IMDb Top 250 of 21 August 2004

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Rank changes (27)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
37.	▲ 1	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	16,789	IMDb
38.	▼ 1	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	22,536	IMDb
53.	▲ 1	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	11,285	IMDb
54.	▼ 1	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	19,306	IMDb
86.	▲ 1	8.1	Aliens (1986)	55,583	IMDb
87.	▼ 1	8.1	Metropolis (1927)	10,002	IMDb
92.	▲ 1	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	36,282	IMDb
93.	▼ 1	8.1	The General (1926)	5,557	IMDb
123.	▲ 1	8.0	Dogville (2003)	8,117	IMDb
124.	▼ 1	8.0	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	15,314	IMDb
131.	▲ 1	8.0	The Green Mile (1999)	50,080	IMDb
132.	▼ 1	8.0	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	70,891	IMDb
139.	▲ 1	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	11,479	IMDb
140.	▼ 1	8.0	Lost in Translation (2003)	28,948	IMDb
154.	▲ 1	7.9	His Girl Friday (1940)	5,643	IMDb
155.	▼ 1	7.9	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	6,074	IMDb
184.	▲ 2	7.9	Big Fish (2003)	20,163	IMDb
185.	▼ 1	7.9	Brazil (1985)	26,550	IMDb
186.	▼ 1	7.9	The Insider (1999)	24,516	IMDb
195.	▲ 2	7.8	The Exorcist (1973)	28,304	IMDb
197.	▼ 2	7.8	Being John Malkovich (1999)	46,838	IMDb
199.	▲ 1	7.8	In America (2002)	5,376	IMDb
200.	▼ 1	7.8	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	53,963	IMDb
209.	▲ 1	7.8	Laura (1944)	3,872	IMDb
210.	▼ 1	7.8	La Strada (1954)	4,074	IMDb
217.	▲ 1	7.8	The 39 Steps (1935)	6,504	IMDb
218.	▼ 1	7.8	Adaptation. (2002)	19,144	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.0	The Godfather (1972)	100,884	IMDb
2.	–	8.9	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	124,273	IMDb
3.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	71,774	IMDb
4.	–	8.8	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	59,622	IMDb
5.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	25,680	IMDb
6.	–	8.7	Schindler's List (1993)	84,214	IMDb
7.	–	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	57,117	IMDb
8.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	91,995	IMDb
9.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	134,124	IMDb
10.	–	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	116,953	IMDb
11.	–	8.7	Citizen Kane (1941)	52,899	IMDb
12.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	60,064	IMDb
13.	–	8.6	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	89,958	IMDb
14.	–	8.6	Rear Window (1954)	35,077	IMDb
15.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	54,133	IMDb
16.	–	8.6	Pulp Fiction (1994)	110,859	IMDb
17.	–	8.6	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	81,607	IMDb
18.	–	8.6	The Usual Suspects (1995)	89,776	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	75,403	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	23,200	IMDb
21.	–	8.5	12 Angry Men (1957)	24,408	IMDb
22.	–	8.5	North by Northwest (1959)	30,802	IMDb
23.	–	8.5	Cidade de Deus (2002)	15,636	IMDb
24.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	27,035	IMDb
25.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	47,018	IMDb
26.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	47,812	IMDb
27.	–	8.5	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	35,960	IMDb
28.	–	8.5	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	80,176	IMDb
29.	–	8.5	Goodfellas (1990)	57,194	IMDb
30.	–	8.4	American Beauty (1999)	94,952	IMDb
31.	–	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	13,541	IMDb
32.	–	8.4	C'era una volta il West (1968)	13,040	IMDb
33.	–	8.4	Vertigo (1958)	29,229	IMDb
34.	–	8.4	The Matrix (1999)	124,085	IMDb
35.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	26,004	IMDb
36.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	55,353	IMDb
37.	▲ 1	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	16,789	IMDb
38.	▼ 1	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	22,536	IMDb
