Want to know the best Film Noir movies? How about the worst Film Noir movies? Curious about Film Noir’s box office grosses or which Film Noir movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Film Noir movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
What is Film Noir? One definition of film noir is….a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly such that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Film noir in French means black film. Before researching this page…we pretty much thought a film noir movie was a black and white, dark, crime movie. Well after researching these movies for the last couple of months we no longer have any idea what a film noir movie really is anymore.
Part of our research was finding and reading lots of film noir books and lots of internet lists that named the best film noir movies. We found Film Noir Guide by Michael F. Keaney. Encyclopedia of Film Noir by Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell, Dark Cinema: American Film Noir in Cultural Perspective by Jon Tuska and Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia by Wheeler Winston Dixon very useful. Every book we read had a different definition of film noir. At one point it seemed that every movie ever made was a form of film noir.
So how did we come up with these 263 movies on the following table? First of all we picked one timeline…..1940-1959. Any movie labeled a film noir that was not made in those 19 years was excluded from our table. This rule pretty much destroyed many of the internet film noir lists. We actually found one internet list that only had 6 movies made before 1970 on their all-time film noir list. Next we created a excel spreadsheet. We used 11 different sources (books and internet resources). Once a movie was labeled a film noir movie in 5 different sources…it made our table.
Film Noir Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort Film Noir movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Film Noir movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Film Noir movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Film Noir movie won.
- Sort Film Noir movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score
R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
2 | All the King's Men (1949) AA Best Picture Win |
Broderick Crawford & John Ireland |
6.70 | 167.1 | 167.10 | 31 | 86 | 07 / 03 | 99.7 | |
1 | Double Indemnity (1944) AA Best Picture Nom |
Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson |
8.40 | 282.4 | 282.40 | 21 | 94 | 07 / 00 | 99.7 | |
2 | The Snake Pit (1948) AA Best Picture Nom |
Olivia de Havilland | 10.80 | 290.8 | 290.80 | 5 | 84 | 06 / 01 | 99.3 | |
6 | A Place in the Sun (1951) AA Best Picture Nom |
Montgomery Clift & Elizabeth Taylor |
10.00 | 215.6 | 425.00 | 10 | 76 | 09 / 06 | 99.2 | |
6 | Suspicion (1941) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joan Fontaine & Cary Grant |
5.20 | 198.7 | 312.80 | 26 | 86 | 03 / 01 | 99.2 | |
6 | Mildred Pierce (1945) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joan Crawford & Ann Blyth |
9.70 | 306.8 | 500.50 | 16 | 82 | 06 / 01 | 99.1 | |
7 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) AA Best Picture Nom |
William Holden & Gloria Swanson |
6.70 | 150.8 | 150.80 | 24 | 90 | 11 / 03 | 99.0 | |
9 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) AA Best Picture Nom |
Walter Huston & Humphrey Bogart |
6.10 | 163.1 | 290.40 | 45 | 90 | 04 / 03 | 99.0 | |
8 | Laura (1944) | Clifton Webb & Gene Tierney |
6.50 | 217.3 | 217.30 | 39 | 86 | 05 / 01 | 98.9 | |
10 | The Killers (1946) | Burt Lancaster & Ava Gardner |
6.80 | 208.1 | 208.10 | 52 | 87 | 04 / 00 | 98.9 | |
11 | Key Largo (1948) | Humphrey Bogart & Lionel Barrymore |
8.70 | 234.0 | 309.90 | 16 | 88 | 01 / 01 | 98.9 | |
12 | The Big Sleep (1946) | Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall |
8.10 | 249.7 | 405.20 | 32 | 89 | 00 / 00 | 98.7 | |
13 | The Third Man (1949) | Orson Welles & Joseph Cotten |
7.20 | 181.1 | 181.10 | 25 | 90 | 03 / 01 | 98.6 | |
13 | Scarlet Street (1945) | Edward G. Robinson & Joan Bennett |
6.90 | 220.2 | 259.70 | 41 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 98.6 | |
13 | To Have and Have Not (1944) | Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall |
11.80 | 396.9 | 571.30 | 8 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 98.6 | |
15 | Gilda (1946) | Rita Hayworth & Glenn Ford |
10.30 | 316.3 | 316.30 | 18 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 98.5 | |
17 | The Woman in the Window (1944) | Edward G. Robinson & Joan Bennett |
6.50 | 218.4 | 361.30 | 36 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 98.4 | |
18 | Leave Her to Heaven (1945) | Gene Tierney & Vincent Price |
14.20 | 449.6 | 449.60 | 3 | 81 | 04 / 01 | 98.4 | |
21 | Crossfire (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Ryan & Robert Mitchum |
6.80 | 196.9 | 253.90 | 41 | 76 | 05 / 00 | 98.4 | |
19 | The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) | Lana Turner & John Garfield |
10.20 | 315.1 | 427.10 | 19 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 98.2 | |
21 | The Spiral Staircase (1946) | Ethel Barrymore | 7.40 | 228.9 | 228.90 | 45 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 98.2 | |
22 | The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) | Frank Sinatra & Eleanor Parker |
11.70 | 241.6 | 241.60 | 22 | 80 | 03 / 00 | 97.8 | |
24 | The Man From Laramie (1955) | James Stewart & Donald Crisp |
9.40 | 195.5 | 195.50 | 31 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 97.8 | |
24 | Vertigo (1958) | James Stewart & Kim Novak |
9.10 | 164.3 | 164.30 | 19 | 91 | 02 / 00 | 97.7 | |
27 | The Stranger (1946) | Edward G. Robinson & Orson Welles |
