IMDb Top 250: Overview (2019)
✅Top attraction of viewers
is world war movies. There are 18 world war
movies and most of them are enlisted in the top 100 actually.
✅There are at least 11 Indian movies made it in the list. No wonder
our neighbor directors are producing really good movies, especially since 2010.
✅
For
some unknown reasons, trilogy movies are so much successful, there are 9
trilogies in the list.
✅Animated movie lovers
constitute a major opinion in the rating. There are 22 animated movies in the list.
And Studio Ghibli is master of that, they have 7 movies in the current list.
✅Followed by WW2, Vietnam war is
the main attraction of viewers and directors, as majority raters are American.
✅Following actors are in most titles:
Robert De
Niro (9), Leonardo DiCaprio (8), Aamir Khan(6), Al Pacino (6), Tom Hanks (6), Morgan Freeman
(6), Christian Bale(6), Brad Pitt (5), Clint Eastwood (5), Charlie Chaplin (5).
✅Following directors have
most titles:
Nolan (8), Scorsese(8),
Kubrick (7), Spielberg(7), Hitchcock (6), Tarantino(5), Billy Wilder(5), Kurosawa(5).
❎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).
✅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.
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
Famous Person’s Biographies:
Amadeus (Mozart)
A Beautiful Mind (John Nash)
Imitation Game (Alan Turing)
Vietnam War
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Deer Hunter
Platoon
World War (18)
Schindler’s List
Life is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
1917
Inglo(u)rious Bastards
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
Korean/Hong Kong
Old Boy
Memories of Murder
The Handmaiden
In the Mood for Love
Movies with Strong Fan Base (11):
Terminator 2
The Terminator
Avengers: End Game
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
New Titles (After 2017) (7):
Joker
Parasite
1917
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Marriage Story
Ford V Ferrari
Green Book
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 Toroto
Inside Out
Finding Nemo
Klaus
Mary and Max
How to Train your Dragon
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Monsters, Inc.
Akira
Aladdin
Castle in the Sky
Western (7)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Once upon a time in the West
For a Few Dollars More
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Unforgiven
A Fistful of Dollars
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
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):
For(r)est 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
Inglo(u)rious Bastards
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
Howl’s Moving Castle
Charlie Chaplin (5)
City Lights
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
The Gold Rush
The Kid
The Dark Knight
Inception
Interstellar
Memento
The Prestige
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Begins
Dunkirk
Goodfellas
The Departed
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Casino
The Wolf of Wall Street
Shutter Island
The Irishman
The Shining
Paths of Glory
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
Full Metal Jacket
2001: A Space Odyssey
Barry Lyndon
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
Psycho
Rear Window
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Rebecca
Dial M for Murder
Tarantino(5)
Pulp Fiction
Django Unchained
Reservoir Dogs
Inglo(u)rious Bastards
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Some Like it Hot
Sunset Boulevard
The Apartment
Double Indemnity
Witness for the Prosecution
Kurosawa(5)
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Ran
Yojimbo
Ikiru
Personal Favorites
12 Angry Man
One Flew Over 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 Man
The Sixth Sense
Fargo
The Truman Show
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Hachi : A Dog’s Tale
Dead Poets Society
