Top 250 movies as voted by our users

Rank	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	9.0	Godfather, The (1972)	104,197
2.	8.9	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)	77,184
3.	8.9	Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)	128,857
4.	8.8	Godfather: Part II, The (1974)	61,469
5.	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	26,670
6.	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	86,275
7.	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	58,515
8.	8.7	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)	95,620
9.	8.7	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)	137,705
10.	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	120,072
11.	8.7	Citizen Kane (1941)	54,257
12.	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	61,687
13.	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	92,377
14.	8.6	Pulp Fiction (1994)	114,240
15.	8.6	Rear Window (1954)	36,148
16.	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	55,665
17.	8.6	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	83,605
18.	8.6	Usual Suspects, The (1995)	92,098
19.	8.6	Memento (2000)	77,949
20.	8.6	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)	24,269
21.	8.6	12 Angry Men (1957)	25,164
22.	8.5	North by Northwest (1959)	31,662
23.	8.5	Cidade de Deus (2002)	17,831
24.	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	27,698
25.	8.5	Psycho (1960)	48,202
26.	8.5	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)	49,796
27.	8.5	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	36,767
28.	8.5	Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)	82,129
29.	8.5	Goodfellas (1990)	58,905
30.	8.5	C'era una volta il West (1968)	13,745
31.	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	13,972
32.	8.4	American Beauty (1999)	97,404
33.	8.4	Vertigo (1958)	30,136
34.	8.4	Matrix, The (1999)	127,290
35.	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	56,942
36.	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	26,696
37.	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	22,469
38.	8.4	Pianist, The (2002)	23,796
39.	8.4	Fight Club (1999)	95,571
40.	8.4	Third Man, The (1949)	16,163
41.	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	12,381
42.	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	18,663
43.	8.4	Taxi Driver (1976)	41,388
44.	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	22,420
45.	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	10,207
46.	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	17,990
47.	8.3	Boot, Das (1981)	25,553
48.	8.3	Chinatown (1974)	22,436
49.	8.3	L.A. Confidential (1997)	62,646
50.	8.3	M (1931)	10,376
51.	8.3	Maltese Falcon, The (1941)	17,378
52.	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	11,578
53.	8.3	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	50,503
54.	8.3	Se7en (1995)	76,778
55.	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	39,255
56.	8.3	Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)	19,749
57.	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	53,397
58.	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	9,786
59.	8.3	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	89,040
60.	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	22,656
61.	8.2	Alien (1979)	55,835
62.	8.2	American History X (1998)	50,436
63.	8.2	Léon (1994)	44,496
64.	8.2	Wizard of Oz, The (1939)	34,081
65.	8.2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	10,200
66.	8.2	Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)	12,176
67.	8.2	Sting, The (1973)	20,992
68.	8.2	Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)	9,130
69.	8.2	Modern Times (1936)	8,817
70.	8.2	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	59,776
71.	8.2	Vita è bella, La (1997)	33,450
72.	8.2	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	58,395
73.	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	10,386
74.	8.2	Clockwork Orange, A (1971)	57,075
75.	8.2	Ran (1985)	10,163
