IMDb Top 250 of 16 January 2026

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Rank changes (11)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
94.	▲ 1	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	100,796	IMDb
95.	▼ 1	8.3	Jagten (2012)	402,967	IMDb
132.	▲ 1	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	136,372	IMDb
133.	▼ 1	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,692,101	IMDb
157.	▲ 1	8.2	Klaus (2019)	231,586	IMDb
158.	▲ 1	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	275,098	IMDb
159.	▼ 2	8.5	Hababam Sinifi: Sinifta Kaldi (1975)	29,521	IMDb
196.	▲ 1	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	879,701	IMDb
197.	▼ 1	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	997,165	IMDb
215.	▲ 1	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,305,662	IMDb
216.	▼ 1	8.1	Smultronstället (1957)	123,399	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	3,144,832	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,195,147	IMDb
3.	–	9.1	The Dark Knight (2008)	3,120,950	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	1,475,772	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	12 Angry Men (1957)	968,820	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,136,141	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,568,418	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,174,851	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,404,142	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	881,730	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,929,937	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,460,262	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,560,879	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,774,788	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,486,982	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,219,663	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,371,900	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,462,989	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,146,761	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,988,180	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	549,729	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,695,778	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	398,185	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,617,363	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,539,218	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Cidade de Deus (2002)	861,853	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	La Vita è bella (1997)	803,116	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,269,833	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars (1977)	1,552,488	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,431,310	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	950,934	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	999,945	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,822,714	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Gisaengchung (2019)	1,134,123	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	777,793	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Hotaru no haka (1988)	375,189	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,242,788	IMDb
38.	–	8.6	Seppuku (1962)	88,699	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,534,860	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,129,720	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,565,533	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,260,980	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	1,337,799	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	503,126	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	313,900	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	649,728	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Intouchables (2011)	1,012,637	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,225,094	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	1,051,303	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	283,035	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,855,256	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	564,138	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	C'era una volta il West (1968)	380,902	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	214,769	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	762,648	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	1,302,567	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,418,920	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Dune: Part Two (2024)	708,923	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,100,936	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,346,468	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	439,822	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	771,078	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	258,636	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	159,576	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	236,341	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,209,477	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	257,391	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,751,691	IMDb
69.	–	8.7	12th Fail (2023)	166,075	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	832,931	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Tengoku to jigoku (1963)	69,759	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,969,021	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	691,051	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,418,744	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,191,118	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	463,332	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,157,765	IMDb
78.	–	8.4	Kimi no na wa. (2016)	381,550	IMDb
79.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	285,623	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Oldeuboi (2003)	706,418	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	547,745	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,151,420	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Mononoke-hime (1997)	476,762	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,271,086	IMDb
85.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	475,325	IMDb
86.	–	8.4	Capharnaüm (2018)	121,943	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,666,578	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	279,752	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	404,942	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Idi i smotri (1985)	119,789	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,195,612	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	963,275	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	957,936	IMDb
94.	▲ 1	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	100,796	IMDb
95.	▼ 1	8.3	Jagten (2012)	402,967	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Incendies (2010)	244,039	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,167,855	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	216,397	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	337,970	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	773,864	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,158,898	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	788,717	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	1,000,788	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	179,547	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,218,906	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	367,206	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Taare Zameen Par (2007)	229,080	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	842,290	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	M (1931)	181,275	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Citizen Kane (1941)	490,383	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	833,128	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Vertigo (1958)	455,534	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	275,491	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	1,020,175	IMDb
115.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	349,184	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	297,575	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	856,377	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	929,244	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	199,279	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	967,282	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	757,644	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	653,803	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Der Untergang (2004)	396,999	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,753,445	IMDb
