IMDB2 Collective Top 10 lists 1950-2018

These are NOT my personal top 10 lists. I am making Top 10 lists by counting how many movies were voted the most times by people on IMDB2 in past Top 10 threads for all these years.

I thought this would be a good way of getting recommendations out there.


1950

1. Sunset Boulevard (10)
2. All About Eve 
3. In a Lonely Place 
4. Night and the City 
5. The Asphalt Jungle 
6. Winchester '73
7. Gun Crazy
8. Harvey
9. Stage Fright 
10. King Solomon's Mines (4)

1951

1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (10)
2. Strangers on a Train
3. The African Queen
4. Ace in the Hole
5. A Streetcar Named Desire
6. The Thing from Another World
7. A Christmas Carol
8. Detective Story
9. Quo Vadis
10. A Place in the Sun (6)

1952

1. High Noon (12)
2. The Bad And The Beautiful 
3. Ikiru 
4. Singing In The Rain 
5. Deadline - U.S.A. 
6. The Quiet Man 
7. Forbidden Games
8. Sudden Fear 
9. The Crimson Pirate
9. Viva Zapata! (4)

1953

1. The Naked Spur (9)
2. Stalag 17 
3. From Here to Eternity
4. Shane 
5. The Big Heat 
6. Roman Holiday 
7. The War of the Worlds 
8. Pickup on South Street 
9. Tokyo Story 
10. House of Wax (4)

1954

1. Rear Window (12)
2. On the Waterfront
3. Seven Samurai
4. The Caine Mutiny
5. Dial M for Murder
6. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
7. Them!
8. Sabrina
9. Godzilla
10. Suddenly (5)

1955

1. Diabolique (11)
2. To Catch a Thief
3. Bad Day at Black Rock
4. Rebel Without a Cause
5. Night of the Hunter
6. Mister Roberts
7. The Desperate Hours
8. Rififi
9. The Man from Laramie
10. Kiss Me Deadly (5)

1956

1. The Searchers (11)
2. The Killing 
3. The Man Who Knew Too Much 
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
5. Giant 
6. The Harder They Fall 
7. The Ten Commandments 
8. Written on the Wind
9, A Man Escaped
9. Forbidden Planet (4)

1957

1. Paths of Glory (12)
2. 12 Angry Men 
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Witness for the Prosecution
5. The Incredible Shrinking Man
6. Sweet Smell of Success
7. The Seventh Seal
8. Throne of Blood
9. A Face In The Crowd
10. The Tin Star (5)

1958 (based off 20 Top 10 lists)

1. Vertigo (14/20)
2. Touch of Evil 
3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
4. The Defiant Ones
5. The Big Country
6. A Night to Remember
7. Separate Tables
8. Ice Cold in Alex
9. The Fly 
10. The Long Hot Summer (6)

1959

1. North by Northwest (15)
2. Anatomy of a Murder
3. Some Like It Hot 
4. Ben-Hur 
5. The 400 Blows 
6. Rio Bravo 
7. Suddenly, Last Summer 
8. Ride Lonesome 
9. The Human Condition 
10. Hiroshima, mon amour (4)

1960

1. Psycho (15)
2. Spartacus
3. The Magnificent Seven 
4. The Apartment 
5. Peeping Tom 
6. Inherit the Wind 
7. The Time Machine 
8. The Virgin Spring 
9. Elmer Gantry 
10. Eyes Without a Face (6)

1961

1. The Hustler (10)
2. Judgment at Nuremberg 
3. Yojimbo 
4. The Children's Hour 
5. The Misfits 
6. The Innocents
7. Splendor in the Grass 
8. One-Eyed Jacks 
9. Breakfast at Tiffany's 
10. The Guns of Navarone (5)

1962 (Based off 19 Top 10 lists)

1. To Kill a Mockingbird (13/19)
2. The Manchurian Candidate (12)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (9)
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (9)
5. Dr. No (8)
6. Lolita (8)
7. Harakiri (7)
8. The Longest Day (6)
9. Days of Wine and Roses (6)
10. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (6)

1963

1. The Birds (11)
2. From Russia with Love 
3. Hud 
4. High and Low 
5. Charade 
6. The Great Escape 
7. The Haunting 
8. 8½
9. Jason and the Argonauts 
10. The Leopard (5)

1964

1. Seven Days in May (13)
2. Dr. Strangelove 
3. Goldfinger 
4. Marnie 
5. Fail-Safe 
6. Onibaba 
7. A Fistful of Dollars 
8. Zulu 
9. Becket 
10. A Hard Day's Night (5)

