Below is the IMDB Top 250 list, captured on 18th January 2009. I’m using it to mark off the movies I’ve seen this year, seen previously, those that I own, and those that I recommend.

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966)
5. The Dark Knight (2008)
6. Pulp Fiction (1994)
7. Schindler’s List (1993)
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
9. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10. 12 Angry Men (1957)
11. Casablanca (1942)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Rear Window (1954)
17. Cidade de Deus (2002)
18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
19. C’era una volta il West (1968)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
21. The Usual Suspects (1994)
22. Fight Club (1999)
23. Psycho (1960)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
26. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
27. Memento (2000)
28. North by Northwest (1959)
29. Citizen Kane (1941)
30. The Matrix (1999)
31. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
32. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
33. Se7en (1995)
34. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
35. Léon (1994)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. WALL·E (2008)
38. Taxi Driver (1976)
39. American Beauty (1999)
40. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
41. American History X (1998)
42. Vertigo (1958)
43. Paths of Glory (1957)
44. Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
45. M (1931)
46. Forrest Gump (1994)
47. The Departed (2006)
48. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
49. Double Indemnity (1944)
50. The Wrestler (2008)
51. Alien (1979)
52. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
53. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
54. Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
55. The Third Man (1949)
56. Chinatown (1974)
57. The Shining (1980)
58. The Pianist (2002)
59. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
60. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
61. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
62. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
63. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
64. L.A. Confidential (1997)
65. Aliens (1986)
66. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
67. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
68. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
69. Das Boot (1981)
70. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
71. City Lights (1931)
72. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
73. Rashômon (1950)
74. Raging Bull (1980)
75. All About Eve (1950)
76. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
77. Metropolis (1927)
78. Der Untergang (2004)
79. Modern Times (1936)
80. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
81. Rebecca (1940)
82. Some Like It Hot (1959)
83. The Prestige (2006)
84. Amadeus (1984)
85. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
86. The Elephant Man (1980)
87. Vita è bella, La (1997)
88. The Apartment (1960)
89. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
90. Gran Torino (2008)
91. Sin City (2005)
92. The Great Escape (1963)
93. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
94. No Country for Old Men (2007)
95. Touch of Evil (1958)
96. The Sting (1973)
97. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
98. The Great Dictator (1940)
99. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
100. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
101. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
102. On the Waterfront (1954)
103. Batman Begins (2005)
104. Back to the Future (1985)
105. Braveheart (1995)
106. Jaws (1975)
107. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
108. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
109. Blade Runner (1982)
110. Strangers on a Train (1951)
111. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
112. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
113. There Will Be Blood (2007)
114. Unforgiven (1992)
115. High Noon (1952)
116. Notorious (1946)
117. The Green Mile (1999)
118. The Big Sleep (1946)
119. Fargo (1996)
120. Oldboy (2003)
121. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
122. Gladiator (2000)
123. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
124. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
125. Die Hard (1988)
126. Mononoke-hime (1997)
127. Yojimbo (1961)
128. Donnie Darko (2001)
129. Ran (1985)
130. The General (1927)
131. Annie Hall (1977)
132. Smultronstället (1957)
133. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
134. Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)
135. It Happened One Night (1934)
136. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
137. Heat (1995)
138. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
139. The Sixth Sense (1999)
140. The Deer Hunter (1978)
141. Ben-Hur (1959)
142. Platoon (1986)
143. Into the Wild (2007)
144. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
145. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
146. Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)
147. Life of Brian (1979)
148. Diaboliques, Les (1955)
149. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
150. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
151. Ratatouille (2007)
152. 8½ (1963)
153. The Big Lebowski (1998)
154. The Killing (1956)
155. Finding Nemo (2003)
156. Amores Perros (2000)
157. Brief Encounter (1945)
158. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
159. The Graduate (1967)
160. Snatch (2000)
161. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
162. Stand by Me (1986)
163. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
164. The Wild Bunch (1969)
165. Gandhi (1982)
166. The Gold Rush (1925)
167. V for Vendetta (2005)
168. Gone with the Wind (1939)
169. Trainspotting (1996)
170. The Princess Bride (1987)
171. The Incredibles (2004)
172. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
173. Scarface (1983)
174. The Thing (1982)
175. The Lion King (1994)
176. Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966)
177. Harvey (1950)
178. Groundhog Day (1993)
179. Children of Men (2006)
180. Toy Story (1995)
181. Sleuth (1972)
182. Milk (2008)
183. The Terminator (1984)
184. The Hustler (1961)
185. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
186. Umberto D. (1952)
187. Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
188. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
189. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
190. The African Queen (1951)
191. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
192. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
193. The Conversation (1974)
194. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
195. Duck Soup (1933)
196. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
197. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
198. Stalag 17 (1953)
199. Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)
200. Crash (2004)
201. Casino (1995)
202. The Kid (1921)
203. King Kong (1933)
204. Ed Wood (1994)
205. Hotaru no haka (1988)
206. Dial M for Murder (1954)
207. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
208. The Lost Weekend (1945)
209. The Exorcist (1973)
210. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
211. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
212. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
213. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
214. Rope (1948)
215. Patton (1970)
216. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
217. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
218. Wo hu cang long (2000)
219. Glory (1989)
220. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
221. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
222. In Bruges (2008)
223. Frankenstein (1931)
224. Belle et la bête, La (1946)
225. His Girl Friday (1940)
226. Magnolia (1999)
227. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
228. Strada, La (1954)
229. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
230. Spartacus (1960)
231. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
232. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
233. Big Fish (2003)
234. Network (1976)
235. Manhattan (1979)
236. Roman Holiday (1953)
237. Safety Last! (1923)
238. Mystic River (2003)
239. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
240. Great Expectations (1946)
241. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
242. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
243. Rocky (1976)
244. A Christmas Story (1983)
245. Dolce vita, La (1960)
246. Laura (1944)
247. Planet of the Apes (1968)
248. Eskiya (1996)
249. Harold and Maude (1971)
250. Haine, La (1995)