List of film noir titles
Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.[a][b][c][d]
The terms which are used below to subsume various periods and variations of film noir are not definitive and are meant as a navigational aid rather than as critical argument. Because the 1940s and 1950s are universally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir, films released prior to 1940 are listed under the caption "Precursors / early noir-like films". Films released after 1959 should generally only be listed in the list of neo-noir titles.
Precursors / early noir-like films
Classic American noir
1940
1941
1942
- Crossroads[b]
- The Glass Key[b][c]
- Moontide[b]
- Street of Chance[b][c]
- This Gun for Hire[b][c]
1943
1944
- Bluebeard[b][d]
- Christmas Holiday[b][c]
- Dangerous Passage[d]
- Dark Waters[b][c]
- Destiny[a][b]
- Double Indemnity[b][c]
- Experiment Perilous[b]
- Gaslight[b]
- Guest in the House (aka Satan in Skirts)[b][c]
- Lady in the Death House[a]
- Laura[b][c]
- The Lodger[b]
- The Mark of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
- The Mask of Dimitrios[b][c]
- Ministry of Fear[b][c]
- Murder, My Sweet (aka Farewell, My Lovely)[b][c]
- Phantom Lady[b][c]
- Strangers in the Night[a][b]
- The Suspect[b][d]
- Voice in the Wind[b][d]
- When Strangers Marry (aka Betrayed)[b][c]
- The Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
- The Woman in the Window[b][c]
1945
- Apology for Murder[a][d]
- Bewitched[b][c]
- Circumstantial Evidence[b]
- Conflict[b][c]
- Cornered[b][c]
- Danger Signal[b][c]
- Dangerous Intruder[a]
- Detour[b][c]
- Escape in the Fog[b][d]
- Fallen Angel[b][c]
- The Great Flamarion[a][d]
- Hangover Square[b][d]
- The House on 92nd Street[b][c]
- Jealousy[a][b]
- Johnny Angel[b][c]
- The Lady Confesses[a][d]
- The Lost Weekend[3][4]
- Mildred Pierce[b][c]
- My Name is Julia Ross[b][c]
- The Power of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
- Scarlet Street[b][c]
- Spellbound[b][c]
- The Spider[a][b]
- The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry[b][c]
- Strange Illusion (aka Out of the Night)[b][c]
- Two O'Clock Courage[b][d]
- The Unseen[b]
- Voice of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
1946
- Accomplice[a]
- The Big Sleep[b][c]
- Black Angel[b][c]
- The Blue Dahlia[b][c]
- The Chase[b][c]
- Crack-Up[b][c]
- Criminal Court[a]
- The Dark Corner[b][c]
- The Dark Mirror[b][c]
- Deadline at Dawn[b][c]
- Deception[b]
- Decoy[b][c]
- Fear[b][c]
- Gilda[b][c]
- The Glass Alibi[a][b]
- Her Kind of Man[b]
- Humoresque[b]
- Inside Job[a][b]
- The Killers[b][c]
- The Locket[b][c]
- The Mask of Diijon[a][b]
- Mysterious Intruder - Whistler series[a][d]
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine[a]
- Night Editor[b][c]
- Nobody Lives Forever[b][c]
- Nocturne[b][c]
- Notorious[b][c]
- The Postman Always Rings Twice[b][c]
- The Secret of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
- Shadow of a Woman[b]
- Shock[b][c]
- So Dark the Night[b][c]
- Somewhere in the Night[b][c]
- Specter of the Rose[a][b]
- The Spiral Staircase[b][d]
- Strange Impersonation[b]
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers[b][c]
