Not only top-rated, but all these are also must-watch movies. Here we have listed 250 top-rated movies of all time based on IMDB's Top Rated Movies list.
250 Top Rated Movies Ever
250 Top Rated Movies Ever; 2021 Top Rated Movies based on IMDB's List
In this list, the top five movies are The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Dark Knight, and 12 Angry Men, respectively. Scroll down to see all the must-watch and top 250 movies of all time.
| Rank & Title | IMDb Rating |
|---|---|
| 1.The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 9.2 |
| 2.The Godfather (1972) | 9.1 |
| 3.The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 9.0 |
| 4.The Dark Knight (2008) | 9.0 |
| 5.12 Angry Men (1957) | 8.9 |
| 6.Schindler's List (1993) | 8.9 |
| 7.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 8.9 |
| 8.Pulp Fiction (1994) | 8.8 |
| 9.The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 8.8 |
| 10.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 8.8 |
| 11.Fight Club (1999) | 8.8 |
| 12.Forrest Gump (1994) | 8.7 |
| 13.Inception (2010) | 8.7 |
| 14.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 8.7 |
| 15.Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 8.7 |
| 16.The Matrix (1999) | 8.6 |
| 17.Goodfellas (1990) | 8.6 |
| 18.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 8.6 |
| 19.Seven Samurai (1954) | 8.6 |
| 20.Se7en (1995) | 8.6 |
| 21.City of God (2002) | 8.6 |
| 22.The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 8.6 |
| 23.Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 8.6 |
| 24.It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 8.6 |
| 25.Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) | 8.6 |
| 26.Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 8.5 |
| 27.Spirited Away (2001) | 8.5 |
| 28.Interstellar (2014) | 8.5 |
| 29.The Green Mile (1999) | 8.5 |
| 30.Parasite (2019) | 8.5 |
| 31.Léon: The Professional (1994) | 8.5 |
| 32.Hara-Kiri (1962) | 8.5 |
| 33.The Usual Suspects (1995) | 8.5 |
| 34.The Pianist (2002) | 8.5 |
| 35.Back to the Future (1985) | 8.5 |
| 36.Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 8.5 |
| 37.Modern Times (1936) | 8.5 |
| 38.Psycho (1960) | 8.5 |
| 39.The Lion King (1994) | 8.5 |
| 40.American History X (1998) | 8.5 |
| 41.City Lights (1931) | 8.5 |
| 42.Gladiator (2000) | 8.5 |
| 43.Whiplash (2014) | 8.5 |
| 44.Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 8.5 |
| 45.The Departed (2006) | 8.5 |
| 46.The Intouchables (2011) | 8.5 |
| 47.The Prestige (2006) | 8.5 |
| 48.Casablanca (1942) | 8.4 |
| 49.Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 8.4 |
| 50.Rear Window (1954) | 8.4 |
| 51.Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 8.4 |
| 52.Alien (1979) | 8.4 |
| 53.Apocalypse Now (1979) | 8.4 |
| 54.Memento (2000) | 8.4 |
| 55.Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 8.4 |
| 56.The Great Dictator (1940) | 8.4 |
| 57.The Lives of Others (2006) | 8.4 |
| 58.Django Unchained (2012) | 8.4 |
| 59.Paths of Glory (1957) | 8.4 |
| 60.Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 8.4 |
| 61.WALL·E (2008) | 8.4 |
| 62.The Shining (1980) | 8.4 |
| 63.Avengers: Infinity War (2018) | 8.4 |
| 64.Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 8.4 |
| 65.Joker (2019) | 8.4 |
| 66.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 8.4 |
| 67.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) | 8.4 |
| 68.Oldboy (2003) | 8.3 |
| 69.Princess Mononoke (1997) | 8.3 |
| 70.Hamilton (2020) | 8.3 |
| 71.Your Name. (2016) | 8.3 |
| 72.Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 8.3 |
| 73.The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 8.3 |
| 74.Aliens (1986) | 8.3 |