1965

1. For a Few Dollars More (7)
2. Thunderball 
3. Repulsion 
4. Flight of the Phoenix 
5. Dr. Zhivago 
6. Red Beard 
7. The Hill 
8. The Ipcress File
9. The Slender Thread 
10. The Cincinnati Kid (4)

1966

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (14)
2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 
3. Blow-Up 
4. Persona 
5. A Man for All Seasons 
6. The Battle of Algiers 
7. Au Hasard Balthazar 
8. The Professionals
9. The Fortune Cookie 
10. Seconds (4)

1967 (based off 20 lists)

1. The Graduate (13/20)
1. Bonnie and Clyde
2. The Graduate 
3. In the Heat of the Night 
4. In Cold Blood 
5. Hombre (8)
6. Cool Hand Luke 
7. Le Samurai 
8. Far From the Madding Crowd 
9. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (6)
10. You Only Live Twice (6)

1968

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (15)
2. Planet of the Apes 
3. Once Upon a Time in the West 
4. Rosemary's Baby 
5. The Lion in Winter 
6. Bullitt 
7. Where Eagles Dare
8. Night of the Living Dead 
9. Romeo and Juliet 
10. The Swimmer (6)

1969

1. Midnight Cowboy (10)
2. The Wild Bunch 
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 
4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 
5. True Grit 
6. Easy Rider 
7. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
8. Z 
9. Take the Money and Run 
10. Army of Shadows (4)

1970

1. Patton (12)
2. Five Easy Pieces 
3. Le Cercle Rouge 
4. The Boys in the Band 
5. MASH 
6. Little Big Man 
7. I Never Sang for My Father
8. There was a Crooked Man
9. Two Mules for Sister Sara
10. Kelly's Heroes (4)

1971 (based off 15 Top 10 lists)

1. A Clockwork Orange (10)
2. The French Connection (9)
3. Dirty Harry (8)
4. The Last Picture Show (7)
5. Straw Dogs (5)
6. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (5)
7. Duck, You Sucker (5)
8. Red Sun (5)
9. 10 Rillington Place (5)
10. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (4)

1972

1. The Godfather (13)
2. Deliverance 
3. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 
4. The Poseidon Adventure 
5. Sleuth 
6. Solaris 
7. Cabaret 
8. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 
9. Play it Again, Sam 
10. The Getaway (4)

1973

1. The Exorcist (9)
2. The Sting 
3. Serpico 
4. American Graffiti 
5. Paper Moon 
6. Badlands
7. Mean Streets 
8. Sleeper 
9. The Three Musketeers 
10. Papillon (5)

1974

1. The Godfather: Part II (17)
2. Chinatown 
3. Young Frankenstein 
4. The Conversation 
5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 
6. Black Christmas 
7. Death Wish 
8. The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three
9. Blazing Saddles 
10. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (6)

1975 (based off 17 Top 10 lists)

1. Jaws (16/17)
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (14)
3. Dog Day Afternoon (13)
4. Barry Lyndon (9)
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (8)
6. The Man Who Would be King (8)
7. Nashville (7)
8. Three Days of the Condor (5)
9. Picnic At Hanging Rock (5)
10. Night Moves (5)

1976 (based off 21 Top 10 lists)

1. Taxi Driver (17/21)
2. Carrie (14)
3. Rocky (14)
4. Marathon Man (13)
5. Network (12)
6. All the President's Men (11)
7. The Outlaw Josey Wales (11)
8. The Omen (10)
9. Logan's Run (5)
10. The Shootist (5)

1977 (based off 18 Top 10 lists)

1. Star Wars (12)
2. Annie Hall (10)
3. The Spy Who Loved Me (8)
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (7)
5. 3 Women (7)
6. Sorcerer (6)
7. Slap Shot (6)
8. The Duellists (5)
9. The Gauntlet (5)
10. A Bridge Too Far (4)

1978 (based on 25 Top 10 lists)

1. Halloween (18)
2. The Deer Hunter (16)
3. Superman (12)
4. Dawn of the Dead (9)
5. Midnight Express (9)
6. Coming Home (7)
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (7)
8. The Boys from Brazil (7)
9. Grease
10. National Lampoon's Animal House (6)

1979 (based on 20 Top 10 lists)

1. Alien (18)
2. Apocalypse Now (16)
3. Manhattan (10)
4. The China Syndrome (10)
5. Kramer vs. Kramer (9)
6. The Jerk (8)
7. Breaking Away (7)
8. Being There (7)
9. Rocky II (7)
10. The Warriors (7)

