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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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 27 +175

    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    1946, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 18 -1

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 65 +178

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 26 +141

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 66 -59

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 44 -14

    Call Northside 777

    1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 76 -74

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 16 +115

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 23 +54

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 15 +103

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 39 +110

    Nightmare Alley

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 83 +126

    Sudden Fear

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 73 +138

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 7 +181

    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 8 +59

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 12 +234

    The Woman in the Window

    1944, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 33 +23

    Dark Passage

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 92 +18

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 80 -41

    Clash by Night

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 38 +77

    Lady in the Lake

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 96 +154

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 29 -7

    Body and Soul

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 24 +84

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 25 +129

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 17 +166

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 71 +73

    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 41 +136

    Ride the Pink Horse

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 79 +126

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 34 +25

    Dead Reckoning

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 68 +5

    The File on Thelma Jordon

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 2 +81

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 49 +55

    Key Largo

    1948, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 4 +124

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 95 +146

    While the City Sleeps

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 21 +33

    The Dark Corner

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 81 +22

    Kansas City Confidential

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 36 +75

    Kiss of Death

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 31 -3

    Brute Force

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 14 +57

    Fallen Angel

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 40 +118

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 20 -

    The Blue Dahlia

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 50 +90

    The Naked City

    1948, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 99 +56

    Odds Against Tomorrow

    1959, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 72 +87

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 97 +118

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 43 -30

    The Big Clock

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 45 +4

    Cry of the City

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 10 +127

    Murder, My Sweet

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 53 +125

    Road House

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
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