In the first/last update in 2009 I had watched 105/250 films. Since the list does change some of those 105 have actually fallen off the list. 
However I have now seen 127 so I’ve recuperated the loss and added to it. There are a lot of easy ones I could get to bump up the total but I have to be honest to myself about what I have seen. At least I’m over the half-way point now.
Going through the list and updating there have been a lot of changes and some absolute classics IMHO have been knocked off and some merely recent and popular ones pushed on. Its a shame the imdb doesn’t have a “film age” factor in the rating equation, something like a vote on a 50 year old film is worth more than one that came out in the last 3 months. They’ve already got an “experience” factor in that only regular voters are counted so its not too much of a stretch. Oh well.
Happy Watching. 
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9.2 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) | 722,451 |
| 2. | 9.2 | The Godfather (1972) | 540,668 |
| 3. | 9.0 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 340,431 |
| 4. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 568,038 |
| 5. | 8.9 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 226,145 |
| 6. | 8.9 | 12 Angry Men (1957) | 176,861 |
| 7. | 8.9 | Schindler’s List (1993) | 379,464 |
| 8. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 657,494 |
| 9. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 507,183 |
| 10. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) | 303,940 |
| 11. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 368,515 |
| 12. | 8.8 | Fight Club (1999) | 545,438 |
| 13. | 8.8 | Inception (2010) | 510,603 |
| 14. | 8.8 | Seven Samurai (1954) | 124,235 |
| 15. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 528,470 |
| 16. | 8.7 | Goodfellas (1990) | 320,930 |
| 17. | 8.7 | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) | 414,896 |
| 18. | 8.7 | City of God (2002) | 239,002 |
| 19. | 8.7 | Casablanca (1942) | 211,705 |
| 20. | 8.7 | The Matrix (1999) | 525,867 |
| 21. | 8.7 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | 103,577 |
| 22. | 8.7 | Rear Window (1954) | 156,353 |
| 23. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 317,516 |
| 24. | 8.7 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 348,353 |
| 25. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 351,244 |
| 26. | 8.6 | Se7en (1995) | 411,624 |
| 27. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 454,825 |
| 28. | 8.6 | Forrest Gump (1994) | 453,561 |
| 29. | 8.6 | Psycho (1960) | 192,414 |
| 30. | 8.6 | It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) | 134,699 |
| 31. | 8.6 | Leon (1994) | 298,220 |
| 32. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 383,014 |
| 33. | 8.6 | Sunset Boulevard (1950) | 72,213 |
| 34. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 193,434 |
| 35. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 225,912 |
| 36. | 8.5 | American History X (1998) | 329,792 |
| 37. | 8.5 | North by Northwest (1959) | 118,057 |
| 38. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 332,140 |
| 39. | 8.5 | Citizen Kane (1941) | 170,750 |
| 40. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 374,578 |
| 41. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 393,736 |
| 42. | 8.5 | Toy Story 3 (2010) | 194,124 |
| 43. | 8.5 | Alien (1979) | 241,548 |
| 44. | 8.5 | City Lights (1931) | 41,938 |
| 45. | 8.5 | Taxi Driver (1976) | 223,526 |
| 46. | 8.5 | Spirited Away (2001) | 154,894 |
| 47. | 8.5 | Vertigo (1958) | 118,885 |
| 48. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 253,469 |
| 49. | 8.5 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 59,179 |
| 50. | 8.5 | M (1931) | 52,285 |
| 51. | 8.5 | The Pianist (2002) | 195,960 |
| 52. | 8.5 | Amelie (2001) | 252,490 |
| 53. | 8.5 | The Departed (2006) | 372,475 |
| 54. | 8.4 | Double Indemnity (1944) | 49,504 |
| 55. | 8.4 | WALL·E (2008) | 279,401 |
| 56. | 8.4 | Modern Times (1936) | 52,151 |
| 57. | 8.4 | The Lives of Others (2006) | 113,445 |
| 58. | 8.4 | A Clockwork Orange (1971) | 257,163 |
| 59. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 226,077 |
| 60. | 8.4 | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | 99,179 |
| 61. | 8.4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | 106,890 |
| 62. | 8.4 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | 157,294 |
| 63. | 8.4 | Back to the Future (1985) | 289,707 |
| 64. | 8.4 | Das Boot (1981) | 89,529 |
| 65. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 261,700 |
| 66. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 306,411 |
| 67. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 289,318 |
| 68. | 8.4 | The Third Man (1949) | 63,440 |
| 69. | 8.4 | A Separation (2011) | 41,801 |
| 70. | 8.4 | The Prestige (2006) | 315,158 |
| 71. | 8.4 | The Green Mile (1999) | 292,699 |
| 72. | 8.4 | L.A. Confidential (1997) | 215,634 |
| 73. | 8.4 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | 63,888 |
| 74. | 8.4 | Chinatown (1974) | 105,121 |
