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We like ranking movies…and that is what this website is all about. And we are not talking about a Top Ten list…we are talking about ranking all the movies in somebody’s career from Best to Worst. The criteria used for the rankings is box office grosses, critic reviews, audience voting, and award recognition. Every day the amount of movies ranked by Ultimate Movie Rankings increases ….our tally is now over 25,000 movies. The number one ranked movie is The Godfather ….coming in last is Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas. Thankfully our pages have been well received. Recently we crossed the 15 million view mark and are now read in over 230 different countries.
How we got here.
Sometime in 2010, for the millionth time I was looking at Joel Hirschhorn’s book Rating The Movie Stars (1983) when I wondered had he updated his ratings lately? A quick internet check provided the sad news that Mr. Hirchhorn had passed away in 2005. About a month later, I thought I could update the ratings. I then came up with an idea to create a mathematical equation that would create a numerical score for each movie. The first thing I had to come up with were factors for the equation.
So I thought….if I were producing a movie, what would I like to see my movie accomplish. The first thing I would want would be for the movie to be successful at the box office. Secondly, I would like the critics and moviegoers to enjoy my movie. And finally, I would like my movie to receive award recognition through Golden Globe® and Oscar® ceremonies.
There are all kinds of ways to determine if you want to see or skip a movie. You can depend on your favorite critic. My favorites are the late great Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. You might go to Rotten Tomatoes to get the consensus of all the critics. You might watch the viewer ratings at Yahoo Movies and IMDB. You might depend on which movies are doing the best at the box office. You might wait for the end of the year awards.
Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score takes all of these options and creates a mathematical equation that generates a score from 1 to 100. The higher the score the better the movie. A “good ” movie score = 60 or above. So anything above 60 should be a good movie to check out. This gives a good comparison number between centuries and now my wife and I can argue over the merits of her favorite, The Sound of Music and one of my favorites, Pulp Fiction using the same scoring criteria.
So far, I’ve generated scores for 36,000+ movies. With these scores, I’ve written 1,000+ web pages with a focus on actors/actresses and similar groups (Star Trek vs Star Wars, Top 100 Sports Movies are examples).
So let’s look at the breakdown of the variables in the equation.
1. Box office results. Receives the second-highest percentage (30%) of the equation. The ceiling was 200 million in adjusted for inflation dollars. Any movie that crossed 200 million maxed out the points in the category.
2. Critics and audience reception. Receives the highest percentage (46%) of the equation. So where do I find critics/audience reception? I use many different sources: RottenTomatoes, IMDb, MetaCritic, Yahoo Movies, Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin, and Fandango. Put them all together and I get an average with 100% being the highest score possible. Sadly with the passing of my all-time favorite critic, Roger Ebert, I needed a new source….after much research…..our latest movie critic and taking Mr. Ebert’s spot is YouTube movie reviewer Chris Stuckmann.
3. Award Recognition. The final part of the equation is worth 24%. A movie gets points for Golden Globe® and Oscar® nominations and wins. The Golden Globes get 5% while the Oscars® get 13% of the equation. The last 6% goes to the amount of Oscar® nominations and the amount of Oscar® wins.
One way to see how the scores are calculated:
Top 200 Box Office Hits with Inflation + Top 100 Best Reviewed Movies + 88 Best Picture Oscar Winners = Top 100 UMR Score Movies
In January of 2011, we published our first Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score table on HubPages.com…we picked one of our favorite actors, Bruce Willis, to be the guinea pig. We have updated his page countless times over the years.
Working on a page on Movies about Movies. Which movies pop in your brain when you think about movies about movies? Bowfinger? The Player? Bad & Beautiful? The Stunt Man? Chaplin? Singin’ In The Rain? Hooper? Boogie Nights? Ed Wood? The Artist? Tropic Thunder? 8 1/2?
So far I have 36 movies. Any feedback would be appreciated.
How about Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Get Shorty and Hail, Caesar?
Thank you Taylor….those movies are all in the page. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/movies-about-movies/ Thanks for the help.
I was going to mention Once Upon a Time in Hollywood but Taylor beat me to it.
I still haven’t seen it but I roughly know the story.
