Top 250 films 02.07.2006

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (168579 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.0/10 (203156 votes)
3	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (96084 votes)
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (152620 votes)
5	Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (83693 votes)
6	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (124477 votes)
7	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (44537 votes)
8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (133997 votes)
9	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.7/10 (45403 votes)
10	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (175933 votes)
11	Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (169947 votes)
12	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (89579 votes)
13	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (52758 votes)
14	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (197870 votes)
15	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (130789 votes)
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (115940 votes)
17	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (39216 votes)
18	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (46820 votes)
19	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (80330 votes)
20	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (153991 votes)
21	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (75389 votes)
22	Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (67522 votes)
23	Goodfellas (1990) 8.6/10 (89991 votes)
24	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (118755 votes)
25	North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (44964 votes)
26	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.5/10 (25341 votes)
27	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (114572 votes)
28	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (39342 votes)
29	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (80387 votes)
30	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (51009 votes)
31	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (21967 votes)
32	Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (151402 votes)
33	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (138037 votes)
34	The Matrix (1999) 8.4/10 (181120 votes)
35	Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (42928 votes)
36	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (62342 votes)
37	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (82400 votes)
38	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (78456 votes)
39	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (19121 votes)
40	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (24072 votes)
41	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (39016 votes)
42	Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (115882 votes)
43	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (33584 votes)
44	Léon (1994) 8.4/10 (73051 votes)
45	The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (45852 votes)
46	American History X (1998) 8.4/10 (82325 votes)
47	The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (23817 votes)
48	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (78027 votes)
49	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (37364 votes)
50	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (26418 votes)
51	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (28304 votes)
52	Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (36280 votes)
53	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (13600 votes)
54	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (24591 votes)
55	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (85432 votes)
56	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (68314 votes)
57	M (1931) 8.3/10 (16109 votes)
58	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (80183 votes)
59	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (84320 votes)
60	Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (16056 votes)
61	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (15868 votes)
62	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (90290 votes)
63	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (83527 votes)
64	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (126263 votes)
65	The Shining (1980) 8.3/10 (67476 votes)
66	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (26100 votes)
67	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (13873 votes)
68	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (15153 votes)
69	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (17971 votes)
70	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.3/10 (46869 votes)
71	Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (35884 votes)
72	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (32197 votes)
73	All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (16624 votes)
74	Aliens (1986) 8.2/10 (79557 votes)
75	The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (26382 votes)
76	Rebecca (1940) 8.2/10 (15017 votes)
77	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (48357 votes)
78	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (15020 votes)
79	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (80046 votes)
80	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (46436 votes)
81	Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (86041 votes)
82	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (30159 votes)
83	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (14075 votes)
84	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (61027 votes)
85	The Incredibles (2004) 8.2/10 (53039 votes)
86	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (17090 votes)
87	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (92025 votes)
88	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (48478 votes)
89	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (118786 votes)
90	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (14912 votes)
91	Crash (2004/I) 8.2/10 (60001 votes)
92	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (14674 votes)
93	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (115585 votes)
94	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.2/10 (97819 votes)
95	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.2/10 (18526 votes)
96	Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (91055 votes)
97	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (10397 votes)
98	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (13449 votes)
99	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (79482 votes)
100	Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (13862 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (15862 votes)
102	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (62226 votes)
103	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (13004 votes)
104	The Elephant Man (1980) 8.2/10 (21881 votes)
105	Ran (1985) 8.1/10 (16027 votes)
106	Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (80720 votes)
107	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (60007 votes)
108	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.1/10 (14276 votes)
109	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (106629 votes)
110	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (26836 votes)
111	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (18376 votes)
112	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (26587 votes)
113	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.1/10 (4318 votes)
114	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (120367 votes)
115	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (67077 votes)
116	Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (27993 votes)
117	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (62958 votes)
118	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (26706 votes)
119	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (24694 votes)
120	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (66790 votes)
121	Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (39848 votes)
122	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.1/10 (77314 votes)
123	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (12362 votes)
