Poll 2022: Top 250 Favourite Film List conducted and proudly presented by HelenWelonmelon (Letterboxd)
Created by LeSchpountz.
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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 conformista
1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check -
435 new
Le cercle rouge
1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check -
567 new
Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
675 new
Five Easy Pieces
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
927 new
Le genou de Claire
1970 — a.k.a. Claire's Knee, in 7 top lists Check -
928 new
El topo
1970 — a.k.a. El Topo, in 8 top lists Check -
929 new
Wanda
1970, in 11 top lists Check -
1043 new
Little Big Man
1970, in 9 top lists Check -
1251 new
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970, in 6 top lists Check -
1252 new
Husbands
1970, in 4 top lists Check -
1253 new
Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni...
1970 — a.k.a. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, in 12 top lists Check -
1254 new
Monte Walsh
1970, in 1 top list Check -
1255 new
Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
1370 new
Valerie a týden divu
1970 — a.k.a. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, in 8 top lists Check -
1524 new
Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
1692 new
Deep End
1970, in 7 top lists Check -
1693 new
Ryan's Daughter
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
1694 new
Zorns Lemma
1970, in 5 top lists Check -
1905 new
L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo
1970 — a.k.a. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 5 top lists Check -
1906 new
Hi, Mom!
1970, in 1 top list Check -
1907 new
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
2198 new
Brewster McCloud
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
2199 new
Catch-22
1970, in 5 top lists Check -
2200 new
Zabriskie Point
1970, in 6 top lists Check -
2585 new
The AristoCats
1970 — a.k.a. The Aristocats, in 1 top list Check -
2586 new
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
2587 new
La rupture
1970 — a.k.a. The Breach, in 0 top lists Check -
2588 new
L'aveu
1970 — a.k.a. The Confession, in 2 top lists Check -
2589 new
Peau d'âne
1970 — a.k.a. Donkey Skin, in 3 top lists Check -
2591 new
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
2592 new
Kladivo na carodejnice
1970 — a.k.a. Witchhammer, in 3 top lists Check -
3104 new
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970, in 1 top list Check -
3105 new
Le boucher
1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check -
3106 new
Dodesukaden
1970 — a.k.a. Dodes'ka-den, in 4 top lists Check -
3107 new
The Hart of London
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
3108 new
Kelly's Heroes
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
3110 new
The Railway Children
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
3111 new
En kärlekshistoria
1970 — a.k.a. A Love Story, in 4 top lists Check -
3112 new
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970, in 3 top lists Check -
3113 new
Watermelon Man
1970, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source