IMDb Top 250 of 2 September 2008

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New entries (3)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
248.	★	7.9	Rocky (1976)	62,450	IMDb
249.	★	7.9	Once (2006)	21,035	IMDb
250.	★	7.9	La Haine (1995)	19,747	IMDb

Dropped out (3)

Last Rank		Title
244.	▼	Ace in the Hole (1951)	IMDb
249.	▼	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	IMDb
250.	▼	Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)	IMDb

Rank changes (45)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
48.	▲ 1	8.4	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	144,951	IMDb
49.	▼ 1	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	38,333	IMDb
74.	▲ 1	8.3	City Lights (1931)	18,366	IMDb
75.	▼ 1	8.3	Modern Times (1936)	24,953	IMDb
88.	▲ 1	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	45,765	IMDb
89.	▲ 1	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	64,093	IMDb
90.	▼ 2	8.3	There Will Be Blood (2007)	81,326	IMDb
104.	▲ 1	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	148,633	IMDb
105.	▲ 1	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	134,372	IMDb
106.	▼ 2	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	18,249	IMDb
123.	▲ 1	8.2	Gladiator (2000)	206,850	IMDb
124.	▼ 1	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	153,651	IMDb
125.	▲ 1	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	135,598	IMDb
126.	▼ 1	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	9,539	IMDb
140.	▲ 1	8.1	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	8,974	IMDb
141.	▼ 1	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	84,688	IMDb
149.	▲ 1	8.1	8½ (1963)	20,130	IMDb
150.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	117,213	IMDb
155.	▲ 1	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	58,549	IMDb
156.	▼ 1	8.1	The Wild Bunch (1969)	23,038	IMDb
170.	▲ 1	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	58,754	IMDb
171.	▼ 1	8.1	Iron Man (2008)	89,972	IMDb
183.	▲ 2	8.0	Sleuth (1972)	11,712	IMDb
184.	▼ 1	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	23,331	IMDb
185.	▼ 1	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	16,675	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	18,238	IMDb
188.	▼ 1	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	12,645	IMDb
199.	▲ 3	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	13,956	IMDb
201.	▼ 2	8.0	Patton (1970)	29,824	IMDb
202.	▲ 1	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	15,320	IMDb
203.	▼ 2	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	20,643	IMDb
210.	▲ 2	8.0	The Kid (1921)	8,244	IMDb
211.	▼ 1	8.0	Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)	12,019	IMDb
212.	▼ 1	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	37,552	IMDb
217.	▲ 3	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	10,874	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	29,490	IMDb
219.	▼ 2	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	21,160	IMDb
220.	▼ 2	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	34,319	IMDb
238.	▲ 1	8.0	Lola rennt (1998)	65,376	IMDb
239.	▼ 1	8.0	Le Samouraï (1967)	7,230	IMDb
240.	▲ 1	7.9	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	181,258	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	7.9	Inherit the Wind (1960)	8,654	IMDb
244.	▲ 1	7.9	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	15,942	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	7.9	Barry Lyndon (1975)	28,752	IMDb
246.	▲ 2	7.9	Great Expectations (1946)	6,335	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	370,409	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	316,219	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Dark Knight (2008)	261,873	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	179,179	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	105,491	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	309,803	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	205,174	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	156,000	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	216,258	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	75,851	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	131,477	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	256,902	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	74,304	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	274,793	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	169,093	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	88,497	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	193,111	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	111,154	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	51,124	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	304,398	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	207,649	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	108,179	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Fight Club (1999)	276,787	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	185,116	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	123,729	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	71,055	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	200,984	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	111,249	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	WALL·E (2008)	65,686	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	38,523	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	252,751	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	290,359	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	78,507	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	203,127	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	62,144	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	133,685	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	113,458	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	225,625	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	140,415	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	160,645	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	69,211	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	134,533	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	32,422	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	M (1931)	28,800	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	182,689	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	63,238	IMDb
47.	–	8.4	Forrest Gump (1994)	215,237	IMDb
48.	▲ 1	8.4	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	144,951	IMDb
49.	▼ 1	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	38,333	IMDb
50.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	57,974	IMDb
51.	–	8.4	Alien (1979)	134,699	IMDb
52.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	43,370	IMDb
