January 5, 2011

Top 250 wrap-up, part 19 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 19 of 20: 3.7/4 & 3.8/4

3.7/4 (Great):

#24. Rocky, John G. Avildsen, 1976. Currently #216 at the IMDb.

#23. Brief Encounter, David Lean, 1945. Currently off the list.

#22. Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, 1942. Currently #17.

#21. The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972. Currently #2.

#20. 12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957. Currently #8.

#19. The Exorcist, William Friedkin, 1973. Currently #205.

#18. All About Eve, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950. Currently #82.

#17. The Bridge on the River Kwai, David Lean, 1957. Currently #80.

#16. The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan, 1999. Currently #131.

#15. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Mike Nichols, 1966. Currently #207.

#14. Shadow of a Doubt, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943. Currently off the list.

3.8/4 (Great):

#13. The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, 2008. Currently #10.

#12. Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999. Currently #218.

#11. Yojimbo, Akira Kurosawa, 1961. Currently #125.

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