IMDb Top 250 of 17 January 2015

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	8.0	Akira (1988)	83,572	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	Stalag 17 (1953)	IMDb

Rank changes (39)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
44.	▲ 6	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	35,674	IMDb
45.	▼ 1	8.5	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	114,372	IMDb
46.	▼ 1	8.5	The Departed (2006)	693,502	IMDb
47.	▼ 1	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	373,999	IMDb
48.	▼ 1	8.5	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	289,811	IMDb
49.	▼ 1	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	776,458	IMDb
50.	▼ 1	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	561,217	IMDb
87.	▲ 1	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	122,228	IMDb
88.	▲ 1	8.3	The Sting (1973)	143,719	IMDb
89.	▼ 2	8.3	Birdman (2014)	42,844	IMDb
106.	▲ 1	8.3	Yojimbo (1961)	60,043	IMDb
107.	▼ 1	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	122,347	IMDb
113.	▲ 1	8.3	Scarface (1983)	433,777	IMDb
114.	▲ 1	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	194,582	IMDb
115.	▼ 2	8.3	Boyhood (2014)	110,218	IMDb
169.	▲ 2	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	91,734	IMDb
171.	▲ 1	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	124,431	IMDb
172.	▲ 1	8.1	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	587,099	IMDb
173.	▼ 4	8.1	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)	384,083	IMDb
176.	▲ 1	8.1	Incendies (2010)	57,052	IMDb
177.	▼ 1	8.1	Dil Chahta Hai (2001)	33,204	IMDb
181.	▲ 1	8.1	Diabolique (1955)	33,600	IMDb
182.	▼ 1	8.1	Annie Hall (1977)	157,067	IMDb
185.	▲ 1	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	242,126	IMDb
186.	▼ 1	8.1	Sin City (2005)	554,988	IMDb
200.	▲ 1	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	397,969	IMDb
201.	▼ 1	8.1	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	28,128	IMDb
204.	▲ 2	8.1	The Imitation Game (2014)	54,928	IMDb
205.	▼ 1	8.1	8½ (1963)	65,012	IMDb
206.	▼ 1	8.1	Strangers on a Train (1951)	77,987	IMDb
208.	▲ 1	8.1	Stalker (1979)	54,351	IMDb
209.	▼ 1	8.1	X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)	339,197	IMDb
219.	▲ 2	8.0	Fanny and Alexander (1982)	34,707	IMDb
220.	▼ 1	8.0	Groundhog Day (1993)	352,213	IMDb
221.	▼ 1	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	416,226	IMDb
243.	▲ 1	8.0	Papillon (1973)	78,611	IMDb
244.	▼ 1	8.0	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	242,567	IMDb
247.	▲ 1	8.0	Prisoners (2013)	265,408	IMDb
248.	▼ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	82,495	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	1,369,805	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	943,026	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	630,111	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	The Dark Knight (2008)	1,338,627	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	1,058,393	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	411,627	IMDb
7.	–	8.9	12 Angry Men (1957)	346,151	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	Schindler's List (1993)	692,537	IMDb
9.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	979,230	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	1,058,623	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	1,005,832	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	640,727	IMDb
13.	–	8.7	Inception (2010)	1,132,205	IMDb
14.	–	8.7	Forrest Gump (1994)	957,841	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	558,848	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	881,589	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	403,856	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	589,788	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	973,173	IMDb
20.	–	8.7	Star Wars (1977)	709,929	IMDb
21.	–	8.7	Seven Samurai (1954)	192,519	IMDb
22.	–	8.7	City of God (2002)	440,150	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	807,783	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Usual Suspects (1995)	600,698	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	687,514	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	224,535	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	177,742	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Léon: The Professional (1994)	577,707	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	318,586	IMDb
30.	–	8.6	Casablanca (1942)	328,004	IMDb
31.	–	8.5	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	536,356	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	634,318	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	696,161	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	340,300	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	82,952	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Spirited Away (2001)	321,407	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	258,834	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	The Intouchables (2011)	365,786	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	109,026	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	598,568	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Memento (2000)	690,564	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	The Green Mile (1999)	596,516	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	388,730	IMDb
44.	▲ 6	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	35,674	IMDb
45.	▼ 1	8.5	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	114,372	IMDb
46.	▼ 1	8.5	The Departed (2006)	693,502	IMDb
47.	▼ 1	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	373,999	IMDb
48.	▼ 1	8.5	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	289,811	IMDb
49.	▼ 1	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	776,458	IMDb
50.	▼ 1	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	561,217	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	451,742	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	660,899	IMDb
