IMDb Top 250 of 21 February 2026

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New entries (1)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
250.	★	8.1	The Help (2011)	525,452	IMDb

Dropped out (1)

Last Rank		Title
250.	▼	96 (2018)	IMDb

Rank changes (11)

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
169.	▲ 1	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,221,429	IMDb
170.	▼ 1	8.5	Hababam Sinifi: Sinifta Kaldi (1975)	29,911	IMDb
194.	▲ 1	8.1	Salinui chueok (2003)	261,664	IMDb
195.	▼ 1	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	876,294	IMDb
220.	▲ 1	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	996,107	IMDb
221.	▼ 1	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	194,314	IMDb
231.	▲ 1	8.1	Platoon (1986)	469,491	IMDb
232.	▲ 1	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	891,511	IMDb
233.	▼ 2	8.3	Gekijô-ban Chensô Man Reze-hen (2025)	46,482	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	107,439	IMDb
247.	▼ 1	8.2	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	113,171	IMDb

Rank	Δ	Rating	Title	Votes
1.	–	9.3	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	3,159,013	IMDb
2.	–	9.2	The Godfather (1972)	2,205,352	IMDb
3.	–	9.1	The Dark Knight (2008)	3,135,926	IMDb
4.	–	9.0	The Godfather: Part II (1974)	1,482,158	IMDb
5.	–	9.0	12 Angry Men (1957)	974,226	IMDb
6.	–	9.0	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2,146,229	IMDb
7.	–	9.0	Schindler's List (1993)	1,574,161	IMDb
8.	–	8.9	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	2,186,889	IMDb
9.	–	8.8	Pulp Fiction (1994)	2,414,928	IMDb
10.	–	8.8	Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)	885,115	IMDb
11.	–	8.8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	1,939,491	IMDb
12.	–	8.8	Forrest Gump (1994)	2,473,267	IMDb
13.	–	8.8	Fight Club (1999)	2,575,432	IMDb
14.	–	8.8	Inception (2010)	2,788,379	IMDb
15.	–	8.7	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	1,492,984	IMDb
16.	–	8.7	The Matrix (1999)	2,228,288	IMDb
17.	–	8.7	Goodfellas (1990)	1,378,596	IMDb
18.	–	8.7	Interstellar (2014)	2,482,170	IMDb
19.	–	8.6	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1,150,465	IMDb
20.	–	8.6	Se7en (1995)	1,998,943	IMDb
21.	–	8.6	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	551,598	IMDb
22.	–	8.6	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1,705,322	IMDb
23.	–	8.6	Shichinin no samurai (1954)	399,427	IMDb
24.	–	8.6	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1,624,542	IMDb
25.	–	8.6	The Green Mile (1999)	1,546,989	IMDb
26.	–	8.6	Cidade de Deus (2002)	864,822	IMDb
27.	–	8.6	La Vita è bella (1997)	806,493	IMDb
28.	–	8.6	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	1,274,673	IMDb
29.	–	8.6	Star Wars (1977)	1,558,234	IMDb
30.	–	8.5	Back to the Future (1985)	1,438,369	IMDb
31.	–	8.6	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	956,285	IMDb
32.	–	8.5	The Pianist (2002)	1,004,035	IMDb
33.	–	8.5	Gladiator (2000)	1,831,686	IMDb
34.	–	8.5	Gisaengchung (2019)	1,144,900	IMDb
35.	–	8.5	Hotaru no haka (1988)	378,439	IMDb
36.	–	8.5	Psycho (1960)	780,269	IMDb
37.	–	8.5	The Lion King (1994)	1,248,291	IMDb
38.	–	8.6	Seppuku (1962)	89,476	IMDb
39.	–	8.5	The Departed (2006)	1,541,293	IMDb
40.	–	8.5	Whiplash (2014)	1,138,422	IMDb
41.	–	8.5	The Prestige (2006)	1,572,936	IMDb
42.	–	8.5	American History X (1998)	1,265,421	IMDb
43.	–	8.5	Léon (1994)	1,342,120	IMDb
44.	–	8.5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)	509,673	IMDb
45.	–	8.5	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)	315,166	IMDb
46.	–	8.5	Casablanca (1942)	651,870	IMDb
47.	–	8.5	Intouchables (2011)	1,017,746	IMDb
