| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (238199 votes) |
| 2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1/10 (281837 votes) |
| 3 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.0/10 (136058 votes) |
| 4 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.8/10 (74585 votes) |
| 5 | Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.8/10 (242470 votes) |
| 6 | Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (164520 votes) |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8/10 (175054 votes) |
| 8 | Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (108897 votes) |
| 9 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8/10 (121885 votes) |
| 10 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (217534 votes) |
| 11 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (60448 votes) |
| 12 | Star Wars (1977) 8.8/10 (213817 votes) |
| 13 | 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.7/10 (55796 votes) |
| 14 | Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (71207 votes) |
| 15 | Goodfellas (1990) 8.7/10 (130018 votes) |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7/10 (149847 votes) |
| 17 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (253466 votes) |
| 18 | Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.7/10 (78068 votes) |
| 19 | The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (169909 votes) |
| 20 | C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.6/10 (38236 votes) |
| 21 | Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (88127 votes) |
| 22 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (103092 votes) |
| 23 | North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (58500 votes) |
| 24 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.6/10 (150406 votes) |
| 25 | Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (94205 votes) |
| 26 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (206615 votes) |
| 27 | Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (160055 votes) |
| 28 | Fight Club (1999) 8.6/10 (213461 votes) |
| 29 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.5/10 (30665 votes) |
| 30 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (51372 votes) |
| 31 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (65127 votes) |
| 32 | The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (235865 votes) |
| 33 | Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5/10 (88281 votes) |
| 34 | American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (182499 votes) |
| 35 | Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (56314 votes) |
| 36 | Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5/10 (109151 votes) |
| 37 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (109700 votes) |
| 38 | Se7en (1995) 8.5/10 (159340 votes) |
| 39 | The Departed (2006) 8.5/10 (124061 votes) |
| 40 | Léon (1994) 8.5/10 (106345 votes) |
| 41 | American History X (1998) 8.4/10 (120834 votes) |
| 42 | Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (25860 votes) |
| 43 | Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (45741 votes) |
| 44 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (51763 votes) |
| 45 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (120536 votes) |
| 46 | M (1931) 8.4/10 (22883 votes) |
| 47 | Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) 8.4/10 (68917 votes) |
| 48 | The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (31573 votes) |
| 49 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.4/10 (114970 votes) |
| 50 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.4/10 (18688 votes) |
| 51 | Alien (1979) 8.4/10 (106965 votes) |
| 52 | The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (68286 votes) |
| 53 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (102495 votes) |
| 54 | The Shining (1980) 8.4/10 (97021 votes) |
| 55 | L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4/10 (108944 votes) |
| 56 | Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (40657 votes) |
| 57 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.4/10 (36875 votes) |
| 58 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (55009 votes) |
| 59 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.4/10 (32515 votes) |
| 60 | Double Indemnity (1944) 8.4/10 (20906 votes) |
| 61 | Boot, Das (1981) 8.4/10 (46553 votes) |
| 62 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (101295 votes) |
| 63 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (167428 votes) |
| 64 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3/10 (125661 votes) |
| 65 | Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) 8.3/10 (21974 votes) |
| 66 | Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (22485 votes) |
| 67 | Aliens (1986) 8.3/10 (104526 votes) |
| 68 | Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (51732 votes) |
| 69 | Forrest Gump (1994) 8.3/10 (166359 votes) |
| 70 | Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (19290 votes) |
| 71 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (46173 votes) |
| 72 | Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (138567 votes) |
| 73 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (34236 votes) |
| 74 | Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (22406 votes) |
| 75 | Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (20573 votes) |
| 76 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.3/10 (132845 votes) |
| 77 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 (101613 votes) |
| 78 | The Great Escape (1963) 8.3/10 (36152 votes) |
| 79 | All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (21635 votes) |
| 80 | Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (41718 votes) |
| 81 | Amadeus (1984) 8.3/10 (60365 votes) |
