Top 250 movies as voted by our users

For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.

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RankRatingTitleVotes
1.9.2The Shawshank Redemption (1994)759,719
2.9.2The Godfather (1972)565,369
3.9.0The Godfather: Part II (1974)357,527
4.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)597,736
5.8.9The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)236,456
6.8.912 Angry Men (1957)186,675
7.8.9Schindler's List (1993)399,291
8.8.8The Dark Knight (2008)697,276
9.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)535,815
10.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)321,925
11.8.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)386,426
12.8.8Fight Club (1999)577,814
13.8.8Seven Samurai (1954)128,581
14.8.8Inception (2010)551,363
15.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)557,825
16.8.7Goodfellas (1990)338,142
17.8.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)434,408
18.8.7City of God (2002)251,369
19.8.7Casablanca (1942)219,356
20.8.7The Matrix (1999)554,922
21.8.7Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)108,106
22.8.7Rear Window (1954)163,295
23.8.6Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)333,090
24.8.6The Silence of the Lambs (1991)368,650
25.8.6The Usual Suspects (1995)366,744
26.8.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)480,085
27.8.6Se7en (1995)436,907
28.8.6Forrest Gump (1994)483,492
29.8.6Psycho (1960)200,676
30.8.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)139,374
31.8.6Leon: The Professional (1994)317,749
32.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)74,739
33.8.6Memento (2000)403,466
34.8.6The Avengers (2012)188,225
35.8.5Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)199,933
36.8.5Apocalypse Now (1979)235,365
37.8.5American History X (1998)348,069
38.8.5North by Northwest (1959)121,952
39.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)351,121
40.8.5Citizen Kane (1941)175,914
41.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)395,224
42.8.5Alien (1979)255,573
43.8.5City Lights (1931)44,387
44.8.5American Beauty (1999)413,888
45.8.5Spirited Away (2001)164,844
46.8.5Toy Story 3 (2010)210,499
47.8.5Taxi Driver (1976)235,329
48.8.5The Shining (1980)267,666
49.8.5Vertigo (1958)123,196
50.8.5M (1931)54,132
51.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)61,287
52.8.5The Pianist (2002)206,960
53.8.5Modern Times (1936)55,353
54.8.4The Departed (2006)392,470
55.8.4Amélie (2001)263,925
56.8.4Double Indemnity (1944)51,382
57.8.4WALL·E (2008)298,526
58.8.4The Lives of Others (2006)119,896
59.8.4Aliens (1986)237,996
60.8.4A Clockwork Orange (1971)268,121
61.8.4Life Is Beautiful (1997)165,965
62.8.4Back to the Future (1985)307,219
63.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)111,173
64.8.4Lawrence of Arabia (1962)102,415
65.8.4Das Boot (1981)92,839
66.8.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)275,928
67.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)304,128
68.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)323,039
69.8.4The Third Man (1949)65,532
70.8.4A Separation (2011)51,658
71.8.4The Prestige (2006)333,866
72.8.4The Green Mile (1999)309,911
73.8.4Cinema Paradiso (1988)67,138
74.8.4Chinatown (1974)110,178
75.8.4The Great Dictator (1940)55,431
76.8.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)43,895
77.8.4L.A. Confidential (1997)224,893
78.8.4Gladiator (2000)425,464
79.8.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)106,825
80.8.3Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)206,490
81.8.3Rashomon (1950)53,929
82.8.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)224,062
83.8.3Bicycle Thieves (1948)41,495
84.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)75,428
85.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)92,045
86.8.3Amadeus (1984)135,265
87.8.3All About Eve (1950)45,776
88.8.3Raging Bull (1980)123,439
89.8.3Metropolis (1927)56,883
90.8.3Braveheart (1995)350,497
91.8.3Oldboy (2003)152,274
92.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)213,285
93.8.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)79,837
94.8.3The Intouchables (2011)41,443
95.8.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)300,839
96.8.3The Apartment (1960)52,794
97.8.3Unforgiven (1992)142,708
98.8.3Pan's Labyrinth (2006)229,248
99.8.3Princess Mononoke (1997)97,172
100.8.3The Sting (1973)89,850
101.8.3Downfall (2004)123,921
102.8.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)244,629
103.8.3The Lion King (1994)242,447
104.8.3Inglourious Basterds (2009)326,848
105.8.3Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)43,553
106.8.3Die Hard (1988)277,847
107.8.3Grave of the Fireflies (1988)53,076
108.8.3The Seventh Seal (1957)55,647
109.8.3Up (2009)232,800
110.8.3On the Waterfront (1954)54,588
111.8.3The Elephant Man (1980)84,202
112.8.3Yojimbo (1961)39,206
113.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)65,988
114.8.3The Great Escape (1963)85,127
115.8.2Gran Torino (2008)239,745
116.8.2Batman Begins (2005)399,591
117.8.2Rebecca (1940)47,164
118.8.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)26,068
119.8.2Snatch. (2000)273,164
120.8.2For a Few Dollars More (1965)68,557
121.8.2The General (1926)27,200
122.8.2Heat (1995)213,922
123.8.2Blade Runner (1982)250,547
124.8.2Fargo (1996)220,726
125.8.2Wild Strawberries (1957)31,048
126.8.2Ran (1985)44,515
