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RankRatingTitleVotes
1.9.2The Shawshank Redemption (1994)959,855
2.9.2The Godfather (1972)684,392
3.9.0The Godfather: Part II (1974)441,832
4.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)746,951
5.8.9The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)291,417
6.8.912 Angry Men (1957)235,998
7.8.9The Dark Knight (2008)933,872
8.8.9Schindler's List (1993)492,386
9.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)685,692
10.8.8Fight Club (1999)730,740
11.8.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)470,508
12.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)710,554
13.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)401,193
14.8.7Inception (2010)749,292
15.8.7Goodfellas (1990)418,794
16.8.7Star Wars (1977)527,192
17.8.7Seven Samurai (1954)148,687
18.8.7Forrest Gump (1994)631,207
19.8.7The Matrix (1999)692,475
20.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)615,652
21.8.7City of God (2002)315,092
22.8.6Se7en (1995)558,707
23.8.6The Silence of the Lambs (1991)469,093
24.8.6Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)131,721
25.8.6Casablanca (1942)255,900
26.8.6The Usual Suspects (1995)437,370
27.8.6Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)399,631
28.8.6Rear Window (1954)193,177
29.8.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)165,209
30.8.6Psycho (1960)243,997
31.8.6Léon: The Professional (1994)407,490
32.8.5Sunset Blvd. (1950)86,887
33.8.5American History X (1998)443,022
34.8.5Memento (2000)503,732
35.8.5Apocalypse Now (1979)280,883
36.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)432,680
37.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)490,949
38.8.5Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)229,307
39.8.5City Lights (1931)55,850
40.8.5Alien (1979)324,996
41.8.5Spirited Away (2001)216,119
42.8.5North by Northwest (1959)141,322
43.8.5Modern Times (1936)70,859
44.8.5Django Unchained (2012)318,223
45.8.5Citizen Kane (1941)199,597
46.8.5Back to the Future (1985)385,173
47.8.5The Shining (1980)340,071
48.8.5The Dark Knight Rises (2012)585,455
49.8.5The Pianist (2002)265,698
50.8.4Life Is Beautiful (1997)210,927
51.8.4The Departed (2006)486,704
52.8.4M (1931)62,891
53.8.4Vertigo (1958)147,540
54.8.4Paths of Glory (1957)71,313
55.8.4American Beauty (1999)504,447
56.8.4Taxi Driver (1976)290,162
57.8.4Double Indemnity (1944)60,048
58.8.4Aliens (1986)294,479
59.8.4Toy Story 3 (2010)284,169
60.8.4WALL·E (2008)383,793
61.8.4The Lives of Others (2006)150,485
62.8.4The Green Mile (1999)398,757
63.8.4Gladiator (2000)538,105
64.8.4The Intouchables (2011)176,734
65.8.4A Clockwork Orange (1971)323,553
66.8.4The Great Dictator (1940)69,629
67.8.4Amélie (2001)319,782
68.8.4The Prestige (2006)441,240
69.8.4Lawrence of Arabia (1962)119,500
70.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)130,281
71.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)376,045
72.8.4Das Boot (1981)107,953
73.8.4Cinema Paradiso (1988)83,090
74.8.3The Third Man (1949)74,265
75.8.3Requiem for a Dream (2000)342,724
76.8.3The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)50,422
77.8.3The Lion King (1994)320,945
78.8.3Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)396,317
79.8.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)131,786
80.8.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)367,726
81.8.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)275,607
82.8.3L.A. Confidential (1997)268,425
83.8.3Braveheart (1995)434,129
84.8.3Chinatown (1974)133,129
85.8.3Oldboy (2003)193,248
86.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)90,443
87.8.3Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)242,544
88.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)109,251
89.8.3Bicycle Thieves (1948)51,216
90.8.3Metropolis (1927)67,757
91.8.3Amadeus (1984)165,616
92.8.3Rashomon (1950)62,807
93.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)249,816
94.8.3All About Eve (1950)52,362
95.8.3The Sting (1973)106,484
96.8.3Unforgiven (1992)172,048
97.8.3The Apartment (1960)63,746
98.8.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)303,781
99.8.3Raging Bull (1980)146,353
100.8.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)93,268
101.8.3Witness for the Prosecution (1957)32,162
102.8.3Grave of the Fireflies (1988)66,823
103.8.3Die Hard (1988)355,881
104.8.3Batman Begins (2005)544,785
105.8.3A Separation (2011)82,233
106.8.3Yojimbo (1961)45,530
107.8.3Inglourious Basterds (2009)446,969
108.8.3Snatch. (2000)351,300
109.8.3For a Few Dollars More (1965)85,219
110.8.2Downfall (2004)152,243
111.8.2The Great Escape (1963)100,282
112.8.2Pan's Labyrinth (2006)282,739
113.8.2Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)49,884
114.8.2Up (2009)328,224
115.8.2Toy Story (1995)327,056
116.8.2On the Waterfront (1954)62,888
117.8.2The Elephant Man (1980)100,508
118.8.2The Seventh Seal (1957)67,094
119.8.2Heat (1995)266,087
120.8.2The General (1926)31,501
121.8.2The Maltese Falcon (1941)74,156
122.8.2Blade Runner (1982)297,800
123.8.2Rebecca (1940)55,366
124.8.2The Kid (1921)30,785
125.8.2Gran Torino (2008)324,203
126.8.2Wild Strawberries (1957)37,495
127.8.2Scarface (1983)308,148
128.8.2Fargo (1996)259,927
