IMDb’s 25 Highest-Rated Movies Ever 1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 2. The Godfather (1972) 3. The Dark Knight (2008) 4. The Godfather Part II (1974) 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 6. 12 Angry Men (1957) 7. Schindler's List (1993) 8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 9. Pulp Fiction (1994) 10. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 11. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 12. Forrest Gump (1994) 13. Fight Club (1999) 14. Inception (2010) 15. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 16. The Matrix (1999) 17. Interstellar (2014) 18. GoodFellas (1990) 19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 20. Seven (1995) 21. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 23. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 24. Seven Samurai (1954) 25. The Green Mile (1999)