IMDb Top 250 of 19 November 1996 // IMDb Top 250 History

Comparing	19 Nov '96
with	26 Apr '96

New entries	60
Changes	187

1990-1999	103 (+4)
1980-1989	58 (−10)
1970-1979	28 (+3)
1960-1969	18
1950-1959	23 (+5)
1940-1949	12 (−2)
1930-1939	6
1920-1929	2

1996	19 (+18)
1995	27 (+6)
1994	16 (−8)
1993	16 (−4)
1992	9 (−3)
1991	9 (−3)
1990	7 (−2)

Stanley Kubrick	6 (+1)
John Huston	4
Charles Chaplin	4 (+1)
Rob Reiner	4 (−2)
Billy Wilder	4 (+1)
Steven Spielberg	4
Alfred Hitchcock	4 (−2)
Luc Besson	3

USA	159 (−2)
UK	39 (+4)
France	13 (−1)
Italy	8 (+1)
Japan	4 (−1)
Germany	4 (+4)
West Germany	4 (+1)

Comedy	65 (+5)
Drama	55 (−6)
Action	46 (+7)
Crime	33 (+1)
Adventure	19 (−4)
Animation	11 (+1)
Biography	9 (−3)

Color	195 (−2)
Black and White	41 (+3)
Mixed	14 (−1)

IMDb Top 250 of 19 November 1996

New entries

Rank		Rating	Title	Votes
2.	NEW	8.8	Trainspotting (1996)	1,845
15.	NEW	8.4	Lone Star (1996)	478
20.	NEW	8.3	Up in Smoke (1978)	567
30.	NEW	8.2	The Rock (1996)	1,677
35.	NEW	8.2	La Cite des enfants perdus (1995)	492
40.	NEW	8.2	The Transformers: The Movie (1986)	385
42.	NEW	8.2	Withnail and I (1987)	338
43.	NEW	8.2	That Thing You Do! (1996)	430
51.	NEW	8.1	A Time to Kill (1996)	863
53.	NEW	8.1	Dazed and Confused (1993)	590
54.	NEW	8.1	Beautiful Thing (1996)	222
64.	NEW	8.0	Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)	210
65.	NEW	8.0	Underground (1995)	264
71.	NEW	8.0	Romeo + Juliet (1996)	244
78.	NEW	8.0	A Grand Day Out (1992)	268
84.	NEW	8.0	Ransom (1996)	269
85.	NEW	8.0	Hong Faan Kui (1995)	422
86.	NEW	7.9	The Quiet Man (1952)	257
94.	NEW	7.9	Stalker (1979)	251
96.	NEW	7.9	Emma (1996)	281
97.	NEW	7.9	Empire Records (1995)	252
104.	NEW	7.9	Courage Under Fire (1996)	471
105.	NEW	7.9	Trust (1990)	239
120.	NEW	7.9	C'est arrive pres de chez vous (1992)	263
124.	NEW	7.9	Tom and Huck (1995)	236
126.	NEW	7.8	Now and Then (1995)	346
129.	NEW	7.8	Dead Man (1995)	341
135.	NEW	7.8	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)	343
139.	NEW	7.8	Paths of Glory (1957)	227
140.	NEW	7.8	Touch of Evil (1958)	258
141.	NEW	7.8	The Wild Bunch (1969)	252
145.	NEW	7.8	The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)	337
147.	NEW	7.8	Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)	208
150.	NEW	7.8	Bad Taste (1987)	281
160.	NEW	7.7	Phenomenon (1996)	662
161.	NEW	7.7	Independence Day (1996)	3,564
162.	NEW	7.7	Somewhere in Time (1980)	274
166.	NEW	7.7	M (1931)	253
167.	NEW	7.7	Mallrats (1995)	326
172.	NEW	7.7	Down by Law (1986)	306
173.	NEW	7.7	Naked (1993)	230
174.	NEW	7.7	Dawn of the Dead (1978)	246
187.	NEW	7.7	All About Eve (1950)	228
198.	NEW	7.7	National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)	1,013
204.	NEW	7.7	Sabrina (1954)	221
207.	NEW	7.7	Twister (1996)	2,026
208.	NEW	7.7	City Lights (1931)	201
217.	NEW	7.6	Priest (1994)	293
218.	NEW	7.6	Strange Brew (1983)	436
221.	NEW	7.6	Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson (1995)	587
225.	NEW	7.6	Clueless (1995)	858
228.	NEW	7.6	Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991)	274
229.	NEW	7.6	A River Runs Through It (1992)	322
232.	NEW	7.6	Charade (1963)	230
233.	NEW	7.6	The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)	287
236.	NEW	7.6	The Searchers (1956)	219
237.	NEW	7.6	MASH (1970)	780
238.	NEW	7.6	From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)	1,137
242.	NEW	7.6	Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)	614
243.	NEW	7.6	The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)	1,286

