| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Godfather (1972) 9.0/10 (137807 votes) |
| 2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.0/10 (166793 votes) |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.9/10 (121052 votes) |
| 4 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (79306 votes) |
| 5 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (36505 votes) |
| 6 | Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (106486 votes) |
| 7 | Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (71831 votes) |
| 8 | Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (149347 votes) |
| 9 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (116212 votes) |
| 10 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.7/10 (35428 votes) |
| 11 | Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (148056 votes) |
| 12 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (171609 votes) |
| 13 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (76589 votes) |
| 14 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.7/10 (128295 votes) |
| 15 | Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (44894 votes) |
| 16 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (69225 votes) |
| 17 | Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (65997 votes) |
| 18 | Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (32575 votes) |
| 19 | The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (112850 votes) |
| 20 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (101397 votes) |
| 21 | 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (32501 votes) |
| 22 | C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (19935 votes) |
| 23 | Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (100302 votes) |
| 24 | North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (38686 votes) |
| 25 | Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (58415 votes) |
| 26 | Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (75516 votes) |
| 27 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (66469 votes) |
| 28 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (33914 votes) |
| 29 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (44235 votes) |
| 30 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (99488 votes) |
| 31 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (17930 votes) |
| 32 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.5/10 (57978 votes) |
| 33 | American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (119488 votes) |
| 34 | The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (156412 votes) |
| 35 | Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (125264 votes) |
| 36 | Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (70720 votes) |
| 37 | Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (36852 votes) |
| 38 | The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (35259 votes) |
| 39 | Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (15993 votes) |
| 40 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (32894 votes) |
| 41 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (28539 votes) |
| 42 | Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (52785 votes) |
| 43 | The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (20103 votes) |
| 44 | Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (97514 votes) |
| 45 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.4/10 (14972 votes) |
| 46 | Boot, Das (1981) 8.4/10 (31415 votes) |
| 47 | Léon (1994) 8.3/10 (59138 votes) |
| 48 | M (1931) 8.3/10 (13340 votes) |
| 49 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (54465 votes) |
| 50 | Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (12769 votes) |
| 51 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (22384 votes) |
| 52 | Crash (2004) 8.3/10 (19706 votes) |
| 53 | Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (28320 votes) |
| 54 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (66476 votes) |
| 55 | Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (27669 votes) |
| 56 | Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (13072 votes) |
| 57 | L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (74868 votes) |
| 58 | All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (14253 votes) |
| 59 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (21141 votes) |
| 60 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (24401 votes) |
| 61 | American History X (1998) 8.3/10 (66878 votes) |
| 62 | Untergang, Der (2004) 8.3/10 (13575 votes) |
| 63 | Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (11465 votes) |
| 64 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.3/10 (31203 votes) |
| 65 | Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (69084 votes) |
| 66 | Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (29997 votes) |
| 67 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (108918 votes) |
| 68 | The Incredibles (2004) 8.3/10 (39484 votes) |
| 69 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (71687 votes) |
| 70 | Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.3/10 (41193 votes) |
| 71 | The Sting (1973) 8.3/10 (25729 votes) |
| 72 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (76525 votes) |
| 73 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (11494 votes) |
| 74 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (74989 votes) |
| 75 | Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (39992 votes) |
| 76 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (12672 votes) |
| 77 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (15618 votes) |
| 78 | City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (8635 votes) |
| 79 | The Shining (1980) 8.2/10 (56206 votes) |
| 80 | The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (22325 votes) |
