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The IMDb Top 250 List - But From 20 Years Ago!

Using web archives the wayback machine,
this is a snapshot of the Imdb top 250 from september 8th, 2005.
Take a trip down memory lane to see what people thought 20 years ago.
The movies are in the correct order.
No movie had more than 200,000 votes at the time.
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The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
1
97%9.2
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2
91%9.3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
3
93%8.9
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4
96%9.0
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
5
100%8.6
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
6
98%9.0
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
7
99%8.5
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
8
92%8.6
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
9
91%8.8
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10
94%8.7
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
11
92%8.9
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
12
94%8.7
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
13
95%8.7
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
14
97%8.8
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
15
99%8.3
Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
16
98%8.5
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
17
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
18
95%8.4
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
19
88%8.5
City of God (2002)
City of God (2002)
20
91%8.6
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
21
100%9.0
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
22
93%8.4
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
23
North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
24
97%8.3
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
25
96%8.5
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
26
94%8.3
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
27
94%8.6
Amelie (2001)
Amelie (2001)
28
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
29
96%8.7
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
30
96%8.6
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
31
98%8.4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
32
92%8.3
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
33
87%8.3
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
34
88%8.7
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
35
98%8.4
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
36
94%8.3
Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
37
79%8.8
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
38
93%8.2
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
39
96%8.4
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
40
95%8.5
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