Due to a hardware failure at our news feed, I don't think that last week's ratings made it out into the world. My apologies for any inconveniences.
Since this report actually covers two weeks, a few new movies actually acquired the requisite five votes to make it onto the list without being on a ballot first. They are listed below.
For information on the list format, and on submitting your ratings, see the end of this posting.
NEW MOVIES
New Distribution Votes Rank Title * .123..21.. 9 4.7 Action Jackson * .2.24.2... 5 4.6 Blob, The (1988) * ...222.2.2 5 6.6 Flight Of The Navigator
TOP TEN MOVIES
New Distribution Votes Rank Title 0...000124 121 8.8 Casablanca ..0.000341 55 8.5 Singing In The Rain .000000222 118 8.3 Dr. Strangelove ..0.0.1331 69 8.3 Fantasia ...0001231 75 8.3 Maltese Falcon, The 0.00001222 181 8.3 Raiders Of The Lost Ark ....001231 90 8.3 Rear Window 0.00001222 183 8.3 Star Wars ....000430 60 8.3 Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, The 0000001321 122 8.2 A Clockwork Orange ... 00131200.. 50 4.5 Conan The Destroyer 011122000. 58 4.4 Cannonball Run 10112200.. 57 4.4 Mannequin 01111110.. 78 4.3 Porky's 111221000. 64 4.3 Rambo: First Blood Part II 11121110.. 64 4.1 National Lampoon's European Vacation 1121011000 80 4.0 Howard The Duck 11110110.. 61 3.8 Rocky IV 0122110... 70 3.8 Superman III 1231000... 60 3.1 Blue Lagoon
MOVIE RATINGS REPORT
New Distribution Votes Rank Title 1...2112.. 7 5.7 'night, Mother .10.012120 18 6.8 'round Midnight 01112110.. 89 4.9 10 00..013200 52 6.9 101 Dalmations ....021311 15 7.7 1776 .1104010.. 18 4.7 18 Again! ..0.012220 14 7.3 1900 00111210.. 61 5.1 1941 .000012310 58 7.0 1984 2..12111.. 8 4.6 200 Motels 0000001222 150 8.0 2001: A Space Odyssey 0000112100 118 6.0 2010: Odyssey Two 0..0.1311. 12 6.6 28 Up ..1133.... 6 4.8 36 Fillette ..0..01401 12 7.7 400 Blows, The ..0.3022.. 12 6.2 42nd Street .00012210. 106 6.3 48 Hours ....1311.1 6 7.0 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao ...0.043.. 11 7.0 7th Voyage Of Sinbad, The 0.0..00122 21 7.9 8 1/2 0011021000 65 5.4 9 1/2 Weeks 000022200. 101 5.6 9 To 5 .000122110 69 6.3 A Boy And His Dog ..0112300. 29 5.9 A Bridge Too Far 01102210.. 43 4.7 A Chorus Line 0..0011320 55 7.4 A Christmas Story 0000001321 122 8.2 A Clockwork Orange .000.1230. 15 6.5 A Cry In The Dark .00.012210 24 7.0 A Day At The Races 01221000.. 22 4.0 A Fine Mess ..00002320 154 7.7 A Fish Called Wanda 00.01132.. 48 6.5 A Fistful Of Dollars .0.011320. 49 6.8 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum ...0022110 51 6.8 A Hard Day's Night ....220121 15 7.3 A Little Romance ..212.121. 9 5.8 A Man And A Woman ....001142 28 8.6 A Man For All Seasons .....14111 7 7.7 A Man Of Flowers ..01022100 53 6.3 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy .00.012220 49 7.5 A Night At The Opera 12322..... 10 3.2 A Night In Heaven .14.3.1... 9 4.0 A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon 00.011300. 52 5.7 A Nightmare On Elm Street 0122110... 30 3.7 A Nightmare On Elm Street, Part 2 .1.12311.. 19 5.4 A Nightmare On Elm Street, Part 3 00.12310.. 15 5.2 A Nightmare On Elm Street, Part 4 .00110110. 44 5.9 A Passage To India ....2221.. 7 6.3 A Place In The Sun ...2.224.. 