2023 Peeple’s Poll Results for all movies

Another year behind us and what do we have to show for it? Personally, I’d say it was a moderately disappointing year for movies. But the numbers from the Peeple’s Poll say otherwise. I selected the top 52 movies—because there are 52 weeks in a year—from the past few years and got their average Final Result score. Here are the results.

Year	Top-52 avg.
2019	82.9
2020	*
2021	79.2
2022	80.4
2023	80.9

*We don’t have 52 movies total added to the database in 2020.

If we limit ourselves to the top 52 movies then 2023 was the best year for movies since 2019.

All Movies from 2023

Title	Expectation	Final Rating	difference
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	84.9	89.4	4.5
Sound of Freedom	78.7	88.5	9.8
Godzilla Minus One	78.6	88.2	9.6
Jesus Revolution	75.5	87.9	12.4
John Wick: Chapter 4	83.2	86.6	3.4
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	81.4	86.2	4.8
A Man Called Otto	75.3	86.0	10.8
Oppenheimer	83.2	85.4	2.3
Barbie	80.6	85.3	4.6
Gran Turismo	73.0	84.9	11.9
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One	80.5	84.5	3.9
The Color Purple	80.0	83.9	3.9
The Holdovers	76.5	83.9	7.4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	74.0	83.4	9.4
The Iron Claw	74.1	83.2	9.0
The Boys in the Boat	74.4	82.8	8.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	73.6	82.1	8.5
Air	74.8	81.6	6.8
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant	71.6	81.5	9.9
Champions	70.5	81.5	11.0
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snak…	75.6	81.3	5.7
Wonka	72.3	80.9	8.5
Creed III	76.8	80.8	4.0
Killers of the Flower Moon	82.0	80.8	-1.2
Poor Things	76.4	80.6	4.2
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	72.7	80.4	7.8
Elemental	70.5	80.1	9.6
The Little Mermaid	72.3	80.0	7.7
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.	74.3	79.9	5.6
The Equalizer 3	74.5	79.8	5.3
80 for Brady	69.2	79.5	10.3
Talk to Me	71.7	79.3	7.6
The Boy and the Heron	83.0	79.2	-3.8
Saw X	72.5	79.1	6.6
Scream VI	71.2	79.1	7.9
Haunted Mansion	68.3	78.7	10.4
Book Club: The Next Chapter	69.6	78.4	8.8
MISSING	68.4	78.1	9.7
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	72.7	78.1	5.4
Dumb Money	70.8	78.0	7.2
Plane	67.5	77.5	10.0
Blue Beetle	69.6	77.4	7.8
Trolls Band Together	68.1	76.9	8.7
Bottoms	71.9	76.9	4.9
Renfield	69.4	76.9	7.5
Next Goal Wins	67.9	76.8	8.9
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	70.8	76.8	6.0
The Shift	72.9	76.4	3.5
The Flash	71.3	76.4	5.1
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	73.2	76.0	2.8
The Pope’s Exorcist	64.9	75.9	11.0
Anyone But You	67.7	75.9	8.2
Saltburn	71.8	75.8	3.9
Five Nights at Freddy’s	70.8	75.5	4.7
Shazam! Fury of the Gods	69.2	75.4	6.2
The Marvels	69.0	75.4	6.4
The Creator	72.8	75.4	2.6
No Hard Feelings	69.8	75.3	5.5
Beau Is Afraid	74.5	75.3	0.8
A Haunting in Venice	71.4	75.1	3.7
Fast X	71.2	75.1	3.8
The Blackening	69.4	74.5	5.2
M3gan	67.7	74.5	6.7
Knock at the Cabin	69.6	73.9	4.4
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	67.5	73.9	6.4
Magic Mike’s Last Dance	70.3	73.7	3.4
Evil Dead Rise	72.9	73.6	0.7
Strays	68.0	73.6	5.5
Asteroid City	75.4	73.5	-1.9
About My Father	67.5	73.4	5.9
The Machine	66.1	72.1	6.0
Migration	70.1	72.0	1.8
Thanksgiving	65.7	71.7	6.0
The Nun II	68.4	71.6	3.2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3	69.1	71.6	2.5
Last Voyage of the Demeter	67.1	71.6	4.5
Insidious: The Red Door	70.9	71.3	0.4
Cocaine Bear	68.0	71.0	3.0
Wish	67.0	70.7	3.8
Priscilla	72.9	69.9	-3.0
Dream Scenario	71.5	69.8	-1.7
Hypnotic	66.7	69.7	3.1
Freelance	63.4	68.7	5.3
Ferrari	70.8	68.6	-2.2
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	67.4	68.6	1.2
Napoleon	73.1	67.6	-5.4
Meg 2: The Trench	66.6	67.3	0.7
Joy Ride	73.6	66.6	-7.0
65	65.2	66.2	1.0
The Boogeyman	64.9	65.7	0.8
Expend4bles	67.8	64.8	-3.0
The Exorcist: Believer	66.1	64.8	-1.4
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	63.4	64.2	0.8
Silent Night	63.5	62.0	-1.5
Infinity Pool	68.6	61.5	-7.1

