IMDb Top 250 of 21 October 2004

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Rank changes (43)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
8.	▲ 1	8.7	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)	138,462	IMDb
9.	▼ 1	8.7	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)	96,378	IMDb
31.	▲ 1	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	14,050	IMDb
32.	▼ 1	8.4	American Beauty (1999)	97,905	IMDb
39.	▲ 1	8.4	Third Man, The (1949)	16,285	IMDb
40.	▼ 1	8.4	Fight Club (1999)	96,240	IMDb
104.	▲ 1	8.1	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)	5,325	IMDb
105.	▼ 1	8.1	Yojimbo (1961)	7,507	IMDb
111.	▲ 1	8.1	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	30,475	IMDb
112.	▼ 1	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	17,899	IMDb
134.	▲ 1	8.0	Dogville (2003)	9,836	IMDb
135.	▼ 1	8.0	Bringing Up Baby (1938)	8,114	IMDb
145.	▲ 1	8.0	Christmas Story, A (1983)	17,265	IMDb
146.	▼ 1	8.0	Straight Story, The (1999)	12,854	IMDb
148.	▲ 1	8.0	Gold Rush, The (1925)	5,569	IMDb
149.	▼ 1	8.0	Hustler, The (1961)	7,173	IMDb
158.	▲ 1	7.9	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)	5,443	IMDb
159.	▲ 1	7.9	Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)	6,334	IMDb
160.	▲ 1	7.9	Big Fish (2003)	22,700	IMDb
161.	▼ 3	7.9	Life of Brian (1979)	29,408	IMDb
171.	▲ 2	7.9	Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)	9,035	IMDb
172.	▼ 1	7.9	Charade (1963)	7,866	IMDb
173.	▼ 1	7.9	Magnolia (1999)	40,309	IMDb
186.	▲ 5	7.9	Garden State (2004)	7,883	IMDb
188.	▼ 2	7.9	Insider, The (1999)	25,462	IMDb
189.	▼ 1	7.9	In America (2002)	6,126	IMDb
190.	▼ 1	7.9	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	4,854	IMDb
191.	▼ 1	7.9	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	6,204	IMDb
194.	▲ 1	7.9	21 Grams (2003)	15,331	IMDb
195.	▼ 1	7.9	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	48,952	IMDb
215.	▲ 2	7.8	8½ (1963)	6,834	IMDb
216.	▼ 1	7.8	Network (1976)	8,413	IMDb
217.	▼ 1	7.8	Rain Man (1988)	37,606	IMDb
225.	▲ 1	7.8	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	29,266	IMDb
226.	▼ 1	7.8	Whale Rider (2002)	8,157	IMDb
229.	▲ 1	7.8	Thin Man, The (1934)	4,137	IMDb
230.	▲ 1	7.8	Rio Bravo (1959)	6,267	IMDb
231.	▼ 2	7.8	Before Sunset (2004)	2,411	IMDb
239.	▲ 2	7.8	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	2,662	IMDb
240.	▼ 1	7.8	Others, The (2001)	31,809	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	7.8	Die xue shuang xiong (1989)	8,049	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	7.7	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	2,910	IMDb
246.	▼ 1	7.7	Last Samurai, The (2003)	23,757	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.0	Godfather, The (1972)	104,912	IMDb
2.	–	8.9	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)	78,251	IMDb
3.	–	8.9	Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)	129,724	IMDb
4.	–	8.8	Godfather: Part II, The (1974)	61,846	IMDb
5.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	26,871	IMDb
6.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	86,708	IMDb
7.	–	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	58,794	IMDb
8.	▲ 1	8.7	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)	138,462	IMDb
9.	▼ 1	8.7	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)	96,378	IMDb
10.	–	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	120,659	IMDb
11.	–	8.7	Citizen Kane (1941)	54,528	IMDb
12.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	61,972	IMDb
