Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)74,559
2.8.6M (1931)54,010
3.8.5Double Indemnity (1944)51,262
4.8.5The Third Man (1949)65,385
5.8.3The Maltese Falcon (1941)65,869
6.8.3Touch of Evil (1958)42,460
7.8.3Les diaboliques (1955)21,400
8.8.2Strangers on a Train (1951)47,989
9.8.2Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)11,067
10.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)10,106
11.8.2Notorious (1946)41,069
12.8.2White Heat (1949)12,525
13.8.2The Big Sleep (1946)37,570
14.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)34,549
15.8.1The Killing (1956)34,338
16.8.1Sweet Smell of Success (1957)11,827
17.8.1Laura (1944)17,987
18.8.1The Lost Weekend (1945)14,954
19.8.1Out of the Past (1947)13,506
20.8.1Shadow of a Doubt (1943)27,220
21.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)9,081
22.8.0The Big Heat (1953)9,024
23.8.0Night and the City (1950)4,567
24.7.9Mildred Pierce (1945)9,705
25.7.9Key Largo (1948)18,286
26.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)11,010
27.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)10,375
28.7.9The Killers (1946)7,867
29.7.9Fury (1936)5,160
30.7.9Scarface (1932)12,239
31.7.9Nora inu (1949)6,798
32.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)5,441
33.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)5,257
34.7.8The Set-Up (1949)3,830
35.7.8Odd Man Out (1947)3,431
36.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)4,343
37.7.8Body and Soul (1947)2,051
38.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)2,088
39.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,937
40.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)5,057
41.7.8Nightmare Alley (1947)3,234
42.7.7Gilda (1946)11,661
43.7.7The Lady from Shanghai (1947)10,809
44.7.7The Letter (1940)5,019
45.7.7The Naked City (1948)4,595
46.7.7Kiss Me Deadly (1955)8,287
47.7.7Brute Force (1947)3,216
48.7.7The Big Clock (1948)3,137
49.7.7Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)2,876
50.7.6Spellbound (1945)19,160

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.