Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,503
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,210
3.8.5M (1931)35,693
4.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,378
5.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)47,027
6.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,613
7.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,609
8.8.3Notorious (1946)28,363
9.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,274
10.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,900
11.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,763
12.8.2The Killing (1956)22,148
13.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,084
14.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,070
15.8.1Laura (1944)12,958
16.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,030
17.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,811
18.8.0White Heat (1949)9,292
19.8.0O drakos (1956)322
20.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,977
21.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,413
22.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,498
23.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,507
24.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,483
25.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,547
26.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,594
27.7.9The Killers (1946)5,070
28.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,540
29.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,264
30.7.9Scarface (1932)8,409
31.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,581
32.7.9Fury (1936)3,547
33.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,166
34.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,669
35.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,717
36.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,323
37.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,797
38.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,846
39.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,031
40.7.8The Letter (1940)3,478
41.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,101
42.7.8Gilda (1946)7,974
43.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,792
44.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,843
45.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,332
46.7.7Brute Force (1947)2,026
47.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,601
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.