The Great Movie Tournament: Overall Event Overview

[mae]

The last poll of Round 1 just closed with the tiebreaker and so we're all set for Round 2 to begin on Monday! Thank you all for your great participation to kick things off here for the 1950s! As expected, it's a little less than we've previously had, but still our core group of 15-20 people are all actively participating, so thank you everyone for sticking around!

[mae]

Standings after the first round:

Moving on:

1. Rear Window 94.74%
2. Rebel Without a Cause 94.44%
3. Vertigo 93.75%
4. The Day the Earth Stood Still 93.33%
5. On the Waterfront 92.86%
6. 12 Angry Men 89.47%
7. Dial M for Murder 89.47%
8. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 88.89%
9. Strangers on a Train 88.89%
10. The Fly 88.89%
11. The Man Who Knew Too Much 88.89%
12. Forbidden Planet 87.50%
13. To Catch a Thief 87.50%
14. Anatomy of a Murder 86.67%
15. Seven Samurai 85.71%
16. North by Northwest 84.21%
17. Creature from the Black Lagoon 83.33%
18. The War of the Worlds 83.33%
19. Ben-Hur 82.35%
20. High Noon 82.35%
21. From Here to Eternity 81.25%
22. Some Like It Hot 81.25%
23. A Star Is Born 80.00%
24. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 80.00%
25. The Incredible Shrinking Man 80.00%
26. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 77.78%
27. East of Eden 76.47%
28. House of Wax 76.47%
29. The Blob 76.47%
30. A Streetcar Named Desire 75.00%
31. The Diary of Anne Frank 75.00%
32. The King and I 75.00%
33. Sunset Boulevard 72.22%
34. The Bad Seed 71.43%
35. Alice in Wonderland 70.59%
36. Blackboard Jungle 70.59%
37. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 70.59%
38. Cinderella 70.59%
39. Godzilla 70.59%
40. Journey to the Center of the Earth 70.59%
41. Old Yeller 70.59%
42. All About Eve 68.75%
43. Run Silent, Run Deep 68.75%
44. Singin' in the Rain 68.75%
45. The Thing from Another World 68.75%
46. The Bridge on the River Kwai 68.42%
47. House on Haunted Hill 66.67%
48. Ikiru 66.67%
49. Shane 66.67%
50. The Caine Mutiny 64.71%
51. Stalag 17 63.16%
52. Them! 63.16%
53. Plan 9 from Outer Space 62.50%
54. The Hidden Fortress 62.50%
55. The Night of the Hunter 62.50%
56. The Ten Commandments 62.50%
57. The Three Faces of Eve 62.50%
58. The Wrong Man 62.50%
59. The Seven Year Itch 61.11%
60. A Night to Remember 60.00%
61. Giant 58.82%
62. Kiss Me Deadly 58.82%
63. Paths of Glory 58.82%
64. Peter Pan 58.82%
65. Rio Bravo 58.82%
66. Rashomon 58.82%
67. The Trouble with Harry 58.82%
68. Marty 57.14%
69. White Christmas 57.14%
70. Dracula 56.25%
71. Gidget 56.25%
72. Lady and the Tramp 56.25%
73. Harvey 55.56%
74. How to Marry a Millionaire 55.56%
75. The Quiet Man 55.56%
76. Sabrina 52.94%
77. The Asphalt Jungle 52.94%
78. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 52.63%
79. The African Queen 52.63%
80. The Searchers 52.63%
81. A Christmas Carol 50.00%
82. An American in Paris 50.00%
83. Elevator to the Gallows 50.00%
84. King Solomon's Mines 50.00%
85. Roman Holiday 50.00%
86. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 50.00%
87. Witness for the Prosecution 50.00%
88. Throne of Blood 47.37%
89. Bell, Book and Candle 47.06%
90. The Big Heat 47.06%
91. A Place in the Sun 46.67%
92. Bad Day at Black Rock 46.67%
93. South Pacific 46.67%
94. Sleeping Beauty 44.44%
95. Diabolique 43.75%
96. The Defiant Ones 43.75%
97. The Killing 43.75%
98. Gigi 41.18%
99. Stage Fright 41.18%
100. The 400 Blows 41.18%
101. Tokyo Story 41.18%
102. Funny Face 40.00%
103. Night and the City 40.00%
104. Limelight 38.89%
105. Imitation of Life 37.50%
106. Pickpocket 37.50%
107. Somebody Up There Likes Me 37.50%
108. The Life of Oharu 37.50%
109. The Red Badge of Courage 36.84%
110. The Seventh Seal 36.84%
111. Rififi 35.29%
112. The Wages of Fear 31.58%
113. La Strada 31.25%
114. The Tingler 31.25%
115. Quo Vadis 29.41%
116. Winchester '73 29.41%
117. Ace in the Hole 27.78%
118. Tea and Sympathy 27.78%
119. Ugetsu 26.32%
120. Calamity Jane 25.00%
121. Hiroshima Mon Amour 25.00%
122. Orpheus 25.00%
123. Forbidden Games 23.53%
124. I Want to Live! 22.22%
125. Houseboat 21.43%
126. Johnny Guitar 21.05%
127. Gun Crazy 20.00%
128. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday 16.67%

