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Top Rated "Biography" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.8Schindler's List (1993)117,003
2.8.6Goodfellas (1990)83,996
3.8.6Lawrence of Arabia (1962)37,086
4.8.4The Pianist (2002)41,575
5.8.3Raging Bull (1980)33,487
6.8.3Napol�on (1927)1,035
7.8.3Amadeus (1984)43,808
8.8.2The Elephant Man (1980)20,310
9.8.2Braveheart (1995)108,991
10.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)24,182
11.8.1Ivan Groznyy I (1944)1,029
12.8.1Patton (1970)17,313
13.8.0Gandhi (1982)19,126
14.8.0A Man for All Seasons (1966)5,209
15.8.0Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)5,266
16.8.0Spartacus (1960)20,704
17.8.0The Straight Story (1999)17,958
18.8.0Mar adentro (2004/I)8,109
19.8.0Sergeant York (1941)2,774
20.8.0Cinderella Man (2005)17,106
21.7.9Ed Wood (1994)28,648
22.7.9Machuca (2004)1,010
23.7.9Jeder f�r sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)1,200
24.7.9Bonnie and Clyde (1967)15,449
25.7.9Andrey Rublyov (1969)4,092
26.7.9Becket (1964)1,732
27.7.9The Miracle Worker (1962)2,592
28.7.9Capote (2005)6,714
29.7.9The Insider (1999)34,179
30.7.9Diarios de motocicleta (2004)14,590
31.7.9Walk the Line (2005)17,297
32.7.8Ray (2004/I)17,495
33.7.8Papillon (1973)11,686
34.7.8Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)2,882
35.7.8The Last Emperor (1987)11,306
36.7.7A Beautiful Mind (2001)52,706
37.7.7In the Name of the Father (1993)12,279
38.7.7American Splendor (2003)11,130
39.7.7Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)2,668
40.7.7The Sound of Music (1965)24,717
41.7.6Gloire de mon p�re, La (1990)1,253
42.7.6Miyamoto Musashi (1954/I)1,139
43.7.6The Aviator (2004)28,341
44.7.6Catch Me If You Can (2002)51,687
45.7.6The Pride of the Yankees (1942)2,068
46.7.6Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)1,147
47.7.6How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003)1,565
48.7.6October Sky (1999)15,302
49.7.6My Left Foot (1989)5,918
50.7.6The Diary of Anne Frank (1959/I)1,499

Bottom Rated "Biography" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.2.2Viva Knievel! (1977)199
2.2.5Zapata - El sue�o del h�roe (2004)191
3.2.5Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)54
4.2.8The Happy Hooker (1975)180
5.3.0Bettie Page: Dark Angel (2004)61
6.3.2Song of Norway (1970)132
7.3.3Vercing�torix (2001)1,881
8.3.4Che! (1969)141
9.3.4The Conqueror (1956)575
10.3.4The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)99

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.