IMDB's top 250 list: loved by some, hated by others. Of course you can argue about the order of movies and the presence or absence of certain titles. Fact remains that it holds a great deal of the most appreciated films of all time and the overall quality is pretty high.

I tried to complete the list once, but choked near the end... ;-) I will keep updating weekly though and one day I will finish the last few missing films.

Feel free to comment your % or must sees from this list!
And for the people who find 250 entries a bit lacking, here's a list with every movie that was once in IMDB's Top 250.

A few statistics...

The oldest movie on the list is Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, released in 1921. The most popular decade in the list is the 2000's with 49 entries. A complete overview:
1920's - 6 entries
1930's - 6 entries
1940's - 11 entries
1950's - 21 entries
1960's - 16 entries
1970's - 18 entries
1980's - 25 entries
1990's - 40 entries
2000's - 49 entries
2010's - 46 entries
2020's - 12 entries

Christopher Nolan is the king of IMDB, with 8 films on the top 250. There are three directors with 7 films on the list. Scorsese, Kubrick and Spielberg complete the crème de la crème according to IMDB s.

All popular directors:
8 entries - Christopher Nolan
7 entries - Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg
6 entries - Akira Kurosawa
5 entries - Billy Wilder, Charlie Chaplin, Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchcock
4 entries - Hayao Miyazaki, Sergio Leone
3 entries - Brad Bird, Clint Eastwood, David Fincher, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Joel Coen, Pete Docter, Peter Jackson, Ridley Scott, Denis Villeneuve

Latest update: 19/5/2025. I am currently at 99%

Back in the list:
Drishyam at #249

Gone, not forgotten:
Lost Ladies