Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,444
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,183
3.8.5M (1931)35,659
4.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,328
5.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)46,982
6.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,565
7.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,567
8.8.3Notorious (1946)28,325
9.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,251
10.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,877
11.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,756
12.8.2The Killing (1956)22,125
13.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,071
14.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,039
15.8.1Laura (1944)12,943
16.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,021
17.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,805
18.8.0White Heat (1949)9,286
19.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,968
20.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,408
21.8.0O drakos (1956)321
22.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,495
23.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,501
24.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,479
25.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,541
26.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,587
27.7.9The Killers (1946)5,069
28.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,540
29.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,253
30.7.9Scarface (1932)8,405
31.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,576
32.7.9Fury (1936)3,541
33.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,164
34.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,664
35.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,709
36.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,321
37.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,790
38.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,843
39.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,027
40.7.8The Letter (1940)3,472
41.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,093
42.7.8Gilda (1946)7,963
43.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,330
44.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,840
45.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,787
46.7.7Brute Force (1947)2,021
47.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,595
48.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,053
49.7.7Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)1,718
50.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,381

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.