Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 896,586 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 647,883 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 416,397 |
| 4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 698,470 |
| 5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 274,554 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 220,796 |
| 7. | 8.9 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 878,428 |
| 8. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 462,742 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 642,733 |
| 10. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 684,595 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 445,975 |
| 12. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 375,462 |
| 13. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 668,032 |
| 14. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 693,929 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 394,126 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 500,179 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 142,508 |
| 18. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 652,664 |
| 19. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 585,193 |
| 20. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 576,840 |
| 21. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 294,641 |
| 22. | 8.6 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 124,929 |
| 23. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 522,375 |
| 24. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 437,836 |
| 25. | 8.6 | Casablanca (1942) | 244,508 |
| 26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 416,089 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 381,903 |
| 28. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 183,737 |
| 29. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 229,610 |
| 30. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 158,516 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Léon: The Professional (1994) | 382,321 |
| 32. | 8.5 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 83,252 |
| 33. | 8.5 | Memento (2000) | 475,560 |
| 34. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 413,713 |
| 35. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 266,971 |
| 36. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 410,242 |
| 37. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 220,952 |
| 38. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 461,689 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Django Unchained (2012) | 83,955 |
| 40. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 307,802 |
| 41. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 52,381 |
| 42. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 135,137 |
| 43. | 8.5 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 520,493 |
| 44. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 200,818 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 192,703 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 66,110 |
| 47. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 318,587 |
| 48. | 8.5 | Back to the Future (1985) | 361,692 |
| 49. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 246,435 |
| 50. | 8.4 | Vertigo (1958) | 140,025 |
| 51. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 457,165 |
| 52. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 60,240 |
| 53. | 8.4 | American Beauty (1999) | 475,663 |
| 54. | 8.4 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 273,571 |
| 55. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 68,360 |
| 56. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 195,779 |
| 57. | 8.4 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 263,786 |
| 58. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 57,394 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 279,434 |
| 60. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 358,986 |
| 61. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 140,651 |
| 62. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 306,676 |
| 63. | 8.4 | The Intouchables (2011) | 136,110 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 505,161 |
| 65. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 371,639 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 302,161 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 114,465 |
| 68. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 65,193 |
| 69. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 411,748 |
| 70. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 124,695 |
| 71. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 352,190 |
| 72. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 103,195 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 322,702 |
| 74. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 71,714 |
| 75. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 48,463 |
| 76. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 373,280 |
| 77. | 8.3 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 77,922 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 124,039 |
| 79. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 297,617 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Chinatown (1974) | 126,319 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 348,285 |
| 82. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 255,169 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 260,370 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 409,362 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 232,552 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 180,757 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 85,962 |
| 88. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 104,160 |
| 89. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 156,773 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 64,531 |
| 91. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 60,133 |
| 92. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 48,210 |
| 93. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 114,255 |
| 94. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 238,617 |
| 95. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 163,402 |
| 96. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 50,349 |
| 97. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 60,383 |
| 98. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 287,873 |
| 99. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 101,522 |
| 100. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 139,563 |
| 101. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 89,367 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 30,194 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 332,864 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 513,119 |
| 105. | 8.3 | A Separation (2011) | 73,692 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 62,541 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 267,046 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 143,113 |
| 109. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 43,661 |
| 110. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 48,148 |
| 111. | 8.3 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 80,148 |
| 112. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 328,369 |
| 113. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 95,826 |
| 114. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 406,409 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Up (2009) | 299,835 |
| 116. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 60,214 |
| 117. | 8.2 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 95,580 |
| 118. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 304,749 |
| 119. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 63,797 |
| 120. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 250,489 |
| 121. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 30,166 |
| 122. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 71,763 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 284,864 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 52,819 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 297,115 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 35,514 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 248,379 |
