So I like to throw in random articles every now and then. Today I was looking on IMDb looking at movies that have come out in the past little bit. I was checking out the movie Inception. I went and saw it on opening night and loved it. I give it an A+ for a movie. Not because it was one of the best movies of all time but for the fact that it was something different. I love movies that aren’t like your typical movie. There are a lot of movies that are the just as good as Inception but only would get a B+/A- because they are the same as all the other movies out there.
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Back to the top movies of all time! Here is a list of the top 250 movies according to IMDb. These were voted on by users. I haven’t even seen 1/4th of these. I made a goal to start watching more of them! Here’s the list:
Top 250 movies as voted by our users
For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.1 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 506,359 |
| 2. | 9.1 | The Godfather (1972) | 402,455 |
| 3. | 9.1 | Inception (2010) | 112,555 |
| 4. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 239,022 |
| 5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 155,184 |
| 6. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 408,635 |
| 7. | 8.9 | Schindler’s List (1993) | 270,093 |
| 8. | 8.8 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 115,137 |
| 9. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) | 209,154 |
| 10. | 8.8 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 52,767 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 272,064 |
| 12. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 453,230 |
| 13. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 356,455 |
| 14. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) | 315,823 |
| 15. | 8.7 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 94,719 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 164,796 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 224,042 |
| 18. | 8.7 | Fight Club (1999) | 373,510 |
| 19. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 162,274 |
| 20. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 380,163 |
| 21. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 116,203 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 238,397 |
| 23. | 8.7 | Psycho (1960) | 140,108 |
| 24. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 261,851 |
| 25. | 8.7 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 72,090 |
| 26. | 8.6 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 239,273 |
| 27. | 8.6 | The Matrix (1999) | 372,429 |
| 28. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 271,947 |
| 29. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 266,623 |
| 30. | 8.6 | It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) | 99,704 |
| 31. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 320,243 |
| 32. | 8.6 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) | 53,412 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 153,385 |
| 34. | 8.6 | The Professional (1994) | 194,955 |
| 35. | 8.6 | North by Northwest (1959) | 91,329 |
| 36. | 8.6 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 136,012 |
| 37. | 8.6 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 292,963 |
| 38. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 169,958 |
| 39. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 287,022 |
| 40. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 219,192 |
| 41. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 152,060 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 232,050 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 89,752 |
| 44. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 176,902 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 77,966 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 265,589 |
| 47. | 8.5 | Amélie (2001) | 176,761 |
| 48. | 8.5 | WALL·E (2008) | 176,210 |
| 49. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 173,794 |
| 50. | 8.5 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 189,795 |
| 51. | 8.4 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 43,751 |
| 52. | 8.4 | The Departed (2006) | 257,475 |
| 53. | 8.4 | The Pianist (2002) | 131,073 |
| 54. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 167,308 |
| 55. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 81,246 |
| 56. | 8.4 | M (1931) | 39,030 |
| 57. | 8.4 | Spirited Away (2001) | 98,285 |
| 58. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 72,883 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 36,226 |
| 60. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 215,327 |
| 61. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 77,409 |
| 62. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 181,230 |
| 63. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 162,474 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 208,755 |
| 65. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 50,055 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 69,130 |
| 67. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 32,454 |
| 68. | 8.4 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 152,548 |
| 69. | 8.4 | City Lights (1931) | 26,641 |
| 70. | 8.4 | Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) | 149,584 |
| 71. | 8.4 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 57,597 |
| 72. | 8.3 | The Prestige (2006) | 200,210 |
| 73. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 88,214 |
| 74. | 8.3 | Back to the Future (1985) | 196,671 |
| 75. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 157,498 |
| 76. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 169,497 |
| 77. | 8.3 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 105,771 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Modern Times (1936) | 34,863 |
| 79. | 8.3 | Singin’ in the Rain (1952) | 54,311 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 65,949 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 94,982 |
| 82. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 80,494 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 148,582 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 104,087 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 44,465 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 235,990 |
| 87. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 70,644 |
| 88. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 50,576 |
| 89. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 34,433 |
| 90. | 8.3 | The Green Mile (1999) | 193,766 |
| 91. | 8.3 | Rashômon (1950) | 38,258 |
| 92. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 38,666 |
| 93. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 123,928 |
| 94. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 56,867 |
| 95. | 8.3 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 36,130 |
| 96. | 8.3 | Sin City (2005) | 250,609 |
| 97. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 273,349 |
| 98. | 8.3 | Rebecca (1940) | 34,768 |
| 99. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 35,664 |
| 100. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 64,466 |
| 101. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 168,362 |
| 102. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 60,715 |
| 103. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) | 207,009 |
| 104. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 96,520 |
| 105. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 26,880 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 171,063 |
| 107. | 8.3 | Jaws (1975) | 135,045 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 264,595 |
| 109. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 177,732 |
| 110. | 8.2 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 40,330 |
| 111. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 182,527 |
| 112. | 8.2 | Avatar (2009) | 250,352 |
| 113. | 8.2 | Oldboy (2003) | 94,964 |
| 114. | 8.2 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 32,703 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 89,940 |
| 116. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 193,587 |
| 117. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 32,036 |
| 118. | 8.2 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 36,048 |
| 119. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 162,409 |
