The top 50 Hollywood movies of all time based on IMDb ratings

Here is a list of the top 50 Hollywood movies of all time based on IMDb ratings. Each entry includes the movie title, rating, key cast members, industry, language, and genre:

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- IMDb Rating: 9.3
- Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama
The Godfather (1972)
- IMDb Rating: 9.2
- Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Crime, Drama
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- IMDb Rating: 9.0
- Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Crime, Drama
The Dark Knight (2008)
- IMDb Rating: 9.0
- Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
12 Angry Men (1957)
- IMDb Rating: 8.9
- Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama
Schindler’s List (1993)
- IMDb Rating: 8.9
- Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Biography, Drama, History
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- IMDb Rating: 8.9
- Cast: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Pulp Fiction (1994)
- IMDb Rating: 8.9
- Cast: John Travolta, Uma Thurman
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Crime, Drama
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- IMDb Rating: 8.8
- Cast: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English, Italian
- Genre: Western
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- IMDb Rating: 8.8
- Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Fight Club (1999)
- IMDb Rating: 8.8
- Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama
Forrest Gump (1994)
- IMDb Rating: 8.8
- Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama, Romance
Inception (2010)
- IMDb Rating: 8.7
- Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- IMDb Rating: 8.7
- Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- IMDb Rating: 8.7
- Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The Matrix (1999)
- IMDb Rating: 8.7
- Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
GoodFellas (1990)
- IMDb Rating: 8.7
- Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama
Seven Samurai (1954)
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura
- Industry: Japanese (Jidaigeki)
- Language: Japanese
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Se7en (1995)
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Cast: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
- Industry: Italian
- Language: Italian
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
City of God (2002)
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
- Industry: Brazilian
- Language: Portuguese
- Genre: Crime, Drama
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- IMDb Rating: 8.6
- Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama, War
Spirited Away (2001)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette
- Industry: Japanese (Anime)
- Language: Japanese
- Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Parasite (2019)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun
- Industry: Korean
- Language: Korean
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The Green Mile (1999)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Interstellar (2014)

IMDb Rating: 8.5
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway
Industry: Hollywood
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Léon: The Professional (1994)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English, French
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
The Usual Suspects (1995)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Lion King (1994)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
The Pianist (2002)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Gladiator (2000)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
American History X (1998)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Back to the Future (1985)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Psycho (1960)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The Departed (2006)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Whiplash (2014)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama, Music
The Prestige (2006)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Casablanca (1942)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Intouchables (2011)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: François Cluzet, Omar Sy
- Industry: French
- Language: French
- Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Modern Times (1936)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
City Lights (1931)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: Silent (English intertitles)
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Western
Alien (1979)
- IMDb Rating: 8.5
- Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Apocalypse Now (1979)
- IMDb Rating: 8.4
- Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Drama, War
Memento (2000)
- IMDb Rating: 8.4
- Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss
- Industry: Hollywood
- Language: English
- Genre: Mystery, Thriller