IMDB Top 250 (as of March 22, 2006)
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| Rating | Total Votes | |||
| 1 | 1972 | The Godfather | 9.1 | 156875 |
| 2 | 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | 9 | 190010 |
| 3 | 1974 | The Godfather: Part II | 8.9 | 89786 |
| 4 | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 8.8 | 142194 |
| 5 | 1954 | Shichinin no samurai | 8.8 | 41687 |
| 6 | 1993 | Schindler's List | 8.8 | 118009 |
| 7 | 1942 | Casablanca | 8.7 | 79482 |
| 8 | 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | 8.7 | 127698 |
| 9 | 1994 | Pulp Fiction | 8.7 | 166154 |
| 10 | 1977 | Star Wars | 8.7 | 162819 |
| 11 | 1966 | Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il | 8.7 | 41751 |
| 12 | 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 8.7 | 84802 |
| 13 | 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 8.7 | 188999 |
| 14 | 1954 | Rear Window | 8.7 | 49873 |
| 15 | 2002 | Cidade de Deus | 8.6 | 41855 |
| 16 | 1995 | The Usual Suspects | 8.6 | 124300 |
| 17 | 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 8.6 | 145268 |
| 18 | 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 8.6 | 110670 |
| 19 | 1957 | 12 Angry Men | 8.6 | 36666 |
| 20 | 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 8.6 | 76400 |
| 21 | 1941 | Citizen Kane | 8.6 | 72149 |
| 22 | 2000 | Memento | 8.6 | 112329 |
| 23 | 1960 | Psycho | 8.6 | 64203 |
| 24 | 1990 | Goodfellas | 8.6 | 84816 |
| 25 | 1968 | C'era una volta il West | 8.6 | 23512 |
| 26 | 1959 | North by Northwest | 8.5 | 42648 |
| 27 | 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | 8.5 | 109286 |
| 28 | 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | 8.5 | 37376 |
| 29 | 2001 | Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le | 8.5 | 75252 |
| 30 | 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | 8.5 | 48784 |
| 31 | 1950 | Sunset Blvd. | 8.5 | 20399 |
| 32 | 1999 | Fight Club | 8.5 | 141963 |
| 33 | 1999 | American Beauty | 8.5 | 131438 |
| 34 | 1999 | The Matrix | 8.4 | 172201 |
| 35 | 1958 | Vertigo | 8.4 | 40717 |
| 36 | 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 8.4 | 71599 |
| 37 | 1976 | Taxi Driver | 8.4 | 58913 |
| 38 | 1979 | Apocalypse Now | 8.4 | 78238 |
| 39 | 1957 | Paths of Glory | 8.4 | 17986 |
| 40 | 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 8.4 | 36626 |
| 41 | 2004 | Untergang, Der | 8.4 | 20876 |
| 42 | 1995 | Se7en | 8.4 | 109513 |
| 43 | 2002 | The Pianist | 8.4 | 42186 |
| 44 | 1974 | Chinatown | 8.4 | 31583 |
| 45 | 1994 | Léon | 8.4 | 67960 |
| 46 | 2001 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi | 8.4 | 34253 |
| 47 | 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | 8.4 | 22524 |
| 48 | 1998 | American History X | 8.4 | 76670 |
| 49 | 1949 | The Third Man | 8.3 | 22447 |
| 50 | 1975 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 8.3 | 73865 |
| 51 | 1981 | Boot, Das | 8.3 | 34661 |
| 52 | 2000 | Requiem for a Dream | 8.3 | 63425 |
| 53 | 1941 | The Maltese Falcon | 8.3 | 23396 |
| 54 | 1997 | L.A. Confidential | 8.3 | 81582 |
| 55 | 1950 | Rashômon | 8.3 | 14796 |
| 56 | 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 8.3 | 26923 |
| 57 | 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 8.3 | 12844 |
| 58 | 1979 | Alien | 8.3 | 76291 |
