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Top 250 movies as voted by our users

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

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.9.1The Shawshank Redemption (1994)480,377
2.9.1The Godfather (1972)386,887
3.9.0The Godfather: Part II (1974)228,490
4.8.9Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)145,845
5.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)390,283
6.8.8Schindler's List (1993)258,392
7.8.812 Angry Men (1957)107,110
8.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)199,257
9.8.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)262,052
10.8.8The Dark Knight (2008)428,419
11.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)341,686
12.8.8Star Wars (1977)305,677
13.8.7Casablanca (1942)159,158
14.8.7Goodfellas (1990)214,041
15.8.7Shichinin no samurai (1954)90,780
16.8.7Fight Club (1999)355,683
17.8.7Cidade de Deus (2002)153,984
18.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)366,423
19.8.7Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)230,679
20.8.7Rear Window (1954)111,518
21.8.7The Usual Suspects (1995)252,240
22.8.7Psycho (1960)134,288
23.8.7C'era una volta il West (1968)68,167
24.8.6The Silence of the Lambs (1991)229,791
25.8.6The Matrix (1999)357,908
26.8.6Se7en (1995)259,226
27.8.6Memento (2000)253,246
28.8.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)96,496
29.8.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)308,245
30.8.6Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)148,573
31.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)50,788
32.8.6North by Northwest (1959)87,840
33.8.6Citizen Kane (1941)131,945
34.8.6Léon (1994)185,348
35.8.6Apocalypse Now (1979)163,903
36.8.5American Beauty (1999)276,606
37.8.5Forrest Gump (1994)279,270
38.8.5American History X (1998)208,895
39.8.5Taxi Driver (1976)145,185
40.8.5Vertigo (1958)86,061
41.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)222,247
42.8.5Lawrence of Arabia (1962)75,327
43.8.5Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)168,982
44.8.5Alien (1979)169,428
45.8.5WALL·E (2008)164,484
46.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)254,918
47.8.5A Clockwork Orange (1971)182,054
48.8.5The Shining (1980)165,878
49.8.4Paths of Glory (1957)41,864
50.8.4The Departed (2006)243,978
51.8.4The Pianist (2002)124,003
52.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)78,166
53.8.4Aliens (1986)160,805
54.8.4Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)92,972
55.8.4Das Leben der Anderen (2006)68,037
56.8.4M (1931)37,204
57.8.4Double Indemnity (1944)34,593
58.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)205,521
59.8.4Chinatown (1974)74,018
60.8.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)172,744
61.8.4The Third Man (1949)48,192
62.8.4L.A. Confidential (1997)156,959
63.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)199,990
64.8.4Avatar (2009)207,075
65.8.4Das Boot (1981)66,728
66.8.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)31,101
67.8.4Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)147,717
68.8.4City Lights (1931)25,147
69.8.4El laberinto del fauno (2006)141,455
70.8.4The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)55,681
71.8.4Inglourious Basterds (2009)145,358
72.8.3Raging Bull (1980)84,446
73.8.3The Prestige (2006)186,563
74.8.3Up (2009)86,941
75.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)151,697
76.8.3La vita è bella (1997)100,898
77.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)52,161
78.8.3Back to the Future (1985)187,883
79.8.3Modern Times (1936)33,038
80.8.3Der Untergang (2004)76,365
81.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)63,208
82.8.3Amadeus (1984)91,361
83.8.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)141,823
84.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)48,804
85.8.3Rashômon (1950)36,298
86.8.3Gran Torino (2008)111,070
87.8.3Braveheart (1995)226,951
88.8.3Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)42,153
89.8.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)67,333
90.8.3All About Eve (1950)33,072
91.8.3Slumdog Millionaire (2008)159,568
92.8.3Metropolis (1927)36,737
93.8.3The Green Mile (1999)184,643
94.8.3The Elephant Man (1980)54,269
95.8.3Sin City (2005)240,402
96.8.3The Great Dictator (1940)34,326
97.8.3Rebecca (1940)33,304
98.8.3The Apartment (1960)33,985
99.8.3The Sting (1973)61,953
100.8.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)162,591
101.8.3The Great Escape (1963)58,217
102.8.3Gladiator (2000)260,843
103.8.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)200,020
104.8.3Ladri di biciclette (1948)25,245
105.8.3Unforgiven (1992)91,678
106.8.3Batman Begins (2005)253,229
107.8.3Jaws (1975)129,718
108.8.2Blade Runner (1982)175,994
109.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)85,724
110.8.2Die Hard (1988)170,390
111.8.2Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)31,454
112.8.2No Country for Old Men (2007)184,387
113.8.2On the Waterfront (1954)38,633
114.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)30,737
115.8.2Oldboy (2003)89,019
116.8.2Det sjunde inseglet (1957)34,338
117.8.2District 9 (2009)126,707
118.8.2Fargo (1996)156,684
119.8.2Mononoke-hime (1997)61,114
120.8.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)97,375
121.8.2Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)39,737
