The HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project

The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films, as ranked by the users of the biggest movie internet site on the web. The list has been much maligned, particularly recently. It is however based upon the ratings provided by the users of The Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie masses, and arguably the most comprehensive ranking system on the internet. If you have a real interest in film, chances are you’re a regular visitor to IMDb.com.

It’s because of this that we at HeyUGuys (and in this case, we, is myself and Gary) have decided to set ourselves a project. To watch and review all 250 movies on the list! We’ve frozen the list as of 1st January this year (See below), as it is always ever changing. It’s not as simple as it sounds, as we’ll be watching them in one year, 125 each.

Every Monday we’ll post an update of what we have watched over the past week (the first update is now HERE). We’ll state the position the movie was in on the list, along with the average rating it held, our thoughts on each film and whether we feel it  deserves it’s place. It works out to two and a half films a week each. This doesn’t sound like much, but on top of all the usual work that we’ll still be doing, and the rarity of some of the movies, it is going to be quite a challenge!

You can follow our progress on Twitter. Barry at www.twitter.com/baz_mann, and Gary at http://twitter.com/gary_Phillips_

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. The Dark Knight (2008)
10. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Casablanca (1942)
14. Goodfellas (1990)
15. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
16. Cidade de Deus (2002)
17. Fight Club (1999)
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
19. Rear Window (1954)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
21. The Usual Suspects (1995)
22. Psycho (1960)
23. C'era una volta il West (1968)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. The Matrix (1999)
26. Avatar (2009)
27. Memento (2000)
28. Se7en (1995)
29. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
30. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
31. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
32. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
33. North by Northwest (1959)
34. Citizen Kane (1941)
35. Léon (1994)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. American Beauty (1999)
38. American History X (1998)
39. Forrest Gump (1994)
40. Taxi Driver (1976)
41. Vertigo (1958)
42. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
43. WALL·E (2008)
44. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
45. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
46. Alien (1979)
47. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
48. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
49. The Shining (1980)
50. Paths of Glory (1957)
51. The Departed (2006)
52. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
53. The Pianist (2002)
54. Aliens (1986)
55. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
56. Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
57. M (1931)
58. Double Indemnity (1944)
59. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
60. Chinatown (1974)
61. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
62. The Third Man (1949)
63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
64. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
65. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
66. Das Boot (1981)
67. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
68. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
69. El laberinto del fauno (2006)
70. Up (2009)
71. City Lights (1931)
72. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
73. Raging Bull (1980)
74. The Prestige (2006)
75. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
76. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
77. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
78. La vita è bella (1997)
79. Some Like It Hot (1959)
80. Back to the Future (1985)
81. Der Untergang (2004)
82. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
83. Modern Times (1936)
84. Gran Torino (2008)
85. Amadeus (1984)
86. Rashômon (1950)
87. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
88. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
89. All About Eve (1950)
90. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
91. Braveheart (1995)
92. The Elephant Man (1980)
93. Sin City (2005)
94. Metropolis (1927)
95. Rebecca (1940)
96. The Green Mile (1999)
97. The Great Dictator (1940)
98. The Apartment (1960)
99. The Sting (1973)
100. District 9 (2009)
101. The Great Escape (1963)
102. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
103. Batman Begins (2005)
104. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
105. Gladiator (2000)
106. Jaws (1975)
107. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
108. Unforgiven (1992)
109. Blade Runner (1982)
110. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
111. No Country for Old Men (2007)
112. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
113. On the Waterfront (1954)
114. Die Hard (1988)
115. Touch of Evil (1958)
116. Oldboy (2003)
117. Det sjunde inseglet (1957)
118. Fargo (1996)
119. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
120. Mononoke-hime (1997)
121. Strangers on a Train (1951)
122. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
123. Heat (1995)
124. Donnie Darko (2001)
125. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
126. The Wrestler (2008)
127. High Noon (1952)
128. There Will Be Blood (2007)
129. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
130. Notorious (1946)
131. The Sixth Sense (1999)
132. Annie Hall (1977)
133. The Deer Hunter (1978)
134. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
135. Platoon (1986)
136. The Big Sleep (1946)
137. The General (1926)
138. Snatch. (2000)
139. Ben-Hur (1959)
140. Into the Wild (2007)
141. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
142. The Big Lebowski (1998)
143. Yojimbo (1961)
144. Star Trek (2009)
145. Ran (1985)
146. It Happened One Night (1934)
147. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
148. Life of Brian (1979)
149. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
150. The Lion King (1994)
151. Finding Nemo (2003)
152. Smultronstället (1957)
153. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
154. The Graduate (1967)
155. Trainspotting (1996)
156. Stand by Me (1986)
157. Gone with the Wind (1939)
158. Toy Story (1995)
159. The Terminator (1984)
160. Ratatouille (2007)
161. Groundhog Day (1993)
162. Scarface (1983)
163. Amores perros (2000)
164. The Thing (1982)
165. 8½ (1963)
166. Gandhi (1982)
167. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
168. V for Vendetta (2005)
169. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
170. The Gold Rush (1925)
171. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
172. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
173. Les diaboliques (1955)
174. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
175. The Princess Bride (1987)
176. The Incredibles (2004)
177. Le salaire de la peur (1953)
178. Casino (1995)
179. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
180. Children of Men (2006)
181. The Wild Bunch (1969)
182. The Killing (1956)
183. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
184. Hotaru no haka (1988)
185. In Bruges (2008)
186. The Exorcist (1973)
187. Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
188. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
189. The Hustler (1961)
190. Harvey (1950)
191. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
192. Ed Wood (1994)
193. The Kid (1921)
194. King Kong (1933)
195. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
196. Good Will Hunting (1997)
197. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
198. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
199. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
200. Big Fish (2003)
201. Dial M for Murder (1954)
202. Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
203. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
204. Brief Encounter (1945)
205. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
206. Stalag 17 (1953)
207. Crash (2004/I)
208. Sleuth (1972)
209. Duck Soup (1933)
210. The African Queen (1951)
211. Magnolia (1999)
212. Rocky (1976)
213. Mystic River (2003)
214. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
215. Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)
216. Manhattan (1979)
217. Rope (1948)
218. Network (1976)
219. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
220. Wo hu cang long (2000)
221. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 
222. La strada (1954)
223. Patton (1970)
224. Changeling (2008)
225. The Conversation (1974)
226. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
227. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
228. Planet of the Apes (1968)
229. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
230. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
231. Glory (1989)
232. Spartacus (1960)
233. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
234. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
235. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
236. La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
237. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
238. Barry Lyndon (1975)
239. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
240. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
241. His Girl Friday (1940)
242. Toy Story 2 (1999)
243. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
244. Casino Royale (2006)
245. Brazil (1985)
246. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
247. Tonari no Totoro (1988)
248. Blood Diamond (2006)
249. Mou gaan dou (2002)
250. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)