13.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	92,863	IMDb
14.	–	8.6	Pulp Fiction (1994)	114,947	IMDb
15.	–	8.6	Rear Window (1954)	36,320	IMDb
16.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	55,945	IMDb
17.	–	8.6	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	84,029	IMDb
18.	–	8.6	Usual Suspects, The (1995)	92,582	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	78,442	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)	24,497	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	12 Angry Men (1957)	25,323	IMDb
22.	–	8.5	North by Northwest (1959)	31,810	IMDb
23.	–	8.5	Cidade de Deus (2002)	18,136	IMDb
24.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	27,841	IMDb
25.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	48,436	IMDb
26.	–	8.5	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)	50,165	IMDb
27.	–	8.5	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	36,923	IMDb
28.	–	8.5	Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)	82,498	IMDb
29.	–	8.5	Goodfellas (1990)	59,269	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	C'era una volta il West (1968)	13,871	IMDb
31.	▲ 1	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	14,050	IMDb
32.	▼ 1	8.4	American Beauty (1999)	97,905	IMDb
33.	–	8.4	Vertigo (1958)	30,271	IMDb
34.	–	8.4	Matrix, The (1999)	127,904	IMDb
35.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	57,261	IMDb
36.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	26,826	IMDb
37.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	23,829	IMDb
38.	–	8.4	Pianist, The (2002)	24,049	IMDb
39.	▲ 1	8.4	Third Man, The (1949)	16,285	IMDb
40.	▼ 1	8.4	Fight Club (1999)	96,240	IMDb
41.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	12,460	IMDb
42.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	18,867	IMDb
43.	–	8.4	Taxi Driver (1976)	41,636	IMDb
44.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	22,544	IMDb
45.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	10,256	IMDb
46.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	18,093	IMDb
47.	–	8.3	Boot, Das (1981)	25,691	IMDb
48.	–	8.3	Chinatown (1974)	22,568	IMDb
49.	–	8.3	M (1931)	10,424	IMDb
50.	–	8.3	L.A. Confidential (1997)	62,924	IMDb
51.	–	8.3	Maltese Falcon, The (1941)	17,455	IMDb
52.	–	8.3	Se7en (1995)	77,197	IMDb
53.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	11,627	IMDb
54.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	39,588	IMDb
55.	–	8.3	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	51,119	IMDb
56.	–	8.3	Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)	19,839	IMDb
57.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	53,685	IMDb
58.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	9,863	IMDb
59.	–	8.3	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	89,478	IMDb
60.	–	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	22,778	IMDb
61.	–	8.3	Alien (1979)	56,142	IMDb
62.	–	8.2	American History X (1998)	50,780	IMDb
63.	–	8.2	Léon (1994)	44,849	IMDb
64.	–	8.2	Wizard of Oz, The (1939)	34,236	IMDb
65.	–	8.2	Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)	12,261	IMDb
66.	–	8.2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	10,250	IMDb
67.	–	8.2	Sting, The (1973)	21,095	IMDb
68.	–	8.2	Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)	9,169	IMDb
69.	–	8.2	Modern Times (1936)	8,861	IMDb
70.	–	8.2	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	60,140	IMDb
71.	–	8.2	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	58,654	IMDb
