Rank   Title
1The Godfather (1972) 9.1/10 (280319 votes)
2The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.1/10 (330901 votes)
3The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.0/10 (160631 votes)
4Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.9/10 (93117 votes)
5Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.9/10 (284032 votes)
6Schindler's List (1993) 8.8/10 (189695 votes)
7One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.8/10 (142747 votes)
8Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8/10 (199975 votes)
9Casablanca (1942) 8.8/10 (123375 votes)
10Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.8/10 (69431 votes)
11Star Wars (1977) 8.8/10 (240549 votes)
1212 Angry Men (1957) 8.8/10 (68123 votes)
13The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.8/10 (254417 votes)
14Rear Window (1954) 8.7/10 (82370 votes)
15Goodfellas (1990) 8.7/10 (155482 votes)
16Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.7/10 (178750 votes)
17Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.7/10 (99522 votes)
18C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.7/10 (46770 votes)
19The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 8.7/10 (286540 votes)
20The Usual Suspects (1995) 8.7/10 (194404 votes)
21Psycho (1960) 8.6/10 (101156 votes)
22Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (116933 votes)
23Fight Club (1999) 8.6/10 (253836 votes)
24The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 8.6/10 (172599 votes)
25Citizen Kane (1941) 8.6/10 (105781 votes)
26North by Northwest (1959) 8.6/10 (66961 votes)
27Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (185083 votes)
28Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.6/10 (35973 votes)
29The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 8.6/10 (236696 votes)
30It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.6/10 (74517 votes)
31The Matrix (1999) 8.6/10 (270751 votes)
32Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (58586 votes)
33Se7en (1995) 8.5/10 (187683 votes)
34Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.5/10 (125458 votes)
35Taxi Driver (1976) 8.5/10 (105084 votes)
36American Beauty (1999) 8.5/10 (211491 votes)
37Léon (1994) 8.5/10 (129223 votes)
38Vertigo (1958) 8.5/10 (64862 votes)
39American History X (1998) 8.5/10 (146777 votes)
40Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (126917 votes)
41Paths of Glory (1957) 8.5/10 (30246 votes)
42The Departed (2006) 8.5/10 (163497 votes)
43M (1931) 8.5/10 (26815 votes)
44To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (59199 votes)
45Chinatown (1974) 8.4/10 (54031 votes)
46The Third Man (1949) 8.4/10 (36136 votes)
47A Clockwork Orange (1971) 8.4/10 (134985 votes)
48Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) 8.4/10 (38089 votes)
49Alien (1979) 8.4/10 (125600 votes)
50The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 8.4/10 (22386 votes)
51Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.4/10 (145878 votes)
52The Shining (1980) 8.4/10 (117298 votes)
53Forrest Gump (1994) 8.4/10 (198407 votes)
54Double Indemnity (1944) 8.4/10 (24570 votes)
55The Pianist (2002) 8.4/10 (83324 votes)
56Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) 8.4/10 (94568 votes)
57Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.4/10 (65712 votes)
58Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4/10 (116471 votes)
59Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.4/10 (193158 votes)
60Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.4/10 (121652 votes)
61L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.4/10 (123218 votes)
62The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.4/10 (42400 votes)
63There Will Be Blood (2007) 8.4/10 (65620 votes)
64Boot, Das (1981) 8.4/10 (52457 votes)
65Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.4/10 (147482 votes)
66Aliens (1986) 8.4/10 (121076 votes)
67No Country for Old Men (2007) 8.4/10 (108161 votes)
68Untergang, Der (2004) 8.4/10 (50622 votes)
69The Maltese Falcon (1941) 8.4/10 (37164 votes)
70Raging Bull (1980) 8.4/10 (61669 votes)
71Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.4/10 (156998 votes)
72Rashômon (1950) 8.4/10 (26269 votes)
73Metropolis (1927) 8.3/10 (26452 votes)
74Modern Times (1936) 8.3/10 (23085 votes)
75Rebecca (1940) 8.3/10 (24171 votes)
762001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 (116595 votes)
77Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (39293 votes)
78Sin City (2005) 8.3/10 (170670 votes)
79All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (24995 votes)
80Hotel Rwanda (2004) 8.3/10 (58413 votes)
81Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (47774 votes)