Disappeared

Last Rank	Title
145.	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
146.	Speed (1994)
159.	Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
160.	Witness (1985)
161.	The Piano (1993)
172.	The Player (1992)
173.	Notorious (1946)
174.	Short Cuts (1993)
177.	Dances with Wolves (1990)
181.	Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994)
183.	Crimson Tide (1995)
184.	Rebecca (1940)
185.	On the Waterfront (1954)
189.	What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
190.	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
192.	Como agua para chocolate (1992)
194.	Bringing Up Baby (1938)
195.	The Hunt for Red October (1990)
196.	Blue Velvet (1986)
198.	Jesus de Montreal (1989)
201.	The Untouchables (1987)
203.	GoldenEye (1995)
204.	Muriel's Wedding (1994)
205.	Quiz Show (1994)
206.	Rain Man (1988)
208.	The American President (1995)
209.	A Christmas Story (1983)
211.	The Fisher King (1991)
212.	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
213.	37.2 le Matin (1986)
214.	Don Juan DeMarco and the Centerfold (1995)
217.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
219.	Yinshi Nan Nu (1994)
220.	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
221.	Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
222.	Little Big Man (1970)
223.	Tampopo (1986)
226.	Gallipoli (1981)
227.	The Conversation (1974)
229.	The Jungle Book (1967)
230.	The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
231.	Ed Wood (1994)
233.	A Few Good Men (1992)
234.	My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
235.	Der Name der Rose (1986)
236.	Raising Arizona (1987)
237.	In the Line of Fire (1993)
238.	Awakenings (1990)
239.	The Commitments (1991)
240.	The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
241.	Howards End (1992)
242.	The Crying Game (1992)
243.	Excalibur (1981)
244.	Airplane! (1980)
245.	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
246.	Dead Again (1991)
247.	Papillon (1973)
248.	Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
249.	Deliverance (1972)
250.	Thelma & Louise (1991)

