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Rough Guide to Film Noir - 50 Classics

50 essential film noirs from the book: http://www.allconsuming.net/item/asin/1843534746

Alphabetical by title, except for the first 10, which are ranked as The Top Ten in the book (p. 56).
1. Chinatown  
2. Criss Cross
by Robert Siodmak
  
3. Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
by Billy Wilder
  
4. Touch of Evil  
5. Out of the Past
by Jacques Tourneur
  
6. L.A. Confidential
by Curtis Hanson
  
7. The Big Combo
by Joseph H. Lewis
  
8. Kiss Me Deadly
by Robert Aldrich
  
9. The Maltese Falcon
by John Huston
  
10. The Big Sleep
by Howard Hawks
  
11. The Big Heat
by Fritz Lang
  
12. Blade Runner
by Ridley Scott
  
13. Blood Simple (Director's Cut)
by Joel Coen
  
14. The Blue Dahlia [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]  
15. Body Heat
by Lawrence Kasdan
  
16.
?
 Cry of the City (1948)
by Robert Siodmak
  
17. D.O.A.
by Rudolph Maté
  
18. Detour
by Edgar G. Ulmer
  
19. The Element of Crime - Criterion Collection  
20. Force of Evil
by Abraham Polonsky
  
21. Gilda
by Charles Vidor
  
22. The Grifters
by Stephen Frears
  
23. Gun Crazy
by Joseph H. Lewis
  
24. In a Lonely Place
by Nicholas Ray
  
25. The Killers - Criterion Collection  
26. The Killing
by Stanley Kubrick
  
27. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]  
28. Kiss of Death (Fox Film Noir)
by Henry Hathaway
  
29. Klute
by Alan J. Pakula
  
30. The Lady from Shanghai  
31. The Last Seduction
by John Dahl
  
32. The Late Show
by Robert Benton
  
33. Laura
by Rouben Mamoulian
  
34. Leave Her to Heaven
by John M. Stahl
  
35. The Long Goodbye
by Robert Altman
  
36. Mildred Pierce (Snap case)
by Michael Curtiz
  
37. Murder, My Sweet
by Edward Dmytryk
  
38. Naked City - Criterion Collection
by Jules Dassin
  
39. Night Moves
by Arthur Penn
  
40. Night and the City - Criterion Collection
by Jules Dassin
  
41. On Dangerous Ground - Authentic Region 1 DVD from Warner Brothers starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond
by Nicholas Ray
  
42. Pickup on South Street - Criterion Collection
by Samuel Fuller
  
43. Pitfall
by André De Toth
  
44.
?
 Raw Deal
by Anthony Mann
  
45. Le Samourai - Criterion Collection
by Jean-Pierre Melville
  
46. Scarlet Street
by Fritz Lang
  
47. Se7en
by David Fincher
  
48. Tirez sur le pianiste (Original French Version with English Subtitles)
by Francois Truffaut
  
49. T-Men
by Anthony Mann
  
50. The Woman in the Window (MGM Film Noir)  
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Created by Kremo on Sep 06, 2007.