IMDb Top 250 of 5 January 2025

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Rank changes (15)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
52.	▲ 1	8.5	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	361,845	IMDb
53.	▼ 1	8.5	Dune: Part Two (2024)	574,407	IMDb
116.	▲ 1	8.3	The Sting (1973)	286,616	IMDb
117.	▼ 1	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	977,855	IMDb
172.	▲ 1	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	239,062	IMDb
173.	▼ 1	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	741,539	IMDb
183.	▲ 1	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	259,673	IMDb
184.	▲ 1	8.2	Children of Heaven (1997)	84,007	IMDb
185.	▲ 1	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	756,266	IMDb
186.	▲ 1	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	189,624	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	843,447	IMDb
188.	▲ 1	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	352,081	IMDb
189.	▼ 6	8.7	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc (2021)	28,362	IMDb
200.	▲ 1	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	827,577	IMDb
201.	▼ 1	8.4	Maharaja (2024)	59,797	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	2,986,806	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,084,518	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Dark Knight (2008)	2,967,200	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather Part II (1974)	1,406,045	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	12 Angry Men (1957)	903,587	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,044,186	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,496,947	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,292,160	IMDb
9.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,073,732	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	838,078	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,337,352	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,843,443	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,414,444	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,634,179	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,419,130	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,118,916	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,301,317	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,101,561	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,242,980	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,868,324	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	520,391	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	Seven Samurai (1954)	378,605	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,604,016	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,544,117	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	City of God (2002)	824,697	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,457,767	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	765,368	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,212,890	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)	1,487,779	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,352,954	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Spirited Away (2001)	888,456	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	948,366	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,714,020	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Parasite (2019)	1,022,074	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	741,906	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,182,280	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,463,770	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	335,037	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,042,966	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,216,084	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	428,177	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,487,847	IMDb
43.	–	8.6	Harakiri (1962)	76,370	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Léon: The Professional (1994)	1,283,847	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	623,151	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,173,635	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	The Intouchables (2011)	960,573	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	295,267	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	268,648	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	998,508	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	538,645	IMDb
52.	▲ 1	8.5	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	361,845	IMDb
53.	▼ 1	8.5	Dune: Part Two (2024)	574,407	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,754,824	IMDb
55.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	203,953	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	731,369	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,358,391	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	1,239,982	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,061,564	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	422,274	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,257,758	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Sunset Boulevard (1950)	245,240	IMDb
63.	–	8.8	12th Fail (2023)	139,175	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	710,142	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	222,461	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	145,908	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,147,795	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	245,694	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	797,820	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,644,587	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,883,972	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	630,639	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	442,129	IMDb
74.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,104,568	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Oldboy (2003)	663,121	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	532,165	IMDb
77.	–	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,323,667	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,235,343	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,113,048	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,116,305	IMDb
81.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	273,933	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Princess Mononoke (1997)	450,889	IMDb
83.	–	8.4	Your Name. (2016)	343,692	IMDb
84.	–	8.4	High and Low (1963)	57,748	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,574,577	IMDb
86.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	450,312	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	389,163	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	268,735	IMDb
89.	–	8.4	Capernaum (2018)	112,694	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Come and See (1985)	107,400	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	925,037	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	918,276	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,149,373	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	The Hunt (2012)	379,943	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,116,101	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	94,067	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	742,288	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,117,901	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	204,649	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	324,502	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Incendies (2010)	218,452	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	947,202	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	172,507	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	356,741	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Citizen Kane (1941)	476,219	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	741,775	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	M (1931)	174,522	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	811,095	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	Vertigo (1958)	439,337	IMDb
110.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,161,712	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Amélie (2001)	810,286	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Oppenheimer (2023)	834,790	IMDb
113.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	901,126	IMDb
114.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	340,126	IMDb
115.	–	8.3	A Separation (2011)	265,995	IMDb
116.	▲ 1	8.3	The Sting (1973)	286,616	IMDb
117.	▼ 1	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	977,855	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	829,080	IMDb
