Top 500 Club

[Traveller]

User	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000	Top 2500
Traveller	25	29	76	171	188	199

Got every list into the Top 2500, so I updated the table and will go for Top 1000 next.

User	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 250	Top 500	Top 1000
Traveller	28	34	87	154	180	195

[Onderhond]

Not something I'll be actively working on, still nice to keep up with the stats I guess:

User	Month	T1	T10	T100	T500	T1000	T5000	T10000	Unlisted
Onderhond	2020/07	7	8	11	42	75	199	201	4

[Tim2460]

Need to get back on the top 75 club before the end of the year... That means way too much zombies films to watch.... Again??

[Onderhond]

Need to get back on the top 75 club before the end of the year... That means way too much zombies films to watch.... Again??

Wanna switch? I'll watch your zombie flicks, you cover my TSPDT gaps.

[Tasselfoot]

I will never make it in the top 500 club. But I will forever be just outside the door, peering in.

[Tim2460]

yeah... impoving the rank @TSZDT prooves dificult... and it updates every year !

At least the giallo italian girls are usualy attractive...

"Only" 20 films to go back to the 75 Club !

[flavo5000]

I just checked my rank. For whatever reason, it's something I don't really look at much. Looks like I'm three lists away from the 500 Club myself: Amanda Award, Dutch 50 and Hurriyet's Turkish 100. I think just watching one more on the Amanda list would get me below 500 on that one. Looks like I've got a bunch of Turkish films to watch though....

[nimimerkillinen]

86 lists to go

[sebby]

Been trying every which way to get back into watching films w some degree of zest. Interestingly enough I think not being able to go to a cinema at least a few times a month has had a great negative effect. Although it makes up (well, used to make up) only a couple % of my film watches in any given month, it's a motherfucking bolt of lightning recharge. The romantic nature many speak of the cinema-going experience is a very real thing. At least for me. So without it, my battery has run dry.

That said, being a stat- and goal-oriented individual, I thought I'd pick a path that would -- to that regard -- potentially stimulate some dopamine production. Hey brain, please give me rewards for watching certain films. Trick me into associating film-watching with happiness again as I get closer to this somewhat arbitrary top 500. And maybe from there I get back to where I used to be re enjoyment of film. Along the way I'll be completing some lists and that will help w the brain trickery as well. Hopefully not just a temp fix and ultimately a re-route off the desolate rocky dirt path back onto the smooth and serene road I was on before. And if it doesn't work, so be it. How many great fires lit in the first quarter or third of one's life last a lifetime? If you're lucky, just a few.

All that out of the way, here is my little table of progress. Make me happy, statistics! Or else I may give up on a thing that I have loved for 3 decades. No pressure!

User	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000
sebby	3	3	9	99	164

[maxwelldeux]

Hey brain, please give me rewards for watching certain films.

I get you on that point. I haven't been enjoying film watching as much lately either, but I've been trying to use various tricks to keep up and not fail at the hobby. Challenges help, as I like those stats. The rankings/top 500 club stats help. But not always. So sometimes it boils down to watching a film to complement my moods. Like if I'm generally pissed off, I'll watch something with tons of guns/explosions. High times are usually met with terrible films (because that's how they're most fun). Docs come up when I want to learn something (or be challenged/pissed off). Wife is also getting into writing and is enjoying watching some classics for the storytelling elements (she's even starting to rate films!!!), so it's fun to rewatch some of the classics.

Plus awards. Awards are fun dopamine boosters, too.

[Onderhond]

I think awards are a better stimulant than this mega-challenge. If you're really going for this, it might be a thing that burns you out rather than gives you energy. This is more something for the long, but maybe that's just because I'm way behind on almost every list. Then again, looking at sebby's stats he still has 65 lists to go to get into the club, that's quite an uphill battle.

Then again, I'm more of a "slow and steady wins the race" guy anyway. Could be that people really get the hang of it again when shooting for the 500 club

[sebby]

I think awards are a better stimulant than this mega-challenge. If you're really going for this, it might be a thing that burns you out rather than gives you energy. This is more something for the long, but maybe that's just because I'm way behind on almost every list. Then again, looking at sebby's stats he still has 65 lists to go to get into the club, that's quite an uphill battle.

Then again, I'm more of a "slow and steady wins the race" guy anyway. Could be that people really get the hang of it again when shooting for the 500 club

The progress along the way is as satisfying as the ultimate end-point. Updating in a month and seeing numbers go up in most or all columns will juice me up.

[Onderhond]

The progress along the way is as satisfying as the ultimate end-point. Updating in a month and seeing numbers go up in most or all columns will juice me up.

