IMDb Top 250 of 6 December 2008

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
247.	★	8.0	A Man for All Seasons (1966)	10,072	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)	IMDb

Rank changes (35)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
17.	▲ 1	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	118,359	IMDb
18.	▼ 1	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	200,140	IMDb
48.	▲ 1	8.5	Alien (1979)	140,534	IMDb
49.	▼ 1	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	151,318	IMDb
81.	▲ 1	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	128,189	IMDb
82.	▼ 1	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	141,537	IMDb
87.	▲ 1	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	34,184	IMDb
88.	▼ 1	8.3	No Country for Old Men (2007)	140,366	IMDb
148.	▲ 1	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	134,724	IMDb
149.	▼ 1	8.1	The Killing (1956)	18,460	IMDb
150.	▲ 1	8.1	8½ (1963)	21,318	IMDb
151.	▼ 1	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	46,085	IMDb
193.	▲ 1	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	13,132	IMDb
194.	▼ 1	8.0	King Kong (1933)	29,979	IMDb
197.	▲ 3	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	7,816	IMDb
198.	▲ 1	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	16,083	IMDb
199.	▼ 2	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	5,389	IMDb
200.	▼ 2	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	139,285	IMDb
201.	▲ 1	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	23,933	IMDb
202.	▼ 1	8.0	La Belle et la bête (1946)	7,460	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	79,636	IMDb
204.	▼ 1	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	21,488	IMDb
230.	▲ 1	8.0	La Strada (1954)	12,883	IMDb
231.	▼ 1	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	86,700	IMDb
236.	▲ 2	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	3,303	IMDb
237.	▲ 2	8.0	La Dolce vita (1960)	14,453	IMDb
238.	▼ 2	8.0	Rocky (1976)	67,156	IMDb
239.	▼ 2	8.0	Great Expectations (1946)	6,987	IMDb
240.	▲ 1	8.0	Planet of the Apes (1968)	43,360	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	26,628	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	188,501	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.0	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	31,105	IMDb
248.	▼ 3	8.0	Laura (1944)	10,380	IMDb
249.	▼ 1	8.0	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	16,951	IMDb
250.	▼ 1	8.0	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)	57,374	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	388,859	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	329,074	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	188,278	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	The Dark Knight (2008)	307,880	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	111,734	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	322,613	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	213,540	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	163,166	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	224,017	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	80,830	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	135,966	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	265,296	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	77,172	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	285,383	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	176,800	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	92,450	IMDb
17.	▲ 1	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	118,359	IMDb
18.	▼ 1	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	200,140	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	53,978	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	314,350	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	215,522	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	290,009	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	112,704	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	192,640	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	127,979	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	40,590	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	73,830	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	209,665	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	114,813	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	301,544	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	261,730	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	81,059	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	212,385	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	WALL·E (2008)	95,578	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	147,912	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	138,688	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	64,445	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	118,590	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	234,319	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	168,908	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	72,088	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	140,068	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	34,119	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	M (1931)	30,345	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Forrest Gump (1994)	225,785	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	193,429	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	65,759	IMDb
48.	▲ 1	8.5	Alien (1979)	140,534	IMDb
49.	▼ 1	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	151,318	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	27,702	IMDb
51.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	25,361	IMDb
52.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	47,732	IMDb
53.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	60,759	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	40,008	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	134,501	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	96,105	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	214,056	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	165,859	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	74,502	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	127,498	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	111,445	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	177,704	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	135,026	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	138,091	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	133,865	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	46,874	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	57,078	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	165,069	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	41,070	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Raging Bull (1980)	69,506	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Rashômon (1950)	29,579	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	City Lights (1931)	19,504	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Metropolis (1927)	29,853	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Der Untergang (2004)	58,419	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	27,688	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Modern Times (1936)	26,344	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	43,543	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	27,140	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	52,801	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	76,580	IMDb
81.	▲ 1	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	128,189	IMDb
82.	▼ 1	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	141,537	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	43,625	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	82,731	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	195,629	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	47,966	IMDb
87.	▲ 1	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	34,184	IMDb
88.	▼ 1	8.3	No Country for Old Men (2007)	140,366	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	27,149	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	27,366	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	116,099	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	67,957	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	51,721	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	54,403	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Touch of Evil (1958)	25,227	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	31,509	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	27,248	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	210,227	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	26,016	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	192,995	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Jaws (1975)	109,263	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	155,009	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Blade Runner (1982)	149,256	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	139,778	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	19,490	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Strangers on a Train (1951)	25,786	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	There Will Be Blood (2007)	89,749	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	28,414	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	172,425	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	73,183	IMDb
