IMDB Top 100 Movies Quiz

Can you guess the 100 highest-rated movies on the site IMDB.com?

As of 28 November 2021

To make it easier, we give you an actor from that movie, or in some cases the director

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#	Year	Actor / Director	Movie
1	1994	Morgan Freeman	The Shawshank Redemption
2	1972	Marlon Brando	The Godfather
3	2008	Christian Bale	The Dark Knight
4	1974	Al Pacino	The Godfather: Part II
5	1957	Henry Fonda	12 Angry Men
6	2003	Elijah Wood	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
7	1994	Samuel L. Jackson	Pulp Fiction
8	1993	Liam Neeson	Schindler's List
9	2010	Leonardo DiCaprio	Inception
10	1999	Brad Pitt	Fight Club
11	2001	Liv Tyler	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
12	1994	Tom Hanks	Forrest Gump
13	1966	Clint Eastwood	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
14	2002	Ian McKellan	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
15	1999	Keanu Reeves	The Matrix
16	1990	Joe Pesci	Goodfellas
17	1980	Carrie Fisher	The Empire Strikes Back
18	2019	Bong Joon-Ho	Parasite
19	1975	Jack Nicholson	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
20	2014	Anne Hathaway	Interstellar
21	2002	Alexandre Rodrigues	City of God
22	2001	Hayao Miyazaki	Spirited Away
23	1998	Tom Hanks	Saving Private Ryan
24	1999	Tom Hanks	The Green Mile
25	1997	Roberto Benigni	Life Is Beautiful
26	1995	Brad Pitt	Se7en
27	1991	Jodie Foster	The Silence of the Lambs
28	1977	Harrison Ford	Star Wars
29	1962	Masaki Kobayashi	Hara-Kiri
30	1954	Akira Kurosawa	Seven Samurai
31	1946	James Stewart	It's a Wonderful Life
32	2014	J.K. Simmons	Whiplash
33	2011	Omar Sy	The Intouchables
34	2006	Christian Bale	The Prestige
35	2006	Leonardo DiCaprio	The Departed
36	2002	Adrien Brody	The Pianist
37	2000	Russell Crowe	Gladiator
38	1998	Ed Norton	American History X
39	1995	Kevin Spacey	The Usual Suspects
40	1994	Jean Reno	Léon: The Professional
41	1994	James Earl Jones	The Lion King
42	1991	Linda Hamilton	Terminator 2
43	1988	Philippe Noiret	Cinema Paradiso
44	1988	Isao Takahata	Grave of the Fireflies
45	1985	Michael J. Fox	Back to the Future
46	1968	Charles Bronson	Once Upon a Time in the West
47	1960	Anthony Perkins	Psycho
48	1954	Grace Kelly	Rear Window
49	1942	Humphrey Bogart	Casablanca
50	1936	Charlie Chaplin	Modern Times
51	1931	Charlie Chaplin	City Lights
52	2020	Lin-Manuel Miranda	Hamilton
53	2018	Zain Al Rafeea	Capernaum
54	2019	Joaquin Phoenix	Joker
55	2016	Makoto Shinkai	Your Name.
56	2018	Shameik Moore	Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse
57	2019	Robert Downey Jr.	Avengers: Endgame
58	2018	Scarlett Johansson	Avengers: Infinity War
59	2017	Gael García Bernal	Coco
60	2012	Jamie Foxx	Django Unchained
61	2012	Tom Hardy	The Dark Knight Rises
62	2009	Aamir Khan	3 Idiots
63	2007	Aamir Khan	Like Stars on Earth
64	2008	Ben Burtt	WALL-E
65	2006	Martina Gedeck	The Lives of Others
66	2003	Min-sik Choi	Oldboy
67	2000	Guy Pearce	Memento
68	1997	Hayao Miyazaki	Princess Mononoke
69	1981	Harrison Ford	Raiders of the Lost Ark
70	1980	Jack Nicholson	The Shining
71	1979	Marlon Brando	Apocalypse Now
72	1979	Sigourney Weaver	Alien
73	1963	Akira Kurosawa	High and Low
74	1964	Peter Sellers	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
75	1957	Marlene Dietrich	Witness for the Prosecution
76	1957	Kirk Douglas	Paths of Glory
77	1950	Gloria Swanson	Sunset Blvd.
78	1940	Charlie Chaplin	The Great Dictator
79	2012	Mads Mikkelsen	The Hunt
80	2009	Brad Pitt	Inglourious Basterds
81	2004	Jim Carrey	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
82	2000	Darren Aronofsky	Requiem for a Dream
83	1999	Kevin Spacey	American Beauty
84	1997	Matt Damon	Good Will Hunting
85	1995	Tom Hanks	Toy Story
86	1995	Mel Gibson	Braveheart
87	1992	Steve Buscemi	Reservoir Dogs
88	1985	Aleksey Kravchenko	Come and See
89	1986	Paul Reiser	Aliens
90	1984	Robert De Niro	Once Upon a Time in America
91	1984	F. Murray Abraham	Amadeus
92	1983	Billy Dee Williams	Return of the Jedi
93	1981	Wolfgang Petersen	Das Boot
94	1968	Stanley Kubrick	2001: A Space Odyssey
95	1959	Cary Grant	North by Northwest
96	1958	Kim Novak	Vertigo
97	1952	Gene Kelly	Singin' in the Rain
98	1948	Lamberto Maggiorani	Bicycle Thieves
99	1941	Orson Welles	Citizen Kane
100	1931	Fritz Lang	M

