The Great Movie Tournament: Overall Event Overview

[Heather19]

I am very happy to see that Rebecca made the top 5, and actually got the most votes out of the nominated Hitchcock films.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

I am very happy to see that Rebecca made the top 5, and actually got the most votes out of the nominated Hitchcock films.

And so it should.

[mae]

With Round 3 now underway, I wanted to once again thank everyone for your participating! Things get even more interesting and tough decisions need to be made!

Standings after the second round:

Moving on:

1. Casablanca 181.62%
2. It's a Wonderful Life 178.57%
3. Notorious 176.29%
4. The Maltese Falcon 173.34%
5. Rebecca 172.86%
6. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 164.29%
7. Spellbound 164.28%
8. Citizen Kane 162.35%
9. Lifeboat 162.34%
10. Laura 160.71%
11. Double Indemnity 160.00%
12. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 159.23%
13. Bambi 159.04%
14. Rope 159.04%
15. The Wolf Man 157.14%
16. The Grapes of Wrath 157.14%
17. The Picture of Dorian Gray 156.92%
18. Dumbo 156.82%
19. Key Largo 153.37%
20. The Philadelphia Story 149.65%
21. Fantasia 148.75%
22. The Big Sleep 148.35%
23. Miracle on 34th Street 148.33%
24. Arsenic and Old Lace 146.43%
25. The Third Man 146.06%
26. Shadow of a Doubt 145.71%
27. Saboteur 143.75%
28. Gaslight 141.07%
29. The Great Dictator 135.90%
30. Suspicion 135.00%
31. Meet Me in St. Louis 125.00%
32. Nightmare Alley 124.55%
33. White Heat 123.81%
34. Mighty Joe Young 120.54%
35. To Have and Have Not 117.62%
36. The Stranger 115.83%
37. A Night in Casablanca 114.87%
38. His Girl Friday 114.28%
39. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 114.28%
40. Gentleman's Agreement 111.66%
41. Stray Dog 110.99%
42. Mrs. Miniver 110.11%
43. Beauty and the Beast 108.33%
44. The Postman Always Rings Twice 108.21%
45. Great Expectations 107.18%
46. Bicycle Thieves 105.49%
47. Cat People 103.81%
48. The Body Snatcher 103.81%
49. The Red Shoes 103.81%
50. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 103.31%
51. The Thief of Bagdad 102.59%
52. Drunken Angel 100.00%
53. Dead of Night 97.23%
54. Sergeant York 96.15%
55. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 95.83%
56. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 95.52%
57. The Yearling 94.69%
58. Hamlet 93.85%
59. Heaven Can Wait 92.86%
60. Foreign Correspondent 92.82%
61. The Killers 90.00%
62. The Magnificent Ambersons 89.01%
63. Brief Encounter 88.31%
64. The Spiral Staircase 81.86%

Eliminated:

1. All The King's Men 114.44%
2. Mildred Pierce 108.34%
3. Lassie Come Home 108.33%
4. They Were Expendable 103.85%
5. The Mark of Zorro 102.38%
6. Yankee Doodle Dandy 101.18%
7. Little Women 100.00%
8. National Velvet 98.33%
9. Gilda 90.00%
10. The Best Years of Our Lives 90.00%
11. The Lady from Shanghai 89.90%
12. The Ox-Bow Incident 88.64%
13. The Uninvited 87.50%
14. A Matter of Life and Death 87.02%
15. Stormy Weather 86.90%
16. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 86.90%
17. The Devil and Daniel Webster 85.00%
18. My Darling Clementine 83.33%
19. My Little Chickadee 81.18%
20. Sullivan's Travels 79.22%
21. On the Town 78.78%
22. Phantom of the Opera 77.92%
23. The Little Foxes 76.92%
24. Jane Eyre 76.19%
25. The Bank Dick 71.79%
26. Angel and the Badman 71.43%
27. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 64.29%
28. The Snake Pit 64.29%
29. The Heiress 64.10%
30. The Shop Around the Corner 61.67%
31. Adam's Rib 58.04%
32. Murder, My Sweet 57.15%

Hitchcock still with four movies in the Top 10.

