Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,654
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,298
3.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,480
4.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)47,121
5.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,688
6.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,690
7.8.3Notorious (1946)28,428
8.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,343
9.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,960
10.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,788
11.8.2The Killing (1956)22,197
12.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,095
13.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,121
14.8.1Laura (1944)12,984
15.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,049
16.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,831
17.8.0White Heat (1949)9,317
18.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,990
19.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,421
20.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,517
21.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,525
22.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,494
23.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,562
24.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,607
25.7.9The Killers (1946)5,082
26.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,544
27.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,280
28.7.9Scarface (1932)8,431
29.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,587
30.7.9Fury (1936)3,555
31.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,174
32.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,728
33.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,684
34.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,327
35.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,808
36.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,040
37.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,852
38.7.8The Letter (1940)3,487
39.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,114
40.7.8Gilda (1946)7,996
41.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,853
42.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,801
43.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,085
44.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,336
45.7.7Brute Force (1947)2,035
46.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,610
47.7.7Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)1,728
48.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,391
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.