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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Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
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Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Amadeus
1984, in 24 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
240 new
Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
473 -1
12 Years a Slave
2013, in 22 top lists Check -
383 -
Braveheart
1995, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
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Seppuku
1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check -
225 new
Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
428 +1
Der Untergang
2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check -
320 -1
Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
332 -
Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Z
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
211 -
Ningen no jôken
1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check -
256 -
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Ningen no jôken
1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check -
242 +1
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu
1967 — a.k.a. Samurai Rebellion, in 8 top lists Check -
210 -
Inherit the Wind
1960, in 4 top lists Check -
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Voyna i mir
1965 — a.k.a. War and Peace, in 8 top lists Check -
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Orphans of the Storm
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
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Herr Arnes pengar
1919 — a.k.a. Sir Arne's Treasure, in 7 top lists Check -
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Les misérables
1934 — a.k.a. Les Misérables, in 6 top lists Check -
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Lepa sela lepo gore
1996 — a.k.a. Pretty Village, Pretty Flame, in 1 top list Check -
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American Masters: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tosun Pasa
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
352 new
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
1989 — a.k.a. A Northern Strory of Valor, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;