Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 956,201 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 682,405 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 440,472 |
| 4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 744,386 |
| 5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 290,537 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 235,252 |
| 7. | 8.9 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 930,565 |
| 8. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 490,810 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 683,260 |
| 10. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 728,221 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 469,010 |
| 12. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 708,202 |
| 13. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 399,787 |
| 14. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 746,223 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 417,435 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 525,508 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 148,325 |
| 18. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 628,702 |
| 19. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 690,002 |
| 20. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 613,559 |
| 21. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 313,889 |
| 22. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 556,689 |
| 23. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 467,281 |
| 24. | 8.6 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 131,380 |
| 25. | 8.6 | Casablanca (1942) | 255,267 |
| 26. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 436,189 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 398,530 |
| 28. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 192,615 |
| 29. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 164,811 |
| 30. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 243,180 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Léon: The Professional (1994) | 406,079 |
| 32. | 8.5 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 86,674 |
| 33. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 441,367 |
| 34. | 8.5 | Memento (2000) | 502,091 |
| 35. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 280,127 |
| 36. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 431,295 |
| 37. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 489,315 |
| 38. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 228,814 |
| 39. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 55,650 |
| 40. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 323,966 |
| 41. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 140,952 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 215,223 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 70,579 |
| 44. | 8.5 | Django Unchained (2012) | 309,147 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 199,218 |
| 46. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 338,874 |
| 47. | 8.5 | Back to the Future (1985) | 383,771 |
| 48. | 8.5 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 581,936 |
| 49. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 264,707 |
| 50. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 210,085 |
| 51. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 485,139 |
| 52. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 62,747 |
| 53. | 8.4 | Vertigo (1958) | 147,132 |
| 54. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 71,147 |
| 55. | 8.4 | American Beauty (1999) | 502,859 |
| 56. | 8.4 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 289,241 |
| 57. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 59,913 |
| 58. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 293,530 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 282,911 |
| 60. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 382,376 |
| 61. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 149,952 |
| 62. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 536,337 |
| 63. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 397,172 |
| 64. | 8.4 | The Intouchables (2011) | 174,660 |
| 65. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 322,696 |
| 66. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 69,393 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 318,872 |
| 68. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 439,528 |
| 69. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 119,229 |
| 70. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 129,966 |
| 71. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 374,842 |
| 72. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 107,689 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 82,781 |
| 74. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 74,111 |
| 75. | 8.3 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 341,680 |
| 76. | 8.3 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 50,306 |
| 77. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 319,557 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 395,055 |
| 79. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 131,336 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 366,447 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 274,694 |
| 82. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 267,623 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 432,764 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Chinatown (1974) | 132,732 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 192,516 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 90,226 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 241,969 |
| 88. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 108,960 |
| 89. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 67,580 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 51,037 |
| 91. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 165,134 |
| 92. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 62,644 |
| 93. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 121,144 |
| 94. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 249,122 |
| 95. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 52,238 |
| 96. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 106,185 |
| 97. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 171,530 |
| 98. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 63,554 |
| 99. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 302,827 |
| 100. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 145,971 |
| 101. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 93,036 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 32,043 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 66,567 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 354,625 |
| 105. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 542,890 |
| 106. | 8.3 | A Separation (2011) | 81,754 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 45,430 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 444,925 |
| 109. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 349,984 |
| 110. | 8.3 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 84,967 |
| 111. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 151,745 |
| 112. | 8.2 | The Great Escape (1963) | 100,006 |
| 113. | 8.2 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 281,858 |
| 114. | 8.2 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 49,775 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Up (2009) | 326,609 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 325,633 |
| 117. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 62,736 |
| 118. | 8.2 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 100,214 |
| 119. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 66,891 |
| 120. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 31,419 |
| 121. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 265,156 |
| 122. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 73,999 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 297,008 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 55,210 |
