Top 250 movies as voted by our users

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RankRatingTitleVotes
1.9.2The Shawshank Redemption (1994)716,223
2.9.2The Godfather (1972)535,931
3.9.0The Godfather: Part II (1974)337,202
4.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)562,910
5.8.9The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)224,235
6.8.912 Angry Men (1957)175,022
7.8.9Schindler's List (1993)375,926
8.8.8The Dark Knight (2008)651,114
9.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)502,271
10.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)300,909
11.8.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)365,545
12.8.8Fight Club (1999)540,044
13.8.8Inception (2010)503,564
14.8.8Seven Samurai (1954)123,455
15.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)523,564
16.8.7Goodfellas (1990)317,801
17.8.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)411,722
18.8.7City of God (2002)236,739
19.8.7Casablanca (1942)210,274
20.8.7The Matrix (1999)520,973
21.8.7Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)102,730
22.8.7Rear Window (1954)155,133
23.8.7Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)314,990
24.8.7The Silence of the Lambs (1991)344,799
25.8.7The Usual Suspects (1995)348,462
26.8.6Se7en (1995)407,272
27.8.6Forrest Gump (1994)448,028
28.8.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)450,581
29.8.6Psycho (1960)190,918
30.8.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)133,826
31.8.6Leon: The Professional (1994)294,670
32.8.6Memento (2000)379,604
33.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)71,708
34.8.6Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)192,171
35.8.6Apocalypse Now (1979)224,263
36.8.5American History X (1998)326,551
37.8.5North by Northwest (1959)117,313
38.8.5Citizen Kane (1941)169,721
39.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)329,053
40.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)370,854
41.8.5American Beauty (1999)390,079
42.8.5Toy Story 3 (2010)191,185
43.8.5Alien (1979)239,529
44.8.5Taxi Driver (1976)221,394
45.8.5City Lights (1931)41,452
46.8.5Spirited Away (2001)153,009
47.8.5Vertigo (1958)118,085
48.8.5The Shining (1980)251,023
49.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)58,788
50.8.5M (1931)51,936
51.8.5The Pianist (2002)193,693
52.8.5Amélie (2001)250,271
53.8.5The Departed (2006)369,008
54.8.4Double Indemnity (1944)49,090
55.8.4WALL·E (2008)276,184
56.8.4The Lives of Others (2006)112,126
57.8.4Modern Times (1936)51,533
58.8.4A Clockwork Orange (1971)255,317
59.8.4Aliens (1986)224,246
60.8.4Lawrence of Arabia (1962)98,511
61.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)106,073
62.8.4Life Is Beautiful (1997)155,710
63.8.4Back to the Future (1985)286,691
64.8.4Das Boot (1981)88,907
65.8.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)259,060
66.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)303,525
67.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)286,690
68.8.4The Third Man (1949)63,037
69.8.4A Separation (2011)37,917
70.8.4The Prestige (2006)311,913
71.8.4The Green Mile (1999)289,658
72.8.4L.A. Confidential (1997)213,887
73.8.4Chinatown (1974)104,192
74.8.4Cinema Paradiso (1988)63,206
75.8.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)42,169
76.8.4The Great Dictator (1940)52,105
77.8.3Gladiator (2000)398,079
78.8.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)100,406
79.8.3Rashomon (1950)51,647
80.8.3Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)196,686
81.8.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)210,758
82.8.3Amadeus (1984)128,344
83.8.3Bicycle Thieves (1948)39,149
84.8.3Raging Bull (1980)117,719
85.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)87,606
86.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)71,834
87.8.3All About Eve (1950)43,999
88.8.3Braveheart (1995)328,220
89.8.3Metropolis (1927)53,962
90.8.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)76,106
91.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)204,457
92.8.3Oldboy (2003)142,519
93.8.3Pan's Labyrinth (2006)216,701
94.8.3The Apartment (1960)49,862
95.8.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)283,676
96.8.3Unforgiven (1992)135,719
97.8.3The Sting (1973)86,026
98.8.3Downfall (2004)117,233
99.8.3Princess Mononoke (1997)91,213
100.8.3Inglourious Basterds (2009)301,090
101.8.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)229,962
102.8.3Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)41,896
103.8.3The Lion King (1994)224,140
104.8.3The Elephant Man (1980)79,899
105.8.3Up (2009)211,012
106.8.3On the Waterfront (1954)52,439
107.8.3Die Hard (1988)260,641
108.8.3Grave of the Fireflies (1988)50,062
109.8.3The Seventh Seal (1957)52,549
110.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)63,751
111.8.3The Great Escape (1963)81,172
112.8.3Gran Torino (2008)219,472
113.8.3Rebecca (1940)45,077
114.8.2Yojimbo (1961)37,667
115.8.2Batman Begins (2005)374,865
116.8.2For a Few Dollars More (1965)64,606
117.8.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)24,632
118.8.2The Artist (2011)30,792
119.8.2The General (1926)26,108
120.8.2Snatch. (2000)255,697
121.8.2Heat (1995)201,117
122.8.2Fargo (1996)210,811
123.8.2Blade Runner (1982)238,074
124.8.2Sin City (2005)334,114
125.8.2Ran (1985)42,941
