Top 250 films 01.12.2006

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (183885 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1/10 (221681 votes)
3	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (104169 votes)
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (166810 votes)
5	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.8/10 (50913 votes)
6	Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (89401 votes)
7	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (132760 votes)
8	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (189410 votes)
9	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (48234 votes)
10	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (142302 votes)
11	Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (179109 votes)
12	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (96249 votes)
13	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (56784 votes)
14	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (209760 votes)
15	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (42777 votes)
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (122721 votes)
17	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (139454 votes)
18	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (53276 votes)
19	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (85673 votes)
20	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (165544 votes)
21	Goodfellas (1990) 8.6/10 (97546 votes)
22	Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (72114 votes)
23	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (79752 votes)
24	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (27978 votes)
25	North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (48044 votes)
26	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (127739 votes)
27	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (121687 votes)
28	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (41873 votes)
29	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (23917 votes)
30	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (54017 votes)
31	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (87426 votes)
32	Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (164261 votes)
33	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (146738 votes)
34	The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (192516 votes)
35	Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (46025 votes)
36	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (88324 votes)
37	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (67478 votes)
38	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (87933 votes)
39	Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (124551 votes)
40	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (20597 votes)
41	Léon (1994) 8.4/10 (79267 votes)
42	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (42069 votes)
43	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (36132 votes)
44	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (27895 votes)
45	American History X (1998) 8.4/10 (89817 votes)
46	The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (25715 votes)
47	The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (50452 votes)
48	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (83448 votes)
49	M (1931) 8.3/10 (17720 votes)
50	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (14706 votes)
51	Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (38682 votes)
52	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (41498 votes)
53	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (30120 votes)
54	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (90553 votes)
55	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (85727 votes)
56	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (26399 votes)
57	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (90558 votes)
58	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (75505 votes)
59	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (30979 votes)
60	Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (17492 votes)
61	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (16499 votes)
62	The Shining (1980) 8.3/10 (73276 votes)
63	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (97144 votes)
64	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (134685 votes)
65	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (17286 votes)
66	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (27906 votes)
67	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (94570 votes)
68	Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (38901 votes)
69	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (19212 votes)
70	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (15070 votes)
71	Aliens (1986) 8.3/10 (84655 votes)
72	Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (16266 votes)
73	The Great Escape (1963) 8.3/10 (28430 votes)
74	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.2/10 (34402 votes)
75	All About Eve (1950) 8.2/10 (17884 votes)
76	The Departed (2006) 8.2/10 (40578 votes)
77	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (16029 votes)
78	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (52632 votes)
79	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (84991 votes)
80	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (14851 votes)
81	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (49403 votes)
82	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (51781 votes)
83	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (32373 votes)
84	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (65616 votes)
85	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (15299 votes)
86	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (128251 votes)
87	Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (97045 votes)
88	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (18597 votes)
89	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.2/10 (104365 votes)
90	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (16153 votes)
91	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (51567 votes)
92	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (122946 votes)
93	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (100218 votes)
94	The Incredibles (2004) 8.2/10 (58780 votes)
95	Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (96179 votes)
96	The Elephant Man (1980) 8.2/10 (23749 votes)
97	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (15806 votes)
98	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (66927 votes)
99	Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (14946 votes)
100	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (11268 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (16931 votes)
102	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (14048 votes)
103	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.2/10 (20137 votes)
104	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (88544 votes)
105	Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (85409 votes)
106	Ran (1985) 8.1/10 (17217 votes)
107	Crash (2004/I) 8.1/10 (70270 votes)
108	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (65569 votes)
109	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (112933 votes)
110	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.1/10 (15464 votes)
111	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (29058 votes)
112	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (19925 votes)
113	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (29304 votes)
114	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.1/10 (4938 votes)
115	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (128134 votes)
116	V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (71116 votes)
117	Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (42771 votes)
118	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (73788 votes)
119	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.1/10 (81948 votes)
120	Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (30224 votes)
121	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (28434 votes)
122	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (29481 votes)
123	Back to the Future (1985) 8.1/10 (94014 votes)
