Top 250 films 01.01.2006

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (147163 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.0/10 (177890 votes)
3	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (84497 votes)
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.9/10 (132044 votes)
5	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (39166 votes)
6	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (112228 votes)
7	Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (75755 votes)
8	Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (156369 votes)
9	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (156896 votes)
10	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (122092 votes)
11	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.7/10 (38730 votes)
12	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (80728 votes)
13	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (180612 votes)
14	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (47398 votes)
15	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (137146 votes)
16	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (118490 votes)
17	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (36909 votes)
18	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (72875 votes)
19	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (106037 votes)
20	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (34508 votes)
21	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (69230 votes)
22	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (106402 votes)
23	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (21775 votes)
24	Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (61429 votes)
25	Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (80128 votes)
26	North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (40726 votes)
27	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (70819 votes)
28	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (104391 votes)
29	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (35697 votes)
30	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (46830 votes)
31	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (19166 votes)
32	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (125291 votes)
33	Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (133488 votes)
34	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (64885 votes)
35	The Matrix (1999) 8.4/10 (164208 votes)
36	Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (38837 votes)
37	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (74478 votes)
38	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (17031 votes)
39	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (55811 votes)
40	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (34740 votes)
41	The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (38593 votes)
42	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (31292 votes)
43	Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (103489 votes)
44	Léon (1994) 8.4/10 (63430 votes)
45	The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (21336 votes)
46	Boot, Das (1981) 8.4/10 (33097 votes)
47	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (29958 votes)
48	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (17362 votes)
49	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (58861 votes)
50	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (18730 votes)
51	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (70262 votes)
52	American History X (1998) 8.3/10 (71459 votes)
53	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.3/10 (36521 votes)
54	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (22246 votes)
55	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (13912 votes)
56	M (1931) 8.3/10 (14284 votes)
57	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (78315 votes)
58	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (25612 votes)
59	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (23630 votes)
60	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (12271 votes)
61	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (12206 votes)
62	All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (15038 votes)
63	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (72809 votes)
64	Crash (2004) 8.3/10 (30576 votes)
65	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (75820 votes)
66	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (114487 votes)
67	Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (31900 votes)
68	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (29145 votes)
69	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (13586 votes)
70	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (80941 votes)
71	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (16418 votes)
72	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.3/10 (43407 votes)
73	Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (14170 votes)
74	The Incredibles (2004) 8.3/10 (44133 votes)
75	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (65741 votes)
76	The Shining (1980) 8.2/10 (59991 votes)
77	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (41940 votes)
78	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (9203 votes)
79	The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (23615 votes)
80	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (27021 votes)
81	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (13543 votes)
82	Aliens (1986) 8.2/10 (72696 votes)
83	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (15120 votes)
84	Rebecca (1940) 8.2/10 (13406 votes)
85	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (80557 votes)
86	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (73288 votes)
87	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (13384 votes)
88	Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (14243 votes)
89	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (13087 votes)
90	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (11785 votes)
91	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (44073 votes)
92	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (54664 votes)
93	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (12480 votes)
94	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.2/10 (16398 votes)
95	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.2/10 (12601 votes)
96	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (104929 votes)
97	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (66755 votes)
98	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.2/10 (51879 votes)
99	Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (73806 votes)
100	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (104970 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (57399 votes)
102	Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (84072 votes)
103	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (23304 votes)
104	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.1/10 (55646 votes)
105	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.1/10 (88832 votes)
106	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.1/10 (11658 votes)
107	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (10943 votes)
108	High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (14366 votes)
109	Notorious (1946) 8.1/10 (12394 votes)
110	Batman Begins (2005) 8.1/10 (68775 votes)
111	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (58215 votes)
112	The Elephant Man (1980) 8.1/10 (19300 votes)
113	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (23248 votes)
114	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (110035 votes)
115	Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (25031 votes)
116	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (8834 votes)
117	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (97486 votes)
118	The General (1927) 8.1/10 (7740 votes)
119	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (17506 votes)
120	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (60860 votes)
121	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (16474 votes)
122	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (9275 votes)
123	Smultronstället (1957) 8.1/10 (6499 votes)