Of course, best to look for low-hanging fruit first then, because you could just as well work on a single list for a month and see only 1 list flip from one column to the next

[sebby]

The progress along the way is as satisfying as the ultimate end-point. Updating in a month and seeing numbers go up in most or all columns will juice me up.

Of course, best to look for low-hanging fruit first then, because you could just as well work on a single list for a month and see only 1 list flip from one column to the next

Yeah I've added a dozen or so films from lists on which I rank 500-600 on my watchlist for this month, so the top 500 # should increase. I guess I could also platinum a few IMDB lists, but that's a kind of pain I'm not ready for. Platinums have never really held great appeal to me anyway, for whatever reason.

[joachimt]

Never tried to get into this club. 25 lists to go. I expected worse.

[xianjiro]

Well, things have improved substantially now that I've got a flow of discs again - only two lists keep me out of the Top 200 club: the new Russian list (#211) & EuroHorror (#213). Now all I need to find are three films but didn't have much luck with the library search for Russians I haven't seen yet. EuroHorror is a no-brainer but the Russian list will probably be a touch more work.

[flavo5000]

I think awards are a better stimulant than this mega-challenge. If you're really going for this, it might be a thing that burns you out rather than gives you energy. This is more something for the long, but maybe that's just because I'm way behind on almost every list. Then again, looking at sebby's stats he still has 65 lists to go to get into the club, that's quite an uphill battle.

Then again, I'm more of a "slow and steady wins the race" guy anyway. Could be that people really get the hang of it again when shooting for the 500 club

The progress along the way is as satisfying as the ultimate end-point. Updating in a month and seeing numbers go up in most or all columns will juice me up.

Something else you could try (although it'd require some up front investment on your part) is to make a guerrilla drive-in. Get a projector, FM transmitter and generator. Find a spot and invite some folks. Nothing to reinvigorate the cinema experience like a fun night at the drive-in.

[Tim2460]

2 Lists above 75...

User / Top	1	10	25	50	75	100	125	150	500
Tim2460	101	105	137	173	204	206	206	206	206
Lists to go	105	101	69	33	2	0	0	0	0

[Harco]

I suppose top 10,000 is doable in the near future. Also not something I'm working on at all but just like Onderhond, nice to track.

User	T1	T10	T100	T500	T1000	T2500	T5000	T10000	T25000	T30000	Unlisted
Harco	2	2	2	10	28	84	155	186	192	194	206

[mightysparks]

That said, being a stat- and goal-oriented individual, I thought I'd pick a path that would -- to that regard -- potentially stimulate some dopamine production. Hey brain, please give me rewards for watching certain films. Trick me into associating film-watching with happiness again as I get closer to this somewhat arbitrary top 500. And maybe from there I get back to where I used to be re enjoyment of film.

All that out of the way, here is my little table of progress. Make me happy, statistics! Or else I may give up on a thing that I have loved for 3 decades. No pressure!

+ 1. We needed you on the film addiction podcast, haha. I always go back to the stats when I have a lull in my interest in film. Stats make me warm and fuzzy

[Tim2460]

That said, being a stat- and goal-oriented individual, I thought I'd pick a path that would -- to that regard -- potentially stimulate some dopamine production. Hey brain, please give me rewards for watching certain films. Trick me into associating film-watching with happiness again as I get closer to this somewhat arbitrary top 500. And maybe from there I get back to where I used to be re enjoyment of film.

All that out of the way, here is my little table of progress. Make me happy, statistics! Or else I may give up on a thing that I have loved for 3 decades. No pressure!

+ 1. We needed you on the film addiction podcast, haha. I always go back to the stats when I have a lull in my interest in film. Stats make me warm and fuzzy

Especialy your always Platinium TSZDT

[flavo5000]

That said, being a stat- and goal-oriented individual, I thought I'd pick a path that would -- to that regard -- potentially stimulate some dopamine production. Hey brain, please give me rewards for watching certain films. Trick me into associating film-watching with happiness again as I get closer to this somewhat arbitrary top 500. And maybe from there I get back to where I used to be re enjoyment of film.

All that out of the way, here is my little table of progress. Make me happy, statistics! Or else I may give up on a thing that I have loved for 3 decades. No pressure!

+ 1. We needed you on the film addiction podcast, haha. I always go back to the stats when I have a lull in my interest in film. Stats make me warm and fuzzy

I tend to get pretty obsessed with lists too. Although I also watch stuff I have sitting around the house I haven't seen yet that I bought. And I watch stuff for challenges. So I usually look for the intersection between at least two of those three factors when I'm picking stuff to watch. And with so many lists and me buying so much crap and with three challenges every month, my well doesn't really ever run dry.

