Top 250 films 01.12.2005

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.0/10 (143722 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.0/10 (173948 votes)
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.9/10 (127762 votes)
4	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (82538 votes)
5	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (110051 votes)
6	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (38149 votes)
7	Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (74257 votes)
8	Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (153837 votes)
9	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (119969 votes)
10	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.7/10 (37531 votes)
11	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (153654 votes)
12	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (79189 votes)
13	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (177051 votes)
14	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (46497 votes)
15	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (133659 votes)
16	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (71566 votes)
17	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (68102 votes)
18	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (116416 votes)
19	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (104376 votes)
20	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (35393 votes)
21	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (33785 votes)
22	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (21095 votes)
23	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (104260 votes)
24	North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (40003 votes)
25	Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (60411 votes)
26	Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (78438 votes)
27	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (35041 votes)
28	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (102639 votes)
29	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (69187 votes)
30	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (45531 votes)
31	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (18705 votes)
32	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (123234 votes)
33	The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (161392 votes)
34	Fight Club (1999) 8.4/10 (130613 votes)
35	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (62348 votes)
36	Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (38110 votes)
37	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (73156 votes)
38	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (34028 votes)
39	The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (37348 votes)
40	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (54630 votes)
41	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (16646 votes)
42	Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (101393 votes)
43	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.4/10 (17432 votes)
44	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (30375 votes)
45	Léon (1994) 8.3/10 (61858 votes)
46	Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (29365 votes)
47	The Third Man (1949) 8.3/10 (20846 votes)
48	Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (32521 votes)
49	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.3/10 (34688 votes)
50	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (68854 votes)
51	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.3/10 (16081 votes)
52	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (57293 votes)
53	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (21827 votes)
54	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (77164 votes)
55	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (23143 votes)
56	American History X (1998) 8.3/10 (69820 votes)
57	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (13291 votes)
58	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (25145 votes)
59	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (28642 votes)
60	M (1931) 8.3/10 (13950 votes)
61	Crash (2004) 8.3/10 (27297 votes)
62	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (71533 votes)
63	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (13588 votes)
64	All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (14745 votes)
65	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (112473 votes)
66	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (74389 votes)
67	The Incredibles (2004) 8.3/10 (42446 votes)
68	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (11977 votes)
69	Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (31225 votes)
70	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (11953 votes)
71	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (79401 votes)
72	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (16127 votes)
73	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (26581 votes)
74	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (42615 votes)
75	The Shining (1980) 8.2/10 (58692 votes)
76	The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (23120 votes)
77	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (41200 votes)
78	Sin City (2005) 8.2/10 (61874 votes)
79	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (78522 votes)
80	Aliens (1986) 8.2/10 (71505 votes)
81	Metropolis (1927) 8.2/10 (13869 votes)
82	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (72083 votes)
83	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (13107 votes)
84	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (14822 votes)
85	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (13285 votes)
86	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (43228 votes)
87	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (9009 votes)
88	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (12811 votes)
89	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (53553 votes)
90	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (12216 votes)
91	Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (13924 votes)
92	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (103196 votes)
93	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.2/10 (12299 votes)
94	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (64750 votes)
95	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.2/10 (55614 votes)
96	Rebecca (1940) 8.2/10 (13053 votes)
97	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.2/10 (50429 votes)
98	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (102570 votes)
99	High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (14097 votes)
100	Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (82856 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (72620 votes)
102	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.1/10 (11456 votes)
103	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.1/10 (16024 votes)
104	Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (24459 votes)
105	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.1/10 (54539 votes)
106	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.1/10 (87276 votes)
107	Notorious (1946) 8.1/10 (12141 votes)
108	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.1/10 (11415 votes)
109	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (16330 votes)
110	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (22819 votes)
111	Batman Begins (2005) 8.1/10 (64921 votes)
112	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (57391 votes)
113	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (59968 votes)
114	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (108281 votes)
115	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (22688 votes)
116	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (95829 votes)
117	The Elephant Man (1980) 8.1/10 (18889 votes)
118	The General (1927) 8.1/10 (7591 votes)
119	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (10662 votes)
120	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (16170 votes)
121	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 (22833 votes)
122	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.1/10 (7064 votes)
123	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (9051 votes)
124	Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (35142 votes)