ChangesDisplay full Top 250

Rank		Rating	Title	Votes
2.	NEW	8.8	Trainspotting (1996)	1,845
3.	−1	8.8	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	2,747
6.	+2	8.6	Casablanca (1942)	2,680
7.	+9	8.6	A Close Shave (1995)	593
8.	+1	8.5	Blade Runner (1982)	4,523
9.	−6	8.5	Pulp Fiction (1994)	6,019
10.	−3	8.5	Schindler's List (1993)	2,970
11.	−1	8.5	Citizen Kane (1941)	1,959
12.	−1	8.5	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	2,293
13.	+1	8.5	Braveheart (1995)	3,482
14.	+3	8.5	The Godfather (1972)	2,126
15.	NEW	8.4	Lone Star (1996)	478
16.	−10	8.4	Toy Story (1995)	1,814
17.	−2	8.4	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	2,157
18.	+1	8.3	Il Postino (1994)	753
19.	−6	8.3	Sense and Sensibility (1995)	1,088
20.	NEW	8.3	Up in Smoke (1978)	567
21.	+1	8.3	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	738
22.	−1	8.3	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	863
23.	+1	8.3	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	3,375
24.	+43	8.3	Fargo (1996)	1,148
25.	+4	8.3	The Princess Bride (1987)	2,571
26.	+10	8.3	Léon (1994)	1,421
27.	−2	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	3,405
28.	−8	8.3	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	3,365
29.	−6	8.2	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	2,485
30.	NEW	8.2	The Rock (1996)	1,677
31.	−5	8.2	Brazil (1985)	2,413
32.	+3	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	2,616
33.	−15	8.2	Se7en (1995)	2,517
34.	−7	8.2	Rear Window (1954)	1,364
35.	NEW	8.2	La Cite des enfants perdus (1995)	492
36.	−2	8.2	Aliens (1986)	2,977
37.	−25	8.2	Babe (1995)	1,310
38.	−8	8.2	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	2,319
39.	+19	8.2	Clerks. (1994)	1,339
40.	NEW	8.2	The Transformers: The Movie (1986)	385
41.	−1	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	2,337
42.	NEW	8.2	Withnail and I (1987)	338
43.	NEW	8.2	That Thing You Do! (1996)	430
44.	−7	8.2	Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)	875
45.	−1	8.2	Dead Man Walking (1995)	811
46.	+2	8.2	12 Angry Men (1957)	812
47.	−19	8.1	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	1,269
48.	−16	8.1	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	1,382
49.	+5	8.1	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	832
50.	−12	8.1	Apocalypse Now (1979)	2,634
51.	NEW	8.1	A Time to Kill (1996)	863
52.	−21	8.1	North by Northwest (1959)	1,266
53.	NEW	8.1	Dazed and Confused (1993)	590
54.	NEW	8.1	Beautiful Thing (1996)	222
55.	−22	8.1	Once Were Warriors (1994)	494
56.	+9	8.1	C'era una volta il West (1968)	606
57.	−16	8.1	Taxi Driver (1976)	1,462
58.	−7	8.1	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	2,969
59.	−10	8.1	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)	956
60.	−13	8.1	Heat (1995)	1,446
61.	−2	8.1	Goodfellas (1990)	1,326
62.	−23	8.1	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	2,807
63.	−7	8.0	Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)	610
64.	NEW	8.0	Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)	210
65.	NEW	8.0	Underground (1995)	264
66.	−23	8.0	Alien (1979)	2,622
67.	+47	8.0	Army of Darkness (1993)	932
68.	−6	8.0	The Third Man (1949)	710
69.	+30	8.0	Le Grand bleu (1988)	645
70.	−7	8.0	The Blues Brothers (1980)	2,177
71.	NEW	8.0	Romeo + Juliet (1996)	244
72.	−20	8.0	Trzy kolory: Niebieski (1993)	713
73.	−23	8.0	Vertigo (1958)	952
74.	−29	8.0	Psycho (1960)	1,537
75.	+83	8.0	Babylon 5 (1993)	640
76.	−6	8.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	932
77.	−24	8.0	Ran (1985)	664
78.	NEW	8.0	A Grand Day Out (1992)	268
79.	−19	8.0	The Killer (1989)	516
80.	+4	8.0	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	1,036
81.	−26	8.0	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	2,676
82.	−36	8.0	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	956
83.	+20	8.0	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	1,156
