Thursday, May 25, 2023

Film Noir Movies: Top 25

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Top 25 Film Noir Movies

“Film noir” is a term originally applied by French critics to American detective films and thrillers made in the ‘40s and ‘50s by noted directors such as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, and Fritz Lang. The films in this genre are generally marked by a low-key, black-and-white visual style rooted in German expressionism.


1. Double Indemnity (1944)
2. Out of the Past (1947)
3. Touch of Evil (1958)
4. The Big Sleep (1946)
5. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

6. In a Lonely Place (1950)
7. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
8. The Killers (1946)
9. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
10. The Third Man (1949)

11. Laura (1944)
12. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
13. The Killing (1956)
14. Detour (1945)
15. Nightmare Alley (1947)

16. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
17. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
18. The Big Heat (1953)
19. They Live by Night (1948)
20. Night and the City (1950)

21. White Heat (1949)
22. Gun Crazy (1950)
23. Criss Cross (1949)
24. Gilda (1946)
25. Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Originally posted 5/22/2023; last updated 5/25/2023.

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