# How many of the IMDB Top 250 have you seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185 "2005-08-08T21:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/1 "2005-08-08T21:18:55Z")
I know the list changes but as of now how many of the [IMDB Top 250](http://www.imdb.com/chart/top) have you seen. First to see them all wins. 😉 I’ve seen 124 ---
**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:** [August 8, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/2 "2005-08-08T21:23:41Z")
59 for me. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/3 "2005-08-08T21:25:50Z")
At one point, I’d seen them all. Currently there are 31 on the list I haven’t seen, all but a handful are 2002 or newer. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/4 "2005-08-08T21:25:51Z")
I’ve seen 172. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/5 "2005-08-08T21:25:59Z")
151 ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/6 "2005-08-08T21:26:11Z")
Assuming I didn’t miss any foreign titled ones listed under their foreign titles, didn’t mess up my counting, etc: 82. Man I have quite a bit of movie viewing ahead of me. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/7 "2005-08-08T21:33:41Z")
78 that I’m aware of. I may have seen more and don’t remember the titles. I know there’s a few on that list that I don’t particularly care to see at all. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/8 "2005-08-08T21:36:14Z")
124 for me, also. Not counting a few like _The Wild Bunch_, _2001_ and _Schindler’s List_ that I started but didn’t finish. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/9 "2005-08-08T21:41:47Z")
92 for me, but once I get round to watching a few of the DVDs I have piled up in the corner of the room, it will be over 100! (That’s after I read some of the unread books I have around here too!) ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/10 "2005-08-08T21:47:13Z")
84 ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/11 "2005-08-08T21:48:39Z")
1. I’ve been kinda lazy catching up on Japanese and Chinese cinema lately. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/12 "2005-08-08T21:56:03Z")
I’ve seen 154 of them in their totality. Some I’ve seen bits and pieces but never managed to see them all, so I didn’t count them. Most that I’ve not seen are either very recent last 2-3 years or from before 1970 (when I was eight years old). ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/13 "2005-08-08T21:57:23Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/14 "2005-08-08T21:59:36Z")
1. There are a good solid 40 that I’ve been meaning to see for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/15 "2005-08-08T22:05:35Z")
181 …and didn’t include a few I started to see but left before it was over (The Pianist and Dogville). ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/16 "2005-08-08T22:39:04Z")
I’ve seen 89 and own 44 on DVD. MtM ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/17 "2005-08-08T22:47:29Z")
128 I thought it would be more. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/18 "2005-08-08T23:07:34Z")
219, but some of my omissions are quite glaring. I’ve never seen _The Shawshank Redemption_, _The 400 Blows_ or _The Bicycle Theif_! ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/19 "2005-08-08T23:09:29Z")
1. Quite a few that I haven’t seen happen to be in my Netflix queue. I haven’t seen any Kurosawa, Bergman, or Leone films, which seem to be heavily represented. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185/20 "2005-08-08T23:15:10Z")
I was surprised to come up with 99. I’m not in much of a hurry to see some of the others, though I did see at least 30 I intend on seeing at some point. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-imdb-top-250-have-you-seen/316185.md?page=2)