List of film noir titles

Classic examples of the film noir style include:

1940's

• 1940
  • The Letter
  • Rebecca
  • Stranger on the Third Floor
• 1941
  • High Sierra
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Suspicion
  • The Shanghai Gesture
• 1942
  • Casablanca
  • The Falcon Takes Over
  • The Glass Key
  • This Gun for Hire
• 1943
  • Shadow of a Doubt
• 1944
  • Double Indemnity
  • Experiment Perilous
  • Laura
  • Murder, My Sweet
  • Phantom Lady
  • To Have and Have Not
• 1945
  • Cornered
  • Detour
  • The House on 92nd Street
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Scarlet Street
  • Spellbound
  • The Woman in the Window
• 1946
  • The Big Sleep
  • Black Angel
  • The Blue Dahlia
  • Crack-Up
  • The Dark Corner
  • Gilda
  • The Killers
  • Notorious
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • So Dark the Night
  • Somewhere in the Night
  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  • The Stranger
• 1947
  • Born to Kill
  • Brute Force
  • Crossfire
  • Dark Passage
  • Dead Reckoning
  • A Double Life
  • Kiss of Death
  • Nightmare Alley
  • Out of the Past
  • Possessed
  • The Red House
  • Ride the Pink Horse
  • The Lady from Shanghai (released in 1948)
  • T-Men
• 1948
  • Berlin Express
  • The Big Clock
  • Call Northside 777
  • Cry of the City
  • Force of Evil
  • The Guilty
  • He Walked by Night
  • Key Largo
  • The Naked City
  • The Pitfall
  • Raw Deal
  • Sorry, Wrong Number
• 1949
  • Body and Soul
  • Criss Cross
  • Gun Crazy
  • The Reckless Moment
  • The Set-Up
  • The Third Man
  • They Live by Night
  • White Heat

• • The Whistler 1940s movie series starring Richard Dix

1950's

• 1950
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • Dark City
  • D.O.A.
  • In A Lonely Place
  • The Killer That Stalked New York
  • Night and the City
  • Highway 301
  • Panic in the Streets
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
• 1951
  • On Dangerous Ground
  • The Racket
  • Roadblock
  • Strangers on a Train
• 1952
  • Angel Face
  • The Captive City
  • The Narrow Margin
  • Without Warning
• 1953
  • The Blue Gardenia
  • The Big Heat
  • The Glass Wall
  • Niagara
  • Pickup on South Street
• 1954
  • Crime Wave
  • Human Desire
  • Naked Alibi
  • Suddenly
  • Black Tuesday
• 1955
  • The Big Combo
  • Kiss Me Deadly
  • Killer's Kiss
• 1956
  • The Wrong Man
  • The Killing
• 1957
  • Nightfall
• 1958
  • Touch of Evil
• 1959
  • Odds Against Tomorrow

Crossovers with comedy

• Lady on a Train (1945)
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Crossovers with western

• Colorado Territory (1948)
• Pursued (1947)
• Blood on the Moon (1948)
• The Furies (1950)

Crossovers with science fiction

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

Recent examples

Some made as an homage to the genre. Sometimes referred to as neo-noir

• Klute (1971)
• Cabaret (1972) -- musical in this style
• The Long Goodbye (1973) -- Altman's post-noir take.
• Chinatown (1974)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Body Heat (1981) -- remake of Double Indemnity
• Blade Runner (1982) -- science fiction noir, or future-noir.
• Blood Simple (1983)
• Scarface (1983)
• To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
• Brazil (1985) -- science fiction noir, or future-noir.
• Blue Velvet (1986)
• Angel Heart (1987)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) -- billed as a "toon-noir"
• Kill Me Again (1989)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• The Grifters (1990)
• Red Rock West (1992)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Unforgiven (1992) -- very noir in terms of theme and character.
• Blue (1993) -- contains many noir elements (e.g. obsession with the past, shadows, lighting, staircases, mirrors, etc.)
• True Romance (1993)
• The Last Seduction (1994)
• Léon: The Professional (1994)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Fargo (1996)
• Mulholland Falls (1996)
• City of Industry (1997)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Dark City (1998)
• Following (1998)
• Grim Fandango (1998) -- video game noir
• Ronin (1998)
• A Simple Plan (1998)
• Payback (1999)
• Memento (2000) -- contains elements of film noir, albeit in a slightly skewed fashion
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• Max Payne (2001) -- video game noir
• Training Day (2001)
• Minority Report (2002) -- sci-fi noir, or future-noir.
• Road to Perdition (2002)
• The Salton Sea (2002)
• Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) -- video game noir
• The Cooler (2003)
• Collateral (2004)
• Sin City (2005)
• Batman Begins (2005)