Today, I shall be deciding what film I will start this with. It would be more appropriate to start with a film that I have not seen. I'm thinking The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. It has an interesting title and a touching story line. Hmmm. We shall see.
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| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 652,275 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 494,192 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 305,734 |
| 4. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 205,088 |
| 5. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 513,988 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 156,556 |
| 7. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 341,515 |
| 8. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 269,272 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 586,425 |
| 10. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 451,567 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980) | 334,363 |
| 12. | 8.8 | Inception (2010) | 426,676 |
| 13. | 8.8 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 115,499 |
| 14. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 484,181 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 285,005 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) | 378,901 |
| 17. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001) | 473,235 |
| 18. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 210,915 |
| 19. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 196,199 |
| 20. | 8.7 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 94,152 |
| 21. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 471,009 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 143,186 |
| 23. | 8.7 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981) | 289,481 |
| 24. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 320,182 |
| 25. | 8.7 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 309,105 |
| 26. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 175,538 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 358,458 |
| 28. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 122,183 |
| 29. | 8.6 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 393,138 |
| 30. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 403,348 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 342,338 |
| 32. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 66,865 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Leon: The Professional (1994) | 259,527 |
| 34. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 180,160 |
| 35. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 206,893 |
| 36. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 286,800 |
| 37. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 109,860 |
| 38. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 159,278 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 160,221 |
| 40. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 353,798 |
| 41. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 295,035 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 334,674 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 197,113 |
| 44. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 219,385 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 134,226 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 109,422 |
| 47. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 36,893 |
| 48. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 225,035 |
| 49. | 8.5 | Amelie (2001) | 226,969 |
| 50. | 8.5 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 54,555 |
| 51. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 172,613 |
| 52. | 8.5 | WALL·E (2008) | 244,350 |
| 53. | 8.5 | M (1931) | 48,210 |
| 54. | 8.5 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 45,331 |
| 55. | 8.5 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 98,278 |
| 56. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 332,806 |
| 57. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 92,396 |
| 58. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 235,598 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 203,172 |
| 60. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 97,316 |
| 61. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 232,264 |
| 62. | 8.4 | Modern Times (1936) | 46,001 |
| 63. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 82,122 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 273,967 |
| 65. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 139,323 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 259,397 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Back to the Future (1985) | 258,201 |
| 68. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 59,213 |
| 69. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 194,816 |
| 70. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 94,577 |
| 71. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 275,575 |
| 72. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 39,456 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 57,041 |
| 74. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 258,735 |
| 75. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) | 182,141 |
| 76. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 90,021 |
| 77. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 108,534 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Rashômon (1950) | 47,968 |
| 79. | 8.3 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 46,913 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 117,835 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 66,130 |
| 82. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 80,576 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 189,198 |
| 84. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 41,070 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 196,357 |
| 86. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 69,984 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 35,158 |
| 88. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 353,673 |
| 89. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 190,479 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 296,219 |
| 91. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 49,234 |
| 92. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 44,777 |
| 93. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 126,825 |
| 94. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 104,270 |
| 95. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 261,241 |
| 96. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 122,996 |
| 97. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 79,339 |
| 98. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 254,130 |
| 99. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 72,066 |
| 100. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 183,518 |
| 101. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 39,224 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 175,039 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 81,984 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 206,550 |
| 105. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 59,900 |
| 106. | 8.3 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 48,930 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 226,984 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Rebecca (1940) | 41,773 |
| 109. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 74,466 |
| 110. | 8.3 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 46,819 |
| 111. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 308,050 |
| 112. | 8.2 | Batman Begins (2005) | 334,361 |
| 113. | 8.2 | Black Swan (2010) | 172,912 |
| 114. | 8.2 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 45,143 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Yojimbo (1961) | 35,090 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 178,626 |
| 117. | 8.2 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 57,492 |
| 118. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 24,362 |
| 119. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 219,006 |
| 120. | 8.2 | The Lion King (1994) | 194,287 |
| 121. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 194,560 |