39.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	15,700	IMDb
40.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	12,018	IMDb
41.	–	8.4	Fight Club (1999)	92,338	IMDb
42.	–	8.4	Taxi Driver (1976)	40,073	IMDb
43.	–	8.3	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	17,622	IMDb
44.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	9,940	IMDb
45.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	21,806	IMDb
46.	–	8.3	Das Boot (1981)	24,859	IMDb
47.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	17,504	IMDb
48.	–	8.3	Chinatown (1974)	21,781	IMDb
49.	–	8.3	L.A. Confidential (1997)	61,147	IMDb
50.	–	8.3	M (1931)	10,061	IMDb
51.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	37,620	IMDb
52.	–	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	16,926	IMDb
53.	▲ 1	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	11,285	IMDb
54.	▼ 1	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	19,306	IMDb
55.	–	8.3	Se7en (1995)	74,551	IMDb
56.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	51,982	IMDb
57.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	9,370	IMDb
58.	–	8.3	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	86,932	IMDb
59.	–	8.2	Raging Bull (1980)	22,054	IMDb
60.	–	8.2	Alien (1979)	54,177	IMDb
61.	–	8.2	American History X (1998)	48,668	IMDb
62.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	33,270	IMDb
63.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	46,162	IMDb
64.	–	8.2	Léon (1994)	42,759	IMDb
65.	–	8.2	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	11,708	IMDb
66.	–	8.2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	9,958	IMDb
67.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	20,472	IMDb
68.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	8,908	IMDb
69.	–	8.2	Modern Times (1936)	8,511	IMDb
70.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	10,111	IMDb
71.	–	8.2	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	57,762	IMDb
72.	–	8.2	La Vita è bella (1997)	32,648	IMDb
73.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	55,474	IMDb
74.	–	8.2	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	56,970	IMDb
75.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	30,131	IMDb
76.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	9,824	IMDb
77.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	16,918	IMDb
78.	–	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	10,640	IMDb
79.	–	8.2	Amadeus (1984)	31,989	IMDb
80.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	18,094	IMDb
81.	–	8.2	The Apartment (1960)	9,459	IMDb
82.	–	8.2	Jaws (1975)	40,481	IMDb
83.	–	8.2	Wo hu cang long (2000)	45,362	IMDb
84.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	10,529	IMDb
85.	–	8.2	Braveheart (1995)	80,171	IMDb
86.	▲ 1	8.1	Aliens (1986)	55,583	IMDb
87.	▼ 1	8.1	Metropolis (1927)	10,002	IMDb
88.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	57,205	IMDb
89.	–	8.1	The Shining (1980)	42,570	IMDb
90.	–	8.1	Strangers on a Train (1951)	8,798	IMDb
91.	–	8.1	City Lights (1931)	6,474	IMDb
92.	▲ 1	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	36,282	IMDb
93.	▼ 1	8.1	The General (1926)	5,557	IMDb
94.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	65,901	IMDb
95.	–	8.1	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	7,770	IMDb
96.	–	8.1	The Great Dictator (1940)	8,477	IMDb
97.	–	8.1	The Sixth Sense (1999)	83,915	IMDb
98.	–	8.1	Duck Soup (1933)	8,461	IMDb
99.	–	8.1	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	11,822	IMDb
100.	–	8.1	Mononoke-hime (1997)	15,515	IMDb
101.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	47,503	IMDb
102.	–	8.1	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	6,031	IMDb
103.	–	8.1	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	40,278	IMDb
104.	–	8.1	Notorious (1946)	8,924	IMDb
105.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	5,161	IMDb
106.	–	8.1	Rebecca (1940)	9,645	IMDb