- Strange Triangle[b]
- The Strange Woman[b][d]
- The Stranger[b][c]
- Suspense[b][c]
- Temptation[b]
- They Made Me a Killer[a][d]
- Three Strangers[b]
- Two Smart People[b]
- Undercurrent[b][c]
- The Verdict[b][d]
- Whistle Stop[b][c]
1947
- The Arnelo Affair[b]
- Backlash[b][d]
- Blackmail[a][d]
- Blind Spot[b][d]
- Body and Soul[b][c]
- Boomerang[b][c]
- Born to Kill[b][c]
- The Brasher Doubloon[b][c]
- Brute Force[b][c]
- Bury Me Dead[a][b]
- Calcutta[b][c]
- Crossfire[b][c]
- Cry Wolf[b]
- Dark Passage[b][c]
- Dead Reckoning[b][c]
- Deep Valley[b]
- Desperate[b][c]
- The Devil Thumbs a Ride[d]
- A Double Life[b][c]
- Fall Guy[b][c]
- Fear in the Night[b][c]
- The Flame[b]
- For You I Die[a][b]
- Framed[b][c]
- The Gangster[b][c]
- The Guilty[b][c]
- High Tide[b][d]
- High Wall[b][c]
- The Invisible Wall[a]
- Ivy[b][d]
- Johnny O'Clock[b][c]
- Key Witness[a][b]
- Kiss of Death[b][c]
- The Lady from Shanghai[b][c]
- Lady in the Lake[b][c]
- The Long Night[b][c]
- Love from a Stranger[b]
- Lured (aka Personal Column)[b]
- The Macomber Affair[b]
- The Man I Love[b][c]
- Moss Rose[b][d]
- Nightmare Alley[b][c]
- Nora Prentiss[b][c]
- Out of the Past[b][c]
- The Paradine Case[b]
- Possessed[b][c]
- The Pretender[b][c]
- Railroaded![b][c]
- The Red House[b][c]
- Repeat Performance[d]
- Ride the Pink Horse[b][c]
- Riffraff[a]
- Shoot to Kill[b][d]
- Singapore[b][d]
- T-Men[b][c]
- They Won't Believe Me[b][c]
- The Thirteenth Hour - Whistler series[a][b]
- The Two Mrs. Carrolls[b][d]
- The Unfaithful[b][d]
- The Unsuspected[b][c]
- Violence[a]
- The Web[b]
- Whispering City[b][d]
- The Woman on the Beach[b][d]
1948
- Act of Violence[b][c]
- All My Sons[b]
- The Amazing Mr. X (aka The Spiritualist)[a]
- Assigned to Danger
- Behind Locked Doors[b][c]
- Berlin Express[c]
- The Big Clock[b][c]
- Blonde Ice[a][d]
- Bodyguard[b][d]
- Call Northside 777[b][c]
- Canon City[b][c]
- Cry of the City[b][c]
- The Dark Past[b][c]
- Force of Evil[b][c]
- He Walked by Night[b][c]
- Hollow Triumph (aka The Scar)[b][c]
- The Hunted[b][d]
- I Love Trouble[a]
- I Walk Alone[b][c]
- I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes[b][c]
- Inner Sanctum[a][d]
- Key Largo[b][c]
- Kiss the Blood Off My Hands[b][c]
- Larceny[b]
- Money Madness[a]
- Moonrise[b][c]
- The Naked City[b][c]
- Night Has a Thousand Eyes[b][c]
- Open Secret[a]
- Parole, Inc.[a][b]
- Pitfall[b][c]
- Race Street[b]
- Raw Deal[b][c]
- The Return of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
- Road House[b][c]
- Ruthless[b]
- Secret Beyond the Door[b][c]
- Shed No Tears[a][b]
- The Sign of the Ram[a][b]
- Sleep, My Love[b][c]
- Sorry, Wrong Number[b][c]
- The Street with No Name[b][c]
- They Live by Night[b][c]
- To the Ends of the Earth[b]
- The Velvet Touch[b]
- Walk a Crooked Mile[g]
- Whiplash[b]
- The Woman in White[b]
1949
- Abandoned (aka Abandoned Woman)[b][c]
- The Accused[b][c]
- All the King's Men[b]
- Beyond the Forest[b][c]
- The Big Steal[d]
- Border Incident[b][c]
- The Bribe[b][c]
- C-Man[a][b]
- Caught[b][c]
- Champion[b][d]
- Chicago Deadline[b][c]
- City Across the River[b]
