Best Sports Movies – Methodology
I searched far and wide for lists of best horror movies of all time. Criteria included the movies being ranked, not just listed, and covering all time, not just a decade. The lists were generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).
I was able to find 38 lists. I took the 38 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. The total number was almost 1,800 including all the repeats. I experimented with different formulas, trying to balance the value of being ranked high on any list and being included on the most lists. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got (there were 211 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The movies that were on the most lists (out of 38) were:
- Rudy (1993) – 36 lists
- Rocky (1976) – 33 lists
- Raging Bull (1980) – 31 lists
- Bull Durham (1988) – 30 lists
- Field of Dreams (1989) – 30 lists
- Hoosiers (1986) – 30 lists
- A League of Their Own (1992) – 27 lists
- Miracle (2004) – 27 lists
- Remember the Titans (2000) – 26 lists
- The Natural (1984) – 25 lists
- Chariots of Fire (1981) – 25 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- SignUpGenius – 7 Nov 2022
- AllWomensTalk – 4 Nov 2022
- Rookie Road – 13 Oct 2022
- StreamingRant – 1 Sep 2022
- Paste Magazine – 13 Jul 2022
- ShortList – 5 Jul 2022
- The Cinemaholic – 2 Jul 2022
- Mansion – 1 Jul 2022
- Ranker.com – 3 Jun 2022
- Chart Attack – 1 Jun 2022
- Looper – 23 May 2022
- High On Films – 17 May 2022
- JokerMag – 15 Mar 2022
- RecordHead – 8 Mar 2022
- Rotten Tomatoes – 28 Sep 2021
- SlashFilm – 7 Sep 2021
- ScreenRant/AFI – 19 Aug 2021
- Metacritic – 2 Aug 2021
- ONE37pm – 18 May 2021
- Men’s Health – 28 Oct 2020
- Rolling Stone – 12 Aug 2020
- AP – 24 Apr 2020
- RawCharge – 2 Apr 2020
- The Athletic – 30 Mar 2020
- Chicago Tribune – 27 Mar 2020
- Vulture – 16 Mar 2020
- StudioBinder – 15 Jan 2020
- Yard Barker – 26 Apr 2019
- Business Insider – 12 May 2018
- IGN – 22 May 2016
- Timeout – 1 Mar 2016
- OnMilwaukee – 24 Feb 2015
- Bleacher Report – 13 Oct 2010
- Cleveland.com – 6 Oct 2008
- TopTens – 13 Jan 2006
- SI Vault – 4 Aug 2003
- Palm Beach Post – 24 Jul 2003
- Lists for All – no date