Top 250 movies as voted by our users
note: for this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.


Rank    Title
1 Godfather, The (1972) 9.0/10 (75342 votes)
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.9/10 (95273 votes)
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.8/10 (42890 votes)
4 Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (66451 votes)
5 Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (44622 votes)
6 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (97683 votes)
7 Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (42005 votes)
8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (17961 votes)
9 Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (96595 votes)
10 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.6/10 (48864 votes)
11 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.6/10 (46578 votes)
12 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (42358 votes)
13 Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (27189 votes)
14 Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (54622 votes)
15 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.6/10 (74364 votes)
16 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (64114 votes)
17 Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.6/10 (71088 votes)
18 Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.5/10 (85248 votes)
19 North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (24278 votes)
20 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (33414 votes)
21 Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (37080 votes)
22 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.5/10 (18264 votes)
23 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (20845 votes)
24 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5/10 (63789 votes)
25 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.5/10 (15776 votes)
26 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (28521 votes)
27 Goodfellas (1990) 8.4/10 (43798 votes)
28 American Beauty (1999) 8.4/10 (75813 votes)
29 Pianist, The (2002) 8.4/10 (10625 votes)
30 Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (23231 votes)
31 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.4/10 (9874 votes)
32 Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (42623 votes)
33 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (19776 votes)
34 Matrix, The (1999) 8.4/10 (95480 votes)
35 Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.4/10 (16405 votes)
36 Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (30877 votes)
37 Third Man, The (1949) 8.3/10 (12226 votes)
38 Paths of Glory (1957) 8.3/10 (9005 votes)
39 Fight Club (1999) 8.3/10 (67835 votes)
40 Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (19204 votes)
41 L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (49034 votes)
42 Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (7640 votes)
43 Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (16991 votes)
44 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (8448 votes)
45 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.3/10 (13701 votes)
46 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (13780 votes)
47 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (24864 votes)
48 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.3/10 (15293 votes)
49 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (69082 votes)
50 M (1931) 8.3/10 (7511 votes)
51 All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (8690 votes)
52 C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.2/10 (7723 votes)
53 Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (17125 votes)
54 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.2/10 (40249 votes)
55 Se7en (1995) 8.2/10 (56813 votes)
56 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (26362 votes)
57 Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.2/10 (37163 votes)
58 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (46394 votes)
59 Sting, The (1973) 8.2/10 (16162 votes)
60 Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (26471 votes)
61 American History X (1998) 8.2/10 (35281 votes)
62 Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (8035 votes)
63 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.2/10 (8957 votes)
64 Alien (1979) 8.2/10 (41896 votes)
65 Rashômon (1950) 8.2/10 (7146 votes)
66 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (7783 votes)
67 Léon (1994) 8.2/10 (32276 votes)
68 Great Escape, The (1963) 8.2/10 (12679 votes)
69 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.2/10 (6956 votes)
70 Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (14021 votes)
71 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.2/10 (43623 votes)
72 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.1/10 (42724 votes)
73 Jaws (1975) 8.1/10 (31740 votes)
74 Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.1/10 (64808 votes)
75 Amadeus (1984) 8.1/10 (25650 votes)
76 Ran (1985) 8.1/10 (7570 votes)
77 On the Waterfront (1954) 8.1/10 (7975 votes)