Eliminated:

1. A Face in the Crowd 42.86%
2. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 42.11%
3. Oklahoma! 41.18%
4. Touch of Evil 41.18%
5. An Affair to Remember 37.50%
6. Sansho the Bailiff 31.25%
7. All That Heaven Allows 26.67%
8. King Creole 25.00%
9. Pillow Talk 25.00%
10. The Robe 25.00%
11. Wild Strawberries 25.00%
12. Sweet Smell of Success 23.53%
13. Bus Stop 22.22%
14. On the Beach 21.05%
15. Nights of Cabiria 18.75%
16. Written on the Wind 18.75%
17. Floating Weeds 17.65%
18. Suddenly, Last Summer 17.65%
19. Umberto D. 17.65%
20. A Summer Place 16.67%
21. In a Lonely Place 16.67%
22. The Bad and the Beautiful 16.67%
23. Niagara 15.79%
24. The Breaking Point 14.29%
25. A Man Escaped 13.33%
26. The Earrings of Madame de… 13.33%
27. Diary of a Country Priest 12.50%
28. Pather Panchali 11.76%
29. The River 11.76%
30. Ordet 11.11%
31. Glen or Glenda 10.53%
32. The Cranes Are Flying 5.56%

[mae]

Well, the last of the polls are done today and on Monday we're going into Round 3!

Standings after the second round:

Moving on:

1. Rear Window 188.86%
2. Rebel Without a Cause 188.19%
3. Vertigo 188.19%
4. The Day the Earth Stood Still 180.83%
5. The War of the Worlds 176.66%
6. Ben-Hur 175.68%
7. Some Like It Hot 174.58%
8. North by Northwest 173.10%
9. 12 Angry Men 172.80%
10. Dial M for Murder 171.82%
11. Forbidden Planet 168.75%
12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 166.67%
13. The Man Who Knew Too Much 166.67%
14. Creature from the Black Lagoon 164.58%
15. The Incredible Shrinking Man 163.33%
16. On the Waterfront 161.61%
17. House of Wax 161.09%
18. The Fly 157.64%
19. Strangers on a Train 155.56%
20. High Noon 151.10%
21. From Here to Eternity 150.00%
22. The Blob 149.80%
23. East of Eden 147.90%
24. Seven Samurai 146.82%
25. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 146.67%
26. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 144.45%
27. A Streetcar Named Desire 141.67%
28. To Catch a Thief 140.44%
29. Them! 138.16%
30. The Bridge on the River Kwai 137.17%
31. Anatomy of a Murder 136.67%
32. Godzilla 135.30%
33. The King and I 131.25%
34. Sunset Boulevard 131.04%
35. Paths of Glory 130.25%
36. The Night of the Hunter 129.17%
37. The Caine Mutiny 124.71%
38. The Ten Commandments 122.50%
39. Peter Pan 121.32%
40. Blackboard Jungle 120.59%
41. Run Silent, Run Deep 118.75%
42. Singin' in the Rain 118.75%
43. The Seven Year Itch 118.25%
44. Shane 116.67%
45. Stalag 17 116.49%
46. The Hidden Fortress 115.83%
47. Rashomon 115.07%
48. Alice in Wonderland 115.03%
49. Cinderella 115.03%
50. Journey to the Center of the Earth 115.03%
51. The Three Faces of Eve 112.50%
52. Giant 112.15%
53. Harvey 111.12%
54. The Wrong Man 109.17%
55. All About Eve 106.25%
56. A Night to Remember 106.15%
57. The Asphalt Jungle 105.88%
58. Ikiru 105.56%
59. The African Queen 102.63%
60. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 101.84%
61. Sleeping Beauty 97.77%
62. Witness for the Prosecution 96.67%
63. Diabolique 93.75%
64. Roman Holiday 93.75%

