# Which of IMDb's Top 10 Movies is your favorite? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985 "2015-07-12T22:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/1 "2015-07-12T22:51:47Z")
See [IMDb Charts Top 250](http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?ref_=nv_wl_img_3) for their whole list, but for this poll we’ll focus on their Top Ten: > [@](#): > > ``` > 1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.2 > 2. The Godfather (1972) 9.2 > 3. The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.0 > 4. The Dark Knight (2008) 8.9 > 5. Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.9 > 6. Schindler's List (1993) 8.9 > 7. 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.9 > 8. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 8.9 > 9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.9 > 10. Fight Club (1999) 8.8 > > ``` Which of these is your favorite of the batch? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/2 "2015-07-12T23:10:34Z")
What a sorry, sorry list. _The Dark Night_ at #4? Really? While _Casablanca_ is #30, _Lawrence of Arabia_ is #86, _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is #95? It is to weep. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/3 "2015-07-12T23:24:30Z")
:o I’m not much of a movie-goer, so I’ve only seen three of the movies on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/4 "2015-07-12T23:27:59Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > What a sorry, sorry list. _The Dark Night_ at #4? Really? While _Casablanca_ is #30, _Lawrence of Arabia_ is #86, _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is #95? It is to weep. Perhaps this would explain your disapproval: > [@](#): > > As voted by regular IMDb users My main idea here is to see how SDMB voters differ from those folks. I ain’t one of them, either! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/5 "2015-07-12T23:28:03Z")
Clint got my vote but I must admit that Pulp Fiction came in really close in second place. There were just too many parts of that movie I never figured out. Yeah, I know, I’m supposed to be entertained and not really understand everything. But too many questions going out the door always leaves me somewhat dissatisfied. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/6 "2015-07-12T23:28:50Z")
Stupid list. Stupid IMDB voters. 😉 **Pulp Fiction** , motherfucker! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/7 "2015-07-13T00:32:59Z")
Wow, I clearly don’t have the same tastes as the average IMDB user. It’s kind of interesting to see _12 Angry Men_ on that list, but I went with _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_ as the one I could most easily stand seeing again. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/8 "2015-07-13T01:26:37Z")
Here’s a progress report: View Poll Results: Which of IMDb’s Top 10 Movies is your favorite? This poll will close on 08-11-2015 at 05:54 PM ```auto The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 4 26.67% The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 2 13.33% Pulp Fiction (1994) 2 13.33% Schindler's List (1993) 2 13.33% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 2 13.33% The Godfather (1972) 1 6.67% The Godfather: Part II (1974) 1 6.67% 12 Angry Men (1957) 1 6.67% The Dark Knight (2008) 0 0% Fight Club (1999) 0 0% ``` Voters: 15 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/9 "2015-07-13T01:29:19Z")
…the FUCK is that list…? ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/10 "2015-07-13T01:51:09Z")
most of those wouldnt make my top 100 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/11 "2015-07-13T02:16:58Z")
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly would be my top pick of those choices. Blade Runner is #135😕 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/12 "2015-07-13T02:27:40Z")
I don’t get how 12 Angry Men made that list - seems out of whack with all the modern ones on it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/13 "2015-07-13T02:46:22Z")
I’m amazed to see that _Titanic_ has apparently fallen completely out of the Top 250. Has it really aged that poorly? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/14 "2015-07-13T02:49:41Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I don’t get how 12 Angry Men made that list - seems out of whack with all the modern ones on it. Keep in mind it’s a list ranked by average ratings not a list of overall popularity. If you asked a random sample of a hundred people to name their top ten movies, you might only get one or two of them to mention _12 Angry Men_. But if you ask people who’ve seen _12 Angry Men_ to give their rating of the film, it probably gets pretty high ratings. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/15 "2015-07-13T02:55:05Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > What a sorry, sorry list. _The Dark Night_ at #4? Really? While _Casablanca_ is #30, _Lawrence of Arabia_ is #86, _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is #95? It is to weep. The IMDB skews towards nerdy films, so those automatically get a bump of ~2 points. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/16 "2015-07-13T03:26:25Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > What a sorry, sorry list. _The Dark Night_ at #4? Really? While _Casablanca_ is #30, _Lawrence of Arabia_ is #86, _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is #95? It is to weep. > [@Robert163](#): > > most of those wouldnt make my top 100 Total agreement. For this poll, I had to vote for Lord of the Rings as a default. Not because it’s so good…but because all the others are so much goddamn worse! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/17 "2015-07-13T03:56:45Z")
Another checkpoint: View Poll Results: Which of IMDb’s Top 10 Movies is your favorite? This poll will close on 08-11-2015 at 05:54 PM ```auto The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9 20.93% The Godfather (1972) 7 16.28% Pulp Fiction (1994) 6 13.95% The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 6 13.95% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 5 11.63% The Godfather: Part II (1974) 3 6.98% Fight Club (1999) 3 6.98% Schindler's List (1993) 2 4.65% 12 Angry Men (1957) 2 4.65% The Dark Knight (2008) 0 0% ``` Voters: 43 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/18 "2015-07-13T04:01:21Z")
Finally all of them got at least 1 vote! View Poll Results: Which of IMDb’s Top 10 Movies is your favorite? This poll will close on 08-11-2015 at 05:54 PM ```auto The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 10 22.22% The Godfather (1972) 7 15.56% Pulp Fiction (1994) 6 13.33% The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 6 13.33% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 5 11.11% The Godfather: Part II (1974) 3 6.67% Fight Club (1999) 3 6.67% Schindler's List (1993) 2 4.44% 12 Angry Men (1957) 2 4.44% The Dark Knight (2008) 1 2.22% ``` Voters: 45 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/19 "2015-07-13T04:17:46Z")
Well, we’re clicking right along now: View Poll Results: Which of IMDb’s Top 10 Movies is your favorite? This poll will close on 08-11-2015 at 05:54 PM ```auto The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 12 23.53% The Godfather (1972) 8 15.69% The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 8 15.69% Pulp Fiction (1994) 6 11.76% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 6 11.76% The Godfather: Part II (1974) 3 5.88% Fight Club (1999) 3 5.88% Schindler's List (1993) 2 3.92% 12 Angry Men (1957) 2 3.92% The Dark Knight (2008) 1 1.96% ``` Voters: 51 ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985/20 "2015-07-13T09:37:57Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Total agreement. For this poll, I had to vote for Lord of the Rings as a default. Not because it’s so good…but because all the others are so much goddamn worse! Sorry, what? Legolas surfing down an oliphaunt’s trunk…the non-drama of mortal beings being wiped out by invicible ghosts…20 minutes of hugging…beats shawshank!? I know it’s all subjective but…sorry, what? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-imdbs-top-10-movies-is-your-favorite/724985.md?page=2)