| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (242396 votes) |
| 2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1/10 (286866 votes) |
| 3 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.0/10 (138592 votes) |
| 4 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.9/10 (76579 votes) |
| 5 | Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.8/10 (246736 votes) |
| 6 | Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (167045 votes) |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8/10 (177600 votes) |
| 8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8/10 (123997 votes) |
| 9 | Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (110511 votes) |
| 10 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (221199 votes) |
| 11 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (61451 votes) |
| 12 | Star Wars (1977) 8.8/10 (216549 votes) |
| 13 | 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.7/10 (57232 votes) |
| 14 | Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (72510 votes) |
| 15 | Goodfellas (1990) 8.7/10 (132781 votes) |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7/10 (151983 votes) |
| 17 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (256757 votes) |
| 18 | Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.7/10 (80150 votes) |
| 19 | C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.7/10 (39316 votes) |
| 20 | The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.6/10 (172564 votes) |
| 21 | Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (89660 votes) |
| 22 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (104527 votes) |
| 23 | North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (59449 votes) |
| 24 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.6/10 (152895 votes) |
| 25 | Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (95573 votes) |
| 26 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (209717 votes) |
| 27 | Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (162801 votes) |
| 28 | Fight Club (1999) 8.6/10 (217747 votes) |
| 29 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.6/10 (31339 votes) |
| 30 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (52235 votes) |
| 31 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (66056 votes) |
| 32 | The Matrix (1999) 8.5/10 (239413 votes) |
| 33 | Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5/10 (90170 votes) |
| 34 | Se7en (1995) 8.5/10 (162524 votes) |
| 35 | American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (185702 votes) |
| 36 | Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5/10 (110807 votes) |
| 37 | Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (57392 votes) |
| 38 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (111650 votes) |
| 39 | Léon (1994) 8.5/10 (108651 votes) |
| 40 | The Departed (2006) 8.5/10 (128417 votes) |
| 41 | American History X (1998) 8.5/10 (123909 votes) |
| 42 | Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (26304 votes) |
| 43 | Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (46737 votes) |
| 44 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (52632 votes) |
| 45 | M (1931) 8.4/10 (23423 votes) |
| 46 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (123273 votes) |
| 47 | Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) 8.4/10 (72174 votes) |
| 48 | The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (32143 votes) |
| 49 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.4/10 (117344 votes) |
| 50 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.4/10 (19142 votes) |
| 51 | Alien (1979) 8.4/10 (109027 votes) |
| 52 | The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (69890 votes) |
| 53 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (103993 votes) |
| 54 | The Shining (1980) 8.4/10 (99239 votes) |
| 55 | L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4/10 (110555 votes) |
| 56 | Double Indemnity (1944) 8.4/10 (21435 votes) |
| 57 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (56262 votes) |
| 58 | Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (41986 votes) |
| 59 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.4/10 (37520 votes) |
| 60 | Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) 8.4/10 (24075 votes) |
| 61 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.4/10 (33102 votes) |
| 62 | Boot, Das (1981) 8.4/10 (47187 votes) |
| 63 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.4/10 (170057 votes) |
| 64 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.4/10 (128085 votes) |
| 65 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (103413 votes) |
| 66 | Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (23006 votes) |
| 67 | Aliens (1986) 8.3/10 (106283 votes) |
| 68 | Forrest Gump (1994) 8.3/10 (169638 votes) |
| 69 | Raging Bull (1980) 8.3/10 (52804 votes) |
| 70 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (34923 votes) |
| 71 | Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (22894 votes) |
| 72 | Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (142124 votes) |
| 73 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (47535 votes) |
| 74 | Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (21030 votes) |
| 75 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.3/10 (135239 votes) |
| 76 | Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (19746 votes) |
| 77 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 (103204 votes) |
| 78 | Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (42453 votes) |
| 79 | All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (22016 votes) |
