I Watched Every Film in the IMDb Top 250

I Watched Every Film in the IMDb Top 250 - But was it Worthwhile?

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Күн бұрын

Ever since I was a kid I’ve been fascinated with lists and data. We’re talking about a child who would spend hours arranging CD racks into alphabetical order when I should have been out speaking to girls. This obsession has carried on into adulthood, manifesting itself particularly strongly in a decade’s long obsession with the IMDB list of the top 250 movies of all time. This is a list that I have returned to again and again over the past 15 years or so, but only during the last two years have I endeavored to work my way through it and watch every single damn film on there. And now, with the viewing of Akira Kurosawa’s classic fable Ikiru, I have finally done it…
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@AmritRukhaiyaar1110 Жыл бұрын

This is going to be special! We all have our love hate relationship with THE IMDb Top 250 :)

@zapify6999 11 ай бұрын

I love it for what it is because it’s a genuine attempt to do something really difficult, which of course people are going to get mad at, but remember this list wasn’t made by one person, rather is a culmination of millions of ratings from different users, so as much you may disagree, it’s as accurate as it gets, especially in such a subjective art form such as film

@krishnanunnip6334 Жыл бұрын

"There are always more lists, always more movies". This was such a fun video to watch!

@highonfilms Жыл бұрын

Thanks Krishna! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

@Poutrel Жыл бұрын

On Tuesday, I finally, FINALLY, finished my own challenge : watching all 995 movies known to have entered the IMDB Top250... This was a huge 5 and a half year project, and I felt quite emotional as I saw the credits rolling at the end of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse and exited the movie theater. It's hard to express what one feels after completing a project that you spent a decent chunk of your life on.

@robsceneblog 11 ай бұрын

That is an incredible effort. I've looked back at lots of the older versions of the list and there are some really surprising entries in there. Well done on getting there!

@mahavirjindal4978 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Great editing!

@kirangee Жыл бұрын

Try '1001 movies to see before you die' list next.

@shafkatahmed5420 Жыл бұрын

That's gonna take a while,more than this one

@robsceneblog Жыл бұрын

I have last years copy of 1001 Movies but I'm still someway off! That one could be a lifelong endeavour.

@ShikharVerma Жыл бұрын

A great getaway to watching good cinema but one should not restrict themselves to it.

@deepajindal9437 Жыл бұрын

What a unique video🙌 just love the content you upload❤

@highonfilms Жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@r4h4al 21 күн бұрын

I've always been intrigued with this list since I discovered it when I was 14.

@jorgeezildo 20 күн бұрын

That’s a lot of Twin Peaks you’re putting there. Twin Peaks is unforgettable to me

@maxzett Жыл бұрын

While myself am only at 42% completion of the Top 250 movies, I still already feel that what in lacking mostly of the list really wouldn't be my taste, or just really old. But knowing you technically watched the (250 audience rated) best movies in existence already, has to be a weird feeling

@twomindz79 Жыл бұрын

Old is great. Look at all the classics out there!

@robsceneblog Жыл бұрын

It is a weird feeling. However, if you look at the BFI top 100 list it is totally different. Always more stuff out there!

@Kieslowski1989 Жыл бұрын

@@robsceneblog And obviously Sight and Sound poll is voted by great critics and another poll is voted by great filmmakers. So it's generally more dependable than some audience who don't know jack about Cinema.

@JesseOpel Жыл бұрын

I watched all the IMDB too 250. I also watched every Oscar best picture nominee. Which was over 560 movies at the time. I stopped after 2019 since they didn’t make many movies during Covid. So I could recommend doing that list next.

@IAmJonnariffic Жыл бұрын

Love this. People like you are my kind of people. The 250 gets a bad rep from the people I love who aren’t about to watch all two hundred and fifty films, but I adore it. I’m on 216/250 currently, and to be honest films not on the list/IMDb Top 250 TV series keep getting in the way! But a part of me wants to do a sizeable chunk this year, we’ll see. How many times has something you haven’t seen entered the list and you’ve had to go back and watch it? 😛. When I watch all 250, I’ve been thinking I’ll just watch the ones on the edge/outside it, i.e films on 8.0 and 8.1.

@highonfilms Жыл бұрын

The IMDb Top 250 getting a bad rep is just ignorance. Sure, it has some outrageously ordinary films but mostly IMDb's list is a great spot to introduce yourself to cinema of all the worlds. One can wrap it up and go in those directions, to find much better gems. But why be so hateful towards the signboard that tells you to go in all those directions. :)

@robsceneblog Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. I found the last 20 or 30 so the hardest bit as it tended to be films that I'd put off seeing. In the end, however, some of those last films became my favourites on the whole list. Good luck in your quest!

@IAmJonnariffic Жыл бұрын

@highonfilms Couldn't agree more :-). I don't know anyone else (irl) that does this, but I've grown to like it that way. How many of the 250 TV series have you seen? I'm on 64/250.

@IAmJonnariffic Жыл бұрын

@@robsceneblog I see, cool! Thanks! I have 32 left now, getting very excited. How many of the Top 250 TV series have you seen?

@robsceneblog Жыл бұрын

@@IAmJonnariffic I count 109/250 but some of those I started and didn't finish such as Sons of Anarchy and Westworld.

@karmaneverdies Жыл бұрын

Wow Man is living my childhood dream😊

@fincherbro 28 күн бұрын

I think both lists are good, but personally I think the Letterboxd list is better and, if not better, definitely more diverse.

