IMDb Top 250 of 21 January 2016

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
249.	★	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	51,523	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
249.	▼	La Dolce Vita (1960)	IMDb

Rank changes (23)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
72.	▲ 1	8.4	M (1931)	93,732	IMDb
73.	▲ 1	8.4	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	631,074	IMDb
74.	▼ 2	8.4	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)	398,332	IMDb
98.	▲ 1	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	96,481	IMDb
99.	▼ 1	8.3	L.A. Confidential (1997)	395,284	IMDb
101.	▲ 1	8.3	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	146,193	IMDb
102.	▼ 1	8.3	Inside Out (2015)	252,085	IMDb
131.	▲ 1	8.2	The Gold Rush (1925)	63,346	IMDb
132.	▼ 1	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	39,381	IMDb
154.	▲ 1	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	451,655	IMDb
155.	▼ 1	8.1	Sholay (1975)	27,349	IMDb
158.	▲ 1	8.1	Incendies (2010)	72,993	IMDb
159.	▲ 1	8.1	Dial M for Murder (1954)	99,501	IMDb
160.	▼ 2	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	30,285	IMDb
186.	▲ 1	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	426,620	IMDb
187.	▼ 1	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	102,299	IMDb
218.	▲ 2	8.0	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	34,761	IMDb
219.	▼ 1	8.0	Infernal Affairs (2002)	87,229	IMDb
220.	▼ 1	8.0	Jaws (1975)	388,485	IMDb
241.	▲ 1	8.0	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	472,177	IMDb
242.	▼ 1	8.0	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	288,423	IMDb
247.	▲ 1	8.0	In the Mood for Love (2000)	70,773	IMDb
248.	▼ 1	8.0	The Killing (1956)	59,878	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	1,595,195	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	1,091,935	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	742,292	IMDb
4.	–	8.9	The Dark Knight (2008)	1,571,147	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	1,246,746	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	Schindler's List (1993)	813,905	IMDb
7.	–	8.9	12 Angry Men (1957)	416,639	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	1,146,516	IMDb
9.	–	8.9	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	476,134	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	1,263,960	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	1,170,891	IMDb
12.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	779,457	IMDb
13.	–	8.7	Forrest Gump (1994)	1,165,668	IMDb
14.	–	8.7	Inception (2010)	1,371,449	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	643,490	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,035,495	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	686,965	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	1,147,541	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Seven Samurai (1954)	217,617	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Star Wars (1977)	852,721	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	City of God (2002)	505,399	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	960,940	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	828,712	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	The Usual Suspects (1995)	699,488	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	260,942	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	390,133	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Léon: The Professional (1994)	681,335	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	204,448	IMDb
29.	–	8.5	Interstellar (2014)	822,232	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Spirited Away (2001)	387,391	IMDb
31.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	827,106	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	368,739	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	740,095	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	100,374	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	397,169	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	624,563	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	298,279	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	The Intouchables (2011)	461,882	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	132,307	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	The Green Mile (1999)	728,733	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	703,396	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	465,544	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	819,473	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	340,062	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	682,728	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Memento (2000)	800,348	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	924,462	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	Apocalypse Now (1979)	428,061	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	325,383	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	789,083	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	131,799	IMDb
52.	–	8.4	The Lion King (1994)	597,423	IMDb
53.	–	8.4	Alien (1979)	530,732	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	127,681	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	244,927	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	142,111	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Django Unchained (2012)	880,630	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	571,226	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	113,463	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,068,526	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	669,695	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	126,965	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	American Beauty (1999)	779,120	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	462,757	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Princess Mononoke (1997)	206,670	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Citizen Kane (1941)	283,394	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Oldeuboi (2003)	333,664	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	North by Northwest (1959)	209,624	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Vertigo (1958)	233,248	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	159,697	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	208,067	IMDb
72.	▲ 1	8.4	M (1931)	93,732	IMDb
73.	▲ 1	8.4	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	631,074	IMDb
74.	▼ 2	8.4	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)	398,332	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	58,123	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Amélie (2001)	505,011	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	622,568	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	696,296	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	524,604	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	542,455	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	507,782	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Taxi Driver (1976)	475,259	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	92,110	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	201,544	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	181,578	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	628,284	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	454,728	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	255,536	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	165,625	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	141,339	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	88,152	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	400,766	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Snatch. (2000)	569,880	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	363,027	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	579,949	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	The Kid (1921)	61,453	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	822,027	IMDb
98.	▲ 1	8.3	Rashômon (1950)	96,481	IMDb
99.	▼ 1	8.3	L.A. Confidential (1997)	395,284	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	102,686	IMDb
101.	▲ 1	8.3	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	146,193	IMDb
102.	▼ 1	8.3	Inside Out (2015)	252,085	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	All About Eve (1950)	78,580	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	142,841	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	485,531	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	105,385	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	74,947	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	506,852	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Yojimbo (1961)	69,723	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	913,031	IMDb
