Rank   Title
1The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (234114 votes)
2The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1/10 (277074 votes)
3The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.0/10 (133608 votes)
4Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.8/10 (72598 votes)
5Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.8/10 (238174 votes)
6Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (162091 votes)
7Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8/10 (172690 votes)
8Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (107426 votes)
9One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8/10 (119694 votes)
10The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (213796 votes)
11Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (59515 votes)
12Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (211245 votes)
1312 Angry Men (1957) 8.7/10 (54656 votes)
14Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (69933 votes)
15Goodfellas (1990) 8.7/10 (127341 votes)
16Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7/10 (147801 votes)
17The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (250109 votes)
18Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.7/10 (76042 votes)
19The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (167533 votes)
20C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (37158 votes)
21Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (101597 votes)
22Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (86631 votes)
23North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (57644 votes)
24Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (93018 votes)
25The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.6/10 (147860 votes)
26The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (203455 votes)
27Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (157433 votes)
28Fight Club (1999) 8.6/10 (209484 votes)
29Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (30104 votes)
30Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (50641 votes)
31It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (64340 votes)
32The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (232171 votes)
33Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (107920 votes)
34American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (179612 votes)
35Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (55370 votes)
36Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5/10 (86566 votes)
37Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5/10 (107566 votes)
38Se7en (1995) 8.5/10 (156529 votes)
39The Departed (2006) 8.5/10 (119743 votes)
40Léon (1994) 8.5/10 (104230 votes)
41American History X (1998) 8.4/10 (118252 votes)
42Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (25382 votes)
43Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (44912 votes)
44To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (51039 votes)
45Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (118038 votes)
46Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) 8.4/10 (65404 votes)
47M (1931) 8.4/10 (22465 votes)
48The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (31066 votes)
49The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.4/10 (18394 votes)
50A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.4/10 (112799 votes)
51Alien (1979) 8.4/10 (105092 votes)
52The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (66819 votes)
53Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (100985 votes)
54Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (39623 votes)
55The Shining (1980) 8.4/10 (95030 votes)
56L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4/10 (107476 votes)
57Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (53868 votes)
58The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.4/10 (36367 votes)
59Double Indemnity (1944) 8.4/10 (20533 votes)
60The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.4/10 (32034 votes)
61Boot, Das (1981) 8.4/10 (45918 votes)
62Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (99252 votes)
63Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (123399 votes)
64Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (164837 votes)
65Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (22075 votes)
66Aliens (1986) 8.3/10 (102752 votes)
67Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (50797 votes)
68Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (44974 votes)
69Forrest Gump (1994) 8.3/10 (163026 votes)
70Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) 8.3/10 (19543 votes)
71Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (135161 votes)
72Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (33716 votes)
73Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (21989 votes)
74The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 8.3/10 (34151 votes)
75Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (20186 votes)
76Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (18911 votes)
77Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.3/10 (130394 votes)
78The Great Escape (1963) 8.3/10 (35514 votes)
79Ratatouille (2007) 8.3/10 (26327 votes)
802001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 (100212 votes)
81Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (41088 votes)
82All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (21335 votes)
83Amadeus (1984) 8.3/10 (59476 votes)
84Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.3/10 (19396 votes)
85Touch of Evil (1958) 8.3/10 (19257 votes)
86On the Waterfront (1954) 8.3/10 (23580 votes)
87The Prestige (2006) 8.3/10 (79449 votes)
88Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (81937 votes)
89Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (62648 votes)
90The Elephant Man (1980) 8.2/10 (30905 votes)
91The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (39431 votes)
92Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (19050 votes)
93The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (22727 votes)
94Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (84194 votes)
95Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (132508 votes)
96The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (19529 votes)
97Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (149759 votes)
98The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (17238 votes)
99Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.2/10 (25377 votes)
100Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (114185 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank   Title
101The Great Dictator (1940) 8.2/10 (19435 votes)
102City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (13980 votes)
103Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.2/10 (38631 votes)
104Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (18204 votes)
105The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (62820 votes)
106Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (19897 votes)
107Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (72455 votes)
108Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.2/10 (135939 votes)
109High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (20389 votes)
110Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (100641 votes)
111Superbad (2007) 8.2/10 (25855 votes)
112Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (130908 votes)
113Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (115979 votes)
114Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.2/10 (6849 votes)
115Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (20875 votes)
116Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2/10 (24983 votes)
117Back to the Future (1985) 8.2/10 (116241 votes)
118Unforgiven (1992) 8.2/10 (53512 votes)
119Oldboy (2003) 8.2/10 (43224 votes)
120Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.2/10 (100113 votes)