| 59 | 2005 | Sin City | 8.3 | 75221 |
| 60 | 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | 8.3 | 79822 |
| 61 | 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | 8.3 | 42285 |
| 62 | 1931 | M | 8.3 | 15103 |
| 63 | 1952 | Singin' in the Rain | 8.3 | 24799 |
| 64 | 1936 | Modern Times | 8.3 | 13037 |
| 65 | 1992 | Reservoir Dogs | 8.3 | 85493 |
| 66 | 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | 8.3 | 120121 |
| 67 | 1927 | Metropolis | 8.3 | 15016 |
| 68 | 1950 | All About Eve | 8.3 | 15763 |
| 69 | 1980 | Raging Bull | 8.3 | 33848 |
| 70 | 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | 8.3 | 17115 |
| 71 | 1980 | The Shining | 8.3 | 63614 |
| 72 | 1959 | Some Like It Hot | 8.3 | 30587 |
| 73 | 1944 | Double Indemnity | 8.3 | 14264 |
| 74 | 1997 | Vita è bella, La | 8.2 | 45784 |
| 75 | 1963 | The Great Escape | 8.2 | 24922 |
| 76 | 1986 | Aliens | 8.2 | 75925 |
| 77 | 2004 | The Incredibles | 8.2 | 48347 |
| 78 | 1940 | Rebecca | 8.2 | 14147 |
| 79 | 1984 | Amadeus | 8.2 | 44212 |
| 80 | 1958 | Touch of Evil | 8.2 | 14200 |
| 81 | 1973 | The Sting | 8.2 | 28466 |
| 82 | 2004 | Crash | 8.2 | 47776 |
| 83 | 1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 8.2 | 76580 |
| 84 | 1954 | On the Waterfront | 8.2 | 15981 |
| 85 | 2003 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | 8.2 | 86188 |
| 86 | 1951 | Strangers on a Train | 8.2 | 13228 |
| 87 | 1975 | Jaws | 8.2 | 57626 |
| 88 | 1931 | City Lights | 8.2 | 9738 |
| 89 | 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 8.2 | 14107 |
| 90 | 1960 | The Apartment | 8.2 | 13842 |
| 91 | 1989 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso | 8.2 | 17342 |
| 92 | 1939 | The Wizard of Oz | 8.2 | 46206 |
| 93 | 1995 | Braveheart | 8.2 | 109924 |
| 94 | 1985 | Ran | 8.2 | 15075 |
| 95 | 1994 | Forrest Gump | 8.2 | 111288 |
| 96 | 2001 | Donnie Darko | 8.2 | 72895 |
| 97 | 2005 | Batman Begins | 8.2 | 77538 |
| 98 | 1982 | Blade Runner | 8.2 | 87387 |
| 99 | 1996 | Fargo | 8.2 | 77183 |
| 100 | 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 8.2 | 93133 |
| 101 | 2003 | Finding Nemo | 8.2 | 55726 |
| 102 | 1940 | The Great Dictator | 8.2 | 13405 |
| 103 | 1957 | Sjunde inseglet, Det | 8.2 | 12570 |
| 104 | 1997 | Mononoke-hime | 8.1 | 24962 |
| 105 | 1987 | Full Metal Jacket | 8.1 | 58822 |
| 106 | 1952 | High Noon | 8.1 | 15046 |
| 107 | 1946 | Notorious | 8.1 | 13068 |
| 108 | 1946 | The Big Sleep | 8.1 | 12273 |
| 109 | 1980 | The Elephant Man | 8.1 | 20535 |
| 110 | 2004 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | 8.1 | 62161 |
| 111 | 1983 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | 8.1 | 101816 |
| 112 | 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | 8.1 | 24932 |
| 113 | 2000 | Wo hu cang long | 8.1 | 60592 |
| 114 | 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | 8.1 | 17374 |
| 115 | 1999 | The Sixth Sense | 8.1 | 114806 |
| 116 | 1977 | Annie Hall | 8.1 | 26408 |
| 117 | 2003 | Oldboy | 8.1 | 21124 |
| 118 | 1961 | Yojimbo | 8.1 | 11618 |
| 119 | 1987 | The Princess Bride | 8.1 | 63328 |
| 120 | 1953 | Salaire de la peur, Le | 8.1 | 3890 |
| 121 | 1948 | Ladri di biciclette | 8.1 | 9440 |
| 122 | 1959 | Ben-Hur | 8.1 | 25311 |
| 123 | 1992 | Unforgiven | 8.1 | 37820 |