| 81 | On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (14253 votes) |
| 82 | The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (12338 votes) |
| 83 | Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (13428 votes) |
| 84 | Aliens (1986) 8.2/10 (69258 votes) |
| 85 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (41737 votes) |
| 86 | Metropolis (1927) 8.2/10 (13288 votes) |
| 87 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (69952 votes) |
| 88 | Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (12823 votes) |
| 89 | Sin City (2005) 8.2/10 (54751 votes) |
| 90 | Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (10937 votes) |
| 91 | The Great Dictator (1940) 8.2/10 (11761 votes) |
| 92 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.2/10 (52713 votes) |
| 93 | Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (100086 votes) |
| 94 | Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (61181 votes) |
| 95 | Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (51779 votes) |
| 96 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.2/10 (15406 votes) |
| 97 | Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (11685 votes) |
| 98 | High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (13609 votes) |
| 99 | Finding Nemo (2003) 8.2/10 (48102 votes) |
| 100 | Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (23672 votes) |
| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 101 | Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (70593 votes) |
| 102 | Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (98778 votes) |
| 103 | Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.2/10 (21804 votes) |
| 104 | Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (14061 votes) |
| 105 | Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (80524 votes) |
| 106 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.1/10 (52534 votes) |
| 107 | Rebecca (1940) 8.1/10 (12493 votes) |
| 108 | The General (1927) 8.1/10 (7316 votes) |
| 109 | Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (55885 votes) |
| 110 | Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (10181 votes) |
| 111 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.1/10 (84586 votes) |
| 112 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (8241 votes) |
| 113 | The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (58177 votes) |
| 114 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.1/10 (6807 votes) |
| 115 | Batman Begins (2005) 8.1/10 (55088 votes) |
| 116 | The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (105031 votes) |
| 117 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (21667 votes) |
| 118 | The Big Sleep (1946) 8.1/10 (10967 votes) |
| 119 | Before Sunset (2004) 8.1/10 (11759 votes) |
| 120 | Notorious (1946) 8.1/10 (11666 votes) |
| 121 | It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (8710 votes) |
| 122 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 (22099 votes) |
| 123 | Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (10843 votes) |
| 124 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (92813 votes) |
| 125 | Smultronstället (1957) 8.1/10 (5987 votes) |
| 126 | The Elephant Man (1980) 8.1/10 (18157 votes) |
| 127 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (15618 votes) |
| 128 | The Graduate (1967) 8.1/10 (30165 votes) |
| 129 | Finding Neverland (2004) 8.1/10 (25060 votes) |
| 130 | Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (33841 votes) |
| 131 | Patton (1970) 8.1/10 (15761 votes) |
| 132 | The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (31144 votes) |
| 133 | Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (35749 votes) |
| 134 | Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (17432 votes) |
| 135 | The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (66470 votes) |
| 136 | Back to the Future (1985) 8.0/10 (74920 votes) |
| 137 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (11509 votes) |
| 138 | Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (22939 votes) |
| 139 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.0/10 (67076 votes) |
| 140 | Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (28585 votes) |
| 141 | Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (23688 votes) |
| 142 | The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (7096 votes) |
| 143 | Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (44534 votes) |
| 144 | Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (38796 votes) |
| 145 | Stalag 17 (1953) 8.0/10 (7828 votes) |
| 146 | Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (13597 votes) |
| 147 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) 8.0/10 (10162 votes) |
| 148 | A Christmas Story (1983) 8.0/10 (21402 votes) |
| 149 | Life of Brian (1979) 8.0/10 (36454 votes) |
| 150 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 8.0/10 (12413 votes) |
| 151 | The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (14811 votes) |
| 152 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (8596 votes) |
| 153 | The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.0/10 (11564 votes) |
| 154 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.0/10 (5645 votes) |
| 155 | The Hustler (1961) 8.0/10 (9102 votes) |
| 156 | The Searchers (1956) 8.0/10 (11158 votes) |
| 157 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.0/10 (7590 votes) |
| 158 | Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.0/10 (31473 votes) |
| 159 | Big Fish (2003) 8.0/10 (38280 votes) |
| 160 | Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (34148 votes) |
| 161 | Hable con ella (2002) 8.0/10 (14321 votes) |
| 162 | Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (63979 votes) |
| 163 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (8167 votes) |
| 164 | The Killing (1956) 8.0/10 (7842 votes) |
