IMDb Top 250 of 17 January 2025

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	8.2	Andhadhun (2018)	106,751	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	Drishyam (2015)	IMDb

Rank changes (9)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
63.	▲ 1	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	712,216	IMDb
64.	▼ 1	8.8	12th Fail (2023)	140,157	IMDb
76.	▲ 1	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	532,752	IMDb
77.	▼ 1	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,326,879	IMDb
168.	▲ 1	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,204,467	IMDb
169.	▼ 1	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	850,606	IMDb
233.	▲ 2	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	271,483	IMDb
234.	▼ 1	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	456,854	IMDb
235.	▼ 1	8.1	Network (1976)	175,956	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	2,992,635	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,088,849	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Dark Knight (2008)	2,972,521	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather Part II (1974)	1,408,695	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	12 Angry Men (1957)	905,914	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,048,300	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,499,874	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,295,781	IMDb
9.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,077,557	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	839,762	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,341,684	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,846,775	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,419,782	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,639,711	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,421,134	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,123,254	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,303,590	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,103,414	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,255,832	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,872,773	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	521,572	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	Seven Samurai (1954)	379,190	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,606,786	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,546,673	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	City of God (2002)	826,081	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,460,918	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	766,551	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,214,807	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)	1,489,836	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,355,620	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Spirited Away (2001)	890,712	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	950,565	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,720,486	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Parasite (2019)	1,025,967	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	742,935	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,184,812	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,466,511	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	336,272	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,046,121	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,217,618	IMDb
41.	–	8.6	Harakiri (1962)	76,727	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,490,730	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	431,045	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Léon: The Professional (1994)	1,286,155	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	624,023	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,175,407	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	The Intouchables (2011)	962,757	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	296,083	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	269,131	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	1,000,511	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	539,464	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	362,656	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	Dune: Part Two (2024)	582,387	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,758,308	IMDb
55.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	204,352	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	732,596	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,360,356	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	1,242,210	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,063,021	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	422,896	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,261,023	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Sunset Boulevard (1950)	245,657	IMDb
63.	▲ 1	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	712,216	IMDb
64.	▼ 1	8.8	12th Fail (2023)	140,157	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	222,975	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	146,370	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,149,589	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	246,047	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	799,169	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,648,826	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,887,290	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	632,875	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	442,918	IMDb
74.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,106,457	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Oldboy (2003)	664,651	IMDb
76.	▲ 1	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	532,752	IMDb
77.	▼ 1	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,326,879	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,236,608	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,115,855	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,117,735	IMDb
81.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	274,772	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Princess Mononoke (1997)	451,782	IMDb
83.	–	8.4	Your Name. (2016)	344,886	IMDb
84.	–	8.4	High and Low (1963)	57,937	IMDb
85.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	451,149	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,578,347	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	389,844	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	269,114	IMDb
89.	–	8.4	Capernaum (2018)	113,042	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Come and See (1985)	107,925	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	926,416	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	919,615	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,150,840	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	The Hunt (2012)	380,903	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,118,419	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	94,373	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	743,343	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,119,256	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	205,263	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	324,957	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Incendies (2010)	219,398	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	948,764	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	172,719	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	357,129	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Citizen Kane (1941)	476,638	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	743,137	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	M (1931)	174,761	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	812,207	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,163,751	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	Vertigo (1958)	439,894	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Amélie (2001)	811,107	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Oppenheimer (2023)	841,294	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	902,168	IMDb
114.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	340,421	IMDb
115.	–	8.3	A Separation (2011)	266,304	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	979,909	IMDb
117.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	286,932	IMDb
118.	–	8.3	Like Stars on Earth (2007)	214,377	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	830,157	IMDb
120.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	191,904	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Snatch (2000)	934,458	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	711,983	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	634,758	IMDb
