IMDb Top 250 of 12 May 2025

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	8.2	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	107,511	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
249.	▼	Rebecca (1940)	IMDb

Rank changes (15)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
41.	▲ 1	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,513,967	IMDb
42.	▼ 1	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,230,702	IMDb
100.	▲ 1	8.3	Incendies (2010)	227,516	IMDb
101.	▼ 1	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	208,838	IMDb
118.	▲ 1	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	838,336	IMDb
119.	▼ 1	8.2	The Sting (1973)	290,246	IMDb
143.	▲ 1	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,099,053	IMDb
144.	▼ 1	8.2	Casino (1995)	592,195	IMDb
201.	▲ 1	8.2	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	61,964	IMDb
202.	▼ 1	8.1	Jaws (1975)	694,081	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.4	Maharaja (2024)	68,127	IMDb
219.	▼ 1	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	964,549	IMDb
230.	▲ 1	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	276,295	IMDb
231.	▼ 1	8.1	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	64,918	IMDb
249.	▲ 1	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	101,052	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	3,042,075	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,123,500	IMDb
3.	–	9.0	The Dark Knight (2008)	3,019,054	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather Part II (1974)	1,428,539	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	12 Angry Men (1957)	924,498	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,076,794	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,521,611	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,333,422	IMDb
9.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,106,681	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	852,549	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,377,904	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,872,554	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,463,437	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,681,798	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,440,598	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,154,583	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,325,053	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,343,104	IMDb
19.	–	8.7	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,115,999	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,910,155	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	527,479	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,634,429	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Seven Samurai (1954)	383,817	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,569,238	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	City of God (2002)	837,058	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,484,738	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	777,874	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,232,120	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)	1,507,606	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,377,028	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Spirited Away (2001)	909,710	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	967,719	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,758,641	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Parasite (2019)	1,061,440	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	752,237	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,202,899	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	348,684	IMDb
38.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,487,083	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,073,453	IMDb
40.	–	8.6	Harakiri (1962)	79,548	IMDb
41.	▲ 1	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,513,967	IMDb
42.	▼ 1	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,230,702	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Léon: The Professional (1994)	1,302,247	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	454,571	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	630,996	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,189,330	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	The Intouchables (2011)	977,872	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	301,156	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	1,015,499	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	272,804	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	545,919	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	367,969	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,790,480	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	206,868	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	741,875	IMDb
56.	–	8.5	Dune: Part Two (2024)	629,426	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	1,260,445	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,378,265	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,073,844	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	427,578	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,286,759	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Sunset Boulevard (1950)	248,793	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	730,350	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	149,855	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	225,908	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,166,008	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	248,673	IMDb
68.	–	8.8	12th Fail (2023)	147,367	IMDb
69.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,681,594	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	808,508	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,912,645	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	649,596	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	448,384	IMDb
74.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,121,983	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,356,386	IMDb
76.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,137,072	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Oldboy (2003)	678,664	IMDb
78.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	537,454	IMDb
79.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	279,142	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,129,063	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,248,499	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Princess Mononoke (1997)	460,103	IMDb
83.	–	8.4	Your Name. (2016)	356,695	IMDb
84.	–	8.4	High and Low (1963)	60,135	IMDb
85.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	458,304	IMDb
86.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,608,038	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	394,939	IMDb
88.	–	8.4	Capernaum (2018)	116,041	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	272,462	IMDb
90.	–	8.8	The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)	26,393	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Come and See (1985)	111,780	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	938,452	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,164,400	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	931,318	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	The Hunt (2012)	387,917	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	96,343	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,135,982	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	753,270	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,132,135	IMDb
100.	▲ 1	8.3	Incendies (2010)	227,516	IMDb
101.	▼ 1	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	208,838	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	329,011	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	965,176	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	174,788	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	757,703	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	360,311	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,181,263	IMDb
108.	–	8.3	Citizen Kane (1941)	480,835	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	M (1931)	176,972	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	821,648	IMDb
111.	–	8.2	Vertigo (1958)	444,819	IMDb
112.	–	8.3	Amélie (2001)	818,348	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	A Separation (2011)	269,195	IMDb
114.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	343,173	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	911,328	IMDb
116.	–	8.3	Like Stars on Earth (2007)	217,710	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	989,919	IMDb
