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Top 250 movies as voted by our users

For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.9.1The Godfather (1972)159,637
2.9.0The Shawshank Redemption (1994)193,050
3.8.9The Godfather: Part II (1974)91,213
4.8.8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)144,510
5.8.8Shichinin no samurai (1954)42,311
6.8.8Schindler's List (1993)119,357
7.8.7Casablanca (1942)80,313
8.8.7Pulp Fiction (1994)168,325
9.8.7Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)129,020
10.8.7Star Wars (1977)164,310
11.8.7Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)42,483
12.8.7One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)85,733
13.8.7The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)190,905
14.8.7Rear Window (1954)50,441
15.8.6The Usual Suspects (1995)125,603
16.8.6Cidade de Deus (2002)42,981
17.8.6The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)147,143
18.8.6Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)111,736
19.8.612 Angry Men (1957)37,155
20.8.6Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)77,223
21.8.6Citizen Kane (1941)72,811
22.8.6Psycho (1960)64,850
23.8.6Memento (2000)113,604
24.8.6Goodfellas (1990)85,911
25.8.6C'era una volta il West (1968)23,870
26.8.6North by Northwest (1959)43,118
27.8.5The Silence of the Lambs (1991)110,399
28.8.5Lawrence of Arabia (1962)37,788
29.8.5Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain, Le (2001)76,299
30.8.5It's a Wonderful Life (1946)49,245
31.8.5Sunset Blvd. (1950)20,653
32.8.5Fight Club (1999)144,097
33.8.5American Beauty (1999)132,796
34.8.4The Matrix (1999)174,141
35.8.4Vertigo (1958)41,142
36.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)73,100
37.8.4Taxi Driver (1976)59,674
38.8.4Apocalypse Now (1979)79,118
39.8.4Paths of Glory (1957)18,220
40.8.4To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)37,111
41.8.4Untergang, Der (2004)21,605
42.8.4Se7en (1995)110,866
43.8.4The Pianist (2002)42,953
44.8.4L�on (1994)69,170
45.8.4Chinatown (1974)31,963
46.8.4Hotel Rwanda (2004)23,349
47.8.4Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)34,926
48.8.4American History X (1998)77,843
49.8.3The Third Man (1949)22,706
50.8.3Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)74,707
51.8.3Boot, Das (1981)35,012
52.8.3Requiem for a Dream (2000)64,471
53.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)23,646
54.8.3L.A. Confidential (1997)82,349
55.8.3Rash�mon (1950)15,010
56.8.3The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)27,212
57.8.3The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)13,019
58.8.3Sin City (2005)77,205
59.8.3Alien (1979)77,115
60.8.3A Clockwork Orange (1971)80,800
61.8.3Million Dollar Baby (2004)43,395
62.8.3M (1931)15,329
63.8.3Modern Times (1936)13,216
64.8.3Singin' in the Rain (1952)25,070
65.8.3Reservoir Dogs (1992)86,517
66.8.3Saving Private Ryan (1998)121,383
67.8.3Metropolis (1927)15,229
68.8.3All About Eve (1950)15,949
69.8.3The Shining (1980)64,388
70.8.3Raging Bull (1980)34,321
71.8.3The Manchurian Candidate (1962)17,285
72.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)30,949
73.8.3Double Indemnity (1944)14,447
74.8.2Vita � bella, La (1997)46,370
75.8.2Aliens (1986)76,679
76.8.2The Great Escape (1963)25,226
77.8.2Rebecca (1940)14,332
78.8.2Amadeus (1984)44,688
79.8.2Touch of Evil (1958)14,363
80.8.2The Incredibles (2004)49,289
81.8.22001: A Space Odyssey (1968)77,335
82.8.2The Sting (1973)28,797
83.8.2Crash (2004)51,801
84.8.2On the Waterfront (1954)16,242
85.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)13,431
86.8.2Jaws (1975)58,297
87.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)87,519
88.8.2City Lights (1931)9,879
89.8.2Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)14,261
90.8.2The Apartment (1960)14,018
91.8.2Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)17,570
92.8.2The Wizard of Oz (1939)46,697
93.8.2Batman Begins (2005)79,145
94.8.2Braveheart (1995)111,180
95.8.2Forrest Gump (1994)112,840
96.8.2Ran (1985)15,254
97.8.2Donnie Darko (2001)74,298
98.8.2Blade Runner (1982)88,159
99.8.2Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)94,127
100.8.2Fargo (1996)77,965
101.8.2The Great Dictator (1940)13,571
102.8.2Finding Nemo (2003)56,609
103.8.2Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)12,778
104.8.1Mononoke-hime (1997)25,402
105.8.1Full Metal Jacket (1987)59,583
106.8.1Notorious (1946)13,233
107.8.1High Noon (1952)15,188
108.8.1The Big Sleep (1946)12,408
109.8.1The Elephant Man (1980)20,856
110.8.1Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)63,327
111.8.1Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)102,816
112.8.1Once Upon a Time in America (1984)25,282
113.8.1Wo hu cang long (2000)61,151
114.8.1Cool Hand Luke (1967)17,564
115.8.1The Sixth Sense (1999)115,961
116.8.1Annie Hall (1977)26,750
117.8.1Oldboy (2003)21,830
118.8.1Yojimbo (1961)11,789
119.8.1The Princess Bride (1987)63,949
120.8.1Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)3,973
121.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)25,617
122.8.1Ladri di biciclette (1948)9,586
123.8.1Unforgiven (1992)38,260
124.8.0Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)74,350
