Top Noir Films

Top Rated "Film-Noir" Titles
Rank
Rating
Title
Votes
1.
8.6
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
23,030
2.
8.4
The Third Man (1949)
24,858
3.
8.4
M (1931)
16,945
4.
8.4
Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)
2,639
5.
8.4
Double Indemnity (1944)
15,878
6.
8.4
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
25,546
7.
8.4
Touch of Evil (1958)
15,536
8.
8.3
Strangers on a Train (1951)
14,714
9.
8.3
The Big Sleep (1946)
13,537
10.
8.3
Notorious (1946)
14,435
11.
8.3
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
3,424
12.
8.3
Out of the Past (1947)
4,003
13.
8.2
The Killing (1956)
9,963
14.
8.2
The Lost Weekend (1945)
4,110
15.
8.2
Ace in the Hole (1951)
1,506
16.
8.2
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
1,809
17.
8.2
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
8,393
18.
8.1
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
10,600
19.
8.0
White Heat (1949)
4,365
20.
8.0
Nightmare Alley (1947)
785
21.
8.0
Nora inu (1949)
1,928
22.
8.0
The Set-Up (1949)
1,070
23.
8.0
Laura (1944)
6,624
24.
8.0
Body and Soul (1947)
706
25.
8.0
Key Largo (1948)
7,486
26.
7.9
Scarface (1932)
3,494
27.
7.9
Night and the City (1950)
780
28.
7.9
The Killers (1946)
2,110
29.
7.9
The Big Heat (1953)
2,425
30.
7.9
Pickup on South Street (1953)
1,316
31.
7.8
In a Lonely Place (1950)
2,193
32.
7.8
The Narrow Margin (1952)
772
33.
7.8
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
3,786
34.
7.8
Deadly Is the Female (1949)
1,203
35.
7.7
Scarlet Street (1945)
1,369
36.
7.7
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
3,350
37.
7.7
Fury (1936)
1,698
38.
7.7
The Woman in the Window (1945)
1,152
39.
7.7
The Big Clock (1948)
871
40.
7.7
Yoidore tenshi (1948)
734
41.
7.7
Gilda (1946)
4,134
42.
7.7
This Gun for Hire (1942)
850
43.
7.6
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
497
44.
7.6
The Letter (1940)
1,631
45.
7.6
Kiss of Death (1947)
845
46.
7.6
Thieves' Highway (1949)
374
47.
7.6
Sudden Fear (1952)
498
48.
7.6
Brute Force (1947)
542
49.
7.6
Mildred Pierce (1945)
3,358
50.
7.6
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
1,510
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.