118.	▲ 1	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	838,336	IMDb
119.	▼ 1	8.2	The Sting (1973)	290,246	IMDb
120.	–	8.3	Oppenheimer (2023)	889,834	IMDb
121.	–	8.3	Metropolis (1927)	194,312	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	Snatch (2000)	945,871	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	727,579	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	640,933	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	185,301	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Downfall (2004)	388,460	IMDb
127.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	225,457	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,686,129	IMDb
129.	–	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	127,463	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	978,402	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	635,147	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,645,872	IMDb
133.	–	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	288,406	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,280,093	IMDb
135.	–	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	91,552	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	294,991	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,548,883	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	141,151	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	212,938	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	144,684	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,119,002	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	670,769	IMDb
143.	▲ 1	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,099,053	IMDb
144.	▼ 1	8.2	Casino (1995)	592,195	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	143,789	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	775,034	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,121,528	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	498,365	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	724,707	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	454,289	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,021,719	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	1,250,384	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	137,341	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	871,119	IMDb
155.	–	8.2	Yojimbo (1961)	137,589	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,159,829	IMDb
157.	–	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	482,955	IMDb
158.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	268,576	IMDb
159.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	587,716	IMDb
160.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	272,730	IMDb
161.	–	8.2	Dial M for Murder (1954)	197,800	IMDb
162.	–	8.2	Klaus (2019)	214,238	IMDb
163.	–	8.2	Gone with the Wind (1939)	346,353	IMDb
164.	–	8.2	Rashomon (1950)	189,333	IMDb
165.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	364,875	IMDb
166.	–	8.2	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	232,655	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	635,005	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,214,735	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	866,978	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	582,805	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	241,824	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	749,241	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,164,423	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	395,565	IMDb
175.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	167,401	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	756,158	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	514,303	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	997,120	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	839,057	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	746,110	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	263,385	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,164,939	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	407,372	IMDb
184.	–	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	951,000	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	193,212	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	590,844	IMDb
187.	–	8.2	Children of Heaven (1997)	85,707	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	764,547	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	358,887	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	926,239	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	636,998	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	853,928	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,120,664	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	Memories of Murder (2003)	241,015	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	884,771	IMDb
196.	–	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,027,498	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	195,884	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	843,590	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Wild Tales (2014)	228,435	IMDb
200.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	123,827	IMDb
201.	▲ 1	8.2	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	61,964	IMDb
202.	▼ 1	8.1	Jaws (1975)	694,081	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	195,952	IMDb
204.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	375,482	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	522,501	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	102,679	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	The Wages of Fear (1953)	70,405	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	125,941	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	172,272	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Wild Strawberries (1957)	120,430	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	889,528	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	659,742	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	189,678	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Tokyo Story (1953)	73,873	IMDb
215.	–	8.3	I'm Still Here (2024)	107,352	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	518,634	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	890,256	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.4	Maharaja (2024)	68,127	IMDb
219.	▼ 1	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	964,549	IMDb
220.	–	8.1	The Seventh Seal (1957)	208,425	IMDb
221.	–	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,265,701	IMDb
222.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	467,749	IMDb
223.	–	8.1	La haine (1995)	211,610	IMDb
224.	–	8.7	Jai Bhim (2021)	225,545	IMDb
225.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	383,733	IMDb
226.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	456,050	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	74,454	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	302,040	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	477,561	IMDb
230.	▲ 1	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	276,295	IMDb
231.	▼ 1	8.1	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	64,918	IMDb
232.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	450,437	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	854,984	IMDb
234.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	328,200	IMDb
235.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	534,319	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	464,255	IMDb
237.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	179,124	IMDb
238.	–	8.2	My Father and My Son (2005)	97,336	IMDb
239.	–	8.1	The Iron Giant (1999)	244,614	IMDb
240.	–	8.1	The Handmaiden (2016)	188,143	IMDb
241.	–	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	46,958	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)	120,403	IMDb
243.	–	8.1	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	70,989	IMDb
244.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	104,681	IMDb
245.	–	8.0	Into the Wild (2007)	679,110	IMDb
246.	–	8.0	Groundhog Day (1993)	716,277	IMDb
247.	–	8.1	The Help (2011)	512,735	IMDb
248.	–	8.0	Amores Perros (2000)	267,760	IMDb
249.	▲ 1	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	101,052	IMDb
250.	★	8.2	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	107,511	IMDb

Comparing	12 May '25
with	11 May '25

New entries	1
Changes	15

1970-1979	18
1960-1969	16
1950-1959	21
1940-1949	11
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	4
2023	3
2022	1
2021	2
2020	2

2019	6
2018	4
2017	3
2016	5
2015	5
2014	5
2013	4
2012	4
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	183
action	72
thriller	61
adventure	57
crime	51

Color	183
Black & White	56