@Danish_Panja 5 ай бұрын

Definitely worth it❤

@kingstersubham256 Жыл бұрын

Cinema is subjective so the list never gonna end dear❤🎉

@PRODJUN Жыл бұрын

For all my life, I realized that all the films I truly love and have inspired me to create and make films going forward, are all on the Top 250 on ImDB. Movies that are not on the Top 250 are still amazing and inspiring but My favourite films ever somehow end up going to the Top 250. Most recently “John Wick Chapter 4. “ I’d say if there are cinephiles like myself, this list is amazing to analyze film as a whole.

@apfelkuchen4399 11 ай бұрын

John Wick was hyped for a while and such movies end in this list for just a short time. Same goes to Everything Everywhere All At Once. Both movies are not on this list any more.

@CodPatrol 9 ай бұрын

From my experience, movies within the 6.8 to 7.6 range are the best movies. It actually shocks me how low some of them are, some pure quality in there.

@twomindz79 Жыл бұрын

I have 16 more to see but I'm on 3 weeks holidays so I think I'll watch them to get my 250 ticked off . I think it's pretty solid list as there were only a few ' classics' that I hated. Such as ' Tokyo story ' and ' bicycle theives'' . You struggled through " Gone with the wind " which I loved but I really can't stand animation so there was alot if that I really had to force down . Too heavily represented I felt. But that's art . Different tastes.

@robsceneblog Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Gone with the Wind is obviously on there for a reason but I just couldn't get on with it. I watched it as a kid and struggled with it then as well so maybe I had some preconceived notions about it.

@Kieslowski1989 Жыл бұрын

You're just saying that you have a lopsided taste for hating Tokyo Story (the greatest Japanese movie) and Bicycle Thieves (the greatest neorealist movie) and you love a movie which is outright racist... Keep it up.

@twomindz79 Жыл бұрын

@@Kieslowski1989 Yep you nailed it . I'm a neo nazi. A mein kampf reading, hitler loving fascist. All because I don't like 2 of the 250 films on the list .

@twomindz79 Жыл бұрын

@@Kieslowski1989 there's no way Tokyo story is better than ikuru or high and low . The 2 Japanese masterpieces are seppuku and deszu azala

@Kieslowski1989 Жыл бұрын

@@twomindz79 Tokyo Story is better than every Kurosawa movie, even Rashomon. Seppuku is a bad movie. Funeral Parade of Roses, Kwaidan, Sansho the Bailiff, Human condition trilogy, Ran, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Harakiri are few movies that come close to Tokyo Story. You hated it and thus don't have a say on it. I like every movie and thus have a better say.

@yanisul2996 Ай бұрын

I'm currently at 220/250 seen. God have mercy!

@dandelves Жыл бұрын

The IMDB list is more of a popularity contest than a best of, but there are plenty of good films to be found.

@harshitrajsingh6842 Жыл бұрын

3:04 glad to know this

@PioneeringPhilosophy 7 ай бұрын

I liked se7en 12 angry men Shawshank from that list Actually they should add year filter they include 60s movies

@beautyintheskies 11 ай бұрын

I want to do something like this. I have been watching a LOT of films since 2017 (so about 6 years). It is a bucket-list endeavor for me, for sure. Some of my favorites are: Almost Famous Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Juno Wall-E The Sound of Music I usually choose a topic and watch a bunch of films within that theme. For instance, I watched a lot of war films. My favorite in that genre is Downfall. There are a lot of great war films but Downfall really stood out to me. I also really liked Born on the Fourth of July. I have also seen a lot of films on teen pregnancy and I love Juno. If I had to choose a runner-up, probably Riding in Cars with Boys. I also watched a lot of films on infidelity. My favorite among those was Damage. My favorite time-travel film is Primer. My favorite LGBT film is Brokeback Mountain. Among engagement/wedding films my favorite is Father of the Bride (1991). I also like to choose which film is my favorite within that genre. Favorite romantic comedy: When Harry Met Sally (runner-up: Pretty Woman) Scariest horror film: Vivarium Favorite documentary: Jesus Camp (2006); Wordplay (2006) Best comedy: Best in Show Best adventure film: Into the Wild Best slapstick comedy: Happy Gilmore Best mind-benders: The Platform; Being John Malkovich

@trorisk Жыл бұрын

The list is quite strange. It seems to me that some films are positioned very high because they are recent. The time hasn't yet done its work. For example I'm not sure that in 20 years Avengers: Infinity War will still be the list. Being French I find the french's film in the list very cliché. But the list is interesting to have a start.

@IAmJonnariffic Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@highonfilms Жыл бұрын

That's a sweet gesture man! Thanks :)

@IAmJonnariffic Жыл бұрын

@@highonfilms 😁

@johnpenick8628 5 ай бұрын

A Man In Full

@johnpenick8628 5 ай бұрын

Status??

@shafkatahmed5420 Жыл бұрын

Did you like Pather Panchali?

@robsceneblog Жыл бұрын

I did like it! It reminded of me the British kitchen sink dramas from the '50s and '60s. Very authentic and genuine.

@Kieslowski1989 Жыл бұрын

It's not something to like. Pather Panchali is a portrait of rural life and it's to be contemplated and enjoyed and praised.

@pihie 5 ай бұрын

Start of the video 4:07

@btwx228 5 ай бұрын

Letterboxd top 250 is far superior

@sisypheanexistence8955 Жыл бұрын

Gone With The Wind I'd happily rewatch, though preferably not in one sitting. Stuff like Before Sunrise/Sunset, Into The Wild, Donnie Darko, The Sting or Paris, Texas would be in the rather have a root canal than rewatch from the English only 250 list. I know it's all subjective though.

@ashyoshicharizard3949 2 ай бұрын

The sting is a masterpiece.

@CodPatrol 9 ай бұрын

It’s such a paper thin list, doesn’t even cover a great amount of angles. Like 5% of my favourite films are on the list and my taste isn’t even that obscure, there’s genuinely bad movies on there 😂