Top 250 movies as voted by our users
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| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 795,345 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 587,942 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 373,511 |
| 4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 624,574 |
| 5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 246,380 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 196,033 |
| 7. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 416,361 |
| 8. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 751,309 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 563,060 |
| 10. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 403,756 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 606,489 |
| 12. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 190,801 |
| 13. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 336,898 |
| 14. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 585,857 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Inception (2010) | 590,193 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 353,811 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Star Wars (1977) | 453,421 |
| 18. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 132,599 |
| 19. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 582,155 |
| 20. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 263,367 |
| 21. | 8.7 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 511,084 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 112,843 |
| 23. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 226,533 |
| 24. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 504,690 |
| 25. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 387,137 |
| 26. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 460,461 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 347,897 |
| 28. | 8.6 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 380,913 |
| 29. | 8.6 | Rear Window (1954) | 169,033 |
| 30. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 208,411 |
| 31. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 144,053 |
| 32. | 8.6 | Léon: The Professional (1994) | 336,279 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 77,068 |
| 34. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 424,222 |
| 35. | 8.5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 244,379 |
| 36. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 365,964 |
| 37. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 368,228 |
| 38. | 8.5 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 206,154 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 413,665 |
| 40. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 125,631 |
| 41. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 274,227 |
| 42. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 46,715 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 180,704 |
| 44. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 174,925 |
| 45. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 281,521 |
| 46. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 431,033 |
| 47. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 246,290 |
| 48. | 8.5 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 226,670 |
| 49. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 127,282 |
| 50. | 8.5 | Modern Times (1936) | 58,303 |
| 51. | 8.4 | The Avengers (2012) | 281,657 |
| 52. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 217,574 |
| 53. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 409,370 |
| 54. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 55,908 |
| 55. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 63,350 |
| 56. | 8.4 | Back to the Future (1985) | 321,930 |
| 57. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 53,188 |
| 58. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 252,422 |
| 59. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 314,276 |
| 60. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 173,776 |
| 61. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 125,704 |
| 62. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 278,936 |
| 63. | 8.4 | Amélie (2001) | 274,391 |
| 64. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 115,215 |
| 65. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 105,554 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 317,018 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Gladiator (2000) | 447,545 |
| 68. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 354,316 |
| 69. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 325,394 |
| 70. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 58,099 |
| 71. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 288,948 |
| 72. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 67,303 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 95,838 |
| 74. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 336,886 |
| 75. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 45,238 |
| 76. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 114,892 |
| 77. | 8.3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 233,912 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 70,102 |
| 79. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 111,527 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 234,270 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 214,113 |
| 82. | 8.3 | The Intouchables (2011) | 65,906 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 95,437 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 314,857 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 366,948 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 78,454 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 159,969 |
| 88. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 257,784 |
| 89. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 141,602 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 43,377 |
| 91. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 55,632 |
| 92. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 59,114 |
| 93. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 128,126 |
| 94. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 47,139 |
| 95. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 148,672 |
| 96. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 82,670 |
| 97. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 54,964 |
| 98. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 220,528 |
| 99. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 93,267 |
| 100. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 257,129 |
| 101. | 8.3 | A Separation (2011) | 57,423 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 239,780 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 293,032 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 129,174 |
| 105. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 44,960 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 27,208 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 347,768 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 434,683 |
| 109. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 88,314 |
| 110. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 55,717 |
| 111. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 251,577 |
| 112. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 87,444 |
| 113. | 8.3 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 71,796 |
| 114. | 8.3 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 56,327 |
| 115. | 8.3 | Snatch. (2000) | 288,586 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Yojimbo (1961) | 40,415 |
| 117. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 58,022 |
| 118. | 8.2 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 67,682 |
| 119. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 224,272 |
| 120. | 8.2 | Gran Torino (2008) | 255,525 |
| 121. | 8.2 | Rebecca (1940) | 48,751 |
| 122. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 28,102 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 266,107 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 261,050 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 32,328 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 228,659 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 43,696 |
