Top movies of all time: Greatest movies in the 10 to 1 slots

A list of the top 100 greatest movies of all times has been drawn up by IMDb and is not based on the personal preferences of the Addie’s staff.

Check out the list and let us know if you agree or disagree and what other movies you would add to the list.

Remember that your favourite may be lower, on the list so make sure to read through all the lists (the top 100 hundred has been broken into sets of 10 movies for ease of reading) and let us know where these movies rank, if at all, in your list of favoured movies.

According to IMDb, the movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards and nominations), their popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint.

Check out this last list for the top 10 movies of all time.

Number 10: Titanic (1997)

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind, but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Director: James Cameron

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates

Running time: 194 minutes.

Oscars: 11, Oscar Nominations: 14

BAFTA Awards: 0, BAFTA Nominations: 8

Golden Globes: 4, Golden Globe Nominations: 8

 

Number 9:  The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

Director: Victor Fleming

Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr

Running time: 102 minutes

Oscars: 2, Oscar Nominations: 6

There were no Golden Globe or BAFTA nominations for this movie.

 

Number 8:  Citizen Kane (1941)

Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.

Director: Orson Welles

Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Running time: 119 minutes

Oscars: 1, Oscar Nominations: 9

There were no Golden Globe or BAFTA nominations for this movie.

 

Number 7: Gone with the Wind (1939)

A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War.

Director: Victor Fleming

Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O’Neil

Running time: 238 minutes

Oscars: 8, Oscar Nominations: 13

There were no Golden Globe or BAFTA nominations for this movie.

 

Number 6: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse.

Director: Milos Forman

Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco

Running time: 133 minutes

Oscars: 5, Oscar Nominations: 9

BAFTA Awards: 6, BAFTA Nominations: 9

Golden Globes: 6, Golden Globe Nominations: 6

Number 5: Casablanca (1942)

Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Director: Michael Curtiz

Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains

Running time: 102 minutes

Oscars: 3, Oscar Nominations: 8

Number 4: Raging Bull (1980)

An emotionally self-destructive boxer’s journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent

Running time: 129 minutes

Oscars: 2, Oscar Nominations: 8

BAFTA Awards: 2, BAFTA Nominations: 4

Golden Globes: 1, Golden Globe Nominations: 7

Number 3:  Schindler’s List (1993)

In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. (195 mins.)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley and Caroline Goodall

Running time: 195 minutes

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Oscars: 7, Oscar Nominations: 12

BAFTA Awards: 6, BAFTA Nominations: 12

Golden Globes: 3, Golden Globe Nominations: 6

Number 2: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Director: Frank Darabont

Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton and William Sadler

Running time: 142 minutes

Oscars: 0, Oscar Nominations: 7,

BAFTA Awards: 0, BAFTA Nominations: 0

Golden Globes: 0, Golden Globe Nominations: 2

Number1: The Godfather (1972)

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan and Diane Keaton

Running time: 175 minutes

Oscars: 3, Oscar Nominations: 11

BAFTA Awards: 0, BAFTA Nominations: 4

Golden Globes: 6, Golden Globe Nominations: 8

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