IMDb Top 250 of 24 March 2012

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	8.0	High and Low (1963)	9,795	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	Castle in the Sky (1986)	IMDb

Rank changes (28)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
67.	▲ 1	8.4	A Separation (2011)	45,343	IMDb
68.	▼ 1	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	292,650	IMDb
102.	▲ 1	8.3	The Lion King (1994)	230,280	IMDb
103.	▼ 1	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	42,516	IMDb
107.	▲ 1	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	81,481	IMDb
108.	▼ 1	8.3	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	51,166	IMDb
125.	▲ 1	8.2	Wild Strawberries (1957)	30,005	IMDb
126.	▼ 1	8.2	The Artist (2011)	53,859	IMDb
131.	▲ 1	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	281,327	IMDb
132.	▼ 1	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	129,473	IMDb
137.	▲ 1	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	138,758	IMDb
138.	▼ 1	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	21,499	IMDb
152.	▲ 1	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	76,674	IMDb
153.	▼ 1	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	168,851	IMDb
188.	▲ 1	8.1	The 400 Blows (1959)	33,218	IMDb
189.	▲ 1	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	33,717	IMDb
190.	▼ 2	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	38,147	IMDb
192.	▲ 1	8.1	The Intouchables (2011)	14,651	IMDb
193.	▼ 1	8.0	Persona (1966)	24,803	IMDb
222.	▲ 1	8.0	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	210,399	IMDb
223.	▼ 1	8.0	Infernal Affairs (2002)	47,532	IMDb
240.	▲ 2	8.0	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)	33,260	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	198,623	IMDb
242.	▼ 1	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	232,066	IMDb
243.	▲ 1	8.0	Nosferatu (1922)	38,124	IMDb
244.	▼ 1	8.0	Come and See (1985)	12,676	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.0	Shutter Island (2010)	252,133	IMDb
247.	▼ 1	8.0	Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)	22,201	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	730,415	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	546,385	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	344,423	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	574,429	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	228,517	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	12 Angry Men (1957)	179,146	IMDb
7.	–	8.9	Schindler's List (1993)	383,887	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	The Dark Knight (2008)	665,417	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	513,360	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	307,953	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	372,388	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	552,428	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	519,412	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Seven Samurai (1954)	125,215	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	534,868	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	324,896	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)	419,202	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	City of God (2002)	241,939	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Casablanca (1942)	213,448	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	532,090	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	104,558	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	Rear Window (1954)	157,851	IMDb
23.	–	8.7	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	320,759	IMDb
24.	–	8.7	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	352,944	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	The Usual Suspects (1995)	354,859	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	417,315	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	460,339	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Forrest Gump (1994)	460,606	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Psycho (1960)	194,257	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	135,780	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Leon: The Professional (1994)	302,771	IMDb
32.	–	8.6	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	72,795	IMDb
33.	–	8.6	Memento (2000)	387,708	IMDb
34.	–	8.6	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	194,936	IMDb
35.	–	8.6	Apocalypse Now (1979)	228,077	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	333,955	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	North by Northwest (1959)	118,917	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	336,376	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Citizen Kane (1941)	171,952	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	379,203	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	American Beauty (1999)	398,465	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	Toy Story 3 (2010)	197,821	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	244,400	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	42,504	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Taxi Driver (1976)	226,260	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Spirited Away (2001)	157,059	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Vertigo (1958)	119,905	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Shining (1980)	256,653	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	M (1931)	52,713	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Paths of Glory (1957)	59,702	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	198,605	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Amélie (2001)	255,239	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	376,975	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	Modern Times (1936)	52,916	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Double Indemnity (1944)	49,937	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	283,758	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	115,056	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	228,543	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	259,662	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	99,911	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	159,388	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	107,775	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Back to the Future (1985)	293,633	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	90,283	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	265,108	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	310,207	IMDb
67.	▲ 1	8.4	A Separation (2011)	45,343	IMDb
68.	▼ 1	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	292,650	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	The Third Man (1949)	63,898	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	The Prestige (2006)	319,261	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	The Green Mile (1999)	296,539	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	64,672	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	L.A. Confidential (1997)	217,777	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Chinatown (1974)	106,288	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	42,803	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	53,322	IMDb
77.	–	8.4	Gladiator (2000)	407,363	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	102,778	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	200,161	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Rashomon (1950)	52,493	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	215,370	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	130,785	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	40,012	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	73,100	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	89,219	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	119,716	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	44,671	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	55,016	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	335,873	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Oldboy (2003)	145,917	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	207,455	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	77,404	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	50,910	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	221,059	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	289,484	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	138,206	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	87,437	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Downfall (2004)	119,603	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Princess Mononoke (1997)	93,290	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	235,014	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	309,797	IMDb
102.	▲ 1	8.3	The Lion King (1994)	230,280	IMDb
103.	▼ 1	8.3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	42,516	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Die Hard (1988)	266,363	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	On the Waterfront (1954)	53,205	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	218,522	IMDb
107.	▲ 1	8.3	The Elephant Man (1980)	81,481	IMDb
