The IMDb's most favorite movies by year of release: 120 years of crowd-pleasers
Created by CC Baxter.
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This year marks the 120th anniversary of the public projection of cinema. In honor of that, I've compiled the films for each year that have accumulated the most 9 and 10 ratings on IMDb. The result makes for a nice primer on film history: the movies throughout time that modern viewers most love.
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The Kiss in the Tunnel
1899, in 1 top list Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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Brief Encounter
1945, in 22 top lists Check -
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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Roman Holiday
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
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Titanic
1997, in 25 top lists Check -
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004, in 28 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 31, 2014; source