IMDb Top 250 of 30 March 2009

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
248.	★	8.0	Frost/Nixon (2008)	17,411	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	IMDb

Rank changes (33)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
38.	▲ 1	8.5	American History X (1998)	181,020	IMDb
39.	▼ 1	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	67,754	IMDb
78.	▲ 1	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	51,219	IMDb
79.	▼ 1	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	31,838	IMDb
138.	▲ 1	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	204,023	IMDb
139.	▼ 1	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	10,951	IMDb
140.	▲ 1	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	48,484	IMDb
141.	▼ 1	8.2	Platoon (1986)	90,408	IMDb
155.	▲ 1	8.1	The Killing (1956)	19,928	IMDb
156.	▼ 1	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	137,438	IMDb
159.	▲ 1	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	20,131	IMDb
160.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	132,243	IMDb
170.	▲ 1	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	177,701	IMDb
171.	▼ 1	8.1	Scarface (1983)	122,178	IMDb
179.	▲ 1	8.1	Sleuth (1972)	13,698	IMDb
180.	▼ 1	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	8,661	IMDb
181.	▲ 1	8.1	The Hustler (1961)	20,962	IMDb
182.	▼ 1	8.1	Umberto D. (1952)	6,690	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.1	The Kid (1921)	9,997	IMDb
188.	▼ 1	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	140,083	IMDb
205.	▲ 1	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	12,810	IMDb
206.	▼ 1	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	20,618	IMDb
210.	▲ 1	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	9,760	IMDb
211.	▼ 1	8.0	Crash (2004)	142,789	IMDb
217.	▲ 1	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	28,131	IMDb
218.	▼ 1	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	148,116	IMDb
222.	▲ 1	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	4,033	IMDb
223.	▼ 1	8.0	Frankenstein (1931)	19,030	IMDb
231.	▲ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	31,407	IMDb
232.	▼ 1	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	104,078	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	32,258	IMDb
247.	▼ 1	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	28,701	IMDb
250.	▼ 2	8.0	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	18,465	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	416,105	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	346,534	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	200,875	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	122,088	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	341,981	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	The Dark Knight (2008)	358,124	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	226,781	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	174,026	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	88,185	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	234,840	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	143,005	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	276,792	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	81,294	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	301,504	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	187,850	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	98,142	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	129,843	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	209,392	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	58,019	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	329,563	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	309,951	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	226,541	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	118,842	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	204,055	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	43,727	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	134,108	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	223,196	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	78,027	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	318,244	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	119,981	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	86,217	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	275,234	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	226,835	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Léon (1994)	159,442	IMDb
35.	–	8.6	Apocalypse Now (1979)	146,217	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	247,541	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	126,529	IMDb
38.	▲ 1	8.5	American History X (1998)	181,020	IMDb
39.	▼ 1	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	67,754	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	76,145	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	WALL·E (2008)	125,497	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	36,375	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Forrest Gump (1994)	242,400	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	148,399	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	M (1931)	32,460	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	102,515	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	29,842	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	69,762	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	148,522	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	160,395	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	27,036	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	209,119	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	53,616	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	The Third Man (1949)	42,489	IMDb
55.	–	8.5	The Shining (1980)	143,904	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	104,467	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	64,663	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	226,483	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	178,348	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	79,496	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	188,973	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	140,988	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	148,535	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	141,826	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	133,715	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	59,914	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	City Lights (1931)	21,174	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	49,577	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	175,013	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	120,454	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	The Wrestler (2008)	43,331	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Rashômon (1950)	31,623	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Raging Bull (1980)	74,130	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	43,399	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	All About Eve (1950)	29,440	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Modern Times (1936)	28,364	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	46,190	IMDb
78.	▲ 1	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	51,219	IMDb
79.	▼ 1	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	31,838	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Der Untergang (2004)	63,801	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	29,031	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	55,992	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	155,379	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	81,061	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	46,810	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	88,315	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	134,825	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	29,247	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	36,463	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	51,194	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	29,374	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	58,165	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	123,769	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	210,023	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	54,849	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Touch of Evil (1958)	26,949	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	21,103	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	27,706	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	33,682	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	164,801	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	29,404	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	73,765	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	203,276	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	No Country for Old Men (2007)	155,649	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	224,663	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Jaws (1975)	115,441	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	146,722	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Strangers on a Train (1951)	27,596	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Blade Runner (1982)	156,787	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	180,293	