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.
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