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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The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
137 new
Saving Private Ryan
1998, in 28 top lists Check -
154 new
The Truman Show
1998, in 14 top lists Check -
209 new
The Thin Red Line
1998, in 14 top lists Check -
354 new
Rushmore
1998, in 11 top lists Check -
576 new
Festen
1998 — a.k.a. The Celebration, in 18 top lists Check -
689 new
Out of Sight
1998, in 7 top lists Check -
776 new
American History X
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
821 new
Dark City
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
885 new
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
941 new
Happiness
1998, in 8 top lists Check -
942 new
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998, in 8 top lists Check -
999 new
Buffalo '66
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
1000 new
Lola rennt
1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check -
1173 new
Wandafuru raifu
1998 — a.k.a. After Life, in 9 top lists Check -
1174 new
Mia aioniotita kai mia mera
1998 — a.k.a. Eternity and a Day, in 3 top lists Check -
1294 new
Mulan
1998, in 5 top lists Check -
1295 new
Fucking Åmål
1998 — a.k.a. Show Me Love, in 6 top lists Check -
1423 new
Pleasantville
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
1583 new
Hai shang hua
1998 — a.k.a. Flowers of Shanghai, in 8 top lists Check -
1584 new
Pi
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
1585 new
A Simple Plan
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
1586 new
There's Something About Mary
1998, in 11 top lists Check -
1763 new
New Rose Hotel
1998, in 3 top lists Check -
1764 new
The Prince of Egypt
1998, in 3 top lists Check -
1765 new
Velvet Goldmine
1998, in 4 top lists Check -
1995 new
Dong
1998 — a.k.a. The Hole, in 5 top lists Check -
1996 new
Ringu
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
1997 new
Shakespeare in Love
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
1998 new
Waking Ned
1998 — a.k.a. Waking Ned Devine, in 0 top lists Check -
2332 new
A Bug's Life
1998, in 4 top lists Check -
2333 new
Khrustalyov, mashinu!
1998 — a.k.a. Khrustalyov, My Car!, in 6 top lists Check -
2334 new
The Last Days of Disco
1998, in 1 top list Check -
2335 new
Ronin
1998, in 1 top list Check -
2737 new
Babe: Pig in the City
1998, in 1 top list Check -
2738 new
Crna macka, beli macor
1998 — a.k.a. Black Cat, White Cat, in 4 top lists Check -
2739 new
Dil Se..
1998, in 3 top lists Check -
2740 new
Gods and Monsters
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
2741 new
La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
1998 — a.k.a. The Legend of 1900, in 2 top lists Check -
2742 new
Los amantes del Círculo Polar
1998 — a.k.a. Lovers of the Arctic Circle, in 5 top lists Check -
2743 new
Rounders
1998, in 1 top list Check -
2744 new
Wild Things
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
3385 new
Sib
1998 — a.k.a. The Apple, in 7 top lists Check -
3386 new
Shigatsu monogatari
1998 — a.k.a. April Story, in 0 top lists Check -
3387 new
Armageddon
1998, in 4 top lists Check -
3388 new
Ever After
1998 — a.k.a. Ever After: A Cinderella Story, in 1 top list Check -
3389 new
Great Expectations
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
3390 new
The Mask of Zorro
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
3391 new
Primary Colors
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
3392 new
Le violon rouge
1998 — a.k.a. The Red Violin, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source