| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (216078 votes) |
| 2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1/10 (257744 votes) |
| 3 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) 8.9/10 (122679 votes) |
| 4 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.8/10 (64780 votes) |
| 5 | Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.8/10 (220549 votes) |
| 6 | Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (101313 votes) |
| 7 | Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (151547 votes) |
| 8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8/10 (161491 votes) |
| 9 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (198256 votes) |
| 10 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (55584 votes) |
| 11 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8/10 (110848 votes) |
| 12 | Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (199530 votes) |
| 13 | Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (65085 votes) |
| 14 | 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.7/10 (50213 votes) |
| 15 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (236128 votes) |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7/10 (138351 votes) |
| 17 | Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.6/10 (68045 votes) |
| 18 | Goodfellas (1990) 8.6/10 (116627 votes) |
| 19 | The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (157776 votes) |
| 20 | C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (33798 votes) |
| 21 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (96125 votes) |
| 22 | Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (81010 votes) |
| 23 | Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (88215 votes) |
| 24 | North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (54285 votes) |
| 25 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (190259 votes) |
| 26 | Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (147023 votes) |
| 27 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.6/10 (138440 votes) |
| 28 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (47469 votes) |
| 29 | Fight Club (1999) 8.5/10 (192974 votes) |
| 30 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (27876 votes) |
| 31 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (61050 votes) |
| 32 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (100931 votes) |
| 33 | The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (217727 votes) |
| 34 | The Departed (2006) 8.5/10 (100391 votes) |
| 35 | American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (168074 votes) |
| 36 | Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5/10 (79763 votes) |
| 37 | Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (51884 votes) |
| 38 | Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5/10 (100762 votes) |
| 39 | Se7en (1995) 8.4/10 (145065 votes) |
| 40 | Léon (1994) 8.4/10 (94905 votes) |
| 41 | Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) 8.4/10 (49783 votes) |
| 42 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (107647 votes) |
| 43 | American History X (1998) 8.4/10 (107396 votes) |
| 44 | Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (23671 votes) |
| 45 | Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (41834 votes) |
| 46 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (47797 votes) |
| 47 | The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (29174 votes) |
| 48 | M (1931) 8.4/10 (20890 votes) |
| 49 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.4/10 (17019 votes) |
| 50 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.4/10 (104641 votes) |
| 51 | The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (61067 votes) |
| 52 | Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (35566 votes) |
| 53 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (94763 votes) |
| 54 | Alien (1979) 8.4/10 (97859 votes) |
| 55 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (49510 votes) |
| 56 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.4/10 (34119 votes) |
| 57 | L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (101536 votes) |
| 58 | Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (43334 votes) |
| 59 | The Shining (1980) 8.3/10 (86608 votes) |
| 60 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (90701 votes) |
| 61 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.3/10 (30180 votes) |
| 62 | Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (19163 votes) |
| 63 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (113729 votes) |
| 64 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (153763 votes) |
| 65 | Grindhouse (2007) 8.3/10 (29597 votes) |
| 66 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (40159 votes) |
| 67 | Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (20567 votes) |
| 68 | Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (46684 votes) |
| 69 | Aliens (1986) 8.3/10 (96052 votes) |
| 70 | Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (121398 votes) |
| 71 | Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (17548 votes) |
| 72 | Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (20400 votes) |
| 73 | Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) 8.3/10 (14090 votes) |
| 74 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (31650 votes) |
| 75 | Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (18724 votes) |
| 76 | Forrest Gump (1994) 8.3/10 (150321 votes) |
| 77 | The Great Escape (1963) 8.3/10 (32919 votes) |
| 78 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 (94825 votes) |
| 79 | Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (38718 votes) |
| 80 | All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (20109 votes) |
| 81 | Amadeus (1984) 8.3/10 (55959 votes) |
| 82 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.2/10 (120332 votes) |
