Top 250 movies as voted by our users

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Rank Rating Title Votes

1. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 520,993
2. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 412,075
3. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 246,003
4. 9.0 Inception (2010) 192,231
5. 8.9 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 160,898
6. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 418,792
7. 8.9 Schindler's List (1993) 276,983
8. 8.8 12 Angry Men (1957) 119,564
9. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 215,130
10. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980) 278,455
11. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008) 466,285
12. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003) 364,947
13. 8.8 Seven Samurai (1954) 96,969
14. 8.7 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) 321,795
15. 8.7 Toy Story 3 (2010) 68,446
16. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 168,316
17. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) 229,801
18. 8.7 Fight Club (1999) 383,519
19. 8.7 City of God (2002) 167,493
20. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001) 388,321
21. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 119,017
22. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 243,207
23. 8.7 Psycho (1960) 143,887
24. 8.7 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 74,436
25. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995) 267,545
26. 8.6 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 245,534
27. 8.6 The Matrix (1999) 381,913
28. 8.6 Se7en (1995) 279,832
29. 8.6 Memento (2000) 275,301
30. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 101,708
31. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 327,772
32. 8.6 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 54,811
33. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 156,198
34. 8.6 The Professional (1994) 200,372
35. 8.6 Forrest Gump (1994) 301,388
36. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) 93,424
37. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941) 138,454
38. 8.6 Apocalypse Now (1979) 173,550
39. 8.5 American History X (1998) 225,559
40. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 293,242
41. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 156,264
42. 8.5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 238,208
43. 8.5 Vertigo (1958) 91,867
44. 8.5 Alien (1979) 180,870
45. 8.5 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 271,152
46. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 79,599
47. 8.5 Amélie (2001) 181,640
48. 8.5 WALL·E (2008) 183,045
49. 8.5 The Shining (1980) 178,259
50. 8.5 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 194,124
51. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 44,922
52. 8.4 The Departed (2006) 264,975
53. 8.4 The Pianist (2002) 134,950
54. 8.4 Spirited Away (2001) 101,342
55. 8.4 Aliens (1986) 170,618
56. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 83,001
57. 8.4 M (1931) 40,044
58. 8.4 The Lives of Others (2006) 75,432
59. 8.4 Double Indemnity (1944) 37,146
60. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 220,573
61. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 185,801
62. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 79,242
63. 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 213,525
64. 8.4 L.A. Confidential (1997) 165,482
65. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 51,036
66. 8.4 Das Boot (1981) 70,412
67. 8.4 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 33,253
68. 8.4 City Lights (1931) 27,591
69. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 155,389
70. 8.4 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 154,266
71. 8.4 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 58,782
72. 8.4 The Prestige (2006) 208,108
73. 8.3 Back to the Future (1985) 202,202
74. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 90,267
75. 8.3 Life Is Beautiful (1997) 108,790
76. 8.3 Modern Times (1936) 35,916
77. 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 160,734
78. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 55,507
79. 8.3 Inglourious Basterds (2009) 179,791
80. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 67,303
81. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 152,425
82. 8.3 Amadeus (1984) 97,242
83. 8.3 Downfall (2004) 82,558
84. 8.3 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 45,810
85. 8.3 The Green Mile (1999) 199,570
86. 8.3 Braveheart (1995) 241,233
87. 8.3 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 72,474
88. 8.3 Up (2009) 111,256
89. 8.3 Rashomon (1950) 39,193
90. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 51,591
91. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 35,080
92. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 39,794
93. 8.3 Gran Torino (2008) 129,849
94. 8.3 The Elephant Man (1980) 58,373
95. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940) 37,202
 96. 8.3 Gladiator (2000) 280,329
97. 8.3 The Apartment (1960) 36,594
98. 8.3 Rebecca (1940) 35,518
99. 8.3 Sin City (2005) 256,486
100. 8.3 The Sting (1973) 66,019
101. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963) 62,249
102. 8.3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 171,984
103. 8.3 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 211,579
104. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992) 99,091
105. 8.3 Bicycle Thieves (1948) 27,687
106. 8.3 Jaws (1975) 138,407
107. 8.3 Batman Begins (2005) 271,339
108. 8.3 Die Hard (1988) 181,935
109. 8.2 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 176,995
110. 8.2 Oldboy (2003) 97,979
111. 8.2 On the Waterfront (1954) 41,280
112. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 33,393
113. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982) 185,928
114. 8.2 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 92,396
115. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 32,745
116. 8.2 The Seventh Seal (1957) 37,061
117. 8.2 No Country for Old Men (2007) 198,478
118. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 165,507
119. 8.2 Princess Mononoke (1997) 65,970
120. 8.2 For a Few Dollars More (1965) 44,404
121. 8.2 Heat (1995) 145,274
122. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 103,060
123. 8.2 Avatar (2009) 262,688
124. 8.2 District 9 (2009) 152,536
125. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 34,395
