| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Godfather (1972) 9.0/10 (117319 votes) |
| 2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 8.9/10 (143409 votes) |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.9/10 (97123 votes) |
| 4 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.8/10 (68938 votes) |
| 5 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (30211 votes) |
| 6 | Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (64338 votes) |
| 7 | Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (94756 votes) |
| 8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (152321 votes) |
| 9 | Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (130521 votes) |
| 10 | Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (59576 votes) |
| 11 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (67949 votes) |
| 12 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.7/10 (109765 votes) |
| 13 | Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (126818 votes) |
| 14 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.6/10 (100612 votes) |
| 15 | Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (40308 votes) |
| 16 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (61905 votes) |
| 17 | The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (100632 votes) |
| 18 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.6/10 (28819 votes) |
| 19 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (91085 votes) |
| 20 | Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (23076 votes) |
| 21 | 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (28637 votes) |
| 22 | Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (87164 votes) |
| 23 | Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (52024 votes) |
| 24 | North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (35283 votes) |
| 25 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (30859 votes) |
| 26 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (56582 votes) |
| 27 | C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.5/10 (15947 votes) |
| 28 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (89365 votes) |
| 29 | Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (65008 votes) |
| 30 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (40924 votes) |
| 31 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (15347 votes) |
| 32 | American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (106568 votes) |
| 33 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (40739 votes) |
| 34 | The Matrix (1999) 8.4/10 (138178 votes) |
| 35 | Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (62107 votes) |
| 36 | Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (33587 votes) |
| 37 | Fight Club (1999) 8.4/10 (107141 votes) |
| 38 | Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (13714 votes) |
| 39 | The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (17684 votes) |
| 40 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (29977 votes) |
| 41 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (22346 votes) |
| 42 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.4/10 (19678 votes) |
| 43 | Double Indemnity (1944) 8.4/10 (11079 votes) |
| 44 | Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (46568 votes) |
| 45 | The Pianist (2002) 8.3/10 (29101 votes) |
| 46 | Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (27810 votes) |
| 47 | M (1931) 8.3/10 (11496 votes) |
| 48 | Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (10999 votes) |
| 49 | Se7en (1995) 8.3/10 (85219 votes) |
| 50 | All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (12552 votes) |
| 51 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (21478 votes) |
| 52 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (18714 votes) |
| 53 | Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (25534 votes) |
| 54 | Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (25335 votes) |
| 55 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (44774 votes) |
| 56 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (58856 votes) |
| 57 | L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (68187 votes) |
| 58 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (96547 votes) |
| 59 | Léon (1994) 8.3/10 (50230 votes) |
| 60 | Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (60890 votes) |
| 61 | American History X (1998) 8.3/10 (56449 votes) |
| 62 | Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (9786 votes) |
| 63 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (11092 votes) |
| 64 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (61236 votes) |
| 65 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (13601 votes) |
| 66 | Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (26151 votes) |
| 67 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (36941 votes) |
| 68 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.2/10 (10012 votes) |
| 69 | The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (22780 votes) |
| 70 | On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (12150 votes) |
| 71 | Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (36426 votes) |
| 72 | Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (11312 votes) |
| 73 | Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (11271 votes) |
| 74 | Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (35512 votes) |
| 75 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.2/10 (63420 votes) |
| 76 | The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (19150 votes) |
| 77 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.2/10 (66876 votes) |
| 78 | The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (10714 votes) |
| 79 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (63727 votes) |
| 80 | City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (7413 votes) |
