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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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
331 -
Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
166 -
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
203 -
Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
400 new
The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
384 -
Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
414 -1
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check -
207 -
The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
61 -
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
244 -
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
86 -
Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
283 -
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
479 -
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014, in 17 top lists Check -
458 -
Toy Story 3
2010, in 16 top lists Check -
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It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
424 +1
Finding Nemo
2003, in 17 top lists Check -
399 -1
The Truman Show
1998, in 14 top lists Check -
453 -
Up
2009, in 16 top lists Check -
345 -1
The Princess Bride
1987, in 19 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
471 -
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
305 -
Life of Brian
1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check -
72 -
Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
391 -
La vita è bella
1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check -
98 -
Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
110 -
The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
26 -
Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
117 -
To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
103 -
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939, in 15 top lists Check -
444 -
Ratatouille
2007, in 14 top lists Check -
272 -
The Sting
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
213 -
Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
484 -2
Inside Out
2015, in 17 top lists Check -
174 -
Roman Holiday
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
280 -
Young Frankenstein
1974, in 14 top lists Check -
410 -2
Snatch
2000, in 11 top lists Check -
113 -
Sullivan's Travels
1941, in 24 top lists Check -
370 -
Aladdin
1992, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Kid
1921, in 17 top lists Check -
155 -
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949, in 21 top lists Check -
461 -
Intouchables
2011 — a.k.a. The Intouchables, in 7 top lists Check -
67 +1
Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
83 +1
The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
99 -
The Lady Vanishes
1938, in 15 top lists Check -
84 +1
Top Hat
1935, in 14 top lists Check -
109 -
The Shop Around the Corner
1940, in 14 top lists Check -
82 -
A Night at the Opera
1935, in 17 top lists Check
Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;