This explains the unusual emphasis on newer movies and a reduced emphasis on movies with vulgar titles (such as Show Me Love whose foreign title is less benign). I thought the movie was rather unimpressive but I noticed that one day it was in the top 100 and the next day it vanished from the top 250.
I started working my way through the IMDB list, watching all the classics that I had missed. There are some great movies that I may have never seen without this list as incentive, such as Citizen Kane, 12 Angry Men, Seven Samurai, Requiem for a Dream, Lola rennt, Donnie Darko, Nuovo cinema Paradiso, and Amores perros.
I recently acquired a fair portion of the IMDB database through a webpage setup by a student on the IIS Project. With their scripts I could simply parse the database myself but it was easier to just borrow the database. Using this database I simply applied the same algorithm IMDB claims to use and generated the true rank of each movie. This is matched against my list of watched movies to provide a list of movies that I haven't seen, yet should.
With that in mind - on to the movies!
| # | Rank | Rating | Title | Year | Seen? | Have? |
| 1 | 9.196 | 9.5 | "Band of Brothers" | 2001 | yes | |
| 2 | 8.978 | 9.0 | Shawshank Redemption, The | 1994 | yes | yes |
| 3 | 8.973 | 9.0 | Godfather, The | 1972 | yes | yes |
| 4 | 8.958 | 9.0 | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The | 2003 | yes | |
| 5 | 8.871 | 8.9 | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The | 2002 | yes | |
| 6 | 8.800 | 8.9 | Shichinin no samurai | 1954 | yes | yes |
| 7 | 8.781 | 8.8 | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The | 2001 | yes | |
| 8 | 8.779 | 8.8 | Star Wars | 1977 | yes | yes |
| 9 | 8.771 | 8.8 | Schindler's List | 1993 | yes | yes |
| 10 | 8.757 | 8.8 | Casablanca | 1942 | yes | yes |
| 11 | 8.679 | 8.7 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 | yes | yes |
| 12 | 8.675 | 9.2 | "Pride and Prejudice" | 1995 | yes | |
| 13 | 8.672 | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | yes | yes |
| 14 | 8.669 | 8.7 | Memento | 2000 | yes | yes |
| 15 | 8.661 | 8.7 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | yes | yes |
| 16 | 8.657 | 8.7 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 | yes | yes |
| 17 | 8.657 | 8.7 | Citizen Kane | 1941 | yes | yes |
| 18 | 8.651 | 8.7 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le | 2001 | yes | yes |
| 19 | 8.635 | 8.7 | Rear Window | 1954 | yes | yes |
| 20 | 8.600 | 8.7 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il | 1966 | yes | yes |
| 21 | 8.562 | 8.6 | Goodfellas | 1990 | yes | yes |
| 22 | 8.554 | 8.6 | Psycho | 1960 | yes | yes |
| 23 | 8.541 | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 | yes | yes |
| 24 | 8.521 | 8.6 | Bowling for Columbine | 2002 | yes | yes |
| 25 | 8.521 | 8.6 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 | yes | yes |
| 26 | 8.483 | 8.5 | Matrix, The | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 27 | 8.478 | 8.5 | American Beauty | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 28 | 8.477 | 8.5 | Fight Club | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 29 | 8.474 | 8.6 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi | 2001 | yes | yes |
| 30 | 8.474 | 8.5 | Silence of the Lambs, The | 1991 | yes | |