125.8.0Life of Brian (1979)41,144
126.8.0It Happened One Night (1934)9,924
127.8.0Back to the Future (1985)84,047
128.8.0The Green Mile (1999)76,072
129.8.0The General (1927)8,264
130.8.0The Deer Hunter (1978)35,395
131.8.0The Graduate (1967)33,884
132.8.0Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)24,633
133.8.0The Killing (1956)8,980
134.8.0Toy Story 2 (1999)49,645
135.8.0Amores perros (2000)20,738
136.8.0Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)3,162
137.8.0Platoon (1986)43,931
138.8.0Lola rennt (1998)40,002
139.8.0The African Queen (1951)16,446
140.8.0Duck Soup (1933)12,200
141.8.0Before Sunset (2004)15,470
142.8.0Gladiator (2000)114,501
143.8.0Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)4,647
144.8.0Glory (1989)26,135
145.8.0Ying xiong (2002)34,163
146.8.0Per qualche dollaro in pi� (1965)12,505
147.8.0Shadow of a Doubt (1943)7,564
148.8.0The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)9,273
149.8.0Smultronst�llet (1957)7,116
150.8.0Brief Encounter (1945)3,812
151.8.0Patton (1970)17,672
152.8.0Gandhi (1982)19,556
153.8.0The Night of the Hunter (1955)9,651
154.8.0The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)7,650
155.8.0The Philadelphia Story (1940)12,881
156.8.0Finding Neverland (2004)32,298
157.8.0The Gold Rush (1925)8,056
158.8.0Die Hard (1988)71,386
159.8.0The Conversation (1974)12,818
160.8.0A Christmas Story (1983)24,749
161.8.0Diaboliques, Les (1955)4,262
162.7.9Stand by Me (1986)37,939
163.7.9Harvey (1950)9,674
164.7.98� (1963)10,447
165.7.9Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)10,975
166.7.9The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)12,524
167.7.9Gone with the Wind (1939)35,412
168.7.9Dog Day Afternoon (1975)19,389
169.7.9Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920)5,109
170.7.9Mystic River (2003)40,900
171.7.9Shrek (2001)81,027
172.7.9Kumonosu j� (1957)4,560
173.7.9Spartacus (1960)21,144
174.7.9The Grapes of Wrath (1940)9,691
175.7.9Belle et la b�te, La (1946)3,176
176.7.9Magnolia (1999)56,887
177.7.9Big Fish (2003)46,528
178.7.9Toy Story (1995)55,534
179.7.9Groundhog Day (1993)55,589
180.7.9The Hustler (1961)10,293
181.7.9The Wild Bunch (1969)13,035
182.7.9Trainspotting (1996)63,979
183.7.9Cinderella Man (2005)18,640
184.7.9Hable con ella (2002)16,751
185.7.9Manhattan (1979)15,376
186.7.9Witness for the Prosecution (1957)6,427
187.7.9The Straight Story (1999)18,421
188.7.9Stalag 17 (1953)8,801
189.7.9The Exorcist (1973)42,732
190.7.9Ed Wood (1994)29,361
191.7.9Twelve Monkeys (1995)75,391
192.7.9V for Vendetta (2005)30,966
193.7.9Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)13,845
194.7.9Festen (1998)14,815
195.7.9Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966)3,369
196.7.9The Lady Vanishes (1938)5,854
197.7.9The Big Lebowski (1998)64,308
198.7.9Monsters, Inc. (2001)48,843
199.7.9Bringing Up Baby (1938)11,374
200.7.9Young Frankenstein (1974)27,267
201.7.9Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)8,403
202.7.9Sling Blade (1996)24,263
203.7.9Out of the Past (1947)3,506
204.7.9The Terminator (1984)72,545
205.7.9King Kong (1933)15,466
206.7.9His Girl Friday (1940)8,485
207.7.9Roman Holiday (1953)12,005
208.7.9Snatch. (2000)58,982
209.7.9Bride of Frankenstein (1935)6,189
210.7.9All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)8,683
211.7.9Brazil (1985)37,286
212.7.9Heat (1995)56,219
213.7.9The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)9,044
214.7.9Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)44,252
215.7.9The Searchers (1956)12,597
216.7.9Anatomy of a Murder (1959)4,914
217.7.9Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)13,193
218.7.9Sleuth (1972)5,819
219.7.9Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)85,193
220.7.8In the Heat of the Night (1967)8,779
221.7.8Hotaru no haka (1988)10,045
222.7.8Inherit the Wind (1960)4,606
223.7.8Bonnie and Clyde (1967)15,828
224.7.8Almost Famous (2000)48,057
225.7.8Rosemary's Baby (1968)16,148
226.7.8Scarface (1983)42,365
227.7.8Sweet Smell of Success (1957)3,048
228.7.8Ikiru (1952)5,771
229.7.8Himmel �ber Berlin, Der (1987)8,734
230.7.8The Insider (1999)34,848
231.7.8Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)4,508
232.7.8No Man's Land (2001)9,030
233.7.8Tengoku to jigoku (1963)2,479
234.7.8Charade (1963)11,480
235.7.8Frankenstein (1931)8,212
236.7.8The Thing (1982)23,560
237.7.8Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)12,784
238.7.8A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)12,160
239.7.8All the President's Men (1976)15,800
240.7.8Doctor Zhivago (1965)12,735
241.7.8Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)83,188
242.7.8Sideways (2004)31,903
243.7.8Lost in Translation (2003)59,589
244.7.8Planet of the Apes (1968)24,756
245.7.8Mulholland Dr. (2001)46,139
246.7.8� bout de souffle (1960)6,736
247.7.8The Lost Weekend (1945)3,570
248.7.8Rain Man (1988)52,187
249.7.8A Man for All Seasons (1966)5,421
250.7.8Walk the Line (2005)23,177

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:
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 1300)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)
for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.