| 128. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 28,733 |
| 129. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 287,513 |
| 130. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 295,710 |
| 131. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 46,456 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 48,743 |
| 133. | 8.2 | The Avengers (2012) | 440,821 |
| 134. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 140,264 |
| 135. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 73,138 |
| 136. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 35,320 |
| 137. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 401,497 |
| 138. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 54,824 |
| 139. | 8.2 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | 197,180 |
| 140. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 37,584 |
| 141. | 8.1 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 339,307 |
| 142. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 234,151 |
| 143. | 8.1 | Jaws (1975) | 226,938 |
| 144. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 405,605 |
| 145. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 175,038 |
| 146. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 149,963 |
| 147. | 8.1 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 154,792 |
| 148. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 49,657 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 184,686 |
| 150. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 89,076 |
| 151. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 163,064 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 260,787 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 400,267 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 147,191 |
| 155. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 108,177 |
| 156. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 59,998 |
| 157. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 293,324 |
| 158. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 45,690 |
| 159. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 128,325 |
| 160. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 36,300 |
| 161. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 230,143 |
| 162. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 214,165 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 157,401 |
| 164. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 70,010 |
| 165. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 425,843 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 335,212 |
| 167. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 193,834 |
| 168. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 54,511 |
| 169. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 41,395 |
| 170. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 321,018 |
| 171. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 59,512 |
| 172. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 91,910 |
| 173. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 255,913 |
| 174. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 214,762 |
| 175. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 38,805 |
| 176. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 153,471 |
| 177. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 345,482 |
| 178. | 8.1 | Life of Pi (2012) | 70,247 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Black Swan (2010) | 306,685 |
| 180. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 240,447 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 107,096 |
| 182. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 272,057 |
| 183. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 104,321 |
| 184. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 274,759 |
| 185. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 53,577 |
| 186. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 39,225 |
| 187. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 30,336 |
| 188. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 91,431 |
| 189. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 128,253 |
| 190. | 8.1 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 98,792 |
| 191. | 8.1 | The Killing (1956) | 38,525 |
| 192. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 180,583 |
| 193. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 47,204 |
| 194. | 8.0 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 355,177 |
| 195. | 8.0 | The Artist (2011/I) | 103,812 |
| 196. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 279,084 |
| 197. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 37,889 |
| 198. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 32,494 |
| 199. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 27,861 |
| 200. | 8.0 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 47,832 |
| 201. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 184,439 |
| 202. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 44,889 |
| 203. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 26,964 |
| 204. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 182,408 |
| 205. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 29,251 |
| 206. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 55,046 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 26,042 |
| 208. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 34,235 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 60,198 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Argo (2012) | 67,929 |
| 211. | 8.0 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) | 43,506 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Memories of Murder (2003) | 25,233 |
| 213. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 318,413 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 55,169 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 36,909 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 53,257 |
| 217. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 324,291 |
| 218. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 437,470 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 65,318 |
| 220. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 58,595 |
| 221. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 50,761 |
| 222. | 8.0 | Silver Linings Playbook (2012) | 36,925 |
| 223. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 260,970 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 241,295 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 262,814 |
| 226. | 8.0 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 67,360 |
| 227. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 52,571 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 277,795 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 155,218 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 88,009 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 32,606 |
| 232. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 43,390 |
| 233. | 8.0 | La Haine (1995) | 52,021 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Incendies (2010) | 26,035 |
| 235. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 33,122 |
| 236. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 220,372 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 348,095 |
| 238. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 179,795 |
| 239. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 45,940 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 215,816 |
| 241. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 55,381 |
| 242. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 65,597 |
| 243. | 8.0 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 35,085 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Jurassic Park (1993) | 274,881 |
| 245. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 50,141 |
| 246. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 242,412 |
| 247. | 8.0 | Castle in the Sky (1986) | 44,963 |
| 248. | 8.0 | The Untouchables (1987) | 138,974 |
| 249. | 8.0 | Battleship Potemkin (1925) | 26,057 |
| 250. | 8.0 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 31,018 |
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.