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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
1The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1/10 (431753 votes)
2The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (356633 votes)
3The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.0/10 (207850 votes)
4Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) 8.9/10 (128296 votes)
5Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.9/10 (353870 votes)
6Schindler's List (1993) 8.9/10 (235258 votes)
7The Dark Knight (2008) 8.8/10 (377206 votes)
812 Angry Men (1957) 8.8/10 (92705 votes)
9One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8/10 (180564 votes)
10Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8/10 (242200 votes)
11Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (147118 votes)
12Star Wars (1977) 8.8/10 (284586 votes)
13The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (310948 votes)
14Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (83745 votes)
15Goodfellas (1990) 8.7/10 (194441 votes)
16Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (101712 votes)
17Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.7/10 (136569 votes)
18Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7/10 (214959 votes)
19C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.7/10 (60599 votes)
20The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (338435 votes)
21Fight Club (1999) 8.7/10 (321154 votes)
22Up (2009) 8.7/10 (24956 votes)
23The Usual Suspects (1994) 8.7/10 (233093 votes)
24Psycho (1960) 8.7/10 (122583 votes)
25The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.6/10 (210650 votes)
26Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.6/10 (45832 votes)
27The Matrix (1999) 8.6/10 (328379 votes)
28Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (137910 votes)
29Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (230932 votes)
30North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (80532 votes)
31It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.6/10 (88477 votes)
32Se7en (1995) 8.6/10 (234672 votes)
33Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (123206 votes)
34The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (283284 votes)
35Léon (1994) 8.6/10 (162102 votes)
36Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.6/10 (150802 votes)
37American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (255394 votes)
38Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5/10 (131407 votes)
39American History X (1998) 8.5/10 (188484 votes)
40Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (78797 votes)
41Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (69930 votes)
42WALL·E (2008) 8.5/10 (129895 votes)
43Forrest Gump (1994) 8.5/10 (251837 votes)
44Paths of Glory (1957) 8.5/10 (37934 votes)
45Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) 8.5/10 (150422 votes)
46M (1931) 8.5/10 (33784 votes)
47Double Indemnity (1944) 8.5/10 (31242 votes)
48To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.5/10 (72201 votes)
49Alien (1979) 8.5/10 (153719 votes)
50The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.5/10 (28188 votes)
51A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.5/10 (165916 votes)
52The Shining (1980) 8.5/10 (149581 votes)
53The Departed (2006) 8.5/10 (218100 votes)
54Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.5/10 (234204 votes)
55The Third Man (1949) 8.5/10 (44104 votes)
56Das Leben der Anderen (2006) 8.5/10 (57152 votes)
57Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.5/10 (200152 votes)
58Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (67055 votes)
59The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (109318 votes)
60Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (82884 votes)
61Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (185433 votes)
62City Lights (1931) 8.4/10 (22395 votes)
63Aliens (1986) 8.4/10 (145770 votes)
64Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.4/10 (154654 votes)
65L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4/10 (145922 votes)
66Das Boot (1981) 8.4/10 (61774 votes)
67Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 8.4/10 (128405 votes)
68Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (137473 votes)
69The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.4/10 (51311 votes)
70Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.4/10 (181205 votes)
71El laberinto del fauno (2006) 8.4/10 (125798 votes)
72Rashômon (1950) 8.4/10 (32223 votes)
73Raging Bull (1980) 8.4/10 (77082 votes)
74All About Eve (1950) 8.4/10 (30516 votes)
75The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.4/10 (44946 votes)
76Gran Torino (2008) 8.4/10 (74923 votes)
77Modern Times (1936) 8.4/10 (29665 votes)
78Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.4/10 (47817 votes)
79Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (57958 votes)
80Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (30317 votes)