111.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	165,918	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	The Third Man (1949)	107,801	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	262,734	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	3 Idiots (2009)	187,563	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Up (2009)	616,091	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Jagten (2012)	153,625	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Raging Bull (1980)	223,067	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	Good Will Hunting (1997)	566,768	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Downfall (2004)	236,353	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	562,124	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Chinatown (1974)	204,767	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	156,571	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	410,441	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	The Revenant (2015)	125,868	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	On the Waterfront (1954)	94,777	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Sunrise (1927)	26,501	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	442,548	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	73,408	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	157,234	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	140,720	IMDb
131.	▲ 1	8.2	The Gold Rush (1925)	63,346	IMDb
132.	▼ 1	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	39,381	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	73,175	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Seventh Seal (1957)	105,459	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Blade Runner (1982)	438,604	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	120,545	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	395,173	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	Wild Strawberries (1957)	59,581	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The General (1926)	50,018	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	154,067	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	314,390	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	198,331	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Warrior (2011)	311,576	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	702,461	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	V for Vendetta (2005)	746,878	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	41,011	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	533,511	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	569,659	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	505,637	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	Rebecca (1940)	82,772	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	220,996	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	203,960	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	114,129	IMDb
154.	▲ 1	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	451,655	IMDb
155.	▼ 1	8.1	Sholay (1975)	27,349	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	426,649	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	444,760	IMDb
158.	▲ 1	8.1	Incendies (2010)	72,993	IMDb
159.	▲ 1	8.1	Dial M for Murder (1954)	99,501	IMDb
160.	▼ 2	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	30,285	IMDb
161.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	432,141	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	The Sixth Sense (1999)	668,778	IMDb
163.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	400,290	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	It Happened One Night (1934)	60,630	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	640,123	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	The Thing (1982)	242,510	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	No Country for Old Men (2007)	576,746	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	514,804	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	111,149	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	288,071	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	107,111	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	692,722	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Life of Brian (1979)	257,633	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	251,365	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Wages of Fear (1953)	33,262	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	277,236	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	There Will Be Blood (2007)	352,515	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	143,413	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	97,166	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	The 400 Blows (1959)	65,860	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	256,691	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Persona (1966)	56,886	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Touch of Evil (1958)	69,040	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	400,550	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	The Princess Bride (1987)	278,627	IMDb
186.	▲ 1	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	426,620	IMDb
187.	▼ 1	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	102,299	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	Amores Perros (2000)	164,935	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	455,054	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	Shutter Island (2010)	728,614	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	Annie Hall (1977)	181,267	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	150,727	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	59,362	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	The Martian (2015)	296,792	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Relatos salvajes (2014)	70,321	IMDb
196.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	139,083	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)	89,077	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Stalker (1979)	63,747	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Diabolique (1955)	39,554	IMDb
200.	–	8.0	Jurassic Park (1993)	567,356	IMDb
201.	–	8.0	Gandhi (1982)	161,886	IMDb
202.	–	8.0	8½ (1963)	74,265	IMDb
203.	–	8.0	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	461,315	IMDb
204.	–	8.0	Donnie Darko (2001)	551,764	IMDb
205.	–	8.0	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	276,012	IMDb
206.	–	8.0	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	38,149	IMDb
207.	–	8.0	Sin City (2005)	628,630	IMDb
208.	–	8.0	Before Sunrise (1995)	170,735	IMDb
209.	–	8.0	Strangers on a Train (1951)	90,470	IMDb
210.	–	8.0	The Terminator (1984)	565,189	IMDb
211.	–	8.0	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	439,608	IMDb
212.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	347,064	IMDb
213.	–	8.0	The Truman Show (1998)	625,420	IMDb
214.	–	8.0	Memories of Murder (2003)	60,482	IMDb
215.	–	8.0	Groundhog Day (1993)	410,299	IMDb
216.	–	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	543,515	IMDb
217.	–	8.0	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	505,254	IMDb
218.	▲ 2	8.0	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	34,761	IMDb
219.	▼ 1	8.0	Infernal Affairs (2002)	87,229	IMDb
220.	▼ 1	8.0	Jaws (1975)	388,485	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	The Avengers (2012)	924,145	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Barry Lyndon (1975)	95,523	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	La Haine (1995)	97,102	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Fanny and Alexander (1982)	40,745	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	173,427	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	Throne of Blood (1957)	28,896	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Yip Man (2008)	152,200	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	The Imitation Game (2014)	402,641	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Prisoners (2013)	349,227	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	The King's Speech (2010)	470,562	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)	603,023	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	High Noon (1952)	76,138	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	764,941	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	A Fistful of Dollars (1964)	135,613	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	The Help (2011)	301,022	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	Castle in the Sky (1986)	91,652	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	Roman Holiday (1953)	93,970	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	Notorious (1946)	70,427	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)	53,399	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)	59,564	IMDb
241.	▲ 1	8.0	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	472,177	IMDb
242.	▼ 1	8.0	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	288,423	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)	44,192	IMDb
244.	–	8.0	The Night of the Hunter (1955)	61,897	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Underground (1995)	42,232	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Before Sunset (2004)	158,521	IMDb
247.	▲ 1	8.0	In the Mood for Love (2000)	70,773	IMDb
248.	▼ 1	8.0	The Killing (1956)	59,878	IMDb
249.	★	8.0	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)	51,523	IMDb
250.	–	8.0	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	75,352	IMDb

Comparing	21 Jan '16
with	20 Jan '16

New entries	1
Changes	23

1960-1969	20
1950-1959	31
1940-1949	13
1930-1939	7
1920-1929	5

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

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

United States	154
United Kingdom	32
Germany	13
Italy	12
France	12

2015	6
2014	7
2013	4
2012	4
2011	5

2010	6
2009	6
2008	4
2007	4
2006	4
2005	3
2004	6
2003	7
2002	5
2001	6
2000	6
1999	5
1998	5
1997	4
1996	2
1995	10
1994	5
1993	4
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	4
1978	1
1977	2
1976	3
1975	6
1974	2
1973	1
1972	1
1971	1

drama	151
action	58
thriller	56
crime	48
adventure	48

Color	148
Black & White	48