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Rank - avg rating - title (year) - total ratings
1. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008) 489,357
2. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 381,650
3. 8.7 City of
20 total (10 each), with 14 in the top 1000 (7 each). Ironic, that most Mexican films were directed by Spaniard Luis Buñuel, even one by a Russian, Sergei Eisenstein. [I'm using the IMDB country designations, which are often joint collaberations, just to get the financing].
These two countries had the most films listed in the the western hemisphere, after the U.S. and Canada.
Brazil
1. City
Many of my favorite films and all-time classics got no Oscars®, such as Dr. Strangelove, Memento, Being John Malkovich, Gangs of New York (Scorsese’s most ambitious), and Pulp Fiction, still Tarantino's best. Most of these are much more daring and memorable than the winners, each is a classic. [Many of these are linked to my reviews at '1000 Dvds to See']
Dr. Strangelove - to me, possibly the
