Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 997,770 |
2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 706,066 |
3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 456,703 |
4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 775,190 |
5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 301,318 |
6. | 8.9 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 973,281 |
7. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 245,112 |
8. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 509,502 |
9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 710,824 |
10. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 758,760 |
11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 486,673 |
12. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 735,091 |
13. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 415,990 |
14. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 784,838 |
15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 433,843 |
16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 546,908 |
17. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 152,517 |
18. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 658,751 |
19. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 718,437 |
20. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 637,935 |
21. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 327,133 |
22. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 580,937 |
23. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 488,546 |
24. | 8.6 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 136,091 |
25. | 8.6 | Casablanca (1942) | 262,219 |
26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 450,198 |
27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 411,092 |
28. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 198,979 |
29. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 169,398 |
30. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 252,532 |
31. | 8.6 | Léon: The Professional (1994) | 422,478 |
32. | 8.5 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 89,228 |
33. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 460,731 |
34. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 289,599 |
35. | 8.5 | Memento (2000) | 521,352 |
36. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 447,312 |
37. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 508,937 |
38. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 58,016 |
39. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 234,302 |
40. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 335,895 |
41. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 225,994 |
42. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 73,761 |
43. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 145,069 |
44. | 8.5 | Back to the Future (1985) | 401,123 |
45. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 203,901 |
46. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 353,116 |
47. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 276,341 |
48. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 219,172 |
49. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 504,427 |
50. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 64,526 |
51. | 8.4 | Django Unchained (2012) | 390,037 |
52. | 8.4 | Vertigo (1958) | 151,666 |
53. | 8.4 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 625,180 |
54. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 73,272 |
55. | 8.4 | American Beauty (1999) | 520,560 |
56. | 8.4 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 299,705 |
57. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 303,868 |
58. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 61,768 |
59. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 399,867 |
60. | 8.4 | The Intouchables (2011) | 196,743 |
61. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 557,539 |
62. | 8.4 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 298,113 |
63. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 414,555 |
64. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 156,250 |
65. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 72,285 |
66. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 333,487 |
67. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 460,506 |
68. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 329,344 |
69. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 122,434 |
70. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 134,078 |
71. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 389,001 |
72. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 110,930 |
73. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 86,167 |
74. | 8.4 | The Lion King (1994) | 335,314 |
75. | 8.3 | The Third Man (1949) | 75,856 |
76. | 8.3 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 51,654 |
77. | 8.3 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 354,016 |
78. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 382,220 |
79. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 136,396 |
80. | 8.3 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 409,684 |
81. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 284,971 |
82. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 448,645 |
83. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 276,735 |
84. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 201,045 |
85. | 8.3 | Chinatown (1974) | 137,501 |
86. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 93,038 |
87. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 248,809 |
88. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 53,037 |
89. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 112,225 |
90. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 69,701 |
91. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 64,390 |
92. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 170,754 |
93. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 125,882 |
94. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 256,653 |
95. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 53,666 |
96. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 109,479 |
97. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 177,271 |
98. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 65,727 |
99. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 313,777 |
100. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 150,392 |
101. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 69,788 |
102. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 33,307 |
103. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 95,635 |
104. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 368,959 |
105. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 566,138 |
106. | 8.3 | A Separation (2011) | 86,655 |
107. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 46,692 |
108. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 467,656 |
109. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 365,121 |
110. | 8.3 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 88,062 |
111. | 8.2 | The Great Escape (1963) | 103,159 |
112. | 8.2 | Downfall (2004) | 157,528 |
113. | 8.2 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 51,000 |
114. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 342,186 |
115. | 8.2 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 292,213 |
116. | 8.2 | Up (2009) | 346,802 |
117. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 64,404 |
118. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 32,313 |
119. | 8.2 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 103,320 |
120. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 276,058 |
121. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 69,265 |
122. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 75,758 |
123. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 305,643 |
124. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 32,242 |
125. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 320,435 |
126. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 56,836 |
127. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 38,738 |
128. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 339,658 |
129. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 266,653 |
130. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 51,746 |
131. | 8.2 | Ikiru (1952) | 25,374 |
132. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 324,664 |
133. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 49,033 |
134. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 151,267 |
135. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 38,450 |
136. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 79,033 |
137. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 40,127 |
138. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 258,411 |
139. | 8.1 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 371,793 |
140. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 202,002 |
141. | 8.1 | Sin City (2005) | 433,815 |
142. | 8.1 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 59,508 |
143. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 444,129 |
144. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 188,799 |
145. | 8.1 | Jaws (1975) | 248,819 |
146. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 336,185 |
147. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 163,278 |
148. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 178,517 |
149. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 95,873 |
150. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 290,226 |
151. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 441,279 |
152. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 175,779 |
153. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 52,954 |
154. | 8.1 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 169,182 |
155. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 67,625 |
156. | 8.1 | The Avengers (2012) | 526,841 |
157. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 138,766 |
158. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 39,202 |
159. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 117,977 |
160. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 80,393 |
161. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 472,944 |
162. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 377,381 |
163. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 49,042 |
164. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 60,445 |
165. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 242,662 |
166. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 171,148 |
167. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 228,064 |
168. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 41,440 |
169. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 236,077 |
170. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 64,933 |
171. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 352,047 |
172. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 266,719 |
173. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 283,272 |
174. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 99,428 |
175. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 43,875 |
176. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 169,183 |
177. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 26,009 |
178. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 263,107 |
179. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 294,964 |
180. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 373,756 |
181. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 117,635 |
182. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 42,715 |
183. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 61,883 |
184. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 113,252 |
185. | 8.1 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 111,665 |
186. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 300,104 |
187. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 33,540 |
188. | 8.0 | Gandhi (1982) | 102,425 |
189. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 41,285 |
190. | 8.0 | Black Swan (2010) | 348,124 |
191. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 317,108 |
192. | 8.0 | The Graduate (1967) | 139,284 |
193. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 194,602 |
194. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 50,832 |
195. | 8.0 | Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) | 123,096 |
196. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 35,168 |
197. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 40,444 |
198. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 204,519 |
199. | 8.0 | La Strada (1954) | 29,921 |
200. | 8.0 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 395,902 |
201. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 29,648 |
202. | 8.0 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 50,156 |
203. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 36,916 |
204. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 60,864 |
205. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 198,166 |
206. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 47,758 |
207. | 8.0 | Life of Pi (2012) | 214,785 |
208. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 64,859 |
209. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 31,069 |
210. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 59,490 |
211. | 8.0 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | 319,793 |
212. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 301,231 |
213. | 8.0 | Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 25,183 |
214. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 59,696 |
215. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 28,185 |
216. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 58,710 |
217. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 40,437 |
218. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 485,010 |
219. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 373,448 |
220. | 8.0 | Memories of Murder (2003) | 30,366 |
221. | 8.0 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 75,613 |
222. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 278,367 |
223. | 8.0 | The Artist (2011/I) | 123,411 |
224. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 329,497 |
225. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 73,138 |
226. | 8.0 | Jurassic Park (1993) | 317,225 |
227. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 78,051 |
228. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 354,896 |
229. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 292,799 |
230. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 56,569 |
231. | 8.0 | Like Stars on Earth (2007) | 32,825 |
232. | 8.0 | La Haine (1995) | 58,770 |
233. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 64,514 |
234. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 400,629 |
235. | 8.0 | Incendies (2010) | 32,731 |
236. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 253,836 |
237. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 174,787 |
238. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 35,737 |
239. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 96,275 |
240. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 48,968 |
241. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 34,825 |
242. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 238,393 |
243. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 56,881 |
244. | 7.9 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 39,191 |
245. | 7.9 | The Celebration (1998) | 43,821 |
246. | 7.9 | The Untouchables (1987) | 155,651 |
247. | 7.9 | Manhattan (1979) | 72,323 |
248. | 7.9 | In the Mood for Love (2000) | 46,533 |
249. | 7.9 | Nosferatu (1922) | 49,991 |
250. | 7.9 | Before Sunrise (1995) | 88,582 |
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.