I definitely couldn't sit and just watch depressing dramas all the time though. That kind of thing will wear you down.

[Ebbywebby]

I see that I'd have to watch 327 more movies from the All-Time Worldwide Box Office list to rank top 500. No thank you.

I'm top 500 for a modest 114/206 lists.

[xianjiro]

Well, things have improved substantially now that I've got a flow of discs again - only two lists keep me out of the Top 200 club: the new Russian list (#211) & EuroHorror (#213). Now all I need to find are three films but didn't have much luck with the library search for Russians I haven't seen yet. EuroHorror is a no-brainer but the Russian list will probably be a touch more work.

one list down, one to go

[Lammetje]

Some numbers (of official top lists) for potential Top N Club members (users checking in the dark are omitted):

User	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000	Top 10000
Lammetje	0	0	0	2	14	160

Update:

User	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000	Top 5000	Top 10000	Top 50000
Lammetje	0	0	0	2	7	135	180	206

[Tim2460]

Back on the TOP 75 Club

User / Top	1	10	25	50	75	100	125	150	500
Tim2460	101	105	137	173	206	206	206	206	206
	105	101	69	33	0	0	0	0	0

Next would be top 50 but it's far away @285 Films to watch...

[xianjiro]

Well, things have improved substantially now that I've got a flow of discs again - only two lists keep me out of the Top 200 club: the new Russian list (#211) & EuroHorror (#213). Now all I need to find are three films but didn't have much luck with the library search for Russians I haven't seen yet. EuroHorror is a no-brainer but the Russian list will probably be a touch more work.

one list down, one to go

not sure what happened when I checked this - the Turkish list didn't show at the bottom even though I'm #466 - so, still have two lists keeping out of the Top 200 Club.

[MMDan]

Top 500 for everything except TSZDT (#560) and TV Mini Series (#956?!)

[Onderhond]

Guess I have to look to get rid of those unlisted ones first.

Month	T1	T10	T100	T500	T1000	T5000	T10000	Unlisted
2020/08	10	11	15	46	78	201	202	3
2020/07	7	8	11	42	75	199	201	4

[mightysparks]

I was tracking this in my spreadsheet every month this year except for Jun-Aug coz I forgot and haven't been working on it, but I might as well start fresh here.

User	Month	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000	Top 5000	Top 10000
mightysparks	2020/08	45	46	58	177	195	206	206

[Ebbywebby]

A few more:

User	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000	Top 10000
Ebbywebby	3	3	14	86	127	176

OK, now I'm 4-4-21-106-146-193.

5-5-21-116-159-203

[tourdesb]

User	Month	1	10	100	250	400	500	600	700
tourdesb	2019/08	35	40	116	175	186	204	205	206
tourdesb	2019/02	35	40	102	159	178	192	195	198

2 lists left to be on Top 500 Club
#501 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers ==> 1 movie left to be on Top 500
#640 on Box Office Mojo's All Time Worldwide Box Office ==> 25 movies left to be on Top 500

[Tim2460]

Next Goal is more for me getting the last Bronze awards i miss (18 lists for 472 film away ...) Than Top 50 (29 lists for 280 films away).

But there are some overlap on thaose two goals.

Top 50 is another 62 Zombies film away AGAIN

User / Top	1	10	25	50	75	100
Tim2460	104	109	142	177	206	206
Lists to go	102	97	64	29	0	0

[sebby]

User	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000
sebby	3	3	9	99	164

Minor progress this month.

User	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000
sebby	3 (-)	3 (-)	9 (-)	101 (+2)	167 (+3)

[Mochard]

User / Date	Top 1	Top 10	Top 100	Top 500	Top 1000	Top 2500
Mochard / Nov 19	14	14	30	128	176	197
Mochard / May 20	25	25	36	168	191	204
Mochard / Sep 20	38	38	49	174	197	206

All lists are now in the Top 2500 in fact in the Top 1761

I have definitely made some progress since May and if I solely focused on top 1000, I could get there in 26 checks. We shall see. I think I'm still on target for top 500 by May 2021.