72.	–	8.2	Vita è bella, La (1997)	33,649	IMDb
73.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	10,441	IMDb
74.	–	8.2	Clockwork Orange, A (1971)	57,374	IMDb
75.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	10,232	IMDb
76.	–	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	11,069	IMDb
77.	–	8.2	Amadeus (1984)	32,961	IMDb
78.	–	8.2	Great Escape, The (1963)	17,506	IMDb
79.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	32,492	IMDb
80.	–	8.2	Apartment, The (1960)	9,834	IMDb
81.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	18,760	IMDb
82.	–	8.2	Jaws (1975)	41,848	IMDb
83.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	10,983	IMDb
84.	–	8.2	Wo hu cang long (2000)	46,845	IMDb
85.	–	8.2	Braveheart (1995)	82,500	IMDb
86.	–	8.2	Aliens (1986)	57,356	IMDb
87.	–	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	10,394	IMDb
88.	–	8.1	City Lights (1931)	6,711	IMDb
89.	–	8.1	Shining, The (1980)	44,241	IMDb
90.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	58,910	IMDb
91.	–	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	39,488	IMDb
92.	–	8.1	Strangers on a Train (1951)	9,176	IMDb
93.	–	8.1	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	8,142	IMDb
94.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	67,740	IMDb
95.	–	8.1	General, The (1927)	5,777	IMDb
96.	–	8.1	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)	12,214	IMDb
97.	–	8.1	Great Dictator, The (1940)	8,849	IMDb
98.	–	8.1	Sixth Sense, The (1999)	86,660	IMDb
99.	–	8.1	Mononoke-hime (1997)	16,296	IMDb
100.	–	8.1	Duck Soup (1933)	8,712	IMDb
101.	–	8.1	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	6,267	IMDb
102.	–	8.1	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	41,714	IMDb
103.	–	8.1	Princess Bride, The (1987)	48,790	IMDb
104.	▲ 1	8.1	Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)	5,325	IMDb
105.	▼ 1	8.1	Yojimbo (1961)	7,507	IMDb
106.	–	8.1	Big Sleep, The (1946)	8,793	IMDb
107.	–	8.1	Rebecca (1940)	9,989	IMDb
108.	–	8.1	Notorious (1946)	9,323	IMDb
109.	–	8.1	Forrest Gump (1994)	78,741	IMDb
110.	–	8.1	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	69,381	IMDb
111.	▲ 1	8.1	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	30,475	IMDb
112.	▼ 1	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	17,899	IMDb
113.	–	8.1	Lola rennt (1998)	28,717	IMDb
114.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	12,585	IMDb
115.	–	8.0	It Happened One Night (1934)	6,920	IMDb
116.	–	8.0	Toy Story 2 (1999)	36,128	IMDb
117.	–	8.0	Graduate, The (1967)	24,390	IMDb
118.	–	8.0	Deer Hunter, The (1978)	24,655	IMDb
119.	–	8.0	Ying xiong (2002)	15,151	IMDb
120.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	19,619	IMDb
121.	–	8.0	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	12,592	IMDb
122.	–	8.0	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	16,059	IMDb
123.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	11,006	IMDb
124.	–	8.0	Unforgiven (1992)	26,996	IMDb
125.	–	8.0	Philadelphia Story, The (1940)	9,317	IMDb
126.	–	8.0	Ben-Hur (1959)	18,622	IMDb
127.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	20,915	IMDb
128.	–	8.0	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	73,306	IMDb
129.	–	8.0	Elephant Man, The (1980)	14,344	IMDb
130.	–	8.0	African Queen, The (1951)	12,452	IMDb
131.	–	8.0	Searchers, The (1956)	9,072	IMDb
132.	–	8.0	Green Mile, The (1999)	51,968	IMDb
133.	–	8.0	Hable con ella (2002)	10,271	IMDb
134.	▲ 1	8.0	Dogville (2003)	9,836	IMDb
