DigitalDreamDoor 100 Greatest Film Noir

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Background: - 'Film Noir' was the term given by French film critic Nino Frank in 1946 to Hollywood crime films playing in France following WWII. The 'Golden Age' of Film Noir is regarded to be the 1940s and 1950s, and as with any set dates there is always some overlap of the style. However 'Noir' style films from 1960 and on have been labeled 'Neo-Noir'. (See list below top 100)

Elements of 'Film Noir': - Night-time city streets; morally weak private eye, detective, or other protagonist; femme fatale (a beautiful but treacherous woman); crime of passion or money; high-contrast lighting and distorted shadows; paranoia; corruption; an ill-fated relationship; narrative in the "first-person". Any mixture or slight variation of this soup of elements constitutes a "Noir" film. (A precise definition has never been set in stone)

Criteria: - These Greatest 'Film Noir' Movies were chosen for their direction, acting, storyline, cinematography, box office success and popularity. These films were NOT chosen for how highly rated they are overall, but how they rate in the subject of "Film Noir Movies".

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    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
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    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
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    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
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    Criss Cross

    1949, in 6 top lists Check
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    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
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    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
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    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
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    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
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    Key Largo

    1948, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
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    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
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    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
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    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
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    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Lost Weekend

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
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    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
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    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
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    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Blue Dahlia

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
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    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Set-Up

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
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    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
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    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
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    Nightmare Alley

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
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    Body and Soul

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
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    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ossessione

    1943, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Woman in the Window

    1944, in 7 top lists Check
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    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
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    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
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    Kiss of Death

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
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    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
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    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
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    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Naked City

    1948, in 9 top lists Check
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    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
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    Murder, My Sweet

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
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    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
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    Sudden Fear

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
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    This Gun for Hire

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
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    Dark Passage

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 10, 2014; source