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jimdelrio's "201 Essential Film Noirs"

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  1. 1.
    The Accused (1949)
    by William Dieterle
  2. 2.
    Ace in the Hole (The Criterion Collection)
    by Billy Wilder
  3. 3.
    Act of Violence (1948)
    by Fred Zinnemann
  4. 4.
    Angel Face
    by Otto Preminger
  5. 5.
    Angels With Dirty Faces
    by Bobby Connolly
  6. 6.
    Armored Car Robbery (1950)
    by Richard Fleischer
  7. 7.
    ?
    The Asphalt Jungle

  8. 8.
    Behind Locked Doors
    by Budd Boetticher
  9. 9.
    Beware, My Lovely (1952)
    by Harry Horner
  10. 10.
    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
    by Fritz Lang
  11. 11.
    The Big Clock (Universal Noir Collection)
    by John Farrow
  12. 12.
    The Big Combo
    by Joseph H. Lewis
  13. 13.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang
  14. 14.
    The Big Knife
    by Robert Aldrich
  15. 15.
    The Big Sleep
    by Howard Hawks
  16. 16.
    ?
    The Big Steal (1949)
    by Don Siegel
  17. 17.
    Black Angel (Universal Noir Collection)
    by Roy William Neill
  18. 18.
    Black Widow (Fox Film Noir)
    by Nunnally Johnson
  19. 19.
    Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Ridley Scott
  20. 20.
    Blood Simple
    by Joel Coen
  21. 21.
    The Blue Dahlia (1946)
    by George Marshall
  22. 22.
    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)

  23. 23.
    Brute Force (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jules Dassin
  24. 24.
    ?
    Body and Soul (1947)
    by Robert Rossen
  25. 25.
    Body Heat (Deluxe Edition)
    by Lawrence Kasdan
  26. 26.
    Boomerang (Fox Film Noir)
    by Elia Kazan
  27. 27.
    Border Incident
    by Anthony Mann
  28. 28.
    Born to Kill
    by Robert Wise
  29. 29.
    Bound
    by Andy Wachowski
  30. 30.
    The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
    by John Brahm
  31. 31.
    ?
    The Breaking Point (1950)
    by Michael Curtiz
  32. 32.
    The Bribe
    by Robert Z. Leonard
  33. 33.
    Brick

  34. 34.
    The Burglar (1957)
    by Paul Wendkos
  35. 35.
  36. 36.
    Cape Fear
    by J. Lee Thompson
  37. 37.
    The Captive City (1952)
    by Robert Wise
  38. 38.
    Caught (1949)
    by Max Ophüls
  39. 39.
    Cause for Alarm
    by Tay Garnett
  40. 40.
    The Chase (1946)
    by Arthur Ripley
  41. 41.
    Chinatown
    by Roman Polanski
  42. 42.
    City for Conquest
    by Anatole Litvak
  43. 43.
    Clash by Night
    by Fritz Lang
  44. 44.
    Cloak and Dagger
    by Fritz Lang
  45. 45.
    Crime of Passion
    by Gerd Oswald
  46. 46.
    Crime Wave [aka The City is Dark] (1954)
    by André De Toth
  47. 47.
    Criss Cross (Universal Noir Collection)
    by Robert Siodmak
  48. 48.
    Crossfire
    by Edward Dmytryk
  49. 49.
    Cry of the City (1948)
    by Robert Siodmak
  50. 50.
    Daisy Kenyon (Fox Film Noir)
    by Otto Preminger
  51. 51.
    Dark City (1950)
    by William Dieterle
  52. 52.
    Dark City
    by Alex Proyas
  53. 53.
    The Dark Corner (Fox Film Noir)
    by Henry Hathaway
  54. 54.
    The Dark Mirror (1946)
    by Robert Siodmak
  55. 55.
    Dark Passage (Keepcase)
    by Delmer Daves
  56. 56.
    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
    by Carl Reiner
  57. 57.
    Dead Reckoning

  58. 58.
    Deadline at Dawn (1946)
    by Harold Clurman
  59. 59.
    Decoy
    by Jack Bernhard (1946)
  60. 60.
    Desperate (1947)
    by Anthony Mann
  61. 61.
    The Desperate Hours
    by William Wyler
  62. 62.
    Destination Murder (1950)
    by Edward L. Cahn
  63. 63.
    Detective Story (1951)
    by William Wyler
  64. 64.
    Detour
    by Edgar G. Ulmer
  65. 65.
    Dillinger
    by Max Nosseck
  66. 66.
    D.O.A (Enhanced Version)
    by Rudolph Mate
  67. 67.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder
  68. 68.
    Edge of Doom (1950)
    by Mark Robson
  69. 69.
    The Enforcer