Level 74

Oct 17, 2013

Patton, Platoon, Glory, The Longest Day....etc., etc., These are great movies!

+13

Level 49

Oct 24, 2016

If only the quiz was called "Movies I think Are Great"

Level 44

Apr 3, 2018

Too right

Level 83

Dec 6, 2013

Good quiz. Didn't realize that Old Boy (2003) was such a popular film. I think I'm going to pass on seeing the Spike Lee remake and just download the original.

Level 83

Dec 18, 2013

I downloaded and watched the original. It was awful.

Level 59

Aug 18, 2016

What didn't you like about Old Boy? I thought it was really inventive (if a bit messed up).

Level 83

Oct 22, 2016

The premise and the ending were both absurd. Some of the actions sequences were inventive, but in my opinion this didn't make up for the rest. Particularly the ending. I mean, I won't spoil it, but wth?

Level 85

Oct 24, 2016

I'm with kal here. Shock for shock's sake, I guess? Thought that movie was terrible.

Level 52

Jan 21, 2014

Hey guys, I have a forrest gump trivia quiz, so check it out!!!

Level 69

Jul 25, 2014

and what about Dude where is my car???

Level 61

Apr 27, 2016

"Dude Where Is My Car". It would be amazing if they spoke like that in the film.

Level 74

Dec 4, 2019

And then?

Level 77

Dec 28, 2021

NO AND THEN!!!

Level 59

Nov 25, 2014

Wow taking film studies last semester was actually good for something. I got a few of the obscure ones.

Level 83

Nov 25, 2014

Wow. Insterstellar is that high up the list? I really need to see that. I've been meaning to. Most of these movies are very good. Though upon seeing how highly it was rated I decided to check out the Korean original version of Old Boy- and it was completely awful. Everything else on this list that I've seen was good or great except maybe The Green Mile.

Level 83

Nov 25, 2014

Forgot I had already commented on this here a year ago... I guess it was this quiz that inspired me to watch that awful movie. :P

Level 52

Nov 27, 2014

Interstellar was a great movie in my opinion

Level 83

Nov 29, 2014

I saw it. I thought it was pretty good, though not the 12th best movie of all time. And I wish they didn't have to keep explaining basic physics, as if astronauts and scientists would need to do that, but I understand that the average audience member would have been lost without those explanations.

Level 82

Dec 17, 2014

Interstellar: a complete waste of nine hours of my life. The three it took to watch it and the six (so far) I've spend ranting about how awful it was.

+10

Level 85

May 31, 2015

Well quit ranting, then.

Level 56

Oct 25, 2016

I think Interstellar is a good movie, but not thaaat good. In my opinion it would rank Top 500, but never Top 35 as seen on IMDB.

Some I think are good but overrated: The usual suspects, American history X, Whiplash, The pianist, The prestige, Requiem for a Dream, Eternal sunshine and Amadeus.

Level 83

Jan 19, 2019

For me The Prestige is absolutely brilliant and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind might be the single most poignant film ever made about the aftermath of a bad breakup.

Level 81

Dec 10, 2020

Agree about the Prestige , it was a very underrated movie with an original well acted story.

Level 80

Dec 13, 2021

Probably a typo, but I love "defiantly" in the post above -- it works!

Level 70

Aug 1, 2019

What didn't you like about Green Mile? It's been a really long time since I saw it but I remember thinking it was pretty good.

Level 75

Nov 25, 2014

1) it's jean rEno, not rAno

2) putting 'tom hanks' for 'toy story iii' is misleading!

3) i believe 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso' should be accepted for 'Cinema Paradiso'

Cool quiz!

Level 85

Nov 25, 2014

At least Tom Hanks can be seen as the lead actor for TS3. I got stumped on "Paul Reiser" even though I've seen Aliens a bunch of times. He's a key character, but really, should have just listed Sigourney Weaver there again (even though she's listed for Alien).

Level ∞

Nov 26, 2014

Fixed the spelling of Reno.

Level 75

Nov 25, 2014

There's also a shorter Top 20 Most Famous Movies quiz based on this list.

Level 68

Nov 25, 2014

Weird choice to sometimes mention the director instead of an actor. Especially since it only says "actor" on the top of the column.