Eliminated:

1. The Diary of Anne Frank 117.86%
2. A Star Is Born 113.33%
3. House on Haunted Hill 111.11%
4. Old Yeller 109.48%
5. The Thing from Another World 104.04%
6. Lady and the Tramp 100.69%
7. Plan 9 from Outer Space 100.00%
8. Dracula 95.14%
9. Throne of Blood 94.04%
10. The Defiant Ones 93.75%
11. How to Marry a Millionaire 93.06%
12. The Trouble with Harry 92.15%
13. Sabrina 90.44%
14. The Searchers 85.96%
15. The Bad Seed 83.93%
16. A Place in the Sun 82.38%
17. White Christmas 82.14%
18. A Christmas Carol 81.25%
19. Bell, Book and Candle 80.39%
20. Kiss Me Deadly 78.82%
21. The Red Badge of Courage 78.02%
22. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 77.63%
23. Bad Day at Black Rock 77.44%
24. Rio Bravo 76.47%
25. Marty 75.89%
26. The Seventh Seal 74.34%
27. The Big Heat 73.73%
28. South Pacific 73.34%
29. Tokyo Story 72.43%
30. The Quiet Man 72.23%
31. An American in Paris 70.00%
32. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 70.00%
33. Gidget 68.01%
34. Ace in the Hole 65.28%
35. Elevator to the Gallows 63.33%
36. King Solomon's Mines 62.50%
37. Pickpocket 62.50%
38. The Killing 61.40%
39. Gigi 59.93%
40. The 400 Blows 59.93%
41. Stage Fright 57.85%
42. Night and the City 57.65%
43. Somebody Up There Likes Me 54.17%
44. Ugetsu 52.99%
45. Rififi 51.96%
46. Hiroshima Mon Amour 50.00%
47. La Strada 50.00%
48. Limelight 50.00%
49. The Life of Oharu 50.00%
50. Imitation of Life 48.61%
51. Winchester '73 48.16%
52. Funny Face 45.56%
53. Orpheus 45.00%
54. The Tingler 44.58%
55. Quo Vadis 42.74%
56. Tea and Sympathy 41.11%
57. Johnny Guitar 41.05%
58. I Want to Live! 37.60%
59. The Wages of Fear 37.14%
60. Calamity Jane 31.67%
61. Forbidden Games 30.67%
62. Houseboat 28.10%
63. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday 22.92%
64. Gun Crazy 20.00%

That's four Hitchcocks in the top ten right now.

[Heather19]

Wow, Rebel at number 2

[Tommy]

Wow, Rebel at number 2

An excellent film!

[Tommy]

I think the top three eliminated this round were Pickpocket, Tokyo Story and The Seventh Seal.
And 8 Hitchcocks remain.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Personally, I think The Searchers being eliminated is a disgrace.

[Tommy]

I must admit, Wayne's best performance, One of Ford's best and one of the greatest westerns ever should have went through as well. Not my favorite Wayne movie though. Gorgeous film.

[amd013]

3 movies I have seen eliminated, but 16 I have seen move on. (still only 1/4 of the movies I can vote on)

[mae]

3 movies I have seen eliminated, but 16 I have seen move on. (still only 1/4 of the movies I can vote on)

Not too late to watch some of the ones you haven't seen! Many of them are streaming.

[amd013]

3 movies I have seen eliminated, but 16 I have seen move on. (still only 1/4 of the movies I can vote on)

Not too late to watch some of the ones you haven't seen! Many of them are streaming.

I do have 1 movie on my DVR:

Some like it hot





Other movies I have watched in last 6 months:


12 Angry Men (but think I saw it 30-40 yrs ago)
Forbidden Planet
The Fly
Strangers on a Train
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Them!
Journey to the Center of the Earth




Others I would like to see, if streaming for free:


The Day the Earth Stood Still
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (I have the 80's version on my DVR)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
House of Wax
High Noon
The Blob
Anatomy of a Murder (well don't know anything about this one, but the name sounds intriguing)
The Seven Year Itch

[mae]

Thank you all for your diligent voting as we've closed the book and Round 3, and Round 4 begins on Monday! From here on out there's no more multiple-choice!

