Based on our research, these are the 250 most cited films noir in film history (well, at least the film history that we have come across). In other words, these noir films aren’t necessarily the best (although they would be very close to it), they are simply the films that have most often been cited as noir in publications and across the world-wide-web. The 250 Quintessential Noir Films listing contains 241 films that all contain three key ingredients. 1) They were all produced in the United States;
2) They were all shot in black-and-white;
3) They were all produced between 1940 to 1959.
The nine films, that have been included, that exclude at least one of these key ingredients are two Non-American-produced noir (The Third Man and Mr. Arkadin), four colour noir films (Leave Her to Heaven, Niagara, Party Girl and Slightly Scarlet), and three films from the early 1960’s (Cape Fear, Underworld, U.S.A. and The Naked Kiss). [See also http://www.listsofbests.com/tag/film+noir%2Cthey+shoot+pictures] (found at: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir250noirs1.htm)
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The Accused (1949)
by William Dieterle
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Ace in the Hole (1951) - Criterion Collection
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Act of Violence (1948)
by Fred Zinnemann
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Among the Living (1941)
by Stuart Heisler
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Angel Face
by Otto Preminger
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Armored Car Robbery (1950)
by Richard Fleischer
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The Asphalt Jungle
by John Huston
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Behind Locked Doors
by Budd Boetticher
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Berlin Express (1948)
by Jacques Tourneur
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Beware, My Lovely (1952)
by Harry Horner
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
by Fritz Lang
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Beyond the Forest
by King Vidor
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The Big Clock (Universal Noir Collection)
by John Farrow
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The Big Combo
by Joseph H. Lewis
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The Big Heat
by Fritz Lang
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The Big Knife
by Robert Aldrich
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The Big Sleep
by Howard Hawks
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Black Angel
by Roy William Neill
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Black Tuesday (1954)
by Hugo Fregonese
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The Blue Dahlia
by George Marshall
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The Blue Gardenia
by Fritz Lang
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Body and Soul
by Robert Rossen
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Boomerang! (1947)
by Elia Kazan
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Border Incident Authentic Region 1 Dvd Brand NEW Starring Ricardo Montalban & George Murphy
by Anthony Mann
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Born to Kill
by Robert Wise
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The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
by John Brahm
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The Breaking Point
by Michael Curtiz
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Brute Force
by Jules Dassin
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The Burglar (1957)
by Paul Wendkos
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Call Northside 777
by Henry Hathaway
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Cape Fear
by J. Lee Thompson
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The Captive City (1952)
by Robert Wise
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Caught (1949)
by Max Ophüls
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Cause for Alarm
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Champion
by Mark Robson
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The Chase (1946)
by Arthur Ripley
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Christmas Holiday (1944)
by Robert Siodmak
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City that Never Sleeps (1953)
by John H. Auer
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Clash by Night
by Fritz Lang
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Conflict (1945)
by Curtis Bernhardt
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Cornered (1945)
by Edward Dmytryk
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Crack-Up (1946)
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Crime of Passion
by Gerd Oswald
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Crime Wave [aka The City is Dark] (1954)
by André De Toth
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The Crimson Kimono (1959)
by Samuel Fuller
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Criss Cross
by Robert Siodmak
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Crossfire
by Edward Dmytryk
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Cry Danger (1951)
by Robert Parrish
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Cry of the City (1948)
by Robert Siodmak
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D.O.A. (1949)
by Rudolph Maté
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