Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,669
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,308
3.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,492
4.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)47,134
5.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,699
6.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,699
7.8.3Notorious (1946)28,437
8.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,351
9.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,969
10.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,790
11.8.2The Killing (1956)22,203
12.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,096
13.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,128
14.8.1Laura (1944)12,984
15.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,050
16.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,833
17.8.0White Heat (1949)9,326
18.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,995
19.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,422
20.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,519
21.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,527
22.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,495
23.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,562
24.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,609
25.7.9The Killers (1946)5,083
26.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,544
27.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,280
28.7.9Scarface (1932)8,433
29.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,587
30.7.9Fury (1936)3,557
31.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,174
32.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,732
33.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,684
34.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,330
35.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,809
36.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,041
37.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,852
38.7.8The Letter (1940)3,489
39.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,142
40.7.8Gilda (1946)7,997
41.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,853
42.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,802
43.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,086
44.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,336
45.7.7Brute Force (1947)2,036
46.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,610
47.7.7Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)1,728
48.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,392
49.7.7This Gun for Hire (1942)2,123
50.7.7Quai des Orfèvres (1947)1,704

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.