Top 100 Film Noir Movies

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  1. The Maltese Falcon – (1941, John Huston) (Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor)
2. Double Indemnity – (1944, Billy Wilder) (Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson)
3. The Big Sleep – (1946, Howard Hawks) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely)
4. Sunset Boulevard – (1950, Billy Wilder) (Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim)
5. The Third Man – (1949, Carol Reed) (Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli)
6. M – (1931, Fritz Lang) (Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke)
7. Notorious – (1946, Alfred Hitchcock) (Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern)
8. Touch Of Evil – (1958, Orson Welles) (Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Dennis Weaver)
9. Criss Cross – (1949, Robert Siodmak) (Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Stephen McNally)
10. Strangers On A Train – (1951, Alfred Hitchcock) (Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker)
11. Out Of The Past – (1947, Jacques Tourneur) (Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming)
12. The Big Combo – (1955, Joseph H. Lewis) (Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace)
13. The Night Of The Hunter – (1955, Charles Laughton) (Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish)
14. The Killing – (1956, Stanley Kubrick) (Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards)
15. Key Largo – (1948, John Huston) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson)
16. The Killers – (1946, Robert Siodmak) (Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien)
17. I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang – (1932, Mervyn LeRoy) (Paul Muni, Preston Foster)
18. Ace In The Hole – (1951, Billy Wilder) (Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Richard Benedict)
19. Laura – (1944, Otto Preminger) (Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price)
20. White Heat – (1949, Raoul Walsh) (James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien, Steve Cochran)
21. The Lost Weekend – (1945, Billy Wilder) (Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry)
22. Angels With Dirty Faces – (1938, Michael Curtiz) (James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart)
23. Rififi – (1955, Jules Dassin) (Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey)
24. Sweet Smell of Success – (1957, Alexander Mackendrick) (Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner)
25. The Blue Dahlia – (1946, George Marshall) (Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix)
26. Night And The City – (1950, Jules Dassin) (Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Herbert Lom)
27. The Set-Up – (1949, Robert Wise) (Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter)
28. Scarface – (1932, Howard Hawks) (Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff)
29. Shadow Of A Doubt – (1943, Alfred Hitchcock) (Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey)
30. The Big Heat – (1953, Fritz Lang) (Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin)
31. The Asphalt Jungle – (1950, John Huston) (Sterling Hayden, Marilyn Monroe, James Whitmore)
32. Nightmare Alley – (1947, Edmund Goulding) (Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray)
33. Body And Soul – (1947, Robert Rossen) (John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad)
34. In A Lonely Place – (1950, Nicholas Ray) (Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy)
35. The Lady from Shanghai – (1947, Orson Welles) (Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane)
36. Ossessione – (1943, Luchino Visconti) (Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani)
37. The Woman in the Window – (1944, Fritz Lang) (Edward G. Robinson, Raymond Massey)
38. Pickup On South Street – (1953, Samuel Fuller) (Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter)
39. Scarlet Street – (1945, Fritz Lang) (Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea)
40. Kiss Of Death – (1947, Henry Hathaway) (Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark)
41. Gun Crazy (aka: Deadly Is The Female) – (1950, Joseph H. Lewis) (Peggy Cummins, John Dall)
42. Mildred Pierce – (1945, Michael Curtiz) (Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Eve Arden)
43. Where The Sidewalk Ends – (1950, Otto Preminger) (Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill)
44. The Naked City – (1948, Jules Dassin) (Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart)
45. Gilda – (1946, Charles Vidor) (Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready)
46. Murder, My Sweet – (1944, Edward Dmytryk) (Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley)
47. Kiss Me Deadly – (1955, Robert Aldrich) (Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart)
48. Sudden Fear – (1952, ) (Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Mike Connors)
49. This Gun For Hire – (1942, Frank Tuttle) (Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Alan Ladd)
50. Dark Passage – (1947, Delmer Daves) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead)
51. The Postman Always Rings Twice – (1946, Tay Garnett) (Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway)
52. Fury – (1936, Fritz Lang) (Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot)
53. Leave Her To Heaven – (1945, John M. Stahl) (Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Vincent Price)
54. D.O.A. – (1950, Rudolph Maté) (Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Beverly Garland)
55. Kansas City Confidential – (1952, Phil Karlson) (John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster)
56. Force Of Evil – (1948, Abraham Polonsky) (John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor)
57. Crossfire – (1947, Edward Dmytryk) (Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame)
58. The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers – (1946, L. Milestone) (Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas)
59. House Of Strangers – (1949, Joseph L. Mankiewicz) (Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward)
60. Scandal Sheet – (1952, Phil Karlson) (Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek, Harry Morgan)
61. The Wrong Man – (1956, Alfred Hitchcock) (Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle)
62. Odds Against Tomorrow – (1959, Robert Wise) (Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters)
63. Raw Deal – (1948, Anthony Mann) (Dennis O’Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland)
64. Act of Violence – (1948, Fred Zinnemann) (Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor)
65. The Stranger – (1946, Orson Welles) (Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles)
66. You Only Live Once – (1937, Fritz Lang) (Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney, Barton MacLane)
67. Angel Face – (1952, Otto Preminger) (Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman)
68. Pitfall – (1948, André De Toth) (Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr)
69. Detour – (1945, Edgar G. Ulmer) (Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald)
70. On Dangerous Ground – (1952, Nicholas Ray) (Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond)
71. Panic In The Streets – (1950, Elia Kazan) (Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes)
72. Possessed – (1947, Curtis Bernhardt) (Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey)
73. Human Desire – (1954, Fritz Lang) (Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford)
74. The Street With No Name – (1948, William Keighley) (Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan)
75. Fallen Angel – (1945, Otto Preminger) (Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, John Carradine)
76. Phantom Lady – (1944, Robert Siodmak) (Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis)
77. Cry of the City – (1948, Robert Siodmak) (Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Shelley Winters)
78. Dead Reckoning – (1947, John Cromwell) (Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky)
79. T-Men – (1947, Anthony Mann) (Dennis O’Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, June Lockhart)
80. Party Girl – (1958, Nicholas Ray) (Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland)
81. The File On Thelma Jordon – (1950, Robert Siodmak) (Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly)
82. The Brasher Doubloon – (1947, John Brahm) (George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis)
83. Clash by Night – (1952, Fritz Lang) (Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe)
84. Mystery Street – (1950, John Sturges) (Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett)
85. Niagara – (1953, Henry Hathaway) (Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter)
86. While The City Sleeps – (1956, Fritz Lang) (Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders)
87. Side Street – (1950, Anthony Mann) (Joe Norson, Ellen Norson, James Craig)
88. The Big Knife – (1955, Robert Aldrich) (Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters)
89. Border Incident – (1949, Anthony Mann) (Pablo Rodriguez, Jack Bearnes, Howard Da Silva)
90. Desperate – (1947, Anthony Mann) (Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Jason Robards Sr.)
91. Whirlpool – (1949, Otto Preminger) (Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer)
92. Journey Into Fear – (1943, Norman Foster, Orson Welles) (Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio)
93. Undercurrent – (1946, Vincente Minnelli) (Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum)
94. Hollow Triumph – (1948, Steve Sekely) (Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz)
95. Beyond A Reasonable Doubt – (1956, Fritz Lang) (Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer)
96. House Of Bamboo – (1955, Samuel Fuller) (Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi)
97. Lady in the Lake – (1947, Robert Montgomery) (Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan)
98. The Two Mrs. Carrolls – (1947, Peter Godfrey) (Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith)
99. Where Danger Lives – (1950, John Farrow) (Robert Mitchum, Claude Rains, Maureen O’Sullivan)
100. Stranger On The Third Floor – (1940, Boris Ingster) (Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet)
 The Maltese Falcon movie

