Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,331
2.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)33,084
3.8.5M (1931)35,574
4.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,215
5.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)46,887
6.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,489
7.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,475
8.8.3Notorious (1946)28,242
9.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,201
10.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,784
11.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,732
12.8.2The Killing (1956)22,071
13.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,052
14.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)18,966
15.8.1Laura (1944)12,901
16.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)8,009
17.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,773
18.8.0White Heat (1949)9,230
19.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,937
20.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,400
21.8.0Night and the City (1950)2,791
22.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,478
23.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,480
24.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,470
25.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,518
26.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,567
27.7.9The Killers (1946)5,052
28.7.9O drakos (1956)319
29.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,225
30.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,536
31.7.9Scarface (1932)8,385
32.7.9Fury (1936)3,533
33.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,569
34.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,157
35.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,648
36.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,311
37.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,695
38.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,778
39.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,835
40.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,023
41.7.8The Letter (1940)3,464
42.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,069
43.7.8Gilda (1946)7,934
44.7.7Brute Force (1947)1,997
45.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,828
46.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,774
47.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,587
48.7.7Nightmare Alley (1947)2,326
49.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,048
50.7.7Murder, My Sweet (1944)3,365

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.