Top 250 movies as voted by our users

For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
Rank Rating Title Votes

1. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 491,458

2. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 393,596

3. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 233,210

4. 8.9 Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) 149,835

5. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 398,557

6. 8.9 Schindler's List (1993) 263,695

7. 8.8 12 Angry Men (1957) 110,669

8. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 203,671

9. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 266,607

10. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008) 438,638

11. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 348,495

12. 8.8 Star Wars (1977) 310,577

13. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 161,892

14. 8.7 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 92,658

15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) 218,826

16. 8.7 Fight Club (1999) 363,568

17. 8.7 Cidade de Deus (2002) 157,577

18. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 372,825

19. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 234,226

20. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 113,832

21. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995) 256,560

22. 8.7 Psycho (1960) 137,089

23. 8.7 C'era una volta il West (1968) 70,015

24. 8.6 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 234,127

25. 8.6 The Matrix (1999) 364,390

26. 8.6 Se7en (1995) 264,967

27. 8.6 Memento (2000) 258,173

28. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 313,932

29. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 98,017

30. 8.6 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 52,088

31. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 150,933
Bomb (1964)

32. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) 89,579

33. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941) 133,953

34. 8.6 Léon (1994) 189,936

35. 8.6 Apocalypse Now (1979) 166,897

36. 8.6 Forrest Gump (1994) 285,504

37. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 281,463

38. 8.5 American History X (1998) 213,792

39. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 148,497

40. 8.5 Vertigo (1958) 87,851

41. 8.5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 226,755

42. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 76,686

43. 8.5 Alien (1979) 173,057

44. 8.5 Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) 172,469

45. 8.5 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 260,175

46. 8.5 WALL·E (2008) 169,803

47. 8.5 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 185,767

48. 8.5 The Shining (1980) 169,572

49. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 42,741

50. 8.4 The Departed (2006) 250,274

51. 8.4 The Pianist (2002) 127,268

52. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 79,512

53. 8.4 Aliens (1986) 163,915

54. 8.4 Das Leben der Anderen (2006) 70,477

55. 8.4 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 95,377

56. 8.4 M (1931) 38,112

57. 8.4 Double Indemnity (1944) 35,356

58. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 210,060

59. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 75,686

60. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 176,772

61. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 49,130

62. 8.4 L.A. Confidential (1997) 159,626

63. 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 204,157

64. 8.4 Das Boot (1981) 67,895

65. 8.4 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 31,789

66. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 150,043

67. 8.4 City Lights (1931) 25,908

68. 8.4 El laberinto del fauno (2006) 145,243

69. 8.4 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 56,641

70. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 86,331

71. 8.3 Inglourious Basterds (2009) 158,296

72. 8.3 The Prestige (2006) 192,055

73. 8.3 Back to the Future (1985) 191,918

74. 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 154,489

75. 8.3 La vita è bella (1997) 103,220

76. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 53,269

77. 8.3 Up (2009) 95,628

78. 8.3 Modern Times (1936) 33,908

79. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 64,573

80. 8.3 Der Untergang (2004) 78,552

81. 8.3 Amadeus (1984) 93,114

82. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 145,143

83. 8.3 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 43,280

84. 8.3 Braveheart (1995) 231,198

85. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 49,673

86. 8.3 Rashômon (1950) 37,369

87. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 33,784

88. 8.3 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 69,023

89. 8.3 Avatar (2009) 233,325

90. 8.3 Gran Torino (2008) 117,351

91. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 37,659

92. 8.3 The Green Mile (1999) 188,970

93. 8.3 The Elephant Man (1980) 55,579

94. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940) 35,228

95. 8.3 Sin City (2005) 245,323

96. 8.3 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 165,359

 97. 8.3 Rebecca (1940) 34,078

98. 8.3 The Apartment (1960) 34,820

99. 8.3 Gladiator (2000) 266,933

100. 8.3 The Sting (1973) 63,254

101. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963) 59,441

102. 8.3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 165,376

103. 8.3 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 203,270

104. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992) 93,819

105. 8.3 Ladri di biciclette (1948) 26,108

106. 8.3 Jaws (1975) 132,194

107. 8.3 Batman Begins (2005) 257,964

108. 8.2 Die Hard (1988) 173,741

109. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982) 179,232

110. 8.2 On the Waterfront (1954) 39,516

111. 8.2 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 87,761

112. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 32,059

113. 8.2 Oldboy (2003) 91,834

114. 8.2 No Country for Old Men (2007) 188,777

115. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 31,423

116. 8.2 Det sjunde inseglet (1957) 35,122

117. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 159,550

118. 8.2 Mononoke-hime (1997) 62,631

119. 8.2 District 9 (2009) 136,198

120. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 98,963

121. 8.2 Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 40,928