1980 (based off 19 Top 10 lists)

1. The Shining (17)
2. The Empire Strikes Back (15)
3. Raging Bull (13)
4. Airplane! (12)
5. The Elephant Man (12)
6. The Blues Brothers (11)
7. Dressed to Kill (9)
8. Superman II (9)
9. Ordinary People (8)
10. Friday the 13th (7)


1981 (based off 22 Top 10 lists)

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (18)
2. The Road Warrior (13)
3. Excalibur (11)
4. An American Werewolf In London (10)
5. Escape from New York (9)
6. For Your Eyes Only (8)
7. Body Heat (8)
8. Das Boot (7)
9. Reds (6)
10. Thief (6)

1982 (based off 21 Top 10 lists)

1. The Thing (16)
2. Blade Runner (15)
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (9)
4. Poltergeist (9)
5. Conan the Barbarian (9)
6. The King of Comedy (8)
7. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (7)
8. The Verdict (7)
9. Tootsie (7)
10. First Blood (7)

1983 (based off 24 Top 10 lists)

1. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (14)
2. Scarface (14)
3. The Right Stuff (13)
4. Trading Places (13)
5. The Dead Zone (12)
6. A Christmas Story (10)
7. Christine (10)
8. WarGames (9)
9. Psycho II (8)
10. National Lampoon's Vacation (7)

1984 (based off 23 Top 10 lists)

1. The Terminator (17)
2. Ghostbusters (14)
3. Once Upon a Time in America (10)
4. Amadeus (10)
5. Beverly Hills Cop (10)
6. Gremlins (10)
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (9)
8. The Bounty (9)
9. Romancing the Stone (7)
10. The Karate Kid (7)

1985 (based off 29 Top 10 lists)

1. Back to the Future (18)
2. Witness (11)
3. The Breakfast Club (11)
4. After Hours (9)
5. Brazil (9)
6. To Live and Die in L.A. (8)
7. Commando (8)
8. Come and See (7)
9. Return of the Living Dead (7)
10. Clue (7)

1986 (based off 22 Top 10 lists)

1. Aliens (16)
2. Platoon (12)
3. Stand By Me (10)
4. Blue Velvet (10)
5. The Fly (10)
6. Manhunter (9)
7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (9)
8. The Color of Money (8)
9. Star Trek: The Voyage Home (7)
10. Big Trouble in Little China (6)

1987 (based off 23 Top 10 lists)

1. Predator (15)
2. Lethal Weapon (11)
3. Robocop (11)
4. The Untouchables (11)
5. Full Metal Jacket (10)
6. Empire of the Sun (9)
7. The Princess Bride (9)
8. Evil Dead II (6)
9. Broadcast News (6)
10. Wall Street (6)

1988 (based off 22 Top 10 lists)

1. Die Hard (16)
2. Rain Man (8)
3. A Fish Called Wanda (8)
4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (8)
5. Beetlejuice (8)
6. Mississippi Burning (8)
7. Midnight Run (8)
8. They Live (7)
9. Eight Men Out (7)
10. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (5)

1989 (based off 23 Top 10 lists)

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (14)
2. Batman (11)
3. Lethal Weapon 2 (11)
4. Glory (9)
5. Licence to Kill (9)
6. Back to the Future Part II (9)
7. Crimes and Misdemeanors (7)
8. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (6)
9. Dead Poets Society (6)
10. Ghostbusters II (6)

1990 (based off 22 Top 10 lists)

1. Goodfellas (17)
2. Total Recall (13)
3. Misery (8)
4. Miller's Crossing (7)
5. Home Alone (7)
6. Dances with Wolves (7)
7. The Hunt for Red October (6)
8. State of Grace (6)
9. Edward Scissorhands (5)
10. Ghost (5)

1991 (based off 21 Top 10 lists)

1. The Silence of the Lambs (17)
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (15)
3. JFK (11)
4. Beauty and the Beast (9)
5. Thelma & Louise (9)
6. Barton Fink (7)
7. Cape Fear (7)
8. The Last Boy Scout (7)
9. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (6)
10. The Doors (4)

1992 (based off 20 Top 10 lists)

1. Reservoir Dogs (13/20)
2. Unforgiven (12)
3. Scent of a Woman (8)
4. A Few Good Men (8)
5. Bram Stoker's Dracula (7)
6. Last of the Mohicans (6)
7. The Player (6)
8. Batman Returns (6)
9. Glengarry Glen Ross (5)
10. Howard's End (5)

