IMDb Top 250 of 16 January 2005

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
249.	★	7.8	Fa yeung nin wa (2000)	6,227	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)	IMDb

Rank changes (31)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
32.	▲ 1	8.5	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	33,971	IMDb
33.	▼ 1	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	103,519	IMDb
70.	▲ 2	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	11,690	IMDb
72.	▼ 2	8.2	Ran (1985)	10,896	IMDb
88.	▲ 1	8.2	Braveheart (1995)	86,311	IMDb
89.	▼ 1	8.2	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	8,712	IMDb
91.	▲ 1	8.2	The General (1927)	6,170	IMDb
92.	▼ 1	8.2	Fargo (1996)	61,512	IMDb
125.	▲ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	11,563	IMDb
126.	▼ 1	8.0	The Elephant Man (1980)	15,116	IMDb
150.	▲ 1	8.0	The Gold Rush (1925)	5,922	IMDb
151.	▼ 1	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	9,870	IMDb
174.	▲ 1	7.9	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	9,484	IMDb
175.	▼ 1	7.9	Festen (1998)	11,104	IMDb
196.	▲ 1	7.9	Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)	3,100	IMDb
197.	▼ 1	7.9	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	13,601	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	7.9	In America (2002)	7,129	IMDb
204.	▼ 1	7.9	21 Grams (2003)	18,148	IMDb
214.	▲ 1	7.8	The Lion in Winter (1968)	5,424	IMDb
215.	▼ 1	7.8	8½ (1963)	7,272	IMDb
219.	▲ 1	7.8	Laura (1944)	4,210	IMDb
220.	▼ 1	7.8	The Big Lebowski (1998)	45,785	IMDb
221.	▲ 1	7.8	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	11,760	IMDb
222.	▼ 1	7.8	The Station Agent (2003)	5,607	IMDb
236.	▲ 2	7.8	Sullivan's Travels (1941)	2,574	IMDb
237.	▼ 1	7.8	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	4,304	IMDb
238.	▼ 1	7.8	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	6,104	IMDb
239.	▲ 3	7.8	Sideways (2004)	3,761	IMDb
240.	▼ 1	7.8	Being There (1979)	9,832	IMDb
242.	▼ 2	7.8	Planet of the Apes (1968)	19,238	IMDb
250.	▼ 1	7.8	Diarios de motocicleta (2004)	4,327	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.0	The Godfather (1972)	112,898	IMDb
2.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	90,122	IMDb
3.	–	8.9	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	137,298	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	65,565	IMDb
5.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	28,910	IMDb
6.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	90,905	IMDb
7.	–	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	62,450	IMDb
8.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	146,615	IMDb
9.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	104,241	IMDb
10.	–	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	127,203	IMDb
11.	–	8.7	Citizen Kane (1941)	57,919	IMDb
12.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	65,898	IMDb
13.	–	8.7	Pulp Fiction (1994)	122,560	IMDb
14.	–	8.6	Rear Window (1954)	38,195	IMDb
15.	–	8.6	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	98,107	IMDb
16.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	59,143	IMDb
17.	–	8.6	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	88,772	IMDb
18.	–	8.6	The Usual Suspects (1995)	97,799	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)	27,496	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	83,165	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	12 Angry Men (1957)	27,639	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	Cidade de Deus (2002)	21,167	IMDb
23.	–	8.5	North by Northwest (1959)	33,368	IMDb
24.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	50,632	IMDb
25.	–	8.5	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	38,924	IMDb
26.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	29,997	IMDb
27.	–	8.5	Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)	54,057	IMDb
28.	–	8.5	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	86,983	IMDb
29.	–	8.5	Goodfellas (1990)	62,708	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	C'era una volta il West (1968)	15,132	IMDb
31.	–	8.5	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	14,810	IMDb
32.	▲ 1	8.5	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	33,971	IMDb
