World’s Best Movies by IMDb Ratings

The movie industry continues to grow day by day. When we say new scripts, new directors and new actors, we are in the times when creativity is at its peak. In this ever-growing cinema industry, some films have made a name for themselves even after years, and they have been topping the charts for years.

The main source of this article will be the famous list “IMDb Top 250”, which most people visit to check out the best movies. It should be noted that the films in the list are on the list according to their IMDb scores. Here are the best movies of all time:

The world’s best movies according to IMDb scores:

• Notebook/Memento
• Pulp Fiction/Pulp Fiction
• Back to the Future
• Pianist/The Pianist
• The Lion King/The Lion King
• Kill Bill: Vol 1
• V for Vendetta
• Schindler’s List/Schindler’s List
• Beginning/Inception
• Forrest Gump
• Matrix
• Interstellar/Interstellar
• The Green Mile
• Prestige/Prestige
• Fight Club
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Star Wars V: The Emperor/Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
• The Dark Knight/The Dark Knight
• Father/The Godfather
• The Shawshank Redemption

The story of a man with incurable memory loss: Memento/Memento

• Type: Thriller
• Year: July 27, 2001
• Cast: Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie-Anne Moss
• Director: Christopher Nolan / Jonathan Nolan
• IMDb: 8.4

Memento, directed by the famous director Christopher Nolan with his brother Jonathan Nalon, is about a man who has a very rare amnesia/memory loss disease and finds the people who killed his wife. The wife of Leonard Shelby, a former insurance investigator, has been murdered and Leonard tries to follow those who killed his wife, but the biggest obstacle in this path is that he has an incurable “Anterior Grade Memory Loss” disease. The film appears as a production that makes the audience feel the tension throughout its entire duration and won the appreciation of the audience with its editing. The film is ranked 54th on the “IMDb Top 250” list.

Famous cult production with Tarantino’s music: Pulp Fiction/Pulp Fiction

• Genre: Crime, Thriller
• Year: 1994
• Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, John Travolta
• Director: Quentin Tarantino
• IMDb: 8.9

Pulp Fiction, one of the famous films of the successful director Quentin Tarantino, is considered one of the cult films in the history of cinema. The film features a robber couple named Hoby and Pumpkins, hitmen Vincent and Jules, who work for a gang boss named Marsellus and are tasked with shooting those who delay their payments to the boss, and the character of Butch, whom Marsellus tries to negotiate for a match-fixed boxing match. The stories of these characters and the events that occur with the crossing of their paths are presented to the audience. The film won the Palme d’Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The movie is also quite popular with its original soundtrack.

Time travel but there are so many things going wrong…: Back to the Future/Back to the Future

• Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy
• Year: 1985
• Cast: Lea Thompson, Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
• Director: Robert Zemeckis
• IMDb: 8.5

The Back to the Future series, one of the most important productions of time travel themed science fiction cinema, is undoubtedly known by most viewers today and is watched over and over again. Dr. Brown, a mad scientist, develops a state-of-the-art car that allows time travel. This car has become a pretty iconic symbol of the series. While our young character named Marty travels through time in this car, things do not go as planned. Faced with problems that could prevent his own birth, Marty will try to overcome these problems with Dr. Brown.

A true WWII story: The Pianist/The Pianist

• Genre: Biography, Drama, History
• Year: 2002
• Cast: Adrien Body, Emilia Fox, Thomas Kretschmann
• Director: Roman Polanski
• IMDb: 8.5

The Pianist movie, which has a special place for viewers who are particularly interested in history and who love the Second World War theme, tells a true World War II story. Wladyslaw Szpilman, a pianist living in Poland, somehow escapes from the Nazi prison camps and tries to spend his life secretly in the slums of Warsaw. The musician’s struggle to survive in this terrible time is presented to the audience. The production is based on the book that Szpilman tells about his memories, that is, it has a completely true story.

The adventures of Simba, the Lion King’s cub: The Lion King

• Genre: Animation, Adventure
• Year: 1994
• Cast: Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Matheww Broderick
• Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
• IMDb: 8.5

The most famous animated movie in the history of cinema, The Lion King was first released in 1994 and a new version was made in 2019. The Lion King, which is still one of the best cartoons most viewers watch today, tells the difficult adventure of little Simba, whose father is the king of the region. An ambitious domestic struggle ensues, and Simba is caught in the middle of it. Simba has to seek revenge on this difficult road if necessary. This famous or famous animated movie is still watchable over and over again and is ranked number one in animated movies.

Awesome action from Tarantino: Kill Bill: Vol 1

• Genre: Action, Crime
• Year: 2003
• Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah
• Director: Quentin Tarantino
• IMDb: 8.2

Tarantino’s most famous action movie series, Kill Bill, is about the revenge story that takes place in the gang after a problem in a female assassination team with different superlative abilities. This gang is led by Bill and the team betrays “The Bride”, a member of the gang himself, during a wedding rehearsal. After this time, the event is connected to the revenge process of the bride. The real problem is that while the rest of the team thinks the Bride is dead, she wakes up remembering what happened on the wedding day. We can say that this successful film of Tarantino, in which many elements such as the period of the film, characters, acting, music and fiction are successfully combined, is a production that can be watched over and over again.

