note: for this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
| Rank | Title |
|---|
| 1 | Godfather, The (1972) 9.0/10 (91673 votes) |
| 2 | Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.9/10 (113989 votes) |
| 3 | Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.8/10 (53959 votes) |
| 4 | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) 8.8/10 (56806 votes) |
| 5 | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.8/10 (80135 votes) |
| 6 | Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (77876 votes) |
| 7 | Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (52946 votes) |
| 8 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (22732 votes) |
| 9 | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (123173 votes) |
| 10 | Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (109852 votes) |
| 11 | Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (49232 votes) |
| 12 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.6/10 (55429 votes) |
| 13 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (50019 votes) |
| 14 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.6/10 (84526 votes) |
| 15 | Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (32310 votes) |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (75891 votes) |
| 17 | Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.6/10 (83384 votes) |
| 18 | Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.6/10 (100942 votes) |
| 19 | Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (68289 votes) |
| 20 | North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (28654 votes) |
| 21 | 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.5/10 (22174 votes) |
| 22 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.5/10 (20109 votes) |
| 23 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (43092 votes) |
| 24 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (24828 votes) |
| 25 | Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (43704 votes) |
| 26 | Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5/10 (74582 votes) |
| 27 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (33643 votes) |
| 28 | Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (52483 votes) |
| 29 | American Beauty (1999) 8.4/10 (88209 votes) |
| 30 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.4/10 (12237 votes) |
| 31 | Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (27231 votes) |
| 32 | Matrix, The (1999) 8.4/10 (114785 votes) |
| 33 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (23821 votes) |
| 34 | Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (50811 votes) |
| 35 | Pianist, The (2002) 8.4/10 (18673 votes) |
| 36 | Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.4/10 (10696 votes) |
| 37 | C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.4/10 (10989 votes) |
| 38 | Third Man, The (1949) 8.3/10 (14545 votes) |
| 39 | Paths of Glory (1957) 8.3/10 (10978 votes) |
| 40 | Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (36688 votes) |
| 41 | Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (19925 votes) |
| 42 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (14361 votes) |
| 43 | Fight Club (1999) 8.3/10 (83593 votes) |
| 44 | Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (9198 votes) |
| 45 | Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (22931 votes) |
| 46 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (16234 votes) |
| 47 | Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (20065 votes) |
| 48 | L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (57200 votes) |
| 49 | Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.3/10 (15786 votes) |
| 50 | All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (10435 votes) |
| 51 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (32995 votes) |
| 52 | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.3/10 (17932 votes) |
| 53 | M (1931) 8.3/10 (9155 votes) |
| 54 | Se7en (1995) 8.3/10 (68345 votes) |
| 55 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (47789 votes) |
| 56 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.2/10 (80661 votes) |
| 57 | Rashômon (1950) 8.2/10 (8441 votes) |
| 58 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.2/10 (6071 votes) |
| 59 | Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (20287 votes) |
| 60 | Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (30879 votes) |
| 61 | Alien (1979) 8.2/10 (49903 votes) |
| 62 | American History X (1998) 8.2/10 (44108 votes) |
| 63 | Sting, The (1973) 8.2/10 (18946 votes) |
| 64 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (9208 votes) |
| 65 | Léon (1994) 8.2/10 (38723 votes) |
| 66 | Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (30404 votes) |
| 67 | Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.2/10 (10340 votes) |
| 68 | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.2/10 (8182 votes) |
| 69 | Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (9367 votes) |
| 70 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (53213 votes) |
| 71 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.2/10 (52005 votes) |
| 72 | Modern Times (1936) 8.2/10 (7740 votes) |
| 73 | Great Escape, The (1963) 8.2/10 (15350 votes) |
| 74 | Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.2/10 (51292 votes) |
| 75 | Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (29757 votes) |
| 76 | On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (9563 votes) |
| 77 | Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.2/10 (42471 votes) |
| 78 | Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (8949 votes) |