76.	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	10,997
77.	8.2	Amadeus (1984)	32,779
78.	8.2	Great Escape, The (1963)	17,415
79.	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	32,128
80.	8.2	Apartment, The (1960)	9,782
81.	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	18,650
82.	8.2	Jaws (1975)	41,617
83.	8.2	Wo hu cang long (2000)	46,641
84.	8.2	High Noon (1952)	10,924
85.	8.2	Braveheart (1995)	82,113
86.	8.2	Aliens (1986)	57,097
87.	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	10,327
88.	8.1	City Lights (1931)	6,681
89.	8.1	Shining, The (1980)	43,968
90.	8.1	Fargo (1996)	58,611
91.	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	38,988
92.	8.1	Strangers on a Train (1951)	9,126
93.	8.1	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	8,084
94.	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	67,431
95.	8.1	General, The (1927)	5,752
96.	8.1	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)	12,149
97.	8.1	Great Dictator, The (1940)	8,782
98.	8.1	Sixth Sense, The (1999)	86,226
99.	8.1	Mononoke-hime (1997)	16,175
100.	8.1	Duck Soup (1933)	8,677
101.	8.1	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	6,229
102.	8.1	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	41,479
103.	8.1	Princess Bride, The (1987)	48,579
104.	8.1	Yojimbo (1961)	7,443
105.	8.1	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)	5,296
106.	8.1	Big Sleep, The (1946)	8,757
107.	8.1	Rebecca (1940)	9,948
108.	8.1	Notorious (1946)	9,276
109.	8.1	Forrest Gump (1994)	78,306
110.	8.1	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	69,020
111.	8.1	Lola rennt (1998)	28,552
112.	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	17,800
113.	8.0	It Happened One Night (1934)	6,883
114.	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	29,773
115.	8.0	Patton (1970)	12,526
116.	8.0	Toy Story 2 (1999)	35,944
117.	8.0	Graduate, The (1967)	24,264
118.	8.0	Deer Hunter, The (1978)	24,511
119.	8.0	Ying xiong (2002)	14,722
120.	8.0	Glory (1989)	19,523
121.	8.0	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	12,515
122.	8.0	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	15,934
123.	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	10,952
124.	8.0	Philadelphia Story, The (1940)	9,285
125.	8.0	Unforgiven (1992)	26,845
126.	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	20,585
127.	8.0	Ben-Hur (1959)	18,538
128.	8.0	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	72,900
129.	8.0	Elephant Man, The (1980)	14,262
130.	8.0	African Queen, The (1951)	12,403
131.	8.0	Searchers, The (1956)	9,030
132.	8.0	Green Mile, The (1999)	51,672
133.	8.0	Hable con ella (2002)	10,166
134.	8.0	Dogville (2003)	9,626
135.	8.0	Bringing Up Baby (1938)	8,086
136.	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	6,196
137.	8.0	Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)	6,878
138.	8.0	Smultronstället (1957)	4,221
139.	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	11,995
140.	8.0	Shrek (2001)	55,144
141.	8.0	Back to the Future (1985)	60,534
142.	8.0	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	54,492
143.	8.0	Night of the Hunter, The (1955)	6,553
144.	8.0	Platoon (1986)	30,523
145.	8.0	Christmas Story, A (1983)	17,187
146.	8.0	Gold Rush, The (1925)	5,533
147.	8.0	Straight Story, The (1999)	12,759
148.	8.0	Gone with the Wind (1939)	25,335
149.	8.0	Hustler, The (1961)	7,134
150.	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	9,998
151.	7.9	Wild Bunch, The (1969)	9,382
152.	7.9	Lost in Translation (2003)	31,553
153.	7.9	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	5,834
154.	7.9	Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)	5,033
155.	7.9	Young Frankenstein (1974)	19,644
156.	7.9	His Girl Friday (1940)	5,811
157.	7.9	Die Hard (1988)	52,152
158.	7.9	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)	5,405
159.	7.9	Life of Brian (1979)	29,240
160.	7.9	Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)	6,288
161.	7.9	Big Fish (2003)	22,284
162.	7.9	Grande illusion, La (1937)	4,372
