On IMDb's 26th B-day, Founder Col Needham Reveals His Top 10 Movies of All-Time
IMDb, my favorite place to find information about movies and TV shows, just turned 26 on October 17, 2016. In celebration of IMDb’s 26th anniversary, IMDb founder and CEO Col Needham shared that he managed to watch 10,000 unique movies in his lifetime.
The 10,000th movie Needham watched is A Monster Calls, an emotional drama starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall, and Liam Neeson. The movie’s about a boy who seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom's terminal illness.
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Col Needham had nothing but words of praise for the movie and the cast:
"A Monster Calls, the 10,000th individual movie I’ve watched, is an utterly unique and emotionally powerful film – an instant classic. It has already earned the #1 spot on my top 10 movies of 2016 list. I am a big fan of Felicity Jones, who received IMDb’s STARmeter Award last month just prior to A Monster Calls’ world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It is also noteworthy to me that Felicity’s co-star in this movie is Sigourney Weaver, who stars in Aliens, my #6 film of all time. I am delighted that A Monster Calls, a movie that resonates with me on so many levels, has become a milestone in my personal viewing history, which I track diligently via my IMDb Watchlist.”
Col Needham had something else to share on IMDb’s 26th anniversary. For the first time ever, his all-time top 10 movies.
Col Needham’s All-Time Top 10 Movies List
10. Touch of Evil (1958)
Starring Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh.
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
9. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack.
A New York City doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes himself on a harrowing and dangerous night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife admits that she once almost cheated on him.
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Quentin Tarrantino.
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
7. Se7en (1995)
Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey.
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
6. Aliens (1986)
Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn.
The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?
5. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles.
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
4. Double Indemnity (1944)
Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
3. North By Northwest (1959)
Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
2. Inception (2010)
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page.
A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.
1. Vertigo (1958)
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
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The 10,000th movie Needham watched is A Monster Calls, an emotional drama starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall, and Liam Neeson. The movie’s about a boy who seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom's terminal illness.
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Col Needham had nothing but words of praise for the movie and the cast:
"A Monster Calls, the 10,000th individual movie I’ve watched, is an utterly unique and emotionally powerful film – an instant classic. It has already earned the #1 spot on my top 10 movies of 2016 list. I am a big fan of Felicity Jones, who received IMDb’s STARmeter Award last month just prior to A Monster Calls’ world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It is also noteworthy to me that Felicity’s co-star in this movie is Sigourney Weaver, who stars in Aliens, my #6 film of all time. I am delighted that A Monster Calls, a movie that resonates with me on so many levels, has become a milestone in my personal viewing history, which I track diligently via my IMDb Watchlist.”
Col Needham had something else to share on IMDb’s 26th anniversary. For the first time ever, his all-time top 10 movies.
Col Needham’s All-Time Top 10 Movies List
10. Touch of Evil (1958)
Starring Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh.
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
9. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack.
A New York City doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes himself on a harrowing and dangerous night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife admits that she once almost cheated on him.
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Quentin Tarrantino.
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
7. Se7en (1995)
Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey.
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
6. Aliens (1986)
Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn.
The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?
5. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles.
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
4. Double Indemnity (1944)
Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
3. North By Northwest (1959)
Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
2. Inception (2010)
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page.
A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.
1. Vertigo (1958)
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes.
A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
In related news...
Just like several other companies, IMDb has a very fun 404 message. Not only is it amusing, it can also serve as inspiration for when you want to watch a movie but you don't know what movie to watch.