6.10 | 187.3 | 187.30 | 59 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 97.7 | |
26 | Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) | Barbara Stanwyck & Burt Lancaster |
7.50 | 202.1 | 202.10 | 25 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.6 | |
27 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) | Kirk Douglas & Barbara Stanwyck |
8.90 | 274.7 | 274.70 | 28 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.5 | |
28 | The Blue Dahlia (1946) | Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake |
7.40 | 228.9 | 228.90 | 47 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 97.3 | |
29 | The Maltese Falcon (1941) AA Best Picture Nom |
Humphrey Bogart & Peter Lorre |
3.40 | 132.5 | 232.50 | 68 | 91 | 03 / 00 | 97.1 | |
29 | Dark Passage (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall |
8.10 | 236.2 | 323.80 | 29 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 97.1 | |
32 | I Want to Live! (1958) | Susan Hayward | 9.10 | 164.3 | 164.30 | 18 | 83 | 06 / 01 | 96.9 | |
31 | Pursued (1947) | Robert Mitchum & Teresa Wright |
7.80 | 228.4 | 228.40 | 31 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
33 | White Heat (1949) | James Cagney & Virginia Mayo |
6.10 | 152.4 | 242.70 | 36 | 91 | 01 / 00 | 96.7 | |
34 | The Naked City (1948) Uncredited Role |
Barry Fitzgerald | 6.30 | 170.2 | 170.20 | 40 | 81 | 03 / 02 | 96.6 | |
36 | Johnny Guitar (1954) | Joan Crawford & Ernest Borgnine |
7.10 | 167.4 | 167.40 | 45 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
37 | Brute Force (1947) | Burt Lancaster | 5.90 | 173.2 | 173.20 | 53 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
35 | Christmas Holiday (1944) | Gene Kelly & Deanna Durbin |
6.20 | 210.5 | 210.50 | 48 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 96.3 | |
40 | The Letter (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Bette Davis & Gale Sondergaard |
3.50 | 133.1 | 211.60 | 42 | 84 | 07 / 00 | 96.2 | |
38 | Johnny Eager (1941) | Van Heflin & Lana Turner |
6.40 | 247.9 | 370.80 | 12 | 72 | 01 / 01 | 96.1 | |
39 | The Lodger (1944) | Merle Oberon | 6.50 | 217.3 | 217.30 | 43 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
42 | The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) | Kirk Douglas & Lana Turner |
6.60 | 128.9 | 183.60 | 37 | 85 | 06 / 05 | 95.9 | |
41 | A Stolen Life (1946) | Bette Davis & Glenn Ford |
8.70 | 268.2 | 398.30 | 29 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 95.8 | |
43 | Champion (1949) | Kirk Douglas & Arthur Kennedy |
5.80 | 146.2 | 146.20 | 40 | 83 | 06 / 01 | 95.7 | |
44 | Dragonwyck (1946) | Vincent Price & Gene Tierney |
8.10 | 249.7 | 249.70 | 33 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
45 | Conflict (1945) | Humphrey Bogart & Sydney Greenstreet |
6.30 | 199.5 | 321.40 | 48 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
45 | Love Letters (1945) | Jennifer Jones & Joseph Cotten |
8.30 | 264.2 | 264.20 | 31 | 67 | 04 / 00 | 95.2 | |
46 | My Favorite Brunette (1947) | Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour |
8.40 | 244.1 | 244.10 | 26 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
48 | Call Northside 777 (1948) | James Stewart & Thelma Ritter |
7.10 | 191.5 | 191.50 | 32 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
51 | Winchester '73 (1950) | James Stewart & Rock Hudson |
6.40 | 144.4 | 144.40 | 32 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 95.0 | |
50 | The Dark Mirror (1946) | Olivia de Havilland | 7.40 | 228.9 | 228.90 | 48 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 94.9 | |
50 | Keeper of the Flame (1942) | Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy |
6.30 | 232.6 | 342.20 | 24 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
52 | The Seventh Veil (1945) | James Mason & Herbert Lom |
5.60 | 176.1 | 176.10 | 60 | 74 | 01 / 01 | 94.7 | |
51 | Sweet Smell of Success (1957) | Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis |
6.40 | 123.7 | 123.70 | 36 | 92 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
54 | Nobody Lives Forever (1946) | John Garfield & Walter Brennan |
5.70 | 174.3 | 231.40 | 61 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 94.5 | |
55 | Detective Story (1951) | Eleanor Parker & Kirk Douglas |
8.00 | 172.5 | 172.50 | 15 | 72 | 04 / 00 | 94.2 | |
54 | Cloak and Dagger (1946) | Gary Cooper | 6.80 | 208.1 | 208.10 | 53 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
55 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | Joseph Cotten & Teresa Wright |
3.40 | 123.2 | 123.20 | 90 | 90 | 01 / 00 | 94.2 | |
56 | The House on 92nd Street (1945) | William Eythe | 6.90 | 220.2 | 220.20 | 38 | 64 | 01 / 01 | 94.1 | |
61 | Possessed (1947) | Joan Crawford & Van Heflin |
5.40 | 156.5 | 156.50 | 63 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 93.9 | |
58 | Calcutta (1946) | Alan Ladd & Gail Russell |
7.60 | 233.1 | 233.10 | 39 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.9 | |
61 | Humoresque (1946) | Joan Crawford & John Garfield |
6.20 | 189.9 | 282.90 | 57 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 93.7 | |
62 | Road House (1948) | Richard Widmark | 6.30 | 170.6 | 170.60 | 38 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 93.6 | |
64 | Boomerang! (1947) | Dana Andrews | 6.10 | 177.2 | 177.20 | 47 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 93.5 | |
63 | Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) | Spencer Tracy & Lee Marvin |
5.70 | 118.5 | 226.40 | 56 | 87 | 03 / 00 | 93.4 | |
64 | High Sierra (1941) | Humphrey Bogart | 3.40 | 132.0 | 184.90 | 69 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 93.3 | |
67 | The Big Clock (1948) | Charles Laughton & Ray Milland |
5.30 | 141.8 | 141.80 | 64 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
66 | Out of the Past (1947) | Kirk Douglas & Robert Mitchum |
