Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,232
2.8.6Vertigo (1958)82,294
3.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,011
4.8.5M (1931)35,502
5.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,123
6.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)46,794
7.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,426
8.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,393
9.8.3Notorious (1946)28,188
10.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,155
11.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,723
12.8.2The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)8,159
13.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,713
14.8.2The Killing (1956)22,016
15.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,041
16.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)18,915
17.8.1Laura (1944)12,883
18.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)7,992
19.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,746
20.8.0White Heat (1949)9,210
21.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,915
22.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,392
23.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,468
24.8.0Night and the City (1950)2,778
25.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,468
26.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,458
27.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,498
28.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,552
29.7.9The Killers (1946)5,035
30.7.9O drakos (1956)318
31.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,219
32.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,532
33.7.9Scarface (1932)8,364
34.7.9Fury (1936)3,529
35.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,566
36.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,154
37.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,678
38.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,306
39.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,643
40.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,774
41.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,828
42.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,012
43.7.8The Letter (1940)3,459
44.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,042
45.7.8Gilda (1946)7,918
46.7.7Brute Force (1947)1,992
47.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,823
48.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,576
49.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,758
50.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,043

The formula for calculating the Top Rated 50 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:

 weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C 
where:
  • R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
  • v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
  • m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 50 (currently 200)
  • C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)

for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.