Top 250 movies as voted by our users

For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.9.1The Shawshank Redemption (1994)458,501
2.9.1The Godfather (1972)373,765
3.9.0The Godfather: Part II (1974)219,414
4.8.9Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)138,422
5.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)374,828
6.8.8Schindler's List (1993)248,260
7.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)191,066
8.8.812 Angry Men (1957)101,045
9.8.8The Dark Knight (2008)406,148
10.8.8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)253,273
11.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)327,111
12.8.8Star Wars (1977)296,457
13.8.8Casablanca (1942)154,035
14.8.7Goodfellas (1990)205,557
15.8.7Shichinin no samurai (1954)87,867
16.8.7Cidade de Deus (2002)146,747
17.8.7Fight Club (1999)340,796
18.8.7Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)224,083
19.8.7Rear Window (1954)107,506
20.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)353,500
21.8.7The Usual Suspects (1995)244,108
22.8.7Psycho (1960)129,723
23.8.7C'era una volta il West (1968)65,071
24.8.6The Silence of the Lambs (1991)221,594
25.8.6The Matrix (1999)345,090
26.8.6Memento (2000)243,455
27.8.6Se7en (1995)248,631
28.8.6Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)144,297
29.8.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)296,609
30.8.6It's a Wonderful Life (1946)92,298
31.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,765
32.8.6Citizen Kane (1941)128,345
33.8.6North by Northwest (1959)84,922
34.8.6Léon (1994)177,087
35.8.6Apocalypse Now (1979)158,566
36.8.5American Beauty (1999)267,650
37.8.5American History X (1998)200,366
38.8.5Forrest Gump (1994)267,040
39.8.5Taxi Driver (1976)139,410
40.8.5Vertigo (1958)83,091
41.8.5Lawrence of Arabia (1962)73,059
42.8.5WALL·E (2008)153,111
43.8.5Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)162,383
44.8.5Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)212,481
45.8.5Alien (1979)162,666
46.8.5Saving Private Ryan (1998)246,157
47.8.5A Clockwork Orange (1971)175,406
48.8.5The Shining (1980)159,450
49.8.4The Departed (2006)232,477
50.8.4Paths of Glory (1957)40,322
51.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)75,798
52.8.4The Pianist (2002)117,775
53.8.4Aliens (1986)153,683
54.8.4Das Leben der Anderen (2006)63,517
55.8.4Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)88,670
56.8.4Double Indemnity (1944)33,379
57.8.4M (1931)35,874
58.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)196,944
59.8.4Chinatown (1974)71,136
60.8.4The Third Man (1949)46,582
61.8.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)164,942
62.8.4L.A. Confidential (1997)152,486
63.8.4Inglourious Basterds (2009)100,487
64.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)192,509
65.8.4The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)29,986
66.8.4Das Boot (1981)64,655
67.8.4Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)143,680
68.8.4Up (2009)63,928
69.8.4El laberinto del fauno (2006)134,574
70.8.4City Lights (1931)23,968
71.8.4The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)53,937
72.8.3Raging Bull (1980)81,392
73.8.3The Prestige (2006)176,699
74.8.3Slumdog Millionaire (2008)147,493
75.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)50,378
76.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)146,803
77.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)61,020
78.8.3La vita è bella (1997)96,805
79.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)47,204
80.8.3Der Untergang (2004)72,511
81.8.3Back to the Future (1985)180,872
82.8.3Gran Torino (2008)98,661
83.8.3Amadeus (1984)88,262
84.8.3Modern Times (1936)31,588
85.8.3Rashômon (1950)34,964
86.8.3Full Metal Jacket (1987)136,501
87.8.3All About Eve (1950)32,081
88.8.3Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)40,462
89.8.3Once Upon a Time in America (1984)64,471
90.8.3Braveheart (1995)219,273
91.8.3The Elephant Man (1980)52,109
92.8.3Sin City (2005)231,195
93.8.3District 9 (2009)95,993
94.8.3Metropolis (1927)35,143
95.8.3Rebecca (1940)32,105
96.8.3The Green Mile (1999)176,176
97.8.3The Great Dictator (1940)32,792
98.8.3The Apartment (1960)32,605
99.8.3The Sting (1973)59,860
100.8.3The Great Escape (1963)56,317
101.8.3Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)157,897
102.8.3Batman Begins (2005)244,447
103.8.3Jaws (1975)125,544
104.8.3Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)194,008
105.8.3Gladiator (2000)250,211
106.8.3Unforgiven (1992)88,015
107.8.3Ladri di biciclette (1948)24,042
108.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)82,115
109.8.2Blade Runner (1982)170,600
110.8.2No Country for Old Men (2007)175,680
111.8.2Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)30,401
112.8.2On the Waterfront (1954)37,290
113.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)29,751
114.8.2Die Hard (1988)164,060
115.8.2Det sjunde inseglet (1957)33,021
116.8.2Oldboy (2003)84,036
117.8.2Fargo (1996)151,649
118.8.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)94,345
119.8.2Mononoke-hime (1997)58,854
120.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)30,759
121.8.2Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)37,879
122.8.2The Wrestler (2008)74,834
