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Top 50 Movies by IMDb Rating (by Picture)

Can you correctly identify these 50 great movies below?
Movies are in order of their IMDb Rating. The ratings are based upon the average of the public's votes and are not my own opinion.
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1 | 1994 ⭐ 9.3
2 | 1972 ⭐ 9.2
3 | 2008 ⭐ 9.0
4 | 1974 ⭐ 9.0
5 | 1957 ⭐ 9.0
6 | 2003 ⭐ 9.0
7 | 1993 ⭐ 9.0
8 | 1994 ⭐ 8.9
9 | 2001 ⭐ 8.9
10 | 1966 ⭐ 8.8
11 | 1994 ⭐ 8.8
12 | 2002 ⭐ 8.8
13 | 1999 ⭐ 8.8
14 | 2010 ⭐ 8.8
15 | 1980 ⭐ 8.7
16 | 1999 ⭐ 8.7
17 | 1990 ⭐ 8.7
18 | 2014 ⭐ 8.7
19 | 1975 ⭐ 8.7
20 | 1995 ⭐ 8.6
21 | 1946 ⭐ 8.6
22 | 1991 ⭐ 8.6
23 | 1954 ⭐ 8.6
24 | 1998 ⭐ 8.6
25 | 2002 ⭐ 8.6
26 | 1999 ⭐ 8.6
27 | 1997 ⭐ 8.6
28 | 1991 ⭐ 8.6
29 | 1977 ⭐ 8.6
30 | 1985 ⭐ 8.5
31 | 2001 ⭐ 8.5
32 | 2002 ⭐ 8.5
33 | 2000 ⭐ 8.5
34 | 2019 ⭐ 8.5
35 | 1960 ⭐ 8.5
36 | 1994 ⭐ 8.5
37 | 1988 ⭐ 8.5
38 | 2006 ⭐ 8.5
39 | 2014 ⭐ 8.5
40 | 1962 ⭐ 8.5
41 | 1998 ⭐ 8.5
42 | 2006 ⭐ 8.5
43 | 1994 ⭐ 8.5
44 | 2023 ⭐ 8.5
45 | 1942 ⭐ 8.5
46 | 1995 ⭐ 8.5
47 | 2011 ⭐ 8.5
48 | 1988 ⭐ 8.5
49 | 1979 ⭐ 8.5
50 | 1936 ⭐ 8.5
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57 Comments
moneyviper
+3
Level 66
Mar 12, 2025
if you accept lord of the rings, why not spiderman?
WatsonWonder
+4
Level 58
Mar 12, 2025
I have updated this in the type-ins. Thank you for playing!
SARVEII
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Level 63
Nov 22, 2025
And why not Terminator?
jmellor13
+14
Level 68
Mar 13, 2025
Definitely skews towards a certain demographic, but I have to say, it's a much more accurate listing of movies that stay in the public consciousness than the list of Best Picture winners. I've seen probably 40 of these movies, and every one that I've seen is both very good and memorable.
iuvas
+8
Level 99
Mar 17, 2025
i loved the loose type-ins.

great job with the pictures

this quiz deserves to be featured

WatsonWonder
+1
Level 58
Mar 17, 2025
Thank you very much for playing and the kind words!
twojtata123
+2
Level 38
Jun 14, 2025
Harakiri only 10%?
MikolajSzkutnik
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Level 76
Sep 16, 2025
A very old, Japanese movie, you have to go out of your way to hear about it. I doubt that people who guess these movies have seen them, you just simply hear about them in the media and stuff and it is not the case with a 1962 Japanese movie
OliviaPG
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Level 72
Sep 16, 2025
I only know of it from it being #1 on Letterboxd's equivalent of this list
Carbs244
+1
Level 28
Feb 19, 2026
Perhaps because most Western audiences know it is "Hari Kari."
LotsaLizards
+4
Level 66
Jun 14, 2025
Clearly people need to see more films. Particularly films from outside the US and the occasional Japanese one.
Dimby
+12
Level 83
Aug 15, 2025
Lots of movies I love on this list. I definitely get the impression that far more men and dude-bro fans of Christopher Nolan rank movies on IMDb than anyone else. Interstellar wouldn’t even be in the top 1000 films for me—I hate it so much. What’s faster than light? The speed of love!!!! 🤮

Anyway, great quiz!

