IMDb Top 250 of 20 January 2026

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	8.5	96 (2018)	43,978	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	Lost Ladies (2023)	IMDb

Rank changes (7)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
132.	▲ 1	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	136,513	IMDb
133.	▼ 1	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,693,137	IMDb
221.	▲ 1	8.6	Jai Bhim (2021)	232,579	IMDb
222.	▼ 1	8.3	Maharaja (2024)	78,841	IMDb
247.	▲ 1	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	49,159	IMDb
248.	▲ 1	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	106,807	IMDb
249.	▼ 2	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	107,564	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	3,146,870	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,196,195	IMDb
3.	–	9.1	The Dark Knight (2008)	3,122,480	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather Part II (1974)	1,476,480	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	12 Angry Men (1957)	969,487	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,137,402	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,569,165	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,176,488	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,405,388	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	882,157	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,931,287	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,461,650	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,562,868	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,776,567	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,487,854	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,220,754	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,372,753	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,464,994	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,147,310	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,989,604	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	549,978	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,696,915	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Seven Samurai (1954)	398,318	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,618,288	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,540,277	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	City of God (2002)	862,238	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	803,465	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,270,452	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)	1,553,192	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,432,126	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Spirited Away (2001)	951,639	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	1,000,346	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,823,734	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Parasite (2019)	1,135,398	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	375,566	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	778,082	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,243,441	IMDb
38.	–	8.6	Harakiri (1962)	88,770	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,535,561	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,130,898	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,566,562	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,261,535	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Léon: The Professional (1994)	1,338,326	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	503,879	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	314,091	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	649,947	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	The Intouchables (2011)	1,013,259	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,225,660	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	1,051,793	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	283,135	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,856,233	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	564,346	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	381,039	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	214,834	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	762,891	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	1,303,242	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,419,639	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Dune: Part Two (2024)	709,976	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,101,338	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,347,295	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	439,939	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	771,699	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Sunset Boulevard (1950)	258,760	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	159,646	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	236,449	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,210,137	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	257,486	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,752,654	IMDb
69.	–	8.7	12th Fail (2023)	166,317	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	833,258	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	High and Low (1963)	69,822	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,970,060	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	691,611	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,419,750	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,192,229	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	463,527	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,158,432	IMDb
78.	–	8.4	Your Name. (2016)	382,043	IMDb
79.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	285,699	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Oldboy (2003)	706,920	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	547,873	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,151,780	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Princess Mononoke (1997)	477,044	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,271,430	IMDb
85.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	475,566	IMDb
86.	–	8.4	Capernaum (2018)	122,035	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,667,886	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	279,872	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	405,107	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Come and See (1985)	119,902	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,196,207	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	963,711	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	958,332	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	100,843	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	The Hunt (2012)	403,231	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Incendies (2010)	244,257	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,168,627	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	216,551	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	338,156	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	774,238	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,159,331	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	789,345	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	1,001,420	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	179,625	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,219,631	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	367,301	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Like Stars on Earth (2007)	229,202	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	842,680	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	M (1931)	181,344	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Citizen Kane (1941)	490,526	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Amélie (2001)	833,352	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Vertigo (1958)	455,680	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	A Separation (2011)	275,575	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	1,020,592	IMDb
115.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	349,283	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	297,688	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	856,704	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	929,616	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	199,348	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Snatch (2000)	967,706	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	758,141	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	654,002	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Downfall (2004)	397,128	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,754,751	IMDb
125.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	238,617	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	190,934	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Oppenheimer (2023)	992,539	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,345,751	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	670,059	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,614,662	IMDb
131.	–	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	95,397	IMDb
132.	▲ 1	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	136,513	IMDb
133.	▼ 1	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,693,137	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	1,012,465	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	296,944	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,161,305	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	302,430	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	698,408	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	144,468	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	240,180	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	147,993	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,130,938	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	149,816	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	611,394	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,169,631	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	518,706	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	839,926	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	914,970	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	741,463	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	1,289,186	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	464,595	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,044,872	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	140,329	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	503,823	IMDb
155.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,193,632	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	Yojimbo (1961)	141,658	IMDb
157.	–	8.2	Klaus (2019)	231,819	IMDb
158.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	275,202	IMDb
159.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	279,611	IMDb
160.	–	8.5	The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)	29,559	IMDb
161.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	599,155	IMDb
162.	–	8.4	The Best of Youth (2003)	27,416	IMDb
163.	–	8.2	Dial M for Murder (1954)	202,956	IMDb
164.	–	8.2	Gone with the Wind (1939)	353,762	IMDb
165.	–	8.2	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	239,549	IMDb
166.	–	8.4	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025)	60,687	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	373,807	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	646,004	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,237,149	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	900,065	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Rashomon (1950)	194,595	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,213,384	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	599,060	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	763,407	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	246,931	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	1,031,751	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	634,735	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	777,037	IMDb
179.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	211,451	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	524,651	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	406,169	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	201,357	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	269,040	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	760,230	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,195,137	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	855,410	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	424,387	IMDb
188.	–	8.2	Children of Heaven (1997)	88,852	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	667,734	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	954,379	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	779,908	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	371,755	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	926,487	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	873,661	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Memories of Murder (2003)	259,410	IMDb
196.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	880,242	IMDb
197.	–	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	997,866	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,154,456	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,060,911	IMDb
200.	–	8.1	Jaws (1975)	728,138	IMDb
201.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	201,039	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	557,948	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	Wild Tales (2014)	235,600	IMDb
204.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	127,186	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	64,724	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	200,301	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	383,722	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	The Wages of Fear (1953)	72,768	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	105,263	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	915,205	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	128,637	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	680,371	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	176,391	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Tokyo Story (1953)	76,710	IMDb
215.	–	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,306,522	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	Wild Strawberries (1957)	123,454	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	530,436	IMDb
218.	–	8.1	La haine (1995)	221,783	IMDb
219.	–	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	193,785	IMDb
220.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	992,368	IMDb
221.	▲ 1	8.6	Jai Bhim (2021)	232,579	IMDb
222.	▼ 1	8.3	Maharaja (2024)	78,841	IMDb
223.	–	8.2	A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)	135,162	IMDb
224.	–	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	287,958	IMDb
225.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	909,486	IMDb
226.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	76,761	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	The Seventh Seal (1957)	214,112	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	476,745	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	311,143	IMDb
230.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	389,698	IMDb
231.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	467,614	IMDb
232.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	887,523	IMDb
233.	–	8.4	Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)	41,574	IMDb
234.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	338,714	IMDb
235.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	493,408	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	552,787	IMDb
237.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	463,331	IMDb
238.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	480,442	IMDb
239.	–	8.1	The Iron Giant (1999)	255,833	IMDb
240.	–	8.1	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	67,377	IMDb
241.	–	8.2	My Father and My Son (2005)	99,789	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	74,523	IMDb
243.	–	8.2	Marty Supreme (2025)	38,095	IMDb
244.	–	8.1	The Handmaiden (2016)	198,477	IMDb
245.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	184,030	IMDb
246.	–	8.2	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	112,664	IMDb
247.	▲ 1	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	49,159	IMDb
248.	▲ 1	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	106,807	IMDb
249.	▼ 2	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	107,564	IMDb
250.	★	8.5	96 (2018)	43,978	IMDb

Comparing	20 Jan '26
with	19 Jan '26

New entries	1
Changes	7

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	2
2019	6
2018	5
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	186
action	73
thriller	61
adventure	57
crime	51

Color	187
Black & White	56