Titles thrown out of the Top 250
These titles didn't have 25,000 votes on July 18th, 2012, when IMDb raised the number of votes needed to be in the Top 250 from 3,000 all the way up to 25,000. (thanks to took.nl/250 for being able to find and check the data)
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- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJackie CooganThe Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #140. Back four days later on July 22nd, 2012 at #130 with 25,017 votes (currently #95).
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJames StewartLee RemickBen GazzaraAn upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth and will he win his case?Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #239. Back on September 10th, 2012 at #202 with 25,002 (currently #240).
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-haIn a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #250. Back on January 13th, 2013 at #212 with 25,002 votes (currently #214).
- DirectorAamir KhanStarsDarsheel SafaryAamir KhanTisca ChopraA young boy is thought to be nothing but a lazy troublemaker until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.Kicked out on July 16th, 2012 when it was #250 because it ranked below the Top 250. However, it took the film to get back on January 22nd, 2013 in the Top 250. This time, at #227 with 25,001 votes (currently not in the Top 250, although there's a weighted average of 8,5).
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMyrna LoyDana AndrewsFredric MarchThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American Midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #182. Back on April 5th, 2013 at #176 with 25,001 votes (currently #198).
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi HimoriA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #131. Back on June 9th, 2013 at #132 with 25,103 votes (currently #131).
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil GuvePernilla AllwinKristina AdolphsonTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #210. Back on June 28th, 2013 at #212 with 25,002 votes (currently #217).
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #165. Back on August 7th, 2013 at #140 with 25,003 votes (currently #192).
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyBurt LancasterRichard WidmarkFictionalized depiction of the 1947 Judges' Trial, the third of 12 trials of Nazi war criminals conducted by the American occupying forces in Nuremberg, Germany, in which former judges of Nazi Germany were tried for their actions.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #185. Back on October 3rd, 2013 at #147 with 25,493 votes (currently #147).
- DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsBrahim HadjadjJean MartinYacef SaadiIn the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #196. Back on February 7th, 2014 at #213 with 25,015 votes (currently #220).
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van EyckIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #139. Back on June 3rd, 2014 at #165 with 25,008 votes (currently #176).
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsManoj BajpayeeNawazuddin SiddiquiTigmanshu DhuliaA clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.“ Kicked out on July 16th, 2012 when it was #245 because it ranked below the Top 250. However, it took the film to get back on December 4th, 2014 in the Top 250. This time, at #183 with 25,055 votes (currently not in the Top 250, although there's a weighted average of 8,3).
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinDita ParloPierre FresnayDuring WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #249. Back on February 8th, 2015 at #225 with 25,018 votes (currently #225).
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonFrançois PérierNathalie DelonAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses, his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #248. Back on February 19th, 2015 at #249 with 25,033 votes (currently not in the Top 250).
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #240. Back on June 24th, 2015 at #196 with 25,033 votes (currently #226).
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret LivingstonA married farmer falls under the spell of a sophisticated woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #160. Back on November 19th, 2015 at #118 with 25,008 votes (currenty #126).
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsDennis PriceAlec GuinnessValerie HobsonA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #214. Back on May 16th, 2016 at #211 with 25,000 votes (currently #213).
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsGiulietta MasinaFrançois PérierFranca MarziA waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #220. Back on June 8th, 2016 at #169 with 25,018 votes (currently #222).
- DirectorElem KlimovStarsAleksey KravchenkoOlga MironovaLiubomiras LauceviciusAfter finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #233. Back on July 17th, 2016 at #165 with 25,003 votes (currently #168).
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #231. Back on May 26th, 2016 at #140 with 25,023 votes (currently #173).
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré BerleyIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy, and the ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force her to recant her claims of holy visions.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #207. Back on August 16th, 2016 at #124 with 25,008 votes (currently #189).
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe KeatonA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.Kicked out on July 18th, 2012 when it was #205. Back on March 30th, 2018 at #147 with 25,020 votes (currently #155).
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira IshihamaShima IwashitaWhen a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.Currently 8.7 (!) with 22,245 votes
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneYutaka SadaTatsuya NakadaiAn executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.Currently 8.4 with 21,597 votes