  70. 70.
    Fallen Angel (Fox Film Noir)
    by Otto Preminger
  71. 71.
    Fear in the Night (1947)
    by Maxwell Shane
  72. 72.
    Femme Fatale
    by Brian De Palma
  73. 73.
    The File on Thelma Jordan (1950)
    by Robert Siodmak
  74. 74.
    Follow Me Quietly (1949)
    by Richard Fleischer
  75. 75.
    Force of Evil
    by Abraham Polonsky
  76. 76.
    Fourteen Hours (1951)
    by Henry Hathaway
  77. 77.
    Framed (1947)
    by Richard Wallace
  78. 78.
    Fury
    by Fritz Lang
  79. 79.
    Gilda

  80. 80.
    The Grifters (Miramax Collector's Series)
    by Stephen Frears
  81. 81.
    Gun Crazy
    by Joseph H. Lewis
  82. 82.
    Hangover Square (1945)
    by John Brahm
  83. 83.
    The Harder They Fall
    by Mark Robson
  84. 84.
    High Sierra (Keep Case Packaging)
    by Raoul Walsh
  85. 85.
    His Kind of Woman

  86. 86.
    The Hitch-Hiker (1953) [Remastered Edition]
    by Ida Lupino
  87. 87.
    Hollow Triumph (The Scar) (1948)
    by Steve Sekely
  88. 88.
    The Hot Spot

  89. 89.
    House by the River (1950)
    by Fritz Lang
  90. 90.
    House of Bamboo (Fox Film Noir)
    by Samuel Fuller
  91. 91.
    House of Strangers (Fox Film Noir)
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  92. 92.
    House on Telegraph Hill
    by Robert Wise
  93. 93.
    The House on 92nd Street (Fox Film Noir)
    by Henry Hathaway
  94. 94.
    Human Desire (1954)
    by Fritz Lang
  95. 95.
    I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
    by Mervyn LeRoy
  96. 96.
    I Confess
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  97. 97.
    I Married a Communist (The Woman on Pier 13)
    by Robert Stevenson
  98. 98.
    I Wake Up Screaming (Fox Film Noir)
    by H. Bruce Humberstone
  99. 99.
    I Walk Alone (1948)
    by Byron Haskin
  100. 100.
    ?
    Illegal (1955)
    by Lewis Allen
  101. 101.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray
  102. 102.
    Johnny Eager
    by Mervyn Leroy
  103. 103.
    Journey Into Fear (1943)
    by Norman Foster
  104. 104.
  105. 105.
    The Killers (1946)
    by Robert Siodmak
  106. 106.
    Killer's Kiss
    by Stanley Kubrick
  107. 107.
    The Killing

  108. 108.
    Killing of a Chinese Bookie (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Cassavetes
  109. 109.
    A Kiss Before Dying
    by Gerd Oswald
  110. 110.
    Kiss of Death (Fox Film Noir)
    by Henry Hathaway
  111. 111.
    Kiss Me Deadly
    by Robert Aldrich
  112. 112.
    Knock on Any Door (1949)
    by Nicholas Ray
  113. 113.
    L.A. Confidential (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Various
  114. 114.
    The Lady from Shanghai
    by Orson Welles
  115. 115.
    Lady in the Lake
    by Robert Montgomery
  116. 116.
    The Last Seduction
    by John Dahl
  117. 117.
    Laura
    by Otto Preminger
  118. 118.
    Leave Her to Heaven
    by John M. Stahl
  119. 119.
    The Letter
    by William Wyler
  120. 121.
    The Long Goodbye
    by Greg Carson
  121. 122.
    The Lost Weekend
    by Billy Wilder
  122. 123.
    M (The Criterion Collection)
    by Fritz Lang
  123. 124.
    The Maltese Falcon (Three-Disc Special Edition)
    by John Huston
  124. 125.
    The Man Who Wasn't There
    by Joel Coen
  125. 126.
    Mildred Pierce (Keepcase)
    by Michael Curtiz
  126. 127.
    Moonrise (1948)
    by F. Borzage
  127. 128.
    Moontide (Fox Film Noir)
    by Archie Mayo
  128. 129.
    Murder, My Sweet
    by Edward Dmytryk
  129. 130.
    Mystery Street (1950)
    by John Sturges
  130. 131.
    Naked City - Criterion Collection
    by Jules Dassin
  131. 132.
    The Naked Kiss (The Criterion Collection)
    by Samuel Fuller
  132. 133.
    The Narrow Margin
    by Richard Fleischer
  133. 134.
    Niagara
    by Henry Hathaway
  134. 135.
    Night and the City (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jules Dassin
  135. 136.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton
  136. 137.
    Nightmare Alley (Fox Film Noir)
    by Edmund Goulding
  137. 138.
    No Way Out (Fox Film Noir)
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  138. 139.
    Notorious

