IMDb Top 250 of 18 December 2006

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New entries (3)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
245.	★	7.8	Great Expectations (1946)	3,383	IMDb
246.	★	7.8	Z (1969)	3,742	IMDb
250.	★	7.8	Dial M for Murder (1954)	11,442	IMDb

Dropped out (3)

Last Rank		Title
239.	▼	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	IMDb
248.	▼	À bout de souffle (1960)	IMDb
249.	▼	Festen (1998)	IMDb

Rank changes (36)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
61.	▲ 1	8.3	The Shining (1980)	73,854	IMDb
62.	▼ 1	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	16,610	IMDb
93.	▲ 1	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	23,983	IMDb
94.	▼ 1	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	101,082	IMDb
99.	▲ 1	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	14,158	IMDb
100.	▼ 1	8.2	City Lights (1931)	11,368	IMDb
114.	▲ 1	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	5,027	IMDb
115.	▼ 1	8.1	The Sixth Sense (1999)	128,819	IMDb
142.	▲ 1	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	24,725	IMDb
143.	▼ 1	8.0	Toy Story 2 (1999)	55,563	IMDb
170.	▲ 1	7.9	Toy Story (1995)	62,024	IMDb
171.	▼ 1	7.9	The Gold Rush (1925)	9,134	IMDb
174.	▲ 1	7.9	La Belle et la bête (1946)	3,950	IMDb
175.	▲ 2	7.9	The Exorcist (1973)	48,243	IMDb
176.	▼ 2	7.9	Magnolia (1999)	63,851	IMDb
177.	▼ 1	7.9	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	14,438	IMDb
180.	▲ 1	7.9	The Big Lebowski (1998)	74,205	IMDb
181.	▼ 1	7.9	Mystic River (2003)	47,488	IMDb
201.	▲ 1	7.9	Hotaru no haka (1988)	12,711	IMDb
202.	▲ 1	7.9	Sleuth (1972)	6,613	IMDb
203.	▼ 2	7.9	Stalag 17 (1953)	10,063	IMDb
211.	▲ 1	7.9	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	19,184	IMDb
212.	▼ 1	7.9	Manhattan (1979)	17,451	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	7.9	Kumonosu-jo (1957)	5,564	IMDb
219.	▲ 1	7.9	Tengoku to jigoku (1963)	3,161	IMDb
220.	▼ 2	7.9	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	55,687	IMDb
223.	▲ 2	7.9	The Prestige (2006)	18,174	IMDb
225.	▼ 2	7.9	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	9,921	IMDb
239.	▲ 1	7.8	Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)	6,820	IMDb
240.	▲ 2	7.8	All the President's Men (1976)	18,102	IMDb
242.	▲ 2	7.8	In Cold Blood (1967)	4,117	IMDb
243.	▲ 3	7.8	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	2,779	IMDb
244.	▲ 1	7.8	The Insider (1999)	39,171	IMDb
247.	▲ 3	7.8	Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958)	5,242	IMDb
248.	▼ 5	7.8	The Man Who Would Be King (1975)	11,241	IMDb
249.	▼ 2	7.8	Ikiru (1952)	6,999	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	185,603	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	223,768	IMDb
3.	–	8.9	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	105,020	IMDb
4.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	168,482	IMDb
5.	–	8.8	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	51,548	IMDb
6.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	90,010	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	133,627	IMDb
8.	–	8.7	Pulp Fiction (1994)	190,878	IMDb
9.	–	8.7	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	48,676	IMDb
10.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	143,082	IMDb
11.	–	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	180,000	IMDb
12.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	96,971	IMDb
13.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	57,121	IMDb
14.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	211,047	IMDb
15.	–	8.6	12 Angry Men (1957)	43,156	IMDb
16.	–	8.6	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	123,408	IMDb
17.	–	8.6	The Usual Suspects (1995)	140,321	IMDb
18.	–	8.6	Cidade de Deus (2002)	53,937	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	86,234	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	166,744	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	Psycho (1960)	72,498	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	Goodfellas (1990)	98,327	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	80,145	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	C'era una volta il West (1968)	28,257	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	48,350	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	128,637	IMDb
27.	–	8.5	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	122,370	IMDb
28.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	42,146	IMDb
29.	–	8.5	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	54,557	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	24,126	IMDb
