Reference sites like Wikipedia are still struggling to diversify their voluntary staff which is overwhelmingly made up of white, male editors. Nor is this unique to online communities.
For the record, there is nothing wrong with certain demographics loving a certain set of movies that cater to their sensibilities. As a white woman raised in California who loves Lady Bird , I can relate! At this point, we should all know better than to blindly take that information as fact—whether we enjoy pale actors muttering Britishisms in concrete rooms or not.
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The Latest. First, you have to deal with the crushing knowledge that none of your streaming services of choice actually have the film you want to watch. Then you narrow the field down to three films that you never really intended to watch but are the only half-decent options available. But why do the big film-ranking sites come up with such radically different options?
Why does Metacritic think that Ratatouille is the twenty-third best film in the history of cinema? On IMDb, all films are given an overall rating out of ten. In a roundabout way, these ratings are derived from votes submitted by IMDb users, not movie critics. All registered IMDb users can submit a single rating — a number between one and ten — for any film on the website.
Read more: 52 of the best films on Netflix UK this week. Rotten Tomatoes gives films a score out of based on the averaged reviews of professional film critics. Less than 60 and it gets a rotten tomato. For its main rankings, Rotten Tomatoes only takes into account reviews from approved critics and approved publications. To rank as an approved critic , you have to write for a large or well-regarded website, magazine or newspaper.
Since this information is optional, we cannot assign every vote to every category. To check or add your account details, please go to the Change your Details page. As indicated at the Top Rated Movies page, only votes from regular IMDb voters are considered when creating the top out of the full voting database. This explains any difference between the vote averages reported in the top lists and those on the individual title pages.
This also explains why movies or shows you might think from their averages ought to appear on the list yet do not actually appear there. To maintain the effectiveness of the top lists, we deliberately do not disclose the criteria used for a person to be counted as a regular voter.
Please be aware that the Top Rated Movie list only includes feature films. Shorts, TV movies, miniseries and documentaries are not included. Log in for IMDb general Support. Help Center. All help topics. How do I share my review?
How do I sort my ratings by the title type? Why are you displaying another rating? How do I change or delete my rating on a title? How do I change the privacy setting for my ratings? Why do the user ratings on many movies and TV shows seem to decrease over time? How can I view the breakdown of ratings? Who are the Top voters? How do I know if I'm one of them? What does it mean if I found a user review helpful or not? How do I create a link in one of my descriptions? Can I use your ratings on my website?
Ratings FAQ This article provides answers to many of the common questions asked by users in relation to IMDb's voting feature - if your question isn't listed here, our friendly IMDb Community should be able to help our further. What are IMDb ratings? How do I see my ratings? How often are IMDb's ratings updated?
How can I export my ratings history to a spreadsheet or another site? How do you calculate the IMDb rating displayed on a title page?
Do my ratings count toward the aggregate rating for a show or movie? Is your system broken? Why should I trust the IMDb rating to be accurate? Should I just look at the IMDb rating for a movie to decide what to watch? Can you remove them? A movie has received awards and great reviews, and surely deserves a much higher rating.
Can you update the rating? Clearly these are fake and should be removed? I know for a fact that many people who negatively rated a movie couldn't have seen it. Will you delete their votes? They are clearly trying to negatively manipulate the rating.
There are thousands of people rating a movie that has only screened once at a festival. These can't be genuine ratings. Can you help? The rating on my movie or show has suddenly dropped from 9 to 2. Something must be off. The rating on a title changed even though the total number of votes did not.
Can you explain this? Why are certain movies and shows missing an IMDb community rating? What is the "Top " category displayed in some vote breakdowns? Why isn't it included? How can I share my ratings? What are user reviews and how do they differ from user ratings? Do you delete negative reviews for a title?
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