4.00 | 117.7 | 166.90 | 87 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
68 | Strangers on a Train (1951) | Ruth Roman | 5.10 | 110.1 | 180.90 | 57 | 90 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
71 | The Unsuspected (1947) | Claude Rains & Joan Caulfield |
5.40 | 157.5 | 157.50 | 61 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
71 | Deception (1946) | Bette Davis & Claude Rains |
5.80 | 177.5 | 271.50 | 60 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 92.9 | |
71 | The Gunfighter (1950) | Gregory Peck & Karl Malden |
5.60 | 125.1 | 125.10 | 48 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 92.8 | |
72 | The Desperate Hours (1955) | Humphrey Bogart & Fredric March |
7.10 | 148.1 | 148.10 | 41 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 92.8 | |
73 | A Woman's Face (1941) | Joan Crawford & Melvyn Douglas |
3.50 | 133.8 | 236.80 | 67 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 92.6 | |
75 | Kiss of Death (1947) Uncredited Role |
Richard Widmark & Victor Mature |
4.50 | 129.9 | 129.90 | 78 | 81 | 02 / 00 | 92.4 | |
75 | The Naked Spur (1953) | James Stewart & Robert Ryan |
6.80 | 122.5 | 122.50 | 38 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 92.4 | |
76 | The Wild One (1953) | Marlon Brando & Lee Marvin |
8.60 | 155.2 | 155.20 | 24 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
78 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Barbara Stanwyck |
6.20 | 180.5 | 281.00 | 46 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
76 | Body and Soul (1947) | John Garfield | 3.80 | 110.2 | 110.20 | 91 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 92.1 | |
79 | I Wake Up Screaming (1941) | Betty Grable & Victor Mature |
4.00 | 155.2 | 155.20 | 46 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 91.9 | |
82 | House of Strangers (1949) | Susan Hayward & Edward G. Robinson |
5.60 | 139.3 | 139.30 | 46 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 91.8 | |
81 | Odd Man Out (1947) | James Mason | 3.80 | 110.2 | 110.20 | 90 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
84 | Flesh and Fantasy (1943) | Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson |
5.10 | 184.8 | 184.80 | 55 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
83 | They Drive By Night (1940) | Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan |
3.10 | 120.1 | 175.60 | 48 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
85 | Chicago Deadline (1949) | Alan Ladd & Donna Reed |
5.80 | 146.2 | 146.20 | 41 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
84 | Murder, My Sweet (1944) | Dick Powell | 3.70 | 125.0 | 186.40 | 89 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 91.4 | |
88 | Flamingo Road (1949) | Joan Crawford & Sydney Greenstreet |
6.30 | 157.6 | 201.70 | 33 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 91.3 | |
86 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | Kevin McCarthy | 6.00 | 117.6 | 117.60 | 47 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
88 | A Double Life (1947) | Ronald Colman & Shelley Winters |
4.60 | 133.9 | 133.90 | 77 | 69 | 04 / 02 | 90.4 | |
91 | The Paradine Case (1947) | Charles Laughton & Gregory Peck |
5.90 | 173.2 | 173.20 | 54 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 90.4 | |
89 | Attack (1956) | Lee Marvin & Jack Palance |
5.70 | 112.0 | 112.00 | 49 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
92 | T-Men (1947) | Dennis O'Keefe & Directed by Anthony Mann |
4.30 | 126.0 | 126.00 | 79 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 90.2 | |
90 | The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
Henry Fonda & Anthony Quinn |
2.10 | 79.7 | 79.70 | 122 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 90.2 | |
93 | Pickup on South Street (1953) | Thelma Ritter & Richard Widmark |
5.80 | 103.4 | 103.40 | 52 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 90.2 | |
94 | The Red House (1947) | Edward G. Robinson | 4.60 | 133.9 | 133.90 | 76 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
93 | City for Conquest (1940) | James Cagney & Anthony Quinn |
3.30 | 127.2 | 197.30 | 45 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
97 | Confidential Agent (1945) | Lauren Bacall & Peter Lorre |
4.50 | 142.2 | 241.10 | 80 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
95 | This Gun For Hire (1942) | Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake |
3.10 | 113.6 | 113.60 | 89 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
100 | Fallen Angel (1945) | Dana Andrews & Alice Faye |
4.20 | 132.1 | 132.10 | 83 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
99 | The Street with No Name (1948) | Richard Widmark | 6.20 | 166.7 | 166.70 | 43 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 89.7 | |
100 | In a Lonely Place (1950) | Humphrey Bogart | 3.90 | 88.2 | 88.20 | 82 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
102 | The Macomber Affair (1947) | Gregory Peck & Joan Bennett |
4.30 | 126.0 | 126.00 | 80 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
101 | Criss Cross (1949) | Burt Lancaster | 4.00 | 101.0 | 101.00 | 90 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
103 | Sudden Fear (1952) | Jack Palance & Joan Crawford |
4.60 | 89.8 | 89.80 | 67 | 82 | 04 / 00 | 89.2 | |
104 | Rope of Sand (1949) | Burt Lancaster & Peter Lorre |
6.20 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 34 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
106 | Niagara (1953) | Marilyn Monroe & Joseph Cotten |
7.10 | 127.9 | 127.90 | 34 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
106 | Ride the Pink Horse (1947) | Robert Montgomery & Thomas Gomez |
3.40 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 103 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 88.9 | |