| 31 | 8.463 | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now | 1979 | yes | yes |
| 32 | 8.448 | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. | 1950 | yes | yes |
| 33 | 8.436 | 8.6 | C'era una volta il West | 1968 | yes | yes |
| 34 | 8.431 | 8.5 | Vertigo | 1958 | yes | yes |
| 35 | 8.423 | 8.5 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 | yes | yes |
| 36 | 8.419 | 8.5 | Boot, Das | 1981 | yes | yes |
| 37 | 8.409 | 8.5 | Some Like It Hot | 1959 | yes | yes |
| 38 | 8.406 | 8.5 | Pianist, The | 2002 | yes | |
| 39 | 8.389 | 8.5 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | yes | yes |
| 40 | 8.377 | 8.5 | Third Man, The | 1949 | yes | yes |
| 41 | 8.374 | 8.4 | Se7en | 1995 | yes | yes |
| 42 | 8.369 | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential | 1997 | yes | yes |
| 43 | 8.363 | 8.4 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | yes | yes |
| 44 | 8.360 | 8.4 | American History X | 1998 | yes | yes |
| 45 | 8.355 | 8.4 | Léon | 1994 | yes | yes |
| 46 | 8.352 | 8.4 | Taxi Driver | 1976 | yes | yes |
| 47 | 8.348 | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream | 2000 | yes | yes |
| 48 | 8.342 | 8.4 | Vita è bella, La | 1997 | yes | yes |
| 49 | 8.341 | 8.5 | Paths of Glory | 1957 | yes | yes |
| 50 | 8.333 | 8.5 | All About Eve | 1950 | yes | yes |
| 51 | 8.315 | 8.4 | Raging Bull | 1980 | yes | yes |
| 52 | 8.314 | 8.4 | Chinatown | 1974 | yes | yes |
| 53 | 8.314 | 8.5 | Double Indemnity | 1944 | yes | yes |
| 54 | 8.313 | 8.5 | M | 1931 | yes | yes |
| 55 | 8.305 | 8.4 | Bridge on the River Kwai, The | 1957 | yes | yes |
| 56 | 8.300 | 8.5 | Rashômon | 1950 | yes | yes |
| 57 | 8.292 | 8.4 | Maltese Falcon, The | 1941 | yes | yes |
| 58 | 8.279 | 8.3 | Saving Private Ryan | 1998 | yes | yes |
| 59 | 8.278 | 8.3 | Braveheart | 1995 | yes | yes |
| 60 | 8.269 | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | yes | yes |
| 61 | 8.268 | 8.3 | Reservoir Dogs | 1992 | yes | yes |
| 62 | 8.268 | 8.3 | Clockwork Orange, A | 1971 | yes | yes |
| 63 | 8.267 | 8.3 | Alien | 1979 | yes | yes |
| 64 | 8.261 | 8.3 | Wo hu cang long | 2000 | yes | yes |
| 65 | 8.256 | 8.3 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | 2003 | yes | yes |
| 66 | 8.247 | 8.3 | Wizard of Oz, The | 1939 | yes | yes |
| 67 | 8.246 | 8.3 | Donnie Darko | 2001 | yes | yes |
| 68 | 8.245 | 8.3 | Amadeus | 1984 | yes | yes |
| 69 | 8.242 | 8.4 | Manchurian Candidate, The | 1962 | yes | |
| 70 | 8.236 | 8.3 | Finding Nemo | 2003 | yes | yes |
| 71 | 8.232 | 8.4 | On the Waterfront | 1954 | yes | yes |
| 72 | 8.228 | 8.4 | Touch of Evil | 1958 | yes | yes |
| 73 | 8.225 | 8.4 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1939 | yes | yes |
| 74 | 8.221 | 8.4 | Ran | 1985 | yes | yes |
| 75 | 8.216 | 8.3 | Sting, The | 1973 | yes | yes |
| 76 | 8.215 | 8.4 | Apartment, The | 1960 | yes | yes |
| 77 | 8.206 | 8.4 | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The | 1948 | yes | yes |
| 78 | 8.205 | 8.3 | Annie Hall | 1977 | yes | yes |
| 79 | 8.198 | 8.3 | Great Escape, The | 1963 | yes | yes |
| 80 | 8.198 | 8.4 | Modern Times | 1936 | yes | yes |
| 81 | 8.188 | 8.3 | Mononoke-hime | 1997 | yes | |
| 82 | 8.180 | 8.2 | Sixth Sense, The | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 83 | 8.179 | 8.4 | Sjunde inseglet, Det | 1957 | yes | yes |
