IMDb Top 250 - November 19, 1996
The top 250 movies as voted by our users (IMDb Top 250) on November 19, 1996
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The formula for calculating the top 250 films gives a true Bayesian estimate:The current rank is only given for film appearing in the IMDb Top 250 when this list was compiled on March 27, 2011.
weighted rank (WR) = (v/(v+m))*R + (m/(v+m))*C
where: R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating) v = number of votes for the movie = (votes) m = minimum votes required to be listed in the top 250 (currently 200) C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.62)
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- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke 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.Original Rank = 1, Weighted = 8.9, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 7174, Current Rank = 16
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.Original Rank = 2, Weighted = 8.8, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 2947, Current Rank = 1
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.Original Rank = 3, Weighted = 8.8, Rating = 9.0, Votes = 2165, Current Rank = 154
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriThe 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.Original Rank = 4, Weighted = 8.7, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 2915, Current Rank = 25
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.Original Rank = 5, Weighted = 8.7, Rating = 9.0, Votes = 1481
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisAnne ReidJustin FletcherWallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.Original Rank = 6, Weighted = 8.6, Rating = 9.2, Votes = 674
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesBrent SpinerThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.Original Rank = 7, Weighted = 8.6, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 1295
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA 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.Original Rank = 8, Weighted = 8.6, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 2810, Current Rank =17
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.Original Rank = 9, Weighted = 8.6, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 4756, Current Rank = 117
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Original Rank = 10, Weighted = 8.6, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 3105, Current Rank = 6
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Original Rank = 11, Weighted = 8.6, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 2067, Current Rank = 37
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Original Rank = 12, Weighted = 8.5, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 6319, Current Rank = 5
- 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn 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.Original Rank = 13, Weighted = 8.5, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 2381, Current Rank = 35
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Original Rank = 14, Weighted = 8.5, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 2241, Current Rank = 2
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem DafoeAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.Original Rank = 15, Weighted = 8.5, Rating = 9.4, Votes = 431
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.Original Rank = 16, Weighted = 8.5, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 3713, Current Rank = 90
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsGlen BerryLinda HenryScott NealJamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.Original Rank = 17, Weighted = 8.5, Rating = 9.5, Votes = 369
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsChris CooperElizabeth PeñaStephen MendilloWhen the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.Original Rank = 18, Weighted = 8.5, Rating = 9.1, Votes = 540
- DirectorJohn LasseterStarsTom HanksTim AllenDon RicklesA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.Original Rank = 19, Weighted = 8.4, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 1996, Current Rank = 145
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn 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.Original Rank = 20, Weighted = 8.4, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 2230, Current Rank = 9
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsLeonardo DiCaprioClaire DanesJohn LeguizamoShakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.Original Rank = 21, Weighted = 8.4, Rating = 9.0, Votes = 616
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota 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.Original Rank = 22, Weighted = 8.4, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 1425, Current Rank = 118
- DirectorMichael RadfordMassimo TroisiStarsMassimo TroisiPhilippe NoiretMaria Grazia CucinottaA simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.Original Rank = 23, Weighted = 8.4, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 812
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobJean-Louis TrintignantFrédérique FederA model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.Original Rank = 24, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 910, Current Rank = 243
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.Original Rank = 25, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 759, Current Rank = 13
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter 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.Original Rank = 26, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 3537, Current Rank = 11
- DirectorLou AdlerTommy ChongStarsCheech MarinTommy ChongStrother MartinTwo stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.Original Rank = 27, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 602
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean RenoGary OldmanNatalie Portman12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.Original Rank = 28, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 1503, Current Rank = 34
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsCary ElwesMandy PatinkinRobin WrightA bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.Original Rank = 29, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 2702, Current Rank = 190
- DirectorAng LeeStarsEmma ThompsonKate WinsletJames FleetRich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.Original Rank = 30, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 1147
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.Original Rank = 31, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 3554, Current Rank = 89
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsHarvey KeitelTim RothMichael MadsenWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.Original Rank = 32, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 2635, Current Rank = 64
- DirectorMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsRon PerlmanDaniel EmilforkJudith VittetA scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.Original Rank = 33, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 541
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 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.Original Rank = 34, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 3484, Current Rank = 22
- DirectorTom HanksStarsTom HanksLiv TylerCharlize TheronA local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.Original Rank = 35, Weighted = 8.3, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 516
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsBrian O'HalloranJeff AndersonMarilyn GhigliottiA day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.Original Rank = 36, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 1444
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De NiroA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.Original Rank = 37, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 2520
- DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.Original Rank = 38, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 2740, Current Rank = 74
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.Original Rank = 39, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 1413, Current Rank = 21
Note: Rear Window (1954) is listed twice in the original list ranked at 39 and 40. - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.Original Rank = 40, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 2677, Current Rank = 21
Note: Rear Window (1954) is listed twice in the original list ranked at 39 and 40. - DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades 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.Original Rank = 41, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 3109, Current Rank = 60
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.Original Rank = 42, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 2497, Current Rank = 55
- DirectorMichael BayStarsSean ConneryNicolas CageEd HarrisA mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.Original Rank = 43, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 1800
- DirectorBruce RobinsonStarsRichard E. GrantPaul McGannRichard GriffithsIn 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.Original Rank = 44, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 9.1, Votes = 373
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA 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.Original Rank = 45, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 907, Current Rank = 4
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad PittIn a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.Original Rank = 46, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 2464, Current Rank = 178
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn 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.Original Rank = 47, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 1458, Current Rank = 28
- DirectorChris NoonanStarsJames CromwellMagda SzubanskiChristine CavanaughGentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other animals accept him?Original Rank = 48, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 1390
- DirectorNelson ShinStarsOrson WellesRobert StackLeonard NimoyThe Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.Original Rank = 49, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 448
