Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 763,478 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 568,091 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 359,420 |
| 4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 600,631 |
| 5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 237,511 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 187,661 |
| 7. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 401,098 |
| 8. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 701,862 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 538,722 |
| 10. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 323,525 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 388,300 |
| 12. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 580,902 |
| 13. | 8.8 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 129,002 |
| 14. | 8.8 | Inception (2010) | 555,272 |
| 15. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 561,141 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 339,816 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) | 436,772 |
| 18. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 252,616 |
| 19. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 220,152 |
| 20. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 558,353 |
| 21. | 8.7 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 108,707 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 163,906 |
| 23. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 370,658 |
| 24. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 334,988 |
| 25. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 482,723 |
| 26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 368,533 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 439,626 |
| 28. | 8.6 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 486,394 |
| 29. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 201,503 |
| 30. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 139,870 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Leon: The Professional (1994) | 319,706 |
| 32. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 74,987 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 405,608 |
| 34. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 200,597 |
| 35. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 236,316 |
| 36. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 349,885 |
| 37. | 8.5 | The Avengers (2012) | 210,364 |
| 38. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 122,357 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 352,903 |
| 40. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 176,416 |
| 41. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 397,226 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 257,152 |
| 43. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 44,608 |
| 44. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 415,697 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 165,866 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 212,230 |
| 47. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 236,499 |
| 48. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 269,211 |
| 49. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 123,607 |
| 50. | 8.5 | M (1931) | 54,309 |
| 51. | 8.5 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 61,466 |
| 52. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 208,107 |
| 53. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 55,670 |
| 54. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 394,230 |
| 55. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 265,083 |
| 56. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 51,543 |
| 57. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 300,138 |
| 58. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 120,506 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 239,234 |
| 60. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 269,262 |
| 61. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 166,890 |
| 62. | 8.4 | Back to the Future (1985) | 308,690 |
| 63. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 111,562 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 102,765 |
| 65. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 93,161 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 277,260 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 305,468 |
| 68. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 324,505 |
| 69. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 65,713 |
| 70. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 335,769 |
| 71. | 8.4 | A Separation (2011) | 52,360 |
| 72. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 311,560 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 67,467 |
| 74. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 55,704 |
| 75. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 110,679 |
| 76. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 44,040 |
| 77. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 427,888 |
| 78. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 225,881 |
| 79. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 107,316 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 207,321 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 54,101 |
| 82. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 225,151 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 41,702 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 75,731 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 92,383 |
| 86. | 8.3 | The Intouchables (2011) | 44,925 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 136,131 |
| 88. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 45,927 |
| 89. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 57,100 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 123,935 |
| 91. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 352,556 |
| 92. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 153,105 |
| 93. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 214,062 |
| 94. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 302,380 |
| 95. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 80,149 |
| 96. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 53,010 |
| 97. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 143,318 |
| 98. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 230,445 |
| 99. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 97,675 |
| 100. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 90,172 |
| 101. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 124,490 |
| 102. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 244,093 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 245,978 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 43,713 |
| 105. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 329,403 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 279,360 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 53,345 |
| 108. | 8.3 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 55,889 |
| 109. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 234,737 |
| 110. | 8.3 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 54,774 |
| 111. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 84,543 |
| 112. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 39,310 |
| 113. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 66,162 |
| 114. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 85,484 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 241,366 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Batman Begins (2005) | 401,919 |
| 117. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 47,316 |
| 118. | 8.2 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 26,181 |
| 119. | 8.2 | Snatch. (2000) | 275,102 |
| 120. | 8.2 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 68,900 |
| 121. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 27,285 |
| 122. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 214,997 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 251,621 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 221,578 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 31,179 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 44,645 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 252,279 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 353,252 |
