I found this list of 50 best movies at 24/7 Wall Street very interesting. There must be something to their methodology since it does select quite a few of the best movies.
However, I think they’re missing something. Shouldn’t the list of “best movies” tend to stabilize over time? Shouldn’t the only movies that enter the list over time be new movies? I don’t think their methodology is robust in that sense. I think there are some movies in their list that no one will watch in 10 years and others that aren’t on the list that people will still be watching in 50 years.
“Shouldn’t the list of “best movies†tend to stabilize over time?”
Yes. But don’t you think the changes reflect the composition of judges, recency and the fashion of the day?
Anyone who really knows golf know Jack Nicklaus remains the best ever, but until Tiger Woods blew up many started declaring him the best…….because he was there in the flesh.
A top 50 list without “The Third Man” is a wrong list.
I loved Alien and Aliens, but putting them in the top 50??