I’m going to count the top 250 as of what it is today (June 29, 09). I’ll bold the ones I’ve seen thus far.

The list (with the rating):

• 9.1

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)

• 9.0

3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

• 8.9

4. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Schindler’s List (1993)

• 8.8

7. The Dark Knight (2008)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
10. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
11. Casablanca (1942)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
14. Shichinin no samurai (1954)

• 8.7

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. Fight Club (1999)
22. Up (2009)
23. The Usual Suspects (1994)
24. Psycho (1960)

• 8.6

25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
26. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
27. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
28. The Matrix (1999)
29. Memento (2000)
30. North by Northwest (1959)
31. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
32. Se7en (1995)
33. Citizen Kane (1941)
34. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
35. Léon (1994)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)

• 8.5

37. American Beauty (1999)
38. Taxi Driver (1976)
39. American History X (1998)
40. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
41. Vertigo (1958)
42. WALL·E (2008)
43. Forrest Gump (1994)
44. Paths of Glory (1957)
45. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (2001)
46. M (1931)
47. Double Indemnity (1944)
48. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
49. Alien (1979)
50. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
51. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
52. The Shining (1980)
53. The Departed (2006)
54. Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
55. The Third Man (1949)
56. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
57. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

• 8.4

58. Chinatown (1974)
59. The Pianist (2002)
60. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001
61. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
62. City Lights (1931)
63. Aliens (1986)
64. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
65. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
66. L.A. Confidential (1997)
67. Das Boot (1981)
68. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
69. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
70. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
71. El laberinto del fauno (2006)
72. Rashômon (1950)
73. Raging Bull (1980)
74. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
75. All About Eve (1950)
76. Gran Torino (2008)
77. Modern Times (1936)
78. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

• 8.3

79. Some Like It Hot (1959)
80. Rebecca (1940)
81. Der Untergang (2004)
82. Metropolis (1927)
83. The Prestige (2006)
84. The Apartment (1960)
85. Amadeus (1984)
86. The Elephant Man (1980)
87. La vita è bella (1997)
88. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
89. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
90. The Great Dictator (1940)
91. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
92. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
93. The Great Escape (1963)
94. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
95. Back to the Future (1985)
96. The Sting (1973)
97. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
98. Star Trek (2009)
99. Sin City (2005)
100. Touch of Evil (1958)
101. On the Waterfront (1954)
102. Braveheart (1995)
103. The Wrestler (2008)
104. Det sjunde inseglet (1957)
105. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
106. Batman Begins (2005)
107. Jaws (1975)
108. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
109. No Country for Old Men (2007)
110. Strangers on a Train (1951)
111. The Green Mile (1999)
112. Blade Runner (1982)
113. Unforgiven (1992)
114. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

• 8.2

115. Gladiator (2000)
116. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
117. Notorious (1946)
118. High Noon (1952)
119. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
120. Oldboy (2003)
121. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
122. The Big Sleep (1946)
123. Die Hard (1988)
124. Fargo (1996)
125. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
126. The General (1926)
127. Mononoke-hime (1997)
128. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
129. There Will Be Blood (2007)
130. Donnie Darko (2001)
131. The Hangover (2009)
132. Smultronstället (1957)
133. It Happened One Night (1934)
134. Yojimbo (1961)
135. Heat (1995)
136. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
137. Annie Hall (1977)
138. Ran (1985)
139. The Deer Hunter (1978)
140. The Sixth Sense (1999)
141. Ben-Hur (1959)
142. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
143. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
144. Platoon (1986)
145. Les diaboliques (1955)
146. Into the Wild (2007)
147. Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
148. Le salaire de la peur (1953)
149. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

• 8.1

150. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
151. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
152. 8½ (1963)
153. Life of Brian (1979)
154. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
155. The Big Lebowski (1998)
156. Snatch. (2000)
157. The Gold Rush (1925)
158. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
159. The Graduate (1967)
160. Finding Nemo (2003)
161. Stand by Me (1986)
162. The Killing (1956)
163. Ratatouille (2007)
164. Gandhi (1982)
165. Brief Encounter (1945)
166. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
167. Amores perros (2000)
168. Public Enemies (2009)
169. Gone with the Wind (1939)
170. Trainspotting (1996)
171. The Lion King (1994)
172. Scarface (1983)
173. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
174. The Wild Bunch (1969)
175. The Thing (1982)
176. V for Vendetta (2005)
177. Groundhog Day (1993)
178. The Terminator (1984)
179. Sleuth (1972)
180. Harvey (1950)
181. Toy Story (1995)
182. The Kid (1921)
183. The Hustler (1961)
184. The Princess Bride (1987)
185. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
186. Umberto D. (1952)
187. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
188. The Incredibles (2004)
189. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
190. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
191. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
192. Children of Men (2006)
193. Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
194. Stalag 17 (1953)

• 8.0

195. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
196. Casino (1995)
197. Hotaru no haka (1988)
198. Duck Soup (1933)
199. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
200. The African Queen (1951)
201. La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
202. Dial M for Murder (1954)
203. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
204. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
205. In Bruges (2008)
206. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
207. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
208. The Conversation (1974)
209. King Kong (1933)
210. The Exorcist (1973)
211. The Lost Weekend (1945)
212. Ed Wood (1994)
213. La strada (1954)
214. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
215. His Girl Friday (1940)
216. Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)
217. Rope (1948)
218. Changeling (2008)
219. Safety Last! (1923)
220. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
221. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
222. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
223. Crash (2004/I)
224. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
225. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
226. Network (1976)
227. Manhattan (1979)
228. Frankenstein (1931)
229. Patton (1970)
230. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
231. Great Expectations (1946)
232. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
233. Big Fish (2003)
234. Magnolia (1999)
235. Laura (1944)
236. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
237. Wo hu cang long (2000)
238. Mystic River (2003)
239. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
240. Glory (1989)
241. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
242. Roman Holiday (1953)
243. Good Will Hunting (1997)
244. La dolce vita (1960)
245. Rocky (1976)
246. My Man Godfrey (1936)
247. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
248. Harold and Maude (1971)
249. Spartacus (1960)
250. The Red Shoes (1948)

This is going to take a long time.