IMDb Top 250 of 7 February 2009

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New entries (2)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
248.	★	8.0	Changeling (2008)	16,421	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	17,694	IMDb

Dropped out (2)

Last Rank		Title
248.	▼	Eskiya (1996)	IMDb
249.	▼	The Message (1976)	IMDb

Rank changes (36)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
21.	▲ 1	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	301,933	IMDb
22.	▼ 1	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	222,161	IMDb
47.	▲ 1	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	28,860	IMDb
48.	▼ 1	8.5	The Wrestler (2008)	26,305	IMDb
85.	▲ 1	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	45,465	IMDb
86.	▼ 1	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	131,993	IMDb
98.	▲ 1	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	71,437	IMDb
99.	▼ 1	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	27,004	IMDb
135.	▲ 1	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	19,428	IMDb
136.	▼ 1	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	13,607	IMDb
154.	▲ 1	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	48,053	IMDb
155.	▼ 1	8.1	The Killing (1956)	19,317	IMDb
160.	▲ 1	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	19,565	IMDb
161.	▼ 1	8.1	Brief Encounter (1945)	10,060	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	28,138	IMDb
188.	▲ 1	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	41,130	IMDb
189.	▼ 2	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	12,657	IMDb
204.	▲ 1	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	59,154	IMDb
205.	▼ 1	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	22,476	IMDb
207.	▲ 1	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	82,466	IMDb
208.	▼ 1	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	16,951	IMDb
213.	▲ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	23,748	IMDb
214.	▼ 1	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	26,313	IMDb
226.	▲ 2	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	3,759	IMDb
227.	▼ 1	8.0	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	6,754	IMDb
228.	▼ 1	8.0	La Strada (1954)	13,494	IMDb
231.	▲ 1	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	22,737	IMDb
232.	▼ 1	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	40,613	IMDb
233.	▲ 1	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	107,983	IMDb
234.	▼ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	30,493	IMDb
236.	▲ 3	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	24,347	IMDb
237.	▼ 1	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	24,320	IMDb
239.	▼ 2	8.0	Great Expectations (1946)	7,566	IMDb
241.	▲ 1	8.0	Rocky (1976)	71,260	IMDb
242.	▼ 1	8.0	Frost/Nixon (2008)	10,938	IMDb
249.	▲ 1	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	27,848	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	404,819	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	339,239	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	195,761	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	117,954	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	The Dark Knight (2008)	342,083	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	333,883	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	221,122	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	169,318	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	85,039	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	230,364	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	140,068	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	272,082	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	79,555	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	294,958	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	183,325	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	95,804	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	125,073	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	205,701	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	56,361	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	323,344	IMDb
21.	▲ 1	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	301,933	IMDb
22.	▼ 1	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	222,161	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	116,221	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	199,165	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	42,416	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	131,568	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	217,922	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	76,386	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	117,828	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	311,199	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	84,797	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	269,756	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	221,035	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	54,709	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	154,673	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	142,997	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	242,095	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	123,161	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	66,336	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	WALL·E (2008)	115,482	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	175,951	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	74,403	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	35,426	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	145,023	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Forrest Gump (1994)	235,482	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	M (1931)	31,563	IMDb
47.	▲ 1	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	28,860	IMDb
48.	▼ 1	8.5	The Wrestler (2008)	26,305	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	68,101	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	202,747	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	145,302	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	156,521	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	26,326	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	51,184	IMDb
55.	–	8.5	The Third Man (1949)	41,460	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	139,937	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	62,938	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	100,869	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	221,353	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	173,116	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	77,376	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	184,303	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	131,089	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	138,108	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	139,088	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	144,280	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	58,732	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	48,467	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	116,849	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	171,013	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	City Lights (1931)	20,455	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Rashômon (1950)	30,641	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	42,435	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Raging Bull (1980)	72,073	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	All About Eve (1950)	28,641	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Modern Times (1936)	27,526	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	30,982	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Der Untergang (2004)	61,492	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	45,123	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	28,145	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	32,100	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	54,657	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	149,800	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	79,084	IMDb
85.	▲ 1	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	45,465	IMDb
86.	▼ 1	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	131,993	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	85,961	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	28,408	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	35,485	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	49,845	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	203,957	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	120,527	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	56,591	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Touch of Evil (1958)	26,248	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	53,571	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	28,463	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	No Country for Old Men (2007)	149,531	IMDb
98.	▲ 1	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	71,437	IMDb
