note: for this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
| Rank | Title |
|---|
| 1 | Godfather, The (1972) 9.0/10 (96041 votes) |
| 2 | Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.9/10 (118886 votes) |
| 3 | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) 8.8/10 (64151 votes) |
| 4 | Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.8/10 (56798 votes) |
| 5 | Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (81268 votes) |
| 6 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (24172 votes) |
| 7 | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.7/10 (86362 votes) |
| 8 | Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (55061 votes) |
| 9 | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (128712 votes) |
| 10 | Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (113331 votes) |
| 11 | Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (51077 votes) |
| 12 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7/10 (57842 votes) |
| 13 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (52122 votes) |
| 14 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.6/10 (87171 votes) |
| 15 | Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (33679 votes) |
| 16 | Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.6/10 (105948 votes) |
| 17 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (78805 votes) |
| 18 | Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.6/10 (86576 votes) |
| 19 | Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (71858 votes) |
| 20 | North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (29761 votes) |
| 21 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.5/10 (21651 votes) |
| 22 | 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.5/10 (23276 votes) |
| 23 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (25992 votes) |
| 24 | Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (45410 votes) |
| 25 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (45371 votes) |
| 26 | Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5/10 (77414 votes) |
| 27 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.5/10 (34856 votes) |
| 28 | Goodfellas (1990) 8.5/10 (54783 votes) |
| 29 | American Beauty (1999) 8.4/10 (91561 votes) |
| 30 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.4/10 (12871 votes) |
| 31 | Cidade de Deus (2002) 8.4/10 (12417 votes) |
| 32 | Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (28214 votes) |
| 33 | C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.4/10 (12002 votes) |
| 34 | Matrix, The (1999) 8.4/10 (119511 votes) |
| 35 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.4/10 (24848 votes) |
| 36 | Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (53110 votes) |
| 37 | Pianist, The (2002) 8.4/10 (20647 votes) |
| 38 | Third Man, The (1949) 8.4/10 (15142 votes) |
| 39 | Paths of Glory (1957) 8.4/10 (11483 votes) |
| 40 | Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (38326 votes) |
| 41 | Fight Club (1999) 8.3/10 (87895 votes) |
| 42 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.3/10 (16057 votes) |
| 43 | Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (20910 votes) |
| 44 | Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (9580 votes) |
| 45 | Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (23908 votes) |
| 46 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (16866 votes) |
| 47 | Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (20894 votes) |
| 48 | L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (59229 votes) |
| 49 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 8.3/10 (12574 votes) |
| 50 | M (1931) 8.3/10 (9596 votes) |
| 51 | Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.3/10 (16354 votes) |
| 52 | All About Eve (1950) 8.3/10 (10856 votes) |
| 53 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (35174 votes) |
| 54 | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.3/10 (18615 votes) |
| 55 | Se7en (1995) 8.3/10 (71457 votes) |
