Top 250 films 01.03.2006

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (154622 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.0/10 (187110 votes)
3	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (88582 votes)
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (139986 votes)
5	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (41104 votes)
6	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (116704 votes)
7	Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (78684 votes)
8	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (164057 votes)
9	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (126392 votes)
10	Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (161399 votes)
11	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.7/10 (41077 votes)
12	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (83795 votes)
13	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (187161 votes)
14	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (49333 votes)
15	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (40690 votes)
16	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (122977 votes)
17	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (143497 votes)
18	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (75545 votes)
19	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (36138 votes)
20	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (109675 votes)
21	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (71488 votes)
22	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (23096 votes)
23	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (110982 votes)
24	Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (63556 votes)
25	Goodfellas (1990) 8.6/10 (83733 votes)
26	North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (42213 votes)
27	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (74232 votes)
28	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (108140 votes)
29	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (36996 votes)
30	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (48353 votes)
31	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (20115 votes)
32	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (130032 votes)
33	Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (140038 votes)
34	The Matrix (1999) 8.4/10 (170366 votes)
35	Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (40300 votes)
36	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (69997 votes)
37	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (77338 votes)
38	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (58241 votes)
39	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (17762 votes)
40	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (36178 votes)
41	The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (41349 votes)
42	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (33581 votes)
43	Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (108149 votes)
44	Léon (1994) 8.4/10 (66873 votes)
45	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (19926 votes)
46	The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (22131 votes)
47	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (31168 votes)
48	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (21693 votes)
49	American History X (1998) 8.3/10 (75502 votes)
50	Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (34311 votes)
51	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (73071 votes)
52	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (62357 votes)
53	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (23134 votes)
54	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (80797 votes)
55	M (1931) 8.3/10 (14903 votes)
56	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (14584 votes)
57	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.3/10 (40916 votes)
58	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (26594 votes)
59	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (12832 votes)
60	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (24526 votes)
61	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (12689 votes)
62	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (75533 votes)
63	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (73100 votes)
64	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (78845 votes)
65	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (118785 votes)
66	All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (15591 votes)
67	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (84461 votes)
68	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (14104 votes)
69	Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (33366 votes)
70	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (30193 votes)
71	Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (14817 votes)
72	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (16951 votes)
73	The Shining (1980) 8.3/10 (62766 votes)
74	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.3/10 (45194 votes)
75	Crash (2004) 8.3/10 (40451 votes)
76	The Incredibles (2004) 8.2/10 (47427 votes)
77	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (9593 votes)
78	Aliens (1986) 8.2/10 (75227 votes)
79	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (43678 votes)
80	The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (24608 votes)
81	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (28051 votes)
82	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (14025 votes)
83	Rebecca (1940) 8.2/10 (13961 votes)
84	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (15752 votes)
85	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (75754 votes)
86	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (13919 votes)
87	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (84906 votes)
88	Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (14861 votes)
89	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (13611 votes)
90	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (12373 votes)
91	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (56927 votes)
92	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (13039 votes)
93	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (45762 votes)
94	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.2/10 (17103 votes)
95	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.2/10 (13193 votes)
96	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (71439 votes)
97	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (108676 votes)
98	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (109754 votes)
99	Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (76415 votes)
100	Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (75736 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.2/10 (54898 votes)
102	Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (86587 votes)
103	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.1/10 (92194 votes)
104	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.1/10 (58003 votes)
105	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (24605 votes)
106	High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (14879 votes)
107	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.1/10 (12117 votes)
108	Notorious (1946) 8.1/10 (12895 votes)
109	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (61093 votes)
110	The Elephant Man (1980) 8.1/10 (20231 votes)
111	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (11441 votes)
112	Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (26034 votes)
113	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (60068 votes)
114	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (24562 votes)
115	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (100848 votes)
116	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (113654 votes)
117	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (20341 votes)
118	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (17143 votes)
119	Babam Ve Oglum (2005) 8.1/10 (2247 votes)
120	The General (1927) 8.1/10 (8045 votes)
121	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (9282 votes)
122	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (62713 votes)
123	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (9676 votes)
124	Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (37313 votes)
