Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Sunset Blvd. (1950)48,189
2.8.6Vertigo (1958)82,249
3.8.6Double Indemnity (1944)32,983
4.8.5M (1931)35,485
5.8.5The Third Man (1949)46,100
6.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)46,765
7.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)29,405
8.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)30,370
9.8.3Notorious (1946)28,166
10.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)26,138
11.8.2The Night of the Hunter (1955)22,706
12.8.2The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)8,151
13.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)6,706
14.8.2The Killing (1956)22,004
15.8.2Sweet Smell of Success (1957)8,037
16.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)18,901
17.8.1Laura (1944)12,875
18.8.1Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)7,984
19.8.1Out of the Past (1947)9,738
20.8.0White Heat (1949)9,204
21.8.0Key Largo (1948)13,910
22.8.0I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)4,390
23.8.0In a Lonely Place (1950)5,462
24.8.0Night and the City (1950)2,774
25.8.0The Big Heat (1953)5,462
26.7.9Pickup on South Street (1953)3,456
27.7.9The Asphalt Jungle (1950)7,494
28.7.9Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)7,547
29.7.9The Killers (1946)5,030
30.7.9O drakos (1956)317
31.7.9Odd Man Out (1947)2,218
32.7.9Body and Soul (1947)1,531
33.7.9Scarface (1932)8,358
34.7.9Fury (1936)3,528
35.7.9Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)1,562
36.7.9Scarlet Street (1945)3,153
37.7.8Deadly Is the Female (1950)2,638
38.7.8Thieves' Highway (1949)1,303
39.7.8Mildred Pierce (1945)6,675
40.7.8The Woman in the Window (1944)2,773
41.7.8The Set-Up (1949)2,825
42.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)2,009
43.7.8The Letter (1940)3,454
44.7.8The Lady from Shanghai (1947)7,036
45.7.8Gilda (1946)7,910
46.7.7Brute Force (1947)1,989
47.7.7The Naked City (1948)2,820
48.7.7Leave Her to Heaven (1945)2,573
49.7.7Nora inu (1949)4,755
50.7.7The Big Clock (1948)2,042

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.