Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 895,940 |
2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 647,497 |
3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 416,105 |
4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 697,896 |
5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 274,374 |
6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 220,641 |
7. | 8.9 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 877,829 |
8. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 462,440 |
9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 642,202 |
10. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 684,117 |
11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 445,747 |
12. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 375,196 |
13. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 667,517 |
14. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 693,321 |
15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 393,860 |
16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 499,900 |
17. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 142,445 |
18. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 652,260 |
19. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 584,758 |
20. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 576,355 |
21. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 294,433 |
22. | 8.6 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 124,851 |
23. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 522,024 |
24. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 437,530 |
25. | 8.6 | Casablanca (1942) | 244,396 |
26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 415,883 |
27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 381,706 |
28. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 183,651 |
29. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 229,485 |
30. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 158,447 |
31. | 8.6 | Léon: The Professional (1994) | 382,069 |
32. | 8.5 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 83,217 |
33. | 8.5 | Memento (2000) | 475,253 |
34. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 413,428 |
35. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 266,825 |
36. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 410,001 |
37. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 220,861 |
38. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 461,403 |
39. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 307,612 |
40. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 52,356 |
41. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 135,059 |
42. | 8.5 | Django Unchained (2012) | 76,992 |
43. | 8.5 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 519,595 |
44. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 200,659 |
45. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 192,633 |
46. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 66,059 |
47. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 318,340 |
48. | 8.5 | Back to the Future (1985) | 361,453 |
49. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 246,213 |
50. | 8.4 | Vertigo (1958) | 139,946 |
51. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 456,805 |
52. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 60,214 |
53. | 8.4 | American Beauty (1999) | 475,402 |
54. | 8.4 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 273,403 |
55. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 68,328 |
56. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 195,613 |
57. | 8.4 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 263,572 |
58. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 57,371 |
59. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 279,285 |
60. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 358,756 |
61. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 140,557 |
62. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 306,484 |
63. | 8.4 | The Intouchables (2011) | 135,712 |
64. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 504,798 |
65. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 371,346 |
66. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 301,966 |
67. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 114,411 |
68. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 65,153 |
69. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 411,424 |
70. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 124,632 |
71. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 351,862 |
72. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 103,156 |
73. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 322,492 |
74. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 71,684 |
75. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 48,440 |
76. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 373,031 |
77. | 8.3 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 77,885 |
78. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 123,955 |
79. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 297,371 |
80. | 8.3 | Chinatown (1974) | 126,248 |
81. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 348,076 |
82. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 255,018 |
83. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 260,199 |
84. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 409,098 |
85. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 232,433 |
86. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 180,625 |
87. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 85,921 |
88. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 104,103 |
89. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 156,676 |
90. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 64,499 |
91. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 60,113 |
92. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 48,179 |
93. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 114,180 |
94. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 238,490 |
95. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 163,301 |
96. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 50,326 |
97. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 60,345 |
98. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 287,680 |
99. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 101,465 |
100. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 139,478 |
101. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 89,324 |
102. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 30,179 |
103. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 332,627 |
104. | 8.3 | A Separation (2011) | 73,606 |
105. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 512,753 |
106. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 62,497 |
107. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 266,847 |
108. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 143,022 |
109. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 43,645 |
110. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 48,128 |
111. | 8.3 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 80,079 |
112. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 328,122 |
113. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 95,781 |
114. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 405,791 |
115. | 8.2 | Up (2009) | 299,522 |
116. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 60,188 |
117. | 8.2 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 95,523 |
118. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 304,517 |
119. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 63,760 |
120. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 250,327 |
121. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 30,156 |
122. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 71,733 |
123. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 284,729 |
124. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 52,795 |
125. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 296,805 |
126. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 35,498 |
127. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 248,240 |
128. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 28,704 |
129. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 287,271 |
130. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 295,527 |
131. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 46,441 |
132. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 48,733 |
133. | 8.2 | The Avengers (2012) | 440,244 |
134. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 140,192 |
135. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 73,106 |
136. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 35,288 |
137. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 401,275 |
138. | 8.2 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | 195,803 |
139. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 54,792 |
140. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 37,566 |
141. | 8.1 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 339,084 |
142. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 233,992 |
143. | 8.1 | Jaws (1975) | 226,773 |
144. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 405,328 |
145. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 174,937 |
146. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 149,865 |
147. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 49,635 |
148. | 8.1 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 154,700 |
149. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 184,549 |
150. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 89,022 |
151. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 162,969 |
152. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 260,611 |
153. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 399,946 |
154. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 146,949 |
155. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 108,109 |
156. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 59,964 |
157. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 293,027 |
158. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 45,659 |
159. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 128,243 |
160. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 36,282 |
161. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 229,858 |
162. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 214,028 |
163. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 157,296 |
164. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 69,945 |
165. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 425,555 |
166. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 334,968 |
167. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 193,621 |
168. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 54,469 |
169. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 41,376 |
170. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 320,821 |
171. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 59,479 |
172. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 91,862 |
173. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 255,750 |
174. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 214,609 |
175. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 38,785 |
176. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 153,363 |
177. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 345,268 |
178. | 8.1 | Black Swan (2010) | 306,419 |
179. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 240,297 |
180. | 8.1 | Life of Pi (2012) | 69,056 |
181. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 107,022 |
182. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 271,892 |
183. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 104,252 |
184. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 274,574 |
185. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 53,533 |
186. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 39,201 |
187. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 30,312 |
188. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 91,359 |
189. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 128,186 |
190. | 8.1 | The Killing (1956) | 38,506 |
191. | 8.1 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 98,701 |
192. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 180,500 |
193. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 47,182 |
194. | 8.0 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 354,896 |
195. | 8.0 | The Artist (2011/I) | 103,666 |
196. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 278,799 |
197. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 37,876 |
198. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 32,480 |
199. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 27,839 |
200. | 8.0 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 47,815 |
201. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 184,277 |
202. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 44,866 |
203. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 26,948 |
204. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 182,296 |
205. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 29,243 |
206. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 55,014 |
207. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 26,024 |
208. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 34,219 |
209. | 8.0 | Argo (2012) | 66,850 |
210. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 60,159 |
211. | 8.0 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) | 43,025 |
212. | 8.0 | Memories of Murder (2003) | 25,192 |
213. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 318,165 |
214. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 55,139 |
215. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 36,885 |
216. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 53,229 |
217. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 323,956 |
218. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 437,173 |
219. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 65,233 |
220. | 8.0 | Silver Linings Playbook (2012) | 34,739 |
221. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 58,567 |
222. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 50,709 |
223. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 260,757 |
224. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 241,045 |
225. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 262,580 |
226. | 8.0 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 67,291 |
227. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 52,543 |
228. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 277,592 |
229. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 155,096 |
230. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 87,948 |
231. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 43,358 |
232. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 32,592 |
233. | 8.0 | La Haine (1995) | 51,982 |
234. | 8.0 | Incendies (2010) | 25,976 |
235. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 33,109 |
236. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 220,176 |
237. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 347,716 |
238. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 179,672 |
239. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 45,917 |
240. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 215,669 |
241. | 8.0 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 35,051 |
242. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 65,551 |
243. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 55,275 |
244. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 50,100 |
245. | 8.0 | Jurassic Park (1993) | 274,634 |
246. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 242,241 |
247. | 8.0 | Castle in the Sky (1986) | 44,930 |
248. | 8.0 | Battleship Potemkin (1925) | 26,038 |
249. | 8.0 | The Untouchables (1987) | 138,827 |
250. | 8.0 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 30,997 |
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.