Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 924,840 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 663,829 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 427,611 |
| 4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 720,218 |
| 5. | 8.9 | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) | 282,184 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 227,542 |
| 7. | 8.9 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 902,741 |
| 8. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 475,650 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 661,585 |
| 10. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 704,819 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 456,238 |
| 12. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 686,845 |
| 13. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 386,367 |
| 14. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 718,193 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 404,476 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 511,539 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) | 145,038 |
| 18. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 604,901 |
| 19. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 669,530 |
| 20. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 593,916 |
| 21. | 8.7 | Cidade de Deus (2002) | 303,174 |
| 22. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 537,894 |
| 23. | 8.6 | C'era una volta il West (1968) | 127,944 |
| 24. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 450,867 |
| 25. | 8.6 | Casablanca (1942) | 249,323 |
| 26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 425,237 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 389,378 |
| 28. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 187,546 |
| 29. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 161,438 |
| 30. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 235,489 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Léon (1994) | 393,223 |
| 32. | 8.5 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 84,771 |
| 33. | 8.5 | Memento (2000) | 487,567 |
| 34. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 426,112 |
| 35. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 272,781 |
| 36. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 419,857 |
| 37. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 474,362 |
| 38. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 224,433 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 315,125 |
| 40. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 53,917 |
| 41. | 8.5 | Django Unchained (2012) | 227,628 |
| 42. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 137,688 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) | 206,882 |
| 44. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 68,137 |
| 45. | 8.5 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 552,185 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 195,641 |
| 47. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 327,536 |
| 48. | 8.5 | Back to the Future (1985) | 371,371 |
| 49. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 255,039 |
| 50. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 470,123 |
| 51. | 8.4 | Vertigo (1958) | 143,263 |
| 52. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 61,368 |
| 53. | 8.4 | La vita è bella (1997) | 202,346 |
| 54. | 8.4 | American Beauty (1999) | 487,993 |
| 55. | 8.4 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 280,641 |
| 56. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 69,633 |
| 57. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 58,436 |
| 58. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 285,974 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 272,400 |
| 60. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 369,723 |
| 61. | 8.4 | Das Leben der Anderen (2006) | 144,833 |
| 62. | 8.4 | Intouchables (2011) | 152,738 |
| 63. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 519,500 |
| 64. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 383,367 |
| 65. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 313,994 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) | 310,012 |
| 67. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 67,096 |
| 68. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 424,459 |
| 69. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 116,590 |
| 70. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 126,970 |
| 71. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 363,286 |
| 72. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 105,150 |
| 73. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 72,769 |
| 74. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 331,434 |
| 75. | 8.3 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 49,276 |
| 76. | 8.3 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 383,296 |
| 77. | 8.3 | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 79,948 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 127,239 |
| 79. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 307,250 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 356,174 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 266,912 |
| 82. | 8.3 | Chinatown (1974) | 129,125 |
| 83. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 260,630 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 419,906 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 236,744 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Oldeuboi (2003) | 185,770 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 87,945 |
| 88. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 106,332 |
| 89. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 65,898 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 160,396 |
| 91. | 8.3 | Rashômon (1950) | 61,213 |
| 92. | 8.3 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) | 49,441 |
| 93. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 243,278 |
| 94. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 167,157 |
| 95. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 51,160 |
| 96. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 103,700 |
| 97. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 61,781 |
| 98. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 294,503 |
| 99. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 142,517 |
| 100. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 91,040 |
| 101. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 31,062 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 343,624 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Hotaru no haka (1988) | 64,206 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 527,184 |
| 105. | 8.3 | Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011) | 77,362 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Yôjinbô (1961) | 44,438 |
| 107. | 8.3 | El laberinto del fauno (2006) | 273,793 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Der Untergang (2004) | 147,112 |
| 109. | 8.3 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) | 82,405 |
| 110. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 338,416 |
| 111. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 426,108 |
| 112. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 97,657 |
| 113. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 48,880 |
| 114. | 8.2 | Up (2009) | 311,961 |
| 115. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 61,297 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 313,936 |
| 117. | 8.2 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 97,570 |
| 118. | 8.2 | Det sjunde inseglet (1957) | 65,190 |
| 119. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 256,955 |
| 120. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 30,699 |
| 121. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 72,817 |
| 122. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 290,489 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 53,920 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 309,062 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Smultronstället (1957) | 36,345 |
| 126. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 29,626 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 296,444 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 253,422 |
