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List of films noir
Classic examples of the film noir genre include:
- 1936
- 1940
- 1941
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1942
- The Falcon Takes Over
- The Glass Key
- This Gun for Hire
- 1943
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1944
- Double Indemnity
- Laura
- Phantom Lady
- To Have and To Have Not
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1945
- Cornered
- Detour
- The House on 92nd Street
- Mildred Pierce
- Murder, My Sweet
- Scarlet Street
- Spellbound
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1946
- The Big Sleep
- The Black Angel
- The Blue Dahlia
- The Dark Corner
- Gilda
- The Killers
- Leave Her to Heaven
- Notorious
- The Postman Always Rings Twice
- So Dark the Night
- Somewhere in the Night
- The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers
- The Stranger
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1947
- Born to Kill
- Brute Force
- Crossfire
- Dead Reckoning
- A Double Life
- Kiss of Death
- Out of the Past
- Possessed
- Red House
- Ride the Pink Horse
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1948
- The Big Clock
- Call Northside 777
- Cry of the City
- Force of Evil
- The Guilty
- Key Largo
- The Lady From Shanghai
- The Naked City
- The Pitfall
- Sorry, Wrong Number
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1949
- Criss Cross
- D.O.A.
- The Reckless Moment
- The Set-Up
- The Third Man
- White Heat
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1950
- The Asphalt Jungle
- Dark City
- In A Lonely Place
- The Killer That Stalked New York
- Night and the City
- Sunset Boulevard
- 1951
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1952
- The Captive City
- Niagra
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1953
- The Blue Gardenia
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1954
- Human Desire
- Naked Alibi
- Suddenly
- 1955
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1956
- The Wrong Man
- 1958
Crossovers with comedy:
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
- Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Crossovers with western:
- Colorado Territory (1948)
- The Furies (1950)
More recent, modernized examples, many in color, include:
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid -- a parody pastiche by Steve Martin using footage from old films, black and white.
- Play It Again, Sam -- a parody tribute by Woody Allen.
- Blue Velvet
- Point Blank (1967)
- Klute (1971)
- The Long Goodbye (1973) -- Altman's post-noir take.
- Chinatown (1974)
- Night Moves (1975)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Body Heat (1981) -- remake of Double Indemnity
- Blade Runner (1982) -- science fiction noir
- Blood Simple (1983)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- Black Widow (1986)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)--billed as a "toon-noir"
- The Grifters (1990)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Romeo is Bleeding (1993)
- The Last Seduction (1994)
- Strange Days (1995)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- A Simple Plan (1998)
- The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
- The Cooler (2003)
- Max Payne (2001) -- Video game noir
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) -- Video game noir
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45