
	Your votes
	IMDb top 250
	IMDb bottom 100
	weekly ballot



	Overview
	Male
	Female
	Action
	Adventure
	Animation
	Comedy
	Crime
	Documentary
	Drama
	Family
	Fantasy
	Film-Noir
	Horror
	Independent
	Musical
	Mystery
	Romance
	Sci-Fi
	Thriller
	War
	Western
	1930
	1940
	1950
	1960
	1970
	1980
	1990

Top 250 movies as voted by our users

note: for this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.

Rank	Title
1	Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 9.1/10 (407274 votes)
2	Godfather, The (1972) 9.1/10 (340852 votes)
3	Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 9.0/10 (196900 votes)
4	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966) 8.9/10 (118878 votes)
5	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.9/10 (335540 votes)
6	Dark Knight, The (2008) 8.9/10 (345843 votes)
7	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (222349 votes)
8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8/10 (170331 votes)
9	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.8/10 (85727 votes)
10	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8/10 (231296 votes)
11	Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (140756 votes)
12	Star Wars (1977) 8.8/10 (273035 votes)
13	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (79908 votes)
14	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) 8.8/10 (296375 votes)
15	Goodfellas (1990) 8.7/10 (184275 votes)
16	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (96308 votes)
17	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.7/10 (126046 votes)
18	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7/10 (206526 votes)
19	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.7/10 (56717 votes)
20	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (324687 votes)
21	Fight Club (1999) 8.7/10 (303821 votes)
22	Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.7/10 (223002 votes)
23	Psycho (1960) 8.7/10 (116797 votes)
24	Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.6/10 (200148 votes)
25	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.6/10 (42673 votes)
26	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (132143 votes)
27	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (219075 votes)
28	North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (76733 votes)
29	Matrix, The (1999) 8.6/10 (312658 votes)
30	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (118319 votes)
31	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.6/10 (85112 votes)
32	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.6/10 (270917 votes)
33	Se7en (1995) 8.6/10 (222333 votes)
34	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 8.6/10 (64311 votes)
35	Léon (1994) 8.6/10 (155732 votes)
36	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5/10 (143690 votes)
37	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (243277 votes)
38	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5/10 (123907 votes)
39	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (66672 votes)
40	WALL·E (2008) 8.5/10 (117845 votes)
41	American History X (1998) 8.5/10 (177056 votes)
42	Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (74759 votes)
43	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.5/10 (35608 votes)
44	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (145818 votes)
45	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.5/10 (237029 votes)
46	M (1931) 8.5/10 (31757 votes)
47	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.5/10 (29058 votes)
48	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.5/10 (68418 votes)
49	Departed, The (2006) 8.5/10 (204065 votes)
50	Alien (1979) 8.5/10 (145971 votes)
51	Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.5/10 (157379 votes)
52	Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.5/10 (26475 votes)
53	Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) 8.5/10 (51720 votes)
54	Third Man, The (1949) 8.5/10 (41664 votes)
55	Shining, The (1980) 8.4/10 (140776 votes)
56	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (63291 votes)
57	Pianist, The (2002) 8.4/10 (101598 votes)
58	Wrestler, The (2008) 8.4/10 (30596 votes)
59	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.4/10 (222408 votes)
60	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (174390 votes)
61	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (77864 votes)
62	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.4/10 (185292 votes)
63	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (131781 votes)
64	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.4/10 (145218 votes)
65	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4/10 (139673 votes)
66	Aliens (1986) 8.4/10 (138720 votes)
67	Boot, Das (1981) 8.4/10 (58999 votes)
68	Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.4/10 (48715 votes)
69	Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) 8.4/10 (117600 votes)
70	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.4/10 (171870 votes)
71	City Lights (1931) 8.4/10 (20605 votes)
72	Rashômon (1950) 8.4/10 (30827 votes)
73	Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.4/10 (42655 votes)
74	Raging Bull (1980) 8.4/10 (72494 votes)
75	All About Eve (1950) 8.4/10 (28798 votes)
76	Modern Times (1936) 8.4/10 (27722 votes)
77	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.3/10 (62003 votes)
