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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56 new
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check -
109 new
Tonari no Totoro
1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check -
121 new
Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check -
148 new
WALL·E
2008, in 26 top lists Check -
189 new
Hotaru no haka
1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check -
248 new
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988, in 16 top lists Check -
258 new
Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
277 new
The Incredibles
2004, in 13 top lists Check -
300 new
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018, in 21 top lists Check -
338 new
Ratatouille
2007, in 14 top lists Check -
360 new
Akira
1988, in 22 top lists Check -
364 new
Inside Out
2015, in 18 top lists Check -
368 new
Fantasia
1940, in 20 top lists Check -
381 new
Pinocchio
1940, in 16 top lists Check -
394 new
Pâfekuto burû
1997 — a.k.a. Perfect Blue, in 13 top lists Check -
398 new
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009, in 9 top lists Check -
414 new
Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 19 top lists Check -
415 new
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993, in 15 top lists Check -
420 new
Toy Story 3
2010, in 16 top lists Check -
441 new
The Lion King
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
449 new
Up
2009, in 16 top lists Check -
517 new
Finding Nemo
2003, in 17 top lists Check -
518 new
Hauru no ugoku shiro
2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check -
521 new
It's Such a Beautiful Day
2012, in 15 top lists Check -
539 new
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, in 10 top lists Check -
578 new
Monsters, Inc.
2001, in 14 top lists Check -
595 new
The Iron Giant
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
605 new
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
643 new
Bambi
1942, in 13 top lists Check -
651 new
Majo no takkyûbin
1989 — a.k.a. Kiki's Delivery Service, in 8 top lists Check -
659 new
Kaguya-hime no monogatari
2013 — a.k.a. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, in 8 top lists Check -
686 new
Aladdin
1992, in 14 top lists Check -
703 new
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check -
718 new
The Jungle Book
1967, in 11 top lists Check -
735 new
The Little Mermaid
1989, in 8 top lists Check -
737 new
Toy Story 2
1999, in 12 top lists Check -
784 new
Coraline
2009, in 3 top lists Check -
790 new
Coco
2017, in 14 top lists Check -
833 new
The Lego Movie
2014, in 5 top lists Check -
854 new
Sleeping Beauty
1959, in 5 top lists Check -
884 new
Kôkaku Kidôtai
1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check -
895 new
Song of the Sea
2014, in 7 top lists Check -
896 new
Kimi no na wa.
2016 — a.k.a. Your Name., in 12 top lists Check -
904 new
Dumbo
1941, in 9 top lists Check -
947 new
Persepolis
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
998 new
Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro...
1997 — a.k.a. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, in 8 top lists Check -
1031 new
Cinderella
1950, in 6 top lists Check -
1059 new
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta
1986 — a.k.a. Castle in the Sky, in 10 top lists Check -
1076 new
Shrek
2001, in 14 top lists Check -
1085 new
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source