FSR: Top 5 Films by Year
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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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Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check -
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Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
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WALL·E
2008, in 26 top lists Check -
380 -
The Lion King
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
458 -
Toy Story 3
2010, in 16 top lists Check -
393 -1
Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check -
424 +1
Finding Nemo
2003, in 17 top lists Check -
453 -
Up
2009, in 16 top lists Check -
346 -
Hotaru no haka
1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check -
94 -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
364 -
Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 19 top lists Check -
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Ratatouille
2007, in 14 top lists Check -
484 -2
Inside Out
2015, in 18 top lists Check -
427 +1
Hauru no ugoku shiro
2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check -
370 -
Aladdin
1992, in 14 top lists Check -
498 +1
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018, in 21 top lists Check -
491 -
Coco
2017, in 14 top lists Check -
490 -
Kimi no na wa.
2016 — a.k.a. Your Name., in 12 top lists Check -
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Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check -
285 -
Flåklypa Grand Prix
1975 — a.k.a. The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, in 6 top lists Check -
230 -2
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
474 -
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
340 -
Macskafogó
1986 — a.k.a. Cat City, in 0 top lists Check -
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Vuk
1981 — a.k.a. The Little Fox, in 0 top lists Check -
450 new
South Park: Imaginationland
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
372 new
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
1993, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;