Top 250 movies as voted by our users
For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.1 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 474,835 |
| 2. | 9.1 | The Godfather (1972) | 383,368 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 226,134 |
| 4. | 8.9 | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) | 143,875 |
| 5. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 386,124 |
| 6. | 8.8 | Schindler's List (1993) | 255,700 |
| 7. | 8.8 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 105,479 |
| 8. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 197,023 |
| 9. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 259,790 |
| 10. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 423,133 |
| 11. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 338,269 |
| 12. | 8.8 | Star Wars (1977) | 303,344 |
| 13. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 157,682 |
| 14. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 211,611 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) | 90,013 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Fight Club (1999) | 351,632 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Cidade de Deus (2002) | 152,162 |
| 18. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 228,993 |
| 19. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 363,365 |
| 20. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 110,435 |
| 21. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 250,101 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Psycho (1960) | 133,027 |
| 23. | 8.7 | C'era una volta il West (1968) | 67,365 |
| 24. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 227,401 |
| 25. | 8.6 | The Matrix (1999) | 354,777 |
| 26. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 256,360 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 250,700 |
| 28. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 305,469 |
| 29. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 95,736 |
| 30. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 147,418 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 50,167 |
| 32. | 8.6 | North by Northwest (1959) | 86,997 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 130,937 |
| 34. | 8.6 | Léon (1994) | 183,096 |
| 35. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 162,438 |
| 36. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 274,173 |
| 37. | 8.5 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 275,803 |
| 38. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 206,528 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 143,443 |
| 40. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 85,220 |
| 41. | 8.5 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 74,700 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 219,886 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) | 167,257 |
| 44. | 8.5 | WALL·E (2008) | 161,761 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 167,671 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 252,517 |
| 47. | 8.5 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 180,203 |
| 48. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 164,112 |
| 49. | 8.5 | Avatar (2009) | 183,267 |
| 50. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 41,417 |
| 51. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 240,617 |
| 52. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 77,429 |
| 53. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 122,356 |
| 54. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 159,075 |
| 55. | 8.4 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) | 91,907 |
| 56. | 8.4 | Das Leben der Anderen (2006) | 66,807 |
| 57. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 36,777 |
| 58. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 34,222 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 203,219 |
| 60. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 73,090 |
| 61. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 170,664 |
| 62. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 47,731 |
| 63. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 155,694 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 197,942 |
| 65. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 30,778 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 66,163 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 146,621 |
| 68. | 8.4 | El laberinto del fauno (2006) | 139,591 |
| 69. | 8.4 | City Lights (1931) | 24,805 |
| 70. | 8.4 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 135,439 |
| 71. | 8.4 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 55,165 |
| 72. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 80,303 |
| 73. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 83,484 |
| 74. | 8.3 | The Prestige (2006) | 183,986 |
| 75. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 51,655 |
| 76. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 150,332 |
| 77. | 8.3 | La vita è bella (1997) | 99,773 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Back to the Future (1985) | 185,926 |
| 79. | 8.3 | Modern Times (1936) | 32,657 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Der Untergang (2004) | 75,408 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 62,601 |
| 82. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 48,369 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 90,496 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 140,364 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 107,982 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Rashômon (1950) | 35,889 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) | 41,644 |
| 88. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 224,882 |
| 89. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 66,474 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 156,638 |
| 91. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 32,747 |
| 92. | 8.3 | The Green Mile (1999) | 182,410 |
| 93. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 53,654 |
| 94. | 8.3 | Sin City (2005) | 238,030 |
| 95. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 36,059 |
| 96. | 8.3 | Rebecca (1940) | 32,947 |
| 97. | 8.3 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 33,900 |
| 98. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 33,586 |
| 99. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 61,355 |
| 100. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 161,306 |
| 101. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 57,704 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 258,079 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 198,455 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) | 24,905 |
| 105. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 251,001 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 90,663 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Jaws (1975) | 128,566 |
| 108. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 174,546 |
| 109. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 84,767 |
| 110. | 8.2 | District 9 (2009) | 119,306 |
| 111. | 8.2 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 31,160 |
| 112. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 181,978 |
| 113. | 8.2 | Die Hard (1988) | 168,776 |
| 114. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 38,229 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 30,413 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Oldboy (2003) | 87,487 |
| 117. | 8.2 | Det sjunde inseglet (1957) | 33,945 |
| 118. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 155,234 |
| 119. | 8.2 | Mononoke-hime (1997) | 60,482 |
| 120. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 96,580 |
| 121. | 8.2 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) | 39,221 |
| 122. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 31,563 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 134,566 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 195,481 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 42,131 |