| 75.Coco (2017) | 8.3 |
| 76.Das Boot (1981) | 8.3 |
| 77.Capernaum (2018) | 8.3 |
| 78.Avengers: Endgame (2019) | 8.3 |
| 79.High and Low (1963) | 8.3 |
| 80.American Beauty (1999) | 8.3 |
| 81.Pather Panchali (1955) | 8.3 |
| 82.Toy Story (1995) | 8.3 |
| 83.Braveheart (1995) | 8.3 |
| 84.Amadeus (1984) | 8.3 |
| 85.3 Idiots (2009) | 8.3 |
| 86.Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 8.3 |
| 87.Good Will Hunting (1997) | 8.3 |
| 88.Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 8.3 |
| 89.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 8.3 |
| 90.Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 8.3 |
| 91.M (1931) | 8.3 |
| 92.Like Stars on Earth (2007) | 8.3 |
| 93.Vertigo (1958) | 8.3 |
| 94.Citizen Kane (1941) | 8.3 |
| 95.The Hunt (2012) | 8.3 |
| 96.Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 8.3 |
| 97.Come and See (1985) | 8.3 |
| 98.Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 8.3 |
| 99.North by Northwest (1959) | 8.3 |
| 100.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 8.3 |
| 101.Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 8.3 |
| 102.Ikiru (1952) | 8.3 |
| 103.Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 8.2 |
| 104.The Kid (1921) | 8.2 |
| 105.Dangal (2016) | 8.2 |
| 106.Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 8.2 |
| 107.The Father (2020) | 8.2 |
| 108.A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 8.2 |
| 109.Metropolis (1927) | 8.2 |
| 110.Taxi Driver (1976) | 8.2 |
| 111.The Sting (1973) | 8.2 |
| 112.Double Indemnity (1944) | 8.2 |
| 113.The Apartment (1960) | 8.2 |
| 114.1917 (2019) | 8.2 |
| 115.A Separation (2011) | 8.2 |
| 116.Incendies (2010) | 8.2 |
| 117.Amélie (2001) | 8.2 |
| 118.Snatch (2000) | 8.2 |
| 119.Scarface (1983) | 8.2 |
| 120.Toy Story 3 (2010) | 8.2 |
| 121.To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 8.2 |
| 122.For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 8.2 |
| 123.Up (2009) | 8.2 |
| 124.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 8.2 |
| 125.L.A. Confidential (1997) | 8.2 |
| 126.Heat (1995) | 8.2 |
| 127.Rashomon (1950) | 8.2 |
| 128.Yojimbo (1961) | 8.2 |
| 129.Ran (1985) | 8.2 |
| 130.Die Hard (1988) | 8.2 |
| 131.Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 8.2 |
| 132.Green Book (2018) | 8.2 |
| 133.Downfall (2004) | 8.2 |
| 134.Batman Begins (2005) | 8.2 |
| 135.All About Eve (1950) | 8.2 |
| 136.Some Like It Hot (1959) | 8.2 |
| 137.Unforgiven (1992) | 8.2 |
| 138.Children of Heaven (1997) | 8.2 |
| 139.Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 8.2 |
| 140.The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) | 8.2 |
| 141.The Great Escape (1963) | 8.2 |
| 142.Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 8.2 |
| 143.Casino (1995) | 8.2 |
| 144.The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 8.2 |
| 145.Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 8.2 |
| 146.There Will Be Blood (2007) | 8.2 |
| 147.A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 8.1 |
| 148.The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 8.1 |
| 149.Raging Bull (1980) | 8.1 |
| 150.My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 8.1 |
| 151.Chinatown (1974) | 8.1 |
| 152.Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 8.1 |
| 153.The Gold Rush (1925) | 8.1 |
| 154.Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) | 8.1 |
| 155.Dial M for Murder (1954) | 8.1 |
| 156.No Country for Old Men (2007) | 8.1 |
| 157.Shutter Island (2010) | 8.1 |
| 158.The Seventh Seal (1957) | 8.1 |
| 159.The Elephant Man (1980) | 8.1 |
| 160.The Thing (1982) | 8.1 |
| 161.The Sixth Sense (1999) | 8.1 |
| 162.Klaus (2019) | 8.1 |
| 163.Inside Out (2015) | 8.1 |
