Top 250 wrap-up, part 12 of 20

Over the last three years, I’ve watched my way through the IMDb’s Top 250. Now I’m ranking those 314 movies (math is hard) from worst to best according to my “objective rating” system. And as a token adjustment for my glaring biases in grading the movies, ties are broken by favoring the ones I liked least.

Part 12 of 20: 3.0/4 (Good)

#150. The Empire Strikes Back, Irvin Kershner, 1980. Currently #11.

#149. The Return of the King, Peter Jackson, 2003. Currently #12.

#148. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Gore Verbinski, 2003. Currently #234.

#147. Return of the Jedi, Richard Marquand, 1983. Currently #108.

#146. King Kong, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933. Currently off the list.

#145. The Adventures of Robin Hood, Michael Curtiz & William Keighley, 1938. Currently off the list.

#144. Ace in the Hole, Billy Wilder, 1951. Currently off the list.

#143. Casino Royale, Martin Campbell, 2006. Currently off the list.

#142. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Steven Spielberg, 1989. Currently #106.

#141. The Usual Suspects, Bryan Singer, 1995. Currenlty #24.

#140. Let the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson, 2008. Currently #215.

#139. Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, 1987. Currently off the list.

#138. Hero, Yimou Zhang, 2002. Currently off the list.

#137. Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood, 2008. Currently #95.

#136. Some Like It Hot, Billy Wilder, 1959. Currently #79.

#135. L.A. Confidential, Curtis Hanson, 1997. Currently #67.

#134. American Gangster, Ridley Scott, 2007. Currently off the list.

#133. Judgment at Nuremberg, Stanley Kramer, 1961. Currently #188.

#132. Toy Story, John Lasseter, 1995. Currently #149.

#131. Patton, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970. Currently #227.

#130. Gone with the Wind, Victor Fleming, 1939. Currently #152.

#129. Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, 1941. Currently #37.

#128. The Hustler, Robert Rossen, 1961. Currently #192.

#127. The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio De Sica, 1948. Currently #88.

#126. Red, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994. Currently #245.