For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.

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Rank Rating Title Votes

1. 9.2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 674,494
2. 9.2 The Godfather (1972) 508,644
3. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 317,203
4. 8.9 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 211,735
5. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 530,666
6. 8.9 12 Angry Men (1957) 163,173
7. 8.9 Schindler's List (1993) 353,334
8. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 280,994
9. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008) 608,083
10. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 469,332
11. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 345,785
12. 8.8 Inception (2010) 453,421
13. 8.8 Fight Club (1999) 503,825
14. 8.8 Seven Samurai (1954) 118,330
15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) 297,040
16. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 490,528
17. 8.7 Star Wars (1977) 390,737
18. 8.7 City of God (2002) 220,920
19. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 201,029
20. 8.7 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 97,340
21. 8.7 The Matrix (1999) 488,840
22. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 147,265
23. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 298,401
24. 8.7 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 321,883
25. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995) 329,985
26. 8.6 Psycho (1960) 181,224
27. 8.6 Se7en (1995) 377,129
28. 8.6 Forrest Gump (1994) 412,221
29. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 420,518
30. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 125,491
31. 8.6 Memento (2000) 355,680
32. 8.6 Leon: The Professional (1994) 271,799
33. 8.6 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 68,581
34. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 184,455
35. 8.6 Apocalypse Now (1979) 212,894
36. 8.5 American History X (1998) 302,835
37. 8.5 North by Northwest (1959) 112,410
38. 8.5 Citizen Kane (1941) 163,133
39. 8.5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 307,478
40. 8.5 Toy Story 3 (2010) 171,669
41. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 366,644
42. 8.5 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 347,372
43. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 205,738
44. 8.5 Alien (1979) 226,384
45. 8.5 Spirited Away (2001) 141,056
46. 8.5 Vertigo (1958) 112,614
47. 8.5 City Lights (1931) 38,594
48. 8.5 The Shining (1980) 234,973
49. 8.5 Paths of Glory (1957) 56,105
50. 8.5 Amélie (2001) 235,610
51. 8.5 The Pianist (2002) 180,034
52. 8.5 M (1931) 49,587
53. 8.5 WALL·E (2008) 255,363
54. 8.4 Double Indemnity (1944) 46,659
55. 8.4 The Departed (2006) 345,156
56. 8.4 The Lives of Others (2006) 103,202
57. 8.4 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 242,711
58. 8.4 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 94,612
59. 8.4 Aliens (1986) 211,047
60. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 100,642
61. 8.4 Modern Times (1936) 47,946
62. 8.4 Life Is Beautiful (1997) 145,240
63. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 242,013
64. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 284,223
65. 8.4 Das Boot (1981) 84,660
66. 8.4 Back to the Future (1985) 268,108
67. 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 269,203
68. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 60,621
69. 8.4 L.A. Confidential (1997) 201,806
70. 8.4 The Prestige (2006) 288,457
71. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 98,194
72. 8.4 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 40,419
73. 8.4 The Green Mile (1999) 269,363
74. 8.4 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 59,266
75. 8.3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) 187,342
76. 8.3 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 93,650
77. 8.3 Rashomon (1950) 49,338
78. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940) 48,734
79. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 111,717
80. 8.3 Amadeus (1984) 121,446
81. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 196,883
82. 8.3 Gladiator (2000) 369,538
83. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 83,001
84. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 68,107
85. 8.3 Bicycle Thieves (1948) 36,745
86. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 42,119
87. 8.3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 72,422
88. 8.3 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 203,613
89. 8.3 Braveheart (1995) 307,512
90. 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 195,514
91. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 51,047
92. 8.3 Oldboy (2003) 132,482
93. 8.3 The Apartment (1960) 46,650
94. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992) 127,700
95. 8.3 Downfall (2004) 109,193
96. 8.3 The Sting (1973) 81,625
 97. 8.3 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 265,788
98. 8.3 Inglourious Basterds (2009) 275,201
99. 8.3 Princess Mononoke (1997) 85,395
100. 8.3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 215,266
101. 8.3 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 40,131
102. 8.3 The Elephant Man (1980) 75,149
103. 8.3 Up (2009) 187,885
104. 8.3 Gran Torino (2008) 196,851
105. 8.3 On the Waterfront (1954) 50,167
106. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 61,297
107. 8.3 Die Hard (1988) 240,357
108. 8.3 Rebecca (1940) 42,969
109. 8.3 The Seventh Seal (1957) 49,039
110. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963) 76,921
111. 8.2 The Lion King (1994) 205,908
112. 8.2 Batman Begins (2005) 348,747
113. 8.2 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 46,923
114. 8.2 Yojimbo (1961) 36,003
115. 8.2 Sin City (2005) 317,342
116. 8.2 Heat (1995) 187,235
117. 8.2 For a Few Dollars More (1965) 60,175
118. 8.2 The General (1926) 25,009
119. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982) 225,673
120. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 200,401
121. 8.2 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 23,157
122. 8.2 Snatch. (2000) 235,706
123. 8.2 Black Swan (2010) 188,326
124. 8.2 Ran (1985) 41,267
