The 10 Highest Rated Movies Of All Time

The 10 Highest-Rated Movies Of All Time

These are the top 10 highest-rated movies of all time according to IMDb.com, the Internet's most popular movie site. IMDb.com calculates its rankings based on registered users and critics across the world. Did your favorite film make the list?

No. 10 - Fight Club (1999)

Fight Club is another one of those movies with a cult-like following, as it has more than likely inspired waves of people to fight each other in their garage or a local warehouse just to blow off some steam.

Ed Norton and Brad Pitt star in this psychological thriller that will get your blood boiling.

No. 9 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Widely recognized as the best of the Lord of the Rings movies, The Return of the King concludes the original trilogy with outstanding action sequences and an extremely fulfilling conclusion to the series.

Frodo and Sam are making one final push to Mordor with Gollum, while the rest of the fellowship are dedicated to giving that trio as much time as possible to accomplish their feat.

No. 8 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly came around way back in the '60s, and stars Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef as they partner together to make a quick buck.

Things escalate and they end up finding directions to a stash of gold that was buried under a cemetery.

Amazing performances from three lead actors ended up helping to catapult their acting careers, and this movie remains a classic to this day.

Just look at how awesome Clint Eastwood looks...

No. 7 - 12 Angry Men (1957)

12 Angry Men is a classic black and white film that was nominated for five Oscars back in the late 1950s.

The movie centers around a court trial of a young man who was accused of murdering his father.

But the court case becomes much more dramatic as each of the juror members have interesting concepts on the trial, the defendant and each other.

No. 6 - Schindler's List (1993)

Schindler's List is a powerful movie starring Liam Neeson as a German businessman who becomes worried about the treatment of the Jews during World War II.

The movie is based off the true story of Oskar Schindler who turned his factory into a refuge for Jews during the Holocaust.

No. 5 - Pulp Fiction (1994)

Speaking of movies with a cult following, Pulp Fiction might be near the very top of that list as this movie has remained consistently viewed over the two decades since its release.

A Quentin Tarantino masterpiece starring Jon Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and a plethora of other big names, this movie intertwines four separate tales of violence and redemption.

No. 4 - The Dark Knight (2008)

The highest-rated movie on the list from mastermind director Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight is widely considered the best superhero movie of all time.

Led by an engaging and heartfelt performance from Heath Ledger as The Joker, The Dark Knight played out as a thrill-a-minute detective story that had the audience instantly craving more.

No. 3 - The Godfather: Part II (1974)

The Godfather movies have always been considered some of the best films of all time.

The Godfather: Part II picks up near where the first movie left off and continues the saga of the Corleone family as they try to expand their family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall, the movie managed to win a fantastic six Oscars.

No. 2 - The Godfather (1972)

The first Godfather movie is still widely considered one of the best, if not the best, movies of all time.

There will be quite a few who will argue it into the top spot, but it still comes in as an impressive No.2 on IMDb's list. Marlon Brando won an Oscar for Best Actor and the movie won the Best Picture Oscar as well.

It is the origin story of the Corleone family as a war breaks out during the transition of the empire from a father to his reluctant son.

No. 1 - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Here we are! Numero uno. The Shawshank Redemption is a must-see. Partially because out of all the thousands of movies, it got voted the best movie of all, but also because it's just flat-out amazing.

A redemption story like none other, The Shawshank Redemption stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman as prisoners who  grow close after spending years together in prison.

They may not be the most conventional prisoners, but they learn that redemption is possible through common decency and never giving up on life.