| 164.V for Vendetta (2005) | 8.1 |
| 165.The Third Man (1949) | 8.1 |
| 166.Wild Strawberries (1957) | 8.1 |
| 167.Blade Runner (1982) | 8.1 |
| 168.The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 8.1 |
| 169.Trainspotting (1996) | 8.1 |
| 170.The Truman Show (1998) | 8.1 |
| 171.Jurassic Park (1993) | 8.1 |
| 172.Warrior (2011) | 8.1 |
| 173.My Father and My Son (2005) | 8.1 |
| 174.Memories of Murder (2003) | 8.1 |
| 175.Fargo (1996) | 8.1 |
| 176.Finding Nemo (2003) | 8.1 |
| 177.Gone with the Wind (1939) | 8.1 |
| 178.Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 8.1 |
| 179.Tokyo Story (1953) | 8.1 |
| 180.On the Waterfront (1954) | 8.1 |
| 181.Stalker (1979) | 8.1 |
| 182.The General (1926) | 8.1 |
| 183.Wild Tales (2014) | 8.1 |
| 184.The Deer Hunter (1978) | 8.1 |
| 185.Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 8.1 |
| 186.Gran Torino (2008) | 8.1 |
| 187.Room (2015) | 8.1 |
| 188.The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | 8.1 |
| 189.Persona (1966) | 8.1 |
| 190.Before Sunrise (1995) | 8.1 |
| 191.Mary and Max (2009) | 8.1 |
| 192.Prisoners (2013) | 8.1 |
| 193.In the Name of the Father (1993) | 8.1 |
| 194.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 8.1 |
| 195.Gone Girl (2014) | 8.1 |
| 196.Catch Me If You Can (2002) | 8.1 |
| 197.To Be or Not to Be (1942) | 8.1 |
| 198.Hacksaw Ridge (2016) | 8.1 |
| 199.Andhadhun (2018) | 8.1 |
| 200.Barry Lyndon (1975) | 8.1 |
| 201.The Big Lebowski (1998) | 8.1 |
| 202.Ford v Ferrari (2019) | 8.1 |
| 203.12 Years a Slave (2013) | 8.1 |
| 204.The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | 8.1 |
| 205.How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 8.1 |
| 206.Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) | 8.1 |
| 207.The Wages of Fear (1953) | 8.1 |
| 208.Ben-Hur (1959) | 8.1 |
| 209.Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 8.1 |
| 210.Dead Poets Society (1989) | 8.1 |
| 211.Network (1976) | 8.1 |
| 212.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 8.1 |
| 213.Autumn Sonata (1978) | 8.1 |
| 214.Stand by Me (1986) | 8.1 |
| 215.The Handmaiden (2016) | 8.1 |
| 216.Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 8.1 |
| 217.The 400 Blows (1959) | 8.1 |
| 218.The Bandit (1996) | 8.0 |
| 219.Logan (2017) | 8.0 |
| 220.Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) | 8.0 |
| 221.Platoon (1986) | 8.0 |
| 222.La Haine (1995) | 8.0 |
| 223.Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) | 8.0 |
| 224.Spotlight (2015) | 8.0 |
| 225.Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 8.0 |
| 226.Andrei Rublev (1966) | 8.0 |
| 227.Rush (2013) | 8.0 |
| 228.Into the Wild (2007) | 8.0 |
| 229.Rebecca (1940) | 8.0 |
| 230.Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 8.0 |
| 231.Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) | 8.0 |
| 232.Amores Perros (2000) | 8.0 |
| 233.Raatchasan (2018) | 8.0 |
| 234.A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016) | 8.0 |
| 235.Rocky (1976) | 8.0 |
| 236.In the Mood for Love (2000) | 8.0 |
| 237.Drishyam 2 (2021) | 8.0 |
| 238.Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 8.0 |
| 239.It Happened One Night (1934) | 8.0 |
| 240.Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (2020) | 8.0 |
| 241.The Battle of Algiers (1966) | 8.0 |
| 242.Before Sunset (2004) | 8.0 |
| 243.Rififi (1955) | 8.0 |
| 244.Three Colors: Red (1994) | 8.0 |
| 245.The Princess Bride (1987) | 8.0 |
| 246.Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 8.0 |
| 247.Drishyam (2013) | 8.0 |
| 248.Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) | 8.0 |
| 249.Soul (2020) | 8.0 |
| 250.Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019) | 8.0 |
