IMDb Top 250 of 1 January 2021

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Rank changes (12)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
160.	▲ 1	8.1	The Elephant Man (1980)	218,706	IMDb
161.	▲ 1	8.1	Warrior (2011)	433,821	IMDb
162.	▲ 1	8.1	The Thing (1982)	369,056	IMDb
163.	▼ 3	8.1	Soul (2020)	72,843	IMDb
173.	▲ 1	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	689,861	IMDb
174.	▼ 1	8.1	Stalker (1979)	115,788	IMDb
186.	▲ 1	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	155,886	IMDb
187.	▼ 1	8.1	HÃ¶stsonaten (1978)	26,077	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.0	Ah-ga-ssi (2016)	111,243	IMDb
219.	▼ 1	8.0	Logan (2017)	642,784	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	8.0	The Help (2011)	425,778	IMDb
246.	▼ 1	8.0	Drishyam (2015)	69,357	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.2	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	2,325,849	IMDb
2.	–	9.1	The Godfather (1972)	1,606,954	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	1,121,913	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Dark Knight (2008)	2,287,658	IMDb
5.	–	8.9	12 Angry Men (1957)	684,559	IMDb
6.	–	8.9	Schindler's List (1993)	1,205,902	IMDb
7.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	1,632,452	IMDb
8.	–	8.8	Pulp Fiction (1994)	1,814,030	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)	684,311	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	1,649,140	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	1,842,154	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	1,794,584	IMDb
13.	–	8.7	Inception (2010)	2,051,261	IMDb
14.	–	8.7	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,475,908	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,151,911	IMDb
16.	–	8.6	The Matrix (1999)	1,664,546	IMDb
17.	–	8.6	Goodfellas (1990)	1,012,700	IMDb
18.	–	8.6	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	912,580	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	313,874	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,433,735	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	La Vita è bella (1997)	619,018	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	Cidade de Deus (2002)	695,888	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,261,520	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	401,664	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Star Wars (1977)	1,223,940	IMDb
26.	–	8.5	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,227,265	IMDb
27.	–	8.5	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	644,755	IMDb
28.	–	8.5	The Green Mile (1999)	1,138,575	IMDb
29.	–	8.5	Interstellar (2014)	1,496,061	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Gisaengchung (2019)	529,912	IMDb
31.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	1,028,168	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	985,509	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Seppuku (1962)	41,008	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	935,368	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	723,942	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,050,381	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	990,418	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,029,334	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	216,234	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	600,552	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,332,791	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	166,582	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,181,456	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Intouchables (2011)	752,802	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	710,326	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,181,384	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Hotaru no haka (1988)	232,795	IMDb
48.	–	8.4	C'era una volta il West (1968)	301,071	IMDb
49.	–	8.4	Casablanca (1942)	519,011	IMDb
50.	–	8.4	Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)	228,799	IMDb
51.	–	8.4	Hamilton (2020)	51,352	IMDb
52.	–	8.4	Rear Window (1954)	441,379	IMDb
53.	–	8.4	Alien (1979)	783,276	IMDb
54.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	602,714	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,119,069	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	201,788	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	879,418	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Django Unchained (2012)	1,346,978	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	356,483	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Joker (2019)	919,276	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	176,842	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	992,922	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	892,128	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	823,638	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	200,363	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	107,975	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	Oldeuboi (2003)	511,703	IMDb
68.	–	8.3	Mononoke-hime (1997)	340,033	IMDb
69.	–	8.3	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	367,254	IMDb
70.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	448,031	IMDb
71.	–	8.3	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,507,173	IMDb
72.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	308,982	IMDb
73.	–	8.3	Aliens (1986)	649,661	IMDb
