Top Rated "Independent" Titles
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 8.9 | Pulp Fiction (1994) | 595,991 |
| 2. | 8.8 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | 320,886 |
| 3. | 8.7 | The Usual Suspects (1995) | 365,632 |
| 4. | 8.7 | Psycho (1960) | 200,132 |
| 5. | 8.7 | Se7en (1995) | 435,245 |
| 6. | 8.6 | Leon: The Professional (1994) | 316,594 |
| 7. | 8.6 | Memento (2000) | 402,299 |
| 8. | 8.6 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) | 199,530 |
| 9. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 234,755 |
| 10. | 8.6 | American History X (1998) | 346,904 |
| 11. | 8.5 | Paths of Glory (1957) | 61,157 |
| 12. | 8.5 | American Beauty (1999) | 412,743 |
| 13. | 8.4 | Requiem for a Dream (2000) | 275,070 |
| 14. | 8.4 | Reservoir Dogs (1992) | 303,310 |
| 15. | 8.4 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | 322,112 |
| 16. | 8.4 | Amadeus (1984) | 134,740 |
| 17. | 8.4 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | 205,948 |
| 18. | 8.3 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 212,850 |
| 19. | 8.2 | Fargo (1996) | 220,255 |
| 20. | 8.2 | Hotel Rwanda (2004) | 133,734 |
| 21. | 8.2 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | 254,946 |
| 22. | 8.2 | Platoon (1986) | 153,809 |
| 23. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 335,523 |
| 24. | 8.2 | Trainspotting (1996) | 220,831 |
| 25. | 8.2 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) | 195,710 |
| 26. | 8.2 | Into the Wild (2007) | 176,766 |
| 27. | 8.1 | The Killing (1956) | 34,338 |
| 28. | 8.1 | Amores Perros (2000) | 90,726 |
| 29. | 8.1 | Donnie Darko (2001) | 297,553 |
| 30. | 8.1 | The Graduate (1967) | 111,301 |
| 31. | 8.1 | The Lion in Winter (1968) | 15,549 |
| 32. | 8.0 | Fitzcarraldo (1982) | 12,630 |
| 33. | 8.0 | A Woman Under the Influence (1974) | 6,976 |
| 34. | 8.0 | The Return (2003) | 16,316 |
| 35. | 8.0 | Hera Pheri (2000) | 5,032 |
| 36. | 8.0 | Papillon (1973) | 41,028 |
| 37. | 8.0 | Day of the Wacko (2002) | 3,083 |
| 38. | 8.0 | The Straight Story (1999) | 43,017 |
| 39. | 8.0 | Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) | 25,370 |
| 40. | 8.0 | Sling Blade (1996) | 48,766 |
| 41. | 8.0 | Magnolia (1999) | 156,994 |
| 42. | 8.0 | Dawn of the Dead (1978) | 55,611 |
| 43. | 8.0 | The Message (1977) | 11,264 |
| 44. | 8.0 | Before Sunset (2004) | 66,265 |
| 45. | 8.0 | Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) | 2,969 |
| 46. | 8.0 | Night of the Living Dead (1968) | 52,003 |
| 47. | 8.0 | Shaun of the Dead (2004) | 197,038 |
| 48. | 8.0 | Mulholland Dr. (2001) | 138,287 |
| 49. | 8.0 | Dances with Wolves (1990) | 99,063 |
| 50. | 8.0 | A Man for All Seasons (1966) | 15,058 |
Bottom Rated "Independent" Titles
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 1.2 | Ax 'Em (1992) | 1,050 |
| 2. | 1.2 | Compelling Evidence (1995) | 252 |
| 3. | 1.3 | Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1961) | 527 |
| 4. | 1.3 | Venni vidi e m'arrapaoh (1984) | 281 |
| 5. | 1.4 | Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972) | 505 |
| 6. | 1.4 | Hollywood High Part II (1981) | 215 |
| 7. | 1.5 | Voyeur.com (2000) | 433 |
| 8. | 1.5 | Monster a-Go Go (1965) | 3,556 |
| 9. | 1.5 | Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) | 21,982 |
| 10. | 1.5 | Ricky 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:
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.
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