Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,636
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,290
3.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,467
4.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)47,102
5.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,682
6.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,668
7.8.3Notorious (1946)28,419
8.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,328
9.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,951
10.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,782
11.8.2The Killing (1956)22,189
12.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,094
13.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,115
14.8.1Laura (1944)12,977
15.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,047
16.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,827
17.8.1O drakos (1956)324
18.8.0White Heat (1949)9,312
19.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,987
20.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,420
21.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,513
22.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,523
23.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,493
24.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,557
25.7.9The Killers (1946)5,080
26.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,603
27.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,542
28.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,280
29.7.9Scarface (1932)8,426
30.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,585
31.7.9Fury (1936)3,554
32.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,172
33.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,726
34.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,682
35.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,325
36.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,805
37.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,039
38.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,851
39.7.8The Letter (1940)3,486
40.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,110
41.7.8Gilda (1946)7,994
42.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,852
43.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,799
44.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,335
45.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,608
46.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,081
47.7.7Brute Force (1947)2,033
48.7.7Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)1,726
49.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,391
50.7.7This Gun for Hire (1942)2,121

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.