IMDb Top 250 of 27 December 2009

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Rank changes (16)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
24.	▲ 1	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	223,171	IMDb
25.	▼ 1	8.6	Avatar (2009)	73,512	IMDb
88.	▲ 1	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	40,765	IMDb
89.	▼ 1	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	32,286	IMDb
92.	▲ 1	8.3	Sin City (2005)	233,152	IMDb
93.	▼ 1	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	52,477	IMDb
109.	▲ 1	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	82,811	IMDb
110.	▼ 1	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	177,232	IMDb
233.	▲ 1	7.9	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	16,224	IMDb
234.	▼ 1	7.9	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	25,609	IMDb
237.	▲ 1	7.9	Barry Lyndon (1975)	36,041	IMDb
238.	▼ 1	7.9	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	19,416	IMDb
244.	▲ 1	7.9	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	14,733	IMDb
245.	▼ 1	7.9	Brazil (1985)	70,966	IMDb
248.	▲ 1	7.9	Blood Diamond (2006)	103,353	IMDb
249.	▼ 1	7.9	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	32,155	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	463,132	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	376,425	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	221,212	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	139,880	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	377,899	IMDb
6.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	250,310	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	192,723	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	102,278	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	The Dark Knight (2008)	410,790	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	255,063	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	330,053	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	298,357	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	155,021	IMDb
14.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	207,242	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	88,431	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	148,178	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	343,765	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	225,450	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	108,342	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	356,111	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	245,757	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	130,575	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	65,704	IMDb
24.	▲ 1	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	223,171	IMDb
25.	▼ 1	8.6	Avatar (2009)	73,512	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	347,808	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	245,214	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	250,700	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	93,828	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	298,909	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	145,115	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	49,110	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	85,493	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	129,007	IMDb
35.	–	8.6	Léon (1994)	178,667	IMDb
36.	–	8.6	Apocalypse Now (1979)	159,611	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	269,326	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	202,042	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Forrest Gump (1994)	269,336	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	140,449	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	83,660	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	73,449	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	WALL·E (2008)	155,477	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	163,546	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	214,773	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	164,071	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	247,808	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	176,666	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	The Shining (1980)	160,723	IMDb
50.	–	8.4	The Departed (2006)	234,480	IMDb
51.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	40,642	IMDb
52.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	76,228	IMDb
53.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	118,909	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	155,366	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	89,459	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	64,368	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	M (1931)	36,134	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Double Indemnity (1944)	33,613	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	198,535	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	71,731	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	46,878	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	166,437	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	153,311	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	193,985	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	30,240	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	65,044	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	144,457	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	112,146	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Up (2009)	68,552	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	135,917	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	City Lights (1931)	24,203	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	54,258	IMDb
73.	–	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	81,968	IMDb
74.	–	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	178,534	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	50,714	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	147,709	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	149,764	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	61,434	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	97,542	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	182,218	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Der Untergang (2004)	73,261	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	47,584	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	101,290	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	88,822	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Modern Times (1936)	31,905	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	35,208	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	137,512	IMDb
88.	▲ 1	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	40,765	IMDb
89.	▼ 1	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	32,286	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	65,046	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	220,741	IMDb
92.	▲ 1	8.3	Sin City (2005)	233,152	IMDb
93.	▼ 1	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	52,477	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	35,392	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	32,332	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	The Green Mile (1999)	177,856	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	District 9 (2009)	102,404	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	33,121	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	32,861	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	60,254	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	56,702	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	158,732	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	246,114	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	195,194	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Gladiator (2000)	252,280	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Jaws (1975)	126,415	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	24,267	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	88,701	IMDb
109.	▲ 1	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	82,811	IMDb
110.	▼ 1	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	177,232	IMDb