| 56 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.3/10 (49881 votes) |
| 57 | Rashômon (1950) 8.3/10 (8869 votes) |
| 58 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (83843 votes) |
| 59 | Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (21148 votes) |
| 60 | Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (32036 votes) |
| 61 | Alien (1979) 8.2/10 (51914 votes) |
| 62 | American History X (1998) 8.2/10 (46346 votes) |
| 63 | Sting, The (1973) 8.2/10 (19695 votes) |
| 64 | Léon (1994) 8.2/10 (40472 votes) |
| 65 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (9550 votes) |
| 66 | Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.2/10 (10769 votes) |
| 67 | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.2/10 (8510 votes) |
| 68 | Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (9730 votes) |
| 69 | Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (31537 votes) |
| 70 | Finding Nemo (2003) 8.2/10 (27018 votes) |
| 71 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (55039 votes) |
| 72 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.2/10 (54959 votes) |
| 73 | Great Escape, The (1963) 8.2/10 (16156 votes) |
| 74 | Modern Times (1936) 8.2/10 (8112 votes) |
| 75 | Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.2/10 (53371 votes) |
| 76 | Amadeus (1984) 8.2/10 (30829 votes) |
| 77 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 8.2/10 (40434 votes) |
| 78 | Ran (1985) 8.2/10 (9334 votes) |
| 79 | On the Waterfront (1954) 8.2/10 (10027 votes) |
| 80 | Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (17347 votes) |
| 81 | Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.2/10 (43917 votes) |
| 82 | Jaws (1975) 8.2/10 (38801 votes) |
| 83 | Apartment, The (1960) 8.2/10 (9038 votes) |
| 84 | Braveheart (1995) 8.1/10 (77430 votes) |
| 85 | High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (10068 votes) |
| 86 | Aliens (1986) 8.1/10 (53436 votes) |
| 87 | Metropolis (1927) 8.1/10 (9510 votes) |
| 88 | Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (55262 votes) |
| 89 | Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.1/10 (8419 votes) |
| 90 | Shining, The (1980) 8.1/10 (40660 votes) |
| 91 | Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (63918 votes) |
| 92 | City Lights (1931) 8.1/10 (6196 votes) |
| 93 | Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.1/10 (80636 votes) |
| 94 | Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (8153 votes) |
| 95 | Donnie Darko (2001) 8.1/10 (32454 votes) |
| 96 | Great Dictator, The (1940) 8.1/10 (8077 votes) |
| 97 | General, The (1927) 8.1/10 (5342 votes) |
| 98 | Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.1/10 (7361 votes) |
| 99 | Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.1/10 (45773 votes) |
| 100 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989) 8.1/10 (11347 votes) |
| Rank | Title |
|---|
| 101 | Mononoke-hime (1997) 8.1/10 (14666 votes) |
| 102 | Rebecca (1940) 8.1/10 (9217 votes) |
| 103 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.1/10 (38514 votes) |
| 104 | Notorious (1946) 8.1/10 (8545 votes) |
| 105 | Dogville (2003) 8.1/10 (6978 votes) |
| 106 | Big Sleep, The (1946) 8.1/10 (8184 votes) |
| 107 | Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.0/10 (33534 votes) |
| 108 | Yojimbo (1961) 8.0/10 (6705 votes) |
| 109 | Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8.0/10 (4949 votes) |
| 110 | Lola rennt (1998) 8.0/10 (26471 votes) |
| 111 | Ladri di biciclette (1948) 8.0/10 (5764 votes) |
| 112 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (16629 votes) |
| 113 | Patton (1970) 8.0/10 (11668 votes) |
| 114 | Graduate, The (1967) 8.0/10 (22692 votes) |
| 115 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 8.0/10 (64601 votes) |
| 116 | It Happened One Night (1934) 8.0/10 (6359 votes) |
| 117 | Forrest Gump (1994) 8.0/10 (72983 votes) |
| 118 | Deer Hunter, The (1978) 8.0/10 (22776 votes) |