122.8.2Heat (1995)135,912
123.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)31,940
124.8.2Donnie Darko (2001)197,625
125.8.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)42,608
126.8.2High Noon (1952)32,167
127.8.2There Will Be Blood (2007)121,604
128.8.2Notorious (1946)29,519
129.8.2The Sixth Sense (1999)225,569
130.8.2The Wrestler (2008)82,656
131.8.2The Manchurian Candidate (1962)33,073
132.8.2The Deer Hunter (1978)82,954
133.8.2Annie Hall (1977)61,434
134.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)217,153
135.8.2Snatch. (2000)161,452
136.8.2The General (1926)18,570
137.8.2Platoon (1986)102,234
138.8.1The Big Lebowski (1998)165,718
139.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)55,040
140.8.1Into the Wild (2007)88,569
141.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)27,295
142.8.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)130,890
143.8.1Yojimbo (1961)27,152
144.8.1Ran (1985)32,461
145.8.1It Happened One Night (1934)23,414
146.8.1The Lion King (1994)125,038
147.8.1Life of Brian (1979)88,439
148.8.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)134,853
149.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)54,176
150.8.1Witness for the Prosecution (1957)16,690
151.8.1Smultronstället (1957)19,776
152.8.1Finding Nemo (2003)153,220
153.8.1Star Trek (2009)119,300
154.8.1Trainspotting (1996)141,767
155.8.1Stand by Me (1986)84,504
156.8.1The Graduate (1967)73,289
157.8.1Gone with the Wind (1939)74,245
158.8.1The Terminator (1984)168,501
159.8.1Toy Story (1995)135,213
160.8.1Groundhog Day (1993)126,543
161.8.1Scarface (1983)141,739
162.8.1Ratatouille (2007)121,674
163.8.1Amores perros (2000)57,176
164.8.1The Thing (1982)72,768
165.8.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)55,540
166.8.1Gandhi (1982)47,472
167.8.1V for Vendetta (2005)208,306
168.8.1 (1963)27,392
169.8.1The Gold Rush (1925)19,402
170.8.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)21,935
171.8.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)117,373
172.8.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)159,680
173.8.1Le salaire de la peur (1953)13,058
174.8.1Les diaboliques (1955)13,284
175.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)23,965
176.8.1Casino (1995)101,255
177.8.1The Princess Bride (1987)118,596
178.8.0The Incredibles (2004)148,388
179.8.0Hotaru no haka (1988)31,678
180.8.0The Killing (1956)23,070
181.8.0Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)12,158
182.8.0Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)12,975
183.8.0The Wild Bunch (1969)29,206
184.8.0Children of Men (2006)146,996
185.8.0In Bruges (2008)87,526
186.8.0The Exorcist (1973)96,375
187.8.0Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)10,443
188.8.0Le notti di Cabiria (1957)10,128
189.8.0The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)16,278
190.8.0The Hustler (1961)23,874
191.8.0The Kid (1921)12,648
192.8.0Harvey (1950)21,917
193.8.0Ed Wood (1994)69,614
194.8.0Dial M for Murder (1954)27,502
195.8.0Good Will Hunting (1997)140,079
196.8.0Rosemary's Baby (1968)46,872
197.8.0King Kong (1933)36,397
198.8.0Big Fish (2003)131,984
199.8.0Shutter Island (2010)28,736
200.8.0Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)52,138
201.8.0Låt den rätte komma in (2008)47,462
202.8.0A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)31,626
203.8.0Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,944
204.8.0Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)170,761
205.8.0Sleuth (1972)16,136
206.8.0Stalag 17 (1953)19,533
207.8.0Brief Encounter (1945)12,453
208.8.0Magnolia (1999)115,783
209.8.0Crash (2004/I)161,287
210.8.0Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)27,912
211.8.0Mystic River (2003)110,781
212.8.0Rocky (1976)88,856
213.8.0The African Queen (1951)31,907
214.8.0The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)123,531
215.8.0Duck Soup (1933)24,874
216.8.0Network (1976)31,111
217.8.0Bonnie and Clyde (1967)38,656
218.8.0Rope (1948)29,091
219.8.0Manhattan (1979)36,149
220.8.0Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)218,525
221.8.0La strada (1954)16,485
222.8.0Changeling (2008)56,972
223.8.0Wo hu cang long (2000)103,872
224.8.0La battaglia di Algeri (1966)12,690
225.8.0Patton (1970)37,359
226.8.0Little Miss Sunshine (2006)140,887
227.8.0The Conversation (1974)30,716
228.8.0Planet of the Apes (1968)53,879
229.8.0The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)21,841
230.8.0The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)72,953
231.7.9Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)18,135
232.7.9Barry Lyndon (1975)37,247
233.7.9Anatomy of a Murder (1959)15,379
234.7.9All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)19,974
235.7.9Les quatre cents coups (1959)22,001
236.7.9Shaun of the Dead (2004)122,171
237.7.9Mulholland Dr. (2001)94,697
238.7.9(500) Days of Summer (2009)54,122
239.7.9Spartacus (1960)47,553
240.7.9The Lady Vanishes (1938)16,814
241.7.9Glory (1989)54,221
242.7.9Tonari no Totoro (1988)26,964
243.7.9The Philadelphia Story (1940)26,327
244.7.9Monsters, Inc. (2001)104,528
245.7.9The Truman Show (1998)142,984
246.7.9His Girl Friday (1940)19,608
247.7.9Toy Story 2 (1999)105,217
248.7.9Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)28,206
249.7.9Brazil (1985)73,226
250.7.9Mou gaan dou (2002)33,245

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.