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Top Rated "1950s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.8Shichinin no samurai (1954)40,571
2.8.7Rear Window (1954)48,807
3.8.712 Angry Men (1957)35,646
4.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)19,833
5.8.6North by Northwest (1959)41,787
6.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)17,542
7.8.5Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)2,951
8.8.5Vertigo (1958)39,862
9.8.4Rash�mon (1950)14,379
10.8.4Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)3,736
11.8.4All About Eve (1950)15,422
12.8.4The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)26,327
13.8.4Singin' in the Rain (1952)24,277
14.8.3Touch of Evil (1958)13,866
15.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)29,904
16.8.3Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)12,217
17.8.3On the Waterfront (1954)15,538
18.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)12,869
19.8.3Umberto D. (1952)1,703
20.8.3Kumonosu j� (1957)4,321
21.8.3Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)1,997
22.8.3Smultronst�llet (1957)6,776
23.8.3Diaboliques, Les (1955)4,039
24.8.3Sweet Smell of Success (1957)2,844
25.8.2High Noon (1952)14,709
26.8.2Un condamn� � mort s'est �chapp� ou Le vent souffle o� il veut (1956)1,127
27.8.2Olvidados, Los (1950)1,609
28.8.2The Killing (1956)8,609
29.8.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)6,192
30.8.2Ikiru (1952)5,473
31.8.2Ugetsu monogatari (1953)1,612
32.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)9,273
33.8.1Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)8,029
34.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)24,762
35.8.1Anatomy of a Murder (1959)4,670
36.8.1Stalag 17 (1953)8,469
37.8.1The African Queen (1951)15,932
38.8.1Tokyo monogatari (1953)2,738
39.8.1Harvey (1950)9,355
40.8.1Ace in the Hole (1951)1,268
41.8.1Strada, La (1954)6,193
42.8.1Pather Panchali (1955)1,599
43.8.0The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)12,046
44.8.0Roman Holiday (1953)11,562
45.8.0Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958)4,247
46.8.0Ordet (1955)1,314
47.8.0The Searchers (1956)12,167
48.8.0A Face in the Crowd (1957)1,610
49.8.0Tuntematon sotilas (1955)1,721
50.8.0The Caine Mutiny (1954)5,272

Bottom Rated "1950s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.2.2King Dinosaur (1955)143
2.2.3Teenage Zombies (1959)97
3.2.3The Girl in Lovers Lane (1959)108
4.2.3High School Big Shot (1959)139
5.2.4Daddy-O (1958)183
6.2.4Night of the Blood Beast (1958)199
7.2.4The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)204
8.2.4Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)61
9.2.5Radar Secret Service (1950)126
10.2.5The Bride and the Beast (1958)53

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 1000)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.6)
for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.

In order to appear in the Bottom 10 Titles chart the title must have received at least 50 votes.