124	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (66042 votes)
125	The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (10375 votes)
126	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (13392 votes)
127	Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (46024 votes)
128	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (70743 votes)
129	The Green Mile (1999) 8.1/10 (86295 votes)
130	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (39906 votes)
131	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.0/10 (3932 votes)
132	Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (49559 votes)
133	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (38719 votes)
134	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (11177 votes)
135	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (27739 votes)
136	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.0/10 (14824 votes)
137	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.0/10 (5450 votes)
138	Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (127861 votes)
139	The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (18265 votes)
140	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (10934 votes)
141	Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (22007 votes)
142	Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (24432 votes)
143	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (10498 votes)
144	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (55257 votes)
145	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.0/10 (5166 votes)
146	Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.0/10 (4309 votes)
147	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (8753 votes)
148	8½ (1963) 8.0/10 (12026 votes)
149	Brief Encounter (1945) 8.0/10 (4628 votes)
150	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (44416 votes)
151	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (11054 votes)
152	The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.0/10 (14918 votes)
153	The General (1927) 8.0/10 (9310 votes)
154	The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (14651 votes)
155	Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (8379 votes)
156	Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (42559 votes)
157	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (13595 votes)
158	Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (10854 votes)
159	Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (79046 votes)
160	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (22773 votes)
161	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (12590 votes)
162	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (19833 votes)
163	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (28697 votes)
164	Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (6302 votes)
165	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (14195 votes)
166	Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (39557 votes)
167	Ying xiong (2002) 7.9/10 (39424 votes)
168	Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (23576 votes)
169	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 7.9/10 (3898 votes)
170	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (62090 votes)
171	Finding Neverland (2004) 7.9/10 (39248 votes)
172	Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (61650 votes)
173	The Gold Rush (1925) 7.9/10 (9061 votes)
174	Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (71579 votes)
175	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7.9/10 (14346 votes)
176	A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (27212 votes)
177	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (63423 votes)
178	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7.9/10 (10920 votes)
179	The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (47946 votes)
180	Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (47036 votes)
181	Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (24912 votes)
182	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (73498 votes)
183	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (90358 votes)
184	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.9/10 (5379 votes)
185	Before Sunset (2004) 7.9/10 (19269 votes)
186	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (54927 votes)
187	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (83517 votes)
188	King Kong (1933) 7.9/10 (17649 votes)
189	Heat (1995) 7.9/10 (64319 votes)
190	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (11600 votes)
191	Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (33195 votes)
192	Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 7.9/10 (18544 votes)
193	The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7.9/10 (6865 votes)
194	Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (4265 votes)
195	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 7.9/10 (8466 votes)
196	Walk the Line (2005) 7.9/10 (35280 votes)
197	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.9/10 (7150 votes)
198	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (80257 votes)
199	Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (67872 votes)
200	Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (2835 votes)
201	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.9/10 (10083 votes)
202	Sleuth (1972) 7.9/10 (6556 votes)
203	Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (10002 votes)
204	Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (12549 votes)
205	Tengoku to jigoku (1963) 7.9/10 (3121 votes)
206	Idi i smotri (1985) 7.9/10 (2474 votes)
207	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (30395 votes)
208	Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (19553 votes)
209	Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.9/10 (5496 votes)
210	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (17868 votes)
211	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (9765 votes)
212	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (20754 votes)
213	Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (17324 votes)
214	The Thing (1982) 7.9/10 (27865 votes)
215	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (7320 votes)
216	Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (26648 votes)
217	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (18989 votes)
218	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (50625 votes)
219	Frankenstein (1931) 7.9/10 (9824 votes)
220	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (55290 votes)
221	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (5887 votes)
222	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (15339 votes)
223	Scarface (1983) 7.9/10 (51634 votes)
224	The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.9/10 (4355 votes)
225	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (9852 votes)
226	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (13553 votes)
227	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (10260 votes)
228	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (103579 votes)
229	Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987) 7.9/10 (10081 votes)
230	The Searchers (1956) 7.8/10 (14322 votes)
231	Haine, La (1995) 7.8/10 (9599 votes)
232	Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.8/10 (14598 votes)
233	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.8/10 (12726 votes)
234	Z (1969) 7.8/10 (3686 votes)
235	Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) 7.8/10 (6710 votes)
236	Brazil (1985) 7.8/10 (41625 votes)
237	The Prestige (2006) 7.8/10 (16903 votes)
238	Umberto D. (1952) 7.8/10 (2469 votes)
239	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.8/10 (14211 votes)
240	Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.8/10 (28047 votes)
241	Harold and Maude (1971) 7.8/10 (13248 votes)
242	Central do Brasil (1998) 7.8/10 (11465 votes)
243	No Man's Land (2001) 7.8/10 (10912 votes)
244	Charade (1963) 7.8/10 (13043 votes)
245	In Cold Blood (1967) 7.8/10 (4062 votes)
246	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 7.8/10 (2873 votes)
247	Inherit the Wind (1960) 7.8/10 (5355 votes)
248	The Man Who Would Be King (1975) 7.8/10 (11132 votes)
249	Dial M for Murder (1954) 7.8/10 (11281 votes)
250	All the President's Men (1976) 7.8/10 (17945 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.