An alternative IMDb Top 250: the "favoritest" movies relative to era
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Number of high IMDb votes (8–10) multiplied by a factor based on the half-decade of the film's release. This weights older films more based on the fewer votes being cast for their movie peers, but serves to highlight movies that are disproportionately watched based on their era. These are the populist greats that stand out among titles from the same time.
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135 new
Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
67 new
Pulp Fiction
1994, in 38 top lists Check -
191 new
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
36 new
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
4 new
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
137 new
The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
212 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
225 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
64 new
Forrest Gump
1994, in 25 top lists Check -
190 new
Se7en
1995, in 29 top lists Check -
109 new
Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
245 new
American Beauty
1999, in 25 top lists Check -
27 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
13 new
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
46 new
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
172 new
Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
105 new
The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
76 new
The Shining
1980, in 28 top lists Check -
145 new
The Lion King
1994, in 25 top lists Check -
123 new
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
121 new
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
9 new
12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
21 new
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
15 new
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
101 new
Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
24 new
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
231 new
American History X
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
53 new
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
238 new
The Usual Suspects
1995, in 24 top lists Check -
104 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
39 new
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
32 new
Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
66 new
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
18 new
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check -
211 new
Saving Private Ryan
1998, in 28 top lists Check -
239 new
The Green Mile
1999, in 15 top lists Check -
134 new
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
43 new
Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
167 new
Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
25 new
Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
26 new
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
223 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
70 new
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
160 new
Full Metal Jacket
1987, in 18 top lists Check -
2 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
16 new
Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
128 new
Die Hard
1988, in 21 top lists Check -
31 new
Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
148 new
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989, in 16 top lists Check -
7 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check
Last updated on Nov 30, 2015 by monoglot;