- The Clay Pigeon[b][c]
- Criss Cross[b][c]
- The Crooked Way[b][c]
- A Dangerous Profession[b]
- Flamingo Road[b]
- Flaxy Martin[b]
- Follow Me Quietly[b][c]
- House of Strangers[b][c]
- Illegal Entry[b]
- Impact[b][c]
- Incident[a][b]
- Jigsaw[b]
- Johnny Allegro[g]
- Johnny Stool Pigeon[b][c]
- Knock on Any Door[b][c]
- Manhandled[b][c]
- Port of New York[b][d]
- The Reckless Moment[b][c]
- Red Light[b][c]
- The Red Menace[a]
- Rope of Sand[b]
- Scene of the Crime[b][c]
- The Set-Up[b][c]
- Shockproof[b][c]
- Strange Bargain[b]
- Take One False Step[b]
- Tension[b][d]
- Thieves' Highway[b][c]
- The Threat[b][c]
- Too Late for Tears (aka Killer Bait)[b][c]
- Trapped[b][d]
- The Undercover Man[b][c]
- Undertow[b][d]
- Whirlpool[b][c]
- White Heat[b][c]
- The Window[b][c]
- Without Honor[a][b]
- Woman in Hiding[b][d]
- The Woman on Pier 13 (aka I Married a Communist)[b][c]
- A Woman's Secret[b]
1950
- 711 Ocean Drive[b][c]
- Armored Car Robbery[b][c]
- The Asphalt Jungle[b][c]
- Backfire[b][d]
- Between Midnight and Dawn[b][c]
- Black Hand[b]
- Born to Be Bad[b]
- The Breaking Point[b][c]
- Caged[b][c]
- The Capture[b]
- Convicted[b][c]
- The Damned Don't Cry![b][c]
- Dark City[b][c]
- Destination Murder[b][c]
- Dial 1119[b]
- D.O.A.[b][c]
- Edge of Doom[b][c]
- The File on Thelma Jordon[b][c]
- Guilty Bystander[b][c]
- Gun Crazy[b][c]
- Highway 301[b]
- House by the River[b][d]
- Hunt the Man Down[b]
- In a Lonely Place[b][c]
- The Killer That Stalked New York (aka Frightened City)[b][c]
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye[b][c]
- A Lady Without Passport[b][c]
- The Lawless[b]
- The Man Who Cheated Himself[b][c]
- Mystery Street[b][c]
- No Man of Her Own[b][c]
- No Way Out[b]
- Once a Thief[b]
- One Way Street[b][d]
- Outside the Wall[b]
- Panic in the Streets[b][c]
- Quicksand[b][c]
- The Second Woman[b][d]
- The Secret Fury[b][c]
- Shadow on the Wall[b]
- Shakedown[b][c]
- Side Street[b][c]
- The Sleeping City[b][c]
- The Sound of Fury (aka Try and Get Me)[b][c]
- Southside 1-1000[b][c]
- Sunset Boulevard[b][c]
- The Tattooed Stranger[b][c]
- This Side of The Law[a][b]
- The Underworld Story[b][d]
- Union Station[b][c]
- Walk Softly, Stranger[b][c]
- Where Danger Lives[b][c]
- Where the Sidewalk Ends[b][c]
- Woman on the Run[b][c]
1951
- The 13th Letter[b][c]
- Ace in the Hole (aka The Big Carnival)[b][c]
- Appointment with Danger[b][c]
- The Big Night[b][c]
- Cause for Alarm![b][c]
- Cry Danger[b][c]
- Detective Story[b][c]
- The Enforcer (aka Murder, Inc.)[b][c]
- FBI Girl[g]
- Fourteen Hours[b]
- Gambling House[b][d]
- The Girl on the Bridge[a]
- He Ran All the Way[b][c]
- His Kind of Woman[b][c]
- Hollywood Story[b][c]
- The Hoodlum[b][d]
- The House on Telegraph Hill[b][c]
- I Was a Communist for the FBI[b][c]
- Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
- Iron Man[b]
- Lightning Strikes Twice[b]
- M[b][c]
- The Man with My Face[b][c]
- The Mob[b][c]
- No Questions Asked[b][c]
- The People Against O'Hara[b][c]
- Pickup[a][c]
- A Place in the Sun[b][c]
- The Prowler[b][c]
- The Racket[b][c]
- The Raging Tide[b][c]
- Roadblock[b][c]
- The Scarf[b][c]
- Sirocco[b]