| 119 | Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (10223 votes) |
| 120 | Mystic River (2003) 8.0/10 (12927 votes) |
| 121 | Glory (1989) 8.0/10 (18388 votes) |
| 122 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 8.0/10 (19098 votes) |
| 123 | Philadelphia Story, The (1940) 8.0/10 (8695 votes) |
| 124 | Searchers, The (1956) 8.0/10 (8419 votes) |
| 125 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.0/10 (11675 votes) |
| 126 | African Queen, The (1951) 8.0/10 (11710 votes) |
| 127 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.0/10 (14472 votes) |
| 128 | Ben-Hur (1959) 8.0/10 (17424 votes) |
| 129 | Unforgiven (1992) 8.0/10 (25035 votes) |
| 130 | Green Mile, The (1999) 8.0/10 (47827 votes) |
| 131 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) 8.0/10 (7563 votes) |
| 132 | Hable con ella (2002) 8.0/10 (8973 votes) |
| 133 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 8.0/10 (68568 votes) |
| 134 | Elephant Man, The (1980) 8.0/10 (13128 votes) |
| 135 | Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 8.0/10 (6392 votes) |
| 136 | Stalag 17 (1953) 8.0/10 (5704 votes) |
| 137 | Shrek (2001) 8.0/10 (49503 votes) |
| 138 | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 8.0/10 (9370 votes) |
| 139 | Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 8.0/10 (6057 votes) |
| 140 | Gone with the Wind (1939) 7.9/10 (23795 votes) |
| 141 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 7.9/10 (51075 votes) |
| 142 | Wild Bunch, The (1969) 7.9/10 (8769 votes) |
| 143 | Straight Story, The (1999) 7.9/10 (11794 votes) |
| 144 | Christmas Story, A (1983) 7.9/10 (16201 votes) |
| 145 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 7.9/10 (5466 votes) |
| 146 | Smultronstället (1957) 7.9/10 (3806 votes) |
| 147 | Platoon (1986) 7.9/10 (28312 votes) |
| 148 | Back to the Future (1985) 7.9/10 (56682 votes) |
| 149 | Hustler, The (1961) 7.9/10 (6636 votes) |
| 150 | Amores perros (2000) 7.9/10 (10675 votes) |
| 151 | Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.9/10 (18232 votes) |
| 152 | Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 7.9/10 (5768 votes) |
| 153 | Gold Rush, The (1925) 7.9/10 (5079 votes) |
| 154 | Die Hard (1988) 7.9/10 (48958 votes) |
| 155 | Lost in Translation (2003) 7.9/10 (25106 votes) |
| 156 | His Girl Friday (1940) 7.9/10 (5398 votes) |
| 157 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) 7.9/10 (29811 votes) |
| 158 | Life of Brian (1979) 7.9/10 (27115 votes) |
| 159 | Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 7.9/10 (4545 votes) |
| 160 | Ying xiong (2002) 7.9/10 (7260 votes) |
| 161 | Spartacus (1960) 7.9/10 (13690 votes) |
| 162 | Grande illusion, La (1937) 7.9/10 (4086 votes) |
| 163 | Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) 7.9/10 (5789 votes) |
| 164 | Charade (1963) 7.9/10 (7153 votes) |
| 165 | Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) 7.9/10 (4976 votes) |
| 166 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 7.9/10 (4052 votes) |
| 167 | Festen (1998) 7.9/10 (9697 votes) |
| 168 | Gladiator (2000) 7.9/10 (75568 votes) |
| 169 | Conversation, The (1974) 7.9/10 (8115 votes) |
| 170 | Roman Holiday (1953) 7.9/10 (7546 votes) |
| 171 | Sling Blade (1996) 7.9/10 (17266 votes) |
| 172 | Almost Famous (2000) 7.9/10 (31261 votes) |
| 173 | Toy Story (1995) 7.9/10 (38137 votes) |
| 174 | Magnolia (1999) 7.9/10 (36990 votes) |
| 175 | Night at the Opera, A (1935) 7.9/10 (4853 votes) |
| 176 | Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 7.9/10 (8375 votes) |
| 177 | Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 7.9/10 (7685 votes) |
| 178 | To Be or Not to Be (1942) 7.9/10 (2804 votes) |
| 179 | Brazil (1985) 7.9/10 (25612 votes) |
| 180 | All the President's Men (1976) 7.9/10 (10423 votes) |
| 181 | Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) 7.9/10 (8523 votes) |
| 182 | Ed Wood (1994) 7.9/10 (17338 votes) |
| 183 | Insider, The (1999) 7.9/10 (23566 votes) |
