Sometimes you want to watch a movie that will certainly not disappoint. And here all sorts of ratings come to the rescue! The most convenient way is to use the IMDb database, the largest database in the world. So that you don't have to flip through the pages for a long time, we have already selected 20 of the best films with high ratings ourselves!
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
IMDb rating: 9.3
The vice-president of the bank Andy Dufrein (Tim Robbins) is accused of murdering his wife and lover. Although he does not admit his guilt, he is sentenced to life in one of the most sinister prisons in the United States.
2.12 Angry Men (1957)
IMDb rating: 9.3
Despite the fact that Sidney Lumet's work is more than 60 years old, it is still called the greatest legal picture of all time. Twelve jurors must decide whether the teenager is to blame for the murder of his father.
3. The Godfather (1972)
IMDb rating: 9.2
Francis Coppola's epic gangster drama tells the story of the legendary Don Corleone (Marlon Brando). And everyone, including their own sons, needs his help. The youngest son of Michael Corleone was played by Al Pacino.
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
IMDb rating: 9.0
The same legendary Batman Christopher Nolan starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. The film turned out to be so good that it is pleasant and easy to watch it.
5. Schindler's List (1993)
IMDb Rating: 8.9
The historical drama by Steven Spielberg tells the story of Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson). Events unfold in Poland in 1939, when all Jews were forcibly moved to the ghetto.
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6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
IMDb Rating: 8.9
Although this is the final part of the Peter Jackson trilogy, we could not help but include it in the list. No wonder it was she who got into the top ten of the 250 best films of all time according to IMDb.
7. Pulp Fiction (1994)
IMDb Rating: 8.9
Quentin Tarantino's spectacular crime thriller and neo-noir detective attracts literally everyone. Fantastic stylistics, gripping intricacies of events, brilliant directorial work and an equally brilliant cast with Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
8. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (1966)
IMDb rating: 8.8
A prominent representative of the so-called "spaghetti westerns", this film initially received only negative reviews. But over the decades, it has become a recognized paragon of the genre that has influenced many prominent directors and writers, including Stephen King and Quentin Tarantino. Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach.
9. Fight Club (1999)
IMDb rating: 8.8
The cult work by David Fincher is based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. A boring and unremarkable narrator (Edward Norton) suffers from depression, and comes to a group of cancer patients to enjoy other people's suffering. There he meets Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), an impostor just like him ...
10. Forrest Gump (1994)
IMDb rating: 8.8
Little Forrest has borderline mental retardation and spinal problems, but his mother does everything so that her son can learn. The adult Forrest (Tom Hanks), by pure chance, always finds himself at the epicenter of the most important events in American history.
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11. Beginning (2010)
IMDb rating: 8.8
Secret agents have long learned to extract information by invading other people's dreams. But is it possible in this way to introduce an idea into the consciousness of a person? Cast - Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy and others.
12. The Matrix (1999)
IMDb rating: 8.7
During the day, Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) works as a regular programmer, and at night he is a hacker nicknamed Neo. So he gets into a kind of Matrix and tries to find the dangerous terrorist Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne).
13. Nicefellas (1990)
IMDb rating: 8.7
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) dreamed of becoming a gangster since childhood, and so began working for the mafia. Once a local authority drew attention to him and introduced him to an outstanding thief Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro).
fourteen.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
IMDb rating: 8.7
Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital for examination. Rigid orders and total dictatorship of nurse Mildred Ratched (Louise Fletcher) reign there.
15. Seven Samurai (1954)
IMDb rating: 8.6
The influential and popular director Akira Kurosawa really wanted to try to make a film about the samurai. This is how one of the best Japanese films appeared, which was imitated and re-shot dozens of times.
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16. Seven (1995)
IMDb rating: 8.6
William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and David Mills (Brad Pitt) are looking for the killer of John Doe (Kevin Spacey), who allegedly punishes victims for their sins. John Doe himself calls his deeds a sermon and believes that he is teaching the townspeople a lesson.
17. Life is beautiful (1997)
IMDb rating: 8.6
Guido (Roberto Benigni) came from the village and immediately met the school teacher Dora (Nicoletta Braschi). The couple falls in love with each other and even builds a family. But after the romantic part of the film, the dramatic begins, and now Guido with his little son ends up in a concentration camp.
18. City of God (2002)
IMDb rating: 8.6
Wilson Rocket Rodriguez (Alexandru Rodriguez) is caught in a mess between an armed gang and the police. But since childhood, Rocket did not want to follow the criminal path, when his older brother was in a gang of thieves.
19. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
IMDb rating: 8.6
Detectives cannot solve the case of a serial killer in any way, and are forced to seek advice from Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) himself. A young cadet, Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), is sent to his mental hospital, and a strange bond develops between them.
20. Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
IMDb rating: 8.6
The first part of the original trilogy by George Lucas is still one of the best films of the entire saga. The Jedi are destroyed and the Empire holds the entire galaxy at bay. Young pilot Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) and smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) have to change everything.