119.	–	8.3	Like Stars on Earth (2007)	214,032	IMDb
120.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	191,675	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Snatch (2000)	933,127	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	709,995	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	634,069	IMDb
124.	–	8.3	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	181,850	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Downfall (2004)	383,832	IMDb
126.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	220,788	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	958,992	IMDb
128.	–	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	123,576	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,648,414	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,622,413	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	283,618	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	613,841	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	290,765	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,249,236	IMDb
135.	–	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	89,085	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	139,190	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	206,059	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,516,361	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	142,668	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	659,608	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,100,182	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	581,933	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,083,431	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	140,945	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	750,053	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,099,896	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	717,195	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	488,007	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	447,193	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,009,946	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	1,230,462	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	135,795	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	Yojimbo (1961)	135,588	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	848,964	IMDb
155.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,143,310	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	265,193	IMDb
157.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	581,676	IMDb
158.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	109,576	IMDb
159.	–	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	471,445	IMDb
160.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	266,509	IMDb
161.	–	8.2	Dial M for Murder (1954)	194,928	IMDb
162.	–	8.2	Rashomon (1950)	186,538	IMDb
163.	–	8.2	Gone with the Wind (1939)	342,088	IMDb
164.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	360,053	IMDb
165.	–	8.2	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	229,196	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	628,892	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,203,035	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	848,323	IMDb
169.	–	8.2	Klaus (2019)	207,783	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	572,117	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	390,397	IMDb
172.	▲ 1	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	239,062	IMDb
173.	▼ 1	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	741,539	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,139,974	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	743,724	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	508,636	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	979,884	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	830,471	IMDb
179.	–	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	925,890	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	737,539	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	397,799	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,146,276	IMDb
183.	▲ 1	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	259,673	IMDb
184.	▲ 1	8.2	Children of Heaven (1997)	84,007	IMDb
185.	▲ 1	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	756,266	IMDb
186.	▲ 1	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	189,624	IMDb
187.	▲ 1	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	843,447	IMDb
188.	▲ 1	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	352,081	IMDb
189.	▼ 6	8.7	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc (2021)	28,362	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	911,958	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	622,026	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	575,910	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,102,097	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	Memories of Murder (2003)	231,237	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	193,125	IMDb
196.	–	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,011,095	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	121,926	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	864,658	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Wild Tales (2014)	224,236	IMDb
200.	▲ 1	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	827,577	IMDb
201.	▼ 1	8.4	Maharaja (2024)	59,797	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Jaws (1975)	683,329	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	371,111	IMDb
204.	–	8.2	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	60,093	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	101,163	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	193,282	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	169,798	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	507,355	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	The Wages of Fear (1953)	69,076	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	124,465	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Wild Strawberries (1957)	118,529	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	187,426	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	874,345	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	649,431	IMDb
215.	–	8.1	Tokyo Story (1953)	72,263	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	879,940	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	The Seventh Seal (1957)	204,738	IMDb
218.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	512,758	IMDb
219.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	462,405	IMDb
220.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	951,129	IMDb
221.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	380,020	IMDb
222.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	449,649	IMDb
223.	–	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,246,165	IMDb
224.	–	8.1	La haine (1995)	206,257	IMDb
225.	–	8.7	Jai Bhim (2021)	223,067	IMDb
226.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	297,300	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	73,099	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	63,340	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	470,627	IMDb
230.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	443,592	IMDb
231.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	839,301	IMDb
232.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	527,106	IMDb
233.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	175,608	IMDb
234.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	456,118	IMDb
235.	–	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	270,918	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	322,192	IMDb
237.	–	8.2	My Father and My Son (2005)	95,742	IMDb
238.	–	8.1	The Handmaiden (2016)	182,740	IMDb
239.	–	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	45,567	IMDb
240.	–	8.2	A Man Escaped (1956)	27,368	IMDb
241.	–	8.1	The Iron Giant (1999)	238,701	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	68,980	IMDb
243.	–	8.1	Into the Wild (2007)	671,681	IMDb
244.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	102,715	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Groundhog Day (1993)	704,475	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Amores Perros (2000)	258,083	IMDb
247.	–	8.1	The Help (2011)	505,832	IMDb
248.	–	8.1	Rebecca (1940)	150,852	IMDb
249.	–	8.1	A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)	112,349	IMDb
250.	–	8.0	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	193,023	IMDb

Comparing	5 Jan '25
with	4 Jan '25

New entries	0
Changes	15

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