74.	–	8.3	Kimi no na wa (2016)	190,676	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Coco (2017)	374,198	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	793,627	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,064,427	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	954,565	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Das Boot (1981)	230,581	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	3 Idiots (2009)	341,460	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	881,501	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	CapharnaÃ¼m (2018)	60,391	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Tengoku to jigoku (1963)	33,629	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	Amadeus (1984)	367,054	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,257,478	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	944,438	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Taare Zameen Par (2007)	167,160	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	855,381	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	912,871	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	599,949	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	762,226	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Vertigo (1958)	361,955	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	M (1931)	142,513	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Jagten (2012)	277,911	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	906,572	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Citizen Kane (1941)	400,241	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	154,393	IMDb
98.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	671,274	IMDb
99.	–	8.2	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	217,498	IMDb
100.	–	8.2	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	145,289	IMDb
101.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	112,277	IMDb
102.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	409,087	IMDb
103.	–	8.2	North by Northwest (1959)	297,414	IMDb
104.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	753,859	IMDb
105.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	777,860	IMDb
106.	–	8.2	Scarface (1983)	735,958	IMDb
107.	–	8.2	Ikiru (1952)	67,780	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	719,266	IMDb
109.	–	8.2	Idi i smotri (1985)	57,957	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Toy Story 3 (2010)	752,631	IMDb
111.	–	8.2	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	266,438	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	700,319	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	240,273	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	218,430	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	159,101	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Incendies (2010)	148,117	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	231,271	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	The Apartment (1960)	163,176	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Double Indemnity (1944)	142,645	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	292,582	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Up (2009)	928,960	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	688,702	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Heat (1995)	572,959	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	529,272	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	786,786	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	367,041	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	498,672	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Yojimbo (1961)	110,356	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Rashômon (1950)	151,539	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,300,658	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Der Untergang (2004)	329,677	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)	64,631	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	373,796	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	242,481	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	111,711	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	330,150	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	119,946	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	843,314	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	462,968	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	223,483	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,172,690	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	615,716	IMDb
143.	–	8.1	El secreto de sus ojos (2009)	191,801	IMDb
144.	–	8.1	There Will Be Blood (2007)	513,529	IMDb
145.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	532,503	IMDb
146.	–	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	287,912	IMDb
147.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	319,958	IMDb
148.	–	8.1	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	69,023	IMDb
149.	–	8.1	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	113,678	IMDb
150.	–	8.1	Dial M for Murder (1954)	157,204	IMDb
151.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	426,304	IMDb
152.	–	8.1	Shutter Island (2010)	1,120,629	IMDb
153.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	100,233	IMDb
154.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	292,330	IMDb
155.	–	8.1	Babam Ve Oglum (2005)	78,228	IMDb
156.	–	8.1	No Country for Old Men (2007)	850,181	IMDb
157.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,027,401	IMDb
158.	–	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	608,446	IMDb
159.	–	8.1	Det Sjunde inseglet (1957)	163,507	IMDb
160.	▲ 1	8.1	The Elephant Man (1980)	218,706	IMDb
161.	▲ 1	8.1	Warrior (2011)	433,821	IMDb
162.	▲ 1	8.1	The Thing (1982)	369,056	IMDb
