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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The General
1926, in 34 top lists Check -
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Scarface
1932, in 16 top lists Check -
85 new
Captain Blood
1935, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938, in 17 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Seppuku
1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check -
229 +1
Per un pugno di dollari
1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 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 -
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Mihai Viteazul
1971 — a.k.a. Michael the Brave, in 1 top list Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Terminator
1984, in 24 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
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Die Hard
1988, in 21 top lists Check -
352 new
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
1989 — a.k.a. A Northern Strory of Valor, in 0 top lists Check -
353 -1
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989, in 16 top lists Check -
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
374 -1
Devasuram
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Heat
1995, in 23 top lists Check -
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Saving Private Ryan
1998, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
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Gladiator
2000, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
423 +1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003, in 18 top lists Check -
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Batman Begins
2005, in 11 top lists Check -
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V for Vendetta
2005, in 10 top lists Check -
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Pudhu Pettai
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
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Inception
2010, in 21 top lists Check -
466 -
The Dark Knight Rises
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Avengers
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
470 -
Gangs of Wasseypur
2012, in 3 top lists Check -
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
475 -
Rush
2013, in 6 top lists Check -
483 +1
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015, in 23 top lists Check -
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Thani Oruvan
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Logan
2017, in 9 top lists Check -
496 +2
Avengers: Infinity War
2018, in 8 top lists Check -
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Avengers: Endgame
2019, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;