81Der Untergang (2004) 8.3/10 (67146 votes)
82Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (33098 votes)
83The Prestige (2006) 8.3/10 (163888 votes)
84The Apartment (1960) 8.3/10 (30616 votes)
85Amadeus (1984) 8.3/10 (83812 votes)
86The Elephant Man (1980) 8.3/10 (48787 votes)
87La vita è bella (1997) 8.3/10 (89684 votes)
88Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.3/10 (38019 votes)
892001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 (139443 votes)
90The Great Dictator (1940) 8.3/10 (30780 votes)
91Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.3/10 (60497 votes)
92Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.3/10 (128577 votes)
93The Great Escape (1963) 8.3/10 (53184 votes)
94Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.3/10 (22240 votes)
95Back to the Future (1985) 8.3/10 (171082 votes)
96The Sting (1973) 8.3/10 (56809 votes)
97Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.3/10 (28808 votes)
98Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (218315 votes)
99Star Trek (2009) 8.3/10 (76599 votes)
100Touch of Evil (1958) 8.3/10 (28082 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank   Title
101On the Waterfront (1954) 8.3/10 (35142 votes)
102Braveheart (1995) 8.3/10 (209174 votes)
103Det sjunde inseglet (1957) 8.3/10 (30837 votes)
104The Wrestler (2008) 8.3/10 (60997 votes)
105Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (77019 votes)
106Batman Begins (2005) 8.3/10 (232424 votes)
107Jaws (1975) 8.3/10 (119472 votes)
108Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.3/10 (151002 votes)
109No Country for Old Men (2007) 8.3/10 (163691 votes)
110Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.3/10 (28813 votes)
111The Green Mile (1999) 8.3/10 (165188 votes)
112Blade Runner (1982) 8.3/10 (161795 votes)
113Unforgiven (1992) 8.3/10 (82446 votes)
114Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.3/10 (185723 votes)
115Gladiator (2000) 8.2/10 (237058 votes)
116The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (30818 votes)
117Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (26794 votes)
118Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.2/10 (33899 votes)
119High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (29474 votes)
120Oldboy (2003) 8.2/10 (76946 votes)
121Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2/10 (38565 votes)
122Die Hard (1988) 8.2/10 (155443 votes)
123The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (24945 votes)
124Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (144344 votes)
125The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (89317 votes)
126The General (1926) 8.2/10 (16829 votes)
127Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.2/10 (14853 votes)
128Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.2/10 (55261 votes)
129There Will Be Blood (2007) 8.2/10 (106669 votes)
130Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (179134 votes)
131Smultronstället (1957) 8.2/10 (17112 votes)
132It Happened One Night (1934) 8.2/10 (21191 votes)
133Heat (1995) 8.2/10 (123165 votes)
134Yojimbo (1961) 8.2/10 (24810 votes)
135Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.2/10 (10881 votes)
136Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (55874 votes)
137Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (29780 votes)
138The Hangover (2009) 8.2/10 (33652 votes)
139The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.2/10 (75372 votes)
140The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.2/10 (209461 votes)
141Ben-Hur (1959) 8.2/10 (50318 votes)
142Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (196839 votes)
143Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.2/10 (11581 votes)
144Platoon (1986) 8.2/10 (93662 votes)
145Les diaboliques (1955) 8.2/10 (11652 votes)
146Into the Wild (2007) 8.2/10 (71511 votes)
147Le notti di Cabiria (1957) 8.2/10 (8931 votes)
148Le salaire de la peur (1953) 8.2/10 (11554 votes)
149Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (117216 votes)
150Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 (49628 votes)
151The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 8.1/10 (119682 votes)
1528½ (1963) 8.1/10 (23397 votes)
153Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (80905 votes)
154The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.1/10 (19789 votes)
155The Big Lebowski (1998) 8.1/10 (149274 votes)
156Snatch. (2000) 8.1/10 (143535 votes)
157The Gold Rush (1925) 8.1/10 (17520 votes)
158The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.1/10 (21267 votes)
159The Graduate (1967) 8.1/10 (66626 votes)
160Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (138170 votes)
161Stand by Me (1986) 8.1/10 (77410 votes)
162The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (20889 votes)
163Ratatouille (2007) 8.1/10 (106991 votes)
164Gandhi (1982) 8.1/10 (42888 votes)
165Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.1/10 (49826 votes)
