The New #1 Movie of All Time

[Townhallsavoy]

The Dark Knight has overtaken the Godfather as IMDB's #1 movie of all time. 

I loved The Dark Knight, but come on.  #1 of all time??? 

[AUChizad]

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

[Townhallsavoy]

http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Yep, that's the chart. 

Top 250 movies as voted by our users
For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 9.5 The Dark Knight (2008) 46,915
2. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 288,653
3. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 340,187
4. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 165,507
5. 8.9 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 96,865
6. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 292,176
7. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993) 194,607
8. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 147,088
9. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 205,227
10. 8.8 Casablanca (1942) 126,123
11. 8.8 12 Angry Men (1957) 70,627
12. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 71,164
13. 8.8 Star Wars (1977) 246,207
14. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 261,365
15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) 160,109
16. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 84,664
17. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 184,810
18. 8.7 Cidade de Deus (2002) 104,211
19. 8.7 C'era una volta il West (1968) 48,376
20. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 292,874
21. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995) 199,042
22. 8.7 Psycho (1960) 103,730
23. 8.6 WALL·E (2008) 41,928
24. 8.6 Fight Club (1999) 262,197
25. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 119,458

[Kaos]

That list is bogus anyway.  Shawshank Redemption is a good movie, but not in the same category as Godfather or Godfather II. And what the bleeding blue fuck is Wall-E doing on there? 

Yep, that's the chart. 

Top 250 movies as voted by our users
For this top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 9.5 The Dark Knight (2008) 46,915
2. 9.1 The Godfather (1972) 288,653
3. 9.1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 340,187
4. 9.0 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 165,507
5. 8.9 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 96,865
6. 8.9 Pulp Fiction (1994) 292,176
7. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993) 194,607
8. 8.8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 147,088
9. 8.8 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 205,227
10. 8.8 Casablanca (1942) 126,123
11. 8.8 12 Angry Men (1957) 70,627
12. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 71,164
13. 8.8 Star Wars (1977) 246,207
14. 8.8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 261,365
15. 8.7 Goodfellas (1990) 160,109
16. 8.7 Rear Window (1954) 84,664
17. 8.7 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 184,810
18. 8.7 Cidade de Deus (2002) 104,211
19. 8.7 C'era una volta il West (1968) 48,376
20. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 292,874
21. 8.7 The Usual Suspects (1995) 199,042
22. 8.7 Psycho (1960) 103,730
23. 8.6 WALL·E (2008) 41,928
24. 8.6 Fight Club (1999) 262,197
25. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 119,458

[AUChizad]

Yeah, at first when I saw this thread I was thinking they were jumping the gun and all, but then I realized how these are tallied.

It's not like there are IMDb experts that are ranking these. It's based on user rankings. Because those movies are new, the only people voting are probably people psychotically fanatical about it and giving it 10 stars. A lot more people have voted on Godfather, and because it's not the super hot item right now, there's probably been a fair share of negative reviews for it.

Knowing the criteria, I'm not too shocked.