| 79 | Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (16646 votes) |
| 80 | Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (37370 votes) |
| 81 | Finding Nemo (2003) 8.1/10 (23848 votes) |
| 82 | Apartment, The (1960) 8.1/10 (8665 votes) |
| 83 | Braveheart (1995) 8.1/10 (74439 votes) |
| 84 | High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (9628 votes) |
| 85 | Aliens (1986) 8.1/10 (51604 votes) |
| 86 | Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (53385 votes) |
| 87 | Shining, The (1980) 8.1/10 (39006 votes) |
| 88 | Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.1/10 (8042 votes) |
| 89 | Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.1/10 (77409 votes) |
| 90 | Metropolis (1927) 8.1/10 (9078 votes) |
| 91 | Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (61921 votes) |
| 92 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.1/10 (29463 votes) |
| 93 | Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (7836 votes) |
| 94 | Donnie Darko (2001) 8.1/10 (28996 votes) |
| 95 | City Lights (1931) 8.1/10 (5909 votes) |
| 96 | Great Dictator, The (1940) 8.1/10 (7625 votes) |
| 97 | General, The (1927) 8.1/10 (5157 votes) |
| 98 | Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.1/10 (44144 votes) |
| 99 | Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.1/10 (6991 votes) |
| 100 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.1/10 (10885 votes) |
| Rank | Title |
|---|
| 101 | Notorious (1946) 8.1/10 (8161 votes) |
| 102 | Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (13846 votes) |
| 103 | Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.1/10 (32118 votes) |
| 104 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.1/10 (36895 votes) |
| 105 | Rebecca (1940) 8.1/10 (8836 votes) |
| 106 | Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (25455 votes) |
| 107 | Dogville (2003) 8.0/10 (5317 votes) |
| 108 | Big Sleep, The (1946) 8.0/10 (7878 votes) |
| 109 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (15985 votes) |
| 110 | Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8.0/10 (4772 votes) |
| 111 | Graduate, The (1967) 8.0/10 (21914 votes) |
| 112 | Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (11195 votes) |
| 113 | Yojimbo (1961) 8.0/10 (6325 votes) |
| 114 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.0/10 (62243 votes) |
| 115 | It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (6099 votes) |
| 116 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (5548 votes) |
| 117 | Deer Hunter, The (1978) 8.0/10 (21847 votes) |
| 118 | Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (9857 votes) |
| 119 | Searchers, The (1956) 8.0/10 (8090 votes) |
| 120 | Forrest Gump (1994) 8.0/10 (70020 votes) |
| 121 | Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (17744 votes) |
| 122 | Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8.0/10 (8395 votes) |
| 123 | African Queen, The (1951) 8.0/10 (11338 votes) |
| 124 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.0/10 (11239 votes) |
| 125 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) 8.0/10 (7245 votes) |
| 126 | Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (16710 votes) |
| 127 | Unforgiven (1992) 8.0/10 (24067 votes) |
| 128 | Green Mile, The (1999) 8.0/10 (45579 votes) |
| 129 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.0/10 (13611 votes) |
| 130 | Hable con ella (2002) 8.0/10 (8362 votes) |
| 131 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.0/10 (66307 votes) |
| 132 | Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (10921 votes) |
| 133 | Stalag 17 (1953) 8.0/10 (5453 votes) |
| 134 | Shrek (2001) 8.0/10 (46546 votes) |
| 135 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 8.0/10 (9027 votes) |
| 136 | Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 8.0/10 (6083 votes) |
| 137 | Elephant Man, The (1980) 7.9/10 (12532 votes) |
| 138 | Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (23001 votes) |
| 139 | Christmas Story, A (1983) 7.9/10 (15693 votes) |
| 140 | Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 7.9/10 (5807 votes) |
| 141 | Wild Bunch, The (1969) 7.9/10 (8450 votes) |
| 142 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (5227 votes) |
| 143 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 7.9/10 (49115 votes) |
| 144 | Hustler, The (1961) 7.9/10 (6386 votes) |
| 145 | Back to the Future (1985) 7.9/10 (54482 votes) |
| 146 | Straight Story, The (1999) 7.9/10 (11216 votes) |
| 147 | Platoon (1986) 7.9/10 (27036 votes) |
| 148 | Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (17468 votes) |
| 149 | Amores perros (2000) 7.9/10 (9942 votes) |
| 150 | Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 7.9/10 (5499 votes) |
| 151 | Gold Rush, The (1925) 7.9/10 (4846 votes) |
| 152 | Smultronstället (1957) 7.9/10 (3597 votes) |
| 153 | His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (5166 votes) |
| 154 | Die Hard (1988) 7.9/10 (47166 votes) |
| 155 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (28234 votes) |
| 156 | Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (3926 votes) |
| 157 | Life of Brian (1979) 7.9/10 (25866 votes) |
| 158 | Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (13115 votes) |
| 159 | Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (6791 votes) |
| 160 | Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 7.9/10 (5538 votes) |
| 161 | Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (72617 votes) |
| 162 | Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (4348 votes) |