31.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	88,177	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	Fight Club (1999)	165,637	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	147,645	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	The Matrix (1999)	193,638	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	46,287	IMDb
36.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	88,908	IMDb
37.	–	8.4	Taxi Driver (1976)	68,006	IMDb
38.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	89,012	IMDb
39.	–	8.4	Se7en (1995)	125,416	IMDb
40.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	20,761	IMDb
41.	–	8.4	Léon (1994)	79,987	IMDb
42.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	42,335	IMDb
43.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	36,494	IMDb
44.	–	8.4	American History X (1998)	90,668	IMDb
45.	–	8.4	Der Untergang (2004)	28,338	IMDb
46.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	25,884	IMDb
47.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	50,902	IMDb
48.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	83,986	IMDb
49.	–	8.3	M (1931)	17,878	IMDb
50.	–	8.3	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	14,827	IMDb
51.	–	8.3	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	41,907	IMDb
52.	–	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	30,284	IMDb
53.	–	8.3	Das Boot (1981)	38,929	IMDb
54.	–	8.3	L.A. Confidential (1997)	91,045	IMDb
55.	–	8.3	Alien (1979)	86,307	IMDb
56.	–	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	26,557	IMDb
57.	–	8.3	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	91,166	IMDb
58.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	76,329	IMDb
59.	–	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	31,469	IMDb
60.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	17,646	IMDb
61.	▲ 1	8.3	The Shining (1980)	73,854	IMDb
62.	▼ 1	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	16,610	IMDb
63.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	97,827	IMDb
64.	–	8.3	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	135,524	IMDb
65.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	17,466	IMDb
66.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	28,108	IMDb
67.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	95,703	IMDb
68.	–	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	39,229	IMDb
69.	–	8.3	Modern Times (1936)	15,193	IMDb
70.	–	8.3	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	19,320	IMDb
71.	–	8.3	Aliens (1986)	85,219	IMDb
72.	–	8.2	Rebecca (1940)	16,379	IMDb
73.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	28,658	IMDb
74.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	34,617	IMDb
75.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	18,021	IMDb
76.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	16,131	IMDb
77.	–	8.2	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	85,461	IMDb
78.	–	8.2	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	53,270	IMDb
79.	–	8.2	Amadeus (1984)	49,772	IMDb
80.	–	8.2	The Departed (2006)	44,765	IMDb
81.	–	8.2	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	15,001	IMDb
82.	–	8.2	La Vita è bella (1997)	52,169	IMDb
83.	–	8.2	Jaws (1975)	66,060	IMDb
84.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	32,594	IMDb
85.	–	8.2	Forrest Gump (1994)	129,256	IMDb
86.	–	8.2	Strangers on a Train (1951)	15,432	IMDb
87.	–	8.2	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	105,043	IMDb
88.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	98,057	IMDb
89.	–	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	18,759	IMDb
90.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	51,914	IMDb
91.	–	8.2	Braveheart (1995)	123,790	IMDb
92.	–	8.2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	16,327	IMDb
93.	▲ 1	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	23,983	IMDb
94.	▼ 1	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	101,082	IMDb
95.	–	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	96,748	IMDb
96.	–	8.2	The Incredibles (2004)	59,381	IMDb
97.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	67,429	IMDb
98.	–	8.2	The Apartment (1960)	15,918	IMDb
99.	▲ 1	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	14,158	IMDb
100.	▼ 1	8.2	City Lights (1931)	11,368	IMDb
101.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	17,039	IMDb
102.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	15,068	IMDb
