A lot of very interesting data here! Excited to see what else you've got in store for us.
I'm guessing the recency bias is due in part to the 20 critic reviews minimum, since most older movies tend to have far fewer reviews on there. I wonder if it's worth lowering that parameter for pre-2000 movies and seeing which titles get added then?
Another list of movies to look at for more chronological balance is Steven Jay Schneider's 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (the actual number is well over that now, thanks to multiple editions/new movies being added). I think it has a pretty good mix of well-known classics, more obscure hidden gems, high-quality popcorn movies, and foreign films. Plus it has some polarizing films that inspire passionate love-hate reactions, which could never get 100% consensus on Rotten Tomatoes. You can find the list compiled here: https://1001films.fandom.com/wiki/The_List
Some more lists that could be interesting for comparison: IMDb Top 250, the "They Shoot Pictures Don't They" 1,000 Greatest Films, and all of the AFI 100 lists.
A lot of very interesting data here! Excited to see what else you've got in store for us.
I'm guessing the recency bias is due in part to the 20 critic reviews minimum, since most older movies tend to have far fewer reviews on there. I wonder if it's worth lowering that parameter for pre-2000 movies and seeing which titles get added then?
Another list of movies to look at for more chronological balance is Steven Jay Schneider's 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (the actual number is well over that now, thanks to multiple editions/new movies being added). I think it has a pretty good mix of well-known classics, more obscure hidden gems, high-quality popcorn movies, and foreign films. Plus it has some polarizing films that inspire passionate love-hate reactions, which could never get 100% consensus on Rotten Tomatoes. You can find the list compiled here: https://1001films.fandom.com/wiki/The_List
Some more lists that could be interesting for comparison: IMDb Top 250, the "They Shoot Pictures Don't They" 1,000 Greatest Films, and all of the AFI 100 lists.