IMDb Top 250 of 2 January 2025

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Rank changes (9)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
62.	▲ 1	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	245,033	IMDb
63.	▼ 1	8.8	12th Fail (2023)	138,874	IMDb
181.	▲ 1	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	397,439	IMDb
182.	▲ 1	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,145,438	IMDb
183.	▼ 2	8.7	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Tsuzumi Yashiki-hen (2021)	28,185	IMDb
196.	▲ 1	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,010,507	IMDb
197.	▼ 1	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	121,814	IMDb
239.	▲ 1	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	45,518	IMDb
240.	▼ 1	8.2	Un Condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)	27,258	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	2,984,875	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,083,022	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Dark Knight (2008)	2,965,241	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	1,405,158	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	12 Angry Men (1957)	902,739	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,042,733	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,495,966	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,290,626	IMDb
9.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,072,259	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	837,527	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,335,832	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,842,074	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,412,644	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,632,186	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,418,346	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,117,591	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,300,380	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,100,915	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,239,295	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,866,691	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	519,666	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	378,343	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,602,958	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,543,096	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	Cidade de Deus (2002)	824,259	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,456,653	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	La Vita è bella (1997)	764,954	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,212,139	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars (1977)	1,487,015	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,352,090	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	887,647	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	947,573	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,711,621	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Gisaengchung (2019)	1,020,718	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	741,505	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,181,371	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,462,866	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Hotaru no haka (1988)	334,536	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,041,778	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,215,439	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	427,151	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,486,854	IMDb
43.	–	8.6	Seppuku (1962)	76,277	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	1,283,078	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	622,755	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,172,944	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Intouchables (2011)	959,840	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	294,989	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	268,474	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	997,800	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	538,289	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Dune: Part Two (2024)	571,397	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	C'era una volta il West (1968)	361,505	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,753,672	IMDb
55.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	203,792	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	730,844	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,357,597	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	1,239,133	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,060,940	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	422,059	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,256,641	IMDb
62.	▲ 1	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	245,033	IMDb
63.	▼ 1	8.8	12th Fail (2023)	138,874	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	709,332	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	222,274	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	145,702	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,147,022	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	245,544	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	797,298	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,643,127	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,882,922	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	629,827	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	441,803	IMDb
74.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,103,801	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Oldeuboi (2003)	662,495	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	531,925	IMDb
77.	–	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,322,547	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,234,809	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,112,077	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,115,727	IMDb
81.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	273,687	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Mononoke-hime (1997)	450,481	IMDb
83.	–	8.4	Kimi no na wa. (2016)	343,228	IMDb
84.	–	8.4	Tengoku to jigoku (1963)	57,681	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,572,971	IMDb
86.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	450,031	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	388,883	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	268,552	IMDb
89.	–	8.4	Capharnaüm (2018)	112,576	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Idi i smotri (1985)	107,195	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	924,559	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	917,728	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,148,821	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Jagten (2012)	379,598	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,115,096	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	93,927	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	741,871	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,117,315	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	204,440	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	324,291	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Incendies (2010)	218,136	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	946,617	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	172,422	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	356,574	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Citizen Kane (1941)	476,055	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	741,265	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	M (1931)	174,432	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Vertigo (1958)	439,093	IMDb
109.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	810,715	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,160,980	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	809,993	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Oppenheimer (2023)	832,668	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	900,731	IMDb
114.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	340,014	IMDb
115.	–	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	265,867	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	976,557	IMDb
117.	–	8.3	The Sting (1973)	286,488	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	828,668	IMDb
119.	–	8.3	Taare Zameen Par (2007)	213,915	IMDb