| 83 | Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (18167 votes) |
| 84 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (21497 votes) |
| 85 | Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.2/10 (17382 votes) |
| 86 | Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (59073 votes) |
| 87 | Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (75523 votes) |
| 88 | The Prestige (2006) 8.2/10 (61964 votes) |
| 89 | The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (36830 votes) |
| 90 | On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (21801 votes) |
| 91 | Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (17729 votes) |
| 92 | The Elephant Man (1980) 8.2/10 (28303 votes) |
| 93 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (77834 votes) |
| 94 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.2/10 (23517 votes) |
| 95 | Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (119370 votes) |
| 96 | Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (140551 votes) |
| 97 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (65980 votes) |
| 98 | City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (12911 votes) |
| 99 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (18589 votes) |
| 100 | The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (18190 votes) |
| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 101 | Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (107606 votes) |
| 102 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (58474 votes) |
| 103 | Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (19590 votes) |
| 104 | High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (19104 votes) |
| 105 | The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (16099 votes) |
| 106 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (120400 votes) |
| 107 | Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (17009 votes) |
| 108 | Hot Fuzz (2007) 8.2/10 (28807 votes) |
| 109 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.2/10 (35214 votes) |
| 110 | The Great Dictator (1940) 8.2/10 (18047 votes) |
| 111 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.2/10 (127534 votes) |
| 112 | Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (105983 votes) |
| 113 | Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (94960 votes) |
| 114 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.1/10 (23280 votes) |
| 115 | Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (34286 votes) |
| 116 | Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.1/10 (6186 votes) |
| 117 | Oldboy (2003) 8.1/10 (38425 votes) |
| 118 | Unforgiven (1992) 8.1/10 (49734 votes) |
| 119 | The Incredibles (2004) 8.1/10 (72648 votes) |
| 120 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.1/10 (93202 votes) |
| 121 | Back to the Future (1985) 8.1/10 (107661 votes) |
| 122 | Children of Men (2006) 8.1/10 (55371 votes) |
| 123 | Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (78487 votes) |
| 124 | Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (15559 votes) |
| 125 | The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (143818 votes) |
| 126 | Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (32627 votes) |
| 127 | Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (34737 votes) |
| 128 | V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (96275 votes) |
| 129 | Crash (2004/I) 8.1/10 (87576 votes) |
| 130 | The Green Mile (1999) 8.1/10 (100675 votes) |
| 131 | The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (12108 votes) |
| 132 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.1/10 (18309 votes) |
| 133 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (12771 votes) |
| 134 | Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (52794 votes) |
| 135 | The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.1/10 (46905 votes) |
| 136 | Gladiator (2000) 8.1/10 (149586 votes) |
| 137 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (90480 votes) |
| 138 | Platoon (1986) 8.1/10 (58302 votes) |
| 139 | Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.1/10 (4768 votes) |
| 140 | Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.1/10 (12393 votes) |
| 141 | The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (78536 votes) |
| 142 | It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (12794 votes) |
| 143 | Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.1/10 (5601 votes) |
| 144 | The Graduate (1967) 8.0/10 (43719 votes) |
| 145 | Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.0/10 (72497 votes) |
| 146 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8.0/10 (55648 votes) |
| 147 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (31553 votes) |
| 148 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.0/10 (6346 votes) |
| 149 | Amores perros (2000) 8.0/10 (29940 votes) |
| 150 | Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (25618 votes) |
| 151 | The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.0/10 (16963 votes) |
| 152 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (12246 votes) |
| 153 | 8½ (1963) 8.0/10 (14111 votes) |
| 154 | Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.0/10 (6242 votes) |
| 155 | Brief Encounter (1945) 8.0/10 (5664 votes) |
| 156 | Die Hard (1988) 8.0/10 (91354 votes) |
| 157 | The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (20496 votes) |
| 158 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (10076 votes) |
| 159 | Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (48752 votes) |
| 160 | The General (1927) 8.0/10 (10519 votes) |
| 161 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (27296 votes) |
| 162 | Smultronstället (1957) 8.0/10 (9779 votes) |
| 163 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (12666 votes) |
| 164 | Zodiac (2007) 8.0/10 (15039 votes) |