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	78,829	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	29,913	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	The Green Mile (1999)	159,208	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	25,766	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	28,396	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Oldeuboi (2003)	72,978	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Gladiator (2000)	229,186	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	24,061	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	33,105	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	37,089	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	139,861	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	100,994	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	150,115	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	86,528	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Mononoke-hime (1997)	53,097	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	16,148	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	171,868	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	23,875	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	16,739	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	28,726	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	14,105	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	10,382	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	53,686	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	20,103	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	118,631	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	72,562	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	190,036	IMDb
138.	▲ 1	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	204,023	IMDb
139.	▼ 1	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	10,951	IMDb
140.	▲ 1	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	48,484	IMDb
141.	▼ 1	8.2	Platoon (1986)	90,408	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	64,903	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	8,467	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	111,906	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	11,041	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	114,311	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	11,064	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	78,244	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	47,834	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	8½ (1963)	22,906	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	78,226	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	144,006	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	19,010	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	101,227	IMDb
155.	▲ 1	8.1	The Killing (1956)	19,928	IMDb
156.	▼ 1	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	137,438	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	64,324	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	49,549	IMDb
159.	▲ 1	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	20,131	IMDb
160.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	132,243	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	74,315	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	47,459	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	16,710	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Brief Encounter (1945)	10,427	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	41,161	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	64,461	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	124,685	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	The Wild Bunch (1969)	25,574	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	The Lion King (1994)	105,763	IMDb
170.	▲ 1	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	177,701	IMDb
171.	▼ 1	8.1	Scarface (1983)	122,178	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	61,074	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	109,971	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	108,344	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Harvey (1950)	19,165	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	16,927	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	128,658	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	115,081	IMDb
179.	▲ 1	8.1	Sleuth (1972)	13,698	IMDb
180.	▼ 1	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	8,661	IMDb
181.	▲ 1	8.1	The Hustler (1961)	20,962	IMDb
182.	▼ 1	8.1	Umberto D. (1952)	6,690	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	142,556	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Children of Men (2006)	125,761	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	10,557	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	14,372	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.1	The Kid (1921)	9,997	IMDb
188.	▼ 1	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	140,083	IMDb
189.	–	8.0	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	100,643	IMDb
190.	–	8.0	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	7,115	IMDb
191.	–	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	19,990	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	28,770	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	22,109	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	42,959	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	17,195	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	26,619	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	26,360	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	14,301	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	Casino (1995)	86,904	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	19,003	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	23,242	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	62,200	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	King Kong (1933)	31,961	IMDb
204.	–	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	60,697	IMDb
205.	▲ 1	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	12,810	IMDb
206.	▼ 1	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	20,618	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	17,437	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	84,493	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	27,116	IMDb
210.	▲ 1	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	9,760	IMDb
211.	▼ 1	8.0	Crash (2004)	142,789	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	24,536	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	33,203	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	13,988	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	39,710	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	15,324	IMDb
217.	▲ 1	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	28,131	IMDb
218.	▼ 1	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	148,116	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	33,005	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	His Girl Friday (1940)	16,963	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Changeling (2008)	31,454	IMDb
222.	▲ 1	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	4,033	IMDb
223.	▼ 1	8.0	Frankenstein (1931)	19,030	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	7,064	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	94,804	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	23,318	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Network (1976)	25,939	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	48,002	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	120,527	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	23,954	IMDb
231.	▲ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	31,407	IMDb
232.	▼ 1	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	104,078	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	111,377	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	24,933	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	94,341	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	25,211	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	41,662	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	18,812	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	La Dolce vita (1960)	15,980	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	Laura (1944)	11,481	IMDb
241.	–	8.0	Great Expectations (1946)	7,902	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	73,975	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	Good Will Hunting (1997)	121,180	IMDb
244.	–	8.0	Harold and Maude (1971)	23,534	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Planet of the Apes (1968)	46,882	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	32,258	IMDb
247.	▼ 1	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	28,701	IMDb
248.	★	8.0	Frost/Nixon (2008)	17,411	IMDb
249.	–	8.0	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)	62,198	IMDb
250.	▼ 2	8.0	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	18,465	IMDb

Comparing	30 Mar '09
with	29 Mar '09

New entries	1
Changes	33

1950-1959	37
1940-1949	25
1930-1939	13
1920-1929	7

Stanley Kubrick	7
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	126
United Kingdom	24
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	4
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	5
1974	3
1973	2
1972	2
1971	2
1970	1
1969	2
1968	4
1967	4
1966	3
1965	1
1964	1

drama	119
thriller	48
action	48
crime	40
adventure	35

Color	110
Black & White	45