| 82 | Ratatouille (2007) 8.3/10 (29644 votes) |
| 83 | Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.3/10 (19875 votes) |
| 84 | Touch of Evil (1958) 8.3/10 (19542 votes) |
| 85 | On the Waterfront (1954) 8.3/10 (23974 votes) |
| 86 | The Prestige (2006) 8.3/10 (83056 votes) |
| 87 | The Elephant Man (1980) 8.3/10 (31593 votes) |
| 88 | Jaws (1975) 8.3/10 (83308 votes) |
| 89 | Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (63624 votes) |
| 90 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.2/10 (23046 votes) |
| 91 | The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (40021 votes) |
| 92 | Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (19436 votes) |
| 93 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (85754 votes) |
| 94 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 8.2/10 (47386 votes) |
| 95 | The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (19865 votes) |
| 96 | Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (135440 votes) |
| 97 | City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (14241 votes) |
| 98 | Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (151936 votes) |
| 99 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (20205 votes) |
| 100 | The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (17506 votes) |
| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 101 | The Great Dictator (1940) 8.2/10 (19840 votes) |
| 102 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.2/10 (25896 votes) |
| 103 | Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (115857 votes) |
| 104 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.2/10 (39491 votes) |
| 105 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (63789 votes) |
| 106 | Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (18500 votes) |
| 107 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.2/10 (137725 votes) |
| 108 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (73969 votes) |
| 109 | High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (20684 votes) |
| 110 | Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (102047 votes) |
| 111 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (133554 votes) |
| 112 | Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (118383 votes) |
| 113 | Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (21231 votes) |
| 114 | Back to the Future (1985) 8.2/10 (118147 votes) |
| 115 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2/10 (25382 votes) |
| 116 | Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.2/10 (6985 votes) |
| 117 | Unforgiven (1992) 8.2/10 (54583 votes) |
| 118 | Oldboy (2003) 8.2/10 (44459 votes) |
| 119 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.2/10 (101553 votes) |
| 120 | Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (37774 votes) |
| 121 | Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (38134 votes) |
| 122 | The Green Mile (1999) 8.1/10 (111263 votes) |
| 123 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.1/10 (21024 votes) |
| 124 | The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (155387 votes) |
| 125 | Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (17090 votes) |
| 126 | The Incredibles (2004) 8.1/10 (82954 votes) |
| 127 | Grindhouse (2007) 8.1/10 (40739 votes) |
| 128 | Gladiator (2000) 8.1/10 (163735 votes) |
| 129 | Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (35330 votes) |
| 130 | Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (87980 votes) |
| 131 | Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (57467 votes) |
| 132 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (14067 votes) |
| 133 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.1/10 (6958 votes) |
| 134 | The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.1/10 (51584 votes) |
| 135 | Children of Men (2006) 8.1/10 (72288 votes) |
| 136 | The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (13414 votes) |
| 137 | V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (112959 votes) |
| 138 | Die Hard (1988) 8.1/10 (106041 votes) |
| 139 | Platoon (1986) 8.1/10 (64140 votes) |
| 140 | It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (13962 votes) |
| 141 | Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.1/10 (7022 votes) |
| 142 | Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.1/10 (5388 votes) |
| 143 | Crash (2004/I) 8.1/10 (98057 votes) |
| 144 | The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (84489 votes) |
| 145 | The Graduate (1967) 8.1/10 (47665 votes) |
| 146 | The General (1927) 8.1/10 (11464 votes) |
| 147 | Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.1/10 (6453 votes) |
| 148 | Brief Encounter (1945) 8.1/10 (6400 votes) |
| 149 | Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.1/10 (21229 votes) |
| 150 | Smultronstället (1957) 8.1/10 (11066 votes) |
| 151 | Amores perros (2000) 8.1/10 (33479 votes) |
| 152 | The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.1/10 (18503 votes) |
| 153 | Gandhi (1982) 8.0/10 (28419 votes) |
| 154 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (34281 votes) |
| 155 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.0/10 (11185 votes) |
| 156 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.0/10 (101628 votes) |
| 157 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.0/10 (7276 votes) |
| 158 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (30871 votes) |
| 159 | The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (21983 votes) |
| 160 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8.0/10 (70679 votes) |
| 161 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (13422 votes) |
| 162 | Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (53672 votes) |
