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Top 250 movies as voted by our users

note: for this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.

Rank	Title
1	Dark Knight, The (2008) 9.4/10 (115340 votes)
2	Godfather, The (1972) 9.1/10 (293920 votes)
3	Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 9.1/10 (344106 votes)
4	Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 9.0/10 (167872 votes)
5	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966) 8.9/10 (98403 votes)
6	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.9/10 (295321 votes)
7	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (196411 votes)
8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8/10 (148587 votes)
9	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8/10 (207327 votes)
10	Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (127070 votes)
11	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.8/10 (71531 votes)
12	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (71689 votes)
13	Star Wars (1977) 8.8/10 (248144 votes)
14	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) 8.8/10 (263834 votes)
15	Goodfellas (1990) 8.7/10 (161631 votes)
16	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (85321 votes)
17	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7/10 (186367 votes)
18	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.7/10 (105259 votes)
19	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.7/10 (48789 votes)
20	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (294939 votes)
21	Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.7/10 (200370 votes)
22	Psycho (1960) 8.7/10 (104444 votes)
23	Fight Club (1999) 8.6/10 (264674 votes)
24	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (120157 votes)
25	WALL·E (2008) 8.6/10 (46871 votes)
26	Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.6/10 (178359 votes)
27	North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (69023 votes)
28	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (108455 votes)
29	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (192359 votes)
30	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.6/10 (37222 votes)
31	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.6/10 (244221 votes)
32	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.6/10 (76491 votes)
33	Matrix, The (1999) 8.6/10 (279759 votes)
34	Se7en (1995) 8.5/10 (194815 votes)
35	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (60248 votes)
36	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5/10 (129374 votes)
37	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5/10 (108924 votes)
38	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (218402 votes)
39	Léon (1994) 8.5/10 (134386 votes)
40	Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (67008 votes)
41	American History X (1998) 8.5/10 (153563 votes)
42	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (130586 votes)
43	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.5/10 (31253 votes)
44	Departed, The (2006) 8.5/10 (173067 votes)
45	M (1931) 8.5/10 (27767 votes)
46	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.5/10 (61240 votes)
47	Third Man, The (1949) 8.4/10 (37154 votes)
48	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (55921 votes)
49	Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) 8.4/10 (40752 votes)
50	Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.4/10 (139811 votes)
51	Alien (1979) 8.4/10 (129924 votes)
52	Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.4/10 (23249 votes)
53	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.4/10 (206228 votes)
54	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.4/10 (25403 votes)
55	Shining, The (1980) 8.4/10 (122125 votes)
56	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (151638 votes)
57	Pianist, The (2002) 8.4/10 (86863 votes)
58	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (68366 votes)
59	Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) 8.4/10 (99744 votes)
60	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.4/10 (199346 votes)
61	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (119808 votes)
62	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.4/10 (126325 votes)
63	Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.4/10 (43665 votes)
64	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4/10 (126392 votes)
65	Boot, Das (1981) 8.4/10 (53740 votes)
66	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.4/10 (152604 votes)
67	Aliens (1986) 8.4/10 (124848 votes)
68	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.4/10 (163062 votes)
69	Rashômon (1950) 8.4/10 (27132 votes)
70	Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.4/10 (38217 votes)
71	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (52609 votes)
72	Raging Bull (1980) 8.4/10 (63819 votes)
73	Metropolis (1927) 8.4/10 (27419 votes)
74	No Country for Old Men (2007) 8.4/10 (118836 votes)
75	There Will Be Blood (2007) 8.3/10 (74118 votes)
76	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (23918 votes)
77	Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (24983 votes)
78	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (40516 votes)
79	All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (25814 votes)
