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Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.6Sunset Blvd. (1950)20,653
2.8.4The Third Man (1949)22,706
3.8.4M (1931)15,329
4.8.4The Maltese Falcon (1941)23,646
5.8.4Double Indemnity (1944)14,447
6.8.4Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)2,172
7.8.4Touch of Evil (1958)14,363
8.8.3Strangers on a Train (1951)13,431
9.8.3The Big Sleep (1946)12,408
10.8.3Sweet Smell of Success (1957)3,048
11.8.3Notorious (1946)13,233
12.8.3Out of the Past (1947)3,506
13.8.2The Killing (1956)8,980
14.8.2Shadow of a Doubt (1943)7,564
15.8.2The Lost Weekend (1945)3,570
16.8.2Ace in the Hole (1951)1,355
17.8.2I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)1,606
18.8.1The Night of the Hunter (1955)9,651
19.8.0Nightmare Alley (1947)675
20.8.0The Set-Up (1949)933
21.8.0White Heat (1949)3,925
22.8.0Nora inu (1949)1,689
23.8.0Body and Soul (1947)653
24.8.0Laura (1944)6,068
25.7.9Key Largo (1948)6,695
26.7.9Scarface (1932)3,108
27.7.9Night and the City (1950)669
28.7.9The Big Heat (1953)2,108
29.7.9The Killers (1946)1,934
30.7.8Pickup on South Street (1953)1,120
31.7.8The Narrow Margin (1952)651
32.7.8In a Lonely Place (1950)1,918
33.7.8The Asphalt Jungle (1950)3,341
34.7.7Deadly Is the Female (1949)1,042
35.7.7Scarlet Street (1945)1,220
36.7.7Fury (1936)1,513
37.7.7The Lady from Shanghai (1947)2,975
38.7.7The Woman in the Window (1945)1,038
39.7.7The Big Clock (1948)795
40.7.7The Letter (1940)1,442
41.7.7Yoidore tenshi (1948)642
42.7.7This Gun for Hire (1942)749
43.7.7Gilda (1946)3,576
44.7.6Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)370
45.7.6Kiss of Death (1947)744
46.7.6Thieves' Highway (1949)289
47.7.6Spellbound (1945)6,427
48.7.6Sudden Fear (1952)443
49.7.6Champion (1949)503
50.7.6Brute Force (1947)486

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.