# how far down IMDB's top 250 have you seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877 "2004-06-30T13:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/1 "2004-06-30T13:39:26Z")
[url=http://www.imdb.com/chart/top]Here’s\*\* IMDB’s list of the top 250 movies. I’ve seen the first 36 of them but I’ve never seen #37, “The Pianist”. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/2 "2004-06-30T13:40:44Z")
Man I hate doing that [Here it is.](http://www.imdb.com/chart/top) ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/3 "2004-06-30T13:44:09Z")
1. I’ve never seen **The Godfather**. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/4 "2004-06-30T13:44:28Z")
1. I haven’t seen Shawshank Redemption. Or Schindler’s List. Or Citizen Kane. From then on it gets really embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/5 "2004-06-30T13:50:31Z")
I haven’t seen 189 of them. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/6 "2004-06-30T13:55:25Z")
Of the top ten, I’ve only seen five: 1, 4, 5, 7, 10. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/7 "2004-06-30T13:59:26Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > 1. I’ve never seen **The Godfather**. :eek: > [@Ethilrist](#): > > I haven’t seen Shawshank Redemption. > > Or Schindler’s List. > > Or Citizen Kane. :eek: and :eek: and :eek: Actually, Citizen Kane and Schindler’s List are two of my least favorite from the whole list. I don’t even consider myself a big movie buff by the SDMB’s standard’s. Moreso than your average joe, though. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/8 "2004-06-30T13:59:35Z")
As part of my obsessive-compulsive movie project, I set out to watch the entire top 250 (and others). Of course, it has changed since my quest began. of the top 100, I haven’t seen: 1. 8.5 Cidade de Deus (2002) 2. 8.3 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 3. 8.2 Finding Nemo (2003) … not too shabby. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/9 "2004-06-30T14:02:40Z")
I paid like $15 to see “City of God” in a special screening because I’d heard such awesome things about it. It is good. I haven’t seen Eternal… either. Or “city lights” or a few others. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/10 "2004-06-30T14:04:08Z")
I have only seen two of the top 10 - and they are _Casablanca_ (very good) and _Star Wars_, which I saw under protest when it was re-released a few years back. (Terrible film, as I suspected.) I watch plenty of films, but come on - that top 10 ought to be named “Top 10 Films Voted For By Geeks And Weirdos”. _Lord of the Rings_? At numbers 3, 8 and 9? Do me a favour. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/11 "2004-06-30T14:13:13Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I have only seen two of the top 10 - and they are _Casablanca_ (very good) and _Star Wars_, which I saw under protest when it was re-released a few years back. (Terrible film, as I suspected.) > > I watch plenty of films, but come on - that top 10 ought to be named “Top 10 Films Voted For By Geeks And Weirdos”. _Lord of the Rings_? At numbers 3, 8 and 9? Do me a favour. Is that the birtish translastion of “gimme a break.” 😃 Regardless of whether they were voted on by geeks and weirdos, I’d suspect anyone with more than a passing interest in movies has seen the Godfathers and AT LEAST the first of the LOTR trilogy, if not all 3. I could see “Seven Samurai” tripping people up, but any regular movie-goer I know has seen Godfather and LOTR. Maybe it’s different in the motherland, but Godfather is required viewing for males past the age of 18 here in the colonies. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/12 "2004-06-30T14:17:44Z")
I got 15 of the top 20, missing most of the older movies and Schindler’s List. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/13 "2004-06-30T14:18:16Z")
1. _City of God_, was my first pure miss. I’ve also only seen bits and pieces of _Casablanca_. When I have more time later I’ll check how many I’ve seen total. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/14 "2004-06-30T14:22:43Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I watch plenty of films, but come on - that top 10 ought to be named “Top 10 Films Voted For By Geeks And Weirdos”. _Lord of the Rings_? At numbers 3, 8 and 9? Do me a favour. Yeah, that won’t stand the test of time. I’ve only seen three of the top ten. I start missing at #2 - The Shawshank Redemption. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/15 "2004-06-30T14:32:49Z")
123 so far, and hopefully counting 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/16 "2004-06-30T14:34:32Z")
101 was my downfall. > **[Princess Mononoke (1997) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/)** > > Princess Mononoke: Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. With Billy Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, John DiMaggio. On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and... After that AFAICS I’m good except for 148 and 250. Don’t like Ingmar Bergman. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/17 "2004-06-30T14:35:17Z")
I haven’t yet seen - 1. 8.0 Dogville (2003) 2. 8.0 Deer Hunter, The (1978) - have it from Netflix now. 3. 8.0 Hable con ella (2002) 4. 8.0 Elephant Man, The (1980) 5. 7.9 Straight Story, The (1999) 6. 7.9 Lost in Translation (2003) 7. 7.9 Ying xiong (2002) 8. 7.9 Magnolia (1999) 9. 7.9 Hotaru no haka (1988) 10. 7.9 Insider, The (1999) 11. 7.9 Brazil (1985) 12. 7.8 Being John Malkovich (1999) 13. 7.8 21 Grams (2003) 14. 7.8 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 15. 7.8 Ikiru (1952) 16. 7.8 Whale Rider (2002) 17. 7.8 Rain Man (1988) 18. 7.8 In America (2002) 19. 7.8 Adaptation. (2002) 20. 7.7 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 21. 7.7 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 22. 7.7 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 23. 7.7 Red River (1948) 24. 7.7 Sleuth (1972) 25. 7.7 Being There (1979) 26. 7.7 Enfants du paradis, Les (1945) 27. 7.7 Good Will Hunting (1997) 28. 7.7 Persona (1966) 29. 7.7 Henry V (1989) 30. 7.7 Fanny och Alexander (1982) Bringing the total unseen to 33 of 250. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/18 "2004-06-30T14:40:21Z")
The highest film on the list I haven’t seen is #111: _Dogville_ (I’m running a little behind on this year’s movies). ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/19 "2004-06-30T14:42:20Z")
Let’s see. My first miss is #6. :rolleyes: I’ve seen 21 of the top 25. 35 of the top 50. 68 of the top 100. Not too good, but not too bad either. In the top 100, I’m only embarrassed about not having seen… 6. Seven Samurai 11. Citizen Kane 25. Amelie 36. To Kill A Mockingbird 40. Taxi Driver 43. Eternal Sunshine… 49. LA Confidential 81. Crouching Tiger… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877/20 "2004-06-30T14:53:16Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I paid like $15 to see “City of God” in a special screening because I’d heard such awesome things about it. It is good. Since it’s out on DVD now (June 8th) maybe you could rent a big screen. They did that when I was in college. I’m sure if costs more than $15, but if you got some other people to chip in… 😛 I’ve seen 6 of the top ten. Of the remaining four, I have _zero_ interest in the Godfather movies(but I’m female, so that’s okay), so that’s unlikely to change. I’ve seen 31 out of the top 100, and 50 of the 101-250 movies. I think, I didn’t check every single one in another language. You know what, though? It’d be a lot easier to figure if they gave the English titles as well as the non-english ones. They have ample room to, after all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-down-imdbs-top-250-have-you-seen/252877.md?page=2)