More or less like last year, I’ve taken most of the films that IMDb counts as 2012 releases and multiplied their IMDb Bayesian average rating times their Rotten Tomatoes critic percentages. Excluded were films with fewer than 2000 ratings, films with fewer than 20 critic reviews, and all documentaries. And so, here are the top ~36 films–all that scored over 6.0:
IMDb Hist. Votes IRaw Bayes RT% RT%*B Title ========== ====== === ===== == ===== =================================== 0000000233 266519 8.6 8.592 89 7.647 Django Unchained (imdb) 0000001123 476450 8.3 8.297 92 7.633 The Avengers (imdb) 0000001321 174734 7.9 7.895 96 7.579 Argo (imdb) 0000000124 568818 8.6 8.596 87 7.479 The Dark Knight Rises (imdb) 0000001221 105227 7.9 7.893 94 7.419 Moonrise Kingdom (imdb) 0000000232 6905 8.3 8.120 91 7.389 Jagten (The Hunt) (imdb) 0000001321 143457 8.0 7.993 92 7.354 Silver Linings Playbook (imdb) 0000001221 29118 7.9 7.874 93 7.323 Amour (imdb) 0000001222 157924 8.2 8.191 88 7.208 Life of Pi (imdb) 0000001221 275398 7.8 7.798 92 7.174 Skyfall (imdb) 0000002311 201194 7.6 7.599 93 7.067 Looper (imdb) 0000002311 4286 7.5 7.500 93 6.975 No (imdb) 0000002211 85761 7.5 7.500 93 6.975 Zero Dark Thirty (imdb) 0000001222 99147 8.1 8.088 85 6.875 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (imdb) 0000013210 14694 7.2 7.236 94 6.802 The Sessions (imdb) 0000001322 85733 7.9 7.891 86 6.786 Wreck-It Ralph (imdb) 0000002211 80971 7.6 7.598 89 6.762 Lincoln (imdb) 0000013200 7140 7.0 7.109 95 6.754 The Angels' Share (imdb) 0000001212 3165 7.6 7.561 89 6.729 Dupa dealuri (Beyond the Hills) (imdb) 0000012310 2842 7.3 7.383 91 6.719 Dans la maison (In the House) (imdb) 0000002311 9977 7.5 7.500 89 6.675 En kongelig affaere (imdb) 0000012310 2044 7.2 7.348 90 6.613 Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die) (imdb) 0000002311 71192 7.7 7.695 85 6.541 End of Watch (imdb) 0000012211 3235 6.7 7.006 93 6.516 The Sapphires (imdb) 0000012210 37321 7.1 7.120 91 6.479 Safety Not Guaranteed (imdb) 0000001211 11845 7.1 7.158 90 6.442 Holy Motors (imdb) 0000001211 2030 7.4 7.450 86 6.407 Tabu (imdb) 0000122100 2284 6.2 6.807 94 6.398 Les adieux a la reine (Farewell, My Queen) (imdb) 0000012210 2534 6.9 7.165 88 6.305 Sightseers (imdb) 0000122100 3162 6.3 6.765 93 6.291 Shadow Dancer (imdb) 0000012211 36932 7.3 7.310 86 6.287 Beasts of the Southern Wild (imdb) 0000013200 13786 7.1 7.151 87 6.221 Robot & Frank (imdb) 0000002310 16306 7.5 7.500 82 6.150 De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) (imdb) 0000012211 168604 7.2 7.204 85 6.123 21 Jump Street (imdb) 0000012201 33459 7.0 7.028 87 6.114 Frankenweenie (imdb) 0000012200 34804 7.0 7.027 87 6.113 ParaNorman (imdb)
And, incidentally, here are the top documentaries:
0000001322 12331 8.2 8.102 96 7.778 Searching for Sugar Man (imdb) 0000002211 2552 7.4 7.444 100 7.444 The Invisible War (imdb) 0000002311 3678 7.7 7.630 95 7.248 Side by Side (imdb) 0000001321 5435 7.9 7.792 93 7.247 Indie Game: The Movie (imdb) 0000002310 8859 7.6 7.582 95 7.203 The Imposter (imdb) 0000000016 2075 8.1 7.806 88 6.869 The Other Dream Team (imdb) 0000013200 4371 7.0 7.157 95 6.799 The Queen of Versailles (imdb)