Jzakibe
+16
Level 79
Aug 15, 2025
IMDB does have a lot of "bros" who tend to vote for more guy movies and down vote movies that feature strong women. Exceptions of course exist.
jdmercia
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Level 88
Aug 15, 2025
I will not accept Interstellar slander! You’re right about IMDb though, I think Letterboxd’s top-rated films list is a lot better and much less dude-bro centric.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 92
Aug 21, 2025
The problem with Interstellar is the clue looks like another Liam Neeson movie. I don't see Matthew McCounaughey in that picture at all.
overtired
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Level 88
Aug 15, 2025
Agree about that scene. Nolan's nadir. Of his work I'd only have Memento anywhere particularly high.
Dimby
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Level 83
Aug 15, 2025
I love Memento! I show it to my philosophy class when we look at epistemology. I do respect a lot of Nolan’s work—he portrays things that most directors wouldn’t be able to. Inception was such a cerebral concept and making it as clear as he did was an accomplishment. That said… yes, I agree. His visuals and storytelling just don’t connect with me as much as other directors.
TheodoreE45
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Level 94
Aug 15, 2025
From my experience only, I think Letterboxd has a much more rounded userbase than IMDb, and the top movie ratings are much more reflective of "general film lovers."
French2010
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Level 96
Aug 15, 2025
I'll state the obvious, which is that this ranking obviously reflects the demographic currently watching movies and utilizing Imdb. All fine movies, but any "top 50 movies" list that includes such things as the "Spiderman - Into the Spider-Verse", "Whiplash" and "The Intouchables" is hopelessly warped.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 92
Aug 15, 2025
That drummer movie is obnoxious from start to finish. Why put up with that guy for a job playing music that's never going to pay well? Go find a better band leader and be happy. The career is supposed to be providing people entertainment, not self misery.
Djilas
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Level 86
Aug 16, 2025
Uh that's unfortunately often the real life. Plenty of abusive coaches even in relatively obscure unprofitable sports for example
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Aug 21, 2025
It's still an insufferable movie. It's like 2 hours of highlights of listening to a married couple scream at each other 3 houses down.
French2010
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Level 96
Aug 22, 2025
I decided to watch Whiplash just to see J. K. Simmons Oscar-winning performance. He was great in the movie, but by the end of watching it, I was turned off completely by the sadistic elements. I have watched many award-winning movies multiple, if not dozens of times, sometimes just for individual performances by certain actors or actresses, but I will never turn this movie on again.
buck1017
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Level 78
Aug 22, 2025
It's literally in my top 10 movies all time. The entire thesis of the movie is what would you do to achieve greatness? The kind of greatness that leaves a legacy? It's not about the pay. In fact, Neiman says to his family "I'd rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remembered who I was." The entire point was that he wanted greatness so bad that he was willing to suffer the abuse that he suffered to get it in the same way that Charlie Parker did. But even that was to a point. Remember, Fletcher gets fired from Schaefer because of Neiman's testimony, which leads to the entire third act. I admit it's not everybody's cup of tea, but the movie is MUCH more than just over the top sadism.
Dewot4544
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Level 53
Sep 16, 2025
Absolutely no one who is pursuing music professionally, outside of maybe the occasional child prodigy who was forced into it from early on, is doing so because they think it's the best way to feed their family, they're doing it because they love the art form and because they want to spend as much time as they can doing it. And many of them really are pursuing greatness on a competitive level.
michaelngwa
+4
Level 62
Sep 16, 2025
Kinda crazy to use Whiplash and Spider-Verse as proof that this list is warped, both genuinely exceptional movies.
SteveTheEagle
+2
Level 54
Sep 17, 2025
For real, i almost had a stroke reading this whiplash hate session
TheodoreE45
+2
Level 94
Aug 15, 2025
Having seen it twice now, I will never understand the hype and love for 'Life is Beautiful.'
caesaria
+2
Level 79
Aug 16, 2025
Me neither. I think there are far better movies portraying a similar story and it didn't really touch me in an emotional way.
db27
+13
Level 93
Aug 15, 2025
Lord of the Rings works for all three, but Terminator doesn't work for T2? Even Terminator II didn't work. (Forgot it was Terminator 2 rather than Terminator II)
JackBeNimble
+1
Level 82
Aug 17, 2025
I had that trouble as well. Could you accept "Terminator II"?
sumguy
+13
Level 87
Aug 16, 2025
"LOTR" gets you all the Lord of the Rings movies. "Star Wars" gets you all of the Star Wars movies. "Godfather" does not get you Godfather Part II.
Elboy
+2
Level 75
Aug 16, 2025
Great movie quiz! Congrats for the work on pictures!
lesnops
+4
Level 76
Aug 16, 2025
Thank you for the quiz. One comment: given the loose answers allowed for other movies, it seems OTT not to accept "Terminator II" for Terminator 2.
caesaria
+1
Level 79
Aug 16, 2025
Just seeing the picture from "Grave of the Fireflies" made my eyes well up again...
baptistegorce
+6
Level 57
Aug 16, 2025
The ultimate proof that Letterboxd ratings >>> IMDb ratings.
fixypants
+1
Level 87
Aug 18, 2025
Not sure about the type-ins -- somehow I had already gotten Spirited Away and Psycho by the time I scrolled down to them.
Tadeu
+1
Level 69
Aug 21, 2025
How the hell people dont know Modern Times? 24% is embarrassing
timshorts
+1
Level 61
Sep 16, 2025
because charlie chaplin isn't funny.
Ampersandwich
+6
Level 61
Sep 16, 2025
It's not as iconic as "The Great Dictator", which is easily Charlie Chaplin's most famous movie. And it's a movie that's almost 90 years old, why would you expect people to know it?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Aug 21, 2025
Just missed Life is Beautiful but thought of it as soon as I clicked give up
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Aug 22, 2025
I think the type ins are a little too loose. Since all three LOTR movies are on here, you should really have to know which one. Same with Star Wars. You have to for Terminator 2 and Godfather 2. What's the difference?
lubi
+5
Level 79
Sep 1, 2025
It's kinda insane that on these pictures, we see 79 adult male characters and 4 (sic!) adult females. FOUR. Wth.
th3gtamast3r
+2
Level 83
Sep 10, 2025
maybe because in the top 50 movies by IMDB, those males are the lead characters of those movies, making them the prefered screenshot to help identify the movie title:) hope that helped!
lubi
+4
Level 79
Sep 10, 2025
Help with what? Obviously, that's how the pictures were chosen.
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Sep 16, 2025
I counted 7.
timshorts
+4
Level 61
Sep 16, 2025
Yes. Women are outnumbered by the number of pictures with guns in (7 or 8). I ignored swords.