| 124 | 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 8 | 73591 |
| 125 | 1934 | It Happened One Night | 8 | 9807 |
| 126 | 1979 | Life of Brian | 8 | 40643 |
| 127 | 1999 | The Green Mile | 8 | 75054 |
| 128 | 1985 | Back to the Future | 8 | 83101 |
| 129 | 1978 | The Deer Hunter | 8 | 34952 |
| 130 | 1956 | The Killing | 8 | 8864 |
| 131 | 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 8 | 24379 |
| 132 | 1967 | The Graduate | 8 | 33489 |
| 133 | 1927 | The General | 8 | 8156 |
| 134 | 1999 | Toy Story 2 | 8 | 49102 |
| 135 | 2000 | Amores perros | 8 | 20388 |
| 136 | 1998 | Lola rennt | 8 | 39590 |
| 137 | 1986 | Platoon | 8 | 43386 |
| 138 | 1951 | The African Queen | 8 | 16279 |
| 139 | 1933 | Duck Soup | 8 | 12015 |
| 140 | 2004 | Before Sunset | 8 | 15108 |
| 141 | 1957 | Notti di Cabiria, Le | 8 | 3076 |
| 142 | 2000 | Gladiator | 8 | 113137 |
| 143 | 1949 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | 8 | 4574 |
| 144 | 2002 | Ying xiong | 8 | 33591 |
| 145 | 1989 | Glory | 8 | 25889 |
| 146 | 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | 8 | 7454 |
| 147 | 2004 | Finding Neverland | 8 | 31591 |
| 148 | 1965 | Per qualche dollaro in più | 8 | 12272 |
| 149 | 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | 8 | 7583 |
| 150 | 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | 8 | 9511 |
| 151 | 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | 8 | 9143 |
| 152 | 1957 | Smultronstället | 8 | 7009 |
| 153 | 1970 | Patton | 8 | 17470 |
| 154 | 1940 | The Philadelphia Story | 8 | 12754 |
| 155 | 1982 | Gandhi | 8 | 19314 |
| 156 | 1925 | The Gold Rush | 8 | 7961 |
| 157 | 1957 | Kumonosu jô | 8 | 4466 |
| 158 | 1988 | Die Hard | 8 | 70622 |
| 159 | 1974 | The Conversation | 8 | 12654 |
| 160 | 1983 | A Christmas Story | 8 | 24511 |
| 161 | 1986 | Stand by Me | 7.9 | 37526 |
| 162 | 1950 | Harvey | 7.9 | 9562 |
| 163 | 1922 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | 7.9 | 10831 |
| 164 | 2003 | Mystic River | 7.9 | 40178 |
| 165 | 1945 | Brief Encounter | 7.9 | 3664 |
| 166 | 1951 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | 7.9 | 12370 |
| 167 | 1939 | Gone with the Wind | 7.9 | 35018 |
| 168 | 2001 | Shrek | 7.9 | 80096 |
| 169 | 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | 7.9 | 19052 |
| 170 | 1955 | Diaboliques, Les | 7.9 | 4164 |
| 171 | 2003 | Big Fish | 7.9 | 45681 |
| 172 | 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | 7.9 | 9563 |
| 173 | 1960 | Spartacus | 7.9 | 20891 |
| 174 | 1946 | Belle et la bête, La | 7.9 | 3117 |
| 175 | 1999 | Magnolia | 7.9 | 56259 |
| 176 | 1920 | Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das | 7.9 | 4997 |
| 177 | 1961 | The Hustler | 7.9 | 10176 |
| 178 | 1969 | The Wild Bunch | 7.9 | 12871 |
| 179 | 1995 | Toy Story | 7.9 | 54906 |
| 180 | 1993 | Groundhog Day | 7.9 | 54954 |
| 181 | 2002 | Hable con ella | 7.9 | 16523 |
| 182 | 1996 | Trainspotting | 7.9 | 63298 |
| 183 | 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | 7.9 | 6343 |
| 184 | 1953 | Stalag 17 | 7.9 | 8678 |
| 185 | 1979 | Manhattan | 7.9 | 15191 |
| 186 | 1999 | The Straight Story | 7.9 | 18151 |
| 187 | 1973 | The Exorcist | 7.9 | 42231 |
| 188 | 1998 | Festen | 7.9 | 14651 |
| 189 | 1994 | Ed Wood | 7.9 | 28939 |
| 190 | 1995 | Twelve Monkeys | 7.9 | 74625 |