| 163 | Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (29699 votes) |
| 164 | Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (9358 votes) |
| 165 | Conversation, The (1974) 7.9/10 (7769 votes) |
| 166 | Lost in Translation (2003) 7.9/10 (20975 votes) |
| 167 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (3900 votes) |
| 168 | Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (4707 votes) |
| 169 | Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (7211 votes) |
| 170 | Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (36728 votes) |
| 171 | Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (16819 votes) |
| 172 | Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (35466 votes) |
| 173 | Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 7.9/10 (7370 votes) |
| 174 | Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 7.9/10 (8060 votes) |
| 175 | Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (24745 votes) |
| 176 | Night at the Opera, A (1935) 7.9/10 (4652 votes) |
| 177 | Insider, The (1999) 7.9/10 (22604 votes) |
| 178 | All the President's Men (1976) 7.9/10 (10076 votes) |
| 179 | Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.8/10 (42996 votes) |
| 180 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (5574 votes) |
| 181 | Ying xiong (2002) 7.8/10 (6285 votes) |
| 182 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.8/10 (4105 votes) |
| 183 | To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.8/10 (2691 votes) |
| 184 | Ed Wood (1994) 7.8/10 (16464 votes) |
| 185 | Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.8/10 (8221 votes) |
| 186 | Killing, The (1956) 7.8/10 (5087 votes) |
| 187 | Exorcist, The (1973) 7.8/10 (25851 votes) |
| 188 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.8/10 (25395 votes) |
| 189 | Stand by Me (1986) 7.8/10 (24290 votes) |
| 190 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.8/10 (11136 votes) |
| 191 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.8/10 (50114 votes) |
| 192 | Terminator, The (1984) 7.8/10 (47575 votes) |
| 193 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.8/10 (6139 votes) |
| 194 | Harvey (1950) 7.8/10 (6147 votes) |
| 195 | Gandhi (1982) 7.8/10 (12443 votes) |
| 196 | Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.8/10 (4345 votes) |
| 197 | Groundhog Day (1993) 7.8/10 (34497 votes) |
| 198 | This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (15407 votes) |
| 199 | Lion in Winter, The (1968) 7.8/10 (4539 votes) |
| 200 | Trainspotting (1996) 7.8/10 (41077 votes) |
| 201 | Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (10852 votes) |
| 202 | Right Stuff, The (1983) 7.8/10 (10661 votes) |
| 203 | Adaptation. (2002) 7.8/10 (16131 votes) |
| 204 | Whale Rider (2002) 7.8/10 (5987 votes) |
| 205 | Network (1976) 7.8/10 (7368 votes) |
| 206 | Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.8/10 (10217 votes) |
| 207 | Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (33848 votes) |
| 208 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (9842 votes) |
| 209 | Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (3602 votes) |
| 210 | 8½ (1963) 7.8/10 (5954 votes) |
| 211 | King Kong (1933) 7.8/10 (7797 votes) |
| 212 | Snatch. (2000) 7.8/10 (32088 votes) |
| 213 | 39 Steps, The (1935) 7.8/10 (5910 votes) |
| 214 | Stagecoach (1939) 7.8/10 (4328 votes) |
| 215 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (38220 votes) |
| 216 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.8/10 (25401 votes) |
| 217 | Others, The (2001) 7.8/10 (27352 votes) |
| 218 | Strada, La (1954) 7.8/10 (3675 votes) |
| 219 | Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.8/10 (2370 votes) |
| 220 | X2 (2003) 7.8/10 (25708 votes) |
| 221 | Big Lebowski, The (1998) 7.8/10 (36850 votes) |
| 222 | Big Fish (2003) 7.8/10 (10772 votes) |
| 223 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.8/10 (5026 votes) |
| 224 | Ikiru (1952) 7.8/10 (2598 votes) |
| 225 | Minority Report (2002) 7.8/10 (37935 votes) |
| 226 | Thin Man, The (1934) 7.8/10 (3630 votes) |
| 227 | Untouchables, The (1987) 7.8/10 (24240 votes) |
| 228 | Rio Bravo (1959) 7.7/10 (5529 votes) |
| 229 | Traffic (2000) 7.7/10 (33706 votes) |
| 230 | Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.7/10 (16043 votes) |
| 231 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) 7.7/10 (19909 votes) |
| 232 | Fantasia (1940) 7.7/10 (12308 votes) |
| 233 | Red River (1948) 7.7/10 (2883 votes) |
| 234 | Henry V (1989) 7.7/10 (7056 votes) |
| 235 | 21 Grams (2003) 7.7/10 (7385 votes) |
| 236 | Being There (1979) 7.7/10 (8314 votes) |
| 237 | Good Will Hunting (1997) 7.7/10 (49961 votes) |
| 238 | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.7/10 (3269 votes) |
| 239 | Sleuth (1972) 7.7/10 (3765 votes) |
| 240 | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) 7.7/10 (10354 votes) |
| 241 | Die xue shuang xiong (1989) 7.7/10 (7049 votes) |
| 242 | Quiet Man, The (1952) 7.7/10 (5791 votes) |
| 243 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.7/10 (36056 votes) |
| 244 | Heat (1995) 7.7/10 (33703 votes) |
| 245 | Clerks. (1994) 7.7/10 (32524 votes) |
| 246 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 7.7/10 (2442 votes) |
| 247 | Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 7.7/10 (32745 votes) |
| 248 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 7.7/10 (1818 votes) |
| 249 | Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) 7.7/10 (6728 votes) |
| 250 | Enfants du paradis, Les (1945) 7.7/10 (2434 votes) |
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