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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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
318 -
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
261 -
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
301 -
Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
402 -
The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
456 -
Inception
2010, in 21 top lists Check -
331 -
Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
426 -
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004, in 28 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
317 -
The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
362 -
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
375 -1
Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
336 -
Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
330 -
The Terminator
1984, in 24 top lists Check -
304 -
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
335 -
Brazil
1985, in 23 top lists Check -
483 +1
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015, in 23 top lists Check -
399 -1
The Truman Show
1998, in 14 top lists Check -
469 -
The Avengers
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
476 -
Interstellar
2014, in 13 top lists Check -
267 -
Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check -
63 -
Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
249 -
Planet of the Apes
1968, in 16 top lists Check -
496 +2
Avengers: Infinity War
2018, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Invisible Man
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
492 -
Logan
2017, in 9 top lists Check -
503 -
Avengers: Endgame
2019, in 8 top lists Check -
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931, in 7 top lists Check -
350 -
Sobache serdtse
1988 — a.k.a. Heart of a Dog, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;