IMDb Top 250 of 3 January 2011

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Rank changes (26)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
90.	▲ 1	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	39,290	IMDb
91.	▼ 1	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	251,942	IMDb
116.	▲ 1	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	192,410	IMDb
117.	▼ 1	8.2	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	188,407	IMDb
130.	▲ 1	8.2	Hotaru no haka (1988)	36,958	IMDb
131.	▼ 1	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	250,282	IMDb
151.	▲ 1	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	82,808	IMDb
152.	▲ 1	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	12,106	IMDb
153.	▼ 2	8.1	The Social Network (2010)	61,048	IMDb
177.	▲ 1	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	177,441	IMDb
178.	▼ 1	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	237,230	IMDb
187.	▲ 4	8.1	True Grit (2010)	10,464	IMDb
188.	▼ 1	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	127,474	IMDb
189.	▼ 1	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	15,081	IMDb
190.	▼ 1	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	26,891	IMDb
191.	▼ 1	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	33,447	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	21,582	IMDb
204.	▼ 1	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	33,425	IMDb
212.	▲ 1	8.0	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	15,036	IMDb
213.	▼ 1	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	77,298	IMDb
224.	▲ 1	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	53,864	IMDb
225.	▼ 1	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	192,629	IMDb
228.	▲ 1	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	32,819	IMDb
229.	▼ 1	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	27,755	IMDb
241.	▲ 1	8.0	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	7,343	IMDb
242.	▼ 1	8.0	Sleuth (1972)	18,363	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	547,933	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	429,037	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	258,410	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	170,720	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	437,675	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	Inception (2010)	270,424	IMDb
7.	–	8.9	Schindler's List (1993)	290,057	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	12 Angry Men (1957)	127,528	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	226,197	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Dark Knight (2008)	489,357	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	290,110	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	381,650	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	101,224	IMDb
14.	–	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	333,268	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Fight Club (1999)	403,030	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	240,731	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	174,390	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	176,589	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	404,782	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	78,604	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	124,163	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	252,572	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Psycho (1960)	150,696	IMDb
24.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	278,223	IMDb
25.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	399,680	IMDb
26.	–	8.7	Toy Story 3 (2010)	96,270	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	258,481	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	295,016	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	107,106	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	289,119	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	342,196	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	57,470	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Forrest Gump (1994)	318,593	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	161,561	IMDb
35.	–	8.6	Léon (1994)	211,539	IMDb
36.	–	8.6	Apocalypse Now (1979)	180,586	IMDb
37.	–	8.6	Citizen Kane (1941)	143,129	IMDb
38.	–	8.6	North by Northwest (1959)	97,330	IMDb
39.	–	8.6	American Beauty (1999)	305,485	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	237,319	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	164,221	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	249,712	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	282,475	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	95,900	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	191,011	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	188,865	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	WALL·E (2008)	195,338	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	Black Swan (2010)	26,094	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	The Shining (1980)	187,249	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	107,784	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	82,611	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	47,082	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	Double Indemnity (1944)	38,870	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	142,329	IMDb
55.	–	8.5	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	202,191	IMDb
56.	–	8.5	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	86,267	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	80,100	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	M (1931)	41,879	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	The Departed (2006)	278,638	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	City Lights (1931)	29,357	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	177,233	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	230,936	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	195,094	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	72,912	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	52,858	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	222,342	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	171,321	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	82,559	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Modern Times (1936)	37,900	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	34,754	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	La Vita è bella (1997)	115,164	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Back to the Future (1985)	213,903	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	160,902	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	The Prestige (2006)	221,585	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	163,521	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Raging Bull (1980)	94,011	IMDb
77.	–	8.4	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	48,081	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	57,880	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	70,528	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	61,249	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	40,942	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	36,254	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	101,615	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	75,866	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	The Green Mile (1999)	210,694	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	159,773	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	166,852	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	29,170	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	196,498	IMDb
90.	▲ 1	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	39,290	IMDb
91.	▼ 1	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	251,942	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	38,298	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Der Untergang (2004)	87,057	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	124,195	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	140,395	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Gladiator (2000)	294,021	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	42,012	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	68,912	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	53,529	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	103,996	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	61,237	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	34,764	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Sin City (2005)	266,992	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Oldeuboi (2003)	103,617	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	43,000	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	179,114	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	219,747	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	36,902	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Die Hard (1988)	190,649	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	65,079	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	283,046	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Mononoke-hime (1997)	69,189	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	38,968	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Jaws (1975)	144,591	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	97,153	IMDb
116.	▲ 1	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	192,410	IMDb
