Top 1000 UMR Movies

This is the Top 1000 Movies in our database. Several years back, we came up with an idea to create a mathematical equation that would create a numerical score for each movie. The first thing we had to come up with were factors for the equation. So we thought….if we were producing a movie what would we like to see our movie accomplish. The first thing we would want, would be for the movie to be successful at the box office. Secondly, we would like the critics and movie goers to enjoy our movie. And finally we would like our movie to receive award recognition through Golden Globe® and Oscar® ceremonies. So let’s look at the breakdown of the variables in the equation.

1. Box office results. We figure that box office is the most important factor, so it received the highest percentage (31%) of the equation. The ceiling was $200 million in adjusted box office dollars. Any movie that crossed $200 million maxed out the points in the category.

2. Critics and audience reception. We felt that critical reception was the second most important factor so it received the second highest percentage 47%) of the equation. So where do I find critics/audience reception? We use at least 6 different sources: RottenTomatoes, IMDB, Yahoo Movies, Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin and Fandango. Put them all together and I get an average with 100% being the highest score possible.

3. Award Recognition. The final part of the equation is worth 22%. 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 4% goes to amount of Oscar® nominations and amount of Oscar® wins.

So far we have done Ultimate Movie Ranking Scores on 36,478 movies. Granted that is only a small percentage of films that were ever made but we have done all the big blockbusters and Oscar® winners. So the following table lists the current Top 100 movies that PERFORMED the best in ALL THREE CATEGORIES.  In other words we are not saying these are the best movies just the ones that STATISTICALLY PERFORMED THE BEST.

Top 1000 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Top 1000 Movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Top 1000 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Top 1000 movie received.
  • Sort Top 1000 Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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60 thoughts on “Top 1000 UMR Movies”

  1. this top 1000 movies by : UMR or boxoffice or Oscar nom or no Oscar nom by highest umr or reviews. all up or down . still my favorite page.

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  2. Steven Spielberg and William Wyler have the most lead listings for directors on this list with 14 films. John Ford has 13, Alfred Hitchcock has 12 and Mervyn Leroy, Michael Curtiz, Howard Hawks, George Cukor and Billy Wilder have 11.

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    1. Hey Dan…Wow….that had to take some work to pull out this information. Not surprised that Spielberg and Wyler have the most. I have pages on all of these directors except for Leroy….I will have to do a page on him in the future. The rest of the directors would be in the Hall of Fame of directors for sure. Great research and great work.

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  3. I thought this was a top 1000. 1946 has the most entries with 26, 1944 has 25, 1955 has 21, 1942 has 20 and 1939 and 1941 have 19.

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    1. Hey Dan. There are 1000 movies on this list….just no ranking column…..although I did see one movie listed as “Delete”…going to have figure that one out. Not surprised that 1946 has the most…that was by far the most successful box office year…..while 1939 is considered the greatest year based on movies made. Great stuff….and very interesting.

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  4. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    my favorite umr page is properly labelled and still wonderfully sortable by number of Oscar nomination or movies with no Oscar nominations by highest umr , by highest or lowest UMR, by highest or lowest box office, by highest or lowest review. fabulous

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  5. Cogerson, this is still my favourite UMR page. with Oscar season upon us again I suggest repeating this page in index as “Oscar top 1000 nominated movies” and again as “no Oscar nominations top 1000 UMR movies” . this might get more hits for this incredible page and UMR. just a marketing tool, relabeling same page in index. Yea UMR, Yea Cogerson, Yea sortable pages

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    1. Hey bob cox….I will have to see if WoC can run that report for me in the near future. I think a ranking number would be cool too. It is interesting to see the current movies that have cracked the Top 1000….right now 5 movies currently in theaters are on the list. With A Star Is Born being the highest rated one. Glad you like this page….it is a fun one to look at.

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