IMDb Top 250 of 23 January 2009

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
249.	★	8.0	Frost/Nixon (2008)	6,563	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

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

Rank changes (47)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
47.	▲ 1	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	28,566	IMDb
48.	▼ 1	8.5	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	67,576	IMDb
57.	▲ 1	8.4	The Wrestler (2008)	17,916	IMDb
58.	▼ 1	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	99,650	IMDb
83.	▲ 5	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	23,318	IMDb
87.	▼ 4	8.3	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	39,744	IMDb
88.	▼ 1	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	85,163	IMDb
139.	▲ 1	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	198,650	IMDb
140.	▼ 1	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	70,069	IMDb
182.	▲ 1	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	137,667	IMDb
183.	▲ 1	8.1	The Hustler (1961)	20,142	IMDb
184.	▲ 1	8.0	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	6,790	IMDb
185.	▲ 1	8.0	Umberto D. (1952)	6,336	IMDb
186.	▲ 1	8.0	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	135,593	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	27,951	IMDb
188.	▲ 1	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	40,513	IMDb
189.	▲ 1	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	8,187	IMDb
190.	▲ 1	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	13,786	IMDb
191.	▲ 3	8.0	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	96,433	IMDb
194.	▲ 1	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	11,330	IMDb
195.	▲ 1	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	18,264	IMDb
196.	▲ 1	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	13,634	IMDb
197.	▲ 1	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	16,587	IMDb
198.	▲ 2	8.0	The Kid (1921)	9,376	IMDb
200.	▲ 1	8.0	Casino (1995)	83,634	IMDb
201.	▲ 1	8.0	King Kong (1933)	30,834	IMDb
202.	▲ 1	8.0	Crash (2004)	137,999	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	58,690	IMDb
204.	▲ 1	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	25,426	IMDb
205.	▲ 1	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	22,229	IMDb
206.	▲ 1	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	26,697	IMDb
207.	▲ 1	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	9,338	IMDb
208.	▲ 1	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	81,763	IMDb
209.	▲ 1	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	16,800	IMDb
210.	▲ 1	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	143,257	IMDb
211.	▲ 1	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	12,165	IMDb
212.	▲ 1	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	26,043	IMDb
213.	▲ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	23,469	IMDb
214.	▲ 1	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	31,903	IMDb
215.	▲ 1	8.0	Patton (1970)	31,860	IMDb
216.	▼ 34	8.0	Milk (2008)	10,462	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	51,350	IMDb
219.	▼ 1	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	92,803	IMDb
228.	▲ 4	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	3,662	IMDb
229.	▼ 1	8.0	La Strada (1954)	13,345	IMDb
231.	▼ 2	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	40,267	IMDb
232.	▼ 1	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	22,547	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	401,139	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	336,865	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	194,101	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	116,436	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	The Dark Knight (2008)	335,624	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	331,249	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	219,237	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	167,823	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	228,893	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	84,042	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	139,127	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	270,466	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	79,005	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	292,711	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	181,764	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	94,960	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	123,428	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	204,375	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	55,781	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	321,264	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	220,605	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	299,108	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	115,370	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	197,589	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	41,961	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	130,656	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	215,945	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	75,759	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	117,120	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	308,933	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	84,278	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	267,921	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	218,994	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	37,157	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	152,974	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	141,937	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	WALL·E (2008)	111,540	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	122,032	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	240,261	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	65,869	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	174,213	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	73,852	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	35,130	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	143,802	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	M (1931)	31,268	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Forrest Gump (1994)	233,170	IMDb
47.	▲ 1	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	28,566	IMDb
48.	▼ 1	8.5	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	67,576	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	200,500	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	144,165	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	155,261	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	26,102	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	The Third Man (1949)	41,117	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	50,398	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	138,631	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	62,422	IMDb
57.	▲ 1	8.4	The Wrestler (2008)	17,916	IMDb
58.	▼ 1	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	99,650	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	219,688	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	171,369	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	76,670	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	182,776	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	130,230	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	138,176	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	137,137	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	142,787	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	48,067	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	58,321	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	115,603	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	169,687	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	City Lights (1931)	20,217	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	42,092	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Rashômon (1950)	30,380	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Raging Bull (1980)	71,433	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	All About Eve (1950)	28,397	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Metropolis (1927)	30,728	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Der Untergang (2004)	60,728	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Modern Times (1936)	27,227	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	44,767	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	27,907	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	54,213	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	147,866	IMDb
83.	▲ 5	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	23,318	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	131,071	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	78,457	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	45,008	IMDb
87.	▼ 4	8.3	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	39,744	IMDb
