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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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
36 new
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
48 new
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
59 new
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
62 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
72 new
Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check -
78 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
94 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
105 new
Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
109 new
Tonari no Totoro
1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check -
114 new
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
118 new
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
121 new
Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check -
129 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
138 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002, in 26 top lists Check -
146 new
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
157 new
A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 23 top lists Check -
165 new
The Tree of Life
2011, in 13 top lists Check -
222 new
Ordet
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
233 new
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
243 new
King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
275 new
Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
318 new
El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check -
322 new
El espíritu de la colmena
1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check -
332 new
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check -
334 new
Ghostbusters
1984, in 13 top lists Check -
368 new
Fantasia
1940, in 20 top lists Check -
378 new
La double vie de Véronique
1991 — a.k.a. The Double Life of Véronique, in 12 top lists Check -
381 new
Pinocchio
1940, in 16 top lists Check -
389 new
La montaña sagrada
1973 — a.k.a. The Holy Mountain, in 9 top lists Check -
391 new
Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 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 -
428 new
La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
450 new
Holy Motors
2012, in 11 top lists Check -
451 new
Körkarlen
1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check -
458 new
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
480 new
Kaidan
1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check -
498 new
Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
504 new
Mary Poppins
1964, 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 -
600 new
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...
2003, in 13 top lists Check -
605 new
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
625 new
Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
640 new
Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
648 new
Le procès
1962 — a.k.a. The Trial, in 10 top lists Check -
654 new
Dead Man
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
659 new
Kaguya-hime no monogatari
2013 — a.k.a. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, in 8 top lists Check -
694 new
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005, in 6 top lists Check -
703 new
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source