| 122. | 8.2 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 22,387 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Snatch. (2000) | 222,821 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Drive (2011) | 33,168 |
| 125. | 8.2 | The King's Speech (2010) | 119,803 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 114,361 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Jaws (1975) | 169,410 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 40,355 |
| 129. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 26,748 |
| 130. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 249,994 |
| 131. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 38,386 |
| 132. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 124,851 |
| 133. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 221,478 |
| 134. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 106,236 |
| 135. | 8.2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 105,606 |
| 136. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 292,874 |
| 137. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 201,755 |
| 138. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 55,089 |
| 139. | 8.2 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 235,829 |
| 140. | 8.2 | Annie Hall (1977) | 79,196 |
| 141. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 41,770 |
| 142. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 286,543 |
| 143. | 8.2 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 30,131 |
| 144. | 8.2 | Platoon (1986) | 132,706 |
| 145. | 8.2 | High Noon (1952) | 40,466 |
| 146. | 8.2 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 258,760 |
| 147. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 194,078 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 141,887 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 185,626 |
| 150. | 8.1 | Ikiru (1952) | 19,720 |
| 151. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 26,397 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 181,476 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 69,217 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 96,296 |
| 155. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 161,351 |
| 156. | 8.1 | The Wages of Fear (1953) | 17,450 |
| 157. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 36,996 |
| 158. | 8.1 | The Kid (1921) | 19,657 |
| 159. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 28,250 |
| 160. | 8.1 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | 14,224 |
| 161. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 37,018 |
| 162. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 160,397 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Amores perros (2000) | 75,393 |
| 164. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 171,823 |
| 165. | 8.1 | District 9 (2009) | 213,441 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 70,634 |
| 167. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 115,697 |
| 168. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 136,001 |
| 169. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 94,486 |
| 170. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 102,152 |
| 171. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 33,714 |
| 172. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 218,314 |
| 173. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 223,478 |
| 174. | 8.1 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 39,681 |
| 175. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 20,363 |
| 176. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 110,346 |
| 177. | 8.1 | Les diaboliques (1955) | 18,606 |
| 178. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 189,765 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 74,462 |
| 180. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2006) | 289,502 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 205,813 |
| 182. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 97,904 |
| 183. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 43,039 |
| 184. | 8.1 | The Wrestler (2008) | 126,652 |
| 185. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 63,669 |
| 186. | 8.1 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 17,797 |
| 187. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 192,239 |
| 188. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 43,392 |
| 189. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 31,057 |
| 190. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 36,096 |
| 191. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 175,224 |
| 192. | 8.0 | The Battle of Algiers (1966) | 17,262 |
| 193. | 8.0 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 29,552 |
| 194. | 8.0 | Avatar (2009) | 360,691 |
| 195. | 8.0 | Mary and Max (2009) | 28,591 |
| 196. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 142,855 |
| 197. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 30,184 |
| 198. | 8.0 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 37,918 |
| 199. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 30,352 |
| 200. | 8.0 | A Separation (2011) | 14,856 |
| 201. | 8.0 | Persona (1966) | 21,455 |
| 202. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 21,617 |
| 203. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 181,385 |
| 204. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 24,889 |
| 205. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 41,133 |
| 206. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 132,003 |
| 207. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 36,901 |
| 208. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 40,608 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 23,989 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 18,001 |
| 211. | 8.0 | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | 13,747 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 15,841 |
| 213. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 47,441 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 128,626 |
| 215. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 207,203 |
| 216. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 25,877 |
| 217. | 8.0 | The Incredibles (2004) | 202,931 |
| 218. | 8.0 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 61,857 |
| 219. | 8.0 | In Bruges (2008) | 131,765 |
| 220. | 8.0 | Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 10,147 |
| 221. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 150,267 |
| 222. | 8.0 | The Social Network (2010) | 156,285 |
| 223. | 8.0 | Nights of Cabiria (1957) | 14,274 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 82,722 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 64,952 |
| 226. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 139,790 |
| 227. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 174,614 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 43,039 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Ed Wood (1994) | 87,557 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 38,602 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 46,936 |
| 232. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 300,532 |
| 233. | 8.0 | Festen (1998) | 32,090 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 39,599 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Children of Men (2006) | 194,338 |
| 236. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 27,115 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) | 227,905 |
| 238. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 29,867 |
| 239. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 194,730 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 21,504 |
| 241. | 8.0 | Patton (1970) | 46,368 |
| 242. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 168,400 |
| 243. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 26,381 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Tokyo Story (1953) | 10,425 |
| 245. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 138,858 |
| 246. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 159,961 |
| 247. | 8.0 | Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring(2003) | 24,562 |
| 248. | 8.0 | Elite Squad 2 (2010) | 11,664 |
| 249. | 8.0 | Castle in the Sky (1986) | 27,928 |
| 250. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 27,455 |