111.	–	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	171,724	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	30,621	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	37,508	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	165,477	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	29,921	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Oldeuboi (2003)	84,986	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	33,249	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	152,605	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	94,957	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Mononoke-hime (1997)	59,290	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Strangers on a Train (1951)	30,993	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	38,219	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	131,835	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	191,506	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	41,322	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	The Wrestler (2008)	76,470	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	31,403	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	116,613	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	32,349	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	28,655	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	220,125	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	59,646	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	80,516	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	210,344	IMDb
135.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	99,475	IMDb
136.	–	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	26,601	IMDb
137.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	17,966	IMDb
138.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	53,419	IMDb
139.	–	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	155,082	IMDb
140.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	83,039	IMDb
141.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	126,097	IMDb
142.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	160,071	IMDb
143.	–	8.1	Yôjinbô (1961)	26,388	IMDb
144.	–	8.1	Star Trek (2009)	107,868	IMDb
145.	–	8.1	Ran (1985)	31,590	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	It Happened One Night (1934)	22,682	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	129,591	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	85,850	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	52,730	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	The Lion King (1994)	120,361	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	148,009	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	Smultronstället (1957)	19,008	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	16,111	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	70,915	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	137,588	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	82,263	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	71,886	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	130,913	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	116,717	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	162,776	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	122,260	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Scarface (1983)	136,985	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	55,304	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	70,076	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	8½ (1963)	26,082	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	45,949	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	53,717	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	200,701	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	21,356	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	18,753	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	154,698	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	23,216	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	12,832	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	113,057	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	116,426	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	143,583	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	12,556	IMDb
178.	–	8.0	Casino (1995)	97,652	IMDb
179.	–	8.0	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	11,744	IMDb
180.	–	8.0	Children of Men (2006)	141,971	IMDb
181.	–	8.0	The Killing (1956)	22,403	IMDb
182.	–	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	28,414	IMDb
183.	–	8.0	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	12,545	IMDb
184.	–	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	30,452	IMDb
185.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	82,387	IMDb
186.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	93,718	IMDb
187.	–	8.0	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	9,734	IMDb
188.	–	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	15,804	IMDb
189.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	23,250	IMDb
190.	–	8.0	Harvey (1950)	21,353	IMDb
191.	–	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	10,059	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	67,523	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	King Kong (1933)	35,360	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	The Kid (1921)	11,927	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	116,076	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	49,962	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	Good Will Hunting (1997)	135,765	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	45,225	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	19,308	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	127,612	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	26,533	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	42,532	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	30,600	IMDb
204.	–	8.0	Brief Encounter (1945)	11,950	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	165,319	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	Crash (2004)	156,925	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	18,998	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	Sleuth (1972)	15,585	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	24,296	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	31,201	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	112,815	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	85,477	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	106,412	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	37,420	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	26,260	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	35,082	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	28,074	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	Network (1976)	29,939	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	136,555	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	101,840	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	212,052	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	15,887	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	(500) Days of Summer (2009)	35,338	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	36,388	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	29,668	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Changeling (2008)	52,264	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	21,210	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	Planet of the Apes (1968)	52,257	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)	70,099	IMDb
230.	–	7.9	Shaun of the Dead (2004)	117,349	IMDb
231.	–	7.9	Glory (1989)	52,962	IMDb
232.	–	7.9	Spartacus (1960)	46,059	IMDb
233.	▲ 1	7.9	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	16,224	IMDb
234.	▼ 1	7.9	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	25,609	IMDb
235.	–	7.9	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	12,175	IMDb
236.	–	7.9	Mulholland Dr. (2001)	90,850	IMDb
237.	▲ 1	7.9	Barry Lyndon (1975)	36,041	IMDb
238.	▼ 1	7.9	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	19,416	IMDb
239.	–	7.9	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	100,467	IMDb
240.	–	7.9	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	17,445	IMDb
241.	–	7.9	Toy Story 2 (1999)	101,799	IMDb
242.	–	7.9	His Girl Friday (1940)	19,003	IMDb
243.	–	7.9	Casino Royale (2006)	160,630	IMDb
244.	▲ 1	7.9	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	14,733	IMDb
245.	▼ 1	7.9	Brazil (1985)	70,966	IMDb
246.	–	7.9	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	27,429	IMDb
247.	–	7.9	Mou gaan dou (2002)	31,985	IMDb
248.	▲ 1	7.9	Blood Diamond (2006)	103,353	IMDb
249.	▼ 1	7.9	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	32,155	IMDb
250.	–	7.9	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	25,473	IMDb

Comparing	27 Dec '09
with	26 Dec '09

New entries	0
Changes	16

1950-1959	33
1940-1949	21
1930-1939	12
1920-1929	5

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

Charlie Chaplin	5
Sergio Leone	4
Quentin Tarantino	4
Christopher Nolan	4
Akira Kurosawa	4

United States	130
United Kingdom	24
Italy	12
Germany	11
Japan	9

2009	6
2008	9
2007	6
2006	9
2005	3

2004	8
2003	7
2002	4
2001	6
2000	6
1999	7
1998	4
1997	4
1996	2
1995	7
1994	6
1993	3
1992	2
1991	2
1990	1
1989	2
1988	4
1987	2
1986	3
1985	3
1984	3
1983	2
1982	3
1981	2
1980	4
1979	4
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	5
1974	3
1973	2
1972	2
1971	1
1970	1
1969	2
1968	4
1967	3
1966	3
1965	1

drama	120
action	50
thriller	49
crime	40
adventure	38

Color	115
Black & White	45