Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 731,339 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 546,967 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 344,816 |
| 4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 575,095 |
| 5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 228,740 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 179,369 |
| 7. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 384,329 |
| 8. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 666,251 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 513,984 |
| 10. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 308,358 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 372,820 |
| 12. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 553,117 |
| 13. | 8.8 | Inception (2010) | 520,353 |
| 14. | 8.8 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 125,329 |
| 15. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 535,533 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 325,288 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) | 419,663 |
| 18. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 242,192 |
| 19. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 213,682 |
| 20. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 532,743 |
| 21. | 8.7 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 104,666 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 158,036 |
| 23. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 321,147 |
| 24. | 8.7 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 353,391 |
| 25. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 355,206 |
| 26. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 417,872 |
| 27. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 460,901 |
| 28. | 8.6 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 461,266 |
| 29. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 194,458 |
| 30. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 135,895 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Leon: The Professional (1994) | 303,269 |
| 32. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 72,860 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 388,168 |
| 34. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 195,068 |
| 35. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 228,295 |
| 36. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 334,361 |
| 37. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 119,011 |
| 38. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 336,803 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 172,057 |
| 40. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 379,669 |
| 41. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 398,938 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 244,721 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 198,190 |
| 44. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 42,556 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 226,542 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 157,298 |
| 47. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 119,995 |
| 48. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 256,949 |
| 49. | 8.5 | M (1931) | 52,758 |
| 50. | 8.5 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 59,739 |
| 51. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 198,871 |
| 52. | 8.5 | Amélie (2001) | 255,489 |
| 53. | 8.5 | The Departed (2006) | 377,401 |
| 54. | 8.4 | Modern Times (1936) | 52,996 |
| 55. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 49,987 |
| 56. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 284,234 |
| 57. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 115,221 |
| 58. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 228,862 |
| 59. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 259,923 |
| 60. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 99,997 |
| 61. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 159,566 |
| 62. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 107,866 |
| 63. | 8.4 | Back to the Future (1985) | 294,067 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 90,365 |
| 65. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 265,432 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 310,602 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 292,967 |
| 68. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 63,946 |
| 69. | 8.4 | A Separation (2011) | 45,593 |
| 70. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 319,671 |
| 71. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 296,890 |
| 72. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 64,761 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 106,419 |
| 74. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 217,995 |
| 75. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 42,841 |
| 76. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 53,384 |
| 77. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 407,912 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 102,906 |
| 79. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 200,357 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 52,538 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 215,624 |
| 82. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 130,927 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 40,056 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 73,181 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 89,310 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 119,836 |
| 87. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 44,703 |
| 88. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 55,069 |
| 89. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 336,316 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 146,118 |
| 91. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 207,628 |
| 92. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 77,483 |
| 93. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 50,975 |
| 94. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 221,322 |
| 95. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 289,887 |
| 96. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 138,342 |
| 97. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 87,529 |
| 98. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 119,740 |
| 99. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 93,414 |
| 100. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 235,328 |
| 101. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 310,292 |
| 102. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 230,598 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 42,545 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 266,725 |
| 105. | 8.3 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 53,247 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 218,937 |
| 107. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 81,563 |
| 108. | 8.3 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 53,752 |
| 109. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 51,216 |
| 110. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 64,626 |
| 111. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 82,628 |
| 112. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 226,949 |
| 113. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 38,239 |
| 114. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 45,921 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Batman Begins (2005) | 383,081 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 25,175 |
| 117. | 8.2 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 66,102 |
| 118. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 26,543 |
| 119. | 8.2 | Snatch. (2000) | 261,997 |
| 120. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 205,828 |
| 121. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 214,572 |
| 122. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 242,574 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 43,584 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 340,022 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 30,031 |