53.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	105,599	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	212,020	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	The Lion King (1994)	486,152	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Django Unchained (2012)	706,836	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	898,193	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	119,958	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	483,436	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	97,146	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	American Beauty (1999)	678,449	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	555,785	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	North by Northwest (1959)	185,295	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	401,427	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Citizen Kane (1941)	251,389	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Vertigo (1958)	200,330	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Amélie (2001)	434,789	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	M (1931)	82,015	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	141,055	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Toy Story 3 (2010)	419,427	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	102,053	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Oldboy (2003)	284,067	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Princess Mononoke (1997)	174,258	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	508,178	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	180,033	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	445,649	IMDb
77.	–	8.4	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	525,030	IMDb
78.	–	8.4	Taxi Driver (1976)	404,983	IMDb
79.	–	8.4	Double Indemnity (1944)	80,145	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	597,480	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	470,174	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	173,819	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	157,721	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	47,825	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	541,440	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	385,882	IMDb
87.	▲ 1	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	122,228	IMDb
88.	▲ 1	8.3	The Sting (1973)	143,719	IMDb
89.	▼ 2	8.3	Birdman (2014)	42,844	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	74,059	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	222,000	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	318,172	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Snatch. (2000)	493,689	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	83,325	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	L.A. Confidential (1997)	353,094	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	121,671	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	339,023	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	88,307	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	68,871	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	The Kid (1921)	49,272	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Some Like It Hot (1959)	145,261	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	670,204	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	66,067	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	413,508	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	The Third Man (1949)	94,936	IMDb
106.	▲ 1	8.3	Yojimbo (1961)	60,043	IMDb
107.	▼ 1	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	122,347	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	477,894	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Batman Begins (2005)	765,045	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	91,244	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Taare Zameen Par (2007)	65,381	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Unforgiven (1992)	230,318	IMDb
113.	▲ 1	8.3	Scarface (1983)	433,777	IMDb
114.	▲ 1	8.3	Raging Bull (1980)	194,582	IMDb
115.	▼ 2	8.3	Boyhood (2014)	110,218	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Up (2009)	502,363	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Chinatown (1974)	178,561	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	3 Idiots (2009)	140,209	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	135,271	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Downfall (2004)	207,349	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	487,580	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	82,744	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	64,696	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	384,270	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Jagten (2012)	118,975	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Gone Girl (2014)	259,326	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	361,686	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	122,723	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Good Will Hunting (1997)	485,109	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	The Bandit (1996)	26,234	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	124,693	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	The Seventh Seal (1957)	91,180	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	33,532	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Gold Rush (1925)	52,852	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	507,846	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	134,747	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Wild Strawberries (1957)	51,424	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	64,724	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	387,643	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	42,303	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	344,321	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	97,166	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	269,144	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Gran Torino (2008)	461,742	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	The Big Lebowski (1998)	433,650	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	Warrior (2011)	258,684	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	Rebecca (1940)	72,932	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	V for Vendetta (2005)	641,724	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	162,476	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	Rang De Basanti (2006)	50,681	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	The Deer Hunter (1978)	195,070	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	It Happened One Night (1934)	52,331	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	100,687	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	363,800	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	360,910	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	33,830	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	388,136	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	179,233	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	218,901	IMDb
