IMDb ranks the top movies of the last 25 years

That most wonderous movie resource the Internet Movie Database has just turned 25, so it's the perfect time to celebrate the best movies of the last quarter century with a definitive ranked list.

With hundreds of millions of users who all have access to an easy rating system for the films they've seen, the IMDb is a really great way to get a snapshot of what films people actually enjoy and watch, rather than the ones which just earned good marks from critics. That's a pretty invaluable tool, and just one small part of what makes it such an amazing site.

The list of best movies is broken down handily by year, with the highest ranked title from that twelvemonth winning out. There are some filmmakers which have really made their mark, like Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and David Fincher but the more recent years seem to pretty much belong to Christopher Nolan.

Here's the full list by year, which contains some really great movies...

2014 - Interstellar

2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street

2012 - Django Unchained

2011 - Untouchable

2010 - Inception

2009 - Inglourious Basterds

2008 - The Dark Knight

2007 - Into the Wild

2006 - The Departed

2005 - Batman Begins

2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2003 - The Return of the King

2002 - The Two Towers

2001 - The Fellowship of the Ring

2000 - Memento

1999 - Fight Club

1998 - Saving Private Ryan

1997 - Life is Beautiful

1996 - Fargo

1995 - Seven

1994 - The Shawshank Redemption

1993 - Schindler's List

1992 - Reservoir Dogs

1991 - The Silence of the Lambs

1990 - Goodfellas

That's a pretty obvious list in a lot of ways, including many films which have always been popular with audiences (like Shawshank) and a fair few which also went on to awards glory. Still there are some weird inclusions - Memento as the best film to release in 2000? And while Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films are an amazing technical achievement, Return of the King was a bit of a messy affair. The Chrisopher Nolan love in is also a bit bewildering.

But this obviously represents a cross section of millions of people from all over the world, which is about as definitive a list as you're ever going to get.

What will the listing say for 2015? As of right now, Inside Out is looking like a landslide with a score of 8.4 which puts it at number 64 on the IMDb top 250. The Martian isn't far behind with 8.2, which is matched by Mad Max Fury Road.