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An alternative IMDb Top 250: the “favoritest” movies relative to era
This is an alternative to the standard IMDb Top 250 list, using the same IMDb rating data (via the weekly FTP data files) in a different way.
I've taken the number of high IMDb votes (ratings 8–10) for each film, and multiplied by a factor based on the number of "typical" votes for movies
from the halfdecade of that film's release. This tends to weight older films more based on the fewer votes being cast for their movie peers, and serves
to highlight movies that are disproportionately watched and loved from their era.
The result is a list of 250 populist greats (the eraadjusted most favorite films according to IMDb voters, or what I'm calling the "favoritest") that
stand out in viewership and esteem among titles from the same time period.
The Cameraman (1928)
201
Raging Bull (1980)
202
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Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)
203
Tables Turned on the Gardener (1895)
204
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
205
Grease (1978)
206
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
207
Ghostbusters (1984)
208
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Sabrina (1954)
209
The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
210
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
211
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
212
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
213
The Hustler (1961)
214
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Wings (1927)
215
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
216
Dirty Harry (1971)
217
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
218
Papillon (1973)
219
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
220
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
221
The Wages of Fear (1953)
222
Groundhog Day (1993)
223
Spellbound (1945)
224
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
225
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
226
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My Fair Lady (1964)
227
The Rules of the Game (1939)
228
The Ten Commandments (1956)
229
Network (1976)
230
American History X (1998)
231
The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
232
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Persona (1966)
233
Seven Chances (1925)
234
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
235
From Russia with Love (1963)
236
Barry Lyndon (1975)
237
The Usual Suspects (1995)
238
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The Green Mile (1999)
239
One Week (1920)
240
The Wild Bunch (1969)
241
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
242
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
243
Lolita (1962)
244
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American Beauty (1999)
245
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
246
Brief Encounter (1945)
247
The Black Imp (1905)
248
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
249
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
250
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