| 75. | 8.4 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 42,464 |
| 76. | 8.4 | The Great Dictator (1940) | 52,668 |
| 77. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 402,202 |
| 78. | 8.3 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 101,451 |
| 79. | 8.3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) | 198,250 |
| 80. | 8.3 | Rashomon (1950) | 52,023 |
| 81. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 212,860 |
| 82. | 8.3 | Amadeus (1984) | 129,499 |
| 83. | 8.3 | Bicycle Thieves (1948) | 39,518 |
| 84. | 8.3 | Singin’ in the Rain (1952) | 72,437 |
| 85. | 8.3 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 88,333 |
| 86. | 8.3 | Raging Bull (1980) | 118,603 |
| 87. | 8.3 | All About Eve (1950) | 44,296 |
| 88. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 331,500 |
| 89. | 8.3 | Metropolis (1927) | 54,429 |
| 90. | 8.3 | Oldboy (2003) | 143,991 |
| 91. | 8.3 | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | 76,727 |
| 92. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 205,816 |
| 93. | 8.3 | Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) | 218,656 |
| 94. | 8.3 | The Apartment (1960) | 50,312 |
| 95. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) | 286,121 |
| 96. | 8.3 | Unforgiven (1992) | 136,875 |
| 97. | 8.3 | The Sting (1973) | 86,693 |
| 98. | 8.3 | Downfall (2004) | 118,299 |
| 99. | 8.3 | Princess Mononoke (1997) | 92,128 |
| 100. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 232,153 |
| 101. | 8.3 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | 304,873 |
| 102. | 8.3 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 42,185 |
| 103. | 8.3 | The Lion King (1994) | 226,960 |
| 104. | 8.3 | On the Waterfront (1954) | 52,770 |
| 105. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 263,114 |
| 106. | 8.3 | Up (2009) | 214,400 |
| 107. | 8.3 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 80,597 |
| 108. | 8.3 | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) | 50,536 |
| 109. | 8.3 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | 53,069 |
| 110. | 8.3 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) | 64,132 |
| 111. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 81,777 |
| 112. | 8.3 | Gran Torino (2008) | 222,620 |
| 113. | 8.3 | Rebecca (1940) | 45,440 |
| 114. | 8.2 | Yojimbo (1961) | 37,911 |
| 115. | 8.2 | Batman Begins (2005) | 378,239 |
| 116. | 8.2 | The Artist (2011) | 43,008 |
| 117. | 8.2 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 24,869 |
| 118. | 8.2 | For a Few Dollars More (1965) | 65,279 |
| 119. | 8.2 | The General (1926) | 26,297 |
| 120. | 8.2 | Snatch. (2000) | 258,288 |
| 121. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 203,007 |
| 122. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 212,352 |
| 123. | 8.2 | Blade Runner (1982) | 239,857 |
| 124. | 8.2 | Sin City (2005) | 336,571 |
| 125. | 8.2 | Ran (1985) | 43,203 |
| 126. | 8.2 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | 29,673 |
| 127. | 8.2 | Touch of Evil (1958) | 41,369 |
| 128. | 8.2 | Toy Story (1995) | 235,388 |
| 129. | 8.2 | Jaws (1975) | 186,278 |
| 130. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 243,976 |
| 131. | 8.2 | No Country for Old Men (2007) | 278,107 |
| 132. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 128,037 |
| 133. | 8.2 | Black Swan (2010) | 221,553 |
| 134. | 8.2 | The Deer Hunter (1978) | 118,707 |
| 135. | 8.2 | The King’s Speech (2010) | 160,168 |
| 136. | 8.2 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | 60,946 |
| 137. | 8.2 | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 137,465 |
| 138. | 8.2 | The Sixth Sense (1999) | 331,216 |
| 139. | 8.2 | Ikiru (1952) | 21,299 |
| 140. | 8.2 | It Happened One Night (1934) | 32,682 |
| 141. | 8.2 | Scarface (1983) | 224,313 |
| 142. | 8.2 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 46,176 |
| 143. | 8.2 | Annie Hall (1977) | 88,988 |
| 144. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 319,486 |
| 145. | 8.2 | The Kid (1921) | 22,403 |
| 146. | 8.2 | The Wages of Fear (1953) | 19,059 |
| 147. | 8.2 | Warrior (2011) | 72,467 |
| 148. | 8.1 | High Noon (1952) | 43,653 |
| 149. | 8.1 | Platoon (1986) | 147,350 |
| 150. | 8.1 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 29,202 |
| 151. | 8.1 | Trainspotting (1996) | 210,187 |
| 152. | 8.1 | Into the Wild (2007) | 166,332 |
| 153. | 8.1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | 75,910 |
| 154. | 8.1 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 185,594 |
| 155. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 285,378 |
| 156. | 8.1 | The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) | 45,446 |
| 157. | 8.1 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 30,907 |
| 158. | 8.1 | Sunrise (1927) | 15,532 |
| 159. | 8.1 | Notorious (1946) | 39,820 |
| 160. | 8.1 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 107,553 |
| 161. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 119,935 |
| 162. | 8.1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) | 206,983 |