80	City Lights (1931) 8.3/10 (17518 votes)
81	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 (120147 votes)
82	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (178128 votes)
83	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.3/10 (76576 votes)
84	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (49214 votes)
85	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (61179 votes)
86	Amadeus (1984) 8.3/10 (71394 votes)
87	Prestige, The (2006) 8.3/10 (122602 votes)
88	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.3/10 (24894 votes)
89	Great Escape, The (1963) 8.3/10 (44078 votes)
90	Elephant Man, The (1980) 8.3/10 (39643 votes)
91	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.3/10 (28926 votes)
92	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.3/10 (23178 votes)
93	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.3/10 (31458 votes)
94	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.3/10 (106256 votes)
95	Sting, The (1973) 8.3/10 (47494 votes)
96	Apartment, The (1960) 8.3/10 (24686 votes)
97	Jaws (1975) 8.3/10 (100731 votes)
98	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.3/10 (49545 votes)
99	Great Dictator, The (1940) 8.3/10 (24711 votes)
100	Batman Begins (2005) 8.3/10 (181754 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	Braveheart (1995) 8.3/10 (180240 votes)
102	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.3/10 (24026 votes)
103	Blade Runner (1982) 8.3/10 (139715 votes)
104	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.3/10 (23532 votes)
105	Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.3/10 (26628 votes)
106	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.3/10 (129842 votes)
107	Back to the Future (1985) 8.2/10 (143028 votes)
108	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.2/10 (17520 votes)
109	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.2/10 (161355 votes)
110	High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (24832 votes)
111	Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (22338 votes)
112	Big Sleep, The (1946) 8.2/10 (20874 votes)
113	Oldboy (2003) 8.2/10 (58985 votes)
114	Unforgiven (1992) 8.2/10 (67331 votes)
115	Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (76385 votes)
116	Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (123081 votes)
117	Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (25145 votes)
118	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.2/10 (45807 votes)
119	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2/10 (30992 votes)
120	Yojimbo (1961) 8.2/10 (20538 votes)
121	Green Mile, The (1999) 8.2/10 (136570 votes)
122	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.2/10 (27363 votes)
123	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (147779 votes)
124	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.2/10 (9159 votes)
125	Gladiator (2000) 8.2/10 (199528 votes)
126	Die Hard (1988) 8.2/10 (130335 votes)
127	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (165006 votes)
128	Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (46371 votes)
129	Into the Wild (2007) 8.2/10 (41702 votes)
130	Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) 8.2/10 (91368 votes)
131	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (93685 votes)
132	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.2/10 (17133 votes)
133	Ratatouille (2007) 8.2/10 (78895 votes)
134	General, The (1927) 8.2/10 (13746 votes)
135	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.2/10 (7066 votes)
136	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (42425 votes)
137	Deer Hunter, The (1978) 8.1/10 (62758 votes)
138	Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.1/10 (181891 votes)
139	Platoon (1986) 8.1/10 (78598 votes)
140	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.1/10 (8646 votes)
141	Smultronstället (1957) 8.1/10 (13995 votes)
142	Heat (1995) 8.1/10 (101499 votes)
143	Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (68721 votes)
144	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.1/10 (9136 votes)
145	Killing, The (1956) 8.1/10 (16670 votes)
146	Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.1/10 (8732 votes)
147	Amores perros (2000) 8.1/10 (42008 votes)
148	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (111677 votes)
149	Brief Encounter (1945) 8.1/10 (8574 votes)
150	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.1/10 (9168 votes)
151	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 (41161 votes)
152	8½ (1963) 8.1/10 (19368 votes)
153	V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (148970 votes)
154	Wild Bunch, The (1969) 8.1/10 (22351 votes)
155	Incredibles, The (2004) 8.1/10 (108766 votes)
156	Big Lebowski, The (1998) 8.1/10 (122335 votes)
157	Graduate, The (1967) 8.1/10 (56813 votes)
158	Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 8.1/10 (17017 votes)
159	Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.1/10 (98376 votes)
160	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.1/10 (11577 votes)
161	Stand by Me (1986) 8.1/10 (65066 votes)
162	Children of Men (2006) 8.1/10 (104152 votes)
163	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.1/10 (39491 votes)
164	Gandhi (1982) 8.1/10 (34970 votes)
165	Iron Man (2008) 8.1/10 (81246 votes)
