IMDb Top 250 :Dynamic Trends, and Global Representation (2019)
✅ The top 250 list is dynamic,
always new movies are being added and some are pushed out of the list, at least
10 movies have made its place in last 3 years.
✅ Although the majority
raters are American, the list is widely diverse irrespective of regions,era and
genres. Famous movies from India, Turkey, Iran, Korea, Germany, Italy, Spain have
taken place in the list as well as USA.
✅ Over 50 movies are made in black and white color.
✅ Over 50 movies are made in black and white color.
🔴IMDb top 250 list does not always provide justice. There are at least 11 movies on the list now which made it in the list with the power of fan-base (Personal Opinion).
Categories Featured Most:
| Category | # | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Animated Movies |
22 |
Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, The Lion King, Wall-E, Princess Mononoke, Your Name, Coco, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Up, Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, Inside Out, Finding Nemo, Klaus, Mary and Max, How to Train Your Dragon, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Monsters, Inc., Akira, Aladdin, Castle in the Sky |
| World War | 18 | Schindler’s List, Life is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, 1917, Inglourious Basterds, The Pianist, Come and See (Soviet Union), Das Boot (Germany), Downfall (Germany), Hacksaw Ridge, Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain), Paths of Glory, Lawrence of Arabia, The Great Escape, The Bridge on River Kwai, The Great Dictator, Dunkirk, Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Large Fan Base | 11 | The Terminator, Terminator 2, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Blade Runner, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Mad Max: Fury Road, Logan, Guardians of the Galaxy |
| Hindi | 11 | 3 Idiots, Taare Zameen Par, Dangal, Andhadhun, Drishyam, Rang De Basanti, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Gangs of Wasseypur, PK, Slumdog Millionaire, Munna Bhai MBBS |
| Trilogies |
9 |
Godfather Trilogy, Dark Knight Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Dollar Trilogy, Star Wars Trilogy (Episode IV to VI), The Matrix Trilogy, Back to the Future Trilogy, Before Trilogy, Color Trilogy |
| Western | 7 | The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, For a Few Dollars More, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Unforgiven, A Fistful of Dollars |
| New Titles (After 2017) | 7 | Joker, Parasite, 1917, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Marriage Story, Ford v Ferrari, Green Book |
| Vietnam War | 4 | Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Deer Hunter, Platoon |
Korean/Hong Kong |
4 | Old Boy, Memories of Murder, The Handmaiden, In the Mood for Love |
| Famous Person’s Biographies | 3 | Amadeus (Mozart), A Beautiful Mind (John Nash), Imitation Game (Alan Turing) |
Actors Featured Most:
| Lead Actor | # | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Robert De Niro | 9 | The Godfather Part II, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Once Upon A Time in America, Heat, The Deer Hunter, Casino, The Irishman |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | 8 | Django Unchained, Inception, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Revenant, Shutter Island, Blood Diamond, The Departed, Catch Me If You Can |
| Al Pacino | 6 | The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Heat, Scarface, Scent of a Woman, The Irishman |
| Tom Hanks | 6 | Forrest Gump, Toy Story 3, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Toy Story, Catch Me If You Can |
| Morgan Freeman | 6 | The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en, Unforgiven, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Million Dollar Baby |
| Aamir Khan | 6 | 3 Idiots, Taare Zameen Par, Dangal, Rang De Basanti, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, PK |
| Brad Pitt | 5 | Fight Club, Se7en, Snatch, Inglourious Basterds, 12 Years a Slave |
| Clint Eastwood | 6 | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Unforgiven, Gran Torino, For a Few Dollars More, Million Dollar Baby, A Fistful of Dollars |
| Christian Bale | 6 | Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Prestige, Ford v Ferrari, Howl’s Moving Castle |
| Charlie Chaplin | 5 | City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush, The Kid |
Directors Featured Most:
| Director | # | Titles |
|---|---|---|
Christopher Nolan |
8 | The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins, Dunkirk |
Martin Scorsese |
8 |
Goodfellas, The Departed, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street, Shutter Island, The Irishman |
Stanley Kubrick |
7 |
The Shining, Paths of Glory, A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon |
Steven Spielberg |
7 |
Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Catch Me If You Can |
Alfred Hitchcock |
6 |
Psycho, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rebecca, Dial M for Murder |
Quentin Tarantino |
5 |
Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, Reservoir Dogs, Inglourious Basterds, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 |
Billy Wilder |
5 |
Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Double Indemnity, Witness for the Prosecution |
Akira Kurosawa |
5 |
Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Ran, Yojimbo, Ikiru |
Personal Favorites: 12 Angry Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Silence of the Lambs, The Usual Suspects, Gladiator, American Beauty, Braveheart, Good Will Hunting, Requiem for a Dream, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Bicycle Thieves, Whiplash, Amelie, A Separation, V for Vendetta, No Country for Old Men, The Sixth Sense, Fargo, The Truman Show, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hachi: A Dog’s Tale, Dead Poets Society.
