Top Rated "Independent" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.9Pulp Fiction (1994)595,991
2.8.8One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)320,886
3.8.7The Usual Suspects (1995)365,632
4.8.7Psycho (1960)200,132
5.8.7Se7en (1995)435,245
6.8.6Leon: The Professional (1994)316,594
7.8.6Memento (2000)402,299
8.8.6Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)199,530
9.8.6Apocalypse Now (1979)234,755
10.8.6American History X (1998)346,904
11.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)61,157
12.8.5American Beauty (1999)412,743
13.8.4Requiem for a Dream (2000)275,070
14.8.4Reservoir Dogs (1992)303,310
15.8.4Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)322,112
16.8.4Amadeus (1984)134,740
17.8.4Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)205,948
18.8.32001: A Space Odyssey (1968)212,850
19.8.2Fargo (1996)220,255
20.8.2Hotel Rwanda (2004)133,734
21.8.2The Big Lebowski (1998)254,946
22.8.2Platoon (1986)153,809
23.8.2Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)335,523
24.8.2Trainspotting (1996)220,831
25.8.2Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)195,710
26.8.2Into the Wild (2007)176,766
27.8.1The Killing (1956)34,338
28.8.1Amores Perros (2000)90,726
29.8.1Donnie Darko (2001)297,553
30.8.1The Graduate (1967)111,301
31.8.1The Lion in Winter (1968)15,549
32.8.0Fitzcarraldo (1982)12,630
33.8.0A Woman Under the Influence (1974)6,976
34.8.0The Return (2003)16,316
35.8.0Hera Pheri (2000)5,032
36.8.0Papillon (1973)41,028
37.8.0Day of the Wacko (2002)3,083
38.8.0The Straight Story (1999)43,017
39.8.0Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)25,370
40.8.0Sling Blade (1996)48,766
41.8.0Magnolia (1999)156,994
42.8.0Dawn of the Dead (1978)55,611
43.8.0The Message (1977)11,264
44.8.0Before Sunset (2004)66,265
45.8.0Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)2,969
46.8.0Night of the Living Dead (1968)52,003
47.8.0Shaun of the Dead (2004)197,038
48.8.0Mulholland Dr. (2001)138,287
49.8.0Dances with Wolves (1990)99,063
50.8.0A Man for All Seasons (1966)15,058

Bottom Rated "Independent" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.1.2Ax 'Em (1992)1,050
2.1.2Compelling Evidence (1995)252
3.1.3Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1961)527
4.1.3Venni vidi e m'arrapaoh (1984)281
5.1.4Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)505
6.1.4Hollywood High Part II (1981)215
7.1.5Voyeur.com (2000)433
8.1.5Monster a-Go Go (1965)3,556
9.1.5Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)21,982
10.1.5Ricky 1 (1988)495

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.

In order to appear in the Bottom 10 Titles chart the title must have received at least 1000 votes.