125	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (8619 votes)
126	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (31145 votes)
127	Before Sunset (2004) 8.0/10 (12844 votes)
128	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (32293 votes)
129	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (23718 votes)
130	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (11254 votes)
131	Back to the Future (1985) 8.0/10 (77448 votes)
132	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.0/10 (69172 votes)
133	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (37010 votes)
134	The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (69012 votes)
135	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (16310 votes)
136	Finding Neverland (2004) 8.0/10 (27382 votes)
137	Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (18379 votes)
138	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (45907 votes)
139	Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (40252 votes)
140	Life of Brian (1979) 8.0/10 (37765 votes)
141	Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (6319 votes)
142	Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (30074 votes)
143	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (24409 votes)
144	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (11861 votes)
145	The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (15233 votes)
146	The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (7398 votes)
147	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (8479 votes)
148	The Killing (1956) 8.0/10 (8144 votes)
149	A Christmas Story (1983) 8.0/10 (22117 votes)
150	Stalag 17 (1953) 8.0/10 (8108 votes)
151	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (8785 votes)
152	Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (105069 votes)
153	Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (14063 votes)
154	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 8.0/10 (12862 votes)
155	Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (66016 votes)
156	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 8.0/10 (10475 votes)
157	Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (36016 votes)
158	The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.0/10 (11928 votes)
159	Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.0/10 (32503 votes)
160	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (40685 votes)
161	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7.9/10 (8912 votes)
162	Harvey (1950) 7.9/10 (8908 votes)
163	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (74344 votes)
164	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 7.9/10 (11036 votes)
165	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (9447 votes)
166	The Conversation (1974) 7.9/10 (11752 votes)
167	The Searchers (1956) 7.9/10 (11579 votes)
168	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (5851 votes)
169	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.9/10 (6794 votes)
170	Gandhi (1982) 7.9/10 (17944 votes)
171	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (16832 votes)
172	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 7.9/10 (11498 votes)
173	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (25229 votes)
174	Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (15034 votes)
175	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (10929 votes)
176	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (52414 votes)
177	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (7914 votes)
178	Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (19489 votes)
179	Stand by Me (1986) 7.9/10 (35032 votes)
180	Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (26727 votes)
181	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.9/10 (9916 votes)
182	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (8345 votes)
183	His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (7719 votes)
184	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (50877 votes)
185	Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (13709 votes)
186	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.9/10 (17534 votes)
187	Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (59009 votes)
188	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (44474 votes)
189	Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (10506 votes)
190	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (69905 votes)
191	Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (22758 votes)
192	Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (51545 votes)
193	Mar adentro (2004/I) 7.9/10 (6668 votes)
194	Sideways (2004) 7.9/10 (26702 votes)
195	Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (34595 votes)
196	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 7.9/10 (4173 votes)
197	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (7608 votes)
198	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (58380 votes)
199	The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (39293 votes)
200	Brief Encounter (1945) 7.9/10 (3211 votes)
201	All the President's Men (1976) 7.9/10 (14419 votes)
202	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 7.9/10 (3437 votes)
203	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (11109 votes)
204	Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.9/10 (3996 votes)
205	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (67262 votes)
206	Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (8743 votes)
207	8½ (1963) 7.9/10 (9341 votes)
208	Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (52921 votes)
209	Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (44000 votes)
210	The Insider (1999) 7.9/10 (32301 votes)
211	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (40019 votes)
212	Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (5115 votes)
213	Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (7116 votes)
214	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.9/10 (11746 votes)
215	Lost in Translation (2003) 7.9/10 (52395 votes)
216	A Night at the Opera (1935) 7.8/10 (6855 votes)
217	Strada, La (1954) 7.8/10 (5834 votes)
218	Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.8/10 (4242 votes)
219	Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (5457 votes)
220	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.8/10 (7966 votes)
221	Heat (1995) 7.8/10 (51435 votes)
222	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (73650 votes)
223	Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, Das (1920) 7.8/10 (4465 votes)
224	Sleuth (1972) 7.8/10 (5315 votes)
225	Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.8/10 (5771 votes)
226	In America (2002) 7.8/10 (10541 votes)
227	Network (1976) 7.8/10 (10904 votes)
228	Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.8/10 (41365 votes)
229	Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (48183 votes)
230	This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (23745 votes)
231	King Kong (1933) 7.8/10 (12320 votes)
232	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.8/10 (5563 votes)
233	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 7.8/10 (73628 votes)
234	Serenity (2005) 7.8/10 (24514 votes)
235	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (7994 votes)
236	21 Grams (2003) 7.8/10 (27882 votes)
237	Scarface (1983) 7.8/10 (36382 votes)
238	Being There (1979) 7.8/10 (12089 votes)
239	Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (16870 votes)
240	Barry Lyndon (1975) 7.8/10 (14457 votes)
241	Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.8/10 (61982 votes)
242	The Thing (1982) 7.8/10 (20553 votes)
243	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (14381 votes)
244	The Station Agent (2003) 7.8/10 (9345 votes)
245	Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.8/10 (22650 votes)
246	Garden State (2004) 7.8/10 (35276 votes)
247	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 7.8/10 (3762 votes)
248	Frankenstein (1931) 7.8/10 (7187 votes)
249	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.8/10 (14198 votes)
250	The Untouchables (1987) 7.8/10 (35864 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 1300)
  C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)

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