Top Ranked Films by Year
This 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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- DirectorSujoy GhoshStarsVidya BalanParambrata ChattopadhyayIndraneil SenguptaA pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.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]) - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA 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.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]) - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA 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.Year = 2010, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 328,055, Rank = 8, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn 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.Year = 2009, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 215,190, Rank = 91, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen 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.Year = 2008, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 516,317, Rank = 10, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence 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.Year = 2007, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 221,147, Rank = 121, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 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.Year = 2006, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 85,425, Rank = 57, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFrank MillerQuentin TarantinoRobert RodriguezStarsMickey RourkeClive OwenBruce WillisAn exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.Year = 2005, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 278,621, Rank = 107, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.Year = 2004, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 243,398, Rank = 61, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf 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.Year = 2003, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 401,407, Rank = 12, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.Year = 2002, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 187,020, Rank = 18, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA 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.Year = 2001, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 424,189, Rank = 19, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe PantolianoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.Year = 2000, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 305,329, Rank = 29, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.Year = 1999, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 426,637, Rank = 14, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorTony KayeStarsEdward NortonEdward FurlongBeverly D'AngeloLiving 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.Year = 1998, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 251,026, Rank = 39, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsKevin SpaceyRussell CroweGuy PearceAs 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.Year = 1997, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 177,721, Rank = 66, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1996, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 178,639, Rank = 118, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1995, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 290,877, Rank = 25, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.Year = 1994, Rating = 9.2, Votes = 578,193, Rank = 1, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.
- 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.Year = 1992, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 232,910, Rank = 64, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1991, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 273,300, Rank = 26, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1990, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 253,973, Rank = 15, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison DoodyIn 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.Year = 1989, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 186,319, Rank = 109, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1988, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 50,796, Rank = 76, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1987, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 168,081, Rank = 88, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1986, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 184,462, Rank = 60, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty 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.Year = 1985, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 226,867, Rank = 71, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1984, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 79,996, Rank = 82, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1983, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 229,133, Rank = 108, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1982, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 199,790, Rank = 116, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1981, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 263,613, Rank = 22, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1980, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 303,525, Rank = 11, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1979, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 188,659, Rank = 36, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn CazaleAn 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.Year = 1978, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 96,234, Rank = 133, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1977, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 346,912, Rank = 16, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1976, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 173,899, Rank = 41, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1975, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 239,351, Rank = 9, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1974, Rating = 9.0, Votes = 273,298, Rank = 3, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordRobert ShawTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Year = 1973, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 72,127, Rank = 98, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Year = 1972, Rating = 9.2, Votes = 449,116, Rank = 2, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1971, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 212,034, Rank = 55, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen YoungThe World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.Year = 1970, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 42,662, Rank = 225, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 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.Year = 1969, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 63,034, Rank = 150, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1968, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 83,787, Rank = 20, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinA laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.Year = 1967, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 49,985, Rank = 137, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1966, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 182,258, Rank = 4, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodLee Van CleefGian Maria VolontèTwo 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.Year = 1965, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 50,554, Rank = 122, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1964, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 167,574, Rank = 35, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard AttenboroughAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.Year = 1963, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 68,031, Rank = 111, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1962, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 85,878, Rank = 52, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.Year = 1961, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 32,038, Rank = 123, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1960, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 158,733, Rank = 24, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1959, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 101,604, Rank = 38, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1958, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 100,395, Rank = 45, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1957, Rating = 8.9, Votes = 136,917, Rank = 7, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince EdwardsCrook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.Year = 1956, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 27,204, Rank = 194, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.Year = 