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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Die Puppe
1919 — a.k.a. The Doll, in 7 top lists Check -
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Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
1920 — a.k.a. The Golem, in 9 top lists Check -
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Körkarlen
1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check -
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Der müde Tod
1921 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 8 top lists Check -
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Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
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Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
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Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947, in 8 top lists Check -
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Scrooge
1951 — a.k.a. A Christmas Carol, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ordet
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists 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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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
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Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
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Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 19 top lists Check -
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Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Green Mile
1999, in 15 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 Two Towers
2002, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
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El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
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South Park: Imaginationland
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011, in 9 top lists Check
Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;