108 | Knock On Any Door (1949) | Humphrey Bogart | 5.80 | 146.2 | 146.20 | 39 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
108 | Affair in Trinidad (1952) | Rita Hayworth & Glenn Ford |
7.50 | 147.0 | 147.00 | 24 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 88.8 | |
109 | Dead Reckoning (1947) | Humphrey Bogart | 4.70 | 136.2 | 136.20 | 75 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
109 | The Asphalt Jungle (1950) | Sam Jaffe & Marilyn Monroe |
3.10 | 69.1 | 137.50 | 104 | 87 | 04 / 00 | 88.5 | |
109 | Unfaithfully Yours (1948) | Rex Harrison | 3.40 | 92.3 | 92.30 | 99 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
110 | Panic in the Streets (1950) | Richard Widmark & Elia Kazan |
3.40 | 77.0 | 77.00 | 97 | 84 | 01 / 01 | 87.9 | |
113 | The Enforcer (1951) | Humphrey Bogart | 4.50 | 97.6 | 177.00 | 74 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 87.9 | |
115 | The Furies (1950) | Barbara Stanwyck | 4.60 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 65 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 87.8 | |
117 | Compulsion (1959) | Orson Welles & Dean Stockwell |
5.10 | 92.4 | 92.40 | 49 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
114 | Ace in the Hole (1951) | Kirk Douglas | 3.70 | 80.1 | 80.10 | 96 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 87.6 | |
117 | The Big Heat (1953) | Lee Marvin & Glenn Ford |
3.80 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 97 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
120 | His Kind of Woman (1951) | Robert Mitchum & Vincent Price |
5.70 | 123.2 | 123.20 | 46 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
118 | Monsieur Verdoux (1947) | Charles Chaplin | 2.30 | 66.9 | 66.90 | 130 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 87.3 | |
122 | The Glass Key (1942) | Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake |
2.80 | 105.1 | 105.10 | 102 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
122 | Daisy Kenyon (1947) | Henry Fonda & Joan Crawford |
4.70 | 137.8 | 137.80 | 74 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
122 | Touch of Evil (1958) | Marlene Dietrich & Orson Welles |
3.20 | 58.2 | 58.20 | 67 | 89 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
123 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) | James Cagney | 4.90 | 109.1 | 109.10 | 54 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
124 | Portrait of Jennie (1948) | Jennifer Jones & Joseph Cotten |
2.60 | 69.6 | 69.60 | 119 | 81 | 02 / 01 | 86.4 | |
123 | The Harder They Fall (1956) | Humphrey Bogart & Rod Steiger |
3.90 | 75.6 | 75.60 | 90 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 86.4 | |
126 | Raw Deal (1948) | Dennis O'Keefe | 3.20 | 85.3 | 85.30 | 100 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 86.3 | |
127 | The Great Sinner (1949) | Gregory Peck & Ava Gardner |
5.60 | 139.3 | 139.30 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
128 | Crossroads (1942) | William Powell & Hedy Lamarr |
4.40 | 161.8 | 246.50 | 60 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 86.0 | |
127 | No Way Out (1950) | Sidney Poitier & Richard Widmark |
3.90 | 86.6 | 86.60 | 83 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 85.9 | |
130 | Rawhide (1951) | Susan Hayward & Tyrone Power |
5.60 | 120.1 | 120.10 | 52 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
130 | They Won't Believe Me (1947) | Susan Hayward & Robert Young |
3.60 | 103.9 | 159.10 | 95 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
132 | The Dark Corner (1946) | Lucille Ball & Clifton Webb |
2.70 | 83.2 | 83.20 | 108 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
134 | Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (1948) | Burt Lancaster & Joan Fontaine |
4.20 | 113.5 | 113.50 | 85 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
134 | Suddenly (1954) | Frank Sinatra | 4.00 | 93.7 | 93.70 | 82 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
135 | I Walk Alone (1947) | Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas |
5.70 | 165.4 | 165.40 | 56 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
137 | The Damned Don't Cry (1950) | Joan Crawford & David Brian |
4.40 | 98.8 | 141.90 | 69 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
138 | High Wall (1947) | Robert Taylor | 4.20 | 122.3 | 206.20 | 82 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
136 | Night and the City (1950) | Richard Widmark & Gene Tierney |
3.60 | 80.1 | 80.10 | 95 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
141 | Cornered (1945) | Dick Powell | 3.70 | 117.6 | 159.90 | 89 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
138 | All My Sons (1948) | Burt Lancaster & Edward G. Robinson |
2.90 | 78.0 | 78.00 | 106 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
140 | Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) | Dana Andrews & Gene Tierney |
2.90 | 64.2 | 64.20 | 110 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
142 | Force of Evil (1948) | John Garfield | 2.50 | 67.2 | 76.00 | 124 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
141 | Hangover Square (1945) | Laird Cregar | 2.80 | 87.8 | 87.80 | 107 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
145 | Lust For Gold (1949) | Ida Lupino & Glenn Ford |
4.20 | 104.1 | 104.10 | 85 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
144 | They Live By Night (1948) | Farley Granger | 2.40 | 63.8 | 63.80 | 129 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
146 | Clash by Night (1952) | Marilyn Monroe & Barbara Stanwyck |
4.20 | 81.7 | 81.70 | 84 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
146 | Cry of The City (1948) | Shelley Winters & Victor Mature |
2.60 | 70.9 | 70.90 | 115 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