107.	–	8.1	Yôjinbô (1961)	7,150	IMDb
108.	–	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	8,501	IMDb
109.	–	8.1	Lola rennt (1998)	27,651	IMDb
110.	–	8.0	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	67,136	IMDb
111.	–	8.0	Toy Story 2 (1999)	34,991	IMDb
112.	–	8.0	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	17,303	IMDb
113.	–	8.0	It Happened One Night (1934)	6,653	IMDb
114.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	12,180	IMDb
115.	–	8.0	Forrest Gump (1994)	76,190	IMDb
116.	–	8.0	The Graduate (1967)	23,602	IMDb
117.	–	8.0	The Deer Hunter (1978)	23,776	IMDb
118.	–	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	24,954	IMDb
119.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	19,108	IMDb
120.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	10,636	IMDb
121.	–	8.0	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	12,183	IMDb
122.	–	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	9,075	IMDb
123.	▲ 1	8.0	Dogville (2003)	8,117	IMDb
124.	▼ 1	8.0	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	15,314	IMDb
125.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	18,501	IMDb
126.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	12,105	IMDb
127.	–	8.0	Unforgiven (1992)	26,111	IMDb
128.	–	8.0	The Searchers (1956)	8,780	IMDb
129.	–	8.0	Ben-Hur (1959)	18,049	IMDb
130.	–	8.0	The Elephant Man (1980)	13,813	IMDb
131.	▲ 1	8.0	The Green Mile (1999)	50,080	IMDb
132.	▼ 1	8.0	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	70,891	IMDb
133.	–	8.0	Bringing Up Baby (1938)	7,894	IMDb
134.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	6,007	IMDb
135.	–	8.0	Hable con ella (2002)	9,664	IMDb
136.	–	8.0	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	6,685	IMDb
137.	–	8.0	Shrek (2001)	53,116	IMDb
138.	–	8.0	Smultronstället (1957)	4,050	IMDb
139.	▲ 1	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	11,479	IMDb
140.	▼ 1	8.0	Lost in Translation (2003)	28,948	IMDb
141.	–	8.0	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	53,041	IMDb
142.	–	8.0	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	6,358	IMDb
143.	–	8.0	Back to the Future (1985)	58,965	IMDb
144.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	9,724	IMDb
145.	–	8.0	The Straight Story (1999)	12,338	IMDb
146.	–	8.0	A Christmas Story (1983)	16,797	IMDb
147.	–	8.0	Platoon (1986)	29,638	IMDb
148.	–	7.9	Gone with the Wind (1939)	24,687	IMDb
149.	–	7.9	The Wild Bunch (1969)	9,138	IMDb
150.	–	7.9	The Hustler (1961)	6,946	IMDb
151.	–	7.9	The Gold Rush (1925)	5,337	IMDb
152.	–	7.9	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	5,688	IMDb
153.	–	7.9	Young Frankenstein (1974)	19,097	IMDb
154.	▲ 1	7.9	His Girl Friday (1940)	5,643	IMDb
155.	▼ 1	7.9	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	6,074	IMDb
156.	–	7.9	Bronenosets Potemkin (1925)	4,794	IMDb
157.	–	7.9	Die Hard (1988)	50,830	IMDb
158.	–	7.9	Ying xiong (2002)	8,505	IMDb
159.	–	7.9	Life of Brian (1979)	28,358	IMDb
160.	–	7.9	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	5,216	IMDb
161.	–	7.9	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	31,527	IMDb
162.	–	7.9	La Grande illusion (1937)	4,261	IMDb
163.	–	7.9	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	4,270	IMDb
164.	–	7.9	Spartacus (1960)	14,311	IMDb
165.	–	7.9	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	6,098	IMDb
166.	–	7.9	Charade (1963)	7,549	IMDb
167.	–	7.9	Festen (1998)	10,112	IMDb
168.	–	7.9	Gladiator (2000)	78,579	IMDb
169.	–	7.9	Roman Holiday (1953)	7,918	IMDb
170.	–	7.9	Sling Blade (1996)	17,860	IMDb
171.	–	7.9	Hotaru no haka (1988)	5,027	IMDb
172.	–	7.9	Magnolia (1999)	38,758	IMDb
173.	–	7.9	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	8,731	IMDb
174.	–	7.9	The Conversation (1974)	8,517	IMDb
175.	–	7.9	Ed Wood (1994)	18,291	IMDb
176.	–	7.9	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	8,090	IMDb
177.	–	7.9	Toy Story (1995)	39,672	IMDb
178.	–	7.9	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	2,933	IMDb
