This document lists the top 173 movies on IMDb based on user ratings. The Shawshank Redemption has the highest rating of 9.2 out of 10 with over 658,000 votes, followed by The Godfather with the same rating and nearly 500,000 votes, and The Godfather: Part II with a rating of 9.0 and over 300,000 votes. The list provides the rating, title, and number of votes for each movie.

1. Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 9.2 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 658,766
2. 9.2 The Godfather (1972) 498,315
3. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 309,045
4. 8.9 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 207,021
5. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 519,006
6. 8.9 12 Angry Men (1957) 158,492
7. 8.9 Schindler's List (1993) 344,925
8. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 272,681
9. 8.8 The Dark Knight (2008) 592,741
10. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003) 456,731
11. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980) 337,855
12. 8.8 Inception (2010) 434,535
13. 8.8 Seven Samurai (1954) 116,333
14. 8.8 Fight Club (1999) 490,051
15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) 288,658
16. 8.7 Star Wars (1977) 382,614
17. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001) 478,199
18. 8.7 City of God (2002) 213,826
19. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 197,603
20. 8.7 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 95,148

2. 21. 8.7 The Matrix (1999) 476,360
22. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 144,376
23. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 292,091
24. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995) 323,143
25. 8.7 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 312,914
26. 8.6 Psycho (1960) 177,171
27. 8.6 Se7en (1995) 364,210
28. 8.6 Forrest Gump (1994) 398,744
29. 8.6 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 408,370
30. 8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 123,069
31. 8.6 Memento (2000) 346,252
32. 8.6 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 67,352
33. 8.6 Leon: The Professional (1994) 263,202
34. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 181,408
35. 8.6 Apocalypse Now (1979) 208,665
36. 8.5 American History X (1998) 291,776
37. 8.5 North by Northwest (1959) 110,622
38. 8.5 Citizen Kane (1941) 160,446
39. 8.5 Toy Story 3 (2010) 163,740
40. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 357,598
41. 8.5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 298,681

3. 42. 8.5 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 338,538
43. 8.5 Taxi Driver (1976) 199,649
44. 8.5 Alien (1979) 221,519
45. 8.5 Spirited Away (2001) 136,265
46. 8.5 Vertigo (1958) 110,333
47. 8.5 City Lights (1931) 37,389
48. 8.5 The Shining (1980) 228,007
49. 8.5 Amélie (2001) 229,484
50. 8.5 Paths of Glory (1957) 55,002
51. 8.5 The Pianist (2002) 174,806
52. 8.5 M (1931) 48,633
53. 8.5 WALL·E (2008) 247,516
54. 8.5 Double Indemnity (1944) 45,711
55. 8.4 The Lives of Others (2006) 99,738
56. 8.4 The Departed (2006) 336,484
57. 8.4 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 237,712
58. 8.4 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 93,043
59. 8.4 Aliens (1986) 205,556
60. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 98,327
61. 8.4 Modern Times (1936) 46,522
62. 8.4 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 235,213

4. 63. 8.4 Das Boot (1981) 82,891
64. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 276,997
65. 8.4 Life Is Beautiful (1997) 141,043
66. 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 262,406
67. 8.4 Back to the Future (1985) 261,229
68. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 59,657
69. 8.4 L.A. Confidential (1997) 196,946
70. 8.4 Chinatown (1974) 95,641
71. 8.4 The Prestige (2006) 279,485
72. 8.4 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 39,726
73. 8.4 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 57,676
74. 8.4 The Green Mile (1999) 262,046
75. 8.3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) 183,715
76. 8.3 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 91,124
77. 8.3 Rashomon (1950) 48,382
78. 8.3 Raging Bull (1980) 109,463
79. 8.3 The Great Dictator (1940) 47,445
80. 8.3 Amadeus (1984) 118,900
81. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 81,280
82. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 191,513
83. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 66,648