84.	NEW	8.0	Ransom (1996)	269
85.	NEW	8.0	Hong Faan Kui (1995)	422
86.	NEW	7.9	The Quiet Man (1952)	257
87.	−6	7.9	Podwojne zycie Weroniki (1991)	471
88.	+3	7.9	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	768
89.	−1	7.9	Tombstone (1993)	653
90.	−29	7.9	Much Ado About Nothing (1993)	1,214
91.	−20	7.9	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	481
92.	−23	7.9	Smoke (1995)	733
93.	−8	7.9	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	620
94.	NEW	7.9	Stalker (1979)	251
95.	−38	7.9	Amadeus (1984)	1,712
96.	NEW	7.9	Emma (1996)	281
97.	NEW	7.9	Empire Records (1995)	252
98.	−34	7.9	Henry V (1989)	819
99.	+17	7.9	Lat sau san taam (1992)	367
100.	−34	7.9	The Fugitive (1993)	2,051
101.	−19	7.9	Raging Bull (1980)	650
102.	−60	7.9	Apollo 13 (1995)	2,576
103.	−29	7.9	Annie Hall (1977)	941
104.	NEW	7.9	Courage Under Fire (1996)	471
105.	NEW	7.9	Trust (1990)	239
106.	−31	7.9	Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)	809
107.	+57	7.9	Gone with the Wind (1939)	1,090
108.	+31	7.9	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)	595
109.	−41	7.9	Delicatessen (1991)	929
110.	−15	7.9	Das Boot (1981)	630
111.	+27	7.9	Metropolis (1927)	463
112.	+22	7.9	The Right Stuff (1983)	759
113.	+14	7.9	Local Hero (1983)	550
114.	−28	7.9	The Sting (1973)	896
115.	−32	7.9	True Romance (1993)	1,110
116.	−15	7.9	Rashômon (1950)	336
117.	−23	7.9	Harold and Maude (1971)	611
118.	−40	7.9	While You Were Sleeping (1995)	1,302
119.	−30	7.9	Roman Holiday (1953)	407
120.	NEW	7.9	C'est arrive pres de chez vous (1992)	263
121.	−17	7.9	Heavenly Creatures (1994)	582
122.	−32	7.9	The Lion King (1994)	1,343
123.	−4	7.9	Modern Times (1936)	403
124.	NEW	7.9	Tom and Huck (1995)	236
125.	−33	7.9	Braindead (1992)	555
126.	NEW	7.8	Now and Then (1995)	346
127.	−16	7.8	Glory (1989)	677
128.	−52	7.8	Det Sjunde inseglet (1957)	406
129.	NEW	7.8	Dead Man (1995)	341
130.	+57	7.8	The Crow (1994)	1,085
131.	−54	7.8	The Terminator (1984)	2,285
132.	−59	7.8	The African Queen (1951)	912
133.	−53	7.8	Some Like It Hot (1959)	683
134.	−38	7.8	Dead Poets Society (1989)	1,991
135.	NEW	7.8	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)	343
136.	−64	7.8	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)	579
137.	−58	7.8	The Graduate (1967)	1,013
138.	−51	7.8	Manhattan (1979)	667
139.	NEW	7.8	Paths of Glory (1957)	227
140.	NEW	7.8	Touch of Evil (1958)	258
141.	NEW	7.8	The Wild Bunch (1969)	252
142.	−36	7.8	Nikita (1990)	784
143.	−41	7.8	Miller's Crossing (1990)	587
144.	−47	7.8	Life of Brian (1979)	1,593
145.	NEW	7.8	The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)	337
146.	+33	7.8	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	527
147.	NEW	7.8	Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)	208
148.	−50	7.8	Chinatown (1974)	802
149.	−49	7.8	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	792
150.	NEW	7.8	Bad Taste (1987)	281
151.	−1	7.8	The Shining (1980)	1,282
152.	+76	7.8	Better Off Dead (1985)	513
153.	−33	7.8	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	442
154.	−46	7.8	8½ (1963)	360
155.	−42	7.8	The Deer Hunter (1978)	843
156.	+22	7.8	Stand by Me (1986)	1,008
157.	−5	7.7	The Great Escape (1963)	534
158.	−16	7.7	Evil Dead II (1987)	517
159.	−31	7.7	Strictly Ballroom (1992)	419
160.	NEW	7.7	Phenomenon (1996)	662
161.	NEW	7.7	Independence Day (1996)	3,564
162.	NEW	7.7	Somewhere in Time (1980)	274
163.	−58	7.7	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,961
164.	−52	7.7	Duck Soup (1933)	402
165.	+5	7.7	Pump Up the Volume (1990)	590
166.	NEW	7.7	M (1931)	253
167.	NEW	7.7	Mallrats (1995)	326
168.	−27	7.7	My Fair Lady (1964)	607
169.	−38	7.7	The Gold Rush (1925)	302
170.	−52	7.7	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	1,053
171.	−17	7.7	Diva (1980)	417
172.	NEW	7.7	Down by Law (1986)	306
173.	NEW	7.7	Naked (1993)	230
174.	NEW	7.7	Dawn of the Dead (1978)	246