| 84 | 8.175 | 8.2 | Blade Runner | 1982 | yes | |
| 85 | 8.171 | 8.2 | Fargo | 1996 | yes | yes |
| 86 | 8.170 | 8.2 | Aliens | 1986 | yes | yes |
| 87 | 8.165 | 8.2 | Princess Bride, The | 1987 | yes | yes |
| 88 | 8.161 | 8.2 | Shining, The | 1980 | yes | yes |
| 89 | 8.160 | 8.3 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso | 1989 | yes | yes |
| 90 | 8.159 | 8.2 | Full Metal Jacket | 1987 | yes | yes |
| 91 | 8.159 | 8.2 | Jaws | 1975 | yes | yes |
| 92 | 8.145 | 8.4 | City Lights | 1931 | yes | yes |
| 93 | 8.144 | 8.3 | High Noon | 1952 | yes | |
| 94 | 8.143 | 8.3 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | 1966 | partially | |
| 95 | 8.141 | 8.2 | Lola rennt | 1998 | yes | yes |
| 96 | 8.136 | 8.3 | Metropolis | 1927 | yes | |
| 97 | 8.131 | 8.3 | Rebecca | 1940 | yes | yes |
| 98 | 8.120 | 8.3 | Notorious | 1946 | yes | |
| 99 | 8.117 | 8.3 | Strangers on a Train | 1951 | yes | |
| 100 | 8.113 | 8.3 | Big Sleep, The | 1946 | ||
| 101 | 8.113 | 8.4 | General, The | 1927 | ||
| 102 | 8.112 | 8.5 | Twin Peaks | 1990 | yes | yes |
| 103 | 8.112 | 8.3 | Duck Soup | 1933 | yes | yes |
| 104 | 8.110 | 8.3 | Great Dictator, The | 1940 | ||
| 105 | 8.109 | 9.5 | "I, Claudius" | 1976 | ||
| 106 | 8.108 | 8.2 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 1969 | ||
| 107 | 8.095 | 8.2 | Once Upon a Time in America | 1984 | yes | yes |
| 108 | 8.094 | 8.4 | Best Years of Our Lives, The | 1946 | ||
| 109 | 8.080 | 8.1 | Forrest Gump | 1994 | yes | yes |
| 110 | 8.077 | 8.1 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | yes | yes |
| 111 | 8.077 | 8.3 | Yojimbo | 1961 | yes | yes |
| 112 | 8.073 | 8.2 | Patton | 1970 | yes | yes |
| 113 | 8.073 | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke | 1967 | partially | |
| 114 | 8.070 | 8.1 | Shrek | 2001 | yes | yes |
| 115 | 8.069 | 8.1 | Green Mile, The | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 116 | 8.068 | 8.3 | It Happened One Night | 1934 | ||
| 117 | 8.057 | 8.2 | Manhattan | 1979 | yes | yes |
| 118 | 8.056 | 8.1 | Toy Story 2 | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 119 | 8.048 | 8.3 | Ladri di biciclette | 1948 | yes | |
| 120 | 8.042 | 8.1 | Unforgiven | 1992 | yes | yes |
| 121 | 8.040 | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind | 1939 | yes | |
| 122 | 8.037 | 8.1 | Deer Hunter, The | 1978 | yes | yes |
| 123 | 8.037 | 8.1 | Graduate, The | 1967 | yes | yes |
| 124 | 8.035 | 8.2 | Philadelphia Story, The | 1940 | ||
| 125 | 8.031 | 8.2 | Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave | 1995 | yes | yes |
| 126 | 8.030 | 8.2 | Searchers, The | 1956 | yes | |
| 127 | 8.024 | 9.1 | "Lonesome Dove" | 1989 | ||
| 128 | 8.024 | 8.4 | Smultronstället | 1957 | ||
| 129 | 8.023 | 8.1 | Glory | 1989 | yes | yes |
| 130 | 8.019 | 8.1 | Ben-Hur | 1959 | yes | |
| 131 | 8.013 | 8.1 | Christmas Story, A | 1983 | yes | yes |
| 132 | 8.013 | 8.2 | Bringing Up Baby | 1938 | ||
| 133 | 8.000 | 8.3 | Hotaru no haka | 1988 | ||
| 134 | 7.995 | 8.8 | "Riget" | 1994 | partially | yes |
| 135 | 7.994 | 8.1 | Elephant Man, The | 1980 | yes | yes |
| 136 | 7.992 | 8.2 | Hustler, The | 1961 | ||
| 137 | 7.985 | 8.2 | Grapes of Wrath, The | 1940 | ||
