Top 10 most rated movies of all time

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Every year thousands of movies get released, some boring and totally a waste of time, some are good and enjoyable and then there are the movies that will become the greatest movies of all time. No matter how many movies get released every year the ones we are about to mentioned today are the best rated movies of all time. Some off the movies still hold the top spot on every “the greatest movies of all time“ lists even decades after it’s release. These movies will blow your mind and will help you to see things from a new and different perspective. Some of these movies got released in 1950s 1960s 1970s and thousands of movies after they continue to dominate the greatest movie lists. No matter what your taste is, there will be several movies that will make your favorite in this list. These are the 10 movies that still hold the highest spot in the most rated movies of all time lists.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

IMDB Rating – 9.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Director
Frank Darabont
Writers
Stephen King (based on the short novel “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” by) Frank
Darabont (screenplay by)
Cast
Tim Robbins Morgan Freeman Bob Gunton

The Godfather (1972)

IMDB Rating – 9.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Writers
Mario Puzo (screenplay by) (based on the novel by) Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay by)

The Dark Knight (2008)

IMDB Rating – 9.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Director
Christopher Nolan
Writers
Jonathan Nolan(screenplay) Christopher Nolan(screenplay) David S. Goyer(story)
Cast Christian Bale Heath Ledger Aaron Eckhart

The Godfather Part II (1974)

IMDB Rating – 9.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%

Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Writers
Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay by) Mario Puzo(screenplay by)
Cast Al Pacino Robert De Niro Robert Duvall

12 Angry Men (1957)

IMDB Rating – 9.0
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Director
Sidney Lumet
Writer
Reginald Rose (teleplay “Twelve Angry Men”)
Cast Henry Fonda Lee J. Cobb Martin Balsam

Schindler's List (1993)

IMDB Rating – 8.9

Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writers
Thomas Keneally (book) Steven Zaillian (screenplay)
Cast Liam Neeson Ralph Fiennes Ben Kingsley

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Director
Peter Jackson
Writers
J.R.R. Tolkien (novel “The Return of the King”) Fran Walsh (screenplay) Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Cast Elijah Wood Viggo Mortensen Ian McKellen

Pulp Fiction (1994)

IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Writers
Quentin Tarantino (stories by) Roger Avary (stories by)
Cast John Travolta Uma Thurman Samuel L. Jackson

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%

Director
Peter Jackson
Writers
J.R.R. Tolkien (novel “The Fellowship of the Ring”) Fran Walsh(screenplay) Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Cast Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Orlando Bloom

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Director
Sergio Leone
Writers
Luciano Vincenzoni (story) Sergio Leone (story) Agenore Incrocci (screenplay)
Cast Clint Eastwood Eli Wallach Lee Van Cleef

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