Reddit user compiles 245 “ultimate” movie list – I’ve seen 103 of them

Reddit user /u/Zonark000 compiled an “ultimate” list of 250 movies, by averaging scores from IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic. While OP says his formula isn’t perfect, I frankly don’t care. It’s an impressive list and a fun exercise. Zonark000 even boiled down the list to the best movie of each genre. You can argue any list, but all of the “best” movies of each genre are all great (although I haven’t seen Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Samurai, Metroplis, or The Good, The Bad, The Ugly).

I enjoyed going through the list, figuring out which ones I’ve seen already (103, I need to work on that), realizing which ones I want to see soon, and having feelings of nostalgia of the movies I really liked.

Here is the list with each movie’s score:

1. The Godfather – 97
2. Seven Samurai – 95.3
3. 12 Angry Men – 94.5
4. Lawrence of Arabia – 94.3
5. Modern Times – 94
6. Dr. Strangelove – 93.3
7. Wizard of Oz – 93.3
8. Metropolis – 93.3
9. Rear Window – 93
10. Boyhood – 93
11. Lord of the Rings Return of the King – 92.6
12. Schindlers List – 92.6
13. Spirited Away – 92.3
14. Pulp Fiction – 92
15. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly – 92
16. Pans Labyrinth – 92
17. Citizen Kane – 92
18. North By Northwest – 92
19. Singing in the Rain – 92
20. M – 92
21. Gravity – 91.6
22. Taxi Driver – 91.6
23. Toy Story 3 – 91.6
24. Ratatouille- 91.6
24.5. Toy Story – 91.6
25. Toy Story 2 – 91.6
26. Casablanca – 91.5
27. Sunset Boulevard – 91.5
28. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – 91.5
29. The Third Man – 91.5
30. The Gold Rush – 91.5
31. Ikiru – 91.5
32. Wall-E – 91.3
33. Apocalypse Now – 91.3
34. 12 Years a Slave – 91.3
35. Psycho – 91
36. Vertigo – 91
37. Grave of the Fireflies – 91
38. Cool Hand Luke – 91
39. The Maltese Falcon – 91
40. Rebecca – 91
41. The Grapes of Wrath – 91
42. Bicycle Thieves – 91
43. The 400 Blows – 91
44. Stalker – 91
45. Lord of the Rings Two Towers – 90.6
46. Goodfellas – 90.6
47. L.A. Confidential – 90.6
48. Amadeus – 90.6
49. The Separation – 90.6
50. It’s a Wonderful Life – 90.5
51. La Haine – 90.5
52. Yojimbo – 90.5
53. Like Stars on Earth – 90.5
54. Le Samourai – 90.5
55. Lord of Rings Fellowship of the Ring – 90.3
56. Star Wars A New Hope – 90.3
57. Raiders of the Lost Ark – 90.3
58. Finding Nemo – 90.3
59. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial – 90.3
60. On the Waterfront – 90.3
61. Godfather Part 2 – 90
62. Monty Python and the Holy Grail – 90
63. Double Indemnity – 90
64. It Happened One Night – 90
65. La Dolce Vita – 90
66. Saving Private Ryan – 89.6
67. Up – 89.6
68. Aliens – 89.6
69. The Social Network – 89.6
70. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – 89.6
71. Whiplash – 89.6
72. Gangs of Wasseypur – 89.6
73. Anne Hall – 89.5
74. Some Like it Hot – 89.5
75. A Fistful of Dollars – 89.5
76. Paths of Glory – 89.5
77. Roman Holiday – 89.5
78. Strangers on a Train – 89.5
79. The Hustler – 89.5
80. 8 1/2 – 89.5
81. Les Diaboliques – 89.5
82. The Hurt Locker – 89.5
83. Raging Bull – 89.3
84. Das Boot – 89.3
85. Ran – 89.3
86. Back to the Future – 89
87. The Incredibles – 89
88. The Lives of Others – 89
89. Chinatown – 89
90. To Kill a Mockingbird – 89
91. Dog Day Afternoon – 89
92. Dark Knight – 88.6
93. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 88.6
94. The Pianist – 88.6
95. Sideways – 88.6
96. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – 88.6
97. A Prophet – 88.6
98. Gone With the Wind – 88.5
99. For a Few Dollars More – 88.5
100. The Sting – 88.5
101. The Great Dictator – 88.5
102. The Bridge on the River Kwai – 88.5
103. Mary and Max – 88.5
104. Barry Lyndon – 88.5
105. Touch of Evil – 88.5
106. The Big Sleep – 88.5
107. The Truman Show – 88.3
108. No Country for Old Men – 88.3
109. Terminator – 88.3
110. Alien – 88.3
111. 2001 A Space Odyssey – 88.3
112. Amour – 88.3
113. Incendies – 88.3
114. Shawshank Redemption – 88
115. Silence of the Lambs – 88
116. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 – 88
