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. 332 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 487 -

    O.J.: Made in America

    2016, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 239 -

    Voyna i mir

    1965 — a.k.a. War and Peace, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 23 -

    La roue

    1923 — a.k.a. The Wheel, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 435 -

    American Masters: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 43 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 470 -

    Gangs of Wasseypur

    2012, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 77 -

    Les misérables

    1934 — a.k.a. Les Misérables, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 481 -

    Human

    2015, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 17 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 101 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 365 -

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 329 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 218 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  15. 190 -

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 204 -

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 288 +1

    Al-risâlah

    1976 — a.k.a. The Message, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 176 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 240 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 262 -

    Mihai Viteazul

    1971 — a.k.a. Michael the Brave, in 1 top list Check
  21. 276 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  22. 421 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 371 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 192 new

    Maya Bazaar

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 320 -1

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 211 -

    Ningen no jôken

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 131 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 403 -

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 374 -1

    Devasuram

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 225 new

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 235 -

    Akahige

    1965 — a.k.a. Red Beard, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 413 new

    Nuvvu Naaku Nachchav

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 256 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 299 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 234 -

    Guide

    1965, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 503 -

    Avengers: Endgame

    2019, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 357 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  38. 205 -

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 471 -

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    2013, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 212 -

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 416 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 209 -

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 383 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 236 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 411 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  46. 266 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  47. 515 -

    Sarpatta Parambarai

    2021, in 0 top lists
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  48. 222 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 257 -

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 233 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;