[amd013]

With Round 3 now underway, I wanted to once again thank everyone for your participating! Things get even more interesting and tough decisions need to be made!

Standings after the second round:

Moving on:

1. Casablanca 181.62%
2. It's a Wonderful Life 178.57%
3. Notorious 176.29%
4. The Maltese Falcon 173.34%
5. Rebecca 172.86%
6. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 164.29%
7. Spellbound 164.28%
8. Citizen Kane 162.35%
9. Lifeboat 162.34%
10. Laura 160.71%
11. Double Indemnity 160.00%
12. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 159.23%
13. Bambi 159.04%
14. Rope 159.04%
15. The Wolf Man 157.14%
16. The Grapes of Wrath 157.14%
17. The Picture of Dorian Gray 156.92%
18. Dumbo 156.82%
19. Key Largo 153.37%
20. The Philadelphia Story 149.65%
21. Fantasia 148.75%
22. The Big Sleep 148.35%
23. Miracle on 34th Street 148.33%
24. Arsenic and Old Lace 146.43%
25. The Third Man 146.06%
26. Shadow of a Doubt 145.71%
27. Saboteur 143.75%
28. Gaslight 141.07%
29. The Great Dictator 135.90%
30. Suspicion 135.00%
31. Meet Me in St. Louis 125.00%
32. Nightmare Alley 124.55%
33. White Heat 123.81%
34. Mighty Joe Young 120.54%
35. To Have and Have Not 117.62%
36. The Stranger 115.83%
37. A Night in Casablanca 114.87%
38. His Girl Friday 114.28%
39. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 114.28%
40. Gentleman's Agreement 111.66%
41. Stray Dog 110.99%
42. Mrs. Miniver 110.11%
43. Beauty and the Beast 108.33%
44. The Postman Always Rings Twice 108.21%
45. Great Expectations 107.18%
46. Bicycle Thieves 105.49%
47. Cat People 103.81%
48. The Body Snatcher 103.81%
49. The Red Shoes 103.81%
50. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 103.31%
51. The Thief of Bagdad 102.59%
52. Drunken Angel 100.00%
53. Dead of Night 97.23%
54. Sergeant York 96.15%
55. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 95.83%
56. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 95.52%
57. The Yearling 94.69%
58. Hamlet 93.85%
59. Heaven Can Wait 92.86%
60. Foreign Correspondent 92.82%
61. The Killers 90.00%
62. The Magnificent Ambersons 89.01%
63. Brief Encounter 88.31%
64. The Spiral Staircase 81.86%

Eliminated:

1. All The King's Men 114.44%
2. Mildred Pierce 108.34%
3. Lassie Come Home 108.33%
4. They Were Expendable 103.85%
5. The Mark of Zorro 102.38%
6. Yankee Doodle Dandy 101.18%
7. Little Women 100.00%
8. National Velvet 98.33%
9. Gilda 90.00%
10. The Best Years of Our Lives 90.00%
11. The Lady from Shanghai 89.90%
12. The Ox-Bow Incident 88.64%
13. The Uninvited 87.50%
14. A Matter of Life and Death 87.02%
15. Stormy Weather 86.90%
16. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 86.90%
17. The Devil and Daniel Webster 85.00%
18. My Darling Clementine 83.33%
19. My Little Chickadee 81.18%
20. Sullivan's Travels 79.22%
21. On the Town 78.78%
22. Phantom of the Opera 77.92%
23. The Little Foxes 76.92%
24. Jane Eyre 76.19%
25. The Bank Dick 71.79%
26. Angel and the Badman 71.43%
27. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 64.29%
28. The Snake Pit 64.29%
29. The Heiress 64.10%
30. The Shop Around the Corner 61.67%
31. Adam's Rib 58.04%
32. Murder, My Sweet 57.15%

Hitchcock still with four movies in the Top 10.

