List of film noir

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The following is a list of films and television series often described as film noir. Film noir is a loosely defined category that refers primarily to stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivations.

The applicability of the term film noir to characterize any given movie is subjective. The term was used neither in the American movie industry nor in American film criticism during most of the 1940s and 1950s, the period when the pictures now regarded as classics of film noir were created. For many films there is substantial difference of opinion on whether or not they should be categorized as noir; notable films from the "classic period" for which this is the case include Casablanca (1942) and the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca (1940), Suspicion (1941), and Spellbound (1945).

The relevance of the term to any movies (and television programs) made before or after the "classic period" of the 1940s and 1950s is still debated. The terms used here to describe various periods and variations of film noir are not definitive. They are used as an aid to navigating the list rather than as a critical argument.

As befits the above description, the following list is composed largely of U.S. productions. Movies described as noir made outside the United States are also listed, without any pretense to comprehensiveness. 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.

Contents

[edit] Proto-noir/1900s–1920s

[edit] Proto-noir/1930s

[edit] Classic film noir/1940s

[edit] Classic film noir/1950s

[edit] Classic era color film noir

[edit] Classic era noir-comedy crossovers

[edit] Classic era noir-Western crossovers

[edit] Classic era noir-SF crossovers

[edit] Classic era miscellaneous crossovers

  • The Brute Man (1946)—noir horror
  • Reign of Terror (aka The Black Book) (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/non-U.S.

  • Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel) (1930) (Germany)
  • 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)
  • Brennendes Geheimnis (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/non-U.S.

[edit] Post-classic noir/non-U.S.

[edit] Psycho-noir/non-U.S.

[edit] Post-classic crossovers/non-U.S.

[edit] Post-classic noir TV/non-U.S.

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