5000 best
Consumer and social
movie rankings
SHOW HN2012
150points
125comments
#126of 1,677 in 2012
Top 8%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 30 critical, out of 72 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
Idea: 2 for, 15 againstExecution: 0 for, 11 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful and well implemented site
From 3 comments
This is awesome! Only minor suggestion is to improve readability a little more. Font is way too small with too little space in between each entry. Also, I got this error:…
getriver on HNVery good implementation. But please change the title to "500 best movies according to IMDB & RottenTomatoes". I mean, look here: http://5000best.com/movies/Stanley_Kubrick…
pooriaazimi on HNVery cool! I could have really used this a week ago, when the wife and kids were out of town and I had some free time to catch up on movies I've missed from the last 3.5 yrs.…
b_emery on HN
Helpful for finding movies to watch
From 2 comments
Very cool! I could have really used this a week ago, when the wife and kids were out of town and I had some free time to catch up on movies I've missed from the last 3.5 yrs.…
b_emery on HNI like this! I'm looking forward to the book section.
niklaslogren on HN
Objections
Ranking is biased toward recent movies and Internet-age films
From 3 comments
The problem with these rankings (assuming they are from IMDB) is that they are more friendly to contemporary, Internet-age movies and TV. Anything older than about 30 years is…
Zimahl on HNAt first I thought this was an awful list, but then I filtered it by date up to 1995 and I felt that the list made a lot more sense. Is this an issue that it takes 15 to 20 years…
leejoramo on HNneat idea, I would be interested in how the score is calculated. I tried restricting it to TV series, and I noticed an interesting trend that anything older than 2000 is pretty…
engtech on HN
Popular films like The Avengers rank too high
From 4 comments
The problem with these rankings (assuming they are from IMDB) is that they are more friendly to contemporary, Internet-age movies and TV. Anything older than about 30 years is…
Zimahl on HNStill trying to figure out why Avengers got such a high rating while it was one of the worst Marvel flicks I have seen so far. Even the action scenes are dead boring.
ekianjo on HNMaybe it's interesting technically, but what's the use of this site, if the movies are rated by retards? I mean, any ranking that puts Avengers in the first 1000 best movies is…
hastur on HNAvengers, Dark Knight and LoTR on the top 5? FAIL.
batista on HN
Relies on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes data that reflects mass taste
From 3 comments
Very good implementation. But please change the title to "500 best movies according to IMDB & RottenTomatoes". I mean, look here: http://5000best.com/movies/Stanley_Kubrick…
pooriaazimi on HNThis is based on IMDB, right? Explains why the godawful "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Avengers" top the chart.
arkitaip on HNThe tool has no point if the data source is flawed. It is like saying you made a weather forecast website but none of the predictions are accurate: It becomes worthless. If you…
ekianjo on HN
Requests
Filter by streaming availability (Netflix, Amazon, iTunes)
From 3 comments
Would be nice to know which of these are available on the various streaming services (Netflix Instant Streaming, Amazon Prime, etc.)
philfreo on HNThis would be a lot more useful if I could filter according to what is streamable from Netflix, Amazon, and iTunes.
paulsutter on HNCan you add a column that shows if it's available on Netflix/Amazon/etc? I'm always looking for a new way to find movies/series to watch and this list seems like a good one (I…
sehrope on HN
Filter out animation and genres
From 2 comments
Could you add in a filter for "not animation"?
brianfryer on HNVery cool! I could have really used this a week ago, when the wife and kids were out of town and I had some free time to catch up on movies I've missed from the last 3.5 yrs.…
b_emery on HN
Show movie thumbnails and improve readability
From 3 comments
i know thumbnails take up lots of space, but I don't remember titles.. i remember movie covers. Adding thumbnails would help immensely, it's an extra click away.. but still an…
allbombs on HNThis is awesome! Only minor suggestion is to improve readability a little more. Font is way too small with too little space in between each entry. Also, I got this error:…
getriver on HNLooks like a useful site. I would consider left aligning the title, writer, director and cast fields. It would help with readability when scanning the list.
scoremotive on HN
Questions
How is the ranking score calculated
From 2 comments
Very cool! I could have really used this a week ago, when the wife and kids were out of town and I had some free time to catch up on movies I've missed from the last 3.5 yrs.…
b_emery on HNneat idea, I would be interested in how the score is calculated. I tried restricting it to TV series, and I noticed an interesting trend that anything older than 2000 is pretty…
engtech on HN
How was the data obtained and is reuse legal
From 1 comment
How did you get this data? Did you screenscrape IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes? If so, is there a legal issue with reusing this data? I actually don't know what the answer is, I'm…
steve8918 on HN
Alternatives named
Flickchart pairwise movie ranking
From 1 comment
> Website idea: show two random movies, ask them if they've seen both, and if they have, ask the user which one's better without prescribing what "better" means. Repeat 1…
scottjackson on HN
Canistream.it streaming availability lookup
From 1 comment
A link to the canistrea.it would be helpful. It aggregats availability of movies in streaming/renting sites. Example:…
amalakar on HN
Movie Galaxy personalized ranking by the maker
From 1 comment
That's the mass taste. I am not trying to discuss with the mainstream taste, just made the tool. For those interested in getting a personalized movie ranking I created another…
arekp on HN