5. 84. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 41,364
85. 8.3 Gladiator (2000) 358,324
86. 8.3 Bicycle Thieves (1948) 35,635
87. 8.3 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 198,534
88. 8.3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 70,695
89. 8.3 Braveheart (1995) 299,559
90. 8.3 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 191,918
91. 8.3 Metropolis (1927) 49,772
92. 8.3 The Apartment (1960) 45,323
93. 8.3 Oldboy (2003) 128,571
94. 8.3 Downfall (2004) 105,680
95. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992) 124,438
96. 8.3 Inglourious Basterds (2009) 265,364
97. 8.3 The Sting (1973) 79,982
98. 8.3 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 257,701
99. 8.3 The Elephant Man (1980) 72,995
100. 8.3 Gran Torino (2008) 187,510
101. 8.3 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 39,472
102. 8.3 Princess Mononoke (1997) 83,019
103. 8.3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 209,133
104. 8.3 Up (2009) 178,736

6. 105. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 60,307
106. 8.3 On the Waterfront (1954) 49,307
107. 8.3 Die Hard (1988) 231,048
108. 8.3 Rebecca (1940) 42,118
109. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963) 75,194
110. 8.3 The Seventh Seal (1957) 47,489
111. 8.2 Batman Begins (2005) 338,599
112. 8.2 Sin City (2005) 310,842
113. 8.2 Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 45,680
114. 8.2 Yojimbo (1961) 35,342
115. 8.2 Black Swan (2010) 177,566
116. 8.2 The Lion King (1994) 198,554
117. 8.2 Heat (1995) 181,182
118. 8.2 For a Few Dollars More (1965) 58,277
119. 8.2 The General (1926) 24,575
120. 8.2 Blade Runner (1982) 220,990
121. 8.2 Fargo (1996) 196,298
122. 8.2 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 22,622
123. 8.2 Snatch. (2000) 226,714
124. 8.2 The King's Speech (2010) 123,387
125. 8.2 Ran (1985) 40,626

7. 126. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 171,059
127. 8.2 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 115,597
128. 8.2 Wild Strawberries (1957) 27,027
129. 8.2 No Country for Old Men (2007) 252,589
130. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 38,667
131. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 126,066
132. 8.2 The Big Lebowski (1998) 223,635
133. 8.2 Toy Story (1995) 205,541
134. 8.2 The Deer Hunter (1978) 107,574
135. 8.2 The Sixth Sense (1999) 296,822
136. 8.2 Drive (2011) 44,866
137. 8.2 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 55,699
138. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 80,190
139. 8.2 Strangers on a Train (1951) 42,228
140. 8.2 It Happened One Night (1934) 30,338
141. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 289,653
142. 8.2 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 239,142
143. 8.2 Platoon (1986) 134,170
144. 8.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 111,075
145. 8.2 Scarface (1983) 197,079
146. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 40,808

8. 147. 8.2 Donnie Darko (2001) 261,424
148. 8.1 Into the Wild (2007) 144,201
149. 8.1 Ikiru (1952) 19,887
150. 8.1 Trainspotting (1996) 188,267
151. 8.1 The Gold Rush (1925) 26,650
152. 8.1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 69,838
153. 8.1 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 183,883
154. 8.1 The Wages of Fear (1953) 17,640
155. 8.1 The Kid (1921) 19,895
156. 8.1 Gone with the Wind (1939) 97,332
157. 8.1 Notorious (1946) 37,280
158. 8.1 There Will Be Blood (2007) 162,820
159. 8.1 The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 28,486
160. 8.1 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 14,367
161. 8.1 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) 37,887
162. 8.1 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 163,128
163. 8.1 Amores Perros (2000) 76,713
164. 8.1 Groundhog Day (1993) 174,121
165. 8.1 The Thing (1982) 104,829
166. 8.1 Ben-Hur (1959) 71,345
167. 8.1 District 9 (2009) 217,217