| 128. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 266,348 |
| 129. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 25,186 |
| 130. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 45,770 |
| 131. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 365,649 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 66,625 |
| 133. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 252,342 |
| 134. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 128,520 |
| 135. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 49,892 |
| 136. | 8.2 | Jaws (1975) | 203,931 |
| 137. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 305,350 |
| 138. | 8.2 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 31,914 |
| 139. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 139,930 |
| 140. | 8.2 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 34,914 |
| 141. | 8.2 | High Noon (1952) | 46,321 |
| 142. | 8.1 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 365,063 |
| 143. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 160,059 |
| 144. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 81,944 |
| 145. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 207,422 |
| 146. | 8.1 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 149,016 |
| 147. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 133,875 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 42,408 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 353,760 |
| 150. | 8.1 | The King's Speech (2010) | 191,851 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Annie Hall (1977) | 97,863 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 232,417 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 166,067 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Black Swan (2010) | 260,801 |
| 155. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 51,813 |
| 156. | 8.1 | Warrior (2011) | 107,188 |
| 157. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 33,393 |
| 158. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 116,877 |
| 159. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 187,592 |
| 160. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 141,974 |
| 161. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 254,742 |
| 162. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 38,743 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 310,954 |
| 164. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 84,220 |
| 165. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 53,571 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 289,937 |
| 167. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 157,638 |
| 168. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 285,770 |
| 169. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 35,782 |
| 170. | 8.1 | The Artist (2011) | 80,323 |
| 171. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 375,069 |
| 172. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 228,530 |
| 173. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 137,691 |
| 174. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 194,176 |
| 175. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 215,696 |
| 176. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 59,590 |
| 177. | 8.1 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 48,077 |
| 178. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 95,473 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 94,811 |
| 180. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 246,841 |
| 181. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 116,616 |
| 182. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 242,624 |
| 183. | 8.1 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 310,764 |
| 184. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 81,140 |
| 185. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 44,483 |
| 186. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 35,746 |
| 187. | 8.1 | The Killing (1956) | 35,682 |
| 188. | 8.1 | Persona (1966) | 27,151 |
| 189. | 8.1 | 8½ (1963) | 43,396 |
| 190. | 8.1 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 45,207 |
| 191. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 166,158 |
| 192. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 29,894 |
| 193. | 8.0 | La Strada (1954) | 25,637 |
| 194. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 35,387 |
| 195. | 8.0 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 85,114 |
| 196. | 8.0 | District 9 (2009) | 279,785 |
| 197. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 27,374 |
| 198. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 42,013 |
| 199. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 162,310 |
| 200. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 163,344 |
| 201. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 55,594 |
| 202. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 49,363 |
| 203. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 238,356 |
| 204. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 33,145 |
| 205. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 228,720 |
| 206. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 31,604 |
| 207. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 52,321 |
| 208. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 48,310 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 50,702 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 48,051 |
| 211. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 161,110 |
| 212. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 278,929 |
| 213. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 198,184 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 244,141 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 51,926 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 30,040 |
| 217. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 79,077 |
| 218. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 387,462 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 133,719 |
| 220. | 8.0 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) | 28,913 |
| 221. | 8.0 | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 58,558 |
| 222. | 8.0 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 28,180 |
| 223. | 8.0 | In the Name of the Father (1993) | 42,607 |
| 224. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 30,686 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 225,868 |
| 226. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 41,419 |
| 227. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 58,872 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) | 30,669 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 192,376 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 37,583 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 188,668 |
| 232. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 106,272 |
| 233. | 8.0 | La Haine (1995) | 44,782 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 292,480 |
| 235. | 8.0 | La Dolce Vita (1960) | 26,110 |
| 236. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 216,104 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Rio Bravo (1959) | 25,589 |
| 238. | 8.0 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) | 29,304 |
| 239. | 8.0 | Ed Wood (1994) | 99,869 |
| 240. | 8.0 | The Searchers (1956) | 38,618 |
| 241. | 8.0 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | 37,539 |
| 242. | 8.0 | King Kong (1933) | 47,416 |
| 243. | 8.0 | His Girl Friday (1940) | 27,449 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Patton (1970) | 52,050 |
| 245. | 8.0 | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | 120,085 |
| 246. | 8.0 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) | 34,724 |
| 247. | 8.0 | The Untouchables (1987) | 121,651 |
| 248. | 8.0 | In the Mood for Love (2000) | 37,177 |
| 249. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 43,098 |
| 250. | 8.0 | Castle in the Sky (1986) | 38,613 |
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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