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.