48.	–	8.5	The Usual Suspects (1995)	1,229,819	IMDb
49.	–	8.5	Alien (1979)	1,055,536	IMDb
50.	–	8.5	Django Unchained (2012)	1,864,745	IMDb
51.	–	8.5	Modern Times (1936)	283,833	IMDb
52.	–	8.5	Rear Window (1954)	565,935	IMDb
53.	–	8.5	C'era una volta il West (1968)	381,927	IMDb
54.	–	8.5	City Lights (1931)	215,363	IMDb
55.	–	8.4	Apocalypse Now (1979)	765,250	IMDb
56.	–	8.4	WALL·E (2008)	1,308,285	IMDb
57.	–	8.4	Memento (2000)	1,424,588	IMDb
58.	–	8.4	Dune: Part Two (2024)	717,140	IMDb
59.	–	8.4	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	1,104,030	IMDb
60.	–	8.4	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	1,354,208	IMDb
61.	–	8.4	Das Leben der Anderen (2006)	440,965	IMDb
62.	–	8.4	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)	776,887	IMDb
63.	–	8.4	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	259,495	IMDb
64.	–	8.4	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)	160,186	IMDb
65.	–	8.4	Paths of Glory (1957)	237,305	IMDb
66.	–	8.4	The Shining (1980)	1,215,114	IMDb
67.	–	8.4	The Great Dictator (1940)	258,158	IMDb
68.	–	8.4	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	1,762,705	IMDb
69.	–	8.7	12th Fail (2023)	167,768	IMDb
70.	–	8.4	Aliens (1986)	835,615	IMDb
71.	–	8.4	Tengoku to jigoku (1963)	70,354	IMDb
72.	–	8.4	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	1,977,414	IMDb
73.	–	8.4	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	1,427,040	IMDb
74.	–	8.4	Good Will Hunting (1997)	1,200,939	IMDb
75.	–	8.4	Coco (2017)	696,221	IMDb
76.	–	8.4	Amadeus (1984)	464,860	IMDb
77.	–	8.3	Toy Story (1995)	1,163,084	IMDb
78.	–	8.4	Kimi no na wa. (2016)	385,179	IMDb
79.	–	8.3	Das Boot (1981)	286,391	IMDb
80.	–	8.3	Oldeuboi (2003)	710,690	IMDb
81.	–	8.3	Braveheart (1995)	1,154,702	IMDb
82.	–	8.3	Mononoke-hime (1997)	479,054	IMDb
83.	–	8.3	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	548,929	IMDb
84.	–	8.4	3 Idiots (2009)	477,428	IMDb
85.	–	8.3	American Beauty (1999)	1,274,003	IMDb
86.	–	8.4	Capharnaüm (2018)	122,680	IMDb
87.	–	8.3	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	280,714	IMDb
88.	–	8.3	Joker (2019)	1,675,088	IMDb
89.	–	8.3	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)	406,245	IMDb
90.	–	8.3	Idi i smotri (1985)	120,793	IMDb
91.	–	8.3	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	1,200,340	IMDb
92.	–	8.3	Requiem for a Dream (2000)	966,717	IMDb
93.	–	8.3	Toy Story 3 (2010)	961,719	IMDb
94.	–	8.3	Ikiru (1952)	101,316	IMDb
95.	–	8.3	Jagten (2012)	405,160	IMDb
96.	–	8.3	Incendies (2010)	246,339	IMDb
97.	–	8.3	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	1,173,559	IMDb
98.	–	8.3	The Apartment (1960)	217,571	IMDb
99.	–	8.3	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	339,407	IMDb
100.	–	8.3	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)	777,013	IMDb
101.	–	8.3	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1,162,948	IMDb
102.	–	8.3	Heat (1995)	793,745	IMDb
103.	–	8.3	Scarface (1983)	1,005,432	IMDb
104.	–	8.3	Double Indemnity (1944)	180,173	IMDb
105.	–	8.3	Up (2009)	1,224,616	IMDb
106.	–	8.3	North by Northwest (1959)	368,086	IMDb
107.	–	8.3	Taare Zameen Par (2007)	230,074	IMDb
108.	–	8.2	Full Metal Jacket (1987)	845,346	IMDb
109.	–	8.3	M (1931)	181,840	IMDb
110.	–	8.2	Citizen Kane (1941)	491,511	IMDb
111.	–	8.3	Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)	835,465	IMDb
112.	–	8.2	Vertigo (1958)	456,887	IMDb
113.	–	8.3	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011)	276,265	IMDb
114.	–	8.2	Die Hard (1988)	1,023,540	IMDb
115.	–	8.2	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	350,122	IMDb
116.	–	8.2	The Sting (1973)	298,577	IMDb
