Top Ranked Films by Year
by dan_dassow | created - 03 Apr 2011 | updated - 01 May 2012 | PublicThis is a list of the top ranked films for each year from 1888 to 2012. This list is based primarily on the IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link]). However, when a year is not represented in the Top 250, other IMDb sources are used. The rank when included is within the source listed. This data is current as of April 2, 2012.
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1. Kahaani (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Mystery, Thriller
A pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
Director: Sujoy Ghosh | Stars: Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Indraneil Sengupta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Votes: 65,919 | Gross: $1.04M
This film entered the Top 250 on April 8, 2012 at a rank of 246.
Year = 2012, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 5,930, Rank = 170, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
2. A Separation (2011)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 258,688 | Gross: $7.10M
Year = 2011, Rating = 9.5, Votes = 3,009, Source = Most Voted Titles Released In 2011 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/search/title?sort=num_votes&year=2011,2011[/link])
This film entered the Top 250 on April 3, 2011 at a rank of 170.
Year = 2011, Rating = 9.5, Votes = 3,009, Rank = 170, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
3. Inception (2010)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 2,553,008 | Gross: $292.58M
Year = 2010, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 328,055, Rank = 8, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
4. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,585,715 | Gross: $120.54M
Year = 2009, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 215,190, Rank = 91, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
5. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Votes: 2,873,019 | Gross: $534.86M
Year = 2008, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 516,317, Rank = 10, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
6. No Country for Old Men (2007)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 1,061,165 | Gross: $74.28M
Year = 2007, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 221,147, Rank = 121, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
7. The Lives of Others (2006)
R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 410,724 | Gross: $11.29M
Year = 2006, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 85,425, Rank = 57, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
8. Sin City (2005)
R | 124 min | Crime, Thriller
An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.
Directors: Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba
Votes: 794,041 | Gross: $74.10M
Year = 2005, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 278,621, Rank = 107, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 1,078,787 | Gross: $34.40M
Year = 2004, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 243,398, Rank = 61, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,980,653 | Gross: $377.85M
Year = 2003, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 401,407, Rank = 12, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
11. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 801,633 | Gross: $7.56M
Year = 2002, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 187,020, Rank = 18, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Votes: 2,008,522 | Gross: $315.54M
Year = 2001, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 424,189, Rank = 19, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
13. Memento (2000)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,323,780 | Gross: $25.54M
Year = 2000, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 305,329, Rank = 29, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
14. Fight Club (1999)
R | 139 min | Drama
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
Votes: 2,326,132 | Gross: $37.03M
Year = 1999, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 426,637, Rank = 14, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
15. American History X (1998)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama
Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.
Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 1,186,957 | Gross: $6.72M
Year = 1998, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 251,026, Rank = 39, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
16. L.A. Confidential (1997)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
Votes: 618,244 | Gross: $64.62M
Year = 1997, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 177,721, Rank = 66, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
17. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 727,178 | Gross: $24.61M
Year = 1996, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 178,639, Rank = 118, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
18. The Usual Suspects (1995)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin
Votes: 1,146,217 | Gross: $23.34M
Year = 1995, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 290,877, Rank = 25, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
19. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
R | 142 min | Drama
Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler
Votes: 2,891,138 | Gross: $28.34M
Year = 1994, Rating = 9.2, Votes = 578,193, Rank = 1, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
20. Schindler's List (1993)
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Votes: 1,451,941 | Gross: $96.90M
21. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller
When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Votes: 1,088,921 | Gross: $2.83M
Year = 1992, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 232,910, Rank = 64, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,549,453 | Gross: $130.74M
Year = 1991, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 273,300, Rank = 26, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
23. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,258,381 | Gross: $46.84M
Year = 1990, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 253,973, Rank = 15, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
24. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure
In 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 811,476 | Gross: $197.17M
Year = 1989, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 186,319, Rank = 109, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
25. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
R | 174 min | Drama, Romance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli
Votes: 283,136 | Gross: $11.99M
Year = 1988, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 50,796, Rank = 76, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
26. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
R | 116 min | Drama, War
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 790,934 | Gross: $46.36M
Year = 1987, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 168,081, Rank = 88, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
27. Aliens (1986)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser
Votes: 763,646 | Gross: $85.16M
Year = 1986, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 184,462, Rank = 60, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
28. Back to the Future (1985)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Votes: 1,307,861 | Gross: $210.61M
Year = 1985, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 226,867, Rank = 71, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
29. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 377,993 | Gross: $5.32M
Year = 1984, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 79,996, Rank = 82, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
30. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,122,226 | Gross: $309.13M
Year = 1983, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 229,133, Rank = 108, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
31. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,596 | Gross: $32.87M
Year = 1982, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 199,790, Rank = 116, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
32. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 1,037,395 | Gross: $248.16M
Year = 1981, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 263,613, Rank = 22, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
33. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,380,860 | Gross: $290.48M
Year = 1980, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 303,525, Rank = 11, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
34. Apocalypse Now (1979)
