Top Rated "1920s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.9Brown of Harvard (1926)807
2.8.5West Point (1927/II)955
3.8.5The Merry Widow (1925)885
4.8.5Four Walls (1928)187
5.8.5The Big Parade (1925)2,359
6.8.4The Wind (1928)2,251
7.8.4Sadie Thompson (1928)902
8.8.4Metropolis (1927)35,058
9.8.4Show People (1928)1,388
10.8.4Tol'able David (1921)738
11.8.4The Patsy (1928)958
12.8.4When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)571
13.8.4Sherlock Jr. (1924)6,124
14.8.4Twelve Miles Out (1927)312
15.8.3Little Old New York (1923)545
16.8.3The General (1926)17,810
17.8.3Safety Last! (1923)5,068
18.8.3Janice Meredith (1924)446
19.8.3The Trespasser (1929)534
20.8.3The Love of Sunya (1927)500
21.8.3Zaza (1923)457
22.8.3The Cardboard Lover (1928)473
23.8.3The Patent Leather Kid (1927)254
24.8.3Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)9,942
25.8.3Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)378
26.8.3Desert Nights (1929)647
27.8.3Ella Cinders (1926)473
28.8.3Stage Struck (1925)461
29.8.3Zander the Great (1925)399
30.8.3Manhandled (1924)527
31.8.3The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)1,264
32.8.3Fine Manners (1926)473
33.8.3The Red Mill (1927)683
34.8.3The Kid (1921)11,738
35.8.3Beauty's Worth (1922)417
36.8.3The Fair Co-Ed (1927)400
37.8.3The Gold Rush (1925)18,568
38.8.2The Cameraman (1928)3,206
39.8.2Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)3,079
40.8.2Way Down East (1920)1,708
41.8.2Lilac Time (1928)422
42.8.2Orphans of the Storm (1921)1,499
43.8.2Spring Fever (1927)478
44.8.2Across to Singapore (1928)436
45.8.2The Smart Set (1928)580
46.8.1Beverly of Graustark (1926)236
47.8.1Queen Kelly (1929)1,175
48.8.1Tell It to the Marines (1926)803
49.8.1The Extra Girl (1923)518
50.8.1Why Change Your Wife? (1920)672

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 100)
  • C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.8)

for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.