  139. 140.
    Odds Against Tomorrow
    by Robert Wise
  140. 141.
    On Dangerous Ground

  141. 142.
    Out of the Past
    by Jacques Tourneur
  142. 143.
    Panic in the Streets
    by Elia Kazan
  143. 144.
    Party Girl (1958)
    by Nicholas Ray
  144. 145.
    Phantom Lady (1944)
    by Robert Siodmak
  145. 146.
    Pickup on South Street (The Criterion Collection)
    by Samuel Fuller
  146. 147.
    Pitfall (1948)
    by André De Toth
  147. 148.
    A Place in the Sun
    by George Stevens
  148. 149.
    ?
    Portrait in Black
    by Michael Gordon
  149. 150.
    Possessed
    by Curtis Bernhardt
  150. 151.
    The Postman Always Rings Twice
    by Tay Garnett
  151. 152.
    The Prowler (1951)
    by Joseph Losey
  152. 153.
    The Racket
    by John Cromwell
  153. 154.
    Raw Deal (1948)
    by Anthony Mann
  154. 155.
    Rebecca (The Criterion Collection)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  155. 156.
    Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
    by Robert Montgomery
  156. 157.
    Rififi (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jules Dassin
  157. 158.
    Road House (Fox Film Noir)

  158. 159.
    Roadblock (1951)
    by Harold Daniels
  159. 160.
    ?
    Scandal Sheet

  160. 161.
  161. 162.
    Scarlet Street (Remastered Edition)
    by Fritz Lang
  162. 163.
    The Set-Up
    by Robert Wise
  163. 164.
    Shadow of a Doubt
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  164. 165.
    Shanghai Gesture
    by Josef von Sternberg
  165. 166.
    Shock
    by Alfred L. Werker
  166. 167.
    Shock Corridor (The Criterion Collection)
    by Samuel Fuller
  167. 168.
    Side Street (1950)
    by Anthony Mann
  168. 169.
    Sin City
    by Robert Rodriguez
  169. 170.
    Somewhere in the Night (Fox Film Noir)
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  170. 171.
    Sorry, Wrong Number

  171. 172.
    Spellbound (The Criterion Collection)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  172. 173.
    The Spiral Staircase
    by Robert Siodmak
  173. 174.
    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

  174. 175.
    The Stranger (1946)
    by Orson Welles
  175. 176.
    Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
    by Boris Ingster
  176. 177.
    Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  177. 178.
    The Street with No Name
    by William Keighley
  178. 179.
    Sudden Fear
    by David Miller
  179. 180.
    Sunset Boulevard (Centennial Collection)
    by Billy Wilder
  180. 181.
    Suspicion
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  181. 182.
    Sweet Smell of Success
    by Alexander Mackendrick
  182. 183.
    T- Men (1947)
    by Anthony Mann
  183. 184.
    Tension (1949)
    by John Berry
  184. 185.
    They Drive by Night (Keepcase)
    by Raoul Walsh
  185. 186.
    They Live by Night (1949)
    by Nicholas Ray
  186. 187.
    Thieves' Highway (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jules Dassin
  187. 188.
    The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)
    by Carol Reed
  188. 189.
    This Gun for Hire (Universal Noir Collection)
    by Frank Tuttle
  189. 190.
    ?
    Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
    by Felix E. Feist
  190. 191.
    Touch Of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by Orson Welles
  191. 192.
    The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
    by Peter Godfrey
  192. 193.
    Undercurrent (1946)
    by Vincente Minnelli
  193. 194.
    Vicki (Fox Film Noir)
    by Harry Horner
  194. 195.
    Where Danger Lives (1950)
    by John Farrow
  195. 196.
  196. 197.
    While the City Sleeps (1956)
    by Fritz Lang
  197. 198.
    Whirlpool
    by Otto Preminger
  198. 199.
    White Heat
    by Raoul Walsh
  199. 200.
    The Woman in the Window (MGM Film Noir)
    by Fritz Lang
  200. 201.
    The Wrong Man
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  201. 202.
    You Only Live Once
    by Fritz Lang
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