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Top Rated "Biography" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.8Schindler's List (1993)121,981
2.8.6Napol�on (1927)1,184
3.8.6Goodfellas (1990)88,015
4.8.6Lawrence of Arabia (1962)38,609
5.8.4The Pianist (2002)44,438
6.8.3Raging Bull (1980)35,065
7.8.2The Elephant Man (1980)21,367
8.8.2Braveheart (1995)113,474
9.8.1The Message (1976)1,527
10.8.1Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)25,169
11.8.1Ivan Groznyy I (1944)1,070
12.8.1A Man for All Seasons (1966)5,605
13.8.1Gandhi (1982)20,029
14.8.0Patton (1970)18,046
15.8.0Sergeant York (1941)2,906
16.8.0Spartacus (1960)21,620
17.8.0Finding Neverland (2004)33,512
18.8.0Cinderella Man (2005)19,856
19.8.0Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)5,610
20.8.0The Straight Story (1999)18,791
21.7.9Machuca (2004)1,118
22.7.9Bonnie and Clyde (1967)16,175
23.7.9Becket (1964)1,797
24.7.9Ed Wood (1994)29,983
25.7.9Jeder f�r sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)1,298
26.7.9Mar adentro (2004/I)8,839
27.7.9Walk the Line (2005)26,165
28.7.9Andrey Rublyov (1969)4,290
29.7.9The Miracle Worker (1962)2,707
30.7.9The Insider (1999)35,588
31.7.9Diarios de motocicleta (2004)15,642
32.7.9Papillon (1973)12,239
33.7.8The World's Fastest Indian (2005)2,288
34.7.8Ray (2004/I)18,692
35.7.8The Last Emperor (1987)11,763
36.7.8Capote (2005)13,063
37.7.8Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)2,791
38.7.8Queen Christina (1933)1,011
39.7.7A Beautiful Mind (2001)55,016
40.7.7In the Name of the Father (1993)12,653
41.7.7Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)3,039
42.7.7American Splendor (2003)11,631
43.7.7The Sound of Music (1965)25,660
44.7.6Miyamoto Musashi (1954/I)1,202
45.7.6Catch Me If You Can (2002)54,575
46.7.6The Pride of the Yankees (1942)2,182
47.7.6Gloire de mon p�re, La (1990)1,317
48.7.6The Aviator (2004)30,215
49.7.6Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)1,178
50.7.6How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003)1,634

Bottom Rated "Biography" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.2.0Viva Knievel! (1977)294
2.2.1The Happy Hooker (1975)251
3.2.5Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)54
4.2.5Zapata - El sue�o del h�roe (2004)212
5.2.9The Conqueror (1956)635
6.3.1Bettie Page: Dark Angel (2004)68
7.3.2Song of Norway (1970)133
8.3.4De Sade (1969)115
9.3.4The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)103
10.3.5Vercing�torix (2001)1,982

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.