note: for this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
| Rank | Title |
|---|
| 1 | Godfather, The (1972) 9.0/10 (82102 votes) |
| 2 | Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.9/10 (103356 votes) |
| 3 | Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.8/10 (47555 votes) |
| 4 | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.8/10 (61743 votes) |
| 5 | Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (48204 votes) |
| 6 | Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (71288 votes) |
| 7 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (19969 votes) |
| 8 | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (107767 votes) |
| 9 | Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (45176 votes) |
| 10 | Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (102563 votes) |
| 11 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.6/10 (50549 votes) |
| 12 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (45871 votes) |
| 13 | Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (29490 votes) |
| 14 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.6/10 (78975 votes) |
| 15 | Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (60946 votes) |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (69399 votes) |
| 17 | Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.6/10 (76600 votes) |
| 18 | Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.6/10 (92402 votes) |
| 19 | North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (26281 votes) |
| 20 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (37684 votes) |
| 21 | Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (40090 votes) |
| 22 | 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.5/10 (20010 votes) |
| 23 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (22565 votes) |
| 24 | Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5/10 (68670 votes) |
| 25 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.5/10 (17778 votes) |
| 26 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (30641 votes) |
| 27 | Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (47702 votes) |
| 28 | American Beauty (1999) 8.4/10 (81346 votes) |
| 29 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.4/10 (10969 votes) |
| 30 | Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (25001 votes) |
| 31 | Pianist, The (2002) 8.4/10 (14716 votes) |
| 32 | Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (46244 votes) |
| 33 | Matrix, The (1999) 8.4/10 (105232 votes) |
| 34 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (21625 votes) |
| 35 | Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.4/10 (17982 votes) |
| 36 | Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (33438 votes) |
| 37 | Paths of Glory (1957) 8.3/10 (9971 votes) |
| 38 | Third Man, The (1949) 8.3/10 (13293 votes) |
| 39 | Fight Club (1999) 8.3/10 (75053 votes) |
| 40 | C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.3/10 (9079 votes) |
| 41 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (11309 votes) |
| 42 | Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (20905 votes) |
| 43 | Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (8356 votes) |
| 44 | L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (52729 votes) |
| 45 | Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (18399 votes) |
| 46 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (28474 votes) |
| 47 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (14891 votes) |
| 48 | Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.3/10 (14670 votes) |
| 49 | All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (9499 votes) |
| 50 | M (1931) 8.3/10 (8260 votes) |
| 51 | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.3/10 (16438 votes) |
| 52 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (43731 votes) |
| 53 | Se7en (1995) 8.3/10 (62055 votes) |
| 54 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.2/10 (74311 votes) |
| 55 | Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (18556 votes) |
| 56 | Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.2/10 (6811 votes) |
| 57 | Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (28374 votes) |
| 58 | Rashômon (1950) 8.2/10 (7704 votes) |
| 59 | Sting, The (1973) 8.2/10 (17402 votes) |
| 60 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (8423 votes) |
| 61 | American History X (1998) 8.2/10 (39230 votes) |
| 62 | Alien (1979) 8.2/10 (45646 votes) |
| 63 | Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (8680 votes) |
| 64 | Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (28174 votes) |
| 65 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (49416 votes) |
| 66 | Léon (1994) 8.2/10 (35039 votes) |
| 67 | Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.2/10 (9581 votes) |
| 68 | Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.2/10 (39585 votes) |
| 69 | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.2/10 (7479 votes) |
| 70 | Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.2/10 (47120 votes) |
| 71 | Great Escape, The (1963) 8.2/10 (13893 votes) |
| 72 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.2/10 (47034 votes) |
| 73 | Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (15208 votes) |
| 74 | Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (8161 votes) |
| 75 | Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (34334 votes) |
| 76 | Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (27432 votes) |
| 77 | On the Waterfront (1954) 8.1/10 (8716 votes) |
| 78 | Modern Times (1936) 8.1/10 (6893 votes) |
