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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  1. 1 +203

    Stranger on the Third Floor

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 13 +53

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 87 -1

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 82 +60

    The Narrow Margin

    1952, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 35 +27

    Desperate

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 61 +125

    The Set-Up

    1949, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 46 +29

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 47 +35

    He Walked by Night

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 52 +121

    Raw Deal

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 89 +74

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 19 -1

    Black Angel

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 6 +218

    This Gun for Hire

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 57 -54

    Act of Violence

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 3 +90

    I Wake Up Screaming

    1941, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 77 +79

    On Dangerous Ground

    1951, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 60 +114

    The Reckless Moment

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 74 +165

    Where Danger Lives

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 67 -17

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 48 +39

    Hollow Triumph

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 62 +129

    Side Street

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 59 -13

    Criss Cross

    1949, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 94 +15

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 86 -65

    The Blue Gardenia

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 22 +33

    The Dark Mirror

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 5 +73

    The Glass Key

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 32 +15

    Crossfire

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 51 +113

    Pitfall

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 91 -77

    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 69 -8

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 37 +77

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 11 +150

    Phantom Lady

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 9 +108

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 85 -70

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 54 +143

    Sorry, Wrong Number

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 84 -79

    Angel Face

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 90 +1

    Human Desire

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 55 +152

    The Street with No Name

    1948, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 30 -5

    Born to Kill

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 88 +55

    Niagara

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 93 +53

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  41. 78 +91

    The Prowler

    1951, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 42 +183

    T-Men

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 64 +159

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  44. 58 -34

    Border Incident

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 70 +28

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 63 +159

    Thieves' Highway

    1949, in 5 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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