148 | Don't Bother To Knock (1952) | Simone Signoret & Véra Clouzot |
4.20 | 81.7 | 81.70 | 76 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
149 | Blood on the Moon (1948) | Robert Mitchum & Walter Brennan |
5.60 | 150.0 | 187.20 | 58 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
150 | I Confess (1953) | Montgomery Clift | 4.40 | 78.5 | 158.90 | 80 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
153 | The Breaking Point (1950) | John Garfield | 3.00 | 67.4 | 110.40 | 105 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
151 | The Lady From Shanghai (1947) | Orson Welles & Rita Hayworth |
2.00 | 58.3 | 58.30 | 136 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
153 | The Killing (1956) | Sterling Hayden & Directed by Stanley Kubrick |
1.80 | 34.4 | 34.40 | 148 | 89 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
156 | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) | Susan Hayward & Walter Wanger |
4.70 | 138.1 | 196.20 | 72 | 54 | 02 / 00 | 83.5 | |
155 | The Wrong Man (1956) | Henry Fonda | 3.30 | 65.2 | 119.50 | 102 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
154 | Nightmare Alley (1947) | Tyrone Power & Joan Blondell |
1.50 | 43.3 | 43.30 | 145 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
156 | The Set-Up (1949) | Robert Ryan | 2.30 | 57.5 | 84.30 | 135 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 83.2 | |
157 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | Robert Mitchum & Directed by Charles Laughton |
0.90 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 181 | 93 | 00 / 00 | 83.0 | |
159 | Beyond the Forest (1949) | Bette Davis & Joseph Cotten |
3.70 | 92.7 | 121.00 | 95 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 82.9 | |
160 | Ruby Gentry (1952) | Charlton Heston & Jennifer Jones |
4.90 | 95.3 | 95.30 | 63 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
160 | Violent Saturday (1955) | Lee Marvin & Victor Mature |
3.60 | 74.0 | 74.00 | 91 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
162 | Station West (1948) | Dick Powell & Raymond Burr |
3.60 | 97.5 | 121.60 | 97 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
161 | Gun Crazy (1950) | Peggy Cummins & John Dall |
2.40 | 52.9 | 52.90 | 134 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
164 | D.O.A. (1949) | Edmond O'Brien | 2.10 | 51.6 | 51.60 | 141 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
167 | Fixed Bayonets! (1951) | Richard Basehart & Directed by Sam Fuller |
4.10 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 87 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
165 | He Ran All The Way (1951) | John Garfield & Shelley Winters |
2.90 | 61.6 | 61.60 | 131 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 81.9 | |
167 | Autumn Leaves (1956) | Joan Crawford & Cliff Robertson |
3.10 | 61.6 | 61.60 | 108 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
168 | Pitfall (1948) | Dick Powell & Raymond Burr |
2.90 | 78.0 | 78.00 | 104 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 81.3 | |
171 | Desperate (1947) | Steve Brodie | 3.00 | 86.7 | 86.70 | 115 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
170 | The Man From Colorado (1948) | William Holden & Glenn Ford |
5.30 | 141.8 | 141.80 | 67 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
172 | Framed (1947) | Glenn Ford & Janis Carter |
3.40 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 101 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
173 | Deadline At Dawn (1946) | Susan Hayward | 3.00 | 93.7 | 93.70 | 102 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
171 | The Narrow Margin (1952) | Charles McGraw | 1.70 | 32.5 | 32.50 | 173 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 80.4 | |
176 | The Bribe (1949) | Ava Gardner & Vincent Price |
4.30 | 108.6 | 174.80 | 72 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 80.2 | |
175 | Whirlpool (1950) | Gene Tierney | 3.30 | 73.8 | 73.80 | 100 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
174 | Angel Face (1953) | Robert Mitchum & Jean Simmons |
3.00 | 54.4 | 54.40 | 132 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
177 | Three Strangers (1946) | Peter Lorre & Sydney Greenstreet |
2.80 | 86.0 | 137.10 | 105 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
178 | Act of Violence (1949) | Van Heflin & Janet Leigh |
2.00 | 49.0 | 78.60 | 146 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
179 | Ride Lonesome (1959) | James Coburn & Randolph Scott |
2.70 | 48.8 | 48.80 | 87 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | |
181 | The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) | Barbara Stanwyck | 2.60 | 66.2 | 66.20 | 122 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | |
180 | Kiss Me Deadly (1955) | Ralph Meeker | 2.10 | 43.0 | 43.00 | 137 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
183 | Moss Rose (1947) | Vincent Price & Victor Mature |
3.10 | 90.6 | 90.60 | 110 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
182 | Rancho Notorious (1952) | Marlene Dietrich & Arthur Kennedy |
2.50 | 49.0 | 49.00 | 136 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
184 | On Dangerous Ground (1951) | Ida Lupino & Robert Ryan |
1.90 | 40.3 | 40.30 | 159 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 79.3 | |
185 | Diabolique (1955) | Simone Sigornet | 1.00 | 20.7 | 20.70 | 171 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
186 | Fourteen Hours (1951) | Grace Kelly | 2.00 | 43.1 | 43.10 | 156 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 79.1 | |
189 | Storm Warning (1950) | Doris Day & Ginger Rogers |
3.60 | 80.2 | 80.20 | 93 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
188 | Sleep, My Love (1948) | Claudette Colbert & Don Ameche |
2.40 | 65.1 | 65.10 | 126 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