- Storm Warning[b]
- Strangers on a Train[b][c]
- The Strip[b][c]
- The Sun Sets at Dawn[a][b]
- Three Steps North[b]
- Tomorrow Is Another Day[b][c]
- Two of a Kind[a][b]
- Under the Gun[b][c]
- The Unknown Man[b][c]
- The Well[b]
- The Whip Hand[a]
1952
- Affair in Trinidad[b][c]
- Angel Face[b][c]
- Beware, My Lovely[b][c]
- Breakdown
- The Captive City[b][c]
- Clash by Night[b][c]
- Deadline – U.S.A.[g]
- Don't Bother to Knock[b]
- The Green Glove[b]
- Hoodlum Empire[b][d]
- Kansas City Confidential[b][c]
- The Las Vegas Story[c]
- Loan Shark[b][c]
- Macao[b][c]
- The Narrow Margin[b][c]
- Night Without Sleep[b][c]
- On Dangerous Ground[b][c]
- Scandal Sheet[b][c]
- The Sellout[b]
- The Sniper[b][c]
- The Steel Trap[b]
- Strange Fascination[b][c]
- Sudden Fear[b][c]
- Talk About a Stranger[b][c]
- The Thief[b][c]
- This Woman Is Dangerous[b]
- The Turning Point[b][c]
- Walk East on Beacon[g]
- Without Warning[b][c]
1953
- 99 River Street[b][c]
- The Big Heat[b][c]
- The Bigamist [d]
- The Blue Gardenia[b][c]
- A Blueprint for Murder[b][c]
- City That Never Sleeps[b][c]
- Count the Hours[g]
- Cry of the Hunted[c]
- Dangerous Crossing[b]
- Forbidden[b]
- The Glass Wall[b]
- The Glass Web (3-D)[b]
- The Hitch-Hiker[b][c]
- I Confess[b][d]
- I, the Jury (3-D)[b][c]
- Jennifer[b]
- Jeopardy[b][c]
- Man in the Attic[b][d]
- Man in the Dark (3-D)[b][d]
- No Escape (aka City on a Hunt)[a][b]
- One Girl's Confession
- Pickup on South Street[b][c]
- Split Second[a][d]
- The System[b]
- Vicki[b][c]
- Wicked Woman[b][d]
1954
- Bait[a]
- Black Tuesday[b][c]
- Crime Wave[b][c]
- Cry Vengeance[b][c]
- Drive a Crooked Road[b][c]
- Hell's Half Acre[b][c]
- Highway Dragnet[b][d]
- Human Desire[b][c]
- The Human Jungle[b]
- Jail Bait[a]
- A Life at Stake [g]
- The Long Wait[b][c]
- Loophole[b][c]
- Make Haste to Live[b][c]
- The Miami Story[g]
- Naked Alibi[b][c]
- The Other Woman[b][c]
- Playgirl[b]
- Private Hell 36[b][c]
- Pushover[b][c]
- Riot in Cell Block 11[b][d]
- Rogue Cop[b][c]
- Shield for Murder[b][c]
- Suddenly[b][c]
- Twist of Fate[b]
- Witness to Murder[b][c]
- World for Ransom[b][c]
1955
- 5 Against the House[g]
- The Big Bluff[b]
- The Big Combo[b][c]
- The Big Knife[b][c]
- A Bullet for Joey[g]
- Chicago Syndicate[g]
- Crashout[b]
- The Crooked Web[b]
- The Desperate Hours[b][d]
- Female Jungle[a][c]
- Female on the Beach[b]
- Finger Man[a]
- Illegal[b][d]
- Killer's Kiss[b][c]
- Kiss Me Deadly[b][c]
- Murder Is My Beat[b][c]
- The Naked Street[b]
- New Orleans Uncensored[g]
- New York Confidential[b][c]
- The Night Holds Terror[b][c]
- The Night of the Hunter[d]
- The Phenix City Story[b][d]
- Queen Bee[b]
- Shack Out on 101[a]
- Sudden Danger[a][b]
- Tight Spot[b]
- Women's Prison[b]
1956
- Behind the High Wall[a]
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt[b][c]
- The Come On[a][b]
- Crime in the Streets[a]
- A Cry in the Night[b][d]
- Death of a Scoundrel[b]
- The Harder They Fall[b][c]
- The Houston Story[a]
- Inside Detroit[g]
- Julie[b]
- The Killer Is Loose[b][c]
- The Killing[b][c]
- Man in the Vault[a]
- The Man is Armed[b]
- Miami Exposé[g]
- Nightmare[b][c]
- Please Murder Me[b][d]