- DirectorTim RobbinsStarsSusan SarandonSean PennRobert ProskyA nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.Original Rank = 50, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 882
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsGregory PeckJohn MegnaFrank OvertonAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.Original Rank = 51, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 864, Current Rank = 59
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe 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.Original Rank = 52, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 839, Current Rank = 7
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe 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.Original Rank = 53, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 1304, Current Rank = 51
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA 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.Original Rank = 54, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 1323, Current Rank = 38
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.Original Rank = 55, Weighted = 8.2, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 2761, Current Rank = 36
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsJason LondonWiley WigginsMatthew McConaugheyThe adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.Original Rank = 56, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 672
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicLazar RistovskiMirjana JokovicTwo underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.Original Rank = 57, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 9.1, Votes = 309
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe 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.Original Rank = 58, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 1405, Current Rank = 15
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsRena OwenTemuera MorrisonMamaengaroa Kerr-BellA family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.Original Rank = 59, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 527
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsMatthew McConaugheySandra BullockSamuel L. JacksonIn Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.Original Rank = 60, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 976
- DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter 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.Original Rank = 61, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 3122, Current Rank = 108
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsHenry FondaCharles BronsonClaudia CardinaleA mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.Original Rank = 62, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 629, Current Rank = 20
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe NoiretEnzo CannavaleAntonella AttiliA 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.Original Rank = 63, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 990, Current Rank = 76
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA 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.Original Rank = 64, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 1525, Current Rank = 41
- DirectorMichael MannStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroVal KilmerA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.Original Rank = 65, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 1558, Current Rank = 120
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJuliette BinocheZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie DelpyA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.Original Rank = 66, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 755
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA 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.Original Rank = 67, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 2913, Current Rank = 26
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA 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.Original Rank = 68, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 1016, Current Rank = 44
- DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto SanderAn angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.Original Rank = 69, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 643
- DirectorRon HowardStarsMel GibsonGary SiniseRene RussoMulti-millionaire Tom Mullen's son is kidnapped, but after initially agreeing to pay the ransom Mullen then decides to use the ransom money as a bounty.Original Rank = 70, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 630
- DirectorJim MallonStarsTrace BeaulieuMichael J. NelsonJim MallonMike Nelson and his robot companions watch and give their comments about This Island Earth (1955).Original Rank = 71, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 9.3, Votes = 231
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Original Rank = 72, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 2733, Current Rank = 45
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean-Marc BarrJean RenoRosanna ArquetteThe rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.Original Rank = 73, Weighted = 8.1, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 685
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.Original Rank = 74, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 2269
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida ValliPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.Original Rank = 75, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 735, Current Rank = 65
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus GilbertWhen Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.Original Rank = 76, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 988
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert DuvallThe 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.Original Rank = 77, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 968, Current Rank = 3
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA 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.Original Rank = 78, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 1572, Current Rank = 24
- DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallBrenda BlethynPhyllis LoganFollowing the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.Original Rank = 79, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 9.1, Votes = 273
- DirectorJohn WooStarsChow Yun-FatDanny LeeSally YehA disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.Original Rank = 80, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 544
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsMira FurlanRichard BiggsStephen FurstIn the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.Original Rank = 81, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 698
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Original Rank = 82, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 1082, Current Rank = 125
- DirectorAllan MoyleStarsAnthony LaPagliaDebi MazarMaxwell CaulfieldTwenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules.Original Rank = 83, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 9.0, Votes = 291
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'OnofrioA 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.Original Rank = 84, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 1241, Current Rank = 86
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.Original Rank = 85, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 684, Current Rank = 127
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsTo replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.Original Rank = 86, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 297
- DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosKevin JarreStarsKurt RussellVal KilmerSam ElliottA successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.Original Rank = 87, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 711
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.Original Rank = 88, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 984, Current Rank = 104
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.Original Rank = 89, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 2825, Current Rank = 42
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobWladyslaw KowalskiHalina GryglaszewskaTwo parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.Original Rank = 90, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 495
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBarry FitzgeraldA retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.Original Rank = 91, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 9.0, Votes = 280
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernA 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.Original Rank = 92, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 811, Current Rank = 81
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy SolonitsynA guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.Original Rank = 93, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 9.0, Votes = 269
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.Original Rank = 94, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 496, Current Rank = 31
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Original Rank = 95, Weighted = 8.0, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 1169, Current Rank = 153
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA 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.Original Rank = 96, Weighted = 7.9, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 649, Current Rank = 78
- DirectorWayne WangStarsHarvey KeitelWilliam HurtGiancarlo EspositoA Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.Original Rank = 97, Weighted = 7.9, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 767
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Original Rank = 98, Weighted = 7.9, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 1785, Current Rank = 84
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghDerek JacobiSimon ShepherdIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.Original Rank = 99, Weighted = 7.9, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 846
- DirectorStanley TongStarsJackie ChanAnita MuiFrançoise YipA young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.Original Rank = 100, Weighted = 7.9, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 441