Interesting subject. Let me think…
Day for Night by Francois Truffaut is highly rated.
Thanks Steve…Day For Night has a spot in the rankings. Thanks for the suggestion. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/movies-about-movies/
The first two versions of A Star is Born have not yet been mentioned on this About page, although you probably have them in your list: Frederic March and Janet Gaynor and then Judy Garland and James Mason.
Thank you Flora. I made sure to include both of the “movie” Star Is Born in the page. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/movies-about-movies/
On your list of top commenters you have 204 listed but no name attached.
Hey Dan….that is “Anonymous”…so anybody that does not use a name goes into that grouping…I have yet to figure out how to fix that issue and get rid of it. I see you are getting really close to joining the 1000 comment club. Very impressive.
So where is “The Great Riviera Bank Robbery”? Or any film after 1979?
Hey Kelly A. The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979) was never released in North America so it was not included on our 1979 yearly review. We do have the Sean Connery/Donald Sutherland movie called The Great Train Robbery (1978) and Steve McQueen’s The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959). Your movie also goes by Dirty Money and Sewers of Gold. As for movies after 1979….we have every year from 1980 to 2019…..here is our yearly link. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/yearly-reviews-1936-1959/
I stumbled across this while surfing the internet. 2nd place is pretty good. https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-news-sites/perry-white
Hey In The Shadows….that is awesome. Good fine….we are more than happy to be in 2nd place….shocked we are ahead of Box Office Mojo. 6 Down Votes…what’s up with that? Once again, thanks for sharing this information.
Let’s try here. 2003 is the first year all films seen in cinemas are listed. I only saw 84 2003 films in cinemas.
2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
AGENT CODY BANKS
ALEX AND EMMA
AMERICAN WEDDING
ANGER MANAGEMENT
BAD BOYS II
BAD SANTA
BASIC
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (U.K.)
BETTER OFF TOMORROW
BROTHER BEAR
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
BULLETPROOF MONK
CABIN FEVER
CALENDAR GIRLS
CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE
DADDY DAY CARE
DAREDEVIL
DICKIE ROBERTS, FORMER CHILD STAR
DOWN WITH LOVE
DR. SEUSS ‘THE CAT IN THE HAT’
DREAMCATCHER
ELF
FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS
FINDING NEMO
FREAKY FRIDAY
GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING
HAUNTED MANSION
HOLES
HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE
HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS
HULK
IN-LAWS
INTOLERABLE CRUELTY
ITALIAN JOB
JEEPERS CREEPERS 2
JUST MARRIED
KANGAROO JACK
KILL BILL VOLUME 1
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
LAST SAMURAI
LE DIVORCE
LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
LEGALLY BLONDE 2:RED, WHITE AND BLONDE
LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE
LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
LOVE ACTUALLY (U.K.)
MALIBU’S MOST WANTED
MARCI X
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
MATCHSTICK MEN
MATRIX RELOADED
MATRIX: REVOLUTIONS
MONA LISA SMILE
MONSTER
MYSTIC RIVER
OLD SCHOOL
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO
OUT OF TIME
PAYCHECK
PETER PAN
PHONE BOOTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
RADIO
SCARY MOVIE 3
SCHOOL OF ROCK
SEABISCUIT
SHANGHAI KNIGHTS
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE
STUCK ON YOU
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
THE CORE
THE HUNTED
THE MISSING
THE RUNDOWN
TIMELINE
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN
UNDERWORLD
UPTOWN GIRLS
VIEW FROM THE TOP
X2: X-MEN UNITED
The Last Samurai was my best film of the year,
The following 56 2003 films were seen on DVD within a year of their release.
28 DAYS LATER (U.K.)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
BEYOND BORDERS
BIG FISH
BLUE COLLAR COMEDY TOUR
BOAT TRIP
BOOK OF MORMAN:VOLUME 1: THE JOURNEY
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE
CHASING PAPI
COLD CREEK MANOR
COLD MOUNTAIN
CONFIDENCE
DARK BLUE
DARKNESS FALLS
DELIVER US FROM EVA
DUPLEX
FINAL DESTINATION 2
FREDDY VS. JASON
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY
GIGLI
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
GODS AND GENERALS
GOOD BOY
GOTHIKA
GUY THING
HEAD OF STATE
HONEY
HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES
HOUSE OF THE DEAD
I SPY
IDENTITY
IN AMERICA
IN THE CUT
LIFE OF DAVID GALE
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MAGDALENE SISTERS
MAN APART
MY BOSS’S DAUGHTER
NATIONAL SECURITY
OPEN RANGE
PIGLET’S BIG MOVIE
REAL CANCUN
RUNAWAY JURY
S.W.A.T.