117.	–	8.2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	858,918	IMDb
118.	–	8.2	A Clockwork Orange (1971)	931,875	IMDb
119.	–	8.2	Metropolis (1927)	199,921	IMDb
120.	–	8.2	1917 (2019)	762,349	IMDb
121.	–	8.2	Snatch. (2000)	970,772	IMDb
122.	–	8.2	L.A. Confidential (1997)	655,480	IMDb
123.	–	8.2	Der Untergang (2004)	398,194	IMDb
124.	–	8.2	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)	1,765,650	IMDb
125.	–	8.3	Dangal (2016)	239,869	IMDb
126.	–	8.2	Ladri di biciclette (1948)	191,526	IMDb
127.	–	8.2	The Truman Show (1998)	1,354,404	IMDb
128.	–	8.2	Oppenheimer (2023)	1,003,967	IMDb
129.	–	8.2	Green Book (2018)	674,846	IMDb
130.	–	8.2	Shutter Island (2010)	1,625,467	IMDb
131.	–	8.3	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)	96,100	IMDb
132.	–	8.2	Batman Begins (2005)	1,699,523	IMDb
133.	–	8.3	Hamilton (2020)	137,378	IMDb
134.	–	8.2	Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)	298,099	IMDb
135.	–	8.2	Taxi Driver (1976)	1,017,076	IMDb
136.	–	8.2	Jurassic Park (1993)	1,166,582	IMDb
137.	–	8.2	Some Like It Hot (1959)	303,179	IMDb
138.	–	8.2	There Will Be Blood (2007)	701,514	IMDb
139.	–	8.2	The Kid (1921)	144,852	IMDb
140.	–	8.2	The Father (2020)	241,461	IMDb
141.	–	8.2	All About Eve (1950)	148,368	IMDb
142.	–	8.2	The Sixth Sense (1999)	1,135,572	IMDb
143.	–	8.2	Ran (1985)	150,523	IMDb
144.	–	8.2	Casino (1995)	613,707	IMDb
145.	–	8.2	No Country for Old Men (2007)	1,175,584	IMDb
146.	–	8.2	The Thing (1982)	521,136	IMDb
147.	–	8.2	Top Gun: Maverick (2022)	845,581	IMDb
148.	–	8.2	Prisoners (2013)	921,684	IMDb
149.	–	8.2	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	1,295,157	IMDb
150.	–	8.2	El Laberinto del fauno (2006)	743,203	IMDb
151.	–	8.2	Unforgiven (1992)	465,838	IMDb
152.	–	8.2	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	1,047,733	IMDb
153.	–	8.2	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	140,687	IMDb
154.	–	8.2	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	506,386	IMDb
155.	–	8.2	Finding Nemo (2003)	1,197,920	IMDb
156.	–	8.2	Yôjinbô (1961)	142,126	IMDb
157.	–	8.2	Klaus (2019)	233,511	IMDb
158.	–	8.2	The Great Escape (1963)	275,917	IMDb
159.	–	8.2	The Elephant Man (1980)	280,582	IMDb
160.	–	8.2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	600,505	IMDb
161.	–	8.4	La Meglio gioventù (2003)	27,651	IMDb
162.	–	8.1	Dial M for Murder (1954)	203,552	IMDb
163.	–	8.4	Gekijô-ban Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Jô-hen (2025)	64,184	IMDb
164.	–	8.2	Gone with the Wind (1939)	354,588	IMDb
165.	–	8.2	El Secreto de sus ojos (2009)	240,426	IMDb
166.	–	8.1	Chinatown (1974)	374,816	IMDb
167.	–	8.1	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	647,314	IMDb
168.	–	8.1	V for Vendetta (2005)	1,239,966	IMDb
169.	▲ 1	8.1	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	1,221,429	IMDb
170.	▼ 1	8.5	Hababam Sinifi: Sinifta Kaldi (1975)	29,911	IMDb
171.	–	8.1	Inside Out (2015)	904,802	IMDb
172.	–	8.1	Rashômon (1950)	195,236	IMDb
173.	–	8.1	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)	601,617	IMDb
174.	–	8.1	Trainspotting (1996)	765,139	IMDb
175.	–	8.1	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)	247,436	IMDb
176.	–	8.1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	1,036,068	IMDb
177.	–	8.1	Dead Poets Society (1989)	641,855	IMDb
178.	–	8.2	The Wild Robot (2024)	214,986	IMDb
179.	–	8.1	Warrior (2011)	525,920	IMDb
180.	–	8.1	Fargo (1996)	780,652	IMDb
181.	–	8.1	Barry Lyndon (1975)	202,324	IMDb
182.	–	8.1	Raging Bull (1980)	407,567	IMDb
183.	–	8.1	Ben-Hur (1959)	269,800	IMDb
184.	–	8.1	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	762,072	IMDb
185.	–	8.1	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	1,198,481	IMDb
