Does anyone have an explanation to why this movie isn’t in IMDb Top 250?

The movie is Drishyam (2015).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4430212/
IMDb rating: 8.3
No. of votes: 54,639

Responses

Oldest First

Selected Oldest First

Michelle

Employee

•

18.4K Messages

•

323.1K Points

7 years ago

Hi Rahul -

Currently only votes from regular IMDb voters are considered when creating the top 250 out of the full voting database. So if the title is not included in the Top 250 list, it's likely that there were not enough regular IMDb voters.

You can find further information about the Top 250 list and what votes are considered on the following Help page: https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/featured-content/why-doesn-t-a-title-with-the-average-user-vote-o...#

7

rahul_fbqom5o9j29bk

5 Messages

•

170 Points

7 years ago

To everyone pointing out the regular voters criteria,
guys I know about it, and as i already said, a title having more votes by non-regular voters then the regular ones is hard to believe, unless an official rep confirms this is the case (of course I'm not entitled to it). So unless you a have different take on this, quit beating the drum.

1

dan_dassow

Champion

•

20.7K Messages

•

491.2K Points

IMDb also adjusts the weighted rating used for the IMDb Top 250 based on the number of votes from regular users. IMDb may also do other statistical adjustments to reduce the effects of campaigns to elevate or degrade the rating for a film. IMDb does not disclose any algorithms to counteract the effects of vote stuffing.

Bayes estimator - Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
https://www.fxsolver.com/browse/formulas/Bayes+estimator+-+Internet+Movie+Database+%28IMDB%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes_estimator

Description

In estimation theory and decision theory, a Bayes estimator or a Bayes action is an estimator or decision rule that minimizes the posterior expected value of a loss function (i.e., the posterior expected loss). The Internet Movie Database has used a formula for calculating and comparing the ratings of films by its users, including their Top Rated 250 Titles which is claimed to give “a true Bayesian estimate”. As the number of ratings surpasses m, the confidence of the average rating surpasses the confidence of the prior knowledge, and the weighted bayesian rating (W) approaches a straight average®. The closer v (the number of ratings for the film) is to zero, the closer W gets to C, where W is the weighted rating and C is the average rating of all films. So, films with very few ratings/votes will have a rating weighted towards the average across all films, while films with many ratings/votes will have a rating weighted towards its average rating.

● FAQ: Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index

● FAQ: Summary Statistics and Poll Index

● BonaFideBoss' IMDbStats

● FAQ: Updating Threads After Poll Goes Live

Follow the IMDb Polls in Facebook and Twitter

7 years ago

Marco

3.4K Messages

•

95.1K Points

7 years ago

FWIW, Drishyam is a title that is constantly just in or just out of the Top 250: https://250.took.nl/title/tt4430212
(as it happens, since a day, it is back in again, for however long it'll take this time: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4430212/reference)

0

bderoes

Champion

•

5.1K Messages

•

118.8K Points

7 years ago

So part of the explanations is, that among the "regular user" votes, the average rating is slightly lower than what appears on the title page. Currently the title page shows 8.3, while the Top 250 shows 8.0, and 8.0 puts it at (sometimes under) the cutoff for the list.

Awesome Top 250 history site, Marco! Glad I was following this thread.

4

Marco

3.4K Messages

•

95.1K Points

Awesome Top 250 history site, Marco! Glad I was following this thread.

Yeah, I was very happy to encounter it a few years ago, it's indeed marvelous.

7 years ago

dan_dassow

Champion

•

20.7K Messages

•

491.2K Points

Marco,

I believe you recommend this and two other similar sites to me a few years ago. Thanks again.

● FAQ: Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index

● FAQ: Summary Statistics and Poll Index

● BonaFideBoss' IMDbStats

● FAQ: Updating Threads After Poll Goes Live

Follow the IMDb Polls in Facebook and Twitter

7 years ago

bderoes

Champion

•

5.1K Messages

•

118.8K Points

Other similar sites?

7 years ago

dan_dassow

Champion

•

20.7K Messages

•

491.2K Points

bderoes,

I started compiling this list on 05 Sep 2011, but abandoned it on 17 Oct 2015. Marco told me about two of the sites that I cite in the list.

All Films that have Appeared on the IMDb Top 250
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls003569487/
This is a list of the 883 films that have appeared on the IMDb Top 250. It is sorted by order of first appearance and then by rank at the time of first appearance. The list of films is current as of October 4, 2015. The data for each film is current as of September 9, 2011. More current information can be found at the sources listed below.

Sources:
IMDb Top250.Informer
http://top250.info/

Titles of the IMDb Top 250
http://www.took.nl/250/titles/index/page:1

All titles of the IMDb Top 250 since September 1997
http://www.timo-schreiter.de/imdb/all_top250_titles.php

● FAQ: Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index

● FAQ: Summary Statistics and Poll Index

● BonaFideBoss' IMDbStats

● FAQ: Updating Threads After Poll Goes Live

Follow the IMDb Polls in Facebook and Twitter

7 years ago

rahul_fbqom5o9j29bk

Does anyone have an explanation to why this movie isn’t in IMDb Top 250?

Michelle

rahul_fbqom5o9j29bk

dan_dassow

Marco

bderoes

Marco

dan_dassow

bderoes

dan_dassow

Related Conversations

Helpful Widget