Top 250 movies, as rated by regular IMDB voters. List updated daily.
/u/StopReadinMyUsername on reddit combined the average ratings (Critic's & Users) from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Letterboxd, and then weighted and tweaked the results with general film data from iCheckMovies and IMDb to reveal the 1001 Greatest Movies of All Time.
source: http://redd.it/3hbiio
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die
90's to 00's
All the winners in the Best Picture category of the Oscars.
This is a list of every movie that has made an appearance on the Top 250 list since the beginning of the site in 1996 through 2024. I will maintain a changelog below for when new movies are added to list.
List made using data from IMDB Top 250 History - https://250.took.nl/
Changelog - https://bit.ly/2E0i6w4
Odd Entries Explained - https://bit.ly/38dS0Ul
Movies nominated for the Oscars since 1960.
The They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 greatest films list is primarily compiled by using over 6000 individual critics' and filmmakers' best-films-of-all-time lists/ballots. The resulting list is very diverse and spans virtually all movie-producing decades and countries.
Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm
The top films in the 2012 Sight and Sound Poll from the combined votes of 846 critics and 359 directors. Contains films with 3 or more votes. In order by number of votes.
The following is a list of positions and the number of corresponding votes. 21-22 (66 votes), 27-28 (55 votes), 29-30 (54 votes), 36-37 (46 votes), 39-42 (44 votes), 43-46 (43 votes), 47-50 (41 votes), 51-52 (40 votes), 53-55 (39 votes), 56-57 (38 votes), 59-60 (35 votes), 62-74 (33 votes), 75-77 (32 votes), 78-79 (31 votes), 82-88 (28 votes), 89-90 (27 votes), 91-93 (26 votes), 94-99 (25 votes), 100-103 (24 votes), 104-106 (23 votes), 107-110 (22 votes), 111-118 (21 votes), 119-127 (20 votes), 128-139 (19 votes), 140-146 (18 votes), 147-153 (17 votes), 154-166 (16 votes), 167-182 (15 votes), 183-193 (14 votes), 194-206 (13 votes), 207-228 (12 votes), 229-243 (11 votes), 244-271 (10 votes), 272-302 (9 votes), 303-330 (8 votes), 331-375 (7 votes), 376-423 (6 votes), 424-497 (5 votes), 498-624 (4 votes), 625-817 (3 votes)
Source: http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012
Source: IMDB
Filter: Votes >= 10000
Order: Votes Descending
Date: 2014-08-23
"Some films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences.
Yet these films, from the shocking Cannibal Holocaust to the apocalyptic Donnie Darko, from the destructive Tetsuo to the awfully bad The Room, from the hilarious This Is Spı¨nal Tap to the campy Showgirls, from the asylum of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari to the circus of Freaks, from the gangs of The Warriors to the gangsters of In Bruges and from the flamboyant Rocky Horror Picture Show to the ultimate cool of The Big Lebowski, have all garnered passionate fan followings.
Cult cinema has made tragic misfits, monsters and cyborgs, such as Edward Scissorhands or Blade Runner's replicants, heroes of our times. 100 Cult Films explains why these figures continue to inspire fans around the globe. Cult film experts Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik round up the most cultish of giallo, blaxploitation, anime, sexploitation, zombie, vampire and werewolf films, exploring both the cults that live hidden inside the underground (Nekromantik, Café Flesh) and the cult side of the mainstream (Dirty Dancing, The Lord of the Rings, and even The Sound of Music).
100 Cult Films is a true trip around the world, providing a lively and illuminating guide to films from more than a dozen countries, across nine decades, representing a wide range of genres and key cult directors such as David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch."
Source: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=470133
Note: Cafe Flesh (1982) is missing from this list.
Over 1,000 films are listed in this visually arresting, full-color celebration of the silver screen. Film personalities, including actors, directors, cinematographers, and animators, write about their favorite films from a variety of angles. Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman, and Nick Hornby are among those who weigh in. Writers are matched to suitable (or sometimes surprising) themes and genres within the wider subject of how films can alter the course of a life. Movie stills and posters, trivia, and top-ten lists make this a book that can be dipped into or read from cover to cover. Great screen moments — endings, beginnings, kisses, death scenes — are given special spreads. The eclectic approach speaks to fans of big Hollywood blockbusters and factoid-reciting film geeks alike.
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Time-1000-Films-Change-Guides/dp/1904978738
Good Movies to Watch When You’re Feeling Down.
Movies that can lift your spirits.
Pick Me Ups
Movies that I've culled from various lists that have either actually have or have been recommended to make me forget about things on my mind.
#BEST PICTURE MOVIES BY YEAR
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design and sound editing and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers, re-recording mixers and supervising sound editors of the winning film. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Prior to the 93rd Academy Awards, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.[1]
For the second and third years of this category (the 4th Academy Awards, 5th Academy Awards) only the names of the film companies were listed. Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department won both years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound
This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.
Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X
/u/StopReadinMyUsername on reddit created a list called "1001 'GREATEST' MOVIES OF ALL TIME" in 2015.
Since this list is still very popular, he posted an updated list on reddit in April 2020.
For this list he combined the average scores from IMDb, Letterboxd, Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic, and tweaked the results with data from Letterboxd, iCheckMovies, TSPDT?, TMDb and IMDb.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/fswg60/by_combining_the_average_scores_from_imdb/
Movies with at least 75% rating on trakt (and enough votes). No documentaries, reality tv or anime.
(Find the post-2010 list here: https://trakt.tv/users/themlethem/lists/highly-rated-movies-post-2010)
(Find the tv show list here: https://trakt.tv/users/themlethem/lists/highly-rated-shows-pre-2010)
Watchlist
A Collection of Movies that span throughout the years 1960 through 1970's. Classic Films withstand the test of time. Relive the memories of personal favourites & collections. Also included are actors that make memorable movies. Click on their pictures for more films they starred in.
"THE FLASHBACK COLLECTIONS"
PRE 60's https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/flashback-to-the-golden-oldies-movies-actors-pre-60-s?sort=title,asc
60's & 70's https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/flashback-to-the-60-s-70-s?sort=released,asc
80's https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/flashback-to-the-80-s?sort=rank,asc
90's https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/flashbacks-to-the-90-s?page=2&sort=title,asc
"ROMANTIC COMEDY-DRAMAS" https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/romance-comedy-and-drama-mixed-movies
BACK TO THE FUTURE & PAST COLLECTION https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/back-to-the-future-past-collection
INDIANA JONES FRANCHISE https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/indiana-jones-franchise?sort=released,asc
JACK RYAN SERIES https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/jack-ryan-series?sort=title,asc
MUSIC Elvis Presley (3 of 4) https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/music-elvis-presley-3-of-4?sort=released,asc
MUSICALS Movies & Shows (4 of 4) https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/musicals-movies-shows-4-of-4?sort=rank,asc
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE FRANCHISE https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/mission-impossible-franchise?sort=rank,asc
JAMES BOND (Official Trakt List) https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/james-bond-copy?sort=rank,desc
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/smokey-and-the-bandit?sort=released,desc
SYLVESTER STALLONE COLLECTION https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/sylvester-stallone-collection-copy?sort=title,asc
DOCUMENTARY & Movies: FAMOUS GANGSTERS & ORGANIZED CRIME https://trakt.tv/users/krissykk/lists/documentary-movies-famous-gangsters-organized-crime?sort=title,asc
Songs are sung!
IMDB: Top Rated Movies
by Justin NemethDirector