175.	−13	7.7	Leaving Las Vegas (1995)	973
176.	+49	7.7	The Sound of Music (1965)	913
177.	−68	7.7	Before Sunrise (1995)	518
178.	+40	7.7	Patton (1970)	477
179.	−47	7.7	Groundhog Day (1993)	1,268
180.	−55	7.7	Highlander (1986)	1,480
181.	−48	7.7	Young Frankenstein (1974)	857
182.	−89	7.7	Unforgiven (1992)	1,081
183.	−36	7.7	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	394
184.	−58	7.7	Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)	523
185.	−45	7.7	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	509
186.	−69	7.7	Back to the Future (1985)	2,428
187.	NEW	7.7	All About Eve (1950)	228
188.	+36	7.7	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	496
189.	−18	7.7	Akira (1988)	721
190.	−83	7.7	The Remains of the Day (1993)	800
191.	−26	7.7	Little Women (1994)	578
192.	−43	7.7	Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1991)	729
193.	−50	7.7	Night on Earth (1991)	456
194.	−64	7.7	Fantasia (1940)	712
195.	−15	7.7	The Great Dictator (1940)	306
196.	−75	7.7	Exotica (1994)	475
197.	−61	7.7	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)	722
198.	NEW	7.7	National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)	1,013
199.	−32	7.7	High Noon (1952)	450
200.	−90	7.7	Die Hard (1988)	1,929
201.	−78	7.7	Jean de Florette (1986)	384
202.	+14	7.7	Pink Floyd - The Wall (1981)	761
203.	−34	7.7	Being There (1979)	596
204.	NEW	7.7	Sabrina (1954)	221
205.	−57	7.7	The Big Sleep (1946)	404
206.	−77	7.7	Heathers (1989)	1,027
207.	NEW	7.7	Twister (1996)	2,026
208.	NEW	7.7	City Lights (1931)	201
209.	−2	7.7	Koyaanisqatsi (1983)	370
210.	−54	7.7	Ben-Hur (1959)	662
211.	−89	7.7	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	544
212.	−15	7.6	Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)	402
213.	−89	7.6	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	2,167
214.	−12	7.6	This Is Spinal Tap (1984)	732
215.	−78	7.6	Aladdin (1992)	1,097
216.	−65	7.6	Dahong denglong gaogao gua (1991)	273
217.	NEW	7.6	Priest (1994)	293
218.	NEW	7.6	Strange Brew (1983)	436
219.	−56	7.6	Shallow Grave (1994)	617
220.	−105	7.6	In the Name of the Father (1993)	689
221.	NEW	7.6	Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson (1995)	587
222.	−65	7.6	A Room with a View (1985)	650
223.	+9	7.6	Real Genius (1985)	628
224.	−36	7.6	Forbidden Planet (1956)	481
225.	NEW	7.6	Clueless (1995)	858
226.	−73	7.6	Gandhi (1982)	804
227.	−83	7.6	Bawang bie ji (1993)	306
228.	NEW	7.6	Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991)	274
229.	NEW	7.6	A River Runs Through It (1992)	322
230.	−30	7.6	The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)	618
231.	−96	7.6	Mitt Liv Som Hund (1985)	424
232.	NEW	7.6	Charade (1963)	230
233.	NEW	7.6	The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)	287
234.	−24	7.6	Strange Days (1995)	859
235.	−59	7.6	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	759
236.	NEW	7.6	The Searchers (1956)	219
237.	NEW	7.6	MASH (1970)	780
238.	NEW	7.6	From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)	1,137
239.	−64	7.6	Field of Dreams (1989)	1,134
240.	−47	7.6	The Killing Fields (1984)	489
241.	−50	7.6	The Man Who Would Be King (1975)	376
242.	NEW	7.6	Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)	614
243.	NEW	7.6	The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)	1,286
244.	−58	7.6	Paris, Texas (1984)	476
245.	−46	7.6	Manon des sources (1986)	294
246.	−31	7.6	Jaws (1975)	1,556
247.	−79	7.6	Dangerous Liaisons (1988)	987
248.	−66	7.6	Shadowlands (1993)	420
249.	−94	7.6	When Harry Met Sally... (1989)	1,720
250.	−84	7.6	Double Indemnity (1944)	296

26 Apr '96

19 Dec '96

+2,766	Star Wars
+2,363	Pulp Fiction
+1,906	Braveheart
+1,555	Blade Runner
+1,551	The Usual Suspects
+1,466	Twelve Monkeys
+1,408	The Shawshank Redemption
+1,334	Se7en
+1,130	2001: A Space Odyssey
+1,092	Aliens

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