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Polls: Directors (Waiting for results), 1929 (Results), Directorial Debut Features (Mar 12th), DtC - Nominations (Mar 20th), Favourite Movies (Mar 28th)
Challenges: UK/Ireland, Directed by Women, Waves from around the World
Film of the Week: Lean on Pete, April nominations (Apr 1st)
What is your median check?
What is your median check?
ICM lets us break down our lists of checks by numerous characteristics. As such, I can get a clear picture of what my average movie looks like. Sometimes these characteristics are singular (median alphabetically) and sometimes it contains multitudes of movies (median year of release).
In my case, my median check is:
Year of release: 1993
Length: 107 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 120
Disliked: 27
Alphabetically: Korkarlen (The Phantom Carriage) - 1921
# Checks: Righteous Kill (2,777 checks) - 2008
What's your median check?
In my case, my median check is:
Year of release: 1993
Length: 107 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 120
Disliked: 27
Alphabetically: Korkarlen (The Phantom Carriage) - 1921
# Checks: Righteous Kill (2,777 checks) - 2008
What's your median check?
My median check is influenced a lot by the fact that I check TV episodes and a lot of shorts :
Year of release: 1988
Length: 12 minutes
# official top lists: 0
Favorited: 3
Disliked: 1
Alphabetically: Kodachrome Color Motion Picture Tests - 1922
# Checks: Clown of the Jungle (79 checks) - 1947
Year of release: 1988
Length: 12 minutes
# official top lists: 0
Favorited: 3
Disliked: 1
Alphabetically: Kodachrome Color Motion Picture Tests - 1922
# Checks: Clown of the Jungle (79 checks) - 1947
It's interesting to compare the results. It appears I watch more shorts than blocho but less than jvv. And clearly, I watch more mainstream movies.
Year of release: 1989
Length: 93 min
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 227
Disliked: 35
Alphabetically: King Kong (2005)
# Checks: 4,880 - Le ballon rouge (1965)

Year of release: 1989
Length: 93 min
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 227
Disliked: 35
Alphabetically: King Kong (2005)
# Checks: 4,880 - Le ballon rouge (1965)
Last edited by Hunziker on September 4th, 2015, 8:23 am, edited 1 time in total.
You order your ckecks by the different criteria, and the movie just in the middle (if you have 3,000, the 1,500th) is the median.3eyes on Sep 3 2015, 07:18:54 PM wrote:er, how do we do this?
Year of release: 1974
Alphabetical: Låt den rätte komma in
Runtime: 97m
#official toplists: 1
#checks: 462
Favs: 21
Dislikes: 5
Alphabetical: Låt den rätte komma in
Runtime: 97m
#official toplists: 1
#checks: 462
Favs: 21
Dislikes: 5

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- Posts: 3624
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Year of release: 1986
Length: 103 min
# official top lists: 4
Favorited: 276
Disliked: 44
Alphabetically: L'année dernière à Marienbad
# Checks: Le ballon Rouge (4,880) - 5028
# Checks: From Here to Eternity - 5028
Length: 103 min
# official top lists: 4
Favorited: 276
Disliked: 44
Alphabetically: L'année dernière à Marienbad
# Checks: From Here to Eternity - 5028
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Year of release: 1970
Length: 90 minutes
# official top lists: 0
Favorited: 5
Disliked: 3
Alphabetically: L'assassin habite... au 21 (The Murderer Lives at #21) - 1942
# Checks: The Enchanted Cottage (158 checks) -1945
Length: 90 minutes
# official top lists: 0
Favorited: 5
Disliked: 3
Alphabetically: L'assassin habite... au 21 (The Murderer Lives at #21) - 1942
# Checks: The Enchanted Cottage (158 checks) -1945
What are the odds that two people would have The Red Balloon as their median for number of checks?
So far I've discovered that compared to others I'm younger, more avoidant of shorts and TV, and in the middle when it comes to mainstream.
So far I've discovered that compared to others I'm younger, more avoidant of shorts and TV, and in the middle when it comes to mainstream.
- PeacefulAnarchy
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Interesting idea.
Year of release: 1981
Length: 96 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 78
Disliked: 15
Alphabetically: The Last House on the Left
# Checks: The Letter (1940) 1448 checks
Year of release: 1981
Length: 96 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 78
Disliked: 15
Alphabetically: The Last House on the Left
# Checks: The Letter (1940) 1448 checks
Year of release: 1955
Length: 18 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 4
Disliked: 3
Alphabetically: Lonely Boy - 1962
# Checks: Peti (214 checks) - 1965
Length: 18 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 4
Disliked: 3
Alphabetically: Lonely Boy - 1962
# Checks: Peti (214 checks) - 1965
Neither a prude nor politically correct!
Minst sex års kritiskt granskande!
https://www.icheckmovies.com/profiles/3rd/
Minst sex års kritiskt granskande!
https://www.icheckmovies.com/profiles/3rd/
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I'd say it'd be extremely rare.blocho on Sep 4 2015, 12:23:36 AM wrote:What are the odds that two people would have The Red Balloon as their median for number of checks?