| 138 | 7.983 | 8.1 | Straight Story, The | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 139 | 7.983 | 8.1 | African Queen, The | 1951 | ||
| 140 | 7.982 | 8.0 | Gladiator | 2000 | yes | yes |
| 141 | 7.976 | 8.0 | Back to the Future | 1985 | yes | yes |
| 142 | 7.976 | 8.2 | Night of the Hunter, The | 1955 | ||
| 143 | 7.972 | 8.0 | Die Hard | 1988 | yes | yes |
| 144 | 7.969 | 8.3 | Grande illusion, La | 1937 | ||
| 145 | 7.967 | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 2003 | yes | |
| 146 | 7.967 | 8.2 | Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The | 1962 | ||
| 147 | 7.966 | 8.2 | Adventures of Robin Hood, The | 1938 | ||
| 148 | 7.964 | 8.0 | Magnolia | 1999 | ||
| 149 | 7.964 | 8.2 | Stalag 17 | 1953 | partially | |
| 150 | 7.962 | 8.1 | Festen | 1998 | ||
| 151 | 7.957 | 8.0 | Almost Famous | 2000 | yes | yes |
| 152 | 7.957 | 8.1 | Arsenic and Old Lace | 1944 | yes | yes |
| 153 | 7.956 | 8.2 | All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930 | ||
| 154 | 7.955 | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | yes | yes |
| 155 | 7.953 | 8.0 | Platoon | 1986 | yes | |
| 156 | 7.953 | 8.2 | His Girl Friday | 1940 | ||
| 157 | 7.951 | 8.0 | Life of Brian | 1979 | yes | yes |
| 158 | 7.949 | 8.1 | Wild Bunch, The | 1969 | ||
| 159 | 7.948 | 8.0 | Brazil | 1985 | yes | yes |
| 160 | 7.946 | 8.0 | Lost in Translation | 2003 | yes | yes |
| 161 | 7.945 | 8.1 | Trois couleurs: Rouge | 1994 | ||
| 162 | 7.943 | 8.1 | Day the Earth Stood Still, The | 1951 | yes | yes |
| 163 | 7.941 | 8.2 | Gold Rush, The | 1925 | yes | yes |
| 164 | 7.938 | 8.1 | Conversation, The | 1974 | ||
| 165 | 7.937 | 9.1 | "From the Earth to the Moon" | 1998 | yes | |
| 166 | 7.936 | 8.2 | Quatre cents coups, Les | 1959 | ||
| 167 | 7.931 | 8.1 | Streetcar Named Desire, A | 1951 | ||
| 168 | 7.929 | 8.0 | Young Frankenstein | 1974 | yes | |
| 169 | 7.928 | 8.1 | Roman Holiday | 1953 | yes | |
| 170 | 7.925 | 8.0 | Sling Blade | 1996 | partially | |
| 171 | 7.925 | 8.0 | Ed Wood | 1994 | ||
| 172 | 7.919 | 8.1 | Charade | 1963 | ||
| 173 | 7.917 | 8.2 | Bronenosets Potyomkin | 1925 | ||
| 174 | 7.916 | 8.0 | Big Fish | 2003 | ||
| 175 | 7.908 | 8.1 | Whale Rider | 2002 | ||
| 176 | 7.907 | 8.0 | Spartacus | 1960 | ||
| 177 | 7.907 | 8.2 | Shadow of a Doubt | 1943 | ||
| 178 | 7.903 | 8.1 | Harvey | 1950 | ||
| 179 | 7.903 | 8.1 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | 1922 | ||
| 180 | 7.902 | 8.0 | Gandhi | 1982 | ||
| 181 | 7.893 | 8.0 | Fucking Åmål | 1998 | yes | yes |
| 182 | 7.893 | 8.0 | Dog Day Afternoon | 1975 | yes | yes |
| 183 | 7.891 | 8.2 | Witness for the Prosecution | 1957 | ||
| 184 | 7.890 | 8.0 | Miller's Crossing | 1990 | yes | yes |
| 185 | 7.888 | 8.2 | Charlie Brown Christmas, A | 1965 | partially | |
| 186 | 7.885 | 8.1 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 1966 | yes | yes |
| 187 | 7.881 | 8.0 | All the President's Men | 1976 | ||
| 188 | 7.879 | 8.2 | Strada, La | 1954 | ||
| 189 | 7.875 | 7.9 | Terminator, The | 1984 | yes | yes |
| 190 | 7.873 | 7.9 | Being John Malkovich | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 191 | 7.871 | 7.9 | Trainspotting | 1996 | yes | |
| 192 | 7.871 | 8.2 | Laura | 1944 | ||
| 193 | 7.870 | 8.1 | Killing, The | 1956 | yes | yes |
| 194 | 7.868 | 7.9 | Big Lebowski, The | 1998 | yes | yes |