| 165 | Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (12432 votes) |
| 166 | The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (16951 votes) |
| 167 | Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (22495 votes) |
| 168 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (14664 votes) |
| 169 | Heat (1995) 8.0/10 (75082 votes) |
| 170 | Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (7734 votes) |
| 171 | Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (50056 votes) |
| 172 | Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (63542 votes) |
| 173 | Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (15227 votes) |
| 174 | Groundhog Day (1993) 8.0/10 (71769 votes) |
| 175 | The Big Lebowski (1998) 8.0/10 (86348 votes) |
| 176 | Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.0/10 (44571 votes) |
| 177 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (16017 votes) |
| 178 | Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (33187 votes) |
| 179 | The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (10488 votes) |
| 180 | Trainspotting (1996) 8.0/10 (82181 votes) |
| 181 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.0/10 (6463 votes) |
| 182 | Toy Story (1995) 8.0/10 (71126 votes) |
| 183 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 7.9/10 (12454 votes) |
| 184 | Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (27279 votes) |
| 185 | Casino Royale (2006) 7.9/10 (75505 votes) |
| 186 | Stalker (1979) 7.9/10 (8219 votes) |
| 187 | King Kong (1933) 7.9/10 (20636 votes) |
| 188 | Snatch. (2000) 7.9/10 (80962 votes) |
| 189 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (94480 votes) |
| 190 | Belle et la bête, La (1946) 7.9/10 (4658 votes) |
| 191 | Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (38652 votes) |
| 192 | The Exorcist (1973) 7.9/10 (54977 votes) |
| 193 | Ying xiong (2002) 7.9/10 (46261 votes) |
| 194 | Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (71431 votes) |
| 195 | Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (15156 votes) |
| 196 | The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (13177 votes) |
| 197 | The Terminator (1984) 7.9/10 (91935 votes) |
| 198 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 7.9/10 (9599 votes) |
| 199 | A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (31588 votes) |
| 200 | Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (66179 votes) |
| 201 | The Thing (1982) 7.9/10 (33833 votes) |
| 202 | Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (56406 votes) |
| 203 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (8452 votes) |
| 204 | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.9/10 (8416 votes) |
| 205 | Finding Neverland (2004) 7.9/10 (47964 votes) |
| 206 | The Lady Vanishes (1938) 7.9/10 (8086 votes) |
| 207 | Scarface (1983) 7.9/10 (65861 votes) |
| 208 | Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (104613 votes) |
| 209 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7.9/10 (16108 votes) |
| 210 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.9/10 (11696 votes) |
| 211 | Sleuth (1972) 7.9/10 (7671 votes) |
| 212 | Before Sunset (2004) 7.9/10 (23681 votes) |
| 213 | Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (32221 votes) |
| 214 | Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (5043 votes) |
| 215 | Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (3608 votes) |
| 216 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (59736 votes) |
| 217 | 300 (2006) 7.9/10 (110387 votes) |
| 218 | Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (11305 votes) |
| 219 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (20551 votes) |
| 220 | Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (34448 votes) |
| 221 | Frankenstein (1931) 7.9/10 (11679 votes) |
| 222 | Seppuku (1962) 7.9/10 (2288 votes) |
| 223 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (127468 votes) |
| 224 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (22642 votes) |
| 225 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (7061 votes) |
| 226 | Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.9/10 (6718 votes) |
| 227 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (11438 votes) |
| 228 | Umberto D. (1952) 7.9/10 (3387 votes) |
| 229 | The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 7.9/10 (3765 votes) |
| 230 | Miu gaan diy (2002) 7.9/10 (16035 votes) |
| 231 | Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (19798 votes) |
| 232 | The Lion King (1994) 7.9/10 (58053 votes) |
| 233 | Tengoku to jigoku (1963) 7.9/10 (3842 votes) |
| 234 | Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (15765 votes) |
| 235 | Shaun of the Dead (2004) 7.9/10 (50994 votes) |
| 236 | The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.9/10 (5482 votes) |
| 237 | In Cold Blood (1967) 7.9/10 (5138 votes) |
| 238 | Hable con ella (2002) 7.9/10 (22892 votes) |
| 239 | Solyaris (1972) 7.9/10 (9606 votes) |
| 240 | Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (29644 votes) |
| 241 | The Straight Story (1999) 7.9/10 (24014 votes) |
| 242 | Great Expectations (1946) 7.9/10 (4466 votes) |
| 243 | Walk the Line (2005) 7.9/10 (45620 votes) |
| 244 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (17384 votes) |
| 245 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (12028 votes) |
| 246 | Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (8185 votes) |
| 247 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (16921 votes) |
| 248 | Dial M for Murder (1954) 7.9/10 (13677 votes) |
| 249 | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) 7.9/10 (6569 votes) |
| 250 | Haine, La (1995) 7.9/10 (11978 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
for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
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)