ICM Forum's 500<400 2020 Nominations Due 11:59PM GMT Sat Sep 26

iCheckMovies · #1

ICM Forum's 500<400

Create an IMDb list or iCM list of your favorite films with fewer than 400 checks, and post it in this thread by 11:59PM GMT Saturday September 26.

You can submit a list in one of three ways:
1. Imdb list
2. ICM list
3. List of imdb urls if you can't make an imdb list.
Make sure your (imdb/icm) list is public!
If you can post the list as (username URL) I would appreciate it (see the formatting in the submitted lists below).

Your list may be:
Ranked (Default if you don't specify)
Unranked
Partially-ranked list: the top X films are ranked and everything after that point is unranked.
Group ranked list: all groups get the average of what the films in that group would get if fully ranked.

View your least-checked checks
View your least-checked favorites

Rules:
- Films released in 2019 or 2020 are not allowed.
- Shorts, Documentaries and mini-series* are allowed. TV shows are not allowed.
* Mini-series must be 14 episodes or less, not multiple seasons, and not planned to be longer but canceled. The series should be intended as a single unified work and not episodic.
+Stand alone episodes of anthology type series are allowed if both the episode and series are under 400 checks.
- Films that reach 400 checks by the deadline will be removed (so you don't have to do it yourself, but if you do it's appreciated).
- You must post your own list in this thread (but you can ask someone to create an IMDb/ICM list for you, if you want).

Scoring for ranked lists: Half-life = 50
#1: 100 points
#51: 50 points
#101: 25 points
#N: 100 / 2 ^ ((N-1) / 50) points

Scoring for unranked and partially-ranked lists:
Every unranked film on your list receives the same number of points (the average of what they would have received if your list was ranked).

Some links to help you make your list:
Eligible titles that you've rated on IMDb (sorted by your rating)
Eligible titles from some IMDb list (replace lsXXXXXXXXX with any list ID #) (sorted by your rating)
Multi-links (Firefox), Linkclump (Chrome): Add-on that lets you copy many URLs at once. Useful for copying advanced search results (e.g. all films that you rated 9 or higher).
mjf made a script that lets you take urls cleanly from search results: viewtopic.php?p=635122#p635122
Imdb list helper, greasemonkey script to easily make lists from imdb urls or even just movie titles: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/11617 ... ist-helper

142 Lists

iCheckMovies · #2

My list:
PeacefulAnarchy https://www.imdb.com/list/ls055114962/

I just updated the imdb filter lists, so things should be good on that front. I'll update them at the deadline, of course, maybe also once or twice in between.
Let me know if I made any typos in the OP

Nathan Treadway · #3

Nathan Treadway https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/my+n ... waynathan/

~~It's going to be partially ranked, I just don't know what yet. I'll let you know before the deadline, after I work on it.~~

212 Ranked

72aicm · #4

First 250 entries are ranked and it’s a work in progress.
My list:
72aicm https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/72ai ... 00/72aicm/

Thanks for doing this PA, looking forward to the results. As always

Traveller · #5

~~I'll update the list over the coming days.~~ Updated! (At most some minor ranking changes left.)

Ranked.

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/trav ... traveller/

Onderhond · #6

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/best ... onderhond/

There we go. All ranked. Not padded. True favorites only. Couple of films with 1 check, don't think they'll make it

Unofficial films: 336/383 (88%)

Nathan Treadway · #7

PeacefulAnarchy wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 4:10 am Let me know if I made any tupos in the OP

Was that intentional?

Nathan Treadway · #8

72aicm wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 4:58 am First 250 entries are ranked and it’s a work in progress.
My list:
72aicm https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/72ai ... 00/72aicm/

Thanks for doing this PA, looking forward to the results. As always

Nice placement for A Woman's Tale. Was it this high last year? Not many people must've voted for it, if so, as it's in my top 10 as well..

iCheckMovies · #9

Nathan Treadway wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 6:18 am
PeacefulAnarchy wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 4:10 am Let me know if I made any tupos in the OP
Was that intentional?

No

Teproc · #10

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icm+ ... 00/teproc/

perceval · #11

Ranked!

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls070244482/

72aicm · #12

Nathan Treadway wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 6:23 am
72aicm wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 4:58 am First 250 entries are ranked and it’s a work in progress.
My list:
72aicm https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/72ai ... 00/72aicm/

Thanks for doing this PA, looking forward to the results. As always
Nice placement for A Woman's Tale. Was it this high last year? Not many people must've voted for it, if so, as it's in my top 10 as well..

Yes. Well, some movies from my top ten got 400+ checks this year so probably a couple of places higher then last year.

Melvelet · #13

Ranked (will only remove >=400 check movies shortly before the deadline ends)
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/melv ... /melvelet/

Harco · #14

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harc ... 400/harco/

Ranked as follows:

001-004: 5*.
005-028: 4*.
029-113: 3*.

iCheckMovies · #15

Ranked and updated: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/migh ... htysparks/

sol · #16

My list:
sol https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/415+ ... ties/sol-/

RANKED

I'll fiddle with the order a bit later. Posting this early on the absurd off-chance that somebody wants to peruse my list for recommendations.

51 new entries since last year.

