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The Internet Movie Database includes ratings for movies. Their “Top Rated Movies” list shows which movies rate highest. A 2013 list ranks movies based on their metascores. A 2012 list, simply identified as being created by ChrisWalczyk55, was posted on the site which appears to be his own personal list, but includes 65 movies from the IMDB “Top Rated Movies” list. The three lists have been aggregated here to create one list. Here are the top 100 movies:
1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Schindler’s List (1993)
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
5. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
7. Pulp Fiction (1994)
8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
9. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
10. Amadeus (1984)
11. Apocalypse Now (1979)
12. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
13. Raging Bull (1980)
14. Taxi Driver (1976)
15. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
16. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
17. The Godfather Part II (1974)
18. 12 Angry Men (1957)
19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
20. Forrest Gump (1994)
21. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
22. Casablanca (1942)
23. Psycho (1960)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
26. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
27. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
28. Modern Times (1936)
29. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
30. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
31. Citizen Kane (1941)
32. Goodfellas (1990)
33. Gladiator (2000)
34. Vertigo (1958)
35. The French Connection (1971)
36. Wall-E (2008)
37. The Pianist (2002)
38. City Lights (1931)
39. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
40. The Green Mile (1999)
41. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
42. Patton (1970)
43. Metropolis (1927)
44. Braveheart (1995)
45. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
46. A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (2011)
47. Rear Window (1954)
48. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
49. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
50. The Great Dictator (1940)
51. Some Like It Hot (1959)
52. Chinatown (1974)
53. Toy Story 3 (2010)
54. Unforgiven (1992)
55. On the Waterfront (1954)
56. The Apartment (1960)
57. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
58. Gone with the Wind (1939)
59. North by Northwest (1959)
60. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
61. Good Will Hunting (1997)
62. Double Indemnity (1944)
63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
64. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
65. There Will Be Blood (2007)
66. Ran (1985)
67. No Country for Old Men (2007)
68. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
69. Ben-Hur (1959)
70. The Third Man (1949)
71. The Deer Hunter (1978)
72. Jurassic Park (1993)
73. Fargo (1996)
74. Platoon (1986)
75. Finding Nemo (2003)
76. Rocky (1976)
77. It Happened One Night (1934)
78. The Truman Show (1998)
79. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
80. Network (1976)
81. Jaws (1975)
82. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
83. The Exorcist (1973)
84. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
85. Before Sunset (2004)
86. The Dark Knight (2008)
87. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
88. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
89. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
90. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1971)
91. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
92. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
93. Fight Club (1999)
94. Army of Shadows (L'Armée des Ombres) (1969)
95. Shoah (1985)
96. Inception (2010)
97. Superman II (1980)
98. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
99. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
100. Pépé le Moko (1937)
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Originally posted 7/31/2019; last updated 5/26/2023. | 