14 movies I have seen moved on, and 1 was eliminated. (note, 1 of those I saw last night, so didn't vote for it (Double Indemnity)), 2 more are on my DVR

[mae]

And so the third round is over! Thank you to everyone for your continued great participation! We are now entering the home stretch, no more multiple choice. Round 4 starts on Monday!

Standings after the third round:

Moving on:

1. Casablanca 269.86%
2. It's a Wonderful Life 260.92%
3. Rebecca 249.78%
4. The Maltese Falcon 243.93%
5. Notorious 240.58%
6. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 239.29%
7. Double Indemnity 235.00%
8. Rope 232.37%
9. Citizen Kane 231.58%
10. Spellbound 230.95%
11. Lifeboat 229.01%
12. Bambi 228.27%
13. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 225.90%
14. The Big Sleep 223.35%
15. The Grapes of Wrath 221.43%
16. The Wolf Man 210.99%
17. Key Largo 210.51%
18. Shadow of a Doubt 208.21%
19. Arsenic and Old Lace 207.97%
20. Miracle on 34th Street 206.66%
21. Dumbo 203.88%
22. Fantasia 202.60%
23. The Philadelphia Story 202.59%
24. The Third Man 199.39%
25. The Picture of Dorian Gray 198.10%
26. Gaslight 194.40%
27. Saboteur 193.75%
28. The Great Dictator 189.75%
29. Suspicion 188.33%
30. Meet Me in St. Louis 178.85%
31. Hamlet 150.10%
32. The Body Snatcher 146.67%

Eliminated:

1. Laura 198.21%
2. Mighty Joe Young 161.72%
3. To Have and Have Not 153.33%
4. Nightmare Alley 153.12%
5. Beauty and the Beast 152.08%
6. The Stranger 151.12%
7. Stray Dog 150.99%
8. Great Expectations 145.64%
9. A Night in Casablanca 145.64%
10. White Heat 141.46%
11. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 139.28%
12. Mrs. Miniver 135.11%
13. Cat People 134.58%
14. His Girl Friday 130.95%
15. The Postman Always Rings Twice 128.21%
16. The Red Shoes 127.34%
17. Gentleman's Agreement 127.04%
18. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 126.84%
19. Bicycle Thieves 125.49%
20. Sergeant York 121.15%
21. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 120.83%
22. Foreign Correspondent 119.49%
23. Brief Encounter 119.08%
24. Drunken Angel 117.65%
25. The Thief of Bagdad 116.88%
26. The Magnificent Ambersons 115.68%
27. Heaven Can Wait 111.61%
28. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 110.90%
29. The Spiral Staircase 110.43%
30. The Yearling 108.02%
31. The Killers 105.38%
32. Dead of Night 104.92%

Hitchcock still with four movies in the Top 10. And six in the Top 20.

[OldCrow88]

Maybe it's just me but I think there's something poetic (and hilarious) about Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ranking higher than Citizen Kane.

[Tommy]

Laura, The Red Shoes and Cat people being eliminated is hurtful.

[mae]

Maybe it's just me but I think there's something poetic (and hilarious) about Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ranking higher than Citizen Kane.

Well, we'll see how they do next round!

[amd013]

Not bad, of the movies I have seen 13 advanced, and 2 dropped. Still have 1 on my DVR to watch.

[mae]

And so the fourth round has ended! Thank you, everyone, as always. Some difficult decisions were made, but things get even harder now that we're officially entering the playoffs, with the Octofinals opening up on Monday! Quick programming note, I won't be around on Wednesday, so the polls normally scheduled to go up on that day will drop a day early on Tuesday. I don't think anyone will mind.