163.	▼ 3	8.1	Soul (2020)	72,843	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	The Sixth Sense (1999)	907,219	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	631,720	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Jurassic Park (1993)	862,327	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Anand (1971)	29,774	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	The Truman Show (1998)	931,799	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	Gone with the Wind (1939)	288,473	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Klaus (2019)	98,099	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Finding Nemo (2003)	943,924	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Smultronstället (1957)	95,441	IMDb
173.	▲ 1	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	689,861	IMDb
174.	▼ 1	8.1	Stalker (1979)	115,788	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	994,517	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Salinui chueok (2003)	136,711	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	202,402	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	613,705	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	367,291	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	157,880	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	717,178	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Relatos salvajes (2014)	175,435	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	141,251	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Tôkyô monogatari (1953)	52,563	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	309,633	IMDb
186.	▲ 1	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	155,886	IMDb
187.	▼ 1	8.1	HÃ¶stsonaten (1978)	26,077	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	163,621	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	702,020	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	852,910	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	269,792	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	431,097	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	822,166	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	Andhadhun (2018)	70,442	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Persona (1966)	102,104	IMDb
196.	–	8.1	Prisoners (2013)	595,710	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	728,460	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	29,364	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	41,456	IMDb
200.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	80,549	IMDb
201.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	662,692	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Eskiya (1996)	63,596	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	282,899	IMDb
204.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	636,225	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	148,666	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	106,405	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	875,281	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	Dom za vesanje (1988)	25,664	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	632,691	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	144,204	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	421,539	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	361,530	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	218,339	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	758,515	IMDb
215.	–	8.1	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	160,868	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	251,464	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	379,308	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.0	Ah-ga-ssi (2016)	111,243	IMDb
219.	▼ 1	8.0	Logan (2017)	642,784	IMDb
220.	–	8.0	Into the Wild (2007)	569,132	IMDb
221.	–	8.0	Rush (2013)	430,381	IMDb
222.	–	8.0	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	54,219	IMDb
223.	–	8.0	Life of Brian (1979)	365,287	IMDb
224.	–	8.0	Les Quatre cents coups (1959)	104,363	IMDb
225.	–	8.0	Spotlight (2015)	416,865	IMDb
226.	–	8.0	La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	47,208	IMDb
227.	–	8.0	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	333,016	IMDb
228.	–	8.0	La Haine (1995)	148,843	IMDb
229.	–	8.0	Andrei Rublev (1966)	46,424	IMDb
230.	–	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	222,573	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	Rocky (1976)	515,361	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	81,516	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	810,103	IMDb
234.	–	8.0	Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)	149,459	IMDb
235.	–	8.0	Vikram Vedha (2017)	27,403	IMDb
236.	–	8.0	Rebecca (1940)	123,150	IMDb
237.	–	8.0	Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)	28,318	IMDb
238.	–	8.0	Rang De Basanti (2006)	111,263	IMDb
239.	–	8.0	Before Sunset (2004)	234,335	IMDb
240.	–	8.0	Fa yeung nin wa (2000)	123,032	IMDb
241.	–	8.0	Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)	59,983	IMDb
242.	–	8.0	Paris, Texas (1984)	89,954	IMDb
243.	–	8.0	It Happened One Night (1934)	93,352	IMDb
244.	–	8.0	Contratiempo (2016)	137,350	IMDb
245.	▲ 1	8.0	The Help (2011)	425,778	IMDb
246.	▼ 1	8.0	Drishyam (2015)	69,357	IMDb
247.	–	8.0	The Princess Bride (1987)	391,796	IMDb
248.	–	8.0	La battaglia di Algeri (1966)	52,627	IMDb
249.	–	8.0	Mandariinid (2013)	39,670	IMDb
250.	–	8.0	Kis Uykusu (2014)	45,846	IMDb

Comparing	1 Jan '21
with	31 Dec '20

New entries	0
Changes	12

2020-2029	2
2010-2019	51
2000-2009	47
1990-1999	39
1980-1989	29

1970-1979	19
1960-1969	18
1950-1959	23
1940-1949	10
1930-1939	6
1920-1929	6

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

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

2020	2
2019	7
2018	5
2017	4
2016	5

2015	5
2014	6
2013	5
2012	4
2011	5
2010	5
2009	6
2008	3
2007	4
2006	5
2005	3
2004	6
2003	5
2002	4
2001	5
2000	6
1999	5
1998	5
1997	5
1996	3
1995	8
1994	5
1993	3
1992	2
1991	2
1990	1
1989	2
1988	5
1987	2
1986	3
1985	3
1984	4
1983	2
1982	2
1981	2
1980	4
1979	4
1978	2
1977	1
1976	3

drama	171
action	63
thriller	57
crime	50
adventure	49

Color	168
Black & White	52