Level 70

Aug 1, 2019

I agree that it's a bit inconsistent, but I don't think I would have gotten seven samurai if they named an actor from the film. When I saw Akira Kurosawa I was able to get it pretty easily.

Level 56

Nov 25, 2014

I nearly didn't realise the 1993 Liam Neeson film was Schindler's List because I didn't believe it was over 20 years ago! :(

Level 57

Nov 25, 2014

a little bit of time more needed!

great quizz, but for typing 100 titles, 12 minutes is not enough! got only 42...

Level 68

Nov 25, 2014

Billy Dee Williams for Return of the Jedi instead of Mark Hamill? WTF?

Level 39

Aug 19, 2016

Lmao I don't get why Quizmaster chose him instead of Mark Hamill. I didn't even realize he was Lando until I searched him up.

Level 88

Jan 11, 2020

He could have used Hamill for A New Hope instead of Harrison Ford, since Ford is already used for Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Level 52

Nov 27, 2014

Just saw Interstellar - it was awesome...glad to see it so high on the list

Level 12

Dec 7, 2014

You should switch Pacino and Brando for the godfather movies. Brando wasn't in part II at all so he should be the actor that you show.

Level 68

Dec 13, 2014

Indeed... shame on you, Quizmaster!

Level ∞

Dec 14, 2014

Fixed. I feel so ashamed.

Level 46

Jan 29, 2015

I did not read the instructions correctly and was trying to pick the most popular rentals. I missed with guesses of Avatar, Titanic, Speed, Mission Impossible, Jerry Maguire, Apollo 13, Unforgiven, Deer Hunter, Animal House, Top Gun, the Big Lebowski, Batman Begins, Gangs of New York, Field of Dreams. It would be interesting to see a quiz about the most streamed or rented movies rather than those with the highest ratings on Netflix.

Level 70

Aug 1, 2019

I really liked gangs of new york, was disappointed it wasn't there

Level 32

Feb 10, 2015

Please come check out my top 100 version, Imdb's version is a great list, but it does not take in account of much older movies, my list is a difficult, and accurate top 100 movies of all time list!

Level 57

Aug 30, 2015

Surprised and disappointed that Gone With The Wind isn't on the list. As for what (in my opinion) shouldn't be, I could name quite a few, but I don't want to start a whole thing!

Level 69

Oct 5, 2015

Surprised jaws didn't make the list, groundbreaking movie

Level 45

Dec 7, 2015

Maybe accept 'Das Leben der Anderen' for 'The Lives of the Others'?

Level 69

Feb 20, 2016

please add more time!

Level 71

Oct 24, 2016

Seconded

Level 40

May 9, 2016

I made a quiz for the brand new "80 best-directed Films" list according to the Directors Guild of America : http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/71167/the-80-best-directed-films-directors-guild-of-america

Level 75

Oct 5, 2016

I think 'nuovo cinema paradiso' should be accepted

Level 89

Oct 5, 2016

I've seen 75 of these. I watch too many movies.

Level 93

Oct 9, 2016

Nice quiz. IMDB's list is weird, but it is what it is. No sign of Some Like it Hot, Metropolis, and countless other great movies, but still this is fun to do. There are some truly odd choices, but I guess they have an enthusiastic fan base which rates them on IMDB.

Level 58

Oct 22, 2016

Shawshank Redemption deserves its place at the top. It's also great to see one of the greatest directors ever, Akira Kurosawa, getting at least some recognition. Seeing Chan-Wook Park's Oldboy here is really heartwarming, as is seeing so many Studio Ghibli films. And Chaplin - who doesn't love Chaplin?

It's a shame that none of films by Andrzej Wajda, Pedro Almodóvar, Kim Ki-Duk, Terry Gilliam or Wong-Kar Wai - just to name a few - make the list. Jean-Pierre Jeunet does, but honestly, I'd choose Delicatessen over Amélie any day.

Some of my all-time favourite movies that I would include here are: The Big Lebowski, The Crow, Lady Vengeance, Birdcage Inn and Lady Snowblood.

Level 67

Oct 24, 2016

Given the demographic that populates so much of IMDB, I'm surprised the Big Lebowski isn't on here. It belongs with many great movies that also didn't make the list, but I feel like the Coen brothers would fit right in among these movies. Frankly, I'm surprised Fargo and No Country for Old Men aren't here as well.

Level 51

Oct 22, 2016

You could add some time. For those who dont speak English as their native language it takes some time to get right translation.

Level 66

Oct 23, 2016

Apparently if you are Tarantino or Nolan almost everything you make is Top 100. Surprised Jackie Brown and Insomnia aren’t on the list.

Level 61

Oct 24, 2016

Yeah, they have favorite directors. There's a moment there where I just started typing all the Kurosawa, Kubrick, Nolan, and Hitchcock films I could think of.