82Amadeus (1984) 8.3/10 (69327 votes)
83Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.3/10 (74313 votes)
84City Lights (1931) 8.3/10 (16885 votes)
85Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.3/10 (24016 votes)
86The Great Escape (1963) 8.3/10 (42565 votes)
87The Prestige (2006) 8.3/10 (114324 votes)
88On the Waterfront (1954) 8.3/10 (28049 votes)
89The Elephant Man (1980) 8.3/10 (38143 votes)
90Touch of Evil (1958) 8.3/10 (22524 votes)
91Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.3/10 (102313 votes)
92Jaws (1975) 8.3/10 (96923 votes)
93The Sting (1973) 8.3/10 (46040 votes)
94Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 8.3/10 (30460 votes)
95Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.3/10 (47804 votes)
96The Apartment (1960) 8.3/10 (23697 votes)
97The Great Dictator (1940) 8.3/10 (23858 votes)
98Braveheart (1995) 8.3/10 (174926 votes)
99Blade Runner (1982) 8.3/10 (135675 votes)
100The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 8.3/10 (25949 votes)

Top 101 - 250

Rank   Title
101Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.2/10 (22697 votes)
102Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (23280 votes)
103Batman Begins (2005) 8.2/10 (166663 votes)
104Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.2/10 (123981 votes)
105Back to the Future (1985) 8.2/10 (137927 votes)
106Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.2/10 (156469 votes)
107Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.2/10 (16941 votes)
108High Noon (1952) 8.2/10 (24093 votes)
109The Big Sleep (1946) 8.2/10 (20295 votes)
110Notorious (1946) 8.2/10 (21659 votes)
111Fargo (1996) 8.2/10 (119538 votes)
112Oldboy (2003) 8.2/10 (56347 votes)
113The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8.2/10 (73862 votes)
114Unforgiven (1992) 8.2/10 (64837 votes)
115Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (24438 votes)
116Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) 8.2/10 (8833 votes)
117Donnie Darko (2001) 8.2/10 (142255 votes)
118Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2/10 (29923 votes)
119Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.2/10 (44182 votes)
120Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 8.2/10 (26178 votes)
121The Green Mile (1999) 8.2/10 (131888 votes)
122Yojimbo (1961) 8.2/10 (19903 votes)
123Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (158758 votes)
124Gladiator (2000) 8.2/10 (192912 votes)
125Die Hard (1988) 8.2/10 (125808 votes)
126Million Dollar Baby (2004) 8.2/10 (89886 votes)
127Into the Wild (2007) 8.2/10 (35583 votes)
128Ratatouille (2007) 8.2/10 (72461 votes)
129The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 8.2/10 (85628 votes)
130Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (44875 votes)
131Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957) 8.1/10 (6764 votes)
132Ben-Hur (1959) 8.1/10 (41160 votes)
133The Deer Hunter (1978) 8.1/10 (60801 votes)
134It Happened One Night (1934) 8.1/10 (16510 votes)
135The Sixth Sense (1999) 8.1/10 (175431 votes)
136Platoon (1986) 8.1/10 (75951 votes)
137The General (1927) 8.1/10 (13354 votes)
138Life of Brian (1979) 8.1/10 (66636 votes)
139Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 8.1/10 (8341 votes)
140The Killing (1956) 8.1/10 (16050 votes)
141Smultronstället (1957) 8.1/10 (13460 votes)
142Diaboliques, Les (1955) 8.1/10 (8785 votes)
143Heat (1995) 8.1/10 (97963 votes)
144Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 8.1/10 (8363 votes)
145Amores perros (2000) 8.1/10 (40532 votes)
146Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (105845 votes)
147Brief Encounter (1945) 8.1/10 (8193 votes)
148The Incredibles (2004) 8.1/10 (103006 votes)
149V for Vendetta (2005) 8.1/10 (142174 votes)
150The Wild Bunch (1969) 8.1/10 (21657 votes)
151Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 (39892 votes)
1528½ (1963) 8.1/10 (18692 votes)
153The Night of the Hunter (1955) 8.1/10 (16444 votes)
154The Graduate (1967) 8.1/10 (55075 votes)
155The Big Lebowski (1998) 8.1/10 (117838 votes)
156Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 8.1/10 (8811 votes)
157The Princess Bride (1987) 8.1/10 (95509 votes)
158Children of Men (2006) 8.1/10 (98615 votes)
159Stand by Me (1986) 8.1/10 (62691 votes)
160Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 8.1/10 (37858 votes)
161Gandhi (1982) 8.1/10 (33792 votes)
162Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 8.1/10 (31739 votes)
163Iron Man (2008) 8.1/10 (64749 votes)
164Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 8.1/10 (13452 votes)
165Snatch. (2000) 8.1/10 (110084 votes)
166Crash (2004/I) 8.1/10 (118832 votes)
167Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 8.1/10 (11103 votes)