9. 168. 8.1 Life of Brian (1979) 117,198
169. 8.1 Casino (1995) 137,467
170. 8.1 The Graduate (1967) 95,734
171. 8.1 Finding Nemo (2003) 221,975
172. 8.1 The Terminator (1984) 226,921
173. 8.1 The Big Sleep (1946) 34,010
174. 8.1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 20,524
175. 8.1 Diabolique (1955) 18,801
176. 8.1 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 39,982
177. 8.1 Stand by Me (1986) 111,749
178. 8.1 A Separation (2011) 15,861
179. 8.1 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 192,264
180. 8.1 Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 75,650
181. 8.1 V for Vendetta (2006) 293,857
182. 8.1 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 101,141
183. 8.1 Twelve Monkeys (1995) 207,869
184. 8.1 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 43,861
185. 8.1 Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 17,999
186. 8.1 Gandhi (1982) 64,567
187. 8.1 Good Will Hunting (1997) 195,363
188. 8.1 The Wrestler (2008) 128,457

10. 189. 8.1 Network (1976) 43,959
190. 8.1 The Night of the Hunter (1955) 31,264
191. 8.0 The Battle of Algiers (1966) 17,445
192. 8.0 8½ (1963) 36,489
193. 8.0 The 400 Blows (1959) 29,890
194. 8.0 Ratatouille (2007) 177,734
195. 8.0 Mary and Max (2009) 29,396
196. 8.0 The Princess Bride (1987) 144,162
197. 8.0 The Killing (1956) 30,484
198. 8.0 Avatar (2009) 365,668
199. 8.0 Dial M for Murder (1954) 38,490
200. 8.0 The Hustler (1961) 30,601
201. 8.0 Persona (1966) 21,769
202. 8.0 La Strada (1954) 21,834
203. 8.0 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 25,100
204. 8.0 Star Trek (2009) 185,474
205. 8.0 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 41,748
206. 8.0 The Exorcist (1973) 133,925
207. 8.0 The Wild Bunch (1969) 37,167
208. 8.0 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 40,980
209. 8.0 Stalag 17 (1953) 24,174

11. 210. 8.0 Fanny and Alexander (1982) 18,243
211. 8.0 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 13,872
212. 8.0 Barry Lyndon (1975) 47,832
213. 8.0 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 15,958
214. 8.0 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 63,045
215. 8.0 Rocky (1976) 130,162
216. 8.0 The Truman Show (1998) 210,711
217. 8.0 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 26,146
218. 8.0 Sherlock Jr. (1924) 10,326
219. 8.0 The Incredibles (2004) 205,354
220. 8.0 In Bruges (2008) 133,965
221. 8.0 Mystic River (2003) 152,705
222. 8.0 Nights of Cabiria (1957) 14,385
223. 8.0 Rosemary's Baby (1968) 65,796
224. 8.0 Let the Right One In (2008) 84,207
225. 8.0 Magnolia (1999) 140,966
226. 8.0 The Social Network (2010) 160,454
227. 8.0 Infernal Affairs (2002) 43,425
228. 8.0 Big Fish (2003) 176,710
229. 8.0 Roman Holiday (1953) 39,109
230. 8.0 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 305,213

12. 231. 8.0 Ed Wood (1994) 88,265
232. 8.0 The Celebration (1998) 32,379
233. 8.0 Manhattan (1979) 47,604
234. 8.0 Rope (1948) 40,144
235. 8.0 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 27,355
236. 8.0 Ip Man (2008) 30,943
237. 8.0 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 230,704
238. 8.0 Children of Men (2006) 196,317
239. 8.0 Stalker (1979) 26,762
240. 8.0 A Beautiful Mind (2001) 172,133
241. 8.0 Shutter Island (2010) 200,125
242. 8.0 Patton (1970) 46,754
243. 8.0 Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010) 12,398
244. 8.0 Tokyo Story (1953) 10,566
245. 8.0 Sleuth (1972) 21,735
246. 8.0 Monsters, Inc. (2001) 163,860
247. 8.0 Rain Man (1988) 142,446
248. 8.0 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) 24,980
249. 8.0 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 28,026
250. 8.0 3 Idiots (2009) 21,895

13. 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.