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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Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
276 new
Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
350 new
Miller's Crossing
1990, in 11 top lists Check -
543 new
Total Recall
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
592 new
Home Alone
1990, in 6 top lists Check -
624 new
Dances with Wolves
1990, in 17 top lists Check -
625 new
Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
879 new
Misery
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
934 new
Paris Is Burning
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
992 new
The Hunt for Red October
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
993 new
Tremors
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
1063 new
Back to the Future Part III
1990, in 6 top lists Check -
1064 new
King of New York
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
1065 new
Wild at Heart
1990, in 6 top lists Check -
1159 new
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
1160 new
Trust
1990, in 5 top lists Check -
1280 new
Metropolitan
1990, in 5 top lists Check -
1561 new
Pretty Woman
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
1562 new
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
1747 new
Dip huet gai tau
1990 — a.k.a. Bullet in the Head, in 2 top lists Check -
1967 new
Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö
1990 — a.k.a. The Match Factory Girl, in 6 top lists Check -
1968 new
Pump Up the Volume
1990, in 1 top list Check -
2303 new
Yume
1990 — a.k.a. Dreams, in 6 top lists Check -
2304 new
The Exorcist III
1990, in 1 top list Check -
2698 new
Die Hard 2
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
2699 new
The Godfather Part III
1990, in 7 top lists Check -
2700 new
The Grifters
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
2701 new
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
2702 new
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
2703 new
White Hunter Black Heart
1990, in 1 top list Check -
3281 new
Begotten
1989, in 3 top lists Check -
3291 new
The Ambulance
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
3292 new
An Angel at My Table
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
3293 new
Arachnophobia
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
3295 new
Strangers in Good Company
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
3296 new
Cyrano de Bergerac
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
3297 new
Ah Fei jing juen
1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check -
3298 new
Dick Tracy
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
3299 new
The Hot Spot
1990, in 1 top list Check -
3300 new
Jacob's Ladder
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
3301 new
Life Is Sweet
1990, in 4 top lists Check -
3302 new
Miami Blues
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
3303 new
Quick Change
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
3304 new
The Rescuers Down Under
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
3305 new
Reversal of Fortune
1990, in 1 top list Check -
3306 new
To Sleep with Anger
1990, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source