Paste's The 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time
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Since its coining in 1946 by French critic Nino Frank, who observed from afar something dark, quite literally, going on at the American cinema, the term “film noir” has been debated and debated and debated some more. Is it a genre? A subgenre? A movement? A trend? A commentary? A style? For the purposes of this introduction, let’s call it a response. (...)
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The Woman in the Window
1944, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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Out of the Past
1947, in 16 top lists Check -
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Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
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Laura
1944, in 21 top lists Check -
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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 35 top lists Check -
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Gilda
1946, in 13 top lists Check -
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check -
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Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
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They Live by Night
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
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Raw Deal
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
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Thieves' Highway
1949, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Killers
1946, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Lady from Shanghai
1947, in 10 top lists Check -
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Yoidore tenshi
1948 — a.k.a. Drunken Angel, in 7 top lists Check -
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In a Lonely Place
1950, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Killing
1956, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Wrong Man
1956, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946, in 8 top lists Check -
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Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
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Night and the City
1950, in 12 top lists Check -
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Set-Up
1949, in 9 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Criss Cross
1949, in 6 top lists Check -
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Crime Wave
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
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Night Moves
1975, in 8 top lists Check -
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Murder, My Sweet
1944, in 6 top lists Check -
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Nightmare Alley
1947, in 8 top lists Check -
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Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
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L.A. Confidential
1997, in 27 top lists Check -
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Odd Man Out
1947, in 15 top lists Check -
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Pickup on South Street
1953, in 15 top lists Check -
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White Heat
1949, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Hitch-Hiker
1953, in 7 top lists Check -
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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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Body Heat
1981, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Blue Dahlia
1946, in 3 top lists Check -
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Sorry, Wrong Number
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
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Journey Into Fear
1943, in 2 top lists Check -
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One False Move
1991, in 8 top lists Check -
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Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
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