Top 100 Film Noir Movies

1. The Maltese Falcon - (1941, John Huston) (Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor)   2. Double Indemnity - (1944, Billy Wilder) (Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson)   3. The Big Sleep - (1946, Howard Hawks) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely)   4. Sunset Boulevard - (1950, Billy Wilder) (Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim)   5. The Third Man - (1949, Carol Reed) (Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli)   6. M - (1931, Fritz Lang) (Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke)   7. Notorious - (1946, Alfred Hitchcock) (Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern)   8. Touch Of Evil - (1958, Orson Welles) (Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Dennis Weaver)   9. Criss Cross - (1949, Robert Siodmak) (Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Stephen McNally) 10. Strangers On A Train - (1951, Alfred Hitchcock) (Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker) 11. Out Of The Past - (1947, Jacques Tourneur) (Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming) 12. The Big Combo - (1955, Joseph H. Lewis) (Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace) 13. The Night Of The Hunter - (1955, Charles Laughton) (Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish) 14. The Killing - (1956, Stanley Kubrick) (Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards) 15. Key Largo - (1948, John Huston) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson) 16. The Killers - (1946, Robert Siodmak) (Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien) 17. I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang - (1932, Mervyn LeRoy) (Paul Muni, Preston Foster) 18. Ace In The Hole - (1951, Billy Wilder) (Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Richard Benedict) 19. Laura - (1944, Otto Preminger) (Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price) 20. White Heat - (1949, Raoul Walsh) (James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran) 21. The Lost Weekend - (1945, Billy Wilder) (Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry) 22. Angels With Dirty Faces - (1938, Michael Curtiz) (James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart) 23. Rififi - (1955, Jules Dassin) (Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey) 24. Sweet Smell of Success - (1957, Alexander Mackendrick) (Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner) 25. The Blue Dahlia - (1946, George Marshall) (Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix) 26. Night And The City - (1950, Jules Dassin) (Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Herbert Lom) 27. The Set-Up - (1949, Robert Wise) (Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter) 28. Scarface - (1932, Howard Hawks) (Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff) 29. Shadow Of A Doubt - (1943, Alfred Hitchcock) (Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey) 30. The Big Heat - (1953, Fritz Lang) (Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin) 31. The Asphalt Jungle - (1950, John Huston) (Sterling Hayden, Marilyn Monroe, James Whitmore) 32. Nightmare Alley - (1947, Edmund Goulding) (Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray) 33. Body And Soul - (1947, Robert Rossen) (John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad) 34. In A Lonely Place - (1950, Nicholas Ray) (Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy) 35. The Lady from Shanghai - (1947, Orson Welles) (Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane) 36. Ossessione - (1943, Luchino Visconti) (Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani) 37. The Woman in the Window - (1944, Fritz Lang) (Edward G. Robinson, Raymond Massey) 38. Pickup On South Street - (1953, Samuel Fuller) (Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter) 39. Scarlet Street - (1945, Fritz Lang) (Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea) 40. Kiss Of Death - (1947, Henry Hathaway) (Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark) 41. Gun Crazy (aka: Deadly Is The Female) - (1950, Joseph H. Lewis) (Peggy Cummins, John Dall) 42. Mildred Pierce - (1945, Michael Curtiz) (Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Eve Arden) 43. Where The Sidewalk Ends - (1950, Otto Preminger) (Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill) 44. The Naked City - (1948, Jules Dassin) (Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart) 45. Gilda - (1946, Charles Vidor) (Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready) 46. Murder, My Sweet - (1944, Edward Dmytryk) (Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley) 47. Kiss Me Deadly - (1955, Robert Aldrich) (Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart) 48. Sudden Fear - (1952, ) (Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Mike Connors) 49. This Gun For Hire - (1942, Frank Tuttle) (Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Alan Ladd) 50. Dark Passage - (1947, Delmer Daves) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead) 51. The Postman Always Rings Twice - (1946, Tay Garnett) (Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway) 52. Fury - (1936, Fritz Lang) (Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot) 53. Leave Her To Heaven - (1945, John M. Stahl) (Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Vincent Price) 54. D.O.A. - (1950, Rudolph Maté) (Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Beverly Garland) 55. Kansas City Confidential - (1952, Phil Karlson) (John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster) 56. Force Of Evil - (1948, Abraham Polonsky) (John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor) 57. Crossfire - (1947, Edward Dmytryk) (Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame) 58. The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers - (1946, L. Milestone) (Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas) 59. House Of Strangers - (1949, Joseph L. Mankiewicz) (Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward) 60. Scandal Sheet - (1952, Phil Karlson) (Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek, Harry Morgan) 61. The Wrong Man - (1956, Alfred Hitchcock) (Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle) 62. Odds Against Tomorrow - (1959, Robert Wise) (Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters) 63. Raw Deal - (1948, Anthony Mann) (Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland) 