You Can't Quit...Because You're Cut.

We get it. The list isn't perfect. Movies are user-rated and the list is heavily weighted towards new releases (wasn't Wall-E in the top 10 when it came out?) and away from comedies. Of course, we fall into some of the same traps, but here are a few films we thought could have at least cracked the top 250...

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

The Sound of Music (1965)

Once (2006)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Almost Famous (2000)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Kingpin (1996)

Apollo 13 (1995)

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Law Laydown & Da List

A couple quick notes before we get goin'...

1. Because the IMDB Top 250 relies mostly on user reviews, the rankings of movies (especially recent titles) move around quite a bit. For this reason, we will be working with a static version of the top 250 dated February 1, 2010.

Here is da list.

Any new movies that enter the 250 post-February 2010 will be viewed at our discretion. In other words, it better have a sick trailer.

2. Ratings System: Each movie will be rated on a scale of one to five Gary Buseys (one Gary Busey being the worst, five Gary Buseys being the best). In the event of a complete cinematic catastrophe, the movie will be given a "Matthew McConaughey" rating.

This Might Be the Worst Idea Ever.

We are about to embark on a journey equivalent to a mission to the moon...from our living rooms. Only this time, our 250,000 miles will be measured by 250 movies. The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has ranked the top 250 movies of all time. Our goal is to watch all 250, starting from the bottom and working our way up, while posting our favorite quotes, memorable moments, micro-reviews, and ratings for each along the way.

Why? Because we love movies, we're in college, and to a lesser extent, we'd like to think we can apply what we learn from movies to our obscenely typical, monotonous lives.

Here's to spending 500+ hours not improving on that predicament.