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Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now has returned to the top spot in the list of most talked about classic movies. It takes back the top spot from the 1952 Hollywood musical Singin’ in the Rain, which overtook Apocalypse some weeks ago, but now seems to be fading in the buzz.

In other news related to the list of most talked about classic movies, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai has started to drop in the rankings now that it has been almost a month since Criterion released their new and superb version of the classic movie. The samurais now hold the 7th place in the rankings.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back has also dropped one place, with the 1969 road movie Easy Rider taking its spot in the top ten. Meanwhile, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is slowly climbing up the rankings, currently finding itself 14th, and no doubt breaking into the top 10 once the new “Final Cut” of the film is released both theatrically and on DVD next year.

According to Movie Say calculations, Empire Strikes Back (Episode V) is currently the most talked about movie of the individual Star Wars films. It also holds the 9th position in the overall classic films section, just below Mary Poppins and over the second Rambo film.

The second most talked about Star Wars movie appears to be Episode VI, Return of the Jedi. Remarkably, with A New Hope (first of the Star Wars movies) holding the third position, all of the old Star Wars films are more discussed than any of the new ones. This is especially startling, as in general newer films are more talked about, which is also the reason why modern classics are separated from older classics.

It must, however, be mentioned that the last of the Star Wars films, Revenge of the Sith, is not yet included in the buzz calculations due to the way the classics lists were originally built. From the two other new Star Wars films, meanwhile, The Phantom Menace ranks higher than does Attack of the Clones.