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hmm das erste mal von der imdb seite gelesen und ich wundere mich, warum ein film (before sunrise) ein rating von 8,0 hat aber nicht in den top 250 auftaucht. scheint also nur ein bestimmter kreis abstimmen zu dürfen, dass es einen enfluß hat und alle anderen voten quasi umsonst. finde das etwas unglücklich. zumal scheinen ältere filme einen bonus zu haben
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The formula for calculating the Top Rated 250 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:
weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C where:
R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 250 (currently 3000)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)
for the Top 250, only votes from regular voters are considered.
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The user votes average on film X is 9.4, so it should appear in your top 250 films listing, yet it doesn't. Why?
As indicated at the IMDb Top 250 Films page, only votes from regular IMDb voters are considered when creating the top 250 out of the full voting database. This explains any difference between the vote averages reported in the top 250 and those on the individual movie pages. This also explains why movies you might think from their averages ought to appear on the list yet do not actually appear there.
To maintain the effectiveness of the top 250 list, we deliberately do not disclose the criteria used for a person to be counted as a regular voter.
Please be aware that list only includes theatrical features: shorts, TV movies, miniseries and documentaries are not included in the Top 250 chart. Top-rated documentaries are listed in a separate chart.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "AtroX_Worf" (Aug 15th 2010, 5:37am)