1955, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 16,497, Rank = 182, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1954, Rating = 8.8, Votes = 106,362, Rank = 13, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van EyckIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.Year = 1953, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 15,733, Rank = 173, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1952, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 60,458, Rank = 78, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsFarley GrangerRobert WalkerRuth RomanA 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.Year = 1951, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 37,941, Rank = 138, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.Year = 1950, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 60,855, Rank = 31, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- 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.Year = 1949, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 55,022, Rank = 65, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo 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.Year = 1948, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 36,301, Rank = 72, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerKirk DouglasA 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.Year = 1947, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 11,361, Rank = 37, Source = Top Rated "1940s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1940s[/link])
- 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.Year = 1946, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 112,339, Rank = 28, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsArlettyJean-Louis BarraultPierre BrasseurThe theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.Year = 1945, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 8,174, Rank = 14, Source = Top Rated "1940s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1940s[/link])
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA 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.Year = 1944, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 41,145, Rank = 53, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsHenry FondaDana AndrewsMary Beth HughesWhen a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.Year = 1943, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 9,299, Rank = 22, Source = Top Rated "1940s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1940s[/link])
- 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.Year = 1942, Rating = 8.7, Votes = 181,436, Rank = 17, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Year = 1941, Rating = 8.6, Votes = 148,461, Rank = 37, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Year = 1940, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 41,659, Rank = 86, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude RainsA 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.Year = 1939, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 36,227, Rank = 102, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantCharles RugglesWhile 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.Year = 1938, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 24,271, Rank = 16, Source = Top Rated "1930s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1930s[/link])
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinDita ParloPierre FresnayDuring 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.Year = 1937, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 13,087, Rank = 9, Source = Top Rated "1930s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1930s[/link])
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry BergmanThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.Year = 1936, Rating = 8.4, Votes = 40,364, Rank = 67, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA 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.Year = 1935, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 14,810, Rank = 21, Source = Top Rated "1930s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1930s[/link])
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA 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.Year = 1934, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 27,522, Rank = 140, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus 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.Year = 1933, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 28,968, Rank = 236, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMiriam HopkinsKay FrancisHerbert MarshallA gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.Year = 1932, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 5,048, Rank = 8, Source = Top Rated "1930s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1930s[/link])
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith 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.Year = 1931, Rating = 8.5, Votes = 31,752, Rank = 54, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn WrayA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.Year = 1930, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 23,658, Rank = 211, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksFritz KortnerFrancis LedererThe rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.Year = 1929, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 3,731, Rank = 31, Source = Top Rated "1920s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1920s[/link])
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré BerleyIn 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.Year = 1928, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 12,156, Rank = 210, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn 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.Year = 1927, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 44,260, Rank = 94, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen CavenderAfter 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.Year = 1926, Rating = 8.2, Votes = 22,120, Rank = 119, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom MurrayA 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.Year = 1925, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 23,636, Rank = 153, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe KeatonA 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.Year = 1924, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 8,285, Rank = 233, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisBill StrotherA 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.Year = 1923, Rating = 8.3, Votes = 6,027, Rank = 8, Source = Top Rated "1920s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1920s[/link])
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.Year = 1922, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 31,028, Rank = 19, Source = Top Rated "1920s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1920s[/link])
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJackie CooganThe Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.Year = 1921, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 16,772, Rank = 167, Source = IMDb Top 250 ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/top[/link])
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.Year = 1920, Rating = 8.0, Votes = 17,766, Rank = 23, Source = Top Rated "1920s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1920s[/link])
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsThomas MeighanTheodore RobertsRaymond HattonLady 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.Year = 1919, Rating = 7.7, Votes = 909, Rank = 3, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
- DirectorWilliam Desmond TaylorStarsMary PickfordAnne SchaeferFred HuntleyA young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.Year = 1918, Rating = 7.0, Votes = 453, Rank = 21, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsMary PickfordEugene O'BrienHelen Jerome EddyWith 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 friends and adjust to surroundings that are sometimes difficult. But she still finds time to think of numerous ways to help others in her new hometown.Year = 1917, Rating = 7.3, Votes = 401, Rank = 11, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronMae MarshThe story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.Year = 1916, Rating = 8.1, Votes = 5,782, Rank = 1, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishMae MarshHenry B. WalthallThe 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.Year = 1915, Rating = 7.1, Votes = 9,482, Rank = 13, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierDonald MacKenzieStarsPearl WhiteCrane WilburPaul PanzerPauline, 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.Year = 1914, Rating = 7.6, Votes = 586, Rank = 4, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsRené NavarreEdmund BreonGeorges MelchiorAfter 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?Year = 1913, Rating = 7.0, Votes = 295, Rank = 19, Source = Top Rated "1910s" Titles ([link]http://www.imdb.com/chart/1910s[/link])