Top 250 films 01.09.2006

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (175055 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.0/10 (210986 votes)
3	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (99547 votes)
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (158943 votes)
5	Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (86047 votes)
6	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (46040 votes)
7	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (127980 votes)
8	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.7/10 (47564 votes)
9	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (181716 votes)
10	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (137721 votes)
11	Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (173972 votes)
12	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (92402 votes)
13	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (54540 votes)
14	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (203201 votes)
15	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (40703 votes)
16	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (134513 votes)
17	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (49505 votes)
18	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (118947 votes)
19	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (82529 votes)
20	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (159230 votes)
21	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (77232 votes)
22	Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (69466 votes)
23	Goodfellas (1990) 8.6/10 (93039 votes)
24	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (26422 votes)
25	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (122528 votes)
26	North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (46298 votes)
27	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (117609 votes)
28	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (40441 votes)
29	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (83284 votes)
30	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (22748 votes)
31	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (52247 votes)
32	Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (156930 votes)
33	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (141630 votes)
34	The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (186043 votes)
35	Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (44310 votes)
36	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (64383 votes)
37	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (84969 votes)
38	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (82452 votes)
39	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (19687 votes)
40	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (40416 votes)
41	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (25688 votes)
42	Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (119543 votes)
43	Léon (1994) 8.4/10 (75754 votes)
44	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (34629 votes)
45	The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (24640 votes)
46	American History X (1998) 8.4/10 (85435 votes)
47	The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (47789 votes)
48	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (39135 votes)
49	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (80343 votes)
50	Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (37267 votes)
51	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (28462 votes)
52	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (14055 votes)
53	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (29015 votes)
54	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (71428 votes)
55	M (1931) 8.3/10 (16745 votes)
56	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (87644 votes)
57	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (25324 votes)
58	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (82557 votes)
59	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (86807 votes)
60	Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (16640 votes)
61	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (93162 votes)
62	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (16426 votes)
63	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (88406 votes)
64	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (129840 votes)
65	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (15630 votes)
66	The Shining (1980) 8.3/10 (69763 votes)
67	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (14342 votes)
68	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (26835 votes)
69	Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (37081 votes)
70	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (18499 votes)
71	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.3/10 (49357 votes)
72	All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (17121 votes)
73	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (33191 votes)
74	Aliens (1986) 8.3/10 (81795 votes)
75	Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (15545 votes)
76	The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (27258 votes)
77	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (49723 votes)
78	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (15413 votes)
79	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (47707 votes)
80	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (82153 votes)
81	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (31086 votes)
82	Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (91298 votes)
83	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (63179 votes)
84	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (14583 votes)
85	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (17709 votes)
86	The Incredibles (2004) 8.2/10 (55664 votes)
87	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (15438 votes)
88	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (122803 votes)
89	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (95463 votes)
90	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (49822 votes)
91	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (10730 votes)
92	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (15175 votes)
93	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.2/10 (100685 votes)
94	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (13961 votes)
95	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (118646 votes)
96	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.2/10 (19140 votes)
97	Crash (2004/I) 8.2/10 (64733 votes)
98	Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (16521 votes)
99	Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (93155 votes)
100	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (83560 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (64157 votes)
102	High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (16292 votes)
103	Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (14315 votes)
104	The Elephant Man (1980) 8.2/10 (22614 votes)
105	Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (82783 votes)
106	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (13424 votes)
107	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.1/10 (14727 votes)
108	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (62516 votes)
109	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (27949 votes)
110	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (27571 votes)
111	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (109436 votes)
112	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.1/10 (4538 votes)
113	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (18997 votes)
114	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (123945 votes)
115	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (69920 votes)
116	Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (28920 votes)
117	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (26566 votes)
118	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (64227 votes)
119	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (12787 votes)
120	Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (41079 votes)
121	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (27456 votes)
122	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.1/10 (79363 votes)
123	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (68528 votes)