187 | Rififi (1955) | Jules Dassin | 0.10 | 1.2 | 1.20 | 208 | 91 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
189 | The Big Combo (1955) | Cornel Wilde & Richard Conte |
1.90 | 38.5 | 38.50 | 141 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
192 | Baby Face Nelson (1957) | Mickey Rooney & Carolyn Jones |
3.60 | 68.8 | 68.80 | 68 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
191 | Detour (1945) | Tom Neal & Ann Savage |
1.00 | 33.0 | 33.00 | 137 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
195 | Union Station (1950) | William Holden & Nancy Olson |
4.10 | 91.4 | 91.40 | 76 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 77.8 | |
194 | The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) | Peter Lorre & Sydney Greenstreet |
1.30 | 44.6 | 145.20 | 135 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 77.5 | |
195 | The Racket (1951) | Robert Mitchum & Robert Ryan |
5.00 | 107.8 | 107.80 | 59 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 77.2 | |
197 | Witness to Murder (1954) | Barbara Stanwyck & George Sanders |
2.90 | 67.0 | 67.00 | 106 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
198 | Whistle Stop (1946) | Ava Gardner & George Raft |
3.90 | 120.7 | 120.70 | 85 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 75.9 | |
198 | Cry Wolf (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & Errol Flynn |
5.00 | 145.0 | 211.80 | 69 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | |
199 | One Way Street (1950) | James Mason & Dan Duryea |
3.70 | 83.4 | 83.40 | 89 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
201 | Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) | Robert Ryan & Harry Belafonte |
1.80 | 32.1 | 32.10 | 121 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 75.5 | |
200 | Angels Over Broadway (1940) | Rita Hayworth & Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
2.00 | 78.6 | 78.60 | 96 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 75.5 | |
200 | I Walked with a Zombie (1943) | Frances Dee | 1.00 | 36.5 | 36.50 | 147 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
205 | Appointment with Danger (1950) | Alan Ladd & Jack Webb |
4.10 | 93.0 | 93.00 | 74 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
202 | Two Smart People (1946) | Lucille Ball | 2.40 | 72.5 | 99.80 | 116 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 74.8 | |
205 | Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) | Edward G. Robinson & Gail Russell |
2.00 | 53.2 | 53.20 | 140 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 74.2 | |
206 | Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) | Peter Lorre | 1.10 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 158 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 73.6 | |
207 | Second Chance (1953) | Robert Mitchum & Linda Darnell |
6.10 | 108.9 | 108.90 | 48 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 73.3 | |
208 | The Fallen Sparrow (1943) | Maureen O'Hara & John Garfield |
3.60 | 130.1 | 178.00 | 86 | 43 | 01 / 00 | 73.3 | |
207 | Kansas City Confidential (1952) | John Payne | 1.50 | 29.4 | 29.40 | 178 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 73.1 | |
208 | Journey Into Fear (1943) | Orson Welles & Joseph Cotten |
1.30 | 46.3 | 46.30 | 135 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
211 | Edge of the City (1957) | Sidney Poitier | 2.20 | 42.9 | 42.90 | 108 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 72.8 | |
212 | Crisis (1950) | Cary Grant & Jose Ferrer |
2.50 | 57.2 | 90.00 | 120 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
213 | Serenade (1956) | Joan Fontaine & Mario Lanza |
4.30 | 84.0 | 154.30 | 75 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 72.3 | |
213 | Black Tuesday (1954) | Edward G. Robinson | 1.80 | 42.3 | 42.30 | 127 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
214 | Queen Bee (1955) | Joan Crawford & Fay Wray |
2.80 | 57.7 | 57.70 | 115 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 72.1 | |
214 | Moontide (1942) | Claude Rains | 1.20 | 45.9 | 45.90 | 161 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 72.0 | |
217 | Man in the Shadow (1957) | Orson Welles & Jeff Chandler |
2.00 | 38.2 | 38.20 | 116 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 71.9 | |
218 | The Las Vegas Story (1952) | Vincent Price & Jane Russell |
3.30 | 65.3 | 65.30 | 110 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.9 | |
221 | The Long Night (1947) | Henry Fonda | 2.70 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 123 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 71.1 | |
220 | Another Man's Poison (1951) | Bette Davis | 2.40 | 52.1 | 52.10 | 140 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 71.1 | |
221 | Born To Be Bad (1950) | Joan Fontaine & Robert Ryan |
2.70 | 61.0 | 91.40 | 116 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 71.1 | |
222 | The Trap (1959) | Richard Widmark | 3.10 | 56.5 | 56.50 | 79 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 71.1 | |
225 | The Lady Gambles (1949) | Barbara Stanwyck & Tony Curtis |
3.10 | 76.6 | 76.60 | 115 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
222 | The Secret Fury (1950) | Claudette Colbert & Robert Ryan |
2.40 | 54.5 | 83.40 | 125 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 70.4 | |
225 | No Man of Her Own (1950) | Barbara Stanwyck | 1.60 | 36.3 | 36.30 | 160 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
227 | The Lost Moment (1947) | Susan Hayward & Walter Wanger |
2.00 | 57.8 | 57.80 | 137 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
226 | Beat the Devil (1953) | Humphrey Bogart & Peter Lorre |
3.00 | 54.5 | 54.50 | 120 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
230 | Julie (1956) | Doris Day | 4.00 | 79.2 | 145.60 | 77 | 54 | 02 / 00 | 68.6 | |
