IMDb Top 250 Movies List Analysis, 5th Edition
A statistical look at how the IMDB Top 250 Movies list has changed over 17 years.
Imdb on Overthinking It
Have We Reached Peak Superhero?
Have we maximized the exploitation of our finite supply of superhero movies, and are now entering a period of inexorable decline?
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IMDb Top 250 Movies List Analysis, 4th Edition
Can we predict the future of the IMDb Top 250 Movies List with statistics? Spoiler alert: no, not really.
Episode 120: Magical Realist Jackass-scape
The Overthinkers Tackle the 20th anniversary of IMDb, Jackass 3D, high-culture fart jokes, and mortification of the flesh.
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IMDb Top 250 Movies List Analysis, 3rd Edition
Has the IMDb Top 250 list’s bias towards newer movies increased over the past two years?
The Evolution of the IMDb Memorable Quotes Page
When did the IMDb Memorable Quotes section get to be such a mess? And why?
Quanta of Cage: Standard Deviation of Nicolas Cage Movies’ IMDB Ratings
Nicolas Cage, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks: A statistical comparative analysis.
The Blockbuster Bell Curve, Revisited: Changes in the IMDB Top 250 List, 2008-2009
Was 2008 the best year for movies ever? According to IMDB, it was.
Michael Bay: A Quantitative Comparative Analysis
How bad is Michael Bay, really? And how does he compare to some of the greatest directors of our time, quantitatively?
The Blockbuster Bell Curve: Are we running out of good movies, too?
As a follow up to the wildly popular “Hubbert Peak Theory of Rock” article on the decline of rock music (and U.S. oil production), I decided to take the logical next step in pop culture quantitative analysis: Greatest Movies Lists. … Continued