- The Price of Fear[a][b]
- The Scarlet Hour[5]
- The Steel Jungle[b]
- Storm Fear[b][c]
- Terror at Midnight[b]
- Time Table[b][d]
- While the City Sleeps[b][c]
- The Wrong Man[b][c]
1957
- Affair in Havana[b][c]
- Baby Face Nelson[c]
- The Brothers Rico[c]
- The Burglar[b][c]
- Chicago Confidential[a]
- Crime of Passion[b][c]
- The Garment Jungle[b][c]
- Hidden Fear[g]
- Hit and Run[a][c]
- House of Numbers[c]
- The Midnight Story[g]
- My Gun Is Quick[a]
- The Night Runner[b][c]
- Nightfall[b][c]
- Plunder Road[b][c]
- The Shadow on the Window[b]
- Short Cut to Hell[b][d]
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue[g]
- Sweet Smell of Success[b][c]
- The Tattered Dress[c]
- Teenage Doll[a]
1958
- Appointment with a Shadow[b]
- The Case Against Brooklyn[6]
- Cry Terror![b]
- I Want to Live![b]
- The Lineup[b][c]
- Murder by Contract[b][d]
- Revolt in the Big House[a]
- Screaming Mimi[b][d]
- Step Down to Terror[b]
- Thunder Road[g]
- Touch of Evil[b][c]
1959
American color noir
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945)[b][c]
- Desert Fury (1947)[7]
- Rope (1948)[b]
- Inferno (1953, 3-D)[7]
- Niagara (1953)[b][c]
- Second Chance (1953, 3-D)[d]
- Black Widow (1954)[g]
- Dangerous Mission (1954, 3-D)
- Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)[g]
- Hell's Island (aka South Sea Fury) (1955)[b][c]
- House of Bamboo (1955)[c]
- I Died a Thousand Times (1955)[b][c]
- Violent Saturday (1955)[g]
- Accused of Murder (1956)[a]
- Foreign Intrigue (1956)
- A Kiss Before Dying (1956)[b][c]
- Slightly Scarlet (1956)[b][c]
- A Woman's Devotion (aka Battle Shock) (1956)[a]
- The Unholy Wife (1957)[a]
- Party Girl (1958)[c]
- Vertigo (1958)[b][c]
- The Trap (1959)[b][c]
British noir
- The Night Has Eyes (aka Terror House) (1942)[e][f]
- Dead of Night (1945)[f]
- Great Day (1945)[f]
- Murder in Reverse (1945)[f]
- Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)[e][f]
- The Seventh Veil (1945)[h]
- Waterloo Road (1945)[f]
- Appointment with Crime (1946)[g]
- Wanted for Murder (1946)[f]
- Brighton Rock (1947)[e][f]
- The Brothers (1947)[h]
- Dancing with Crime (1947)[f]
- Dear Murderer (1947)[f][h]
- Frieda (1947)[f]
- It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)[e][f]
- Mine Own Executioner (1947)[f][h]
- Night Beat (1947)[f]
- The October Man (1947)[e][f]
- Odd Man Out (1947)[e][f]
- Take My Life (1947)[h]
- Temptation Harbour (1947)[f]
- They Made Me a Fugitive (aka I Became a Criminal) (1947)[e][f]
- The Upturned Glass (1947)[f]
- Blanche Fury (1948)[f]
- Boys in Brown (1948)[f]
- Daybreak (1948)[f]
- Escape (1948)[a][b]
- The Fallen Idol (1948)[e][f]
- Good-Time Girl (1948)[f]
- No Orchids for Miss Blandish (aka Black Dice) (1948)[f][h]
- Noose (aka The Silk Noose) (1948)[f]
- The Small Voice (aka The Hideout) (1948)[f]
- So Evil My Love (1948)[b][d]
- Uneasy Terms (1948)[f]
- Forbidden (aka Scarlet Heaven) (1949)[f]
- The Interrupted Journey (1949)[h]
- Obsession (aka The Hidden Room) (1949)[b][f]
- Silent Dust (1949)[f]
- The Small Back Room (1949)[f]
- The Spider and the Fly (1949)[h]
- The Third Man (1949, United Kingdom)[e][f]
