IMDb Top 250 of 26 February 2012

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	8.0	Grand Illusion (1937)	15,532	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
248.	▼	Three Colors: Red (1994)	IMDb

Rank changes (28)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
83.	▲ 1	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	87,765	IMDb
84.	▼ 1	8.3	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	39,246	IMDb
100.	▲ 1	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	230,482	IMDb
101.	▼ 1	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	301,950	IMDb
116.	▲ 2	8.2	The Artist (2011)	32,607	IMDb
117.	▼ 1	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	64,755	IMDb
118.	▼ 1	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	24,687	IMDb
129.	▲ 1	8.2	Jaws (1975)	185,151	IMDb
130.	▼ 1	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	127,138	IMDb
161.	▲ 1	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	205,319	IMDb
162.	▼ 1	8.1	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	271,137	IMDb
180.	▲ 1	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	84,981	IMDb
181.	▼ 1	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	225,904	IMDb
204.	▲ 2	8.0	Harakiri (1962)	7,944	IMDb
205.	▼ 1	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	159,258	IMDb
206.	▼ 1	8.0	Fanny and Alexander (1982)	20,194	IMDb
224.	▲ 1	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	43,264	IMDb
225.	▼ 1	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	71,982	IMDb
229.	▲ 1	8.0	Let the Right One In (2008)	95,294	IMDb
230.	▼ 1	8.0	Tokyo Story (1953)	11,782	IMDb
233.	▲ 1	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	342,223	IMDb
234.	▲ 1	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	150,992	IMDb
235.	▲ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	52,919	IMDb
236.	▲ 1	8.0	Drive (2011)	139,931	IMDb
237.	▼ 4	8.0	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	70,789	IMDb
244.	▲ 1	8.0	3 Idiots (2009)	31,186	IMDb
245.	▼ 1	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	193,161	IMDb
248.	▲ 2	8.0	Nosferatu (1922)	37,397	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	717,701	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	537,002	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	337,895	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	564,108	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	224,699	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	12 Angry Men (1957)	175,457	IMDb
7.	–	8.9	Schindler's List (1993)	376,796	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	The Dark Knight (2008)	652,654	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	503,421	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	301,656	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	366,274	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	541,322	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	505,273	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Seven Samurai (1954)	123,639	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	524,711	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	318,486	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)	412,491	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	City of God (2002)	237,312	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	210,609	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	522,179	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	102,924	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	155,434	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	315,615	IMDb
24.	–	8.7	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	345,647	IMDb
25.	–	8.7	The Usual Suspects (1995)	349,126	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	408,251	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	451,604	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Forrest Gump (1994)	449,367	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Psycho (1960)	191,239	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	134,045	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Leon: The Professional (1994)	295,499	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	380,417	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	71,821	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	192,489	IMDb
35.	–	8.6	Apocalypse Now (1979)	224,651	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	327,320	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	North by Northwest (1959)	117,485	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Citizen Kane (1941)	169,966	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	329,833	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	371,714	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	390,938	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Toy Story 3 (2010)	191,869	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	240,015	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	221,870	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	41,586	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Spirited Away (2001)	153,481	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	118,276	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Shining (1980)	251,614	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	M (1931)	52,013	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	58,882	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	194,250	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Amélie (2001)	250,800	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	369,826	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	Double Indemnity (1944)	49,182	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	276,938	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	112,412	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Modern Times (1936)	51,694	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	255,720	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	224,687	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	98,641	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	106,264	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	156,134	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Back to the Future (1985)	287,426	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	89,044	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	259,671	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	304,227	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	287,297	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	63,138	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	A Separation (2011)	38,482	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	The Prestige (2006)	312,675	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	The Green Mile (1999)	290,419	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	214,285	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	104,398	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	63,372	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	42,238	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	52,234	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Gladiator (2000)	399,054	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	100,640	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Rashomon (1950)	51,740	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)	197,038	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	211,253	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	128,612	IMDb
83.	▲ 1	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	87,765	IMDb
84.	▼ 1	8.3	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	39,246	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	117,934	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	71,966	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	44,072	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	329,037	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	54,069	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	76,256	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Oldboy (2003)	142,859	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	204,774	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	217,158	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	49,981	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	284,260	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	136,016	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	86,192	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Downfall (2004)	117,482	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Princess Mononoke (1997)	91,433	IMDb
100.	▲ 1	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	230,482	IMDb
101.	▼ 1	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	301,950	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	41,978	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	The Lion King (1994)	224,761	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	211,799	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	80,065	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	52,524	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Die Hard (1988)	261,234	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	50,178	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	The Seventh Seal (1957)	52,677	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	63,837	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	81,310	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	220,261	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	Rebecca (1940)	45,156	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Yojimbo (1961)	37,728	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	375,671	IMDb