127.8.2Sin City (2005)351,232
128.8.2Toy Story (1995)250,708
129.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)42,547
130.8.2The Big Lebowski (1998)255,608
131.8.2The Deer Hunter (1978)123,962
132.8.2Jaws (1975)194,751
133.8.2Ikiru (1952)22,098
134.8.2No Country for Old Men (2007)293,150
135.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)134,097
136.8.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)63,910
137.8.2It Happened One Night (1934)33,845
138.8.2Scarface (1983)238,642
139.8.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)143,273
140.8.2The Sixth Sense (1999)349,054
141.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)48,118
142.8.2The King's Speech (2010)176,722
143.8.2The Kid (1921)23,806
144.8.2The Artist (2011)67,798
145.8.2The Wages of Fear (1953)19,742
146.8.2Black Swan (2010)242,308
147.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)336,636
148.8.1Annie Hall (1977)93,657
149.8.1High Noon (1952)45,038
150.8.1The Gold Rush (1925)30,539
151.8.1Platoon (1986)154,187
152.8.1Warrior (2011)92,306
153.8.1Trainspotting (1996)221,533
154.8.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)196,548
155.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)79,029
156.8.1Sunrise (1927)16,232
157.8.1Into the Wild (2007)177,574
158.8.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)32,195
159.8.1The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)48,809
160.8.1Donnie Darko (2001)298,337
161.8.1The Thing (1982)126,837
162.8.1Notorious (1946)41,148
163.8.1Gone with the Wind (1939)112,271
164.8.1Casino (1995)159,040
165.8.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)218,191
166.8.1Diabolique (1955)21,458
167.8.1There Will Be Blood (2007)186,179
168.8.1Life of Brian (1979)135,890
169.8.1My Neighbor Totoro (1988)55,504
170.8.1Finding Nemo (2003)272,553
171.8.1Amores Perros (2000)91,013
172.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)81,235
173.8.1How to Train Your Dragon (2010)143,563
174.8.1Slumdog Millionaire (2008)293,788
175.8.1Groundhog Day (1993)205,709
176.8.1The Terminator (1984)271,216
177.8.1V for Vendetta (2005)355,838
178.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)37,655
179.8.1Good Will Hunting (1997)240,152
180.8.1The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)22,617
181.8.1Stand by Me (1986)131,327
182.8.1Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)20,743
183.8.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)90,526
184.8.1The Graduate (1967)111,642
185.8.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)237,416
186.8.1Network (1976)51,033
187.8.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)230,695
188.8.1The Manchurian Candidate (1962)43,994
189.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)34,629
190.8.1Harakiri (1962)8,798
191.8.1The 400 Blows (1959)34,314
192.8.1Mary and Max (2009)40,916
193.8.1Gandhi (1982)76,946
194.8.1Dial M for Murder (1954)45,662
195.8.1District 9 (2009)262,567
196.8.1Persona (1966)25,858
197.8.0The Battle of Algiers (1966)19,892
198.8.0The Princess Bride (1987)160,528
199.8.0The Killing (1956)34,401
200.8.0 (1963)41,898
201.8.0La strada (1954)24,723
202.8.0Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)28,843
203.8.0The Hustler (1961)34,163
204.8.0The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)15,586
205.8.0Howl's Moving Castle (2004)79,488
206.8.0Sherlock Jr. (1924)12,519
207.8.0Ratatouille (2007)215,865
208.8.0The Wrestler (2008)153,737
209.8.0The Exorcist (1973)156,057
210.8.0Fanny and Alexander (1982)21,237
211.8.0The Wild Bunch (1969)40,783
212.8.0The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)49,847
213.8.0Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)17,628
214.8.0Rocky (1976)153,521
215.8.0Stalag 17 (1953)26,597
216.8.0Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)180,558
217.8.0Barry Lyndon (1975)53,823
218.8.0A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)46,502
219.8.0Nights of Cabiria (1957)16,262
220.8.0Star Trek (2009)229,778
221.8.0All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)29,656
222.8.0A Beautiful Mind (2001)222,957
223.8.0The Truman Show (1998)261,441
224.8.0Ip Man (2008)46,803
225.8.0Rope (1948)47,200
226.8.0Infernal Affairs (2002)48,949
227.8.0Roman Holiday (1953)45,851
228.8.0Tokyo Story (1953)12,555
229.8.0The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)30,538
230.8.0Come and See (1985)13,421
231.8.0Stalker (1979)31,661
232.8.0High and Low (1963)10,323
233.8.0Rosemary's Baby (1968)75,982
234.8.0Mystic River (2003)183,104
235.8.0Let the Right One In (2008)101,319
236.8.0Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)367,335
237.8.0The Celebration (1998)36,746
238.8.0Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)35,183
239.8.0Monsters, Inc. (2001)210,270
240.8.0Anatomy of a Murder (1959)23,344
241.8.0Beauty and the Beast (1991)124,806
242.8.0Nosferatu (1922)39,628
243.8.0Manhattan (1979)56,176
244.8.0Le Samouraï (1967)15,303
245.8.0Magnolia (1999)157,305
246.8.0Throne of Blood (1957)15,998
247.8.0Big Fish (2003)207,240
248.8.0Shutter Island (2010)270,685
249.8.0Grand Illusion (1937)16,287
250.8.0La Haine (1995)41,979

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:
  • 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 3000)
  • C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)

for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.