Year of release: 1970
Length: 93 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 31
Disliked: 7
Alphabetically: Kramasha (2007)
# Checks: Raw Deal (1948) (625 checks)
Like Leopardi, quite proud my median year is 1970, and not more recent, it is so much easier to prefer films of more recent vintage perhaps.
Length: 93 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 31
Disliked: 7
Alphabetically: Kramasha (2007)
# Checks: Raw Deal (1948) (625 checks)
Like Leopardi, quite proud my median year is 1970, and not more recent, it is so much easier to prefer films of more recent vintage perhaps.
Turning over a new leaf 

- mightysparks
- Site Admin
- Posts: 31319
- Joined: May 5th, 2011, 6:00 am
- Location: Perth, WA, Australia
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Year of release: 1986
Length: 91 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 33
Disliked: 10
Alphabetically: Lady in White - 1988
# Checks: Wolfen (735 checks) - 1981
Length: 91 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 33
Disliked: 10
Alphabetically: Lady in White - 1988
# Checks: Wolfen (735 checks) - 1981
Year of release: 1973
Length: 50 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 5
Disliked: 2
Alphabetically: Les bulles de savon animées
# Checks: 158
Length: 50 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 5
Disliked: 2
Alphabetically: Les bulles de savon animées
# Checks: 158
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Fergenaprido: "I find your OCD to be adorable, J"
Fergenaprido: "I find your OCD to be adorable, J"
Year of release: 1983
Length: 92 min
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 41
Disliked: 11
Alphabetically: Last Chance Harvey (2008)
# Checks: 882 - The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1965)
Length: 92 min
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 41
Disliked: 11
Alphabetically: Last Chance Harvey (2008)
# Checks: 882 - The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1965)



- Armoreska
- Posts: 12844
- Joined: November 1st, 2012, 6:00 am
- Location: Ukraine, former Free Territory
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Year of release: 1993
Length: 21 min
Length: 25 min (w/o the unknown lengths)
# official top lists: 0
# top lists: 2
Favorited: 3
Disliked: 0
Alphabetically: Mahha GoGoGo The Secret Invaders
# Checks: 24 - Home Base (2002)
Length: 21 min
Length: 25 min (w/o the unknown lengths)
# official top lists: 0
# top lists: 2
Favorited: 3
Disliked: 0
Alphabetically: Mahha GoGoGo The Secret Invaders
# Checks: 24 - Home Base (2002)
Last edited by Armoreska on September 4th, 2015, 9:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
he or A. or Armo or any

currently working towards a vegan/free world + thru such film lists: GODARD,
imaginary awards | youtube channels | complaint lounge | explain how big a fan of slavery you are here, ..viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1535 and here: ..viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4484

