Top 250 films 01.02.2007

Rank	Title
1	The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (191590 votes)
2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1/10 (230845 votes)
3	The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (108147 votes)
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (174033 votes)
5	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.8/10 (53640 votes)
6	Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (92186 votes)
7	Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (136778 votes)
8	Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.7/10 (195806 votes)
9	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.7/10 (145985 votes)
10	Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (49913 votes)
11	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (99335 votes)
12	Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (183099 votes)
13	Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (58486 votes)
14	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (215690 votes)
15	12 Angry Men (1957) 8.6/10 (44441 votes)
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (125782 votes)
17	The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (143392 votes)
18	Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (56405 votes)
19	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (88092 votes)
20	Goodfellas (1990) 8.6/10 (101181 votes)
21	Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (73909 votes)
22	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (171078 votes)
23	Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (81630 votes)
24	C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (29166 votes)
25	North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (49457 votes)
26	Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (132135 votes)
27	The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.5/10 (124937 votes)
28	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (43116 votes)
29	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (56331 votes)
30	Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (24802 votes)
31	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (90868 votes)
32	Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (170236 votes)
33	American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (150833 votes)
34	The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (197658 votes)
35	Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (47284 votes)
36	Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (90930 votes)
37	Taxi Driver (1976) 8.4/10 (69867 votes)
38	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (92293 votes)
39	Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (128614 votes)
40	Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (21277 votes)
41	Léon (1994) 8.4/10 (82299 votes)
42	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (43249 votes)
43	Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (37342 votes)
44	American History X (1998) 8.4/10 (93404 votes)
45	The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (26472 votes)
46	Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (29691 votes)
47	The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (52678 votes)
48	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (85699 votes)
49	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.3/10 (15235 votes)
50	M (1931) 8.3/10 (18408 votes)
51	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.3/10 (30939 votes)
52	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (43521 votes)
53	Alien (1979) 8.3/10 (88190 votes)
54	Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (39694 votes)
55	L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (92741 votes)
56	A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.3/10 (93384 votes)
57	The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (27189 votes)
58	Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (78826 votes)
59	Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (33033 votes)
60	The Shining (1980) 8.3/10 (75724 votes)
61	Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (17081 votes)
62	Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (18181 votes)
63	Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (100260 votes)
64	Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (138612 votes)
65	Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (17969 votes)
66	Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (28713 votes)
67	Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (99558 votes)
68	Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (40389 votes)
69	Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (15630 votes)
70	Aliens (1986) 8.3/10 (86917 votes)
71	Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) 8.3/10 (15225 votes)
72	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (19698 votes)
73	Rebecca (1940) 8.2/10 (16764 votes)
74	Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.2/10 (35416 votes)
75	The Great Escape (1963) 8.2/10 (29477 votes)
76	The Departed (2006) 8.2/10 (55290 votes)
77	All About Eve (1950) 8.2/10 (18431 votes)
78	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (87107 votes)
79	Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (16462 votes)
80	Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (50823 votes)
81	Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (55446 votes)
82	Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (53447 votes)
83	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (15411 votes)
84	Forrest Gump (1994) 8.2/10 (132678 votes)
85	The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (33294 votes)
86	Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (67506 votes)
87	Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (15800 votes)
88	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.2/10 (107412 votes)
89	On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (19240 votes)
90	Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (101330 votes)
91	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (16728 votes)
92	Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (126595 votes)
93	The Elephant Man (1980) 8.2/10 (24704 votes)
94	The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (52979 votes)
95	Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (69100 votes)
96	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (104086 votes)
97	Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (98806 votes)
98	The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (16315 votes)
99	The Incredibles (2004) 8.2/10 (61193 votes)
100	City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (11653 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank	Title
101	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.2/10 (20890 votes)
102	High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (17390 votes)
103	The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (14536 votes)
104	Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (17716 votes)
105	Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (15430 votes)
106	Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (87385 votes)
107	Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (92559 votes)
108	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.1/10 (115577 votes)
109	The Great Dictator (1940) 8.1/10 (16048 votes)
110	Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.1/10 (30294 votes)
111	Crash (2004/I) 8.1/10 (74558 votes)
112	Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (68055 votes)
113	Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (20600 votes)
114	Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (30371 votes)
115	The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (131356 votes)
116	V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (77266 votes)
117	Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (44170 votes)
118	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.1/10 (5240 votes)
119	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.1/10 (84009 votes)
120	Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (29267 votes)
121	Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (31634 votes)
122	Back to the Future (1985) 8.1/10 (96852 votes)
123	Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (31207 votes)
