FSR: Top 5 Films by Year

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Fergenaprido's Significance Rating - Top 5 Films by Year

This started out as a personal goal to see the top five films of each year, using imdb data. After they removed the weighted rankings beyond the Top 250, I created my own formula to try to balance each rating and its number of votes, in order to make films more comparable. I settled upon the formula of SR=(EXP(rating)*(LN(votes))/100). Why that particular formula? I tinkered around with different variations, but I prefer using ln instead of log, and this formula ended up with a fairly approximate order similar to imdb's weighted formula.

Here are the top five films from each year since 1919. For 1919-1934, the minimum number of votes is 1,000; for 1935-2022, the minimum is 5,000. I excluded years before 1919 because there weren't enough films with at least 1,000 votes, so the SR wasn't reliable enough to rank them. I do exclude films that have had voter manipulation, but I don't exclude those rated highly because of enthusiasm from their home country (i.e. "mafias").

Not meant to be definitive, just a fun side project for me, and I decided to move it from my spreadsheet to icm. Feature-length films only (including documentaries).

I collect the imdb data on May 1st each year, and update this list shortly thereafter.

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  1. 191 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 473 -1

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 247 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 451 -

    3 Idiots

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 83 +1

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 519 new

    777 Charlie

    2022, in 0 top lists
    Check
  7. 223 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 420 -

    9/11

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 161 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 96 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 270 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 235 -

    Akahige

    1965 — a.k.a. Red Beard, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 288 +1

    Al-risâlah

    1976 — a.k.a. The Message, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 370 -

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 301 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 336 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 158 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 56 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 327 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 404 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 397 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 435 -

    American Masters: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 264 -

    Anand

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 425 -3

    Anbe Sivam

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 240 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  26. 97 -

    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 59 -

    Animal Crackers

    1930, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 186 +1

    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 207 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 302 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  31. 202 -

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 127 -

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 200 -

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 503 -

    Avengers: Endgame

    2019, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 496 +2

    Avengers: Infinity War

    2018, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 469 -

    The Avengers

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 95 -

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 495 -

    Ayla: The Daughter of War

    2017, in 0 top lists
    Check
  39. 486 -

    Aynabaji

    2016 — a.k.a. Mirror Game, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 395 new

    Bacheha-Ye aseman

    1997 — a.k.a. Children of Heaven, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 331 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 165 -

    Bakushû

    1951 — a.k.a. Early Summer, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 326 -

    Balkanski spijun

    1984 — a.k.a. Balkan Spy, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 152 -

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 368 -

    Baraka

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 432 -

    Batman Begins

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 474 -

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 238 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  49. 415 -1

    A Beautiful Mind

    2001, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 364 -

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;