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Thanks. The ranking criteria - basically, I combined ratings from IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, with additional heuristic tweaks. The ranking method I use for is d

• joelrunyon 14y ago
  This was my first question too and I wouldn't necessarily consider myself incredibly technical. I think the first question most people have when they see a "top _____" list, is "according to who?" Having a short description of the way the rankings are done along with a link to a more detailed description, would be great. Nice job on shipping it!
• nollidge 14y ago
  This really doesn't seem to solve the main problem that most current ranking systems have - it doesn't compensate for recency. Newer critically-acclaimed movies like The Dark Knight rank higher than much older but just as well-liked movies like Citizen Kane.
  • TylerE 14y ago
    Is that really a bug? Kane, while a technical masterpiece for it's time - shouldn't be up on some pedestal. As art it is, while powerful, also not flawless. If you had to pin me down to a black and white era drama, I much prefer, say, 12 Angry Men to Kane as _art_.
    • icebraining 14y ago
      But as you can see from dundun[1]'s post, the rank is very biased towards the more recent times; according to it, 43% of the best 5000 movies were made between 2001 and now. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4555723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4555723
    • nollidge 14y ago
      I'm not sure what this has to do with my point.