Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 930,487 |
2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 667,254 |
3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 429,910 |
4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 724,753 |
5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 283,688 |
6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 228,953 |
7. | 8.9 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 907,899 |
8. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 478,618 |
9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 665,490 |
10. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 709,119 |
11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 458,415 |
12. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 690,640 |
13. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 388,845 |
14. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 723,439 |
15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 406,733 |
16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 514,017 |
17. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 145,635 |
18. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 609,293 |
19. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 673,116 |
20. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 597,460 |
21. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 305,123 |
22. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 541,388 |
23. | 8.6 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 128,528 |
24. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 453,765 |
25. | 8.6 | Casablanca (1942) | 250,411 |
26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 427,297 |
27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 391,056 |
28. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 188,439 |
29. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 162,077 |
30. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 236,735 |
31. | 8.6 | Léon: The Professional (1994) | 395,499 |
32. | 8.5 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 85,105 |
33. | 8.5 | Memento (2000) | 490,282 |
34. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 428,852 |
35. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 274,132 |
36. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 422,026 |
37. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 477,099 |
38. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 225,218 |
39. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 316,664 |
40. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 54,238 |
41. | 8.5 | Django Unchained (2012) | 241,882 |
42. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 138,281 |
43. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 208,309 |
44. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 68,556 |
45. | 8.5 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 557,860 |
46. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 196,287 |
47. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 329,582 |
48. | 8.5 | Back to the Future (1985) | 373,497 |
49. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 256,886 |
50. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 472,927 |
51. | 8.4 | Vertigo (1958) | 143,972 |
52. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 61,618 |
53. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 203,863 |
54. | 8.4 | American Beauty (1999) | 490,838 |
55. | 8.4 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 282,256 |
56. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 69,881 |
57. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 58,693 |
58. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 287,367 |
59. | 8.4 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 274,299 |
60. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 372,052 |
61. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 145,759 |
62. | 8.4 | The Intouchables (2011) | 156,390 |
63. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 522,574 |
64. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 385,937 |
65. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 315,568 |
66. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 311,685 |
67. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 67,487 |
68. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 427,161 |
69. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 117,086 |
70. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 127,505 |
71. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 365,459 |
72. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 105,613 |
73. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 73,040 |
74. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 333,400 |
75. | 8.3 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 49,479 |
76. | 8.3 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 385,486 |
77. | 8.3 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 80,451 |
78. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 127,991 |
79. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 309,437 |
80. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 357,999 |
81. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 268,297 |
82. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 261,924 |
83. | 8.3 | Chinatown (1974) | 129,767 |
84. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 422,251 |
85. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 187,031 |
86. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 237,692 |
87. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 88,366 |
88. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 106,861 |
89. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 66,195 |
90. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 161,310 |
91. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 61,471 |
92. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 49,732 |
93. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 244,340 |
94. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 167,941 |
95. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 51,374 |
96. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 104,187 |
97. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 296,001 |
98. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 62,134 |
99. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 143,183 |
100. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 91,406 |
101. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 31,253 |
102. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 345,742 |
103. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 64,639 |
104. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 530,034 |
105. | 8.3 | A Separation (2011) | 78,189 |
106. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 44,618 |
107. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 147,932 |
108. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 275,258 |
109. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 340,635 |
110. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 429,827 |
111. | 8.3 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 82,841 |
112. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 98,060 |
113. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 49,051 |
114. | 8.2 | Up (2009) | 314,559 |
115. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 61,597 |
116. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 316,062 |
117. | 8.2 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 98,019 |
118. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 65,489 |
119. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 258,425 |
120. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 30,833 |
121. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 73,032 |
122. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 291,627 |
123. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 54,165 |
124. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 311,508 |
125. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 36,549 |
126. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 29,807 |
127. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 298,354 |
128. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 254,518 |
129. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 305,065 |
130. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 47,278 |
131. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 49,683 |
132. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 144,083 |
133. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 75,069 |
134. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 36,355 |
135. | 8.1 | Sin City (2005) | 412,457 |
136. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 241,988 |
137. | 8.1 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 350,356 |
138. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 38,432 |
139. | 8.1 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 56,295 |
140. | 8.1 | The Avengers (2012) | 468,352 |
141. | 8.1 | Jaws (1975) | 234,106 |
142. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 418,166 |
143. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 179,503 |
144. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 190,445 |
145. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 154,167 |
146. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 91,284 |
147. | 8.1 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 159,609 |
148. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 50,721 |
149. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 270,291 |
150. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 167,481 |
151. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 415,282 |
152. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 156,930 |
153. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 308,063 |
154. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 111,477 |
155. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 62,604 |
156. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 131,892 |
157. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 46,861 |
158. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 37,248 |
159. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 223,047 |
160. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 161,964 |
161. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 440,460 |
162. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 73,135 |
163. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 347,336 |
164. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 242,974 |
165. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 203,943 |
166. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 56,449 |
167. | 8.1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | 242,439 |
168. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 61,327 |
169. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 94,255 |
170. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 42,153 |
171. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 331,088 |
172. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 222,407 |
173. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 39,622 |
174. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 264,947 |
175. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 158,245 |
176. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 354,928 |
177. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 248,253 |
178. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 279,598 |
179. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 110,464 |
180. | 8.1 | Black Swan (2010) | 321,096 |
181. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 107,308 |
182. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 283,397 |
183. | 8.1 | Life of Pi (2012) | 134,040 |
184. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 40,261 |
185. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 56,260 |
186. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 95,053 |
187. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 31,370 |
188. | 8.0 | The Graduate (1967) | 131,951 |
189. | 8.0 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 102,751 |
190. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 39,389 |
191. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 185,003 |
192. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 292,225 |
193. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 48,442 |
194. | 8.0 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 369,484 |
195. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 38,675 |
196. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 33,363 |
197. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 28,528 |
198. | 8.0 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 48,569 |
199. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 191,330 |
200. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 27,815 |
201. | 8.0 | The Artist (2011/I) | 111,143 |
202. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 45,871 |
203. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 187,315 |
204. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 56,845 |
205. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 29,837 |
206. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 35,011 |
207. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 61,697 |
208. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 26,628 |
209. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 38,042 |
210. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 56,527 |
211. | 8.0 | Memories of Murder (2003) | 26,803 |
212. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 53,666 |
213. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 54,959 |
214. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 340,213 |
215. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 452,222 |
216. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 329,422 |
217. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 273,844 |
218. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 60,641 |
219. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 69,346 |
220. | 8.0 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 70,180 |
221. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 270,899 |
222. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 253,341 |
223. | 8.0 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) | 85,461 |
224. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 288,103 |
225. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 53,885 |
226. | 8.0 | La Haine (1995) | 54,180 |
227. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 161,300 |
228. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 90,749 |
229. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 365,000 |
230. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 34,019 |
231. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 45,146 |
232. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 231,220 |
233. | 8.0 | Incendies (2010) | 28,311 |
234. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 33,309 |
235. | 8.0 | Like Stars on Earth (2007) | 27,717 |
236. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 223,148 |
237. | 8.0 | Jurassic Park (1993) | 286,434 |
238. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 67,779 |
239. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 185,660 |
240. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 61,992 |
241. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 52,399 |
242. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 47,218 |
243. | 8.0 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 36,454 |
244. | 8.0 | The Help (2011) | 145,977 |
245. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 250,816 |
246. | 8.0 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | 41,087 |
247. | 8.0 | The Untouchables (1987) | 144,666 |
248. | 7.9 | In the Mood for Love (2000) | 43,071 |
249. | 7.9 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | 33,283 |
250. | 7.9 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 31,779 |
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.