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Top Rated "1950s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.8Shichinin no samurai (1954)42,684
2.8.7Rear Window (1954)50,786
3.8.712 Angry Men (1957)37,499
4.8.6North by Northwest (1959)43,391
5.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)20,817
6.8.5Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)3,200
7.8.5Paths of Glory (1957)18,358
8.8.5Vertigo (1958)41,395
9.8.5Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)4,037
10.8.4Rash�mon (1950)15,168
11.8.4Umberto D. (1952)1,874
12.8.4The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)27,372
13.8.4All About Eve (1950)16,062
14.8.4Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)2,197
15.8.4Singin' in the Rain (1952)25,235
16.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)14,472
17.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)13,534
18.8.3Some Like It Hot (1959)31,151
19.8.3On the Waterfront (1954)16,383
20.8.3Olvidados, Los (1950)1,750
21.8.3Diaboliques, Les (1955)4,308
22.8.3Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)12,892
23.8.3Sweet Smell of Success (1957)3,083
24.8.3High Noon (1952)15,312
25.8.2The Killing (1956)9,048
26.8.2Smultronst�llet (1957)7,179
27.8.2Kumonosu j� (1957)4,640
28.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)1,366
29.8.2Ugetsu monogatari (1953)1,762
30.8.1Anatomy of a Murder (1959)4,955
31.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)9,745
32.8.1Witness for the Prosecution (1957)6,488
33.8.1Ben-Hur (1959)25,862
34.8.1The African Queen (1951)16,569
35.8.1Harvey (1950)9,742
36.8.1Ikiru (1952)5,832
37.8.1Pather Panchali (1955)1,706
38.8.1The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)12,614
39.8.1Stalag 17 (1953)8,885
40.8.0Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)8,477
41.8.0Un condamn� � mort s'est �chapp� ou Le vent souffle o� il veut (1956)1,229
42.8.0Tokyo monogatari (1953)2,934
43.8.0Tuntematon sotilas (1955)1,806
44.8.0The Caine Mutiny (1954)5,454
45.8.0Ordet (1955)1,406
46.8.0Roman Holiday (1953)12,093
47.8.0A Face in the Crowd (1957)1,707
48.8.0Strada, La (1954)6,539
49.8.0The Searchers (1956)12,697
50.8.0Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958)4,460

Bottom Rated "1950s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.1.5King Dinosaur (1955)228
2.1.9The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)297
3.2.0Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)336
4.2.2Swamp Women (1955)295
5.2.3Teenage Zombies (1959)103
6.2.3Daddy-O (1958)188
7.2.3Night of the Blood Beast (1958)208
8.2.4The Girl in Lovers Lane (1959)112
9.2.4High School Big Shot (1959)145
10.2.4Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)65

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.