IMDb Top 250 of 13 April 2009

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New entries (2)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
249.	★	8.0	Muhsin Bey (1987)	1,699	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	19,624	IMDb

Dropped out (2)

Last Rank		Title
248.	▼	Vals Im Bashir (2008)	IMDb
249.	▼	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	IMDb

Rank changes (21)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
73.	▲ 1	8.4	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	43,598	IMDb
74.	▼ 1	8.4	The Wrestler (2008)	45,135	IMDb
99.	▲ 1	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	165,812	IMDb
100.	▼ 1	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	33,934	IMDb
139.	▲ 1	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	48,837	IMDb
140.	▼ 1	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	11,028	IMDb
158.	▲ 1	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	49,897	IMDb
159.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	133,140	IMDb
162.	▲ 1	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	16,836	IMDb
163.	▼ 1	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	47,833	IMDb
176.	▲ 1	8.1	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	17,082	IMDb
177.	▼ 1	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	129,522	IMDb
178.	▲ 1	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	8,742	IMDb
179.	▼ 1	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	115,811	IMDb
211.	▲ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	24,735	IMDb
212.	▼ 1	8.0	Crash (2004)	143,583	IMDb
238.	▲ 1	8.0	Great Expectations (1946)	8,002	IMDb
239.	▼ 1	8.0	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	18,967	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	8.0	Planet of the Apes (1968)	47,226	IMDb
246.	▼ 1	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	32,480	IMDb
248.	▲ 2	8.0	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	34,493	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.1	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	418,310	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	347,951	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	201,860	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	122,954	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	343,675	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	The Dark Knight (2008)	360,804	IMDb
7.	–	8.8	Schindler's List (1993)	228,006	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	175,031	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	12 Angry Men (1957)	88,926	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	236,100	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Casablanca (1942)	143,637	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Star Wars (1977)	277,904	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	81,643	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	302,866	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	188,805	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	98,701	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	130,913	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	210,229	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	58,420	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	330,800	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	311,649	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	227,440	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	119,432	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	204,983	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	44,095	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	134,667	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	224,417	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	78,418	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	319,795	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	86,546	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	120,510	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	228,073	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	276,373	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Léon (1994)	160,445	IMDb
35.	–	8.6	Apocalypse Now (1979)	146,945	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	248,798	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	127,299	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	182,212	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	68,103	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	76,568	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	WALL·E (2008)	127,351	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Forrest Gump (1994)	243,867	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	36,630	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	149,108	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	M (1931)	32,682	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	30,088	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	70,206	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	110,375	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	149,273	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	161,243	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	27,184	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	210,448	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	54,122	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	The Shining (1980)	144,742	IMDb
55.	–	8.5	The Third Man (1949)	42,693	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	The Pianist (2002)	105,228	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	65,051	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	227,719	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	179,508	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	80,049	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	190,109	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	141,685	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	149,559	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	142,447	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	134,292	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	60,158	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	City Lights (1931)	21,365	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	49,824	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	175,882	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	121,202	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Rashômon (1950)	31,863	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Raging Bull (1980)	74,615	IMDb
73.	▲ 1	8.4	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	43,598	IMDb
74.	▼ 1	8.4	The Wrestler (2008)	45,135	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	All About Eve (1950)	29,595	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Modern Times (1936)	28,568	IMDb
77.	–	8.4	Gran Torino (2008)	55,395	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	46,439	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Der Untergang (2004)	64,304	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	32,046	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	29,246	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	56,309	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	The Prestige (2006)	156,607	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	81,530	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	47,116	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	135,514	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	La Vita è bella (1997)	88,762	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	29,444	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	36,712	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	51,458	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	29,577	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	58,518	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	124,527	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	211,352	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	55,120	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	27,874	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Touch of Evil (1958)	27,125	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	21,329	IMDb
99.	▲ 1	8.3	Back to the Future (1985)	165,812	IMDb