166Brief Encounter (1945) 8.1/10 (10947 votes)
167Amores perros (2000) 8.1/10 (51599 votes)
168Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.1/10 (67071 votes)
169The Lion King (1994) 8.1/10 (110806 votes)
170Trainspotting (1996) 8.1/10 (129509 votes)
171Scarface (1983) 8.1/10 (127396 votes)
172Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 8.1/10 (9155 votes)
173The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.1/10 (26659 votes)
174The Thing (1982) 8.1/10 (63967 votes)
175Groundhog Day (1993) 8.1/10 (114212 votes)
176V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (185722 votes)
177The Terminator (1984) 8.1/10 (151662 votes)
178Sleuth (1972) 8.1/10 (14428 votes)
179The Kid (1921) 8.1/10 (10719 votes)
180Toy Story (1995) 8.1/10 (120289 votes)
181Harvey (1950) 8.1/10 (19907 votes)
182The Hustler (1961) 8.1/10 (21801 votes)
183The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.1/10 (14943 votes)
184Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.1/10 (17822 votes)
185The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (111309 votes)
186Umberto D. (1952) 8.1/10 (7111 votes)
187The Incredibles (2004) 8.1/10 (134284 votes)
188The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 8.1/10 (97425 votes)
189Twelve Monkeys (1995) 8.1/10 (145332 votes)
190Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 8.1/10 (105037 votes)
191Låt den rätte komma in (2008) 8.1/10 (25583 votes)
192Children of Men (2006) 8.1/10 (131634 votes)
193Stalag 17 (1953) 8.1/10 (17898 votes)
194The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 8.0/10 (7612 votes)
195Casino (1995) 8.0/10 (90848 votes)
196Hotaru no haka (1988) 8.0/10 (28038 votes)
197Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (22950 votes)
198The Lady Vanishes (1938) 8.0/10 (15010 votes)
199The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (29659 votes)
200Dial M for Murder (1954) 8.0/10 (24360 votes)
201La battaglia di Algeri (1966) 8.0/10 (11113 votes)
202Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 8.0/10 (13540 votes)
203Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.0/10 (45539 votes)
204In Bruges (2008) 8.0/10 (70192 votes)
205The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (19955 votes)
206A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 8.0/10 (28377 votes)
207The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (27654 votes)
208King Kong (1933) 8.0/10 (33216 votes)
209The Exorcist (1973) 8.0/10 (87584 votes)
210The Lost Weekend (1945) 8.0/10 (10274 votes)
211La strada (1954) 8.0/10 (14703 votes)
212Ed Wood (1994) 8.0/10 (63161 votes)
213Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 8.0/10 (16128 votes)
214His Girl Friday (1940) 8.0/10 (17745 votes)
215Public Enemies (2009) 8.0/10 (5385 votes)
216Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) 8.0/10 (22851 votes)
217Rope (1948) 8.0/10 (25738 votes)
218Safety Last! (1923) 8.0/10 (4435 votes)
219Changeling (2008) 8.0/10 (40857 votes)
220Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 8.0/10 (34782 votes)
221Rosemary's Baby (1968) 8.0/10 (41519 votes)
222All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.0/10 (18124 votes)
223Crash (2004/I) 8.0/10 (147813 votes)
224Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 8.0/10 (7497 votes)
225The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (24196 votes)
226Network (1976) 8.0/10 (27429 votes)
227Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (32719 votes)
228Frankenstein (1931) 8.0/10 (19974 votes)
229Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (34260 votes)
230Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.0/10 (153862 votes)
231Great Expectations (1946) 8.0/10 (8409 votes)
232Big Fish (2003) 8.0/10 (117025 votes)
233The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (29694 votes)
234Laura (1944) 8.0/10 (12131 votes)
235Magnolia (1999) 8.0/10 (107269 votes)
236Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 8.0/10 (25780 votes)
237Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.0/10 (97245 votes)
238Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (98650 votes)
239Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8.0/10 (126529 votes)
240Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (49744 votes)
241Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (25139 votes)
242Roman Holiday (1953) 8.0/10 (26422 votes)
243Good Will Hunting (1997) 8.0/10 (126851 votes)
244Rocky (1976) 8.0/10 (78110 votes)
245My Man Godfrey (1936) 8.0/10 (6698 votes)
246In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8.0/10 (19866 votes)
247La dolce vita (1960) 8.0/10 (16849 votes)
248Harold and Maude (1971) 8.0/10 (24744 votes)
249The Red Shoes (1948) 8.0/10 (6393 votes)
250Spartacus (1960) 8.0/10 (43339 votes)

To take part in our poll see the options at the bottom of each title page or see the weekly ballot.

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.