as of december 29 (2011) these are imdb's top 250 movies that i need to watch

• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
• The Godfather (1972)
• The Godfather: Part II (1974)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Inception (2010)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
• City of God (2002)
• Casablanca (1942)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
• The Matrix (1999)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Psycho (1960)
• Se7en (1995)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Memento (2000)
• Leon: The Professional (1994)
• Sunset Blvd. (1950)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• American History X (1998)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• American Beauty (1999)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Alien (1979)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• City Lights (1931)
• Vertigo (1958)
• The Shining (1980)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• Amélie (2001)
• The Pianist (2002)
• M (1931)
• WALL·E (2008)
• The Departed (2006)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• The Lives of Others (2006)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• Aliens (1986)
• Modern Times (1936)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• Life Is Beautiful (1997)
• Requiem for a Dream (2000)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
• Das Boot (1981)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• The Third Man (1949)
• The Prestige (2006)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Chinatown (1974)
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
• The Green Mile (1999)
• Cinema Paradiso (1988)
• The Great Dictator (1940)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Rashômon (1950)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Amadeus (1984)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• All About Eve (1950)
• Bicycle Thieves (1948)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Metropolis (1927)
• Oldboy (2003)
• The Apartment (1960)
• Unforgiven (1992)
• Downfall (2004)
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
• The Sting (1973)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Up (2009)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Gran Torino (2008)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• A Separation (2011)
• Rebecca (1940)
• The Lion King (1994)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Yojimbo (1961)
• Sin City (2005)
• The General (1926)
• Heat (1995)
• For a Few Dollars More (1965)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Fargo (1996)
• Snatch. (2000)
• Ran (1985)
• Black Swan (2010)
• Wild Strawberries (1957)
• Jaws (1975)
• The King's Speech (2010)
• Hotel Rwanda (2004)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• Toy Story (1995)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• The Deer Hunter (1978)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• It Happened One Night (1934)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
• Annie Hall (1977)
• Scarface (1983)
• Ikiru (1952)
• Platoon (1986)
• High Noon (1952)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Into the Wild (2007)
• Trainspotting (1996)
• Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• The Gold Rush (1925)
• The Kid (1921)
• Warrior (2011)
• The Wages of Fear (1953)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• Notorious (1946)
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
• There Will Be Blood (2007)
• The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
• The Thing (1982)
• Amores perros (2000)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
• Casino (1995)
• Life of Brian (1979)
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• The Terminator (1984)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Les diaboliques (1955)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
• The Graduate (1967)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
• Stand by Me (1986)
• District 9 (2009)
• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Twelve Monkeys (1995)
• Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• Good Will Hunting (1997)
• Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
• Network (1976)
• Gandhi (1982)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• The 400 Blows (1959)
• Drive (2011)
• The Wrestler (2008)
• Mary and Max (2009)
• The Battle of Algiers (1966)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
• 8½ (1963)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Dial M for Murder (1954)
• The Killing (1956)
• Persona (1966)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• Hugo (2011/II)
• The Hustler (1961)
• La Strada (1954)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
• Fanny and Alexander (1982)
• Star Trek (2009)
• Avatar (2009)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• Stalag 17 (1953)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• Barry Lyndon (1975)
• Rocky (1976)
• Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
• Sherlock Jr. (1924)
• The Truman Show (1998)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• Infernal Affairs (2002)
• Nights of Cabiria (1957)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• Mystic River (2003)
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)
• Roman Holiday (1953)
• Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
• Festen (1998)
• In Bruges (2008)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Magnolia (1999)
• Rope (1948)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
• Big Fish (2003)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Harakiri (1962)
• Ed Wood (1994)
• Ip Man (2008)
• Tokyo Story (1953)
• Stalker (1979)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
• Shutter Island (2010)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• Three Colours: Red (1994)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Nosferatu (1922)
• The Social Network (2010)