962 Noir Films from They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? (including TSPDT's 250 Quintessential Noir Films)

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The TSPDT 250 Quintessential Noir Films list contains 241 films that all contain three key ingredients.
1) They were all produced in the United States;
2) They were all shot in black-and-white;
3) They were all produced between 1940 to 1959.
The nine films that have been included that exclude at least one of these key ingredients are two non-American-produced noir (The Third Man and Mr. Arkadin), four color noir films (Leave Her to Heaven, Niagara, Party Girl and Slightly Scarlet), and three films from the early 1960s (Cape Fear, Underworld, U.S.A. and The Naked Kiss).

Other titles included in the list are noir precursors, modern noir, non-American noir, and additional films between 1940-1964 that have noir elements.

Section changes will be listed in this complete list (so the reader will know where in the list modern noir films begin/end, etc.).

Films 1 - 250 (The Accused through The Wrong Man) are TSPDT's 250 Quintessential Noir Films.

Films 251 - 358 (The 13th Letter through A Woman's Secret) are "More American Noir Films and/or Films with Noir Elements from 1940 to 1964" Category A: films often cited as film noir. These films weren't far away from being included on the 250 Quintessential listing, and most of them contain many - if not all - of the classic noir ingredients.

Films 359 - 513 (5 Against the House through Women's Prison) are "More American Noir Films and/or Films with Noir Elements from 1940 to 1964" Category B: films quite often cited as film noir, but not to the same degree as those listed in Category A. It must be considered that in most cases these films contain strong film noir elements.

Films 514 - 750 (The Thirteenth Hour through A Woman's Vengeance) are "More American Noir Films and/or Films with Noir Elements from 1940 to 1964" Category C: films not often cited as film noir. These films include certain film noir characteristics, even though - in many cases - they belong in other clear-cut genres, e.g. Westerns. However, it should also be acknowledged that many of these films are without doubt 'fully-blown' noirs (of the very neglected variety).

Films 751 - 825 (Another Man's Poison through Wicked as They Come) are British-produced noir (1940-1964).

Films 826 - 837 (Bob le flambeur through The Wages of Fear) are French-produced noir (1940-1964).

Films 838 - 843 (Ossessione through Stolen Identity) are classified as "other" non-American noir produced between 1940-1964: 1 Italian, 3 Japanese, 1 Mexican, and 1 Austrian, respectively.

Films 844 - 871 (The Beast of the City through You Only Live Once) are "Noir-Precursors": films that shaped the look of noir before the style came into its own during the 1940s. All are American-produced except The Green Cockatoo (UK), La Bête Humaine, Pépé le Moko, and Quai des brumes (France), and M (Germany).

Films 872 - 962 (Angel's Flight through The Salton Sea) are "Neo-Noir / Modern Noir" films made after the 'golden age' of film noir up to 2002. They are grouped them by decade, and all are American-produced, except for:
French-produced: Le Samouraï, Le deuxième souffle, Le cercle rouge, Série noire, La femme Nikita, Léon, and Mulholland Dr.
German-produced: Der amerikanische Freund
UK-produced: The Big Sleep (1978), Get Carter (1971), and Mona Lisa

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  1. 251 -

    The 13th Letter

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  2. 817 -

    36 Hours

    1953 — a.k.a. Terror Street, in 1 top list Check
  3. 720 -

    The 3rd Voice

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 359 -

    5 Against the House

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  5. 187 -

    711 Ocean Drive

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  6. 150 -

    99 River Street

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 252 -

    Abandoned

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  8. 360 -

    Accomplice

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  9. 1 -

    The Accused

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  10. 361 -

    Accused of Murder

    1956, in 1 top list Check
  11. 2 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 515 -

    Across the Pacific

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 516 -

    An Act of Murder

    1948 — a.k.a. Live Today for Tomorrow, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 3 -

    Act of Violence

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 253 -

    Affair in Havana

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  16. 517 -

    Affair in Reno

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 254 -

    Affair in Trinidad

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  18. 930 -

    After Dark, My Sweet

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 907 -

    Against All Odds

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  20. 362 -

    Alias Nick Beal

    1949 — a.k.a. The Contact Man, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 518 -

    Alimony

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 363 -

    All My Sons

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  23. 364 -

    All the King's Men

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 365 -

    The Amazing Mr. X

    1948 — a.k.a. The Spiritualist, in 1 top list Check
  25. 887 -

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 4 -

    Among the Living

    1941, in 1 top list Check
  27. 5 -

    Angel Face

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 908 -

    Angel Heart

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 519 -

    Angela

    1954, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 872 -

    Angel's Flight

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 366 -

    Angels Over Broadway

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  32. 751 -

    Another Man's Poison

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  33. 367 -

    Apology for Murder

    1945, in 1 top list Check
  34. 520 -

    Appointment with a Shadow

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  35. 752 -

    Appointment with Crime

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  36. 255 -

    Appointment with Danger

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  37. 521 -

    Arch of Triumph

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 522 -

    The Argyle Secrets

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  39. 6 -

    Armored Car Robbery

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  40. 368 -

    The Arnelo Affair

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  41. 828 -

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 7 -

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 523 -

    Assigned to Danger

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 524 -

    Attack

    1956, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 525 -

    Autumn Leaves

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 256 -

    Baby Face Nelson

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 369 -

    Backfire

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  48. 370 -

    Backlash

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  49. 526 -

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    1952, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 527 -

    Bait

    1954, in 1 top list Check
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