| 80 | The Great Escape (1963) 8.3/10 (36874 votes) |
| 81 | Amadeus (1984) 8.3/10 (61405 votes) |
| 82 | Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.3/10 (20397 votes) |
| 83 | On the Waterfront (1954) 8.3/10 (24495 votes) |
| 84 | Touch of Evil (1958) 8.3/10 (19974 votes) |
| 85 | The Elephant Man (1980) 8.3/10 (32386 votes) |
| 86 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (23450 votes) |
| 87 | The Prestige (2006) 8.3/10 (86515 votes) |
| 88 | Jaws (1975) 8.3/10 (84747 votes) |
| 89 | Ratatouille (2007) 8.3/10 (37816 votes) |
| 90 | Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (64749 votes) |
| 91 | The Sting (1973) 8.2/10 (40792 votes) |
| 92 | Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (19781 votes) |
| 93 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2/10 (87445 votes) |
| 94 | The Apartment (1960) 8.2/10 (20344 votes) |
| 95 | Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (138312 votes) |
| 96 | Braveheart (1995) 8.2/10 (154256 votes) |
| 97 | City Lights (1931) 8.2/10 (14597 votes) |
| 98 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 8.2/10 (52830 votes) |
| 99 | The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (17935 votes) |
| 100 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.2/10 (40333 votes) |
| Rank | Title |
|---|---|
| 101 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (20596 votes) |
| 102 | Blade Runner (1982) 8.2/10 (117861 votes) |
| 103 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (64920 votes) |
| 104 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.2/10 (26476 votes) |
| 105 | Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (18906 votes) |
| 106 | The Great Dictator (1940) 8.2/10 (20413 votes) |
| 107 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.2/10 (139686 votes) |
| 108 | High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (21135 votes) |
| 109 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (75666 votes) |
| 110 | Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (103492 votes) |
| 111 | Unforgiven (1992) 8.2/10 (55721 votes) |
| 112 | Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (21658 votes) |
| 113 | Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.2/10 (7289 votes) |
| 114 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (136287 votes) |
| 115 | Back to the Future (1985) 8.2/10 (120077 votes) |
| 116 | Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (120989 votes) |
| 117 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2/10 (25898 votes) |
| 118 | Oldboy (2003) 8.2/10 (45843 votes) |
| 119 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.2/10 (103168 votes) |
| 120 | Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (38582 votes) |
| 121 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.1/10 (21727 votes) |
| 122 | Annie Hall (1977) 8.1/10 (38926 votes) |
| 123 | The Green Mile (1999) 8.1/10 (113450 votes) |
| 124 | Yojimbo (1961) 8.1/10 (17503 votes) |
| 125 | The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (157702 votes) |
| 126 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.1/10 (14565 votes) |
| 127 | Gladiator (2000) 8.1/10 (166869 votes) |
| 128 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.1/10 (7178 votes) |
| 129 | Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (36004 votes) |
| 130 | The Incredibles (2004) 8.1/10 (84947 votes) |
| 131 | Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (58396 votes) |
| 132 | American Gangster (2007) 8.1/10 (5075 votes) |
| 133 | Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (89785 votes) |
| 134 | The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.1/10 (52502 votes) |
| 135 | The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (13806 votes) |
| 136 | Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.1/10 (7387 votes) |
| 137 | Die Hard (1988) 8.1/10 (108081 votes) |
| 138 | V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (116195 votes) |
| 139 | It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (14330 votes) |
| 140 | Children of Men (2006) 8.1/10 (75542 votes) |
| 141 | Platoon (1986) 8.1/10 (65401 votes) |
| 142 | Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.1/10 (5655 votes) |
| 143 | The General (1927) 8.1/10 (11744 votes) |
| 144 | Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.1/10 (6753 votes) |
| 145 | Smultronstället (1957) 8.1/10 (11428 votes) |
| 146 | Crash (2004/I) 8.1/10 (100337 votes) |
| 147 | The Graduate (1967) 8.1/10 (48502 votes) |
| 148 | The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (85838 votes) |
| 149 | Grindhouse (2007) 8.1/10 (44433 votes) |
| 150 | Brief Encounter (1945) 8.1/10 (6663 votes) |
| 151 | Amores perros (2000) 8.1/10 (34312 votes) |
| 152 | The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.1/10 (19000 votes) |
| 153 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.1/10 (7563 votes) |
| 154 | Gandhi (1982) 8.1/10 (29084 votes) |
| 155 | Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.1/10 (22569 votes) |
| 156 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 (35048 votes) |
| 157 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.1/10 (11534 votes) |
| 158 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.0/10 (31553 votes) |
| 159 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.0/10 (103912 votes) |
| 160 | Heat (1995) 8.0/10 (84582 votes) |
| 161 | 8½ (1963) 8.0/10 (16016 votes) |
| 162 | The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (22442 votes) |
| 163 | Stand by Me (1986) 8.0/10 (54667 votes) |