179.	–	7.9	The Killing (1956)	5,676	IMDb
180.	–	7.9	Almost Famous (2000)	32,775	IMDb
181.	–	7.9	A Night at the Opera (1935)	5,056	IMDb
182.	–	7.9	All the President's Men (1976)	10,894	IMDb
183.	–	7.9	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	8,861	IMDb
184.	▲ 2	7.9	Big Fish (2003)	20,163	IMDb
185.	▼ 1	7.9	Brazil (1985)	26,550	IMDb
186.	▼ 1	7.9	The Insider (1999)	24,516	IMDb
187.	–	7.9	21 Grams (2003)	13,394	IMDb
188.	–	7.9	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	4,627	IMDb
189.	–	7.9	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	46,131	IMDb
190.	–	7.9	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	6,866	IMDb
191.	–	7.9	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	6,012	IMDb
192.	–	7.9	Ikiru (1952)	3,009	IMDb
193.	–	7.8	Gandhi (1982)	13,450	IMDb
194.	–	7.8	Harvey (1950)	6,708	IMDb
195.	▲ 2	7.8	The Exorcist (1973)	28,304	IMDb
196.	–	7.8	Stand by Me (1986)	26,251	IMDb
197.	▼ 2	7.8	Being John Malkovich (1999)	46,838	IMDb
198.	–	7.8	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	12,316	IMDb
199.	▲ 1	7.8	In America (2002)	5,376	IMDb
200.	▼ 1	7.8	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	53,963	IMDb
201.	–	7.8	Mulholland Dr. (2001)	28,533	IMDb
202.	–	7.8	The Terminator (1984)	51,504	IMDb
203.	–	7.8	Trainspotting (1996)	44,435	IMDb
204.	–	7.8	Groundhog Day (1993)	37,667	IMDb
205.	–	7.8	The Lion in Winter (1968)	4,981	IMDb
206.	–	7.8	Miller's Crossing (1990)	12,026	IMDb
207.	–	7.8	La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	2,674	IMDb
208.	–	7.8	This Is Spinal Tap (1984)	16,964	IMDb
209.	▲ 1	7.8	Laura (1944)	3,872	IMDb
210.	▼ 1	7.8	La Strada (1954)	4,074	IMDb
211.	–	7.8	The Right Stuff (1983)	11,421	IMDb
212.	–	7.8	8½ (1963)	6,563	IMDb
213.	–	7.8	King Kong (1933)	8,591	IMDb
214.	–	7.8	Rain Man (1988)	36,419	IMDb
215.	–	7.8	Whale Rider (2002)	7,549	IMDb
216.	–	7.8	Network (1976)	8,132	IMDb
217.	▲ 1	7.8	The 39 Steps (1935)	6,504	IMDb
218.	▼ 1	7.8	Adaptation. (2002)	19,144	IMDb
219.	–	7.8	Midnight Cowboy (1969)	11,103	IMDb
220.	–	7.8	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	10,725	IMDb
221.	–	7.8	Snatch. (2000)	35,984	IMDb
222.	–	7.8	The Big Lebowski (1998)	41,006	IMDb
223.	–	7.8	Stagecoach (1939)	4,721	IMDb
224.	–	7.8	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	28,060	IMDb
225.	–	7.8	Sunrise (1927)	2,060	IMDb
226.	–	7.8	X2 (2003)	30,028	IMDb
227.	–	7.8	The Thin Man (1934)	3,978	IMDb
228.	–	7.8	Rio Bravo (1959)	6,062	IMDb
229.	–	7.8	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	5,560	IMDb
230.	–	7.8	The Untouchables (1987)	26,512	IMDb
231.	–	7.8	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	3,799	IMDb
232.	–	7.8	Dip huet seung hung (1989)	7,739	IMDb
233.	–	7.8	The Others (2001)	30,347	IMDb
234.	–	7.8	Planet of the Apes (1968)	17,566	IMDb
235.	–	7.7	Persona (1966)	2,829	IMDb
236.	–	7.7	Sullivan's Travels (1941)	2,270	IMDb
237.	–	7.7	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	3,444	IMDb
238.	–	7.7	The Station Agent (2003)	3,637	IMDb
239.	–	7.7	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	2,766	IMDb
240.	–	7.7	Red River (1948)	3,220	IMDb
241.	–	7.7	Les Enfants du paradis (1945)	2,768	IMDb
242.	–	7.7	Being There (1979)	9,009	IMDb
243.	–	7.7	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	21,781	IMDb
244.	–	7.7	Spider-Man 2 (2004)	23,854	IMDb
245.	–	7.7	Heat (1995)	36,869	IMDb
246.	–	7.7	Traffic (2000)	36,313	IMDb
247.	–	7.7	Good Will Hunting (1997)	54,030	IMDb
248.	–	7.7	Minority Report (2002)	42,873	IMDb
249.	–	7.7	Sleuth (1972)	4,142	IMDb
250.	–	7.7	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	2,461	IMDb

Comparing	21 Aug '04
with	20 Aug '04

New entries	0
Changes	27

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	8
France	8
Italy	7

2004	3
2003	11
2002	9
2001	8
2000	8

1999	10
1998	6
1997	4
1996	3
1995	6
1994	6
1993	2
1992	2
1991	3
1990	2
1989	3
1988	4
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	98
action	39
thriller	36
crime	32
adventure	30