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Top Rated "Biography" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.8Schindler's List (1993)119,357
2.8.6Goodfellas (1990)85,911
3.8.6Lawrence of Arabia (1962)37,788
4.8.6Napol�on (1927)1,130
5.8.4The Pianist (2002)42,953
6.8.3Raging Bull (1980)34,321
7.8.2The Elephant Man (1980)20,856
8.8.2Braveheart (1995)111,180
9.8.2The Message (1976)1,456
10.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)24,633
11.8.1Ivan Groznyy I (1944)1,050
12.8.1Patton (1970)17,672
13.8.1A Man for All Seasons (1966)5,421
14.8.1Gandhi (1982)19,556
15.8.0Finding Neverland (2004)32,298
16.8.0Spartacus (1960)21,144
17.8.0Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)5,444
18.8.0Cinderella Man (2005)18,640
19.8.0Sergeant York (1941)2,836
20.8.0The Straight Story (1999)18,421
21.7.9Ed Wood (1994)29,361
22.7.9Machuca (2004)1,063
23.7.9Bonnie and Clyde (1967)15,828
24.7.9Jeder f�r sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)1,242
25.7.9Becket (1964)1,754
26.7.9Andrey Rublyov (1969)4,198
27.7.9Mar adentro (2004/I)8,545
28.7.9The Miracle Worker (1962)2,660
29.7.9The Insider (1999)34,848
30.7.9Walk the Line (2005)23,177
31.7.9Diarios de motocicleta (2004)15,125
32.7.8Papillon (1973)11,957
33.7.8The World's Fastest Indian (2005)1,621
34.7.8Ray (2004/I)18,121
35.7.8Capote (2005)10,965
36.7.8The Last Emperor (1987)11,534
37.7.7A Beautiful Mind (2001)53,839
38.7.7In the Name of the Father (1993)12,475
39.7.7Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)2,963
40.7.7Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)2,722
41.7.7American Splendor (2003)11,403
42.7.7The Sound of Music (1965)25,168
43.7.6Miyamoto Musashi (1954/I)1,169
44.7.6Catch Me If You Can (2002)53,091
45.7.6Gloire de mon p�re, La (1990)1,294
46.7.6The Aviator (2004)29,347
47.7.6The Pride of the Yankees (1942)2,138
48.7.6Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)1,164
49.7.6How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003)1,606
50.7.6October Sky (1999)15,599

Bottom Rated "Biography" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.1.7Viva Knievel! (1977)255
2.2.2The Happy Hooker (1975)228
3.2.5Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)54
4.2.5Zapata - El sue�o del h�roe (2004)204
5.3.0Bettie Page: Dark Angel (2004)63
6.3.1The Conqueror (1956)600
7.3.2Song of Norway (1970)132
8.3.4Vercing�torix (2001)1,923
9.3.4De Sade (1969)115
10.3.5Che! (1969)147

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.