IMDb Top 250 of 9 January 2012

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
249.	★	8.0	La Grande illusion (1937)	15,149	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	IMDb

Rank changes (45)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
8.	▲ 1	8.8	The Dark Knight (2008)	626,755	IMDb
9.	▼ 1	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	289,229	IMDb
65.	▲ 1	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	292,291	IMDb
66.	▼ 1	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	86,509	IMDb
81.	▲ 1	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	114,225	IMDb
82.	▼ 1	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	124,457	IMDb
97.	▲ 1	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	24,205	IMDb
98.	▼ 1	8.3	The Sting (1973)	83,590	IMDb
117.	▲ 1	8.2	The General (1926)	25,469	IMDb
118.	▼ 1	8.2	Sin City (2005)	324,476	IMDb
128.	▲ 1	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	122,233	IMDb
129.	▼ 1	8.2	Jaws (1975)	179,028	IMDb
140.	▲ 1	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	84,781	IMDb
141.	▼ 1	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	305,081	IMDb
145.	▲ 1	8.1	Platoon (1986)	141,105	IMDb
146.	▼ 1	8.1	High Noon (1952)	42,366	IMDb
150.	▲ 2	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	18,394	IMDb
151.	▼ 1	8.1	The Kid (1921)	21,156	IMDb
152.	▼ 1	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	200,239	IMDb
169.	▲ 1	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	19,770	IMDb
170.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	240,411	IMDb
172.	▲ 1	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	21,327	IMDb
173.	▼ 1	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	35,401	IMDb
190.	▲ 1	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	33,449	IMDb
191.	▼ 1	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	18,335	IMDb
195.	▲ 1	8.0	Persona (1966)	23,191	IMDb
196.	▼ 1	8.0	The Princess Bride (1987)	149,814	IMDb
198.	▲ 3	8.0	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	23,207	IMDb
199.	▼ 1	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	143,947	IMDb
200.	▼ 1	8.0	Ratatouille (2007)	191,902	IMDb
201.	▼ 1	8.0	Hugo (2011)	16,069	IMDb
225.	▲ 1	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	164,043	IMDb
226.	▲ 1	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	69,407	IMDb
227.	▼ 2	8.0	Seppuku (1962)	7,350	IMDb
231.	▲ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	42,708	IMDb
232.	▲ 2	8.0	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	190,684	IMDb
233.	▼ 2	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	144,561	IMDb
234.	▼ 1	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	146,717	IMDb
239.	▲ 1	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	28,612	IMDb
240.	▼ 1	8.0	Yip Man (2008)	36,398	IMDb
244.	▲ 5	8.0	3 Idiots (2009)	26,753	IMDb
245.	▼ 1	8.0	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	30,845	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	181,637	IMDb
247.	▼ 2	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	244,550	IMDb
250.	▼ 4	8.0	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	30,487	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	692,149	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	519,864	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	325,580	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	216,879	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	543,811	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	12 Angry Men (1957)	168,263	IMDb
7.	–	8.9	Schindler's List (1993)	362,706	IMDb
8.	▲ 1	8.8	The Dark Knight (2008)	626,755	IMDb
9.	▼ 1	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	289,229	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	483,596	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	354,287	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	475,638	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	519,255	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	120,465	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	504,739	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	305,775	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	399,701	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Cidade de Deus (2002)	227,946	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	205,007	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	502,521	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	C'era una volta il West (1968)	99,680	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	150,589	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	305,488	IMDb
24.	–	8.7	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	331,522	IMDb
25.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	337,737	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	390,071	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Psycho (1960)	185,384	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Forrest Gump (1994)	427,594	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	433,740	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	130,383	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	365,827	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	Léon (1994)	281,301	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	69,960	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	187,690	IMDb
35.	–	8.6	Apocalypse Now (1979)	217,791	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	313,395	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	North by Northwest (1959)	114,550	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Citizen Kane (1941)	165,988	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	316,821	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	376,541	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Toy Story 3 (2010)	180,372	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	357,157	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	212,314	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	232,038	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	146,264	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	39,793	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	115,068	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Shining (1980)	241,819	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	57,270	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	241,943	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	185,837	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	M (1931)	50,499	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	WALL·E (2008)	264,348	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	Double Indemnity (1944)	47,671	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	The Departed (2006)	355,044	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	107,058	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	248,114	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	216,899	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	96,314	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Modern Times (1936)	49,453	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	103,138	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	La Vita è bella (1997)	149,893	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	249,215	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Back to the Future (1985)	275,709	IMDb
65.	▲ 1	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	292,291	IMDb
66.	▼ 1	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	86,509	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	276,479	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	61,646	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	The Prestige (2006)	299,011	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	206,947	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	100,686	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	41,178	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	The Green Mile (1999)	278,002	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	60,950	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	The Great Dictator (1940)	50,174	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	191,342	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	96,369	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	50,345	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Gladiator (2000)	382,004	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	202,775	IMDb
81.	▲ 1	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	114,225	IMDb
82.	▼ 1	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	124,457	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	85,021	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	69,766	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	37,769	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	42,949	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	315,954	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	74,057	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	209,274	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	199,379	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	52,307	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Oldeuboi (2003)	136,801	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	48,085	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	131,082	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	273,642	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Der Untergang (2004)	112,817	IMDb
97.	▲ 1	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	24,205	IMDb