125. 8.2 Wild Strawberries (1957) 27,708
126. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 174,749
127. 8.2 The King's Speech (2010) 132,048
128. 8.2 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 118,735
129. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 39,411
130. 8.2 No Country for Old Men (2007) 258,633
131. 8.2 The Big Lebowski (1998) 228,644
132. 8.2 Toy Story (1995) 213,983
133. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 129,060
134. 8.2 The Deer Hunter (1978) 110,658
135. 8.2 The Sixth Sense (1999) 306,026
136. 8.2 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 56,991
137. 8.2 It Happened One Night (1934) 30,929
138. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 43,294
139. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 82,481
140. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 297,011
141. 8.2 A Separation (2011) 18,306
142. 8.2 Scarface (1983) 204,113
143. 8.2 Platoon (1986) 137,488
144. 8.2 Ikiru (1952) 20,262
145. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 41,620
146. 8.1 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 247,546
147. 8.1 Donnie Darko (2001) 267,754
148. 8.1 Into the Wild (2007) 150,086
149. 8.1 Trainspotting (1996) 194,214
150. 8.1 The Gold Rush (1925) 27,267
151. 8.1 The Wages of Fear (1953) 18,015
152. 8.1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 71,384
153. 8.1 The Kid (1921) 20,478
154. 8.1 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 189,620
155. 8.1 Drive (2011) 64,265
156. 8.1 Notorious (1946) 37,942
157. 8.1 Gone with the Wind (1939) 100,057
158. 8.1 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 29,098
159. 8.1 There Will Be Blood (2007) 166,686
160. 8.1 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 169,508
161. 8.1 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 14,676
162. 8.1 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) 39,832
163. 8.1 The Thing (1982) 109,471
164. 8.1 Amores Perros (2000) 79,825
165. 8.1 Groundhog Day (1993) 179,507
166. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) 120,454
167. 8.1 Casino (1995) 140,925
168. 8.1 Ben-Hur (1959) 73,010
169. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003) 230,866
170. 8.1 The Terminator (1984) 234,992
171. 8.1 The Graduate (1967) 98,624
172. 8.1 The Big Sleep (1946) 34,717
173. 8.1 District 9 (2009) 224,988
174. 8.1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 20,913
175. 8.1 Diabolique (1955) 19,291
176. 8.1 Stand by Me (1986) 115,154
177. 8.1 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 45,949
178. 8.1 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 109,159
179. 8.1 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 40,767
180. 8.1 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 212,973
181. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2006) 304,529
182. 8.1 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 78,489
183. 8.1 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 198,464
184. 8.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 128,820
185. 8.1 Good Will Hunting (1997) 202,891
186. 8.1 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 18,472
187. 8.1 Gandhi (1982) 66,744
188. 8.1 Network (1976) 45,181
189. 8.1 The Wrestler (2008) 132,854
190. 8.1 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 31,860
191. 8.1 The 400 Blows (1959) 30,659
192. 8.0 Mary and Max (2009) 31,231
193. 8.0 The Battle of Algiers (1966) 17,880
194. 8.0 8½ (1963) 37,559
195. 8.0 The Princess Bride (1987) 146,793
196. 8.0 The Killing (1956) 31,193
197. 8.0 Ratatouille (2007) 184,016
198. 8.0 Dial M for Murder (1954) 39,939
199. 8.0 Persona (1966) 22,466
200. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 31,201
201. 8.0 La Strada (1954) 22,328
202. 8.0 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 25,739
203. 8.0 Avatar (2009) 377,271
204. 8.0 The Exorcist (1973) 138,264
205. 8.0 The Wild Bunch (1969) 37,818
206. 8.0 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 43,254
207. 8.0 Star Trek (2009) 193,875
208. 8.0 Fanny and Alexander (1982) 18,768
209. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 24,616
210. 8.0 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 14,152
211. 8.0 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 41,912
212. 8.0 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 65,960
213. 8.0 Barry Lyndon (1975) 48,921
214. 8.0 Rocky (1976) 133,869
215. 8.0 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 16,250
216. 8.0 Sherlock Jr. (1924) 10,673
217. 8.0 Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010) 15,061
218. 8.0 The Truman Show (1998) 218,877
219. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 26,810
220. 8.0 Warrior (2011) 13,338
221. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 158,280
222. 8.0 Nights of Cabiria (1957) 14,715
223. 8.0 Let the Right One In (2008) 87,534
224. 8.0 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 67,623
225. 8.0 The Incredibles (2004) 211,411
226. 8.0 Roman Holiday (1953) 40,288
227. 8.0 Infernal Affairs (2002) 44,347
228. 8.0 In Bruges (2008) 139,035
 229. 8.0 Magnolia (1999) 143,780
230. 8.0 The Celebration (1998) 33,152
231. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 181,591
232. 8.0 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 315,841
233. 8.0 Rope (1948) 41,386
234. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 49,131
235. 8.0 Ed Wood (1994) 89,918
236. 8.0 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 27,963
237. 8.0 A Beautiful Mind (2001) 180,920
238. 8.0 Ip Man (2008) 33,520
239. 8.0 The Social Network (2010) 169,906
240. 8.0 Tokyo Story (1953) 10,919
241. 8.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 237,302
242. 8.0 Shutter Island (2010) 213,027
243. 8.0 Stalker (1979) 27,609
244. 8.0 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 172,727
245. 8.0 Children of Men (2006) 200,799
246. 8.0 Beauty and the Beast (1991) 99,957
247. 8.0 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 29,227
248. 8.0 Sleuth (1972) 22,212
249. 8.0 Patton (1970) 47,764
250. 8.0 Castle in the Sky (1986) 29,837

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.
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