Top movies of all time: Greatest movies in the 40 to 31 slots

A list of the top 100 greatest movies of all times has been drawn up by IMDb and is not based on the personal preferences of the Addie’s staff.

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According to IMDb, the movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards and nominations), their popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint.

Number 40: Rocky (1976)

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the heavy-weight champion, Apollo Creed, in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Director: John G. Avildsen

Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Running time: 119 minutes

Oscars: 3, Nominations: 10

BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 5

Golden Globes: 1, Nominations: 6

Number 39: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies

Running time: 115 minutes

Oscars: 4, Nominations: 8

BAFTA Awards: 1, Nominations: 6

Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 1

Number 38: Unforgiven (1992)

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.

Director: Clint Eastwood

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris

Running time: 131 minutes

Oscars: 4, Nominations: 9

BAFTA Awards: 1, Nominations: 6

Golden Globes: 2, Nominations: 4

Number 37: Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns

Running time: 169 minutes

Oscars: 5, Nominations: 11

BAFTA Awards: 2, Nominations: 8

Golden Globes: 2, Nominations: 5

Number 36: From Here to Eternity (1953)

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit’s team, while his captain’s wife and second in command are falling in love.

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Stars: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed

Running time: 118 minutes

Oscars: 8, Nominations: 13

BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 1

Golden Globes: 2, Nominations: 2

Number 35: Gladiator (2000)

When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor’s corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.

Director: Ridley Scott

Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed

Running time: 155 minutes

Oscars: 5, Nominations: 12

BAFTA Awards: 4, Nominations: 12

Golden Globes: 2, Nominations: 5

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Number 34: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron’s army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Director: Peter Jackson

Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

Running time: 201 minutes

Oscars: 11, Nominations: 11

BAFTA Awards: 4, Nominations: 10

Golden Globes: 4, Nominations: 4

Number 33: Gandhi (1982)

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

Director: Richard Attenborough

Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox

Running time: 191 minutes

Oscars: 8, Nominations: 11

BAFTA Awards: 5, Nominations: 16

Golden Globes: 5, Nominations: 5

Number 32: Apocalypse Now (1979)

During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.

Director: Francis Coppola

Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest

Running time: 153 minutes

Oscars: 2, Oscar Nominations: 8

BAFTA Awards: 2, Nominations: 8

Golden Globes: 3, Nominations: 4

Number 31: Amadeus (1984)

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.

Director: Milos Forman

Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice

Running time: 160 minutes

Oscars: 8, Nominations: 11

BAFTA Awards: 4, Nominations: 9

Golden Globes: 4, Nominations: 6