| 81 | Metropolis (1927) 8.2/10 (11421 votes) |
| 82 | The Shining (1980) 8.2/10 (48503 votes) |
| 83 | Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (45120 votes) |
| 84 | Finding Nemo (2003) 8.2/10 (38796 votes) |
| 85 | Aliens (1986) 8.2/10 (62423 votes) |
| 86 | High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (11947 votes) |
| 87 | Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (20466 votes) |
| 88 | Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (88778 votes) |
| 89 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (40409 votes) |
| 90 | Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (50388 votes) |
| 91 | Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.1/10 (10632 votes) |
| 92 | Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (64143 votes) |
| 93 | Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.1/10 (9582 votes) |
| 94 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.1/10 (11226 votes) |
| 95 | The Great Dictator (1940) 8.1/10 (10358 votes) |
| 96 | Donnie Darko (2001) 8.1/10 (48170 votes) |
| 97 | The General (1927) 8.1/10 (6870 votes) |
| 98 | Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (72699 votes) |
| 99 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.1/10 (13841 votes) |
| 100 | The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (93799 votes) |
| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 101 | Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (8397 votes) |
| 102 | Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (5874 votes) |
| 103 | Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (18752 votes) |
| 104 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.1/10 (46132 votes) |
| 105 | The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (52889 votes) |
| 106 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.1/10 (6364 votes) |
| 107 | The Incredibles (2004) 8.1/10 (22687 votes) |
| 108 | Forrest Gump (1994) 8.1/10 (86830 votes) |
| 109 | Rebecca (1940) 8.1/10 (11372 votes) |
| 110 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (7452 votes) |
| 111 | Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (9946 votes) |
| 112 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.1/10 (75142 votes) |
| 113 | Before Sunset (2004) 8.1/10 (6940 votes) |
| 114 | It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (7559 votes) |
| 115 | The Big Sleep (1946) 8.1/10 (10049 votes) |
| 116 | Notorious (1946) 8.1/10 (10682 votes) |
| 117 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 (19881 votes) |
| 118 | The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (26975 votes) |
| 119 | Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (14185 votes) |
| 120 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.0/10 (18621 votes) |
| 121 | The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (27457 votes) |
| 122 | Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (31856 votes) |
| 123 | Unforgiven (1992) 8.0/10 (29899 votes) |
| 124 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (10060 votes) |
| 125 | Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (39814 votes) |
| 126 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.0/10 (14098 votes) |
| 127 | Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (21608 votes) |
| 128 | The Elephant Man (1980) 8.0/10 (16139 votes) |
| 129 | Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (4769 votes) |
| 130 | Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (21533 votes) |
| 131 | Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (12376 votes) |
| 132 | Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (20655 votes) |
| 133 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.0/10 (79927 votes) |
| 134 | Back to the Future (1985) 8.0/10 (66392 votes) |
| 135 | The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (57740 votes) |
| 136 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (7999 votes) |
| 137 | Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (33584 votes) |
| 138 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (7197 votes) |
| 139 | The Searchers (1956) 8.0/10 (10276 votes) |
| 140 | The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (13801 votes) |
| 141 | The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (6122 votes) |
| 142 | The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.0/10 (10176 votes) |
| 143 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.0/10 (6480 votes) |
| 144 | The Hustler (1961) 8.0/10 (7844 votes) |
| 145 | A Christmas Story (1983) 8.0/10 (19048 votes) |
| 146 | Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.0/10 (28230 votes) |
| 147 | Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (14544 votes) |
| 148 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) 8.0/10 (9297 votes) |
| 149 | Stalag 17 (1953) 8.0/10 (7318 votes) |
| 150 | Big Fish (2003) 8.0/10 (28653 votes) |
| 151 | Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (26810 votes) |
| 152 | Shrek (2001) 8.0/10 (62568 votes) |
| 153 | The Straight Story (1999) 8.0/10 (14018 votes) |
| 154 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 8.0/10 (10906 votes) |
| 155 | Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 8.0/10 (6098 votes) |
| 156 | Grande illusion, La (1937) 8.0/10 (4775 votes) |
| 157 | Life of Brian (1979) 7.9/10 (32741 votes) |
| 158 | Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (5709 votes) |
| 159 | Die Hard (1988) 7.9/10 (57301 votes) |
| 160 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 7.9/10 (60131 votes) |
| 161 | Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (12333 votes) |
| 162 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (6977 votes) |
| 163 | Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (21408 votes) |
| 164 | His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (6371 votes) |