78 High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (8142 votes)
79 Braveheart (1995) 8.1/10 (63530 votes)
80 Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (54232 votes)
81 Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (45966 votes)
82 Apartment, The (1960) 8.1/10 (7242 votes)
83 Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.1/10 (6658 votes)
84 Aliens (1986) 8.1/10 (44601 votes)
85 Modern Times (1936) 8.1/10 (6322 votes)
86 Shining, The (1980) 8.1/10 (32596 votes)
87 Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.1/10 (26487 votes)
88 Donnie Darko (2001) 8.1/10 (18097 votes)
89 Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (6707 votes)
90 Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.1/10 (38316 votes)
91 City Lights (1931) 8.1/10 (4976 votes)
92 Lola rennt (1998) 8.1/10 (21103 votes)
93 Metropolis (1927) 8.1/10 (7422 votes)
94 Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.0/10 (4393 votes)
95 General, The (1927) 8.0/10 (4424 votes)
96 Searchers, The (1956) 8.0/10 (6726 votes)
97 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.0/10 (30881 votes)
98 Notorious (1946) 8.0/10 (6681 votes)
99 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (13657 votes)
100 Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (8410 votes)

Top 101 - 250
Rank    Title
101 Graduate, The (1967) 8.0/10 (18670 votes)
102 Big Sleep, The (1946) 8.0/10 (6687 votes)
103 Rebecca (1940) 8.0/10 (7335 votes)
104 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8.0/10 (4086 votes)
105 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.0/10 (5668 votes)
106 Great Dictator, The (1940) 8.0/10 (5960 votes)
107 Deer Hunter, The (1978) 8.0/10 (18323 votes)
108 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.0/10 (9485 votes)
109 Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (15334 votes)
110 Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (9474 votes)
111 Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (4706 votes)
112 Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.0/10 (11234 votes)
113 African Queen, The (1951) 8.0/10 (9943 votes)
114 Shrek (2001) 8.0/10 (37382 votes)
115 Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (14268 votes)
116 Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8.0/10 (7159 votes)
117 It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (5059 votes)
118 Green Mile, The (1999) 8.0/10 (36783 votes)
119 Bringing Up Baby (1938) 8.0/10 (6043 votes)
120 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.0/10 (52108 votes)
121 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.0/10 (9480 votes)
122 Straight Story, The (1999) 7.9/10 (9078 votes)
123 Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 7.9/10 (5162 votes)
124 Forrest Gump (1994) 7.9/10 (59382 votes)
125 Yojimbo (1961) 7.9/10 (5052 votes)
126 Finding Nemo (2003) 7.9/10 (6265 votes)
127 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 7.9/10 (57821 votes)
128 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (7623 votes)
129 Unforgiven (1992) 7.9/10 (20230 votes)
130 Wild Bunch, The (1969) 7.9/10 (7293 votes)
131 Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (5753 votes)
132 Christmas Story, A (1983) 7.9/10 (13025 votes)
133 Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (19873 votes)
134 Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (14796 votes)
135 Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (4485 votes)
136 Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 7.9/10 (4741 votes)
137 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (4343 votes)
138 Elephant Man, The (1980) 7.9/10 (10510 votes)
139 Hustler, The (1961) 7.9/10 (5404 votes)
140 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 7.9/10 (10554 votes)
141 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (21954 votes)
142 Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (24615 votes)
143 Platoon (1986) 7.9/10 (22704 votes)
144 Conversation, The (1974) 7.9/10 (6489 votes)
145 Die Hard (1988) 7.9/10 (40440 votes)
146 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 7.9/10 (41318 votes)
147 Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.9/10 (35617 votes)
148 Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (8080 votes)
149 His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (4278 votes)
150 Back to the Future (1985) 7.9/10 (46423 votes)
151 Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (11068 votes)
152 Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (3332 votes)
153 Insider, The (1999) 7.9/10 (18966 votes)
154 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.9/10 (19298 votes)
155 Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (61762 votes)
156 Gold Rush, The (1925) 7.9/10 (4015 votes)
157 Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (5653 votes)
158 Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (14749 votes)
159 Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (29228 votes)
160 Toy Story (1995) 7.8/10 (31678 votes)
161 Life of Brian (1979) 7.8/10 (22002 votes)
