100 Movies to See Before You Die

There are millions of movies that have been produced since movie production began decades ago. Some of the movies have been successful while others have just flopped. There are some movies that however stand out to be the greatest of all time. These are movies that you should see before you die. Some of the factors that make them good movies are the production qualities of the movies. These are good movies that are well produced and are interesting to watch. They are chosen by a panel of professionals who carry lengthy debates to come up with the list.

These movies are also chosen according to the historical and social impact that they had on people. The movies are also chosen according to their genres where you will have the funniest movie or the most dramatic or scariest movie on the top a hundred lists. You will be surprised to find that there are some movies that you have never heard of but there are those ones that you will have already watched. If you have not watched them you should ensure that you look for them and watch them and you can be guaranteed that you will not be disappointed.




N Title Year Director IMDB Rating IMDB Votes
1 The Social Network 2010 David Fincher 8.3 45993
2 Inception 2010 Christopher Nolan 8.9 333261
3 Alice in Wonderland 2010 Tim Burton 6.6 84086
4 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 8.0 160301
5 How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Dean DeBlois 8.2 68159
6 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 8.7 121941
7 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 8.2 309270
8 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 David Yates 7.3 86656
9 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 Carlos Saldanha 7 39731
10 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 Michael Bay 5.9 107488
11 The Hangover 2009 Todd Phillips 7.9 154719
12 Up 2009 Pete Docter 8.4 140482
13 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino 8.4 217665
14 District 9 2009 Neill Blomkamp 8.2 181066
15 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 8.9 519149
16 WALL·E 2008 Andrew Stanton 8.5 211143
17 Gran Torino 2008 Clint Eastwood 8.4 153744
18 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle 8.3 203313
19 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 Gore Verbinski 7 146294
20 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan Coen 8.3 222815
21 The Departed 2007 Martin Scorsese 8.5 296186
22 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 8 184927
23 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 Guillermo del Toro 8.4 174313
24 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 8.4 239145
25 The Lives of Others 2006 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 8.5 86143
26 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller 8.3 280220
27 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 8.3 298081
28 Downfall 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 8.4 92932
29 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 8.1 178618
30 The Notebook 2004 Nick Cassavetes 8 106492
31 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 8.5 245209
32 Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood 8.2 159967
33 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 8.8 404167
34 The Last Samurai 2003 Edward Zwick 7.8 117573
35 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 8.7 361697
36 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 8.8 188485
37 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 8.8 426915
38 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 8.6 203136
39 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 8.5 208362
40 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 8.4 312838
41 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 8.7 307570
42 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 8.8 429958
43 The Matrix 1999 Andy Wachowski 8.7 423173
44 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 8.4 226337
45 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 8.6 321864
46 Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay 6.1 129112
47 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 8.5 299141
48 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 8.6 253038
49 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 8.4 178671
50 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 6.6 162072
51 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 8.7 292552
52 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 8.4 265922
53 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 8.3 160171
54 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 8.2 174961
55 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 9.2 582364
56 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 8.7 342386
57 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9 463522
58 Leon: The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 8.4 228374
59 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 8.9 308310
60 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 8.2 152654
61 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 8.4 234483
62 Unforgiven 1992 Clint Eastwood 8.4 110409
63 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 8.6 264472
64 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme 8.7 275574
65 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 8.8 255897
66 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 6.7 66634
67 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 8.3 187473
68 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Stanley Kubrick 8.4 169397
69 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 8.1 132380
70 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 8.4 228908
71 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 8.3 230560
72 E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 7.9 113331
73 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 8.3 201053
74 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 8.7 256247
75 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 8.8 305345
76 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 8.5 199489
77 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 8.6 189857
78 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 8.5 198951
79 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977 George Lucas 8.8 348807
80 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen 8.2 72015
81 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 8.6 175498
82 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman 8.9 241183
83 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 8.1 152601
84 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 7.7 9680
85 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 8.5 86744
86 The Godfather, Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 9 275384
87 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 9.2 452038
88 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 8.5 213573
89 Easy Rider 1969 Dennis Hopper 7.3 34720
90 Midnight Cowboy 1968 John Schlesinger 8 36136
91 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 8.8 84553
92 Planet of the Apes 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner 8 62673
93 Bonnie And Clyde 1967 Arthur Penn 8 44756
94 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 8.2 85917
95 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 9 183850
96 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 8.7 159840
97 12 Angry Men 1957 Sidney Lumet 8.9 138336
98 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton 8.2 28418
99 Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Nicholas Ray 7.9 29327
100 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 8.8 182487


No Night of the Living Dead?

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 09:27.

No Night of the Living Dead? No Dawn of the Dead? Road Warrior? Die Hard? Aliens? Trainspotting? Airplane? Bullitt? Vanishing Point? Dr. No? Enter the Dragon?

Glaring Omissions

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 19:31.

Breaker Morant
The African Queen
To Have and Have Not
Gone With the Wind-- you mean that wasn't a better movie than the Last Samurai LOL?
The Wild Bunch
Belle de Jour
The Conformist
7 1/2

just to name eight off the top of my head...

Princess Mononoke should be up here

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 23:28.

I agree with most of these movie choices i.e. i just finished watching The Lives Of Others, fucking fantastic by the way, but i think Princess Mononoke should be on this list. But maybe this is a strictly actor actress movie list lololol

Scarface

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 21:25.

Antonio Montana is one of the most recognized characters in American cinema. It has been referenced all around other movies and pop culture. When it first came out a lot of people thought it was too violent for it's time. And I will admit that this movie was way ahead of it's time and only a great actor like Al Pacino could pull this off and made Tony Montana the greatest Gangster movie in Cinema in my eyes. But like anything else, there will be a debate about that.

