FSR: Top 5 Films by Country

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Fergenaprido's Significance Rating - Top 5 Films by Country/Territory

This started out as a personal goal to see the top five films of each country, using imdb data. After they removed the weighted rankings beyond the Top 250, I created my own formula to try to balance each rating and it's number of votes, in order to make films more comparable. I settled upon the formula of SR=(EXP(rating)*(LN(votes))/100). Why that particular formula? I tinkered around with different variations, I prefer using ln instead of log, and this formula ended up with a fairly approximate order similar to imdb's weighted formula.

Here are the top five films from major and minor film countries. My current minimum number of votes is 5,000, for major countries, and less for minor countries. I excluded countries where there weren't enough films with at least 50 votes, as the SR wasn't reliable enough to rank them. I do exclude films that have had voter manipulation, but I don't exclude those rated highly because of enthusiasm from their home country (i.e. "mafias").

Not meant to be definitive, just a fun side project for me, and I decided to move it from my spreadsheet to icm this year. Feature-length films only (including documentaries).

I collect the imdb data on May 1st each year, and update this list shortly thereafter.

Films are listed by significance rating within each country, except section B, where films with 1,000+ ratings are listed first. I also adhere to a "1 country/territory per film" rule - I may not always get it right. Former countries (Yugoslavia, Soviet Union, etc.) that have successor states are allocated to their successor state by studio. Former countries (East Germany, North Vietnam, etc.) that were absorbed by another country are listed separately.

Countries & Territories included, sorted alphabetically (by code) per section:

Section A (1-205): at least 10 films with 5,000+ votes, 5 films per country (41 countries).
Argentina (1-5), Australia (6-10), Austria (11-15), Belgium (16-20), Brazil (21-25), Canada (26-30), Chile (31-35), China (36-40), Czechia (41-45), Denmark (46-50), Egypt (51-55), Spain (56-60), Finland (61-65), France (66-70), UK (71-75), Germany (76-80), Greece (81-85), Hong Kong (86-90), Hungary (91-95), Iceland (96-100), India (101-105), Ireland (106-110), Iran (111-115), Israel (116-120), Italy (121-125), Japan (126-130), South Korea (131-135), Mexico (136-140), Netherlands (141-145), Norway (146-150), New Zealand (151-155), Poland (156-160), Romania (161-165), Russia (166-170), Serbia (171-175), Sweden (176-180), Thailand (181-185), Turkey (186-190), Taiwan (191-195), USA (196-200), South Africa (201-205)

Section B (206-340): at least 10 films with 1,000+ votes, 5 films per country (27 countries).
Bangladesh (206-210), Bosnia & Herzegovina (211-216), Bulgaria (216-220), Colombia (221-225), Croatia (226-230), Cuba* (231-235), Estonia (236-240), Georgia (241-245), Indonesia (246-250), Latvia* (251-255), Lebanon (256-260), Lithuania (261-265), North Macedonia* (266-270), Malaysia (271-275), Morocco* (276-280), Pakistan (281-285), Peru (286-299), Philippines (291-295), Portugal (296-300), Palestine (301-305), Saudi Arabia* (306-310), Senegal* (311-315), Switzerland (316-320), Tunisia* (321-325), Ukraine (326-330), Uruguay (331-335), Venezuela (336-340)

Section C (341-440): at least 5 films with 500+ votes, 5 films per country (20 countries).
Afghanistan (341-345), Armenia (346-350), Ethiopia (351-355), East Germany (356-360), Iraq (361-365), Jamaica (366-370), Jordan (371-375), Kazakhstan (376-380), Kosovo (381-385), Mongolia (386-390), Nigeria (391-395), Nepal (396-400), Panama (401-405), Singapore (406-410), Sri Lanka (411-415), Slovakia (416-420), Slovenia (421-425), Chad (426-430), UAE (431-435), Vietnam (436-440)

Section D (441-605): at least 5 films with 100+ votes, 5 film per country (33 countries).
Albania (441-445), Algeria (446-450), Angola (451-455), Azerbaijan (456-460), Burkina Faso (461-465), Bhutan (466-470), Belarus (471-475), Bolivia (476-480), Ivory Coast (481-485), Cambodia (486-490), Cameroon (491-495), Costa Rica (496-500), Cyprus (501-505), Dominican Rep. (506-510), Ecuador (511-515), Ghana (516-520), Guatemala (521-525), Kenya (526-530), Kuwait (531-535), Kyrgyzstan (536-540), Luxembourg (541-545), Moldova (546-550), Mali (551-555), Malta (556-560), Montenegro (561-565), Paraguay (566-570), Puerto Rico (571-575), North Korea (576-580), Syria (581-585), Tajikistan (586-590), Trinidad & Tobago (591-595), Uganda (596-600), Uzbekistan (601-605)

Section E (606-655): at least 1 film with 50 votes, 1 film per country (50 countries).
Andorra, Bahamas, Burundi, Benin, Bahrain, Belize, Brunei, Central African Rep., Curaçao, Djibouti, Dominica, DR Congo, Fiji, Faroe Islands, Gabon, Gibraltar, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Greenland, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Laos, Libya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Macau, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malawi**, Namibia, Niger, Nicaragua, North Vietnam, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, El Salvador, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, East Timor, Turkmenistan, Togo, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

*Cuba, Latvia, North Macedonia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, and Tunisia have fewer than 10 with 1,000+ votes, but the Top 5 would remain the same or only change by one film each if I lowered the threshold.
**I wanted a round number for the list, so I chose the country with the highest film under 50 votes. Malawi beat out Cape Verde for that last spot.