125	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (25008 votes)
126	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.0/10 (3795 votes)
127	Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (6883 votes)
128	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (24097 votes)
129	Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (20035 votes)
130	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (33100 votes)
131	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.0/10 (72854 votes)
132	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (34473 votes)
133	The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (74024 votes)
134	Back to the Future (1985) 8.0/10 (82172 votes)
135	Life of Brian (1979) 8.0/10 (40165 votes)
136	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.0/10 (7494 votes)
137	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (11896 votes)
138	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (39158 votes)
139	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (48574 votes)
140	The Killing (1956) 8.0/10 (8721 votes)
141	Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (42821 votes)
142	The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (16099 votes)
143	Before Sunset (2004) 8.0/10 (14744 votes)
144	The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (7853 votes)
145	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (12611 votes)
146	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (25620 votes)
147	Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (111771 votes)
148	Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (32979 votes)
149	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.0/10 (3012 votes)
150	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (17259 votes)
151	Finding Neverland (2004) 8.0/10 (30896 votes)
152	Tosun Pasa (1976) 8.0/10 (2379 votes)
153	A Christmas Story (1983) 8.0/10 (24251 votes)
154	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (9399 votes)
155	Kumonosu jô (1957) 8.0/10 (4398 votes)
156	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.0/10 (12069 votes)
157	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (7340 votes)
158	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (9005 votes)
159	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (9443 votes)
160	Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (19076 votes)
161	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.0/10 (4495 votes)
162	Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (69876 votes)
163	Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (34608 votes)
164	The Conversation (1974) 7.9/10 (12457 votes)
165	Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (39409 votes)
166	Stand by Me (1986) 7.9/10 (37073 votes)
167	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (79183 votes)
168	Brief Encounter (1945) 7.9/10 (3587 votes)
169	The Wild Bunch (1969) 7.9/10 (12680 votes)
170	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (8118 votes)
171	Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (16262 votes)
172	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.9/10 (10678 votes)
173	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (6281 votes)
174	Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (8553 votes)
175	Harvey (1950) 7.9/10 (9446 votes)
176	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (44864 votes)
177	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (9990 votes)
178	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (55531 votes)
179	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.9/10 (18718 votes)
180	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 7.9/10 (4101 votes)
181	Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (20648 votes)
182	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 7.9/10 (12199 votes)
183	Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (15021 votes)
184	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (11134 votes)
185	Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (14472 votes)
186	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (17893 votes)
187	Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, Das (1920) 7.9/10 (4915 votes)
188	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (13578 votes)
189	Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (5554 votes)
190	Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (62580 votes)
191	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (54327 votes)
192	Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (54350 votes)
193	Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (9625 votes)
194	Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (28549 votes)
195	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 7.9/10 (3039 votes)
196	His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (8267 votes)
197	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (8449 votes)
198	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (26638 votes)
199	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (11697 votes)
200	Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (23771 votes)
201	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (73844 votes)
202	The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (41761 votes)
203	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (47592 votes)
204	The Searchers (1956) 7.9/10 (12291 votes)
205	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (62532 votes)
206	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (8804 votes)
207	Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (6128 votes)
208	Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (16835 votes)
209	Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (36533 votes)
210	Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (57196 votes)
211	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (71070 votes)
212	The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7.9/10 (5640 votes)
213	King Kong (1933) 7.9/10 (14903 votes)
214	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (43037 votes)
215	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (11795 votes)
216	Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (11184 votes)
217	Heat (1995) 7.9/10 (54729 votes)
218	Strada, La (1954) 7.9/10 (6272 votes)
219	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.9/10 (12455 votes)
220	Touching the Void (2003) 7.9/10 (5021 votes)
221	8½ (1963) 7.9/10 (10110 votes)
222	Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (46857 votes)
223	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.9/10 (5991 votes)
224	Sideways (2004) 7.8/10 (30432 votes)
225	Scarface (1983) 7.8/10 (40587 votes)
226	The Insider (1999) 7.8/10 (34095 votes)
227	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (15409 votes)
228	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.8/10 (4757 votes)
229	Sleuth (1972) 7.8/10 (5676 votes)
230	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.8/10 (8508 votes)
231	Lost in Translation (2003) 7.8/10 (57505 votes)
232	Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.8/10 (44679 votes)
233	All the President's Men (1976) 7.8/10 (15324 votes)
234	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.8/10 (15612 votes)
235	Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.8/10 (7646 votes)
236	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 7.8/10 (82421 votes)
237	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (80380 votes)
238	A Night at the Opera (1935) 7.8/10 (7339 votes)
239	Frankenstein (1931) 7.8/10 (7908 votes)
240	The Thing (1982) 7.8/10 (22728 votes)
241	Mar adentro (2004/I) 7.8/10 (8026 votes)
242	Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 7.8/10 (2919 votes)
243	Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.8/10 (12392 votes)
244	Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (5882 votes)
245	Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (50964 votes)
246	This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (25340 votes)
247	Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 7.8/10 (10862 votes)
248	Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.8/10 (24074 votes)
249	Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.8/10 (65482 votes)
250	Match Point (2005) 7.8/10 (8631 votes)

The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:

weighted rating (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.