| 126. | 8.2 | The Artist (2011) | 54,604 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 238,966 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 41,683 |
| 129. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 246,877 |
| 130. | 8.2 | Jaws (1975) | 188,345 |
| 131. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 281,633 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 129,611 |
| 133. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 120,096 |
| 134. | 8.2 | Black Swan (2010) | 226,985 |
| 135. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 61,750 |
| 136. | 8.2 | The King's Speech (2010) | 164,553 |
| 137. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 138,897 |
| 138. | 8.2 | Ikiru (1952) | 21,518 |
| 139. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 335,801 |
| 140. | 8.2 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 32,995 |
| 141. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 228,074 |
| 142. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 46,691 |
| 143. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 22,741 |
| 144. | 8.2 | Annie Hall (1977) | 90,237 |
| 145. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 323,799 |
| 146. | 8.2 | The Wages of Fear (1953) | 19,236 |
| 147. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 44,036 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 78,377 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 149,123 |
| 150. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 29,549 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 213,122 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 76,762 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 169,103 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 188,373 |
| 155. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 288,566 |
| 156. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 31,274 |
| 157. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 46,302 |
| 158. | 8.1 | Sunrise (1927) | 15,730 |
| 159. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 40,180 |
| 160. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 108,827 |
| 161. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 121,740 |
| 162. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 209,857 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 153,735 |
| 164. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 180,371 |
| 165. | 8.1 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 279,432 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 131,014 |
| 167. | 8.1 | Diabolique (1955) | 20,791 |
| 168. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 88,072 |
| 169. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 78,504 |
| 170. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 259,523 |
| 171. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 198,024 |
| 172. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 52,585 |
| 173. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 133,166 |
| 174. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 36,797 |
| 175. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 259,873 |
| 176. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 339,807 |
| 177. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 22,153 |
| 178. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 107,733 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 228,530 |
| 180. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 126,400 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 87,019 |
| 182. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 229,794 |
| 183. | 8.1 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 20,127 |
| 184. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 220,987 |
| 185. | 8.1 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 43,034 |
| 186. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 49,212 |
| 187. | 8.1 | District 9 (2009) | 250,666 |
| 188. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 33,243 |
| 189. | 8.1 | The Intouchables (2011) | 15,129 |
| 190. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 33,746 |
| 191. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 38,235 |
| 192. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 73,855 |
| 193. | 8.0 | Persona (1966) | 24,839 |
| 194. | 8.0 | The Battle of Algiers (1966) | 19,305 |
| 195. | 8.0 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 43,855 |
| 196. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 156,224 |
| 197. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 40,716 |
| 198. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 33,497 |
| 199. | 8.0 | Harakiri (1962) | 8,255 |
| 200. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 23,993 |
| 201. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 33,331 |
| 202. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 147,946 |
| 203. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 206,275 |
| 204. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 27,969 |
| 205. | 8.0 | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | 15,143 |
| 206. | 8.0 | Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 11,948 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 20,584 |
| 208. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 150,636 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 75,310 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 166,278 |
| 211. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 48,002 |
| 212. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 39,907 |
| 213. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 45,009 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 26,027 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 147,187 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 52,368 |
| 217. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 17,212 |
| 218. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 218,550 |
| 219. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 28,824 |
| 220. | 8.0 | Nights of Cabiria (1957) | 15,831 |
| 221. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 247,648 |
| 222. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 210,791 |
| 223. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 47,569 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 44,148 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 45,410 |
| 226. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 73,375 |
| 227. | 8.0 | The Celebration (1998) | 35,673 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 42,566 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 175,911 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Tokyo Story (1953) | 12,067 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 97,458 |
| 232. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 29,810 |
| 233. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 30,444 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 350,601 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 54,121 |
| 236. | 8.0 | Avatar (2009) | 420,920 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 153,251 |
| 238. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 117,799 |
| 239. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 199,027 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 198,955 |
| 241. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 33,335 |
| 242. | 8.0 | The Incredibles (2004) | 232,347 |
| 243. | 8.0 | Come and See (1985) | 12,700 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 38,173 |
| 245. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 22,410 |
| 246. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 252,639 |
| 247. | 8.0 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010) | 22,274 |
| 248. | 8.0 | In Bruges (2008) | 156,381 |
| 249. | 8.0 | High and Low (1963) | 9,812 |
| 250. | 8.0 | Three Colors: Red (1994) | 32,685 |
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.
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