Top 250 films 01.04.2005

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.0/10 (120105 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 8.9/10 (146591 votes)
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.9/10 (100557 votes)
4	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.8/10 (70482 votes)
5	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (31045 votes)
6	Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (65465 votes)
7	Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (96468 votes)
8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (69353 votes)
9	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (60609 votes)
10	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (129661 votes)
11	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (155127 votes)
12	Star Wars (1977) 8.6/10 (132589 votes)
13	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (112442 votes)
14	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.6/10 (102286 votes)
15	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.6/10 (29802 votes)
16	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (102427 votes)
17	Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (41078 votes)
18	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (63061 votes)
19	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (24370 votes)
20	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (92516 votes)
21	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (29316 votes)
22	Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (52882 votes)
23	Memento (2000) 8.5/10 (89033 votes)
24	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.5/10 (16519 votes)
25	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (57952 votes)
26	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (31356 votes)
27	Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (66467 votes)
28	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (90954 votes)
29	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (15714 votes)
30	North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (35873 votes)
31	American Beauty (1999) 8.4/10 (108464 votes)
32	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.4/10 (41479 votes)
33	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (63296 votes)
34	The Matrix (1999) 8.4/10 (140707 votes)
35	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (14040 votes)
36	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (43712 votes)
37	Fight Club (1999) 8.4/10 (109686 votes)
38	The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (18016 votes)
39	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (23224 votes)
40	Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (34142 votes)
41	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.4/10 (20094 votes)
42	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.4/10 (11327 votes)
43	Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (28299 votes)
44	M (1931) 8.3/10 (11742 votes)
45	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.3/10 (30468 votes)
46	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (11280 votes)
47	Se7en (1995) 8.3/10 (87023 votes)
48	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (47632 votes)
49	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (21910 votes)
50	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (19037 votes)
51	All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (12767 votes)
52	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (46169 votes)
53	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (59965 votes)
54	The Pianist (2002) 8.3/10 (30105 votes)
55	Léon (1994) 8.3/10 (51428 votes)
56	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (98177 votes)
57	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (62012 votes)
58	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (10038 votes)
59	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (69252 votes)
60	American History X (1998) 8.3/10 (57843 votes)
61	Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (26018 votes)
62	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (25788 votes)
63	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (11309 votes)
64	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.2/10 (10230 votes)
65	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (37620 votes)
66	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (23185 votes)
67	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (13904 votes)
68	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (12463 votes)
69	Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (11613 votes)
70	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (37103 votes)
71	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (36155 votes)
72	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (11485 votes)
73	The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (19588 votes)
74	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (63326 votes)
75	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (7577 votes)
76	Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (26881 votes)
77	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (10924 votes)
78	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.2/10 (64710 votes)
79	The Shining (1980) 8.2/10 (49572 votes)
80	Metropolis (1927) 8.2/10 (11669 votes)
81	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.2/10 (68362 votes)
82	Aliens (1986) 8.2/10 (63486 votes)
83	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (45923 votes)
84	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.2/10 (40169 votes)
85	High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (12192 votes)
86	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (64755 votes)
87	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (16942 votes)
88	Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (20958 votes)
89	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (90396 votes)
90	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (51216 votes)
91	Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (65232 votes)
92	The Incredibles (2004) 8.1/10 (26855 votes)
93	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (7344 votes)
94	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (8653 votes)
95	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (42812 votes)
96	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (53697 votes)
97	Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (74323 votes)
98	Before Sunset (2004) 8.1/10 (7831 votes)
99	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.1/10 (50636 votes)
100	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (95953 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (7734 votes)
102	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.1/10 (88624 votes)
103	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.1/10 (11347 votes)
104	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.1/10 (47550 votes)
105	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.0/10 (76923 votes)
106	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.0/10 (11159 votes)
107	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (10270 votes)
108	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.0/10 (10308 votes)
109	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.0/10 (14638 votes)
110	Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (4959 votes)
111	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.0/10 (5229 votes)
112	Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (22736 votes)
113	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.0/10 (19765 votes)
114	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (27966 votes)
115	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (20746 votes)
116	The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (6267 votes)
117	The General (1927) 8.0/10 (7491 votes)
118	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (7351 votes)
119	Unforgiven (1992) 8.0/10 (31105 votes)
120	Rebecca (1940) 8.0/10 (12123 votes)