5 6.6 A Prayer For The Dying ...01322.. 14 6.4 A Private Function .000002210 83 7.3 A Room With A View ..00122200 42 6.7 A Shot In The Dark ...0023200 40 7.1 A Soldier's Story .....6.3.. 6 6.7 A Star Is Born (1954) .000002210 39 7.4 A Streetcar Named Desire ....12400. 12 6.7 A Tale Of Two Cities ...10113.0 13 6.8 A Taxing Woman ....1.2221 8 7.9 A Town Like Alice .0112200.. 85 4.8 A View To A Kill .00121210. 70 5.6 About Last Night ..0.3031.. 26 6.1 Absence Of Malice 0.0122110. 37 5.6 Absent Minded Professor, The 01111100.. 16 4.2 Absolute Beginners ..00.0331. 22 7.4 Abyss, The .000021110 69 7.0 Accidental Tourist, The ....103310 30 7.4 Accused, The * .123..21.. 9 4.7 Action Jackson ...0002220 32 7.6 Adam's Rib 000022210. 63 5.8 Adventures In Babysitting 0000003210 72 6.9 Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The .000102210 99 6.8 Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension, The 0..0001131 33 7.9 Adventures Of Robin Hood, The ..00001331 98 8.2 African Queen, The 0000013100 92 6.8 After Hours ....1153.. 10 7.0 After The Thin Man 000211100. 57 4.9 Against All Odds 0001023000 52 6.1 Agnes Of God .1.1.5..1. 6 5.5 Agony And The Ecstasy, The .0.0001103 21 7.9 Aguirre: The Wrath Of God .000012210 140 7.0 Airplane 001212000. 90 5.0 Airplane II: The Sequel 00002221.. 58 5.7 Airport ....0.1213 13 8.5 Akira ....121312 10 7.7 Alexander Nevsky .0.112210. 19 6.1 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore ....11.1.5 6 8.2 Alice In The Cities .001130.0. 22 5.3 Alice's Restaurant 0000002220 138 7.7 Alien 0.0122100. 46 5.3 Alien Nation 00.0012210 145 7.2 Aliens ....0.3231 32 8.2 All About Eve ..1113121. 10 6.2 All Creatures Great And Small .000012110 81 6.8 All Of Me .000003210 61 7.2 All That Jazz ....11.51. 7 7.4 All The King's Men ..00012210 61 7.2 All The President's Men 0011320... 30 4.5 All The Right Moves .00.10322. 19 6.9 Allegro Non Troppo .000111200 68 6.4 Altered States 0000001230 148 7.9 Amadeus ....21131. 8 7.0 Amarcord .0.15.00.. 12 5.0 Amateur, The ...111.13. 6 6.8 Amazing Grace ...213100. 18 5.8 Amazing Grace And Chuck 01011210.. 58 4.9 Amazon Women On The Moon 0..0222.0. 14 5.8 American Dreamer 0.001411.. 20 5.8 American Flyers ..1.1113.2 9 7.2 American Friend, The 0.00012210 82 7.0 American Graffiti ..000231.0 13 6.5 Americanization Of Emily, The ....102221 20 7.7 An American In Paris ..0110300. 13 6.1 An American Tail 0000012200 103 6.5 An American Werewolf In London .000122100 109 6.1 An Officer And A Gentleman ....2.34.. 9 7.0 Anatomy Of A Murder ..0012111. 38 6.4 And Justice For All ..00122210 49 6.8 And Now For Something Completely Different 0.00113100 76 6.6 Andromeda Strain, The 1..22.1..1 7 5.1 Andy Warhol's Dracula .1.321..2. 9 5.3 Andy Warhol's Frankenstein 0000012110 79 6.3 Angel Heart .0....2131 17 7.9 Animal Crackers 0000022210 120 6.7 Animal House ....22321. 10 6.8 Anne Of A Thousand Days 002112000. 27 4.8 Annie ..00001222 94 7.9 Annie Hall .0112200.. 47 4.7 Any Which Way You Can .....02410 25 7.9 Apartment, The .000001221 109 8.0 Apocalypse Now .3..141... 9 4.7 Apple Dumpling Gang, The ....24.3.. 9 6.4 Arabesque 1..11...13 6 6.5 Arabian Nights .0012220.. 18 5.5 Aria .0.002210. 24 6.5 Around The World In 80 Days ....011310 62 7.7 Arsenic And Old Lace 0000113100 106 6.2 Arthur 221020.0.. 