Also, just in case anyone is taking recs from the comment section, I'd strongly recommend City of God. That's a great movie.

Level 72

May 30, 2018

Surprising that no Wes Anderson film makes the list, though. He's usually up there in the favorite directors of the apparent demographics of this list.

Level 65

Oct 24, 2016

The Dark Knight Rises is not just the worst movie on this list; it's one of the worst movies to ever make millions of dollars. Fight me IRL if you disagree

Level 83

Oct 25, 2016

I don't think it's the worst movie on this list. Probably not even in the bottom 20. But there's at least a case that could be made for that. On the other hand, worst movie to make "millions" of dollars? Are you kidding? Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, currently sitting at 0% on the Tomatometer, made "millions" of dollars (14, to be exact). The worst movies ever made, if they get a wide release, will still earn at least two million dollars. Do you mean worst to make a billion dollars? But it's not even close to the worst in that category, either. Two Pirates movies, Jurassic World, Furious 7, Minions, two Transformers movies, and the last Harry Potter film all grossed over a billion dollars internationally.

Level 67

Oct 26, 2016

Ecks vs. Sever was my least favorite movie experience of my life. Terrible films usually reach a point of badness at which it almost becomes charming, or you at least want to see how much it can get (I am reminded of Adam Sandler's output from about 2009-2013. There are so many face-palm moments that you end up being engaged. Ecks vs. Sever was just wholly unpleasant, like being stuck in a room with a rancid piece of meat that stinks. You just have to sit there and endure it, with no strong reaction of any kind. You just try not to think about it.

Level 67

Oct 26, 2016

How much *worse* it can get, that is.

Level 45

Oct 25, 2016

Disappointed to see The Prestige with only 13%. My personal favorite; highly recommended to all!

Level 83

May 8, 2018

great movie!

Level 88

Dec 9, 2021

The Prestige is probably Nolan's best, or one of his best, even though my personal favorite of his is Inception.

Level 83

May 29, 2022

Hard to pick a favorite for me off of Nolan's resume. Everything he's done has been great. But if forced to I think my personal favorite is Memento and least favorite is probably either Tenet or The Dark Knight Rises.

Level 59

Nov 7, 2016

One disadvantage of the autocomplete is that you may not realize that it has dropped down to the answer space and you'll keep typing. That can mess up your next answer and the one after that and so on until you realize that even though you're typing in correct answers, they're not registering. I missed a lot of them that I DID type in but they didn't pop up.

Level 35

Mar 29, 2017

Titles in the original language should count (example: Begnini's "la vita e bella")

Level 68

Apr 11, 2018

It worked for me today so I guess they added it to the type-ins since you posted this.

Level 71

Apr 29, 2017

Did you like "Burn after Reading?"......... if so try the quiz ..... type in "Burn after reading."

Level 84

May 25, 2017

What? No "Ernest Goes to Camp"?!!!

Level 32

Aug 25, 2017

"Cidade de Deus" should be accepted in City of God. It's the movie's original language afterall

Level 33

Feb 1, 2018

Great quiz. Ashamed I missed Shawshank. Would have guess if Robbins instead of Freeman... I think.

Those that shouldn't be in this list:

Pulp Fiction - nothing special.

All LOTR should be in top 10.

Fight Club - meh.

All 3 original SW in top 10

12 Angy men... watched for first time in last 5 years and its really hard to see people act like they used to - over exasperated.

The Professional? Didn't get the attraction.

T2 - top 20 easily.

oldboy? mmm no.

braveheart - easily top 20

Lots of others that are far over celebrated or simply missing.

Where's Predator? Groundhog Day? Shrek?

Level 69

May 8, 2018

Several titles were tough to come up based on the actor given. My brain does not immediately go to "Shawshank" when someone mentions Morgan Freeman. My brain had to overcome a number of red herrings like that.

Level 19

Dec 9, 2021

I know Morgan Freeman from Now You See Me. It is a great film.

Level 64

Nov 30, 2021

Pulp Fiction is slightly overrated but I'd still say it's definitely top 15 material. I have Star Wars original trilogy all in my top 10 but I feel way too biased with that

Level 83

Dec 9, 2021

Reasonably astute comment except for your remark about Fight Club, which is an all around exceptional film. But one of the things about films like Fight Club, being so different and controversial, is most people fall into one of two extreme camps, either loving or hating the movie. To me, I think that a film of this nature can't even be considered great unless there are large numbers of people who passionately hate it. "meh" to me means something like indifference or "it was okay"... which I don't think I've ever heard anyone say about Fight Club.

Level 80

Dec 13, 2021

Fight Club is a weird one. I remember thinking it was really good when I saw it in the theater, but the fan base around it has become so toxic that I can see why many people are put off these days.

Level 83

Dec 14, 2021

Remarkably poor reason to dislike a great movie. Though it's the same reason my father gives for hating the Washington Redskins.

