RESULTS: Reddit Pre-1990 Top 250 Movies
Results of the pre-1990 movie poll from last week:
| Rank | Movie | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 |
| 2 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 |
| 3 | Blade Runner | 1982 |
| 4 | A Clockwork Orange | 1971 |
| 5 | Full Metal Jacket | 1987 |
| 6 | The Godfather | 1972 |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 |
| 8 | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | 1966 |
| 9 | 12 Angry Men | 1957 |
| 10 | Apocalypse Now | 1979 |
| 11 | Alien | 1979 |
| 12 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 |
| 13 | The Shining | 1980 |
| 14 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 |
| 15 | Back to the Future | 1985 |
| 16 | Seven Samurai | 1954 |
| 17 | The Princess Bride | 1987 |
| 18 | Brazil | 1985 |
| 19 | Taxi Driver | 1976 |
| 20 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | 1986 |
| 21 | Rear Window | 1954 |
| 22 | Blazing Saddles | 1974 |
| 23 | This Is Spinal Tap | 1984 |
| 24 | Casablanca | 1942 |
| 25 | Star Wars | 1977 |
| 26 | Ghost Busters | 1984 |
| 27 | The Blues Brothers | 1980 |
| 28 | Life of Brian | 1979 |
| 29 | Die Hard | 1988 |
| 30 | North by Northwest | 1959 |
| 31 | The Breakfast Club | 1985 |
| 32 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 |
| T33 | Airplane! | 1980 |
| T33 | The Terminator | 1984 |
| 35 | Aliens | 1986 |
| 36 | Vertigo | 1958 |
| 37 | The Graduate | 1967 |
| 38 | Citizen Kane | 1941 |
| 39 | Chinatown | 1974 |
| 40 | Psycho | 1960 |
| 41 | The Thing | 1982 |
| 42 | Cool Hand Luke | 1967 |
| 43 | Amadeus | 1984 |
| 44 | Network | 1976 |
| T45 | The Godfather: Part II | 1974 |
| T45 | Blue Velvet | 1986 |
| 47 | Raising Arizona | 1987 |
| 48 | Annie Hall | 1977 |
| 49 | Akira | 1988 |
| 50 | The Third Man | 1949 |
| 51 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 |
| 52 | The Jerk | 1979 |
| 53 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 |
| T54 | To Kill A Mockingbird | 1962 |
| T54 | My Neighbor Totoro | 1988 |
| 56 | Dog Day Afternoon | 1975 |
| 57 | Rashomon | 1950 |
| T58 | The Maltese Falcon | 1941 |
| T58 | Sunset Blvd. | 1950 |
| 60 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 |
| 61 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 |
| 62 | The Deer Hunter | 1979 |
| 63 | Harold and Maude | 1971 |
| 64 | The Seventh Seal | 1957 |
| 65 | Metropolis | 1927 |
| 66 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 |
| 67 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 1969 |
| 68 | Raging Bull | 1980 |
| 69 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 |
| 70 | M | 1931 |
| 71 | Young Frankenstein | 1974 |
| 72 | Jaws | 1975 |
| 73 | Das Boot | 1981 |
| 74 | Scarface | 1983 |
| 75 | Spaceballs | 1987 |
| 76 | 8 1/2 | 1963 |
| 77 | Dead Poets Society | 1989 |
| 78 | Some Like It Hot | 1959 |
| 79 | Double Indemnity | 1944 |
| 80 | Dawn of the Dead | 1978 |
| 81 | Animal House | 1978 |
| 82 | The Road Warrior | 1981 |
| 83 | It's A Wonderful Life | 1946 |
| 84 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | 1983 |
| 85 | The Great Escape | 1963 |
| 86 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | 1989 |
| 87 | Duck Soup | 1933 |
| 88 | The Conversation | 1974 |
| 89 | Evil Dead II | 1987 |
| 90 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 1982 |
| T91 | Time Bandits | 1981 |
| T91 | The Untouchables | 1987 |
| 93 | The Manchurian Candidate | 1962 |
| 94 | Mr. Smith Goes To Washington | 1939 |
| 95 | My Fair Lady | 1964 |
| 96 | Being There | 1979 |
| 97 | A Fish Called Wanda | 1988 |
| 98 | Caddyshack | 1980 |
| 99 | Platoon | 1986 |
| T100 | Breathless | 1960 |
| T100 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 1988 |
| T102 | La Dolce Vita | 1960 |
| T102 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 |
| 104 | M*A*S*H | 1970 |
| 105 | Patton | 1970 |
| 106 | The Sting | 1973 |
| 107 | Predator | 1987 |
| 108 | Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 |
| 109 | Bicycle Thieves | 1948 |
| T110 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | 1922 |
| T110 | Lolita | 1962 |
| 112 | Rocky | 1976 |
| 113 | A Christmas Story | 1983 |
| 114 | The 400 Blows | 1959 |
| 115 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | 1961 |
| T116 | Modern Times | 1936 |
| T116 | Midnight Cowboy | 1969 |
| T116 | Do the Right Thing | 1989 |
| 119 | Eraserhead | 1976 |
| 120 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 1948 |
| T121 | Touch of Evil | 1958 |
| T121 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 |
| 123 | Gandhi | 1982 |
| 124 | When Harry Met Sally | 1989 |
| T125 | For a Few Dollars More | 1965 |
| T125 | Barry Lyndon | 1975 |
| T127 | On The Waterfront | 1954 |
| T127 | The Apartment | 1960 |
| 129 | Gone with the Wind | 1939 |
| T130 | The Day The Earth Stood Still | 1951 |
| T130 | The Big Sleep | 1946 |
