The 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time (According To IMDb)

The 100 greatest movies according to the critics might not accurately reflect the opinions of everyday people, but a breakdown of the best based on IMDb audience ratings is bound to resemble something closer to the collective consensus (and at the very least, it’s been chosen more democratically).

Below, you’ll find more than a few of the usual suspects — ranging from Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (Part I & II); to Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and the actual Usual Suspects itself — along with a few fresh entries, such as animated hit Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

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Interestingly enough, Oppenheimer — which stars Cillian Murphy — represents Nolan’s seventh entry into the IMDb Top 100 after Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, and of course, Interstellar; as well as his fourth entry within the even more selective IMDb Top 20.

What can we say? The man just knows what thrills cinemagoing folks.

Check out the best movies as of 2023 (according to IMDb).

The 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time (According To IMDb)

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) dir. Frank Darabont — 9.3
2. The Godfather (1972) dir. Francis Ford Coppola — 9.2
3. The Dark Knight (2008) dir. Christopher Nolan — 9.0
4. Schindler’s List (1993) dir. Steven Spielberg — 9.0
5. 12 Angry Men (1957) dir. Sidney Lumet — 9.0
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) dir. Peter Jackson — 9.0
7. The Godfather Part II (1974) dir. Francis Ford Coppola — 9.0
8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) dir. Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson — 8.9
9. Pulp Fiction (1994) dir. Quentin Tarantino — 8.9
10. Inception (2010) dir. Christopher Nolan — 8.8
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson — 8.8
12. Fight Club (1999) dir. David Fincher — 8.8
13. Forrest Gump (1994) dir. Robert Zemeckis — 8.8
14. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) dir. Sergio Leone — 8.8
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) dir. Peter Jackson — 8.8
16. Oppenheimer (2023) dir. Christopher Nolan — 8.7
17. Interstellar (2014) dir. Christopher Nolan — 8.7
18. GoodFellas (1990) dir. Martin Scorsese — 9.7
19. The Matrix (1999) dir. The Wachowski Brothers — 8.7
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) dir. Milos Forman — 8.7
21. Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back (1980) dir. Irvin Kershner — 8.7
22. Seven (1995) dir. David Fincher — 8.6
23. Saving Private Ryan (1998) dir. Steven Spielberg — 8.6
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) dir. Jonathan Demme — 8.6
25. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) dir. James Cameron — 8.6
26. The Green Mile (1999) dir. Frank Darabont — 8.6
27. Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1977) dir. George Lucas — 8.6
28. Spirited Away (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — 8.6
29. City of God (2002) dir. Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund — 8.6
30. Life Is Beautiful (1997) dir. Roberto Benigni — 8.6
31. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) dir. Frank Capra — 8.6
32. Seven Samurai (1954) dir. Akira Kurosawa — 8.6
33. Harakiri (1962) dir. Masaki Kobayashi — 8.6
34. The Prestige (2006) dir. Christopher Nolan — 8.5
35. The Departed (2006) dir. Martin Scorsese — 8.5
36. Gladiator (2000) dir. Ridley Scott — 8.5
37. Alien (1975) dir. Ridley Scott — 8.5
38. Back to the Future (1985) dir. Robert Zemeckis — 8.5
39. Parasite (2019) dir. Bong Joon Ho — 8.5
40. Whiplash (2014) dir. Damien Chazelle — 8.5
41. Leon (1994) dir. Luc Besson — 8.5
42. The Pianist (2002) dir. Roman Polanski — 8.5
43. The Usual Suspects (1995) dir. Bryan Singer — 8.5
44. The Lion King (1994) dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff — 8.5
45. American History X (1998) dir. Tony Kaye — 8.5
46. Untouchable (2011) dir. Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano — 8.5
47. Casablanca (1942) dir. Michael Curtiz — 8.5
48. Psycho (1960) dir. Aldred Hitchcock — 8.5
49. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) dir. Sergio Leone — 8.5
50. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) dir. Isao Takahata — 8.5
51. Rear Window (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock — 8.5
52. Cinema Paradiso (1988) dir. Giuseppe Tornatore — 8.5
53. Modern Times (1936) dir. Charles Chaplin — 8.5
54. City Lights (1931) dir. Charles Chaplin — 8.5
55. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) dir. Steven Spielberg — 8.4
56. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman — 8.4
57. Memento (2000) dir. Christopher Nolan — 8.4
58. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) dir. Christopher Nolan — 8.4
59. Avengers: Endgame (2019) dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo — 8.4
60. Django Unchained (2012) dir. Quentin Tarantino — 8.4
61. Joker (2019) dir. Todd Phillips — 8.4
62. Aliens (1986) dir. James Cameron — 8.4
63. The Shining (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick — 8.4
64. Oldboy (2003) dir. Park Chan-wook — 8.4
65. Apocalypse Now (1979) dir. Francis Ford Coppola —8.4
66. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo — 8.4
67. Amadeus (1984) dir. Milos Forman — 8.4
68. Come and See (1985) dir. Elem Klimov — 8.4
69. Your Name (2016) dir. Makoto Shinkai — 8.4
70. Coco (2017) dir. Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina — 8.4
71. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) dir. Stanley Kubrick — 8.4
72. WALL-E (2008) dir. Andrew Stanton — 8.4
73. The Lives of Others (2006) dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck — 8.4
74. 3 Idiots (2009) dir. Rajkumar Hirani — 8.4
75. Capernaum (2018) dir. Nadine Labaki — 8.4
76. Das Boot (1981) dir. Wolfgang Petersen — 8.4
77. Sunset Blvd. (1950) dir. Billy Wilder — 8.4
78. Paths of Glory (1957) dir. Stanley Kubrick — 8.4
79. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) dir. Billy Wilder — 8.4
80. The Great Dictator (1940) dir. Charles Chaplin — 8.4
81. High and Low (1963) dir. Akira Kurosawa — 8.4
82. Inglorious Basterds (2009) dir. Quentin Tarantino — 8.3
83. American Beauty (1999) dir. Sam Mendes — 8.3
84. Requiem for a Dream (2000) dir. Darren Aronofsky — 8.3
85. Good Will Hunting (1997) dir. Gus Van Sant — 8.3
86. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir. Stanley Kubrick — 8.3
87. The Hunt (2012) dir. Thomas Vinterberg — 8.3
88. Braveheart (1995) dir. Mel Gibson — 8.3
89. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) dir. Michel Gondry — 8.3
90. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) dir. Sergio Leone — 8.3
91. Reservoir Dogs (1992) dir. Quentin Tarantino — 8.3
92. Toy Story (1995) dir. John Lasseter — 8.3
93. Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983) dir. Richard Marquand — 8.3
94. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) dir. David Lean — 8.3
95. Princess Mononoke (1997) dir. Hayao Miyazaki — 8.3
96. Toy Story 3 (2010) dir. Lee Unkrich — 8.3
97. Singin’ in the Raine (1952) dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly — 8.3
98. Citizen Kane (1941) dir. Orson Welles — 1941
99. M (1931) dir. Fritz Lang — 8.3
100. Ikiru (1952) dir. Akira Kurosawa — 8.3

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