33.	▼ 1	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	103,519	IMDb
34.	–	8.4	Vertigo (1958)	31,709	IMDb
35.	–	8.4	The Matrix (1999)	134,289	IMDb
36.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	60,224	IMDb
37.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	28,182	IMDb
38.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	13,195	IMDb
39.	–	8.4	Fight Club (1999)	103,239	IMDb
40.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	17,164	IMDb
41.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	26,497	IMDb
42.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	21,015	IMDb
43.	–	8.4	Taxi Driver (1976)	44,007	IMDb
44.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	10,720	IMDb
45.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	19,016	IMDb
46.	–	8.3	Boot, Das (1981)	26,966	IMDb
47.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	23,690	IMDb
48.	–	8.3	Chinatown (1974)	23,805	IMDb
49.	–	8.3	M (1931)	11,065	IMDb
50.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	10,520	IMDb
51.	–	8.3	L.A. Confidential (1997)	65,546	IMDb
52.	–	8.3	Se7en (1995)	82,374	IMDb
53.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	12,164	IMDb
54.	–	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	18,193	IMDb
55.	–	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	20,829	IMDb
56.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	42,733	IMDb
57.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	57,157	IMDb
58.	–	8.3	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	56,853	IMDb
59.	–	8.3	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	93,802	IMDb
60.	–	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	24,022	IMDb
61.	–	8.3	Alien (1979)	59,035	IMDb
62.	–	8.3	Léon (1994)	48,252	IMDb
63.	–	8.3	American History X (1998)	54,235	IMDb
64.	–	8.2	Modern Times (1936)	9,449	IMDb
65.	–	8.2	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	13,115	IMDb
66.	–	8.2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	10,747	IMDb
67.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	9,645	IMDb
68.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	35,938	IMDb
69.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	22,095	IMDb
70.	▲ 2	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	11,690	IMDb
71.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	60,489	IMDb
72.	▼ 2	8.2	Ran (1985)	10,896	IMDb
73.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	10,914	IMDb
74.	–	8.2	Vita è bella, La (1997)	35,326	IMDb
75.	–	8.2	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	63,639	IMDb
76.	–	8.2	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	61,190	IMDb
77.	–	8.2	Amadeus (1984)	34,538	IMDb
78.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	18,515	IMDb
79.	–	8.2	The Apartment (1960)	10,341	IMDb
80.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	36,603	IMDb
81.	–	8.2	City Lights (1931)	7,164	IMDb
82.	–	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	11,014	IMDb
83.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	19,813	IMDb
84.	–	8.2	Jaws (1975)	43,875	IMDb
85.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	11,565	IMDb
86.	–	8.2	The Shining (1980)	46,864	IMDb
87.	–	8.2	Aliens (1986)	60,755	IMDb
88.	▲ 1	8.2	Braveheart (1995)	86,311	IMDb
89.	▼ 1	8.2	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	8,712	IMDb
90.	–	8.2	Strangers on a Train (1951)	9,717	IMDb
91.	▲ 1	8.2	The General (1927)	6,170	IMDb
92.	▼ 1	8.2	Fargo (1996)	61,512	IMDb
93.	–	8.2	Wo hu cang long (2000)	49,055	IMDb
94.	–	8.1	The Great Dictator (1940)	9,468	IMDb
95.	–	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	44,250	IMDb
96.	–	8.1	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)	12,889	IMDb
97.	–	8.1	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	36,576	IMDb
98.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	70,498	IMDb
99.	–	8.1	Mononoke-hime (1997)	17,487	IMDb
100.	–	8.1	The Sixth Sense (1999)	90,735	IMDb
101.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	5,598	IMDb
102.	–	8.1	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	6,675	IMDb
103.	–	8.1	Yojimbo (1961)	8,042	IMDb
104.	–	8.1	Duck Soup (1933)	9,177	IMDb
105.	–	8.1	Oldboy (2003)	4,497	IMDb
