The Netflix Survey

I have 26 Netflix friends, just over half of whom have rated at least 500 movies. Only seven have rated less than 200 movies. (* includes me.)

< 200 ratings: 7
200 - 500: 5
500 - 1000: 10*
> 1000: 5

Geographically, they are primarily in Texas.

Texas: 20*
Washington, D.C.: 3
California: 1
Illinois: 1
Minnesota: 1
Washington: 1

The best rating a movie can receive on Netflix is 5 stars. Most of the movies and TV shows best-rated among my friends had 11 ratings each. A handful had 12 ratings. This means the highest possible rating a movie could get would be 60 stars (12 people rating it 5 stars). Only one movie had a 60 star rating:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Other exceptionally high-scoring movies and TV shows:

• The Office (US; Season 2) (58 stars)
• Raiders of the Loak Ark (58 stars)
• Arrested Development (season 1) (57 stars)

Of the movies and TV shows rated by 11 people, the only ones I found with a perfect, 55 star rating were:

• Amelie
• The Godfather
• The Godfather part two
• The Empire Strikes Back
• The Office (UK; season 1)
• The Shining

Most of the rest of other high-scoring movies and shows had 11 ratings, a few had 12. I have not distinguished them by number of ratings, only by total number of stars.

• The Office (UK; season 2) (54)
• Rushmore (54)
• Star Wars (54)

• The Big Lebowski (53)
• Bottle Rocket (53)
• Dr. Strangelove (53)
• Goodfellas (53)
• The Incredibles (53)
• The Office (US; season 1) (53)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (53)
  

• Fargo (52)
• Pulp Fiction (52)
• Raising Arizona (52)

• Chinatown (51)
• The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (51)
  
• Punch-Drunk Love (51)

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (50)
• Blade Runner (50)
• Citizen Kane (50)
• Election (50)
• Magnolia (50)
• The Shawshank Redemption (50)

Just missing having 50 stars:

• The Office Special (49)
• Taxi Driver (49)

Directors appearing more than once among these top-rated films and shows:

• Wes Anderson (4)
• Joel & Ethan Coen (3)
• Stanley Kubrick (3)
• Paul Thomas Anderson (2)
• Francis Ford Coppola (2)
• Martin Scorsese (2)

In terms of TV shows, Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant were well-represented (all UK episodes of The Office are listed). The first two seasons of the American edition of The Office were also very well-liked.