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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Arrival
2016, in 11 top lists Check -
299 new
Moonlight
2016, in 13 top lists Check -
496 new
Manchester by the Sea
2016, in 7 top lists Check -
896 new
Kimi no na wa.
2016 — a.k.a. Your Name., in 12 top lists Check -
951 new
The Nice Guys
2016, in 1 top list Check -
952 new
Paterson
2016, in 4 top lists Check -
953 new
Twin Peaks
2017, in 4 top lists Check -
1014 new
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016, in 3 top lists Check -
1201 new
Rogue One
2016 — a.k.a. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in 2 top lists Check -
1203 new
Busanhaeng
2016 — a.k.a. Train to Busan, in 4 top lists Check -
1323 new
20th Century Women
2016, in 1 top list Check -
1324 new
Zootopia
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
1462 new
Captain America: Civil War
2016, in 2 top lists Check -
1463 new
Deadpool
2016, in 2 top lists Check -
1616 new
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
2059 new
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016, in 2 top lists Check -
2060 new
The Edge of Seventeen
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
2061 new
Hacksaw Ridge
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
2062 new
Moana
2016, in 4 top lists Check -
2063 new
Grave
2016 — a.k.a. Raw, in 4 top lists Check -
2064 new
Shin Gojira
2016 — a.k.a. Shin Godzilla, in 0 top lists Check -
2432 new
Nocturama
2016, in 1 top list Check -
2433 new
Nocturnal Animals
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
2434 new
O.J.: Made in America
2016, in 7 top lists Check -
2436 new
Forushande
2016 — a.k.a. The Salesman, in 2 top lists Check -
2437 new
Gokseong
2016 — a.k.a. The Wailing, in 2 top lists Check -
2439 new
Okja
2017, in 2 top lists Check -
2841 new
Rippu Van Winkuru no hanayome
2016 — a.k.a. A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, in 0 top lists Check -
2842 new
Cameraperson
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
2844 new
Certain Women
2016, in 5 top lists Check -
2848 new
I Am Not Your Negro
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
2851 new
Ma vie de Courgette
2016 — a.k.a. My Life as a Zucchini, in 0 top lists Check -
2852 new
The Neon Demon
2016, in 3 top lists Check -
2853 new
Personal Shopper
2016, in 2 top lists Check -
2854 new
Koe no katachi
2016 — a.k.a. A Silent Voice: The Movie, in 5 top lists Check -
2855 new
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016, in 2 top lists Check -
2856 new
13th
2016, in 3 top lists Check -
2865 new
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017, in 3 top lists Check -
3559 new
The Accountant
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
3560 new
Aquarius
2016, in 3 top lists Check -
3561 new
Everybody Wants Some!!
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
3562 new
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016, in 2 top lists Check -
3563 new
Fences
2016, in 1 top list Check -
3564 new
I, Daniel Blake
2016, in 4 top lists Check -
3565 new
The Love Witch
2016, in 3 top lists Check -
3566 new
Miss Sloane
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
3567 new
Snowden
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
3568 new
Beauty and the Beast
2017, in 2 top lists Check -
3576 new
Loving Vincent
2017, in 0 top lists Check -
3582 new
Zama
2017, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 18, 2023; source