124	Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (35858 votes)
125	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (11450 votes)
126	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (32975 votes)
127	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (31789 votes)
128	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (24149 votes)
129	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (23236 votes)
130	The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (70491 votes)
131	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.0/10 (7258 votes)
132	Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (18908 votes)
133	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (37685 votes)
134	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.0/10 (70315 votes)
135	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (46857 votes)
136	Back to the Future (1985) 8.0/10 (78875 votes)
137	Life of Brian (1979) 8.0/10 (38495 votes)
138	Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (41088 votes)
139	Before Sunset (2004) 8.0/10 (13392 votes)
140	The Killing (1956) 8.0/10 (8349 votes)
141	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.0/10 (3557 votes)
142	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (12128 votes)
143	The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (15478 votes)
144	The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (7546 votes)
145	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (24791 votes)
146	Finding Neverland (2004) 8.0/10 (28532 votes)
147	Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (30968 votes)
148	Kumonosu jô (1957) 8.0/10 (4160 votes)
149	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (16641 votes)
150	A Christmas Story (1983) 8.0/10 (23354 votes)
151	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.0/10 (2804 votes)
152	Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (107228 votes)
153	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (8667 votes)
154	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (9098 votes)
155	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (8986 votes)
156	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (6971 votes)
157	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.0/10 (5968 votes)
158	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.0/10 (11361 votes)
159	Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (67316 votes)
160	Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (37052 votes)
161	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 7.9/10 (4273 votes)
162	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (76012 votes)
163	Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (33175 votes)
164	Gandhi (1982) 7.9/10 (18303 votes)
165	Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (15423 votes)
166	Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (13977 votes)
167	The Conversation (1974) 7.9/10 (11980 votes)
168	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (7789 votes)
169	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (42009 votes)
170	Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (8267 votes)
171	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (9622 votes)
172	Brief Encounter (1945) 7.9/10 (3316 votes)
173	Stand by Me (1986) 7.9/10 (35694 votes)
174	The Wild Bunch (1969) 7.9/10 (12190 votes)
175	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (53351 votes)
176	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (17167 votes)
177	Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (14386 votes)
178	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.9/10 (10153 votes)
179	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (13098 votes)
180	Harvey (1950) 7.9/10 (9083 votes)
181	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (10700 votes)
182	Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (5278 votes)
183	Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (19876 votes)
184	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (8085 votes)
185	Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, Das (1920) 7.9/10 (4622 votes)
186	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.9/10 (17874 votes)
187	His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (7886 votes)
188	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 7.9/10 (11731 votes)
189	Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (60104 votes)
190	Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (9016 votes)
191	Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (52506 votes)
192	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 7.9/10 (3897 votes)
193	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (45517 votes)
194	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (51971 votes)
195	The Searchers (1956) 7.9/10 (11834 votes)
196	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (25745 votes)
197	Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (27329 votes)
198	Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (5901 votes)
199	Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (23102 votes)
200	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 7.9/10 (2856 votes)
201	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (71190 votes)
202	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (11189 votes)
203	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (8506 votes)
204	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.9/10 (11973 votes)
205	The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (40124 votes)
206	Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (35219 votes)
207	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (59720 votes)
208	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (11338 votes)
209	Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (54186 votes)
210	Sideways (2004) 7.9/10 (27851 votes)
211	Strada, La (1954) 7.9/10 (5975 votes)
212	Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (44862 votes)
213	The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7.9/10 (5341 votes)
214	Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (10737 votes)
215	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (40940 votes)
216	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (68444 votes)
217	8½ (1963) 7.9/10 (9579 votes)
218	Heat (1995) 7.9/10 (52426 votes)
219	King Kong (1933) 7.9/10 (13767 votes)
220	A Night at the Opera (1935) 7.9/10 (7044 votes)
221	Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (7308 votes)
222	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.8/10 (5718 votes)
223	The Insider (1999) 7.8/10 (32883 votes)
224	Lost in Translation (2003) 7.8/10 (53972 votes)
225	All the President's Men (1976) 7.8/10 (14694 votes)
226	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.8/10 (8131 votes)
227	Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.8/10 (42372 votes)
228	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (75796 votes)
229	Scarface (1983) 7.8/10 (37755 votes)
230	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (14726 votes)
231	Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (5606 votes)
232	Sleuth (1972) 7.8/10 (5422 votes)
233	This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (24254 votes)
234	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.8/10 (14694 votes)
235	Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (49031 votes)
236	Frankenstein (1931) 7.8/10 (7441 votes)
237	Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.8/10 (63128 votes)
238	Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (17274 votes)
239	Cinderella Man (2005) 7.8/10 (12906 votes)
240	Mar adentro (2004/I) 7.8/10 (7055 votes)
241	In America (2002) 7.8/10 (10847 votes)
242	Garden State (2004) 7.8/10 (36880 votes)
243	The Thing (1982) 7.8/10 (21227 votes)
244	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 7.8/10 (76706 votes)
245	Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.8/10 (4376 votes)
246	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (8169 votes)
247	Network (1976) 7.8/10 (11145 votes)
248	Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.8/10 (23055 votes)
249	Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.8/10 (11690 votes)
250	21 Grams (2003) 7.8/10 (28972 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.