SECONDHAND LIONS
SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS
SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER
TEARS OF THE SUN
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
THE MEDALLION
THE ORDER
THE RECRUIT
WHALE RIDER
WHAT A GIRL WANTS
WILLARD
WRONG TURN
The following 99 2003 films I have seen since 2005 on DVD or on TV.
ACULA II: ASCENSION
ALL THE REAL GIRLS
ANARCHIST COOKBOOK
AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (FR. – U.K.)
ANYONE ELSE
BACK TO BALLIN’
BATTLE OF SHAKER HEIGHTS
BEETHOVEN’S 5TH
BEFORE I DIE
BELLY OF THE BEAST (CAN – H.K. – U.K.)
BIG EMPTY
BIKER BOYZ
BLACK LISTED
BLIZZARD
BLOODMONKEY (THAI.)
BOOKIES
BUBBA HO-TEP
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS (DOC.)
CENTURY OF BLACK CINEMA (DOC.)
CODE 46
COMPANY, THE
CONSCIENCE
COOLER, THE
COWARDS BEND THE KNEE
CUBE 2: HYPERCUBE (CAN.)
DALLAS 362
DEAD END
DESCENDENT
DETENTION
DOGVILLE
DUMB AND DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD
DUST (U.K.-GER-IT-MASEDONIA)
FAT PIZZA (AUSTRALIAN)
FOOLPROOF
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY
GACY
GALINDEZ FILE (SP-U.K. – IT. – PORT. – CUBA – FR.)
GAME OF THEIR LOVES (DOC.)
GRAND THEFT PARSONS
GRIND
HARD WORD (AUSTRALIAN)
HOPE SPRINGS
HOW TO DEAL
HUMAN STAIN
I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD
IN AMERICA (U.K. – IR.)
INTERMISSION (IRISH)
IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE
JERICHO MANSIONS
KAENA: THE PROPHECY
KART RACER
KILLER DRAG QUEENS ON DOPE
LIL TREASURE HUNTERS
LOST JUNCTION
LOVE LISA
MAGDALENE SISTERS
MANFEST
MATCHUPS
MAXIMUM VELOCITY
MAYHEM HOTEL
MILE…MILE & A HALF (DOC.)
MIMIC 3
MOTHER, THE
MY LIFE WITHOUT ME (SP-CAN.)
NED KELLY (AUSTRALIAN)
NORTHFORK
ONG BAK (THAI.)
OWNING MAHONEY
PARTY MONSTER
PIECES OF APRIL
PRISON A GO-GO
RED SERPENT (RUS-GER)
RESISTANCE
RIDE OR DIE
S CLUB SEEING DOUBLE (U.K.)
SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD
SCORCHED
SHATTERED GLASS
SINGING DETECTIVE
SKEPTIC, THE
SLEEPING DICTIONARY
SNOWWALKERS
SPIDERBABE
SPIN
STATEMENT, THE
STATION AGENT
SWIMMING POOL
SYLVIA
TEMPO (CAN-FRE-LUX-U.K.)
THIRD WHEEL
THIRTEEN
THIS THING OF OURS
TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US (AUSTRALIA)
TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (FR.)
TUBE (N.KOR)
ULTIMATE GRETZKY
VERONICA GUERIN
WATERMELON HEIST
WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN
Hey Dan….I moved this comment to the 2003 page.
I wrote a comment here on film stats 1990 -1994 but it just vanished. It was just trivia.
Hey Dan….not sure what happened to that comment. I checked the Spam folder…and it was not there….and it is not in the Pending folder either. Maybe it will show up….but I think that it might be lost forever. Sorry once again.