Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,247
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,028
3.8.5M (1931)35,518
4.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,145
5.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)46,818
6.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,432
7.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,408
8.8.3Notorious (1946)28,195
9.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,164
10.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,734
11.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,715
12.8.2The Killing (1956)22,023
13.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,042
14.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)18,927
15.8.1Laura (1944)12,887
16.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)7,993
17.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,749
18.8.0White Heat (1949)9,213
19.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,918
20.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,394
21.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,470
22.8.0Night and the City (1950)2,780
23.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,469
24.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,458
25.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,499
26.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,557
27.7.9The Killers (1946)5,039
28.7.9O drakos (1956)318
29.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,221
30.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,533
31.7.9Scarface (1932)8,365
32.7.9Fury (1936)3,530
33.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,566
34.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,155
35.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,679
36.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,645
37.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,307
38.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,774
39.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,829
40.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,016
41.7.8The Letter (1940)3,459
42.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,046
43.7.8Gilda (1946)7,920
44.7.7Brute Force (1947)1,992
45.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,823
46.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,577
47.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,759
48.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,043
49.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,319
50.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,358

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.