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Top Rated "Documentary" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.6Nirvana Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (1994)352
2.8.5Chagrin et la piti�, Le (1969)572
3.8.5No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)1,469
4.8.5My Flesh and Blood (2003)381
5.8.4Nuit et brouillard (1955)1,782
6.8.4The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)547
7.8.4Promises (2001)574
8.8.3Hearts and Minds (1974)598
9.8.3Bowling for Columbine (2002)45,200
10.8.3Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)515
11.8.3The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)4,945
12.8.3Vieuphoria (1994)220
13.8.3The Corporation (2003)3,816
14.8.2Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929)1,635
15.8.2Ilha das Flores (1989)575
16.8.2Lektionen in Finsternis (1992)323
17.8.2Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)667
18.8.2Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963)340
19.8.2Titicut Follies (1967)351
20.8.1Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der V�lker (1938)644
21.8.1Touching the Void (2003)5,302
22.8.1Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976)363
23.8.1Un coupable id�al (2001)548
24.8.1Children Underground (2000)252
25.8.1Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Gro�stadt (1927)372
26.8.1Why We Fight (2005)1,292
27.8.1Capturing the Friedmans (2003)4,284
28.8.0Murderball (2005)2,342
29.8.0Grizzly Man (2005)4,072
30.8.0Mio viaggio in Italia, Il (1999)504
31.8.0Stevie (2002)706
32.8.0Sans soleil (1983)550
33.8.0Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)299
34.8.0Death in Gaza (2004)283
35.8.0Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)563
36.8.0Sound and Fury (2000)203
37.8.0For All Mankind (1989)316
38.8.0Salesman (1969)455
39.8.0Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)1,082
40.8.0Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Sch�nheit (1938)430
41.8.0Spellbound (2002/II)4,168
42.8.0Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)970
43.8.0Cane Toads (1988)297
44.8.0Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)3,034
45.7.9Peuple migrateur, Le (2001)3,938
46.7.9Rivers and Tides (2001)601
47.7.9Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl, Die (1993)440
48.7.9New York Doll (2005)271
49.7.9Zendegi va digar hich (1991)333
50.7.9Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)365

Bottom Rated "Documentary" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.1.5A Date with Your Family (1950)175
2.1.8The Big Question (2004)57
3.2.2Morten Korch - Solskin kan man altid finde (1999)63
4.2.2Catching Trouble (1950)68
5.2.2Why Study Industrial Arts? (1956)69
6.2.3Faces of Death IV (1990)234
7.2.4I Am Curious, Film (1995)68
8.2.4Faces of Death III (1985)228
9.2.4Udstillede, De (2000)67
10.2.5The Real Cancun (2003)2,061

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.