78	Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (31163 votes)
79	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (45359 votes)
80	Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (28300 votes)
81	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (54951 votes)
82	Gran Torino (2008) 8.3/10 (35821 votes)
83	Prestige, The (2006) 8.3/10 (151032 votes)
84	Amadeus (1984) 8.3/10 (79505 votes)
85	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.3/10 (86484 votes)
86	Elephant Man, The (1980) 8.3/10 (45746 votes)
87	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 (132585 votes)
88	Apartment, The (1960) 8.3/10 (28618 votes)
89	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.3/10 (35726 votes)
90	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (205153 votes)
91	Great Escape, The (1963) 8.3/10 (50158 votes)
92	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.3/10 (121196 votes)
93	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.3/10 (56958 votes)
94	Great Dictator, The (1940) 8.3/10 (28662 votes)
95	Sting, The (1973) 8.3/10 (53844 votes)
96	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.3/10 (26400 votes)
97	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.3/10 (20516 votes)
98	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (71985 votes)
99	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.3/10 (27136 votes)
100	No Country for Old Men (2007) 8.3/10 (150807 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.3/10 (32806 votes)
102	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.3/10 (28704 votes)
103	Back to the Future (1985) 8.3/10 (161580 votes)
104	Braveheart (1995) 8.3/10 (200037 votes)
105	Batman Begins (2005) 8.3/10 (220485 votes)
106	Jaws (1975) 8.3/10 (113465 votes)
107	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.3/10 (144523 votes)
108	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.3/10 (27006 votes)
109	Blade Runner (1982) 8.3/10 (154366 votes)
110	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.3/10 (177751 votes)
111	Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.3/10 (29346 votes)
112	Unforgiven (1992) 8.2/10 (76954 votes)
113	Green Mile, The (1999) 8.2/10 (155795 votes)
114	There Will Be Blood (2007) 8.2/10 (97122 votes)
115	Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (25227 votes)
116	High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (27871 votes)
117	Big Sleep, The (1946) 8.2/10 (23603 votes)
118	Oldboy (2003) 8.2/10 (70997 votes)
119	Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (137654 votes)
120	Gladiator (2000) 8.2/10 (224717 votes)
121	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2/10 (36268 votes)
122	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.2/10 (32216 votes)
123	Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (85045 votes)
124	Die Hard (1988) 8.2/10 (147470 votes)
125	Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008) 8.2/10 (62626 votes)
126	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.2/10 (51958 votes)
127	Yojimbo (1961) 8.2/10 (23363 votes)
128	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (168317 votes)
129	General, The (1927) 8.2/10 (15792 votes)
130	Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (28142 votes)
131	Smultronstället (1957) 8.2/10 (16329 votes)
132	Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (52532 votes)
133	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.2/10 (13719 votes)
134	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.2/10 (10041 votes)
135	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.2/10 (19562 votes)
136	Heat (1995) 8.2/10 (116424 votes)
137	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.2/10 (10702 votes)
138	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (186593 votes)
139	Deer Hunter, The (1978) 8.2/10 (71084 votes)
140	Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.2/10 (200811 votes)
141	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.2/10 (47512 votes)
142	Into the Wild (2007) 8.2/10 (61716 votes)
143	Platoon (1986) 8.2/10 (88585 votes)
144	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (108958 votes)
145	Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) 8.2/10 (111378 votes)
146	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.1/10 (8243 votes)
147	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.1/10 (10710 votes)
148	Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (76880 votes)
149	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.1/10 (10751 votes)
150	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 (46847 votes)
151	8½ (1963) 8.1/10 (22363 votes)
152	Big Lebowski, The (1998) 8.1/10 (141136 votes)
153	Ratatouille (2007) 8.1/10 (98374 votes)
154	Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 8.1/10 (18577 votes)
155	Amores perros (2000) 8.1/10 (48391 votes)
156	Snatch. (2000) 8.1/10 (134190 votes)
157	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (129464 votes)
158	Killing, The (1956) 8.1/10 (19453 votes)
159	Graduate, The (1967) 8.1/10 (63067 votes)
160	Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 8.1/10 (19690 votes)
161	Brief Encounter (1945) 8.1/10 (10135 votes)
162	Stand by Me (1986) 8.1/10 (72905 votes)
163	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.1/10 (46144 votes)
164	Gold Rush, The (1925) 8.1/10 (16276 votes)