124	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.1/10 (3599 votes)
125	Back to the Future (1985) 8.1/10 (90600 votes)
126	The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (9869 votes)
127	Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (44200 votes)
128	The Green Mile (1999) 8.1/10 (82483 votes)
129	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (10693 votes)
130	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (38173 votes)
131	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (10369 votes)
132	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (37288 votes)
133	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (26566 votes)
134	V for Vendetta (2005) 8.0/10 (60349 votes)
135	Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (47543 votes)
136	The General (1927) 8.0/10 (8892 votes)
137	Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (22877 votes)
138	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.0/10 (5130 votes)
139	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.0/10 (13899 votes)
140	Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (122890 votes)
141	The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (17607 votes)
142	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (53384 votes)
143	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.0/10 (4824 votes)
144	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (42608 votes)
145	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (10043 votes)
146	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (13072 votes)
147	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (8294 votes)
148	Brief Encounter (1945) 8.0/10 (4246 votes)
149	Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.0/10 (3900 votes)
150	Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (21133 votes)
151	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (10480 votes)
152	Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (7810 votes)
153	The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (13985 votes)
154	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (19048 votes)
155	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (27773 votes)
156	8½ (1963) 8.0/10 (11389 votes)
157	Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (40922 votes)
158	Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (10433 votes)
159	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (11957 votes)
160	Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (76324 votes)
161	Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (5766 votes)
162	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (21499 votes)
163	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (13539 votes)
164	Ying xiong (2002) 8.0/10 (37370 votes)
165	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (3553 votes)
166	The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (8677 votes)
167	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (13813 votes)
168	Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 7.9/10 (16771 votes)
169	Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (22933 votes)
170	Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (38136 votes)
171	Finding Neverland (2004) 7.9/10 (36870 votes)
172	Tengoku to jigoku (1963) 7.9/10 (2882 votes)
173	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 7.9/10 (8138 votes)
174	A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (26283 votes)
175	Before Sunset (2004) 7.9/10 (17870 votes)
176	Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (22654 votes)
177	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7.9/10 (10458 votes)
178	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (9178 votes)
179	Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (44728 votes)
180	Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (68761 votes)
181	Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (59667 votes)
182	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (59746 votes)
183	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (60966 votes)
184	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (87144 votes)
185	Walk the Line (2005) 7.9/10 (31805 votes)
186	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (11076 votes)
187	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (51873 votes)
188	The Wild Bunch (1969) 7.9/10 (14235 votes)
189	The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7.9/10 (6489 votes)
190	Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (3951 votes)
191	The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (46004 votes)
192	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (70148 votes)
193	King Kong (1933) 7.9/10 (16885 votes)
194	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (80410 votes)
195	Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.9/10 (5181 votes)
196	Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (31738 votes)
197	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (7018 votes)
198	Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (18371 votes)
199	Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (9508 votes)
200	Heat (1995) 7.9/10 (61447 votes)
201	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.9/10 (5068 votes)
202	Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (16571 votes)
203	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (19806 votes)
204	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (5500 votes)
205	Idi i smotri (1985) 7.9/10 (2067 votes)
206	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (77488 votes)
207	Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (2588 votes)
208	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (29217 votes)
209	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.9/10 (6781 votes)
210	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (14754 votes)
211	Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (64511 votes)
212	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (9430 votes)
213	Sleuth (1972) 7.9/10 (6271 votes)
214	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.9/10 (9588 votes)
215	Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (25771 votes)
216	Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (11662 votes)
217	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (12998 votes)
218	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (53119 votes)
219	Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987) 7.9/10 (9554 votes)
220	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (9815 votes)
221	Inherit the Wind (1960) 7.9/10 (5082 votes)
222	Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 7.9/10 (3386 votes)
223	Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (15839 votes)
224	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (12235 votes)
225	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (17103 votes)
226	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (48205 votes)
227	The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.9/10 (4056 votes)
228	The Thing (1982) 7.9/10 (26204 votes)
229	The Searchers (1956) 7.9/10 (13658 votes)
230	Umberto D. (1952) 7.9/10 (2195 votes)
231	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (17924 votes)
232	Scarface (1983) 7.9/10 (47923 votes)
233	Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (39888 votes)
234	Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (6487 votes)
235	His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (9230 votes)
236	Frankenstein (1931) 7.9/10 (9157 votes)
237	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (97919 votes)
238	Haine, La (1995) 7.9/10 (8878 votes)
239	No Man's Land (2001) 7.8/10 (10150 votes)
240	Central do Brasil (1998) 7.8/10 (11056 votes)
241	Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.8/10 (13913 votes)
242	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 7.8/10 (93952 votes)
243	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.8/10 (13480 votes)
244	A Man for All Seasons (1966) 7.8/10 (5984 votes)
245	Brokeback Mountain (2005) 7.8/10 (54397 votes)
246	Charade (1963) 7.8/10 (12540 votes)
247	Harold and Maude (1971) 7.8/10 (12392 votes)
248	Almost Famous (2000) 7.8/10 (52162 votes)
249	Ángel exterminador, El (1962) 7.8/10 (2502 votes)
250	Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.8/10 (49944 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.