Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,261
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,041
3.8.5M (1931)35,530
4.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,158
5.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)46,834
6.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,453
7.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,423
8.8.3Notorious (1946)28,207
9.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,172
10.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,744
11.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,721
12.8.2The Killing (1956)22,039
13.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,044
14.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)18,940
15.8.1Laura (1944)12,890
16.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)7,998
17.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,753
18.8.0White Heat (1949)9,215
19.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,921
20.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,394
21.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,472
22.8.0Night and the City (1950)2,781
23.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,472
24.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,461
25.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,504
26.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,562
27.7.9The Killers (1946)5,043
28.7.9O drakos (1956)318
29.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,221
30.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,533
31.7.9Scarface (1932)8,368
32.7.9Fury (1936)3,531
33.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,568
34.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,155
35.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,679
36.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,646
37.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,309
38.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,774
39.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,830
40.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,017
41.7.8The Letter (1940)3,460
42.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,051
43.7.8Gilda (1946)7,923
44.7.7Brute Force (1947)1,993
45.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,823
46.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,761
47.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,579
48.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,045
49.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,320
50.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,360

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.