Recently we here at UMR decided to change the formula for our movie ranking calculation. The old formula used box office results (30%), reviews (45%) Oscar wins and nominations (18%) and Golden Globe wins and nominations (5%). The new formula uses box office results (30%), reviews (52%) Oscar wins and nominations (18%). So basically, the Golden Globes got the boot and reviews became even more important.
Some movies really benefitted from this change. Citizen Kane moved up the most as it went from 898th place to 296th place. Movies in the Top 100 that saw big moves include Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger and Gravity. Movies that went the other way include Rain Man, American Beauty, Kramer vs Kramer and Going My Way. Each of these movies tumbled out of the Top 100.
Is this list better than our old list?….who knows…..but with streaming getting bigger and bigger…. reviews from audiences and critics seem to be the most important factor when thinking if a movie was successful or not. Kudos to Marlon Brando (actor – 5 movies) and Steven Spielberg (director – 9 movies) for having the most movies in the Top 100.
New UMR Top 100 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.
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- Sort New UMR Top 100 Movies by the star or stars of the 2021 Movies listed in table
- Sort New UMR Top 100 by domestic box office grosses
- Sort New UMR Top 100 by worldwide box office grosses
- Sort by how New UMR Top 100 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 New UMR Top 100 received….
- Sort New UMR Top 100 by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Green highlight means the movie is still in theaters and still earning UMR points
In Chronological Order
I guess this means I should hurry up and complete my Oscar audit. 🙂 That is if you haven’t vetted everything already.
Hey Sidney….the entire website got updated about 3 weeks ago……so audit away.
A nice new chart, problem is I can’t remember the previous charts rankings or scores! What you could have done is add the old chart score in brackets? [Bruce snarls] No worries they all have similar high scores anyway, looking at the UMR chart the lowest score is 99.6, whoa!
Good to see Ben-Hur rated so high, it nearly fell off the AFI’s updated Top 100, tsk tsk.
There are three films I haven’t seen from the 100 on this chart – The Bells of St. Mary’s, The Lost Weekend and Pride of the Yankees. A couple of years ago I saw – How Green Was My Valley, Mrs. Miniver and The Best Years of Our Lives for the first time. Good films but not favorites.
Good work Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….thanks for checking out our latest Top 100. The following list was the Top 50 before the update. Good point about adding in the old rankings on the table.
1 The Godfather (1972)
2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
3 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4 Schindler’s List (1993)
5 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
6 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
7 Casablanca (1942)
8 Gone with the Wind (1939)
9 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
10 Ben-Hur (1959)
11 On the Waterfront (1954)
12 Rebecca (1940)
13 The Apartment (1960)
14 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
15 It Happened One Night (1934)
16 Unforgiven (1992)
17 My Fair Lady (1964)
18 Patton (1970)
19 The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
20 Gladiator (2000)
21 The Sound of Music (1965)
22 The French Connection (1971)
23 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
24 American Beauty (1999)
25 The Lost Weekend (1945)
26 How Green Was My Valley (1941)
27 Platoon (1986)
28 Mrs. Miniver (1942)
29 Terms of Endearment (1983)
30 Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
31 West Side Story (1961)
32 Rain Man (1988)
33 A Man for All Seasons (1966)
34 Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
35 A Beautiful Mind (2001)
36 Dances with Wolves (1990)
37 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
38 Forrest Gump (1994)
39 Going My Way (1944)
40 Titanic (1997)
41 The Sting (1973)
42 Rocky (1976)
43 Amadeus (1984)
44 Oliver! (1968)
45 Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
46 An American in Paris (1951)
47 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
48 Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
49 Chicago (2002)
50 All About Eve (1950)
Only 25 were released before I was born.
Hey Dan….I assume you have seen all 100 movies…..I would be shocked if you had not. There were 42 released before I was born. Thanks for the feedback on this page. I will probably add some more (maybe a Top 250) in a while. Good stuff.
Yes, I’ve seen all 100. KInda sad, no biggies to look forward to.
I have seen 67 of these movies. It may be a surprise, but I have seen some films that were released in the last twenty years if they were nominated for best picture. However, 52 of the films were released before I was born.
Hey Flora. Thanks for checking out our brand new Top 100. We toyed with changing about a year ago, but never decided to make the change until recently. Kudos on seeing almost a third of the movies made after 1976. I have seen all of the Top 100….heck only a few have I seen only once. Good stuff as always…I hope things are going well in your neck of the woods.