Films With the Best Chance of Receiving a Significant Rating Upgrade

Submitted by AfterHours on Sun, 07/01/2012 - 21:04
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  1. Wings of Desire-Wenders (1987)
  2. Current Rating: 8.7/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 9.0/10

  4. The Blue Angel-Von Sternberg (1931)
  5. Current Rating: 8.6/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 9.0/10

  7. Psycho-Hitchcock (1960)
  8. Current Rating: 8.2/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 9.0/10

  10. Andrei Rublev-Tarkovsky (1966)
  11. Current Rating: 7.7/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 8.9/10

  13. Limelight-Chaplin (1952)
  14. Current Rating: 7.6/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 8.9/10

  16. Sunset Boulevard-Wilder (1950)
  17. Current Rating: 7.5/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 8.9/10

  19. Birth of a Nation-Griffith (1915)
  20. Current Rating: 7.5/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  22. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre-Huston (1948)
  23. Current Rating: 7.5/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 8.6/10

  25. Star Wars-Lucas (1977)
  26. Current Rating: 7.5/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.7/10

  28. Last Year at Marienbad-Resnais (1961)
  29. Current Rating: 7.5/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  31. The Piano-Campion (1993)
  32. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  34. The Seventh Continent-Haneke (1989)
  35. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  37. Days of Heaven-Malick (1978)
  38. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 9.0/10

  40. Modern Times-Chaplin (1936)
  41. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 9.2/10

  43. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance-Ford (1962)
  44. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  46. Giant-Stevens (1955)
  47. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  49. All About My Mother-Almodovar (1999)
  50. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.7/10

  52. Sullivan's Travels-Sturges (1941)
  53. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.4/10

  55. Manhattan-Allen (1979)
  56. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  58. Life is Beautiful-Benigni (1997)
  59. Current Rating: 7.4/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.7/10

  61. Forrest Gump-Zemeckis (1994)
  62. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  64. His Girl Friday-Hawks (1940)
  65. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  67. The Big Heat-Lang (1953)
  68. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 8.8/10

  70. Badlands-Malick (1973)
  71. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.8/10

  73. Bringing Up Baby-Hawks (1938)
  74. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  76. The Eel-Imamura (1997)
  77. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.3/10

  79. Paris, Texas-Wenders (1983)
  80. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10

  82. The Shanghai Gesture-Von Sternberg (1941)
  83. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.3/10

  85. World on a Wire-Fassbinder (1973)
  86. Current Rating: 7.3/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.3/10

  88. Au Hasard Balthazar-Bresson (1966)
  89. Current Rating: 7.2/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.2/10

  91. The Trial-Welles (1962)
  92. Current Rating: 7.1/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 8.0/10

  94. Sans Soleil-Marker (1983)
  95. Current Rating: 7.1/10 / Highest Rating Achieved: 7.5/10
Author Comments: 

I considered those films that I feel have the best chance of receiving a rating upgrade of 0.5 or more, or 0.3 or more if that would include moving up into the all-time masterpiece range (8.8/10+).

Xuja07/15/2012

Modern Times was a 9.2/10 once? I'm surprised, though I rate it a 8/10 in your scale. Chaplin's best I think. :)

AfterHours07/15/2012

Yea, about 2-3 years ago, it was a 9.2 and hung around the 8.8-9.2 range for a few months over the course of 2 or 3 viewings.