Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 650,716 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 493,197 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 304,896 |
| 4. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 204,658 |
| 5. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 512,848 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 156,082 |
| 7. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 340,694 |
| 8. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 268,390 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 584,956 |
| 10. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 450,318 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Inception (2010) | 424,860 |
| 12. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 333,496 |
| 13. | 8.8 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 115,305 |
| 14. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 482,727 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 284,041 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 378,031 |
| 17. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 472,000 |
| 18. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 210,152 |
| 19. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 195,838 |
| 20. | 8.7 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 93,924 |
| 21. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 469,680 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 142,853 |
| 23. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 288,860 |
| 24. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 319,433 |
| 25. | 8.7 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 308,178 |
| 26. | 8.7 | Psycho (1960) | 175,176 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 356,892 |
| 28. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 121,928 |
| 29. | 8.6 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 391,831 |
| 30. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 402,055 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 341,260 |
| 32. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 66,751 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Leon: The Professional (1994) | 258,598 |
| 34. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 179,835 |
| 35. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 206,447 |
| 36. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 285,420 |
| 37. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 109,681 |
| 38. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 158,957 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 159,321 |
| 40. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 352,907 |
| 41. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 294,089 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 196,516 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 333,821 |
| 44. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 218,899 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 133,750 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 109,154 |
| 47. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 36,769 |
| 48. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 224,377 |
| 49. | 8.5 | Amélie (2001) | 226,413 |
| 50. | 8.5 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 54,434 |
| 51. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 172,127 |
| 52. | 8.5 | M (1931) | 48,105 |
| 53. | 8.5 | WALL·E (2008) | 243,581 |
| 54. | 8.5 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 45,233 |
| 55. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 97,931 |
| 56. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 331,847 |
| 57. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 92,213 |
| 58. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 235,113 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 202,569 |
| 60. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 97,016 |
| 61. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 231,543 |
| 62. | 8.4 | Modern Times (1936) | 45,877 |
| 63. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 81,935 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 273,146 |
| 65. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 138,908 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 258,665 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Back to the Future (1985) | 257,502 |
| 68. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 59,113 |
| 69. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 194,269 |
| 70. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 94,304 |
| 71. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 274,678 |
| 72. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 39,383 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 56,900 |
| 74. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 258,000 |
| 75. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) | 181,803 |
| 76. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 89,752 |
| 77. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 108,347 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 47,869 |
| 79. | 8.3 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 46,785 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 117,606 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 80,400 |
| 82. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 65,991 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 188,685 |
| 84. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 40,993 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 195,923 |
| 86. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 69,798 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 35,058 |
| 88. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 352,545 |
| 89. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 190,125 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 295,416 |
| 91. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 44,623 |
| 92. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 49,128 |
| 93. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 126,354 |
| 94. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 103,891 |
| 95. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 260,375 |
| 96. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 122,661 |
| 97. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 79,183 |
| 98. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 253,198 |
| 99. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 71,812 |
| 100. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 182,405 |
| 101. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 39,151 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 174,123 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 81,727 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 205,901 |
| 105. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 59,808 |
| 106. | 8.3 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 48,849 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Rebecca (1940) | 41,681 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 225,830 |
| 109. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 74,277 |
| 110. | 8.3 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 46,666 |
| 111. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 307,393 |
| 112. | 8.2 | Batman Begins (2005) | 333,348 |
| 113. | 8.2 | Black Swan (2010) | 171,766 |
| 114. | 8.2 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 45,010 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Yojimbo (1961) | 35,026 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 177,966 |
| 117. | 8.2 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 57,296 |
| 118. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 218,557 |
| 119. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 24,309 |
| 120. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 194,132 |
| 121. | 8.2 | The Lion King (1994) | 192,919 |
| 122. | 8.2 | Drive (2011) | 28,999 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 22,325 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Snatch. (2000) | 221,757 |