135.	▼ 1	8.0	Bringing Up Baby (1938)	8,114	IMDb
136.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	6,223	IMDb
137.	–	8.0	Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)	6,915	IMDb
138.	–	8.0	Smultronstället (1957)	4,248	IMDb
139.	–	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	12,123	IMDb
140.	–	8.0	Shrek (2001)	55,527	IMDb
141.	–	8.0	Back to the Future (1985)	60,843	IMDb
142.	–	8.0	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	54,781	IMDb
143.	–	8.0	Night of the Hunter, The (1955)	6,591	IMDb
144.	–	8.0	Platoon (1986)	30,688	IMDb
145.	▲ 1	8.0	Christmas Story, A (1983)	17,265	IMDb
146.	▼ 1	8.0	Straight Story, The (1999)	12,854	IMDb
147.	–	8.0	Gone with the Wind (1939)	25,458	IMDb
148.	▲ 1	8.0	Gold Rush, The (1925)	5,569	IMDb
149.	▼ 1	8.0	Hustler, The (1961)	7,173	IMDb
150.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	10,042	IMDb
151.	–	8.0	Wild Bunch, The (1969)	9,437	IMDb
152.	–	7.9	Lost in Translation (2003)	32,030	IMDb
153.	–	7.9	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	5,860	IMDb
154.	–	7.9	Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)	5,077	IMDb
155.	–	7.9	Young Frankenstein (1974)	19,739	IMDb
156.	–	7.9	His Girl Friday (1940)	5,844	IMDb
157.	–	7.9	Die Hard (1988)	52,434	IMDb
158.	▲ 1	7.9	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)	5,443	IMDb
159.	▲ 1	7.9	Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)	6,334	IMDb
160.	▲ 1	7.9	Big Fish (2003)	22,700	IMDb
161.	▼ 3	7.9	Life of Brian (1979)	29,408	IMDb
162.	–	7.9	Grande illusion, La (1937)	4,401	IMDb
163.	–	7.9	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	4,427	IMDb
164.	–	7.9	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	32,907	IMDb
165.	–	7.9	Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)	6,336	IMDb
166.	–	7.9	Spartacus (1960)	14,801	IMDb
167.	–	7.9	Hotaru no haka (1988)	5,410	IMDb
168.	–	7.9	Roman Holiday (1953)	8,221	IMDb
169.	–	7.9	Gladiator (2000)	81,273	IMDb
170.	–	7.9	Festen (1998)	10,486	IMDb
171.	▲ 2	7.9	Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)	9,035	IMDb
172.	▼ 1	7.9	Charade (1963)	7,866	IMDb
173.	▼ 1	7.9	Magnolia (1999)	40,309	IMDb
174.	–	7.9	Sling Blade (1996)	18,353	IMDb
175.	–	7.9	Ed Wood (1994)	19,136	IMDb
176.	–	7.9	Conversation, The (1974)	8,900	IMDb
177.	–	7.9	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)	8,420	IMDb
178.	–	7.9	Killing, The (1956)	5,947	IMDb
179.	–	7.9	Toy Story (1995)	40,861	IMDb
180.	–	7.9	Ikiru (1952)	3,209	IMDb
181.	–	7.9	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	3,046	IMDb
182.	–	7.9	All the President's Men (1976)	11,254	IMDb
183.	–	7.9	Almost Famous (2000)	34,033	IMDb
184.	–	7.9	Brazil (1985)	27,420	IMDb
185.	–	7.9	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	9,170	IMDb
186.	▲ 5	7.9	Garden State (2004)	7,883	IMDb
187.	–	7.9	Night at the Opera, A (1935)	5,229	IMDb
188.	▼ 2	7.9	Insider, The (1999)	25,462	IMDb
189.	▼ 1	7.9	In America (2002)	6,126	IMDb
190.	▼ 1	7.9	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	4,854	IMDb
191.	▼ 1	7.9	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	6,204	IMDb
192.	–	7.9	Gandhi (1982)	13,900	IMDb
193.	–	7.9	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	7,185	IMDb
194.	▲ 1	7.9	21 Grams (2003)	15,331	IMDb
195.	▼ 1	7.9	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	48,952	IMDb
196.	–	7.9	Harvey (1950)	6,947	IMDb
197.	–	7.8	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	12,817	IMDb
