List of film noir

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Movies (and U.S. TV series) often described as film noir are listed below. No claim is made that any listed movie "is," in some objectively testable way, a film noir. Especially outside of the 1940s and 1950s, inclusion on the list does not necessarily mean there is even a critical consensus on a given film's noir status. Important movies from the classic era on which there is a substantial difference of opinion include Casablanca and the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca, Suspicion, and Spellbound (see Talk page for discussion of particular films' status). The term psycho-noir, though in increasingly wide use, is still relatively new and the designation of films to that category in particular is not definitive.

All movies listed are U.S. productions, except as noted in exceptional cases and in the foreign categories. Multinational productions are identified only by the lead country, determined first by the primary language of the film, next by the nationality of the director. The original titles are given for French-, German-, Spanish-, and Italian-language films; for such films that are well known in the United States under a translated or alternative title, that is given as well. Films in other languages are listed under their English titles exclusively.

Contents

[edit] Proto-noir/1900s–1920s

[edit] Proto-noir/1930s

[edit] Classic film noir/1940s

[edit] Classic film noir/1950s

[edit] Classic era noir-comedy crossovers

[edit] Classic era noir-Western crossovers

[edit] Classic era noir-SF crossovers

[edit] Classic era miscellaneous crossovers

  • The Black Book (aka Reign of Terror) (1949)—French Revolution noir
  • The Tall Target (1951)—Civil War noir
  • The Band Wagon (1953)—noir musical
  • Men in War (1957)—Korean War noir

[edit] Post-classic noir/1960s

[edit] Post-classic noir/1970s

[edit] Post-classic noir/1980s

[edit] Post-classic noir/1990s

[edit] Post-classic noir/2000s

[edit] Psycho-noir/1980s–2000s

[edit] Post-classic noir-comedy crossovers

[edit] Post-classic noir-Western crossovers

[edit] Post-classic noir-SF crossovers

[edit] Post-classic miscellaneous crossovers

[edit] Post-classic noir TV series

[edit] Proto-noir/foreign

  • La Chienne (1931) (France)
  • M (1931) (Germany)
  • Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht (1931) (Germany)
  • Voruntersuchung (1931) (Germany)
  • La nuit du carrefour (Night at the Crossroads) (1932) (France)
  • Quick (1932) (Germany)
  • Stürme der Leidenschaft (1932) (Germany)
  • Brennedes Gehiminis (The Burning Secret) (1933) (Germany)
  • Cargaison blanche (Traffic in Souls) (1937) (France)
  • Mollenard (1937) (France)
  • La Serpiente roja (1937) (Cuba)
  • Pépé le Moko (1937) (France)
  • La Bête humaine (1938) (France)
  • Quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) (1938) (France)
  • Le Dernier tournant (1939) (France)
  • Le Jour se lève (1939) (France)
  • Pièges (Snares) (1939) (France)

[edit] Classic film noir/foreign

[edit] Post-classic noir/foreign

[edit] Psycho-noir/foreign

[edit] Post-classic crossovers/foreign

[edit] Post-classic noir TV/foreign

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