Top 250 movies as voted by our users
For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
1. | 9.1 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 473,732 |
2. | 9.1 | The Godfather (1972) | 382,633 |
3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 225,629 |
4. | 8.9 | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) | 143,492 |
5. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 385,307 |
6. | 8.8 | Schindler's List (1993) | 255,172 |
7. | 8.8 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 105,150 |
8. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 196,585 |
9. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 259,323 |
10. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 422,092 |
11. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 337,582 |
12. | 8.8 | Star Wars (1977) | 302,868 |
13. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 157,395 |
14. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 211,191 |
15. | 8.7 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) | 89,867 |
16. | 8.7 | Cidade de Deus (2002) | 151,779 |
17. | 8.7 | Fight Club (1999) | 350,817 |
18. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 228,648 |
19. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 362,763 |
20. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 110,248 |
21. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 249,664 |
22. | 8.7 | Psycho (1960) | 132,797 |
23. | 8.7 | C'era una volta il West (1968) | 67,204 |
24. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 227,014 |
25. | 8.6 | The Matrix (1999) | 354,131 |
26. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 255,795 |
27. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 250,186 |
28. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 304,909 |
29. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 95,578 |
30. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 147,181 |
31. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 50,062 |
32. | 8.6 | North by Northwest (1959) | 86,842 |
33. | 8.6 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 130,739 |
34. | 8.6 | Léon (1994) | 182,616 |
35. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 162,166 |
36. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 273,723 |
37. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 206,085 |
38. | 8.5 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 275,220 |
39. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 143,139 |
40. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 85,046 |
41. | 8.5 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 74,570 |
42. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 219,401 |
43. | 8.5 | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) | 166,886 |
44. | 8.5 | WALL·E (2008) | 161,222 |
45. | 8.5 | Avatar (2009) | 176,119 |
46. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 167,307 |
47. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 252,050 |
48. | 8.5 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 179,832 |
49. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 163,786 |
50. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 41,324 |
51. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 240,055 |
52. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 77,285 |
53. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 122,044 |
54. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 158,714 |
55. | 8.4 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) | 91,694 |
56. | 8.4 | Das Leben der Anderen (2006) | 66,596 |
57. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 36,699 |
58. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 34,151 |
59. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 202,796 |
60. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 72,931 |
61. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 170,261 |
62. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 47,636 |
63. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 155,445 |
64. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 197,533 |
65. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 30,719 |
66. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 66,022 |
67. | 8.4 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 146,388 |
68. | 8.4 | El laberinto del fauno (2006) | 139,245 |
69. | 8.4 | City Lights (1931) | 24,733 |
70. | 8.4 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 133,290 |
71. | 8.4 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 55,065 |
72. | 8.4 | Up (2009) | 78,894 |
73. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 83,307 |
74. | 8.3 | The Prestige (2006) | 183,487 |
75. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 51,557 |
76. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 150,080 |
77. | 8.3 | La vita è bella (1997) | 99,549 |
78. | 8.3 | Back to the Future (1985) | 185,556 |
79. | 8.3 | Der Untergang (2004) | 75,211 |
80. | 8.3 | Modern Times (1936) | 32,571 |
81. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 62,484 |
82. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 48,293 |
83. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 90,322 |
84. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 107,375 |
85. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 140,082 |
86. | 8.3 | Rashômon (1950) | 35,812 |
87. | 8.3 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) | 41,534 |
88. | 8.3 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 156,037 |
89. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 224,491 |
90. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 66,317 |
91. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 32,690 |
92. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 53,527 |
93. | 8.3 | The Green Mile (1999) | 182,002 |
94. | 8.3 | Sin City (2005) | 237,539 |
95. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 35,973 |
96. | 8.3 | Rebecca (1940) | 32,845 |
97. | 8.3 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 33,807 |
98. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 33,491 |
99. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 61,243 |
100. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 161,024 |
101. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 57,593 |
102. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 257,567 |
103. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 198,140 |
104. | 8.3 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) | 24,822 |
105. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 250,556 |
106. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 90,474 |
107. | 8.3 | Jaws (1975) | 128,350 |
108. | 8.2 | District 9 (2009) | 117,617 |
109. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 174,283 |
110. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 84,584 |
111. | 8.2 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 31,094 |
112. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 181,560 |
113. | 8.2 | Die Hard (1988) | 168,472 |
114. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 38,166 |
115. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 30,355 |
116. | 8.2 | Oldboy (2003) | 87,231 |
117. | 8.2 | Det sjunde inseglet (1957) | 33,867 |
118. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 154,950 |
119. | 8.2 | Mononoke-hime (1997) | 60,355 |
120. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 96,430 |
121. | 8.2 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) | 39,112 |
122. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 31,490 |
123. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 134,270 |