| 163 | Heat (1995) 8.0/10 (82909 votes) |
| 164 | 8½ (1963) 8.0/10 (15582 votes) |
| 165 | Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.0/10 (76679 votes) |
| 166 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (13809 votes) |
| 167 | The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (18611 votes) |
| 168 | Hot Fuzz (2007) 8.0/10 (57984 votes) |
| 169 | Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (13547 votes) |
| 170 | Superbad (2007) 8.0/10 (36606 votes) |
| 171 | Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (16371 votes) |
| 172 | The Big Lebowski (1998) 8.0/10 (96274 votes) |
| 173 | Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.0/10 (48197 votes) |
| 174 | 3:10 to Yuma (2007) 8.0/10 (12371 votes) |
| 175 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (13540 votes) |
| 176 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (16070 votes) |
| 177 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.0/10 (9430 votes) |
| 178 | The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (11439 votes) |
| 179 | Trainspotting (1996) 8.0/10 (89623 votes) |
| 180 | Groundhog Day (1993) 8.0/10 (78400 votes) |
| 181 | Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (8717 votes) |
| 182 | Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (24416 votes) |
| 183 | Snatch. (2000) 8.0/10 (90436 votes) |
| 184 | Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (36177 votes) |
| 185 | Toy Story (1995) 8.0/10 (78859 votes) |
| 186 | The Thing (1982) 8.0/10 (39045 votes) |
| 187 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (17450 votes) |
| 188 | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 8.0/10 (9312 votes) |
| 189 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) 8.0/10 (102577 votes) |
| 190 | Ed Wood (1994) 8.0/10 (42552 votes) |
| 191 | Scarface (1983) 8.0/10 (76723 votes) |
| 192 | Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (54088 votes) |
| 193 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.0/10 (10361 votes) |
| 194 | King Kong (1933) 8.0/10 (22679 votes) |
| 195 | Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (5286 votes) |
| 196 | Sleuth (1972) 8.0/10 (8446 votes) |
| 197 | The Lady Vanishes (1938) 8.0/10 (9003 votes) |
| 198 | The Terminator (1984) 8.0/10 (101157 votes) |
| 199 | Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (69617 votes) |
| 200 | Spartacus (1960) 8.0/10 (29855 votes) |
| 201 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8.0/10 (12810 votes) |
| 202 | The Exorcist (1973) 8.0/10 (60298 votes) |
| 203 | Frankenstein (1931) 7.9/10 (12916 votes) |
| 204 | Out of the Past (1947) 7.9/10 (5700 votes) |
| 205 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7.9/10 (17425 votes) |
| 206 | Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (74036 votes) |
| 207 | The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 7.9/10 (4303 votes) |
| 208 | Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (62966 votes) |
| 209 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (7941 votes) |
| 210 | The Lion King (1994) 7.9/10 (66710 votes) |
| 211 | Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (77177 votes) |
| 212 | The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (14497 votes) |
| 213 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (66527 votes) |
| 214 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (22479 votes) |
| 215 | Stalker (1979) 7.9/10 (9654 votes) |
| 216 | Ying xiong (2002) 7.9/10 (50741 votes) |
| 217 | Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (37654 votes) |
| 218 | Casino Royale (2006) 7.9/10 (91673 votes) |
| 219 | A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (33992 votes) |
| 220 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (142591 votes) |
| 221 | Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (17060 votes) |
| 222 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (18772 votes) |
| 223 | Finding Neverland (2004) 7.9/10 (53875 votes) |
| 224 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (25458 votes) |
| 225 | Dial M for Murder (1954) 7.9/10 (15461 votes) |
| 226 | In Cold Blood (1967) 7.9/10 (5832 votes) |
| 227 | Shaun of the Dead (2004) 7.9/10 (64006 votes) |
| 228 | Casino (1995) 7.9/10 (55946 votes) |
| 229 | Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (12316 votes) |
| 230 | Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (37062 votes) |
| 231 | Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (21927 votes) |
| 232 | Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (115055 votes) |
| 233 | Mou gaan dou (2002) 7.9/10 (18684 votes) |
| 234 | Rope (1948) 7.9/10 (15524 votes) |
| 235 | Zodiac (2007/I) 7.9/10 (39012 votes) |
| 236 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (12597 votes) |
| 237 | Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (17450 votes) |
| 238 | Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (4221 votes) |
| 239 | A Man for All Seasons (1966) 7.9/10 (7773 votes) |
| 240 | Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.9/10 (18595 votes) |
| 241 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (18689 votes) |
| 242 | Umberto D. (1952) 7.9/10 (3918 votes) |
| 243 | The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.9/10 (6315 votes) |
| 244 | Before Sunset (2004) 7.9/10 (27055 votes) |
| 245 | Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) 7.9/10 (19913 votes) |
| 246 | Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (51112 votes) |
| 247 | Idi i smotri (1985) 7.9/10 (4316 votes) |
| 248 | Ikiru (1952) 7.9/10 (9229 votes) |
| 249 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.9/10 (64142 votes) |
| 250 | Blood Diamond (2006) 7.9/10 (50184 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)