| 120. | 8.2 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 64,232 |
| 121. | 8.2 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 42,603 |
| 122. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 100,783 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 141,712 |
| 124. | 8.2 | District 9 (2009) | 145,237 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 33,503 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 44,495 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 206,569 |
| 128. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 234,010 |
| 129. | 8.2 | High Noon (1952) | 33,512 |
| 130. | 8.2 | Notorious (1946) | 30,759 |
| 131. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 86,398 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Snatch. (2000) | 169,672 |
| 133. | 8.2 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 128,071 |
| 134. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 19,526 |
| 135. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 226,460 |
| 136. | 8.2 | Annie Hall (1977) | 64,149 |
| 137. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 174,098 |
| 138. | 8.2 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 34,143 |
| 139. | 8.2 | Platoon (1986) | 106,451 |
| 140. | 8.2 | Yojimbo (1961) | 28,697 |
| 141. | 8.1 | Ran (1985) | 33,947 |
| 142. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 96,122 |
| 143. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 57,291 |
| 144. | 8.1 | The Lion King (1994) | 132,205 |
| 145. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 137,597 |
| 146. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 28,414 |
| 147. | 8.1 | The Wrestler (2008) | 90,043 |
| 148. | 8.1 | Toy Story (1995) | 146,346 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 17,642 |
| 150. | 8.1 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 24,560 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 91,986 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 56,404 |
| 153. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 142,070 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 160,693 |
| 155. | 8.1 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 20,800 |
| 156. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 147,503 |
| 157. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 77,366 |
| 158. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 175,645 |
| 159. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 131,912 |
| 160. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 88,166 |
| 161. | 8.1 | Scarface (1983) | 148,695 |
| 162. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 76,405 |
| 163. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 76,765 |
| 164. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 59,841 |
| 165. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 58,204 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Star Trek (2009) | 129,811 |
| 167. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 49,631 |
| 168. | 8.1 | Ratatouille (2007) | 128,279 |
| 169. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 15,049 |
| 170. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 219,240 |
| 171. | 8.1 | The Wages of Fear (1953) | 13,893 |
| 172. | 8.1 | Kick-Ass (2010) | 69,546 |
| 173. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 123,010 |
| 174. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 22,871 |
| 175. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 166,379 |
| 176. | 8.1 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 33,801 |
| 177. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 106,180 |
| 178. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 20,419 |
| 179. | 8.1 | 8½ (1963) | 29,054 |
| 180. | 8.1 | Diabolique (1955) | 14,305 |
| 181. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 25,763 |
| 182. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 25,173 |
| 183. | 8.0 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | 13,898 |
| 184. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 121,952 |
| 185. | 8.0 | The Incredibles (2004) | 155,316 |
| 186. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 24,224 |
| 187. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 30,510 |
| 188. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 12,775 |
| 189. | 8.0 | Children of Men (2006) | 154,366 |
| 190. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 100,583 |
| 191. | 8.0 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | 11,080 |
| 192. | 8.0 | In Bruges (2008) | 94,430 |
| 193. | 8.0 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 17,017 |
| 194. | 8.0 | The Kid (1921) | 13,624 |
| 195. | 8.0 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 29,153 |
| 196. | 8.0 | Nights of Cabiria (1957) | 10,750 |
| 197. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 24,849 |
| 198. | 8.0 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 146,831 |
| 199. | 8.0 | Rosemary’s Baby (1968) | 49,496 |
| 200. | 8.0 | Ed Wood (1994) | 72,776 |
| 201. | 8.0 | Harvey (1950) | 22,772 |
| 202. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 138,036 |
| 203. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 54,033 |
| 204. | 8.0 | King Kong (1933) | 38,035 |
| 205. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 30,098 |
| 206. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 33,064 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 119,638 |
| 208. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 93,770 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Sleuth (1972) | 16,976 |
| 210. | 8.0 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) | 178,397 |
| 211. | 8.0 | Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) | 55,296 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 116,651 |
| 213. | 8.0 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 20,929 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 20,419 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Network (1976) | 32,872 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Brief Encounter (1945) | 13,211 |
| 217. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 30,721 |
| 218. | 8.0 | The African Queen (1951) | 33,397 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 227,780 |
| 220. | 8.0 | The Battle of Algiers (1966) | 13,601 |
| 221. | 8.0 | Crash (2004/I) | 167,454 |
| 222. | 8.0 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | 40,481 |
| 223. | 8.0 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 23,374 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Duck Soup (1933) | 25,971 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Planet of the Apes (1968) | 56,499 |
| 226. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 37,839 |
| 227. | 8.0 | Patton (1970) | 38,789 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Toy Story 2 (1999) | 115,049 |
| 229. | 8.0 | La strada (1954) | 17,389 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 39,053 |
| 231. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 151,735 |
| 232. | 8.0 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) | 107,320 |
| 233. | 8.0 | The Conversation (1974) | 32,268 |
| 234. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 20,956 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 16,382 |
| 236. | 7.9 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | 147,422 |
| 237. | 7.9 | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | 77,001 |
| 238. | 7.9 | Ikiru (1952) | 15,768 |
| 239. | 7.9 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) | 23,089 |
| 240. | 7.9 | Spartacus (1960) | 49,648 |
| 241. | 7.9 | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 19,295 |
| 242. | 7.9 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) | 100,282 |
| 243. | 7.9 | My Neighbor Totoro (1988) | 29,730 |
| 244. | 7.9 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 111,626 |
| 245. | 7.9 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 30,311 |
| 246. | 7.9 | Changeling (2008) | 63,211 |
| 247. | 7.9 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | 133,509 |
| 248. | 7.9 | Shaun of the Dead (2004) | 130,038 |
| 249. | 7.9 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) | 27,536 |
| 250. | 7.9 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | 29,359 |
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 3000)
- C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)
for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
