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)761,376
2.9.2The Godfather (1972)566,583
3.9.0The Godfather: Part II (1974)358,437
4.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)598,929
5.8.9The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)236,897
6.8.912 Angry Men (1957)187,062
7.8.9Schindler's List (1993)400,016
8.8.8The Dark Knight (2008)699,246
9.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)537,055
10.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)322,624
11.8.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)387,256
12.8.8Fight Club (1999)579,088
13.8.8Seven Samurai (1954)128,757
14.8.8Inception (2010)553,011
15.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)559,300
16.8.7Goodfellas (1990)338,845
17.8.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)435,502
18.8.7City of God (2002)251,909
19.8.7Casablanca (1942)219,665
20.8.7The Matrix (1999)556,421
21.8.7Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)108,338
22.8.7Rear Window (1954)163,563
23.8.6Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)333,879
24.8.6The Silence of the Lambs (1991)369,524
25.8.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)481,215
26.8.6The Usual Suspects (1995)367,508
27.8.6Se7en (1995)438,113
28.8.6Forrest Gump (1994)484,738
29.8.6Psycho (1960)201,041
30.8.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)139,591
31.8.6Leon: The Professional (1994)318,474
32.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)74,839
33.8.6Memento (2000)404,254
34.8.6The Avengers (2012)198,787
35.8.5Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)200,203
36.8.5Apocalypse Now (1979)235,782
37.8.5American History X (1998)348,882
38.8.5North by Northwest (1959)122,127
39.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)351,868
40.8.5Citizen Kane (1941)176,125
41.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)396,022
42.8.5Alien (1979)256,245
43.8.5City Lights (1931)44,480
44.8.5American Beauty (1999)414,683
45.8.5Spirited Away (2001)165,255
46.8.5Toy Story 3 (2010)211,227
47.8.5Taxi Driver (1976)235,821
48.8.5The Shining (1980)268,300
49.8.5Vertigo (1958)123,363
50.8.5M (1931)54,200
51.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)61,361
52.8.5The Pianist (2002)207,416
53.8.5Modern Times (1936)55,480
54.8.4The Departed (2006)393,208
55.8.4Amélie (2001)264,430
56.8.4Double Indemnity (1944)51,441
57.8.4WALL·E (2008)299,207
58.8.4The Lives of Others (2006)120,148
59.8.4Aliens (1986)238,548
60.8.4A Clockwork Orange (1971)268,617
61.8.4Life Is Beautiful (1997)166,357
62.8.4Back to the Future (1985)307,840
63.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)111,339
64.8.4Lawrence of Arabia (1962)102,549
65.8.4Das Boot (1981)92,978
66.8.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)276,479
67.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)304,710
68.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)323,661
69.8.4The Third Man (1949)65,599
70.8.4A Separation (2011)51,950
71.8.4The Prestige (2006)334,660
72.8.4The Green Mile (1999)310,606
73.8.4Cinema Paradiso (1988)67,260
74.8.4The Great Dictator (1940)55,531
75.8.4Chinatown (1974)110,391
76.8.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)43,947
77.8.4L.A. Confidential (1997)225,314
78.8.4Gladiator (2000)426,481
79.8.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)107,058
80.8.3Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)206,867
81.8.3Rashomon (1950)53,996
82.8.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)224,541
83.8.3Bicycle Thieves (1948)41,585
84.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)75,556
85.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)92,185
86.8.3Amadeus (1984)135,640
87.8.3All About Eve (1950)45,832
88.8.3Raging Bull (1980)123,639
89.8.3Metropolis (1927)56,979
90.8.3Braveheart (1995)351,382
91.8.3The Intouchables (2011)42,887
92.8.3Oldboy (2003)152,625
93.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)213,609
94.8.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)79,979
95.8.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)301,527
96.8.3The Apartment (1960)52,882
97.8.3Unforgiven (1992)142,946
98.8.3Pan's Labyrinth (2006)229,751
99.8.3Princess Mononoke (1997)97,394
100.8.3The Sting (1973)89,968
101.8.3Downfall (2004)124,175
102.8.3The Lion King (1994)243,157
103.8.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)245,209
104.8.3Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)43,628
105.8.3Inglourious Basterds (2009)327,858
106.8.3Die Hard (1988)278,480
107.8.3Grave of the Fireflies (1988)53,187
108.8.3The Seventh Seal (1957)55,753
109.8.3Up (2009)233,606
110.8.3On the Waterfront (1954)54,657
111.8.3The Elephant Man (1980)84,341
112.8.3Yojimbo (1961)39,250
113.8.3The Great Escape (1963)85,275
114.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)66,053
115.8.2Gran Torino (2008)240,414
116.8.2Batman Begins (2005)400,551
117.8.2Rebecca (1940)47,214
118.8.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)26,114
119.8.2Snatch. (2000)273,839
120.8.2For a Few Dollars More (1965)68,699
121.8.2The General (1926)27,231
122.8.2Heat (1995)214,389
123.8.2Blade Runner (1982)250,992
124.8.2Fargo (1996)221,094
125.8.2Wild Strawberries (1957)31,105
126.8.2Ran (1985)44,559
127.8.2Sin City (2005)352,131
128.8.2Toy Story (1995)251,402
129.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)42,587
130.8.2The Big Lebowski (1998)256,088
131.8.2The Deer Hunter (1978)124,136
132.8.2Jaws (1975)195,170
133.8.2Ikiru (1952)22,126
134.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)134,359
135.8.2No Country for Old Men (2007)293,783
136.8.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)64,020
137.8.2Scarface (1983)239,278
138.8.2It Happened One Night (1934)33,899
139.8.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)143,504
140.8.2The Sixth Sense (1999)349,792
141.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)48,180
142.8.2The King's Speech (2010)177,442
143.8.2The Wages of Fear (1953)19,768
144.8.2The Kid (1921)23,862
145.8.2The Artist (2011)68,212
146.8.2Black Swan (2010)243,183
147.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)337,389
148.8.1Annie Hall (1977)93,846
149.8.1High Noon (1952)45,070
150.8.1Platoon (1986)154,473
151.8.1The Gold Rush (1925)30,588
152.8.1Warrior (2011)92,962
153.8.1Trainspotting (1996)222,052
154.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)79,160
155.8.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)197,160
156.8.1Into the Wild (2007)178,163
157.8.1Sunrise (1927)16,263
158.8.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)32,262
159.8.1The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)48,973
160.8.1The Thing (1982)127,140
161.8.1Donnie Darko (2001)298,939
162.8.1Notorious (1946)41,199
163.8.1Gone with the Wind (1939)112,475
164.8.1Casino (1995)159,356
165.8.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)218,631
166.8.1Diabolique (1955)21,493
167.8.1There Will Be Blood (2007)186,517
168.8.1Life of Brian (1979)136,172
169.8.1My Neighbor Totoro (1988)55,668
170.8.1Finding Nemo (2003)273,299
171.8.1Amores Perros (2000)91,210
172.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)81,366
173.8.1How to Train Your Dragon (2010)144,150
174.8.1The Terminator (1984)271,912
175.8.1Groundhog Day (1993)206,200
176.8.1Slumdog Millionaire (2008)294,536
177.8.1V for Vendetta (2005)356,699
178.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)37,698
179.8.1Good Will Hunting (1997)240,809
180.8.1The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)22,651
181.8.1Stand by Me (1986)131,601
182.8.1Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)20,782
183.8.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)90,744
184.8.1The Graduate (1967)111,863
185.8.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)237,813
186.8.1Network (1976)51,146
187.8.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)231,220
188.8.1Harakiri (1962)8,818
189.8.1The Manchurian Candidate (1962)44,042
190.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)34,683
191.8.1The 400 Blows (1959)34,376
192.8.1Mary and Max (2009)41,085
193.8.1Gandhi (1982)77,130
194.8.1Dial M for Murder (1954)45,763
195.8.1Persona (1966)25,906
196.8.1District 9 (2009)263,273
197.8.0The Battle of Algiers (1966)19,922
198.8.0The Princess Bride (1987)160,817
199.8.0The Killing (1956)34,455
200.8.0 (1963)41,965
201.8.0La Strada (1954)24,755
202.8.0Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)28,887
203.8.0The Hustler (1961)34,212
204.8.0The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)15,607
205.8.0Howl's Moving Castle (2004)79,731
206.8.0Sherlock Jr. (1924)12,540
207.8.0Ratatouille (2007)216,408
208.8.0The Exorcist (1973)156,358
209.8.0The Wrestler (2008)154,082
210.8.0Fanny and Alexander (1982)21,275
211.8.0The Wild Bunch (1969)40,823
212.8.0The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)49,954
213.8.0Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)17,643
214.8.0Rocky (1976)153,969
215.8.0Stalag 17 (1953)26,621
216.8.0Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)181,462
217.8.0Barry Lyndon (1975)53,917
218.8.0A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)46,601
219.8.0Nights of Cabiria (1957)16,285
220.8.0Star Trek (2009)230,471
221.8.0All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)29,716
222.8.0A Beautiful Mind (2001)223,662
223.8.0The Truman Show (1998)262,398
224.8.0Ip Man (2008)47,034
225.8.0Rope (1948)47,316
226.8.0Tokyo Story (1953)12,570
227.8.0Infernal Affairs (2002)49,018
228.8.0Roman Holiday (1953)45,941
229.8.0The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)30,592
230.8.0Come and See (1985)13,458
231.8.0Stalker (1979)31,729
232.8.0High and Low (1963)10,343
233.8.0Rosemary's Baby (1968)76,118
234.8.0Mystic River (2003)183,487
235.8.0Let the Right One In (2008)101,531
236.8.0Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)368,246
237.8.0The Celebration (1998)36,812
238.8.0Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)35,290
239.8.0Monsters, Inc. (2001)210,933
240.8.0Anatomy of a Murder (1959)23,398
241.8.0Beauty and the Beast (1991)125,220
242.8.0Nosferatu (1922)39,706
243.8.0Manhattan (1979)56,294
244.8.0Le Samouraï (1967)15,343
245.8.0Magnolia (1999)157,535
246.8.0Throne of Blood (1957)16,032
247.8.0Shutter Island (2010)271,749
248.8.0Big Fish (2003)207,681
249.8.0Grand Illusion (1937)16,316
250.8.0La Haine (1995)42,127

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.