117. There Will Be Blood – 88
118. Her – 88
119. Once Upon a Time in the West – 88
120. My Neighbour Totoro – 88
121. Airplane! – 88
122. The Great Escape – 88
123. The Apartment – 88
124. Castle in the Sky – 88
125. The General – 88
126. The Kings Speech – 87.6
127. The Seventh Seal – 87.5
128. Persona – 87.5
129. Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf – 87.5
130. Star Wars Empire Strikes Back – 87.3
131. The Departed – 87.3
132. Zero Dark Thirty – 87.3
133. The Queen – 87.3
134. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India – 87.3
135. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest – 87
136. Blade Runner – 87
137. Fargo – 87
138. Grand Budapest Hotel – 87
139. Being John Malkovich – 87
140. Beauty and the Beast – 87
141. Inside Llewyn Davis – 87
142. The Best Years of Our Lives – 87
143. The Bourne Ultimatum – 86.6
144. Unforgiven – 86.6
144.5. Brazil – 86.6
145. Let the Right One In – 86.6
146. Rocky – 86.5
147. Once Upon A Time In America – 86.5
148. Network – 86.5
149. Papillon – 86.5
150. In the Name of the Father – 86.3
151. American Beauty – 86
152. The Lion King – 86
153. Million Dollar Baby – 86
154. Jaws – 86
155. The Wrestler – 86
156. Stand By Me – 86
157. The Elephant Man – 86
158. Before Sunrise – 86
159. Memento – 85.6
160. City of God – 85.3
161. The Princess Bride – 85.3
162. Downfall – 85.3
163. Almost Famous – 85.3
164. Amores Perros – 85.3
165. Winter’s Bone – 85.3
166. Monster’s Inc – 85
167. Full Metal Jacket – 85
168. Cinema Paradiso – 85
169. The Secret in Their Eyes – 85
170. Dial M for Murder – 85
171. A Wednesday – 85
172. Reservoir Dogs – 84.6
173. Django Unchained – 84.6
174. Trainspotting – 84.6
175. How to Train Your Dragon – 84.6
175.5. Central Station – 84.6
176. Platoon – 84.5
177. Gandhi – 84.5
178. Ben Hur – 84.5
179. Monty Pythons Life of Brian – 84.3
179.5. Hugo – 84.3
180. The Usual Suspects – 84
181. Princess Mononoke – 84
182. The Hunt – 84
183. 3 Idiots – 84
184. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – 84
185. Memories of Murder – 84
186. The Dark Knight Rises – 83.6
187. A Clockwork Orange – 83.6
188. Hotel Rwanda 83.6
189. Infernal Affairs – 83.6
190. Good Will Hunting – 83.3
191. Gone Girl – 83
192. Groundhog Day – 83
193. Howls Moving Castle – 83
194. Mud – 83
195. Inception – 82.6
196. Guardians of the Galaxy – 82.6
197. The Deer Hunter – 82.6
198. The Matrix – 82.3
199. X-Men: Days of Future Past – 82
200. Rush – 82
201. The Graduate – 82
202. Range de Basanti – 82
203. Terminator 2 – 81.6
204. Die Hard – 81.6
205. Heat – 81.6
205.5. The Enemy Within – 81.6
206. The Avengers – 81
207. 12 Monkeys – 81
208. The Imitation Game – 81
209. The Thing – 81
210. Amelie – 80.6
211. Jurassic Park – 80.3
212. Forrest Gump – 80.2
213. Inglourius Basterds – 80
214. Batman Begins – 79.3
215. The Shining – 79.3
216. Donnie Darko – 79
217. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – 78.6
218. Into the Wild – 79
219. Oldboy – 79
220. Prisoners – 79
221. Warrior – 78.6
222. Fight Club – 78.3
223. Kill Bill : Vol 1 – 78.3
224. Casino – 78.3
225. Wolf of Wall Street – 78
226. Interstellar – 78
227. Sin City – 77.6
228. Gran Torino – 77.6
229. Scarface – 77.3
230. Se7en – 77
231. American History X – 77
232. The Sixth Sense – 77
233. The Big Lebowski – 77
234. Braveheart – 76.6
235. Requiem for a Dream – 76.6
236. A Beautiful Mind – 76.3
237. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – 76.3
238. The Prestige – 75.6
239. The Green Mile – 75.3
240. Gladiator – 75
241. Life is Beautiful – 75
242. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels – 74.6
243. IP Man – 74.6
244. Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl – 74.3
245. Leon: The Professional – 74

Best movies of each genre:

Action: Pulp Fiction
Adventure: Lawrence of Arabia
Animation: Spirited Away
Biography: Schindler’s List
Comedy: Dr. Strangelove
Crime: The Godfather
Drama: Seven Samurai
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Horror: Psycho
Mystery: Pulp Fiction
Sci-Fi: Metropolis
War: Apocalypse Now
Western: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly