‘The Shawshank Redemption’ being ranked first is an ongoing testament to anglophone philistinism.
Makes sense.
Folks wanted to know how they could finally get all the shawshanks they had lying around redeemed.
I like Shawshank a lot. But yeah, #1 ever?! Uh no. I could see it in the lower reaches around 150 or so, and I wouldn’t be horribly saddened to see it miss the list entirely. When looking at all of cinema history 250 is a small list and should really be the cream of the cream, and “darn good movie” is generally not a descriptor for cream of the cream.