As has been discussed, ranked choice works by eliminating the movies that have the least amount of #1 votes and move up the remaining votes on the ballot to the #1 spot. This keeps happening Highlander style until one movie has 50% + 1 of the "#1 votes". But these aren't really #1 votes, they...
I think you're a little off. You can't game the voting with rank choice by playing around with your ballot choice order. What good does it do to put the movie you want to win as #2? The only way your vote will count for the film you want to win is to hope the #1 film gets knocked out and then...