- The Blue Lamp (1950)[f]
- The Clouded Yellow (1950)[g]
- Night and the City (1950)[b][c]
- So Long at the Fair (aka The Black Curse) (1950)[g]
- The Woman in Question (aka Five Angles on Murder) (1950)[g]
- Another Man's Poison (1951)[b]
- I'll Get You for This (aka Lucky Nick Cain) (1951)[g]
- Pool of London (1951)[f]
- There Is Another Sun (aka Wall of Death) (1951)[f]
- The Gambler and the Lady (1952)[a]
- The Last Page (aka Man Bait) (1952)[a]
- Stolen Face (1952)[e]
- Wide Boy (1952)[f]
- Wings of Danger (aka Dead on Course) (1952)[g]
- Women of Twilight (aka Twilight Women) (1952)[g]
- 36 Hours (aka Terror Street) (1953)[a][d]
- Black 13 (1953)[f]
- Cosh Boy (aka The Slasher) (1953)[h]
- Deadly Nightshade (1953)[g]
- The Flanagan Boy (aka Bad Blonde) (1953)[a][f]
- The Intruder (1953)[f]
- The Limping Man (1953)[g]
- The Long Memory (1953)[f]
- The Man Between (1953)[f]
- Mantrap (aka Man in Hiding) (1953)[g]
- Marilyn (aka Roadhouse Girl) (1953)[a][f]
- Street of Shadows (aka Shadow Man) (1953)[g]
- Three Steps to the Gallows (aka White Fire) (1953)[g]
- Before I Wake (aka Shadow of Fear) (1954)[b]
- Face the Music (aka The Black Glove) (1954)[g]
- Five Days (aka Paid to Kill) (1954)[a]
- The Good Die Young (1954)[f][h]
- The House Across the Lake (aka Heat Wave) (1954)[a][f]
- Impulse (1954)[a][f]
- Mask of Dust (aka A Race for Life) (1954)
- Murder by Proxy (aka Blackout) (1954)[a]
- The Sleeping Tiger (1954)[b]
- A Stranger Came Home (aka The Unholy Four) (1954)[f]
- Third Party Risk (aka Deadly Game) (1954)[g]
- The Brain Machine (1955)[f]
- Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)[a]
- Confession (aka The Deadliest Sin) (1955)[a][f]
- The Glass Cage (aka The Glass Tomb) (1955)
- Joe MacBeth (1955)[f]
- The Ship That Died of Shame (aka PT Raiders) (1955)[f]
- Portrait of Alison (aka Postmark for Danger) (1956)
- Soho Incident (aka Spin a Dark Web) (1956)[a]
- Tiger in the Smoke (1956)[f]
- Wicked As They Come (aka Portrait in Smoke) (1956)[a]
- Yield to the Night (aka Blonde Sinner) (1956)[f]
- Across the Bridge (1957)[g]
- The Big Chance (1957)[8]
- Hell Drivers (1957)[e][f]
- Kill Her Gently (1957)[a]
- The Long Haul (1957)[f]
- Time Without Pity (1957)[a][e]
- Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)[g]
- Nowhere to Go (1958)[a]
- Tread Softly Stranger (1958)[9]
- Blind Date (aka Chance Meeting) (1959)[e]
International noir
- Le Corbeau (The Raven) (1943, France)[e]
- Ossessione (Obsession) (1943, Italy)[e]
- Macadam (Back Streets of Paris) (1946, France)
- Die Mörder sind unter uns (Murderers Among Us) (1946, Germany)[e]
- Les Portes de la nuit (Gates of the Night) (1946, France)[g]
- Panique (Panic) (1947, France)[g]
- Quai des Orfèvres (Jenny Lamour) (1947, France)[e][f]
- Dédée d'Anvers (Woman of Antwerp) (1948, France)[g]
- Drunken Angel (1948, Japan)[e]
- Stray Dog (1949, Japan)[e]
- Une si jolie petite plage (Riptide) (1949, France)[g]
- Aventurera (1950, Mexico)[e]
- Gunman in the Streets (1950, France)[g]
- Manèges (The Cheat) (1950, France)[g]
- Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned) (1950, Mexico)[e]
- Der Verlorene (The Lost One) (1951, Germany)[e]
