The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is turning 25, and to celebrate they’ve released a list of some of the best films of the past 25 years. The list, which is based on user’s rankings, selects the highest-rated movie for each of the last 25 years. It isn’t a collection of Best Picture winners, but we happen to agree with a lot of these (outside the incredible love for all things Lord of the Rings):
2014 – Interstellar (8.7)
2013 – The Wolf of Wall Street (8.2)
2012 – Django Unchained (8.5)
2011 – Intouchables (8.6)
2010 – Inception (8.8)
2009 – Inglourious Basterds (8.3)
2008 – The Dark Knight (9)
2007 – Into the Wild (8.2)
2006 – The Departed (8.5)
2005 – Batman Begins (8.3)
2004 – Enternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (8.4)
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (8.9)
2002 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (8.7)
2001 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (8.8)
2000 – Memento (8.5)
1999 – Fight Club (8.9)
1998 – Saving Private Ryan (8.6)
1997 – La Vita É Bella (8.6)
1996 – Fargo (8.2)
1995 – Se7en (8.6)
1994 – The Shawshank Redemption (9.3)
1993 – Schindler’s List (8.9)
1992 – Reservoir Dogs (8.4)
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs (8.6)
1990 – Goodfellas (8.7)