Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 1,011,207 |
2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 713,624 |
3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 461,806 |
4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 784,520 |
5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 304,774 |
6. | 8.9 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 986,366 |
7. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 248,208 |
8. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 515,139 |
9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 719,047 |
10. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 768,254 |
11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 491,730 |
12. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 743,279 |
13. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 420,937 |
14. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 796,535 |
15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 438,917 |
16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 553,064 |
17. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 153,903 |
18. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 667,977 |
19. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 726,592 |
20. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 645,290 |
21. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 331,117 |
22. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 588,379 |
23. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 494,870 |
24. | 8.6 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 137,926 |
25. | 8.6 | Casablanca (1942) | 264,341 |
26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 454,415 |
27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 415,257 |
28. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 200,890 |
29. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 170,778 |
30. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 255,351 |
31. | 8.6 | Léon: The Professional (1994) | 427,491 |
32. | 8.5 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 90,086 |
33. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 466,518 |
34. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 292,408 |
35. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 452,108 |
36. | 8.5 | Memento (2000) | 526,726 |
37. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 514,977 |
38. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 58,803 |
39. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 235,955 |
40. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 339,525 |
41. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 229,284 |
42. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 74,788 |
43. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 146,271 |
44. | 8.5 | Back to the Future (1985) | 406,397 |
45. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 205,273 |
46. | 8.5 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 221,951 |
47. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 357,550 |
48. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 279,760 |
49. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 510,343 |
50. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 65,107 |
51. | 8.4 | Vertigo (1958) | 153,022 |
52. | 8.4 | Django Unchained (2012) | 406,456 |
53. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 74,001 |
54. | 8.4 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 637,632 |
55. | 8.4 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 302,975 |
56. | 8.4 | American Beauty (1999) | 525,578 |
57. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 307,030 |
58. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 62,285 |
59. | 8.4 | The Intouchables (2011) | 202,808 |
60. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 405,350 |
61. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 564,173 |
62. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 419,939 |
63. | 8.4 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 302,500 |
64. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 158,144 |
65. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 73,235 |
66. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 336,721 |
67. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 467,036 |
68. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 332,480 |
69. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 123,403 |
70. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 135,318 |
71. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 393,279 |
72. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 111,802 |
73. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 87,184 |
74. | 8.4 | The Lion King (1994) | 340,039 |
75. | 8.3 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 52,120 |
76. | 8.3 | The Third Man (1949) | 76,405 |
77. | 8.3 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 357,828 |
78. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 386,485 |
79. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 137,792 |
80. | 8.3 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 414,053 |
81. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 287,872 |
82. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 453,349 |
83. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 204,331 |
84. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 279,303 |
85. | 8.3 | Chinatown (1974) | 138,899 |
86. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 93,893 |
87. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 53,675 |
88. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 250,853 |
89. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 113,205 |
90. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 70,392 |
91. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 127,320 |
92. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 65,002 |
93. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 172,406 |
94. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 258,908 |
95. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 110,483 |
96. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 54,122 |
97. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 66,412 |
98. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 179,001 |
99. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 316,885 |
100. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 70,901 |
101. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 33,706 |
102. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 151,696 |
103. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 96,404 |
104. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 372,968 |
105. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 573,057 |
106. | 8.3 | A Separation (2011) | 88,108 |
107. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 47,031 |
108. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 474,061 |
109. | 8.3 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 88,944 |
110. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 369,605 |
111. | 8.2 | The Great Escape (1963) | 104,060 |
112. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 347,077 |
113. | 8.2 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 51,326 |
114. | 8.2 | Up (2009) | 352,756 |
115. | 8.2 | Downfall (2004) | 159,147 |
116. | 8.2 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 295,704 |
117. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 64,889 |
118. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 32,602 |
119. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 69,958 |
120. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 279,179 |
121. | 8.2 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 104,308 |
122. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 76,257 |
123. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 32,745 |
124. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 308,123 |
125. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 324,437 |
126. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 39,127 |
127. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 57,307 |
128. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 344,167 |
129. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 268,847 |
130. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 52,107 |
131. | 8.2 | Ikiru (1952) | 25,639 |
132. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 328,135 |
133. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 49,374 |
134. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 38,822 |
135. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 152,593 |
136. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 79,663 |
137. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 40,458 |
138. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 261,309 |
139. | 8.1 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 375,719 |
140. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 204,067 |
141. | 8.1 | Sin City (2005) | 437,633 |
142. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 448,735 |
143. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 340,989 |
144. | 8.1 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 60,066 |
145. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 190,536 |
146. | 8.1 | Jaws (1975) | 251,594 |
147. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 164,991 |
148. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 96,663 |
149. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 293,622 |
150. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 180,276 |
151. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 445,930 |
152. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 179,379 |
153. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 53,349 |
154. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 68,562 |
155. | 8.1 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 170,742 |
156. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 39,565 |
157. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 139,981 |
158. | 8.1 | The Avengers (2012) | 537,616 |
159. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 119,123 |
160. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 81,776 |
161. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 383,178 |
162. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 478,823 |
163. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 49,433 |
164. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 61,195 |
165. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 246,234 |
166. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 233,169 |
167. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 172,646 |
168. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 41,757 |
169. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 238,276 |
170. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 65,585 |
171. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 355,956 |
172. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 100,236 |
173. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 286,480 |
174. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 271,220 |
175. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 44,203 |
176. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 171,101 |
177. | 8.1 | The Hunt (2012) | 27,870 |
178. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 26,194 |
179. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 265,800 |
180. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 43,141 |
181. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 297,673 |
182. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 62,921 |
183. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 377,038 |
184. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 118,937 |
185. | 8.1 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 113,255 |
186. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 114,216 |
187. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 303,345 |
188. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 33,934 |
189. | 8.0 | Gandhi (1982) | 103,658 |
190. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 41,632 |
191. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 321,734 |
192. | 8.0 | Black Swan (2010) | 352,921 |
193. | 8.0 | The Graduate (1967) | 140,509 |
194. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 196,320 |
195. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 51,281 |
196. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 35,495 |
197. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 40,750 |
198. | 8.0 | La Strada (1954) | 30,202 |
199. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 207,086 |
200. | 8.0 | Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) | 132,205 |
201. | 8.0 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 400,734 |
202. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 29,982 |
203. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 37,213 |
204. | 8.0 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 50,544 |
205. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 61,586 |
206. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 200,303 |
207. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 48,083 |
208. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 65,435 |
209. | 8.0 | Life of Pi (2012) | 222,909 |
210. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 31,262 |
211. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 60,414 |
212. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 307,424 |
213. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 60,268 |
214. | 8.0 | Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 25,468 |
215. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 59,400 |
216. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 28,417 |
217. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 379,615 |
218. | 8.0 | Memories of Murder (2003) | 31,015 |
219. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 491,268 |
220. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 40,861 |
221. | 8.0 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | 328,231 |
222. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 75,562 |
223. | 8.0 | Like Stars on Earth (2007) | 34,330 |
224. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 283,296 |
225. | 8.0 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 76,574 |
226. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 335,091 |
227. | 8.0 | Jurassic Park (1993) | 321,541 |
228. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 79,870 |
229. | 8.0 | The Artist (2011/I) | 125,513 |
230. | 8.0 | Incendies (2010) | 33,537 |
231. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 359,988 |
232. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 297,224 |
233. | 8.0 | La Haine (1995) | 59,603 |
234. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 57,062 |
235. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 406,887 |
236. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 65,190 |
237. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 257,690 |
238. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 36,044 |
239. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 177,211 |
240. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 97,294 |
241. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 49,650 |
242. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 57,697 |
243. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 35,108 |
244. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 241,249 |
245. | 7.9 | Before Sunrise (1995) | 91,287 |
246. | 7.9 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 39,651 |
247. | 7.9 | In the Mood for Love (2000) | 47,132 |
248. | 7.9 | The Untouchables (1987) | 157,650 |
249. | 7.9 | The Celebration (1998) | 44,325 |
250. | 7.9 | Manhattan (1979) | 73,130 |
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.