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Top Rated "Documentary" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.6Chagrin et la piti�, Le (1969)539
2.8.5My Flesh and Blood (2003)361
3.8.4Nuit et brouillard (1955)1,669
4.8.4No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)1,288
5.8.4The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)511
6.8.4Promises (2001)554
7.8.4Hearts and Minds (1974)556
8.8.3Bowling for Columbine (2002)43,770
9.8.3Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)481
10.8.3The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)4,666
11.8.3The Corporation (2003)3,548
12.8.3Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929)1,547
13.8.2Ilha das Flores (1989)534
14.8.2Vieuphoria (1994)209
15.8.2Lektionen in Finsternis (1992)288
16.8.2Murderball (2005)1,750
17.8.2Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963)313
18.8.2Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)641
19.8.2Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der V�lker (1938)623
20.8.2Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Gro�stadt (1927)347
21.8.1Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976)349
22.8.1Titicut Follies (1967)323
23.8.1Un coupable id�al (2001)518
24.8.1Capturing the Friedmans (2003)4,034
25.8.1Children Underground (2000)238
26.8.1Grizzly Man (2005)2,882
27.8.1Sans soleil (1983)519
28.8.0Mio viaggio in Italia, Il (1999)480
29.8.0Stevie (2002)639
30.8.0Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)2,930
31.8.0Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)556
32.8.0Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)910
33.8.0Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Sch�nheit (1938)415
34.8.0Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)1,029
35.8.0Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)290
36.8.0Spellbound (2002/II)4,011
37.8.0Death in Gaza (2004)251
38.8.0Rivers and Tides (2001)570
39.7.9Salesman (1969)438
40.7.9For All Mankind (1989)299
41.7.9Peuple migrateur, Le (2001)3,802
42.7.9Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl, Die (1993)427
43.7.9Cane Toads (1988)275
44.7.9Why We Fight (2005)838
45.7.9Stop Making Sense (1984)2,447
46.7.9The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)678
47.7.9Koyaanisqatsi (1983)5,941
48.7.9Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)341
49.7.9Marche de l'empereur, La (2005)7,654
50.7.9Animals Are Beautiful People (1974)413

Bottom Rated "Documentary" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.1.8A Date with Your Family (1950)122
2.2.2Morten Korch - Solskin kan man altid finde (1999)61
3.2.2Why Study Industrial Arts? (1956)68
4.2.2Catching Trouble (1950)64
5.2.3Faces of Death IV (1990)225
6.2.4Faces of Death III (1985)221
7.2.5I Am Curious, Film (1995)66
8.2.5Udstillede, De (2000)64
9.2.6The Real Cancun (2003)1,994
10.2.7Faces of Death II (1981)334

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 6.6)
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.