IMDB - Top 50 Film Noir

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This list changes periodically based on votes at IMDb.

Updated October 27, 2009.

  1. 1.
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

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  2. 2.
    Vertigo (Collector's Edition)

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  3. 3.
    Double Indemnity
    by Billy Wilder

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  4. 6.
    The Maltese Falcon
    by John Huston

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  5. 8.
    Strangers on a Train

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  6. 9.
    Notorious - Criterion Collection

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  7. 10.
    The Big Sleep (Snap case)
    by Howard Hawks

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  8. 11.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton

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  9. 12.
    The Ox-Bow Incident
    by William A. Wellman

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  10. 13.
    The Killing
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  11. 15.
    Sweet Smell of Success
    by Alexander Mackendrick

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  12. 16.
    Shadow of a Doubt

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  13. 17.
    Laura
    by Rouben Mamoulian

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  14. 18.
    Rififi - Criterion Collection
    by Jules Dassin

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  15. 19.
    Out of the Past
    by Jacques Tourneur

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  16. 20.
    White Heat (1949)
    by Raoul Walsh

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  17. 21.
    Key Largo (Snap Case)
    by John Huston

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  18. 22.
    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
    by Mervyn LeRoy

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  19. 23.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray

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  20. 24.
    Night and the City - Criterion Collection
    by Jules Dassin

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  21. 25.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

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  22. 26.
    Pickup on South Street - Criterion Collection
    by Samuel Fuller

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  23. 27.
    The Asphalt Jungle
    by John Huston

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  24. 28.
    Angels With Dirty Faces
    by Michael Curtiz

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  25. 29.
    The Killers (1946)
    by Robert Siodmak

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  26. 30.
    Body and Soul
    by Robert Rossen

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  27. 31.
    Odd Man Out
    by Carol Reed

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  28. 32.
    Scarface
    by Howard Hawks

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  29. 33.
    Touchez Pas au Grisbi - Criterion Collection
    by Jacques Becker

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  30. 34.
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    O, Drakos (1956)
    by Nikos Koundouros

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  31. 35.
    Scarlet Street (Remastered Edition)
    by Fritz Lang

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  32. 36.
    Thieves' Highway - Criterion Collection
    by Jules Dassin

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  33. 37.
    Gun Crazy
    by Joseph H. Lewis

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  34. 38.
    Mildred Pierce (Keepcase)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  35. 39.
    The Woman in the Window (1944)
    by Fritz Lang

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  36. 40.
    The Set-Up
    by Robert Wise

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  37. 41.
    The Narrow Margin
    by Richard Fleischer

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  38. 42.
    The Letter
    by William Wyler

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  39. 43.
    The Lady from Shanghai

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  40. 44.
    Gilda
    by Charles Vidor

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  41. 45.
    Brute Force
    by Jules Dassin

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  42. 46.
    Naked City
    by Jules Dassin

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  43. 47.
    Leave Her to Heaven
    by John M. Stahl

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  44. 48.
    The Big Clock (Universal Noir Collection)
    by John Farrow

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  45. 49.
    Stray Dog - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  46. 50.
    Nightmare Alley
    by Edmund Goulding

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Created by Jess on Apr 01, 2006.
 

Comments

wmrandth
Seattle

A variable list — 2 years ago

Yes, this list changes a lot based on who is voting on imdb. —I watched the whole top 50 list about 2 years ago and at that time Scarlett Street was like number 3 or 4; at least a dozen things are this list weren’t even on the that list, and there are some glaring omissions from this one…Take the list with a grain of salt.. or a slug of whiskey or two..


I'd also add ... — 3 years ago

Kiss Me Deadly


Some good ones omitted from this list to see... — 3 years ago

1. HAS to be “Mildred Pierce”. I have no idea WHY this isn’t ranking here. Maybe the fact that it revolves around Joan Crawford as a love-sick mother makes some viewers shy away from what they think is a “women’s film”. Reality: it’s a damn good noir with lots of sex, violence, horizontal blinds and dizzying scenery. My husband loves this film.

2. “The Postman Always Rings Twice”, both on its own merits as classic noirs, but also because without James M. Cain’s original novels (including “Mildred Pierce” and “Double Indemnity”), we wouldn’t have pulp noir as we know it today.

3. “Dark Passage”. Terrific use of San Francisco, not to mention Bogie and Bacall.

4. “Criss Cross”.

5. “D.O.A.”