Rank Rating Title Votes

1. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 436,695

2. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 359,969

3. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 210,089

4. 8.9 Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) 130,292

5. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 357,489

6. 8.9 Schindler's List (1993) 237,677

7. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008) 383,017

8. 8.8 12 Angry Men (1957) 94,152

9. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 182,518

10. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 244,367

11. 8.8 Casablanca (1942) 148,382

12. 8.8 Star Wars (1977) 286,930

13. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 314,117

14. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 84,496

15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) 196,574

16. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 102,800

17. 8.7 Cidade de Deus (2002) 138,486

18. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 216,731

19. 8.7 C'era una volta il West (1968) 61,427

20. 8.7 Fight Club (1999) 324,758

21. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 341,333

22. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1994) 235,194

23. 8.7 Psycho (1960) 123,949

24. 8.6 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 212,647

25. 8.6 Up (2009) 29,219

26. 8.6 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 46,369

27. 8.6 The Matrix (1999) 331,465

28. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 139,096

29. 8.6 Memento (2000) 233,258

30. 8.6 North by Northwest (1959) 81,316

31. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 89,176

32. 8.6 Se7en (1995) 237,332

33. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 285,865

34. 8.6 Citizen Kane (1941) 124,071

35. 8.6 Léon (1994) 168,033

36. 8.6 Apocalypse Now (1979) 152,253

37. 8.6 American Beauty (1999) 257,795

38. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 132,931

39. 8.5 American History X (1998) 190,642

40. 8.5 Vertigo (1958) 79,623

41. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 70,524

42. 8.5 Forrest Gump (1994) 254,677

43. 8.5 WALL·E (2008) 140,345

44. 8.5 Paths of Glory (1957) 38,367

45. 8.5 Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) 155,187

46. 8.5 Double Indemnity (1944) 31,636

47. 8.5 M (1931) 34,168

48. 8.5 Alien (1979) 155,280

49. 8.5 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 72,910

50. 8.5 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 28,523

51. 8.5 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 167,671

52. 8.5 The Shining (1980) 151,493

53. 8.5 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 236,661

54. 8.5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 202,749

55. 8.5 The Third Man (1949) 44,547

56. 8.5 The Departed (2006) 220,938

57. 8.5 Das Leben der Anderen (2006) 58,219

58. 8.5 The Pianist (2002) 110,740

59. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 67,841

60. 8.4 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 83,870

61. 8.4 City Lights (1931) 22,697

62. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 187,477

63. 8.4 Aliens (1986) 147,145

64. 8.4 L.A. Confidential (1997) 147,185

65. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 156,546

66. 8.4 Das Boot (1981) 62,305

67. 8.4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 138,604

68. 8.4 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 51,821

69. 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 183,091

70. 8.4 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 132,798

71. 8.4 El laberinto del fauno (2006) 127,382

72. 8.4 Raging Bull (1980) 77,932

73. 8.4 All About Eve (1950) 30,791

74. 8.4 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 45,390

75. 8.4 Rashômon (1950) 33,337

76. 8.4 Modern Times (1936) 30,055

77. 8.4 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 48,294

78. 8.4 Gran Torino (2008) 81,606

79. 8.4 Some Like It Hot (1959) 58,565

80. 8.3 Rebecca (1940) 30,681

81. 8.3 Der Untergang (2004) 68,082

82. 8.3 The Prestige (2006) 166,360

83. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 33,450

84. 8.3 The Apartment (1960) 31,007

85. 8.3 Amadeus (1984) 84,631

86. 8.3 The Elephant Man (1980) 49,461

87. 8.3 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) 38,449

88. 8.3 La vita è bella (1997) 92,493

89. 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 140,922

90. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940) 31,143

91. 8.3 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 61,270

92. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 130,114

93. 8.3 Ladri di biciclette (1948) 22,566

94. 8.3 Back to the Future (1985) 172,895

95. 8.3 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 29,180

96. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963) 53,791

97. 8.3 The Sting (1973) 57,407

98. 8.3 Sin City (2005) 220,800

99. 8.3 Touch of Evil (1958) 28,392

100. 8.3 Braveheart (1995) 210,993

101. 8.3 On the Waterfront (1954) 35,611

102. 8.3 Star Trek (2009) 79,708

103. 8.3 Det sjunde inseglet (1957) 31,260

104. 8.3 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 77,950

105. 8.3 Batman Begins (2005) 234,741

106. 8.3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 152,379

107. 8.3 Jaws (1975) 120,614

108. 8.3 The Wrestler (2008) 64,203

109. 8.3 The Green Mile (1999) 167,114

110. 8.3 Strangers on a Train (1951) 29,197

111. 8.3 No Country for Old Men (2007) 166,076

112. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992) 83,490

113. 8.3 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 187,379

114. 8.3 Blade Runner (1982) 163,602

115. 8.3 Gladiator (2000) 239,417

116. 8.2 Notorious (1946) 27,140

117. 8.2 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 31,059

118. 8.2 Oldboy (2003) 78,294

119. 8.2 Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 35,571

120. 8.2 Die Hard (1988) 157,162

121. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 29,833

122. 8.2 The Big Sleep (1946) 25,194

123. 8.2 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 39,019

124. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 145,728

125. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 90,295

126. 8.2 The General (1926) 17,025

127. 8.2 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 15,114

128. 8.2 Mononoke-hime (1997) 55,920

129. 8.2 There Will Be Blood (2007) 108,491

130. 8.2 Smultronstället (1957) 17,854

131. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 181,224

132. 8.2 It Happened One Night (1934) 21,469

133. 8.2 Heat (1995) 124,782

134. 8.2 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 11,033

135. 8.2 Yojimbo (1961) 25,061

136. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 56,522

137. 8.2 Ran (1985) 30,088

138. 8.2 The Deer Hunter (1978) 76,281

139. 8.2 The Sixth Sense (1999) 211,156

140. 8.2 Ben-Hur (1959) 50,810

141. 8.2 Les diaboliques (1955) 11,850

142. 8.2 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 11,770

143. 8.2 Platoon (1986) 94,714

144. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 198,850

145. 8.2 Into the Wild (2007) 73,572

146. 8.2 Le salaire de la peur (1953) 11,737

147. 8.2 Le notti di Cabiria (1957) 9,069

148. 8.2 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 118,685

149. 8.2 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 50,142

150. 8.1 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 121,413

151. 8.1 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 20,076

152. 8.1 8½ (1963) 24,337

153. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) 81,713

154. 8.1 Snatch. (2000) 145,502

155. 8.1 The Big Lebowski (1998) 151,128

156. 8.1 The Gold Rush (1925) 17,717

157. 8.1 The Graduate (1967) 67,333

158. 8.1 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 21,662

159. 8.1 Stand by Me (1986) 78,297

160. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003) 139,744

161. 8.1 The Killing (1956) 21,184

162. 8.1 Ratatouille (2007) 108,667

163. 8.1 Gandhi (1982) 43,435

164. 8.1 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 50,519

165. 8.1 Brief Encounter (1945) 11,117

166. 8.1 Amores perros (2000) 52,228

167. 8.1 Gone with the Wind (1939) 67,931

168. 8.1 The Lion King (1994) 112,525

169. 8.1 Trainspotting (1996) 130,858

170. 8.1 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 9,289

171. 8.1 Scarface (1983) 129,198

172. 8.1 The Thing (1982) 65,096

173. 8.1 The Hangover (2009) 52,280

174. 8.1 Groundhog Day (1993) 115,712

175. 8.1 The Terminator (1984) 153,700

176. 8.1 The Wild Bunch (1969) 26,939

177. 8.1 Sleuth (1972) 14,643

178. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2005) 188,249

179. 8.1 The Kid (1921) 10,909

180. 8.1 Harvey (1950) 20,188

181. 8.1 Toy Story (1995) 121,755

182. 8.1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 15,104

183. 8.1 Umberto D. (1952) 7,223

184. 8.1 The Hustler (1961) 22,042

185. 8.1 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 18,091

186. 8.1 The Princess Bride (1987) 112,297

187. 8.1 The Incredibles (2004) 135,926

188. 8.1 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 146,841

189. 8.1 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 106,341

190. 8.1 Stalag 17 (1953) 18,060

191. 8.1 Children of Men (2006) 133,479

192. 8.1 Casino (1995) 92,146

193. 8.0 Hotaru no haka (1988) 28,385

194. 8.0 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 101,675

195. 8.0 Duck Soup (1933) 23,174

196. 8.0 The Lady Vanishes (1938) 15,208

197. 8.0 The African Queen (1951) 29,986

198. 8.0 The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 7,732

199. 8.0 Dial M for Murder (1954) 24,705

200. 8.0 La battaglia di Algeri (1966) 11,304

201. 8.0 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 13,722

202. 8.0 In Bruges (2008) 72,463

203. 8.0 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 28,885

204. 8.0 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 46,280

205. 8.0 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 20,184

206. 8.0 King Kong (1933) 33,592

207. 8.0 Låt den rätte komma in (2008) 32,577

208. 8.0 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 16,367

209. 8.0 The Lost Weekend (1945) 10,429

210. 8.0 The Exorcist (1973) 88,574

211. 8.0 The Conversation (1974) 27,969

212. 8.0 La strada (1954) 14,911

213. 8.0 His Girl Friday (1940) 17,953

214. 8.0 Ed Wood (1994) 63,912

215. 8.0 Rope (1948) 26,237

216. 8.0 Safety Last! (1923) 4,565

217. 8.0 Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) 23,462

218. 8.0 Changeling (2008) 43,101

219. 8.0 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 42,079

220. 8.0 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 35,220

221. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 18,360

222. 8.0 Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 7,628

223. 8.0 Network (1976) 27,856

224. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 33,147

225. 8.0 Crash (2004/I) 149,332

226. 8.0 The Philadelphia Story (1940) 24,472

227. 8.0 Frankenstein (1931) 20,231

228. 8.0 Patton (1970) 34,605

229. 8.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 155,555

230. 8.0 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 26,070

231. 8.0 (500) Days of Summer (2009) 2,696

232. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 119,064

233. 8.0 Laura (1944) 12,310

234. 8.0 Great Expectations (1946) 8,569

235. 8.0 Magnolia (1999) 108,181

236. 8.0 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 30,084

237. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 99,963

238. 8.0 Good Will Hunting (1997) 128,361

239. 8.0 Wo hu cang long (2000) 97,996

240. 8.0 My Man Godfrey (1936) 6,887

241. 8.0 Roman Holiday (1953) 26,781

242. 8.0 Glory (1989) 50,400

243. 8.0 Rocky (1976) 79,582

244. 8.0 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 128,269

245. 8.0 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 25,471

246. 8.0 La dolce vita (1960) 17,107

247. 8.0 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 20,158

248. 8.0 Harold and Maude (1971) 25,130

249. 8.0 Spartacus (1960) 43,932

250. 8.0 Mou gaan dou (2002) 30,258

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 6.8)for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.