117.	▼ 1	8.2	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	188,407	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	171,720	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	208,571	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	21,017	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	151,912	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	107,834	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	34,001	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	47,290	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	30,666	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	35,984	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	19,053	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	22,480	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	183,330	IMDb
130.	▲ 1	8.2	Hotaru no haka (1988)	36,958	IMDb
131.	▼ 1	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	250,282	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	68,466	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	District 9 (2009)	165,384	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Donnie Darko (2001)	220,537	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	91,976	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	47,733	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Strangers on a Train (1951)	36,113	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	High Noon (1952)	35,593	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Big Lebowski (1998)	187,182	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	26,258	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	244,026	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Avatar (2009)	284,203	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	The Lion King (1994)	146,722	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Platoon (1986)	113,590	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Into the Wild (2007)	108,204	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	138,101	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Notorious (1946)	32,784	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	149,534	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Toy Story (1995)	162,114	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	60,217	IMDb
151.	▲ 1	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	82,808	IMDb
152.	▲ 1	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	12,106	IMDb
153.	▼ 2	8.1	The Social Network (2010)	61,048	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	157,673	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	22,228	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	35,924	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	The Wrestler (2008)	100,685	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	24,444	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Scarface (1983)	160,133	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	61,456	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	30,182	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	143,010	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	81,676	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	98,652	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	64,037	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	175,294	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	155,148	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	188,261	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	18,079	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	The Kid (1921)	15,453	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	94,276	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	132,745	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	83,173	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	51,206	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Ikiru (1952)	17,066	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Casino (1995)	114,296	IMDb
177.	▲ 1	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	177,441	IMDb
178.	▼ 1	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	237,230	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	14,937	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	62,606	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	El Secreto de sus ojos (2009)	23,248	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	140,756	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	15,530	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	53,630	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Star Trek (2009)	143,506	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	8½ (1963)	31,290	IMDb
187.	▲ 4	8.1	True Grit (2010)	10,464	IMDb
188.	▼ 1	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	127,474	IMDb
189.	▼ 1	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	15,081	IMDb
190.	▼ 1	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	26,891	IMDb
191.	▼ 1	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	33,447	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	168,147	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	26,473	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	The Killing (1956)	25,920	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	18,643	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	Good Will Hunting (1997)	159,106	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	Network (1976)	35,689	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	25,194	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	104,957	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	32,511	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	35,424	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	14,732	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	21,582	IMDb
204.	▼ 1	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	33,425	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	109,622	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	Persona (1966)	16,680	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	20,921	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	11,337	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Children of Men (2006)	166,634	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	13,734	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	31,812	IMDb
212.	▲ 1	8.0	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	15,036	IMDb
213.	▼ 1	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	77,298	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	22,529	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	63,744	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	103,814	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	148,152	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	125,730	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	40,440	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Mary and Max (2009)	15,040	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	125,989	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	41,545	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Festen (1998)	27,830	IMDb
224.	▲ 1	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	53,864	IMDb
225.	▼ 1	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	192,629	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	11,591	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Patton (1970)	41,100	IMDb
228.	▲ 1	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	32,819	IMDb
229.	▼ 1	8.0	Duck Soup (1933)	27,755	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	His Girl Friday (1940)	21,479	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	The Truman Show (1998)	166,515	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	37,462	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)	60,360	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	245,385	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	The Philadelphia Story (1940)	28,732	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	48,183	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	Harvey (1950)	24,313	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)	31,086	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Faa yeung nin wa (2000)	26,369	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	Kick-Ass (2010)	110,640	IMDb
241.	▲ 1	8.0	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	7,343	IMDb
242.	▼ 1	8.0	Sleuth (1972)	18,363	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	A Christmas Story (1983)	54,746	IMDb
244.	–	8.0	Crash (2004)	178,209	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	25,066	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	23,515	IMDb
247.	–	8.0	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	21,501	IMDb
248.	–	8.0	Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003)	19,074	IMDb
249.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	33,334	IMDb
250.	–	8.0	Hable con ella (2002)	37,112	IMDb

Comparing	3 Jan '11
with	2 Jan '11

New entries	0
Changes	26

2010-2019	7
2000-2009	60
1990-1999	39
1980-1989	29
1970-1979	23

1960-1969	24
1950-1959	33
1940-1949	19
1930-1939	9
1920-1929	7

Stanley Kubrick	7
Christopher Nolan	5
Steven Spielberg	5
Akira Kurosawa	5
Martin Scorsese	5

Alfred Hitchcock	5
Billy Wilder	5
Charlie Chaplin	5
Sergio Leone	4
Quentin Tarantino	4

2010	7
2009	7
2008	7
2007	6
2006	6

2005	3
2004	8
2003	8
2002	5
2001	4
2000	6
1999	6
1998	6
1997	4
1996	2
1995	7
1994	7
1993	2
1992	2
1991	2
1990	1
1989	1
1988	4
1987	2
1986	3
1985	2
1984	4
1983	3
1982	4
1981	2
1980	4
1979	4
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	5
1974	2
1973	2
1972	2
1971	1
1970	1
1969	2
1968	3
1967	2
1966	4

drama	126
action	53
thriller	51
crime	41
adventure	41

Color	120
Black & White	49