IMDb Top 250 of 3 January 2026

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	8.3	Laapataa Ladies (2023)	57,497	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	Andhadhun (2018)	IMDb

Rank changes (8)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
96.	▲ 1	8.3	Incendies (2010)	243,066	IMDb
97.	▼ 1	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,165,767	IMDb
126.	▲ 1	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,748,092	IMDb
127.	▼ 1	8.2	Oppenheimer (2023)	985,049	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	126,982	IMDb
204.	▼ 1	8.1	Relatos salvajes (2014)	235,091	IMDb
219.	▲ 1	8.6	Jai Bhim (2021)	232,258	IMDb
220.	▼ 1	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	193,459	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	3,139,050	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,191,113	IMDb
3.	–	9.1	The Dark Knight (2008)	3,115,163	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather Part II (1974)	1,472,995	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	De 12 gezworenen (1957)	966,255	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,132,056	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,565,809	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,169,914	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,398,981	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	880,286	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,925,916	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,454,614	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,554,428	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,768,805	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,484,096	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,215,635	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,369,333	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,454,758	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,145,213	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Seven (1995)	1,983,631	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	548,453	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,691,572	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	397,700	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,614,420	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,535,852	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Cidade de Deus (2002)	860,530	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Het leven is mooi (1997)	801,819	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,267,730	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)	1,549,782	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,427,993	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Spirited Away: De reis van Chihiro (2001)	948,479	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	998,035	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,819,178	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Gisaengchung (2019)	1,128,958	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	776,732	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	373,840	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,240,241	IMDb
38.	–	8.6	Seppuku (1962)	88,358	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,532,412	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,125,591	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,562,504	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,259,385	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	1,335,972	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	500,017	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	313,388	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	648,896	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Intouchables (2011)	1,010,342	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,223,135	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	1,049,594	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	282,720	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	563,332	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,850,900	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	380,469	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	214,527	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	761,704	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	WALL-E (2008)	1,300,000	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,416,574	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Dune: Part Two (2024)	704,535	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,099,485	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,342,410	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	439,316	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Spider-Man: Een nieuw universum (2018)	768,445	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Sunset Boulevard (1950)	258,243	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	159,317	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Het veld van eer (1957)	235,882	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,206,836	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	De dictator (1940)	257,067	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,748,007	IMDb
69.	–	8.7	12th Fail (2023)	165,246	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	831,868	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	High and Low (1963)	69,473	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,965,473	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	688,394	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,414,487	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,186,937	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	462,647	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,155,335	IMDb
78.	–	8.4	Your Name (2016)	379,976	IMDb
79.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	285,196	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Old Boy (2003)	704,554	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	547,216	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,149,955	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Princess Mononoke (1997)	475,639	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,269,807	IMDb
85.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	474,386	IMDb
86.	–	8.4	Capernaum (2018)	121,635	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,662,850	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	279,337	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	C'era una volta in America (1984)	404,291	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Idi i smotri (1985)	119,375	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	961,766	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,193,417	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	956,118	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	The Hunt (2012)	402,013	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	100,582	IMDb
96.	▲ 1	8.3	Incendies (2010)	243,066	IMDb
97.	▼ 1	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,165,767	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	Het appartement (1960)	215,808	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	337,371	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	2001: Een zwerftocht in de ruimte (1968)	772,628	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,157,186	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	998,681	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	786,723	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Bloedgeld (1944)	179,260	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,216,468	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	366,809	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Taare Zameen Par (2007)	228,672	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	841,194	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)	181,069	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Citizen Kane (1941)	489,855	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	832,214	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Vertigo (1958)	455,006	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	A Separation (2011)	275,210	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	1,018,104	IMDb
115.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	348,875	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	297,180	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	855,258	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	928,122	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	198,977	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Snatch (2000)	965,926	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	755,605	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	653,112	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Der Untergang (2004)	396,490	IMDb