125.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	238,399	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	190,870	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Oppenheimer (2023)	991,065	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,344,577	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	669,526	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,613,305	IMDb
131.	–	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	95,322	IMDb
132.	▲ 1	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	136,372	IMDb
133.	▼ 1	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,692,101	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	1,011,821	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	296,781	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,160,634	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	302,337	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	697,986	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	144,418	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	240,010	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	147,944	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,130,379	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	149,721	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	611,114	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,168,965	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	518,370	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	839,092	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	914,214	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	741,205	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	1,288,531	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	464,422	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,044,505	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	140,280	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	503,478	IMDb
155.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,193,062	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	141,615	IMDb
157.	▲ 1	8.2	Klaus (2019)	231,586	IMDb
158.	▲ 1	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	275,098	IMDb
159.	▼ 2	8.5	Hababam Sinifi: Sinifta Kaldi (1975)	29,521	IMDb
160.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	279,451	IMDb
161.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	598,984	IMDb
162.	–	8.4	La Meglio gioventù (2003)	27,379	IMDb
163.	–	8.2	Dial M for Murder (1954)	202,881	IMDb
164.	–	8.4	Gekijô-ban Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Jô-hen (2025)	60,114	IMDb
165.	–	8.2	Gone with the Wind (1939)	353,655	IMDb
166.	–	8.2	El Secreto de sus ojos (2009)	239,416	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	373,644	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	645,806	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,236,761	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	899,490	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Rashômon (1950)	194,511	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,212,228	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	598,778	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	763,133	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	246,871	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	1,031,099	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	633,528	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	776,559	IMDb
179.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	210,956	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	524,478	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	405,952	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	201,217	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	268,958	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	759,980	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,194,676	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	855,097	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	424,108	IMDb
188.	–	8.2	Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)	88,802	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	667,255	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	953,908	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	779,601	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	371,545	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	925,770	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	873,332	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Salinui chueok (2003)	259,124	IMDb
196.	▲ 1	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	879,701	IMDb
197.	▼ 1	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	997,165	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,153,937	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,060,399	IMDb
200.	–	8.1	Jaws (1975)	727,811	IMDb
201.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	200,972	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	557,364	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	Relatos salvajes (2014)	235,486	IMDb
204.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	127,138	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	64,682	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	200,241	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	383,609	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	72,733	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	105,225	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	914,818	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	128,601	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	680,023	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	176,338	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Tôkyô monogatari (1953)	76,666	IMDb
215.	▲ 1	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,305,662	IMDb
216.	▼ 1	8.1	Smultronstället (1957)	123,399	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	530,259	IMDb
218.	–	8.1	La Haine (1995)	221,601	IMDb
219.	–	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	193,712	IMDb
220.	–	8.6	Jai Bhim (2021)	232,523	IMDb
221.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	991,782	IMDb
222.	–	8.3	Maharaja (2024)	78,709	IMDb
223.	–	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	287,771	IMDb
224.	–	8.2	Koe no katachi (2016)	134,921	IMDb
225.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	909,150	IMDb
226.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	76,730	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	214,024	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	476,613	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	310,997	IMDb
230.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	389,598	IMDb
231.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	467,411	IMDb
232.	–	8.4	Gekijô-ban Chensô Man Reze-hen (2025)	40,700	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	887,031	IMDb
234.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	493,187	IMDb
235.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	338,536	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	552,533	IMDb
237.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	463,156	IMDb
238.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	480,206	IMDb
239.	–	8.1	The Iron Giant (1999)	255,611	IMDb
240.	–	8.1	La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	67,337	IMDb
241.	–	8.2	Babam Ve Oglum (2005)	99,745	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	74,469	IMDb
243.	–	8.1	Ah-ga-ssi (2016)	198,228	IMDb
244.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	183,951	IMDb
245.	–	8.2	Marty Supreme (2025)	33,313	IMDb
246.	–	8.2	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	112,601	IMDb
247.	–	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	49,113	IMDb
248.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	107,532	IMDb
249.	–	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	106,711	IMDb
250.	–	8.2	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen (2020)	97,546	IMDb

Comparing	16 Jan '26
with	15 Jan '26

New entries	0
Changes	11

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	182
United Kingdom	37
Japan	18
France	15
Italy	14

2025	3
2024	3
2023	3
2022	1
2021	2

2020	3
2019	6
2018	4
2017	3
2016	5
2015	5
2014	5
2013	4
2012	4
2011	4
2010	5
2009	6
2008	3
2007	4
2006	4
2005	3
2004	7
2003	7
2002	4
2001	5
2000	4
1999	6
1998	5
1997	5
1996	2
1995	8
1994	5
1993	3
1992	2
1991	2
1990	1
1989	2
1988	4
1987	1
1986	3
1985	3
1984	3
1983	2
1982	2
1981	2

drama	185
action	73
thriller	61
adventure	57
crime	51

Color	187
Black & White	56