Best Movies Of All Time
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IMDb Charts
| Rank & Title | IMDb Rating | Your Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The Shawshank Redemption(1994) | 9.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 2. The Godfather(1972) | 9.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 3. The Godfather: Part II(1974) | 9.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 4. The Dark Knight(2008) | 9.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 5. 12 Angry Men(1957) | 8.9 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 6. Schindler's List(1993) | 8.9 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003) | 8.9 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 8. Pulp Fiction(1994) | 8.9 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 9. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1966) | 8.8 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 10. Fight Club(1999) | 8.8 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001) | 8.8 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 12. Forrest Gump(1994) | 8.7 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 13. Inception(2010) | 8.7 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 14. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980) | 8.7 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002) | 8.7 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975) | 8.7 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 17. Goodfellas(1990) | 8.7 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 18. The Matrix(1999) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 19. Seven Samurai(1954) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 20. Avengers: Endgame(2019) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 21. Se7en(1995) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 22. City of God(2002) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 23. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope(1977) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 24. The Silence of the Lambs(1991) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 25. It's a Wonderful Life(1946) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 26. Life Is Beautiful(1997) | 8.6 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 27. Spirited Away(2001) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 28. Saving Private Ryan(1998) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 29. The Usual Suspects(1995) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 30. Léon: The Professional(1994) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 31. The Green Mile(1999) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 32. Interstellar(2014) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 33. Psycho(1960) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 34. American History X(1998) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 35. City Lights(1931) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 36. Casablanca(1942) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 37. Once Upon a Time in the West(1968) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 38. The Pianist(2002) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 39. Modern Times(1936) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 40. The Intouchables(2011) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 41. The Departed(2006) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 42. Back to the Future(1985) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 43. Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 44. The Lion King(1994) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 45. Whiplash(2014) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 46. Rear Window(1954) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 47. Gladiator(2000) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 48. Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 49. The Prestige(2006) | 8.5 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 50. Apocalypse Now(1979) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 51. Memento(2000) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 52. Alien(1979) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 53. Grave of the Fireflies(1988) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 54. Cinema Paradiso(1988) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 55. The Great Dictator(1940) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 56. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse(2018) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 57. Sunset Blvd.(1950) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 58. The Lives of Others(2006) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 59. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 60. Avengers: Infinity War(2018) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 61. Paths of Glory(1957) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 62. Django Unchained(2012) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 63. The Shining(1980) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 64. WALL·E(2008) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 65. Princess Mononoke(1997) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 66. Witness for the Prosecution(1957) | 8.4 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 67. Oldboy(2003) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 68. The Dark Knight Rises(2012) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 69. Aliens(1986) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 70. American Beauty(1999) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 71. Once Upon a Time in America(1984) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 72. Coco(2017) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 73. Das Boot(1981) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 74. Citizen Kane(1941) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 75. Braveheart(1995) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 76. Vertigo(1958) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 77. Your Name.(2016) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 78. North by Northwest(1959) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 79. Reservoir Dogs(1992) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 80. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi(1983) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 81. M(1931) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 82. Amadeus(1984) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 83. Requiem for a Dream(2000) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 84. Toy Story(1995) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 85. 3 Idiots(2009) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 86. Dangal(2016) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 87. 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 88. Taare Zameen Par - Ein Stern auf Erden(2007) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 89. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 90. Lawrence of Arabia(1962) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 91. A Clockwork Orange(1971) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 92. Singin' in the Rain(1952) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 93. Inglourious Basterds(2009) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 94. Amélie(2001) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 95. Double Indemnity(1944) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 96. Taxi Driver(1976) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 97. Full Metal Jacket(1987) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 98. Good Will Hunting(1997) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 99. To Kill a Mockingbird(1962) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 100. Bicycle Thieves(1948) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 101. The Kid(1921) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 102. The Sting(1973) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 103. Toy Story 3(2010) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 104. The Hunt(2012) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 105. Snatch(2000) | 8.3 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 106. Scarface(1983) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 107. For a Few Dollars More(1965) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 108. The Apartment(1960) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 109. Metropolis(1927) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 110. Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 111. L.A. Confidential(1997) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 112. A Separation(2011) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 113. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade(1989) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 114. Up(2009) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 115. Rashomon(1950) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 116. All About Eve(1950) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 117. Batman Begins(2005) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 118. Some Like It Hot(1959) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 119. Yojimbo(1961) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 120. Downfall(2004) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 121. Die Hard(1988) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 122. Unforgiven(1992) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 123. Heat(1995) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 124. Toy Story 4(2019) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 125. Incendies(2010) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 126. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 127. Ikiru(1952) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 128. Green Book(2018) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 129. Raging Bull(1980) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 130. The Great Escape(1963) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 131. Children of Heaven(1997) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 132. Pan's Labyrinth(2006) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 133. Chinatown(1974) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 134. My Neighbor Totoro(1988) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 135. Howl's Moving Castle(2004) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 136. Ran(1985) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 137. The Third Man(1949) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 138. Mein Vater und mein Sohn(2005) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 139. Judgment at Nuremberg(1961) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 140. The Secret in Their Eyes(2009) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 141. The Gold Rush(1925) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 142. A Beautiful Mind(2001) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 143. The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 144. Casino(1995) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 145. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998) | 8.2 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 146. The Seventh Seal(1957) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 147. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 148. On the Waterfront(1954) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 149. The Wolf of Wall Street(2013) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 150. The Elephant Man(1980) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 151. Inside Out(2015) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 152. V for Vendetta(2005) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 153. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 154. There Will Be Blood(2007) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 155. Warrior(2011) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 156. Blade Runner(1982) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 157. Room(2015) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 158. No Country for Old Men(2007) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 159. Dial M for Murder(1954) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 160. The Sixth Sense(1999) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 161. Wild Strawberries(1957) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 162. Trainspotting(1996) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 163. The General(1926) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 164. Gone with the Wind(1939) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 165. The Thing(1982) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 166. Fargo(1996) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 167. Come and See(1985) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 168. Andhadhun(2018) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 169. Finding Nemo(2003) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 170. Gran Torino(2008) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 171. The Deer Hunter(1978) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 172. Shutter Island(2010) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 173. The Big Lebowski(1998) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 174. Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 175. Sherlock Jr.(1924) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 176. Cool Hand Luke(1967) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 177. Mary & Max, oder - Schrumpfen Schafe, wenn es regnet(2009) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 178. Tokyo Story(1953) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 179. Hacksaw Ridge(2016) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 180. Rebecca(1940) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 181. Jurassic Park(1993) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 182. How to Train Your Dragon(2010) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 183. Gone Girl(2014) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 184. Wild Tales: Jeder dreht mal durch!(2014) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 185. The Truman Show(1998) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 186. Stalker(1979) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 187. The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 188. In the Name of the Father(1993) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 189. Sunrise(1927) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 190. Stand by Me(1986) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 191. Memories of Murder(2003) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 192. It Happened One Night(1934) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 193. Platoon(1986) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 194. Into the Wild(2007) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 195. Network(1976) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 196. Persona(1966) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 197. Monty Python's Life of Brian(1979) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 198. Ben-Hur(1959) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 199. 12 Years a Slave(2013) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 200. Million Dollar Baby(2004) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 201. Before Sunrise(1995) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 202. Hotel Rwanda(2004) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 203. Prisoners(2013) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 204. Mad Max: Fury Road(2015) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 205. Logan(2017) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 206. Hachi: A Dog's Tale(2009) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 207. The Bandit(1996) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 208. Rush(2013) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 209. The Wages of Fear(1953) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 210. Catch Me If You Can(2002) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 211. The 400 Blows(1959) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 212. Spotlight(2015) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 213. Amores Perros(2000) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 214. Andrei Rublev(1966) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 215. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2(2011) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 216. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion(1997) | 8.1 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 217. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind(1984) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 218. The Passion of Joan of Arc(1928) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 219. The Princess Bride(1987) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 220. Barry Lyndon(1975) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 221. Rocky(1976) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 222. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 223. Rang De Basanti - Die Farbe Safran(2006) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 224. Monsters, Inc.(2001) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 225. Dead Poets Society(1989) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 226. The Grapes of Wrath(1940) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 227. The Terminator(1984) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 228. The Maltese Falcon(1941) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 229. The Handmaiden(2016) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 230. La Haine(1995) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 231. Gandhi(1982) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 232. In the Mood for Love(2000) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 233. Donnie Darko(2001) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 234. Groundhog Day(1993) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 235. The Help(2011) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 236. Diabolique(1955) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 237. The Wizard of Oz(1939) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 238. Guardians of the Galaxy(2014) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 239. Jaws(1975) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 240. Before Sunset(2004) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 241. Castle in the Sky(1986) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 242. Raise the Red Lantern(1991) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 243. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl(2003) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 244. Paris, Texas(1984) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 245. Beauty and the Beast(1991) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 246. Akira(1988) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 247. The Exorcist(1973) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 248. Dog Day Afternoon(1975) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 249. Drishyam(2015) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
| 250. Die Melodie des Meeres(2014) | 8.0 | NOT YET RELEASED |
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Ranking the best movies ever made is a pretty impossible task. First of all, no one in the world has seen every movie ever made. Even if someone had pulled off that feat, movies are very subjective and what one person thinks is a great film might not be so well-regarded by someone else. The closest we can come to have a definitive ranking is a list based on audience ratings. In that sense, IMDB's list of the top rated films of all time might be among the best of its kind.
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IMDB remains one of the most popular movie information sites on the internet. Their top rated movies list is compiled of films which have been rated by millions of viewers. While the list is always changing, the top 10 films have remained quite unchanged for a number of years now. Check out the top movies of all time, according to IMDB.
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Start Now10 Fight Club
David Fincher remains one of the most talented film-makers working today. His projects are often dark, but always compelling thanks to his own perfectionist approach and unique visual style. Fight Club stands as his most popular film and one of the most exciting films of the 1990s.