121Grindhouse (2007) 8.1/10 (38330 votes)
122Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (37105 votes)
123Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (37474 votes)
124Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.1/10 (20434 votes)
125The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (153255 votes)
126The Green Mile (1999) 8.1/10 (109270 votes)
127The Incredibles (2004) 8.1/10 (81317 votes)
128Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (16775 votes)
129Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (34813 votes)
130Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (86297 votes)
131Gladiator (2000) 8.1/10 (160932 votes)
132Children of Men (2006) 8.1/10 (69309 votes)
133Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (56551 votes)
134Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (13795 votes)
135V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (109988 votes)
136The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (13042 votes)
137The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.1/10 (50713 votes)
138Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.1/10 (5257 votes)
139Platoon (1986) 8.1/10 (63060 votes)
140Crash (2004/I) 8.1/10 (95997 votes)
141Die Hard (1988) 8.1/10 (104025 votes)
142Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.1/10 (6854 votes)
143Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.1/10 (19855 votes)
144Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.1/10 (6291 votes)
145The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (83344 votes)
146Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.1/10 (6833 votes)
147The Graduate (1967) 8.1/10 (46753 votes)
148It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (13725 votes)
149Amores perros (2000) 8.1/10 (32750 votes)
150Smultronstället (1957) 8.1/10 (10810 votes)
151Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.1/10 (99394 votes)
152The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.0/10 (18154 votes)
153Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (33730 votes)
154Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (27907 votes)
155Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (10927 votes)
156Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8.0/10 (68207 votes)
157Hot Fuzz (2007) 8.0/10 (53311 votes)
158Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.0/10 (7110 votes)
1598½ (1963) 8.0/10 (15295 votes)
160Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (30166 votes)
161The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (13201 votes)
162The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (21698 votes)
163Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.0/10 (75756 votes)
164Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (52760 votes)
165The General (1927) 8.0/10 (11241 votes)
166The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (13565 votes)
167Brief Encounter (1945) 8.0/10 (6236 votes)
168Heat (1995) 8.0/10 (81367 votes)
169The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (18256 votes)
170Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (13320 votes)
171The Big Lebowski (1998) 8.0/10 (94358 votes)
172Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (15744 votes)
173Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (8502 votes)
174The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (13319 votes)
175Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.0/10 (9160 votes)
176Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (24052 votes)
177Groundhog Day (1993) 8.0/10 (77137 votes)
178Trainspotting (1996) 8.0/10 (88132 votes)
179Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (16133 votes)
180Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.0/10 (47485 votes)
181Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (35626 votes)
182Toy Story (1995) 8.0/10 (77549 votes)
183Snatch. (2000) 8.0/10 (88495 votes)
184The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (17145 votes)
185The Thing (1982) 8.0/10 (38012 votes)
186Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 8.0/10 (9130 votes)
187Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (5149 votes)
188Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (53247 votes)
189King Kong (1933) 8.0/10 (22294 votes)
190Ed Wood (1994) 8.0/10 (41788 votes)
191Twelve Monkeys (1995) 8.0/10 (100908 votes)
192Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (68626 votes)
193Sleuth (1972) 8.0/10 (8211 votes)
194Spartacus (1960) 8.0/10 (29303 votes)
195The Lady Vanishes (1938) 8.0/10 (8813 votes)
196The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (11243 votes)
197The Terminator (1984) 8.0/10 (99389 votes)
198Scarface (1983) 8.0/10 (74678 votes)
199In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8.0/10 (12606 votes)
200The Exorcist (1973) 8.0/10 (59282 votes)
201Frankenstein (1931) 7.9/10 (12663 votes)
202Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (72496 votes)
203Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (61714 votes)
204The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (14212 votes)
205Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (75989 votes)
206The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 7.9/10 (4186 votes)
207Stalker (1979) 7.9/10 (9314 votes)
208Ying xiong (2002) 7.9/10 (49865 votes)
209Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (7765 votes)
210A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (33544 votes)
211The Lion King (1994) 7.9/10 (65177 votes)
212Casino Royale (2006) 7.9/10 (89009 votes)
213Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (65123 votes)
214Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (37049 votes)
215Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (16669 votes)
216Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (22124 votes)
217Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (5564 votes)
218Zodiac (2007/I) 7.9/10 (34876 votes)
219The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 7.9/10 (10231 votes)
220Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (24829 votes)
221Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (140487 votes)
222The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7.9/10 (17144 votes)
223Finding Neverland (2004) 7.9/10 (52746 votes)
224In Cold Blood (1967) 7.9/10 (5687 votes)
225Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (4075 votes)
226Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (36095 votes)
227Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (12135 votes)
228Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (113351 votes)
229A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (18405 votes)
230Mou gaan dou (2002) 7.9/10 (18147 votes)
231Shaun of the Dead (2004) 7.9/10 (61631 votes)
232Casino (1995) 7.9/10 (54545 votes)
233Rope (1948) 7.9/10 (14972 votes)
234Dial M for Murder (1954) 7.9/10 (15034 votes)
235Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (21472 votes)
236All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (12380 votes)
237Umberto D. (1952) 7.9/10 (3792 votes)
238Before Sunset (2004) 7.9/10 (26329 votes)
239Haine, La (1995) 7.9/10 (13639 votes)
240The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.9/10 (6125 votes)
241Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) 7.9/10 (19083 votes)
242Persona (1966) 7.9/10 (7870 votes)
243A Man for All Seasons (1966) 7.9/10 (7590 votes)
244The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (13068 votes)
245Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.9/10 (18194 votes)
246Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (17102 votes)
247Kumonosu jô (1957) 7.9/10 (7346 votes)
248Samouraï, Le (1967) 7.9/10 (4464 votes)
249The Searchers (1956) 7.9/10 (17449 votes)
250Walk the Line (2005) 7.9/10 (50154 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.