TSPDT's 100 Essential Noir Films
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To kick things off on their list of 1000 Essential noirs, TSPDT offered up the first 100 of the 1,000 films. These 100 films have been identified, according to their research, as the most mentioned/cited noir films of all-time. Call them the 100 most essential or quintessential, or whatever you like. They are, simply put, the 100 films that most often show up on film noir lists, in film noir festivals, and/or in film noir publications.
We at Icheckmovies have made these most essential noirs a separate list which you can find here. The rest of the list can be found here TSPDT 1000 Noir Films
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76 -74
Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
57 -54
Act of Violence
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
84 -79
Angel Face
1952, in 5 top lists Check -
66 -59
The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
43 -30
The Big Clock
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
91 -77
The Big Combo
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
85 -70
The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
18 -1
The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
19 -1
Black Angel
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
20 -
The Blue Dahlia
1946, in 3 top lists Check -
86 -65
The Blue Gardenia
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
29 -7
Body and Soul
1947, in 6 top lists Check -
58 -34
Border Incident
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
30 -5
Born to Kill
1947, in 2 top lists Check -
31 -3
Brute Force
1947, in 6 top lists Check -
44 -14
Call Northside 777
1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check -
100 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
80 -41
Clash by Night
1952, in 4 top lists Check -
59 -13
Criss Cross
1949, in 6 top lists Check -
32 +15
Crossfire
1947, in 7 top lists Check -
45 +4
Cry of the City
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
67 -17
D.O.A.
1949, in 5 top lists Check -
21 +33
The Dark Corner
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
22 +33
The Dark Mirror
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
33 +23
Dark Passage
1947, in 5 top lists Check -
34 +25
Dead Reckoning
1947, in 2 top lists Check -
35 +27
Desperate
1947, in 2 top lists Check -
13 +53
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
8 +59
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
14 +57
Fallen Angel
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
68 +5
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
46 +29
Force of Evil
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
23 +54
Gilda
1946, in 13 top lists Check -
5 +73
The Glass Key
1942, in 3 top lists Check -
69 -8
Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check -
47 +35
He Walked by Night
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
2 +81
High Sierra
1941, in 8 top lists Check -
87 -1
The Hitch-Hiker
1953, in 7 top lists Check -
48 +39
Hollow Triumph
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
90 +1
Human Desire
1954, in 3 top lists Check -
3 +90
I Wake Up Screaming
1941, in 2 top lists Check -
70 +28
In a Lonely Place
1950, in 19 top lists Check -
81 +22
Kansas City Confidential
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
49 +55
Key Largo
1948, in 7 top lists Check -
24 +84
The Killers
1946, in 15 top lists Check -
94 +15
The Killing
1956, in 15 top lists Check -
92 +18
Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 20 top lists Check -
36 +75
Kiss of Death
1947, in 5 top lists Check -
37 +77
The Lady from Shanghai
1947, in 9 top lists Check -
38 +77
Lady in the Lake
1946, in 2 top lists Check
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