Level 68

Apr 11, 2018

I always love doing this quiz, but I wish there was a little more time. As it is, just reading and taking the bare minimum of time to think about my answer (or moving on to the next if I can't think of anything within a few seconds), I have never had the time to get to the last items on the list :-/

Level 85

Apr 18, 2018

Poor Amir Khan. 3 of the bottom 5 guessed are his. (Never heard of him either. :-)

Level 83

May 8, 2018

I've seen posters and people selling bootleg copies of "3 Idiots" but have never actually seen a performance of his. Must be big in India.

Level 63

May 8, 2018

Titanic, ET, Wizard of Oz?

Level 67

May 11, 2018

The results are based on the IMDB polls. If it's not there, it's not there. It's not like the author unilaterally made the list.

Level 39

May 8, 2018

Matthew McConaughey could have been a better clue for interstellar

Level 86

May 8, 2018

plz also accept the original Titles and not just the English ones (like Das leben der anderen instead of The lives of others or La vite e Bella instead of Life is Beautiful). Not everyone watches these classics in English

Level 46

May 8, 2018

Need a reason that My Big Fat Greek Wedding is not on this list.

Level 87

Nov 30, 2021

Because, @JC3, the majority of IMDB voters appear to be males aged 15 to 30 (I pulled that range out of thin air). :-(

Level 88

Dec 2, 2021

For real. A horde of fanboys crashed this party.

Level 32

May 8, 2018

Avengers:Infinity War should be added, I checked IMDB today and Infinity War was number 5 on the list of top 250.

Level 66

May 9, 2018

No movie that new should be added. People's overall opinions and ratings fluctuate quite a bit after it first comes out. Let's see if Infinity War is still up there in six months or a year.

Level 70

Aug 1, 2019

I kinda agree with this, if a movie is still considered really good 5-10 years after it's made, that's a much better indication that it's well made. I imagine avatar would have been near the top of the list when it came out, but 10 years later it's not in the top 100.

Level 61

May 8, 2018

I missed it in the quiz but I cried more at Grave of the Fireflies more than any other movie I ever saw.

Level 67

May 8, 2018

I know its not correct but possibly 'untouchables' as a type in for 'intouchables'.. tried that about 10 times as I was sure it would be on there but kept thinking it was called 'untouchables'.

Level 88

Jul 11, 2021

The Untouchables is a very famous, thoroughly unrelated movie.

Level 88

Dec 9, 2021

I've seen both The Untouchables and The Intouchables, and while both are great, I like The Untouchables more.

Level 83

May 30, 2022

The Intouchables was the highest-grossing French-language film ever made (might still be?). It was remade into an American movie starring Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart called The Upside, which was not generally as well-regarded.

Level 66

May 9, 2018

It saddens me that Monty Python and the Holy Grail isn't on the list. I'd certainly put it above films like Inglourious Basterds. Then again, I also wouldn't put Stanley Kubrick's various "classics" on the list either, so I know my opinions are not often representative of the majority.

Level 88

Jun 18, 2018

Personally, all those who voted to be Brian up on their crosses should have had some say.

Level 67

Nov 30, 2019

It is .2 or .3 out of 10 away from making the list

Level 59

May 9, 2018

My knowledge of anime has finally paid off.

Level 66

May 10, 2018

I was glad to see Leon:The Professional and City of God here(for what it's worth). Two movies I really liked. Was disappointed with myself for missing Once Upon A Time in America, Double Indemnity and Grave of the Fireflies. All really good movies that I saw a long time ago. I was surprised to see Princess Mononoke in here but not Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds or Ponyo; all of which I thought were as good as or better than Princess Mononoke. And in a similar vein, how does Snatch make the list and not Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?

Level 67

May 11, 2018

Knowing the crowd that populates IMDB, I was shocked while solving that only two Tarantino films made the list...then I gave up and realized I missed both Django and Basterds. Inglourious Basterds is by far my favorite of his movies. I've watched it at least twice in the past month. Ashamed I missed it.

Level 88

Jun 18, 2018

Go away already, Shawshank.

Level 83

May 30, 2022

my god you've got awful... just terrible... taste in film. Who doesn't like The Shawshank Redemption? And I don't recall you ever mentioning a movie that you did like. You only gripe about films that other people like. What is your idea of a good movie? Empire by Andy Warhol? Plan 9 From Outer Space? The Twilight saga? Maybe you're a big fan of the Hallmark Channel? Why don't you say something positive for once and tell us what we're all missing out on?

Level 88

Jun 18, 2018

IMDb was 4chan with a language filter so they wiped out the entire history of comments. Too bad, it was a treasure of help and information if you steered away from blockbuster b.s. movies. Just overzealous fanboys voting over and over for their nerd favorites. The Top 100 was always a joke, with message boards pushing to drive the newest comic book movie to #1 all time and then congratulating themselves on how great their newest treasure in their 14-year-old lives was. A month later, repeat with something else.

