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A couple years ago, I decided to watch the entire IMDB Top 250. It might not seem like such a big deal, but it takes some serious dedication. Not only are there some very obscure movies, but some are not available in Canada. It can be a real pain to find every movie. I also add new movies to the list. My original list is from 3 years ago. Every week I add the new movies from the Top 250 (I wrote a script that does the work for me). My original list wouldn't have had movies like Inception, Dark Knight, WALL-E, Toy Story 3 and other new movies on it. Also the bottom 15 or so of the list fluctuate constantly.

One of the hardest movies to find was Sleuth. The North American DVD is out of print and runs for something like $80 on ebay. I simply wasn't paying that much, but I finally found a version on amazon.co.uk. Even with shipping to Canada it was only £5.99.

There have been some movies on this list, that I despised (for instance Magnolia), some that I loved (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and many I still have to watch. However the one that surprised me the most was Sleuth: