Top 1,000 Films of All Time (Calculated)
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There are many statistically-minded lists available. Generally, they are either based on averages or cumulative presence in lists. This list attempts to bring the two together, with a composite score that uses Letterboxd, IMDb, Metacritic, and Rotten Tomatoes scores as well as a quantification of the movies' presence on several lists (enumerated below). I would describe the results as a consensus opinion of the films someone "should" see. [You can also see the list of 5,000 films here.]
I started with a list of about 30k titles gleaned from many Letterboxd lists, IMDb data, and other sources and crunched the numbers. I limited composite scores to those above 500 IMDb votes. Votes were normalized against the maximum votes on that website to account for the differing traffic, so the Highest Voted movie would be a 1.00 and the lowest 0.01. I weighted the differing website rating according to my own sense of importance with Letterboxd about 10x Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic about half of IMDb. I also included weighting by year to account for the significant recency bias in online vote tallies. That weight was Votes x (1+((2000-Year)/100).
The way that I quantified movies on lists like Sight & Sound was to give those films a sort of fictional rating as if it were from IMDb. So, for instance, Vertigo, at #1 on Sight & Sound's Top 250 got 100, Citizen Kane got 99.96. Lists where there was no ranking all received 100. Sight and Sound, Palme D'or, and Oscar Winners received the greatest weight, which was about 10x a Oscar nomination outside Best Picture and about twice the Golden Bear or AFI Top 100.
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
33 -22
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
39 +12
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
42 +17
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
48 -2
Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
68 +3
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
74 +8
Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check -
113 -15
A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 23 top lists Check -
114 -11
Ordet
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
150 -62
King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
166 +55
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
171 -45
La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
187 -46
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
188 -82
Fantasia
1940, in 20 top lists Check -
204 -27
Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
224 +2
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
227 -34
El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 17 top lists Check -
237 +21
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check -
238 -86
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
293 -86
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
305 +2
El espíritu de la colmena
1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check -
321 -43
Orphée
1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check -
366 -126
Macario
1960, in 3 top lists Check -
369 -66
Mary Poppins
1964, in 15 top lists Check -
392 +266
Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check -
403 -248
Pinocchio
1940, in 16 top lists Check -
435 -26
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 12 top lists Check -
436 -101
Tonari no Totoro
1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check -
491 +218
La double vie de Véronique
1991 — a.k.a. The Double Life of Véronique, in 12 top lists Check -
494 +21
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check -
498 -45
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
501 -17
Körkarlen
1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check -
529 -15
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
537 +161
Miracolo a Milano
1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check -
548 -129
Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 20 top lists Check -
578 +3
Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check -
629 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002, in 26 top lists Check -
631 new
La montaña sagrada
1973 — a.k.a. The Holy Mountain, in 9 top lists Check -
637 +91
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, in 9 top lists Check -
732 -37
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941, in 4 top lists Check -
736 -225
The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check -
759 -105
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
769 -67
Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
776 +168
Der müde Tod
1921 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 8 top lists Check -
781 +206
Simón del desierto
1965 — a.k.a. Simon of the Desert, in 5 top lists Check -
800 +159
Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie
1965 — a.k.a. The Saragossa Manuscript, in 8 top lists Check -
802 +56
Heaven Can Wait
1943, in 5 top lists Check -
826 +144
Wandafuru raifu
1998 — a.k.a. After Life, in 9 top lists Check -
855 -461
The Thief of Bagdad
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
904 new
The Green Mile
1999, in 15 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 27, 2024 by gokhan; source