Top Rated "1920s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.9Brown of Harvard (1926)807
2.8.7Four Walls (1928)186
3.8.5West Point (1927/II)955
4.8.5The Merry Widow (1925)885
5.8.5Twelve Miles Out (1927)311
6.8.5The Big Parade (1925)2,352
7.8.5Sadie Thompson (1928)899
8.8.4Tol'able David (1921)735
9.8.4Little Old New York (1923)544
10.8.4The Wind (1928)2,246
11.8.4The Patsy (1928)954
12.8.4Show People (1928)1,386
13.8.4When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)571
14.8.4Metropolis (1927)34,978
15.8.4Desert Nights (1929)646
16.8.4The Patent Leather Kid (1927)253
17.8.4Janice Meredith (1924)446
18.8.4Sherlock Jr. (1924)6,108
19.8.4Fine Manners (1926)472
20.8.4Manhandled (1924)526
21.8.4Zaza (1923)457
22.8.4The Trespasser (1929)534
23.8.4The Love of Sunya (1927)500
24.8.4The Cardboard Lover (1928)473
25.8.4Beauty's Worth (1922)416
26.8.4The Fair Co-Ed (1927)399
27.8.3The General (1926)17,752
28.8.3Safety Last! (1923)5,055
29.8.3Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)377
30.8.3Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)9,902
31.8.3Ella Cinders (1926)473
32.8.3Stage Struck (1925)461
33.8.3Zander the Great (1925)399
34.8.3The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)1,260
35.8.3The Red Mill (1927)683
36.8.3The Kid (1921)11,694
37.8.3The Gold Rush (1925)18,517
38.8.2The Cameraman (1928)3,202
39.8.2Lilac Time (1928)422
40.8.2Way Down East (1920)1,704
41.8.2Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)3,074
42.8.2Spring Fever (1927)478
43.8.2Orphans of the Storm (1921)1,498
44.8.2Across to Singapore (1928)436
45.8.2Beverly of Graustark (1926)236
46.8.2Something to Think About (1920)404
47.8.2The Smart Set (1928)580
48.8.2Tell It to the Marines (1926)802
49.8.2Queen Kelly (1929)1,173
50.8.2Marianne (1929/I)724

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.