88.	▼ 1	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	85,163	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	28,061	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	35,162	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	49,404	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	202,137	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	119,429	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Touch of Evil (1958)	26,013	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	53,157	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	56,052	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	No Country for Old Men (2007)	147,455	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	28,165	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	70,510	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	28,232	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	26,773	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	32,356	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	159,327	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	217,367	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	197,699	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	20,130	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Jaws (1975)	112,048	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	142,973	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Strangers on a Train (1951)	26,564	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	Blade Runner (1982)	152,713	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	176,005	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	29,029	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	94,692	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	75,673	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	24,851	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	27,509	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	The Green Mile (1999)	153,380	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	23,279	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	135,990	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Oldeuboi (2003)	69,472	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	35,728	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Gladiator (2000)	221,627	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	31,544	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	84,091	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	145,537	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Mononoke-hime (1997)	51,210	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	23,031	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	165,795	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	27,781	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	15,549	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	51,706	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	16,035	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	9,864	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	10,534	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	19,245	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	184,193	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	114,766	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	13,396	IMDb
139.	▲ 1	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	198,650	IMDb
140.	▼ 1	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	70,069	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	46,903	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Platoon (1986)	87,368	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	59,256	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	106,889	IMDb
145.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	109,120	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	8,100	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	75,866	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	10,549	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	10,516	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	46,167	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	96,249	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	8½ (1963)	21,971	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	139,066	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	The Killing (1956)	19,123	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	47,551	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	127,397	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	18,282	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Brief Encounter (1945)	9,942	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	62,319	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	19,354	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	131,713	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	71,939	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	45,328	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	The Wild Bunch (1969)	24,746	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	39,373	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	15,962	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	170,475	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	62,393	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	119,809	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	105,709	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	124,188	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	16,089	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Scarface (1983)	117,250	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	58,461	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Lion King (1994)	101,133	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	10,077	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Harvey (1950)	18,508	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	105,879	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Children of Men (2006)	120,493	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	111,070	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Sleuth (1972)	13,049	IMDb
182.	▲ 1	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	137,667	IMDb
183.	▲ 1	8.1	The Hustler (1961)	20,142	IMDb
184.	▲ 1	8.0	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	6,790	IMDb
185.	▲ 1	8.0	Umberto D. (1952)	6,336	IMDb
186.	▲ 1	8.0	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	135,593	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	27,951	IMDb
188.	▲ 1	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	40,513	IMDb
189.	▲ 1	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	8,187	IMDb
190.	▲ 1	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	13,786	IMDb
191.	▲ 3	8.0	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	96,433	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	21,338	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	25,255	IMDb
194.	▲ 1	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	11,330	IMDb
195.	▲ 1	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	18,264	IMDb
196.	▲ 1	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	13,634	IMDb
197.	▲ 1	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	16,587	IMDb
198.	▲ 2	8.0	The Kid (1921)	9,376	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	18,652	IMDb
200.	▲ 1	8.0	Casino (1995)	83,634	IMDb
201.	▲ 1	8.0	King Kong (1933)	30,834	IMDb
202.	▲ 1	8.0	Crash (2004)	137,999	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	58,690	IMDb
204.	▲ 1	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	25,426	IMDb
205.	▲ 1	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	22,229	IMDb
206.	▲ 1	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	26,697	IMDb
207.	▲ 1	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	9,338	IMDb
208.	▲ 1	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	81,763	IMDb
209.	▲ 1	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	16,800	IMDb
210.	▲ 1	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	143,257	IMDb
211.	▲ 1	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	12,165	IMDb
212.	▲ 1	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	26,043	IMDb
213.	▲ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	23,469	IMDb
214.	▲ 1	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	31,903	IMDb
215.	▲ 1	8.0	Patton (1970)	31,860	IMDb
216.	▼ 34	8.0	Milk (2008)	10,462	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	37,968	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	51,350	IMDb
219.	▼ 1	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	92,803	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	46,587	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	115,376	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	22,823	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Frankenstein (1931)	18,263	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	His Girl Friday (1940)	16,316	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	101,163	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	La Belle et la bête (1946)	7,733	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	14,642	IMDb
228.	▲ 4	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	3,662	IMDb
229.	▼ 1	8.0	La Strada (1954)	13,345	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	6,628	IMDb
231.	▼ 2	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	40,267	IMDb
232.	▼ 1	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	22,547	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	17,969	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	30,182	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Network (1976)	24,549	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	106,859	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	24,085	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	89,927	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	24,139	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	12,828	IMDb
241.	–	8.0	Great Expectations (1946)	7,464	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	18,749	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	70,283	IMDb
244.	–	8.0	La Dolce vita (1960)	15,114	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Laura (1944)	10,825	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Planet of the Apes (1968)	45,064	IMDb
247.	–	8.0	A Christmas Story (1983)	46,652	IMDb
248.	–	8.0	Harold and Maude (1971)	22,428	IMDb
249.	★	8.0	Frost/Nixon (2008)	6,563	IMDb
250.	–	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	27,500	IMDb

Comparing	23 Jan '09
with	22 Jan '09

New entries	1
Changes	47

1950-1959	36
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
Sergio Leone	4
Christopher Nolan	4
Akira Kurosawa	4
Francis Ford Coppola	3

United States	124
United Kingdom	23
Italy	12
Germany	10
France	9

2008	10
2007	6
2006	7
2005	3
2004	7

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

drama	117
thriller	48
action	48
crime	40
adventure	34

Color	108
Black & White	45