260. El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) (#146)

Summary: Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with special guest Jack Packard, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT. This time, Guillermo Del Toro's El laberinto del fauno. In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl named Ofelia moves to her new stepfather's house. As Captain Vidal ruthlessly hunts down the remaining rebels, Ofelia discovers that there is something enchanted lurking in the nearby woods. A mysterious faun promises to secret Ofelia away to a magical realm, if she can complete three tasks. As Ofelia finds herself caught between fantasy and reality, she discovers the sometimes the worst monsters are the human kind. At time of recording, it was ranked 146th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.