| 165 | Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 8.0/10 (7270 votes) |
| 166 | Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (101301 votes) |
| 167 | Shrek (2001) 8.0/10 (71771 votes) |
| 168 | Roman Holiday (1953) 8.0/10 (10511 votes) |
| 169 | The Straight Story (1999) 8.0/10 (16223 votes) |
| 170 | Mar adentro (2004/I) 8.0/10 (5875 votes) |
| 171 | His Girl Friday (1940) 8.0/10 (7409 votes) |
| 172 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (8432 votes) |
| 173 | Hotaru no haka (1988) 8.0/10 (8210 votes) |
| 174 | Festen (1998) 8.0/10 (13216 votes) |
| 175 | Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.9/10 (4011 votes) |
| 176 | Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (4864 votes) |
| 177 | Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (24352 votes) |
| 178 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (8073 votes) |
| 179 | Sideways (2004) 7.9/10 (24381 votes) |
| 180 | Harvey (1950) 7.9/10 (8610 votes) |
| 181 | Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (50556 votes) |
| 182 | The Conversation (1974) 7.9/10 (11280 votes) |
| 183 | Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (25543 votes) |
| 184 | Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (5512 votes) |
| 185 | Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (10094 votes) |
| 186 | Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (6753 votes) |
| 187 | 8½ (1963) 7.9/10 (8953 votes) |
| 188 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (42870 votes) |
| 189 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 7.9/10 (10408 votes) |
| 190 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 7.9/10 (11107 votes) |
| 191 | Strada, La (1954) 7.9/10 (5614 votes) |
| 192 | Gandhi (1982) 7.9/10 (17327 votes) |
| 193 | Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (22076 votes) |
| 194 | Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (18820 votes) |
| 195 | Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (56959 votes) |
| 196 | Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (49090 votes) |
| 197 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.9/10 (6393 votes) |
| 198 | Stand by Me (1986) 7.9/10 (33807 votes) |
| 199 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (10671 votes) |
| 200 | Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (33463 votes) |
| 201 | Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.9/10 (11344 votes) |
| 202 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (67730 votes) |
| 203 | A Night at the Opera (1935) 7.9/10 (6602 votes) |
| 204 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.9/10 (16839 votes) |
| 205 | All the President's Men (1976) 7.9/10 (13957 votes) |
| 206 | Laura (1944) 7.9/10 (5234 votes) |
| 207 | Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (49984 votes) |
| 208 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.9/10 (9440 votes) |
| 209 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 7.9/10 (3013 votes) |
| 210 | In America (2002) 7.9/10 (9963 votes) |
| 211 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.9/10 (7720 votes) |
| 212 | The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (55971 votes) |
| 213 | Lost in Translation (2003) 7.9/10 (49627 votes) |
| 214 | Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (42365 votes) |
| 215 | The Insider (1999) 7.9/10 (31223 votes) |
| 216 | Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (50641 votes) |
| 217 | To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.9/10 (4080 votes) |
| 218 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (38401 votes) |
| 219 | Persona (1966) 7.9/10 (4300 votes) |
| 220 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (70087 votes) |
| 221 | Network (1976) 7.9/10 (10509 votes) |
| 222 | Fanny och Alexander (1982) 7.9/10 (5001 votes) |
| 223 | The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (37743 votes) |
| 224 | This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.9/10 (22768 votes) |
| 225 | The Lion in Winter (1968) 7.9/10 (6439 votes) |
| 226 | The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (65126 votes) |
| 227 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 7.9/10 (3985 votes) |
| 228 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.9/10 (39711 votes) |
| 229 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.8/10 (3858 votes) |
| 230 | Garden State (2004) 7.8/10 (32223 votes) |
| 231 | The Station Agent (2003) 7.8/10 (8704 votes) |
| 232 | Heat (1995) 7.8/10 (49554 votes) |
| 233 | Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (2004) 7.8/10 (3364 votes) |
| 234 | Brief Encounter (1945) 7.8/10 (3053 votes) |
| 235 | 21 Grams (2003) 7.8/10 (26181 votes) |
| 236 | Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (46689 votes) |
| 237 | Being There (1979) 7.8/10 (11589 votes) |
| 238 | Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965) 7.8/10 (2632 votes) |
| 239 | Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (16188 votes) |
| 240 | Barry Lyndon (1975) 7.8/10 (13843 votes) |
| 241 | Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, Das (1920) 7.8/10 (4142 votes) |
| 242 | Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003) 7.8/10 (3980 votes) |
| 243 | Sullivan's Travels (1941) 7.8/10 (3328 votes) |
| 244 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.8/10 (7645 votes) |
| 245 | Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.8/10 (59916 votes) |
| 246 | Scarface (1983) 7.8/10 (33878 votes) |
| 247 | The Thin Man (1934) 7.8/10 (5432 votes) |
| 248 | Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 7.8/10 (11960 votes) |
| 249 | Spider-Man 2 (2004) 7.8/10 (48553 votes) |
| 250 | Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.8/10 (14467 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)