Casablanca is only rated number 33 by IMDB which is much too low in my opinion.
However, most of the movie goers of today probably never heard of the movie itself and have no idea when WWII was fought and by whom.
IMDB TOP RATED MOVIES
01. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
02. The Godfather (1972)
03. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
04. The Dark Knight (2008)
05. Schindler’s List (1993)
06. 12 Angry Men (1957)
07. Pulp Fiction (1994)
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
09. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
10. Fight Club (1999)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
13. Forrest Gump (1994)
14. Inception (2010)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
17. Goodfellas (1990
18. The Matrix (1999)
19. Seven Samurai (1954)
20. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
21. City of God (2002)
22. Se7en (1995)
23. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
24. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
25. The Usual Suspects (1995)
26. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
27. Léon: The Professional (1994)
28. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
29. Spirited Away (2001)
30. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
31. American History X (1998)
32. Interstellar (2014)
33. Casablanca (1942)
What a dreary list.
Half of the movies in this list are dreck. Most Humphrey Bogart or James Cagney movies are better than the garbage being made today.
I didn’t see a single John Wayne movie on their top 250 list. I think that Who Shot Liberty Valance should have made the cut at least. Treasure of Sierra Madre also a dud. Hmmm.
That the godfather movies are rated higher than Casablanca tells me that most people don’t understand what makes a movie great.
No Eastwood movie so the list is bad from the start. Pulp Fiction should be moved up. Need High Noon on the list in top ten. Did not see any Hitchcock or Kubrick movie on the list somebody has not watched enough to do this.
Where are Gone with the Wind? Citizen Kane?