165	Gandhi (1982) 8.1/10 (40030 votes)
166	Wild Bunch, The (1969) 8.1/10 (25058 votes)
167	Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.1/10 (63197 votes)
168	Trainspotting (1996) 8.1/10 (121855 votes)
169	V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (173222 votes)
170	Scarface (1983) 8.1/10 (119312 votes)
171	Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.1/10 (106750 votes)
172	Thing, The (1982) 8.1/10 (59617 votes)
173	Lion King, The (1994) 8.1/10 (103047 votes)
174	Incredibles, The (2004) 8.1/10 (126046 votes)
175	Groundhog Day (1993) 8.1/10 (107828 votes)
176	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.1/10 (16452 votes)
177	Harvey (1950) 8.1/10 (18754 votes)
178	Toy Story (1995) 8.1/10 (112687 votes)
179	Children of Men (2006) 8.1/10 (122686 votes)
180	Sleuth (1972) 8.1/10 (13303 votes)
181	Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.1/10 (10241 votes)
182	Coraline (2009) 8.1/10 (4193 votes)
183	Hustler, The (1961) 8.1/10 (20485 votes)
184	Terminator, The (1984) 8.1/10 (139582 votes)
185	Umberto D. (1952) 8.0/10 (6486 votes)
186	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 8.0/10 (8375 votes)
187	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 8.0/10 (137440 votes)
188	Låt den rätte komma in (2008) 8.0/10 (13453 votes)
189	Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) 8.0/10 (6924 votes)
190	African Queen, The (1951) 8.0/10 (28274 votes)
191	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.0/10 (41531 votes)
192	Kid, The (1921) 8.0/10 (9637 votes)
193	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 8.0/10 (98242 votes)
194	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8.0/10 (14000 votes)
195	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (21633 votes)
196	Conversation, The (1974) 8.0/10 (25659 votes)
197	Stalag 17 (1953) 8.0/10 (16837 votes)
198	Lady Vanishes, The (1938) 8.0/10 (13913 votes)
199	Hotaru no haka (1988) 8.0/10 (25898 votes)
200	Casino (1995) 8.0/10 (85002 votes)
201	Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 8.0/10 (18554 votes)
202	Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) 8.0/10 (19535 votes)
203	King Kong (1933) 8.0/10 (31305 votes)
204	Crash (2004/I) 8.0/10 (139962 votes)
205	Dial M for Murder (1954) 8.0/10 (22645 votes)
206	In Bruges (2008) 8.0/10 (56049 votes)
207	Ed Wood (1994) 8.0/10 (59470 votes)
208	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.0/10 (17062 votes)
209	Exorcist, The (1973) 8.0/10 (82906 votes)
210	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 8.0/10 (12417 votes)
211	Lost Weekend, The (1945) 8.0/10 (9516 votes)
212	Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 8.0/10 (27331 votes)
213	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 8.0/10 (26466 votes)
214	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.0/10 (145268 votes)
215	Rope (1948) 8.0/10 (23922 votes)
216	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 8.0/10 (32463 votes)
217	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (32321 votes)
218	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 8.0/10 (38711 votes)
219	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.0/10 (93621 votes)
220	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 8.0/10 (14913 votes)
221	His Girl Friday (1940) 8.0/10 (16563 votes)
222	Strada, La (1954) 8.0/10 (13599 votes)
223	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (47149 votes)
224	Frankenstein (1931) 8.0/10 (18572 votes)
225	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (23271 votes)
226	Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8.0/10 (117569 votes)
227	Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 8.0/10 (6827 votes)
228	Safety Last! (1923) 8.0/10 (3810 votes)
229	Magnolia (1999) 8.0/10 (102358 votes)
230	Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8.0/10 (22874 votes)
231	Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (30694 votes)
232	Network (1976) 8.0/10 (25142 votes)
233	Big Fish (2003) 8.0/10 (108701 votes)
234	Roman Holiday (1953) 8.0/10 (24546 votes)
235	Spartacus (1960) 8.0/10 (40829 votes)
236	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 8.0/10 (24464 votes)
237	Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (91642 votes)
238	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8.0/10 (18300 votes)
239	Changeling (2008) 8.0/10 (20706 votes)
240	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (7892 votes)
241	Great Expectations (1946) 8.0/10 (7625 votes)
242	Dolce vita, La (1960) 8.0/10 (15471 votes)
243	Rocky (1976) 8.0/10 (71825 votes)
244	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 8.0/10 (13065 votes)
245	Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 8.0/10 (19050 votes)
246	Frost/Nixon (2008) 8.0/10 (13020 votes)
247	Laura (1944) 8.0/10 (11121 votes)
248	Harold and Maude (1971) 8.0/10 (22875 votes)
249	Planet of the Apes (1968) 8.0/10 (45867 votes)
250	Fa yeung nin wa (2000) 8.0/10 (20210 votes)

To take part in our poll see the options at the bottom of each title page or see the weekly ballot.

The formula for calculating the top 250 films gives a true Bayesian estimate:

 weighted rank (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 1250)
  C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)

 note: for this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.