[mae]

Standings after Round 4:

Moving on:

1. Casablanca 346.33%
2. Rebecca 323.11%
3. It's a Wonderful Life 319.74%
4. Notorious 315.58%
5. Citizen Kane 306.58%
6. Spellbound 302.38%
7. Rope 301.12%
8. The Maltese Falcon 296.87%
9. Double Indemnity 293.82%
10. The Big Sleep 292.58%
11. Lifeboat 286.15%
12. Bambi 281.21%
13. The Grapes of Wrath 279.76%
14. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 279.75%
15. Fantasia 269.27%
16. The Wolf Man 264.84%

Eliminated:

1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 272.62%
2. Miracle on 34th Street 253.72%
3. Shadow of a Doubt 249.39%
4. The Philadelphia Story 243.77%
5. The Great Dictator 236.81%
6. Saboteur 236.61%
7. Arsenic and Old Lace 234.64%
8. Suspicion 234.48%
9. Key Largo 234.04%
10. The Third Man 230.64%
11. Dumbo 228.88%
12. The Picture of Dorian Gray 223.10%
13. Gaslight 222.97%
14. Meet Me in St. Louis 209.62%
15. The Body Snatcher 192.82%
16. Hamlet 191.77%

I'm sure Heather is super happy to see Rebecca's climb up the rankings! And Hitchcock with five films in the playoffs, four of them in the top ten.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Maybe it's just me but I think there's something poetic (and hilarious) about Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ranking higher than Citizen Kane.

Yeah, this comment didn't age well.

[fernandito]

lol

[Tommy]

The Third Man, Shadow of a Doubt, The Great Dictator and The Philadelphia Story I will miss

[OldCrow88]

Maybe it's just me but I think there's something poetic (and hilarious) about Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ranking higher than Citizen Kane.

Yeah, this comment didn't age well.

You think that's bad, you should check out some of my fantasy football picks! Good to see Kane hanging in there in 5th place.

[mae]

And now we're down to just 8! Thank you everyone for this great journey through the 1940s! Some difficult choices still lie ahead:

After five rounds:

Moving on:

1. Casablanca 433.83%
2. Notorious 390.58%
3. It's a Wonderful Life 388.49%
4. Citizen Kane 383.05%
5. The Maltese Falcon 367.46%
6. The Big Sleep 351.40%
7. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 342.25%
8. Fantasia 319.27%

Eliminated:

1. Rebecca 364.29%
2. Rope 351.12%
3. Spellbound 339.88%
4. Lifeboat 317.40%
5. Double Indemnity 306.32%
6. Bambi 306.21%
7. The Grapes of Wrath 303.29%
8. The Wolf Man 294.25%

Hitchcock traffic jam with four in a row from #9 to #12 (maybe five if Notorious ends up at #8, though unlikely).

[mae]

And we're onto the Semifinals, people! Four films, two polls. And it's Halloween! Have fun! And thank you, once again.

[mae]

Well, the day is finally here, everyone, and it's the 1940s Final! Thank you to everybody for your amazing participation for such a long time. We started this journey in January 2019, so we are coming up on four years! The great part is that we are almost done, with next year being the 1930s and the 1920s! Our final two decades. Then, in early 2024 we will mark the 5th anniversary of this project by having our final all-time round-robin for the best film of the last 100 years!

[Heather19]

Oh no, I completely missed the semi-finals. Can't believe we're already at the end! Thanks again Mae for putting this all together for us.

[mae]

Oh no, I completely missed the semi-finals. Can't believe we're already at the end! Thanks again Mae for putting this all together for us.

You are welcome, Heather! And I hope the semifinal results were okay for you, I"m sorry you missed that vote

[Tommy]

Notorious was the top Hitch for the decade!

[Iwritecode]

I thought we had a thread somewhere discussing future tournament ideas but I can't find it.

EDIT: Found it.

[mae]

And there you have it, everyone! The 1940s are done, and Casablanca is the big winner, by a wide margin. And it's actually our highest-ranked winner so far, garnering 81.75% of all possible votes. I will post a complete ranked list of all our 1940s movies shortly. Thank you!

[fernandito]

Thanks for another great tournament Mae!

[mae]

Thanks for another great tournament Mae!

You're super welcome! Hope to see you and as many of the rest back for the 1930s! Kicking off this January!