Way back in the 90s, this film was #247 on the IMDb's Top 250.
Other Woody films that have made it at one point to the list is Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanours, Match Point and Bullets over Broadway.
http://www.timo-schreiter.de/imdb/all_top250_titles.php?sort=rank
That's interesting. It's too bad that so many newer films are pushing older films out, particularly because the newer titles don't seem to be as good. And the voters are increasing skewering younger.
I love this movie, but I think many other Woody Allen films are better: "Another Woman," "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "Annie Hall," "Husbands and Wives."
Did you use IMDb in the '90s?
No - there's a link in my original post to a website that records every film that was ever in the Top 250. You can sort it alphabetically, chronologically, or by the highest ranking it ever achieved. It's quite interesting.
I was surprised that Husbands and Wives never made it onto the Top 250 as I think it is his best ever.
Yes, I followed that link, and it's fascinating. You can also click on the bar graph on the right and chart a film's progress on IMDb.
I'm also surprised "Husbands and Wives" never made it either, because it's certainly better than "Mighty Aphrodite" – or most of his films for that matter. But that came out during the Great Unpleasantness with Mia, and I think a lot of people were down on Woody.
http://www.timo-schreiter.de/imdb/all_top250_titles.php?sort=rank
shareI love that list, and as with most lists, the films I prefer are near the bottom of it: "Match Point," "About Schmidt," "Hannah and Her Sisters" and this one. Interestingly, a lot of Woody's films are clusterd there -- they barely made the Top 250, then they fell off, presumably when newer films were released.
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I wouldn't take much notice of that list. The average voter appears to be a teenaged boy.
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Big deal. It was an okay film. Nothing special. Still good.
shareVery interesting!
Ron Howard's Ransom (1996) was apparently also as high as #238 once, which is wild to know. It has a rating of 6.6 today.