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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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
97 new
Seppuku
1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check -
143 new
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962, in 16 top lists Check -
202 new
Cléo de 5 à 7
1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check -
203 new
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
318 new
El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check -
330 new
The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
405 new
La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
477 new
Jules et Jim
1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check -
478 new
L'eclisse
1962 — a.k.a. Eclipse, in 13 top lists Check -
530 new
Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux
1962 — a.k.a. Vivre Sa Vie, in 12 top lists Check -
565 new
Ivanovo detstvo
1962 — a.k.a. Ivan's Childhood, in 12 top lists Check -
584 new
Sanma no aji
1962 — a.k.a. An Autumn Afternoon, in 9 top lists Check -
616 new
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
648 new
Le procès
1962 — a.k.a. The Trial, in 10 top lists Check -
755 new
Cape Fear
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
756 new
Carnival of Souls
1962, in 5 top lists Check -
798 new
Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
855 new
Lonely Are the Brave
1962, in 3 top lists Check -
914 new
Tsubaki Sanjûrô
1962 — a.k.a. Sanjuro, in 7 top lists Check -
972 new
Nóz w wodzie
1962 — a.k.a. Knife in the Water, in 14 top lists Check -
1038 new
Ride the High Country
1962, in 7 top lists Check -
1130 new
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962, in 2 top lists Check -
1237 new
Hatari!
1962, in 3 top lists Check -
1238 new
Le doulos
1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check -
1362 new
The Miracle Worker
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
1674 new
O Pagador de Promessas
1962 — a.k.a. The Given Word, in 9 top lists Check -
1675 new
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
1890 new
Days of Wine and Roses
1962, in 4 top lists Check -
1891 new
Il sorpasso
1962 — a.k.a. The Easy Life, in 7 top lists Check -
2166 new
Dr. No
1962, in 7 top lists Check -
2167 new
Mamma Roma
1962, in 7 top lists Check -
2168 new
The Music Man
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
2543 new
Advise & Consent
1962, in 3 top lists Check -
2544 new
Gypsy
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
2545 new
How the West Was Won
1962, in 2 top lists Check -
2546 new
The Longest Day
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
2550 new
Slnko v sieti
1963 — a.k.a. The Sun in a Net, in 4 top lists Check -
3034 new
The Connection
1961, in 2 top lists Check -
3037 new
La rivière du hibou
1961 — a.k.a. Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, in 1 top list Check -
3042 new
David and Lisa
1962, in 1 top list Check -
3043 new
Baron Prásil
1962 — a.k.a. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, in 1 top list Check -
3044 new
Night of the Eagle
1962 — a.k.a. Burn, Witch, Burn, in 1 top list Check -
3045 new
Zatôichi monogatari
1962 — a.k.a. The Tale of Zatoichi, in 2 top lists Check -
3046 new
The World's Greatest Sinner
1962, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source