The film stars Edward Norton as a mundane working man whose life is changed when he meets the mysterious Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and the two start a club for grown men to beat each other up. The dark humor, brutal violence and warped philosophies make it a thrilling watch and the twist ending makes you want to rewatch the movie again and again.
9 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Westerns have been a Hollywood staple since the very beginning, but when the genre went over to Italy, it changed the Western forever. The so-called Spaghetti Westerns told more complex stories with unique styles of film-making that were unlike anything audiences had seen before. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the definitive entry in that subgenre.
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The film follows three deadly men on a quest to retrieve buried treasure in the midst of the Civil War. The movie helped popularize the Mexican Standoff trend which is still used in action movies today, made a star of Clint Eastwood and gave us one of the most iconic films scores of all time.
8 Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino is one of the most popular film-makers of all time. His unique voice, extensive film knowledge and penchant for mixing hilarious comedy with brutal violence helped to inspire a generation of film-makers. Pulp Fiction is regarded by many as his masterpiece, and it's hard to argue with that.
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The film intercuts between various stories set in the Los Angeles underworld. Tarantino takes familiar crime stories and gives them his own special twist. The film is unpredictable and fast-paced, with endlessly quotable dialogue all backed up by an amazing soundtrack. Often imitated but never duplicated.
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Few people thought adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's epic Lord of the Rings series for the big screen would be possible, but Peter Jackson proved them all wrong. With The Return of the King, Jackson managed to conclude one of the greatest film trilogies of all time in a truly satisfying way.
The film brings the quest to destroy the One Ring to a big end. While the film gets ridiculed for dragging out its finale, Jackson and his team did a beautiful job bringing it all to a close in this emotional spectacle that features some truly amazing battle sequences. Call of duty waw realism mod.
6 Schindler's List
It's no surprise to see Steven Spielberg's name appear on the list of the top rated films of all time. Given his penchant for creating beloved films, there were a number that could conceivably be in the top 10. However, it is his most difficult movie to watch which ranks the highest, which is appropriate as it is one of his finest jobs as a director.
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Schindler's List is a harrowing story of the real-life tale of Oskar Schindler and his attempts to save Jewish citizens during the Nazi rule in Germany. While Schindler may be an inspiring hero, the film is most effective as a horrific depiction of the Holocaust. Shot in haunting black and white, Spielberg created a film that will last in the minds of viewers for years to come.
5 12 Angry Men
While most of the films on this list are giant epics, 12 Angry Men is, by comparison, much smaller. However, that does nothing to lessen its impact. The film is set almost entirely inside a jurors room as the twelve men debate a murder case they have just overseen. With one voice insisting the accused is innocent, the film details the life-or-death debate which ensues.
While the setting might seem dull, it only helps to give the movie a sense of intensity. The film-making brilliantly makes the room seem more and more confined as the debate rages on. The claustrophobic feel adds to the atmosphere of it all. It's stunning proof that small scale films can pack a big punch.
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4 The Dark Knight
Just ahead of 12 Angry Men, which is the oldest movie on this list, The Dark Knight comes in as the newest. The superhero genre might not get a lot of respect from most cinephiles, but Christopher Nolan's second Batman film proved they can deliver smart, epic and thrilling movies.
The film details Batman's desperate attempt to stop Joker from destroying Gotham as he searches for someone to take up the role of the city's protector. The film feels like a crime epic, with some amazing set pieces and unpredictable twists. However, the film is most remembered for the late Heath Leger's mesmerizing performance as the anarchist Joker.
3 The Godfather: Part II
The Dark Knight is one of those rare examples of how a sequel can actually be a worthwhile film on its own. Of course, the most famous example of this is The Godfather: Part II. It probably seemed like a preposterous idea at the time for Francis Ford Coppola to make a follow-up to his widely acclaimed crime saga, but he proved it was a very good idea.
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Without Marlon Brando returning for his iconic role, the film tells the story of young Vito Corleone, played by Robert De Niro who makes the role his own. Along with those amazing flashback scenes, the sequel follows Michael's further decent into the world of crime and his complicated relationship with his brother Fredo. A brilliant continuation and a masterpiece in its own right.
2 The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II is one of the most acclaimed films of all time and still it's not the highest ranked film in that trilogy. That honor goes to the original. There's a lot of debate among film fans about which is the better movie, but it's safe to say they are both massive achievements in cinema.
This is the story of the Corleone family, an Italian-American mafia family who struggle with maintaining power after their patriarch is nearly assassinated. The film is violent, funny, intense, emotional and so much more. There are countless quotable lines and unforgettable sequences. It's no wonder it is regarded as such an inspiring film to so many of today's best film-makers.
1 The Shawshank Redemption
It's no surprise that the highest ranked film of all time is also one of the most crowd-pleasing films of all time. You would think that a story set inside a maximum security prison would not have many pleasing moments, but The Shawshank Redemption manages to be a surprisingly uplifting tale.
Based on a Stephen King story, the film is told over several years at the titular prison and centers on a friendship between two inmates. The relationship between the two men is one of the most heart-warming friendships ever shown on screen and it helps give the film those beautiful moments which lead up to one of the greatest endings in film history.
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