currently working towards a vegan/free world + thru such film lists: GODARD,
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ANARCHISTS, 2010s bests, Yasujiro Ozu, Visual Effects nominees, kid-related stuff, great animes (mini-serie or feature), very 80s movies, 17+ sci-fi lists on watchlist, ENVIRO, remarkable Silent Films and Pre-Code (exploring 1925 atm) and every shorts and docu list I'm aware of and
/forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1434
and "Gordon" Liu Chia-Hui/Liu Chia-Liang and Yuen Woo-ping and "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo
/forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1434
and "Gordon" Liu Chia-Hui/Liu Chia-Liang and Yuen Woo-ping and "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo
- Lonewolf2003
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- Posts: 10653
- Joined: December 29th, 2012, 7:00 am
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Year of release: 2001
Length: 102m
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 137
Disliked: 26
Alphabetically: Kids in America
# Checks: - 2695 (Friday Night Lights (2004))
Length: 102m
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 137
Disliked: 26
Alphabetically: Kids in America
# Checks: - 2695 (Friday Night Lights (2004))
- Fergenaprido
- Donator
- Posts: 5111
- Joined: June 3rd, 2014, 6:00 am
- Location: Canada
- Contact:
Year of release: 1996
Length: 91 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 53
Disliked: 16
Alphabetically: Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
# Checks: 1,508
Check date: September 26th, 2013 (almost 2 years ago)
You can definitely see how me joining this forum in June 2014 skyrocketed the number of films I've seen, if half of them have been in the last two years.
Length: 91 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 53
Disliked: 16
Alphabetically: Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
# Checks: 1,508
Check date: September 26th, 2013 (almost 2 years ago)
You can definitely see how me joining this forum in June 2014 skyrocketed the number of films I've seen, if half of them have been in the last two years.
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- Posts: 529
- Joined: May 8th, 2011, 6:00 am
- Location: Southampton, England
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Year of release: 1993
Length: 99 mins
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 247
Disliked: 42
Alphabetically: The Kingdom (2007)
# Checks: 2,490
Length: 99 mins
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 247
Disliked: 42
Alphabetically: The Kingdom (2007)
# Checks: 2,490
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- Posts: 827
- Joined: June 19th, 2011, 6:00 am
- Location: Champaign, Illinois
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Year of release: 1986
Length: 102 mins
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 53
Disliked: 15
Alphabetically: L'eclisse (1962)
# Checks: 1,592 Rooty Toot Toot (1951)
Length: 102 mins
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 53
Disliked: 15
Alphabetically: L'eclisse (1962)
# Checks: 1,592 Rooty Toot Toot (1951)
Rooty toot Toot!sheikofhyrule on Sep 6 2015, 12:20:59 PM wrote:Year of release: 1986
Length: 102 mins
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 53
Disliked: 15
Alphabetically: L'eclisse (1962)
# Checks: 1,592 Rooty Toot Toot (1951)

Turning over a new leaf 

3580 total checks (includes some TV episodes), 2400 official ones
Year of release: 1964
Length: 88 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 20
Disliked: 4
Alphabetically: Der Kongreß tanzt (1931)
# Checks: 410 (Il mercenario) (and also Lights in the Dusk)
Year of release: 1964
Length: 88 minutes
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 20
Disliked: 4
Alphabetically: Der Kongreß tanzt (1931)
# Checks: 410 (Il mercenario) (and also Lights in the Dusk)
Last edited by frbrown on September 6th, 2015, 9:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Oldest median year: Smallest median # checks:
3rd (1955) Armoreska (24)
frbrown (1964) jvv (79)
Cippenham (1970) joachimt (158)
Leopardi (1970) Leopardi (158)
joachimt (1973) 3rd (214)
3eyes (1974) frbrown (410)
Peaceful (1981) 3eyes (462)
tourdesb (1983) Cippenham (625)
As could be expected, there is quite a bit of overlap between the two groups.
3rd (1955) Armoreska (24)
frbrown (1964) jvv (79)
Cippenham (1970) joachimt (158)
Leopardi (1970) Leopardi (158)
joachimt (1973) 3rd (214)
3eyes (1974) frbrown (410)
Peaceful (1981) 3eyes (462)
tourdesb (1983) Cippenham (625)
As could be expected, there is quite a bit of overlap between the two groups.

