IMDB's Top 250/Bottom 100

[Phoenix]

Here's the list as of 27th Jan 2011.

Top 250:

Spoiler

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. 12 Angry Men (1957)
8. Inception (2010)
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
10. The Dark Knight (2008)
11. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980)
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)
13. Seven Samurai (1954)
14. Fight Club (1999)
15. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
16. Goodfellas (1990)
17. Casablanca (1942)
18. City of God (2002)
19. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
20. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
21. Rear Window (1954)
22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
23. The Matrix (1999)
24. Psycho (1960)
25. The Usual Suspects (1995)
26. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
27. Toy Story 3 (2010)
28. Se7en (1995)
29. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
30. Memento (2000)
31. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
32. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
33. Forrest Gump (1994)
34. Leon (1994)
35. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. Citizen Kane (1941)
38. North by Northwest (1959)
39. American Beauty (1999)
40. American History X (1998)
41. Taxi Driver (1976)
42. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
43. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
44. Vertigo (1958)
45. Amelie (2001)
46. Alien (1979)
47. WALL•E (2008)
48. Spirited Away (2001)
49. The Shining (1980)
50. Paths of Glory (1957)
51. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
52. Black Swan (2010)
53. Double Indemnity (1944)
54. The Pianist (2002)
55. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
56. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
57. City Lights (1931)
58. The Lives of Others (2006)
59. M (1931)
60. The Departed (2006)
61. Aliens (1986)
62. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
63. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
64. Das Boot (1981)
65. The Third Man (1949)
66. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
67. L.A. Confidential (1997)
68. Chinatown (1974)
69. Modern Times (1936)
70. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
71. Life is Beautiful (1997)
72. Back to the Future (1985)
73. The Prestige (2006)
74. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
75. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
76. Raging Bull (1980)
77. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
78. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
79. Some Like It Hot (1959)
80. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
81. Rashomon (1950)
82. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
83. Amadeus (1984)
84. All About Eve (1950)
85. The Green Mile (1999)
86. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
87. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
88. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
89. The Great Dictator (1940)
90. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
91. Braveheart (1995)
92. The Apartment (1960)
93. Downfall (2004)
94. Up (2009)
95. Gran Torino (2008)
96. Metropolis (1927)
97. Gladiator (2000)
98. The Sting (1973)
99. Unforgiven (1992)
100. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
101. The Elephant Man (1980)
102. Oldboy (2003)
103. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
104. Sin City (2005)
105. On the Waterfront (1954)
106. Rebecca (1940)
107. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
108. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
109. Die Hard (1988)
110. The Great Escape (1963)
111. Princess Mononoke (1997)
112. Batman Begins (2005)
113. The Seventh Seal (1957)
114. Jaws (1975)
115. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
116. Blade Runner (1982)
117. Fargo (1996)
118. The General (1926)
119. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
120. No Country for Old Men (2007)
121. Heat (1995)
122. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
123. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
124. Touch of Evil (1958)
125. Yojimbo (1961)
126. The King's Speech (2010)
127. Ran (1985)
128. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
129. Wild Strawberries (1957)
130. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
131. Snatch. (2000)
132. The Sixth Sense (1999)
133. Annie Hall (1977)
134. The Deer Hunter (1978)
135. Donnie Darko (2001)
136. District 9 (2009)
137. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
138. The Big Lebowski (1998)
139. Strangers on a Train (1951)
140. It Happened One Night (1934)
141. High Noon (1952)
142. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
143. The Lion King (1994)
144. Platoon (1986)
145. Into the Wild (2007)
146. Avatar (2009)
147. There Will Be Blood (2007)
148. Toy Story (1995)
149. Notorious (1946)
150. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
151. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
152. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
153. Trainspotting (1996)
154. Gone with the Wind (1939)
155. The Gold Rush (1925)
156. Scarface (1983)
157. The Wrestler (2008)
158. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
159. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
160. Ben-Hur (1959)
161. Groundhog Day (1993)
162. The Big Sleep (1946)
163. The Graduate (1967)
164. Amores Perros (2000)
165. Life of Brian (1979)
166. The Social Network (2010)
167. Finding Nemo (2003)
168. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
169. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
170. The Terminator (1984)
171. The Kid (1921)
172. Ikiru (1952)
173. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
174. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
175. Stand by Me (1986)
176. The Thing (1982)
177. The Wages of Fear (1953)
178. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
179. Casino (1995)
180. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
181. V for Vendetta (2006)
182. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
183. Les Diaboliques (1955)
184. Ratatouille (2007)
185. Gandhi (1982)
186. Star Trek (2009)
187. 8½ (1963)
188. My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
189. The Princess Bride (1987)
190. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
191. Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)
192. The Hustler (1961)
193. The Incredibles (2004)
194. The Killing (1956)
195. La Strada (1954)
196. Good Will Hunting (1997)
197. The 400 Blows (1959)
198. Network (1976)
199. True Grit (2010)
200. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
201. In Bruges (2008)
202. The Wild Bunch (1969)
203. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
204. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
205. Stalag 17 (1953)
206. The Exorcist (1973)
207. Persona (1966)
208. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
209. Dial M for Murder (1954)
210. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
211. Children of Men (2006)
212. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
213. The Fighter (2010)
214. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
215. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
216. Ed Wood (1994)
217. Mary and Max (2009)
218. Let the Right One In (2008)
219. Rocky (1976)
220. Big Fish (2003)
221. Magnolia (1999)
222. 127 Hours (2010)
223. Manhattan (1979)
224. Mystic River (2003)
225. Barry Lyndon (1975)
226. Festen (1998)
227. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
228. Patton (1970)
229. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
230. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
231. The Truman Show (1998)
232. Roman Holiday (1953)
233. His Girl Friday (1940)
234. Infernal Affairs (2002)
235. Duck Soup (1933)
236. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
237. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
238. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
239. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
240. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
241. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
242. In the Mood for Love (2000)
243. Harvey (1950)
244. Sleuth (1972)
245. Three Colours: Red (1994)
246. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
247. Crash (2004/I)
248. A Christmas Story (1983)
249. Rope (1948)
250. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Bottom 100:

Spoiler

1. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
2. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
3. Daniel - Der Zauberer (2004)
4. Monster a-Go Go (1965)
5. Night Train to Mundo Fine (1966)
6. Ben & Arthur (2002)
7. The Skydivers (1963)
8. Pocket Ninjas (1997)
9. The Starfighters (1964)
10. Pledge This! (2006)
11. Zombie Nation (2004)
12. Zaat (1971)
13. Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007)
14. From Justin to Kelly (2003)
15. The Final Sacrifice (1990)
16. Disaster Movie (2008)
17. A Fox's Tale (2008)
18. Too Beautiful (2005)
19. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
20. The Hillz (2004)
21. Hobgoblins (1988)
22. Zodiac Killer (2005)
23. Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996)
24. Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
25. Yes Sir (2007)
26. Los nuevos extraterrestres (1983)
27. Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
28. Fat Slags (2004)
29. A Story About Love (1995)
30. Turks in Space (2006)
31. Crossover (2006)
32. The Apocalypse (2007)
33. The Wild World of Batwoman (1966)
34. Space Mutiny (1988)
35. The Creeping Terror (1964)
36. The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)
37. Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
38. Danes Without a Clue (1997)
39. Keloglan vs. the Black Prince (2006)
40. Die Hard Dracula (1998)
41. Yûsei ôji (1959)
42. Ator l'invincibile 2 (1984)
43. The Tony Blair Witch Project (2000)
44. Going Overboard (1989)
45. The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II (1985)
46. The Maize: The Movie (2004)
47. L'uomo puma (1980)
48. House of the Dead (2003)
49. Surf School (2006)
50. Glitter (2001)
51. Soultaker (1990)
52. Santa Claus (1959)
53. Eegah (1962)
54. Son of the Mask (2005)
55. Time Chasers (1994)
56. Popstar (2005)
57. Santa with Muscles (1996)
58. Anne B. Real (2003)
59. Leonard Part 6 (1987)
60. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)
61. Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)
62. Troll 2 (1990)
63. Chairman of the Board (1998)
64. Snowboard Academy (1996)
65. Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)
66. Miss Cast Away (2004)
67. Epic Movie (2007)
68. Feel the Noise (2007)
69. Laserblast (1978)
70. Baby Geniuses (1999)
71. 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
72. Time You Change (2010)
73. Cool as Ice (1991)
74. Ein Toter hing im Netz (1960)
75. Alone in the Dark (2005)
76. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
77. In the Mix (2005)
78. Mitchell (1975)
79. Anus Magillicutty (2003)
80. Simon Sez (1999)
81. Nine Lives (2002)
82. Demon Island (2002)
83. Phat Girlz (2006)
84. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
85. The Underground Comedy Movie (1999)
86. Ed (1996)
87. Gigli (2003)
88. American Ninja V (1993)
89. It's Pat (1994)
90. Love in Paris (1997)
91. The Smokers (2000)
92. Meet the Spartans (2008)
93. Addiction (2004)
94. Kazaam (1996)
95. Daddy Day Camp (2007)
96. Bolero (1984)
97. Alien from L.A. (1988)
98. Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
99. Marci X (2003)
100. Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

How many have you seen out of either?

I have watched 88 of the top 250 (35%), seeing a couple of the other films, but not completely on that list. I've only seen one of the bottom lot, so feel quite pleased there. Just amazed that I've seen hundreds of films and yet I've seen a small percentage of what people think are the best films of all time. How is for you guys?

 

[Lee]

Which of the bottom 100 is it?

 

[Minor League Brian]

Wow. Battlefield Earth and Turbo where the shit. Stop hatin'.

 

[Phoenix]

I have seen 123 of the top 250 plus another 5 that I own on DVD but have yet to watch and couple of others that I have not seen all of.

Of the bottom 100, I have only seen part of 1

Yeah, there's a couple of the top lot that I've part seen but not all the way.

It is no surprise that the bottom is mostly Santa, Comedy or Horror based films.

 

[Phoenix]

I knew that was going to get asked. It was Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. One of my younger cousins was watching it, so being the nice elder cousin, I sat and watched it with him.

 

[Shadowmancer]

Now the question is how many of the Terrible movies was Hulk Hogan in? and can you name them

 

[Slyfox696]

I've seen Santa Claus Conquerors the Martians and Kazaam on the Bottom list. In my defense, I watched Santa Claus Conquerors the Martians only because I knew how bad it would be.

 

[Барбоса]

I have seen 123 of the top 250 plus another 5 that I own on DVD but have yet to watch and couple of others that I have not seen all of.

Of the bottom 100, I have only seen part of 1

 

[klunderbunker]

Of the bottom I've seen Ed, Turbo and Kazaam.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

I have seen 55 of the top 250, which isnt bad, considering some of those are realllllly old black and white films...

Quite surprised "The Fighter" is placed ahead of "Rocky"...gonna have to check that film out for sure when its released in a week or so.

Out of the bottom 100, I have only seen "Fat Slags" (which was AWFUL), and the Police Academy one, plus bits of 1 or 2 others

 

[Shocky]

I've seen Santa Claus Conquerors the Martians and Kazaam on the Bottom list. In my defense, I watched Santa Claus Conquerors the Martians only because I knew how bad it would be.

I can swear I have seen this when it was on MST3K.

 

[enterkey]

Wow. Battlefield Earth and Turbo where the shit. Stop hatin'.

Turbo would have been a lot better without that annoying kid but other than that it was a good movie if you take into account that it's a tie in to a kid's show. Surprisingly out of the list of horrible movies I've only seen 4 of them, either means I have really good taste in movies or I still have a lot to see.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I have seen 134 of the top 250, and only 7 of the bottom 100. Wow, the bottom 100 was surprising, I figured I would have watched a lot more than seven.

This is the user ratings, right?

 

[ABMorales787]

100. Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

BULLSHIT!!!​

 

[Slyfox696]

Quite surprised "The Fighter" is placed ahead of "Rocky"...gonna have to check that film out for sure when its released in a week or so.

Pretty certain IMDB rankings are based merely upon people's votes, no other set of criteria.

 

[Phoenix]

Sly be correct, it's all voted by the members of the website. Back in 2008 when The Dark Knight came out, it shot straight to Number One. You got to take into account not many people may have seen The Fighter and those who have gave it a high ranking, so it's an average based on a lesser majority.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

I've seen 104 on the best and 1 on the worst: Daddy Day Camp.

 

[Smooth Sexual Chocolate]

at Inception + TDK in the top ten all time

People must really be deprived of good films to think Inception & TDK are top 10 all time material.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

Worst list No. 92: Meet The Spartans. I'm gonna be honest, I loved this film.

And at number 75 on the worst list, Alone in the Dark. Couldn't agree more. Probably the most anti-climatic film ever personally after I had played the good PS1 game.

In fact pretty much most of the worst movie list can be believed just by the names. Turks in Space? Fat Slags? The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

 

[Smooth Sexual Chocolate]

Some of the movies in the bottom 100 don't even deserve to be called movies, in fact Troll 2 is actually embarrassed to be listed with such shit films.

 

[Dave]

I've seen 63 of the top 250 and 3 of the bottom 100.

 

[Smooth Sexual Chocolate]

I've seen 92 of the top 250

9 of the bottom 100

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

I've seen 75 of the top 250 and am glad to say none of the other 100.

But seriously, "Santa With Muscles (1996)"? That title just screams 'fucked up' no matter which way you take it.

Glad to see The Dark Knight is still in the Top 10......... to be replaced by 'The King's Speech' fairly soon i imagine.

 

[Smooth Sexual Chocolate]

BB should should be in the spot of TDK, pretty much a better film in every way possible.

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

I've seen about two-thirds of the films in the top 250. Out of the bottom 100, I've seen 2: Epic Movie and Troll 2 (Troll 2 was fucking awesome, people need to stop hating). I started to watch House of the Dead once, but I couldn't continue watching it because it was so fucking shit.