| 126. | 8.2 | High Noon (1952) | 31,879 |
| 127. | 8.2 | The Wrestler (2008) | 80,557 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Notorious (1946) | 29,190 |
| 129. | 8.2 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 119,922 |
| 130. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 223,655 |
| 131. | 8.2 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 32,809 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Annie Hall (1977) | 60,785 |
| 133. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 82,109 |
| 134. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 214,982 |
| 135. | 8.2 | Platoon (1986) | 101,301 |
| 136. | 8.1 | Snatch. (2000) | 159,463 |
| 137. | 8.1 | The General (1926) | 18,351 |
| 138. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 54,481 |
| 139. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 27,047 |
| 140. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 86,694 |
| 141. | 8.1 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 163,656 |
| 142. | 8.1 | Yojimbo (1961) | 26,864 |
| 143. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 129,263 |
| 144. | 8.1 | Ran (1985) | 32,123 |
| 145. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 23,118 |
| 146. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 133,204 |
| 147. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 87,632 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Star Trek (2009) | 116,273 |
| 149. | 8.1 | The Lion King (1994) | 123,565 |
| 150. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 53,690 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 16,458 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Smultronstället (1957) | 19,446 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 151,480 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 140,402 |
| 155. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 83,789 |
| 156. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 72,393 |
| 157. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 73,446 |
| 158. | 8.1 | Toy Story (1995) | 133,698 |
| 159. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 166,744 |
| 160. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 125,198 |
| 161. | 8.1 | Scarface (1983) | 140,171 |
| 162. | 8.1 | Ratatouille (2007) | 120,107 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Amores perros (2000) | 56,540 |
| 164. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 71,908 |
| 165. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 54,922 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 46,948 |
| 167. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 205,843 |
| 168. | 8.1 | 8½ (1963) | 26,927 |
| 169. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 19,187 |
| 170. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 21,728 |
| 171. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 157,994 |
| 172. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 116,031 |
| 173. | 8.1 | Le salaire de la peur (1953) | 12,866 |
| 174. | 8.1 | Les diaboliques (1955) | 13,106 |
| 175. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 23,694 |
| 176. | 8.1 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 117,835 |
| 177. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 99,936 |
| 178. | 8.0 | The Incredibles (2004) | 146,995 |
| 179. | 8.0 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 12,825 |
| 180. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 22,790 |
| 181. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 12,015 |
| 182. | 8.0 | Hotaru no haka (1988) | 31,243 |
| 183. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 28,895 |
| 184. | 8.0 | Children of Men (2006) | 145,246 |
| 185. | 8.0 | In Bruges (2008) | 85,765 |
| 186. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 95,466 |
| 187. | 8.0 | Le notti di Cabiria (1957) | 9,983 |
| 188. | 8.0 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 16,088 |
| 189. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 23,648 |
| 190. | 8.0 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | 10,284 |
| 191. | 8.0 | The Kid (1921) | 12,421 |
| 192. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 21,710 |
| 193. | 8.0 | Ed Wood (1994) | 68,809 |
| 194. | 8.0 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 138,604 |
| 195. | 8.0 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 27,147 |
| 196. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 46,236 |
| 197. | 8.0 | King Kong (1933) | 36,028 |
| 198. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 130,420 |
| 199. | 8.0 | Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) | 51,400 |
| 200. | 8.0 | Låt den rätte komma in (2008) | 45,977 |
| 201. | 8.0 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 19,706 |
| 202. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 31,274 |
| 203. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 15,941 |
| 204. | 8.0 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) | 168,973 |
| 205. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 19,291 |
| 206. | 8.0 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | 121,003 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Brief Encounter (1945) | 12,258 |
| 208. | 8.0 | Crash (2004/I) | 159,722 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 114,715 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) | 27,351 |
| 211. | 8.0 | The African Queen (1951) | 31,659 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 87,763 |
| 213. | 8.0 | Duck Soup (1933) | 24,681 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 109,225 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | 38,188 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 28,736 |
| 217. | 8.0 | Network (1976) | 30,642 |
| 218. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 35,773 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 216,356 |
| 220. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 16,286 |
| 221. | 8.0 | Wo hu cang long (2000) | 103,170 |
| 222. | 8.0 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | 139,383 |
| 223. | 8.0 | Patton (1970) | 37,018 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Changeling (2008) | 55,434 |
| 225. | 8.0 | La battaglia di Algeri (1966) | 12,496 |
| 226. | 8.0 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) | 21,637 |
| 227. | 8.0 | The Conversation (1974) | 30,340 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Planet of the Apes (1968) | 53,297 |
| 229. | 8.0 | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | 72,025 |
| 230. | 8.0 | (500) Days of Summer (2009) | 49,037 |
| 231. | 7.9 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 19,768 |
| 232. | 7.9 | Shaun of the Dead (2004) | 120,542 |
| 233. | 7.9 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 17,836 |
| 234. | 7.9 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 36,815 |
| 235. | 7.9 | Glory (1989) | 53,780 |
| 236. | 7.9 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) | 93,471 |
| 237. | 7.9 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) | 26,050 |
| 238. | 7.9 | Tonari no Totoro (1988) | 26,423 |
| 239. | 7.9 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 15,162 |
| 240. | 7.9 | The Lady Vanishes (1938) | 16,597 |
| 241. | 7.9 | Spartacus (1960) | 46,994 |
| 242. | 7.9 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 103,181 |
| 243. | 7.9 | Les quatre cents coups (1959) | 21,678 |
| 244. | 7.9 | Toy Story 2 (1999) | 103,995 |
| 245. | 7.9 | His Girl Friday (1940) | 19,363 |
| 246. | 7.9 | Brazil (1985) | 72,408 |
| 247. | 7.9 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | 27,929 |
| 248. | 7.9 | The Truman Show (1998) | 140,744 |
| 249. | 7.9 | Mou gaan dou (2002) | 32,793 |
| 250. | 7.9 | Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) | 40,398 |
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.
