999

12

Forrest Gump

8.8

2,400,000

1994

13

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

8.8

1,900,000

2002

14

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

8.8

865,000

1966

15

Interstellar

8.7

2,400,000

2014

16

The Matrix

8.7

2,200,000

1999

17

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

8.7

1,500,000

1980

18

GoodFellas

8.7

1,300,000

1990

19

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

8.7

1,100,000

1975

20

12th Fall

8.7

154,000

2023

21

Seven

8.6

1,900,000

1995

22

The Silence of the Lambs

8.6

1,700,000

1991

23

Saving Private Ryan

8.6

1,600,000

1998

24

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

8.6

1,500,000

1977

25

Back to Future

8.6

1,400,000

1985

26

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

8.6

1,200,000

1991

27

The Pianist

8.6

980,000

2022

28

Spirited Away

8.6

926,000

2001

29

City of God

8.6

847,000

2002

30

Life is Beautiful

8.6

787,000

1997

31

Dune: Part Two

8.6

658,000

2024

32

It’s a Wonderful Life

8.6

533,000

1946

33

Seven Samurai

8.6

390,000

1954

34

Jhai Bim

8.6

228,000

2021

35

The Chaos Class Failed the Class

8.6

28,000

1975

36

Gladiator

8.5

1,800,000

2000

37

Django Unchained

8.5

1,800,000

2012

38

The Departed

8.5

1,500,000

2006

39

The Prestige

8.5

1,500,000

2006

40

Leon

8.5

1,300,000

1994

41

The Lion King

8.5

1,200,000

1994

42

American History X

8.5

1,200,000

1998

43

The Usual Suspects

8.5

1,200,000

1995

44

Parasite

8.5

1,100,000

2019

45

Whiplash

8.5

1,100,000

2014

46

Alien

8.5

1,000,000

1979

47

The Intouchables

8.5

991,000

2011

48

Psycho

8.5

761,000

1960

49

Casablanca

8.5

638,000

1942

50

Rear Window

8.5

553,000

1954

51

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

8.5

475,000

2023

52

Once Upon a Time in the West

8.5

373,000

1968

53

Grave of the Fireflies

8.5

359,000

1988

54

Cinema Paradiso

8.5

305,000

1988

55

Modern Times

8.5

276,000

1936

56

City Lights

8.5

209,000

1931

57

Harakiri

8.5

82,000

1962

58

The Dark Knight Rises

8.4

1,900,000

2012

59

Inglourious Basterds

8.4

1,700,000

2009

60

Memento

8.4

1,400,000

2000

61

Avengers: Endgame

8.4

1,400,000

2019

62

WALL-E

8.4

1,300,000

2008

63

Avengers: Infinity War

8.4

1,300,000

2018

64

The Shining

8.4

1,200,000

1980

65

Raiders of the Lost Ark

8.4

1,100,000

1981

66

Aliens

8.4

817,000

1986

67

Apocalypse Now

8.4

750,000

1979

68

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

8.4

747,000

2018

69

Coco

8.4

664,000

2017

70

3 Idiots

8.4

466,000

2009

71

Amadeus

8.4

453,000

1984

72

The Lives of Others

8.4

432,000

2006

73

Your Name

8.4

367,000

2016

74

Das Boot

8.4

282,000

1981

75

Sunset Blvd.

8.4

252,000

1950

76

The Great Dictator

8.4

251,000

1940

77

Paths of Glory

8.4

229,000

1957

78

Witness for the Prosection

8.4

153,000

1957

79

Capernaum

8.4

118,000

2018

80

High and Low

8.4

63,000

1963

81

The Best of Youth

8.4

26,000

2003

82

Joker

8.3

1,600,000

2019

83

American Beauty

8.3

1,300,000

1999

84

Good Will Hunting

8.3

1,200,000

1997

85

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

8.3

1,200,000

1983

86

Up

8.3

1,200,000

2009

87

Toy Story

8.3

1,100,000

1995

88

Braveheart

8.3

1,100,000

1995

89

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

8.3

1,100,000

2004

90

Reservoir Dogs

8.3

1,100,000

1992

91

Scarface

8.3

980,000

1983

92

Requiem for a Dream

8.3

948,000

2000

93

Toy Story 3

8.3

942,000

2010

94

Oppenheimer

8.3

927,000

2023

95

Amelie

8.3

824,000

2001

96

Heat

8.3

770,000

1995

97

2001: A Space Odyssey

8.3

762,000

1968

98

Oldboy

8.3

690,000

2003

99

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

8.3

542,000

1964

100

Princess Mononoke

8.3

467,000

1997

101

Once Upon a Time in America

8.3

399,000

1984

102

The Hunt

8.3

394,000

2012

103

North by Northwest

8.3

363,000

1959

104

To Kill a Mockingbird

8.3

346,000

1962

105

Lawrence of Arabia

8.3

333,000

1962

106

Singin’ in the Rain

8.3

275,000

1952

107

A Separation

8.3

272,000

2011

108

Incendies

8.3

234,000

2010

109

Dangal

8.3

230,000

2016

110

Like Stars on Earth

8.3

223,000

2007

111

The Apartment

8.3

212,000

1960

112

Metropolis

8.3

196,000

1927

113

M

8.3

179,000

1931

114

Double Indemnity

8.3

177,000

1944

115

Hamilton

8.3

131,000

2020

116

Come and See

8.3

115,000

1985

117

Ikiru

8.3

98,000

1952

118

Judgement at Nuremberg

8.3

93,000

1961


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References

IMDb. (n.d.) IMDb Top 250 Movies [online]. Available at: https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/ (Accessed: 15 July 2025).
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