124.	–	8.3	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	182,311	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Downfall (2004)	384,262	IMDb
126.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	221,240	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	960,805	IMDb
128.	–	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	124,145	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,651,917	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,625,041	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	284,051	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	616,088	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	291,243	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,252,588	IMDb
135.	–	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	89,311	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	139,423	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	206,662	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,519,990	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	142,830	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	660,807	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,102,049	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	582,970	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,085,035	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	141,171	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	752,286	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,102,336	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	717,897	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	489,059	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	447,797	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,011,156	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	1,232,554	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	135,937	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	Yojimbo (1961)	135,809	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	851,094	IMDb
155.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,144,937	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	265,429	IMDb
157.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	582,235	IMDb
158.	–	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	472,637	IMDb
159.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	116,040	IMDb
160.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	267,094	IMDb
161.	–	8.2	Dial M for Murder (1954)	195,233	IMDb
162.	–	8.2	Rashomon (1950)	186,787	IMDb
163.	–	8.2	Gone with the Wind (1939)	342,500	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	360,570	IMDb
165.	–	8.2	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	229,529	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	629,486	IMDb
167.	–	8.2	Klaus (2019)	208,784	IMDb
168.	▲ 1	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,204,467	IMDb
169.	▼ 1	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	850,606	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	573,057	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	390,838	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	239,295	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	742,328	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,142,767	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	744,966	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	509,337	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	982,133	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	831,411	IMDb
179.	–	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	928,597	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	738,650	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	398,803	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,148,585	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	259,984	IMDb
184.	–	8.2	Children of Heaven (1997)	84,153	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	757,095	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	190,000	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	844,474	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	352,899	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	913,492	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	623,600	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	577,807	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,104,190	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Memories of Murder (2003)	232,179	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	193,357	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,012,783	IMDb
196.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	122,127	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	866,834	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Wild Tales (2014)	224,624	IMDb
199.	–	8.7	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc (2021)	28,839	IMDb
200.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	829,068	IMDb
201.	–	8.1	Jaws (1975)	684,637	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	371,537	IMDb
203.	–	8.2	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	60,237	IMDb
204.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	101,279	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	193,652	IMDb
206.	–	8.4	Maharaja (2024)	61,095	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	508,832	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	The Wages of Fear (1953)	69,171	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	170,018	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	124,611	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Wild Strawberries (1957)	118,708	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	187,626	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	876,034	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	650,473	IMDb
215.	–	8.1	Tokyo Story (1953)	72,408	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	880,878	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	The Seventh Seal (1957)	205,097	IMDb
218.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	513,379	IMDb
219.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	463,018	IMDb
220.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	952,300	IMDb
221.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	380,683	IMDb
222.	–	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,248,096	IMDb
223.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	450,121	IMDb
224.	–	8.1	La haine (1995)	206,849	IMDb
225.	–	8.7	Jai Bhim (2021)	223,297	IMDb
226.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	297,823	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	73,199	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	63,465	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	471,283	IMDb
230.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	444,490	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	840,823	IMDb
232.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	527,822	IMDb
233.	▲ 2	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	271,483	IMDb
234.	▼ 1	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	456,854	IMDb
235.	▼ 1	8.1	Network (1976)	175,956	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	322,818	IMDb
237.	–	8.2	My Father and My Son (2005)	95,872	IMDb
238.	–	8.1	The Handmaiden (2016)	183,336	IMDb
239.	–	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	45,680	IMDb
240.	–	8.1	The Iron Giant (1999)	239,333	IMDb
241.	–	8.1	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	69,372	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	672,728	IMDb
243.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	102,858	IMDb
244.	–	8.2	A Man Escaped (1956)	27,605	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Groundhog Day (1993)	705,659	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Amores Perros (2000)	258,360	IMDb
247.	–	8.1	The Help (2011)	506,545	IMDb
248.	–	8.1	Rebecca (1940)	151,135	IMDb
249.	–	8.1	A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)	113,097	IMDb
250.	★	8.2	Andhadhun (2018)	106,751	IMDb

Comparing	17 Jan '25
with	16 Jan '25

New entries	1
Changes	9

1970-1979	17
1960-1969	16
1950-1959	22
1940-1949	12
1930-1939	6
1920-1929	6

Christopher Nolan	8
Steven Spielberg	7
Martin Scorsese	7
Stanley Kubrick	7
Akira Kurosawa	6

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

United States	181
United Kingdom	37
Japan	16
France	15
Italy	13

2024	3
2023	3
2022	1
2021	3
2020	2

2019	6
2018	5
2017	3
2016	5
2015	4
2014	5
2013	4
2012	3
2011	5
2010	5
2009	6
2008	3
2007	5
2006	4
2005	3
2004	7
2003	6
2002	4
2001	5
2000	5
1999	6
1998	5
1997	5
1996	2
1995	8
1994	5
1993	4
1992	2
1991	2
1990	1
1989	2
1988	4
1987	1
1986	3
1985	3
1984	3
1983	2
1982	2
1981	2
1980	4

drama	181
action	72
thriller	61
adventure	57
crime	51

Color	181
Black & White	56