Films in my list: 415

Films on 5+ Official Lists: 0
Films on 4 Official Lists: 3
Films on 3 Official Lists: 6
Films on 2 Official Lists: 22
Films on 1 Official List: 75

Films on zero Official Lists: 309

Onderhond · #17

sol wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:05 am Films on zero Official Lists: 309

My script says 310, did you do a manual count? Also 0 dislikes on your list, that's a rarity for me! Maybe I should look for recommends.

iCheckMovies · #18

Onderhond wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:37 am
sol wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:05 am Films on zero Official Lists: 309
My script says 310, did you do a manual count? Also 0 dislikes on your list, that's a rarity for me! Maybe I should look for recommends.

I have 2 dislikes, and I'm very disappointed about the inclusion of Balkan Spy

sol · #19

Onderhond wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:37 am
sol wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:05 am Films on zero Official Lists: 309
My script says 310, did you do a manual count? Also 0 dislikes on your list, that's a rarity for me! Maybe I should look for recommends.

Yes, I counted manually. Maybe it is 74 films on 1 list.

In a way, I'm not surprised that you have no dislikes since I stayed away from acclaimed classics when compiling my list

but yeah, that's cool to know, and I know we share some of the same titles - 22 mei; R100, etc.

mightysparks wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:38 am
Onderhond wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:37 am
sol wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:05 am Films on zero Official Lists: 309
My script says 310, did you do a manual count? Also 0 dislikes on your list, that's a rarity for me! Maybe I should look for recommends.
I have 2 dislikes, and I'm very disappointed about the inclusion of Balkan Spy

I think only two dislikes is good for you too? Not sure what the other dislike is, but yeah, I do recall you expressing disdain over The Balkan Spy before, which caused me to promptly bump it up a few spots higher in my list.

Onderhond · #20

sol wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 12:17 pm In a way, I'm not surprised that you have no dislikes since I stayed away from acclaimed classics when compiling my list but yeah, that's cool to know, and I know we share some of the same titles - 22 mei; R100, etc.

We share 6 favorites in total it seems. Also Tokyo Tribe, One Point O, Greatful Dead (and Marebito - but that's not on my list yet).
I've only seen 27/415 from your list though, so who knows. It's probably safest to sort the unwatched ones on year of release DESC and look for recommends that way.

toromash · #21

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/dash ... /toromash/

iCheckMovies · #22

sol wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 12:17 pm I think only two dislikes is good for you too? Not sure what the other dislike is, but yeah, I do recall you expressing disdain over The Balkan Spy before, which caused me to promptly bump it up a few spots higher in my list.

The other one is The Witch Who Came from the Sea which I just thought was crappy but I'm not really passionately hateful of that one

But yea 2 dislikes is pretty good.

GruesomeTwosome · #23

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls020489598/ (ranked)

I just removed films from my list that have passed 400 checks (I think I caught them all). There are a few remaining ones that are teetering quite close to 400, so I'll try to catch any that go over the limit before the deadline.

Gorro · #24

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/gorr ... rum/gorro/ (ranked)

72aicm · #25

Like last year the «every participants number one pick» list can be found here.
I’ll try to keep this up to date

joachimt · #26

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/joac ... /joachimt/

Ranked.

TraverseTown · #27

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/trav ... ?sort=rank Ranked

jvv · #28

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls081772804/ (UNRANKED)

beavis · #29

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/poll ... 20/beavis/

More than double the size of my list from last year... went a bit more inclusive to catch those hidden hidden gems too
it is full ranked, although after the first 150 or so ranking becomes a very arbitrary process, too many factors to weigh and too many movies that are dear to me.

Onderhond · #30

beavis wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 9:38 pm https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/poll ... 20/beavis/

More than double the size of my list from last year... went a bit more inclusive to catch those hidden hidden gems too
it is full ranked, although after the first 150 or so ranking becomes a very arbitrary process, too many factors to weigh and too many movies that are dear to me.

Number of favorites: 50/96 (52%)

Now there's a list I can get behind! Too many great films to mention, but let's keep our fingers crossed for Dupieux's Au Poste!

Ivan0716 · #31

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/dash ... /ivan0716/

1-55 Ranked
56-197 Group
198-593 Group

zuma · #32

I scrapped my old list and went through the painful, all day, process of building it from scratch with help from my ratings on a couple of sites.

It is pretty solid, with the exception of the 75-100 range which needs a bit of fiddling.

I left in my 2019 and 2020 because I believe they can be filtered out automatically. Correct? If not, let me know and I will remove them.

Top 200 ranked:

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/500dashleft400/zuma/

pitchorneirda · #33

pitchorneirda https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/pitc ... horneirda/

Group: 1-7
Group: 8-41
Group: 42-103

@72aicm: for your «every participants number one pick» list, please take "Secret défense" as mine

rnilsson19 · #34

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/dash ... /greennui/

Pretentious Hipster · #35

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/pret ... thy420xxx/

joachimt · #36

rokp's list:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls056163780/

OldAle1 · #37

joachimt wrote: ↑August 14th, 2020, 2:10 pm rokp's list:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls056163780/

43 favorites out of 67 seen, and nothing I rated below a 7 from the rest. Seems to have been a kindred spirit, I wish I'd known him.

burneyfan · #38

sol wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 10:05 am
I'll fiddle with the order a bit later. Posting this early on the absurd off-chance that somebody wants to peruse my list for recommendations.

For whatever it's worth, I always check out your lists and get ideas that eventually get watched (some sooner, some much later, but watched nonetheless).

tobias · #39

This seems about right:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls081740184/

Lilarcor · #40

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/lila ... /lilarcor/ (ranked)