Top 25 Film Noir Movies

As a film noir lover it's so difficult to pick up just 25 titles. I would say more: -City Streets -Scarface (1932) -The Man who Knew too Much -G Men -The Glass Key -Shadow of a Doubt -Murder, my Sweet -The Woman in the Window -Double Indemnity -Detour -The Chase -The Killers -Nightmare Alley -The Lady from Shanghai -Dark Passage -Naked City -Pitfall -CrissCross -White Heat -The Crooked Way -Dead or Alive -Stray Dog -The Third Man -Where the Sidewalk Ends -Mystery Street -Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye -Woman on the Run -The Asphalt Jungle -Strangers on a Train -Man Bait -Kansas City Confidential -The Big Heat -The Good Die Young -Crime Wave -Dial "M" for Murder -Suddenly -Hands Off the Loot -The Big Combo -Los Peces Rojos -Rififi -Accused of Murder -The Killing -The Price of Fear -The Long Haul -The Line-up -Rusty Knife -Touch of Evil -A Sangre Fría -Odds Against Tomorrow -The Sleeping Beast Within -The Last Gunfight -Blast of Silence -Experiment in Terror -A Tiro Limpio -High and Low -Youth of the Beast -Black Express -Cruel Gun Story -Escape from Japan -El Salario del Crimen -Cash Calls Hell -Le deuxième souffle -Point Blank -A Colt Is My Passport -Le Samourai -Massacre Gun I think I can stop already

The Postman Always Rings Twice; Leave Her to Heaven; Kiss Me Deadly

I like the inclusion of Criss Cross. Seriously underrated. The Killers with Burt Lancaster is great as is Brute Force. Also Laura. So many good ones. A great genre.

Where is "Laura ???"

A fine list! Please allow me to include; The Killers, The Narrow Margin, and D.O.A. Good stuff!

Double Indemnity is a great one!!

"Anatomy of a muder" - Brilliant, a great story, the acting is superb.

Great list! I'd have included the underrated "Detour" (1945)

"Woman in the Window," "Laura," "Pitfall," "Detour," "Scarlet Street," "Kiss of Death," "D.O.A." there are just too many to limit the list to 25.

Thank you.  Really enjoyed that.  I would have rated "Out of the Past" as number one.

I have not seen a few on this list, such as Criss Cross, but this is a great list. My personal favorite is Double Indemnity (might even be my favorite movie ever made). If you have not seen them, I highly recommend Ride the Pink Horse and Pick-Up on South Street.

Touch of Evil (1958) is outstanding with expert direction by Orson Welles and great acting by Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich. Great opening scene and cinematography. Gets better and better with each viewing. Another not included in your list is Body Heat (1981) written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It was inspired by Double Indemnity (1944).

0:26 I'd argue that Anatomy Of A Murder is not noir - it is a trial/courtroom drama with noirish tendencies (like the returned soldier)

"Gun Crazy", "Nightmare Alley" & "The Night of the Hunter" would def make my list! I also think John Ford's "My Darling Clementine" is noir. So what do I know....

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As a film historian, I can say Joseph has actually listed 25 good Film Noir.- Touch of Evil, The Big Sleep, Notorious, most of those he listed almost define the Genre. George C Scott, Bogart, Hitch, Orson, , Ingrid, Cary Grant, and Double Indemnity with Fred MacMurray and Edward G with Barbara Stanwyck. You don't get any higher on the Film Noir stage in America. I did a study on The Big Sleep for my college dissertation. Incredible movie if studied in detail; but all these films are. Just watch the camera movement, watch the lighting, and watch the plot. Film Noir greats all of them Joseph. 'Nuff said for American dark films. Gems. Good choices all. IMHO

Tha Maltese Falcon number 13! You've got to be kidding!!

Reading all the comments I realize taking various opinions together would almost lead any black and white movie with a crime element and a little bit of mystery to described as noir.

Without Richard Widmark (Night In The City), Linda Darnell and more Dan Duryea, Noir watchers would miss some of the best. You can't possibly please everyone here- we all have our favs, but I'da bumped several choices to include the Stars above. Try Fallen Angel (Darnell, Dana Andrews), Black Angel (Duryea) and Bette Davis' films in the 40s/50s (Another Man's Poison). Enjoy!