160.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	339,783	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	94,988	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	467,437	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	Dial M for Murder (1954)	83,854	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	The Wages of Fear (1953)	28,036	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	The Sixth Sense (1999)	582,595	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	219,501	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	211,598	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	526,754	IMDb
169.	▲ 2	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	91,734	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	No Country for Old Men (2007)	494,974	IMDb
171.	▲ 1	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	124,431	IMDb
172.	▲ 1	8.1	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	587,099	IMDb
173.	▼ 4	8.1	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)	384,083	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	242,824	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	223,559	IMDb
176.	▲ 1	8.1	Incendies (2010)	57,052	IMDb
177.	▼ 1	8.1	Dil Chahta Hai (2001)	33,204	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	297,748	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	84,641	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Touch of Evil (1958)	60,958	IMDb
181.	▲ 1	8.1	Diabolique (1955)	33,600	IMDb
182.	▼ 1	8.1	Annie Hall (1977)	157,067	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	246,667	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	There Will Be Blood (2007)	305,791	IMDb
185.	▲ 1	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	242,126	IMDb
186.	▼ 1	8.1	Sin City (2005)	554,988	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	223,973	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	130,217	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	The 400 Blows (1959)	56,898	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	Amores Perros (2000)	145,133	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	86,815	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	385,550	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	51,547	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	237,407	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	102,270	IMDb
196.	–	8.1	Persona (1966)	47,520	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	33,426	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	The Avengers (2012)	761,473	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)	72,632	IMDb
200.	▲ 1	8.1	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	397,969	IMDb
201.	▼ 1	8.1	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	28,128	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Gandhi (1982)	138,765	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	Donnie Darko (2001)	482,849	IMDb
204.	▲ 2	8.1	The Imitation Game (2014)	54,928	IMDb
205.	▼ 1	8.1	8½ (1963)	65,012	IMDb
206.	▼ 1	8.1	Strangers on a Train (1951)	77,987	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	Infernal Affairs (2002)	76,637	IMDb
208.	▲ 1	8.1	Stalker (1979)	54,351	IMDb
209.	▼ 1	8.1	X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)	339,197	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Jaws (1975)	330,660	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	384,115	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Shutter Island (2010)	594,859	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	High Noon (1952)	67,098	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)	48,791	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Notorious (1946)	62,178	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	The Terminator (1984)	474,496	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	The King's Speech (2010)	386,975	IMDb
218.	–	8.0	Before Sunrise (1995)	143,768	IMDb
219.	▲ 2	8.0	Fanny and Alexander (1982)	34,707	IMDb
220.	▼ 1	8.0	Groundhog Day (1993)	352,213	IMDb
221.	▼ 1	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	416,226	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Yip Man (2008)	122,760	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	29,552	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	286,050	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	53,598	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	153,252	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	443,341	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	La Haine (1995)	83,241	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Memories of Murder (2003)	48,452	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	46,536	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	La Strada (1954)	39,400	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	656,253	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	83,281	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	A Fistful of Dollars (1964)	110,112	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Castle in the Sky (1986)	74,314	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	The Truman Show (1998)	528,392	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	The Big Sleep (1946)	55,474	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	The Help (2011)	260,609	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Jurassic Park (1993)	444,927	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	79,911	IMDb
241.	–	8.0	The Graduate (1967)	181,500	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	The Hustler (1961)	53,314	IMDb
243.	▲ 1	8.0	Papillon (1973)	78,611	IMDb
244.	▼ 1	8.0	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	242,567	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	In the Mood for Love (2000)	62,618	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	The Celebration (1998)	59,045	IMDb
247.	▲ 1	8.0	Prisoners (2013)	265,408	IMDb
248.	▼ 1	8.0	Rope (1948)	82,495	IMDb
249.	–	8.0	Swades (2004)	44,833	IMDb
250.	★	8.0	Akira (1988)	83,572	IMDb

Comparing	17 Jan '15
with	16 Jan '15

New entries	1
Changes	39

1960-1969	21
1950-1959	28
1940-1949	15
1930-1939	7
1920-1929	4

Christopher Nolan	7
Martin Scorsese	7
Stanley Kubrick	7
Steven Spielberg	6
Quentin Tarantino	5

Akira Kurosawa	5
Alfred Hitchcock	5
Charlie Chaplin	5
Billy Wilder	5
Sergio Leone	4

United States	149
United Kingdom	32
Germany	13
Italy	12
France	12

2014	9
2013	4
2012	5
2011	5
2010	6

2009	6
2008	4
2007	5
2006	5
2005	3
2004	6
2003	6
2002	4
2001	8
2000	6
1999	5
1998	6
1997	4
1996	3
1995	9
1994	5
1993	4
1992	2
1991	3
1990	1
1989	1
1988	5
1987	2
1986	4
1985	2
1984	4
1983	2
1982	4
1981	2
1980	4
1979	4
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	5
1974	2
1973	2
1972	1
1971	1
1969	1

drama	149
action	57
thriller	55
crime	47
adventure	46

Color	144
Black & White	48