Level 83

Jun 2, 2022

That makes perfect sense. Everyone knows only overzealous fanboys liked The Godfather.

Level 55

Aug 17, 2018

Missing are two films I consider to be in the all-time Top 10 (if you haven't seen them, it would be worth your while): "The Best Years Of Our Lives" and "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre".

Level 49

Aug 30, 2018

Allow How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for Dr Strangeglove?

Level 83

Jan 19, 2019

Why wouldn't you just type in the much shorter Dr. Strangelove?

Level 88

Dec 9, 2021

Because he was asking for Dr. Strangeglove.

Level 83

May 29, 2022

oh that makes sense. But wasn't the full title for that one How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Prostate Exam?

Level 81

Dec 1, 2019

This comment made my day

Level 70

Aug 1, 2019

I think I'm gonna have to watch Leon the professional sometime soon.

Level 43

Oct 6, 2019

No one actually got M on purpose, let’s face it.

Level 85

Dec 4, 2019

I would get it but I always type Matrix before ;).

Level 58

Dec 9, 2021

This was me. I wondered why Matrix wasn't accepted and then realised I'd typed "atrix" but my score had gone up

Level 19

Dec 9, 2021

Yeah, I have never heard of M, but I got it when typing Matrix.

Level 77

Dec 13, 2021

M is a great movie. Still feels fresh after 90 years.

Level 78

Dec 1, 2019

#35 is surely animated? Also just "Endgame" wasn't accepted? But for Infinity war that was enough. Not consistent.

Level ∞

Dec 1, 2019

Fixed, thanks.

Level 65

Dec 1, 2019

If I remember correctly Lion King should be colored yellow?

Level ∞

Dec 1, 2019

Dang, you're right. I thought it was a documentary.

Level 75

Dec 1, 2019

It says Amir Khan, not Aamir Khan for 3 Idiots

Level ∞

Dec 1, 2019

Okay

Level 82

Dec 2, 2019

Your Name is animated

Level ∞

Dec 2, 2019

Fixed, thanks.

Level 85

Dec 7, 2019

A lot of good movies on here (many of which are good but not *that* good), but I have to say that 2001: A Space Odyssey is still the single most boring film I have ever watched.

Level 74

Jan 11, 2020

I really enjoyed the slow pace of the movie. I am often a bit annoyed by modern movies trying to pace and cut everfaster and pushing an idiotic amount of plot into a single movie. Seeing movies like 2001, Yeelen, Eraserhead, were they just pump the breaks and give you time to enjoy, becomes soothing in contrast.

Level 66

Apr 10, 2020

I watched the 1964 dr strangelove a couple of weeks ago. I had to force myself to watch to the end ( and if I wasn't very ill I probably wouldn't have. Would ve gotten up and done something else) I was curious what it was all about. But seriously really don't think I have ever seen anything more boring. And when it was done I was like, ok, that was.... an experience... I can atleast say I ve seen it now.. BUt sort of with the feeling of being abandoned at the busstop, confused and, ok now what?

Level 71

Dec 8, 2019

STILL needs more time.

Twelve minutes is not a lot to guess a hundred answers. Just over seven seconds to read each clue, think and type an answer. It probably needs closer to twenty mins, especially for those of us on Ipads who have to scroll down every time.

Level 68

Jan 11, 2020

Please accept Jagten for The Hunt (that's its original name, in Danish)

Level 61

Jan 11, 2020

Imagine unironically placing Return of the Jedi -- the Star Wars movie that everyone considers the worst of the original trilogy and the one everyone agrees is the moment when Lucas cashed out to sell toys over making a good story -- above Citizen Kane, the movie that tops basically every "Best Movies of All Time" lists. IMDB users are strange.

Level 64

Nov 30, 2021

The users aren't strange because individual users don't purposely rate ROTJ over Citizen Kane but when it all averages out that's just how it is.

Level 64

Nov 30, 2021

The users aren't strange because individual users don't purposely rate ROTJ over Citizen Kane but when it all averages out that's just how it is.

Level 29

Jan 11, 2020

this is such a straight, white man list lol but it is interesting to think how the list would change if it could be filtered to "top rated films by women" or LGBT people etc

Level 66

Apr 10, 2020

No people were excluded everybody is allowed to rate those movies.

But yea if you are gonna target specific demographics (instead of allowing everyone to rate) like 6 year old kids you would get a different list than 80 year old grandmothers.

(Though they both might like "UP" ;) )

Level 82

Nov 29, 2021

Well there is a bit of an issue there, given I doubt children are well-represented on IMDB. Plus I imagine the demographics of IMDB are skewed towards Americans, and they have to be computer users, so that likely excludes certain age groups etc.