98.	▼ 1	8.3	The Sting (1973)	83,590	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	286,507	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Mononoke-hime (1997)	87,885	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	221,691	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	40,964	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	77,206	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	198,320	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	51,139	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Die Hard (1988)	249,956	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	206,518	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	62,390	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	50,530	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	The Lion King (1994)	214,012	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	78,846	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	43,849	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	Hotaru no haka (1988)	48,247	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	360,269	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	36,711	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	62,075	IMDb
117.	▲ 1	8.2	The General (1926)	25,469	IMDb
118.	▼ 1	8.2	Sin City (2005)	324,476	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	193,292	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	23,802	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	204,842	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	244,633	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	230,879	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	41,997	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Smultronstället (1957)	28,410	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Black Swan (2010)	200,952	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	40,223	IMDb
128.	▲ 1	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	122,233	IMDb
129.	▼ 1	8.2	Jaws (1975)	179,028	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	The King's Speech (2010)	142,822	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	265,468	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Toy Story (1995)	222,623	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	The Big Lebowski (1998)	234,392	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	113,801	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	132,531	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	58,379	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	315,731	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	31,570	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	Strangers on a Train (1951)	44,402	IMDb
140.	▲ 1	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	84,781	IMDb
141.	▼ 1	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	305,081	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Warrior (2011)	43,670	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Scarface (1983)	211,620	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	20,661	IMDb
145.	▲ 1	8.1	Platoon (1986)	141,105	IMDb
146.	▼ 1	8.1	High Noon (1952)	42,366	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	27,929	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	274,450	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	156,482	IMDb
150.	▲ 2	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	18,394	IMDb
151.	▼ 1	8.1	The Kid (1921)	21,156	IMDb
152.	▼ 1	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	200,239	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	257,168	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	73,100	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	29,772	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	175,888	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	Notorious (1946)	38,620	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	196,079	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	14,987	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	103,056	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	El Secreto de sus ojos (2009)	42,084	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	There Will Be Blood (2007)	170,856	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	113,656	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Amores perros (2000)	82,696	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Casino (1995)	145,120	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	185,476	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	123,816	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	74,832	IMDb
169.	▲ 1	8.1	Les Diaboliques (1955)	19,770	IMDb
170.	▼ 1	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	240,411	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	243,458	IMDb
172.	▲ 1	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	21,327	IMDb
173.	▼ 1	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	35,401	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	48,119	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	101,598	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	117,381	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	118,689	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	315,234	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	District 9 (2009)	233,417	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	218,477	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	81,242	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	41,471	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	206,235	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Good Will Hunting (1997)	211,179	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	18,975	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	46,405	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	68,977	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	31,415	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	32,449	IMDb
190.	▲ 1	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	33,449	IMDb
191.	▼ 1	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	18,335	IMDb
192.	–	8.0	8½ (1963)	38,589	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	The Wrestler (2008)	137,767	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	41,323	IMDb
195.	▲ 1	8.0	Persona (1966)	23,191	IMDb
196.	▼ 1	8.0	The Princess Bride (1987)	149,814	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	The Killing (1956)	31,969	IMDb
198.	▲ 3	8.0	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	23,207	IMDb
199.	▼ 1	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	143,947	IMDb
200.	▼ 1	8.0	Ratatouille (2007)	191,902	IMDb
201.	▼ 1	8.0	Hugo (2011)	16,069	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	22,804	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	31,909	IMDb
204.	–	8.0	Drive (2011)	96,297	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	26,437	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	142,259	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	14,439	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)	44,785	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Fanny och Alexander (1982)	19,447	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	68,932	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	38,465	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Star Trek (2009)	202,128	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	25,034	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Avatar (2009)	390,728	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	42,873	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	50,016	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	138,144	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	16,559	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	11,042	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	The Truman Show (1998)	227,625	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	27,447	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)	15,082	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Mou gaan dou (2002)	45,449	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Festen (1998)	33,995	IMDb
225.	▲ 1	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	164,043	IMDb
226.	▲ 1	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	69,407	IMDb
227.	▼ 2	8.0	Seppuku (1962)	7,350	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	Låt den rätte komma in (2008)	90,772	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	41,599	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora É Outro (2010)	17,431	IMDb
231.	▲ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	42,708	IMDb
232.	▲ 2	8.0	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	190,684	IMDb
233.	▼ 2	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	144,561	IMDb
234.	▼ 1	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	146,717	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	326,814	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	218,377	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	186,871	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	Tôkyô monogatari (1953)	11,248	IMDb
239.	▲ 1	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	28,612	IMDb
240.	▼ 1	8.0	Yip Man (2008)	36,398	IMDb
241.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	50,699	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	Ed Wood (1994)	91,746	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	Stalker (1979)	28,492	IMDb
244.	▲ 5	8.0	3 Idiots (2009)	26,753	IMDb
245.	▼ 1	8.0	Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)	30,845	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	181,637	IMDb
247.	▼ 2	8.0	Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)	244,550	IMDb
248.	–	8.0	Shutter Island (2010)	226,447	IMDb
249.	★	8.0	La Grande illusion (1937)	15,149	IMDb
250.	▼ 4	8.0	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	30,487	IMDb

Comparing	9 Jan '12
with	8 Jan '12

New entries	1
Changes	45

1960-1969	25
1950-1959	33
1940-1949	16
1930-1939	9
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	6
2010	7
2009	8
2008	8
2007	6

2006	4
2005	3
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	2
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	5
1974	2
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