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Sep 6, 2020 • 12 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Top 10 🎥 underrated movies you can watch.

Just did this analysis on IMDB dataset with minimum 1000 votes.

Look at the column underrated_rating. It is: % of people voting 10 or 9 / % of people voting 8 or 7.

How many have you seen from the list? I've seen none! Image
The topmost one is an indie movie that has won many awards.

imdb.com/title/tt673574…
Then there is this horror movie with an interesting plot

Two assassins-for-hire have an hour to kill before their next hit. To help pass the time, they entertain themselves by sharing horror stories to one another.

imdb.com/title/tt473022…
Then there's this Filipino historical drama on the church of christ! Who knew?

Apparently, it's won a lot of awards too.

imdb.com/title/tt504653…
Next up is Transcendents, which is a "musical mystery" genre movie. Never heard of this genre before.

The current rating on IMDB is 9.2 and has won many awards. So must be nice.

imdb.com/title/tt598063…
The next movie is a comedy and has an estimated budget of $5000 and apparently from reviews seems like a "so-bad-that-its-good" movie.

imdb.com/title/tt801800…
With an average rating of 2.1/10, the next one seems to the one that either people REALLY love or REALLY hate.

There's no in-between for this kids/family movie imdb.com/title/tt152049…
The only Indian movie in my top 10 list: Suryam.

imdb.com/title/tt092513…
A Kosovan mystery movie with a current rating of 9.1!

imdb.com/title/tt646332…
Biography of Turkey's current president Erdogan

imdb.com/title/tt598837…
To see the entire top 1000 list of this sort, check out this Google Sheet:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Yes, you can thank me for helping discover many "hidden gems" :)
Added a column of "universally loved movies"

(# of votes with 10 or 9) / (# of votes with 1 or 2)

Top 30 universally loved movies. Now there are many familiar names in this list. Image

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How to achieve success without trying to shoot for it!

My notes from the #book "Why Greatness Cannot be Planned" by @kenneth0stanley and @joelbot3000

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Here is a taste of the book’s main ideas. 👇
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So, I went about doing my own research on how to make habit-forming products.

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