Sunday, March 13, 2016

Top 20 Movies That Most Frequently Used The "f@&k" Word: The Redux Edition


Lists are fun. They create an open dialogue about topics that we love to discuss. In this instance, I’m talking about movies. They are essentially subjective, there can never really be a definitive correct answer or an accurate numbering. It’s based on so many different conditions, but mostly based upon our personal tastes and experiences that we’ve accumulated from watching cinema. But one that doesn’t lie is numbers. Numbers simply do not lie. Now you could always manipulate the numbers to your own advantage or to tell a story a certain way, but it's still a lie. So I recently saw a top 20 list that I was pretty sure was somewhat wrong and I went ahead and did some quick research to figure out that it wasn’t correct. It was the top 20 movies that most frequently used the word f@&k.  So I decided to present the original list, then what should be the twenty with the most frequency per minute of film time, then the top twenty with the total number of times used in a film.

ToDoMovies List: These are the movies on their list and the total number of uses of the word per minute of the films total running time.
Movie Title:                          
1. Nil by Mouth
Per/min:
3.34
2. Wolf of Wall Street 3.16
3. Alpha Dog 3.11
4. Made 3.09
5. End of Watch  2.99
6. Narc 2.82
7. Reservoir Dogs 2.71
8. Goon 2.48
9. Casino 2.4
10. Jay and Silent Bob 2.38
11. Straight Outta Compton 2.35
12. Jarhead 2.26
13. Big Lebowski 2.22
14. my Name is Joe 2.19
15. Boondock Saints 2.17
16. Goodfellas 2.05
17. Do the Right Thing 2
18. True Romance 1.93
19. Pulp Fiction 1.72
20. Departed  1.56

This would be the correct top 20 of the total number of uses of the word per minute of the films total running time. This included removing movies that were comedian stand up performances and a documentary about the word.

Movie Title:                               Per/min:
1. Swearnet: The Movie 8.35
2. Nil by Mouth 3.34
3. Twin Town 3.21
4. Wolf of Wall Street 3.16
5. Alpha Dog 3.11
6. Made 3.09
7. Summer of Sam 3.06
8. End of Watch  2.99
9. Sweet Sixteen 2.95
10. Another Day in Paradise 2.88
11. Dirty  2.88
12. State Property 2 2.88
13. Narc 2.82
14. London  2.8
15. Reservoir Dogs 2.71
16. Grave Encounter 2 2.68
17. Empire  2.62
18. Running Scared 2.58
19. Gridlock'd 2.49
20. Goon 2.48
 The original list is dramatically changed with at least half of it being removed from the corrected list.

And then finally, this is the top 20 films with the highest total number of times the word is used. Some from the original list make it back, but not all of them.
Movie Title:                             Total:
1. Swearnet: The Movie 935
2. Wolf of Wall Street 569
3. Summer of Sam 435
4. Nil by Mouth 428
5. Casino 422
6. Straight Outta Compton 392
7. Alpha Dog 367
8. End of Watch  326
9. Twin Town 318
10. Running Scared 315
11. Sweet Sixteen 313
12. Goodfellas 300
13. Narc 297
14. Harsh Times  296
15. Made 291
16. Another Day in Paradise 291
17. Pride and Glory 291
18. Dirty  280
19. I'm Still Here 280
20. Jarhead 278

 

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