111.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	24,106	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	26,759	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	22,629	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	The Green Mile (1999)	148,755	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	132,383	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Oldeuboi (2003)	66,687	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	34,687	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	82,110	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	30,416	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Gladiator (2000)	215,591	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	141,496	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Mononoke-hime (1997)	49,837	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	22,389	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	161,072	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	27,041	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	10,166	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	15,544	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	50,152	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	179,217	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	18,624	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	15,082	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	111,435	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	9,524	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	68,162	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	194,206	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Platoon (1986)	85,087	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	45,690	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	54,281	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	104,663	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	103,047	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	12,966	IMDb
142.	–	8.1	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	7,841	IMDb
143.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	74,020	IMDb
144.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	91,681	IMDb
145.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	10,126	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	10,185	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	44,902	IMDb
148.	▲ 1	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	134,724	IMDb
149.	▼ 1	8.1	The Killing (1956)	18,460	IMDb
150.	▲ 1	8.1	8½ (1963)	21,318	IMDb
151.	▼ 1	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	46,085	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	123,334	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	60,870	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Brief Encounter (1945)	9,584	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	43,875	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	70,235	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	18,794	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	17,785	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	126,895	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	The Wild Bunch (1969)	24,087	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	164,779	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	38,177	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	120,313	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	103,707	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	15,460	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	60,969	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	116,128	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	15,491	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	56,402	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Scarface (1983)	113,174	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	9,709	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Children of Men (2006)	116,087	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Harvey (1950)	17,978	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	103,006	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Lion King (1994)	97,574	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	107,670	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Sleuth (1972)	12,556	IMDb
178.	–	8.0	The Terminator (1984)	133,852	IMDb
179.	–	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	38,507	IMDb
180.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	19,490	IMDb
181.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	27,331	IMDb
182.	–	8.0	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	6,555	IMDb
183.	–	8.0	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	131,953	IMDb
184.	–	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	24,573	IMDb
185.	–	8.0	Umberto D. (1952)	6,077	IMDb
186.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	20,817	IMDb
187.	–	8.0	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	92,851	IMDb
188.	–	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	17,708	IMDb
189.	–	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	13,419	IMDb
190.	–	8.0	Crash (2004)	133,980	IMDb
191.	–	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	16,891	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	24,514	IMDb
193.	▲ 1	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	13,132	IMDb
194.	▼ 1	8.0	King Kong (1933)	29,979	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	57,105	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	Casino (1995)	80,902	IMDb
197.	▲ 3	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	7,816	IMDb
198.	▲ 1	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	16,083	IMDb
199.	▼ 2	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	5,389	IMDb
200.	▼ 2	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	139,285	IMDb
201.	▲ 1	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	23,933	IMDb
202.	▼ 1	8.0	La Belle et la bête (1946)	7,460	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	79,636	IMDb
204.	▼ 1	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	21,488	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	91,269	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	9,022	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	The Kid (1921)	8,929	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	31,075	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	16,351	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	25,257	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	30,982	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	111,147	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	45,527	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	22,087	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	22,600	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	36,625	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	11,706	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	98,838	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	Frankenstein (1931)	17,641	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	39,192	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	His Girl Friday (1940)	15,834	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	23,344	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	103,443	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	17,394	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	21,991	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	12,416	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	14,109	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	Network (1976)	23,639	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	29,243	IMDb
230.	▲ 1	8.0	La Strada (1954)	12,883	IMDb
231.	▼ 1	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	86,700	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	6,340	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	41,939	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	18,215	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	23,513	IMDb
236.	▲ 2	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	3,303	IMDb
237.	▲ 2	8.0	La Dolce vita (1960)	14,453	IMDb
238.	▼ 2	8.0	Rocky (1976)	67,156	IMDb
239.	▼ 2	8.0	Great Expectations (1946)	6,987	IMDb
240.	▲ 1	8.0	Planet of the Apes (1968)	43,360	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	26,628	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	Casino Royale (2006)	136,909	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	Ace in the Hole (1951)	5,179	IMDb
244.	–	8.0	Young Frankenstein (1974)	48,870	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	188,501	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.0	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	31,105	IMDb
247.	★	8.0	A Man for All Seasons (1966)	10,072	IMDb
248.	▼ 3	8.0	Laura (1944)	10,380	IMDb
249.	▼ 1	8.0	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	16,951	IMDb
250.	▼ 1	8.0	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)	57,374	IMDb

Comparing	6 Dec '08
with	5 Dec '08

New entries	1
Changes	35

1950-1959	38
1940-1949	26
1930-1939	14
1920-1929	7

Stanley Kubrick	6
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	124
United Kingdom	23
Italy	12
Germany	9
Japan	9

2008	4
2007	6
2006	8
2005	3
2004	8

2003	7
2002	4
2001	4
2000	6
1999	6
1998	4
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	3
1983	2
1982	3
1981	2
1980	4
1979	4
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	4
1974	4
1973	2
1972	2
1971	1
1970	1
1969	2
1968	4
1967	4
1966	4
1965	1
1964	1

drama	117
action	49
thriller	48
crime	39
adventure	36

Color	109
Black & White	45