Level 66

Apr 10, 2020

Plus I really don't see what is so "male" about this list, but maybe that is just me.

Level 80

Dec 13, 2021

Most of this list is movies by, for, and about white American men. Even with the historical constraints on who gets to make movies and the kind of audiences most are made for, there's a whole world of excellent movies that aren't included here -- likely because they're considered chick flicks or are otherwise aimed at a demographic less represented by IMDB raters.

Level 70

Jan 13, 2020

Well that confirms my long-adopted strategy when deciding whether to see a film, never take any notice of the IMDB ratings.

Level 57

Jan 27, 2021

I get that theres some really stupid inclusions (Irishman) and some pretty glaring exclusions (Taxi Driver, Robert de Niro has a lot I guess), but overall this list isn't too bad. You disliking means you generally disagree with the tastes of the general population

Level 64

Jan 13, 2020

Nowhere near enough time!

Level 58

Jan 14, 2020

I wonder how "M" got 85%? I've never heard of it....

Level 43

Jan 20, 2020

Are you joking? Cause the first movie you guess that starts with "M", you'll guess that one instead by accident

Level 67

Feb 12, 2020

M will count first if you attempt to type a movie that begins with M, such as the Matrix or Memento

Level 63

Jan 23, 2020

Nice to see Joker in the top 20. It really was the best new movie I've seen in a long time.

Level 66

Apr 10, 2020

Ah that's where my M went..

Level 64

Apr 10, 2020

Yoo I love 3 Idiots and I've been meaning to watch Dangal, Bollywood is so underrated

Level 64

Apr 10, 2020

and Taare Zameen Par or Like Stars on Earth

Level 64

Apr 10, 2020

Also Infinity War and The Dark Knight Rises suck

Level 83

Aug 25, 2020

this explains your love for Bollywood

Level 64

Jun 7, 2021

Honestly most of it sucks idk why I said it was underrated it's really just a few films that are good

Level 64

Apr 10, 2020

Accept Taare Zameen Par, the hindi name for Like Stars on Earth, I've literally never heard anyone actually call it by the English name

Level 64

May 8, 2020

went from 26 to 35

Level 75

Nov 21, 2020

Needs WAY more time

Level 53

Nov 26, 2020

I mean, mostly agreeable, but what the heck is IMDB thinking putting damn JOKER at 19?

Level 88

Jul 11, 2021

Top 19,000 maybe.

Level 81

Dec 10, 2020

I'd fall asleep during half these movies. But then I'm old, and it's hard to beat a good nap.

Level 57

Dec 10, 2020

I think this quiz is great, but needs a little more time.

Level 81

Dec 10, 2020

They include the Irishman but don't include Robert De Niros two best movies TaxiDriver and Raging Bull ridiculous.

Level 63

Jan 14, 2021

True, Taxi Driver perhaps his best performance ever

Level 57

Jan 27, 2021

As its user submitted, these will all have recency bias.

Level 26

Aug 6, 2021

how do you explain once upon a time in america? a movie in which most people have never heard of..i got it right mainly because i worked at a video store around the time when it was released on video

Level 63

Jan 14, 2021

Scarface..

Level 64

Nov 30, 2021

I know right.

Level 53

Jan 18, 2021

You might want to update this list.

Level 57

Jan 27, 2021

What is your guys´ favorite documentary? Mine has to be Hoop Dreams, I would absolutely put it on this list

Level 59

Dec 10, 2021

Loved Hoop Dreams. I think Crumb is the best documentary ever made.

Level 88

Jul 11, 2021

Title: 100 movies with most fanboys who will automatically give it a 10 against the fewest rabid haters who will come to give it a 1.

That's what you get when it's open public voting. Completely unbalanced, knee-jerk assessment.

Level 67

Nov 30, 2021

There is never going to be a method in which the rating system is unbiased, because rating movies is subjective. I find that this public voting system is the best method of rating movies, and is more accurate than other metrics like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I also find it more accurate than individual reviews, because it accounts for the aggregate rating. The only clear disadvantage (outside of the sample size of 20,000 reviews) is the notable lack of Horror and Comedy movies, largely because there will be hordes of people who rate a movie on how scary/funny they think the movie is, rather than rating it based solely on the quality of the movie.

Level 74

Nov 30, 2021

It depends what type of movie SHOULD be rewarded, shouldn't it? Do we want popcorn movies? Unartistic movies are beginning to garner more and more acclaim on things like IMDB, and I feel like that is directly related to how much effort the studios puts into manipulating those metrics. Personally, I usually find Meta Critic is a better indicator of the actual quality of the film whereas Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB seem to be manipulated by large studios. The popular vote, aside from manipulation, is flawed, too. I think almost anyone can agree that The Matrix is just NOT the 15th best movie of all time (circa 2021). It's an influential popcorn flick that's part of American culture... but it's not a masterpiece. Anyway, that is to say that IMDB seems to have shifted to a measure of just what gives people pleasure, rather than what they think has artistic merit. Transformers has a 7/10 on IDMB as of 2021... so... yeah. IMDB sucks.