100.	▼ 1	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	33,934	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	29,629	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	204,260	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	74,320	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	No Country for Old Men (2007)	156,975	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	225,804	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Jaws (1975)	115,996	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	147,335	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Strangers on a Train (1951)	27,798	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Blade Runner (1982)	157,520	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	181,105	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	79,357	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	The Green Mile (1999)	160,130	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	30,055	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Notorious (1946)	25,928	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	28,589	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Gladiator (2000)	230,411	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Oldeuboi (2003)	73,599	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	33,411	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	The Big Sleep (1946)	24,183	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	140,608	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	37,336	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	101,861	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	150,930	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	86,929	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Mononoke-hime (1997)	53,460	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	16,250	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	172,897	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	24,021	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	14,232	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	16,879	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	28,902	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	10,472	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	54,083	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	20,306	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	119,361	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	73,012	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	191,005	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	204,838	IMDb
139.	▲ 1	8.2	Ben-Hur (1959)	48,837	IMDb
140.	▼ 1	8.2	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	11,028	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	65,946	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Platoon (1986)	90,900	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	8,541	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	112,746	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	11,148	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	Les Diaboliques (1955)	11,160	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	115,052	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	48,139	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	78,651	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	8½ (1963)	23,103	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	144,746	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	80,052	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	19,132	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	102,112	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	The Killing (1956)	20,078	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Snatch. (2000)	138,399	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	64,651	IMDb
158.	▲ 1	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	49,897	IMDb
159.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	133,140	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	20,320	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	74,749	IMDb
162.	▲ 1	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	16,836	IMDb
163.	▼ 1	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	47,833	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Brief Encounter (1945)	10,513	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	41,459	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	64,788	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	125,444	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	The Wild Bunch (1969)	25,728	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	The Lion King (1994)	106,504	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Scarface (1983)	122,989	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	178,957	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	61,470	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	110,641	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	108,733	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Harvey (1950)	19,302	IMDb
176.	▲ 1	8.1	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	17,082	IMDb
177.	▼ 1	8.1	The Incredibles (2004)	129,522	IMDb
178.	▲ 1	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	8,742	IMDb
179.	▼ 1	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	115,811	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Sleuth (1972)	13,814	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	The Hustler (1961)	21,098	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	143,342	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Umberto D. (1952)	6,758	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Children of Men (2006)	126,694	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	14,485	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	10,647	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	140,810	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	The Kid (1921)	10,094	IMDb
189.	–	8.0	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	101,341	IMDb
190.	–	8.0	The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)	7,189	IMDb
191.	–	8.0	The African Queen (1951)	28,898	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	22,121	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	22,247	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	17,317	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	Hotaru no haka (1988)	26,869	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	14,409	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	Casino (1995)	87,501	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	The Conversation (1974)	26,554	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	43,349	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)	19,138	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	23,435	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	63,765	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	King Kong (1933)	32,156	IMDb
204.	–	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	61,066	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	12,897	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	20,932	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	27,285	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	84,925	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	17,554	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	The Lost Weekend (1945)	9,836	IMDb
211.	▲ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	24,735	IMDb
212.	▼ 1	8.0	Crash (2004)	143,583	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	33,454	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	39,978	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	14,102	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	15,433	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	148,915	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)	28,372	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	Changeling (2008)	33,571	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	His Girl Friday (1940)	17,071	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Safety Last! (1923)	4,117	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	33,211	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Frankenstein (1931)	19,170	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	7,142	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	Network (1976)	26,168	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Wo hu cang long (2000)	95,192	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	23,457	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	121,532	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	31,639	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	104,531	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	Glory (1989)	48,231	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	112,099	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	24,165	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	25,068	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	95,060	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	25,419	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	Spartacus (1960)	41,902	IMDb
238.	▲ 1	8.0	Great Expectations (1946)	8,002	IMDb
239.	▼ 1	8.0	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	18,967	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	La Dolce vita (1960)	16,101	IMDb
241.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	74,577	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	Laura (1944)	11,586	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	Harold and Maude (1971)	23,707	IMDb
244.	–	8.0	Good Will Hunting (1997)	122,105	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	8.0	Planet of the Apes (1968)	47,226	IMDb
246.	▼ 1	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	32,480	IMDb
247.	–	8.0	My Man Godfrey (1936)	6,174	IMDb
248.	▲ 2	8.0	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	34,493	IMDb
249.	★	8.0	Muhsin Bey (1987)	1,699	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	19,624	IMDb

Comparing	13 Apr '09
with	12 Apr '09

New entries	2
Changes	21

1950-1959	36
1940-1949	25
1930-1939	14
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
Japan	9

2008	9
2007	6
2006	7
2005	3
2004	8

2003	6
2002	3
2001	4
2000	6
1999	6
1998	4
1997	4
1996	2
1995	7
1994	6
1993	2
1992	2
1991	2
1990	1
1989	2
1988	3
1987	3
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	120
thriller	48
action	48
crime	40
adventure	36

Color	111
Black & White	45