What is IMDb short for?

The acronym "IMDb" stands for the "Internet Movie Database" but please refer to the company as "IMDb."
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Which is the No 1 IMDb rating movie?

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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Is IMDb Rating reliable?

IMDb ratings are “accurate” in the sense that they are calculated using a consistent, unbiased formula, but we don't claim that IMDb ratings are “accurate” in an absolute qualitative sense. We offer these ratings as a simplified way to see what other IMDb users all over the world think about titles listed on our site.
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Has any movie got 10 on IMDb?

1) 'The Shawshank Redemption' (1994)
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Why is IMDb different from rotten tomatoes?

Rotten Tomatoes states that the tomatometer “represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show.” IMDB data include score, genre, and rating and come from the “IMDB 5000 Movie Database” hosted on Kaggle.com and compiled by user chuasun76.
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What is the most reliable movie rating site?

IMDb. IMDB is the most popular movie site with a user-generated rating feature. It provides all the necessary information like reviews, ratings, images, videos, etc. that you may need to decide if the movie is worth watching or not.
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Does IMDb have fake reviews?

The sad thing about IMDb is that they allow fake reviewers, people that will score a perfect ten for one movie (the one they appeared in, or know somebody that worked on it etc...) and then they never will review another movie again (just click on their username and you'll see what I mean).
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What is the cheapest film ever made?

Primer is a 2004 American science fiction film written, directed and produced by Shane Carruth, a former mathematician and engineer, who also starred, and was completed on a budget of only $7,000.
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Which movie got 100 on Rotten Tomatoes?

To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 249 positive reviews.
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Is Rotten Tomatoes better than IMDb?

Simply, iMDB offers a lot more information on movies and shows. Many argue that reviews are more reliable from Rotten Tomatoes, mainly because it is operated by film critics and those that went to film school. Whereas, iMDB allows anyone to vote and write reviews on movies and television shows.
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How is Rotten Tomatoes rated?

When at least 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive, a red tomato is displayed to indicate its Fresh status. When less than 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive, a green splat is displayed to indicate its Rotten status.
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Is IMDb an Indian?

The British-born engineer conceived of IMDb in the early 1980s. Following its launch in the 1990s, the website evolved into a user-managed database of films (and later, television programmes) and was acquired by Amazon in 1998.
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What is the biggest movie flop of all time?

As of November 2021, the biggest movie flop of all time was Disney's "Mars Needs Moms" (2011), with an overall loss of 143.4 million U.S. dollars. DC Comics' "Wonder Woman 1984" (2020) ranked second, losing almost 143 million dollars.
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Who is the best actor in the world?

25 Greatest Actors Of All Time
  • Gian Maria Volonte.
  • Dustin Hoffman.
  • Al Pacino.
  • Tom Hanks.
  • Gary Oldman.
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio.
  • Joaquin Phoenix.
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Which movie has the lowest IMDb rating?

Lowest Rated Movies
  • Alone in the Dark (2005) 2.7.
  • Radhe (2021) 2.7.
  • Dragonball Evolution (2009) 2.8.
  • From Justin to Kelly (2003) 2.8.
  • Meet the Spartans (2008) 2.9.
  • Going Overboard (1989) 2.9.
  • Turks in Space (2006) 2.9.
  • Gigli (2003)
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What was the most profitable movie ever made?

Gone with the Wind—first released in 1939—is generally considered to be the most successful film, with Guinness World Records in 2014 estimating its adjusted global gross at $3.4 billion.
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What movie has lowest rotten tomatoes?

1. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) According to critics via Rotten Tomatoes, this embarrassingly incompetent cyper-espionage dumpster fire is the single worst movie ever made.
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Who is the best film in the world?

IMDb Top 250 Movies
  1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.2.
  2. The Godfather (1972) 9.2.
  3. The Dark Knight (2008) 9.0.
  4. The Godfather Part II (1974) 9.0.
  5. 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.9.
  6. Schindler's List (1993) 8.9.
  7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.9.
  8. Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.9.
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What is the most shown movie on TV?

1. Road House has played 83 times across 10 different networks since last September. 2. Jumanji (the Robin Williams version) has played 77 times across 11 networks since September..
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Why are IMDb ratings so low?

In short: IMDb ratings are based on the votes of the website's users, with a little bit of mathematical re-jigging to stop certain groups disproportionately influencing the vote.
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Why are Rotten Tomatoes scores so low?

One of the biggest culprits behind these popular movies losing their Rotten Tomatoes ratings is the process by which critic reviews are boiled down either being "for" or "against" a film.
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Why are old movies rated so high?

Quantity vs quality. Another reason older movies receive higher ratings is because more and more movies are being made each year on average, and most of them are bad. Before digital videography became the mainstream in the 2000s, far fewer people had the resources to actually make a film.
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