53.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	24,149	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	Double Indemnity (1944)	26,253	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	127,614	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	157,854	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	90,842	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	70,914	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	206,024	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	104,771	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	123,446	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	131,313	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	45,006	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	130,101	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	128,967	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	55,108	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	158,443	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	170,143	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Rashômon (1950)	28,094	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	39,391	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Raging Bull (1980)	66,327	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Der Untergang (2004)	54,978	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Metropolis (1927)	28,424	IMDb
74.	▲ 1	8.3	City Lights (1931)	18,366	IMDb
75.	▼ 1	8.3	Modern Times (1936)	24,953	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	25,768	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	No Country for Old Men (2007)	128,525	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	26,534	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	41,737	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	123,556	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	132,265	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	79,050	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	73,612	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	186,243	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	50,690	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	25,877	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	41,308	IMDb
88.	▲ 1	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	45,765	IMDb
89.	▲ 1	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	64,093	IMDb
90.	▼ 2	8.3	There Will Be Blood (2007)	81,326	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	29,967	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	32,501	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Touch of Evil (1958)	23,941	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	110,815	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	25,653	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	199,459	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	25,795	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	51,586	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	49,016	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Jaws (1975)	104,846	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	186,076	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	24,780	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Blade Runner (1982)	143,844	IMDb
104.	▲ 1	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	148,633	IMDb
105.	▲ 1	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	134,372	IMDb
106.	▼ 2	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	18,249	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Strangers on a Train (1951)	24,359	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	27,390	IMDb
109.	–	8.2	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	166,729	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	25,578	IMDb
111.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	23,007	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	69,770	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	21,507	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Oldeuboi (2003)	62,150	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	126,727	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	79,027	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	21,270	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	The Green Mile (1999)	142,090	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	32,235	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	25,865	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	28,669	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Mononoke-hime (1997)	47,432	IMDb
123.	▲ 1	8.2	Gladiator (2000)	206,850	IMDb
124.	▼ 1	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	153,651	IMDb
125.	▲ 1	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	135,598	IMDb
126.	▼ 1	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	9,539	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	171,491	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	47,852	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	17,708	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	97,253	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	14,235	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	7,369	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	98,122	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	46,960	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	43,848	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	187,604	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	65,060	IMDb
138.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	81,457	IMDb
139.	–	8.1	Smultronstället (1957)	14,585	IMDb
140.	▲ 1	8.1	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	8,974	IMDb
141.	▼ 1	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	84,688	IMDb
142.	–	8.1	Heat (1995)	105,878	IMDb
143.	–	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	9,508	IMDb
144.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	71,070	IMDb
145.	–	8.1	The Killing (1956)	17,367	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	43,686	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Brief Encounter (1945)	8,949	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	42,541	IMDb
149.	▲ 1	8.1	8½ (1963)	20,130	IMDb
150.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	117,213	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	9,527	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	9,096	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	127,090	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	12,065	IMDb
155.	▲ 1	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	58,549	IMDb