116.	▲ 2	8.2	The Artist (2011)	32,607	IMDb
117.	▼ 1	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	64,755	IMDb
118.	▼ 1	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	24,687	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	26,162	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	256,304	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	201,538	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	211,180	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	238,522	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Sin City (2005)	334,738	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	43,000	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Wild Strawberries (1957)	29,459	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	41,184	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Toy Story (1995)	233,355	IMDb
129.	▲ 1	8.2	Jaws (1975)	185,151	IMDb
130.	▼ 1	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	127,138	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	275,922	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	The Big Lebowski (1998)	242,561	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Black Swan (2010)	218,297	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The King's Speech (2010)	157,303	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	117,938	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	60,537	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	136,644	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	328,836	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	32,476	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	21,189	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Strangers on a Train (1951)	45,890	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Scarface (1983)	222,264	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	88,277	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	317,253	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Warrior (2011)	68,526	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	22,208	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	The Wages of Fear (1953)	18,965	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	High Noon (1952)	43,446	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	146,362	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	28,977	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	208,617	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	164,896	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	75,462	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	283,777	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	184,218	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	44,910	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	30,686	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Notorious (1946)	39,622	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	15,428	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	106,859	IMDb
161.	▲ 1	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	205,319	IMDb
162.	▼ 1	8.1	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	271,137	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	119,023	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	There Will Be Blood (2007)	177,123	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Casino (1995)	150,919	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	128,454	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Amores Perros (2000)	86,329	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Diabolique (1955)	20,435	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	77,203	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	194,040	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	51,009	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	252,978	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	254,395	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	127,595	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	36,328	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	21,837	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	105,544	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	331,298	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	123,802	IMDb
180.	▲ 1	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	84,981	IMDb
181.	▼ 1	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	225,904	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Good Will Hunting (1997)	222,491	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	216,162	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	19,765	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	42,501	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	District 9 (2009)	244,845	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	48,233	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	72,198	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	33,279	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	The 400 Blows (1959)	32,629	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	36,655	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	18,911	IMDb
193.	–	8.0	8½ (1963)	40,002	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	Persona (1966)	24,258	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	42,959	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	The Princess Bride (1987)	153,939	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	The Killing (1956)	33,021	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	The Wrestler (2008)	144,579	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	32,874	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	Ratatouille (2007)	201,162	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	23,552	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	27,349	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	14,884	IMDb
204.	▲ 2	8.0	Harakiri (1962)	7,944	IMDb
205.	▼ 1	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	159,258	IMDb
206.	▼ 1	8.0	Fanny and Alexander (1982)	20,194	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	73,040	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	147,743	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	11,631	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)	46,937	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	39,439	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	25,678	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	44,234	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	51,533	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	143,965	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Star Trek (2009)	212,848	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	16,986	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	28,302	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	The Truman Show (1998)	240,601	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Nights of Cabiria (1957)	15,593	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Infernal Affairs (2002)	46,809	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	204,053	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Avatar (2009)	410,163	IMDb
224.	▲ 1	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	43,264	IMDb
225.	▼ 1	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	71,982	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	44,423	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Ip Man (2008)	40,406	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	171,857	IMDb
229.	▲ 1	8.0	Let the Right One In (2008)	95,294	IMDb
230.	▼ 1	8.0	Tokyo Story (1953)	11,782	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	The Celebration (1998)	35,067	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	29,393	IMDb
233.	▲ 1	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	342,223	IMDb
234.	▲ 1	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	150,992	IMDb
235.	▲ 1	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	52,919	IMDb
236.	▲ 1	8.0	Drive (2011)	139,931	IMDb
237.	▼ 4	8.0	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	70,789	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	Stalker (1979)	29,800	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	194,841	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	227,474	IMDb
241.	–	8.0	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	114,381	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	152,234	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)	32,322	IMDb
244.	▲ 1	8.0	3 Idiots (2009)	31,186	IMDb
245.	▼ 1	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	193,161	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)	20,593	IMDb
247.	–	8.0	Shutter Island (2010)	243,571	IMDb
248.	▲ 2	8.0	Nosferatu (1922)	37,397	IMDb
249.	–	8.0	Castle in the Sky (1986)	33,004	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	Grand Illusion (1937)	15,532	IMDb

Comparing	26 Feb '12
with	25 Feb '12

New entries	1
Changes	28

1960-1969	25
1950-1959	33
1940-1949	16
1930-1939	9
1920-1929	8

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

Alfred Hitchcock	5
Billy Wilder	5
Charlie Chaplin	5
Quentin Tarantino	4
Sergio Leone	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	6
2003	7
2002	4
2001	6
2000	5
1999	6
1998	6
1997	4
1996	2
1995	7
1994	5
1993	2
1992	2
1991	3
1990	1
1989	1
1988	4
1987	2
1986	4
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