129.8.2Ran (1985)50,636
130.8.2The Big Lebowski (1998)313,578
131.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)48,101
132.8.2The Deer Hunter (1978)147,292
133.8.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)76,841
134.8.2The Gold Rush (1925)37,346
135.8.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)249,044
136.8.1No Country for Old Men (2007)360,045
137.8.1It Happened One Night (1934)39,204
138.8.1Sin City (2005)421,714
139.8.1Strangers on a Train (1951)57,788
140.8.1Jaws (1975)240,580
141.8.1Casino (1995)195,498
142.8.1The Sixth Sense (1999)429,505
143.8.1Platoon (1986)183,626
144.8.1The Thing (1982)158,253
145.8.1Trainspotting (1996)279,523
146.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)93,330
147.8.1The Avengers (2012)491,257
148.8.1The Wizard of Oz (1939)172,932
149.8.1High Noon (1952)51,722
150.8.1Good Will Hunting (1997)320,773
151.8.1Hotel Rwanda (2004)163,892
152.8.1Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)427,300
153.8.1Warrior (2011)165,191
154.8.1The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)64,998
155.8.1Annie Hall (1977)114,466
156.8.1Gone with the Wind (1939)135,076
157.8.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)38,111
158.8.1My Neighbor Totoro (1988)76,426
159.8.1Notorious (1946)47,847
160.8.1V for Vendetta (2005)454,084
161.8.1Into the Wild (2007)231,536
162.8.1Life of Brian (1979)166,217
163.8.1Finding Nemo (2003)360,316
164.8.1How to Train Your Dragon (2010)214,366
165.8.1Dial M for Murder (1954)58,249
166.8.1The King's Speech (2010)254,107
167.8.1There Will Be Blood (2007)228,938
168.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)42,913
169.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)40,443
170.8.1Network (1976)62,950
171.8.1The Terminator (1984)340,305
172.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)96,740
173.8.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)273,004
174.8.1Stand by Me (1986)163,063
175.8.1The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)25,285
176.8.1Groundhog Day (1993)254,991
177.8.1Donnie Darko (2001)363,411
178.8.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)286,374
179.8.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)113,695
180.8.1Mary and Max (2009)58,871
181.8.1The 400 Blows (1959)41,315
182.8.1Amores Perros (2000)110,010
183.8.1Black Swan (2010)333,470
184.8.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)290,639
185.8.1Persona (1966)32,320
186.8.1Gandhi (1982)98,436
187.8.1Howl's Moving Castle (2004)106,884
188.8.0The Killing (1956)40,232
189.8.0The Graduate (1967)135,362
190.8.0A Beautiful Mind (2001)303,417
191.8.0The Princess Bride (1987)189,087
192.8.0The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)286,313
193.8.0Life of Pi (2012)181,547
194.8.0 (1963)49,550
195.8.0The Hustler (1961)39,440
196.8.0Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)34,184
197.8.0Slumdog Millionaire (2008)381,589
198.8.0La Strada (1954)29,159
199.8.0Rocky (1976)197,235
200.8.0Anatomy of a Murder (1959)28,616
201.8.0The Manchurian Candidate (1962)49,233
202.8.0The Exorcist (1973)192,060
203.8.0The Wild Bunch (1969)46,717
204.8.0The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)35,808
205.8.0Rope (1948)58,665
206.8.0Stalag 17 (1953)30,387
207.8.0Barry Lyndon (1975)63,156
208.8.0The Artist (2011/I)116,766
209.8.0Sleuth (1972)27,345
210.8.0Stalker (1979)39,128
211.8.0In the Name of the Father (1993)56,368
212.8.0Infernal Affairs (2002)58,007
213.8.0Roman Holiday (1953)56,718
214.8.0Memories of Murder (2003)28,417
215.8.0Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)466,421
216.8.0The Truman Show (1998)354,776
217.8.0Monsters, Inc. (2001)284,308
218.8.0District 9 (2009)340,056
219.8.0A Fistful of Dollars (1964)72,505
220.8.0Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)264,283
221.8.0Ip Man (2008)73,305
222.8.0The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)62,481
223.8.0Ratatouille (2007)280,261
224.8.0Star Trek (2009)299,225
225.8.0A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)55,085
226.8.0La Haine (1995)56,248
227.8.0Jurassic Park (1993)302,195
228.8.0All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)34,794
229.8.0Shutter Island (2010)380,301
230.8.0Beauty and the Beast (1991)167,316
231.8.0Incendies (2010)30,414
232.8.0Rain Man (1988)241,543
233.8.03 Idiots (2009)66,750
234.8.0Rosemary's Baby (1968)93,201
235.8.0Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)46,952
236.8.0Harvey (1950)33,948
237.8.0Like Stars on Earth (2007)29,944
238.8.0Mystic River (2003)229,931
239.8.0Papillon (1973)54,460
240.8.0Manhattan (1979)69,866
241.8.0The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)116,386
242.8.0Nosferatu (1922)48,437
243.7.9The Help (2011)157,119
244.7.9Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)37,788
245.7.9Three Colors: Red (1994)38,802
246.7.9The Wrestler (2008)190,765
247.7.9The Untouchables (1987)149,724
248.7.9In the Mood for Love (2000)44,719
249.7.9The Celebration (1998)42,219
250.7.9La Dolce Vita (1960)29,842

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 25000)
  • C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.1)

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