Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,484
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,199
3.8.5M (1931)35,680
4.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,365
5.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)47,013
6.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,595
7.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,596
8.8.3Notorious (1946)28,349
9.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,265
10.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,890
11.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,762
12.8.2The Killing (1956)22,141
13.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,078
14.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,056
15.8.1Laura (1944)12,953
16.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,026
17.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,809
18.8.0White Heat (1949)9,290
19.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,974
20.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,410
21.8.0O drakos (1956)321
22.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,497
23.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,505
24.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,483
25.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,546
26.7.9The Killers (1946)5,070
27.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,593
28.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,540
29.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,262
30.7.9Scarface (1932)8,408
31.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,580
32.7.9Fury (1936)3,545
33.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,165
34.7.9Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,666
35.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,715
36.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,323
37.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,796
38.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,845
39.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,029
40.7.8The Letter (1940)3,477
41.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,099
42.7.8Gilda (1946)7,970
43.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,331
44.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,790
45.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,841
46.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,599
47.7.7Brute Force (1947)2,024
48.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,053
49.7.7Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)1,719
50.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,384

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.