Butterfly effect should be on the list

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 03:57.

Where is butterfly effect??? This movie is really good

Harry Potter SUCKS!!!!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 20:47.

I dont want to sit around watching someone aim a wand at someone and say a spell, thats retarded. I wanna watch something with fist fighting and guns, not some idiot with a scar on his head shooting lightning out of a stick.

What about

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 00:33.

How can we not have Back to the Future on there?

Boat trip with Cuba Dowing Jr and Sir Roger Moore?

Ok for the person that said

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 00:14.

Ok for the person that said Harry Potter wont be remembered in 10 years. You are SO BEYOND wrong. I'm not saying it as an HP fan, but even if I didn't like it, I'd admit that HP will ALWAYS be remembered because it was a movie that LASTED for 10 years! So trust and believe it will be remembered even longer than anyone expects it too.

Good list but missing a few epicsss please consider

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 20:24.

Hey first of all the list is nice its just missing some epics dude , here is what i would like you to consider and add
BOurne trilogy ( one of best sequels till date excellent story , acting , direction , screenplay )
Harry Potter series - everyone likes it a lot its a kinda our genration movie which has grown alsong with us!!
Seven Samurai ( epic of the epics)
Citizen Kane
FIght Club
Toy Story series
Die hard (1988) ( one of the best action movies created dude)
Good will Hunting
Star wars sequel
etc etc etc
Thanks !!
* sry if my english is bad i am not an american *

1 thing

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 19:11.

i have 1 thing to say about this list, Where the hell are rocky and rambo?

some additions

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 08:43.

list is good... but some epic movies like guns of navarone, laurence of arabia, ben hur, to kill a mocking bird, where eagles dare etc are missing... new age movies like V for Vendetta, few good men should also be added.... can remove movies like harry potter, avatar, iron man 2 should not be here....
rest it is a personal taste which is fine...
Good list as a whole..

the same posts to every list

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/07/2011 - 23:01.

movies are such a subjective area, whinging on because your favourite is not there seems more inane than HSM and that is saying something...... there are thousands of films that could make the list.... the most recent are more prominant as with all all time lists..... why not make your own list ..... then you could sleep happy in the knowledge that the truth is out there................................

This list is pretty lame, its

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 18:37.

This list is pretty lame, its dominated by all the special effects riddled movies of the past few years.

Which is fine, but there are plenty more epic classics which should be on this list.

Harry potter should not be on this list.

oh and;
where's The 300, Casino, taken, the bourne trilogy?

or even some older cult favorites like Big trouble in little china!!

newer is not better

totally agree. special

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 03:15.

totally agree. special effects dont make movies better. Cult classics like the Rocky Horror Picture show and Harold and Maude are movies ppl should see. Acting is suppossed to make a movie good. not the special effects

Hmph.

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 00:42.

Now day it's better to see it, than believe it. What ever is "easier."

Troy

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 00:31.

Troy needs to be put on this list without a doubt!

Dead poets society tooI

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 21:15.

Dead poets society tooI should be on the list..... I mean it's epic. Although, great list, that's was I was searching for !

u cann't miss these........

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 21:32.

bourne and ocean series also missing............

Please Fix!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/27/2010 - 02:02.

A lot Of Old Movies are missing!! There have been so many amazing dramas which were just missed out upon!! Hence, this list is way off and needs some fixing to be done. Btw sci-fi movies harldy ever make up a 'best movies' list!

missing some great movies!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 12:05.

HARRY POTTER! you can't forget harry potter. The Titanic, romeo and juliet, GREASE. you just simply cannot forget these films, therefore this list is shit beause of that. and where are all the good horrors? A nightmare on elm street, Halloween, Friday the 13th?! OHMYGOSH this is beyond beleif. despicable. not to mention high school musical, which everyone just loves abit of. and how about the new romance movies? or the lovely bones? This list is just a step too far. too many amazing movies left out. it's insane. GET IT SORTED :)

You guys are all retarded.

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 00:25.

You guys are all retarded. Obviously he's joking...

Be nice

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 17:06.

why dont you compile a list of movies and let everyonecomment on your choice of who made the list. The person who did this tried and he put movies he believed to be top 100 so take your comments and shove it up your a s s leste

High School Musical? SOrry

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 08:43.

High School Musical? SOrry hunny.. this list was 100 Greatest Movies of all time..not the most popular movies of the children of this generation. When you grow up, hopefully you'll watch some of these movies and understand what I mean. I agree that the list has way to many movies from the 2000s that are definetly not "A best movie of all time"... what happened to all the real movies that impacted America and people's lives.. or when they actually made damn good movies.

Yeah...

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 02:15.

Harry Potter was unforgetable! (Don't know if I spelled that right...)

Harry Potter is inane pap,

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 21:09.

Harry Potter is inane pap, and won't be remembered in 10 years time. High School Musical? Any remaining credibility you had just went down the pan there.

You are so wrong about that.

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 00:17.

You are so wrong about that. I am not saying it as an HP fan, but even if I didn't like Harry Potter, I would admit it to myself that HP will be remembered for a long time. The series lasted a WHOLE 10 years, even more if you count filming time.
But I do agree High School Musical is not ever, or should never be in this list.
It wasn't an all great list but decent.

I completely agree, there is

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 21:03.

I completely agree, there is no way you can put High School Musical in the same category as Casablanca, The Godfather, etc.... that is just not even in the same league as these legendary films.

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