198.	–	7.8	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	55,620	IMDb
199.	–	7.8	Stand by Me (1986)	27,161	IMDb
200.	–	7.8	Exorcist, The (1973)	29,600	IMDb
201.	–	7.8	Trainspotting (1996)	45,870	IMDb
202.	–	7.8	Groundhog Day (1993)	39,062	IMDb
203.	–	7.8	Being John Malkovich (1999)	48,573	IMDb
204.	–	7.8	Terminator, The (1984)	53,250	IMDb
205.	–	7.8	Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)	2,860	IMDb
206.	–	7.8	Mulholland Dr. (2001)	30,056	IMDb
207.	–	7.8	Miller's Crossing (1990)	12,538	IMDb
208.	–	7.8	Lion in Winter, The (1968)	5,126	IMDb
209.	–	7.8	Strada, La (1954)	4,245	IMDb
210.	–	7.8	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)	2,204	IMDb
211.	–	7.8	This Is Spinal Tap (1984)	17,644	IMDb
212.	–	7.8	Laura (1944)	4,001	IMDb
213.	–	7.8	Oldboy (2003)	2,138	IMDb
214.	–	7.8	Right Stuff, The (1983)	11,740	IMDb
215.	▲ 2	7.8	8½ (1963)	6,834	IMDb
216.	▼ 1	7.8	Network (1976)	8,413	IMDb
217.	▼ 1	7.8	Rain Man (1988)	37,606	IMDb
218.	–	7.8	King Kong (1933)	9,001	IMDb
219.	–	7.8	39 Steps, The (1935)	6,811	IMDb
220.	–	7.8	Snatch. (2000)	37,676	IMDb
221.	–	7.8	Big Lebowski, The (1998)	42,874	IMDb
222.	–	7.8	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	11,114	IMDb
223.	–	7.8	Midnight Cowboy (1969)	11,482	IMDb
224.	–	7.8	Station Agent, The (2003)	4,517	IMDb
225.	▲ 1	7.8	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	29,266	IMDb
226.	▼ 1	7.8	Whale Rider (2002)	8,157	IMDb
227.	–	7.8	Stagecoach (1939)	4,906	IMDb
228.	–	7.8	Adaptation. (2002)	20,459	IMDb
229.	▲ 1	7.8	Thin Man, The (1934)	4,137	IMDb
230.	▲ 1	7.8	Rio Bravo (1959)	6,267	IMDb
231.	▼ 2	7.8	Before Sunset (2004)	2,411	IMDb
232.	–	7.8	Untouchables, The (1987)	27,545	IMDb
233.	–	7.8	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	5,771	IMDb
234.	–	7.8	Persona (1966)	2,989	IMDb
235.	–	7.8	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	3,991	IMDb
236.	–	7.8	Planet of the Apes (1968)	18,221	IMDb
237.	–	7.8	X2 (2003)	31,847	IMDb
238.	–	7.8	Sullivan's Travels (1941)	2,383	IMDb
239.	▲ 2	7.8	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	2,662	IMDb
240.	▼ 1	7.8	Others, The (2001)	31,809	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	7.8	Die xue shuang xiong (1989)	8,049	IMDb
242.	–	7.8	Being There (1979)	9,303	IMDb
243.	–	7.7	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	3,596	IMDb
244.	–	7.7	Heat (1995)	38,260	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	7.7	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	2,910	IMDb
246.	▼ 1	7.7	Last Samurai, The (2003)	23,757	IMDb
247.	–	7.7	Enfants du paradis, Les (1945)	2,882	IMDb
248.	–	7.7	Sleuth (1972)	4,295	IMDb
249.	–	7.7	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	22,673	IMDb
250.	–	7.7	Red River (1948)	3,363	IMDb

Comparing	21 Oct '04
with	20 Oct '04

New entries	0
Changes	43

1950-1959	33
1940-1949	24
1930-1939	18
1920-1929	7

Stanley Kubrick	6
Akira Kurosawa	5
Steven Spielberg	5
Billy Wilder	5
Alfred Hitchcock	4

Charlie Chaplin	4
Francis Ford Coppola	3
Peter Jackson	3
Quentin Tarantino	3
Sergio Leone	3

United States	108
United Kingdom	18
Japan	9
France	8
Italy	7

2004	4
2003	13
2002	8
2001	8
2000	7

1999	10
1998	6
1997	3
1996	3
1995	6
1994	6
1993	2
1992	2
1991	3
1990	2
1989	4
1988	3
1987	3
1986	3
1985	3
1984	4
1983	3
1982	3
1981	2
1980	4
1979	5
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	4
1974	4
1973	2
1972	2
1971	1
1970	1
1969	3
1968	4
1967	4
1966	3
1964	1
1963	3
1962	4
1961	3
1960	3
1959	5

drama	99
action	40
thriller	37
crime	32
adventure	30