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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227 new
Whiplash
2014, in 14 top lists Check -
52 new
The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
180 new
Trois couleurs: Bleu
1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check -
324 new
This Is Spinal Tap
1984, in 22 top lists Check -
178 new
Nashville
1975, in 21 top lists Check -
416 new
The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
490 new
Almost Famous
2000, in 9 top lists Check -
378 new
La double vie de Véronique
1991 — a.k.a. The Double Life of Véronique, in 12 top lists Check -
226 new
Yi yi
2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check -
556 new
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013, in 8 top lists Check -
202 new
Cléo de 5 à 7
1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check -
311 new
All That Jazz
1979, in 19 top lists Check -
394 new
Pâfekuto burû
1997 — a.k.a. Perfect Blue, in 13 top lists Check -
706 new
Der blaue Engel
1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check -
642 new
A Night at the Opera
1935, in 17 top lists Check -
348 new
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
1068 new
Ba wang bie ji
1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check -
508 new
Höstsonaten
1978 — a.k.a. Autumn Sonata, in 9 top lists Check -
823 new
La pianiste
2001 — a.k.a. The Piano Teacher, in 7 top lists Check -
617 new
Sayat Nova
1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check -
1255 new
Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
1443 new
Once
2007, in 4 top lists Check -
1122 new
Jalsaghar
1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check -
1709 new
Saturday Night Fever
1977, in 13 top lists Check -
1907 new
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
1148 new
Babettes gæstebud
1987 — a.k.a. Babette's Feast, in 11 top lists Check -
886 new
High Fidelity
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
1033 new
Limelight
1952, in 12 top lists Check -
1226 new
Biruma no tategoto
1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check -
1735 new
Dirty Dancing
1987, in 10 top lists Check -
2749 new
Billy Elliot
2000, in 7 top lists Check -
1361 new
Orfeu Negro
1959 — a.k.a. Black Orpheus, in 8 top lists Check -
1003 new
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999, in 6 top lists Check -
1574 new
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994, in 6 top lists Check -
1786 new
Walk the Line
2005, in 4 top lists Check -
1595 new
School of Rock
2003, in 3 top lists Check -
1178 new
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001, in 10 top lists Check -
1524 new
Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
460 new
Stop Making Sense
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
2388 new
Okuribito
2008 — a.k.a. Departures, in 8 top lists Check -
2387 new
Du levande
2007 — a.k.a. You, the Living, in 6 top lists Check -
2183 new
Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
2033 new
I'm Not There
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
1385 new
The Last Waltz
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
2738 new
Crna macka, beli macor
1998 — a.k.a. Black Cat, White Cat, in 4 top lists Check -
1570 new
Wayne's World
1992, in 4 top lists Check -
1803 new
Samsara
2011, in 3 top lists Check -
2261 new
Victor/Victoria
1982, in 3 top lists Check -
2499 new
Quai des Orfèvres
1947 — a.k.a. Jenny Lamour, in 7 top lists Check -
1251 new
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source