228 | The Sniper (1952) | Adolphe Menjou | 1.50 | 28.5 | 28.50 | 181 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 68.2 | |
229 | So Evil My Love (1948) | Ray Milland | 1.60 | 44.3 | 44.30 | 151 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
231 | Iron Man (1951) | Rock Hudson & Jeff Chandler |
2.90 | 61.6 | 61.60 | 127 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 67.5 | |
232 | Where Danger Lives (1950) | Robert Mitchum & Claude Rains |
2.40 | 53.9 | 82.80 | 129 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 66.0 | |
233 | Jeopardy (1953) | Barbara Stanwyck & Directed by John Sturges |
3.70 | 65.7 | 87.90 | 102 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
235 | Rage in Heaven (1941) | Ingrid Bergman & Robert Montgomery |
2.00 | 77.6 | 77.60 | 116 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
236 | We Were Strangers (1949) | John Garfield & Jennifer Jones |
2.10 | 52.2 | 52.20 | 140 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 64.0 | |
234 | Quicksand (1950) | Peter Lorre & Mickey Rooney |
1.80 | 40.1 | 40.10 | 155 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 63.5 | |
237 | Tight Spot (1955) | Edward G. Robinson & Ginger Rogers |
1.90 | 39.4 | 39.40 | 139 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
239 | Dark City (1950) | Charlton Heston | 2.70 | 61.0 | 61.00 | 117 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
240 | The Glass Web (1953) | Edward G. Robinson | 2.10 | 38.1 | 38.10 | 164 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
241 | Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) | Michael Redgrave | 1.10 | 33.5 | 33.50 | 156 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
241 | Killer's Kiss (1955) | Directed by Stanley Kubrick | 0.10 | 1.6 | 1.60 | 206 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
242 | Female on the Beach (1955) | Joan Crawford & Jeff Chandler |
2.20 | 45.9 | 45.90 | 130 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 58.6 | |
243 | Macao (1952) | Robert Mitchum & Jane Russell |
3.10 | 59.9 | 59.90 | 118 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 58.6 | |
244 | Out of the Fog (1941) | John Garfield | 1.90 | 71.4 | 71.40 | 124 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 57.8 | |
246 | Singapore (1947) | Ava Gardner & Fred MacMurray |
1.90 | 56.6 | 56.60 | 139 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
245 | The Reckless Moment (1949) | James Mason & Joan Bennett |
2.00 | 49.9 | 49.90 | 144 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 56.6 | |
247 | Lonelyhearts (1958) | Myrna Loy & Montgomery Clift |
2.20 | 39.0 | 39.00 | 102 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 54.6 | |
249 | Among The Living (1941) | Susan Hayward | 1.30 | 51.7 | 51.70 | 151 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 54.1 | |
248 | Time Table (1956) | John Marley | 0.50 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 199 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 53.6 | |
250 | The People Against O'Hara (1951) | Spencer Tracy & John Sturges |
3.20 | 68.2 | 104.40 | 114 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 53.6 | |
251 | Crime of Passion (1956) | Barbara Stanwyck | 1.40 | 28.0 | 28.00 | 158 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 53.0 | |
253 | Sirocco (1951) | Humphrey Bogart | 3.70 | 80.1 | 80.10 | 97 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 52.1 | |
251 | The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) | Lawrence Tierney | 1.10 | 32.2 | 32.20 | 160 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 50.8 | |
252 | Black Magic (1949) | Orson Welles & Raymond Burr |
1.50 | 36.6 | 36.60 | 164 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 49.4 | |
254 | Black Hand (1950) | Gene Kelly | 2.20 | 49.5 | 77.60 | 140 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 47.7 | |
255 | A Woman's Secret (1949) | Maureen O'Hara & Melvyn Douglas |
2.00 | 50.2 | 50.20 | 143 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 47.0 | |
256 | Cry Terror! (1958) | James Mason & Rod Steiger |
1.70 | 30.8 | 30.80 | 117 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 44.9 | |
257 | Illegal (1955) | Edward G. Robinson | 0.40 | 9.1 | 10.10 | 192 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 43.0 | |
259 | This Woman Is Dangerous (1952) | Joan Crawford & Dennis Morgan |
2.40 | 46.3 | 46.30 | 142 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 42.6 | |
258 | The Turning Point (1952) | William Holden & Edmond O'Brien |
1.10 | 21.8 | 21.80 | 196 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 41.9 | |
260 | A Cry in The Night (1956) | Natalie Wood & Raymond Burr |
1.50 | 28.4 | 47.30 | 157 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 33.8 | |
262 | The Man in The Net (1959) | Alan Ladd & Carolyn Jones |
1.80 | 31.6 | 31.60 | 123 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
261 | Twist of Fate (1954) | Ginger Rogers & Stanley Baker |
0.60 | 15.1 | 15.10 | 174 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 21.9 | |
263 | A Bullet for Joey (1955) | Edward G. Robinson | 1.60 | 34.0 | 34.00 | 149 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 10.7 |
And finally: This is obviously not every single film noir movie ever made. There are 1000s and 1000s of movies that many people consider film noir. We made 250 movies as our cut off point. Hopefully we have included the most popular film noir movies…though I am sure the good folks at the TCM message boards will find another 250 movies that need to be on the list. This was a request from Flora Breen Robison. Hey Flora….this was officially the most difficult requested page ever…but well worth the effort considering how supportive you are of our little old website.