Good Standouts

A few movies stand out. First, I’m delighted that the Peeple’s Poll agrees with me and Godzilla Minus One is the third highest-rated movie of the year. John Wick 4 didn’t disappoint and had the highest Final Rating of any movie in the franchise since the first one. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 showed that the MCU isn’t completely dead. And in a summer that was defined by Barbenheimer the two movies differ in their Final Rating by just 0.137 points.

Bad Standouts

The holiday season releases left a LOT to be desired. There were a few solid movies, like The Color Purple with a 83.9 Final Rating, Iron Claw with an 83.2, and Boys in the Boat with 82.8. But then we had Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Ferrari tied with each other down near the bottom of the barrel with a 68.6. We can add Napoleon with 67.6 and Silent Night with 62.0.

Most Unexpectedly Good movies

Here’s a list of the movies that had the biggest improvement over expectation. I guess I should put Gran Turismo on my watch list.

Title	Expectation	Final Rating	difference
Jesus Revolution	75.5	87.9	12.4
Gran Turismo	73.0	84.9	11.9
The Pope’s Exorcist	64.9	75.9	11.0
Champions	70.5	81.5	11.0
A Man Called Otto	75.3	86.0	10.8
Haunted Mansion	68.3	78.7	10.4
80 for Brady	69.2	79.5	10.3
Plane	67.5	77.5	10.0
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant	71.6	81.5	9.9
Sound of Freedom	78.7	88.5	9.8
MISSING	68.4	78.1	9.7
Elemental	70.5	80.1	9.6
Godzilla Minus One	78.6	88.2	9.6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	74.0	83.4	9.4
The Iron Claw	74.1	83.2	9.0
Next Goal Wins	67.9	76.8	8.9
Book Club: The Next Chapter	69.6	78.4	8.8
Trolls Band Together	68.1	76.9	8.7
Wonka	72.3	80.9	8.5
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	73.6	82.1	8.5
The Boys in the Boat	74.4	82.8	8.5
Anyone But You	67.7	75.9	8.2
Scream VI	71.2	79.1	7.9
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	72.7	80.4	7.8
Blue Beetle	69.6	77.4	7.8
The Little Mermaid	72.3	80.0	7.7
Talk to Me	71.7	79.3	7.6
Renfield	69.4	76.9	7.5
The Holdovers	76.5	83.9	7.4
Dumb Money	70.8	78.0	7.2

Most Disappointing movies

Title	Expectation	Final Rating	difference
Infinity Pool	68.6	61.5	-7.1
Joy Ride	73.6	66.6	-7.0
Napoleon	73.1	67.6	-5.4
The Boy and the Heron	83.0	79.2	-3.8
Expend4bles	67.8	64.8	-3.0
Priscilla	72.9	69.9	-3.0
Ferrari	70.8	68.6	-2.2
Asteroid City	75.4	73.5	-1.9
Dream Scenario	71.5	69.8	-1.7
Silent Night	63.5	62.0	-1.5
The Exorcist: Believer	66.1	64.8	-1.4
Killers of the Flower Moon	82.0	80.8	-1.2

I thought I was the only one who didn’t like Killers of the Flower Moon. But, to be fair, it does have a final rating of 80.8 which isn’t bad at all. It does have the highest Final Rating among the movies that didn’t meet expectation.