IMDb Top 250 of 6 October 2008

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	7.9	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	13,395	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
249.	▼	Ace in the Hole (1951)	IMDb

Rank changes (29)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
12.	▲ 1	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	75,516	IMDb
13.	▼ 1	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	260,277	IMDb
36.	▲ 1	8.5	Léon (1994)	143,200	IMDb
37.	▼ 1	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	135,718	IMDb
67.	▲ 1	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	55,926	IMDb
68.	▼ 1	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	161,214	IMDb
136.	▲ 1	8.2	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	9,183	IMDb
137.	▲ 1	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	44,573	IMDb
138.	▼ 2	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	49,888	IMDb
150.	▲ 1	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	130,304	IMDb
151.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	119,621	IMDb
163.	▲ 1	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	101,875	IMDb
164.	▼ 1	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	37,109	IMDb
202.	▲ 2	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	77,098	IMDb
204.	▼ 2	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	22,737	IMDb
210.	▲ 1	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	20,678	IMDb
211.	▼ 1	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	7,481	IMDb
215.	▲ 2	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	15,842	IMDb
217.	▼ 2	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	24,453	IMDb
227.	▲ 1	8.0	Network (1976)	22,748	IMDb
228.	▼ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	28,322	IMDb
235.	▲ 1	8.0	Young Frankenstein (1974)	47,545	IMDb
236.	▼ 1	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	35,199	IMDb
237.	▲ 1	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	184,153	IMDb
238.	▼ 1	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	13,533	IMDb
242.	▲ 1	7.9	The Searchers (1956)	23,630	IMDb
243.	▼ 1	7.9	Great Expectations (1946)	6,580	IMDb
248.	▲ 2	7.9	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	10,712	IMDb
249.	▼ 1	7.9	Planet of the Apes (1968)	41,921	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	378,302	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	321,831	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	182,712	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Dark Knight (2008)	286,120	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	107,942	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	315,071	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	208,518	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	158,894	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	219,313	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	77,811	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	133,296	IMDb
12.	▲ 1	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	75,516	IMDb
13.	▼ 1	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	260,277	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	279,129	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	172,152	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	90,114	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	195,773	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	114,011	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	52,300	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	308,398	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	210,876	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	109,854	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	282,057	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	188,079	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	125,451	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	72,144	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	204,503	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	39,258	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	112,620	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	WALL·E (2008)	77,298	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	294,775	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	256,331	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	79,441	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	206,775	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	63,076	IMDb
36.	▲ 1	8.5	Léon (1994)	143,200	IMDb
37.	▼ 1	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	135,718	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	115,537	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	229,144	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	163,799	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	70,330	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	136,697	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	33,060	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	M (1931)	29,415	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	186,939	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Forrest Gump (1994)	219,399	IMDb
47.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	64,242	IMDb
48.	–	8.4	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	147,478	IMDb
49.	–	8.4	Alien (1979)	136,876	IMDb
50.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	59,016	IMDb
51.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	38,947	IMDb
52.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	45,236	IMDb
53.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	24,631	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	Double Indemnity (1944)	26,808	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	130,160	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	92,880	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	161,043	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	209,279	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	72,352	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	107,536	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	125,048	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	133,959	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	132,113	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	45,730	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	173,190	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	130,886	IMDb
67.	▲ 1	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	55,926	IMDb
68.	▼ 1	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	161,214	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Rashômon (1950)	28,718	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	40,030	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Raging Bull (1980)	67,651	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Metropolis (1927)	28,999	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Der Untergang (2004)	56,260	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	City Lights (1931)	18,839	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Modern Times (1936)	25,503	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	26,265	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	26,988	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	42,430	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	No Country for Old Men (2007)	133,550	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	125,276	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	136,022	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	51,533	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	74,753	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	80,505	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	189,889	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	42,260	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	46,639	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	26,509	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	30,624	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	65,540	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	33,160	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	112,896	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	26,280	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Touch of Evil (1958)	24,408	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	50,151	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	52,724	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	There Will Be Blood (2007)	84,878	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	204,259	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	26,399	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Jaws (1975)	106,558	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	188,961	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	25,230	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Blade Runner (1982)	145,975	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	151,040	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	136,315	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	18,735	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Strangers on a Train (1951)	24,856	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	27,819	IMDb
109.	–	8.2	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	168,926	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	26,044	IMDb
