24 June 2012

Just 5 great listmakers on IMDb

As most of you know, it's possible to make lists on IMDb. This for example makes it possible to find movies of a certain kind. Many lists are very helpful and great, but sadly, the ones that gets most of the views are lists of some random persons favorite movies or worse, a list of all the movies someone has seen. This means that the lists aren't of much help.
IMDb has no search function when it comes to lists yet, so the only way to find new lists is to make a google search like this for example: Disaster movies site:imdb.com/list
In this post I will try to honor those that try to be creative and make unique, helpful lists. I named it "Just 5" instead of "Top 5" because it's impossible to know if I have found the 5 greatest ones.

#5 Lists by Me

Okay, a little selfish maybe, but I spend to much time making lists to ignore my effort.


These are the lists I like the most:
Director's: best to worst based on my own ratings
Powerful Movies
Pre 21th Century
Auteurs
Memorable Movie Quotes
Great Movie Scores
Sub-genre series
One Film Per Country

#4 Lists by seanmiguel

Has made 51 lists, most of them great although all of them doesn't necessarily interest me. Many of them have been and will be very helpful to me when I'm looking for interesting movies. I have only one problem with his lists, which is that they contain too many movies with almost no votes at all. But, some may like that, especially if they're really into a certain theme.

seanmiguel seems to have Documentaries, Biopics, Sci-fi and various sub-genres as specialties.

Top 5 lists by seanmiguel:
1. Think Inside the Box
2. Worth a Thousand Words: Non-Verbal Non-Fiction
3. Best of Sci-fi movies for each decade since the 50s
4. Zoological Horror: When Animals Attack
5. Portrayal of the Chief: Films About U.S. Presidents

#3 Lists by blueish35 

Creative lists that's entertaining to read through.

Top 5 lists made by blueish:
1. Insanity
2. Immortal Quotes Vol. 1 of 3
3. Bad Dads
4. Looking For Something Weird To Watch
5. What's the Good Word? - Films with great dialogue

#2 Lists by eliza_gaskell

Fantastically made lists of period dramas from different times, for example The Biblical Times, The Romans (509 BC-476 AD), The Medieval Times (476-1453 AD) and The American Civil War (1849-1865). Since I love period dramas, these lists are of extra much help to me.

Other great lists by eliza_gaskell:
ANIMAL KINGDON
Much ado about Dragons
TRILOGIES
Best memorable male voices in movies

#1 Lists by Dr-Faustus

A known listmaker on IMDb and of course deserves all the praise he gets. He's most known list, 2012: A MOVIE ODYSSEY may be good, but it's not his best, there's too many movies on it. 


Top 5 lists by Dr-Faustus:
1. REAL LIFE HORROR
2. MY ULTIMATE BEST MOVIES: 2000-2012
3. FILMS ON FILM ON FILM
4. EXISTENTIAL FILMS
5. 2012: A MOVIE ODYSSEY


I recommend you start commenting on lists that are actually good, and not on those that are bad, because it's the comments that makes the lists more visible on IMDb!

3 comments:

  1. Hi trackmarked. This an excellent idea. In my opinion, lists are a reflection of the love and appreciation of film. A shared collective experience that can have a profound impact on the individual. Mentally and spiritually. Positively impacting the human condition through film.
    I will compile a collection of user-lists that personally impacted me, and post in the near future.
    Peace.

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    1. Thank you! You're absolutely right :)

      Do that, it will be interesting!

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  2. Try this one...
    I know you are going to enjoy it!

    http://www.imdb.com/list/ne4KGvfO1eg/?publish=save

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