25 3.2 Arthur 2: On The Rocks ....0142.. 11 6.9 Asphalt Jungle, The 3.2.11.... 11 3.2 Assault Of The Killer Bimbos 0.1112200. 18 5.4 At Close Range .0.0003110 44 7.1 Atlantic City 2011010... 44 3.5 Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes ....012220 27 7.7 Au Revoir Les Enfants .00230.00. 22 5.2 Author, Author 00..001221 25 7.4 Babette's Feast .0012210.. 54 5.3 Baby Boom ...111..31 6 7.2 Baby Doll 0121200... 27 3.9 Baby: The Secret Of The Lost Legend 0002210000 82 4.8 Bachelor Party 000022110. 83 5.7 Back To School .00.012210 177 7.7 Back To The Future .00013210. 25 5.9 Bad Boys ......55.. 6 7.5 Bad Day At Black Rock .0002221.. 47 6.0 Bad News Bears, The ....441... 7 5.7 Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession .....23121 9 7.7 Badlands ....004201 27 7.5 Bagdad Cafe ....241..1 7 6.4 Ballad Of Cable Hogue, The ....2221.. 7 6.3 Ballad Of Gregorio Cortez, The 0..0.1231. 33 7.2 Bambi 0000011201 41 7.0 Bambi Meets Godzilla 0.0003210. 64 6.4 Bananas 1121.01... 12 3.6 Band
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For information on the list format, and on submitting your ratings, see the end of this posting.
TOP TEN MOVIES
New Distribution Votes Rank Title 0...000124 124 8.9 Casablanca ..0.000341 56 8.5 Singing In The Rain .000000232 120 8.3 Dr. Strangelove ..0.0.1331 69 8.3 Fantasia ...0001231 78 8.3 Maltese Falcon, The 0.00001222 181 8.3 Raiders Of The Lost Ark ....001231 90 8.3 Rear Window 0.00001222 185 8.3 Star Wars ....000430 62 8.3 Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, The ..00001331 99 8.2 African Queen, The ... 011122000. 58 4.4 Cannonball Run 10112200.. 57 4.4 Mannequin 01111110.. 78 4.3 Porky's 111221000. 64 4.3 Rambo: First Blood Part II 121110100. 50 4.2 Red Dawn 11121110.. 65 4.1 National Lampoon's European Vacation 1121011000 80 4.0 Howard The Duck 11110110.. 61 3.8 Rocky IV 0122110... 70 3.8 Superman III 1231000... 60 3.1 Blue Lagoon
MOVIE RATINGS REPORT
New Distribution Votes Rank Title .10.012120 18 6.8 'round Midnight 01112110.. 89 4.9 10 00..013200 53 7.0 101 Dalmations ....011311 16 7.7 1776 .1104010.. 18 4.7 18 Again! ..0.012220 14 7.3 1900 00111210.. 61 5.1 1941 .000012310 58 7.0 1984 0000001222 151 8.0 2001: A Space Odyssey 0000112100 119 6.0 2010: Odyssey Two 0..0.1311. 12 6.6 28 Up ..1133.... 6 4.8 36 Fillette ..0..01401 12 7.7 400 Blows, The ..0.3022.. 12 6.2 42nd Street .00012210. 106 6.3 48 Hours ....1311.1 6 7.0 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao ...0.043.. 11 7.0 7th Voyage Of Sinbad, The 0.0..00122 21 7.9 8 1/2 0011021000 65 5.4 9 1/2 Weeks 000022200. 102 5.6 9 To 5 0000122110 70 6.2 A Boy And His Dog ..0112300. 29 5.9 A Bridge Too Far 01102210.. 43 4.7 A Chorus Line 0..0011320 55 7.4 A Christmas Story 0000001321 123 8.1 A Clockwork Orange .000.1230. 15 6.5 A Cry In The Dark .00.012210 24 7.0 A Day At The Races 01221000.. 22 4.0 A Fine Mess ..00002320 155 7.7 A Fish Called Wanda 00.01132.. 49 6.5 A Fistful Of Dollars .0.012320. 50 6.8 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum ...0022110 51 6.8 A Hard Day's Night ....220121 15 7.3 A Little Romance ..212.121. 