IMDb Top 250 of 1 January 2012

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New entries (2)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
249.	★	8.0	3 Idiots (2009)	25,873	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	13,707	IMDb

Dropped out (2)

Last Rank		Title
249.	▼	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)	IMDb
250.	▼	Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)	IMDb

Rank changes (37)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
81.	▲ 1	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	201,208	IMDb
82.	▼ 1	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	123,645	IMDb
107.	▲ 1	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	22,517	IMDb
108.	▼ 1	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	62,092	IMDb
111.	▲ 1	8.3	The Lion King (1994)	211,780	IMDb
112.	▼ 1	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	43,636	IMDb
121.	▲ 1	8.2	Fargo (1996)	203,734	IMDb
122.	▼ 1	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	229,532	IMDb
125.	▲ 1	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	28,241	IMDb
126.	▼ 1	8.2	Black Swan (2010)	197,468	IMDb
129.	▲ 1	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	40,027	IMDb
130.	▼ 1	8.2	The King's Speech (2010)	139,668	IMDb
144.	▲ 1	8.2	High Noon (1952)	42,186	IMDb
145.	▼ 1	8.1	Platoon (1986)	140,152	IMDb
159.	▲ 1	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	102,325	IMDb
160.	▼ 1	8.1	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)	14,899	IMDb
171.	▲ 1	8.1	Les diaboliques (1955)	19,640	IMDb
172.	▼ 1	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	35,231	IMDb
190.	▲ 1	8.0	La battaglia di Algeri (1966)	18,227	IMDb
191.	▼ 1	8.0	Mary and Max (2009)	32,832	IMDb
193.	▲ 1	8.0	8½ (1963)	38,337	IMDb
194.	▲ 1	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	139,945	IMDb
195.	▼ 2	8.0	Drive (2011)	88,312	IMDb
217.	▲ 1	8.0	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	10,948	IMDb
218.	▼ 1	8.0	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	16,486	IMDb
223.	▲ 2	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	41,269	IMDb
224.	▼ 1	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	162,591	IMDb
225.	▼ 1	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	89,942	IMDb
226.	▲ 1	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	68,953	IMDb
227.	▼ 1	8.0	Festen (1998)	33,774	IMDb
237.	▲ 1	8.0	Seppuku (1962)	7,243	IMDb
238.	▼ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	50,287	IMDb
240.	▲ 1	8.0	Tôkyô monogatari (1953)	11,170	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	91,275	IMDb
244.	▲ 3	8.0	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	30,139	IMDb
245.	▼ 1	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	179,316	IMDb
247.	▼ 2	8.0	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	104,180	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	687,314	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	516,780	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	323,311	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)	215,448	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	540,097	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	12 Angry Men (1957)	166,987	IMDb
7.	–	8.9	Schindler's List (1993)	360,181	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	287,076	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	The Dark Knight (2008)	621,541	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	479,698	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	351,964	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	469,252	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	515,075	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	119,965	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	500,857	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	303,524	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	397,318	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	226,126	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	203,980	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	99,095	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	498,843	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	149,721	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	303,618	IMDb
24.	–	8.7	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	328,914	IMDb
25.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	335,657	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Psycho (1960)	184,354	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	386,559	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Forrest Gump (1994)	423,388	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	430,219	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	129,488	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	363,185	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	Léon (1994)	278,777	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	69,627	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	186,884	IMDb
35.	–	8.6	Apocalypse Now (1979)	216,544	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	310,735	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	North by Northwest (1959)	113,985	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Citizen Kane (1941)	165,301	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	314,384	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	373,941	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Toy Story 3 (2010)	178,019	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	354,550	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	210,552	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	230,455	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	144,860	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	39,467	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	114,440	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Shining (1980)	240,012	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	56,995	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	240,181	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	184,322	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	M (1931)	50,256	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	WALL·E (2008)	261,854	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	The Departed (2006)	352,271	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Double Indemnity (1944)	47,439	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	106,024	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	246,660	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	95,870	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	215,355	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Modern Times (1936)	49,035	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	102,528	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	La vita è bella (1997)	148,700	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	247,365	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	290,168	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Back to the Future (1985)	273,593	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	86,048	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	274,504	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	61,389	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	The Prestige (2006)	296,113	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	205,657	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	100,028	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	41,007	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	The Green Mile (1999)	275,539	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	60,522	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	49,790	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)	190,314	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	95,651	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	50,086	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Gladiator (2000)	378,692	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	113,588	IMDb
81.	▲ 1	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	201,208	IMDb
82.	▼ 1	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	123,645	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	84,530	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	69,334	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	42,723	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	37,493	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	73,605	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	313,604	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	El laberinto del fauno (2006)	207,722	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	198,340	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	52,000	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Oldeuboi (2003)	135,605	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	47,740	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	130,214	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Der Untergang (2004)	111,869	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	271,587	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	83,111	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	283,404	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Mononoke-hime (1997)	87,162	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	220,112	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	40,743	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	76,710	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	195,565	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	50,885	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Die Hard (1988)	247,639	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	203,946	IMDb
107.	▲ 1	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	22,517	IMDb
108.	▼ 1	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	62,092	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Det sjunde inseglet (1957)	50,187	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	78,334	IMDb