| 191 | 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | 7.9 | 13710 |
| 192 | 2005 | Cinderella Man | 7.9 | 17897 |
| 193 | 1938 | The Lady Vanishes | 7.9 | 5740 |
| 194 | 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | 7.9 | 48208 |
| 195 | 1998 | The Big Lebowski | 7.9 | 63445 |
| 196 | 1938 | Bringing Up Baby | 7.9 | 11259 |
| 197 | 1974 | Young Frankenstein | 7.9 | 26941 |
| 198 | 1996 | Sling Blade | 7.9 | 24019 |
| 199 | 1959 | Quatre cents coups, Les | 7.9 | 8256 |
| 200 | 1940 | His Girl Friday | 7.9 | 8386 |
| 201 | 2003 | Touching the Void | 7.9 | 5186 |
| 202 | 1984 | The Terminator | 7.9 | 71823 |
| 203 | 1953 | Roman Holiday | 7.9 | 11852 |
| 204 | 1933 | King Kong | 7.9 | 15175 |
| 205 | 1947 | Out of the Past | 7.9 | 3426 |
| 206 | 1965 | Battaglia di Algeri, La | 7.9 | 3275 |
| 207 | 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | 7.9 | 8582 |
| 208 | 2000 | Snatch. | 7.9 | 58118 |
| 209 | 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | 7.9 | 6098 |
| 210 | 1985 | Brazil | 7.9 | 36913 |
| 211 | 1956 | The Searchers | 7.9 | 12448 |
| 212 | 1995 | Heat | 7.9 | 55462 |
| 213 | 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 7.9 | 8919 |
| 214 | 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | 7.9 | 43629 |
| 215 | 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | 7.9 | 4825 |
| 216 | 1963 | 8½ | 7.9 | 10253 |
| 217 | 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | 7.9 | 4425 |
| 218 | 1972 | Sleuth | 7.9 | 5743 |
| 219 | 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | 7.9 | 8660 |
| 220 | 1988 | Hotaru no haka | 7.8 | 9840 |
| 221 | 2000 | Almost Famous | 7.8 | 47447 |
| 222 | 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | 7.8 | 15618 |
| 223 | 2004 | Sideways | 7.8 | 31182 |
| 224 | 1960 | Inherit the Wind | 7.8 | 4522 |
| 225 | 2005 | Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 7.8 | 12211 |
| 226 | 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | 7.8 | 15866 |
| 227 | 1952 | Ikiru | 7.8 | 5669 |
| 228 | 1999 | The Insider | 7.8 | 34461 |
| 229 | 2001 | No Man's Land | 7.8 | 8868 |
| 230 | 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | 7.8 | 2991 |
| 231 | 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | 7.8 | 83852 |
| 232 | 1931 | Frankenstein | 7.8 | 8060 |
| 233 | 1963 | Charade | 7.8 | 11328 |
| 234 | 1983 | Scarface | 7.8 | 41487 |
| 235 | 2003 | Lost in Translation | 7.8 | 58513 |
| 236 | 1994 | Trois couleurs: Rouge | 7.8 | 12599 |
| 237 | 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | 7.8 | 11969 |
| 238 | 1976 | All the President's Men | 7.8 | 15562 |
| 239 | 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 7.8 | 81717 |
| 240 | 1982 | The Thing | 7.8 | 23136 |
| 241 | 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | 7.8 | 12570 |
| 242 | 2005 | V for Vendetta | 7.8 | 11628 |
| 243 | 2001 | Mulholland Dr. | 7.8 | 45414 |
| 244 | 1968 | Planet of the Apes | 7.8 | 24409 |
| 245 | 1960 | À bout de souffle | 7.8 | 6540 |
| 246 | 1937 | Grande illusion, La | 7.8 | 6214 |
| 247 | 2004 | Mar adentro | 7.8 | 8301 |
| 248 | 1988 | Rain Man | 7.8 | 51545 |
| 249 | 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | 7.8 | 5272 |
| 250 | 1975 | The Man Who Would Be King | 7.8 | 9453 |
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