Double Indemnity movie

The Big Sleep movie

Sunset Boulevard movie

The Third Man movie

M movie

Notorious movie

Touch Of Evil movie

25 Greatest Neo-Noir films (1960 – present day)

Modern films that incorporate the moods, themes, and atmosphere of classic Film Noirs.
  1. Chinatown – (1974, Roman Polanski) (Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston)
2. L.A. Confidential – (1997, Curtis Hanson) (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce)
3. The Manchurian Candidate – (1962, John Frankenheimer) (Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey)
4. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – (2005, Shane Black) (Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan)
5. Se7en – (1995, David Fincher) (Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow)
6. Cape Fear – (1962, J. Lee Thompson) (Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen)
7. Blade Runner – (1982, Ridley Scott) (Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah)
8. Blood Simple – (1984, Joel Coen) (John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya)
9. Sin City – (2005, Frank Miller) (Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro, Bruce Willis)
10. The Usual Suspects – (1995, Bryan Singer) (Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro)
11. Body Heat – (1981, Lawrence Kasdan) (William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna)
12. Klute – (1971, Alan J. Pakula) (Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Roy Scheider)
13. Le Samouraï – (1967, Jean-Pierre Melville) (Alain Delon, Francois Périer, Nathalie Delon)
14. The Grifters – (1990, Stephen Frears) (Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening)
15. Tirez sur le pianiste (aka Shoot The Pianist) – (1960, F. Truffaut) (Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois)
16. Fargo – (1996, Joel Coen) (William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Kristin Rudrüd, Peter Stormare)
17. Night Moves – (1975, Arthur Penn) (Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, James Woods)
18. Hammett – (1982, Wim Wenders) (Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner)
19. Devil In A Blue Dress – (1995, Carl Franklin) (Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals)
20. Blue Velvet – (1986, David Lynch) (Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper)
21. The Naked Kiss – (1964, Samuel Fuller) (Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante)
22. Dark City – (1998, Alex Proyas) (William Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland)
23. Shock Corridor – (1963, Samuel Fuller) (Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans)
24. The Man Who Wasn’t There – (2001, Joel Coen) (Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand)
25. The Public Eye – (1992, Howard Franklin) (Joe Pesci, Richard Riehle, Bryan Travis Smith)

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