120.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	191,575	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	932,703	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	709,263	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	633,793	IMDb
124.	–	8.3	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	181,679	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Der Untergang (2004)	383,609	IMDb
126.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	220,511	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	958,253	IMDb
128.	–	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	123,339	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,647,041	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,621,514	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	283,449	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	612,783	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	290,576	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,248,201	IMDb
135.	–	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	89,013	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	139,115	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	205,805	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,515,073	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	142,596	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	659,125	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,099,569	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	581,547	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,082,901	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	140,852	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	749,074	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,098,950	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	716,956	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	487,666	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	446,976	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,009,473	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	1,229,668	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	135,740	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	135,532	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	848,066	IMDb
155.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,142,659	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	265,106	IMDb
157.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	581,485	IMDb
158.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	106,853	IMDb
159.	–	8.2	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	471,015	IMDb
160.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	265,936	IMDb
161.	–	8.2	Dial M for Murder (1954)	194,791	IMDb
162.	–	8.2	Rashômon (1950)	186,441	IMDb
163.	–	8.2	Gone with the Wind (1939)	341,919	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	359,905	IMDb
165.	–	8.2	El Secreto de sus ojos (2009)	229,068	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	628,634	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,202,577	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	847,473	IMDb
169.	–	8.2	Klaus (2019)	207,065	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	571,719	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	390,229	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	741,233	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	238,969	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,139,001	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	743,258	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	508,369	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	978,976	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	830,106	IMDb
179.	–	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	924,982	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	737,040	IMDb
181.	▲ 1	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	397,439	IMDb
182.	▲ 1	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,145,438	IMDb
183.	▼ 2	8.7	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Tsuzumi Yashiki-hen (2021)	28,185	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	259,570	IMDb
185.	–	8.2	Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)	83,952	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	755,900	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	189,458	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	842,893	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	351,802	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	911,401	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	621,523	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	575,236	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,101,268	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	Salinui chueok (2003)	230,927	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	193,027	IMDb
196.	▲ 1	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,010,507	IMDb
197.	▼ 1	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	121,814	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	863,824	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Relatos salvajes (2014)	224,086	IMDb
200.	–	8.4	Maharaja (2024)	59,249	IMDb
201.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	827,069	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Jaws (1975)	682,972	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	370,915	IMDb
204.	–	8.2	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	60,030	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	101,118	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	193,051	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	169,705	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	506,880	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	69,040	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	124,402	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Smultronstället (1957)	118,463	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	187,345	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	873,694	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	648,981	IMDb
215.	–	8.1	Tôkyô monogatari (1953)	71,864	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	879,550	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	204,622	IMDb
218.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	512,528	IMDb
219.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	462,188	IMDb
220.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	950,605	IMDb
221.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	379,735	IMDb
222.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	449,464	IMDb
223.	–	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,245,400	IMDb
224.	–	8.1	La Haine (1995)	206,082	IMDb
225.	–	8.7	Jai Bhim (2021)	222,980	IMDb
226.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	297,126	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	73,062	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	63,294	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	470,367	IMDb
230.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	443,216	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	838,522	IMDb
232.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	526,839	IMDb
233.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	175,480	IMDb
234.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	455,873	IMDb
235.	–	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	270,636	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	321,954	IMDb
237.	–	8.2	Babam Ve Oglum (2005)	95,700	IMDb
238.	–	8.1	Ah-ga-ssi (2016)	182,517	IMDb
239.	▲ 1	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	45,518	IMDb
240.	▼ 1	8.2	Un Condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)	27,258	IMDb
241.	–	8.1	The Iron Giant (1999)	238,531	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	68,903	IMDb
243.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	671,280	IMDb
244.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	102,675	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Groundhog Day (1993)	704,037	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Amores perros (2000)	257,989	IMDb
247.	–	8.1	The Help (2011)	505,569	IMDb
248.	–	8.1	Rebecca (1940)	150,760	IMDb
249.	–	8.1	Koe no katachi (2016)	112,092	IMDb
250.	–	8.0	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	192,957	IMDb

Comparing	2 Jan '25
with	1 Jan '25

New entries	0
Changes	9

1970-1979	17
1960-1969	17
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	4
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