124	Back to the Future (1985) 8.1/10 (87816 votes)
125	Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (42905 votes)
126	The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (9537 votes)
127	The Green Mile (1999) 8.0/10 (79771 votes)
128	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (36996 votes)
129	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (35383 votes)
130	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (25717 votes)
131	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.0/10 (3419 votes)
132	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (10057 votes)
133	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (10389 votes)
134	Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (46088 votes)
135	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (51885 votes)
136	The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (17109 votes)
137	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.0/10 (4939 votes)
138	Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (119288 votes)
139	The General (1927) 8.0/10 (8663 votes)
140	Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (21987 votes)
141	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.0/10 (13295 votes)
142	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (41544 votes)
143	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (9686 votes)
144	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (10103 votes)
145	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (7973 votes)
146	Brief Encounter (1945) 8.0/10 (4048 votes)
147	Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (20468 votes)
148	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.0/10 (4580 votes)
149	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (12681 votes)
150	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (27145 votes)
151	The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (13467 votes)
152	Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (36035 votes)
153	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (18462 votes)
154	Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (7508 votes)
155	Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (10103 votes)
156	8½ (1963) 8.0/10 (11000 votes)
157	Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (5467 votes)
158	Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (39657 votes)
159	Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (74165 votes)
160	Before Sunset (2004) 8.0/10 (16861 votes)
161	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (13126 votes)
162	Finding Neverland (2004) 8.0/10 (34753 votes)
163	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (11534 votes)
164	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (20612 votes)
165	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (3398 votes)
166	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (13398 votes)
167	V for Vendetta (2005) 8.0/10 (47707 votes)
168	Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (22021 votes)
169	A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (25625 votes)
170	The Gold Rush (1925) 7.9/10 (8452 votes)
171	Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (21108 votes)
172	Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (36947 votes)
173	Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 7.9/10 (3649 votes)
174	Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (43069 votes)
175	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 7.9/10 (7930 votes)
176	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (84599 votes)
177	Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (57984 votes)
178	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (57883 votes)
179	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7.9/10 (10153 votes)
180	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (59255 votes)
181	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (49458 votes)
182	Tengoku to jigoku (1963) 7.9/10 (2736 votes)
183	Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (66609 votes)
184	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (10737 votes)
185	Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (3757 votes)
186	The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (44693 votes)
187	The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7.9/10 (6209 votes)
188	Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 7.9/10 (15463 votes)
189	Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.9/10 (4915 votes)
190	The Wild Bunch (1969) 7.9/10 (13754 votes)
191	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (78177 votes)
192	King Kong (1933) 7.9/10 (16332 votes)
193	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (8851 votes)
194	Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (30658 votes)
195	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (67514 votes)
196	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (19204 votes)
197	Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (16023 votes)
198	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.9/10 (4873 votes)
199	Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (17663 votes)
200	Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (9216 votes)
201	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (75364 votes)
202	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (5218 votes)
203	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (28388 votes)
204	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.9/10 (6523 votes)
205	Heat (1995) 7.9/10 (58973 votes)
206	Sleuth (1972) 7.9/10 (6077 votes)
207	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (14327 votes)
208	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.9/10 (9259 votes)
209	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (51359 votes)
210	Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (62129 votes)
211	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (6774 votes)
212	Walk the Line (2005) 7.9/10 (28795 votes)
213	Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (25177 votes)
214	Inherit the Wind (1960) 7.9/10 (4868 votes)
215	Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (2416 votes)
216	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (12569 votes)
217	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (11868 votes)
218	Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 7.9/10 (3239 votes)
219	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (16545 votes)
220	Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987) 7.9/10 (9216 votes)
221	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 7.9/10 (90226 votes)
222	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (17217 votes)
223	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (46585 votes)
224	Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (15402 votes)
225	Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (38708 votes)
226	The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.9/10 (3887 votes)
227	No Man's Land (2001) 7.9/10 (9730 votes)
228	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (9475 votes)
229	Frankenstein (1931) 7.9/10 (8706 votes)
230	Haine, La (1995) 7.8/10 (8342 votes)
231	The Thing (1982) 7.8/10 (25037 votes)
232	His Girl Friday (1940) 7.8/10 (8938 votes)
233	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.8/10 (9137 votes)
234	The Searchers (1956) 7.8/10 (13170 votes)
235	Scarface (1983) 7.8/10 (45553 votes)
236	Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.8/10 (13407 votes)
237	Central do Brasil (1998) 7.8/10 (10699 votes)
238	A Man for All Seasons (1966) 7.8/10 (5732 votes)
239	Almost Famous (2000) 7.8/10 (50135 votes)
240	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (89140 votes)
241	Ikiru (1952) 7.8/10 (6195 votes)
242	Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.8/10 (25914 votes)
243	Charade (1963) 7.8/10 (12056 votes)
244	Harold and Maude (1971) 7.8/10 (11864 votes)
245	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.8/10 (12966 votes)
246	The Insider (1999) 7.8/10 (36263 votes)
247	All the President's Men (1976) 7.8/10 (16637 votes)
248	Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.8/10 (10966 votes)
249	The Man Who Would Be King (1975) 7.8/10 (10235 votes)
250	À bout de souffle (1960) 7.8/10 (7436 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.