64. Act of Violence - (1948, Fred Zinnemann) (Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor) 65. The Stranger - (1946, Orson Welles) (Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles) 66. You Only Live Once - (1937, Fritz Lang) (Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney, Barton MacLane) 67. Angel Face - (1952, Otto Preminger) (Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman) 68. Pitfall - (1948, André De Toth) (Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr) 69. Detour - (1945, Edgar G. Ulmer) (Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald) 70. On Dangerous Ground - (1952, Nicholas Ray) (Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond) 71. Panic In The Streets - (1950, Elia Kazan) (Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes) 72. Possessed - (1947, Curtis Bernhardt) (Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey) 73. Human Desire - (1954, Fritz Lang) (Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford) 74. The Street With No Name - (1948, William Keighley) (Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan) 75. Fallen Angel - (1945, Otto Preminger) (Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, John Carradine) 76. Phantom Lady - (1944, Robert Siodmak) (Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis) 77. Cry of the City - (1948, Robert Siodmak) (Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Shelley Winters) 78. Dead Reckoning - (1947, John Cromwell) (Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky) 79. T-Men - (1947, Anthony Mann) (Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, June Lockhart) 80. Party Girl - (1958, Nicholas Ray) (Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland) 81. The File On Thelma Jordon - (1950, Robert Siodmak) (Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly) 82. The Brasher Doubloon - (1947, John Brahm) (George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis) 83. Clash by Night - (1952, Fritz Lang) (Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe) 84. Mystery Street - (1950, John Sturges) (Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett) 85. Niagara - (1953, Henry Hathaway) (Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter) 86. While The City Sleeps - (1956, Fritz Lang) (Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders) 87. Side Street - (1950, Anthony Mann) (Joe Norson, Ellen Norson, James Craig) 88. The Big Knife - (1955, Robert Aldrich) (Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters) 89. Border Incident - (1949, Anthony Mann) (Pablo Rodriguez, Jack Bearnes, Howard Da Silva) 90. Desperate - (1947, Anthony Mann) (Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Jason Robards Sr.) 91. Whirlpool - (1949, Otto Preminger) (Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer) 92. Journey Into Fear - (1943, Norman Foster, Orson Welles) (Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio) 93. Undercurrent - (1946, Vincente Minnelli) (Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum) 94. Hollow Triumph - (1948, Steve Sekely) (Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz) 95. Beyond A Reasonable Doubt - (1956, Fritz Lang) (Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer) 96. House Of Bamboo - (1955, Samuel Fuller) (Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi) 97. Lady in the Lake - (1947, Robert Montgomery) (Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan) 98. The Two Mrs. Carrolls - (1947, Peter Godfrey) (Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith) 99. Where Danger Lives - (1950, John Farrow) (Robert Mitchum, Claude Rains, Maureen O'Sullivan) 100. Stranger On The Third Floor - (1940, Boris Ingster) (Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet)
25 Greatest Neo-Noir films (1960 - present day) Modern films that incorporate the moods, themes, and atmosphere of classic Film Noirs.
1. Chinatown - (1974, Roman Polanski) (Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston)   2. L.A. Confidential - (1997, Curtis Hanson) (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce)   3. The Manchurian Candidate - (1962, John Frankenheimer) (Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey)   4. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - (2005, Shane Black) (Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan)   5. Se7en - (1995, David Fincher) (Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow)   6. Cape Fear - (1962, J. Lee Thompson) (Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen)   7. Blade Runner - (1982, Ridley Scott) (Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah)   8. Blood Simple - (1984, Joel Coen) (John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya)   9. Sin City - (2005, Frank Miller) (Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro, Bruce Willis) 10. The Usual Suspects - (1995, Bryan Singer) (Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro) 11. Body Heat - (1981, Lawrence Kasdan) (William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna) 12. Klute - (1971, Alan J. Pakula) (Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Roy Scheider) 13. Le Samouraï - (1967, Jean-Pierre Melville) (Alain Delon, Francois Périer, Nathalie Delon) 14. The Grifters - (1990, Stephen Frears) (Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening) 15. Tirez sur le pianiste (aka Shoot The Pianist) - (1960, F. Truffaut) (Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois) 16. Fargo - (1996, Joel Coen) (William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Kristin Rudrüd, Peter Stormare) 17. Night Moves - (1975, Arthur Penn) (Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, James Woods) 18. Hammett - (1982, Wim Wenders) (Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner) 19. Devil In A Blue Dress - (1995, Carl Franklin) (Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals) 20. Blue Velvet - (1986, David Lynch) (Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper) 21. The Naked Kiss - (1964, Samuel Fuller) (Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante) 22. Dark City - (1998, Alex Proyas) (William Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland) 23. Shock Corridor - (1963, Samuel Fuller) (Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans) 24. The Man Who Wasn't There - (2001, Joel Coen) (Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand) 25. The Public Eye - (1992, Howard Franklin) (Joe Pesci, Richard Riehle, Bryan Travis Smith)