9 5.8 A Man And A Woman ....001142 28 8.6 A Man For All Seasons .....14111 7 7.7 A Man Of Flowers ..01022100 53 6.3 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy .00.012220 49 7.5 A Night At The Opera 12322..... 10 3.2 A Night In Heaven .14.3.1... 9 4.0 A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon 00.011300. 52 5.7 A Nightmare On Elm Street 0122110... 30 3.7 A Nightmare On Elm Street, Part 2 .1.12311.. 19 5.4 A Nightmare On Elm Street, Part 3 00.12310.. 15 5.2 A Nightmare On Elm Street, Part 4 .00111110. 45 5.9 A Passage To India ....2221.. 7 6.3 A Place In The Sun ...2.224.. 5 6.6 A Prayer For The Dying ...01322.. 14 6.4 A Private Function .000002210 83 7.3 A Room With A View ..00122200 42 6.7 A Shot In The Dark ...0013200 41 7.1 A Soldier's Story .....6.3.. 6 6.7 A Star Is Born (1954) .000002210 39 7.4 A Streetcar Named Desire ....12400. 12 6.7 A Tale Of Two Cities ...10113.0 13 6.8 A Taxing Woman ....1.2221 8 7.9 A Town Like Alice .0112200.. 87 4.8 A View To A Kill .00121210. 70 5.6 About Last Night ..0.3031.. 26 6.1 Absence Of Malice 0.0122110. 37 5.6 Absent Minded Professor, The 01111100.. 16 4.2 Absolute Beginners ..00.0341. 25 7.4 Abyss, The .000021110 70 6.9 Accidental Tourist, The ....003300 31 7.4 Accused, The .0122010.. 13 4.8 Action Jackson ...0002220 32 7.6 Adam's Rib 000022210. 63 5.8 Adventures In Babysitting 0000003210 73 6.9 Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The 0000102210 100 6.7 Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension, The 0..0001131 33 7.9 Adventures Of Robin Hood, The ..00001331 99 8.2 African Queen, The 0000013100 93 6.8 After Hours ....0052.. 11 7.0 After The Thin Man 000211100. 57 4.9 Against All Odds 0001023000 52 6.1 Agnes Of God .1.1.5..1. 6 5.5 Agony And The Ecstasy, The .0.0001103 21 7.9 Aguirre: The Wrath Of God .000012210 141 7.0 Airplane 001212000. 91 5.0 Airplane II: The Sequel 00002221.. 58 5.7 Airport ....0.1223 14 8.6 Akira ....121312 10 7.7 Alexander Nevsky .0.112210. 19 6.1 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore ....11.1.5 6 8.2 Alice In The Cities .001130.0. 22 5.3 Alice's Restaurant 0000002220 140 7.7 Alien 0.0122100. 47 5.3 Alien Nation 00.0012210 147 7.3 Aliens ....0.3231 32 8.2 All About Eve ..1113121. 10 6.2 All Creatures Great And Small .000012110 81 6.8 All Of Me .000003210 61 7.2 All That Jazz ....11.51. 7 7.4 All The King's Men ..00012210 61 7.2 All The President's Men 0011320... 30 4.5 All The Right Moves .00.10322. 19 6.9 Allegro Non Troppo .001111200 69 6.3 Altered States 0000001230 148 7.9 Amadeus ....31131. 9 6.8 Amarcord .0.15.00.. 12 5.0 Amateur, The ...111.13. 6 6.8 Amazing Grace ...213100. 18 5.8 Amazing Grace And Chuck 01011210.. 58 4.9 Amazon Women On The Moon 0..0222.0. 14 5.8 American Dreamer 0.001411.. 20 5.8 American Flyers ..1.1113.2 9 7.2 American Friend, The 0.00012210 83 7.0 American Graffiti ..000231.0 13 6.5 Americanization Of Emily, The ....102221 20 7.7 An American In Paris ..0111300. 14 6.1 An American Tail 0000012200 104 6.5 An American Werewolf In London .000122100 109 6.1 An Officer And A Gentleman ....2.34.. 9 7.0 Anatomy Of A Murder ..0012111. 38 6.4 And Justice For All ..00122210 49 6.8 And Now For Something Completely Different 0.00113100 77 6.5 Andromeda Strain, The 1..22.1..1 7 5.1 Andy Warhol's Dracula .1.321..2. 