I've been meaning to do this for ages, go through IMDBs Top 250 movies and note which ones I've seen so I can go see the rest that I haven't yet. JC inspired me to actually get around to it :) I've seen 77 of the IMDB top 250
1. Godfather, The (1972)
2. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
3. Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
4. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, The (2003)
5. Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, The (2002)
6. Casablanca (1942)
7. Schindler’s List (1993)
8. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
9. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
10. Citizen Kane (1941)
11. Star Wars (1977)
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
14. Rear Window (1954)
15. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. Memento (2000)
18. Usual Suspects, The (1995)
19. Pulp Fiction (1994)
20. North by Northwest (1959)
21. 12 Angry Men (1957)
22. Fabuleux destin ‘Amelie Poulain, Le (2001)
23. Psycho (1960)
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
26. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
27. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
28. Goodfellas (1990)
29. American Beauty (1999)
30. Vertigo (1958)
31. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
32. Matrix, The (1999)
33. Apocalypse Now (1979)
34. Pianist, The (2002)
35. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
36. Some Like It Hot (1959)
37. C’era una volta il West (1968)
38. Taxi Driver (1976)
39. Third Man, The (1949)
40. Paths of Glory (1957)
41. Fight Club (1999)
42. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) (Spirited Away)
43. Boot, Das (1981)
44. Double Indemnity (1944)
45. L.A. Confidential (1997)
46. Chinatown (1974)
47. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
48. Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
49. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
50. M (1931)
51. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
52. All About Eve (1950)
53. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
54. Se7en (1995)
55. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
56. Cidade de Deus (2002)
57. Raging Bull (1980)
58. Rashmon (1950)
59. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
60. Sting, The (1973)
61. Alien (1979)
62. American History X (1998)
63. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
64. Leon (The Professional) (1994)
65. Vita bella, La (1997) (Life Is Beautiful)
66. Touch of Evil (1958)
67. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
68. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
69. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
70. Wo hu cang long (2000) (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)
71. Great Escape, The (1963)
72. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
73. Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
74. Amadeus (1984)
75. Modern Times (1936)
76. Annie Hall (1977)
77. Ran (1985)
78. Jaws (1975)
79. On the Waterfront (1954)
80. Braveheart (1995)
81. High Noon (1952)
82. Apartment, The (1960)
83. Fargo (1996)
84. Sixth Sense, The (1999)
85. Aliens (1986)
86. Shining, The (1980)
87. Strangers on a Train (1951)
88. Blade Runner (1982)
89. Metropolis (1927)
90. Duck Soup (1933)
91. Finding Nemo (2003)
92. Donnie Darko (2001)
93. General, The (1927)
94. Toy Story 2 (1999)
95. Princess Bride, The (1987)
96. City Lights (1931)
97. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
98. Great Dictator, The (1940)
99. Lola rennt (1998) (Run Lola Run)
100. Notorious (1946)
101 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
102 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)
103 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
104 Rebecca (1940)
105 Mononoke-hime (1997)
106 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
107 Big Sleep, The (1946)
108 Graduate, The (1967)
109 Manhattan (1979)
110 It Happened One Night (1934)
111 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
112 Deer Hunter, The (1978)
113 Patton (1970)
114 Searchers, The (1956)
115 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
116 Glory (1989)
117 Yojimbo (1961)
118 Ladri di biciclette (1948)
119 African Queen, The (1951)
120 Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
121 Forrest Gump (1994)
122 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
123 Cool Hand Luke (1967)
124 Ben-Hur (1959)
125 Green Mile, The (1999)
126 Shrek (2001)
127 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
128 Hable con ella (2002)
129 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
130 Unforgiven (1992)
131 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
132 Stalag 17 (1953)
133 Gone with the Wind (1939)
134 Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
135 Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
136 Wild Bunch, The (1969)
137 Straight Story, The (1999)
138 Christmas Story, A (1983)
139 Elephant Man, The (1980)
140 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
141 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
142 Hustler, The (1961)
143 Platoon (1986)
144 Back to the Future (1985)
145 Young Frankenstein (1974)
146 Lost in Translation (2003)
147 His Girl Friday (1940)
148 Monsters, Inc. (2001)
149 Die Hard (1988)
150 Amores perros (2000)
151 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
152 Grande illusion, La (1937)
153 Gold Rush, The (1925)
154 Almost Famous (2000)
155 Spartacus (1960)
156 Life of Brian (1979)
157 Charade (1963)
158 Conversation, The (1974)
159 Gladiator (2000)
160 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
161 Festen (1998)
162 Magnolia (1999)
163 Smultronst�llet (1957)
164 Toy Story (1995)
165 Being John Malkovich (1999)
166 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
167 Sling Blade (1996)
168 Insider, The (1999)
169 Roman Holiday (1953)
170 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
171 Night at the Opera, A (1935)
172 Brazil (1985)
173 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
174 All the President's Men (1976)
175 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
176 Mystic River (2003)
177 Mulholland Dr. (2001)
178 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
179 Exorcist, The (1973)
180 Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
181 Killing, The (1956)
182 To Be or Not to Be (1942)
183 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)
184 Ed Wood (1994)
185 Terminator, The (1984)
186 Stand by Me (1986)
187 Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)
188 Twelve Monkeys (1995)
189 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
190 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
191 Adaptation. (2002)
192 This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
193 Harvey (1950)
194 Gandhi (1982)
195 Trainspotting (1996)
196 Right Stuff, The (1983)
197 Miller's Crossing (1990)
198 Network (1976)
199 Ying xiong (2002)
200 Lion in Winter, The (1968)
201 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
202 Groundhog Day (1993)
203 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
204 Rain Man (1988)
205 Others, The (2001)
206 Minority Report (2002)
207 8� (1963)
208 Laura (1944)
209 King Kong (1933)
210 Snatch. (2000)
211 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
212 Stagecoach (1939)
213 39 Steps, The (1935)
214 Traffic (2000)
215 Whale Rider (2002)
216 Hotaru no haka (1988)
217 Untouchables, The (1987)
218 Strada, La (1954)
219 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
220 Big Lebowski, The (1998)
221 Henry V (1989)
222 Rio Bravo (1959)
223 In the Heat of the Night (1967)
224 Thin Man, The (1934)
225 Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
226 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)
227 Planet of the Apes (1968)
228 Fantasia (1940)
229 Good Will Hunting (1997)
230 Being There (1979)
231 Die xue shuang xiong (1989)
232 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
233 Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
234 Red River (1948)
235 Clerks. (1994)
236 Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
237 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
238 X2 (2003)
239 MASH (1970)
240 Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
241 Road to Perdition (2002)
242 Sleuth (1972)
243 Quiet Man, The (1952)
244 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
245 Heat (1995)
246 JFK (1991)
247 Birds, The (1963)
248 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
249 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
250 Ikiru (1952)
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