the top 100 movies of all time*
*list courtesy of the Internet Movie Database as at April 2010
i like movies. so i'm going to try to watch all of the below, from Metropolis in 1927 to Inglourious Basterds in 2009.
| Rank | IMDB Rating | Title | Votes | Seen it? |
| 1. | 9.1 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 487,676 | N |
| 2. | 9.1 | The Godfather (1972) | 391,286 | N |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 231,587 | N |
| 4. | 8.9 | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) | 148,462 | N |
| 5. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 395,787 | N |
| 6. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 261,917 | N |
| 7. | 8.8 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 109,448 | N |
| 8. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 202,131 | N |
| 9. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 264,966 | N |
| 10. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 434,861 | N |
| 11. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 346,221 | N |
| 12. | 8.8 | Star Wars (1977) | 308,845 | N |
| 13. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 160,957 | N |
| 14. | 8.7 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) | 92,027 | N |
| 15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 217,205 | N |
| 16. | 8.7 | Fight Club (1999) | 360,811 | Y |
| 17. | 8.7 | Cidade de Deus (2002) | 156,332 | N |
| 18. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 370,714 | N |
| 19. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 232,937 | N |
| 20. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 113,060 | N |
| 21. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 255,092 | N |
| 22. | 8.7 | Psycho (1960) | 136,090 | N |
| 23. | 8.7 | C'era una volta il West (1968) | 69,338 | N |
| 24. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 232,637 | N |
| 25. | 8.6 | The Matrix (1999) | 362,199 | Y |
| 26. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 262,979 | N |
| 27. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 256,427 | N |
| 28. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 97,489 | N |
| 29. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 312,067 | N |
| 30. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 150,100 | N |
| 31. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 51,610 | N |
| 32. | 8.6 | North by Northwest (1959) | 88,939 | N |
| 33. | 8.6 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 133,245 | N |
| 34. | 8.6 | Léon (1994) | 188,252 | N |
| 35. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 165,834 | N |
| 36. | 8.6 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 283,386 | N |
| 37. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 279,798 | N |
| 38. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 212,035 | Y |
| 39. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 147,383 | N |
| 40. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 87,245 | N |
| 41. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 225,197 | N |
| 42. | 8.5 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 76,250 | N |
| 43. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 171,684 | N |
| 44. | 8.5 | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) | 171,288 | N |
| 45. | 8.5 | WALL·E (2008) | 168,059 | N |
| 46. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 258,341 | N |
| 47. | 8.5 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 184,474 | N |
| 48. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 168,342 | N |
| 49. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 42,425 | N |
| 50. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 248,308 | N |
| 51. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 126,207 | N |
| 52. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 79,070 | N |
| 53. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 162,841 | N |
| 54. | 8.4 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) | 94,537 | N |
| 55. | 8.4 | Das Leben der Anderen (2006) | 69,663 | N |
| 56. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 37,781 | N |
| 57. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 35,101 | N |
| 58. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 208,451 | N |
| 59. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 75,110 | N |
| 60. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 175,398 | Y |
| 61. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 48,781 | N |
| 62. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 158,696 | N |
| 63. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 202,702 | N |
| 64. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 67,493 | N |
| 65. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 31,554 | N |
| 66. | 8.4 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 149,230 | N |
| 67. | 8.4 | City Lights (1931) | 25,638 | N |
| 68. | 8.4 | El laberinto del fauno (2006) | 144,058 | N |
| 69. | 8.4 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 56,318 | N |
| 70. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 154,610 | Y |
| 71. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 85,735 | N |
| 72. | 8.3 | Avatar (2009) | 222,071 | Y |
| 73. | 8.3 | The Prestige (2006) | 190,147 | N |
| 74. | 8.3 | Back to the Future (1985) | 190,584 | N |
| 75. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 153,498 | N |
| 76. | 8.3 | La vita è bella (1997) | 102,412 | N |
| 77. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 93,270 | N |
| 78. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 52,880 | N |
| 79. | 8.3 | Modern Times (1936) | 33,594 | N |
| 80. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 64,112 | N |
| 81. | 8.3 | Der Untergang (2004) | 77,726 | N |
| 82. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 92,512 | N |
| 83. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 143,906 | N |
| 84. | 8.3 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) | 42,874 | N |
| 85. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 49,351 | N |
| 86. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 229,792 | N |
| 87. | 8.3 | Rashômon (1950) | 36,961 | N |
| 88. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 115,338 | N |
| 89. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 68,431 | N |
| 90. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 33,523 | N |
| 91. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 37,328 | N |
| 92. | 8.3 | The Green Mile (1999) | 187,508 | Y |
| 93. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 55,089 | Y |
| 94. | 8.3 | Sin City (2005) | 243,568 | Y |
| 95. | 8.3 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 163,426 | Y |
| 96. | 8.3 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 34,909 | N |
| 97. | 8.3 | Rebecca (1940) | 33,785 | Y |
| 98. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 34,522 | Y |
| 99. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 62,833 | Y |
| 100. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 264,595 | Y |