9 5.3 Andy Warhol's Frankenstein 0000012110 79 6.3 Angel Heart .0....2131 17 7.9 Animal Crackers 0000022210 121 6.7 Animal House ....22321. 10 6.8 Anne Of A Thousand Days 002112000. 27 4.8 Annie ..00001222 95 7.9 Annie Hall .0112200.. 47 4.7 Any Which Way You Can .....02410 25 7.9 Apartment, The .000001221 110 8.0 Apocalypse Now .3..141... 9 4.7 Apple Dumpling Gang, The ....24.3.. 9 6.4 Arabesque 1..11...13 6 6.5 Arabian Nights .0012220.. 18 5.5 Aria .0.002210. 24 6.5 Around The World In 80 Days ....012310 63 7.7 Arsenic And Old Lace 0000113100 106 6.2 Arthur 221020.0.. 25 3.2 Arthur 2: On The Rocks ....0142.. 11 6.9 Asphalt Jungle, The 3.2.11.... 11 3.2 Assault Of The Killer Bimbos 0.1112200. 18 5.4 At Close Range .0.0003110 44 7.1 Atlantic City 2011010... 44 3.5 Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes ....012220 27 7.7 Au Revoir Les Enfants .00230.00. 22 5.2 Author, Author 00..001221 25 7.4 Babette's Feast .0012210.. 54 5.3 Baby Boom ...111..31 6 7.2 Baby Doll 0121200... 27 3.9 Baby: The Secret Of The Lost Legend 0002210000 82 4.8 Bachelor Party 000022110. 83 5.7 Back To School .00.012210 178 7.7 Back To The Future .00013210. 25 5.9 Bad Boys ......55.. 6 7.5 Bad Day At Black Rock .0002221.. 47 6.0 Bad News Bears, The ....441... 7 5.7 Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession .....23121 9 7.7 Badlands ....004201 27 7.5 Bagdad Cafe ....241..1 7 6.4 Ballad Of Cable Hogue, The ....2221.. 7 6.3 Ballad Of Gregorio Cortez, The 0..0.1231. 33 7.2 Bambi 0000011201 42 7.0 Bambi Meets Godzilla 0.0003210. 65 6.4 Bananas 1121.01... 12 3.6 Band Of The Hand ...011400. 12 6.5 Bang The Drum Slowly 001221100. 74 4.7 Barbarella ..10112110 28 6.4 Barfly 0000002200 31 6.6 Barry Lyndon ...114211. 10 6.4 Bat-21 0001121000 53 5.4 Batman (1966) .000013210 84 7.1 Batman (1989) 01111100.. 38 4.5 Battle For The Planet Of The Apes 0...001321 26 7.8 Battleship Potemkin, The 1110111... 23 4.0 Battlestar Galactica 0.00120300 19 6.4 Beaches ...2.2222. 5 6.8 Beast, The 11120.10.. 31 3.8 Beastmaster, The
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In article <2...@trantor.harris-atd.com> mov...@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) writes:
>TOP TEN MOVIES
>New Distribution Votes Rank Title > 0...000124 124 8.9 Casablanca > ..0.000341 56 8.5 Singing In The Rain > .000000232 120 8.3 Dr. Strangelove > ..0.0.1331 69 8.3 Fantasia > ...0001231 78 8.3 Maltese Falcon, The > 0.00001222 181 8.3 Raiders Of The Lost Ark > ....001231 90 8.3 Rear Window > 0.00001222 185 8.3 Star Wars > ....000430 62 8.3 Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, The > ..00001331 99 8.2 African Queen, The > ... > 011122000. 58 4.4 Cannonball Run > 10112200.. 57 4.4 Mannequin > 01111110.. 78 4.3 Porky's > 111221000. 64 4.3 Rambo: First Blood Part II > 121110100. 50 4.2 Red Dawn > 11121110.. 65 4.1 National Lampoon's European Vacation > 1121011000 80 4.0 Howard The Duck > 11110110.. 61 3.8 Rocky IV > 0122110... 70 3.8 Superman III > 1231000... 60 3.1 Blue Lagoon
Interesting how compressed these ratings are. None of the top 10 has a rating above 9, none of the bottom 10 has a rating below 3. The actual rating system, while allowing for 10 positions, only actually uses 7.
