IMDb Top 250 Update

When in posted about the BFI Top 100 back in January, I said that I would be shifting my IMDb Top 250 Updates from once every three months to once every other month. Every even month will chronicle my progress through IMDb's highest rate films (a list that changes all the time), and every odd month will do the same for the BFI Top 100 that was published in 1999.
Despite my best efforts, since my last update in November 2012,the number of films on the list that I've seen is still 112. In my defence, several of the films that I reviewed (such as Skyfall) have dropped out of the list, and I have invested in a few new films on the list, so that when we return to this in April I should have made better progress.
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So without any further ado, here's the rundown of what I've seen complete with links to reviews and podcasts where appropriate. See the original post for the colour key, and be sure to sign up to http://www.250films.net/ so you can keep track of your own progress.

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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. Pulp Fiction (1994)
7. Schindler's List (1993)
8. The Dark Knight (2008) - review 
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - review
11. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - review 
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - review
14. Inception (2010) - review 
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - review 
18. Forrest Gump (1994)
19. The Matrix (1999)
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - review
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
26. The Usual Suspects (1995) - review
27. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - review
33. Memento (2000) - review 
35. Apocalypse Now (1979) - review

36. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
37. Saving Private Ryan - review
38. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - review
39. Alien (1979) - review 
43. Spirited Away (2001) - review
44. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - review 
46. Citizen Kane (1941)
47. The Shining (1980) 

48. Back to the Future (1985)
50. The Departed (2006) - review
51. Vertigo (1958) - review 
54. American Beauty (1999)
55. Taxi Driver (1976)
58. Aliens (1986) - review
60. WALL-E (2008) - review
63. Gladiator (2000)
64. A Clockwork Orange (1971) - review - podcast
65. The Green Mile (1999)
66. Amelie (2001)
68. The Prestige (2006) - review
71. Reservoir Dogs (1992) - review
73. The Third Man (1949) - review

76. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - review 
77. Cinema Paradiso (1988) - review

79. The Lion King (1994)
80. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - review
81. Chinatown (1974) - review
82. Full Metal Jacket (1987) - review
86. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - review - podcast
90. Metropolis (1927) - review 
93. Princess Mononoke (1997) - review
94. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
97. The Sting (1973) - review
99. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
103. Die Hard (1988)
105. Batman Begins (2005) - review 
107. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - review 
108. Downfall (2005)
114. The Great Escape (1963)
115. Up (2009) - review 
117. Toy Story (1995)
118. The Elephant Man (1980) - review
119. The Seventh Seal (1957)  
123. Blade Runner (1982) - review - podcast
129. Fargo (1996)
130. The Big Lebowski (1998) 
133. The Deer Hunter (1978) - review  
136. Sin City (2005)

137. The Avengers (2012) - review
141. No Country for Old Men (2007) - review
142. Jaws (1975) - review  
145. The Thing (1982) - review - podcast
149. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 
150. Trainspotting (1996)
151. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
152. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
157. Gone with the Wind (1939) - review
158. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) - review
159. Notorious (1946) - review
162. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
163. The King's Speech (2011) - review
164. V for Vendetta (2006) - review
166. Finding Nemo (2003) 
172. The Terminator (1984)
173. There Will Be Blood (2007) - review
179. Black Swan (2011) - review
180. Twelve Monkeys (1995) - review
184. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - review
187. Gandhi (1982) - review
188. Life of Pi (2012) - review
189. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) - review
192. The Princess Bride (1987) - review
194. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
195. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - review
199. The Artist (2011) - review
201. Rocky (1976) 
207. Sleuth (1972)
213. District 9 (2009) - review
214. The Truman Show (1998) - review
215. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
219. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) - review
221. Monsters Inc. (2001)
222. Ratatouille (2007) - review
228. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
229. La Haine (1995) - review
232. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) - review
235. Shutter Island (2010) - review
236. Rain Man (1988) 
243. Jurassic Park (1993)
245. Big Fish (2003) - review 
247. The Untouchables (1987)
249. Battleship Potemkin (1925) - review

Daniel

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