Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,520
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,224
3.8.5M (1931)35,702
4.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,396
5.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)47,045
6.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,624
7.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,618
8.8.3Notorious (1946)28,375
9.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,286
10.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,910
11.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,768
12.8.2The Killing (1956)22,152
13.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,086
14.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)19,076
15.8.1Laura (1944)12,962
16.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,032
17.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,813
18.8.1O drakos (1956)324
19.8.0White Heat (1949)9,296
20.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,980
21.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,414
22.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,501
23.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,508
24.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,484
25.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,548
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)2,268
30.7.9Scarface (1932)8,415
31.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,581
32.7.9Fury (1936)3,549
33.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,168
34.7.9Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,670
35.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,717
36.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,323
37.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,799
38.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,846
39.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,031
40.7.8The Letter (1940)3,479
41.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,103
42.7.8Gilda (1946)7,975
43.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,793
44.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,332
45.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,844
46.7.7Brute Force (1947)2,027
47.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,601
48.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,053
49.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,384
50.7.7Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)1,722

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.