124.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	237,659	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	190,582	IMDb
126.	▲ 1	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,748,092	IMDb
127.	▼ 1	8.2	Oppenheimer (2023)	985,049	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,340,350	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	667,238	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,608,914	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,689,153	IMDb
132.	–	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	135,960	IMDb
133.	–	8.3	Oordeel te Neurenberg (1961)	95,021	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	1,009,501	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	296,224	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	301,965	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,158,208	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	696,307	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	144,239	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	239,349	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	147,792	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,128,540	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	149,425	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	610,061	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,166,329	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	517,271	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	835,783	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	911,310	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	740,322	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	463,789	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	Kill Bill (2003)	1,285,815	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,043,177	IMDb
153.	–	8.5	Hababam Sinifi: Sinifta Kaldi (1975)	29,355	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	140,103	IMDb
155.	–	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	502,211	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,190,516	IMDb
157.	–	8.2	Yojimbo (1961)	141,438	IMDb
158.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	274,754	IMDb
159.	–	8.2	Klaus (2019)	230,358	IMDb
160.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	279,051	IMDb
161.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	598,248	IMDb
162.	–	8.4	The Best of Youth (2003)	27,254	IMDb
163.	–	8.2	Dial M for Murder (1954)	202,567	IMDb
164.	–	8.5	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle (2025)	57,375	IMDb
165.	–	8.2	Gejaagd door de wind (1939)	353,253	IMDb
166.	–	8.2	El secreto de sus ojos (2009)	239,011	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	373,157	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	645,131	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,235,576	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Binnenstebuiten (2015)	897,347	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Rashomon (1950)	194,228	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,208,004	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	597,769	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	762,355	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	246,651	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	1,028,351	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	629,867	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	774,611	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	405,062	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	523,890	IMDb
181.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	209,178	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	200,750	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Ben Hur (1959)	268,652	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	759,113	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,193,105	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	854,068	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	422,961	IMDb
188.	–	8.2	Bacheha-ye aseman (1997)	88,643	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	665,199	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	952,102	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	778,405	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	370,803	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	872,120	IMDb
194.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	922,865	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Salinui chueok (2003)	258,010	IMDb
196.	–	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	994,208	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	877,636	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,151,913	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,058,159	IMDb
200.	–	8.1	De zomer van de witte haai (1975)	726,502	IMDb
201.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	200,748	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Le Mans '66 (2019)	554,606	IMDb
203.	▲ 1	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	126,982	IMDb
204.	▼ 1	8.1	Relatos salvajes (2014)	235,091	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	64,534	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	200,042	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	383,156	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	Het loon van de Angst (1953)	72,629	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	105,069	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	913,171	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith gaat naar Washington (1939)	128,459	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	678,842	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	176,127	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Tokyo Story (1953)	76,540	IMDb
215.	–	8.1	Smultronstället (1957)	123,258	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,302,928	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	529,592	IMDb
218.	–	8.3	Maharaja (2024)	78,242	IMDb
219.	▲ 1	8.6	Jai Bhim (2021)	232,258	IMDb
220.	▼ 1	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	193,459	IMDb
221.	–	8.1	La haine (1995)	220,972	IMDb
222.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	989,968	IMDb
223.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	907,986	IMDb
224.	–	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	287,056	IMDb
225.	–	8.2	A Silent Voice (2016)	133,905	IMDb
226.	–	8.4	Gekijô-ban Chensô Man Reze-hen (2025)	37,221	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	De beste jaren van ons leven (1946)	76,624	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	Det sjunde inseglet (1957)	213,739	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	476,101	IMDb
230.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	310,445	IMDb
231.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	389,270	IMDb
232.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	466,643	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	884,958	IMDb
234.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	492,353	IMDb
235.	–	8.1	Hachi (2009)	337,886	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	551,594	IMDb
237.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	462,398	IMDb
238.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	479,149	IMDb
239.	–	8.1	De IJzeren reus (1999)	254,987	IMDb
240.	–	8.1	La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	67,242	IMDb
241.	–	8.2	Babam ve Oglum (2005)	99,613	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	De slag om Algiers (1966)	74,313	IMDb
243.	–	8.1	Ah-ga-ssi (2016)	197,501	IMDb
244.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	183,732	IMDb
245.	–	8.2	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	112,339	IMDb
246.	–	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	106,381	IMDb
247.	–	8.2	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)	96,711	IMDb
248.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	107,403	IMDb
249.	–	8.1	Spionnage in het spel (1942)	48,975	IMDb
250.	★	8.3	Laapataa Ladies (2023)	57,497	IMDb

Comparing	3 Jan '26
with	2 Jan '26

New entries	1
Changes	8

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	18
France	15
Italy	14

2025	2
2024	3
2023	4
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	184
action	73
thriller	61
adventure	57
crime	51

Color	187
Black & White	56