111.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	23,429	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	71,144	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	21,938	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Oldeuboi (2003)	63,829	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	129,023	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	33,313	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	80,194	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	The Green Mile (1999)	144,721	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	21,704	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	29,340	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Gladiator (2000)	210,212	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	26,357	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Mononoke-hime (1997)	48,398	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	137,884	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	156,475	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	9,776	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	174,658	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	48,788	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	14,974	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	18,060	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	100,202	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	66,243	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	190,237	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	14,562	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	100,072	IMDb
136.	▲ 1	8.2	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	9,183	IMDb
137.	▲ 1	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	44,573	IMDb
138.	▼ 2	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	49,888	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	Platoon (1986)	82,912	IMDb
140.	–	8.1	Heat (1995)	108,249	IMDb
141.	–	8.1	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	7,563	IMDb
142.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	87,507	IMDb
143.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	72,233	IMDb
144.	–	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	9,760	IMDb
145.	–	8.1	The Killing (1956)	17,771	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	44,616	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	43,554	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	12,456	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	9,767	IMDb
150.	▲ 1	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	130,304	IMDb
151.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	119,621	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	8½ (1963)	20,566	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	Brief Encounter (1945)	9,204	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	59,408	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	9,333	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	68,454	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	42,396	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	159,513	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	The Wild Bunch (1969)	23,468	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	18,147	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	122,652	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	116,627	IMDb
163.	▲ 1	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	101,875	IMDb
164.	▼ 1	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	37,109	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	17,221	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Children of Men (2006)	112,074	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	113,135	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	59,620	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	14,914	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Harvey (1950)	17,400	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	54,094	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	14,876	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Scarface (1983)	109,443	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	36,787	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	100,352	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	104,630	IMDb
177.	–	8.0	The Lion King (1994)	94,082	IMDb
178.	–	8.0	Sleuth (1972)	12,075	IMDb
179.	–	8.0	The Terminator (1984)	130,344	IMDb
180.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	26,731	IMDb
181.	–	8.0	Crash (2004)	130,320	IMDb
182.	–	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	23,782	IMDb
183.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	18,791	IMDb
184.	–	8.0	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	128,693	IMDb
185.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	20,224	IMDb
186.	–	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	17,082	IMDb
187.	–	8.0	Umberto D. (1952)	5,799	IMDb
188.	–	8.0	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	89,575	IMDb
189.	–	8.0	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	6,295	IMDb
190.	–	8.0	La Belle et la bête (1946)	7,189	IMDb
191.	–	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	12,589	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	135,518	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	23,494	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	King Kong (1933)	29,151	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	55,477	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	12,975	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	89,697	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	15,052	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	21,186	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	107,533	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	30,313	IMDb
202.	▲ 2	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	77,098	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	15,615	IMDb
204.	▼ 2	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	22,737	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	Casino (1995)	78,245	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	8,682	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	44,553	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	The Kid (1921)	8,502	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Iron Man (2008)	104,499	IMDb
210.	▲ 1	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	20,678	IMDb
211.	▼ 1	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	7,481	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Frankenstein (1931)	16,989	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	30,034	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	96,510	IMDb
215.	▲ 2	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	15,842	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	35,125	IMDb
217.	▼ 2	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	24,453	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	21,692	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	11,243	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	38,170	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	21,510	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	11,943	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	100,323	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	16,752	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)	12,427	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	22,665	IMDb
227.	▲ 1	8.0	Network (1976)	22,748	IMDb
228.	▼ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	28,322	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	84,174	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	His Girl Friday (1940)	15,335	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	Stalker (1979)	14,584	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	17,678	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	25,709	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	12,394	IMDb
235.	▲ 1	8.0	Young Frankenstein (1974)	47,545	IMDb
236.	▼ 1	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	35,199	IMDb
237.	▲ 1	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	184,153	IMDb
238.	▼ 1	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	13,533	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	64,350	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	22,894	IMDb
241.	–	7.9	La Dolce vita (1960)	13,867	IMDb
242.	▲ 1	7.9	The Searchers (1956)	23,630	IMDb
243.	▼ 1	7.9	Great Expectations (1946)	6,580	IMDb
244.	–	7.9	Barry Lyndon (1975)	29,407	IMDb
245.	–	7.9	Lola rennt (1998)	66,565	IMDb
246.	–	7.9	Shaun of the Dead (2004)	95,532	IMDb
247.	–	7.9	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)	54,113	IMDb
248.	▲ 2	7.9	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	10,712	IMDb
249.	▼ 1	7.9	Planet of the Apes (1968)	41,921	IMDb
250.	★	7.9	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	13,395	IMDb

Comparing	6 Oct '08
with	5 Oct '08

New entries	1
Changes	29

1950-1959	36
1940-1949	25
1930-1939	14
1920-1929	7

Stanley Kubrick	7
Steven Spielberg	5
Martin Scorsese	5
Alfred Hitchcock	5
Billy Wilder	5

Charlie Chaplin	5
Christopher Nolan	4
Sergio Leone	4
Akira Kurosawa	4
Francis Ford Coppola	3

United States	125
United Kingdom	24
Italy	12
Germany	9
France	9

2008	4
2007	6
2006	7
2005	3
2004	8

2003	7
2002	4
2001	4
2000	6
1999	6
1998	5
1997	3
1996	2
1995	7
1994	6
1993	3
1992	2
1991	2
1990	1
1989	2
1988	3
1987	2
1986	3
1985	2
1984	4
1983	2
1982	4
1981	2
1980	4
1979	5
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	5
1974	4
1973	2
1972	2
1971	1
1970	1
1969	2
1968	4
1967	4
1966	3
1965	1
1964	1

drama	117
action	49
thriller	48
crime	39
adventure	36

Color	109
Black & White	45