Top 250 films 01.06.2006

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (165822 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.0/10 (199625 votes)
3	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (94629 votes)
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (150059 votes)
5	Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (82610 votes)
6	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (122887 votes)
7	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (43862 votes)
8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (132338 votes)
9	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.7/10 (44419 votes)
10	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (173529 votes)
11	Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (168134 votes)
12	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (88295 votes)
13	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (51985 votes)
14	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (195642 votes)
15	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (129069 votes)
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (114658 votes)
17	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (38584 votes)
18	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (45611 votes)
19	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (79248 votes)
20	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (151829 votes)
21	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (74599 votes)
22	Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (66652 votes)
23	Goodfellas (1990) 8.6/10 (88693 votes)
24	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (117078 votes)
25	North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (44369 votes)
26	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.5/10 (24952 votes)
27	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (113222 votes)
28	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (38852 votes)
29	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (79042 votes)
30	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (50437 votes)
31	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (21514 votes)
32	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (136402 votes)
33	Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (148978 votes)
34	The Matrix (1999) 8.4/10 (178926 votes)
35	Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (42364 votes)
36	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (61493 votes)
37	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (76645 votes)
38	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (81395 votes)
39	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (23371 votes)
40	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (18840 votes)
41	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (38404 votes)
42	Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (114268 votes)
43	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (33098 votes)
44	Léon (1994) 8.4/10 (71791 votes)
45	The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (45007 votes)
46	American History X (1998) 8.4/10 (80901 votes)
47	The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (23529 votes)
48	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (76954 votes)
49	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (25470 votes)
50	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (36580 votes)
51	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (27944 votes)
52	Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (35889 votes)
53	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (24285 votes)
54	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (13414 votes)
55	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (84383 votes)
56	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (67019 votes)
57	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (79220 votes)
58	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (83128 votes)
59	M (1931) 8.3/10 (15840 votes)
60	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (81396 votes)
61	Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (15822 votes)
62	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (15558 votes)
63	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (89056 votes)
64	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (124698 votes)
65	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.3/10 (45698 votes)
66	The Shining (1980) 8.3/10 (66401 votes)
67	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (25756 votes)
68	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (13659 votes)
69	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (17752 votes)
70	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (14911 votes)
71	Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (35343 votes)
72	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (31807 votes)
73	All About Eve (1950) 8.2/10 (16415 votes)
74	The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (26037 votes)
75	Aliens (1986) 8.2/10 (78636 votes)
76	Rebecca (1940) 8.2/10 (14812 votes)
77	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (47754 votes)
78	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (14844 votes)
79	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (45845 votes)
80	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (79144 votes)
81	Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (83485 votes)
82	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (29734 votes)
83	The Incredibles (2004) 8.2/10 (51720 votes)
84	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (13892 votes)
85	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (60206 votes)
86	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (16797 votes)
87	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (90552 votes)
88	Crash (2004/I) 8.2/10 (57804 votes)
89	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (47877 votes)
90	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (14444 votes)
91	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (116872 votes)
92	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (14651 votes)
93	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (114214 votes)
94	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.2/10 (96631 votes)
95	Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (90095 votes)
96	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.2/10 (18270 votes)
97	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (10228 votes)
98	Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (13667 votes)
99	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (77564 votes)
100	High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (15655 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (12799 votes)
102	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (13264 votes)
103	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (61319 votes)
104	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (58806 votes)
105	Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (79792 votes)
106	The Elephant Man (1980) 8.1/10 (21540 votes)
107	Ran (1985) 8.1/10 (15813 votes)
108	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.1/10 (14060 votes)
109	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (26386 votes)
110	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (105356 votes)
111	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (18112 votes)
112	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (26183 votes)
113	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (65840 votes)
114	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.1/10 (4218 votes)
115	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (118884 votes)
116	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (23704 votes)
117	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (62363 votes)
118	Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (27535 votes)
119	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (26433 votes)
120	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (65621 votes)
121	Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (39336 votes)
122	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.1/10 (76379 votes)
123	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (12199 votes)
124	Life of Brian (1979) 8.0/10 (42343 votes)
