IMDb Top 250 of 8 January 2026

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Rank changes (11)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
91.	▲ 1	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,194,472	IMDb
92.	▼ 1	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	962,474	IMDb
132.	▲ 1	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	136,140	IMDb
133.	▼ 1	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	95,169	IMDb
154.	▲ 1	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	502,773	IMDb
155.	▼ 1	8.5	The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)	29,432	IMDb
193.	▲ 1	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	924,182	IMDb
194.	▼ 1	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	872,669	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	193,571	IMDb
219.	▲ 1	8.1	La haine (1995)	221,243	IMDb
220.	▼ 2	8.3	Maharaja (2024)	78,441	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	3,141,547	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,192,991	IMDb
3.	–	9.1	The Dark Knight (2008)	3,117,708	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather Part II (1974)	1,474,231	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	12 Angry Men (1957)	967,426	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,133,926	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,567,052	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,172,215	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,401,489	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	880,939	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,927,775	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,457,177	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,557,377	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,771,555	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,485,382	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,217,557	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,370,431	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,458,533	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,145,807	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,985,573	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	549,138	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,693,508	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Seven Samurai (1954)	397,927	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,615,733	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,537,372	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	City of God (2002)	861,128	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	802,427	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,268,661	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)	1,551,076	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,429,630	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Spirited Away (2001)	949,611	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	998,928	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,820,632	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Parasite (2019)	1,131,434	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	777,222	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)	374,454	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,241,479	IMDb
38.	–	8.6	Harakiri (1962)	88,513	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,533,532	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,127,541	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,563,777	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,260,049	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Léon: The Professional (1994)	1,336,808	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	501,458	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Cinema Paradiso (1988)	313,626	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	649,276	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	The Intouchables (2011)	1,011,425	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,223,992	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	1,050,365	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	282,870	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	563,725	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,853,130	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)	380,657	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	214,641	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	762,111	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	1,301,132	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,417,687	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Dune: Part Two (2024)	706,402	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,100,125	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,344,347	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	The Lives of Others (2006)	439,539	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	769,650	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Sunset Boulevard (1950)	258,408	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	159,452	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	236,088	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,208,150	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	257,204	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,749,653	IMDb
69.	–	8.7	12th Fail (2023)	165,586	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	832,337	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	High and Low (1963)	69,587	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,967,057	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	689,867	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,416,343	IMDb
75.	–	8.3	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,188,872	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	462,991	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,156,400	IMDb
78.	–	8.4	Your Name. (2016)	380,667	IMDb
79.	–	8.4	Das Boot (1981)	285,363	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Oldboy (2003)	705,338	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	547,451	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,150,611	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Princess Mononoke (1997)	476,163	IMDb
84.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,270,412	IMDb
85.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	474,792	IMDb
86.	–	8.4	Capernaum (2018)	121,777	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,664,560	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	279,536	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	404,612	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Come and See (1985)	119,542	IMDb
91.	▲ 1	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,194,472	IMDb
92.	▼ 1	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	962,474	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	957,005	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	The Hunt (2012)	402,431	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	100,698	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Incendies (2010)	243,499	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,166,682	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	216,113	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	337,651	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	773,140	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,157,988	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	999,665	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	787,610	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	179,385	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,217,557	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	366,987	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Like Stars on Earth (2007)	228,856	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	841,658	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	M (1931)	181,167	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Citizen Kane (1941)	490,106	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Amélie (2001)	832,661	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Vertigo (1958)	455,251	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	A Separation (2011)	275,337	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	1,019,191	IMDb
115.	–	8.3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	349,029	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	297,349	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	855,775	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	928,549	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	199,112	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	Snatch (2000)	966,571	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	756,467	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	653,454	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Downfall (2004)	396,713	IMDb