Sort of sums this list up. It would make sense if it was 1952 and half of the films were war films.

Tomasmental
+1
Level 94
Sep 10, 2025
I missed only one.
SimWithDaniel
+1
Level 64
Sep 16, 2025
I missed 42, I got 8 right
GlassMonkeyOLD
+1
Level 69
Sep 16, 2025
Spot David Bowie!
MovieQuizGuy
+2
Level 64
Sep 16, 2025
What bothers me is not the handful I didn't know, but the ones I did, and have seen, recently, and still couldn't remember. Getting old's no fun.
Gramgram
+2
Level 54
Sep 16, 2025
The Intouchables, in front of modern times and alien, while it's a bad movie. I really don't understand people...
Billybaja
+2
Level 59
Sep 16, 2025
Such a dude bro/ dad's list of movies.
hairyson94
+1
Level 75
Sep 19, 2025
One of these for Letterboxd would be far more interesting imo. There'd be much more variety and far less dudebro films....still, this is a decent list.
RollingStones1
+1
Level 50
Oct 27, 2025
Yay

Charlie Chaplin

AshyPants31
+1
Level 41
Dec 4, 2025
we need green mile quizzes
Chutney
+1
Level 64
Jan 17, 2026
Harakiri is garbage. No idea how its regarded so highly
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