124	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (76959 votes)
125	Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (13846 votes)
126	The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (10726 votes)
127	Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.1/10 (67439 votes)
128	The Green Mile (1999) 8.1/10 (89307 votes)
129	Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (47551 votes)
130	The Princess Bride (1987) 8.0/10 (72348 votes)
131	The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.0/10 (41354 votes)
132	Platoon (1986) 8.0/10 (51279 votes)
133	The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (39810 votes)
134	It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (11566 votes)
135	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.0/10 (15521 votes)
136	Gladiator (2000) 8.0/10 (132111 votes)
137	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (28577 votes)
138	Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.0/10 (4134 votes)
139	Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (22737 votes)
140	The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (18760 votes)
141	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.0/10 (5663 votes)
142	Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.0/10 (4568 votes)
143	Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (11315 votes)
144	Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (25760 votes)
145	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (10832 votes)
146	Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.0/10 (5441 votes)
147	Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (56680 votes)
148	8½ (1963) 8.0/10 (12464 votes)
149	Brief Encounter (1945) 8.0/10 (4900 votes)
150	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (9078 votes)
151	Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (43757 votes)
152	The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (11438 votes)
153	The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.0/10 (15359 votes)
154	Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (45768 votes)
155	The General (1927) 8.0/10 (9688 votes)
156	Children of Men (2006) 8.0/10 (27344 votes)
157	Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (81446 votes)
158	Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (11213 votes)
159	The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (15133 votes)
160	Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (8741 votes)
161	Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (23723 votes)
162	Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (20376 votes)
163	Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (14009 votes)
164	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (13033 votes)
165	Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (29542 votes)
166	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (14603 votes)
167	Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (40654 votes)
168	Groundhog Day (1993) 7.9/10 (64275 votes)
169	Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (24291 votes)
170	Ying xiong (2002) 7.9/10 (40784 votes)
171	The Gold Rush (1925) 7.9/10 (9412 votes)
172	Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 7.9/10 (6651 votes)
173	Trainspotting (1996) 7.9/10 (73722 votes)
174	Finding Neverland (2004) 7.9/10 (41210 votes)
175	Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (63270 votes)
176	The Prestige (2006) 7.9/10 (27937 votes)
177	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7.9/10 (11296 votes)
178	Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (65205 votes)
179	The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (49279 votes)
180	Heat (1995) 7.9/10 (66756 votes)
181	Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (48900 votes)
182	The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.9/10 (76154 votes)
183	A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (28766 votes)
184	Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (85781 votes)
185	King Kong (1933) 7.9/10 (18192 votes)
186	The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7.9/10 (14718 votes)
187	Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (92945 votes)
188	Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (26578 votes)
189	Belle et la bête, La (1946) 7.9/10 (4114 votes)
190	Before Sunset (2004) 7.9/10 (20328 votes)
191	Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (57322 votes)
192	Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (34231 votes)
193	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.9/10 (5602 votes)
194	The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (11902 votes)
195	Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (70717 votes)
196	The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (82503 votes)
197	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 7.9/10 (8696 votes)
198	The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7.9/10 (7155 votes)
199	Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.9/10 (7437 votes)
200	Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (13206 votes)
201	Walk the Line (2005) 7.9/10 (37668 votes)
202	In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.9/10 (10387 votes)
203	Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (4452 votes)
204	Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (10273 votes)
205	Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (7611 votes)
206	Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 7.9/10 (19691 votes)
207	Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 7.9/10 (30821 votes)
208	Sleuth (1972) 7.9/10 (6769 votes)
209	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (18450 votes)
210	The Thing (1982) 7.9/10 (29090 votes)
211	Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (31239 votes)
212	Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (20372 votes)
213	Scarface (1983) 7.9/10 (54511 votes)
214	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (52664 votes)
215	Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (17866 votes)
216	Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (19736 votes)
217	The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (21431 votes)
218	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (15770 votes)
219	Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (6197 votes)
220	Frankenstein (1931) 7.9/10 (10243 votes)
221	Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (27274 votes)
222	Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (3017 votes)
223	Tengoku to jigoku (1963) 7.9/10 (3294 votes)
224	Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.9/10 (5757 votes)
225	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (10189 votes)
226	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (108205 votes)
227	Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (57161 votes)
228	Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (14017 votes)
229	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (10608 votes)
230	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.8/10 (10176 votes)
231	The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.8/10 (4594 votes)
232	Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.8/10 (15170 votes)
233	United 93 (2006) 7.8/10 (20195 votes)
234	Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.8/10 (13112 votes)
235	The Searchers (1956) 7.8/10 (14813 votes)
236	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.8/10 (14714 votes)
237	Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.8/10 (28915 votes)
238	Stalker (1979) 7.8/10 (6651 votes)
239	Umberto D. (1952) 7.8/10 (2642 votes)
240	Inherit the Wind (1960) 7.8/10 (5602 votes)
241	Brazil (1985) 7.8/10 (42933 votes)
242	Idi i smotri (1985) 7.8/10 (2766 votes)
243	Dial M for Murder (1954) 7.8/10 (11838 votes)
244	Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 7.8/10 (3767 votes)
245	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 7.8/10 (3109 votes)
246	Haine, La (1995) 7.8/10 (10226 votes)
247	Great Expectations (1946) 7.8/10 (3583 votes)
248	Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) 7.8/10 (5444 votes)
249	Festen (1998) 7.8/10 (17159 votes)
250	In Cold Blood (1967) 7.8/10 (4298 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.