| 79 | High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (8841 votes) |
| 80 | Braveheart (1995) 8.1/10 (68343 votes) |
| 81 | Apartment, The (1960) 8.1/10 (7870 votes) |
| 82 | Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.1/10 (70673 votes) |
| 83 | Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (49370 votes) |
| 84 | Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (57764 votes) |
| 85 | Shining, The (1980) 8.1/10 (35500 votes) |
| 86 | Aliens (1986) 8.1/10 (47824 votes) |
| 87 | Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.1/10 (7324 votes) |
| 88 | Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (7183 votes) |
| 89 | Metropolis (1927) 8.1/10 (8170 votes) |
| 90 | Donnie Darko (2001) 8.1/10 (22910 votes) |
| 91 | Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.1/10 (29094 votes) |
| 92 | Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (14472 votes) |
| 93 | Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.1/10 (41021 votes) |
| 94 | General, The (1927) 8.1/10 (4772 votes) |
| 95 | City Lights (1931) 8.1/10 (5328 votes) |
| 96 | Lola rennt (1998) 8.1/10 (23072 votes) |
| 97 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.0/10 (19532 votes) |
| 98 | Notorious (1946) 8.0/10 (7380 votes) |
| 99 | Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.0/10 (6270 votes) |
| 100 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.0/10 (33557 votes) |
| Rank | Title |
|---|
| 101 | Great Dictator, The (1940) 8.0/10 (6607 votes) |
| 102 | Rebecca (1940) 8.0/10 (8036 votes) |
| 103 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.0/10 (10092 votes) |
| 104 | Big Sleep, The (1946) 8.0/10 (7261 votes) |
| 105 | Graduate, The (1967) 8.0/10 (20190 votes) |
| 106 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (14761 votes) |
| 107 | Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8.0/10 (4386 votes) |
| 108 | Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.0/10 (12368 votes) |
| 109 | Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (9121 votes) |
| 110 | Searchers, The (1956) 8.0/10 (7400 votes) |
| 111 | Deer Hunter, The (1978) 8.0/10 (19895 votes) |
| 112 | Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (16381 votes) |
| 113 | Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (10226 votes) |
| 114 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.0/10 (57163 votes) |
| 115 | It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (5523 votes) |
| 116 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (5083 votes) |
| 117 | African Queen, The (1951) 8.0/10 (10561 votes) |
| 118 | Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8.0/10 (7753 votes) |
| 119 | Yojimbo (1961) 8.0/10 (5590 votes) |
| 120 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) 8.0/10 (6601 votes) |
| 121 | Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (15346 votes) |
| 122 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.0/10 (10327 votes) |
| 123 | Forrest Gump (1994) 8.0/10 (64092 votes) |
| 124 | Shrek (2001) 8.0/10 (41423 votes) |
| 125 | Green Mile, The (1999) 8.0/10 (40685 votes) |
| 126 | Hable con ella (2002) 8.0/10 (7082 votes) |
| 127 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.0/10 (11986 votes) |
| 128 | Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 8.0/10 (5577 votes) |
| 129 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.0/10 (61651 votes) |
| 130 | Unforgiven (1992) 8.0/10 (21990 votes) |
| 131 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 7.9/10 (8251 votes) |
| 132 | Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (21217 votes) |
| 133 | Stalag 17 (1953) 7.9/10 (4922 votes) |
| 134 | Straight Story, The (1999) 7.9/10 (10008 votes) |
| 135 | Wild Bunch, The (1969) 7.9/10 (7832 votes) |
| 136 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (4751 votes) |
| 137 | Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 7.9/10 (5281 votes) |
| 138 | Elephant Man, The (1980) 7.9/10 (11438 votes) |
| 139 | Hustler, The (1961) 7.9/10 (5875 votes) |
| 140 | Christmas Story, A (1983) 7.9/10 (14071 votes) |
| 141 | Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (16016 votes) |
| 142 | Platoon (1986) 7.9/10 (24713 votes) |
| 143 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 7.9/10 (44800 votes) |
| 144 | Back to the Future (1985) 7.9/10 (50047 votes) |
| 145 | His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (4672 votes) |
| 146 | Die Hard (1988) 7.9/10 (43485 votes) |
| 147 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (24787 votes) |
| 148 | Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (3587 votes) |
| 149 | Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (26914 votes) |
| 150 | Amores perros (2000) 7.9/10 (8422 votes) |
| 151 | Conversation, The (1974) 7.9/10 (7099 votes) |
| 152 | Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (12004 votes) |
| 153 | Gold Rush, The (1925) 7.9/10 (4407 votes) |
| 154 | Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 7.9/10 (4932 votes) |
| 155 | Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (8643 votes) |
| 156 | Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (6174 votes) |
| 157 | Life of Brian (1979) 7.9/10 (23730 votes) |
| 158 | Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.9/10 (38918 votes) |
| 159 | Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (66626 votes) |
| 160 | Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (3942 votes) |
| 161 | Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 7.9/10 (5054 votes) |
| 162 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.9/10 (22127 votes) |