103.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	89,474	IMDb
104.	–	8.2	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	20,346	IMDb
105.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	85,879	IMDb
106.	–	8.1	Ran (1985)	17,327	IMDb
107.	–	8.1	Crash (2004)	71,305	IMDb
108.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	66,183	IMDb
109.	–	8.1	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	113,521	IMDb
110.	–	8.1	The Great Dictator (1940)	15,610	IMDb
111.	–	8.1	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	29,362	IMDb
112.	–	8.1	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	20,072	IMDb
113.	–	8.1	Mononoke-hime (1997)	29,558	IMDb
114.	▲ 1	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	5,027	IMDb
115.	▼ 1	8.1	The Sixth Sense (1999)	128,819	IMDb
116.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	72,627	IMDb
117.	–	8.1	Unforgiven (1992)	43,053	IMDb
118.	–	8.1	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	82,419	IMDb
119.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	28,605	IMDb
120.	–	8.1	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	74,509	IMDb
121.	–	8.1	Annie Hall (1977)	30,469	IMDb
122.	–	8.1	Back to the Future (1985)	94,619	IMDb
123.	–	8.1	Oldeuboi (2003)	30,014	IMDb
124.	–	8.1	The Killing (1956)	10,444	IMDb
125.	–	8.1	Wo hu cang long (2000)	66,364	IMDb
126.	–	8.1	Yôjinbô (1961)	13,500	IMDb
127.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	46,361	IMDb
128.	–	8.1	The Green Mile (1999)	86,941	IMDb
129.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	71,118	IMDb
130.	–	8.0	The Deer Hunter (1978)	40,258	IMDb
131.	–	8.0	Platoon (1986)	49,941	IMDb
132.	–	8.0	The Graduate (1967)	38,988	IMDb
133.	–	8.0	It Happened One Night (1934)	11,277	IMDb
134.	–	8.0	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	3,984	IMDb
135.	–	8.0	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	27,937	IMDb
136.	–	8.0	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	14,987	IMDb
137.	–	8.0	Gladiator (2000)	128,886	IMDb
138.	–	8.0	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	5,501	IMDb
139.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	18,367	IMDb
140.	–	8.0	Gandhi (1982)	22,168	IMDb
141.	–	8.0	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	11,038	IMDb
142.	▲ 1	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	24,725	IMDb
143.	▼ 1	8.0	Toy Story 2 (1999)	55,563	IMDb
144.	–	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	10,587	IMDb
145.	–	8.0	Les Diaboliques (1955)	5,254	IMDb
146.	–	8.0	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	8,838	IMDb
147.	–	8.0	8½ (1963)	12,134	IMDb
148.	–	8.0	Lola rennt (1998)	44,729	IMDb
149.	–	8.0	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	4,381	IMDb
150.	–	8.0	Brief Encounter (1945)	4,693	IMDb
151.	–	8.0	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	11,164	IMDb
152.	–	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	15,024	IMDb
153.	–	8.0	Stand by Me (1986)	42,866	IMDb
154.	–	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	14,761	IMDb
155.	–	8.0	Die Hard (1988)	79,575	IMDb
156.	–	8.0	The General (1926)	9,393	IMDb
157.	–	8.0	Smultronstället (1957)	8,456	IMDb
158.	–	8.0	Harvey (1950)	10,925	IMDb
159.	–	8.0	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	22,992	IMDb
160.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	13,687	IMDb
161.	–	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	12,691	IMDb
162.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	19,983	IMDb
163.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	28,899	IMDb
164.	–	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	14,292	IMDb
165.	–	8.0	Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)	6,392	IMDb
166.	–	7.9	Gone with the Wind (1939)	39,835	IMDb
167.	–	7.9	Spartacus (1960)	23,742	IMDb
168.	–	7.9	Ying xiong (2002)	39,719	IMDb
169.	–	7.9	Groundhog Day (1993)	62,636	IMDb
170.	▲ 1	7.9	Toy Story (1995)	62,024	IMDb
171.	▼ 1	7.9	The Gold Rush (1925)	9,134	IMDb
172.	–	7.9	Finding Neverland (2004)	39,691	IMDb
173.	–	7.9	Trainspotting (1996)	72,047	IMDb
174.	▲ 1	7.9	La Belle et la bête (1946)	3,950	IMDb
175.	▲ 2	7.9	The Exorcist (1973)	48,243	IMDb
176.	▼ 2	7.9	Magnolia (1999)	63,851	IMDb
177.	▼ 1	7.9	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	14,438	IMDb
178.	–	7.9	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	11,018	IMDb
179.	–	7.9	A Christmas Story (1983)	27,555	IMDb
180.	▲ 1	7.9	The Big Lebowski (1998)	74,205	IMDb
181.	▼ 1	7.9	Mystic River (2003)	47,488	IMDb
182.	–	7.9	Shrek (2001)	90,939	IMDb