R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, War
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 710,804 | Gross: $83.47M
Year = 1979, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 188,659, Rank = 36, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
35. The Deer Hunter (1978)
R | 183 min | Drama, War
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage
Votes: 362,441 | Gross: $48.98M
Year = 1978, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 96,234, Rank = 133, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
36. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,450,745 | Gross: $322.74M
Year = 1977, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 346,912, Rank = 16, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
37. Taxi Driver (1976)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks
Votes: 921,484 | Gross: $28.26M
Year = 1976, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 173,899, Rank = 41, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
38. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
R | 133 min | Drama
In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco
Votes: 1,073,059 | Gross: $112.00M
Year = 1975, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 239,351, Rank = 9, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
39. The Godfather Part II (1974)
R | 202 min | Crime, Drama
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Votes: 1,365,224 | Gross: $57.30M
Year = 1974, Rating = 9.0, Votes = 273,298, Rank = 3, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
40. The Sting (1973)
PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning
Votes: 280,060 | Gross: $159.60M
Year = 1973, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 72,127, Rank = 98, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
41. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,014,305 | Gross: $134.97M
Year = 1972, Rating = 9.2, Votes = 449,116, Rank = 2, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
42. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Votes: 881,783 | Gross: $6.21M
Year = 1971, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 212,034, Rank = 55, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
43. Patton (1970)
GP | 172 min | Biography, Drama, War
The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong
Votes: 108,006 | Gross: $61.70M
Year = 1970, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 42,662, Rank = 225, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
44. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin
Votes: 226,806 | Gross: $102.31M
Year = 1969, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 63,034, Rank = 150, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
45. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
PG-13 | 166 min | Western
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Votes: 349,276 | Gross: $5.32M
Year = 1968, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 83,787, Rank = 20, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
46. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
GP | 127 min | Crime, Drama
A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D. Cannon
Votes: 188,640 | Gross: $16.22M
Year = 1967, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 49,985, Rank = 137, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
47. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 811,831 | Gross: $6.10M
Year = 1966, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 182,258, Rank = 4, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
48. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
R | 132 min | Drama, Western
Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp
Votes: 274,883 | Gross: $15.00M
Year = 1965, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 50,554, Rank = 122, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
49. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, War
An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 518,571 | Gross: $0.28M
Year = 1964, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 167,574, Rank = 35, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
50. The Great Escape (1963)
Approved | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson
Votes: 259,083 | Gross: $12.10M
Year = 1963, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 68,031, Rank = 111, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
51. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,572 | Gross: $44.82M
Year = 1962, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 85,878, Rank = 52, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
52. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,438
Year = 1961, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 32,038, Rank = 123, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
53. Psycho (1960)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 718,809 | Gross: $32.00M
Year = 1960, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 158,733, Rank = 24, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
54. North by Northwest (1959)
Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Votes: 346,361 | Gross: $13.28M
Year = 1959, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 101,604, Rank = 38, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
55. Vertigo (1958)
PG | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Votes: 427,255 | Gross: $3.20M
Year = 1958, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 100,395, Rank = 45, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
56. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
Votes: 865,976 | Gross: $4.36M
Year = 1957, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 136,917, Rank = 7, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
57. The Killing (1956)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 97,590
Year = 1956, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 27,204, Rank = 194, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
58. Diabolique (1955)
Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Votes: 69,429 | Gross: $1.09M
Year = 1955, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 16,497, Rank = 182, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
59. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 367,048 | Gross: $0.27M
Year = 1954, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 106,362, Rank = 13, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
60. The Wages of Fear (1953)
Not Rated | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli
Votes: 66,631
Year = 1953, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 15,733, Rank = 173, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
61. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
Votes: 260,850 | Gross: $8.82M
Year = 1952, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 60,458, Rank = 78, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
62. Strangers on a Train (1951)
PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 141,086 | Gross: $7.63M
Year = 1951, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 37,941, Rank = 138, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
63. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,587
Year = 1950, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 60,855, Rank = 31, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
64. The Third Man (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Votes: 181,921 | Gross: $0.45M
Year = 1949, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 55,022, Rank = 65, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
65. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Passed | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 132,491 | Gross: $5.01M
Year = 1948, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 36,301, Rank = 72, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
66. Out of the Past (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
Votes: 40,946
Year = 1947, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 11,361, Rank = 37, Source = Top Rated "1940s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1940s[/link])
67. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,456
Year = 1946, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 112,339, Rank = 28, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
68. Children of Paradise (1945)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Romance
The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir
Votes: 21,178
Year = 1945, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 8,174, Rank = 14, Source = Top Rated "1940s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1940s[/link])
69. Double Indemnity (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
Votes: 167,557 | Gross: $5.72M