162 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 7.8/10 (4424 votes)
163 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 7.8/10 (4589 votes)
164 Brazil (1985) 7.8/10 (21454 votes)
165 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 7.8/10 (6132 votes)
166 Amores perros (2000) 7.8/10 (7302 votes)
167 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.8/10 (3572 votes)
168 Exorcist, The (1973) 7.8/10 (21591 votes)
169 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.8/10 (3222 votes)
170 Night at the Opera, A (1935) 7.8/10 (3945 votes)
171 All the President's Men (1976) 7.8/10 (8679 votes)
172 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 7.8/10 (6717 votes)
173 Minority Report (2002) 7.8/10 (29203 votes)
174 Roman Holiday (1953) 7.8/10 (6003 votes)
175 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (4771 votes)
176 Killing, The (1956) 7.8/10 (4177 votes)
177 Others, The (2001) 7.8/10 (21871 votes)
178 Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.8/10 (7098 votes)
179 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.8/10 (3395 votes)
180 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.8/10 (9129 votes)
181 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.8/10 (43172 votes)
182 Terminator, The (1984) 7.8/10 (39533 votes)
183 Right Stuff, The (1983) 7.8/10 (9234 votes)
184 Stand by Me (1986) 7.8/10 (20805 votes)
185 Ed Wood (1994) 7.8/10 (13470 votes)
186 Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.8/10 (8630 votes)
187 Smultronstället (1957) 7.8/10 (2919 votes)
188 To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.8/10 (2185 votes)
189 Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.8/10 (3854 votes)
190 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (12808 votes)
191 Traffic (2000) 7.8/10 (28576 votes)
192 Harvey (1950) 7.8/10 (5155 votes)
193 Trainspotting (1996) 7.8/10 (35158 votes)
194 Lion in Winter, The (1968) 7.8/10 (3837 votes)
195 Gandhi (1982) 7.8/10 (10614 votes)
196 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (8174 votes)
197 Network (1976) 7.8/10 (6122 votes)
198 Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (8729 votes)
199 Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (29322 votes)
200 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.8/10 (4966 votes)
201 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.8/10 (20924 votes)
202 Todo sobre mi madre (1999) 7.7/10 (8555 votes)
203 Henry V (1989) 7.7/10 (6294 votes)
204 Snatch. (2000) 7.7/10 (25523 votes)
205 Stagecoach (1939) 7.7/10 (3649 votes)
206 Groundhog Day (1993) 7.7/10 (28656 votes)
207 Laura (1944) 7.7/10 (3106 votes)
208 Road to Perdition (2002) 7.7/10 (16991 votes)
209 8 1/2 (1963) 7.7/10 (5015 votes)
210 39 Steps, The (1935) 7.7/10 (4949 votes)
211 King Kong (1933) 7.7/10 (6544 votes)
212 Untouchables, The (1987) 7.7/10 (20460 votes)
213 Strada, La (1954) 7.7/10 (3043 votes)
214 Rio Bravo (1959) 7.7/10 (4700 votes)
215 Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 7.7/10 (25926 votes)
216 Die xue shuang xiong (1989) 7.7/10 (5950 votes)
217 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.7/10 (4241 votes)
218 Being There (1979) 7.7/10 (7117 votes)
219 Beauty and the Beast (1991) 7.7/10 (16864 votes)
220 Fantasia (1940) 7.7/10 (10584 votes)
221 Good Will Hunting (1997) 7.7/10 (43247 votes)
222 Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.7/10 (13337 votes)
223 MASH (1970) 7.7/10 (10829 votes)
224 Clerks. (1994) 7.7/10 (27701 votes)
225 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.7/10 (30595 votes)
226 Iron Giant, The (1999) 7.7/10 (9771 votes)
227 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 7.7/10 (24562 votes)
228 Quiet Man, The (1952) 7.7/10 (4939 votes)
229 Big Lebowski, The (1998) 7.7/10 (29890 votes)
230 Thin Man, The (1934) 7.7/10 (2985 votes)
231 Red River (1948) 7.7/10 (2325 votes)
232 Deliverance (1972) 7.7/10 (9891 votes)
233 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 7.7/10 (18792 votes)
234 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 7.7/10 (9521 votes)
235 Adaptation. (2002) 7.7/10 (9446 votes)
236 Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.7/10 (1840 votes)
237 Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) 7.7/10 (5636 votes)
238 Birds, The (1963) 7.7/10 (13503 votes)
239 French Connection, The (1971) 7.7/10 (7701 votes)
240 Sleuth (1972) 7.7/10 (3161 votes)
241 Man for All Seasons, A (1966) 7.7/10 (3014 votes)
242 Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) 7.7/10 (7105 votes)
243 Man Who Wasn't There, The (2001) 7.7/10 (10869 votes)
244 Jean de Florette (1986) 7.7/10 (4281 votes)
245 From Here to Eternity (1953) 7.7/10 (4076 votes)
246 Killing Fields, The (1984) 7.7/10 (6705 votes)
247 Heat (1995) 7.7/10 (28307 votes)
248 JFK (1991) 7.7/10 (17955 votes)
249 Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.7/10 (3121 votes)
250 Player, The (1992) 7.7/10 (10850 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.

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