Level 64

Nov 30, 2021

Honestly from what I've seen IMDB tends to have more reasonable ratings than Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, which will often be very skewed to one side, like tons of films will have 99% and then some have 5%

Level 83

May 29, 2022

As a rabid hater yourself, are you mad that the people who have enjoyed these films outnumber you? I mean, pretty much every one of these movies were fantastic by almost any standard.

I actually think that, by and large, what happens on IMDb is the opposite of what you describe. In general, most of the ratings are absolutely spot-on. This is product of the "wisdom of crowds": the tendency to arrive at very close to the exact right answer when you average guesses from a very large number of people. But, sometimes, a film's large number of rabid haters (Titanic, Avatar), will bring down the average score much lower than it objectively ought to be. So it seems to me that the haters have more influence on IMDb than the fanboys do. Otherwise you might expect to see films like Twilight or Harry Potter or the Star Wars prequels near the top.

Level 83

May 30, 2022

You also completely contradicted what you said above one year ago about us not being able to trust the ratings because most people would rate any film as average...

Could it be you haven't really thought through this analysis and are just leaving unbalanced knee-jerk comments? Because you saw some movies on the list that you didn't personally care for? hm....

Level 62

Aug 23, 2021

Lol you really should accept Taare Zameen Par for Like Stars on Earth (Aamir Khan). The former is the actual title in Hindi.

Level 64

Nov 30, 2021

Yup

Level 84

Nov 30, 2021

What? No Jaws 4?

Level 64

Nov 30, 2021

Some new ones as of yesterday, sad to see some like Irishman leave

Level 77

Dec 1, 2021

I would guess that people giving ratings skew young and male, given the disproportionate number of super hero movies on list.

Level 83

May 30, 2022

Disproportionate to what? They make tons of superhero movies these days. If anything they're extremely underrepresented on the above list. Maybe you're just not aware that some of them are actually very good.

Level 83

May 30, 2022

There are six comic book movies on this list. 6 out of 100. Or 6%.

In 2021, outside of China, 5 out of 10 of the 10 highest-grossing films worldwide were comic book movies. Or 50%. Only one of which was anywhere near good enough to make it on the above prestigious list... but it still fell just short.

They're extremely underrepresented. Also, the comic book movies that appear on the above list were, in addition to being rated very highly by thousands if not millions of IMDb user, also glowingly reviewed by film critics of all ages and genders. And every one of the 6 were thoroughly enjoyed by the 70-year-old grandmother that I often go to movies with (my mom). I know it hurts, but maybe try to open your mind just a little bit.

Level 74

Dec 1, 2021

please accept "Das Leben der Anderen" for the Martina Gedeck one

Level 51

Dec 9, 2021

A moment of silence for the 9% who didn't guess the movie 'M'

Level 38

Dec 9, 2021

what makes it more sad is that means they also didn't guess matrix.

Level 38

Dec 9, 2021

i was surprised to see Hamilton counted as a movie

Level 56

Dec 9, 2021

No Gone With The Wind, but a bunch of stuff no one has ever heard of.

Level 83

May 29, 2022

If no one has heard of these films, who went to IMDb to rate them?

I'm guessing that you are a) not Indian, and b) haven't visited the cinema since 1939.

If the latter guess is accurate, you should go again! Things have gotten a lot better since then!

Level 74

Dec 9, 2021

I bet Paul Reiser is as surprised as anyone to see his name on this list.

Level 53

Dec 9, 2021

Movies that boys aged 16-25 like

Level 83

May 29, 2022

riight... all the teen boys out there just LOVE the Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, and 12 Angry Men. Contemplative and deliberate black & white courtroom dramas are just a cynical ploy to sell toys and lunch boxes.

Level 68

Dec 11, 2021

What? No 'Waterworld'? Oh wait, I may have been thinking of 'Deep Throat'. Nevermind.

Level 47

May 27, 2022

Only got the 'M'

Level 61

Oct 3, 2022

Great quiz! But the list is now outdated. Toy Story 3, Top Gun Maverick added while Like Stars on Earth and Bicycle Thieves are removed.

Level 57

Oct 13, 2022

Ian McKellen not Mckellan

Level 55

Oct 14, 2022

No way Return of the Jedi is better than Citizen Kane. Or really any of these.

Level 33

Dec 9, 2022

Please accept "Taare Zameen Par" for "Like Stars on Earth", same movie but title is in hindi.

Level 64

Jan 21, 2023

Level 55

Feb 27, 2023

Feel like There Will Be Blood was good enough to make it.

Level 46

May 24, 2023

No Oceans Eleven?

You effed up, IMDB

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