The IMDb Top 250 Just Changed In A Suspicious Way

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IMDb's list of top 250 movies has undergone a suspicious change. For years, the Internet Movie Database has been the go-to destination for all information related to films and television series – such as cast listings, plot summaries, news, trivia, and fan ratings. Owned by Amazon, the site also launched an ad-supported streaming service in 2019 known as IMDb TV, allowing users to watch an array of movies and TV shows for free. IMDb TV has even ventured into producing its own content, with a reboot of Redemption acting as its first original series.

For years, the website has also captivated film buffs with its list of Top 250 movies, which is determined by user ratings. However, some have speculated there is a more secret formula at play. The list is home to some legendary titles such as The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men, and Schindler's List. A few comic book blockbusters have also made their way into the top 10, including Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. More recently, Spider-Man: No Way Home landed at number 9, though it has since fallen down to 35.

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Now, IMDb's list of top 250 films appears to have undergone an inexplicable change, details about which come courtesy of Darren Mooney, host of The 250 podcast. To summarize the change, Mooney suspects that IMDb has retooled the list's algorithm to give more weight to ratings from English-language, specifically American, voters. See the full Twitter thread below explaining the suspicious change:

I host a podcast on <a href=«https://twitter.com/IMDb?ref_src=» https: screenrant.com>@IMDb

’s 250. I suspect that the company may have changed the list’s algorithm to preference English-language (and probably specifically