| 184 | Killing, The (1956) 7.9/10 (5343 votes) |
| 185 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 7.8/10 (4349 votes) |
| 186 | Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.8/10 (44965 votes) |
| 187 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 7.8/10 (5783 votes) |
| 188 | Hotaru no haka (1988) 7.8/10 (4658 votes) |
| 189 | Harvey (1950) 7.8/10 (6423 votes) |
| 190 | Exorcist, The (1973) 7.8/10 (26911 votes) |
| 191 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.8/10 (26947 votes) |
| 192 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 7.8/10 (41997 votes) |
| 193 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 7.8/10 (11688 votes) |
| 194 | Stand by Me (1986) 7.8/10 (25250 votes) |
| 195 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 7.8/10 (6471 votes) |
| 196 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.8/10 (52031 votes) |
| 197 | Gandhi (1982) 7.8/10 (12922 votes) |
| 198 | Terminator, The (1984) 7.8/10 (49439 votes) |
| 199 | Trainspotting (1996) 7.8/10 (42744 votes) |
| 200 | Groundhog Day (1993) 7.8/10 (36021 votes) |
| 201 | Lion in Winter, The (1968) 7.8/10 (4730 votes) |
| 202 | 21 Grams (2003) 7.8/10 (10890 votes) |
| 203 | This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.8/10 (16098 votes) |
| 204 | Ikiru (1952) 7.8/10 (2792 votes) |
| 205 | Miller's Crossing (1990) 7.8/10 (11389 votes) |
| 206 | Big Fish (2003) 7.8/10 (16420 votes) |
| 207 | Whale Rider (2002) 7.8/10 (6760 votes) |
| 208 | Right Stuff, The (1983) 7.8/10 (11008 votes) |
| 209 | Strada, La (1954) 7.8/10 (3871 votes) |
| 210 | Rain Man (1988) 7.8/10 (35136 votes) |
| 211 | Network (1976) 7.8/10 (7670 votes) |
| 212 | Adaptation. (2002) 7.8/10 (17586 votes) |
| 213 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 7.8/10 (10217 votes) |
| 214 | Laura (1944) 7.8/10 (3727 votes) |
| 215 | Midnight Cowboy (1969) 7.8/10 (10626 votes) |
| 216 | 8½ (1963) 7.8/10 (6230 votes) |
| 217 | Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928) 7.8/10 (2524 votes) |
| 218 | Stagecoach (1939) 7.8/10 (4518 votes) |
| 219 | King Kong (1933) 7.8/10 (8165 votes) |
| 220 | 39 Steps, The (1935) 7.8/10 (6183 votes) |
| 221 | Snatch. (2000) 7.8/10 (33846 votes) |
| 222 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 7.8/10 (26595 votes) |
| 223 | X2 (2003) 7.8/10 (27559 votes) |
| 224 | In America (2002) 7.8/10 (4033 votes) |
| 225 | Big Lebowski, The (1998) 7.8/10 (38751 votes) |
| 226 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) 7.8/10 (5234 votes) |
| 227 | Others, The (2001) 7.8/10 (28681 votes) |
| 228 | Rio Bravo (1959) 7.8/10 (5781 votes) |
| 229 | Untouchables, The (1987) 7.8/10 (25355 votes) |
| 230 | Thin Man, The (1934) 7.8/10 (3773 votes) |
| 231 | Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.7/10 (16747 votes) |
| 232 | Red River (1948) 7.7/10 (3020 votes) |
| 233 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 7.7/10 (1923 votes) |
| 234 | Minority Report (2002) 7.7/10 (40158 votes) |
| 235 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) 7.7/10 (20754 votes) |
| 236 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 7.7/10 (2615 votes) |
| 237 | Traffic (2000) 7.7/10 (34962 votes) |
| 238 | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.7/10 (3501 votes) |
| 239 | Die xue shuang xiong (1989) 7.7/10 (7380 votes) |
| 240 | Sleuth (1972) 7.7/10 (3919 votes) |
| 241 | Todo sobre mi madre (1999) 7.7/10 (10859 votes) |
| 242 | Fantasia (1940) 7.7/10 (12761 votes) |
| 243 | Being There (1979) 7.7/10 (8610 votes) |
| 244 | Good Will Hunting (1997) 7.7/10 (51889 votes) |
| 245 | Henry V (1989) 7.7/10 (7274 votes) |
| 246 | Heat (1995) 7.7/10 (35057 votes) |
| 247 | Enfants du paradis, Les (1945) 7.7/10 (2582 votes) |
| 248 | Quiet Man, The (1952) 7.7/10 (6032 votes) |
| 249 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 7.7/10 (2312 votes) |
| 250 | Persona (1966) 7.7/10 (2556 votes) |
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