Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,596
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,272
3.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,447
4.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)47,084
5.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,669
6.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,655
7.8.3Notorious (1946)28,410
8.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,320
9.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,944
10.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,779
11.8.2The Killing (1956)22,181
12.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,091
13.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,107
14.8.1Laura (1944)12,973
15.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,043
16.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,825
17.8.1O drakos (1956)324
18.8.0White Heat (1949)9,309
19.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,983
20.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,419
21.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,512
22.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,521
23.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,492
24.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,555
25.7.9The Killers (1946)5,078
26.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,599
27.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,541
28.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,278
29.7.9Scarface (1932)8,425
30.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,585
31.7.9Fury (1936)3,552
32.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,171
33.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,679
34.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,724
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)2,850
39.7.8The Letter (1940)3,484
40.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,108
41.7.8Gilda (1946)7,991
42.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,852
43.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,797
44.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,335
45.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,608
46.7.7Brute Force (1947)2,032
47.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,081
48.7.7Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)1,726
49.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,389
50.7.7This Gun for Hire (1942)2,120

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.