99.	▼ 1	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	27,004	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	28,511	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	32,624	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	20,380	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	160,698	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	199,127	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	219,286	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Jaws (1975)	112,937	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	52,709	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Strangers on a Train (1951)	26,843	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	143,940	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	Blade Runner (1982)	153,720	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	177,082	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	29,206	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	76,477	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	96,117	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	25,090	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	The Green Mile (1999)	154,833	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	27,741	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	23,464	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	137,028	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Oldeuboi (2003)	70,422	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Gladiator (2000)	223,502	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	36,066	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	31,983	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	84,635	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	146,719	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Mononoke-hime (1997)	51,665	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	23,227	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	167,183	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	28,003	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	15,696	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	52,220	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	16,223	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	10,633	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	9,967	IMDb
135.	▲ 1	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	19,428	IMDb
136.	▼ 1	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	13,607	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	115,787	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	185,686	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	70,694	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	199,953	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	47,275	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Platoon (1986)	88,121	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	60,714	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	108,154	IMDb
145.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	110,504	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	8,187	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	76,482	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	10,639	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	10,668	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	46,587	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	8½ (1963)	22,207	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	140,320	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	97,555	IMDb
154.	▲ 1	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	48,053	IMDb
155.	▼ 1	8.1	The Killing (1956)	19,317	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	18,450	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	128,607	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	62,780	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	133,240	IMDb
160.	▲ 1	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	19,565	IMDb
161.	▼ 1	8.1	Brief Encounter (1945)	10,060	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	72,531	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	45,827	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	16,156	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	39,749	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	The Wild Bunch (1969)	24,957	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	121,078	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	62,839	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	172,110	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	106,307	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Scarface (1983)	118,538	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	59,200	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	125,343	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	The Lion King (1994)	102,285	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	107,190	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Harvey (1950)	18,665	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	16,324	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	10,178	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	112,044	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Children of Men (2006)	121,793	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Sleuth (1972)	13,208	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	138,797	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	The Hustler (1961)	20,345	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Umberto D. (1952)	6,425	IMDb
185.	–	8.0	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	136,694	IMDb
186.	–	8.0	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	6,867	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	28,138	IMDb
188.	▲ 1	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	41,130	IMDb
189.	▼ 2	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	12,657	IMDb
190.	–	8.0	Sunrise (1927)	8,297	IMDb
191.	–	8.0	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	97,575	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	21,534	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	25,517	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	13,913	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	The Kid (1921)	9,521	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	13,791	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	16,738	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	18,438	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	Casino (1995)	84,461	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	25,698	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	King Kong (1933)	31,117	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	19,192	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	Crash (2004)	139,165	IMDb
204.	▲ 1	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	59,154	IMDb
205.	▼ 1	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	22,476	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	27,100	IMDb
207.	▲ 1	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	82,466	IMDb
208.	▼ 1	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	16,951	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	54,175	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	9,442	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	12,313	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	144,486	IMDb
213.	▲ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	23,748	IMDb
214.	▼ 1	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	26,313	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	32,254	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	32,141	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	38,404	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	93,303	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	Frankenstein (1931)	18,460	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	46,919	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	23,072	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	116,716	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	His Girl Friday (1940)	16,460	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	14,802	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	101,885	IMDb
226.	▲ 2	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	3,759	IMDb
227.	▼ 1	8.0	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	6,754	IMDb
228.	▼ 1	8.0	La Strada (1954)	13,494	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Network (1976)	24,907	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	La Belle et la bête (1946)	7,817	IMDb
231.	▲ 1	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	22,737	IMDb
232.	▼ 1	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	40,613	IMDb
233.	▲ 1	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	107,983	IMDb
234.	▼ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	30,493	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	18,172	IMDb
236.	▲ 3	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	24,347	IMDb
237.	▼ 1	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	24,320	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	90,924	IMDb
239.	▼ 2	8.0	Great Expectations (1946)	7,566	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)	12,964	IMDb
241.	▲ 1	8.0	Rocky (1976)	71,260	IMDb
242.	▼ 1	8.0	Frost/Nixon (2008)	10,938	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	La Dolce vita (1960)	15,333	IMDb
244.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	18,932	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Laura (1944)	10,986	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Planet of the Apes (1968)	45,555	IMDb
247.	–	8.0	Harold and Maude (1971)	22,718	IMDb
248.	★	8.0	Changeling (2008)	16,421	IMDb
249.	▲ 1	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	27,848	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	17,694	IMDb

Comparing	7 Feb '09
with	6 Feb '09

New entries	2
Changes	36

1950-1959	37
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	2
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