| 125. | 8.2 | The King's Speech (2010) | 118,945 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 114,075 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Jaws (1975) | 169,025 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 40,300 |
| 129. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 249,359 |
| 130. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 26,662 |
| 131. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 38,313 |
| 132. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 124,590 |
| 133. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 220,984 |
| 134. | 8.2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 104,826 |
| 135. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 105,918 |
| 136. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 291,899 |
| 137. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 200,807 |
| 138. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 54,929 |
| 139. | 8.2 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 234,941 |
| 140. | 8.2 | Annie Hall (1977) | 79,008 |
| 141. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 41,638 |
| 142. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 285,822 |
| 143. | 8.2 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 30,070 |
| 144. | 8.2 | Platoon (1986) | 132,343 |
| 145. | 8.2 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 258,115 |
| 146. | 8.2 | High Noon (1952) | 40,382 |
| 147. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 193,361 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 141,321 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 184,952 |
| 150. | 8.1 | Ikiru (1952) | 19,683 |
| 151. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 26,335 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 180,855 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 69,059 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 96,028 |
| 155. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 160,964 |
| 156. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 36,947 |
| 157. | 8.1 | The Kid (1921) | 19,597 |
| 158. | 8.1 | The Wages of Fear (1953) | 17,411 |
| 159. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 28,187 |
| 160. | 8.1 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | 14,193 |
| 161. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 36,827 |
| 162. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 159,698 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 74,989 |
| 164. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 171,266 |
| 165. | 8.1 | District 9 (2009) | 212,534 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 70,470 |
| 167. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 115,370 |
| 168. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 94,154 |
| 169. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 135,668 |
| 170. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 101,711 |
| 171. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 33,643 |
| 172. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 222,580 |
| 173. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 217,326 |
| 174. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 20,319 |
| 175. | 8.1 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 39,612 |
| 176. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 109,988 |
| 177. | 8.1 | Diabolique (1955) | 18,564 |
| 178. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 189,161 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 74,134 |
| 180. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2006) | 288,522 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 205,309 |
| 182. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 97,048 |
| 183. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 42,799 |
| 184. | 8.1 | The Wrestler (2008) | 126,209 |
| 185. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 63,472 |
| 186. | 8.1 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 17,735 |
| 187. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 191,483 |
| 188. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 43,259 |
| 189. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 30,990 |
| 190. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 35,996 |
| 191. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 174,600 |
| 192. | 8.0 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 29,468 |
| 193. | 8.0 | The Battle of Algiers (1966) | 17,227 |
| 194. | 8.0 | Avatar (2009) | 359,536 |
| 195. | 8.0 | Mary and Max (2009) | 28,404 |
| 196. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 142,512 |
| 197. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 30,105 |
| 198. | 8.0 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 37,802 |
| 199. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 30,286 |
| 200. | 8.0 | Persona (1966) | 21,376 |
| 201. | 8.0 | La Strada (1954) | 21,569 |
| 202. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 180,112 |
| 203. | 8.0 | A Separation (2011) | 14,627 |
| 204. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 24,830 |
| 205. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 40,975 |
| 206. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 131,602 |
| 207. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 36,829 |
| 208. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 40,516 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 23,953 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 17,934 |
| 211. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 15,808 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 47,342 |
| 213. | 8.0 | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | 13,717 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 128,282 |
| 215. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 206,331 |
| 216. | 8.0 | The Incredibles (2004) | 202,367 |
| 217. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 25,816 |
| 218. | 8.0 | In Bruges (2008) | 131,243 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 61,549 |
| 220. | 8.0 | Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 10,116 |
| 221. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 149,629 |
| 222. | 8.0 | The Social Network (2010) | 155,332 |
| 223. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 82,407 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 64,755 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Nights of Cabiria (1957) | 14,239 |
| 226. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 139,491 |
| 227. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 174,099 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 42,944 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Ed Wood (1994) | 87,393 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 38,468 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 46,802 |
| 232. | 8.0 | The Celebration (1998) | 32,008 |
| 233. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 299,358 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 39,459 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Children of Men (2006) | 193,874 |
| 236. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 27,071 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) | 227,245 |
| 238. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 29,605 |
| 239. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 193,250 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 21,442 |
| 241. | 8.0 | Patton (1970) | 46,279 |
| 242. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 26,299 |
| 243. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 167,495 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 137,831 |
| 245. | 8.0 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 24,474 |
| 246. | 8.0 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010) | 11,501 |
| 247. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 158,922 |
| 248. | 8.0 | Tokyo Story (1953) | 10,394 |
| 249. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 92,185 |
| 250. | 8.0 | His Girl Friday (1940) | 24,566 |
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.
