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Film-Noir

Shadowy crime pictures, mostly from the 1940s and 1950s.

8.4

Number 1. Sunset Boulevard

1950

8.3

Number 2. Double Indemnity

1944

8.1

Number 3. The Third Man

1949

7.9

Number 4. The Maltese Falcon

1941

7.9

Number 5. Strangers on a Train

1951

8.0

Number 6. Touch of Evil

1958

8.0

Number 7. The Night of the Hunter

1955

7.9

Number 8. Notorious

1946

7.9

Number 9. The Killing

1956

7.9

Number 10. The Big Sleep

1946

7.8

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

7.9

Laura

1944

8.1

Ace in the Hole

1951

8.0

Out of the Past

1947

7.5

Spellbound

1945

8.0

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

7.8

The Lost Weekend

1945

7.9

In a Lonely Place

1950

7.9

Mildred Pierce

1945

7.8

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

7.9

The Big Heat

1953

7.6

Gilda

1946

7.2

Suspicion

1941

7.5

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

7.9

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

7.4

The Wrong Man

1956

7.7

The Killers

1946

7.3

The Stranger

1946

7.7

Scarlet Street

1945

8.2

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

7.5

Kiss Me Deadly

1955

7.5

Dark Passage

1947

7.4

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946

7.6

The Woman in the Window

1944

7.8

Night and the City

1950

7.3

Detour

1946

7.6

Pickup on South Street

1953

7.8

Fury

1936

7.6

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

7.6

Gun Crazy

1950

7.5

The Naked City

1948

7.4

All the King's Men

1949

7.7

Nightmare Alley

1947

7.5

Murder, My Sweet

1944

7.5

The Letter

1940

6.5

Killer's Kiss

1955

7.0

Niagara

1953

7.6

Odd Man Out

1947

7.0

Stage Fright

1950

7.5

Brute Force

1947

7.8

The Set-Up

1949

7.6

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

7.2

D.O.A.

1949

7.6

The Big Clock

1948

7.3

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948

7.5

The Desperate Hours

1955

7.4

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946

7.5

Detective Story

1952

7.3

Shanghai Express

1932

7.5

The Harder They Fall

1956

7.6

The Fallen Idol

1948

7.4

Criss Cross

1949

7.4

This Gun for Hire

1942

7.6

The Narrow Margin

1952

7.4

Call Northside 777

1948

7.4

Kiss of Death

1947

7.4

They Live by Night

1948

7.3

The Big Combo

1955

7.2

Crossfire

1947

7.2

Angel Face

1952

7.3

Kansas City Confidential

1952

7.1

Confidential Report

1962

7.1

The Blue Dahlia

1946

7.2

Dead End

1937

7.2

Panic in the Streets

1950

7.5

Sudden Fear

1952

7.2

They Drive by Night

1940

7.5

Thieves' Highway

1949

6.9

The Hitch-Hiker

1953

7.0

Dead Reckoning

1946

7.2

Force of Evil

1948

7.1

Ministry of Fear

1944

7.2

On Dangerous Ground

1951

7.2

You Only Live Once

1937

7.4

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

7.0

Of Human Bondage

1934

7.3

Brighton Rock

1948

7.6

Body and Soul

1947

7.4

No Way Out

1950

6.9

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

7.0

Clash by Night

1952

7.3

Too Late for Tears

1949

7.1

Human Desire

1954

7.0

The Glass Key

1942

7.6

Caged

1950

7.3

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

7.2

Born to Kill

1947

7.2

Phantom Lady

1944

7.5

The Docks of New York

1928

7.4

Act of Violence

1948

7.0

Fallen Angel

1945

7.0

He Walked by Night

1948

6.9

While the City Sleeps

1956

7.3

The Enforcer

1951

6.8

Suddenly

1954

7.2

The House of Fear

1945

7.2

I Wake Up Screaming

1941

7.3

Humoresque

1947

7.2

Raw Deal

1948

7.3

Champion

1949

7.1

The Reckless Moment

1949

6.7

Terror by Night

1946

7.1

Possessed

1947

7.4

The Window

1949

7.2

Boomerang!

1947

7.1

The Dark Mirror

1946

7.5

The Breaking Point

1950

7.2

Murder by Contract

1959

6.8

The Blue Gardenia

1953

6.9

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956