111.	▲ 1	8.3	The Lion King (1994)	211,780	IMDb
112.	▼ 1	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	43,636	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	Hotaru no haka (1988)	47,895	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	357,210	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	36,528	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Sin City (2005)	322,542	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	61,611	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	25,345	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	191,776	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	23,649	IMDb
121.	▲ 1	8.2	Fargo (1996)	203,734	IMDb
122.	▼ 1	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	229,532	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	242,268	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	41,813	IMDb
125.	▲ 1	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	28,241	IMDb
126.	▼ 1	8.2	Black Swan (2010)	197,468	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Jaws (1975)	177,863	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	121,343	IMDb
129.	▲ 1	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	40,027	IMDb
130.	▼ 1	8.2	The King's Speech (2010)	139,668	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	263,580	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Toy Story (1995)	220,405	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	The Big Lebowski (1998)	232,855	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	113,040	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	131,629	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	58,054	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	313,250	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	31,421	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	Strangers on a Train (1951)	44,136	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	302,909	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	84,196	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Scarface (1983)	209,659	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	20,571	IMDb
144.	▲ 1	8.2	High Noon (1952)	42,186	IMDb
145.	▼ 1	8.1	Platoon (1986)	140,152	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	36,727	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	272,698	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	154,724	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	198,716	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	27,738	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	The Kid (1921)	20,978	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	254,590	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	Le salaire de la peur (1953)	18,315	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	72,667	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	29,609	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	194,312	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	Notorious (1946)	38,448	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	174,215	IMDb
159.	▲ 1	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	102,325	IMDb
160.	▼ 1	8.1	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)	14,899	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	There Will Be Blood (2007)	169,753	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	El secreto de sus ojos (2009)	41,496	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	112,691	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	81,986	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	183,935	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Casino (1995)	143,983	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	122,952	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	74,353	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	237,896	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	241,272	IMDb
171.	▲ 1	8.1	Les diaboliques (1955)	19,640	IMDb
172.	▼ 1	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	35,231	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	21,229	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	100,867	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	47,548	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	115,298	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	117,813	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	District 9 (2009)	231,118	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2006)	312,356	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	217,003	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	80,584	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	41,297	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	204,073	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Good Will Hunting (1997)	209,101	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	18,846	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	46,106	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	68,429	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	32,314	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Les quatre cents coups (1959)	31,224	IMDb
190.	▲ 1	8.0	La battaglia di Algeri (1966)	18,227	IMDb
191.	▼ 1	8.0	Mary and Max (2009)	32,832	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	The Wrestler (2008)	136,443	IMDb
193.	▲ 1	8.0	8½ (1963)	38,337	IMDb
194.	▲ 1	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	139,945	IMDb
195.	▼ 2	8.0	Drive (2011)	88,312	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	The Princess Bride (1987)	149,019	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	40,980	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	The Killing (1956)	31,781	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	Persona (1966)	23,019	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	Ratatouille (2007)	189,708	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	Hugo (2011/II)	14,182	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	31,762	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	La strada (1954)	22,701	IMDb
204.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	26,271	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	141,224	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	14,369	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	44,381	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	19,299	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Star Trek (2009)	200,042	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	38,316	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	Avatar (2009)	386,930	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	68,137	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	24,937	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	42,658	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	49,747	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	136,887	IMDb
217.	▲ 1	8.0	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	10,948	IMDb
218.	▼ 1	8.0	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	16,486	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	The Truman Show (1998)	225,355	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	27,272	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Le notti di Cabiria (1957)	14,990	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	45,173	IMDb
223.	▲ 2	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	41,269	IMDb
224.	▼ 1	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	162,591	IMDb
225.	▼ 1	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	89,942	IMDb
226.	▲ 1	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	68,953	IMDb
227.	▼ 1	8.0	Festen (1998)	33,774	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora É Outro (2010)	16,615	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	143,120	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	145,976	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	216,538	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	42,390	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	324,008	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	185,462	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	188,044	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	28,462	IMDb
237.	▲ 1	8.0	Seppuku (1962)	7,243	IMDb
238.	▼ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	50,287	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Yip Man (2008)	35,641	IMDb
240.	▲ 1	8.0	Tôkyô monogatari (1953)	11,170	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	91,275	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	Stalker (1979)	28,290	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	242,623	IMDb
244.	▲ 3	8.0	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	30,139	IMDb
245.	▼ 1	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	179,316	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Shutter Island (2010)	222,822	IMDb
247.	▼ 2	8.0	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	104,180	IMDb
248.	–	8.0	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	30,591	IMDb
249.	★	8.0	3 Idiots (2009)	25,873	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	13,707	IMDb

Comparing	1 Jan '12
with	31 Dec '11

New entries	2
Changes	37

1960-1969	25
1950-1959	33
1940-1949	16
1930-1939	8
1920-1929	7

Stanley Kubrick	7
Martin Scorsese	6
Steven Spielberg	5
Christopher Nolan	5
Akira Kurosawa	5

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

United States	139
United Kingdom	26
Japan	13
Italy	12
Germany	11

2011	5
2010	7
2009	8
2008	8
2007	6

2006	5
2005	2
2004	7
2003	7
2002	4
2001	6
2000	5
1999	6
1998	6
1997	4
1996	2
1995	7
1994	7
1993	2
1992	2
1991	3
1990	1
1989	1
1988	4
1987	2
1986	3
1985	2
1984	4
1983	2
1982	4
1981	2
1980	4
1979	5
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	4
1974	3
1973	2
1972	1
1971	1
1969	2
1968	3
1967	2
1966	4

drama	133
action	56
thriller	52
adventure	43
crime	42

Color	127
Black & White	51