156.	▼ 1	8.1	The Wild Bunch (1969)	23,038	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	155,872	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	114,287	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	67,306	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	17,672	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	100,723	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	41,298	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	119,951	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	36,318	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Children of Men (2006)	109,376	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	16,878	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	14,517	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	14,565	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	111,195	IMDb
170.	▲ 1	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	58,754	IMDb
171.	▼ 1	8.1	Iron Man (2008)	89,972	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Scarface (1983)	106,924	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	52,662	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Harvey (1950)	17,013	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	35,710	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	98,656	IMDb
177.	–	8.0	Toy Story (1995)	102,776	IMDb
178.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	26,306	IMDb
179.	–	8.0	Crash (2004)	127,963	IMDb
180.	–	8.0	The Lion King (1994)	91,924	IMDb
181.	–	8.0	The Terminator (1984)	127,950	IMDb
182.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	19,801	IMDb
183.	▲ 2	8.0	Sleuth (1972)	11,712	IMDb
184.	▼ 1	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	23,331	IMDb
185.	▼ 1	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	16,675	IMDb
186.	–	8.0	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	126,527	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	18,238	IMDb
188.	▼ 1	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	12,645	IMDb
189.	–	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	22,883	IMDb
190.	–	8.0	La Belle et la bête (1946)	7,015	IMDb
191.	–	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	132,882	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	12,222	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	87,586	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	6,142	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	8,474	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	88,678	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	King Kong (1933)	28,582	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	104,993	IMDb
199.	▲ 3	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	13,956	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	54,428	IMDb
201.	▼ 2	8.0	Patton (1970)	29,824	IMDb
202.	▲ 1	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	15,320	IMDb
203.	▼ 2	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	20,643	IMDb
204.	–	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	22,190	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	Umberto D. (1952)	5,620	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	75,742	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	43,965	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	7,259	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Casino (1995)	76,502	IMDb
210.	▲ 2	8.0	The Kid (1921)	8,244	IMDb
211.	▼ 1	8.0	Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)	12,019	IMDb
212.	▼ 1	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	37,552	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	15,524	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	95,032	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Frankenstein (1931)	16,582	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	20,186	IMDb
217.	▲ 3	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	10,874	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	29,490	IMDb
219.	▼ 2	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	21,160	IMDb
220.	▼ 2	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	34,319	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	21,164	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	23,948	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	11,678	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	98,354	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	16,347	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	82,522	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	27,675	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	22,214	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Stalker (1979)	14,110	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	12,076	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	His Girl Friday (1940)	15,003	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	La Dolce vita (1960)	13,503	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	17,311	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	Network (1976)	22,160	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	25,094	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	Young Frankenstein (1974)	46,753	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	The Searchers (1956)	23,128	IMDb
238.	▲ 1	8.0	Lola rennt (1998)	65,376	IMDb
239.	▼ 1	8.0	Le Samouraï (1967)	7,230	IMDb
240.	▲ 1	7.9	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	181,258	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	7.9	Inherit the Wind (1960)	8,654	IMDb
242.	–	7.9	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	22,472	IMDb
243.	–	7.9	American Gangster (2007)	80,274	IMDb
244.	▲ 1	7.9	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	15,942	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	7.9	Barry Lyndon (1975)	28,752	IMDb
246.	▲ 2	7.9	Great Expectations (1946)	6,335	IMDb
247.	–	7.9	Ikiru (1952)	11,893	IMDb
248.	★	7.9	Rocky (1976)	62,450	IMDb
249.	★	7.9	Once (2006)	21,035	IMDb
250.	★	7.9	La Haine (1995)	19,747	IMDb

Comparing	2 Sep '08
with	1 Sep '08

New entries	3
Changes	45

1950-1959	38
1940-1949	25
1930-1939	14
1920-1929	7

Stanley Kubrick	7
Steven Spielberg	5
Akira Kurosawa	5
Martin Scorsese	5
Alfred Hitchcock	5

Billy Wilder	5
Charlie Chaplin	5
Christopher Nolan	4
Sergio Leone	4
Francis Ford Coppola	3

United States	125
United Kingdom	24
Italy	12
France	10
Germany	9

2008	3
2007	7
2006	8
2005	3
2004	7

2003	7
2002	4
2001	4
2000	6
1999	6
1998	5
1997	3
1996	2
1995	8
1994	6
1993	2
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	5
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	5
1974	4
1973	2
1972	2
1971	1
1970	1
1969	2
1968	3
1967	5
1966	2
1965	1
1964	1

drama	119
action	49
thriller	48
crime	40
adventure	36

Color	109
Black & White	47