123.8.2Heat (1995)130,911
124.8.2Donnie Darko (2001)190,094
125.8.2Cool Hand Luke (1967)40,992
126.8.2High Noon (1952)31,214
127.8.2There Will Be Blood (2007)115,469
128.8.2The Manchurian Candidate (1962)32,202
129.8.2Notorious (1946)28,481
130.8.2The Sixth Sense (1999)218,763
131.8.2Annie Hall (1977)59,254
132.8.2The Deer Hunter (1978)79,910
133.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)208,677
134.8.1Platoon (1986)98,894
135.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)26,400
136.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)53,008
137.8.1Star Trek (2009)104,274
138.8.1The General (1926)17,849
139.8.1Snatch. (2000)153,675
140.8.1Into the Wild (2007)81,752
141.8.1Million Dollar Baby (2004)125,036
142.8.1The Big Lebowski (1998)158,845
143.8.1Yojimbo (1961)26,227
144.8.1Ran (1985)31,391
145.8.1It Happened One Night (1934)22,491
146.8.1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)128,423
147.8.1Life of Brian (1979)85,326
148.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)52,391
149.8.1Finding Nemo (2003)146,822
150.8.1Smultronstället (1957)18,868
151.8.1The Lion King (1994)119,146
152.8.1Witness for the Prosecution (1957)15,994
153.8.1The Graduate (1967)70,457
154.8.1Stand by Me (1986)81,787
155.8.1Trainspotting (1996)136,655
156.8.1Gone with the Wind (1939)71,251
157.8.1Ratatouille (2007)115,474
158.8.1Toy Story (1995)129,902
159.8.1The Terminator (1984)161,157
160.8.1Groundhog Day (1993)121,235
161.8.1Scarface (1983)135,939
162.8.1Amores perros (2000)54,919
163.8.1The Thing (1982)69,420
164.8.1Gandhi (1982)45,595
165.8.1Dog Day Afternoon (1975)53,315
166.8.1V for Vendetta (2005)198,917
167.8.1 (1963)25,801
168.8.1The Grapes of Wrath (1940)21,197
169.8.1The Gold Rush (1925)18,620
170.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)23,043
171.8.1Twelve Monkeys (1995)153,624
172.8.1Les diaboliques (1955)12,724
173.8.1Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)112,084
174.8.1The Princess Bride (1987)115,883
175.8.1The Incredibles (2004)142,440
176.8.0Le salaire de la peur (1953)12,458
177.8.0Casino (1995)96,870
178.8.0Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)11,667
179.8.0Children of Men (2006)140,851
180.8.0The Killing (1956)22,256
181.8.0The Wild Bunch (1969)28,217
182.8.0Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)12,456
183.8.0In Bruges (2008)81,138
184.8.0Hotaru no haka (1988)30,160
185.8.0The Exorcist (1973)93,036
186.8.0Le notti di Cabiria (1957)9,635
187.8.0The Hustler (1961)23,094
188.8.0The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)15,721
189.8.0Harvey (1950)21,187
190.8.0Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)9,979
191.8.0Ed Wood (1994)67,060
192.8.0King Kong (1933)35,132
193.8.0The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)114,292
194.8.0Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)49,454
195.8.0The Kid (1921)11,792
196.8.0Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,177
197.8.0Rosemary's Baby (1968)44,869
198.8.0Good Will Hunting (1997)134,778
199.8.0Brief Encounter (1945)11,842
200.8.0A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)30,369
201.8.0Big Fish (2003)126,623
202.8.0Dial M for Murder (1954)26,305
203.8.0Låt den rätte komma in (2008)41,331
204.8.0Crash (2004/I)155,849
205.8.0Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)163,897
206.8.0Duck Soup (1933)24,157
207.8.0The African Queen (1951)31,024
208.8.0Sleuth (1972)15,474
209.8.0Stalag 17 (1953)18,844
210.8.0Magnolia (1999)112,190
211.8.0Rocky (1976)84,565
212.8.0Bonnie and Clyde (1967)37,132
213.8.0Mystic River (2003)105,543
214.8.0Manhattan (1979)34,835
215.8.0(500) Days of Summer (2009)29,843
216.8.0Rope (1948)27,853
217.8.0Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)25,890
218.8.0Little Miss Sunshine (2006)135,480
219.8.0La strada (1954)15,755
220.8.0Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)210,556
221.8.0Wo hu cang long (2000)101,247
222.8.0Network (1976)29,655
223.8.0Patton (1970)36,152
224.8.0The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)21,067
225.8.0The Conversation (1974)29,465
226.8.0Changeling (2008)51,191
227.8.0The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)68,973
228.8.0Planet of the Apes (1968)51,907
229.7.9Shaun of the Dead (2004)116,068
230.7.9Glory (1989)52,626
231.7.9The Lady Vanishes (1938)16,086
232.7.9Spartacus (1960)45,731
233.7.9The Philadelphia Story (1940)25,448
234.7.9La battaglia di Algeri (1966)12,055
235.7.9Mulholland Dr. (2001)90,054
236.7.9Barry Lyndon (1975)35,757
237.7.9Monsters, Inc. (2001)99,452
238.7.9All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)19,282
239.7.9Brazil (1985)70,415
240.7.9His Girl Friday (1940)18,877
241.7.9Toy Story 2 (1999)101,028
242.7.9Casino Royale (2006)159,218
243.7.9Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)17,284
244.7.9Anatomy of a Murder (1959)14,591
245.7.9Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)27,209
246.7.9Blood Diamond (2006)101,739
247.7.9The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)31,884
248.7.9Mou gaan dou (2002)31,667
249.7.9Frankenstein (1931)21,515
250.7.9Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)27,055

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.