250 Quintessential Noir Films top movies
Based on research, these are the 250 most cited films noir in film history. In other words, these noir films aren't necessarily the best (although they would be very close to it), they are simply the films that have most often been cited as noir in publications and across the world-wide-web. — 250 Quintessential Noir Films
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The Accused
1949 - 2 -Check More options
Ace in the Hole
1951 - 3 -Check More options
Act of Violence
1948 - 4 -Check More options
Among the Living
1941 - 5 -Check More options
Angel Face
1952 - 6 -Check More options
Armored Car Robbery
1950 — a.k.a. Armoured Car Robbery - 7 -Check More options
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 - 8 -Check More options
Behind Locked Doors
1948 — a.k.a. Hinter verschlossenen Türen - 9 -Check More options
Berlin Express
1948 - 10 -Check More options
Beware, My Lovely
1952 - 11 -Check More options
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 - 12 -Check More options
Beyond the Forest
1949 - 13 -Check More options
The Big Clock
1948 - 14 -Check More options
The Big Combo
1955 - 15 -Check More options
The Big Heat
1953 - 16 -Check More options
The Big Knife
1955 - 17 -Check More options
The Big Sleep
1946 - 18 -Check More options
Black Angel
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Black Tuesday
1954 - 20 -Check More options
The Blue Dahlia
1946 - 21 -Check More options
The Blue Gardenia
1953 - 22 -Check More options
Body and Soul
1947 — a.k.a. An Affair of the Heart - 23 -Check More options
Boomerang!
1947 - 24 -Check More options
Border Incident
1949 - 25 -Check More options
Born to Kill
1947 — a.k.a. Lady of Deceit - 26 -Check More options
The Brasher Doubloon
1947 — a.k.a. The High Window - 27 -Check More options
The Breaking Point
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Brute Force
1947 - 29 -Check More options
The Burglar
1957 - 30 -Check More options
Call Northside 777
1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777 - 31 -Check More options
Cape Fear
1962 - 32 -Check More options
The Captive City
1952 - 33 -Check More options
Caught
1949 - 34 -Check More options
Cause for Alarm!
1951 - 35 -Check More options
Champion
1949 - 36 -Check More options
The Chase
1946 - 37 -Check More options
Christmas Holiday
1944 - 38 -Check More options
City That Never Sleeps
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Clash by Night
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Conflict
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Cornered
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Crack-Up
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Crime of Passion
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Crime Wave
1954 — a.k.a. The City Is Dark - 45 -Check More options
The Crimson Kimono
1959 - 46 -Check More options
Criss Cross
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Crossfire
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Cry Danger
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Cry of the City
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D.O.A.
1950
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"Halfway done! All downhill from here ..."
Come on, how can you watch that many noirs and be so down on the genre? You still haven't Black Angel, City That Never Sleeps, Crime Wave, Murder by Contract, Phantom Lady and Underworld USA. All classics. Duryea as an alcoholic, the mechanical man, the crazy Timothy Carey, the hip misogynist, Elisha Cook Jr. as a high energy drummer and finally a event in the shadows that leads to a life of revenge.
Halfway done! All downhill from here ...
I´m working on this one, but some of the films is imposible to get the hand of..
I can't wait to attempt this one.