| 195 | 7.868 | 7.9 | Toy Story | 1995 | yes | yes |
| 196 | 7.866 | 7.9 | Groundhog Day | 1993 | yes | yes |
| 197 | 7.865 | 7.9 | Rain Man | 1988 | yes | yes |
| 198 | 7.864 | 7.9 | Snatch. | 2000 | yes | yes |
| 199 | 7.864 | 7.9 | Clerks. | 1994 | yes | yes |
| 200 | 7.862 | 8.3 | Ikiru | 1952 | ||
| 201 | 7.856 | 8.2 | In America | 2002 | ||
| 202 | 7.856 | 7.9 | X2 | 2003 | yes | yes |
| 203 | 7.855 | 7.9 | Mulholland Dr. | 2001 | yes | yes |
| 204 | 7.855 | 7.9 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 1998 | yes | yes |
| 205 | 7.855 | 7.9 | Exorcist, The | 1973 | yes | |
| 206 | 7.852 | 7.9 | Stand by Me | 1986 | partially | yes |
| 207 | 7.852 | 8.0 | King Kong | 1933 | yes | yes |
| 208 | 7.849 | 7.9 | Insider, The | 1999 | yes | yes |
| 209 | 7.846 | 8.1 | Lion in Winter, The | 1968 | yes | |
| 210 | 7.844 | 8.0 | Network | 1976 | yes | yes |
| 211 | 7.839 | 8.0 | Die xue shuang xiong | 1989 | ||
| 212 | 7.838 | 8.1 | Stagecoach | 1939 | ||
| 213 | 7.831 | 8.3 | Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La | 1928 | ||
| 214 | 7.827 | 7.9 | This Is Spinal Tap | 1984 | yes | yes |
| 215 | 7.813 | 8.2 | Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta | 1986 | ||
| 216 | 7.813 | 8.0 | 39 Steps, The | 1935 | yes | yes |
| 217 | 7.809 | 8.0 | Quiet Man, The | 1952 | ||
| 218 | 7.807 | 8.1 | Sleuth | 1972 | ||
| 219 | 7.803 | 8.0 | Rio Bravo | 1959 | ||
| 220 | 7.798 | 8.1 | Thin Man, The | 1934 | yes | |
| 221 | 7.794 | 7.9 | Midnight Cowboy | 1969 | yes | yes |
| 222 | 7.790 | 8.1 | Tonari no Totoro | 1988 | ||
| 223 | 7.790 | 7.9 | Bonnie and Clyde | 1967 | ||
| 224 | 7.788 | 9.6 | "Civil War, The" | 1990 | ||
| 225 | 7.786 | 8.0 | In the Heat of the Night | 1967 | ||
| 226 | 7.780 | 8.1 | Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | ||
| 227 | 7.779 | 7.8 | Good Will Hunting | 1997 | yes | |
| 228 | 7.778 | 8.0 | Jean de Florette | 1986 | ||
| 229 | 7.773 | 8.0 | Fa yeung nin wa | 2000 | ||
| 230 | 7.773 | 8.2 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | 1949 | ||
| 231 | 7.772 | 7.8 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | yes | yes |
| 232 | 7.772 | 7.8 | Minority Report | 2002 | yes | yes |
| 233 | 7.772 | 7.9 | Being There | 1979 | yes | yes |
| 234 | 7.771 | 7.8 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | yes | yes |
| 235 | 7.770 | 8.3 | Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | ||
| 236 | 7.769 | 7.8 | Traffic | 2000 | yes | yes |
| 237 | 7.769 | 7.9 | Sweet Hereafter, The | 1997 | ||
| 238 | 7.769 | 7.8 | Heat | 1995 | yes | yes |
| 239 | 7.769 | 7.9 | Barry Lyndon | 1975 | ||
| 240 | 7.768 | 7.8 | Beautiful Mind, A | 2001 | yes | |
| 241 | 7.766 | 8.2 | Persona | 1966 | ||
| 242 | 7.765 | 7.8 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 2000 | yes | yes |
| 243 | 7.759 | 8.1 | Fanny och Alexander | 1982 | ||
| 244 | 7.758 | 8.2 | Andrei Rublyov | 1969 | ||
| 245 | 7.755 | 7.8 | Road to Perdition | 2002 | yes | yes |
| 246 | 7.753 | 7.8 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | yes | yes |
| 247 | 7.752 | 7.8 | JFK | 1991 | partially | |
| 248 | 7.752 | 7.9 | Henry V | 1989 | ||
| 249 | 7.748 | 7.8 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | yes | yes |
| 250 | 7.747 | 7.9 | Man Who Would Be King, The | 1975 |