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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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check -
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C'era una volta il West
1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check -
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Django Unchained
2012, in 12 top lists Check -
189 -
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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Unforgiven
1992, in 24 top lists Check -
254 -
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969, in 21 top lists Check -
147 -
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
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High Noon
1952, in 18 top lists Check -
105 -
Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
219 -
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962, in 16 top lists Check -
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Dances with Wolves
1990, in 18 top lists Check -
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Per qualche dollaro in più
1965 — a.k.a. For a Few Dollars More, in 11 top lists Check -
229 +1
Per un pugno di dollari
1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 top lists Check -
122 -4
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Mark of Zorro
1920, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;