So what's #1 ? The Shawshank Redemption.
Now I like Shawshank a lot. But, I like the Green Mile better.
www.imdb.com/chart
For context, The Lord of the Rings is #17. And the original Star Wars is clear down at #20. Yikes.
The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:
weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × CWhere:
- R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
- v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
- m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 250 (currently 25000)
- C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.0)
