Poll 2022: Top 250 Favourite Film List conducted and proudly presented by HelenWelonmelon (Letterboxd)
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HelenWelonmelon:
"Dear film friends,
stimulated by Adrian Tofei's big poll for the best films of all time, I would also like to start a poll to determine the best films. In my opinion, most surveys have always suffered from the fact that the participants were only allowed to name 1, 10 or maybe 25 titles. Although the result is of course interesting, it is not really meaningful. The famous Sight and Sound poll in particular is pretty silly, as it forces film critics and film historians to name only 10 films out of thousands seen. Basically it's like a lottery and actually only tells you which film is most often named as favorite film and not whether the film is generally rated as outstanding. For example, if you ask a survey about the most overrated films, many of the supposedly best ones would also be named there. That's why a Top 250 survey among film connoisseurs make a lot more sense, since then it is not only decisive for the result which films are named, but also which of the typical poll champions are not named. A Top 250 also offers the advantage that probably mostly people who are somewhat familiar with the history of film vote. That's why this survey is primarily aimed at people who have actually seen many films themselves, who have their own opinions and who don't just bluntly copy internet best lists. Please link your Top 250 lists below. I will then evaluate them by the end of the year. There is no need for a ranking within the Top 250, as each film named gets one point at the end. In any case, I'm very curious to see how many letterboxd users post their Top 250 here. I hope, of course, that there will be many. Please think carefully about which titles you choose and make sure that you don't forget a favorite film, as subsequent changes will no longer be taken into account. Please draw the attention of many potential participants to this survey. I hope that Adrian Tofei will allow me to promote this survey here and not delate my comment."
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Note:
- It is very time-consuming to import a list presented by Letterboxd to ICM, hence the restriction to all titles with at least 3 votes instead of the 2 votes on Letterboxd.
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Poll 2023: Top 500 Favourite Film List
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HelenWelonmelon:
"Dear film friends,
many thanks again to all 224 participants in the last survey. As already announced, the Top 500 survey will follow this year. All 224 participants in the last survey are cordially invited. Please create a list of your 500 favorite films and link them below in the comments.
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-> no ranking is necessary
-> each film named gets one point
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Of course, Letterboxd users who did not take part last year can and should also submit a Top 500 list. The more people take part, the more differentiated the end result. However, since this survey is primarily aimed at people who have seen a large number of films, the first-time participants should have seen at least 3000 films. This is to prevent that only the most popular films have a chance of a good placement. The main problem with all film surveys is that films have varying degrees of popularity and therefore popular films always have an advantage. Logically, films that 80-100% of all participants have seen have a much better chance of being placed in the overall list than films that only 10-20% have seen. Especially since these 10-20% are usually the people who have seen a great many films, which further reduces the chance of being named. Because for someone who has seen 1000 films, the chance of a film ending up in the top 500 is 1 in 2, 3000 is 1 in 6, 5000 is 1 in 10, 10,000 is 1 in 20, etc. However, since, in contrast to most other polls, many relatively unknown films are also included in the overall list at the end, this means that such films also receive more attention and may achieve a higher ranking next year. Inevitably, over the years, some popular films will fall in the overall ranking and some unpopular films will rise. If this Top 500 survey is successful, it is planned to repeat it next year. I hope that through word of mouth the number of participants will increase every year.
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-> Why 500 Films?:
Since this survey is planned annually and is primarily aimed at film experts who have seen a large number of films, it is important that a larger number of films are named because:
1. Even people who have seen well over 5000 films still have enough space for annual changes, which is not the case to this extent in a new TOP 250 survey and the end result for 2023 and the following year will hardly change.
2. The total number of titles mentioned in the poll will increase significantly, which is the very purpose of this poll.
3. A top 500 survey leads to a much more nuanced end result. If there were 56,000 individual votes for 224 Top 250 lists, it would be 112,000 for 224 Top 500 lists.
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-> Why no ranking and one point for each film?:
Sometimes there were suggestions that the survey could be done on ranked lists with different points depending on the placement. Experience has shown that three points speak against this.
1. A ranking with a corresponding distribution of points would once again unassailably favor the popular films. Because in the vast majority of cases, everyone's absolute favorite films (top 20-top 100) will be the films they saw relatively early and essentially caused them to engage with films. And these are usually popular films, which fall in front of you relatively quickly.
2. Requiring each participant to rank their favorite films and rack their brains over whether a film is 175th or 176th would certainly discourage many from posting a list. And probably especially those who have seen an extremely large number of films and who have trouble limiting their favorite films to only 500 titles.
3. Evaluating the lists would be much more time-consuming and complicated, and I wouldn't be able to do it that easily in terms of time.
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I hope now that probably many will submit a top 500 by the end of the year (Deadline is December 31st, 2023) and that this survey and the result at the end will be entertaining and exciting. Of course, no one will completely agree with the final result, but each participant can at least try to influence the result in their favor and support their favourites."
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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
29 new
The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
20 new
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
35 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
88 new
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
73 new
Touch of Evil
1958, in 31 top lists Check -
150 new
Rebecca
1940, in 23 top lists Check -
191 new
Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
140 new
Notorious
1946, in 24 top lists Check -
139 new
The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
244 new
Laura
1944, in 21 top lists Check -
103 new
Out of the Past
1947, in 16 top lists Check -
131 new
Sweet Smell of Success
1957, in 20 top lists Check -
430 new
White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
287 new
The Killing
1956, in 15 top lists Check -
285 new
Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
432 new
Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 20 top lists Check -
134 new
In a Lonely Place
1950, in 19 top lists Check -
304 new
Dial M for Murder
1954, in 9 top lists Check -
708 new
Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
529 new
The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
562 new
The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
908 new
The Lady from Shanghai
1947, in 9 top lists Check -
840 new
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932, in 14 top lists Check -
846 new
The Killers
1946, in 15 top lists Check -
561 new
Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check -
845 new
Gilda
1946, in 13 top lists Check -
528 new
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
745 new
Gaslight
1944, in 12 top lists Check -
431 new
Pickup on South Street
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
710 new
Odd Man Out
1947, in 15 top lists Check -
340 new
Only Angels Have Wings
1939, in 10 top lists Check -
2955 new
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946, in 9 top lists Check -
746 new
Leave Her to Heaven
1945, in 12 top lists Check -
910 new
Night and the City
1950, in 12 top lists Check -
709 new
Scarlet Street
1945, in 10 top lists Check -
1643 new
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938, in 9 top lists Check -
1108 new
Spellbound
1945, in 7 top lists Check -
1216 new
Fury
1936, in 12 top lists Check -
2912 new
Little Caesar
1931, in 10 top lists Check -
1227 new
The Wrong Man
1956, in 8 top lists Check -
747 new
Key Largo
1948, in 7 top lists Check -
796 new
They Live by Night
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
1112 new
Nora inu
1949 — a.k.a. Stray Dog, in 9 top lists Check -
2482 new
La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
1341 new
The Docks of New York
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
1028 new
Murder, My Sweet
1944, in 5 top lists Check -
1222 new
The Set-Up
1949, in 10 top lists Check -
1489 new
The Roaring Twenties
1939, in 8 top lists Check -
1852 new
The Stranger
1946, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source