183.	–	7.9	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	84,078	IMDb
184.	–	7.9	Heat (1995)	64,858	IMDb
185.	–	7.9	Big Fish (2003)	55,482	IMDb
186.	–	7.9	Cinderella Man (2005)	25,310	IMDb
187.	–	7.9	King Kong (1933)	17,786	IMDb
188.	–	7.9	Before Sunset (2004)	19,559	IMDb
189.	–	7.9	Ed Wood (1994)	33,438	IMDb
190.	–	7.9	The Hustler (1961)	11,674	IMDb
191.	–	7.9	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	5,424	IMDb
192.	–	7.9	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	6,935	IMDb
193.	–	7.9	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	8,530	IMDb
194.	–	7.9	The Terminator (1984)	80,767	IMDb
195.	–	7.9	The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)	18,832	IMDb
196.	–	7.9	Snatch. (2000)	68,510	IMDb
197.	–	7.9	Out of the Past (1947)	4,310	IMDb
198.	–	7.9	Walk the Line (2005)	35,860	IMDb
199.	–	7.9	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	7,216	IMDb
200.	–	7.9	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	10,155	IMDb
201.	▲ 1	7.9	Hotaru no haka (1988)	12,711	IMDb
202.	▲ 1	7.9	Sleuth (1972)	6,613	IMDb
203.	▼ 2	7.9	Stalag 17 (1953)	10,063	IMDb
204.	–	7.9	Young Frankenstein (1974)	30,621	IMDb
205.	–	7.9	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	18,033	IMDb
206.	–	7.9	Du Rififi chez les hommes (1955)	2,877	IMDb
207.	–	7.9	Hable con ella (2002)	19,763	IMDb
208.	–	7.9	The Thing (1982)	28,124	IMDb
209.	–	7.9	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	7,384	IMDb
210.	–	7.9	The Straight Story (1999)	20,878	IMDb
211.	▲ 1	7.9	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	19,184	IMDb
212.	▼ 1	7.9	Manhattan (1979)	17,451	IMDb
213.	–	7.9	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	51,104	IMDb
214.	–	7.9	Sling Blade (1996)	26,798	IMDb
215.	–	7.9	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	9,872	IMDb
216.	–	7.9	Frankenstein (1931)	9,929	IMDb
217.	–	7.9	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	15,449	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	7.9	Kumonosu-jo (1957)	5,564	IMDb
219.	▲ 1	7.9	Tengoku to jigoku (1963)	3,161	IMDb
220.	▼ 2	7.9	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	55,687	IMDb
221.	–	7.9	Scarface (1983)	52,267	IMDb
222.	–	7.9	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	5,973	IMDb
223.	▲ 2	7.9	The Prestige (2006)	18,174	IMDb
224.	–	7.9	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	104,717	IMDb
225.	▼ 2	7.9	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	9,921	IMDb
226.	–	7.9	Idi i smotri (1985)	2,549	IMDb
227.	–	7.8	Roman Holiday (1953)	13,665	IMDb
228.	–	7.8	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	10,340	IMDb
229.	–	7.8	The Searchers (1956)	14,420	IMDb
230.	–	7.8	The Lost Weekend (1945)	4,405	IMDb
231.	–	7.8	Doctor Zhivago (1965)	14,717	IMDb
232.	–	7.8	La Haine (1995)	9,741	IMDb
233.	–	7.8	Bringing Up Baby (1938)	12,815	IMDb
234.	–	7.8	Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)	10,186	IMDb
235.	–	7.8	Brazil (1985)	41,934	IMDb
236.	–	7.8	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	14,345	IMDb
237.	–	7.8	Planet of the Apes (1968)	28,240	IMDb
238.	–	7.8	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	2,970	IMDb
239.	▲ 1	7.8	Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)	6,820	IMDb
240.	▲ 2	7.8	All the President's Men (1976)	18,102	IMDb
241.	–	7.8	Harold and Maude (1971)	13,374	IMDb
242.	▲ 2	7.8	In Cold Blood (1967)	4,117	IMDb
243.	▲ 3	7.8	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	2,779	IMDb
244.	▲ 1	7.8	The Insider (1999)	39,171	IMDb
245.	★	7.8	Great Expectations (1946)	3,383	IMDb
246.	★	7.8	Z (1969)	3,742	IMDb
247.	▲ 3	7.8	Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958)	5,242	IMDb
248.	▼ 5	7.8	The Man Who Would Be King (1975)	11,241	IMDb
249.	▼ 2	7.8	Ikiru (1952)	6,999	IMDb
250.	★	7.8	Dial M for Murder (1954)	11,442	IMDb

Comparing	18 Dec '06
with	17 Dec '06

New entries	3
Changes	36

1950-1959	39
1940-1949	24
1930-1939	15
1920-1929	6

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

Sergio Leone	4
Martin Scorsese	4
Charlie Chaplin	4
Francis Ford Coppola	3
Peter Jackson	3

United States	117
United Kingdom	22
Italy	12
Japan	10
France	9

2006	2
2005	6
2004	9
2003	7
2002	5

2001	6
2000	6
1999	9
1998	5
1997	3
1996	3
1995	7
1994	5
1993	2
1992	2
1991	2
1990	1
1989	2
1988	3
1987	3
1986	3
1985	4
1984	3
1983	3
1982	3
1981	2
1980	4
1979	4
1978	1
1977	2
1976	2
1975	5
1974	4
1973	2
1972	3
1971	2
1970	1
1969	3
1968	4
1967	5
1966	2
1965	2
1964	1
1963	3
1962	4

drama	111
action	47
thriller	44
crime	37
adventure	32