Top 250 movies as voted by our users

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

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RankRatingTitleVotes
1.9.2The Shawshank Redemption (1994)757,326
2.9.2The Godfather (1972)563,628
3.9.0The Godfather: Part II (1974)356,314
4.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)595,991
5.8.9The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)235,862
6.8.912 Angry Men (1957)186,050
7.8.9Schindler's List (1993)398,174
8.8.8The Dark Knight (2008)694,388
9.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)533,929
10.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)320,886
11.8.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)385,299
12.8.8Fight Club (1999)575,937
13.8.8Seven Samurai (1954)128,305
14.8.8Inception (2010)548,992
15.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)555,751
16.8.7Goodfellas (1990)337,080
17.8.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)433,022
18.8.7City of God (2002)250,561
19.8.7Casablanca (1942)218,878
20.8.7The Matrix (1999)552,884
21.8.7Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)107,719
22.8.7Rear Window (1954)162,931
23.8.6Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)332,021
24.8.6The Silence of the Lambs (1991)367,469
25.8.6The Usual Suspects (1995)365,632
26.8.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)478,434
27.8.6Se7en (1995)435,245
28.8.6Forrest Gump (1994)481,687
29.8.6Psycho (1960)200,132
30.8.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)139,067
31.8.6The Avengers (2012)170,070
32.8.6Leon: The Professional (1994)316,594
33.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)74,559
34.8.6Memento (2000)402,299
35.8.5Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)199,530
36.8.5Apocalypse Now (1979)234,755
37.8.5American History X (1998)346,904
38.8.5North by Northwest (1959)121,718
39.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)349,992
40.8.5Citizen Kane (1941)175,578
41.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)394,003
42.8.5Alien (1979)254,579
43.8.5City Lights (1931)44,231
44.8.5American Beauty (1999)412,743
45.8.5Spirited Away (2001)164,206
46.8.5Toy Story 3 (2010)209,528
47.8.5Taxi Driver (1976)234,556
48.8.5The Shining (1980)266,709
49.8.5Vertigo (1958)122,946
50.8.5M (1931)54,010
51.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)61,157
52.8.5The Pianist (2002)206,253
53.8.5Modern Times (1936)55,147
54.8.4The Departed (2006)391,314
55.8.4Amélie (2001)263,214
56.8.4Double Indemnity (1944)51,262
57.8.4WALL·E (2008)297,522
58.8.4The Lives of Others (2006)119,507
59.8.4Aliens (1986)237,227
60.8.4A Clockwork Orange (1971)267,394
61.8.4Life Is Beautiful (1997)165,438
62.8.4Back to the Future (1985)306,338
63.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)110,922
64.8.4Lawrence of Arabia (1962)102,222
65.8.4Das Boot (1981)92,634
66.8.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)275,070
67.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)303,310
68.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)322,112
69.8.4The Third Man (1949)65,385
70.8.4A Separation (2011)51,229
71.8.4The Prestige (2006)332,708
72.8.4The Green Mile (1999)308,814
73.8.4Cinema Paradiso (1988)66,968
74.8.4Chinatown (1974)109,882
75.8.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)43,792
76.8.4The Great Dictator (1940)55,240
77.8.4L.A. Confidential (1997)224,325
78.8.4Gladiator (2000)424,047
79.8.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)106,500
80.8.3Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)205,948
81.8.3Rashomon (1950)53,792
82.8.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)223,394
83.8.3Bicycle Thieves (1948)41,353
84.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)91,799
85.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)75,248
86.8.3Amadeus (1984)134,740
87.8.3All About Eve (1950)45,694
88.8.3Raging Bull (1980)123,107
89.8.3Metropolis (1927)56,712
90.8.3Braveheart (1995)349,239
91.8.3Oldboy (2003)151,764
92.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)212,850
93.8.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)79,654
94.8.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)299,915
95.8.3The Apartment (1960)52,638
96.8.3Pan's Labyrinth (2006)228,562
97.8.3Unforgiven (1992)142,328
98.8.3The Intouchables (2011)39,330
99.8.3Princess Mononoke (1997)96,888
100.8.3The Sting (1973)89,639
101.8.3Downfall (2004)123,557
102.8.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)243,868
103.8.3The Lion King (1994)241,480
104.8.3Inglourious Basterds (2009)325,410
105.8.3Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)43,463
106.8.3Die Hard (1988)276,924
107.8.3Grave of the Fireflies (1988)52,917
108.8.3The Seventh Seal (1957)55,465
109.8.3Up (2009)231,631
110.8.3On the Waterfront (1954)54,465
111.8.3The Elephant Man (1980)83,973
112.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)65,869
113.8.3The Great Escape (1963)84,913
114.8.3Yojimbo (1961)39,125
115.8.2Gran Torino (2008)238,741
116.8.2Batman Begins (2005)398,205
117.8.2Rebecca (1940)47,053
118.8.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)25,995
119.8.2Snatch. (2000)272,179
120.8.2For a Few Dollars More (1965)68,335
121.8.2The General (1926)27,146
122.8.2Heat (1995)213,226
123.8.2Blade Runner (1982)249,900
124.8.2Fargo (1996)220,255
125.8.2Wild Strawberries (1957)30,968
126.8.2Ran (1985)44,438
127.8.2Sin City (2005)349,964
128.8.2Toy Story (1995)249,707
129.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)42,460
130.8.2The Big Lebowski (1998)254,946
131.8.2The Deer Hunter (1978)123,615
132.8.2Jaws (1975)194,205
133.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)133,734
134.8.2Ikiru (1952)22,059
135.8.2No Country for Old Men (2007)292,333
136.8.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)63,698
137.8.2It Happened One Night (1934)33,769
138.8.2Scarface (1983)237,695
139.8.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)142,915
140.8.2The Sixth Sense (1999)348,055
141.8.2The Artist (2011)67,079
142.8.2The King's Speech (2010)175,679
143.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)47,989
144.8.2The Kid (1921)23,716
145.8.2Black Swan (2010)241,057
146.8.2The Wages of Fear (1953)19,712
147.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)335,523
148.8.1Annie Hall (1977)93,375
149.8.1The Gold Rush (1925)30,468
150.8.1High Noon (1952)44,952
151.8.1Platoon (1986)153,809
152.8.1Warrior (2011)91,294
153.8.1Trainspotting (1996)220,831
154.8.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)195,710
155.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)78,848
156.8.1Into the Wild (2007)176,766
157.8.1Sunrise (1927)16,198
158.8.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)32,119
159.8.1The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)48,618
160.8.1Donnie Darko (2001)297,553
161.8.1The Thing (1982)126,435
162.8.1Notorious (1946)41,069
163.8.1Gone with the Wind (1939)112,002
164.8.1Casino (1995)158,597
165.8.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)217,476
166.8.1Diabolique (1955)21,400
167.8.1There Will Be Blood (2007)185,692
168.8.1Life of Brian (1979)135,455
169.8.1My Neighbor Totoro (1988)55,264
170.8.1Amores Perros (2000)90,726
171.8.1Finding Nemo (2003)271,481
172.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)81,034
173.8.1How to Train Your Dragon (2010)142,727
174.8.1Slumdog Millionaire (2008)292,651
175.8.1Groundhog Day (1993)205,086
176.8.1The Terminator (1984)270,307
177.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)37,570
178.8.1V for Vendetta (2005)354,522
179.8.1Good Will Hunting (1997)239,216
180.8.1The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)22,572
181.8.1Stand by Me (1986)130,918
182.8.1The Graduate (1967)111,301
183.8.1Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)20,687
184.8.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)90,187
185.8.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)236,804
186.8.1Network (1976)50,859
187.8.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)229,945
188.8.1The Manchurian Candidate (1962)43,922
189.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)34,549
190.8.1The 400 Blows (1959)34,220
191.8.1Harakiri (1962)8,762
192.8.1Mary and Max (2009)40,698
193.8.1Gandhi (1982)76,667
194.8.1District 9 (2009)261,561
195.8.1Dial M for Murder (1954)45,499
196.8.1Persona (1966)25,777
197.8.0The Battle of Algiers (1966)19,844
198.8.0The Princess Bride (1987)160,146
199.8.0The Killing (1956)34,338
200.8.0 (1963)41,805
201.8.0La strada (1954)24,667
202.8.0Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)28,770
203.8.0The Hustler (1961)34,083
204.8.0The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)15,551
205.8.0Howl's Moving Castle (2004)79,098
206.8.0Sherlock Jr. (1924)12,460
207.8.0Ratatouille (2007)215,085
208.8.0The Wrestler (2008)153,236
209.8.0The Exorcist (1973)155,630
210.8.0Fanny and Alexander (1982)21,177
211.8.0The Wild Bunch (1969)40,699
212.8.0The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)49,687
213.8.0Rocky (1976)152,967
214.8.0Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)17,592
215.8.0Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)179,371
216.8.0Stalag 17 (1953)26,562
217.8.0Barry Lyndon (1975)53,696
218.8.0A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)46,358
219.8.0Nights of Cabiria (1957)16,218
220.8.0Star Trek (2009)228,815
221.8.0All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)29,581
222.8.0A Beautiful Mind (2001)221,917
223.8.0The Truman Show (1998)260,144
224.8.0Ip Man (2008)46,454
225.8.0Infernal Affairs (2002)48,819
226.8.0Rope (1948)47,075
227.8.0Roman Holiday (1953)45,728
228.8.0Tokyo Story (1953)12,517
229.8.0Come and See (1985)13,367
230.8.0The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)30,474
231.8.0High and Low (1963)10,284
232.8.0Stalker (1979)31,559
233.8.0Rosemary's Baby (1968)75,781
234.8.0Mystic River (2003)182,552
235.8.0The Celebration (1998)36,648
236.8.0Let the Right One In (2008)101,013
237.8.0Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)366,023
238.8.0Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)35,030
239.8.0Beauty and the Beast (1991)124,231
240.8.0Monsters, Inc. (2001)209,344
241.8.0Anatomy of a Murder (1959)23,267
242.8.0Nosferatu (1922)39,503
243.8.0Manhattan (1979)55,997
244.8.0Le Samouraï (1967)15,223
245.8.0Magnolia (1999)156,994
246.8.0Throne of Blood (1957)15,943
247.8.0Big Fish (2003)206,507
248.8.0La Haine (1995)41,765
249.8.0Shutter Island (2010)269,105
250.8.0In the Mood for Love (2000)35,577

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.