106.	–	8.1	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	44,177	IMDb
107.	–	8.1	Rebecca (1940)	10,500	IMDb
108.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	51,660	IMDb
109.	–	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	9,216	IMDb
110.	–	8.1	Forrest Gump (1994)	83,842	IMDb
111.	–	8.1	Notorious (1946)	9,839	IMDb
112.	–	8.1	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	72,630	IMDb
113.	–	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	19,143	IMDb
114.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	18,804	IMDb
115.	–	8.1	It Happened One Night (1934)	7,297	IMDb
116.	–	8.1	Patton (1970)	13,239	IMDb
117.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	25,652	IMDb
118.	–	8.0	Lola rennt (1998)	30,343	IMDb
119.	–	8.0	Toy Story 2 (1999)	38,161	IMDb
120.	–	8.0	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	17,289	IMDb
121.	–	8.0	The Deer Hunter (1978)	26,032	IMDb
122.	–	8.0	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	13,200	IMDb
123.	–	8.0	Unforgiven (1992)	28,397	IMDb
124.	–	8.0	Ying xiong (2002)	19,487	IMDb
125.	▲ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	11,563	IMDb
126.	▼ 1	8.0	The Elephant Man (1980)	15,116	IMDb
127.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	20,447	IMDb
128.	–	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	9,757	IMDb
129.	–	8.0	Before Sunset (2004)	5,406	IMDb
130.	–	8.0	Ben-Hur (1959)	19,575	IMDb
131.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	12,961	IMDb
132.	–	8.0	The Searchers (1956)	9,496	IMDb
133.	–	8.0	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	7,264	IMDb
134.	–	8.0	The Green Mile (1999)	55,067	IMDb
135.	–	8.0	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	77,829	IMDb
136.	–	8.0	Bringing Up Baby (1938)	8,544	IMDb
137.	–	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	13,275	IMDb
138.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	24,243	IMDb
139.	–	8.0	Smultronstället (1957)	4,572	IMDb
140.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	6,567	IMDb
141.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	26,526	IMDb
142.	–	8.0	Back to the Future (1985)	63,942	IMDb
143.	–	8.0	Hable con ella (2002)	11,243	IMDb
144.	–	8.0	Platoon (1986)	32,470	IMDb
145.	–	8.0	Gone with the Wind (1939)	26,870	IMDb
146.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	6,252	IMDb
147.	–	8.0	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	6,956	IMDb
148.	–	8.0	A Christmas Story (1983)	18,561	IMDb
149.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	7,543	IMDb
150.	▲ 1	8.0	The Gold Rush (1925)	5,922	IMDb
151.	▼ 1	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	9,870	IMDb
152.	–	8.0	Shrek (2001)	59,731	IMDb
153.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	10,583	IMDb
154.	–	8.0	The Straight Story (1999)	13,595	IMDb
155.	–	8.0	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	58,442	IMDb
156.	–	8.0	Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)	5,863	IMDb
157.	–	8.0	Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)	5,459	IMDb
158.	–	7.9	Dogville (2003)	11,696	IMDb
159.	–	7.9	Life of Brian (1979)	31,749	IMDb
160.	–	7.9	Young Frankenstein (1974)	20,792	IMDb
161.	–	7.9	Die Hard (1988)	55,753	IMDb
162.	–	7.9	Grande illusion, La (1937)	4,619	IMDb
163.	–	7.9	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	6,712	IMDb
164.	–	7.9	His Girl Friday (1940)	6,146	IMDb
165.	–	7.9	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	6,712	IMDb
166.	–	7.9	Lost in Translation (2003)	36,576	IMDb
167.	–	7.9	Garden State (2004)	15,282	IMDb
168.	–	7.9	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	4,676	IMDb
169.	–	7.9	Spartacus (1960)	15,703	IMDb
170.	–	7.9	Ikiru (1952)	3,526	IMDb
171.	–	7.9	Hotaru no haka (1988)	5,964	IMDb
172.	–	7.9	Roman Holiday (1953)	8,687	IMDb
173.	–	7.9	Gladiator (2000)	85,647	IMDb
174.	▲ 1	7.9	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	9,484	IMDb
175.	▼ 1	7.9	Festen (1998)	11,104	IMDb
176.	–	7.9	Charade (1963)	8,296	IMDb
177.	–	7.9	The Conversation (1974)	9,416	IMDb
178.	–	7.9	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	9,605	IMDb
179.	–	7.9	Sling Blade (1996)	19,194	IMDb