- Casque d'or (Golden Helmet) (1952, France)
- Imbarco a mezzanotte (Stranger on the Prowl) (1952, Italy)[b]
- La môme vert-de-gris (Poison Ivy) (1953, France)[g]
- Stolen Identity (1953, Austria)
- Razzia sur la chnouf (Razzia) (1954, France)[g]
- Touchez pas au grisbi (Grisbi) (1954, France)[e][f]
- Bob le flambeur (Bob the Gambler) (1955, France)[e]
- Les Diaboliques (Diabolique) (1955, France)[f]
- Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report) (1955, France, Spain, Switzerland)[b][c]
- Du rififi chez les hommes (Rififi) (1955, France)[e][f]
- Voici le temps des assassins (Deadlier Than the Male) (1956, France)[g]
- Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam (The Devil Came at Night) (1957, Germany)[e]
- Retour de manivelle (There's Always a Price Tag) (1957, France)[g]
- Le rouge est mis (Speaking of Murder) (1957, France)[g]
- Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) (1958, France)[e]
- Le désordre et la nuit (Night Affair) (1958, France)[g]
- Deux hommes dans Manhattan (Two Men in Manhattan) (1959, France)
Classic-period crossover films
Noir Westerns
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)[c]
- Duel in the Sun (1946, color)[d]
- My Darling Clementine (1946)[c]
- Pursued (1947)[b][c]
- Ramrod (1947)[d]
- Blood on the Moon (1948)[b][c]
- Colorado Territory (1948)[10][11]
- Coroner Creek (1948, color)[12]
- The Man from Colorado (1948, color)[h]
- Station West (1948)[c]
- Whispering Smith (1948, color)[c]
- I Shot Jesse James (1949)[d]
- Lust for Gold (1949)[b]
- Rimfire (1949)[g]
- Roughshod (1949)[g][13]
- The Walking Hills (1949)[g]
- Yellow Sky (1949)[c]
- Devil's Doorway (1950)[b][c]
- The Furies (1950)[b]
- The Gunfighter (1950)[b]
- Winchester '73 (1950)[c]
- Rawhide (1951)[c]
- The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)[g][14]
- High Noon (1952)[e]
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)[b]
- Rancho Notorious (1952, color)[b]
- The Naked Spur (1953, color)[c]
- Johnny Guitar (1954, color)[c]
- Silver Lode (1954, color)[e]
- Three Hours to Kill (1954, color)
- Track of the Cat (1954, color)[c]
- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, color)[g]
- A Lawless Street (1955, color)
- A Man Alone (1955, color)
- The Man from Laramie (1955, color)[c]
- Man with the Gun (1955)[15]
- The Violent Men (1955, color)
- Rebel in Town (1956)[16]
- 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
- Black Patch (1957)
- Forty Guns (1957)
- The Halliday Brand (1957)[b]
- The Tall T (1957, color)
- Valerie (1957)[b]
- The Badlanders (1958, color)[g]
- The Bravados (1958, color)
- The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
- Gunman's Walk (1958, color)
- Man of the West (1958, color)[c]
- Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
- Day of the Outlaw (1959)
- Face of a Fugitive (1959, color)
Miscellaneous crossover films
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943) — World War II noir
- The Body Snatcher (1945) — horror noir[c]
- Confidential Agent (1945) — espionage thriller noir[b]
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) — Horror-fantasy noir[b][c]