126.8.2Wild Strawberries (1957)29,387
127.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)41,119
128.8.2Toy Story (1995)232,762
129.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)126,873
130.8.2Jaws (1975)184,815
131.8.2No Country for Old Men (2007)275,223
132.8.2The Big Lebowski (1998)242,083
133.8.2Black Swan (2010)217,345
134.8.2The King's Speech (2010)156,591
135.8.2The Deer Hunter (1978)117,727
136.8.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)60,418
137.8.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)136,399
138.8.2The Sixth Sense (1999)328,145
139.8.2It Happened One Night (1934)32,416
140.8.2Ikiru (1952)21,155
141.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)45,772
142.8.2Scarface (1983)221,660
143.8.2Annie Hall (1977)88,067
144.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)316,554
145.8.2Warrior (2011)67,342
146.8.1The Kid (1921)22,123
147.8.1High Noon (1952)43,368
148.8.1The Wages of Fear (1953)18,931
149.8.1Platoon (1986)146,080
150.8.1The Gold Rush (1925)28,910
151.8.1Trainspotting (1996)208,130
152.8.1Into the Wild (2007)164,439
153.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)75,330
154.8.1Donnie Darko (2001)283,313
155.8.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)183,787
156.8.1The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)44,755
157.8.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)30,635
158.8.1Notorious (1946)39,569
159.8.1Sunrise (1927)15,401
160.8.1Slumdog Millionaire (2008)270,270
161.8.1Gone with the Wind (1939)106,608
162.8.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)204,788
163.8.1The Thing (1982)118,737
164.8.1There Will Be Blood (2007)176,764
165.8.1Casino (1995)150,622
166.8.1Life of Brian (1979)128,156
167.8.1Amores Perros (2000)86,136
168.8.1Groundhog Day (1993)193,586
169.8.1Diabolique (1955)20,394
170.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)77,045
171.8.1Finding Nemo (2003)252,268
172.8.1My Neighbor Totoro (1988)50,825
173.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)36,268
174.8.1The Terminator (1984)253,811
175.8.1How to Train Your Dragon (2010)127,011
176.8.1The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)21,817
177.8.1The Graduate (1967)105,302
178.8.1V for Vendetta (2005)330,332
179.8.1Stand by Me (1986)123,475
180.8.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)225,503
181.8.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)84,750
182.8.1Good Will Hunting (1997)221,901
183.8.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)215,678
184.8.1Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)19,714
185.8.1The Manchurian Candidate (1962)42,451
186.8.1District 9 (2009)244,163
187.8.1Network (1976)48,127
188.8.1Gandhi (1982)71,996
189.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)33,235
190.8.1The 400 Blows (1959)32,538
191.8.1Mary and Max (2009)36,461
192.8.1The Battle of Algiers (1966)18,879
193.8.0 (1963)39,920
194.8.0Persona (1966)24,201
195.8.0Dial M for Murder (1954)42,871
196.8.0The Princess Bride (1987)153,718
197.8.0The Killing (1956)32,973
198.8.0The Wrestler (2008)144,184
199.8.0The Hustler (1961)32,827
200.8.0Ratatouille (2007)200,639
201.8.0La Strada (1954)23,506
202.8.0Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)27,296
203.8.0The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)14,851
204.8.0Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)158,491
205.8.0Fanny and Alexander (1982)20,148
206.8.0Harakiri (1962)7,909
207.8.0Howl's Moving Castle (2004)72,773
208.8.0The Exorcist (1973)147,415
209.8.0Sherlock Jr. (1924)11,589
210.8.0The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)46,808
211.8.0The Wild Bunch (1969)39,373
212.8.0Stalag 17 (1953)25,639
213.8.0A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)44,142
214.8.0Barry Lyndon (1975)51,418
215.8.0Star Trek (2009)212,256
216.8.0Rocky (1976)143,612
217.8.0Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)16,956
218.8.0All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)28,249
219.8.0The Truman Show (1998)239,805
220.8.0Nights of Cabiria (1957)15,558
221.8.0Infernal Affairs (2002)46,728
222.8.0Avatar (2009)408,978
223.8.0A Beautiful Mind (2001)203,257
224.8.0Rosemary's Baby (1968)71,831
225.8.0Roman Holiday (1953)43,152
226.8.0Rope (1948)44,311
227.8.0Ip Man (2008)40,153
228.8.0Mystic River (2003)171,408
229.8.0Let the Right One In (2008)95,033
230.8.0Tokyo Story (1953)11,749
231.8.0The Celebration (1998)35,007
232.8.0The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)29,350
233.8.0The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)69,307
234.8.0Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)341,345
235.8.0Magnolia (1999)150,733
236.8.0Drive (2011)137,908
237.8.0Manhattan (1979)52,780
238.8.0Big Fish (2003)194,375
239.8.0Stalker (1979)29,722
240.8.0The Incredibles (2004)226,932
241.8.0In Bruges (2008)151,747
242.8.0Beauty and the Beast (1991)114,022
243.8.0Hugo (2011/II)33,573
244.8.0Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)32,204
245.8.0Monsters, Inc. (2001)192,544
246.8.03 Idiots (2009)30,919
247.8.0Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)20,353
248.8.0Shutter Island (2010)242,544
249.8.0Castle in the Sky (1986)32,870
250.8.0Three Colors: Red (1994)32,032

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.