- TraverseTown
- Posts: 369
- Joined: January 25th, 2013, 7:00 am
- Location: USA
- Contact:
Year of release: 1999 (American Beauty)
Length: 94 Minutes (Ten)
# official top lists: 2 (Upstream Color)
Favorited: 136 (Oz the Great and Powerful (2013))
Disliked: 32 (Taste of Cherry)
Alphabetically: (King-Size Canary)
# Checks: 2971 (Russian Ark)
lol @ 2 Kiarostami films
Length: 94 Minutes (Ten)
# official top lists: 2 (Upstream Color)
Favorited: 136 (Oz the Great and Powerful (2013))
Disliked: 32 (Taste of Cherry)
Alphabetically: (King-Size Canary)
# Checks: 2971 (Russian Ark)
lol @ 2 Kiarostami films
- Caracortada
- Posts: 699
- Joined: November 21st, 2014, 7:00 am
- Contact:
Year of release: 1985 (Brazil)
Length: 107 minutes (Enchanted)
# official top lists: 3 (Flash Gordon)
Favorited: 132 (Laurence Anyways)
Disliked: 27 (Yi Yi)
Alphabetically: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life ;)
# Checks: 3044 (Broadway Danny Rose)
Length: 107 minutes (Enchanted)
# official top lists: 3 (Flash Gordon)
Favorited: 132 (Laurence Anyways)
Disliked: 27 (Yi Yi)
Alphabetically: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life ;)
# Checks: 3044 (Broadway Danny Rose)
Three ingredients of all good stories are humor, suspense and psychology.
Number of checks: 3256 (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974))
Year of release: 1988
Number of official top lists: 1
Favorited: 127
Year of release: 1988
Number of official top lists: 1
Favorited: 127

OldAle1 wrote:I think four Aamir Khan films is enough for me. Unless I'm down to one film left on the IMDb Top 250 at some point and he's in that last film, at which point I'll watch it and then shoot myself having become the official-check-whoring person I hate.
More memorable quotes
PeacefulAnarchy wrote:Active topics is the devil. Please use the forums and subforums as intended and peruse all the topics nicely sorted by topic, not just the currently popular ones displayed in a jumbled mess.
maxwelldeux wrote:If you asked me to kill my wife and pets OR watch Minions, I'd check the runtime and inquire about sobriety requirements before providing an answer.
Torgo wrote:Lammetje is some kind of hybrid Anna-Kendrick-lamb-entity to me and I find that very cool.
monty wrote:If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. iCM ain't for sissies.
mightysparks wrote:ARGH. RARGH. RARGH. DIE.
Kowry wrote:Thanks, Art Garfunky.
Rich wrote:*runs*
Year of release: 1987 (Opera)
Length: 95 minutes (Punch-Drunk Love)
# of official top lists: 1 (French Connection II)
# of checks: 1,899 (Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs)
Length: 95 minutes (Punch-Drunk Love)
# of official top lists: 1 (French Connection II)
# of checks: 1,899 (Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs)
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- Posts: 2093
- Joined: July 10th, 2011, 6:00 am
- Contact:
Year of release: 1988
Length: 91 min
Official toplists: 2
Favorited: 53
Dislikes: 13
Number of checks: 1004
Alphabet: L
Date checked: 23 December 2011
(Der Lauf der Dinge, Trois couleurs: Blanc, Vertical Features Remake, Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960), Winter Light, Wadjda, L'enfant, The Snowman)
Late year, large number of checks. Coincidently, not one American film, with titles from 6 different countries, mostly European.
Length: 91 min
Official toplists: 2
Favorited: 53
Dislikes: 13
Number of checks: 1004
Alphabet: L
Date checked: 23 December 2011
(Der Lauf der Dinge, Trois couleurs: Blanc, Vertical Features Remake, Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960), Winter Light, Wadjda, L'enfant, The Snowman)
Late year, large number of checks. Coincidently, not one American film, with titles from 6 different countries, mostly European.
Cippenham on Sep 4 2015, 01:25:08 AM wrote:Year of release: 1970
Length: 93 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 31
Disliked: 7
Alphabetically: Kramasha (2007)
# Checks: Raw Deal (1948) (625 checks)
Like Leopardi, quite proud my median year is 1970, and not more recent, it is so much easier to prefer films of more recent vintage perhaps.