126. 8.2 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 45,695
127. 8.2 The Sixth Sense (1999) 239,332
128. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 211,225
129. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 34,237
130. 8.2 Snatch. (2000) 174,433
131. 8.2 The Deer Hunter (1978) 88,314
132. 8.2 The General (1926) 20,059
133. 8.2 Notorious (1946) 31,511
134. 8.2 The Big Lebowski (1998) 178,434
135. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 232,474
136. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 65,558
137. 8.2 Platoon (1986) 108,885
138. 8.2 Yojimbo (1961) 29,408
139. 8.2 There Will Be Blood (2007) 131,625
140. 8.2 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 34,803
141. 8.1 Ran (1985) 34,630
142. 8.1 The Lion King (1994) 137,045
143. 8.1 Into the Wild (2007) 99,930
144. 8.1 Ben-Hur (1959) 58,682
145. 8.1 The Big Sleep (1946) 29,090
146. 8.1 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 141,662
147. 8.1 Toy Story (1995) 151,731
148. 8.1 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 18,215
149. 8.1 The Wrestler (2008) 93,761
150. 8.1 It Happened One Night (1934) 25,140
151. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) 94,273
152. 8.1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 57,751
153. 8.1 Wild Strawberries (1957) 21,415
154. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003) 165,507
155. 8.1 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 146,540
156. 8.1 Trainspotting (1996) 150,907
157. 8.1 Gone with the Wind (1939) 79,160
158. 8.1 The Terminator (1984) 180,143
159. 8.1 Groundhog Day (1993) 135,432
160. 8.1 Scarface (1983) 152,725
161. 8.1 Stand by Me (1986) 90,388
162. 8.1 The Graduate (1967) 78,242
163. 8.1 The Thing (1982) 78,923
164. 8.1 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 59,823
165. 8.1 Amores Perros (2000) 61,250
166. 8.1 The Wages of Fear (1953) 14,314
167. 8.1 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 34,921
168. 8.1 Gandhi (1982) 51,035
169. 8.1 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) 18,032
170. 8.1 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 126,459
171. 8.1 Ratatouille (2007) 132,406
172. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2006) 225,306
173. 8.1 Star Trek (2009) 134,683
174. 8.1 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 170,327
175. 8.1 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 23,423
176. 8.1 Casino (1995) 108,988
177. 8.1 The Gold Rush (1925) 21,066
178. 8.1 8½ (1963) 29,855
179. 8.1 Diabolique (1955) 14,801
180. 8.1 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 14,376
181. 8.0 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 25,744
182. 8.0 The Killing (1956) 24,865
183. 8.0 The Princess Bride (1987) 123,787
184. 8.0 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 28,880
185. 8.0 The Incredibles (2004) 159,647
186. 8.0 The Wild Bunch (1969) 31,279
187. 8.0 The Kid (1921) 14,262
188. 8.0 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 13,156
189. 8.0 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 17,386
190. 8.0 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 11,415
191. 8.0 The Exorcist (1973) 103,434
192. 8.0 In Bruges (2008) 98,277
193. 8.0 Children of Men (2006) 158,611
194. 8.0 Dial M for Murder (1954) 30,139
195. 8.0 Kick-Ass (2010) 88,883
196. 8.0 Good Will Hunting (1997) 150,877
197. 8.0 Nights of Cabiria (1957) 11,073
198. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 25,459
199. 8.0 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 51,057
200. 8.0 Ed Wood (1994) 74,378
201. 8.0 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 31,314
202. 8.0 Harvey (1950) 23,327
203. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 141,581
204. 8.0 Rocky (1976) 97,383
205. 8.0 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 33,901
206. 8.0 Sleuth (1972) 17,533
207. 8.0 King Kong (1933) 39,084
208. 8.0 Let the Right One In (2008) 57,340
209. 8.0 Network (1976) 33,861
210. 8.0 Magnolia (1999) 121,776
211. 8.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 183,424
212. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 119,848
213. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 20,890
214. 8.0 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 57,076
215. 8.0 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 21,547
216. 8.0 The Battle of Algiers (1966) 14,028
217. 8.0 Brief Encounter (1945) 13,600
218. 8.0 Rope (1948) 31,641
219. 8.0 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 233,369
220. 8.0 The African Queen (1951) 34,022
221. 8.0 The 400 Blows (1959) 24,085
222. 8.0 Ikiru (1952) 16,273
223. 8.0 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 41,682
224. 8.0 Duck Soup (1933) 26,621
225. 8.0 Crash (2004/I) 171,026
226. 8.0 Patton (1970) 39,653
227. 8.0 The Truman Show (1998) 156,893
 228. 8.0 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 31,158
229. 8.0 Toy Story 2 (1999) 119,860
230. 8.0 Planet of the Apes (1968) 58,373
231. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 38,789
232. 8.0 La strada (1954) 17,877
233. 8.0 The Conversation (1974) 33,090
234. 8.0 Barry Lyndon (1975) 40,013
235. 8.0 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 16,944
236. 8.0 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 19,920
237. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 21,540
238. 8.0 Roman Holiday (1953) 31,274
239. 7.9 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 116,328
240. 7.9 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 110,097
241. 7.9 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 79,733
242. 7.9 Spartacus (1960) 51,008
243. 7.9 Infernal Affairs (2002) 35,788
244. 7.9 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 151,468
245. 7.9 Rain Man (1988) 106,584
246. 7.9 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 23,774
247. 7.9 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 103,341
248. 7.9 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 29,986
249. 7.9 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 44,650
250. 7.9 Edward Scissorhands (1990) 102,683

The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:
weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:

 R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)

 v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
 m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 250 (currently 3000)
 C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)

for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.