| 163. | 8.1 | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | 274,361 |
| 164. | 8.1 | There Will Be Blood (2007) | 178,297 |
| 165. | 8.1 | Casino (1995) | 151,931 |
| 166. | 8.1 | Life of Brian (1979) | 129,404 |
| 167. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 86,933 |
| 168. | 8.1 | Les Diaboliques (1955) | 20,571 |
| 169. | 8.1 | Groundhog Day (1993) | 195,460 |
| 170. | 8.1 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 77,685 |
| 171. | 8.1 | Finding Nemo (2003) | 255,316 |
| 172. | 8.1 | My Neighbour Totoro (1988) | 51,549 |
| 173. | 8.1 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | 129,512 |
| 174. | 8.1 | The Big Sleep (1946) | 36,491 |
| 175. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 256,253 |
| 176. | 8.1 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | 21,943 |
| 177. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 106,281 |
| 178. | 8.1 | V for Vendetta (2005) | 334,269 |
| 179. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 124,687 |
| 180. | 8.1 | Good Will Hunting (1997) | 224,573 |
| 181. | 8.1 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 227,235 |
| 182. | 8.1 | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 85,687 |
| 183. | 8.1 | Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) | 19,873 |
| 184. | 8.1 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 217,937 |
| 185. | 8.1 | The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | 42,698 |
| 186. | 8.1 | Network (1976) | 48,579 |
| 187. | 8.1 | District 9 (2009) | 246,849 |
| 188. | 8.1 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 33,457 |
| 189. | 8.1 | The 400 Blows (1959) | 32,851 |
| 190. | 8.1 | Gandhi (1982) | 72,817 |
| 191. | 8.1 | Mary and Max (2009) | 37,265 |
| 192. | 8.0 | The Battle of Algiers (1966) | 19,019 |
| 193. | 8.0 | Persona (1966) | 24,458 |
| 194. | 8.0 | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 43,277 |
| 195. | 8.0 | 8½ (1963) | 40,282 |
| 196. | 8.0 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 154,771 |
| 197. | 8.0 | The Killing (1956) | 33,201 |
| 198. | 8.0 | Harakiri (1962) | 8,049 |
| 199. | 8.0 | The Wrestler (2008) | 145,786 |
| 200. | 8.0 | La Strada (1954) | 23,704 |
| 201. | 8.0 | The Hustler (1961) | 33,034 |
| 202. | 8.0 | Ratatouille (2007) | 202,990 |
| 203. | 8.0 | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | 27,606 |
| 204. | 8.0 | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | 14,979 |
| 205. | 8.0 | Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 20,358 |
| 206. | 8.0 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) | 161,906 |
| 207. | 8.0 | Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) | 73,901 |
| 208. | 8.0 | The Exorcist (1973) | 148,788 |
| 209. | 8.0 | Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 11,750 |
| 210. | 8.0 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | 47,297 |
| 211. | 8.0 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 39,629 |
| 212. | 8.0 | Stalag 17 (1953) | 25,793 |
| 213. | 8.0 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | 44,495 |
| 214. | 8.0 | Barry Lyndon (1975) | 51,823 |
| 215. | 8.0 | Rocky (1976) | 145,098 |
| 216. | 8.0 | Star Trek (2009) | 215,045 |
| 217. | 8.0 | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 17,072 |
| 218. | 8.0 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 28,491 |
| 219. | 8.0 | Nights of Cabiria (1957) | 15,688 |
| 220. | 8.0 | The Truman Show (1998) | 243,112 |
| 221. | 8.0 | Infernal Affairs (2002) | 47,068 |
| 222. | 8.0 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) | 206,495 |
| 223. | 8.0 | Roman Holiday (1953) | 43,545 |
| 224. | 8.0 | Rope (1948) | 44,766 |
| 225. | 8.0 | Rosemary’s Baby (1968) | 72,483 |
| 226. | 8.0 | Tokyo Story (1953) | 11,882 |
| 227. | 8.0 | Ip Man (2008) | 41,183 |
| 228. | 8.0 | Avatar (2009) | 413,837 |
| 229. | 8.0 | Mystic River (2003) | 173,301 |
| 230. | 8.0 | Festen (1998) | 35,293 |
| 231. | 8.0 | Let the Right One In (2008) | 96,085 |
| 232. | 8.0 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | 29,542 |
| 233. | 8.0 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 345,054 |
| 234. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 151,787 |
| 235. | 8.0 | Manhattan (1979) | 53,352 |
| 236. | 8.0 | Stalker (1979) | 30,028 |
| 237. | 8.0 | Big Fish (2003) | 196,272 |
| 238. | 8.0 | Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 115,635 |
| 239. | 8.0 | The Incredibles (2004) | 229,258 |
| 240. | 8.0 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) | 32,666 |
| 241. | 8.0 | Drive (2011) | 146,702 |
| 242. | 8.0 | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | 195,201 |
| 243. | 8.0 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010) | 21,242 |
| 244. | 8.0 | Untouchable (2011) | 10,625 |
| 245. | 8.0 | In Bruges (2008) | 153,613 |
| 246. | 8.0 | 3 Idiots (2009) | 32,003 |
| 247. | 8.0 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | 22,026 |
| 248. | 8.0 | Nosferatu (1922) | 37,641 |
| 249. | 8.0 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) | 76,561 |
| 250. | 8.0 | Shutter Island (2010) | 246,834 |