Chuck, what is the actual mean rating? These numbers would suggest that it would be somewhere around a 6.5.
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In article <1989Sep29.211534.5...@sj.ate.slb.com> g...@sj.ate.slb.com (Greg Wageman) writes:
[List of movie ratings deleted]
>Interesting how compressed these ratings are. None of the top 10 has >a rating above 9, none of the bottom 10 has a rating below 3. The >actual rating system, while allowing for 10 positions, only actually >uses 7.
It seems natural to me that some compression is going to happen just because of the number of people doing the rating, and the diversity of opinion of those people. I doubt you could find a film that EVERYONE would give either a 9 or 10. Witness the frequent debates over whether CITIZEN KANE is a masterpiece or a bore. This seems enough to explain the high end compression.
The low end is explained if you recall that Chuck only includes in his top/bottom ten lists those films which have received 50 or more votes. If a movie is REALLY bad, word of mouth probably gets around and not so many people see it. Also, I know I forget the titles of really bad films while I try to remember those of good ones so I can recommend them to my friends. Thus, the REALLY bad films don't get enough votes to appear in the bottom 10 list. If you search through the complete list, though, there are a number of films in the 1.0-2.0 ratings range. (There are also some in the 9.0-10.0 range, evidently good films with limited distribution).
I, too, would be intersted in the mean rating, mainly to see how it compares with my mean. I have a feeling I tend to rate high, just because I like movies in general.
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In article <1989Sep29.211534.5...@sj.ate.slb.com> g...@sj.ate.slb.com (Greg Wageman) writes: >Interesting how compressed these ratings are. None of the top 10 has >a rating above 9, none of the bottom 10 has a rating below 3. The >actual rating system, while allowing for 10 positions, only actually >uses 7.
>Chuck, what is the actual mean rating? These numbers would suggest >that it would be somewhere around a 6.5.
Well, a quick "awk" of the latest report shows that the average rating is 6.2, while the average vote is 6.4. There are 1,654 ratings in the report and 59,195 votes represented. So things are slightly skewed off average.
I had been contemplating reducing the requirements for the top 10 lists to be just 30 votes, which I recall as being the minimum number of anything needed to be statistically significant. If so, the top 10 would be:
New Distribution Votes Rank Title 0...000124 124 8.9 Casablanca ..0....233 35 8.9 Lawrence Of Arabia (restored) .....01033 46 8.8 Seven Samurai, The ....001213 43 8.6 Lawrence Of Arabia ..0.000341 56 8.5 Singing In The Rain ....000322 31 8.4 It Happened One Night .....01322 46 8.4 Philadelphia Story, The ......3222 35 8.4 Third Man, The .000000232 120 8.3 Dr. Strangelove ..0.0.1331 69 8.3 Fantasia ... 2121100.0. 34 3.4 Police Academy III 22011000.. 40 3.3 Caligula 2111110... 34 3.3 Porky's II: The Next Day 13200000.. 32 3.2 Red Sonja 1231000... 60 3.1 Blue Lagoon 212010.... 36 2.9 Cannonball Run II 311210.... 38 2.8 Superman IV 311110.... 34 2.7 Jaws 3d 321110.... 39 2.5 Bolero 8000...000 39 1.8 Plan 9 From Outer Space
While the 50 vote top 10 is
New Distribution Votes Rank Title 0...000124 124 8.9 Casablanca ..0.000341 56 8.5 Singing In The Rain .000000232 120 8.3 Dr. Strangelove ..0.0.1331 69 8.3 Fantasia ...0001231 78 8.3 Maltese Falcon, The 0.00001222 181 8.3 Raiders Of The Lost Ark ....001231 90 8.3 Rear Window 0.00001222 185 8.3 Star Wars ....000430 62 8.3 Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, The ..00001331 99 8.2 African Queen, The ... 011122000. 58 4.4 Cannonball Run 10112200.. 57 4.4 Mannequin 01111110.. 78 4.3 Porky's 111221000. 64 4.3 Rambo: First Blood Part II 121110100. 50 4.2 Red Dawn 11121110.. 65 4.1 National Lampoon's European Vacation 1121011000 80 4.0 Howard The Duck 11110110.. 61 3.8 Rocky IV 0122110... 70 3.8 Superman III 1231000... 60 3.1 Blue Lagoon