108.	▼ 1	8.3	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	51,166	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	The Seventh Seal (1957)	53,691	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	64,568	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	The Great Escape (1963)	82,551	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Gran Torino (2008)	226,579	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	Yojimbo (1961)	38,217	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Rebecca (1940)	45,876	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	382,623	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	25,151	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	66,018	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	261,666	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	26,521	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	205,572	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Fargo (1996)	214,365	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	242,352	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Sin City (2005)	339,702	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	43,552	IMDb
125.	▲ 1	8.2	Wild Strawberries (1957)	30,005	IMDb
126.	▼ 1	8.2	The Artist (2011)	53,859	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Toy Story (1995)	238,640	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Touch of Evil (1958)	41,655	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	The Big Lebowski (1998)	246,632	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Jaws (1975)	188,138	IMDb
131.	▲ 1	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	281,327	IMDb
132.	▼ 1	8.2	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	129,473	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	119,975	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Black Swan (2010)	226,514	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	61,677	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The King's Speech (2010)	164,182	IMDb
137.	▲ 1	8.2	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	138,758	IMDb
138.	▼ 1	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	21,499	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	335,380	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	32,971	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Scarface (1983)	227,748	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Strangers on a Train (1951)	46,649	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	22,713	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Annie Hall (1977)	90,130	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	323,378	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	The Wages of Fear (1953)	19,216	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	High Noon (1952)	44,004	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	77,906	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	148,961	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	29,522	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	212,831	IMDb
152.	▲ 1	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	76,674	IMDb
153.	▼ 1	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	168,851	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	188,125	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	288,285	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	31,243	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	46,229	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Sunrise (1927)	15,714	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Notorious (1946)	40,146	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	108,724	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	121,555	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	209,584	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	Casino (1995)	153,589	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	There Will Be Blood (2007)	180,180	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	278,989	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	130,849	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Diabolique (1955)	20,772	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Amores Perros (2000)	87,990	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	78,417	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	259,106	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Groundhog Day (1993)	197,810	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	52,494	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	132,825	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	The Big Sleep (1946)	36,778	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	259,532	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	339,313	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	22,140	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	The Graduate (1967)	107,597	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	126,233	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Good Will Hunting (1997)	228,174	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	229,550	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	86,915	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	20,105	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	220,700	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)	43,002	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	49,151	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	District 9 (2009)	250,292	IMDb
188.	▲ 1	8.1	The 400 Blows (1959)	33,218	IMDb
189.	▲ 1	8.1	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	33,717	IMDb
190.	▼ 2	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	38,147	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	73,741	IMDb
192.	▲ 1	8.1	The Intouchables (2011)	14,651	IMDb
193.	▼ 1	8.0	Persona (1966)	24,803	IMDb
194.	–	8.0	Dial M for Murder (1954)	43,801	IMDb
195.	–	8.0	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	19,285	IMDb
196.	–	8.0	The Princess Bride (1987)	156,093	IMDb
197.	–	8.0	8½ (1963)	40,669	IMDb
198.	–	8.0	The Killing (1956)	33,475	IMDb
199.	–	8.0	Harakiri (1962)	8,231	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	La strada (1954)	23,968	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	33,297	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	The Wrestler (2008)	147,744	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	Ratatouille (2007)	205,971	IMDb
204.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	27,943	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	15,135	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	11,931	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	Fanny and Alexander (1982)	20,566	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	The Exorcist (1973)	150,480	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	75,186	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	165,862	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)	47,939	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	The Wild Bunch (1969)	39,882	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	44,943	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Stalag 17 (1953)	26,007	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	146,990	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	52,318	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)	17,204	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	Star Trek (2009)	218,188	IMDb
219.	–	8.0	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	28,783	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Nights of Cabiria (1957)	15,813	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	The Truman Show (1998)	247,260	IMDb
222.	▲ 1	8.0	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	210,399	IMDb
223.	▼ 1	8.0	Infernal Affairs (2002)	47,532	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	44,096	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	Rope (1948)	45,349	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Rosemary's Baby (1968)	73,289	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Ip Man (2008)	42,415	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	The Celebration (1998)	35,637	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Mystic River (2003)	175,680	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	Tokyo Story (1953)	12,054	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	Let the Right One In (2008)	97,327	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	29,785	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Stalker (1979)	30,407	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	350,082	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Avatar (2009)	420,270	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	Manhattan (1979)	54,031	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	Magnolia (1999)	153,130	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	117,598	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Big Fish (2003)	198,771	IMDb
240.	▲ 2	8.0	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)	33,260	IMDb
241.	▼ 1	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	198,623	IMDb
242.	▼ 1	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	232,066	IMDb
243.	▲ 1	8.0	Nosferatu (1922)	38,124	IMDb
244.	▼ 1	8.0	Come and See (1985)	12,676	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	22,376	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.0	Shutter Island (2010)	252,133	IMDb
247.	▼ 1	8.0	Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)	22,201	IMDb
248.	–	8.0	In Bruges (2008)	156,132	IMDb
249.	–	8.0	Three Colors: Red (1994)	32,642	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	High and Low (1963)	9,795	IMDb

Comparing	24 Mar '12
with	22 Mar '12

New entries	1
Changes	28

1960-1969	26
1950-1959	34
1940-1949	16
1930-1939	8
1920-1929	8

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

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

United States	139
United Kingdom	26
Japan	14
Italy	12
Germany	11

2011	5
2010	7
2009	7
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	6
1993	2
1992	2
1991	3
1990	1
1989	1
1988	4
1987	2
1986	3
1985	3
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	135
action	56
thriller	53
adventure	43
crime	42

Color	127
Black & White	53