124. | 8.2 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 195,076 |
125. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 42,057 |
126. | 8.2 | High Noon (1952) | 31,828 |
127. | 8.2 | The Wrestler (2008) | 80,182 |
128. | 8.2 | Notorious (1946) | 29,113 |
129. | 8.2 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 119,619 |
130. | 8.2 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 32,760 |
131. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 223,301 |
132. | 8.2 | Annie Hall (1977) | 60,661 |
133. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 81,921 |
134. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 214,506 |
135. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 101,115 |
136. | 8.1 | Snatch. (2000) | 159,047 |
137. | 8.1 | The General (1926) | 18,298 |
138. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 54,375 |
139. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 26,991 |
140. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 86,348 |
141. | 8.1 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 163,280 |
142. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 128,918 |
143. | 8.1 | Yojimbo (1961) | 26,809 |
144. | 8.1 | Ran (1985) | 32,065 |
145. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 23,070 |
146. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 132,875 |
147. | 8.1 | Star Trek (2009) | 115,559 |
148. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 87,446 |
149. | 8.1 | The Lion King (1994) | 123,257 |
150. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 53,596 |
151. | 8.1 | Smultronstället (1957) | 19,392 |
152. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 151,126 |
153. | 8.1 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 16,414 |
154. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 140,095 |
155. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 83,651 |
156. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 72,221 |
157. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 73,295 |
158. | 8.1 | Toy Story (1995) | 133,403 |
159. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 166,353 |
160. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 124,845 |
161. | 8.1 | Scarface (1983) | 139,846 |
162. | 8.1 | Ratatouille (2007) | 119,793 |
163. | 8.1 | Amores perros (2000) | 56,438 |
164. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 71,707 |
165. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 54,757 |
166. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 46,851 |
167. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 205,339 |
168. | 8.1 | 8½ (1963) | 26,827 |
169. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 21,686 |
170. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 19,135 |
171. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 157,679 |
172. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 115,734 |
173. | 8.1 | Le salaire de la peur (1953) | 12,833 |
174. | 8.1 | Les diaboliques (1955) | 13,073 |
175. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 23,629 |
176. | 8.1 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 117,705 |
177. | 8.1 | The Incredibles (2004) | 146,706 |
178. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 99,603 |
179. | 8.0 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 12,788 |
180. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 22,736 |
181. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 11,984 |
182. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 28,843 |
183. | 8.0 | Children of Men (2006) | 144,918 |
184. | 8.0 | Hotaru no haka (1988) | 31,145 |
185. | 8.0 | In Bruges (2008) | 85,442 |
186. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 95,285 |
187. | 8.0 | Le notti di Cabiria (1957) | 9,943 |
188. | 8.0 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 16,038 |
189. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 23,600 |
190. | 8.0 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | 10,243 |
191. | 8.0 | The Kid (1921) | 12,357 |
192. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 21,675 |
193. | 8.0 | Ed Wood (1994) | 68,659 |
194. | 8.0 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 138,304 |
195. | 8.0 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 27,076 |
196. | 8.0 | King Kong (1933) | 35,956 |
197. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 46,141 |
198. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 130,153 |
199. | 8.0 | Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) | 51,259 |
200. | 8.0 | Låt den rätte komma in (2008) | 45,689 |
201. | 8.0 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 19,652 |
202. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 31,201 |
203. | 8.0 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) | 168,598 |
204. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 15,904 |
205. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 19,253 |
206. | 8.0 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | 120,525 |
207. | 8.0 | Brief Encounter (1945) | 12,222 |
208. | 8.0 | Crash (2004/I) | 159,428 |
209. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 114,488 |
210. | 8.0 | The African Queen (1951) | 31,611 |
211. | 8.0 | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) | 27,246 |
212. | 8.0 | Duck Soup (1933) | 24,635 |
213. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 87,520 |
214. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 108,908 |
215. | 8.0 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | 38,072 |
216. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 28,669 |
217. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 35,687 |
218. | 8.0 | Network (1976) | 30,567 |
219. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 215,940 |
220. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 16,243 |
221. | 8.0 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | 139,115 |
222. | 8.0 | Wo hu cang long (2000) | 103,029 |
223. | 8.0 | Changeling (2008) | 55,115 |
224. | 8.0 | Patton (1970) | 36,942 |
225. | 8.0 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) | 21,564 |
226. | 8.0 | The Conversation (1974) | 30,275 |
227. | 8.0 | Planet of the Apes (1968) | 53,186 |
228. | 8.0 | La battaglia di Algeri (1966) | 12,442 |
229. | 8.0 | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | 71,864 |
230. | 8.0 | (500) Days of Summer (2009) | 47,984 |
231. | 7.9 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 19,725 |
232. | 7.9 | Shaun of the Dead (2004) | 120,230 |
233. | 7.9 | Glory (1989) | 53,686 |
234. | 7.9 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 17,798 |
235. | 7.9 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 36,720 |
236. | 7.9 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) | 93,212 |
237. | 7.9 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) | 26,001 |
238. | 7.9 | The Lady Vanishes (1938) | 16,553 |
239. | 7.9 | Tonari no Totoro (1988) | 26,323 |
240. | 7.9 | Spartacus (1960) | 46,895 |
241. | 7.9 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 15,103 |
242. | 7.9 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 102,914 |
243. | 7.9 | Les quatre cents coups (1959) | 21,604 |
244. | 7.9 | Toy Story 2 (1999) | 103,785 |
245. | 7.9 | His Girl Friday (1940) | 19,328 |
246. | 7.9 | Brazil (1985) | 72,260 |
247. | 7.9 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | 27,869 |
248. | 7.9 | Mou gaan dou (2002) | 32,696 |
249. | 7.9 | The Truman Show (1998) | 140,201 |
250. | 7.9 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) | 32,909 |
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.