IMDb Charts: IMDb Top 250
Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 by Tyler Durden in
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Top 250 movies as voted by our users
For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.Track which films you've seen from the Top 250 right here!| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 552,204 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 432,054 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 260,723 |
| 4. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 172,511 |
| 5. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 441,008 |
| 6. | 8.9 | Inception (2010) | 280,303 |
| 7. | 8.9 | Schindler's List (1993) | 292,387 |
| 8. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 128,905 |
| 9. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 228,093 |
| 10. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 493,033 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 292,136 |
| 12. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 384,479 |
| 13. | 8.8 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 101,977 |
| 14. | 8.7 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) | 335,244 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Fight Club (1999) | 406,226 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 242,589 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 175,415 |
| 18. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 178,018 |
| 19. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 407,491 |
| 20. | 8.7 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 79,414 |
| 21. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 125,123 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 254,213 |
| 23. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 402,599 |
| 24. | 8.7 | Psycho (1960) | 151,867 |
| 25. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 280,137 |
| 26. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 260,532 |
| 27. | 8.6 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 99,905 |
| 28. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 297,375 |
| 29. | 8.6 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 107,994 |
| 30. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 291,374 |
| 31. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 344,616 |
| 32. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 57,995 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 321,431 |
| 34. | 8.6 | Leon: The Professional (1994) | 213,573 |
| 35. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 162,442 |
| 36. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 181,715 |
| 37. | 8.6 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 143,923 |
| 38. | 8.6 | North by Northwest (1959) | 97,959 |
| 39. | 8.6 | American Beauty (1999) | 307,463 |
| 40. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 239,241 |
| 41. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 165,519 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 251,546 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 284,488 |
| 44. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 96,551 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Amelie (2001) | 192,527 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 190,078 |
| 47. | 8.5 | WALL·E (2008) | 197,501 |
| 48. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 108,766 |
| 49. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 188,627 |
| 50. | 8.5 | Black Swan (2010) | 36,070 |
| 51. | 8.5 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 47,409 |
| 52. | 8.5 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 83,142 |
| 53. | 8.5 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 39,196 |
| 54. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 143,467 |
| 55. | 8.5 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 203,535 |
| 56. | 8.5 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 86,764 |
| 57. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 80,881 |
| 58. | 8.4 | City Lights (1931) | 29,669 |
| 59. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 42,144 |
| 60. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 280,724 |
| 61. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 178,179 |
| 62. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 232,628 |
| 63. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 196,644 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 73,286 |
| 65. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 53,163 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 223,772 |
| 67. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 172,201 |
| 68. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 83,012 |
| 69. | 8.4 | Modern Times (1936) | 38,232 |
| 70. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 34,944 |
| 71. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 116,140 |
| 72. | 8.4 | Back to the Future (1985) | 215,701 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 161,745 |
| 74. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 223,777 |
| 75. | 8.4 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | 164,873 |
| 76. | 8.4 | Raging Bull (1980) | 94,591 |
| 77. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 48,459 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | 58,253 |
| 79. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 70,978 |
| 80. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 61,627 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Rashômon (1950) | 41,187 |
| 82. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 36,443 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 102,273 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 76,450 |
| 85. | 8.3 | The Green Mile (1999) | 212,646 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 160,915 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 29,393 |
| 88. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 167,795 |
| 89. | 8.3 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 39,606 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 199,112 |
| 91. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 253,562 |
| 92. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 38,523 |
| 93. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 126,151 |
| 94. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 87,782 |
| 95. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 142,005 |
| 96. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 42,293 |
| 97. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 296,128 |
| 98. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 69,320 |
| 99. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 104,782 |
| 100. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 53,796 |
| 101. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 61,662 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 34,931 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 104,441 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Sin City (2005) | 268,597 |
| 105. | 8.3 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 43,230 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Rebecca (1940) | 37,068 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 180,130 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 221,023 |
| 109. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 192,038 |
| 110. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 65,503 |
| 111. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 69,601 |
| 112. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 284,809 |
| 113. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 39,204 |
| 114. | 8.2 | Jaws (1975) | 145,514 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 97,866 |
| 116. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 193,381 |
| 117. | 8.2 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 190,199 |
| 118. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 172,640 |
| 119. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 21,130 |
| 120. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 210,226 |
| 121. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 152,918 |
| 122. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 108,509 |