| 164 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (13730 votes) |
| 165 | 3:10 to Yuma (2007) 8.0/10 (17955 votes) |
| 166 | Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (13878 votes) |
| 167 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8.0/10 (73358 votes) |
| 168 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.0/10 (14061 votes) |
| 169 | Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.0/10 (77711 votes) |
| 170 | The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (19134 votes) |
| 171 | The Big Lebowski (1998) 8.0/10 (98281 votes) |
| 172 | Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (16695 votes) |
| 173 | Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.0/10 (49004 votes) |
| 174 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.0/10 (9640 votes) |
| 175 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (13868 votes) |
| 176 | The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (11747 votes) |
| 177 | Hot Fuzz (2007) 8.0/10 (61676 votes) |
| 178 | Into the Wild (2007) 8.0/10 (3374 votes) |
| 179 | Trainspotting (1996) 8.0/10 (91243 votes) |
| 180 | Groundhog Day (1993) 8.0/10 (79832 votes) |
| 181 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (16528 votes) |
| 182 | Snatch. (2000) 8.0/10 (92498 votes) |
| 183 | Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (24889 votes) |
| 184 | The Thing (1982) 8.0/10 (40079 votes) |
| 185 | Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (9085 votes) |
| 186 | Toy Story (1995) 8.0/10 (80467 votes) |
| 187 | Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (36875 votes) |
| 188 | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 8.0/10 (9612 votes) |
| 189 | Scarface (1983) 8.0/10 (78836 votes) |
| 190 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (17761 votes) |
| 191 | Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (5500 votes) |
| 192 | Sleuth (1972) 8.0/10 (8888 votes) |
| 193 | Spartacus (1960) 8.0/10 (30487 votes) |
| 194 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) 8.0/10 (104352 votes) |
| 195 | Ed Wood (1994) 8.0/10 (43464 votes) |
| 196 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.0/10 (10627 votes) |
| 197 | King Kong (1933) 8.0/10 (23179 votes) |
| 198 | The Terminator (1984) 8.0/10 (102874 votes) |
| 199 | Out of the Past (1947) 8.0/10 (5924 votes) |
| 200 | The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 8.0/10 (4560 votes) |
| 201 | The Lady Vanishes (1938) 8.0/10 (9357 votes) |
| 202 | Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (54990 votes) |
| 203 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8.0/10 (12990 votes) |
| 204 | The Exorcist (1973) 8.0/10 (61670 votes) |
| 205 | Superbad (2007) 8.0/10 (40910 votes) |
| 206 | Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (70853 votes) |
| 207 | Frankenstein (1931) 8.0/10 (13323 votes) |
| 208 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7.9/10 (17783 votes) |
| 209 | Stalker (1979) 7.9/10 (10092 votes) |
| 210 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 7.9/10 (8244 votes) |
| 211 | Big Fish (2003) 7.9/10 (75845 votes) |
| 212 | The Hustler (1961) 7.9/10 (14865 votes) |
| 213 | Mystic River (2003) 7.9/10 (64524 votes) |
| 214 | The Lion King (1994) 7.9/10 (68430 votes) |
| 215 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.9/10 (23195 votes) |
| 216 | Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (78453 votes) |
| 217 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.9/10 (68053 votes) |
| 218 | Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (38432 votes) |
| 219 | A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (34554 votes) |
| 220 | In Cold Blood (1967) 7.9/10 (6084 votes) |
| 221 | Ying xiong (2002) 7.9/10 (51767 votes) |
| 222 | Casino (1995) 7.9/10 (57472 votes) |
| 223 | Casino Royale (2006) 7.9/10 (94470 votes) |
| 224 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 7.9/10 (19195 votes) |
| 225 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (145150 votes) |
| 226 | Dial M for Murder (1954) 7.9/10 (15781 votes) |
| 227 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) 7.9/10 (26244 votes) |
| 228 | Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.9/10 (17626 votes) |
| 229 | Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (17884 votes) |
| 230 | Manhattan (1979) 7.9/10 (22489 votes) |
| 231 | Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (12633 votes) |
| 232 | Shaun of the Dead (2004) 7.9/10 (66232 votes) |
| 233 | Rope (1948) 7.9/10 (15973 votes) |
| 234 | Mou gaan dou (2002) 7.9/10 (19312 votes) |
| 235 | Finding Neverland (2004) 7.9/10 (55059 votes) |
| 236 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (12922 votes) |
| 237 | Shrek (2001) 7.9/10 (117035 votes) |
| 238 | Cinderella Man (2005) 7.9/10 (38056 votes) |
| 239 | Umberto D. (1952) 7.9/10 (4160 votes) |
| 240 | Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) 7.9/10 (4471 votes) |
| 241 | The Searchers (1956) 7.9/10 (18314 votes) |
| 242 | The Lost Weekend (1945) 7.9/10 (6572 votes) |
| 243 | A Man for All Seasons (1966) 7.9/10 (8052 votes) |
| 244 | Doctor Zhivago (1965) 7.9/10 (19078 votes) |
| 245 | To Have and Have Not (1944) 7.9/10 (7768 votes) |
| 246 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 7.9/10 (13723 votes) |
| 247 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (19099 votes) |
| 248 | Idi i smotri (1985) 7.9/10 (4634 votes) |
| 249 | Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) 7.9/10 (20833 votes) |
| 250 | Before Sunset (2004) 7.9/10 (27909 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)