IMDB Top 250

Philippines
August 23, 2010 6:27am CST
IMDB.com has this chart of the top 250 movies that its members ranked as the best. I was curious with some movies because I haven't seen them, so I am now on a mission to watch all movies in the IMDB top 250 chart. Right now I have seen about 70 movies in the list, and I generally agree so far with the placings of the movies. How many movies in the top 250 list have you seen?
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23 Aug 10
I set myself the task at the start of the year to work my way through the top 250, and so far I've watched 150 out of the current top 250, not all of them watched this year. Touch wood by the end of the year I will have reached the 200 mark and complete it by next year. Whilst I agree with the majority of the movies on there, the fact that so many new movies appear thanks to over enthusiastic fans who don't know what a great movie is makes it a bit of a joke. For example "Toy Story 3", it may be a good movie but is it really deserving of being at position 12 above the likes of Casblanca, Goodfellas and Psycho. For me it doesn't which makes the imdb top 250 a bit of a flawed list.
• Philippines
25 Aug 10
I agree with you. I think the voters in IMDB tend to be "nostalgic" and also more on the techie side. I also noticed a lot of movies that were based on comics rank high in the IMDB 250, which makes me think that the site is filled with comic fan boys and tech geeks (like me, but I rarely vote there).
@pacolim (84)
• Singapore
23 Aug 10
I think I have watch half of them, these are really awesome movie which I don't mind to watch 2nd times if have time. Shawshank Redemption is number one movie, which I can't agree more, a Stephen King master piece which well filmed, my all time favorite.
• Philippines
25 Aug 10
I liked Shawshank Redemption as well, but I didn't think it was the best movie ever. Maybe I need to rewatch it.
@silvercoin (2101)
• Lithuania
23 Aug 10
I've watched a good part of them.Some are really great, some are my all time favorites.I think they deserve to be in the IMDB top 250.At least 90% of them.I enjoyed watching Once Upon a Time in America and Casino with De Niro.Can't imagine that list without Hitchcock's Psycho and Vertigo,and Green Mile,and The Shawshank Redemption, and historical dramas like Gladiator,Spartacus.Pan's Labyrinth is worth watching too.Well, you won't lose anything if you watch the entire list.I would even add more movies to this list, I think there should be IMDB top 500 for the full picture of what is best in the cinema.
@grvdubey11 (1879)
• India
27 Aug 10
Ive seen around 126 movies out of 250 so far, Most of them are simply brilliant .Only one movie i found overrated is Once upon a time in west,though i am ab ig fan of Sergio leone and i really love his movies .