32 Lists til top 500 and 9 Lists til top 1000

The 9 lists below I need to work on to get into the top 1000

Yle News's Best Finnish Films - Approx. 1 check to watch to enter top 1000
CineChile's 50 Best Chilean Movies of All Time - Approx. 1 check to watch to enter top 1000
Outlook India's Best Bollywood Films - Approx. 1 check to watch to enter top 1000
IMDb's Mini-Series Top 50 - Approx. 1 check to watch to enter top 1000
Dutch Film Festival's Dutch Film Top 50 - Approx. 2 checks to watch to enter top 1000
Hürriyet's The 100 Best Movies of Turkish Cinema - Approx. 4 checks to watch to enter top 1000
A.V. Club's The Best Movies of the 2010s - Approx. 6 checks to watch to enter top 1000
Cinema Tropical's Best Latin American Films 2010-2019 - Approx. 3 checks to watch to enter top 1000
Paste's The 100 Best Anime Movies of All Time - Approx. 7 checks to watch to enter top 1000

[Onderhond]

Since I got rid of some of my lowest rankings, time for new ranges.

Month	T1	T10	T100	T500	T750	T1000	T2000	T5000
2020/09	10	11	15	48	64	82	156	206
Month	T1	T10	T100	T500	T1000	T5000	T10000	Unlisted
2020/08	10	11	15	46	78	201	202	3
2020/07	7	8	11	42	75	199	201	4

[tourdesb]

User	Month	1	10	100	250	400	500	600	700
tourdesb	2020/09	38	43	119	175	190	203	206	206
tourdesb	2020/08	35	40	116	175	186	204	205	206
tourdesb	2020/02	35	40	102	159	178	192	195	198

3 lists left to be on Top 500 Club (16 movies)
#501 on Cinema Tropical's Best Latin American Films 2010-2019 ==> 1 movie left to be on Top 500 (+1)
#503 on Rotten Tomatoes's Top 100 Movies of All Time ==> 1 movie left to be on Top 500 (+1)
#572 on Box Office Mojo's All Time Worldwide Box Office ==> 14 movies left to be on Top 500 (-11)

[MMDan]

Top 500 in every list except TSZDT (#535) and TV Mini Series (#573)

[Onderhond]

Made a little script to keep better track of my Top 500 stats:
You can adapt the different steps (let counts) and the aim (let aim) at the top of the script.
The overshoot number is the number of positions left to get a Top 500 on every list. It's nice for people who like to have constant progress.

Small disclaimer: I use the ranks listed on the page itself, which can take a while to update, so it doesn't necessarily show the current situation (i.e. if you check a film, don't expect the numbers to change right away).

Code: Select all

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// @version      0.1
// @description  try to take over the world!
// @author       You
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// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

let counts = [1, 10, 100, 500, 750, 1000, 1500, 2000, 3500, 4000];
let aim = 500;

let allLists = document.getElementById('progressall');
let allRanksRaw = allLists.querySelectorAll(':scope > li .rank a');
let allRanks = [];
for (let i=0; i < allRanksRaw.length; ++i) {
    allRanks.push(allRanksRaw[i].innerHTML.substring(1));
}
allRanks.sort(function(a, b){return a-b});
let results = [];
let countIndex = 0;
let countPositions = 0;
for (let j=0; j < allRanks.length; ++j) {
    if (allRanks[j] > counts[countIndex]){
        results.push(j);
        countIndex++;
    } else if (j == (allRanks.length - 1)){
        results.push(j+1);
    }
    if (allRanks[j] > aim) {
        countPositions += (allRanks[j] - aim);
    }
}
let extraInfo = '<div class="ohExtraInfo">';
extraInfo += '<table><thead><tr>'
for (let k=0; k < counts.length; ++k) {
    extraInfo += '<th>T' + counts[k] + '</th>'
}
extraInfo += '</tr></thead><tbody><tr>';
for (let k=0; k < results.length; ++k) {
    extraInfo += '<td>' + results[k] + '</td>'
}
extraInfo += '</table>';
extraInfo += '<div>T' + aim + ' overshoot: ' + countPositions + '</div>'
extraInfo += '<style>.ohExtraInfo {margin-bottom:20px;} .spec {display:flex; margin:4px 0;}.spec .label {font-weight:700; flex-basis:160px;}';
let printExtraLocation = document.getElementById('progressFilter');
printExtraLocation.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', extraInfo);

[Tim2460]

Made a little script to keep better track of my Top 500 stats:
You can adapt the different steps (let counts) and the aim (let aim) at the top of the script.
The overshoot number is the number of positions left to get a Top 500 on every list. It's nice for people who like to have constant progress.

Small disclaimer: I use the ranks listed on the page itself, which can take a while to update, so it doesn't necessarily show the current situation (i.e. if you check a film, don't expect the numbers to change right away).

Onderhond : can you add the sum of all the rank of a user ? this could be an excellent number to monitor in the future i guess.
For me it's @ 3208 for exemple