168The Thing (1982) 8.0/10 (48156 votes)
169Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.0/10 (55408 votes)
170Trainspotting (1996) 8.0/10 (104273 votes)
171Harvey (1950) 8.0/10 (15844 votes)
172The African Queen (1951) 8.0/10 (24982 votes)
173The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 8.0/10 (15832 votes)
174Scarface (1983) 8.0/10 (97005 votes)
175The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 8.0/10 (15575 votes)
176Groundhog Day (1993) 8.0/10 (92160 votes)
177The Gold Rush (1925) 8.0/10 (13583 votes)
178Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.0/10 (122317 votes)
179The Conversation (1974) 8.0/10 (21873 votes)
180Duck Soup (1933) 8.0/10 (18696 votes)
181Toy Story (1995) 8.0/10 (93721 votes)
182Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (28028 votes)
183Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 8.0/10 (94773 votes)
184Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.0/10 (84974 votes)
185The Terminator (1984) 8.0/10 (118860 votes)
186Twelve Monkeys (1995) 8.0/10 (118663 votes)
187The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 8.0/10 (12000 votes)
188Sleuth (1972) 8.0/10 (10682 votes)
189Belle et la bête, La (1946) 8.0/10 (6508 votes)
190The Hustler (1961) 8.0/10 (16991 votes)
191The Lion King (1994) 8.0/10 (82851 votes)
192Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 8.0/10 (80537 votes)
193Ed Wood (1994) 8.0/10 (50764 votes)
194King Kong (1933) 8.0/10 (26677 votes)
195Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.0/10 (19289 votes)
196Juno (2007) 8.0/10 (89254 votes)
197The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 8.0/10 (20379 votes)
198Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (41472 votes)
199The Exorcist (1973) 8.0/10 (70438 votes)
200The Lost Weekend (1945) 8.0/10 (7856 votes)
201The Lady Vanishes (1938) 8.0/10 (11252 votes)
202Umberto D. (1952) 8.0/10 (5086 votes)
203Spartacus (1960) 8.0/10 (35125 votes)
204Magnolia (1999) 8.0/10 (89999 votes)
205American Gangster (2007) 8.0/10 (68187 votes)
206Stalag 17 (1953) 8.0/10 (14396 votes)
207Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 8.0/10 (6701 votes)
208Frankenstein (1931) 8.0/10 (15353 votes)
209Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 8.0/10 (10933 votes)
210The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 8.0/10 (5599 votes)
211Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920) 8.0/10 (11064 votes)
212All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.0/10 (14640 votes)
213Hotaru no haka (1988) 8.0/10 (21113 votes)
214Casino (1995) 8.0/10 (70065 votes)
215The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8.0/10 (20049 votes)
216Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 8.0/10 (27355 votes)
217Rosemary's Baby (1968) 8.0/10 (31531 votes)
218In the Heat of the Night (1967) 8.0/10 (15132 votes)
219Big Fish (2003) 8.0/10 (90837 votes)
220Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 8.0/10 (9923 votes)
221Dial M for Murder (1954) 8.0/10 (18654 votes)
222Stalker (1979) 8.0/10 (12716 votes)
223Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (61798 votes)
224Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (76134 votes)
225Rope (1948) 8.0/10 (19390 votes)
226A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 8.0/10 (22293 votes)
227Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (25974 votes)
228Out of the Past (1947) 8.0/10 (7126 votes)
229The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 8.0/10 (16138 votes)
230Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (43727 votes)
231Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) 7.9/10 (10000 votes)
232Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (20718 votes)
233Toy Story 2 (1999) 7.9/10 (80603 votes)
234The Searchers (1956) 7.9/10 (21587 votes)
235The Kid (1921) 7.9/10 (7276 votes)
236Mou gaan dou (2002) 7.9/10 (23073 votes)
237Harold and Maude (1971) 7.9/10 (19545 votes)
238Shaun of the Dead (2004) 7.9/10 (84325 votes)
239Ace in the Hole (1951) 7.9/10 (3612 votes)
240Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.9/10 (168213 votes)
241Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) 7.9/10 (25623 votes)
242A Christmas Story (1983) 7.9/10 (40840 votes)
243Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (21139 votes)
244Ying xiong (2002) 7.9/10 (59156 votes)
245Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987) 7.9/10 (13897 votes)
246Hot Fuzz (2007) 7.9/10 (86368 votes)
247Network (1976) 7.9/10 (20039 votes)
248Bringing Up Baby (1938) 7.9/10 (17017 votes)
249Barry Lyndon (1975) 7.9/10 (26561 votes)
250Blood Diamond (2006) 7.9/10 (69589 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.