Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 864,954 |
2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 629,781 |
3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 403,413 |
4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 674,595 |
5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 265,943 |
6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 213,115 |
7. | 8.9 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 846,134 |
8. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 448,558 |
9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 612,836 |
10. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 661,349 |
11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 433,605 |
12. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 363,756 |
13. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 636,478 |
14. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 663,407 |
15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 381,922 |
16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 486,790 |
17. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 139,502 |
18. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 632,214 |
19. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 562,773 |
20. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 285,141 |
21. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 549,512 |
22. | 8.6 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 121,418 |
23. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 504,520 |
24. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 423,089 |
25. | 8.6 | Casablanca (1942) | 239,049 |
26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 405,680 |
27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 372,551 |
28. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 179,402 |
29. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 223,432 |
30. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 151,777 |
31. | 8.6 | Léon: The Professional (1994) | 369,524 |
32. | 8.6 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 450,096 |
33. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 81,337 |
34. | 8.5 | Memento (2000) | 461,200 |
35. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 399,465 |
36. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 260,031 |
37. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 398,218 |
38. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 216,640 |
39. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 447,394 |
40. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 298,464 |
41. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 132,103 |
42. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 50,712 |
43. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 193,094 |
44. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 189,195 |
45. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 63,766 |
46. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 308,340 |
47. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 136,450 |
48. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 462,364 |
49. | 8.5 | Back to the Future (1985) | 350,052 |
50. | 8.4 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 265,505 |
51. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 237,317 |
52. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 442,296 |
53. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 58,957 |
54. | 8.4 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 253,165 |
55. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 66,790 |
56. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 188,921 |
57. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 56,064 |
58. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 271,927 |
59. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 346,305 |
60. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 136,085 |
61. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 298,002 |
62. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 293,719 |
63. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 487,724 |
64. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 358,506 |
65. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 111,640 |
66. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 121,920 |
67. | 8.4 | The Intouchables (2011) | 113,610 |
68. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 63,057 |
69. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 395,307 |
70. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 340,299 |
71. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 100,964 |
72. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 312,966 |
73. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 70,337 |
74. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 47,492 |
75. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 362,285 |
76. | 8.3 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 75,539 |
77. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 120,203 |
78. | 8.3 | Chinatown (1974) | 122,899 |
79. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 248,822 |
80. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 285,866 |
81. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 338,685 |
82. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 252,755 |
83. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 227,152 |
84. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 397,248 |
85. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 83,724 |
86. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 174,718 |
87. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 101,629 |
88. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 152,263 |
89. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 62,936 |
90. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 58,801 |
91. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 46,816 |
92. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 158,891 |
93. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 233,059 |
94. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 49,383 |
95. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 58,748 |
96. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 279,286 |
97. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 110,622 |
98. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 98,838 |
99. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 136,125 |
100. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 87,368 |
101. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 321,031 |
102. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 29,352 |
103. | 8.3 | A Separation (2011) | 69,381 |
104. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 492,937 |
105. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 60,498 |
106. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 258,810 |
107. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 138,883 |
108. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 47,209 |
109. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 42,760 |
110. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 93,640 |
111. | 8.3 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 77,624 |
112. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 316,902 |
113. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 284,853 |
114. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 385,393 |
115. | 8.2 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 93,158 |
116. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 58,996 |
117. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 62,158 |
118. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 293,379 |
119. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 70,554 |
120. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 243,044 |
121. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 29,586 |
122. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 284,222 |
123. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 51,564 |
124. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 278,088 |
125. | 8.2 | The Avengers (2012) | 407,712 |
126. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 34,550 |
127. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 242,365 |
128. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 27,642 |
129. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 277,268 |
130. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 45,728 |
131. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 286,607 |
132. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 47,853 |
133. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 136,752 |
134. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 71,324 |
135. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 391,287 |
136. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 34,255 |
137. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 53,438 |
138. | 8.2 | Jaws (1975) | 220,449 |
139. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 328,452 |
140. | 8.2 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 36,820 |
141. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 226,932 |
142. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 394,208 |
143. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 48,748 |
144. | 8.1 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 150,237 |
145. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 145,658 |
146. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 170,687 |
147. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 86,874 |
148. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 158,584 |
149. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 178,931 |
150. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 252,563 |
151. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 386,232 |
152. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011/I) | 136,062 |
153. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 105,183 |
154. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 44,665 |
155. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 57,552 |
156. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 217,853 |
157. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 35,432 |
158. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 124,943 |
159. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 281,154 |
160. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 206,027 |
161. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 152,825 |
162. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 322,818 |
163. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 411,510 |
164. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 182,650 |
165. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 67,041 |
166. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 40,652 |
167. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 52,428 |
168. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 57,866 |
169. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 89,537 |
170. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 311,219 |
171. | 8.1 | Black Swan (2010) | 293,784 |
172. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 247,764 |
173. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 37,922 |
174. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 148,844 |
175. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 208,334 |
176. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 335,774 |
177. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 233,130 |
178. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 103,915 |
179. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 264,781 |
180. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 101,624 |
181. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 265,371 |
182. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 50,765 |
183. | 8.1 | Argo (2012) | 39,643 |
184. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 29,469 |
185. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 38,268 |
186. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 124,920 |
187. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 88,405 |
188. | 8.1 | The Killing (1956) | 37,738 |
189. | 8.1 | The Artist (2011/I) | 96,745 |
190. | 8.0 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 94,846 |
191. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 176,269 |
192. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 46,171 |
193. | 8.0 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 341,702 |
194. | 8.0 | La Strada (1954) | 27,226 |
195. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 31,692 |
196. | 8.0 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 47,086 |
197. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 37,168 |
198. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 266,593 |
199. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 44,032 |
200. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 177,846 |
201. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 28,678 |
202. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 26,172 |
203. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 177,689 |
204. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 25,376 |
205. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 53,405 |
206. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 58,774 |
207. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 307,133 |
208. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 33,473 |
209. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 35,810 |
210. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 51,731 |
211. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 53,829 |
212. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 251,202 |
213. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 310,262 |
214. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 422,476 |
215. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 56,781 |
216. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 61,496 |
217. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 228,053 |
218. | 8.0 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 64,764 |
219. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 51,318 |
220. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 251,217 |
221. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 266,148 |
222. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 48,393 |
223. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 85,520 |
224. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 149,092 |
225. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 31,904 |
226. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 41,700 |
227. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 174,193 |
228. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 32,376 |
229. | 8.0 | La Haine (1995) | 49,961 |
230. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 210,800 |
231. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 44,726 |
232. | 8.0 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 33,728 |
233. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 331,964 |
234. | 8.0 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) | 30,871 |
235. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 63,592 |
236. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 208,947 |
237. | 8.0 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 30,224 |
238. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 234,014 |
239. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 116,191 |
240. | 8.0 | Castle in the Sky (1986) | 43,113 |
241. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 47,932 |
242. | 8.0 | The Untouchables (1987) | 133,665 |
243. | 8.0 | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | 135,394 |
244. | 8.0 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | 31,617 |
245. | 8.0 | Jurassic Park (1993) | 262,860 |
246. | 8.0 | Skyfall (2012) | 141,681 |
247. | 8.0 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | 39,602 |
248. | 8.0 | In the Mood for Love (2000) | 40,630 |
249. | 8.0 | The Searchers (1956) | 41,473 |
250. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 49,563 |
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.