Have you ever paid attention to the number of votes a film has received on IMDb? Well, of course, you might argue it is the ratings that are important and not the votes. That might be true, but don’t under-estimate the importance of votes. If you notice that many movies with ratings higher than 8.5 aren’t on the IMDb Top 250 list. Have you wondered why? Because the concerned films didn’t have sufficient number of votes from the regular IMDb users. Also, number of votes is indicative of the fact how popular a film is. The more the number of votes, the more popular the film is.
With that said, here is the list of 20 most popular movies on IMDb. Or in simple terms the 20 most votes movies on IMDb.
20. The Silence of the Lambs (8.6) – 0.975 Million Votes
19. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (8.7) – 0.989 Million Votes
18. Django Unchained (8.4) – 1.053 Million Votes
17. The Avengers (8.1) – 1.055 Million Votes
16. Batman Begins (8.3) – 1.062 Million Votes
15. Gladiator (8.5) – 1.066 Million Votes
14. Interstellar (8.6) – 1.070 Million Votes
13. Se7en (8.6) – 1.117 Million Votes
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (8.7) – 1.192 Million Votes