The long century of cinema history has given a lot, for bad and for good movies. And among the good ones, authentic works of art. However, as in any discipline, there are no absolute values and what may be a masterpiece for some may be an infinite toston for others and vice versa. For this reason, there are as many rankings of the best films as there are viewers and each of us could make our own.
In any case, some well-known media outlets have drawn up some of these classifications based on the opinions of their film critics and, especially since the advent of the Internet, different digital media have built them based on the opinions of their userswhich “democratizes” the list, because in this case masterpieces are mixed with others that, despite not having the approval of critics, do have it at the box office and the general public.
This is the case of the IMDb (Internet Movie DataBase) portal. , the world’s largest online database of movie-related information, in which we can also find television programs, award ceremonies… Most of the data is provided by volunteer collaborators. The site allows registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries.
In 1998, Jeff Bezos, founder, owner, and CEO of amazon.com bought IMDb and since then the service has not stopped growing, nor have the opinions of users.
Based on all these opinions, these are the 100 best movies of all time and their IMDb score. You may agree… or not. I’m sure you’ll have your own list.
top 100
1. Life imprisonment (1994). . 9.2
two. The Godfather (1972). . 9.2
3. The dark knight (2008). 9.0
4. The Godfather: Part II (1974). 9.0
5. 12 merciless men (1957). 8.9
6. Schindler’s List (1993). 8.9
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). 8.9
8. Pulp Fiction (1994). 8.9
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). 8.8
10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). 8.8
11. Forest Gump (1994). 8.8
12. Fight Club (1999). 8.7
13. Origin (2010). 8.7
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002). 8.7
15. The Empire Strikes Back (1980). 8.7
16. Matrix (1999). 8.7
17. One of ours (1990). 8.7
18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975). 8.6
19. Seven (1995). 8.6
20. The Seven Samurai (1954). 8.6
21. How beautiful it is to live! (1946). 8.6
22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991). 8.6
23. City of God (2002). 8.6
24. Saving Private Ryan (1998). 8.6
25. Life is beautiful (1997). 8.6
26. The Green Mile (1999). 8.6
27. interstellar (2014). 8.6
28. Star Wars (1977). 8.6
29. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). 8.5
30. Back to the Future (1985). 8.5
31. Spirited Away (2001). 8.5
32. Psycho (1960). 8.5
33. The Pianist (2002). 8.5
34. The professional (Leon). (1994). 8.5
35. parasites (2019). 8.5
36. The Lion King (1994). 8.5
37. Gladiator (The gladiator). (2000). 8.5
38. American History X (1998). 8.5
39. The Usual Suspects (1995). 8.5
40. The Departed (2006). 8.5
41. The final trick (The prestige). (2006). 8.5
42. Casablanca (1942). 8.5
43. Top Gun: Maverick (2022). 8.5
44. whiplash (2014). 8.5
Four. Five. Untouchable (2011). 8.5
46. Modern Times (1936). 8.4
47. Harakiri (1962). 8.4
48. Until his time came (1968). 8.4
49. Grave of the Fireflies (1988). 8.4
50. Rear Window (1954). 8.4
51. Alien, the eighth passenger (1979). 8.4
52. City Lights (1931). 8.4
53. Cinema Paradise (1988). 8.4
54. Memento (2000). 8.4
55. apocalypse now (1979). 8.4
56. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). 8.4
57. django unchained (2012). 8.4
58. WALL E (2008). 8.4
59. The lives of others (2006). 8.4
60. Twilight of the Gods (1950). 8.4
61. Paths of Glory (1957). 8.4
62. The Shining (1980). 8.4
63. The Great Dictator (1940). 8.4
64. Witness for the prosecution (1957). 8.4
65. Avengers: Infinity War (2018). 8.4
66. Aliens: The Return (1986). 8.3
67. American Beauty (1999). 8.3
68. Red phone? We fly to Moscow (1964). 8.3
69. Spider-Man: A new universe (2018). 8.3
70. The Dark Knight: The Legend Rises (2012). 8.3
71. Old Boy (2003). 8.3
72. Joker (2019). 8.3
73. Amadeus (1984). 8.3
74. Braveheart (1995). 8.3
75. Toy Story (1995). 8.3
76. Coconut (2017). 8.3
77. The Submarine (Das Boot). (1981). 8.3
78. Inglourious Basterds (2009). 8.3
79. Princess Mononoke (1997). 8.3
80. Avengers: Endgame (2019). 8.3
81. Once Upon a Time in America (1984). 8.3
82. Good Will Hunting (1997). 8.3
83. Requiem for a Dream (2000). 8.3
84. toy Story 3 (2010). 8.3
85. Your Name. (2016). 8.3
86. Singing in the rain (1952). 8.3
87. 3 Idiots (2009). 8.3
88. Return of the Jedi (1983). 8.3
89. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). 8.3
90. Forget about me! (2004). 8.3
91. Reservoir Dogs (1992). 8.3
92. The hell of hate (1963). 8.3
93. Capernaum (2018). 8.3
94. Citizen Kane (1941). 8.3
95. Lawrence of Arabia (1962). 8.3
96. The Hunt (2012). 8.3
97. With the death in the heels (1959). 8.3
98. M, the Vampire of Düsseldorf (1931). 8.3
99. Vertigo (Back from the dead). (1958). 8.2
100. Amélie (2001). 8.2
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