122. 8.2 Heat (1995) 138,673

123. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 32,742

124. 8.2 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 43,486

125. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 201,845

126. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 32,834

127. 8.2 The Sixth Sense (1999) 229,299

128. 8.2 Notorious (1946) 30,171

129. 8.2 There Will Be Blood (2007) 124,665

130. 8.2 The Deer Hunter (1978) 84,709

131. 8.2 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 33,605

132. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 62,774

133. 8.2 Kick-Ass (2010) 43,561

134. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 221,640

135. 8.2 Snatch. (2000) 165,351

136. 8.2 The Wrestler (2008) 86,323

137. 8.2 Platoon (1986) 104,251

138. 8.2 The Big Lebowski (1998) 169,969

139. 8.2 The General (1926) 19,017

140. 8.1 Into the Wild (2007) 92,180

141. 8.1 Ben-Hur (1959) 56,217

142. 8.1 Yôjinbô (1961) 27,985

143. 8.1 Ran (1985) 33,251

144. 8.1 The Big Sleep (1946) 27,887

145. 8.1 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 134,023

146. 8.1 The Lion King (1994) 128,382

147. 8.1 It Happened One Night (1934) 24,027

148. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) 90,239

149. 8.1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 55,201

150. 8.1 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 17,132

151. 8.1 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 138,209

152. 8.1 Smultronstället (1957) 20,285

153. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003) 156,493

154. 8.1 Trainspotting (1996) 144,572

155. 8.1 Toy Story (1995) 138,613

156. 8.1 Stand by Me (1986) 86,271

157. 8.1 The Graduate (1967) 74,918

158. 8.1 The Terminator (1984) 171,826

159. 8.1 Gone with the Wind (1939) 75,786

160. 8.1 Groundhog Day (1993) 129,066

161. 8.1 Scarface (1983) 145,110

162. 8.1 Star Trek (2009) 124,530

163. 8.1 Amores perros (2000) 58,495

164. 8.1 The Thing (1982) 74,668

165. 8.1 Ratatouille (2007) 124,654

166. 8.1 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 56,788

167. 8.1 Gandhi (1982) 48,539

168. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2005) 213,421

169. 8.1 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 120,060

170. 8.1 Le salaire de la peur (1953) 13,490

171. 8.1 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 162,983

172. 8.1 8½ (1963) 28,257

173. 8.1 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 22,422

174. 8.1 The Gold Rush (1925) 19,899

175. 8.1 Casino (1995) 103,705

176. 8.1 Les diaboliques (1955) 13,775

177. 8.1 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 24,581

178. 8.1 Hotaru no haka (1988) 32,630

179. 8.1 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 19,286

180. 8.0 The Incredibles (2004) 151,416

181. 8.0 The Princess Bride (1987) 120,276

182. 8.0 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 13,403

183. 8.0 The Killing (1956) 23,650

184. 8.0 The Wild Bunch (1969) 29,841

185. 8.0 Children of Men (2006) 150,187

186. 8.0 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 12,487

187. 8.0 El secreto de sus ojos (2009) 10,523

188. 8.0 The Exorcist (1973) 98,417

189. 8.0 In Bruges (2008) 90,875

190. 8.0 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 16,637

191. 8.0 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 10,767

192. 8.0 The Kid (1921) 13,125

193. 8.0 Le notti di Cabiria (1957) 10,437

194. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 24,400

195. 8.0 Dial M for Murder (1954) 28,306

196. 8.0 Good Will Hunting (1997) 143,199

197. 8.0 Ed Wood (1994) 71,267

198. 8.0 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 48,148

199. 8.0 Harvey (1950) 22,376

200. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 134,986

201. 8.0 King Kong (1933) 37,206

202. 8.0 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 32,355

203. 8.0 Låt den rätte komma in (2008) 50,380

204. 8.0 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 53,677

205. 8.0 Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) 28,955

206. 8.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 174,463

207. 8.0 Magnolia (1999) 117,738

208. 8.0 Rocky (1976) 91,196

209. 8.0 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 20,431

210. 8.0 Sleuth (1972) 16,555

211. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 113,633

212. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 19,960

213. 8.0 The African Queen (1951) 32,729

214. 8.0 Crash (2004/I) 164,366

215. 8.0 Network (1976) 31,976

216. 8.0 Brief Encounter (1945) 12,820

217. 8.0 Rope (1948) 29,901

218. 8.0 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 39,571

219. 8.0 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 222,973

220. 8.0 Duck Soup (1933) 25,448

221. 8.0 Shutter Island (2010) 66,813

222. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 36,997

223. 8.0 La strada (1954) 16,965

224. 8.0 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 128,342

225. 8.0 Planet of the Apes (1968) 55,132

226. 8.0 Patton (1970) 38,063

227. 8.0 La battaglia di Algeri (1966) 13,098

228. 8.0 Wo hu cang long (2000) 105,304

 229. 8.0 The Conversation (1974) 31,500

230. 8.0 Changeling (2008) 59,913

231. 8.0 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 144,050

232. 8.0 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 74,988

233. 8.0 Les quatre cents coups (1959) 22,672

234. 7.9 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 18,683

235. 7.9 Barry Lyndon (1975) 38,142

236. 7.9 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 97,405

237. 7.9 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 22,460

238. 7.9 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 15,857

239. 7.9 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 20,456

240. 7.9 The Truman Show (1998) 147,286

241. 7.9 Spartacus (1960) 48,624

242. 7.9 Shaun of the Dead (2004) 125,796

243. 7.9 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 107,509

244. 7.9 Tonari no Totoro (1988) 28,240

245. 7.9 Glory (1989) 55,152

246. 7.9 Toy Story 2 (1999) 107,926

247. 7.9 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 28,794

248. 7.9 The Lady Vanishes (1938) 17,316

249. 7.9 The Philadelphia Story (1940) 26,904

250. 7.9 Rain Man (1988) 99,280

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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