124.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	238,005	IMDb
125.	–	8.2	Bicycle Thieves (1948)	190,701	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,750,494	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	Oppenheimer (2023)	987,747	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,342,138	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	668,301	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,610,876	IMDb
131.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,690,389	IMDb
132.	▲ 1	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	136,140	IMDb
133.	▼ 1	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	95,169	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	1,010,620	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	For a Few Dollars More (1965)	296,468	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	302,153	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,159,357	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	697,045	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	144,315	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	239,667	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	147,861	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,129,386	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	149,552	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	610,577	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,167,435	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	517,741	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	837,249	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	912,581	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	740,778	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	1,287,046	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	464,070	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,043,803	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	140,173	IMDb
154.	▲ 1	8.2	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	502,773	IMDb
155.	▼ 1	8.5	The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)	29,432	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,191,864	IMDb
157.	–	8.2	Yojimbo (1961)	141,511	IMDb
158.	–	8.2	Klaus (2019)	230,992	IMDb
159.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	274,897	IMDb
160.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	279,208	IMDb
161.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	598,564	IMDb
162.	–	8.4	The Best of Youth (2003)	27,304	IMDb
163.	–	8.2	Dial M for Murder (1954)	202,715	IMDb
164.	–	8.4	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025)	58,711	IMDb
165.	–	8.2	Gone with the Wind (1939)	353,443	IMDb
166.	–	8.2	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)	239,210	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	373,356	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	645,421	IMDb
169.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,236,108	IMDb
170.	–	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	898,308	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Rashomon (1950)	194,333	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,209,978	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	598,226	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	762,694	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	246,758	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	1,029,673	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	631,305	IMDb
178.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	775,545	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	405,470	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	524,164	IMDb
181.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	209,980	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	200,961	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	268,806	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	759,533	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,193,840	IMDb
186.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	854,550	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	423,447	IMDb
188.	–	8.2	Children of Heaven (1997)	88,720	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	666,098	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	952,927	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	779,017	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	371,140	IMDb
193.	▲ 1	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	924,182	IMDb
194.	▼ 1	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	872,669	IMDb
195.	–	8.1	Memories of Murder (2003)	258,500	IMDb
196.	–	8.2	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	995,522	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	878,503	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,152,867	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,059,173	IMDb
200.	–	8.1	Jaws (1975)	727,111	IMDb
201.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	200,843	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	555,959	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	Wild Tales (2014)	235,288	IMDb
204.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	127,071	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	64,592	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	200,133	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	383,365	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	The Wages of Fear (1953)	72,678	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	105,141	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	913,864	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	128,529	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	679,401	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	176,231	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Tokyo Story (1953)	76,606	IMDb
215.	–	8.1	Wild Strawberries (1957)	123,314	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,304,099	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	529,888	IMDb
218.	▲ 1	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	193,571	IMDb
219.	▲ 1	8.1	La haine (1995)	221,243	IMDb
220.	▼ 2	8.3	Maharaja (2024)	78,441	IMDb
221.	–	8.6	Jai Bhim (2021)	232,374	IMDb
222.	–	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	990,803	IMDb
223.	–	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	287,392	IMDb
224.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	908,495	IMDb
225.	–	8.2	A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)	134,360	IMDb
226.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	76,681	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	The Seventh Seal (1957)	213,858	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	476,346	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	310,706	IMDb
230.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	389,425	IMDb
231.	–	8.1	Platoon (1986)	466,974	IMDb
232.	–	8.4	Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)	38,743	IMDb
233.	–	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	885,929	IMDb
234.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	492,750	IMDb
235.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	338,225	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	552,041	IMDb
237.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	462,758	IMDb
238.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	479,651	IMDb
239.	–	8.1	The Iron Giant (1999)	255,269	IMDb
240.	–	8.1	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)	67,285	IMDb
241.	–	8.2	My Father and My Son (2005)	99,674	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	The Battle of Algiers (1966)	74,377	IMDb
243.	–	8.1	The Handmaiden (2016)	197,805	IMDb
244.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	183,836	IMDb
245.	–	8.2	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	112,452	IMDb
246.	–	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	106,527	IMDb
247.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	107,461	IMDb
248.	–	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	49,039	IMDb
249.	–	8.2	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)	97,081	IMDb
250.	–	8.2	Andhadhun (2018)	114,205	IMDb

Comparing	8 Jan '26
with	7 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	181
United Kingdom	37
Japan	18
France	15
Italy	14

2025	2
2024	3
2023	3
2022	1
2021	2

2020	3
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	184
action	73
thriller	61
adventure	57
crime	51

Color	186
Black & White	56