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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Der blaue Engel
1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check -
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A Night at the Opera
1935, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
170 -
Limelight
1952, in 12 top lists Check -
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Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
300 -
Höstsonaten
1978 — a.k.a. Autumn Sonata, in 9 top lists Check -
319 +1
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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Stop Making Sense
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
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Taare Zameen Par
2007 — a.k.a. Like Stars on Earth, in 3 top lists Check -
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Sigur Rós: Heima
2007, in 3 top lists Check -
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Samsara
2011, in 3 top lists Check -
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Whiplash
2014, in 14 top lists Check
Last updated on May 4, 2023 by Fergenaprido;