| 123. | 8.2 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 47,710 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 34,138 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Yôjinbô (1961) | 30,815 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 36,151 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Smultronstället (1957) | 22,628 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 19,155 |
| 129. | 8.2 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 37,215 |
| 130. | 8.2 | Snatch. (2000) | 184,714 |
| 131. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 251,959 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Annie Hall (1977) | 68,839 |
| 133. | 8.2 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 221,998 |
| 134. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 92,502 |
| 135. | 8.2 | District 9 (2009) | 167,218 |
| 136. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 48,017 |
| 137. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 188,611 |
| 138. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 36,334 |
| 139. | 8.2 | High Noon (1952) | 35,772 |
| 140. | 8.2 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 26,415 |
| 141. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 245,725 |
| 142. | 8.2 | The Lion King (1994) | 148,161 |
| 143. | 8.2 | Platoon (1986) | 114,359 |
| 144. | 8.2 | Avatar (2009) | 287,461 |
| 145. | 8.2 | Into the Wild (2007) | 109,479 |
| 146. | 8.2 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 139,095 |
| 147. | 8.1 | Toy Story (1995) | 163,572 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 32,944 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 150,785 |
| 150. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 60,567 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | 12,179 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 83,307 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 158,759 |
| 154. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 22,422 |
| 155. | 8.1 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 36,069 |
| 156. | 8.1 | Scarface (1983) | 161,317 |
| 157. | 8.1 | The Wrestler (2008) | 101,835 |
| 158. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 24,590 |
| 159. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 61,812 |
| 160. | 8.1 | The Social Network (2010) | 67,147 |
| 161. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 30,337 |
| 162. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 144,106 |
| 163. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 82,128 |
| 164. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 99,298 |
| 165. | 8.1 | Amores perros (2000) | 64,413 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 176,794 |
| 167. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 156,445 |
| 168. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 189,539 |
| 169. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 18,140 |
| 170. | 8.1 | The Kid (1921) | 15,616 |
| 171. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 133,719 |
| 172. | 8.1 | Ikiru (1952) | 17,157 |
| 173. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 94,812 |
| 174. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 83,750 |
| 175. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 53,530 |
| 176. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 115,075 |
| 177. | 8.1 | The Wages of Fear (1953) | 15,015 |
| 178. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 23,885 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 178,533 |
| 180. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2006) | 239,092 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 63,013 |
| 182. | 8.1 | Ratatouille (2007) | 142,107 |
| 183. | 8.1 | Les diaboliques (1955) | 15,623 |
| 184. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 54,005 |
| 185. | 8.1 | True Grit (2010) | 17,611 |
| 186. | 8.1 | Star Trek (2009) | 144,825 |
| 187. | 8.1 | 8½ (1963) | 31,468 |
| 188. | 8.1 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 33,797 |
| 189. | 8.1 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 127,994 |
| 190. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 27,044 |
| 191. | 8.1 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 15,169 |
| 192. | 8.0 | The King's Speech (2010) | 6,775 |
| 193. | 8.0 | The Incredibles (2004) | 169,423 |
| 194. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 26,626 |
| 195. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 26,077 |
| 196. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 18,742 |
| 197. | 8.0 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 160,398 |
| 198. | 8.0 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 25,334 |
| 199. | 8.0 | Network (1976) | 35,959 |
| 200. | 8.0 | The Battle of Algiers (1966) | 14,802 |
| 201. | 8.0 | In Bruges (2008) | 105,935 |
| 202. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 32,683 |
| 203. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 35,634 |
| 204. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 33,708 |
| 205. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 21,662 |
| 206. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 110,455 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Persona (1966) | 16,827 |
| 208. | 8.0 | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | 11,433 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 21,053 |
| 210. | 8.0 | 127 Hours (2010) | 12,409 |
| 211. | 8.0 | Children of Men (2006) | 167,778 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 32,064 |
| 213. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 13,803 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 15,166 |
| 215. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 22,639 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Ed Wood (1994) | 77,654 |
| 217. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 64,589 |
| 218. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 104,777 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Mary and Max (2009) | 15,579 |
| 220. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 126,298 |
| 221. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 149,188 |
| 222. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 40,669 |
| 223. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 41,756 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 126,914 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Nights of Cabiria (1957) | 11,654 |
| 226. | 8.0 | Festen (1998) | 28,011 |
| 227. | 8.0 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | 54,251 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) | 194,007 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Patton (1970) | 41,288 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 33,036 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Duck Soup (1933) | 27,895 |
| 232. | 8.0 | His Girl Friday (1940) | 21,594 |
| 233. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 168,090 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 37,624 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 247,211 |
| 236. | 8.0 | Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) | 60,844 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | 48,656 |
| 238. | 8.0 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | 31,228 |
| 239. | 8.0 | In the Mood for Love (2000) | 26,555 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 7,489 |
| 241. | 8.0 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) | 28,862 |
| 242. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 24,426 |
| 243. | 8.0 | The Fighter (2010) | 10,810 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 18,464 |
| 245. | 8.0 | A Christmas Story (1983) | 55,147 |
| 246. | 8.0 | Crash (2004/I) | 179,325 |
| 247. | 8.0 | Three Colors: Red (1994) | 25,250 |
| 248. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 23,654 |
| 249. | 8.0 | Kick-Ass (2010) | 113,699 |
| 250. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 33,571 |
weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × Cwhere:
- 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 3000)
- C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)
for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
