The 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time
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This list acknowledges the classics of the genre, the big-budget studio noirs and the cheapest of B noirs made on the fringes of the Hollywood studio system. But we’ve also taken a more expansive view of noir, allowing room for supreme examples of the proto-noirs that anticipated the genre and the neo-noirs that resulted from the genre being rebooted in the midst of the Cold War, seemingly absorbing the world’s darkest and deepest fears.
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House of Bamboo
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
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Varastettu kuolema
1938 — a.k.a. Stolen Death, in 2 top lists Check -
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Brighton Rock
1948, in 8 top lists Check -
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One False Move
1991, in 8 top lists Check -
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Caught
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
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While the City Sleeps
1956, in 5 top lists Check -
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Der amerikanische Freund
1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Killers
1946, in 15 top lists Check -
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check -
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Odds Against Tomorrow
1959, in 3 top lists Check -
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Pépé le Moko
1937, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Hitch-Hiker
1953, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Breaking Point
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
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Inherent Vice
2014, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ministry of Fear
1944, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Crimson Kimono
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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Le deuxième souffle
1966 — a.k.a. Second Breath, in 5 top lists Check -
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La nuit du carrefour
1932 — a.k.a. Night at the Crossroads, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Sound of Fury
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Big Knife
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
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White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
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L.A. Confidential
1997, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Fallen Idol
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
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Mauvais sang
1986 — a.k.a. Mauvais Sang, in 5 top lists Check -
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You and Me
1938, in 3 top lists Check -
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La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
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Raw Deal
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Stranger
1946, in 3 top lists Check -
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Quai des Orfèvres
1947 — a.k.a. Jenny Lamour, in 7 top lists Check -
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Crime Wave
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Phenix City Story
1955, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Tall Target
1951, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ossessione
1943, in 12 top lists Check -
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Fargo
1996, in 26 top lists Check -
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Kansas City Confidential
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Panique
1946, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Prowler
1951, in 4 top lists Check -
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Cutter's Way
1981, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Big Combo
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
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Basic Instinct
1992, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Naked Kiss
1964, in 6 top lists Check -
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Side Street
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
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Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
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Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
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Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 21, 2019; source