A “V” uprising against oppression: V for Vendetta

• Genre: Action Sci-Fi
• Year: 2005
• Cast: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves
• Director: James McTeigue
• IMDb: 8.2

V for Vendetta, which takes place in 2020, tells the story of V character’s uplifting the society in England, which has an oppressive society and regime order after the nuclear war. V character himself was left to die in an experiment at the time and his aim is to take revenge. V rescues Evey, a female character who got into trouble. In addition to this rescue, it organizes bomb attacks every November 5 and initiates a rise in the social order. An individual rebellion turns into a social uprising. The awakened society begins its awakening by following the footsteps of V. The film includes homosexuality, terrorism, Islamophobia, totalitarianism and many other critical social concepts. Containing very important sociological and political messages, V for Vendetta takes its place among the unforgettable films.

Describing the rescue of the Jews by an industrialist: Schindler’s List/Schindler’s List

• Genre: History, Biography
• Year: 1993
• Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
• Director: Steven Spielberg
• IMDb: 9.0

Schindler’s List, like the Pianist movie on our list, is about a real World War II story. During the Second World War, Jews were tortured, forced to work in camps and massacres were organized by the Nazi regime in Poland. Meanwhile, industrialist Oskar Schindler, who owns a factory, employs Jews in his factory, thereby saving them from death. Schindler’s List, one of Steven Spielberg’s most important productions, won 7 Oscars in 1994. With its deep subject, realistic fiction and striking scenes, it has managed to write its name in the history of cinema as an unforgettable production by many viewers.

Let the minds burn: Inception/Inception

• Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
• Year: 2010
• Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Elliot Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Director: Christopher Nolan
• IMDb: 8.8

Christopher Nolan’s mind-blowing science fiction movie Inception, which captures new details with every rewatch, has a story shaped around Dom Cobb, a thief who has the ability to access subconscious ideas, deep secrets and important information lying in the depths of the mind at the moment of dreams. Dom Cobb, an international fugitive, is given a difficult task called “The Beginning” to get out of this situation. What Cobb and his team need to do this time is to plant an idea, not steal an idea. The film is considered one of Nolan’s most important films today.

Run Forrest Run!: Forrest Gump

• Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
• Year: 1994
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
• Director: Robert Zemeckis
• IMDb: 8.8

Forrest Gump is one of the important films in which Tom Hanks has a very successful acting. The adventures of Forrest Gump, who has mental retardation and has an IQ level of 75, are told in the production. In the movie, Gump falls in love with a woman named Jenny, and then meets important events and important personalities that took place between 1950 and 1970 throughout the movie, or takes part in historical events in some way. The events involving Gump will have significant consequences. This production, which is quite entertaining, is still watched and liked over and over again today.

Red or Blue?: The Matrix

• Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
• Year: 1999
• Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
• Director: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
• IMDb: 8.7

One of the most important movie series in which Keanu Reeves takes part, the beginning movie of The Matrix has a different place compared to the other movies of the series. In the first movie of the Matrix, he meets Trinity, a successful hacker, and tries to enter the world of the Matrix and solve Morpheus and the mystery of the Matrix. Virtual reality, the threat to humanity and many more mysteries are being tried to be solved. The film also contains a lot of philosophical sub-messages and makes the audience question about life on many issues. In fact, there is also Matrix Philosophy with the same name and its origin goes back to Ancient Greece. After this movie, we recommend you to watch 3 sequels.

The drama-filled adventure of the Cooper family: Interstellar/Interstellar

• Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
• Year: 2014
• Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
• Director: Christopher Nolan
• IMDb: 8.6

Interstellar, chronicling the sad and mysterious adventures of the Cooper family, is widely regarded as one of Christopher Nolan’s finest works. Murph, the youngest daughter of the Cooper family, who makes a living by working in the cornfields but has a high technical knowledge, shows interesting moves and talks to a ghost. This event draws the attention of NASA and the father of the family is sent to space for an important mission related to this subject. The task will be very demanding and the concepts of time will be upended. The Cooper family must face a dramatic and challenging task. The production, which has a very interesting and gripping subject, has received great acclaim. The acting of the actors and actresses was also found very successful.

“I’m Tired, Boss!”: Green Mile/The Green Mile

• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Year: 1999
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan
• Director: Frank Darabont
• IMDb: 8.6

One of the most successful productions of the famous actor Tom Hanks, The Green Road is a movie that has been engraved in the memory of all moviegoers with its famous execution scene. The Green Mile, which has some very striking scenes, tells the story between a prison officer and a prisoner. The dialogue between Paul character and Coffey character is a candidate to be the most striking scene in the history of cinema, when the purity of the intimidating prisoner named Coffey is revealed and the execution scene comes. The film is adapted from the Stephen King novel by director Frank Darabont.

