These are the top 200 films with the most diary entries on Letterboxd between March 15, 2020 and March 15, 2021—a year-long period in which much of the world was quarantining due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Stats:
—Films released during the lockdown: 50
—Films released just prior to lockdown, January 1 to March 14, 2020: 11 (Underwater, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Birds of Prey, Emma, Onward, The Invisible Man, The Hunt, The Gentlemen, First Cow, The Assistant, Vivarium)
—Films produced during lockdown: 5 (Host, Borat 2, Malcolm & Marie, Framing Britney Spears, Death to 2020)
—20th Century releases: 38
Notes:
—There is a difference between telling us you’ve watched a film (using the “eye” icon or applying a rating directly) and…
These are the top 200 films with the most diary entries on Letterboxd between March 15, 2020 and March 15, 2021—a year-long period in which much of the world was quarantining due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Stats:
—Films released during the lockdown: 50
—Films released just prior to lockdown, January 1 to March 14, 2020: 11 (Underwater, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Birds of Prey, Emma, Onward, The Invisible Man, The Hunt, The Gentlemen, First Cow, The Assistant, Vivarium)
—Films produced during lockdown: 5 (Host, Borat 2, Malcolm & Marie, Framing Britney Spears, Death to 2020)
—20th Century releases: 38
Notes:
—There is a difference between telling us you’ve watched a film (using the “eye” icon or applying a rating directly) and logging the film in your diary (where members use the Log option to specify the date they watched the film).
—For this list, we calculated all diary entries made on Letterboxd by all members between March 15, 2020 and March 15, 2021 to build a picture of what you were watching specifically during a period of widespread stay-at-home orders and shuttered theaters.
—“Most logged” differs from “most popular”, which considers all activity for a film, including reviews, comments, list additions, diary entries and so on.
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