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Poll: Influential Films

A poll by dan_dassow
Researchers at Northwestern University analyzed connections data on IMDb and found these 35 films had the greatest influence on future filmmakers. Which of these films would be your greatest inspiration if you were to make a film?

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Reference: Cross-evaluation of metrics to estimate the significance of creative works http://www.pnas.org/content/112/5/1281.full vol. 112 no. 5 > Max Wasserman, 1281–1286, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412198112 Max Wasserman, Xiao Han T. Zeng, and Luís A. Nunes Amaral Edited by Kenneth W. Wachter, University of California, Berkeley, CA, and approved December 1, 2014 (received for review June 27, 2014)

Results of 3,091 votes:

  1. 1.

    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

     
  2. 2.

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

     
  3. 3.

    The Godfather (1972)

     
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