The fierce fight of two magicians: Prestige/Prestige

• Genre: Thriller, Drama
• Year: 2006
• Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson
• Director: Christopher Nolan
• IMDb: 8.5

Prestige tells the struggle of two magicians and appears as one of Nolan’s important productions. After a tragic magic accident, these two magicians become enemies with each other. They constantly try to sabotage each other’s magic shows. This relentless and tragic enmity between Alfred and Robert manages to keep the audience on the screen throughout the film. The production, which managed to get 8.5 points on IMDb with its successful script and acting, has succeeded in taking its place in the “Best 250 Movies” list.

”Gentlemen, Welcome to Fight Club: Fight Club

• Genre: Thriller, Drama
• Year: 1999
• Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf
• Director: David Fincher
• IMDb: 8.8

Fight Club, which has a great place in the history of cinema and whose lines are not forgotten today, is among the best films of all time. Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt, is an iconic character today. The film tells what happened after the character of Jack, who has insomnia with insomnia, meets a girl named Marla in group therapy and then Tyler Durden, who will bring his life to a completely different point and introduce him to the secret organization Fight Club. The film also contains many sociological messages. We strongly recommend you to watch this important movie, whose lines are memorable.

In pursuit of the One Ring: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
• Year: 2003
• Cast: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian Mckellen
• Director: Peter Jackson
• IMDb: 9.0

The Lord of the Rings series, adapted from Tolkien’s world-famous works, is undoubtedly one of the most important and most admired fantasy productions in the history of cinema. “The Return of the King”, the last film of the trilogy, has taken its place at the top of the IMDb charts with a score of 9.0. This movie is basically about the effort to destroy the important ring called The One Ring, but a powerful enemy like Sauron is getting bigger and bigger. The fate of all Middle-earth is in the hands of Frodo and his friends. The Lord of the Rings, which came to the fore again with the Rings of Power, which started especially on Amazon Prime Video, is still a production that can be watched today.

Star Wars V: The Emperor/Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back

• Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure
• Year: 1980
• Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
• Director: Irvin Kershner
• IMDb: 8.7

The 5th episode of the world-famous series Star Wars has achieved 8.7 points on IMDb and has risen to the top. In this movie, the Emperor struggles to defeat the rebels, using Darth Vader as well. It is learned that the rebels are on the planet Hoth. Our main character, Luke, is trying to complete his Jedi training and is also looking for Yoda. The dark side and the light side fight once again in this grand adventure. This movie was highly ranked with its high score and was evaluated as a striking movie by the authorities. If you haven’t, we recommend watching the entire series.

Best Batman movie?: The Dark Knight/The Dark Knight

• Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
• Year: 2008
• Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
• Director: Christopher Nolan
• IMDb: 9.0

The Dark Knight, the second film in the movie trilogy of the legendary superhero Batman created by DC Comics, is the highest-rated Batman movie in terms of IMDb score. Christian Bale’s Batman performance and especially Heath Ledger’s Joker performance in The Dark Knight, one of Christopher Nolan’s best films, were highly appreciated. Batman, the protector of Gotham, begins to question the meaning of his own existence in this movie. With the appearance of the Joker, a great threat to Gotham arises. Batman is forced to protect Gotham from the Joker.

Al Pacino shows off his skills: The Father/The Godfather

• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Year: 1972
• Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
• Director: Francis Ford Coppola
• IMDb: 9.2

The cult series The Godfather, which has been accepted as one of the best films in the world for many years, is one of the biggest works of Al Pacino. The film tells the story of a powerful Italian mafia living in New York. The father of the Corleone family is Don Vito Corleone, who also has great control over gang politics and judges. The events in the movie are told about the events that this family has experienced within themselves and with the external environment. The production is based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. It has been at the top of the IMDb 250 list for a long time. The movie, which reached the top until 2008, lost the top to the next movie of our list in 2008, The Price of Bondage.

Highest-rated production of all time: The Shawshank Redemption

• Genre: Drama
• Year: 1994
• Cast: Tim Robins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
• Director: Frank Darabont
• IMDb: 9.3

Top of the IMDb Top 250 movies list since 2008, The Price of Bondage was inspired by Stephen King’s novel. The film tells the adventures of two fellow prisoners, Andy and Red, and the events around them. In the terrible Shawshank prison, where terrible events take place and everyone is mistreated, Andy does not lose hope and thinks there may be a free life on the other side of the bars. They become friends with Red and things develop. In many ways, the film shows the audience how the concept of bondage makes humanity, self and beliefs question. Andy’s not losing hope is also very interesting. Andy character, symbolizing the need for hope that everyone should have, tries to give us many messages. The dialogues in the movie and the situations the characters go through are quite impressive.

We have come to the end of the list where we mentioned the best movies in the world according to IMDb scores. Although we have 20 movies on our list, it is possible that we missed many movies. You can also tell us the movies that are not on the list in the comments and you can comment on the movies.