And congratulations, by the way, on making it back to page 1!
- Knaldskalle
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- Posts: 10186
- Joined: May 9th, 2011, 6:00 am
- Location: New Mexico, USA
- Contact:
Year of release: 1977
Runtime: 99 minutes.
# official toplists: 2.
Favorited: 53.
Disliked: 10.
Alphabetical: Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (The Hidden Fortress).
# checks: 1093 (The Burmese Harp)
Runtime: 99 minutes.
# official toplists: 2.
Favorited: 53.
Disliked: 10.
Alphabetical: Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (The Hidden Fortress).
# checks: 1093 (The Burmese Harp)
Year of release: 1967
Length: 74 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 35
Disliked: 8
Alphabetically: Last Man Standing, 1996
# Checks: 710 (The Pawnshop, 1916)
I wonder how it would be without all the pre 1900 shorts.
Length: 74 minutes
# official top lists: 2
Favorited: 35
Disliked: 8
Alphabetically: Last Man Standing, 1996
# Checks: 710 (The Pawnshop, 1916)
I wonder how it would be without all the pre 1900 shorts.
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I wonder how mine would be if I hadn't spend a week or two watching all the 1 and 2 minutes shorts on Imdb I could find. I bet my median movie length would be a bit longer than 12 minutes then.Gershwin on Sep 8 2015, 05:49:21 AM wrote:I wonder how it would be without all the pre 1900 shorts.

Year of release: 1978
Length: 87 min
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 36
Disliked: 11
Title: Khane-ye doust kodjast?
# Checks: 779
Length: 87 min
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 36
Disliked: 11
Title: Khane-ye doust kodjast?
# Checks: 779
- burneyfan
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- Posts: 6101
- Joined: June 23rd, 2011, 6:00 am
- Location: Massachusetts, USA
- Contact:
Year of release: 1980
Length: 98 min
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 22
Disliked: 7
Alphabetically: (The) Last Waltz (1978)
# Checks: 547- Glitter (2001 -- lots of others with 547 checks in my list, too, but this was the median title, alas!)
Length: 98 min
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 22
Disliked: 7
Alphabetically: (The) Last Waltz (1978)
# Checks: 547- Glitter (2001 -- lots of others with 547 checks in my list, too, but this was the median title, alas!)
Year of release: 1975
Runtime: 77 min
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 12
Disliked: 5
# Checks: 332
Runtime: 77 min
# official top lists: 1
Favorited: 12
Disliked: 5
# Checks: 332
Year of release: 1982
Length: 97 min
Official toplists: 1
Favorited: 27
Number of checks: 583 (Faust (2011) & Le mari de la coiffeuse)
Alphabet: Martial Law
Length: 97 min
Official toplists: 1
Favorited: 27
Number of checks: 583 (Faust (2011) & Le mari de la coiffeuse)
Alphabet: Martial Law
- sushantv10
- Posts: 1990
- Joined: May 25th, 2011, 6:00 am
- Location: kerala, India
- Contact:
In my case, my median check :
Year of release: 1975
Length: 96 minutes
# Official top lists: 2
Alphabetically: L'enfant Sauvage( The Wild Child)
# Checks: 961
My Median Check : A Simple Plan (checked Dec 2011)
Year of release: 1975
Length: 96 minutes
# Official top lists: 2
Alphabetically: L'enfant Sauvage( The Wild Child)
# Checks: 961
My Median Check : A Simple Plan (checked Dec 2011)


- MilenaFlaherty
- Posts: 50
- Joined: August 25th, 2013, 6:00 am
- Location: Dallas,TX, USA
- Contact:
Year of Release: 1975
Length: 93 Minutes
#Official top lists: 1
# of checks: 526
Favorites: 16
Dislikes: 5
Median Film: Little Darlings (!) I checked this a lot later than I saw it so now I'm stuck.
Length: 93 Minutes
#Official top lists: 1
# of checks: 526
Favorites: 16
Dislikes: 5
Median Film: Little Darlings (!) I checked this a lot later than I saw it so now I'm stuck.
Year of release: 1982
Length: 93 minutes
# Official lists: 2
Favorited: 58
Disliked: 12
Alphabetical: Klute
# checks : 1081
Length: 93 minutes
# Official lists: 2
Favorited: 58
Disliked: 12
Alphabetical: Klute
# checks : 1081