166	Snatch. (2000) 8.1/10 (114754 votes)
167	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.1/10 (14000 votes)
168	Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 8.1/10 (16308 votes)
169	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.1/10 (33754 votes)
170	Gold Rush, The (1925) 8.1/10 (13990 votes)
171	Harvey (1950) 8.1/10 (16471 votes)
172	Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.1/10 (57075 votes)
173	Trainspotting (1996) 8.1/10 (107596 votes)
174	Thing, The (1982) 8.1/10 (50375 votes)
175	Scarface (1983) 8.0/10 (101653 votes)
176	Crash (2004/I) 8.0/10 (123246 votes)
177	Groundhog Day (1993) 8.0/10 (95325 votes)
178	Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 8.0/10 (16054 votes)
179	African Queen, The (1951) 8.0/10 (25614 votes)
180	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (19206 votes)
181	Toy Story (1995) 8.0/10 (98339 votes)
182	Conversation, The (1974) 8.0/10 (22619 votes)
183	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8.0/10 (12282 votes)
184	Sleuth (1972) 8.0/10 (11162 votes)
185	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.0/10 (127432 votes)
186	Terminator, The (1984) 8.0/10 (123092 votes)
187	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 8.0/10 (122420 votes)
188	Lion King, The (1994) 8.0/10 (87194 votes)
189	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (6739 votes)
190	Hustler, The (1961) 8.0/10 (17591 votes)
191	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.0/10 (86808 votes)
192	Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8.0/10 (100110 votes)
193	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (28921 votes)
194	Lost Weekend, The (1945) 8.0/10 (8166 votes)
195	Lady Vanishes, The (1938) 8.0/10 (11703 votes)
196	King Kong (1933) 8.0/10 (27560 votes)
197	Hotaru no haka (1988) 8.0/10 (22003 votes)
198	Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) 8.0/10 (12257 votes)
199	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 8.0/10 (83815 votes)
200	Umberto D. (1952) 8.0/10 (5330 votes)
201	Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 8.0/10 (21267 votes)
202	Ed Wood (1994) 8.0/10 (52512 votes)
203	Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943) 8.0/10 (5831 votes)
204	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (19881 votes)
205	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 8.0/10 (6955 votes)
206	Stalag 17 (1953) 8.0/10 (14847 votes)
207	Exorcist, The (1973) 8.0/10 (72939 votes)
208	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (42738 votes)
209	Spartacus (1960) 8.0/10 (36314 votes)
210	Frankenstein (1931) 8.0/10 (15902 votes)
211	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.0/10 (15045 votes)
212	Magnolia (1999) 8.0/10 (92461 votes)
213	Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (11502 votes)
214	Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8.0/10 (20603 votes)
215	Casino (1995) 8.0/10 (73140 votes)
216	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 8.0/10 (11243 votes)
217	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 8.0/10 (28405 votes)
218	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 8.0/10 (32992 votes)
219	Kid, The (1921) 8.0/10 (7701 votes)
220	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 8.0/10 (10411 votes)
221	Dial M for Murder (1954) 8.0/10 (19372 votes)
222	Rope (1948) 8.0/10 (20249 votes)
223	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 8.0/10 (23072 votes)
224	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8.0/10 (15751 votes)
225	Stalker (1979) 8.0/10 (13370 votes)
226	Big Fish (2003) 8.0/10 (94446 votes)
227	Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (79231 votes)
228	Roman Holiday (1953) 8.0/10 (21444 votes)
229	Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (26784 votes)
230	American Gangster (2007) 8.0/10 (74358 votes)
231	Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 8.0/10 (16717 votes)
232	Searchers, The (1956) 8.0/10 (22337 votes)
233	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (63548 votes)
234	Strada, La (1954) 8.0/10 (11625 votes)
235	Dolce vita, La (1960) 8.0/10 (12953 votes)
236	His Girl Friday (1940) 8.0/10 (14509 votes)
237	Network (1976) 8.0/10 (21236 votes)
238	Ace in the Hole (1951) 8.0/10 (4111 votes)
239	Mou gaan dou (2002) 8.0/10 (23995 votes)
240	Young Frankenstein (1974) 8.0/10 (45279 votes)
241	Harold and Maude (1971) 7.9/10 (20276 votes)
242	Juno (2007) 7.9/10 (99363 votes)
243	In Cold Blood (1967) 7.9/10 (7685 votes)
244	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (21761 votes)
245	Great Expectations (1946) 7.9/10 (6001 votes)
246	Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (7464 votes)
247	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (174459 votes)
248	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (17564 votes)
249	Haine, La (1995) 7.9/10 (18832 votes)
250	Inherit the Wind (1960) 7.9/10 (8322 votes)

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The formula for calculating the top 250 films gives a true Bayesian estimate:

 weighted rank (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 1250)
  C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)

 note: for this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.