1993 (based off 24 Top 10 lists)

1. True Romance (14)
2. Jurassic Park (14)
3. Schindler's List (12)
4. Groundhog Day (12)
5. The Fugitive (11)
6. A Bronx Tale (8)
7. Falling Down (8)
8. Carlito's Way (7)
9. Short Cuts (7)
10. Tombstone (7)

1994 (based off 23 Top 10 lists)

1. Pulp Fiction (15)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (15)
3. True Lies (12)
4. Forrest Gump (11)
5. Ed Wood (11)
6. The Lion King (10)
7. Speed (9)
8. Quiz Show (9)
9. Interview with the Vampire (8)
10. Leon (5)

1995 (based off 22 Top 10 lists)

1. Se7en (17)
2. Casino (15)
3. Braveheart (13)
4. Heat (11)
5. 12 Monkeys (9)
6. The Usual Suspects (9)
7. Toy Story (8)
8. Die Hard With A Vengeance (7)
9. To Die For (5)
10. Get Shorty (4)

1996 (based off 21 Top 10 lists)

1. Fargo (18)
2. Scream (9)
3. From Dusk til Dawn (8)
4. Jerry Maguire (7)
5. Independence Day (7)
6. Sling Blade (6)
7. Mission: Impossible (5)
8. Sleepers (5)
9. Primal Fear (5)
10. Star Trek: First Contact (5)

1997 (based off 25 Top 10 lists)

1. L.A. Confidential (17)
2. Titanic (12)
3. Boogie Nights (12)
4. Good Will Hunting (11)
5. Jackie Brown (9)
6. Face/Off (8)
7. The Game (8)
8. Starship Troopers (7)
9. As Good As It Gets (7)
10 Men in Black (7)

1998 (based off 24 Top 10 lists)

1. The Thin Red Line (12)
2. Saving Private Ryan (12)
3. The Truman Show (12)
4. Pleasantville (10)
5. The Big Lebowski (9)
6. Out of Sight (7)
7. Dark City (6)
8. A Simple Plan (6)
9. American History X (5)
10. Ronin (5)

1999 (based off 23 Top 10 lists)

1. Fight Club (14)
2. The Insider (12)
3. The Matrix (11)
4. The Sixth Sense (11)
5, The Talented Mr. Ripley (9)
6. Eyes Wide Shut (8)
7. American Beauty (9)
8. The Green Mile (7)
9. South Park: Bugger, Longer, and Uncut (7)
10. The Blair Witch Project (5)

2000 (based off 18 Top 10 lists)

1. Memento (10)
2. Gladiator (9)
3. Unbreakable (9)
4. X-Men (8)
5. Requiem For A Dream (7)
6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (7)
7. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (7)
8. American Psycho (6)
9. In the Mood for Love (5)
10. Almost Famous (5)

2001 (based off 16 Top 10 lists)

1. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (11)
2. Training Day (9)
3. Muholland Drive (6)
4. Spirited Away (6)
5. Vanilla Sky (6)
6. Donnie Darko (6)
7. Shrek (5)
8. Ghost World (5)
9. Gosford Park (4)
10. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (4)

2002 (based off 28 Top 10 lists)

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (19)
2. Road to Perdition (14)
3. Gangs of New York (13)
4. Catch Me If You Can (11)
5. The Bourne Identity (10)
6. Minority Report (9)
7. City of God (9)
8. Spider-Man (8)
9. Insomnia (8)
10. Adaptation. (7)

2003 (based off 22 Top 10 lists)

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (14)
2. Mystic River (12)
3. X-Men 2 (10)
4. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (10)
5. The Last Samurai (9)
6. Finding Nemo (9)
7. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (9)
8. Matchstick Men (8)
9. Lost in Translation (8)
10. Open Range (7)

2004 (based off 26 Top 10 lists)

1. The Aviator (13)
2. Spider-Man 2 (11)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (10)
4. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (10)
5. The Incredibles (10)
6. Collateral (9)
7. Shaun of the Dead (8)
8. Troy (7)
9. The Bourne Supremacy (7)
10. Team America: World Police (7)

2005 (based off 28 Top 10 lists)

1. Batman Begins (18)
2. Munich (13)
3. A History of Violence (12)
4. Brokeback Mountain (10)
5. Kingdom of Heaven (9)
6. The New World (8)
7. Sin City (8)
8. Cache (7)
9. King Kong (7)
10. Match Point (6)