Year = 1944, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 41,145, Rank = 53, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
70. The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Western
When a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 24,966 | Gross: $1.64M
Year = 1943, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 9,299, Rank = 22, Source = Top Rated "1940s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1940s[/link])
71. Casablanca (1942)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Votes: 606,381 | Gross: $1.02M
Year = 1942, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 181,436, Rank = 17, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
72. Citizen Kane (1941)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 466,198 | Gross: $1.59M
Year = 1941, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 148,461, Rank = 37, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
73. The Great Dictator (1940)
G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 237,495 | Gross: $0.29M
Year = 1940, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 41,659, Rank = 86, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
74. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
Votes: 121,441 | Gross: $9.60M
Year = 1939, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 36,227, Rank = 102, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
75. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett
Votes: 66,129
Year = 1938, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 24,271, Rank = 16, Source = Top Rated "1930s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1930s[/link])
76. The Grand Illusion (1937)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 38,872 | Gross: $0.17M
Year = 1937, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 13,087, Rank = 9, Source = Top Rated "1930s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1930s[/link])
77. Modern Times (1936)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Votes: 259,654 | Gross: $0.16M
Year = 1936, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 40,364, Rank = 67, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
78. A Night at the Opera (1935)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle
Votes: 34,774 | Gross: $2.54M
Year = 1935, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 14,810, Rank = 21, Source = Top Rated "1930s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1930s[/link])
79. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 112,347 | Gross: $4.36M
Year = 1934, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 27,522, Rank = 140, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
80. Duck Soup (1933)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Musical
Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Votes: 62,760
Year = 1933, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 28,968, Rank = 236, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
81. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 16,204 | Gross: $1.04M
Year = 1932, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 5,048, Rank = 8, Source = Top Rated "1930s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1930s[/link])
82. City Lights (1931)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers
Votes: 196,169 | Gross: $0.02M
Year = 1931, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 31,752, Rank = 54, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
83. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Passed | 152 min | Drama, War
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy
Votes: 67,718 | Gross: $3.27M
Year = 1930, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 23,658, Rank = 211, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
84. Pandora's Box (1929)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
Votes: 11,862 | Gross: $0.01M
Year = 1929, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 3,731, Rank = 31, Source = Top Rated "1920s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1920s[/link])
85. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Passed | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Votes: 60,715 | Gross: $0.02M
Year = 1928, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 12,156, Rank = 210, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
86. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,637 | Gross: $1.24M
Year = 1927, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 44,260, Rank = 94, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
87. The General (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
Votes: 98,214 | Gross: $1.03M
Year = 1926, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 22,120, Rank = 119, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
88. The Gold Rush (1925)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman
Votes: 118,721 | Gross: $5.45M
Year = 1925, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 23,636, Rank = 153, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
89. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Passed | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly
Votes: 57,086 | Gross: $0.98M
Year = 1924, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 8,285, Rank = 233, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
90. Safety Last! (1923)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young
Votes: 22,930 | Gross: $1.36M
Year = 1923, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 6,027, Rank = 8, Source = Top Rated "1920s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1920s[/link])
91. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,518
Year = 1922, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 31,028, Rank = 19, Source = Top Rated "1920s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1920s[/link])
92. The Kid (1921)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller
Votes: 134,915 | Gross: $5.45M
Year = 1921, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 16,772, Rank = 167, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
93. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Votes: 70,101
Year = 1920, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 17,766, Rank = 23, Source = Top Rated "1920s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1920s[/link])
94. Male and Female (1919)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Robert Cain
Votes: 1,976
Year = 1919, Rating = 7.7, Votes = 909, Rank = 3, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
95. Johanna Enlists (1918)
72 min | Comedy, Romance
A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.
Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Mary Pickford, Anne Schaefer, Fred Huntley, Monte Blue
Votes: 658
Year = 1918, Rating = 7.0, Votes = 453, Rank = 21, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
96. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
With her family in financial difficulties, Rebecca is sent to live with her two strict, unfeeling aunts, who do not appreciate the young girl's charm and energy. Rebecca must make new ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Mary Pickford, Eugene O'Brien, Helen Jerome Eddy, Charles Ogle
Votes: 893
Year = 1917, Rating = 7.3, Votes = 401, Rank = 11, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
97. Intolerance (1916)
Passed | 163 min | Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner
Votes: 16,729 | Gross: $2.18M
Year = 1916, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 5,782, Rank = 1, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
98. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
TV-PG | 195 min | Drama, History, War
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper
Votes: 26,351 | Gross: $10.00M
Year = 1915, Rating = 7.1, Votes = 9,482, Rank = 13, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
99. The Perils of Pauline (1914)
Passed | 199 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Pauline, a young maiden, must protect herself from the treacherous "guardian" of her inheritance, who repeatedly plots to murder her and take the money for himself.
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier, Donald MacKenzie | Stars: Pearl White, Crane Wilbur, Paul Panzer, Edward José
Votes: 1,087
Year = 1914, Rating = 7.6, Votes = 586, Rank = 4, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
100. Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed (1913)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. With Juve presumed dead, Fandor must investigate alone. Will Fantomas finally be brought to justice?
Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior, André Luguet
Votes: 1,335
Year = 1913, Rating = 7.0, Votes = 295, Rank = 19, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
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