| 129. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 303,357 |
| 130. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 47,134 |
| 131. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 49,509 |
| 132. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 143,438 |
| 133. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 74,719 |
| 134. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 36,182 |
| 135. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 410,602 |
| 136. | 8.1 | The Avengers (2012) | 463,739 |
| 137. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 38,269 |
| 138. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 240,567 |
| 139. | 8.1 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 56,012 |
| 140. | 8.1 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 348,328 |
| 141. | 8.1 | Jaws (1975) | 232,780 |
| 142. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 415,912 |
| 143. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 178,658 |
| 144. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 153,404 |
| 145. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 189,428 |
| 146. | 8.1 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 158,737 |
| 147. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 50,524 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 90,879 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 268,567 |
| 150. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 166,463 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 412,847 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 155,319 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 305,421 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 110,785 |
| 155. | 8.1 | El secreto de sus ojos (2009) | 62,157 |
| 156. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 131,259 |
| 157. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 46,647 |
| 158. | 8.1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | 231,106 |
| 159. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 37,049 |
| 160. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 221,325 |
| 161. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 161,198 |
| 162. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 437,898 |
| 163. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 240,671 |
| 164. | 8.1 | Tonari no Totoro (1988) | 72,543 |
| 165. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 345,055 |
| 166. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 202,121 |
| 167. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 56,084 |
| 168. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 42,008 |
| 169. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 60,970 |
| 170. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 93,829 |
| 171. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 329,238 |
| 172. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 220,945 |
| 173. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 39,478 |
| 174. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 263,276 |
| 175. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 157,321 |
| 176. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 353,301 |
| 177. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 246,967 |
| 178. | 8.1 | Black Swan (2010) | 318,261 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 109,877 |
| 180. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 278,244 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Amores perros (2000) | 106,740 |
| 182. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 281,978 |
| 183. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 55,775 |
| 184. | 8.1 | Les quatre cents coups (1959) | 40,067 |
| 185. | 8.1 | Life of Pi (2012) | 118,439 |
| 186. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 31,184 |
| 187. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 94,345 |
| 188. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 131,178 |
| 189. | 8.0 | Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) | 102,006 |
| 190. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 39,236 |
| 191. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 184,177 |
| 192. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 289,774 |
| 193. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 48,192 |
| 194. | 8.0 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 366,910 |
| 195. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 38,525 |
| 196. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 33,209 |
| 197. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 28,395 |
| 198. | 8.0 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 48,414 |
| 199. | 8.0 | The Artist (2011/I) | 109,794 |
| 200. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 190,159 |
| 201. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 27,656 |
| 202. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 45,701 |
| 203. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 186,448 |
| 204. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 29,717 |
| 205. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 56,483 |
| 206. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 26,506 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 61,430 |
| 208. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 34,853 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Mou gaan dou (2002) | 56,275 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 37,874 |
| 211. | 8.0 | Salinui chueok (2003) | 26,486 |
| 212. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 327,440 |
| 213. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 337,233 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 54,618 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 449,607 |
| 216. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 53,094 |
| 217. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 271,818 |
| 218. | 8.0 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) | 77,905 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) | 60,284 |
| 220. | 8.0 | Yip Man (2008) | 68,652 |
| 221. | 8.0 | Per un pugno di dollari (1964) | 69,747 |
| 222. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 269,162 |
| 223. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 251,283 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 286,404 |
| 225. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 53,627 |
| 226. | 8.0 | La haine (1995) | 53,782 |
| 227. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 160,147 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 90,279 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984) | 44,832 |
| 230. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 33,859 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 361,946 |
| 232. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 33,164 |
| 233. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 229,166 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Incendies (2010) | 27,917 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Taare Zameen Par (2007) | 27,208 |
| 236. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 221,744 |
| 237. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 184,597 |
| 238. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 67,370 |
| 239. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 61,007 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Jurassic Park (1993) | 284,377 |
| 241. | 8.0 | Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003) | 36,220 |
| 242. | 8.0 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) | 46,994 |
| 243. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 52,053 |
| 244. | 8.0 | The Help (2011) | 143,685 |
| 245. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 249,152 |
| 246. | 8.0 | The Untouchables (1987) | 143,712 |
| 247. | 8.0 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | 40,911 |
| 248. | 7.9 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | 33,084 |
| 249. | 7.9 | Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) | 26,791 |
| 250. | 7.9 | Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) | 46,576 |
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:
for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
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