Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,204
2.8.6Vertigo (1958)82,267
3.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)32,998
4.8.5M (1931)35,490
5.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,113
6.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)46,776
7.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,413
8.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,377
9.8.3Notorious (1946)28,175
10.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,144
11.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,716
12.8.2The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)8,154
13.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,711
14.8.2The Killing (1956)22,007
15.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,038
16.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)18,907
17.8.1Laura (1944)12,878
18.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)7,985
19.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,740
20.8.0White Heat (1949)9,206
21.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,911
22.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,391
23.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,464
24.8.0Night and the City (1950)2,774
25.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,464
26.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,457
27.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,495
28.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,549
29.7.9The Killers (1946)5,032
30.7.9O drakos (1956)317
31.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,219
32.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,531
33.7.9Scarface (1932)8,362
34.7.9Fury (1936)3,528
35.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,565
36.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,153
37.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,638
38.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,304
39.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,677
40.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,774
41.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,826
42.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,011
43.7.8The Letter (1940)3,458
44.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,038
45.7.8Gilda (1946)7,914
46.7.7Brute Force (1947)1,990
47.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,822
48.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,573
49.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,757
50.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,043

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.