| 163 | Insider, The (1999) 7.9/10 (20602 votes) |
| 164 | Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (32010 votes) |
| 165 | Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (33887 votes) |
| 166 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (3566 votes) |
| 167 | Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (15690 votes) |
| 168 | Smultronstället (1957) 7.9/10 (3248 votes) |
| 169 | Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (22915 votes) |
| 170 | Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 7.8/10 (6723 votes) |
| 171 | Roman Holiday (1953) 7.8/10 (6588 votes) |
| 172 | Night at the Opera, A (1935) 7.8/10 (4256 votes) |
| 173 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (5161 votes) |
| 174 | Exorcist, The (1973) 7.8/10 (23590 votes) |
| 175 | All the President's Men (1976) 7.8/10 (9281 votes) |
| 176 | Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 7.8/10 (7392 votes) |
| 177 | Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.8/10 (4225 votes) |
| 178 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.8/10 (3727 votes) |
| 179 | Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.8/10 (7567 votes) |
| 180 | Adaptation. (2002) 7.8/10 (12722 votes) |
| 181 | Killing, The (1956) 7.8/10 (4582 votes) |
| 182 | To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.8/10 (2452 votes) |
| 183 | Ed Wood (1994) 7.8/10 (14819 votes) |
| 184 | Terminator, The (1984) 7.8/10 (43551 votes) |
| 185 | Lost in Translation (2003) 7.8/10 (4816 votes) |
| 186 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.8/10 (10047 votes) |
| 187 | Stand by Me (1986) 7.8/10 (22434 votes) |
| 188 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.8/10 (46376 votes) |
| 189 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.8/10 (5505 votes) |
| 190 | Harvey (1950) 7.8/10 (5560 votes) |
| 191 | This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (14033 votes) |
| 192 | Right Stuff, The (1983) 7.8/10 (9891 votes) |
| 193 | Minority Report (2002) 7.8/10 (33270 votes) |
| 194 | Network (1976) 7.8/10 (6637 votes) |
| 195 | Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.8/10 (9341 votes) |
| 196 | Lion in Winter, The (1968) 7.8/10 (4171 votes) |
| 197 | Others, The (2001) 7.8/10 (24486 votes) |
| 198 | Trainspotting (1996) 7.8/10 (37720 votes) |
| 199 | Gandhi (1982) 7.8/10 (11445 votes) |
| 200 | Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (9738 votes) |
| 201 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (8956 votes) |
| 202 | Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (3340 votes) |
| 203 | Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (31321 votes) |
| 204 | Groundhog Day (1993) 7.8/10 (31067 votes) |
| 205 | 8½ (1963) 7.8/10 (5438 votes) |
| 206 | Stagecoach (1939) 7.8/10 (3941 votes) |
| 207 | Traffic (2000) 7.8/10 (30878 votes) |
| 208 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.8/10 (22933 votes) |
| 209 | Snatch. (2000) 7.8/10 (28463 votes) |
| 210 | Whale Rider (2002) 7.8/10 (3305 votes) |
| 211 | 39 Steps, The (1935) 7.8/10 (5382 votes) |
| 212 | Mystic River (2003) 7.8/10 (4997 votes) |
| 213 | King Kong (1933) 7.8/10 (7128 votes) |
| 214 | Ying xiong (2002) 7.7/10 (4599 votes) |
| 215 | Strada, La (1954) 7.7/10 (3313 votes) |
| 216 | Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.7/10 (3699 votes) |
| 217 | Untouchables, The (1987) 7.7/10 (22173 votes) |
| 218 | Rio Bravo (1959) 7.7/10 (5080 votes) |
| 219 | Henry V (1989) 7.7/10 (6633 votes) |
| 220 | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) 7.7/10 (9390 votes) |
| 221 | Big Lebowski, The (1998) 7.7/10 (33003 votes) |
| 222 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.7/10 (4603 votes) |
| 223 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) 7.7/10 (18233 votes) |
| 224 | Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.7/10 (2078 votes) |
| 225 | Die xue shuang xiong (1989) 7.7/10 (6470 votes) |
| 226 | Thin Man, The (1934) 7.7/10 (3301 votes) |
| 227 | Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.7/10 (14556 votes) |
| 228 | Fantasia (1940) 7.7/10 (11378 votes) |
| 229 | Being There (1979) 7.7/10 (7664 votes) |
| 230 | Good Will Hunting (1997) 7.7/10 (46352 votes) |
| 231 | Red River (1948) 7.7/10 (2582 votes) |
| 232 | Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 7.7/10 (28961 votes) |
| 233 | Clerks. (1994) 7.7/10 (29896 votes) |
| 234 | Road to Perdition (2002) 7.7/10 (19825 votes) |
| 235 | Quiet Man, The (1952) 7.7/10 (5295 votes) |
| 236 | MASH (1970) 7.7/10 (11582 votes) |
| 237 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.7/10 (33066 votes) |
| 238 | Sleuth (1972) 7.7/10 (3426 votes) |
| 239 | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.7/10 (2889 votes) |
| 240 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 7.7/10 (27155 votes) |
| 241 | Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) 7.7/10 (6100 votes) |
| 242 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 7.7/10 (10448 votes) |
| 243 | JFK (1991) 7.7/10 (19759 votes) |
| 244 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.7/10 (26215 votes) |
| 245 | Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) 7.7/10 (7638 votes) |
| 246 | Man for All Seasons, A (1966) 7.7/10 (3324 votes) |
| 247 | Birds, The (1963) 7.7/10 (14744 votes) |
| 248 | Deliverance (1972) 7.7/10 (10821 votes) |
| 249 | From Here to Eternity (1953) 7.7/10 (4448 votes) |
| 250 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 7.7/10 (20298 votes) |
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