163.	7.9	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	4,398
164.	7.9	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	32,685
165.	7.9	Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)	6,300
166.	7.9	Spartacus (1960)	14,732
167.	7.9	Hotaru no haka (1988)	5,348
168.	7.9	Roman Holiday (1953)	8,180
169.	7.9	Gladiator (2000)	80,839
170.	7.9	Festen (1998)	10,418
171.	7.9	Charade (1963)	7,827
172.	7.9	Magnolia (1999)	40,080
173.	7.9	Sling Blade (1996)	18,272
174.	7.9	Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)	8,978
175.	7.9	Ed Wood (1994)	18,978
176.	7.9	Conversation, The (1974)	8,836
177.	7.9	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)	8,372
178.	7.9	Killing, The (1956)	5,912
179.	7.9	Toy Story (1995)	40,677
180.	7.9	All the President's Men (1976)	11,205
181.	7.9	Brazil (1985)	27,263
182.	7.9	Almost Famous (2000)	33,825
183.	7.9	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	3,027
184.	7.9	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	9,121
185.	7.9	Insider, The (1999)	25,289
186.	7.9	Ikiru (1952)	3,162
187.	7.9	Night at the Opera, A (1935)	5,204
188.	7.9	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	6,183
189.	7.9	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	4,817
190.	7.9	In America (2002)	6,017
191.	7.9	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	48,529
192.	7.9	Gandhi (1982)	13,814
193.	7.9	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	7,138
194.	7.8	21 Grams (2003)	15,032
195.	7.8	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	12,750
196.	7.8	Harvey (1950)	6,910
197.	7.8	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	55,339
198.	7.8	Stand by Me (1986)	27,014
199.	7.8	Garden State (2004)	7,551
200.	7.8	Exorcist, The (1973)	29,427
201.	7.8	Trainspotting (1996)	45,621
202.	7.8	Groundhog Day (1993)	38,850
203.	7.8	Being John Malkovich (1999)	48,286
204.	7.8	Terminator, The (1984)	52,971
205.	7.8	Mulholland Dr. (2001)	29,798
206.	7.8	Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)	2,829
207.	7.8	Miller's Crossing (1990)	12,460
208.	7.8	Lion in Winter, The (1968)	5,107
209.	7.8	Strada, La (1954)	4,215
210.	7.8	This Is Spinal Tap (1984)	17,533
211.	7.8	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)	2,185
212.	7.8	Laura (1944)	3,981
213.	7.8	Right Stuff, The (1983)	11,685
214.	7.8	8½ (1963)	6,791
215.	7.8	Rain Man (1988)	37,410
216.	7.8	King Kong (1933)	8,949
217.	7.8	Network (1976)	8,368
218.	7.8	39 Steps, The (1935)	6,771
219.	7.8	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	11,063
220.	7.8	Snatch. (2000)	37,406
221.	7.8	Big Lebowski, The (1998)	42,526
222.	7.8	Midnight Cowboy (1969)	11,427
223.	7.8	Whale Rider (2002)	8,056
224.	7.8	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	29,070
225.	7.8	Adaptation. (2002)	20,267
226.	7.8	Station Agent, The (2003)	4,400
227.	7.8	Stagecoach (1939)	4,879
228.	7.8	Rio Bravo (1959)	6,240
229.	7.8	Thin Man, The (1934)	4,113
230.	7.8	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	5,745
231.	7.8	Untouchables, The (1987)	27,359
232.	7.8	Persona (1966)	2,964
233.	7.8	X2 (2003)	31,569
234.	7.8	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	3,966
235.	7.8	Planet of the Apes (1968)	18,113
236.	7.8	Sullivan's Travels (1941)	2,365
237.	7.8	Before Sunset (2004)	2,214
238.	7.8	Die xue shuang xiong (1989)	8,009
239.	7.8	Others, The (2001)	31,574
240.	7.7	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	3,578
241.	7.7	Being There (1979)	9,265
242.	7.7	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	2,630
243.	7.7	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	2,894
244.	7.7	Heat (1995)	38,037
245.	7.7	Enfants du paradis, Les (1945)	2,867
246.	7.7	Last Samurai, The (2003)	23,362
247.	7.7	Sleuth (1972)	4,273
248.	7.7	Red River (1948)	3,338
249.	7.7	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	22,512
250.	7.7	Oldboy (2003)	1,750

The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles 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 6.8)