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You did the right thing there Bruce Cogerson by listing films that others have decided are noir. Anyone can decide for themselves if a given film is noir or not, despite what the “experts” (who often disagree with themselves) say, but if it’s not listed at all, then obviously that “decision” is taken away from us. Did you limit your list to U.S. produced noirs in your given timeline
Hey Arthur.. I read so many books with so many different definitions of “film noir” that at one point it seemed that every movie ever made feel into a film noir category. I did not have a rule on U.S. productions versus International productions…..but in the end only a few International movies made my table. One of the sources I used..”Film Noir Guide” had the most International movies listed. The rest of the sources pretty much stuck with U.S. only movies. Thanks for checking out my page.
Thanks for my requested page, Bruce!
I have seen 186 of these movies.
Lots more for me to see!
Have I told you lately how much I adore your wesbite, your family, your love of movies and the fact that you were so interested in finding how I was?
I won’t list what ones I have seen or not seen.
You already know what I love.
Have a Happy Easter Weekend Bruce.
Love, Flora aka GregoryPeckfan and Jack the cat and my Mom.
Hey Flora…..186 movies watched. You know I never count until either you or Steve comment….let me see….counting….this is going to take a moment…61 of the Top 100….not too bad. 21 for 101 to 200…and 4 of the last 50…for a grand total of 86…..only a 100 movies behind.
Thanks for the nice words about our website. It has been fun watching it grow and grow over the last year. Thanks for the Easter wishes. Our little ones are very excited about Sunday morning when the Easter bunny gets here. Hope you and your family have a great holiday too.
Bad Day At Black Rock is not a noir film. And a whole bunch of others too. Like Winchester 73, The Ox-Bow Incident, Beat THe Devil, Monsieur Verdoux, etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Hey Dre…I agree with you. But source after source kept listing them. I used 11 sources….if a movie reached 5 sources it made my table. That is one of the reasons it took so long (2 months) to put this together.
Winchester 73…Noir Type: Horse Opera. Noir Themes: Revenge, obsession, betrayal. From Film Noir Guide by Michael F.Keaney. As for Bad Day At Black Rock….I thought no way…but source after source not only listed the movie…but had it very highly ranked….so in the end I went with the sources I was using for the research.
Noir has subcategories such as Noir Western, noir comedy, etc. Thee are indeed noir.
Hey Flora…I had no idea that “noir” had so many sub categories. I used to think noir was …black and white…low budget…..crime dramas. That really only represents a small % of noir movies. Glad you like your requested page.
All the movies you mentioned do have noir elements and many writers and critics consider them border line noir. No one is an expert on exactly what defines a noir.
Hey Jeff. I agree with you 100%. I felt like Alice in Wonderland….going down the rabbit hole. The more I researched film noir the more my eyes opened to the fact that film noir covers a lot more movies than I originally thought. I am sure the French film critic that came up with the term in 1946…would probably say all the experts are looking at it wrong. Thanks for stopping by.
I’ve seen a majority of those… (reminds me, I need to order some film noir DVDs.)
Hey Schuler…glad my page is helping you pick out DVDs…thanks for stopping by
Your work boggles my mind. Simply an outstanding list. Interesting that a few westerns were included. Keep it up!
Hey Jim….thanks for the great compliment. I gotta admit when I started seeing so many movies that did not meet my personal criteria of film noir show up on so many lists…I thought I would never finish this page. The westerns stick out….they are good westerns but when watching movies like The Man From Colorado and many of the Stewart westerns…at no time did I think I was watching a film noir page. The same could be said for Bad Day At Black Rock…for awhile I refused to put it on the list….but it kept showing up on all of the sources I was using…and showing up very high in their rankings. So in the end…it like the westerns made the page. Thanks for checking out our latest page.