Higher than 26 movies of Top 250
14,010 users rated it.
Aged under 18 (110): 8.7
Aged 18-29 (4,962): 8.1
Aged 30-44 (4,280): 7.9
Aged 45+ (1,428): 8.2
Top 1000 voters (371): 7.9
US users (2,385): 7.9
Non-US users (8,344): 8.1
Weighted average: 8.0
Arithmetic mean: 8.5
Median: 9.0
There are no reason to be apart of Top 250.
"Regular voters" are enough here (you see: 371 of the top 1,000 voters, p.e.).
Its lowest rate is 7.9 (Aged 30-44), except of IMDb staff (five: 7.2).
There are 26 movies rated 7.9 in Top 250 (Sunrise 6,829 voters; Ace in the Hole 3,803; The Kid 7,439; Out of the Past 7,251; Inherit the Wind 8,053; Great Expectations 5,793).
These six movies have rates like 1.7, 4.9, 3.2, 5.8 and 6.7.
Central do Brasil rates are high and stable.
It's 8.0 "weighted average" is firmly established and fixed, with few variations by age (7.9 to 8.7) and gender (8.0 males to 8.4 females).
There are no reason I can imagine to stay out of Top 250.
Except... you know!