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Does anyone know how IMDb's "Known for" Four movies are selected?

Posted on 8/10/18 at 9:03 pm
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33818 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 9:03 pm
Unless it has something to do with how many times people click on a movie, they suck at it. If it is from the most looked up movies on their site people are dumb for looking up some of the movies that make an actor/director/producer's movies "Known For" list.

Example No. 1: John Landis

IMDb's "Known for" movies:

The Blues Brothers
Twilight Zone: The Movie
An American Werewolf In London
Blues Brothers 2000


Blues Brother 2000 over Animal House and Trading Places?

John Landis IMDb

Example No. 2: Robert Redford


IMDb's "Known for" movies:

All Is Lost
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Company You Keep
A River Runs Through It


All is Lost, and The Company You Keep, over The Way We Were, The Sting, The Great Gatsby, All the President's Men, The Natural, Out Of Africa, Sneakers, The Horse Whisperer , The Last Castle, Spy Game?

Robert Redford's IMDb

Maybe the actor's control it, and they want a couple of their newer movies, or the ones that are meaningful to them, listed? I get frustrated every time I see it.

500 years from now, when someone boots up this laptop, sees the "Know for" selections on IMDb, and decides to check the movies, I don't want them to think IMDb steered them wrong.
Posted by TIGERSTORM
parts unknown
Member since Feb 2009
4834 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:33 pm to
This is from imdb help:


Every credit in the filmography is assigned a "weight" based on a series of factors. These may include:

The job performed on the title (a credit as director will have more weight than a credit as production assistant).
The frequency of credits for a particular job in the context of the person's filmography (writing credits may have more weight for someone who is more frequently credited as a writer than as a producer).
The type of title (a credit for a theatrical feature has a different weight than a credit for a short film or a TV series).
The popularity of the title (this takes into consideration the number of hits/page views, the average user rating, any awards won by the title and several other indicators).
The relative importance of the credit among similar ones for the same title (for example an acting credit for someone who received top billing will weigh more than an acting credit for a cameo appearance; a single writing credit on a film will weigh more than a credit shared with several other writers, etc).
Please note that these aren't the only factors we consider, but should be enough to give an idea of the approach we've used. The top four titles with the highest score are listed in the 'Known For' category.

The algorithm used to select Known For titles is constantly being improved. Also, the weight assigned to each title within a filmography is recalculated on a periodic basis, so the addition of new credits on someone's filmography will have an impact on their Known For titles.

Since this is an entirely mathematical approach, some of our Known For choices may occasionally not be the best or most representative ones. If you're an active IMDbPro member, you may select your Known For titles.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33818 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 11:18 pm to
Thanks, I guess I'll have to start changing them so I don't have to go to Bill Murray's page, and not see the DVD cover of Stripes and Caddyshack.
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
38908 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:34 am to
My fellow film friends and I laugh at what we are “known for” on IMDb. One buddy has The Dark Knight listed as number one even though he only worked a day on it as a PA, and has producer credits on other films.
Posted by JW
Los Angeles
Member since Jul 2004
5252 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 8:34 am to
You can now set what you are known for via IMDB pro ..... which is why I tagged out Dirty Grandpa in my top four
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