125	The Killing (1956) 8.0/10 (9362 votes)
126	Back to the Future (1985) 8.0/10 (86687 votes)
127	The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (78571 votes)
128	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (36479 votes)
129	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (34908 votes)
130	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (25345 votes)
131	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.0/10 (3336 votes)
132	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (51159 votes)
133	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (10268 votes)
134	Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (45400 votes)
135	The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (16920 votes)
136	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (9898 votes)
137	Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (117712 votes)
138	Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (21593 votes)
139	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (41054 votes)
140	The General (1927) 8.0/10 (8545 votes)
141	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.0/10 (13041 votes)
142	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (9556 votes)
143	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.0/10 (4848 votes)
144	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (12524 votes)
145	Brief Encounter (1945) 8.0/10 (3973 votes)
146	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (7846 votes)
147	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (9971 votes)
148	Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (20173 votes)
149	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.0/10 (4482 votes)
150	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (26816 votes)
151	Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (35418 votes)
152	The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (13235 votes)
153	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (18184 votes)
154	Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (9950 votes)
155	Finding Neverland (2004) 8.0/10 (33941 votes)
156	Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (73290 votes)
157	Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (39104 votes)
158	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (12961 votes)
159	Before Sunset (2004) 8.0/10 (16395 votes)
160	8½ (1963) 8.0/10 (10811 votes)
161	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (11355 votes)
162	Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (7395 votes)
163	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (20235 votes)
164	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (3351 votes)
165	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7.9/10 (13240 votes)
166	Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 7.9/10 (5344 votes)
167	Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (21772 votes)
168	A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (25328 votes)
169	Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (20273 votes)
170	Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (42357 votes)
171	The Gold Rush (1925) 7.9/10 (8320 votes)
172	Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (36507 votes)
173	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (83447 votes)
174	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (48469 votes)
175	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 7.9/10 (7840 votes)
176	Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (57122 votes)
177	V for Vendetta (2005) 7.9/10 (43738 votes)
178	Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 7.9/10 (3556 votes)
179	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (57129 votes)
180	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (58536 votes)
181	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7.9/10 (10020 votes)
182	Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (65758 votes)
183	The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (44042 votes)
184	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (10608 votes)
185	The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7.9/10 (6102 votes)
186	Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (3679 votes)
187	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (77233 votes)
188	Tengoku to jigoku (1963) 7.9/10 (2672 votes)
189	Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (30214 votes)
190	The Wild Bunch (1969) 7.9/10 (13501 votes)
191	King Kong (1933) 7.9/10 (16078 votes)
192	Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.9/10 (4813 votes)
193	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (66403 votes)
194	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (18941 votes)
195	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (8708 votes)
196	Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (15795 votes)
197	Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 7.9/10 (14847 votes)
198	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (74468 votes)
199	Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (17381 votes)
200	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.9/10 (6433 votes)
201	Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (9087 votes)
202	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (28013 votes)
203	Sleuth (1972) 7.9/10 (6004 votes)
204	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (50545 votes)
205	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (5119 votes)
206	Heat (1995) 7.9/10 (58074 votes)
207	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (14189 votes)
208	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.9/10 (9129 votes)
209	Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (24848 votes)
210	Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (61076 votes)
211	Inherit the Wind (1960) 7.9/10 (4790 votes)
212	Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987) 7.9/10 (9074 votes)
213	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 7.9/10 (88395 votes)
214	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (6657 votes)
215	Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 7.9/10 (3188 votes)
216	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.9/10 (4779 votes)
217	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (12386 votes)
218	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (11705 votes)
219	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (16312 votes)
220	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (16819 votes)
221	No Man's Land (2001) 7.9/10 (9532 votes)
222	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (45800 votes)
223	Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (38225 votes)
224	Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (2333 votes)
225	Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (15250 votes)
226	Frankenstein (1931) 7.9/10 (8552 votes)
227	The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.8/10 (3789 votes)
228	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.8/10 (9355 votes)
229	His Girl Friday (1940) 7.8/10 (8817 votes)
230	Haine, La (1995) 7.8/10 (8171 votes)
231	The Thing (1982) 7.8/10 (24565 votes)
232	Scarface (1983) 7.8/10 (44499 votes)
233	Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.8/10 (13222 votes)
234	Walk the Line (2005) 7.8/10 (27069 votes)
235	Central do Brasil (1998) 7.8/10 (10574 votes)
236	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.8/10 (9000 votes)
237	The Searchers (1956) 7.8/10 (12954 votes)
238	Ikiru (1952) 7.8/10 (6033 votes)
239	Almost Famous (2000) 7.8/10 (49465 votes)
240	A Man for All Seasons (1966) 7.8/10 (5659 votes)
241	The Insider (1999) 7.8/10 (35848 votes)
242	Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.8/10 (25541 votes)
243	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (86912 votes)
244	Charade (1963) 7.8/10 (11890 votes)
245	All the President's Men (1976) 7.8/10 (16359 votes)
246	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.8/10 (12690 votes)
247	Harold and Maude (1971) 7.8/10 (11615 votes)
248	À bout de souffle (1960) 7.8/10 (7212 votes)
249	The Man Who Would Be King (1975) 7.8/10 (10017 votes)
250	Brokeback Mountain (2005) 7.8/10 (48430 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 6.7)

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