Movie The BigFooty Top 100 Films Countdown (3-1!)

[Marlowe]

Is it not strange that a film could appear on 1 list in 1st spot and be ranked higher than a film that is in say, 6 lists in 10th spot?

Great work though, looking forward to the rest of the countdown.

Yeah, it's a little weird. One way to counter that could be to add an extra five points for each appearance.

Someone completed a whole series of 'top 100 album' lists on another forum using a similar calculated method of weighing each submission. I can't remember if they added an extra 5 or 10.

Example (with 5):
- Movie A is listed once at #1, receives 10 points.
- Movie B is listed thrice at #10 receives 13 points

 

[Asgardian]

Is it not strange that a film could appear on 1 list in 1st spot and be ranked higher than a film that is in say, 6 lists in 10th spot?

My number 1 movie is The Cruel Sea made in 1953

I guess a lot have never seen or heard of it, but why should that influence my opinion?

 

[Ed_Gein]

My number 1 movie is The Cruel Sea made in 1953

I guess a lot have never seen or heard of it, but why should that influence my opinion?

I wasn't outlining any of your selections mate. I only noticed it really when Saving Private Ryan came in at 90th being on 4 lists but the next 10 or so movies that ranked higher than it only appeared on 2 or 3 lists.

 

[flight23]

thought a heap were pm'd

 

[Roobs321]

Step Brothers sticks out a bit like a sore thumb.

Few more decent entries, particularly Citizen Kane. Also refreshing to see a populist list not dominated by LOTR.

 

[Caesar]

Also refreshing to see a populist list not dominated by LOTR.

They are going to be ranked a lot higher.

 

[Sterge]

Kyptastic good work so far, how are you working out ties?

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Can already see how the top ten will play out.

Shawshank
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather
LOTR
Star Wars
The Dark Knight
Reservoir Dogs
American Beauty

 

[Slax]

Can already see how the top ten will play out.

Shawshank
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather
LOTR
Star Wars
The Dark Knight
Reservoir Dogs
American Beauty

Considering Part I was at #75 can't see either Part II or III finishing in top 10.

 

[Kyptastic]

Kyptastic good work so far, how are you working out ties?

Check the OP, the process is listed there.

 

[Sterge]

Check the OP, the process is listed there.

Thanks, not sure how I missed that

 

[Kyptastic]

71. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Director: Jonathon Frakes
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathon Frakes, Brent Spiner
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Appeared on: 2 Lists
Votes: 15
Highest Position: 3rd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 70/100
IMDB User Rating: 7.5
IMDB Top 250: N/A
IMDB Description:
Captain Picard and his crew pursue the Borg back in time to stop them from preventing Earth from initiating first contact with alien life.

70. Jurassic Park (1993)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
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Appeared on: 2 Lists
Votes: 15
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB User Rating: 8.0
IMDB Top 250: 238
IMDB Description:
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.

69. Sleepers (1996)

Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt
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Appeared on: 3 Lists
Votes: 15
Highest Position: 4th
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
Metacritic: 49/100
IMDB User Rating: 7.4
IMDB Top 250: N/A
IMDB Description:
After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.

68. Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Director: Peter Farrelly
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
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Appeared on: 2 Lists
Votes: 16
Highest Position: 3rd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
Metacritic: 39/100
IMDB User Rating: 7.2
IMDB Top 250: N/A
IMDB Description:
The cross-country adventures of two good-hearted but incredibly stupid friends.

67. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Director: Robert Mulligan
Starring: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
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Appeared on: 2 Lists
Votes: 16
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: N/A
IMDB User Rating: 8.4
IMDB Top 250: 70
IMDB Description:
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.

66. True Romance (1993)

Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper
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Appeared on: 3 Lists
Votes: 17
Highest Position: 3rd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 57/100
IMDB User Rating: 7.9
IMDB Top 250: N/A
IMDB Description:
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

65. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen
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Appeared on: 4 Lists
Votes: 17
Highest Position: 1st
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 88/100
IMDB User Rating 8.7
IMDB Top 250: 20
IMDB Description:
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

64. Back to the Future Part 2 (1989)

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
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Appeared on: 2 Lists
Votes: 18
Highest Position: 2nd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 64%
Metacritic: 57/100
IMDB User Rating 7.7
IMDB Top 250: N/A
IMDB Description:
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985... without interfering with his first trip.

63. The Bourne Identity (2002)

Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Frank Potente
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Appeared on: 3 Lists
Votes: 18
Highest Position: 5th
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB User Rating: 7.9
IMDB Top 250: N/A
IMDB Description:
A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia.
62. Donnie Darko (2001)

Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Jake Gyllenhall, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell
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Appeared on: 3 Lists
Votes: 18
Highest Position: 3rd
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Metacritic: 71/100
IMDB User Rating 8.1
IMDB Top 250: 178
IMDB Description:
A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.
61. Fargo (1996)

Director: Joel Cohen
Starring: William H Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi
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Appeared on: 4 Lists
Votes: 18
Highest Position: 6th
Internet
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 85/100
IMDB User Rating 8.2
IMDB Top 250: 128
IMDB Description:
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

 

[Kyptastic]

Hopefully the pictures work for everyone this time.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Hmm, the pictures are loading for me on my computer, but not on my iPad or iPhone. What are you guys viewing the thread from.

Oh, and I just don't get the love for Step Brothers. I enjoy Will Ferrell movies as much as the next guy, but I don't see why people like this one.

Maybe it's because everyone talked it up to me, but I might have giggled once or twice. It's not the uproarious comedy it was sold to me as.

Will Ferrell is overated for mine and so is Step Brothers. Just don't get it. Glad to see Superbad in ther

 

[Kyptastic]

Will Ferrell is overated for mine and so is Step Brothers. Just don't get it. Glad to see Superbad in ther

Yeah, Superbad is one of those movies that came around at the right time for me. I was a similar age and had similar experiences with friends. A lot of those experiences rang true for me - although I never went around trashing things with cops.

 

[Poseidon]

Lol Step Brothers..............

 

[djrossie16]

True Romance! Nice

 

[charcoalchicken]

Hmm, the pictures are loading for me on my computer, but not on my iPad or iPhone. What are you guys viewing the thread from.

Oh, and I just don't get the love for Step Brothers. I enjoy Will Ferrell movies as much as the next guy, but I don't see why people like this one.

Maybe it's because everyone talked it up to me, but I might have giggled once or twice. It's not the uproarious comedy it was sold to me as.

Anchorman is his best easily. Pictures aren't showing up for me either, showed up for me on the last lot though

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Stranger than Fiction and Everything Must Go are easily Will Ferrell's best films.

 

[charcoalchicken]

Stranger than Fiction and Everything Must Go are easily Will Ferrell's best films.

Anchorman is his best real comedy film

 

[Rod Stroker]

Stranger than Fiction and Everything Must Go are easily Will Ferrell's best films.

Agree with the first one. Ironically it was arguable his most serious role but he was great. Very underrated movie.

I liked him in Blades Of Glory too for a laugh.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Where's the Top 100 TV thread OP?

 

[Kyptastic]

Where's the Top 100 TV thread OP?

Since you asked...

 

[Rod Stroker]

Since you asked...

LOL! You might want to change the title though.. you've called it the Top 100 Movies

 

[Sterge]

Anchorman is his best real comedy film

Old School clearly