121	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.0/10 (6630 votes)
122	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (28511 votes)
123	Notorious (1946) 8.0/10 (11379 votes)
124	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (32997 votes)
125	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.0/10 (19636 votes)
126	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (41019 votes)
127	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (10632 votes)
128	Back to the Future (1985) 8.0/10 (68124 votes)
129	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.0/10 (10766 votes)
130	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 8.0/10 (6290 votes)
131	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (14973 votes)
132	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (8117 votes)
133	The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (59573 votes)
134	Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 8.0/10 (5853 votes)
135	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 8.0/10 (7105 votes)
136	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 7.9/10 (81381 votes)
137	The Elephant Man (1980) 7.9/10 (16978 votes)
138	Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (4879 votes)
139	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 7.9/10 (7007 votes)
140	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 7.9/10 (14836 votes)
141	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (4975 votes)
142	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 7.9/10 (7149 votes)
143	Glory (1989) 7.9/10 (22441 votes)
144	His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (6487 votes)
145	Ben-Hur (1959) 7.9/10 (21558 votes)
146	Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (3924 votes)
147	Platoon (1986) 7.9/10 (35245 votes)
148	Untergang, Der (2004) 7.9/10 (5306 votes)
149	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (64473 votes)
150	Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (29239 votes)
151	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 7.9/10 (61140 votes)
152	Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (6587 votes)
153	Die Hard (1988) 7.9/10 (58547 votes)
154	Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (13096 votes)
155	Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (8815 votes)
156	The African Queen (1951) 7.9/10 (14516 votes)
157	Sideways (2004) 7.9/10 (13326 votes)
158	Life of Brian (1979) 7.9/10 (33514 votes)
159	Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (28525 votes)
160	To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.9/10 (3475 votes)
161	The Killing (1956) 7.9/10 (6781 votes)
162	Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (91177 votes)
163	A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (20302 votes)
164	The Searchers (1956) 7.9/10 (10969 votes)
165	Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.9/10 (3351 votes)
166	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (30958 votes)
167	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.9/10 (8151 votes)
168	Amores perros (2000) 7.9/10 (15514 votes)
169	A Night at the Opera (1935) 7.9/10 (5859 votes)
170	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 7.9/10 (2569 votes)
171	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7.9/10 (8668 votes)
172	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (22716 votes)
173	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (10025 votes)
174	The Wild Bunch (1969) 7.9/10 (11279 votes)
175	Strada, La (1954) 7.9/10 (4865 votes)
176	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.9/10 (5517 votes)
177	Harvey (1950) 7.9/10 (7714 votes)
178	Finding Neverland (2004) 7.9/10 (15054 votes)
179	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (15247 votes)
180	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (12041 votes)
181	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (45822 votes)
182	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (59292 votes)
183	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (8949 votes)
184	Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (7982 votes)
185	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (38615 votes)
186	Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (4480 votes)
187	The Lion in Winter (1968) 7.8/10 (5752 votes)
188	Spartacus (1960) 7.8/10 (17535 votes)
189	Lost in Translation (2003) 7.8/10 (41669 votes)
190	8½ (1963) 7.8/10 (7725 votes)
191	Hable con ella (2002) 7.8/10 (13200 votes)
192	Ed Wood (1994) 7.8/10 (22977 votes)
193	Toy Story (1995) 7.8/10 (45999 votes)
194	Sling Blade (1996) 7.8/10 (20957 votes)
195	The Station Agent (2003) 7.8/10 (6717 votes)
196	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.8/10 (44587 votes)
197	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.8/10 (61941 votes)
198	Fanny och Alexander (1982) 7.8/10 (4233 votes)
199	Trainspotting (1996) 7.8/10 (51592 votes)
200	Brazil (1985) 7.8/10 (31034 votes)
201	Persona (1966) 7.8/10 (3537 votes)
202	The Insider (1999) 7.8/10 (29089 votes)
203	The 39 Steps (1935) 7.8/10 (7722 votes)
204	Almost Famous (2000) 7.8/10 (38678 votes)
205	All the President's Men (1976) 7.8/10 (13375 votes)
206	King Kong (1933) 7.8/10 (10056 votes)
207	Stand by Me (1986) 7.8/10 (31009 votes)
208	Stagecoach (1939) 7.8/10 (5501 votes)
209	Rio Bravo (1959) 7.8/10 (7006 votes)
210	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.8/10 (3198 votes)
211	The Exorcist (1973) 7.8/10 (34211 votes)
212	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 7.8/10 (8449 votes)
213	Gandhi (1982) 7.8/10 (16419 votes)
214	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 7.8/10 (10890 votes)
215	The Conversation (1974) 7.8/10 (10956 votes)
216	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.8/10 (10340 votes)
217	Festen (1998) 7.8/10 (12658 votes)
218	The Thin Man (1934) 7.8/10 (4648 votes)
219	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.8/10 (10142 votes)
220	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.8/10 (15468 votes)
221	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.8/10 (4594 votes)
222	Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.8/10 (54751 votes)
223	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.8/10 (11063 votes)
224	Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.8/10 (35310 votes)
225	Sullivan's Travels (1941) 7.8/10 (2777 votes)
226	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (59518 votes)
227	Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (42553 votes)
228	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 7.8/10 (3388 votes)
229	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.8/10 (6566 votes)
230	Barry Lyndon (1975) 7.8/10 (11884 votes)
231	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.8/10 (49777 votes)
232	Spider-Man 2 (2004) 7.8/10 (38424 votes)
233	Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 7.8/10 (7249 votes)
234	Dogville (2003) 7.8/10 (14414 votes)
235	Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965) 7.8/10 (1824 votes)
236	Snatch. (2000) 7.8/10 (44362 votes)
237	Sleuth (1972) 7.8/10 (4671 votes)
238	Red River (1948) 7.8/10 (3760 votes)
239	The Last Picture Show (1971) 7.8/10 (5161 votes)
240	Fa yeung nin wa (2000) 7.8/10 (7019 votes)
241	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 7.8/10 (2679 votes)
242	Die xue shuang xiong (1989) 7.8/10 (9023 votes)
243	Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.8/10 (3173 votes)
244	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (7843 votes)
245	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 7.8/10 (2916 votes)
246	21 Grams (2003) 7.8/10 (21735 votes)
247	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.8/10 (34252 votes)
248	Beauty and the Beast (1991) 7.8/10 (24875 votes)
249	Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) 7.8/10 (4652 votes)
250	This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (20878 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

 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)

for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.