2019 Peeple’s Poll Movies – Year in Review

The Peeple have spoken! Avengers: Endgame was the highest rated movie of the year — by far.

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Below is a breakdown of the Peeple’s Poll results for the top 30 movies in 2019. Not only did Peeple give Avengers: Endgame the highest rating of the year, they did so by a huge margin. Endgame scored 4.5 points higher than Ford v Ferrari. By comparison, you have to go 18 movies down the list to find a gap of 4.5 points below #FvF.

Peeple’s Poll top 30 movies of 2019

Title	Before Movie	After Movie	Difference
Avengers: Endgame	90.1	92.2	2.1
Ford v Ferrari	77.4	87.7	10.2
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood	79.3	87.5	8.2
Spider-Man: Far from Home	80.0	87.2	7.2
Downton Abbey	79.6	86.9	7.3
Toy Story 4	81.9	86.3	4.4
Harriet	74.8	86.3	11.5
Little Women	77.3	86.0	8.7
Knives Out	77.0	85.6	8.6
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	80.2	85.5	5.3
The Best of Enemies	71.6	85.2	13.7
They Shall Not Grow Old	80.3	85.0	4.7
Jojo Rabbit	76.7	84.9	8.2
The Upside	74.5	84.8	10.2
Captain Marvel	78.9	84.6	5.7
Frozen 2	78.0	84.4	6.4
On the Basis of Sex	74.9	84.2	9.3
The Peanut Butter Falcon	73.0	84.1	11.0
Rocketman	78.4	84.0	5.6
A Dog’s Journey	69.4	83.6	14.2
Brittany Runs a Marathon	73.7	83.1	9.4
Yesterday	73.0	82.9	9.9
Hotel Mumbai	74.3	82.6	8.2
Dark Waters	74.1	82.5	8.5
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum	79.0	82.5	3.5
Aladdin	72.0	82.4	10.4
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	76.4	82.4	6.0
Richard Jewell	71.8	82.0	10.2
Joker	77.6	81.8	4.2

As you would expect, the breakdown of the post-movie rating for movies forms a nice-looking bell curve.

Here’s a few interesting data points from the Peeple’s Poll.

• Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele, had the misfortune of being the highest rated movie that didn’t meet expectations. It got a respectable 79.6 post-movie rating, but the expectation before the movie was 81.5 — a difference of -1.9. I think Jordan Peele should take it as a compliment that people have such high expectations for his movies.
• The Beach Bum, starring Matthew McConaughey, is the lowest rated movie in 2019. Not only did it have a horrible expectation of only 57.4, but it even failed to meet that by getting a 49.0 post-movie vote — down 8.4 from expectations.
• Captain Marvel had a very respectable 78.9 before-movie vote and a 84.6 after-movie vote (+5.7). That’s not particularly noteworthy, unless you look at Captain Marvel’s score at IMDb.com (6.9) and RottenTomatoes.com’s  user score (49%). What’s up with that?

Do Peeple who use the RunPee app just like Marvel movies more that average? Probably not. There was a concerted effort by a few men’s groups to suppress the audience score at both sites because Brie Larson (who plays Captain Marvel) is outspoken about women’s rights. It’s impractical to rig the scoring in the Peeple’s Poll because a user can only vote once, and they must spend a Peecoin just to vote. So there’s a barrier to submitting a vote. That’s by design, because I’d rather have quality votes rather than quantity.

• It’s not just about how good a movie is, but sometimes how much better a movie is than expected. If you really wanted to be surprised by a movie this year, then I hope you saw Run the Race. It scored a whopping 14.9 points above expectation.

With that in mind, here’s a breakdown of the movies that beat expectation by double-digits this past year.

Title	Before Movie	After Movie	Difference
Run the Race	63.0	77.9	14.9
A Dog’s Journey	69.4	83.6	14.2
The Best of Enemies	71.6	85.2	13.7
Breakthrough	67.8	80.9	13.0
The Art of Racing in the Rain	69.1	81.4	12.3
The Aeronauts	67.6	79.6	12.0
Harriet	74.8	86.3	11.5
Dora and the Lost City of Gold	63.7	74.8	11.1
Abominable	68.7	79.8	11.1
The Peanut Butter Falcon	73.0	84.1	11.0
Playmobil: The Movie	59.4	70.0	10.6
Aladdin	72.0	82.4	10.4
Richard Jewell	71.8	82.0	10.2
Ford v Ferrari	77.4	87.7	10.2
The Upside	74.5	84.8	10.2
Yesterday	73.0	82.9	9.9

Note: Yes, I know that 9.9 is less than 10, but I loved Yesterday and wanted to include it since it was almost there.

All things considered, it’s hard to overlook just how excellent Ford vs Ferrari was. Overall it was the second highest rated movie, going by post-movie vote, but also scored 10.2 points better than expectation.

That said, Avengers: Endgame had an expectation vote that was higher  — by far — than any other movie had post-movie vote. It’s kind of hard to improve on such grand expectations, yet it did.

Of course, a lot of movies didn’t meet expectations. Here’s the complete list:

Pet Sematary	68.3	67.8	-0.5
A Madea Family Funeral	66.8	66.1	-0.7
Hellboy	64.4	63.6	-0.7
Little	67.6	66.8	-0.8
Cats	61.4	59.9	-1.5
Us	81.5	79.6	-1.9
Serenity	62.6	60.6	-1.9
Ad Astra	72.8	67.5	-5.3
The Lighthouse	70.6	64.0	-6.6
The Dead Don’t Die	68.2	61.3	-6.9
The Beach Bum	57.4	49.0	-8.4
Black Christmas	61.6	53.0	-8.6
Uncut Gems	75.3	65.9	-9.4
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable	76.0	62.0	-14.0

Thanks to everyone who voted in the Peeple’s Poll this year. And please let me know if you can think of ways to improve our voting system. We read every email and comment our fans send us.

What are your favorite and worst films of 2019? Comment below!

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