Standings after the third round:

Moving on:

1. Rear Window 288.86%
2. Vertigo 269.44%
3. 12 Angry Men 267.24%
4. North by Northwest 260.60%
5. Ben-Hur 250.68%
6. Rebel Without a Cause 247.01%
7. The Day the Earth Stood Still 237.08%
8. Dial M for Murder 236.53%
9. The War of the Worlds 232.91%
10. Some Like It Hot 230.83%
11. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 225.49%
12. The Man Who Knew Too Much 225.49%
13. Seven Samurai 221.82%
14. High Noon 219.85%
15. Creature from the Black Lagoon 217.52%
16. The Fly 210.58%
17. The Incredible Shrinking Man 210.00%
18. On the Waterfront 208.67%
19. House of Wax 208.15%
20. The Bridge on the River Kwai 201.88%
21. Strangers on a Train 199.31%
22. To Catch a Thief 199.26%
23. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 197.39%
24. A Streetcar Named Desire 191.67%
25. Them! 191.10%
26. Godzilla 188.24%
27. The Caine Mutiny 180.96%
28. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 180.00%
29. Rashomon 175.07%
30. The African Queen 171.38%
31. All About Eve 168.75%
32. The Ten Commandments 166.25%

Eliminated:

1. Forbidden Planet 212.50%
2. East of Eden 197.90%
3. From Here to Eternity 181.25%
4. The Blob 181.05%
5. Anatomy of a Murder 176.67%
6. Sunset Boulevard 172.22%
7. Paths of Glory 167.75%
8. Shane 163.73%
9. The Night of the Hunter 160.42%
10. Stalag 17 157.67%
11. The Hidden Fortress 157.01%
12. Singin' in the Rain 154.04%
13. Journey to the Center of the Earth 150.32%
14. Run Silent, Run Deep 146.53%
15. Alice in Wonderland 144.44%
16. The King and I 143.01%
17. Cinderella 138.56%
18. Peter Pan 133.82%
19. The Three Faces of Eve 131.25%
20. The Seven Year Itch 130.75%
21. Ikiru 129.09%
22. The Asphalt Jungle 128.10%
23. The Wrong Man 127.92%
24. Sleeping Beauty 127.18%
25. Diabolique 127.08%
26. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 125.37%
27. Giant 124.65%
28. Harvey 123.62%
29. Roman Holiday 123.16%
30. Blackboard Jungle 120.59%
31. A Night to Remember 118.65%
32. Witness for the Prosecution 108.43%

Hitchcock keeps his four in the top ten (and has the top two spots now). Round 3 also left behind all the animated films.

[Heather19]

Some great films got eliminated this past round.

[amd013]

Nice, only 2 out of 16 movies I have seen got eliminated in round 3.

[fernandito]

Paths of Glory getting eliminated this early...

[mae]

Yes, some big exists this last round. Singin' in the Rain is another.

[mae]

Well, it's here, folks! Round 4 is over and that means the playoffs are starting, with the Octofinals going up on Monday! Thank you once again to everyone for voting and participating in discussions!

[Mattrick]

Sad to see that Paths of Glory and The Killing didn't make it this far.

[mae]

The last of the octofinals just closed and we're now very close to the end of this part of our journey! Thank you to everyone for such great participation and voting! Quarterfinals will be up on Monday!

Standings after the fifth round:

Moving on:

1. Rear Window 452.02%
2. 12 Angry Men 416.45%
3. Vertigo 410.66%
4. Seven Samurai 378.29%
5. Rebel Without a Cause 365.76%
6. Ben-Hur 360.68%
7. The Day the Earth Stood Still 360.41%
8. The African Queen 285.52%

Eliminated:

1. The Man Who Knew Too Much 334.27%
2. Some Like It Hot 325.57%
3. The Fly 316.83%
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 311.25%
5. Creature from the Black Lagoon 307.20%
6. A Streetcar Named Desire 305.96%
7. The Bridge on the River Kwai 304.51%
8. Them! 264.63%

[Tommy]

At some point, it will be RW against V and that's when we fight

[OldCrow88]

At some point, it will be RW against V and that's when we fight

Like Thanos it is inevitable.

[mae]

I'm sure it's possible but I don't see an all-Hitch final.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

If the standings remain as they are, Rear Window will face off against Vertigo in the semi final.

[mae]

I can see a Rear Window and Seven Samurai final.

[Heather19]

My apologies because I'm sure you've gone over this numerous times, but just curious how you set up the groupings? Why is it 1 vs 5 and 4 vs 8? Instead of 1 vs 8 and 4 vs 5? Seems like lots of good films can get eliminated since the highest are going against the highest and lesser ranked films go against each other, allowing those to move on further. I know it likely won't make any difference once we get down to the finals, but would affect the overall ranking of the films.