IMDB top 20 movies - how many of them have you seen

[LynneSin]

This is the IMDB list of the top 20 movies of all time - it's based on readers votes. How many of them have you seen? I've seen 1,2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,15,16,17,18,19,20.

Which ones do you agree should be in the top 10

Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 9.1 The Godfather (1972)
2. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3. 8.9 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. 8.8 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly)
5. 8.8 Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. 8.8 Casablanca (1942)
7. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993)
8. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
9. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) (The Seven Samurai)
11. 8.7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
12. 8.7 Star Wars (1977)
13. 8.7 Rear Window (1954)
14. 8.7 12 Angry Men (1957)
15. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
16. 8.6 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. 8.6 Cidade de Deus (2002) (City of God)
18. 8.6 The Usual Suspects (1995)
19. 8.6 Goodfellas (1990)
20. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb )

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Crikey - pretty obvious that list is by reader's votes.

Lots of movies that don't deserve to be on that list, even though I like them a lot.

:eyes:

America is stoopid.

[Omphaloskepsis]

2. 2,5,7,9,12,15,16,18,19.....

I don't really like movies that much.


edit :: missing comma between 15 and 16.

[AllegroRondo]

3. Wow, all but 1

that being City of God.
Guess I'll have to rent it.

[LynneSin]

25. It's a great movie. I heard they're doing a sequel

It's Brazillian based on the life in the slums of Rio

[AngryAmish]

28. Incredible movie, it is on IFC a lot

[Joe Fields]

4. I've seen 18 out of twenty.

I haven't seen City of God or Lord of the Rings.

[merh]

5. 17 out of 20

the other 3 I have either never heard of or don't care to see them.

Math typo -- x(

[soleft]

16. me too, which ones are you missing

I'm missing 12 Angry Men, City of God and Strangelove

[merh]

32. 9, 10 & 17

9. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

10. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) (The Seven Samurai)

17. 8.6 Cidade de Deus (2002) (City of God)


You do need to watch 12 Angry men, it is a great movie.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. 14.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Looks good. Except for Casablanca.

Most over-rated movie ever.

Also, I hated the movie version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Maybe because I read the far superior novel.

I also think Peter Jackson's King Kong should be on there.

[HughBeaumont]

8. All except the "Lord of the Nerds" movies and "Rear Window".

Should the Star Wars movies be in the top 20? I mean, come ON. I like Star Wars, but they bumped Citizen Kane for those?

While we're talking about imdb's top 250, I have to ask a question about the bottom 100: why is it that a great deal of them are modern, predominantly African-American cast movies (Stomp the Yard, Crossover, Pride, Are We Done Yet?, In the Mix, Daddys Little Girls, etc.)? I mean, granted, they aren't Oscar winners by any stretch of the word, but I don't think they belong in the depths with truly horrid films such as Son of the Mask, Bottoms Up, Manos: Hands of Fate or Santa with Muscles. This sort of pattern seems to be recurring far too often to be coincidental. You think it speaks of imdb's flourishing racist freeper contingent or am I just reading too deep?

[Omphaloskepsis]

10. They probably run a query on the database to see what movies get the most hits or votes.

Same with the bottom. Why fuck around when you can make a dynamic page in 20 lines of code?

[PVnRT]

22. Or

Maybe Hollywood's desire to make a quick buck by churning out a piece of shit movie with a bunch of black actors and actresses in it to make a quick buck. Such movies require very little money to make and will at least turn a profit. Or, most likely, a mix of the two, given that movie boards are rife with the not-quite-admitted racist types.

[SmokingJacket]

26. Rear Window is a lot of fun!

I haven't seen Lord of the Whatever, either.

[Mr. Blonde]

9. 14

Haven't seen The Seven Samurai, Rear Window, 12 Angry Men, City of God, and only part of Schindler's List and Dr. Strangelove.

[Nicole]

11. All of them except 8,9,12, & 15.

I haven't seen any of the Star Wars or Lord of the Rings movies.

[SteppingRazor]

12. I've seen every one of them except Schindler's List...

kinda surprised me, as I'm not much of a movie buff.

[MonkeyFunk]

13. 19

never saw City of God.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

14. There is no Orson Welles

in this list. It's suspect! :)

[RetroLounge]

15. 17 out of 20

:hi:

RL

[Zavulon]

17. 1,2,3,5,11,18,19,20.

The top three and #19 are the only ones I'd put in the top 20.

[Fran Kubelik]

18. I have seen 13 of them.

[seemunkee]

19. 17 of 20

City of God is on my netflix queue. Haven't seen Schindlers List or Goodfellas

[Crazy Dave]

20. Except for #10 & #17 I've seen them all

Put me in front of a television with #1, "The Godfather" on then turn off the volume. I can quote the entire movie word for word.

[LynneSin]

29. Funny I can do the same thing with Pink Floyd's "The Wall"

I love that movie

[ceile]

21. 14 out of 20

[LostinVA]

23. All of them

[GalleryGod]

24. All 20 !

Next Case!

:applause: :popcorn: :applause:

[bikebloke]

27. 18 out of 20

The Seven Samuai and 12 Angry Men haven't passed my eyes yet.

[NewJeffCT]

30. I haven't seen 6 of them

Shawshank (every time it's on TV, it's like 10-15 minutes into the movie and I refuse to watch what is supposed to be a great movie if I can't watch it from the start)

Casablanca - I think I've seen most of it in pieces, but not the whole thing from start to finish.

7 Samurai - I've only seen parts of the American remake - The Magnificent 7 - and, then only parts.

Rear Window - only bits & pieces.

City of God - nope.

Usual Suspects - another one like Shawshank.

[JCMach1]

31. 17/20- but the list itself is cruddy...

A pox on their list

Shawshank... noway
Godfather... Which part? This was my least favorite
Casablanca... maybe top 30
Schindler's List... maybe top 40
Empire Strikes Back... a POX on you house for that pick
Cuckoo's Nest... not top 20 for sure
Rear Window... not even Hitchcock's best
12 Angry Men... no way!
Raiders... get out of town!
City of God... puhhhleeze
The Usual Suspects... What were they smoking
Goodfellas... groan!

[trackfan]

33. I've seen nos. 6,9,12,13,14,&16