IMDb's "Top 250"

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) invites its users to rate movies, then compiles a list of those with the highest average weighted rating. For a movie to appear on the list, there must be at least 1300 ratings for it given by "regular IMDb voters".

The formula for calculating the Top 250 Films gives a true Bayesian estimate:

weighted rating (WR) = (v / (v+m)) x R + (m / (v+m)) x 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 1300)
 C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)

The list is restricted to theatrical releases; it does not include shorts, TV movies, straight-to-video releases, TV series or miniseries, or any documentaries. For the IMDB top 50 documentaries, see http://www.listsofbests.com/list/11635

For items ranked 251-500 at the IMDb, check out the Bubbling Under List: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/51302

(Last update: November 20, 2009)

(found at: http://www.imdb.com/chart/top)

Send to Printer IMDb's "Top 250" The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) invites its users to rate movies, then compiles a list of those with the highest average weighted rating. For a movie to appear on the list, there must be at least 1300 ratings for it given by "regular IMDb voters". The formula for calculating the Top 250 Films gives a true Bayesian estimate: `weighted rating (WR) = (v / (v+m)) x R + (m / (v+m)) x 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 1300) C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)` The list is restricted to theatrical releases; it does not include shorts, TV movies, straight-to-video releases, TV series or miniseries, or any documentaries. For the IMDB top 50 documentaries, see http://www.listsofbests.com/list/11635 For items ranked 251-500 at the IMDb, check out the Bubbling Under List: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/51302 For Archived Lists from January 1st of each year: 2001 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/68693 2002 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/68692 2003 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/68672 2004 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/68297 2005 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/68131 2006 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/67184 2007 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/67192 2008 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/67199 2009 Edition: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/67202 Current List: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/1004 (Last update: November 20, 2009) (found at: http://www.imdb.com/chart/top)
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	1.		The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Frank Darabont
	2.		The Godfather (Widescreen Edition) by Francis Ford Coppola
	3.		The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) by Francis Ford Coppola
	4.		The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Sergio Leone
	5.		Pulp Fiction
	6.		Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition) by Steven Spielberg
	7.		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Milos Forman
	8.		12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet
	9.	?	The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan
	10.		Star Wars, Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Widescreen Edition) by Irvin Kershner
	11.		Casablanca by Michael Curtiz
	12.		The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Full Screen Edition)
	13.		Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition) by George Lucas
	14.		Goodfellas (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Martin Scorsese
	15.		Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection by Akira Kurosawa
	16.		City of God by Fernando Meirelles
	17.		Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Widescreen Edition)
	18.		Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) by David Fincher
	19.		Rear Window (Collector's Edition)
	20.		The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Full Screen Edition)
	21.		The Usual Suspects (Special Edition) by Bryan Singer
	22.		Psycho (Collector's Edition)
	23.		Once Upon a Time in the West by Sergio Leone
	24.		The Silence of the Lambs - Criterion Collection by Jonathan Demme
	25.		The Matrix by Larry Wachowski
	26.		Memento
	27.		Seven (New Line Platinum Series) by David Fincher
	28.		Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition) by Stanley Kubrick
	29.		The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Widescreen Edition)
	30.		It's a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra
	31.		Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition) by Billy Wilder
	32.		North by Northwest
	33.		Citizen Kane by Orson Welles
	34.		Leon - The Professional (Uncut International Version) by Luc Besson
	35.		Apocalypse Now
	36.		American Beauty
	37.		American History X by Tony Kaye
	38.		Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
	39.		Taxi Driver
	40.		Vertigo (Collector's Edition)
	41.		Lawrence of Arabia (Limited Edition)
	42.	?	Wall-E
	43.		Amelie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
	44.		Alien by Ridley Scott
	45.		Terminator 2: Judgment Day by James Cameron
	46.		Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg
	47.		A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick
	48.		The Shining by Stanley Kubrick
	49.	?	Inglourious Basterds [Theatrical Release] by Quentin Tarantino
	50.		The Departed (Widescreen Edition) by Martin Scorsese
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