| 129. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 42,666 |
| 130. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 256,720 |
| 131. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 124,418 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Ikiru (1952) | 22,172 |
| 133. | 8.2 | Jaws (1975) | 195,686 |
| 134. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 294,568 |
| 135. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 134,780 |
| 136. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 64,187 |
| 137. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 240,106 |
| 138. | 8.2 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 33,975 |
| 139. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 143,826 |
| 140. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 350,784 |
| 141. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 48,276 |
| 142. | 8.2 | The Wages of Fear (1953) | 19,807 |
| 143. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 23,946 |
| 144. | 8.2 | The King's Speech (2010) | 178,414 |
| 145. | 8.2 | Black Swan (2010) | 244,299 |
| 146. | 8.2 | The Artist (2011) | 68,887 |
| 147. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 338,417 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 94,103 |
| 149. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 30,671 |
| 150. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 45,146 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 154,818 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 93,897 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 222,713 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 197,939 |
| 155. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 79,320 |
| 156. | 8.1 | Sunrise (1927) | 16,302 |
| 157. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 178,733 |
| 158. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 32,333 |
| 159. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 49,155 |
| 160. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 127,567 |
| 161. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 299,704 |
| 162. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 41,275 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 112,742 |
| 164. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 159,811 |
| 165. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 219,296 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Diabolique (1955) | 21,538 |
| 167. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 187,056 |
| 168. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 136,542 |
| 169. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 55,891 |
| 170. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 274,353 |
| 171. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 91,431 |
| 172. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 81,542 |
| 173. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 144,963 |
| 174. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 272,780 |
| 175. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 37,760 |
| 176. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 206,808 |
| 177. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 357,915 |
| 178. | 8.1 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 295,521 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 241,650 |
| 180. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 22,693 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 131,953 |
| 182. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 91,029 |
| 183. | 8.1 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 20,829 |
| 184. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 238,376 |
| 185. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 112,164 |
| 186. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 51,291 |
| 187. | 8.1 | Harakiri (1962) | 8,866 |
| 188. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 231,960 |
| 189. | 8.1 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 44,112 |
| 190. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 34,740 |
| 191. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 34,445 |
| 192. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 41,308 |
| 193. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 77,377 |
| 194. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 25,980 |
| 195. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 45,911 |
| 196. | 8.1 | District 9 (2009) | 264,264 |
| 197. | 8.0 | The Battle of Algiers (1966) | 19,973 |
| 198. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 161,158 |
| 199. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 34,520 |
| 200. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 42,045 |
| 201. | 8.0 | La Strada (1954) | 24,802 |
| 202. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 28,940 |
| 203. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 34,284 |
| 204. | 8.0 | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | 15,634 |
| 205. | 8.0 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 80,048 |
| 206. | 8.0 | Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 12,578 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 217,188 |
| 208. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 156,819 |
| 209. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 154,572 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 21,330 |
| 211. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 40,893 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 17,668 |
| 213. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 154,486 |
| 214. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 50,106 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 26,672 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 54,035 |
| 217. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 182,525 |
| 218. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 46,695 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Nights of Cabiria (1957) | 16,316 |
| 220. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 231,364 |
| 221. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 29,781 |
| 222. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 224,617 |
| 223. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 263,551 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Tokyo Story (1953) | 12,613 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 49,123 |
| 226. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 47,350 |
| 227. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 47,457 |
| 228. | 8.0 | High and Low (1963) | 10,381 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 46,053 |
| 230. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 30,666 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Come and See (1985) | 13,502 |
| 232. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 31,826 |
| 233. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 76,288 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 184,053 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 369,484 |
| 236. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 101,830 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 35,419 |
| 238. | 8.0 | The Celebration (1998) | 36,881 |
| 239. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 23,456 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 211,828 |
| 241. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 125,762 |
| 242. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 39,804 |
| 243. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 56,474 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Throne of Blood (1957) | 16,065 |
| 245. | 8.0 | Le Samouraï (1967) | 15,410 |
| 246. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 157,840 |
| 247. | 8.0 | Grand Illusion (1937) | 16,359 |
| 248. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 273,125 |
| 249. | 8.0 | Like Stars on Earth (2007) | 17,940 |
| 250. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 36,845 |
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.
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