180.	–	7.9	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	8,899	IMDb
181.	–	7.9	Magnolia (1999)	42,547	IMDb
182.	–	7.9	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	36,215	IMDb
183.	–	7.9	The Killing (1956)	6,362	IMDb
184.	–	7.9	All the President's Men (1976)	11,777	IMDb
185.	–	7.9	Toy Story (1995)	43,021	IMDb
186.	–	7.9	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	7,683	IMDb
187.	–	7.9	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	3,241	IMDb
188.	–	7.9	Gandhi (1982)	14,596	IMDb
189.	–	7.9	The Insider (1999)	26,803	IMDb
190.	–	7.9	Almost Famous (2000)	35,898	IMDb
191.	–	7.9	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	6,517	IMDb
192.	–	7.9	Brazil (1985)	28,758	IMDb
193.	–	7.9	Ed Wood (1994)	21,537	IMDb
194.	–	7.9	A Night at the Opera (1935)	5,557	IMDb
195.	–	7.9	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	5,141	IMDb
196.	▲ 1	7.9	Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928)	3,100	IMDb
197.	▼ 1	7.9	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	13,601	IMDb
198.	–	7.9	Trainspotting (1996)	48,149	IMDb
199.	–	7.9	Groundhog Day (1993)	41,307	IMDb
200.	–	7.9	Harvey (1950)	7,319	IMDb
201.	–	7.9	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	58,264	IMDb
202.	–	7.9	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)	2,398	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	7.9	In America (2002)	7,129	IMDb
204.	▼ 1	7.9	21 Grams (2003)	18,148	IMDb
205.	–	7.8	Stand by Me (1986)	28,477	IMDb
206.	–	7.8	The Terminator (1984)	56,662	IMDb
207.	–	7.8	The Exorcist (1973)	31,451	IMDb
208.	–	7.8	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	53,775	IMDb
209.	–	7.8	Finding Neverland (2004)	6,794	IMDb
210.	–	7.8	Strada, La (1954)	4,519	IMDb
211.	–	7.8	Mulholland Dr. (2001)	32,194	IMDb
212.	–	7.8	Being John Malkovich (1999)	51,194	IMDb
213.	–	7.8	Miller's Crossing (1990)	13,367	IMDb
214.	▲ 1	7.8	The Lion in Winter (1968)	5,424	IMDb
215.	▼ 1	7.8	8½ (1963)	7,272	IMDb
216.	–	7.8	This Is Spinal Tap (1984)	18,793	IMDb
217.	–	7.8	Network (1976)	8,856	IMDb
218.	–	7.8	Rain Man (1988)	39,516	IMDb
219.	▲ 1	7.8	Laura (1944)	4,210	IMDb
220.	▼ 1	7.8	The Big Lebowski (1998)	45,785	IMDb
221.	▲ 1	7.8	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	11,760	IMDb
222.	▼ 1	7.8	The Station Agent (2003)	5,607	IMDb
223.	–	7.8	Midnight Cowboy (1969)	12,119	IMDb
224.	–	7.8	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	31,138	IMDb
225.	–	7.8	The Right Stuff (1983)	12,185	IMDb
226.	–	7.8	King Kong (1933)	9,534	IMDb
227.	–	7.8	Snatch. (2000)	40,412	IMDb
228.	–	7.8	The 39 Steps (1935)	7,272	IMDb
229.	–	7.8	Persona (1966)	3,263	IMDb
230.	–	7.8	Stagecoach (1939)	5,155	IMDb
231.	–	7.8	Whale Rider (2002)	9,066	IMDb
232.	–	7.8	Rio Bravo (1959)	6,609	IMDb
233.	–	7.8	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	3,937	IMDb
234.	–	7.8	The Thin Man (1934)	4,361	IMDb
235.	–	7.8	The Untouchables (1987)	29,187	IMDb
236.	▲ 2	7.8	Sullivan's Travels (1941)	2,574	IMDb
237.	▼ 1	7.8	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	4,304	IMDb
238.	▼ 1	7.8	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	6,104	IMDb
239.	▲ 3	7.8	Sideways (2004)	3,761	IMDb
240.	▼ 1	7.8	Being There (1979)	9,832	IMDb
241.	–	7.8	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	2,929	IMDb
242.	▼ 2	7.8	Planet of the Apes (1968)	19,238	IMDb
243.	–	7.8	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	3,125	IMDb
244.	–	7.8	The Last Samurai (2003)	27,617	IMDb
245.	–	7.8	Adaptation. (2002)	22,584	IMDb
246.	–	7.8	Heat (1995)	40,580	IMDb
247.	–	7.8	Barry Lyndon (1975)	11,015	IMDb
248.	–	7.8	Die xue shuang xiong (1989)	8,526	IMDb
249.	★	7.8	Fa yeung nin wa (2000)	6,227	IMDb
250.	▼ 1	7.8	Diarios de motocicleta (2004)	4,327	IMDb

Comparing	16 Jan '05
with	15 Jan '05

New entries	1
Changes	31

1950-1959	33
1940-1949	22
1930-1939	18
1920-1929	7

Stanley Kubrick	7
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	110
United Kingdom	19
Japan	9
France	8
Italy	7

2004	8
2003	12
2002	8
2001	7
2000	8

1999	10
1998	6
1997	3
1996	3
1995	6
1994	6
1993	2
1992	2
1991	2
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	5
1974	4
1973	2
1972	1
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	100
action	41
thriller	37
crime	32
adventure	31