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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166 new
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014, in 17 top lists Check -
198 new
Interstellar
2014, in 13 top lists Check -
227 new
Whiplash
2014, in 14 top lists Check -
421 new
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014, in 8 top lists Check -
422 new
Gone Girl
2014, in 12 top lists Check -
580 new
Boyhood
2014, in 16 top lists Check -
636 new
Nightcrawler
2014, in 5 top lists Check -
661 new
What We Do in the Shadows
2014, in 7 top lists Check -
663 new
Dune: Part One
2021 — a.k.a. Dune, in 7 top lists Check -
833 new
The Lego Movie
2014, in 5 top lists Check -
834 new
Mommy
2014, in 5 top lists Check -
894 new
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
895 new
Song of the Sea
2014, in 7 top lists Check -
950 new
Inherent Vice
2014, in 6 top lists Check -
1198 new
John Wick
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
1199 new
Serbuan maut 2: Berandal
2014 — a.k.a. The Raid 2, in 2 top lists Check -
1200 new
Kis Uykusu
2014 — a.k.a. Winter Sleep, in 6 top lists Check -
1458 new
Edge of Tomorrow
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
1459 new
Deux jours, une nuit
2014 — a.k.a. Two Days, One Night, in 4 top lists Check -
1611 new
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
1612 new
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
1613 new
Leviafan
2014 — a.k.a. Leviathan, in 4 top lists Check -
1812 new
The Babadook
2014, in 4 top lists Check -
1813 new
Clouds of Sils Maria
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
1815 new
It Follows
2014, in 5 top lists Check -
1816 new
Paddington
2014, in 2 top lists Check -
1817 new
Relatos salvajes
2014 — a.k.a. Wild Tales, in 8 top lists Check -
2052 new
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
2423 new
The Duke of Burgundy
2014, in 5 top lists Check -
2424 new
Kingsman: The Secret Service
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
2425 new
The Look of Silence
2014, in 4 top lists Check -
2426 new
Selma
2014, in 7 top lists Check -
2829 new
Mula sa kung ano ang noon
2014 — a.k.a. From What Is Before, in 2 top lists Check -
2830 new
Over the Garden Wall
2014, in 2 top lists Check -
2831 new
Phoenix
2014, in 4 top lists Check -
2832 new
Omoide no Mânî
2014 — a.k.a. When Marnie Was There, in 2 top lists Check -
2867 new
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018, in 6 top lists Check -
3543 new
Foxcatcher
2014, in 1 top list Check -
3544 new
Frank
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
3545 new
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
3546 new
The Guest
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
3547 new
The Homesman
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
3548 new
Cavalo Dinheiro
2014 — a.k.a. Horse Money, in 3 top lists Check -
3549 new
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
3550 new
Life Itself
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
3551 new
Mr. Turner
2014, in 1 top list Check -
3552 new
Pride
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
3553 new
The Theory of Everything
2014, in 2 top lists Check -
3554 new
Knight of Cups
2015, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source