| 165 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 7.9/10 (6983 votes) |
| 166 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (4877 votes) |
| 167 | Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (3763 votes) |
| 168 | Dogville (2003) 7.9/10 (12793 votes) |
| 169 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) 7.9/10 (3570 votes) |
| 170 | Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (9013 votes) |
| 171 | Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (88407 votes) |
| 172 | Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (16261 votes) |
| 173 | Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (6324 votes) |
| 174 | Lost in Translation (2003) 7.9/10 (39236 votes) |
| 175 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 7.9/10 (9772 votes) |
| 176 | Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (11473 votes) |
| 177 | Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (19701 votes) |
| 178 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (9212 votes) |
| 179 | Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.9/10 (9895 votes) |
| 180 | Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (8589 votes) |
| 181 | Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (43910 votes) |
| 182 | The Conversation (1974) 7.9/10 (9798 votes) |
| 183 | All the President's Men (1976) 7.9/10 (12184 votes) |
| 184 | The Killing (1956) 7.9/10 (6642 votes) |
| 185 | To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.9/10 (3361 votes) |
| 186 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.9/10 (7982 votes) |
| 187 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.9/10 (6759 votes) |
| 188 | Sideways (2004) 7.9/10 (10464 votes) |
| 189 | Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (44260 votes) |
| 190 | A Night at the Opera (1935) 7.9/10 (5747 votes) |
| 191 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 7.9/10 (2505 votes) |
| 192 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.9/10 (5367 votes) |
| 193 | Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (29578 votes) |
| 194 | Garden State (2004) 7.9/10 (19677 votes) |
| 195 | Gandhi (1982) 7.9/10 (15096 votes) |
| 196 | Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (42750 votes) |
| 197 | The Insider (1999) 7.9/10 (27605 votes) |
| 198 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.9/10 (14170 votes) |
| 199 | Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (49592 votes) |
| 200 | Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.9/10 (3239 votes) |
| 201 | Harvey (1950) 7.9/10 (7565 votes) |
| 202 | Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (37015 votes) |
| 203 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (37579 votes) |
| 204 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (59895 votes) |
| 205 | Strada, La (1954) 7.9/10 (4740 votes) |
| 206 | Stand by Me (1986) 7.9/10 (29416 votes) |
| 207 | The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (58241 votes) |
| 208 | 21 Grams (2003) 7.8/10 (19845 votes) |
| 209 | Ed Wood (1994) 7.8/10 (22410 votes) |
| 210 | The Exorcist (1973) 7.8/10 (32553 votes) |
| 211 | The Lion in Winter (1968) 7.8/10 (5623 votes) |
| 212 | In America (2002) 7.8/10 (7677 votes) |
| 213 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.8/10 (33512 votes) |
| 214 | 8½ (1963) 7.8/10 (7566 votes) |
| 215 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (56760 votes) |
| 216 | Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (4340 votes) |
| 217 | Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.8/10 (52781 votes) |
| 218 | Finding Neverland (2004) 7.8/10 (11767 votes) |
| 219 | Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (13884 votes) |
| 220 | The Station Agent (2003) 7.8/10 (6342 votes) |
| 221 | Network (1976) 7.8/10 (9149 votes) |
| 222 | This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (19487 votes) |
| 223 | Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (40760 votes) |
| 224 | The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.8/10 (47612 votes) |
| 225 | Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.8/10 (12551 votes) |
| 226 | King Kong (1933) 7.8/10 (9859 votes) |
| 227 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (12172 votes) |
| 228 | The Right Stuff (1983) 7.8/10 (12511 votes) |
| 229 | Fanny och Alexander (1982) 7.8/10 (4124 votes) |
| 230 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.8/10 (32423 votes) |
| 231 | Snatch. (2000) 7.8/10 (42239 votes) |
| 232 | The 39 Steps (1935) 7.8/10 (7559 votes) |
| 233 | Persona (1966) 7.8/10 (3437 votes) |
| 234 | Stagecoach (1939) 7.8/10 (5366 votes) |
| 235 | Rio Bravo (1959) 7.8/10 (6851 votes) |
| 236 | The Untouchables (1987) 7.8/10 (30322 votes) |
| 237 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.8/10 (3113 votes) |
| 238 | The Thin Man (1934) 7.8/10 (4541 votes) |
| 239 | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.8/10 (4493 votes) |
| 240 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 7.8/10 (3297 votes) |
| 241 | Sullivan's Travels (1941) 7.8/10 (2702 votes) |
| 242 | Being There (1979) 7.8/10 (10208 votes) |
| 243 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.8/10 (6403 votes) |
| 244 | Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.8/10 (19872 votes) |
| 245 | Heat (1995) 7.8/10 (42246 votes) |
| 246 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 7.8/10 (8099 votes) |
| 247 | Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 7.8/10 (6072 votes) |
| 248 | Barry Lyndon (1975) 7.8/10 (11571 votes) |
| 249 | Spider-Man 2 (2004) 7.8/10 (36706 votes) |
| 250 | Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.8/10 (2961 votes) |
The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:weighted rank (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
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 6.8)