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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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check -
28 new
C'era una volta il West
1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check -
64 new
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
79 new
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
93 new
Unforgiven
1992, in 24 top lists Check -
126 new
Rio Bravo
1959, in 19 top lists Check -
143 new
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962, in 16 top lists Check -
183 new
High Noon
1952, in 19 top lists Check -
230 new
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969, in 21 top lists Check -
231 new
The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
284 new
Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
290 new
Per qualche dollaro in più
1965 — a.k.a. For a Few Dollars More, in 11 top lists Check -
307 new
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971, in 20 top lists Check -
328 new
Johnny Guitar
1954, in 22 top lists Check -
339 new
Django Unchained
2012, in 12 top lists Check -
383 new
My Darling Clementine
1946, in 20 top lists Check -
427 new
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943, in 14 top lists Check -
456 new
Per un pugno di dollari
1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 top lists Check -
475 new
The Magnificent Seven
1960, in 11 top lists Check -
495 new
The Hateful Eight
2015, in 2 top lists Check -
531 new
Il grande silenzio
1968 — a.k.a. The Great Silence, in 8 top lists Check -
569 new
Tampopo
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
624 new
Dances with Wolves
1990, in 18 top lists Check -
654 new
Dead Man
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
677 new
Blazing Saddles
1974, in 14 top lists Check -
704 new
The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
711 new
Winchester '73
1950, in 7 top lists Check -
751 new
Shane
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
853 new
The Big Country
1958, in 6 top lists Check -
855 new
Lonely Are the Brave
1962, in 3 top lists Check -
928 new
El topo
1970 — a.k.a. El Topo, in 8 top lists Check -
1030 new
Fort Apache
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
1035 new
Vera Cruz
1954, in 2 top lists Check -
1043 new
Little Big Man
1970, in 9 top lists Check -
1048 new
High Plains Drifter
1973, in 4 top lists Check -
1051 new
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
1105 new
Destry Rides Again
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
1115 new
The Naked Spur
1953, in 10 top lists Check -
1121 new
Man of the West
1958, in 8 top lists Check -
1129 new
The Misfits
1961, in 5 top lists Check -
1223 new
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
1229 new
3:10 to Yuma
1957, in 7 top lists Check -
1246 new
Hombre
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
1250 new
True Grit
1969, in 2 top lists Check -
1254 new
Monte Walsh
1970, in 1 top list Check -
1366 new
Django
1966, in 5 top lists Check -
1367 new
The Professionals
1966, in 2 top lists Check -
1453 new
True Grit
2010, in 6 top lists Check -
1497 new
The Gunfighter
1950, in 8 top lists Check -
1502 new
The Man from Laramie
1955, in 5 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source