2006 (based off 26 Top 10 lists)

1. The Departed (15)
2. The Prestige (15)
3. Casino Royale (13)
4. Children of Men (10)
5. Pan's Labyrinth (9)
6. Apocalypto (9)
7. Letters from Iwo Jima (8)
8. The Fountain (7)
9. V for Vendetta (7)
10. Rocky Balboa (6)

2007 (based off 27 Top 10 list)

1. Zodiac (17/23)
2. No Country for Old Men (16)
3. There Will Be Blood (15)
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (12)
5. The Bourne Ultimatum (10)
6. 3:10 to Yuma (9)
7. Hot Fuzz (9)
8. Eastern Promises (8)
9. Michael Clayton (6)
10. Into the Wild (6)

2008 (based off 19 Top lists)

1. The Dark Knight (13)
2. The Wrestler (11)
3. Iron Man (7)
4. Gran Torino (7)
5. WALL-E (7)
6. Milk (6)
7. Let the Right One In (6)
8. Revolutionary Road (6)
9. The Hurt Locker (5)
10. In Bruges (5)


2009 (based off 19 Top 10 lists)

1. Inglorious Basterds (10)
2. Watchmen (9)
3. Moon (9)
4. Avatar (7)
5. The White Ribbon (6)
6. Star Trek (6)
7. Public Enemies (6)
8. The Secret in Their Eyes (5)
9. District 9 (5)
10. Sherlock Holmes (5)

2010 (based off 23 Top 10 lists)

1. The Social Network (14)
2. Inception (10)
3. Black Swan (9)
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (8)
5. The Town (7)
6. Toy Story 3 (7)
7. The Fighter (7)
8. The King's Speech (6)
9. Winter's Bone (6)
10. True Grit (6)

2011 (based off 21 Top 10 lists)

1. Drive (11)
2. X-Men: First Class (7)
3. Melancholia (7)
4. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (7)
5. Margaret (6)
6. Shame (6)
7. A Separation (5)
8. Warrior (5)
9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (5)
10. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (5)

2012 (based off 22 Top 10 lists)

1. Django Unchained (14)
2. Argo (12)
3. The Avengers (11)
4. The Dark Knight Rises (10)
5. Skyfall (9)
6. Silver Linings Playbook (6)
7. The Master (6)
8. Lincoln (6)
9. Zero Dark Thirty (5)
10. Looper (5)

2013 (based off 21 Top 10 lists)

1. The Wolf of Wall Street (11)
2. 12 Years a Slave (10)
3. Prisoners (9)
4. Inside Llewyn Davis (9)
5. Her (8)
6. Gravity (7)
7. Captain Phillips (6)
8. Blue Jasmine (6)
9. American Hustle (6)
10. The Place Beyond the Pines (5)

2014 (based off 25 Top 10 lists)

1. Interstellar (12)
2. Captain America: the Winter Soldier (12)
3. Nightcrawler (11)
4. Gone Girl (10)
5. Whiplash (10)
6. Birdman (9)
7. X-Men: Days of Future Past (9)
8. Boyhood (8)
9. The Grand Budapest Hotel (8)
10. Guardians of the Galaxy (8)

2015 (based off 38 Top 10 lists)

1. Mad Max: Fury Road (20)
2. Sicario (20)
3. The Martian (19)
4. The Revenant (18)
5. The Hateful Eight (17)
6. Ex Machina (16)
7. Inside Out (14)
8. Spotlight (13)
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12)
10. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (12)

2016 (based off 24 Top 10 lists)

1. Arrival (11)
2. Captain America: Civil War (10)
3. Hell or High Water (8)
4. Silence (7)
5. Nocturnal Animals (7)
6. Deadpool (7)
7. La La Land (6)
8. The Handmaiden (6)
9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (6)
10. Zootopia (6)

2017 (based off 21 Top 10 lists)

1. Blade Runner 2049 (11)
2. Dunkirk (11)
3. Phantom Thread (9)
4. Mother! (8)
5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (8)
6. Get Out (8)
7. Split (8)
8. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (7)
9. Wonder Woman (7)
10. Thor: Ragnarok (7)

2018 (based off 19 Top 10 lists)

1. The Favourite (8)
2. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (7)
3. Avengers: Infinity War (7)
4. First Man (6)
5. First Reformed (5)
6. A Quiet Place (5)
7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (5)
8. Thoroughbreds (4)
9. BlacKkKlansman (4)
10. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (4)