186.	–	8.2	Bacheha-Ye aseman (1997)	89,159	IMDb
187.	–	8.1	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)	671,967	IMDb
188.	–	8.1	Gran Torino (2008)	857,354	IMDb
189.	–	8.1	Tonari no Totoro (1988)	426,543	IMDb
190.	–	8.1	12 Years a Slave (2013)	782,160	IMDb
191.	–	8.1	The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)	959,816	IMDb
192.	–	8.1	Ratatouille (2007)	931,742	IMDb
193.	–	8.1	Before Sunrise (1995)	373,490	IMDb
194.	▲ 1	8.1	Salinui chueok (2003)	261,664	IMDb
195.	▼ 1	8.1	Blade Runner (1982)	876,294	IMDb
196.	–	8.1	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)	884,659	IMDb
197.	–	8.1	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	1,003,979	IMDb
198.	–	8.1	Gone Girl (2014)	1,158,819	IMDb
199.	–	8.1	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	1,065,219	IMDb
200.	–	8.1	Jaws (1975)	730,923	IMDb
201.	–	8.1	In the Name of the Father (1993)	201,589	IMDb
202.	–	8.1	Ford v Ferrari (2019)	562,139	IMDb
203.	–	8.1	Relatos salvajes (2014)	236,384	IMDb
204.	–	8.1	The Gold Rush (1925)	127,504	IMDb
205.	–	8.1	Mary and Max (2009)	200,726	IMDb
206.	–	8.1	Sherlock Jr. (1924)	65,073	IMDb
207.	–	8.1	The Deer Hunter (1978)	384,728	IMDb
208.	–	8.1	Le Salaire de la peur (1953)	73,004	IMDb
209.	–	8.1	The General (1926)	105,595	IMDb
210.	–	8.1	Logan (2017)	918,425	IMDb
211.	–	8.1	Rocky (1976)	682,946	IMDb
212.	–	8.1	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	128,882	IMDb
213.	–	8.1	On the Waterfront (1954)	176,820	IMDb
214.	–	8.1	Tôkyô monogatari (1953)	77,005	IMDb
215.	–	8.1	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	1,312,403	IMDb
216.	–	8.1	Smultronstället (1957)	123,817	IMDb
217.	–	8.1	Spotlight (2015)	531,959	IMDb
218.	–	8.1	La Haine (1995)	223,207	IMDb
219.	–	8.2	Koe no katachi (2016)	137,198	IMDb
220.	▲ 1	8.1	The Terminator (1984)	996,107	IMDb
221.	▼ 1	8.1	The Third Man (1949)	194,314	IMDb
222.	–	8.3	Maharaja (2024)	79,797	IMDb
223.	–	8.1	The Sound of Music (1965)	289,133	IMDb
224.	–	8.6	Jai Bhim (2021)	233,080	IMDb
225.	–	8.1	The Big Lebowski (1998)	911,981	IMDb
226.	–	8.1	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	76,970	IMDb
227.	–	8.1	Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)	214,760	IMDb
228.	–	8.1	Room (2015)	477,801	IMDb
229.	–	8.1	Before Sunset (2004)	312,343	IMDb
230.	–	8.1	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	390,390	IMDb
231.	▲ 1	8.1	Platoon (1986)	469,491	IMDb
232.	▲ 1	8.0	The Incredibles (2004)	891,511	IMDb
233.	▼ 2	8.3	Gekijô-ban Chensô Man Reze-hen (2025)	46,482	IMDb
234.	–	8.1	Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)	339,984	IMDb
235.	–	8.1	The Exorcist (1973)	495,085	IMDb
236.	–	8.1	Rush (2013)	554,756	IMDb
237.	–	8.1	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	464,694	IMDb
238.	–	8.1	Stand by Me (1986)	482,849	IMDb
239.	–	8.1	The Iron Giant (1999)	257,239	IMDb
240.	–	8.1	La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)	67,628	IMDb
241.	–	8.2	Babam Ve Oglum (2005)	100,118	IMDb
242.	–	8.1	La Battaglia di Algeri (1966)	74,870	IMDb
243.	–	8.1	Ah-ga-ssi (2016)	200,137	IMDb
244.	–	8.1	Network (1976)	184,749	IMDb
245.	–	8.1	To Be or Not to Be (1942)	49,431	IMDb
246.	▲ 1	8.2	Drishyam (2015)	107,439	IMDb
247.	▼ 1	8.2	Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	113,171	IMDb
248.	–	8.1	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	107,855	IMDb
249.	–	8.3	Laapataa Ladies (2023)	58,535	IMDb
250.	★	8.1	The Help (2011)	525,452	IMDb

Comparing	21 Feb '26
with	20 Feb '26

New entries	1
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	4
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	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