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) — horror noir[b]
- Bedlam (1946) — horror noir[c]
- The Brute Man (1946) — horror noir
- Cloak and Dagger (1946) — espionage thriller noir[b]
- 13 Rue Madeleine (1947) — World War II noir[g]
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — adventure noir[b]
- Alias Nick Beal (aka The Contact Man) (1949) — fantasy noir[b]
- Black Magic (1949) — 18th-century period piece noir[b]
- Reign of Terror (aka The Black Book) (1949) — French Revolution noir[b][c]
- The Steel Helmet (1951) — Korean War noir[b]
- The Tall Target (1951) — American Civil War noir[b][c]
- Dementia (aka Daughter of Horror) (1953) — horror noir[17]
- Carmen Jones (1954, color) — musical noir[e]
- Attack! (1956) — World War II noir[b]
- The Bad Seed (1956) — horror-thriller noir[b]
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) — science fiction noir[b][d]
- Men in War (1957) — Korean War noir
Noir comedies / parodies
- Whistling in the Dark (1941)[c]
- Fly-by-Night (1942)[c]
- Dangerous Blondes (1943)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)[c]
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)[c]
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)[c]
- Lady on a Train (1945)[b][c]
- Murder, He Says (1945)[c]
- Wonder Man (1945)[c]
- Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947)[b][c]
- My Favorite Brunette (1947)[c]
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947, color)[c]
- Unfaithfully Yours (1948)[b][c]
- The Lucky Stiff (1949)[b]
- Red, Hot and Blue (1949)[e]
- The Band Wagon (segment "Girl Hunt Ballet") (1953, color)[e]
- Beat the Devil (1953)[b]
- Private Eyes (1953)
See also
References
- 1 2 Vernet, Marc "Film Noir on the Edge of Doom", in Copjec, Joan, ed. (1993). Shades of Noir. London and New York: Verso. ISBN 978-0-86091-625-3
- ↑ Johnny Apollo
- ↑ Biesen, Sheri Chinen (2005). Blackout: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8217-3, p. 207.
- ↑ Naremore, James (2008). More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts, 2d ed. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25402-2, pp. 13–14.
- ↑ The Scarlet Hour
- ↑ Park, William (16 September 2011). What is Film Noir?. Bucknell University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-1611483628.
- 1 2 per Hirsch, Foster. The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir, 2008 (1981). New York: Da Capo. ISBN 978-0-306-81772-4.
- ↑ Keaney, Michael F. (2008). British Film Noir Guide. McFarland. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7864-3805-1.
- ↑
- ↑ Colorado Territory review at TV Guide
- ↑ The Night Editor
- ↑ Coroner Creek film article at TCM Movie Database
- ↑ Roughshod at AllMovie
- ↑ Film Noir of the Week
- ↑ Bright Lights Film Journal
- ↑ Jeff Arnold blog
- ↑ per Hogan, David J. (2013). Film Noir FAQ. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-1-55783-855-1
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External links
- Most Popular Film-Noir Feature Films at IMDB
- An A-Z list of "classic noir titles" at IMDB
- Listings of Noir Films at www.theyshootpictures.com