| 125. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 30,665 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 322,691 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 37,386 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 307,023 |
| 129. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 259,268 |
| 130. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 50,515 |
| 131. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 312,533 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 48,008 |
| 133. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 146,907 |
| 134. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 76,618 |
| 135. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 37,225 |
| 136. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 248,212 |
| 137. | 8.1 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 358,881 |
| 138. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 39,118 |
| 139. | 8.1 | Sin City (2005) | 420,600 |
| 140. | 8.1 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 57,635 |
| 141. | 8.1 | Jaws (1975) | 239,768 |
| 142. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 428,119 |
| 143. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 194,879 |
| 144. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 183,092 |
| 145. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 157,756 |
| 146. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 278,464 |
| 147. | 8.1 | The Avengers (2012) | 487,401 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 93,064 |
| 149. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 172,440 |
| 150. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 51,603 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 163,388 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 319,223 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 425,926 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 164,225 |
| 155. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 114,114 |
| 156. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 64,743 |
| 157. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 134,721 |
| 158. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 38,012 |
| 159. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 47,714 |
| 160. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 76,012 |
| 161. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 230,545 |
| 162. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 452,336 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 165,719 |
| 164. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 358,742 |
| 165. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 213,159 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 58,051 |
| 167. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 252,764 |
| 168. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 42,822 |
| 169. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 228,144 |
| 170. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 96,476 |
| 171. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 40,341 |
| 172. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 339,156 |
| 173. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 62,776 |
| 174. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 272,063 |
| 175. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 162,485 |
| 176. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 25,221 |
| 177. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 254,206 |
| 178. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 362,428 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 285,553 |
| 180. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 113,319 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 58,598 |
| 182. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 41,194 |
| 183. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 109,705 |
| 184. | 8.1 | Black Swan (2010) | 332,116 |
| 185. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 289,757 |
| 186. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 32,195 |
| 187. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 98,014 |
| 188. | 8.1 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 106,402 |
| 189. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 40,115 |
| 190. | 8.0 | The Graduate (1967) | 134,954 |
| 191. | 8.0 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) | 281,778 |
| 192. | 8.0 | Life of Pi (2012) | 177,108 |
| 193. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 302,113 |
| 194. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 188,637 |
| 195. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 49,410 |
| 196. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 39,339 |
| 197. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 34,090 |
| 198. | 8.0 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 380,193 |
| 199. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 29,087 |
| 200. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 196,519 |
| 201. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 28,522 |
| 202. | 8.0 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 49,143 |
| 203. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 191,434 |
| 204. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 46,590 |
| 205. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 58,467 |
| 206. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 35,694 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 30,307 |
| 208. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 62,984 |
| 209. | 8.0 | The Artist (2011/I) | 116,155 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 27,258 |
| 211. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 39,013 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 57,842 |
| 213. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 55,997 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 56,494 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Memories of Murder (2003) | 28,226 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 464,750 |
| 217. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 353,090 |
| 218. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 282,983 |
| 219. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 338,737 |
| 220. | 8.0 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 72,262 |
| 221. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 263,035 |
| 222. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 72,805 |
| 223. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 62,275 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 279,131 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 297,495 |
| 226. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 54,937 |
| 227. | 8.0 | La Haine (1995) | 56,016 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Jurassic Park (1993) | 300,321 |
| 229. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 66,170 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 166,614 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 378,449 |
| 232. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 34,707 |
| 233. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 240,314 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Incendies (2010) | 30,196 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 46,719 |
| 236. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 92,902 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 33,865 |
| 238. | 8.0 | Like Stars on Earth (2007) | 29,682 |
| 239. | 8.0 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) | 113,239 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 229,119 |
| 241. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 54,228 |
| 242. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 69,618 |
| 243. | 8.0 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 37,641 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 48,288 |
| 245. | 8.0 | The Help (2011) | 155,757 |
| 246. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 190,074 |
| 247. | 7.9 | The Untouchables (1987) | 149,161 |
| 248. | 7.9 | In the Mood for Love (2000) | 44,518 |
| 249. | 7.9 | Big Fish (2003) | 257,990 |
| 250. | 7.9 | Battleship Potemkin (1925) | 27,421 |
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.