| 132 | The Elephant Man | 1980 |
| 133 | Aguirre, Wrath of God | 1972 |
| T134 | Dr. No | 1962 |
| T134 | E.T. | 1982 |
| 136 | The Naked Gun | 1988 |
| 137 | WarGames | 1983 |
| 138 | Paths of Glory | 1957 |
| 139 | Stalker | 1979 |
| T140 | Ran | 1985 |
| T140 | Big | 1988 |
| 142 | Once Upon a Time in America | 1984 |
| 143 | Serpico | 1973 |
| 144 | A Fistful of Dollars | 1964 |
| 145 | Rope | 1948 |
| T146 | Escape From New York | 1981 |
| T146 | Wall Street | 1987 |
| 148 | An American Werewolf in London | 1981 |
| 149 | Easy Rider | 1969 |
| 150 | The Pink Panther | 1963 |
| 151 | Labyrinth | 1986 |
| 152 | The General | 1926 |
| 153 | The Muppet Movie | 1979 |
| T154 | Spartacus | 1960 |
| T154 | Koyaanisqatsi | 1982 |
| T154 | Kiki's Delivery Service | 1989 |
| 157 | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 |
| T158 | American Graffiti | 1973 |
| T158 | Blood Simple | 1984 |
| 160 | Rebel Without A Cause | 1955 |
| 161 | The Sound of Music | 1965 |
| 162 | Wild Strawberries | 1957 |
| T163 | His Girl Friday | 1940 |
| T163 | La Jetée | 1962 |
| T163 | Mean Streets | 1973 |
| T163 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | 1980 |
| T167 | The Searchers | 1956 |
| T167 | Halloween | 1978 |
| 169 | Manhattan | 1979 |
| 170 | All About Eve | 1950 |
| 171 | Say Anything... | 1989 |
| 172 | Rain Man | 1988 |
| T173 | Strangers on a Train | 1951 |
| T173 | The Hustler | 1961 |
| 175 | Paper Moon | 1973 |
| 176 | Yojimbo | 1961 |
| 177 | Tokyo Story | 1953 |
| 178 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 |
| T179 | High Noon | 1952 |
| T179 | Stripes | 1981 |
| 181 | Tron | 1982 |
| 182 | Fanny And Alexander | 1982 |
| 183 | Stand by Me | 1986 |
| 184 | Notorious | 1946 |
| 185 | Andrei Rublev | 1966 |
| T186 | The Wild Bunch | 1969 |
| T186 | Batman | 1989 |
| T188 | It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 |
| T188 | Good Morning, Vietnam | 1987 |
| 190 | Trading Places | 1983 |
| 191 | 7 Up! | 1964 |
| 192 | Beetle Juice | 1988 |
| 193 | Dial M for Murder | 1954 |
| 194 | Highlander | 1986 |
| T195 | The Great Dictator | 1940 |
| T195 | Harvey | 1950 |
| T195 | Woman in the Dunes | 1964 |
| 198 | Ikiru | 1952 |
| T199 | Superman | 1978 |
| T199 | Heathers | 1989 |
| T201 | King Kong | 1933 |
| T201 | Gremlins | 1984 |
| T201 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | 1987 |
| 204 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | 1974 |
| 205 | The Killing | 1956 |
| 206 | Badlands | 1973 |
| 207 | Marathon Man | 1976 |
| 208 | The Thin Blue Line | 1988 |
| 209 | The Battle of Algiers | 1966 |
| T210 | City Lights | 1931 |
| T210 | Dr. Zhivago | 1965 |
| T210 | Enter the Dragon | 1973 |
| T213 | Ben-Hur | 1959 |
| T213 | Fiddler on the Roof | 1971 |
| T213 | Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind | 1984 |
| 216 | ¡Three Amigos! | 1986 |
| 217 | First Blood | 1982 |
| 218 | Le Samouraï | 1967 |
| T219 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1984 |
| T219 | The Goonies | 1985 |
| 221 | Dirty Harry | 1971 |
| 222 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | 1984 |
| 223 | Carrie | 1976 |
| T224 | Alice in Wonderland | 1951 |
| T224 | Withnail & I | 1987 |
| 226 | Fantasia | 1940 |
| 227 | Wings of Desire | 1987 |
| T228 | Stagecoach | 1939 |
| T228 | The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 |
| T228 | Nashville | 1975 |
| 231 | Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade | 1989 |
| T232 | The Ten Commandments | 1956 |
| T232 | Persona | 1966 |
| T232 | The Producers | 1968 |
| 235 | The Wicker Man | 1973 |
| 236 | The Last Emperor | 1987 |
| 237 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 |
| 238 | The Kentucky Fried Movie | 1977 |
| T239 | Pink Floyd The Wall | 1982 |
| T239 | Repo Man | 1984 |
| T239 | Cinema Paradiso | 1988 |
| T242 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
| T242 | Fletch | 1985 |
| T242 | Top Gun | 1986 |
| T242 | Willow | 1988 |
| T242 | The 'Burbs | 1989 |
| T242 | The Killer | 1989 |
| T248 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 |
| T248 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | 1976 |
| T250 | Mad Max | 1979 |
| T250 | Paris, Texas | 1984 |
Ranks were computed using most upvotes, and ties in upvotes were broken by least downvotes. Movies that tied in upvotes and downvotes were left as ties in the results. Only three movies made the list without any downvotes: The Killing, Alice in Wonderland, Withnail & I.
Apologies for not including any links to the movies. Doing so put me over the comment max of 10,000 characters.
EDIT: I've bolded the films that are not also featured in the IMDb Top 250. Just the bolded films makes a pretty good list of movies, IMHO.
Thanks to everyone who participated.
Posted Sep 5, 2010, 6:59 AM UTC · edited
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